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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-06279

 

Harris Associates Investment Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Two North La Salle Street, Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois

 

60602-3790

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

John R. Raitt

Harris Associates L.P.

Two North La Salle Street, #500

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Cameron S. Avery

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

Three First National Plaza, #3100

Chicago, Illinois 60602

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(312) 621-0600

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

9/30/08

 

 

Date of reporting period:

3/31/08

 

 



 

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

 



SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

MARCH 31, 2008

Advised by Harris Associates L.P.



THE OAKMARK FUNDS

2008 Semi-Annual Report

President's Letter     1    
Summary Information     2    
Fund Expenses     4    
Commentary on The Oakmark and Oakmark Select Funds     6    
The Oakmark Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     8    
Schedule of Investments     9    
The Oakmark Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     13    
Schedule of Investments     14    
The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     16    
Schedule of Investments     18    
The Oakmark Global Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     24    
Global Diversification Chart     26    
Schedule of Investments     27    
The Oakmark Global Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     31    
Global Diversification Chart     33    
Schedule of Investments     34    
Commentary on The International and International Small Cap Funds     37    
The Oakmark International Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Manager     38    
Global Diversification Chart     40    
Schedule of Investments     41    
The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     46    
Global Diversification Chart     48    
Schedule of Investments     49    
Financial Statements  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities     54    
Statements of Operations     56    
Statements of Changes in Net Assets     58    
Notes to Financial Statements     65    
Disclosure Regarding Investment Advisory Contract Approval     82    
Oakmark Philosophy and Process     87    
The Oakmark Glossary     88    
Trustees and Officers     89    

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLOSURE

One of our most important responsibilities as mutual fund managers is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Some of our comments in our letters to shareholders are based on current management expectations and are considered "forward-looking statements". Actual future results, however, may prove to be different from our expectations. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "estimate", "may", "will", "expect", "believe", "plan" and other similar terms. We cannot promise future returns. Our opinions are a reflection of our best judgment at the time this report is compiled, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.




President's Letter

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

The first quarter proved to be difficult for equity investors. Domestic and international stock markets fell sharply during the quarter. Broader equity market indexes around the world registered declines in the 8-10% range, due to concerns about economic growth and unsettled credit markets. While we are not pleased with recent performance, we still remain intently focused on future prospects for our investments and on helping our clients build long-term wealth.

Credit Market Developments and the Economy

The credit correction that began last spring continued to deepen during the first quarter. What started last year as a reversal in the mortgage market now has expanded to almost every corner of the lending marketplace. Tighter credit has brought a predictable slowing of economic growth, and these abrupt shifts in the markets have created several instances of severe financial stress. Significant setbacks recently hit the markets in rapid succession. Large increases in mortgage foreclosures, major loan write-offs at banks that forced substantial capital infusions, money market liquidity runs, the dramatic failure and rescue of Bear Stearns and the plummeting value of the dollar have all shaken investor confidence.

The sharp contrast between today's market conditions and those of only a year ago is remarkable and instructive. Lenders and equity investors have gone from being confident and aggressive to fearful and tentative. Credit has gone from being plentiful to scarce. Lastly, with the shift in the availability of capital, equity and fixed income markets have become less liquid and more volatile. In fact, equity market volatility reached its highest level in seventy years in the first quarter, with broader U.S. market indexes changing by over 1% on more than half of the quarter's trading days. Stock prices today seem much more a function of a stock's liquidity than the fundamentals of its underlying business and business value.

Maintaining Investment Discipline and Adhering to a Long-Term Plan

At times like this it can be difficult for investors to maintain a proper perspective in making investment decisions. Recent economic events are worrisome, and the sharp market declines are unnerving. Moreover, the constant barrage of negative news and the herd-like behavior of the media make it easy to decide to head for the investment sidelines.

Once again, however, we reiterate our belief that when market conditions are difficult, it is especially important to maintain a consistent investment discipline, removing emotion from the investment decision process, and buying stocks when they are weak and out of favor. While we anticipate that the remainder of 2008 will be challenging for the economy—and for financial firms in particular—past experience has shown us that times like these can play to the strengths of our value philosophy. We believe that the impetuous and often extreme sentiments surrounding the market today can actually create greater investment opportunity. Volatile prices, illiquidity, emotional investors, and broad market declines are all factors that provide us opportunities to execute upon our value investing discipline—and acquire stocks at substantial discounts to underlying business value and at prices that prove to be very attractive over time.

Thank you for your continued investment and confidence in The Oakmark Funds. We welcome your comments and questions. You can reach us via e-mail at ContactOakmark@oakmark.com.

John R. Raitt
President and CEO of The Oakmark Funds
President and CEO of Harris Associates L.P.

March 31, 2008


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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Summary Information

Performance for Periods
Ended March 31, 2008
1
  The Oakmark
Fund—Class I
(OAKMX)
  The Oakmark
Select Fund—Class I
(OAKLX)
  The Oakmark
Equity and Income
Fund—Class I
(OAKBX)
  The Oakmark
Global Fund—Class I
(OAKGX)
 
3 Months*     -7.36 %     -7.62 %     0.97 %     -8.42 %  
1 Year     -10.49 %     -18.87 %     9.54 %     -6.38 %  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
 
3 Year     2.13 %     -1.88 %     11.05 %     11.17 %  
5 Year     8.75 %     6.12 %     13.62 %     21.63 %  
10 Year     3.38 %     8.11 %     11.08 %     N/A    
Since inception       13.55%
(8/5/91)
      13.81%
(11/1/96)
      13.17%
(11/1/95)
      14.53%
(8/4/99)
   
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
March 31, 2008
2
Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
    Yum! Brands, Inc. 3.5%
Viacom, Inc.-
Class B 2.7%
H&R Block, Inc. 2.7%
Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. 2.5%
Capital One
Financial
Corporation 2.5%
      Yum! Brands, Inc. 8.7%
H&R Block, Inc. 8.6%
Discovery Holding
Company,
Class A 6.2%
Washington
Mutual, Inc. 6.2%
Viacom, Inc.
Class B 5.0%
      XTO Energy, Inc. 5.7%
Nestle SA 3.4%
Apache Corporation 3.2%
CVS Caremark
Corporation 3.1%
Newfield Exploration
Company 2.7%
      Neopost SA 4.5%
XTO Energy, Inc. 4.5%
Daiwa Securities
Group Inc. 4.2%
Snap-on
Incorporated 3.8%
Credit Suisse Group 3.8%
   
Sector
Allocation as of
March 31, 2008
Sector and %
of Market Value
 
    Consumer
Discretionary 39.3%
Financials 16.2%
Information
Technology 15.8%
Consumer Staples 14.0%
Health Care 8.7%
Industrials 3.5%
Telecommunication
Services 1.5%
Energy 1.0%
      Consumer
Discretionary 57.1%
Financials 19.8%
Information
Technology 18.6%
Health Care 4.5%
      U.S. Government
Securities 39.1%
Energy 14.9%
Consumer Staples 13.7%
Consumer
Discretionary 10.0%
Industrials 9.0%
Health Care 5.7%
Foreign Government
Securities 3.8%
Financials 2.5%
Information
Technology 1.2%
Materials 0.1%
      Consumer
Discretionary 24.4%
Information
Technology 22.7%
Health Care 17.5%
Financials 16.7%
Energy 7.8%
Industrials 7.3%
Consumer Staples 3.6%
   

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Funds does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares of all Funds, other than The Oakmark Equity & Income Fund, held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain current month end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

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Performance for Periods
Ended March 31, 2008
1
  The Oakmark
Global Select
Fund—Class I
(OAKWX)
  The Oakmark
International
Fund—Class I
(OAKIX)
  The Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund—Class I
(OAKEX)
 
3 Months*     -10.98 %     -11.03 %     -8.08 %  
1 Year     -15.16 %     -15.63 %     -20.37 %  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
 
3 Year   N/A     8.91 %     9.34 %  
5 Year   N/A     19.69 %     25.29 %  
10 Year   N/A     9.16 %     14.13 %  
Since inception     -3.41%
(10/2/06)
    11.66%
(9/30/92)
      12.44%
(11/1/95)
   
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
March 31, 2008
2
Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
  Adecco SA 7.6%
Daiwa Securities
Group Inc. 6.0%
Schroders PLC 5.6%
Societe Television
Francaise 1 5.5%
Credit Suisse Group 5.3%
    Credit Suisse Group 4.7%
Daiwa Securities
Group Inc. 3.7%
GlaxoSmithKline plc 3.6%
Adecco SA 3.4%
Publicis Groupe 3.4%
      Neopost SA 5.1%
MLP AG 4.3%
Orbotech, Ltd. 3.1%
Duerr AG 3.1%
USS Co., Ltd. 2.9%
   
Sector
Allocation as of
March 31, 2008
Sector and %
of Market Value
 
  Consumer
Discretionary 37.9%
Financials 25.5%
Information
Technology 14.6%
Health Care 14.0%
Industrials 8.0%
    Financials 33.2%
Consumer
Discretionary 32.5%
Information
Technology 14.3%
Industrials 9.8%
Health Care 7.2%
Consumer Staples 3.0%
      Consumer
Discretionary 29.5%
Industrials 28.6%
Information
Technology 17.0%
Financials 14.9%
Consumer Staples 5.7%
Health Care 2.2%
Materials 2.1%
   

 

As of 9/30/07, the expense ratio for Class I shares was 1.01% for The Oakmark Fund, 0.97% for The Oakmark Select Fund, 0.83% for The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, 1.13% for The Oakmark Global Fund, 1.31% for The Oakmark Global Select Fund, 1.05% for The Oakmark International Fund and 1.34% for The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund.

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FUND EXPENSES

A shareholder of each Fund incurs two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as redemption fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses. The examples below are intended to help shareholders understand the ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses

The following table provides information about actual account values and actual fund expenses for Class I of each Fund. The table shows the expenses a Class I shareholder would have paid on a $1,000 investment in each Fund from October 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008, as well as how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual fund returns and expenses. Class I shareholders can estimate expenses incurred for the period by dividing their account value at March 31, 2008, by $1,000 and multiplying the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period row as shown below.

Certain accounts invested for 90 days or less may be charged a 2% redemption fee. Please consult the Funds' prospectus at oakmark.com for more information.

    The Oakmark Fund   The Oakmark Select Fund   The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund   The Oakmark Global Fund   The Oakmark Global Select Fund   The Oakmark International Fund   The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Beginning
Account
Value
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00    
Ending
Account
Value
  $ 867.10     $ 804.50     $ 1,020.50     $ 884.70     $ 817.00     $ 847.20     $ 831.60    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 5.09     $ 4.87     $ 4.14     $ 5.56     $ 6.13     $ 5.17     $ 6.69    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.09 %     1.08 %     0.82 %     1.18 %     1.35 %     1.12 %     1.46 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class I, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses for Class I of each Fund based on actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Funds' actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balances or expenses shareholders paid for the period. Shareholders may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the third line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, the total costs would have been higher.

    The Oakmark Fund   The Oakmark Select Fund   The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund   The Oakmark Global Fund   The Oakmark Global Select Fund   The Oakmark International Fund   The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Beginning
Account
Value
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00    
Ending
Account
Value
  $ 1,019.55     $ 1,019.60     $ 1,020.90     $ 1,019.10     $ 1,018.25     $ 1,019.40     $ 1,017.70    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 5.50     $ 5.45     $ 4.14     $ 5.96     $ 6.81     $ 5.65     $ 7.36    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.09 %     1.08 %     0.82 %     1.18 %     1.35 %     1.12 %     1.46 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class I, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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THE OAKMARK AND OAKMARK SELECT FUNDS

At Oakmark, we are long-term investors. We attempt to identify growing businesses that are managed to benefit their shareholders. We will purchase stock in those businesses only when priced substantially below our estimate of intrinsic value. After purchase, we patiently wait for the gap between stock price and intrinsic value to close.

"More than any time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to total despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."

Woody Allen

"My Speech to the Graduates"

August 10, 1979, New York Times

I guess Woody Allen wouldn't be an uplifting commencement speaker. But his view of the world, almost thirty years later, seems to be the dominant view in today's commodity and credit markets. If prices in those markets reflect fundamentals, then we are facing a future of materials shortages and unprecedented bankruptcies. If one looks at Main Street instead of Wall Street, the picture, though far from perfect, looks much brighter. Businesses are profitable, unemployment is low and consumer spending remains at reasonable levels. Is it possible that market forecasts could be that far off the mark?

As large shareholders in JP Morgan, we took more than a passing interest in its agreement to purchase Bear Stearns. Bear opened its doors in 1923, survived the Great Depression and grew into one of the world's leading securities firms. Like many other financial services firms, Bear had heavy exposure to home mortgages because those securities historically had very low default rates. Like many of its peers, Bear's 2007 earnings were nearly erased by mortgage losses, and its stock price was cut in half, closing the year at $88. By Thursday, March 13, Bear stock had fallen to $57. Up to that point, you could have substituted quite a few financial company names for "Bear Stearns," and the story would have hardly changed. On Friday, March 14, however, Bear's story sharply diverged from the others. Rumors that Bear had a liquidity problem caused customers to search for safety and move their funds to other firms. The stock price was again cut in half to $30. In that one day, Bear's liquidity problems sharply increased as it needed to sell assets to fund withdrawals. The downward spiral had gone too far to be reversed. On Sunday, JP Morgan agreed to rescue Bear Stearns for $2 per share. A run on the bank had virtually wiped out the stockholders. Did the short sellers profit from being quick to identify a fire raging out of control, or had they spotted a spark and thrown gasoline on it? The answer to that question will be an important one to those calling for more regulation. To the stockholders, whether or not Bear was insolvent on Thursday had become irrelevant. On Sunday it was. Fearful investors had forced the outcome. At least it was one of our companies, JP Morgan, that was positioned to take advantage of an amazing bargain (even at the revised price of $10 per share).

There is a tremendous amount of fear in today's markets. Some portion is due to real economic events. The future for home prices is clearly not the straight upward march it used to be. With average home prices already down 10% from their peak and many homeowners having borrowed as much as their banks would allow, credit losses are certainly increasing. But are loss rates really going to be as high as the bond market is predicting? We normally like to use market prices as estimates for macro variables such as bond default rates, future inflation rates, or energy costs. We assume that those markets incorporate their specific experts' best thinking and that our time would be more productively spent analyzing individual companies. However, the magnitude of gaps we now see between price and value across many markets has made it imprudent to simply use current market prices for our forecasts.

In his New York Times column last month, Ben Stein argued that today's economy is not in such bad shape, but rather, "the new part is the hedge funds and the changing of Wall Street from a financing entity to a market manipulation entity."3 In its cover story "Guess Who's Behind the Commodities Boom,"4 Barron's argued that the increase in most commodity prices had less to do with changes in supply and demand than it did with increased investment by institutions who now consider commodities an asset class deserving of a higher portfolio allocation. Barron's states that most long positions are held by speculators and most shorts are held by suppliers. This implies that if commodity market participants were limited to producers and consumers, prices would almost certainly be much lower. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal5 examined the role short sellers play in stock price declines. In July of last year the short sale rules were changed to make it easier to sell short stocks that were already falling. The article quoted legendary fund manager Marty Whitman, who said "In my 58 years in the market it has never been easier to conduct bear raids." As these articles suggest, there are numerous examples of large pools of new capital whose investment rationale is unrelated to estimates of intrinsic value. In the long run, the resulting higher price volatility should improve the opportunities for investors like us, but in the short run it requires more suspicion of the assumption that any given day's market price reflects long-term fundamental reality.

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As shown by Bear Stearns, the market today is extracting a large toll from forced sellers. Though we always discourage short-term investing, we believe that such advice is especially important now. The gaps between price and value in a fearful market can become very large. If you have to sell stocks by a certain date, the risk is high that you might not get full intrinsic value for those shares. As always, we believe that equity investors, including those in mutual funds, should only invest capital that can remain invested for at least five years. We also don't ever want an Oakmark fund to be a forced seller. That's why we keep a percentage of each of our mutual fund's assets in cash equivalents. Some argue that funds should invest every last dollar to prevent cash from being a drag, but we believe that by holding some cash we not only avoid the cost of forced selling, but we are positioned to benefit when other sellers become desperate.

The financial media is painting a picture that is similar to the Woody Allen quote at the beginning of this report: If the Fed acts aggressively then we are doomed to a future of hyper-inflation and a permanently declining dollar. If the Fed doesn't act, then there is no bottom to the housing market and we are headed toward a depression. We hope they have the wisdom to choose correctly! As you might guess, our view is not so dire, and is in fact quite positive. We find it encouraging that the Fed is thinking outside the box and directly targeting the problem of financial market illiquidity. More importantly, we believe that the dividend yield of the S&P 5006 now equaling the five-year Treasury yield is a significant sign of undervaluation. When the front page news is so negative, there is a high probability that the reality won't be as bad as feared. In 1995, the financial author John Train wrote The Craft of Investing. Five years ago I cited a section from his book that described a typical market bottom. I think it is worth revisiting:

"At a major bottom, current business news is usually terrible and many authorities feel that things are likely to get even worse. There are several spectacular bankruptcies, of international importance. Unemployment is usually up. There is usually some grave unresolved national problem that is bothering everybody. The brokerage business itself is likely to be in the dumps, with many bankruptcies. Big "producers" of the up years have to cut back on their lifestyles. Wall Street's own desperation reinforces the syndrome. When in a market collapse everything finally caves in during a few catastrophic days and weeks, there is an almost audible flushing effect. Stocks are hurled into the abyss, like the cargo of a sinking ship that the crew is desperately trying to save. Value means nothing."7

To me, the Bear Stearns collapse was "an almost audible flushing effect." There is, of course, no guarantee that things won't get worse, but this environment seems to closely parallel Train's description of a bottom. Time to buy?

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com
oaklx@oakmark.com

March 31, 2008

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THE OAKMARK FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and Kevin Grant, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (8/5/91) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX6 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/5/91)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class I)     -7.36 %     -10.49 %     8.75 %     3.38 %     13.55 %  
S&P 500     -9.44 %     -5.08 %     11.32 %     3.50 %     9.85 %  
Dow Jones Average8      -7.00 %     1.58 %     11.44 %     5.49 %     11.32 %  
Lipper Large Cap
Value Index9 
    -9.53 %     -7.99 %     11.92 %     3.93 %     9.60 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.01%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

The Oakmark Fund declined in value 7% last quarter. The sting of another down quarter was somewhat softened by comparison to the larger 9% loss for the S&P 500. The Fund's top performers were H&R Block and Pulte Homes. We applaud Block's new management for exiting its mortgage business and refocusing the company on its successful tax preparation business. We sold our position in Pulte following its significant price rebound. On the negative side, Sprint declined due to continued defections of its Nextel subscribers, and Schering–Plough declined following release of a study claiming poor efficacy for its Vytorin and Zetia drugs. We continue to hold both stocks because we believe their prices reflect worst case scenarios, which we believe are unlikely.

During the quarter we eliminated six holdings. Baxter, Honeywell, and Raytheon achieved our targets. Abbott performed significantly better than other healthcare companies, and even though it had not quite reached our sell target, we sold it to fund an investment in a related business, which we judged to be much more undervalued. We also sold two stocks that have been disappointments: Masco and Pulte Homes. Both businesses have been hard hit by the collapse in new home construction. Though both traded well below our sell targets, we captured tax-losses and re-invested in financial stocks that we judged to be more undervalued.

We have five new holdings. We bought positions in the technology leader Cisco Systems, pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, and brokerage firms Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Our purchase rationale for each is provided on our website, Oakmark.com. We also received shares of Liberty Media Entertainment (LMDIA - $23) when it was spun-off to holders of Liberty Capital. We believed Liberty Capital was undervalued prior to the spin-off, and now we believe that both Liberty Capital and Liberty Entertainment are attractive. Liberty Entertainment's most important asset is its 41% stake in DirecTV (DTV - $25). DirecTV is the leading provider of satellite TV service in the U.S. Each share of Liberty Entertainment effectively owns about seven-eighths of a DirecTV share. Liberty currently trades for just the market value of its DirecTV, before giving any credit to its ownership of Starz/Encore, its regional sports channels, or the net cash on its balance sheet. We believe that combining Liberty Entertainment and DirecTV would be synergistic, and if it happens, Liberty's value would increase and its discount would be eliminated.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakmx@oakmark.com
  Kevin G. Grant, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakmx@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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THE OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—94.9%  
Apparel Retail—1.9%  
Limited Brands     4,628,047     $ 79,139,603    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—4.7%  
Liberty Media Corp. - Entertainment (a)     3,798,680     $ 86,002,115    
Comcast Corporation, Class A     4,000,000       75,880,000    
Discovery Holding Company, Class A (a)     1,540,140       32,681,771    
      194,563,886    
Catalog Retail—1.4%  
Liberty Media Holding Corporation - Interactive, Class A (a)     3,699,850     $ 59,715,579    
Computer & Electronics Retail—2.4%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.     2,419,400     $ 100,308,324    
Department Stores—2.2%  
Kohl's Corporation (a)     2,076,900     $ 89,078,241    
Home Improvement Retail—2.2%  
The Home Depot, Inc.     3,181,500     $ 88,986,555    
Household Appliances—2.2%  
The Black & Decker Corporation     1,350,000     $ 89,235,000    
Housewares & Specialties—2.3%  
Fortune Brands, Inc.     1,350,000     $ 93,825,000    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.8%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.     2,000,000     $ 75,000,000    
Movies & Entertainment—7.6%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B (a)     2,839,745     $ 112,510,697    
The Walt Disney Company     3,300,000       103,554,000    
Time Warner, Inc.     7,147,700       100,210,754    
      316,275,451    
Restaurants—5.9%  
Yum! Brands, Inc.     3,864,000     $ 143,779,440    
McDonald's Corporation     1,794,000       100,051,380    
      243,830,820    
Specialized Consumer Services—2.7%  
H&R Block, Inc.     5,358,600     $ 111,244,536    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Brewers—4.3%  
InBev NV (b)     1,000,000     $ 87,999,457    
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.     1,850,000       87,782,500    
      175,781,957    
Distillers & Vintners—2.0%  
Diageo Plc (c)     1,021,000     $ 83,027,720    
Hypermarkets & Super Centers—2.5%  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     2,000,000     $ 105,360,000    
Packaged Foods & Meats—4.5%  
General Mills, Inc.     1,556,000     $ 93,173,280    
H.J. Heinz Company     1,950,000       91,591,500    
      184,764,780    
Integrated Oil & Gas—0.9%  
ConocoPhillips     500,373     $ 38,133,426    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—1.9%  
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation     1,839,630     $ 76,767,760    
Consumer Finance—2.5%  
Capital One Financial Corporation     2,128,000     $ 104,740,160    
Diversified Banks—2.1%  
U.S. Bancorp     2,650,000     $ 85,754,000    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—2.1%  
Morgan Stanley     1,100,000     $ 50,270,000    
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     900,000       36,666,000    
      86,936,000    
Life & Health Insurance—0.7%  
AFLAC Incorporated     467,000     $ 30,331,650    
Multi-Sector Holdings—0.4%  
Liberty Media Holding Corporation - Capital, Class A (a)     949,670     $ 14,947,806    
Other Diversified Financial Services—4.1%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,400,000     $ 103,080,000    
Citigroup, Inc.     3,100,000       66,402,000    
      169,482,000    
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—1.6%  
Washington Mutual, Inc.     6,637,300     $ 68,364,190    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Health Care Equipment—2.8%  
Medtronic, Inc.     1,850,000     $ 89,484,500    
Covidien Limited     639,500       28,297,875    
      117,782,375    
Pharmaceuticals—5.4%  
GlaxoSmithKline plc (c)     2,000,000     $ 84,860,000    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     3,600,000       76,680,000    
Schering-Plough Corporation     4,260,200       61,389,482    
      222,929,482    
Air Freight & Logistics—2.2%  
FedEx Corp.     950,000     $ 88,036,500    
Industrial Conglomerates—1.2%  
Tyco International, Ltd.     1,139,500     $ 50,194,975    
Communications Equipment—1.2%  
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)     2,000,000     $ 48,180,000    
Computer Hardware—5.2%  
Dell Inc. (a)     4,100,000     $ 81,672,000    
Hewlett-Packard Company     1,725,000       78,763,500    
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a)     3,442,500       53,462,025    
      213,897,525    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—1.3%  
Western Union Company     2,575,000     $ 54,770,250    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—0.5%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd.     639,500     $ 21,947,640    
Office Electronics—1.9%  
Xerox Corporation     5,272,400     $ 78,927,828    
Semiconductors—4.9%  
Texas Instruments Incorporated     3,700,000     $ 104,599,000    
Intel Corporation     4,700,000       99,546,000    
      204,145,000    
Wireless Telecommunication Services—1.4%  
Sprint Nextel Corporation     8,903,000     $ 59,561,071    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,429,444,244)             3,925,967,090    

 

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THE OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Par Value   Market Value  
Short Term Investment—5.1%  
Repurchase Agreement—5.1%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase price
$211,564,821, collateralized by Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp. Bonds, with rates from 3.550% - 7.000%,
with maturities from 2/12/2010 - 9/15/2011, and with an
aggregate market value plus accrued interest of
$112,382,556, and by a Federal National Mortgage
Association Bond, with a rate of 5.125%, with a maturity
of 4/15/2011, and with an aggregate market value plus
accrued interest of $109,750,000
  $ 211,551,599     $ 211,551,599    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $211,551,599)         211,551,599    
Total Investments (Cost: $3,640,995,843)—100.0%       $ 4,137,518,689    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.0%         47,988    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 4,137,566,677    

 

(a) Non income-producing security.

(b) Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(c) Represents an American Depositary Receipt.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and Henry Berghoef, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/96) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX6 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/96)
 
Oakmark Select Fund
(Class I)
    -7.62 %     -18.87 %     6.12 %     8.11 %     13.81 %  
S&P 500     -9.44 %     -5.08 %     11.32 %     3.50 %     7.43 %  
Lipper Multi-Cap
Value Index10 
    -10.04 %     -11.70 %     12.03 %     4.59 %     7.79 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 0.97%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

The Oakmark Select Fund declined 8% last quarter. We take small comfort that the decline was less than the 9% decline in the S&P 500. Our focus is more on absolute returns, and even our relative performance recouped only a fraction of last year's underperformance. Our best performing stocks, both achieving double-digit increases, were H&R Block and Capital One. The market breathed a sigh of relief when Block exited its sub-prime mortgage business without requiring further write-downs. Capital One was a new purchase for the Fund and immediately helped results. The turmoil in the asset-backed debt markets allowed us to purchase it at an attractive price. Our third most positive contributor was another new purchase, Morgan Stanley. Although the stock actually declined fractionally, the quarter-end price was up significantly from both our purchase price and the low it reached following the Bear Stearns take over. On the negative side, Washington Mutual was hurt by continued declines in the mortgage market, Discovery Holdings suffered a partial reversal of its strong 2007 performance, and Intel and Dell were part of a weak technology market. For both the positive and negative outliers, we continue to believe these stocks are attractive.

We sold two holdings during the quarter, Dun & Bradstreet and IMS International. D&B was the last of Select's original holdings. Shares we purchased in 1996, adjusted for their Moody's spin-off, had a cost below $10 and were among Select's most successful investments. IMS had been a profitable investment for us. However, operating results were below what we anticipated, and we believed that financial services companies had become more undervalued.

In our last report we noted our belief that many financial stocks had become attractive, but we hadn't added to Washington Mutual because of increased company-specific risk. Our two sales this quarter were non-financial companies, and our two purchases were both financials. We believed, due to unsettled capital markets, that it was prudent to increase the number of financial holdings rather than the weighting of one holding. Because each company has somewhat different exposure, portfolio risk is lowered by spreading our investment across multiple companies. Note that we do not believe that company-specific risk has increased for non-financial businesses, and we are very comfortable with the combined 24% portfolio weighting in our three largest positions, YUM Brands, H&R Block and Discovery Holdings.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oaklx@oakmark.com
  Henry R. Berghoef, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oaklx@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—94.2%  
Apparel Retail—4.6%  
Limited Brands     9,180,981     $ 156,994,775    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—10.5%  
Discovery Holding Company, Class A (a)     10,009,500     $ 212,401,590    
Comcast Corporation, Class A     7,600,000       144,172,000    
      356,573,590    
Catalog Retail—4.9%  
Liberty Media Holding Corporation - Interactive, Class A (a)     10,350,000     $ 167,049,000    
Home Improvement Retail—3.0%  
The Home Depot, Inc.     3,700,000     $ 103,489,000    
Movies & Entertainment—9.4%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B (a)     4,275,000     $ 169,375,500    
Time Warner, Inc.     10,817,000       151,654,340    
      321,029,840    
Restaurants—12.7%  
Yum! Brands, Inc.     7,965,000     $ 296,377,650    
McDonald's Corporation     2,428,000       135,409,560    
      431,787,210    
Specialized Consumer Services—8.7%  
H&R Block, Inc.     14,169,600     $ 294,160,896    
Consumer Finance—4.0%  
Capital One Financial Corporation     2,810,600     $ 138,337,732    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.9%  
Morgan Stanley     2,900,000     $ 132,530,000    
Other Diversified Financial Services—4.5%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     3,544,000     $ 152,214,800    
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—6.2%  
Washington Mutual, Inc.     20,417,400     $ 210,299,220    
Pharmaceuticals—4.2%  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     6,760,200     $ 143,992,260    
Computer Hardware—4.4%  
Dell Inc. (a)     7,513,000     $ 149,658,960    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Market Value  
Common Stocks—94.2% (cont.)  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—4.5%  
Western Union Company     7,165,400     $ 152,408,058    
Office Electronics—4.0%  
Xerox Corporation     9,146,400     $ 136,921,608    
Semiconductors—4.7%  
Intel Corporation     7,447,000     $ 157,727,460    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $2,886,112,825)             3,205,174,409    
Short Term Investment—5.4%  
Repurchase Agreement—5.4%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase price
$183,545,292, collateralized a by Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp. Bond, with a rate of 5.500%, with a
maturity of 9/15/2011, and with an aggregate market
value plus accrued interest of $111,912,500, and by a
Federal Home Loan Bank Bond, with a rate of 4.875%,
with a maturity of 10/5/2011, and with an aggregate
market value plus accrued interest of $80,802,075
  $ 183,533,821     $ 183,533,821    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $183,533,821)             183,533,821    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $183,533,821)             183,533,821    
Total Investments (Cost: $3,069,646,646)—99.6%           $ 3,388,708,230    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.4%             14,441,505    
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 3,403,149,735    

 

(a) Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

Report from Clyde S. McGregor and Edward A. Studzinski, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/95) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX11 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark Equity &
Income Fund (Class I)
    0.97 %     9.54 %     13.62 %     11.08 %     13.17 %  
Lipper Balanced
Fund Index
    -5.29 %     -0.64 %     9.55 %     4.76 %     7.44 %  
S&P 5006      -9.44 %     -5.08 %     11.32 %     3.50 %     8.62 %  
Lehman Govt./
Corp. Bond12 
    2.53 %     8.35 %     4.62 %     6.12 %     6.30 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 0.83%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

Quarter Review

In a quarter remarkable for its volatility (by one measure the most volatile for equities in seventy years!) the Equity and Income Fund managed to eke out a positive return of 1%. This contrasts to the -5% that Lipper reported for its Balanced Funds Index. For the six-month fiscal year-to-date, the Fund returned 2%, while the Index reported -6%. We are pleased to report returns that best the benchmark in this difficult time period. But more important to us is the generation of positive returns. We know that our co-investors can survive mediocre positive returns, but negative returns—no matter how strong they may be in relative terms—can create actual hardship. This is especially true for the Equity and Income Fund because many investors use the Fund as a complete investment program. As always, we are most happy to report that the compound annualized rate of return since inception for the Fund is 13%.

The lead article in the March 26 edition of the Wall Street Journal was titled "Stocks Tarnished By 'Lost Decade.'"13 E.S. Browning, the author of the piece, described in unpleasant detail the stock market's lack of returns in the new millennium. The article goes further to describe historical market cycles, investing manias, etc. The article's focus on stock market averages is understandable, but misleading from the standpoint of fundamental value investors. We do not invest the Equity and Income Fund in "the market" as represented by indices and averages. Rather, for the equity portion of the Fund, we attempt to take advantage of the stock market's propensity to create a constant flow of undervalued equities even in the most unsavory environment. Since the beginning of 2000, the Equity and Income Fund has produced a compound annualized rate of return of just over 12%. For the past five years, which excludes the Fund's one down year of the decade (2002), the Fund's compound rate of return is 14%. Your managers' job now is to try to figure out how to do the same (or better) in the future.

In terms of equities, our portfolio activity was rather modest in the quarter. We initiated positions in Advanced Medical Optics, Dish Network, Kirby, and Pentair, and we eliminated the holdings of CBS Class A and International Rectifier. Investors often ask us if our investing is thematic. For our new purchases the best theme we can come up with is water: Kirby is an inland waterway barge company and Pentair makes water filters and pumps. Of course, the real theme is value: buying strong, growing businesses that are selling at a discount to their intrinsic value and that have management teams that treat their shareholders as partners. We were more active in the fixed income segment of the portfolio, and we will devote the remainder of the report to that discussion.

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The Airbag

A recent James Altucher column in the Financial Times newspaper was titled "Forget the stock crash—grab an airbag."14 This piece brought back memories of the days when previous Oakmark Funds group Chairman Victor Morgenstern referred to the Equity and Income Fund as "the Oakmark Fund with an airbag." When your writer mentioned Vic's description in an earlier quarterly report, your writer also took pains to explain that the airbag referred to the Fund's fixed income allocation and not the writer/portfolio managers. To this date, few have accepted this explanation.

In any event, the recent quarter helped to illustrate how the fixed income portion of the portfolio can dampen volatility. We began the quarter with roughly 39% of the Fund invested in fixed income investments. U.S. Treasury notes and bonds comprised nearly two-thirds of the 39%. Inflation-indexed Treasury notes were another one-fourth of the fixed income allocation, and government agencies made up nearly all of the rest.

You will note that the Fund did not have any mortgage-backed securities (RMBS, CMO's, CDO's, CDS's, etc.). We have historically avoided investing in the vast array of mortgage-backed securities because of what our industry terms "negative convexity," a term which basically means that in order to win conditions can never change. This idea is simpler than the jargon makes it sound. Think about how mortgages normally work. If a home-owner with a mortgage spies an opportunity to refinance at a desirable (lower) interest rate, he/she will do so and pay off the higher rate mortgage. As an owner of a mortgage-backed security, I would find that my principal was being returned to me prematurely at a time when interest rates had fallen, forcing me to reinvest at a lower rate, which is less desirable to me as a security holder. Conversely, if mortgage interest rates rise, home-owners do not refinance, and I am stuck with an investment that does not yield as much as current opportunities.

The past few years have introduced many other reasons for not owning these securities. As is now well known, lending standards declined over the decade. For example, obtaining a mortgage historically required documentation of income and financial assets. As the current decade matured, however, mortgage originators became increasingly lenient. By 2006 low-documentation loans made up almost half of new mortgage originations. Another example of the evolution of lending standards was the emergence of mortgages that did not require down payments. No-down-payment mortgages made up more than one-fourth of 2006 mortgage originations. As long as housing prices continued to climb, a virtuous circle prevailed whereby even mortgages written with the loosest standards could be packaged into securities, taken off the balance sheet of the originator, and sold to investors. Declining home prices, however, broke the circle.

During the housing boom, investment bankers became increasingly creative when constructing new types of securities out of pools of mortgages. Besides negative convexity, your managers have many natural aversions. One such aversion is to complexity. If we cannot explain a potential investment to our clients in a few simple declarative sentences, the investment is probably a bad idea. We also have an aversion to anything that smart salespeople are trying hard to sell to us. Mortgage-backed securities presented us with both complexity and the hard sell, and given our temperament, this made them easy for us to avoid.

While avoiding the pitfalls of mortgage-backed securities, we were active in the fixed income portion of the portfolio. We reestablished a position in Canadian Government debt, which increased overall portfolio yield and allowed us to invest in a country that is benefiting from the current resource boom. We also increased the position in U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed securities, generally called TIPS. We have often written about TIPS, but for the purposes of this report the reader must only understand that TIPS provide returns both through a conventional interest rate coupon and through a periodic adjustment in principal value based on actual inflation. Oddly, all of this activity had no meaningful effect on portfolio duration (a measure of sensitivity to changes in interest rates), while increasing the portfolio's fixed income allocation to 41%.

The bond market's move toward greater risk aversion in the quarter both enhanced the value of our TIPS and created a quandary for your managers. At the nadir for equity investing sentiment in the quarter, the "flight to quality" caused some TIPS prices to reach levels which implied a zero or negative yield—that is, the only investing return would come from the inflation-indexing factor. Yield compression (very low income generation at current bond prices) is probably the single greatest challenge facing the Fund's managers at present. While we will continue to seek out opportunities to enhance portfolio income, we will do so while remembering that the function of the bond portfolio is to be "the airbag" for the portfolio. In closing this section your writer should note that Mr. Altucher's column actually discussed a European company which manufactures airbags.

As always, we thank you for being our shareholders and invite your comments and questions.

Clyde S. McGregor, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakbx@oakmark.com
  Edward A. Studzinski, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakbx@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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THE OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Equity and Equivalents—53.8%  
Common Stocks—53.8%  
Apparel Retail—1.3%  
The TJX Companies, Inc.     2,813,000     $ 93,025,910    
Foot Locker, Inc.     7,050,000       82,978,500    
      176,004,410    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—0.1%  
Carter's, Inc. (a)     1,033,500     $ 16,691,025    
Automobile Manufacturers—0.4%  
Thor Industries, Inc.     2,000,000     $ 59,540,000    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—3.5%  
The E.W. Scripps Company, Class A     6,208,000     $ 260,798,080    
DISH Network Corp. (a)     8,002,500       229,911,825    
      490,709,905    
Home Furnishings—1.2%  
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)     2,314,100     $ 165,712,701    
Movies & Entertainment—1.3%  
News Corporation, Class B     9,405,100     $ 179,073,104    
Publishing—1.6%  
The Washington Post Company, Class B     315,200     $ 208,504,800    
Idearc, Inc.     5,200,000       18,928,000    
Primedia, Inc.     572,300       4,206,405    
      231,639,205    
Brewers—1.4%  
InBev NV (b)     2,279,000     $ 200,550,762    
Distillers & Vintners—2.3%  
Diageo Plc (c)     3,977,000     $ 323,409,640    
Drug Retail—3.1%  
CVS Caremark Corporation     10,670,000     $ 432,241,700    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.4%  
Nestle SA (c) (d)     3,783,000     $ 472,587,492    
Personal Products—1.6%  
Avon Products, Inc.     5,548,500     $ 219,387,690    
Tobacco—1.1%  
UST, Inc.     2,969,625     $ 161,903,955    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Shares Held   Market Value  
Equity and Equivalents—53.8% (cont.)  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—14.1%  
XTO Energy, Inc.     12,805,572     $ 792,152,684    
Apache Corporation     3,734,500       451,202,290    
Newfield Exploration Co. (a) (e)     7,203,000       380,678,550    
EnCana Corp. (b)     4,500,000       340,875,000    
      1,964,908,524    
Property & Casualty Insurance—1.6%  
SAFECO Corporation     3,880,000     $ 170,254,400    
First American Corporation     1,406,500       47,736,610    
      217,991,010    
Reinsurance—0.8%  
PartnerRe, Ltd. (b)     1,500,000     $ 114,450,000    
Health Care Distributors—0.2%  
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (a)     1,310,090     $ 26,594,827    
Health Care Equipment—3.8%  
Medtronic, Inc.     6,693,000     $ 323,740,410    
Hospira, Inc. (a)     4,850,000       207,434,500    
      531,174,910    
Health Care Services—0.8%  
Express Scripts, Inc. (a)     1,800,000     $ 115,776,000    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.6%  
Varian, Inc. (a) (e)     1,459,400     $ 84,528,448    
Aerospace & Defense—5.1%  
General Dynamics Corporation     4,559,000     $ 380,083,830    
Raytheon Company     3,200,000       206,752,000    
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (a)     1,285,200       133,056,756    
      719,892,586    
Industrial Conglomerates—1.1%  
Walter Industries, Inc.     2,425,700     $ 151,921,591    
Industrial Machinery—2.2%  
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Class A     5,111,478     $ 227,869,689    
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class B (e)     6,000,000       47,280,000    
Pentair, Inc.     1,058,142       33,754,730    
      308,904,419    
Marine—0.1%  
Kirby Corporation (a)     150,000     $ 8,550,000    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Market Value  
Equity and Equivalents—53.8% (cont.)  
Application Software—0.2%  
Mentor Graphics Corporation (a)     3,189,718     $ 28,165,210    
Communications Equipment—0.7%  
EchoStar Corp. (a)     3,158,557     $ 93,303,774    
Computer Hardware—0.2%  
Teradata Corporation (a)     1,557,600     $ 34,360,656    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $5,497,996,430)             7,529,973,544    
Total Equity and Equivalents (Cost: $5,497,996,430)             7,529,973,544    
Fixed Income—40.5%  
Corporate Bonds—0.1%  
Paper Packaging—0.1%  
Sealed Air Corporation, 144A, 5.625%, due 7/15/2013 (f)   $ 19,400,000     $ 20,281,866    
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost: $19,552,362)             20,281,866    
Government and Agency Securities—40.4%  
Canadian Government Bonds—3.0%  
Canadian Government, 3.75%, due 6/1/2012   CAD 250,000,000     $ 251,546,593    
Canadian Government, 4.25%, due 9/1/2008   CAD 125,000,000       122,661,844    
Canadian Government, 4.25%, due 9/1/2009   CAD 50,000,000       49,796,385    
      424,004,822    
France Government Bonds—0.5%  
France Government, 3.00%, due 7/25/2012,
Inflation Indexed
  EUR 44,099,692     $ 74,433,238    
U.S. Government Agencies—4.1%  
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 2.489%, due 2/22/2012 (g)     97,000,000     $ 96,727,236    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 6.79%, due 5/23/2012     58,730,000       66,552,073    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 2.25%, due 7/1/2010     50,000,000       49,880,500    
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%,
due 10/15/2010
    48,500,000       49,176,575    
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.30%,
due 8/6/2009
    48,500,000       48,947,994    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.75%, due 12/12/2014     25,000,000       26,583,925    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 3.50%, due 11/3/2009     25,000,000       25,475,400    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.50%, due 6/9/2010     24,250,000       25,364,675    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 5.05%,
due 10/15/2010
    24,250,000       24,593,428    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Par Value   Market Value  
Fixed Income—40.5% (cont.)  
U.S. Government Agencies—4.1% (cont.)  
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.92%, due 1/11/2010   $ 19,400,000     $ 20,299,656    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.50%, due 5/12/2010     14,550,000       15,205,492    
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.75%, due 6/9/2011     14,140,000       14,220,018    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.15%, due 7/20/2009     10,216,000       10,594,779    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.25%, due 7/16/2010     9,700,000       10,317,715    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.54%, due 7/6/2010     9,700,000       10,163,088    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.625%, due 1/18/2011     8,721,000       9,410,430    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.28%, due 8/16/2013     7,500,000       8,182,043    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.85%, due 12/16/2009     6,305,000       6,570,794    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.125%, due 6/6/2011     5,435,000       5,818,787    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.25%, due 9/12/2014     5,000,000       5,460,125    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.10%, due 8/9/2011     4,850,000       5,203,812    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.75%, due 5/7/2010     4,850,000       5,092,141    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.75%, due 12/11/2009     4,850,000       5,049,675    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.90%, due 9/2/2009     4,850,000       5,029,916    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.125%, due 7/17/2009     4,850,000       4,965,580    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 2.534%, due 7/29/2009 (g)     4,850,000       4,848,118    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.85%, due 3/9/2011     4,322,000       4,578,831    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.05%, due 5/25/2011     3,880,000       4,143,157    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.50%, due 8/8/2011     2,910,000       3,043,537    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.82%, due 10/12/2012     2,425,000       2,590,967    
      574,090,467    
U.S. Government Bonds—4.1%  
U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.375%, due 4/15/2011,
Inflation Indexed
  $ 531,640,000     $ 571,180,725    
U.S. Government Notes—28.7%  
United States Treasury Notes, 0.875%, due 4/15/2010,
Inflation Indexed
  $ 556,508,691     $ 569,508,178    
United States Treasury Notes, 2.00%, due 4/15/2012,
Inflation Indexed
    519,551,982       559,370,965    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.875%, due 2/15/2012     485,000,000       534,977,795    
United States Treasury Notes, 5.125%, due 6/30/2011     485,000,000       533,992,760    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.875%, due 5/15/2009     477,500,000       494,958,355    
United States Treasury Notes, 5.125%, due 5/15/2016     250,000,000       284,804,750    
United States Treasury Notes, 5.00%, due 8/15/2011     242,500,000       266,731,085    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.75%, due 3/31/2011     242,500,000       263,112,500    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.00%, due 4/15/2010     242,500,000       253,980,920    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.875%, due 8/15/2009     242,500,000       253,374,670    
      4,014,811,978    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Par Value   Market Value  
Fixed Income—40.5% (cont.)  
U.S. Government Notes—28.7% (cont.)  
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost: $5,359,715,540)
          $ 5,658,521,230    
Total Fixed Income (Cost: $5,379,267,902)             5,678,803,096    
Short Term Investments—5.1%  
U.S. Government Agencies—1.2%  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.12%,
due 4/11/2008
  $ 100,000,000     $ 99,885,555    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 2.93% - 3.00%, due 3/4/2009     48,845,000       48,845,000    
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., 0.00%,
due 4/22/2008 (h)
    10,000,000       9,986,350    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.56%, due 4/25/2008     5,000,000       5,003,307    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.00%, due 4/18/2008 (h)     5,000,000       4,988,125    
Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost: $168,708,337)             168,708,337    
Repurchase Agreement—3.9%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase price
$542,703,747, collateralized by a Federal Home Loan
Bank Bond, with a rate of 4.400%, with a maturity of
5/5/2008, and with an aggregate market value plus
accrued interest of $86,340,600, and by Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corp. Bonds, with rates of
3.550% - 6.625%, with maturities from
9/15/2009 - 6/27/2016, and with an aggregate market
value plus accrued interest of $202,142,219, and by
Federal National Mortgage Association Bonds, with
rates of 2.750% - 6.375%, with maturities from
6/30/2008 - 1/22/2018, and with an aggregate market
value plus accrued interest of $281,329,994
  $ 542,669,830     $ 542,669,830    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $542,669,830)             542,669,830    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $711,378,167)             711,378,167    
Total Investments (Cost: $11,588,642,499)—99.4%           $ 13,920,154,807    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.6%             81,830,910    
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 14,001,985,717    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

(a) Non income-producing security.

(b) Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(c) Represents an American Depositary Receipt.

(d) Market value is determined in accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees.

(e) See footnote number five in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(f) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

(g) Floating Rate Note. Rate shown is as of March 31, 2008.

(h) Zero Coupon Bond.

Key to abbreviations:

CAD: Canadian Dollar

EUR: Euro Dollar

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Report from Clyde S. McGregor and Robert A. Taylor, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (8/4/99) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX15 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(8/4/99)
 
Oakmark Global Fund (Class I)     -8.42 %     -6.38 %     21.63 %     14.53 %  
MSCI World     -9.06 %     -3.25 %     15.96 %     3.48 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index16      -8.45 %     -2.43 %     16.65 %     5.24 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.13%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

Quarter Review

The Oakmark Global Fund registered a decline of 8% for the quarter ended March 31. The MSCI World Index, the benchmark for global funds, lost 9% for the quarter, and the Lipper Global Fund Index, which measures the outcomes of mutual funds similar to Oakmark Global, reported an 8% drop. We are not "benchmark investors," so we derive little satisfaction from returns that are competitive with indices that are probably at best an obscure abstraction to many of our shareholder/partners. Companies with declining stocks varied from Swiss financials to Japanese semiconductor manufacturers to U.S. media concerns. Countries where the Fund enjoyed strong relative performance included the U.S., South Korea, and France, while Switzerland, Japan, and the United Kingdom produced the worst relative outcomes. For the 2008 fiscal year-to-date, returns are also negative with the Fund reporting a drop of 12%, while the MSCI World Index declined 11% and the Lipper Global Fund Index declined 10%.

"Stocks Tarnished by 'Lost Decade' "proclaimed the headline of a March 26 Wall Street Journal article.13 The article, written by E.S. Browning, described in harrowing detail the minimal returns stocks had managed over the past ten years. While written from the perspective of a U.S. investor focused on U.S. stocks, the story is much the same for internationally diversified investors. Beginning January 1, 2000, the MSCI World Index, our usual standard of comparison, has returned a mere 2% per year. We are pleased to be able to report that the Global Fund, despite the recent poor quarter, has returned more than 15% annualized over that same 8.25 year period. Expressed in dollar terms, a dollar invested in the Fund as of January 1, 2000, would now be worth $3.24.

All Financials Are Not Created Equal

JPMorgan Chase, helped by emergency funding from the Federal Reserve Bank, is acquiring Bear Stearns. Even after the eye-popping $2/share bid was increased to $10/share, the total amount paid is little more than the value of Bear Stearns's Madison Avenue headquarters. Given this property value, along with a solid prime brokerage business that earned over $500 million in operating profits in 2007, why was Bear Stearns sold for such a cheap price? The answer is liquidity.

While there is no doubt Bear Stearns had troubled assets on its books, the real reason the company needed to be saved was due to a traditional bank run. Hedge fund clients no longer wanted to do prime brokerage business with Bear Stearns, and lenders no longer wanted to extend credit to

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such a leveraged firm. This net impact resulted in Bear Stearns losing $17 billion in liquidity in a mere two days. Without JPMorgan Chase and the Fed, bankruptcy was highly probable.

Since UBS was the Fund's largest detractor and is, like Bear Stearns, an investment bank, it seemed appropriate to highlight the reasons why UBS is not facing the same issues that affected Bear Stearns:

1.  Bear Stearns is heavily involved in investment banking activities, which include prime brokerage, proprietary trading and underwriting—all of which require short-term funding and leverage. These activities comprise 85% of Bear Stearns's revenues, compared to less than 50% of UBS's revenues.

2.  Bear Stearns makes very little money from its private banking/asset management franchise. These businesses generate less than 5% of total profits at Bear Stearns compared to over 50% of the profits at UBS. Private banking and asset management businesses require very little capital and generate strong, stable cashflows. These cashflows provide UBS with steady income that it can use for liquidity needs at the investment bank.

3.  The Swiss banking regulator is very conservative, requiring banks to maintain some of the highest capital and liquidity ratios in the world.

Investment banks have been negatively affected by the mortgage bubble in the U.S., and the subsequent liquidity crisis has hurt all financial securities. Despite this, the private banking franchise at UBS has yet to be materially harmed. We know this because UBS's private banking continues to attract net inflows. Although we overestimated the value of UBS's investment bank, our assessment of the private bank remains unchanged. Private banking is an excellent business due to its sticky asset base, steady growth and limited capital needs. We are now buying UBS for just the value of the private bank while getting the investment bank, asset management business and Swiss commercial bank for less than zero. Because of this, we continue to hold and add to this position.

Astute followers of our holdings will notice the weight in UBS has decreased since December 31, 2007, while the weight in Credit Suisse has increased. This trade was done to capture the short-term losses incurred in our UBS position while maintaining our exposure to the attractive private banking business. This tax trade is similar to the one done in the Oakmark Global Select portfolio last quarter. This is in line with our strategy to maximize the after-tax returns for our shareholders.

We were active in the quarter, taking advantage of worldwide volatility to improve and strengthen the portfolio. As always, we strive to orient the portfolio to our highest return opportunities. We added three new names and eliminated nine, mostly smaller holdings. The resulting portfolio has 39 equity names with a 43% U.S. allocation. The international allocation is split between Europe (40%), Canada (3%), and Asia (14%). The portfolio remains diversified across market capitalizations. The smallest company, Live Nation, has a $908 million capitalization while the largest company, Novartis, has a $140 billion market cap.

Clyde S. McGregor, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakgx@oakmark.com
  Robert A. Taylor, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakgx@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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Global Diversification—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—99.0%  
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—3.7%  
Bulgari S.p.A. (Italy)   Jewelry Manufacturer & Retailer     4,678,800     $ 54,070,277    
Luxottica Group S.p.A.
(Italy)
  Manufacturer and Retailer of
Eyeglass Frames and Sunglasses
    1,410,700       35,567,440    
      89,637,717    
Automobile Manufacturers—4.1%  
Bayerische Motoren Werke
(BMW) AG (Germany)
  Luxury Automobile Manufacturer     962,900     $ 53,191,000    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     565,100       48,309,973    
      101,500,973    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—4.5%  
Discovery Holding
Company, Class A
(United States) (a)
  Media Management &
Network Services
    2,913,700     $ 61,828,714    
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     2,163,600       47,581,827    
      109,410,541    
Household Appliances—3.8%  
Snap-On Incorporated
(United States)
  Tool & Equipment Manufacturer     1,850,300     $ 94,087,755    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.3%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
(United States)
  Motorcycle Manufacturer     844,700     $ 31,676,250    
Movies & Entertainment—4.9%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B
(United States) (a)
  Publishing Company     1,276,300     $ 50,567,006    
Live Nation, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Live Events Producer, Operator, &
Promoter
    3,119,500       37,839,535    
News Corporation, Class B
(United States)
  International Multimedia &
Entertainment Company
    1,726,500       32,872,560    
      121,279,101    
Publishing—1.9%  
The Washington Post
Company, Class B
(United States) Newspaper & Magazine Publishing;
Educational & Career Development
 
Service Provider
    72,169     $ 47,739,794    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—99.0% (cont.)  
Distillers & Vintners—1.2%  
Diageo plc
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines, & Spirits
Manufacturer
    1,516,000     $ 30,568,702    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.3%  
Cadbury Schweppes plc
(United Kingdom)
  Beverage & Confectionary
Manufacturer
    5,129,500     $ 56,347,771    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—7.8%  
XTO Energy, Inc.
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    1,787,750     $ 110,590,215    
Apache Corporation
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    667,500       80,647,350    
      191,237,565    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—2.9%  
Julius Baer Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Asset Management     952,700     $ 70,222,173    
Diversified Banks—3.3%  
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)   Commercial Bank     5,514,300     $ 82,007,641    
Diversified Capital Markets—6.1%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    1,831,200     $ 93,210,311    
UBS AG (Switzerland)   Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    1,956,300       56,851,091    
      150,061,402    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—4.2%  
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
(Japan)
  Stock Broker     12,014,000     $ 104,134,189    
Health Care Equipment—4.0%  
Medtronic, Inc.
(United States)
  Health Care Equipment     1,075,700     $ 52,031,609    
Covidien Limited
(United States)
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies     1,039,700       46,006,725    
      98,038,334    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—99.0% (cont.)  
Health Care Services—3.2%  
Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings
(United States) (a)
  Medical Laboratory & Testing
Services
    1,077,000     $ 79,353,360    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—3.0%  
MDS, Inc. (Canada) (a)   Products & Services for Medical
Product Manufacturers
    3,800,600     $ 74,035,688    
Pharmaceuticals—7.1%  
Novartis AG (Switzerland)   Pharmaceuticals     1,724,900     $ 88,407,421    
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     4,069,800       86,102,222    
      174,509,643    
Aerospace & Defense—1.1%  
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Propulsion Systems & Munitions     269,087     $ 27,858,577    
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services—1.0%  
Meitec Corporation
(Japan)
  Software Engineering Services     760,000     $ 23,025,682    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.5%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     1,074,300     $ 62,039,176    
Railroads—2.6%  
Union Pacific Corporation
(United States)
  Rail Transportation Provider     512,300     $ 64,232,174    
Computer Hardware—1.5%  
Teradata Corporation
(United States) (a)
  Computer Software     1,653,000     $ 36,465,180    
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers—3.2%  
OMRON Corporation
(Japan)
  Component, Equipment, &
System Manufacturer
    3,894,200     $ 79,892,044    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—1.9%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd.
(United States)
  Manufactures Electronic
Components
    1,366,100     $ 46,884,552    
Office Electronics—4.5%  
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     989,850     $ 111,094,083    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Market Value  
Common Stocks—99.0% (cont.)  
Semiconductors—8.2%  
Rohm Company Limited
(Japan)
  Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    1,116,988     $ 69,139,406    
Intel Corporation
(United States)
  Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    3,238,300       68,587,194    
Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd. (Korea)
  Consumer & Industrial Electronic
Equipment Manufacturer
    101,900       64,102,287    
      201,828,887    
Systems Software—3.2%  
Oracle Corporation
(United States) (a)
  Software Services     4,004,600     $ 78,329,976    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $2,255,254,676)                 2,437,498,930    
Short Term Investment—1.7%  
Repurchase Agreement—1.7%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase
price $42,272,734, collateralized by a Federal Home
Loan Bank Bond, with a rate of 4.400%, with a
maturity of 5/5/2008, and with an aggregate
market value plus accrued interest of $44,384,719
      $ 42,270,092     $ 42,270,092    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $42,270,092)                 42,270,092    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $42,270,092)                 42,270,092    
Total Investments (Cost: $2,297,524,768)—100.7%               $ 2,479,769,022    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $378)—0.0%               $ 379    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—(0.7)%                 (18,230,906 )  
Total Net Assets—100%               $ 2,461,538,495    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and David Herro, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (10/2/06) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX15 (UNAUDITED)

    Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Last 3 Months*   1-year   Average Annual
Total Return
Since Inception
(10/2/06)
 
Oakmark Global
Select Fund (Class I)
    -10.98 %     -15.16 %     -3.41 %  
MSCI World     -9.06 %     -3.25 %     4.93 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index16      -8.45 %     -2.43 %     5.61 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.31%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

It was a difficult quarter for The Oakmark Global Select Fund, which declined 11% for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. This compares unfavorably to the MSCI World Index loss of 9%.

Impact Players

Adecco, a Swiss-based personnel and temporary employment company, was the largest contributor during the quarter, returning 7%. The restructuring plan put in place by new management continues to improve margins and cash generation. Despite weak underlying demand and recessionary fear in the U.S., the temporary employment market has not reacted as negatively as it has during past slowdowns. Capital One Financial Corp., a U.S.-based financial services company, was the second largest contributor, returning 5% for the quarter. The market responded positively to recent credit quality metrics that were better than expected. Additionally, unlike most financials in the current market, Capital One announced a dividend increase that will yield approximately 3% annually at the quarter-end price. Rounding out the top contributors was The Home Depot, Inc., a U.S.-based home improvement retail chain, returning 4.5% for the quarter. With the continued housing market weakness, shares of Home Depot had been trading at extremely attractive levels at just 12x forward earnings. Despite macro-driven weakness, Home Depot's new management team is making strong progress on their initiatives to improve the company's supply chain and the customer shopping experience.

Rohm Co., a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer, was the largest detractor from performance, declining 27% for the quarter. Rohm's share price was negatively affected by disappointing sales numbers and a larger than expected seasonal slowdown. In addition, an industry-wide weakness for semiconductor-related stocks continued during the quarter. Schroders PLC, a United Kingdom asset manager, was the second largest detractor, declining 26%. Schroders reported positive results, including increased inflows, increased market share in the U.K., and positive top line growth and continued margin expansion in the private bank. Despite these positive results, overall nervousness about earnings for financial businesses caused the share price to fall. Credit Suisse Group, a Swiss financial services group, rounded out the top detractors, declining 15% for the quarter. The $2.9 billion write-down associated with Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) asset mispricing caused the share price to fall. While this mispricing raises concerns, it's important to note that it had a minimal effect on 2007 results. A review of the risk procedures determined that the proper controls are being followed and found no additional issues in other areas of the

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company. Furthermore, the review judged that the mispricing was initially overlooked because CDOs are inherently difficult to value and are not priced by a centralized source. The parties involved in this matter were disciplined appropriately. We maintain our positive outlook on these companies and believe they will become solid contributors to the portfolio over the long-term.

Portfolio Composition

There were not many changes to the portfolio in the quarter. Diageo plc was sold from the Fund as it approached fair value and Television Francaise (TF1), the operator of the French television channel TF1, was added to the portfolio.

In closing, we are long-term value investors focused on finding attractive, under-valued foreign companies trading at a significant discount to their measured worth. We welcome market weakness and instability because they create opportunities that allow us to invest in quality companies trading at low prices. We thank you for your continued support.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakwx@oakmark.com
  David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakwx@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Global Diversification—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—95.9%  
Broadcasting & Cable TV—14.2%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     700,100     $ 15,396,579    
Comcast Corporation,
Class A (United States)
  Cable Communication
Networks Provider
    697,400       13,229,678    
British Sky Broadcasting
Group plc
(United Kingdom)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    988,000       10,912,046    
      39,538,303    
Computer & Electronics Retail—4.3%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.
(United States)
  Computer & Electronics Retailer     285,000     $ 11,816,100    
Home Improvement Retail—4.6%  
The Home Depot, Inc.
(United States)
  Home Improvement Retailer     460,000     $ 12,866,200    
Movies & Entertainment—8.7%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B
(United States) (a)
  Publishing Company     319,000     $ 12,638,780    
Time Warner, Inc.
(United States)
  Filmed Entertainment &
Television Networks
    820,000       11,496,400    
      24,135,180    
Restaurants—4.6%  
McDonald's Corporation
(United States)
  Fast-food Restaurant Operator     231,000     $ 12,882,870    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—5.6%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     830,400     $ 15,458,746    
Consumer Finance—4.6%  
Capital One Financial
Corporation
(United States)
  Credit Card Products &
Services Provider
    260,000     $ 12,797,200    
Diversified Capital Markets—5.3%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    291,000     $ 14,812,254    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—95.9% (cont.)  
Investment Banking & Brokerage—6.0%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     1,916,000     $ 16,607,384    
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—3.0%  
Washington Mutual, Inc.
(United States)
  Diversified Financial Services     810,000     $ 8,343,000    
Pharmaceuticals—13.4%  
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     615,300     $ 13,017,518    
Novartis AG
(Switzerland)
  Pharmaceuticals     247,100       12,664,777    
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company (United States)
  Health & Personal Care     549,000       11,693,700    
      37,375,995    
Human Resource & Employment Services—7.6%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     367,700     $ 21,234,110    
Computer Hardware—4.4%  
Dell Inc. (United States) (a)   Technology Products & Services     623,000     $ 12,410,160    
Semiconductors—9.6%  
Intel Corporation
(United States)
  Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    642,000     $ 13,597,560    
Rohm Company
Limited (Japan)
  Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    210,400       13,023,356    
      26,620,916    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $313,668,929)                 266,898,418    

 

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Par Value   Market Value  
Short Term Investment—4.3%  
Repurchase Agreement—4.3%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase
price $11,816,021, collateralized by a Federal Home
Loan Bank Bond, with a rate of 4.400%, with a
maturity of 5/5/2008, and with an aggregate
market value plus accrued interest of $12,408,413
      $ 11,815,283     $ 11,815,283    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $11,815,283)             11,815,283    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $11,815,283)             11,815,283    
Total Investments (Cost: $325,484,212)—100.2%           $ 278,713,701    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $48)—0.0%           $ 48    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—(0.2)%             (440,793 )  
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 278,272,956    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL AND
OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUNDS

Fellow shareholders,

As your statements show, the quarter ended March 31, 2008, was not good for international equity markets or your Funds. Shares of both The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund declined in value this quarter. Though this negative trend has continued for about nine months, I am becoming more optimistic that equity prices will begin to reflect the positive values we are finding throughout international markets.

What Makes a Company "Valuable"?

As value investors, we believe that the value of any business is determined by what it generates in free cash over time. As we know, in the short-term, stock markets tend not to be concerned with fundamentals; they react to such things as changes in the macro economy, rumors, momentum, etc. We believe we have an edge because we ignore these short-term influences and make investment decisions based on the long-term fundamental characteristics of underlying businesses. Though at times we are early, we have greatly benefitted in the past from buying when markets are impatient and fearful. As an example, recall the Asian crisis of 1997-1998. Both international funds underperformed quite noticeably while capital fled the Pacific Rim in droves. Headlines during the time included "Asia: the lost decade" and "Will Asia Ever Recover?" We used this volatile opportunity to load up on Asian stocks, and over the next three years we not only earned back what we lost in the crisis, but Oakmark International outperformed the EAFE index17 by over 63% from 1999 to 2001.

Today it is a different set of problems. The U.S. and global economies are slowing because of the fallout from the "sub-prime crisis." The housing bubble in the U.S. has popped, and pundits are crying, "the sky is falling." Indeed, declining house prices are hurting the macro economy, but the world is not coming to an end. Policy makers and regulators are already proposing various initiatives that will help the healing process and will improve the system for the future. This is exactly what happened in Asia in the late 90s. Despite the abundance of fear surrounding the markets today, we think natural market forces and proactive crisis management will help the situation to run its course. And we believe, at a time least expected, equity markets will recover.

In the meantime, stock prices have plummeted, particularly for companies in the financial sector and for those in certain consumer-oriented sectors, such as retail and media. Yes, the past six months have not been good for these companies, and the immediate future doesn't look so hot. But, as we stated above, value isn't determined by the last few—or even the next couple of—months. To value a business properly, one must consider the business's long-term prospects, including its ability to generate cash over the next five to ten years. From this perspective, we see lots of opportunity as the market, driven by fear and conjecture, has trashed the share prices of many quality businesses. This has consequently given us the opportunity to pay unrealistically low prices for what we view are some of the world's great business franchises.

Though the speculators and pundits claim "this time it is different," history suggests that markets recover. When they do, we strongly believe that our international portfolios are very well positioned for the re-convergence of price and value.

Traveler's Log—Japan

Many of us on the international team continue to spend lots of time in Japan visiting with managements. Though its market peaked in 1989, Japan has proven of little or no interest to us until recently. As you may have read in past commentaries, we had great difficulty finding investments that met our criteria of being low in price and high in quality. Two things have happened to get us a bit more excited about investment prospects there. First, prices are low, and valuations are extremely compelling. Second—and perhaps where we have seen the biggest change—"quality" is on the rise. We define quality companies as those companies that are led by managements that build value per share by increasing returns and by allocating capital intelligently. Previously, Japanese managements seemed more obsessed with building big cash piles than with building shareholder value. This is definitely changing as ROE's are rising across corporate Japan partially due to much sounder capital allocation. In fact, some members of "Japan Inc" (such as Rohm, one of our holdings) are now paying out to shareholders annually all of the free cash they generate, which has caused dividend payout ratios to rise dramatically.

With low prices and improving quality, the Japanese market is now providing real value, and we are cautiously enthusiastic that Japanese managements are slowly starting to "get it."

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com
oakex@oakmark.com

March 31, 2008

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(9/30/92)
 
Oakmark International
Fund (Class I)
    -11.03 %     -15.63 %     19.69 %     9.16 %     11.66 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     -8.70 %     -1.30 %     21.81 %     6.53 %     8.60 %  
MSCI EAFE17      -8.91 %     -2.69 %     21.41 %     6.19 %     8.31 %  
Lipper International
Fund Index19 
    -9.43 %     -0.23 %     21.66 %     6.90 %     9.57 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.05%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

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THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Report from David G. Herro

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (9/30/92) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX18 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(9/30/92)
 
Oakmark International
Fund (Class I)
    -11.03 %     -15.63 %     19.69 %     9.16 %     11.66 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     -8.70 %     -1.30 %     21.81 %     6.53 %     8.60 %  
MSCI EAFE17      -8.91 %     -2.69 %     21.41 %     6.19 %     8.31 %  
Lipper International
Fund Index19 
    -9.43 %     -0.23 %     21.66 %     6.90 %     9.57 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.05%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

The Oakmark International Fund declined 11% for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, lagging behind the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which lost 9%. More importantly, however, since the Fund's inception in September 1992, it is up an average of 12% per annum, which compares favorably with the MSCI World ex U.S. Index's return of 9% over the same period.

Impact Players

Chinatrust Financial Holding Company, one of Taiwan's largest banks and the owner of Taiwan's largest credit-card issuer, was the top contributor this quarter, returning 23%. Chinatrust's price rebounded off its fourth quarter lows on news that it returned to a profit in fourth quarter due to an increase in fee income and a decrease in loss provisions. Additionally, the Taiwanese market as a whole benefitted from news that the opposition party to President Chen was elected to a majority of the parliamentary seats. The opposition party supports closer ties with China, which investors believe will boost the economy. We sold our position in Chinatrust during the quarter, and due to the strength in price we were able to do so at prices near the stock's all-time high. Adecco, a Swiss personnel and temporary employment company, was the second largest contributor during the quarter, returning 7%. The restructuring plan implemented by the new management team has continued to provide good results, including margin improvement and improved cash generation. Despite weak underlying demand and recessionary fear in the U.S., the market has not reacted as negatively as it has during past slowdowns. Rounding out the top three contributors was Samsung Electronics Co., a Korean manufacturer of consumer and industrial electronics equipment and products, returning 7% during the quarter. While the semi-conductor market remains weak due to poor pricing conditions and oversupply, Samsung's LCD and handset businesses have performed very well.

As discussed in the International lead letter, the global markets have been negatively affected by "the sub-prime crisis" and recessionary fears. We have seen this weakness continue to hurt our top names, including UBS AG and Credit Suisse. UBS, Europe's largest bank, was the quarter's largest detractor from performance, declining 37%. UBS continues to announce write-downs related to the U.S. mortgage market. The management team responsible for these problems has been replaced by a team that we believe will build shareholder value over time. With the troubled assets marked at what appear to be very low levels, we believe the worst is behind UBS and that it will now return to profitable growth. Credit Suisse Group, a Swiss financial services group, also was affected

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by global financial market weakness, declining 15% for the quarter. The market negatively reacted to the $2.9 billion write-down related to its Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) asset mispricing. While this mispricing raises concerns, it's important to note that its effect on 2007 results was minimal. A risk procedure review found that proper controls are in place and determined that the mispricing was initially overlooked because CDOs are inherently difficult to value and because they are not priced by a centralized source. The parties involved in the matter were disciplined appropriately. Another top detractor from performance was Rohm Co., a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer, declining 27% for the quarter. Rohm shares were dragged down by disappointing sales numbers and larger than expected seasonal slowdown. Additionally, an industry-wide weakness for semiconductor-related stocks continued during the quarter. We remain confident in our investments and believe over the long-term they will be positive contributors to the Fund.

Portfolio Composition

In addition to Chinatrust, we sold our positions in Compass Group, Giordano International, Lotte Chilsung, Uni-Charm Corp., and Vivendi SA because they reached their respective sell targets or because better investment opportunities materialized. Only two new names were added to the portfolio during the quarter: Canon Inc., a Japanese imaging equipment manufacturer; and Swatch Group AG, a large Swiss watch manufacturer. We previously owned both names in the Fund and used weak share prices as an opportunity to repurchase these high quality companies.

We held significant positions in sectors that performed poorly during the quarter, including financials, consumer discretionary, and information technology. Together, these sectors detracted approximately 8% from Fund performance.

In closing, we would like to remind you that we measure our performance over the long term. Short-term fluctuations in the market create opportunities for us to invest in under-valued companies that have fallen out of favor.

Thank you for your continued support.

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakix@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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Global Diversification—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—97.6%  
Advertising—3.4%  
Publicis Groupe (France)   Advertising & Media Services     5,651,400     $ 215,915,808    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—6.4%  
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufacturer and Retailer of
Luxury Goods
    2,510,700     $ 140,817,632    
LVMH Moet Hennessy
Louis Vuitton SA
(France)
  Diversified Luxury Goods
Conglomerate
    1,066,200       118,669,967    
Luxottica Group S.p.A.
(Italy)
  Manufacturer and Retailer of
Eyeglass Frames and Sunglasses
    3,288,057       82,900,525    
Swatch Group AG,
Bearer Shares
(Switzerland)
  Watch Manufacturer     241,100       64,456,802    
      406,844,926    
Automobile Manufacturers—7.8%  
Bayerische Motoren Werke
(BMW) AG (Germany)
  Luxury Automobile Manufacturer     3,703,300     $ 204,571,846    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     1,787,100       152,777,832    
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Automobile & Motorcycle
Manufacturer
    4,898,300       139,804,008    
      497,153,686    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—9.3%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     8,507,500     $ 187,096,689    
Gestevision Telecinco SA
(Spain)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    7,920,800       161,188,848    
British Sky Broadcasting
Group plc
(United Kingdom)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    11,818,400       130,529,279    
Grupo Televisa S.A.
(Mexico) (a)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    4,882,000       118,339,680    
      597,154,496    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—97.6% (cont.)  
Publishing—2.0%  
Trinity Mirror plc
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Newspaper Publishing     15,461,248     $ 90,521,272    
Johnston Press plc
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Newspaper Publishing     16,045,172       39,486,637    
      130,007,909    
Specialty Stores—2.9%  
Signet Group plc
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Jewelry Retailer     151,982,759     $ 186,258,187    
Distillers & Vintners—1.1%  
Diageo plc
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines, & Spirits
Manufacturer
    3,541,300     $ 71,406,955    
Packaged Foods & Meats—1.9%  
Cadbury Schweppes plc
(United Kingdom)
  Beverage & Confectionary
Manufacturer
    10,725,400     $ 117,818,966    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—1.7%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     6,029,000     $ 112,236,007    
Diversified Banks—14.2%  
Bank of Ireland (Ireland)   Commercial Bank     13,032,700     $ 193,819,884    
Barclays PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Commercial & Investment
Banking, Insurance, Financial,
Asset Management and
Related Services
   


20,290,100
     


182,417,489
   
BNP Paribas SA (France)   Commercial Bank     1,769,900       178,523,193    
Lloyds TSB Group plc
(United Kingdom)
  Commercial Bank     17,421,300       155,934,131    
HSBC Holdings plc
(United Kingdom)
  International Banking &
Financial Services
    9,055,000       149,159,401    
Kookmin Bank (Korea)   Commercial Bank     861,850       48,211,733    
      908,065,831    
Diversified Capital Markets—7.5%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    5,958,800     $ 303,310,180    
UBS AG (Switzerland)   Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    5,996,500       174,261,394    
      477,571,574    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—97.6% (cont.)  
Investment Banking & Brokerage—5.8%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     26,984,000     $ 233,890,208    
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
(Japan)
  Financial Services     9,291,000       138,880,317    
      372,770,525    
Multi-line Insurance—2.1%  
Allianz SE (Germany)   Insurance, Banking &
Financial Services
    668,000     $ 132,331,733    
Reinsurance—1.1%  
Hannover
Rueckversicherung AG
(Germany)
  Reinsurance     1,324,600     $ 69,051,775    
Pharmaceuticals—7.0%  
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     11,011,700     $ 232,967,672    
Novartis AG (Switzerland)   Pharmaceuticals     4,184,400       214,465,774    
      447,433,446    
Building Products—1.3%  
Geberit AG-Registered
(Switzerland)
  Building Products     564,800     $ 84,171,181    
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services—4.4%  
Experian Group, Ltd.
(Ireland)
  Credit and Marketing Services     19,544,600     $ 142,356,380    
Meitec Corporation
(Japan) (b)
  Software Engineering Services     2,483,800       75,251,565    
G4S PLC (United Kingdom)   Security Services     14,480,400       65,452,016    
      283,059,961    
Human Resource & Employment Services—3.4%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     3,762,800     $ 217,295,922    
Industrial Conglomerates—0.2%  
Koninklijke (Royal) Philips
Electronics N.V.
(Netherlands)
  Electronics Manufacturer     273,600     $ 10,466,043    
Railroads—0.2%  
Canadian National
Railway Company
(Canada)
  Operates Network of Rail Tracks     317,000     $ 15,370,539    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—97.6% (cont.)  
Application Software—2.7%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     3,514,400     $ 174,662,206    
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers—3.2%  
OMRON Corporation
(Japan)
  Component, Equipment, &
System Manufacturer
    9,028,600     $ 185,227,599    
Orbotech, Ltd. (Israel) (c)   Optical Inspection Systems     1,237,700       22,699,418    
      207,927,017    
Office Electronics—1.2%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     1,722,500     $ 79,316,563    
Semiconductor Equipment—1.5%  
ASML Holding NV              
   
(Netherlands) (c)   Develop, Produce and Market            
   
    Semiconductor Manufacturing          
   
    Equipment     3,791,200     $ 93,251,790    
Semiconductors—5.3%  
Rohm Company Limited                
   
(Japan)   Integrated Circuits &            
   
    Semiconductor Devices          
   
    Manufacturer     2,941,500     $ 182,073,184    
Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd. (Korea)
  Consumer & Industrial Electronic
Equipment Manufacturer
    245,200       154,248,094    
      336,321,278    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $6,636,862,889)                 6,243,864,324    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Par Value   Market Value  
Short Term Investment—2.3%  
Repurchase Agreement—2.3%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase
price $148,238,794, collateralized by Federal Home
Loan Bank Bonds, with rates from 4.400% - 4.875,
with maturities from 5/5/2008 - 11/15/2012, and
with an aggregate market value plus accrued interest of
$83,078,006, by a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Bond, with a rate of 5.095%, with a maturity of 12/29/2011,
and with an aggregate market value plus accrued interest
of $53,316,288, and by a Federal National Mortgage
Association Bond, with a rate of 3.830%, with a
maturity of 1/22/2013, and with an aggregate market
value plus accrued interest of $19,250,700
  $ 148,229,530     $ 148,229,530    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $148,229,530)         148,229,530    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $148,229,530)         148,229,530    
Total Investments (Cost: $6,785,092,419)—99.9%       $ 6,392,093,854    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $121,485)—0.0%       $ 121,261    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.1%         9,309,767    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 6,401,524,882    

 

(a) Represents an American Depositary Receipt.

(b) See footnote number five in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(c) Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL
SMALL CAP FUND

Report from David G. Herro and Chad M. Clark, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/95) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX18 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark International
Small Cap Fund
(Class I)
    -8.08 %     -20.37 %     25.29 %     14.13 %     12.44 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     -8.70 %     -1.30 %     21.81 %     6.53 %     7.74 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.
Small Cap20 
    -6.44 %     -9.92 %     25.46 %     N/A     N/A  
Lipper International
Small Cap Index21 
    -8.60 %     -5.94 %     27.30 %     12.14 %   N/A  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/07 was 1.34%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

It was a difficult quarter for international equity markets, and The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund was not immune to this, with the Fund declining 8% for the quarter ended March 31. This compares to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which lost 9%, and the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index, which declined 6%. Since inception, your Fund has returned 12% annualized, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which returned 8% for the same period.

Stock selection in Japan and France boosted the Fund during the quarter, adding around 1.5% to relative performance. The U.K., Swiss and Italian holdings were the largest detractors from performance relative to the benchmark. From a sector perspective, relative performance was aided by the returns of our financial and industrial holdings versus those of the benchmark. Poor stock selection in the consumer staples sector, our underweighting in the materials sector, and our lack of exposure to energy accounted for a large percentage of relative underperformance.

Contributors

Neopost, the Fund's biggest position, is the second largest manufacturer of franking machines, behind Pitney Bowes. During the quarter Neopost announced 4th quarter earnings results that were better than expected, which boosted the stock price. This along with its size in the Fund helped make Neopost the largest contributor to return for the first quarter.

IMI plc is a new holding to the Fund and was the second-best performer in the quarter. IMI is a U.K. manufacturer of fluid controls, retail displays and other products. It also produces severe service valves and beverage dispensing machines. IMI's stock came under pressure in late 2007 over concerns surrounding a Department of Justice investigation at its severe service division. With the company proactively managing the investigation and ending relationships with the staff responsible for the indiscretions, it now appears the major issues of the investigation have been resolved, and the severe service division should return to more normalized growth rates in '09. We used the share weakness to establish a position in the Fund this quarter.

Rounding out the top three contributors was Japanese advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The stock was up 27% during the quarter, with most of this gain coming in February after the announcement of a buyback of up to one million shares. During the quarter Asatsu posted solid revenue growth in a difficult environment and was also able to expand operating margins by avoiding lower margin projects and maintaining a strict focus on costs.

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Detractors

Although Vitec, a U.K. manufacturer and supplier of camera and lighting equipment, reported strong overall results in the first quarter for 2007, margins were hurt by a weak U.S. dollar because a large portion of its sales come from the U.S. It expects that this will have some negative impact on 2008 results as well. Vitec was also hurt by a slower than expected integration of the Tomcat staging business it acquired in 2006. This appears to be resolved.

Shares of Japanese placement and staffing services company Pasona were hurt from a tight job recruitment market, which has forced the company to increase its temporary staff's wages and benefits. Pasona has struggled to fully pass along the increased costs to its customers, which has caused operating margins to decline. The company also faces pressure because Japan's competitive market for permanent employees has slowed demand for temporary workers and also made it difficult to find candidates for temporary positions.

M6 Metropole Television was the third largest detractor from performance for the quarter. The stock has been hurt by cyclical concerns over the French advertising market and uncertainty about the impact of the pending restructuring of state-owned broadcaster France TV. Despite the new contribution of the retail sector's advertising, the underlying advertising market was weak in 2007, hurt by low investments in telecoms and publishing. M6 performed relatively well in audience in strategic time slots, and didn't lose shares overall. However, its margins suffered because it has had to maintain investments in programming to keep pace with channel fragmentation and changing regulations. It is likely that the business will have to weather further deterioration of the advertising environment in 2008. The longer term outlook remains favorable, however, and management is operating the business with good cost discipline, as well as a strategically and financially sound approach to diversification activities in other media, such as the Internet. We don't think the current share price reflects the quality of the business and its management team. In addition to the potential benefits from reform measures, we believe the stock is fundamentally undervalued and offers significant upside at these levels.

Portfolio Composition

The Fund exited many positions during the quarter, including Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, Santen Pharmaceutical, Haw Par, Daekyo, and Domino Printing, because they either reached fair value or because we identified other investment opportunities that had more upside. There has been no shortage of new ideas. In addition to IMI, we added six new holdings to the Fund during the quarter: Ten Network Holdings operates commercial television stations in Australia; Heidelberger, a German manufacturer of printing presses; Wincor Nixdorf, a German manufacturer of banking machines and cash registers; Japanese Hirose Electric Co. develops and sells electronic equipment specializing in connectors; Square Enix, a Japanese company that develops and sells software for home video and a firm that we've owned in the past; and Robert Walters, a U.K. recruiting firm that we owned in the Fund in 2006-2007.

Geographically, our portfolio weightings have remained the same over the quarter with Europe and the U.K. representing approximately 75% of investments. The majority of the balance excluding cash is invested in the Pacific Rim.

We'd like to thank you, our shareholders, for your continued support. As long-term value investors, we will continue to focus on finding attractive, undervalued foreign companies with management teams focused on building shareholder value.

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakex@oakmark.com
  Chad M. Clark, CFA
Portfolio Manager
oakex@oakmark.com
 

 

March 31, 2008

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Global Diversification—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—98.6%  
Advertising—2.2%  
Asatsu-DK, Inc. (Japan)   Advertising Services Provider     315,100     $ 11,221,960    
Aegis Group plc
(United Kingdom)
  Media Services Provider     2,868,000       7,072,283    
      18,294,243    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—2.6%  
Bulgari S.p.A. (Italy)   Jewelry Manufacturer & Retailer     1,911,400     $ 22,088,981    
Automotive Retail—2.9%  
USS Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Used Car Auction Facility Manager     359,300     $ 24,871,288    
Broadcasting & Cable TV—5.5%  
M6 Metropole
Television (France)
  Television Entertainment Channel
Owner & Operator
    1,045,700     $ 23,277,656    
Media Prima Berhad
(Malaysia)
  Film Producer & Sports Promoter     18,907,000       13,359,331    
Ten Network Holdings
Limited (Australia)
  Operates Commercial Television
Stations
    5,457,900       10,724,142    
      47,361,129    
Home Furnishing Retail—2.2%  
Beter Bed Holding NV
(Netherlands)
  Bedroom Furniture Retailer     836,770     $ 18,943,852    
Home Improvement Retail—2.5%  
Carpetright plc
(United Kingdom)
  Carpet Retailer     1,432,310     $ 21,675,092    
Leisure Products—1.7%  
Trigano SA (France)   Manufacturer and Retailer of          
   
    Recreational Vehicles and          
   
    Garden Equipment     376,800     $ 14,508,941    
Movies & Entertainment—0.5%  
CTS Eventim AG
(Germany)
  Entertainment Tickets Producer &
Distributor
    94,941     $ 3,859,616    
Photographic Products—2.8%  
Vitec Group plc
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Photo Equipment & Supplies     2,812,479     $ 23,945,873    
Publishing—1.6%  
Tamedia AG (Switzerland)   TV Broadcasting & Publishing     121,208     $ 13,925,922    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—98.6% (cont.)  
Specialty Stores—2.7%  
JJB Sports plc
(United Kingdom)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    10,782,800     $ 23,326,100    
Textiles—1.9%  
Chargeurs SA (France) (a)   Wool, Textile Production & Trading     790,182     $ 16,155,110    
Household Products—1.9%  
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)
  Hygiene Products Manufacturer,
Marketer & Distributor
    3,627,700     $ 16,092,055    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.3%  
Binggrae Co., Ltd. (Korea) (a)   Dairy Products Manufacturer     380,800     $ 12,823,426    
Alaska Milk Corporation
(Philippines) (a)
  Milk Producer     56,360,000       6,881,398    
      19,704,824    
Soft Drinks—1.4%  
Britvic Plc
(United Kingdom)
  Soft Drink Manufacturer &
Marketer
    1,920,400     $ 12,148,593    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—7.0%  
MLP AG (Germany)   Asset Management     2,608,300     $ 37,143,011    
Julius Baer Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Asset Management     301,000       22,186,285    
      59,329,296    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—2.8%  
Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,
Ltd. (Japan) (a)
  Stock Broker     2,399,500     $ 24,047,958    
Real Estate Management & Development—2.9%  
LSL Property Services PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Residential Property Service
Provider
    8,205,000     $ 21,820,639    
Estavis AG (Germany) (b)   Real Estate Investment Company     267,400       3,026,869    
      24,847,508    
Reinsurance—2.0%  
Benfield Group Ltd.
(United Kingdom)
  Reinsurance Service Provider     3,474,000     $ 17,167,745    
Health Care Distributors—0.3%  
Amplifon S.p.A. (Italy)   Hearing Aids and Supplies
Distributor
    682,454     $ 2,316,460    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—98.6% (cont.)  
Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.9%  
MDS, Inc. (Canada) (b)   Products & Services for Medical
Product Manufactur
    859,200     $ 16,741,196    
Air Freight & Logistics—2.4%  
Freightways Limited
(New Zealand) (a)
  Express Package Services     7,624,568     $ 20,680,802    
Airport Services—1.4%  
BBA Aviation PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Flight Support & Aftermarket
Services & Systems Provider
    3,896,200     $ 11,637,557    
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services—0.9%  
Cision AB (Sweden) (b)   Business & Communication
Intelligence
    2,818,000     $ 7,825,341    
Human Resource & Employment Services—5.1%  
Michael Page
International plc
(United Kingdom)
  Recruitment Consultancy Services     3,851,700     $ 23,104,833    
Pasona Group, Inc.
(Japan) (a)
  Placement Service Provider     23,200       14,593,098    
Robert Walters plc
(United Kingdom)
  International Recruitment
Company
    1,609,900       5,543,480    
      43,241,411    
Industrial Conglomerates—4.0%  
Tomkins plc
(United Kingdom)
  International Manufacturing     5,869,500     $ 20,822,422    
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     192,700       13,598,853    
      34,421,275    
Industrial Machinery—12.0%  
Duerr AG (Germany) (b)   Automotive Industry
Machinery Manufacturer
    624,700     $ 26,234,100    
Interpump Group S.p.A.
(Italy)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     2,261,776       21,692,465    
Enodis plc
(United Kingdom)
  Food Processing Equipment     7,678,150       21,219,536    
Heidelberger
Druckmaschinen AG
(Germany)
  Manufactures of Printing &
Binding Equipment
    732,300       19,665,562    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Market Value  
Common Stocks—98.6% (cont.)  
Industrial Machinery—12.0% (cont.)  
IMI PLC (United Kingdom) Manufactures Merchandise Displays,
Ventilation & Air Conditioning
 
Equipment
    1,492,200     $ 13,467,402    
      102,279,065    
Office Services & Supplies—2.4%  
Sperian Protection (France) Manufactures Protection Equipment
For People In Hazardous Work
 
Environments
    177,600     $ 20,524,239    
Communications Equipment—1.3%  
Raymarine PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Leisure Marine Electronics Products     2,345,057     $ 10,832,462    
Computer Hardware—0.3%  
Wincor Nixdorf AG
(Germany)
  Banking Machines & Cash
Registers Manufacturer
    27,400     $ 2,193,166    
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers—4.0%  
Orbotech, Ltd. (Israel) (b)   Optical Inspection Systems     1,464,025     $ 26,850,218    
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.  
(Japan) Develops & Sells Electronic
 
Equipment
    67,700       7,599,950    
      34,450,168    
Home Entertainment Software—0.6%  
Square Enix Co., Ltd.                
   
(Japan)   Develops & Sells Entertainment          
   
    Software for Video Game          
   
    Consoles     141,600     $ 4,943,499    
IT Consulting & Other Services—4.1%  
Ementor ASA (Norway) (b)   Management & IT Consulting
Services
    3,761,000     $ 24,224,729    
Morse PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
  IT Consulting & Other Services     8,843,615       11,057,437    
      35,282,166    
Office Electronics—6.1%  
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     385,189     $ 43,231,014    
Boewe Systec AG
(Germany)
  Automated Paper Management
Systems Producer
    285,039       9,144,101    
      52,375,115    

 

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Schedule of Investments—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Market Value  
Common Stocks—98.6% (cont.)  
Systems Software—0.4%  
Monitise PLC
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Mobile Banking Service Solutions     24,657,285     $ 3,303,187    
Construction Materials—2.0%  
Titan Cement Co. SA
(Greece)
  Cement & Building Materials
Producer & Distributor
    410,700     $ 17,454,716    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $907,704,529)                 842,795,951    
Short Term Investment—1.4%  
Repurchase Agreement—1.4%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
2.25% dated 3/31/2008 due 4/1/2008, repurchase
price $12,121,653 collateralized by a Federal National
Mortgage Association Bond, with a rate of 6.375%,
with a maturity of 6/15/2009, and with an aggregate
market value plus accrued interest of $12,731,806
      $ 12,120,895     $ 12,120,895    
Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $12,120,895)                 12,120,895    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $12,120,895)                 12,120,895    
Total Investments (Cost: $919,825,424)—100.0%               $ 854,916,846    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.0%                 15,881    
Total Net Assets—100%               $ 854,932,727    

 

(a)  See footnote number five in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(b)  Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Statements of Assets and Liabilities—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

        The Oakmark
Fund
  The Oakmark
Select
Fund
  The Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
 
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value   (a)   $ 4,137,518,689     $ 3,388,708,230     $ 13,407,667,809    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value   (b)     0       0       512,486,998    
Foreign currency, at value   (c)     0       0       0    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold       0       15,394,153       16,434,412    
Fund shares sold       3,191,690       4,998,929       43,344,357    
Dividends and interest       4,535,848       2,908,611       62,965,867    
Tax reclaim       350,483       0       0    
Total receivables       8,078,021       23,301,693       122,744,636    
Other assets       58,945       56,168       103,956    
Total assets     $ 4,145,655,655     $ 3,412,066,091     $ 14,043,003,399    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Custodian Bank     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0    
Payable for:  
Securities purchased       0       0       22,483,535    
Fund shares redeemed       5,081,032       6,121,952       11,991,038    
Forward foreign currency contracts       0       0       0    
Investment advisory fee       294,527       248,612       739,437    
Other shareholder servicing fees       557,601       759,884       2,961,827    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees       494,554       324,166       382,873    
Deferred trustee compensation       1,028,835       905,892       826,177    
Other       632,429       555,850       1,632,795    
Total liabilities       8,088,978       8,916,356       41,017,682    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding     $ 4,137,566,677     $ 3,403,149,735     $ 14,001,985,717    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital     $ 3,232,831,816     $ 2,889,031,295     $ 11,491,088,664    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) of investments, forward
contracts, options, short sales and foreign currency transactions
      394,938,603       179,877,260       115,455,342    
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currencies       496,522,846       319,061,584       2,331,512,308    
Net unrealized appreciation—other       57,831       0       61,380    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income       13,215,581       15,179,596       63,868,023    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding       $ 4,137,566,677     $ 3,403,149,735     $ 14,001,985,717    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value per share: Class I       $ 37.40     $ 23.52     $ 27.14    
Class I—Net assets       $ 4,118,812,047     $ 3,382,268,736     $ 13,013,072,232    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)         110,140,775       143,774,611       479,532,950    
Net asset value per share: Class II       $ 37.24     $ 23.46     $ 27.00    
Class II—Net assets       $ 18,754,630     $ 20,880,999     $ 988,913,485    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)         503,581       890,125       36,621,538    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities     $ 3,640,995,843     $ 3,069,646,646     $ 11,092,260,633    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities       0       0       496,381,866    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency       0       0       0    

 

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    The Oakmark
Global
Fund
  The Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value   $ 2,479,769,022     $ 278,713,701     $ 6,000,576,193     $ 672,757,700    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value     0       0       391,517,661       182,159,146    
Foreign currency, at value     379       48       121,261       0    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold     52,856       0       39,758,717       1,613,919    
Fund shares sold     2,178,070       514,680       10,922,720       1,318,085    
Dividends and interest     7,234,343       1,128,832       47,448,940       3,065,865    
Tax reclaim     3,347,440       220,517       10,902,786       1,127,944    
Total receivables     12,812,709       1,864,029       109,033,163       7,125,813    
Other assets     45,835       31,068       76,420       35,899    
Total assets   $ 2,492,627,945     $ 280,608,846     $ 6,501,324,698     $ 862,078,558    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Custodian Bank   $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 342,154    
Payable for:  
Securities purchased     4,696,207       0       20,564,334       971,576    
Fund shares redeemed     2,521,767       114,915       14,209,357       1,191,058    
Forward foreign currency contracts     22,185,673       1,988,822       59,430,944       3,616,394    
Investment advisory fee     201,438       23,370       477,391       85,618    
Other shareholder servicing fees     230,371       29,732       1,804,547       124,960    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     176,957       52,746       282,848       44,049    
Deferred trustee compensation     429,332       13,517       713,623       410,817    
Other     647,705       112,788       2,316,772       359,205    
Total liabilities     31,089,450       2,335,890       99,799,816       7,145,831    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 2,461,538,495     $ 278,272,956     $ 6,401,524,882     $ 854,932,727    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital   $ 2,215,850,185     $ 340,023,471     $ 6,414,567,728     $ 929,415,272    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) of investments, forward
contracts, options, short sales and foreign currency transactions
    85,384,842       (15,725,055 )     407,845,134       (8,517,571 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currencies     160,058,201       (48,759,333 )     (452,330,255 )     (68,523,629 )  
Net unrealized appreciation—other     484,521       21,378       1,263,467       193,028    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income     (239,254 )     2,712,495       30,178,808       2,365,627    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 2,461,538,495     $ 278,272,956     $ 6,401,524,882     $ 854,932,727    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value per share: Class I   $ 22.06     $ 9.08     $ 18.63     $ 13.99    
Class I—Net assets   $ 2,391,222,628     $ 278,272,956     $ 6,009,552,313     $ 854,360,689    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     108,380,098       30,650,555       322,534,096       61,081,730    
Net asset value per share: Class II   $ 21.62     $ 0     $ 18.47     $ 13.95    
Class II—Net assets   $ 70,315,867     $ 0     $ 391,972,569     $ 572,038    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     3,251,744       0       21,218,336       41,003    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities   $ 2,297,524,768     $ 325,484,212     $ 6,197,984,701     $ 672,182,784    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities     0       0       587,107,718       247,642,640    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency     378       48       121,485       0    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations—March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

    The Oakmark
Fund
  The Oakmark
Select
Fund
  The Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  The Oakmark
Global
Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 47,993,261     $ 49,776,796     $ 43,159,045     $ 19,003,245    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       0       231,318       0    
Interest income     4,770,706       3,935,670       136,736,930       1,021,843    
Security lending income     0       0       0       0    
Other income     2,257,153       50,708       113,252       66,902    
Foreign taxes withheld     0       0       (431,544 )     (892,842 )  
Total investment income     55,021,120       53,763,174       179,809,001       19,199,148    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     22,708,514       19,433,388       47,467,160       14,139,210    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     908,717       590,471       717,114       332,476    
Other shareholder servicing fees     1,878,731       1,844,755       6,175,669       789,401    
Service Fee—Class II     30,779       36,739       1,149,118       101,983    
Reports to shareholders     509,550       409,408       727,114       221,279    
Custody and accounting fees     315,675       248,968       799,526       765,077    
Registration and blue sky expenses     9,528       8,105       149,079       30,089    
Legal fees     68,240       64,418       124,191       55,886    
Audit fees     26,591       24,587       52,586       20,698    
Other     106,980       105,769       294,696       127,082    
Total expenses     26,563,305       22,766,608       57,656,253       16,583,181    
Expense offset credit     0       0       (669 )     0    
Net expenses     26,563,305       22,766,608       57,655,584       16,583,181    
Net Investment Income:     28,457,815       30,996,566       122,153,417       2,615,967    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency transactions:
 
Net realized gain (loss) on unaffiliated securities     426,585,906       203,937,687       252,159,787       146,105,360    
Net realized gain (loss) on affiliated securities     0       0       2,734,627       0    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     7,267       0       (1,619,155 )     (7,199,483 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (1,169,121,671 )     (1,195,550,451 )     (110,038,253 )     (490,473,568 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     33,922       0       (258,307 )     338,022    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency transactions:
    (742,494,576 )     (991,612,764 )     142,978,699       (351,229,669 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations   $ (714,036,761 )   $ (960,616,198 )   $ 265,132,116     $ (348,613,702 )  

 

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    The Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 3,995,573     $ 78,676,345     $ 7,325,729    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       4,117,950       3,342,313    
Interest income     367,107       3,748,514       469,664    
Security lending income     0       42,976       0    
Other income     0       183,929       0    
Foreign taxes withheld     (89,443 )     (3,264,033 )     (545,384 )  
Total investment income     4,273,237       83,505,681       10,592,322    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     1,623,572       35,456,441       6,317,014    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     82,716       522,452       79,846    
Other shareholder servicing fees     113,604       3,474,473       313,775    
Service Fee—Class II     0       623,943       360    
Reports to shareholders     49,140       521,519       71,792    
Custody and accounting fees     84,834       2,982,058       464,936    
Registration and blue sky expenses     15,900       51,498       63,701    
Legal fees     41,692       68,307       36,867    
Audit fees     6,880       36,883       14,788    
Other     109,390       197,635       93,959    
Total expenses     2,127,728       43,935,209       7,457,038    
Expense offset credit     0       0       0    
Net expenses     2,127,728       43,935,209       7,457,038    
Net Investment Income:     2,145,509       39,570,472       3,135,284    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency transactions:
 
Net realized gain (loss) on unaffiliated securities     (8,635,232 )     441,110,902       50,243,482    
Net realized gain (loss) on affiliated securities     0       85,060,005       (33,422,852 )  
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (451,505 )     (52,960,405 )     (8,169,335 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (56,630,966 )     (1,779,267,456 )     (206,202,682 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     (24,266 )     318,896       101,017    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency transactions:
    (65,741,969 )     (1,305,738,058 )     (197,450,370 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations   $ (63,596,460 )   $ (1,266,167,586 )   $ (194,315,086 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets—March 31, 2008

    The Oakmark Fund  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 28,457,815     $ 59,659,681    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     426,585,906       420,551,189    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     7,267       (15,670 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments
    (1,169,121,671 )     156,908,305    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     33,922       22,000    
Net increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations     (714,036,761 )     637,125,505    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (63,359,490 )     (53,539,601 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (183,228 )     (208,772 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (390,070,385 )     (247,108,056 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (1,912,155 )     (1,637,719 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (455,525,258 )     (302,494,148 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     266,054,064       861,518,944    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     1,967,290       9,068,112    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     430,878,990       284,353,008    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     1,896,434       1,632,253    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,071,165,811 )     (1,307,641,112 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (8,618,598 )     (21,478,972 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     124,203       247,506    
Redemption fees—Class II     595       1,510    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (378,862,833 )     (172,298,751 )  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (1,548,424,852 )     162,332,606    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     5,685,991,529       5,523,658,923    
End of period   $ 4,137,566,677     $ 5,685,991,529    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 13,215,581     $ 56,183,788    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     6,447,129       18,391,432    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     10,405,192       6,185,622    
Less shares redeemed     (26,349,166 )     (27,830,195 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (9,496,845 )     (3,253,141 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     48,301       194,191    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     45,919       35,647    
Less shares redeemed     (209,126 )     (456,470 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (114,906 )     (226,632 )  

 

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    The Oakmark Select Fund  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 30,996,566     $ 66,533,144    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     203,937,687       507,407,977    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments
    (1,195,550,451 )     (160,141,522 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (960,616,198 )     413,799,599    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (47,232,113 )     (64,072,754 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (109,439 )     (433,784 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (453,955,609 )     (576,351,927 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (3,023,661 )     (6,348,277 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (504,320,822 )     (647,206,742 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     285,542,231       774,598,160    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     4,656,360       15,646,313    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     475,037,840       618,361,472    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     1,916,898       3,215,331    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,320,605,404 )     (1,541,125,659 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (12,347,231 )     (48,592,972 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     268,864       223,491    
Redemption fees—Class II     1,764       2,154    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (565,528,678 )     (177,671,710 )  
Total decrease in net assets     (2,030,465,698 )     (411,078,853 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     5,433,615,433       5,844,694,286    
End of period   $ 3,403,149,735     $ 5,433,615,433    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 15,179,596     $ 39,662,331    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     10,967,221       22,573,030    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     18,055,426       18,359,901    
Less shares redeemed     (48,565,723 )     (45,169,924 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (19,543,076 )     (4,236,993 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     178,671       459,298    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     72,941       95,865    
Less shares redeemed     (464,948 )     (1,441,127 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (213,336 )     (885,964 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets—March 31, 2008

    The Oakmark
Equity and Income Fund
 
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 122,153,417     $ 262,368,113    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     254,894,414       755,956,267    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (1,619,155 )     (1,022,336 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments
    (110,038,253 )     777,795,316    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     (258,307 )     (164,029 )  
Net increase in net assets from operations     265,132,116       1,794,933,331    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (267,040,847 )     (197,295,609 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (16,635,460 )     (11,590,883 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (664,942,641 )     (514,829,367 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (48,763,224 )     (36,037,949 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (997,382,172 )     (759,753,808 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     1,621,618,797       2,268,150,133    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     207,486,883       303,169,618    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     889,651,167       676,419,126    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     54,888,687       38,550,451    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,303,397,231 )     (1,835,852,952 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (140,801,577 )     (213,986,804 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     109,467       396,816    
Redemption fees—Class II     8,009       28,756    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    1,329,564,202       1,236,875,144    
Total increase in net assets     597,314,146       2,272,054,667    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     13,404,671,571       11,132,616,904    
End of period   $ 14,001,985,717     $ 13,404,671,571    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 63,868,023     $ 247,021,572    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     59,222,483       84,094,622    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     32,913,474       26,036,152    
Less shares redeemed     (48,225,497 )     (67,666,574 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     43,910,460       42,464,200    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     7,601,913       11,303,525    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     2,038,956       1,489,010    
Less shares redeemed     (5,132,678 )     (7,935,650 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     4,508,191       4,856,885    

 

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    The Oakmark
Global Fund
 
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 2,615,967     $ 18,208,414    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     146,105,360       324,857,952    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (7,199,483 )     (3,749,056 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (490,473,568 )     180,426,535    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     338,022       106,323    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (348,613,702 )     519,850,168    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (3,871,234 )     (27,704,385 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (32,194 )     (645,340 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (320,103,434 )     (312,319,850 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (9,615,919 )     (10,681,345 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (333,622,781 )     (351,350,920 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     230,159,507       609,489,866    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     3,042,094       17,269,919    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     313,393,002       326,216,720    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     9,333,596       10,756,868    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (496,215,280 )     (375,481,639 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (12,612,738 )     (19,691,332 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     136,077       161,035    
Redemption fees—Class II     3,987       5,156    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    47,240,245       568,726,593    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (634,996,238 )     737,225,841    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     3,096,534,733       2,359,308,892    
End of period   $ 2,461,538,495     $ 3,096,534,733    
Undistributed net invesment income (loss)   $ (239,254 )   $ 8,856,800    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     9,384,542       22,540,232    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     12,822,954       12,934,841    
Less shares redeemed     (20,868,383 )     (13,937,033 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     1,339,113       21,538,040    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     126,154       643,786    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     389,224       432,350    
Less shares redeemed     (533,094 )     (737,986 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (17,716 )     338,150    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets—March 31, 2008

    The Oakmark
Global Select Fund
 
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Period Ended
September 30, 2007 (a)
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 2,145,509     $ 2,383,876    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     (8,635,232 )     7,145,836    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (451,505 )     (448,111 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (56,630,966 )     7,871,633    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     (24,266 )     45,644    
Net Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (63,596,460 )     16,998,878    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (725,378 )     (114,308 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (13,374,800 )        
Total distributions to shareholders     (14,100,178 )     (114,308 )  
From fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     119,634,750       417,863,246    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     13,571,774       113,161    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (155,043,556 )     (57,339,417 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     118,465       166,601    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
Share Transactions
    (21,718,567 )     360,803,591    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (99,415,205 )     377,688,161    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     377,688,161          
End of period   $ 278,272,956     $ 377,688,161    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 2,712,495     $ 1,821,456    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     12,124,100       37,547,411    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     1,303,725       10,576    
Less shares redeemed     (15,321,224 )     (5,014,033 )  
Net Increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (1,893,399 )     32,543,954    

 

(a)  From October 2, 2006, the date on which Fund shares were first offered for sale to the public.

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    The Oakmark
International Fund
 
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 39,570,472     $ 146,096,746    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     526,170,907       1,426,186,914    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (52,960,405 )     (27,388,159 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (1,779,267,456 )     (406,414,072 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     318,896       1,025,662    
Net Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (1,266,167,586 )     1,139,507,091    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (51,877,746 )     (122,435,261 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (959,390 )     (6,951,720 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (1,274,272,066 )     (961,546,440 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (85,877,295 )     (69,459,593 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (1,412,986,497 )     (1,160,393,014 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     587,586,137       1,677,032,856    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     103,034,259       382,659,739    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     1,166,894,451       957,801,465    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     62,134,167       53,952,152    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,680,077,988 )     (1,369,590,984 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (192,696,374 )     (344,460,679 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     307,245       397,544    
Redemption fees—Class II     20,515       29,502    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    47,202,412       1,357,821,595    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (2,631,951,671 )     1,336,935,672    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     9,033,476,553       7,696,540,881    
End of period   $ 6,401,524,882     $ 9,033,476,553    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 30,178,808     $ 104,342,170    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     27,659,566       62,804,278    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     54,990,313       38,038,184    
Less shares redeemed     (77,793,469 )     (51,521,932 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     4,856,410       49,320,530    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     4,840,110       14,470,106    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     2,948,940       2,157,223    
Less shares redeemed     (8,865,354 )     (12,976,190 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (1,076,304 )     3,651,139    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets—March 31, 2008

    The Oakmark International
Small Cap Fund
 
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 3,135,284     $ 16,938,125    
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     16,820,630       335,034,721    
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions     (8,169,335 )     (3,567,638 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments and foreign currencies
    (206,202,682 )     (175,792,106 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other     101,017       97,505    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (194,315,086 )     172,710,607    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (8,931,710 )     (29,840,093 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (4,218 )     (20,129 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (278,429,073 )     (181,349,841 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (164,502 )     (126,536 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (287,529,503 )     (211,336,599 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     167,047,311       239,079,369    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     103,314       334,644    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     274,317,138       201,840,075    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     93,759       74,623    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (432,138,499 )     (350,389,665 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (291,470 )     (200,687 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     177,504       43,370    
Redemption fees—Class II     111       32    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    9,309,168       90,781,761    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (472,535,421 )     52,155,769    
Net assets:  
Beginning of period     1,327,468,148       1,275,312,379    
End of period   $ 854,932,727     $ 1,327,468,148    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 2,365,627     $ 2,424,644    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     10,972,973       10,010,170    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     17,778,168       8,962,703    
Less shares redeemed     (24,864,510 )     (14,693,607 )  
Net increase in Shares Outstanding     3,886,631       4,279,266    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     6,561       14,067    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     6,080       3,318    
Less shares redeemed     (12,562 )     (8,271 )  
Net increase in Shares Outstanding     79       9,114    

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following are the significant accounting policies of The Oakmark Fund ("Oakmark"), The Oakmark Select Fund ("Select"), The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund ("Equity and Income"), The Oakmark Global Fund ("Global"), The Oakmark Global Select Fund ("Global Select"), The Oakmark International Fund ("International"), and The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund ("Int'l Small Cap"), collectively referred to as "the Funds", each a series of Harris Associates Investment Trust (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust, organized on February 1, 1991, which is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The presentation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. These financial statements contain all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the interim period presented. Such adjustments are normal and recurring in nature.

Class Disclosure—

Each Fund offers two classes of shares: Class I Shares and Class II Shares. Class I Shares are offered to the general public. Class II Shares are offered to certain retirement plans such as 401(k) and profit sharing plans. Class II Shares pay a service fee at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of average net assets of Class II Shares of the Funds. This service fee is paid to plan administrators for performing the services associated with the administration of such retirement plans. Class I Shares do not pay a service fee.

Income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses and expenses of the Funds that are not directly attributable to a specific class of shares are prorated among the classes based on the relative net assets of each class.

Redemption fees—

Each Fund (except Equity and Income as of October 29, 2007) imposes a short-term trading fee on redemptions of shares held for 90 days or less to offset two types of costs to the Fund caused by short-term trading: portfolio transaction and market impact costs associated with erratic redemption activity and administrative costs associated with processing redemptions. The fee is 2% of the redemption value and is deducted from the redemption proceeds. The "first-in, first-out" ("FIFO") method is used to determine the holding period.

Security valuation—

The Funds' share prices or net asset values ("NAVs") are calculated as of the close of regular session trading (usually 4:00 pm Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on any day on which the NYSE is open for trading. Equity securities principally traded on securities exchanges in the United States and over-the-counter securities are valued at the last sales price on the day of valuation, or lacking any reported sales that day, at the most recent bid quotation. Securities traded on the NASDAQ National Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"), or lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotation on the NASDAQ National Market. Equity securities principally traded on securities exchanges outside the United States shall be valued, depending on local convention or regulation, at the last sales price, the last bid or asked price, the mean between the last bid and asked prices, or the official closing price, or shall be based on a pricing composite as of the close of the regular trading hours on the appropriate exchange or other designated time. Debt obligations and money market instruments maturing in more than 60 days from the date of purchase are valued at the latest bid quotation. Debt obligations and money market instruments maturing in less than 61 days from the date of purchase are valued on an amortized cost basis, which approximates value. Options are valued at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation or, lacking any reported sale price on the valuation date, at the mean of the most recent bid and asked quotations or, if the mean is not available, at the most recent bid quotation.

Securities for which quotations are not readily available or securities that may have been affected by a significant event occurring between the close of a foreign market and the close of the NYSE are valued at fair values, determined by or under the direction of the pricing committee established by the Board of Trustees. A significant event may include the performance of U.S. markets since the close of foreign markets. The Funds may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value foreign securities in order to adjust for stale pricing, which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE. At March 31, 2008, no Funds except Equity and Income held securities for which market quotations were not readily available. Equity and Income held a security that was valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees.

Foreign currency translations—

Certain Funds invest in foreign securities, which may involve a number of risk factors and special considerations not present with investments in securities of U.S. corporations. Values of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into

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U.S. dollars at current exchange rates obtained by a recognized bank, dealer, or independent pricing service on the day of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income are converted at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the current day's interpolated foreign exchange rates.

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains and losses from securities.

Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid, and the realized gains or losses resulting from portfolio and transaction hedges. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, at period end resulting from changes in exchange rates.

At March 31, 2008, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) - other included the following components:

    Oakmark   Equity and
Income
  Global   Global Select   International   Int'l
Small Cap
 
Unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on
interest, dividends and
tax reclaims receivable
  $ 57,831     $ 61,380     $ 483,643     $ 21,378     $ 1,376,800     $ 202,544    
Unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on open
securities purchases and
sales
    0       0       878       0       (113,333 )     (9,516 )  
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) - Other
  $ 57,831     $ 61,380     $ 484,521     $ 21,378     $ 1,263,467     $ 193,028    

 

Forward foreign currency contracts—

The Funds' currency transactions are limited to transaction hedging and portfolio hedging. The contractual amounts of forward foreign currency contracts do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in currency values. At March 31, 2008, Global, Global Select, International, and Int'l Small Cap held forward foreign currency contracts as follows:

The Oakmark Global Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
3/31/08
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:
British Pound Sterling
    22,130,000     4/4/08   $ 43,907,638     $ 1,069,374    
British Pound Sterling     26,600,000     4/21/08     52,711,777       1,191,128    
British Pound Sterling     5,600,000     7/8/08     11,027,201       (801 )  
British Pound Sterling     11,150,000     7/22/08     21,930,672       (126,847 )  
Euro     18,550,000     5/23/08     29,221,180       (1,752,340 )  
Euro     57,700,000     2/27/09     89,567,858       (3,744,878 )  
Euro     61,200,000     3/31/09     94,857,477       (148,029 )  
Swiss Franc     105,500,000     5/9/08     106,250,540       (12,255,530 )  
Swiss Franc     40,700,000     5/23/08     40,987,867       (3,928,572 )  
Swiss Franc     39,400,000     8/29/08     39,645,804       (2,655,014 )  
Swiss Franc     27,740,000     3/19/09     27,829,481       165,836    
                $ 557,937,495     $ (22,185,673 )  

 

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The Oakmark Global Select Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
3/31/08
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:
British Pound Sterling
    4,930,000     4/21/08   $ 9,769,514     $ 220,762    
British Pound Sterling     1,280,000     5/21/08     2,530,427       81,515    
British Pound Sterling     5,330,000     6/5/08     10,523,804       400,563    
Euro     2,840,000     7/18/08     4,460,315       (271,316 )  
Euro     2,442,000     2/27/09     3,790,723       (158,492 )  
Swiss Franc     12,640,000     5/9/08     12,729,923       (1,468,340 )  
Swiss Franc     4,940,000     5/23/08     4,974,940       (476,834 )  
Swiss Franc     5,120,000     8/29/08     5,151,942       (345,017 )  
Swiss Franc     4,740,000     3/19/09     4,755,290       28,337    
                $ 58,686,878     $ (1,988,822 )  

 

The Oakmark International Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
3/31/08
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:
British Pound Sterling
    284,900,000     4/4/08   $ 565,263,719     $ 13,767,041    
British Pound Sterling     257,000,000     4/21/08     509,282,961       11,508,264    
British Pound Sterling     95,500,000     7/22/08     187,836,696       (1,086,446 )  
Euro     121,500,000     5/23/08     191,394,789       (11,477,589 )  
Euro     197,000,000     2/27/09     305,803,604       (12,785,804 )  
Euro     303,500,000     3/31/09     470,412,489       (734,099 )  
Swiss Franc     333,600,000     5/9/08     335,973,272       (38,753,030 )  
Swiss Franc     134,500,000     5/23/08     135,451,305       (12,982,628 )  
Swiss Franc     112,000,000     8/29/08     112,698,732       (7,547,248 )  
Swiss Franc     110,500,000     3/19/09     110,856,440       660,595    
                $ 2,924,974,007     $ (59,430,944 )  

 

The Oakmark Int'l Small Cap Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
3/31/08
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:
British Pound Sterling
    21,150,000     4/4/08   $ 41,963,242     $ 1,022,018    
British Pound Sterling     35,750,000     4/21/08     70,843,836       1,600,858    
British Pound Sterling     19,750,000     7/22/08     38,845,809       (224,684 )  
Euro     27,600,000     5/23/08     43,477,335       (2,607,255 )  
Euro     19,200,000     2/27/09     29,804,209       (1,246,129 )  
Euro     50,300,000     3/31/09     77,962,926       (121,664 )  
Swiss Franc     14,250,000     5/9/08     14,351,376       (1,655,368 )  
Swiss Franc     3,980,000     5/23/08     4,008,150       (384,170 )  
                $ 321,256,883     $ (3,616,394 )  

 

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Security transactions and investment income—

Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Bond discount is accreted and premium is amortized over the expected life of each applicable security using the effective yield method. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds' understanding of the applicable country's tax rules and rates. Net realized gains and losses on investments are determined by the specific identification method.

Short sales—

Each Fund may sell "short" a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the value of that security. When the Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale. At March 31, 2008, none of the funds had short sales.

Accounting for Options—

When a Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from option transactions. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or a loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current market value. Options written by the Fund do not give rise to counterparty credit risk, as they obligate the Fund, not its counterparties, to perform.

When a Fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option purchased. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Fund's exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Fund's exposure to the underlying instrument. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options that are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying security to determine the realized gain or loss. The risks associated with purchasing put and call options are potential loss of the premium paid and the failure of the counterparty to honor its obligation under the contract.

At March 31, 2008, the Funds had no outstanding options.

Committed line of credit—

The Trust has an unsecured committed line of credit with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") in the amount of $500 million. Borrowings under that arrangement bear interest at 0.45% above the Federal Funds Effective Rate, as defined in the credit agreement. There were no borrowings outstanding under the arrangement at March 31, 2008.

Expense offset arrangement—

State Street serves as custodian of the Funds. State Street's fee may be reduced by credits that are an earnings allowance calculated on the average daily cash balances each Fund maintains with State Street. Credit balances used to reduce the Funds' custodian fees, if any, are reported as a reduction of total expenses in the Statements of Operations. During the period ended March 31, 2008, Equity and Income received an expense offset credit of $669.

Repurchase agreements—

Each Fund may invest in repurchase agreements, which are short-term investments whereby the Fund acquires ownership of a debt security and the seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future date at a specified price.

The Fund, through State Street, receives delivery of the underlying securities collateralizing repurchase agreements. It is the Funds' policy that the value of the collateral be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Harris Associates L.P. ("the Adviser") is responsible for

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determining that the value of the collateral is at all times at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities.

Security lending—

Each Fund, except Oakmark, may lend its portfolio securities to broker-dealers and banks. Any such loan must be continuously secured by collateral in cash or cash equivalents maintained on a current basis in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned by the Fund. Collateral is marked to market and monitored daily. The Fund would continue to receive the equivalent of the interest or dividends paid by the issuer on the securities loaned, and would also receive an additional return that may be in the form of a fixed fee or a percentage of the earnings on the collateral. The Fund would have the right to call the loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time, and the counterparty is required to return the securities within five business days or less. In the event of bankruptcy or other default of the borrower, the Fund could experience delays in liquidating the loan collateral or recovering the loaned securities and incur expenses related to enforcing its rights. In addition, there could be a decline in the value of the collateral or in the fair value of the securities loaned while the Fund seeks to enforce its rights thereto and the Fund could experience subnormal levels of income or lack of access to income during that period.

At March 31, 2008, none of the Funds had securities on loan.

Restricted securities—

The following investments, the sales of which are restricted to qualified institutional buyers, have been valued according to the securities valuation procedures for debt obligations and money market instruments (as stated in the Security valuation section) since their acquisition dates. These securities are priced using market quotations and there are no unrestricted securities with the same maturity dates and yields for the issuer.

At March 31, 2008, Equity and Income held the following restricted securities:

Quantity   Security
Name
  Acquisition
Date
  Carrying
Value
  Cost   Value   Percentage of
Net Assets
 
$ 3,000,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  6/27/2003     104.5457       100.68       3,136,371       0.02 %  
  4,400,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/20/2003     104.5457       96.41       4,600,011       0.03 %  
  300,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/21/2003     104.5457       96.79       313,637       0.00 %  
  11,700,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  4/6/2004     104.5457       103.31       12,231,847       0.09 %  
                                  20,281,866       0.14 %  

 

Federal income taxes—

It is each Fund's policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Funds implemented the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Interpretation No. 48 ("FIN48") "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109". This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The implementation of FIN 48 resulted in no material liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements.

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Recently issued accounting pronouncement—

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 ("FAS 157") "Fair Value Measurements." FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands required disclosure about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

In February 2007, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 ("FAS 159") "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115." FAS 159 permits entities to elect to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. FAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

In March 2008, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 ("FAS 161") "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities"—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 ("FAS 133")," which expands the disclosure requirements in FAS 133 about an entity's derivative instruments and hedging activities. FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008.

Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of these accounting pronouncements will have on the Funds' financial statements and related disclosures.

2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Each Fund has an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser. For management services and facilities furnished, the Funds pay the Adviser monthly fees. Each fee is calculated on the total net assets as determined at the end of each preceding calendar month. Annual fee rates are as follows:

Fund   Advisory Fees   Fund   Advisory Fees  
Oakmark






Select







Equity and Income





  1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.90% on the next $1 billion;
0.80% on the next $2 billion;
0.75% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.70% on the next $2.5 billion; and
0.65% over 10 billion

1.00% up to $1 billion;
0.95% on the next $500 million;
0.90% on the next $500 million;
0.85% on the next $500 million;
0.80% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.75% on the next $5 billion; and
0.725% over 10 billion

0.75% up to $5 billion;
0.70% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.675% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.65% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.60% on the next $3.5 billion; and
0.585% over $16 billion
  Global




Global Select




International







Int'l Small Cap


  1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $2 billion;
0.90% on the next $4 billion; and
0.875% over $8 billion

1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $1 billion;
0.875% on the next $4 billion; and
0.85% over $7 billion

1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $1 billion;
0.85% on the next $2 billion;
0.825% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.815% on the next $3.5 billion;
0.805% on the next $5.5 billion; and
0.80% over $16.5 billion

1.25% up to $500 million;
1.10% on the next $1 billion;
1.05% on the next $2 billion; and
1.025% over $3.5 billion
 

 

The Adviser is contractually obligated through January 31, 2009 to reimburse each Fund Class to the extent, but only to the extent, that its annualized expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including fees paid to the Adviser) exceed the percent set forth below of average daily net assets of the Fund Class.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (cont.)

Fund   Class I   Class II  
Oakmark     1.50 %     1.75 %  
Select     1.50       1.75    
Equity and Income     1.00       1.25    
Global     1.75       2.00    
Global Select     1.75       2.00    
International     2.00       2.25    
Int'l Small Cap     2.00       2.25    

 

The Adviser and the Funds have entered into agreements with financial intermediaries to provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries and have agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Certain of those services would be provided by the Funds if the shares of those customers were registered directly with the Funds' transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds pay a portion of the intermediary fees pursuant to an agreement with the Adviser, which calls for each Fund to pay a portion of the intermediary fees attributable to shares of the Fund held by the intermediary (which generally are a percentage of value of the shares held) not exceeding the lesser of 75% of the fees charged by the intermediary or what the Fund would have paid its transfer agent had each customer's shares been registered directly with the transfer agent instead of held through the intermediary. The Adviser pays the remainder of the fees. The fees incurred by the Funds are reflected as other shareholder servicing fees in the Statements of Operations.

The non-interested Trustees of the Trust may participate in the Trust's Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Trustees. Participants in the plan may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Trust and represent an unfunded obligation of the Trust. The value of a participant's deferral account is determined by reference to the change in value of Class I shares of one or more of the Funds or a money market fund as specified by the participant. Benefits would be payable after a stated number of years or retirement from the board. The accrued obligations of the Funds under the plan are reflected as deferred trustee compensation in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The interested trustees are not compensated by the Funds.

3. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

For the six-month period ended March 31, 2008, cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and related composition of unrealized gains and losses were as follows:

Fund   Cost of Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
  Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Oakmark   $ 3,644,778,620     $ 845,041,379     $ 352,301,310     $ 492,740,069    
Select     3,069,856,849       782,271,297       463,419,916       318,851,381    
Equity and Income     11,592,572,362       2,712,190,123       384,607,678       2,327,582,445    
Global     2,297,751,883       366,560,205       184,543,066       182,017,139    
Global Select     330,834,892       3,767,314       55,888,505       (52,121,191 )  
International     6,786,639,944       436,916,200       831,462,290       (394,546,090 )  
Int'l Small Cap     926,989,614       85,864,187       157,936,955       (72,072,768 )  

 

For the six-month period ended March 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis (excluding unrealized appreciation (depreciation)) were as follows:

Fund   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Undistributed Long-
Term Gain
  Total Distributable
Earnings
 
Oakmark   $ 14,288,484     $ 398,721,380     $ 413,009,864    
Select     16,122,443       180,087,463       196,209,906    
Equity and Income     64,709,513       119,384,149       184,093,662    
Global     1,078,717       82,482,643       83,561,360    
Global Select     764,669       0       764,669    
International     5,949,897       403,442,762       409,392,659    
Int'l Small Cap     0       6,589,852       6,589,852    

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (cont.)

During the six-month period ended March 31, 2008 and the year ended September 30, 2007, the tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2008
  Year Ended
September 30, 2007
 
Fund   Distributions Paid
from Ordinary
Income
  Distributions Paid
from Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Distributions Paid
from Ordinary
Income
  Distributions Paid
from Long-Term
Capital Gain
 
Oakmark   $ 63,542,718     $ 391,982,540     $ 53,748,373     $ 248,745,775    
Select     47,341,552       456,979,270       64,506,538       582,700,204    
Equity and Income     283,676,307       713,705,865       208,886,492       550,867,316    
Global     37,014,535       296,608,246       28,349,725       323,001,195    
Global Select     13,616,660       483,518       114,308       0    
International     152,436,078       1,260,550,419       144,238,130       1,016,154,884    
Int'l Small Cap     23,997,018       263,532,485       55,312,279       156,024,320    

 

Additionally, the Funds designated the character of capital gains distributions using equalization accounting during the year ended September 30, 2007 as follows:

Fund   Amount  
Oakmark   $ 41,576,149    
Select     62,411,372    
Equity and Income     50,309,541    
Global     12,477,528    
International     115,025,375    
Int'l Small Cap     35,307,537    

 

4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the six-month period ended March 31, 2008, transactions in investment securities (excluding short term and U.S. Government securities) were as follows (in thousands):

    Oakmark   Select   Equity and
Income
  Global   Global
Select
  International   Int'l
Small Cap
 
Purchases   $ 536,806     $ 472,055     $ 1,484,263     $ 583,159     $ 129,295     $ 1,592,331     $ 264,609    
Proceeds from sales     1,285,628       1,471,989       1,556,539       791,776       151,225       2,876,396       502,187    

 

Purchases at cost and proceeds (in thousands) from sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for the six-month period ended March 31, 2008, were 1,723,923 and 1,509,570 respectively for Equity and Income.

5. INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS

An issuer in which a Fund's holdings represents 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer is an affiliated issuer as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. A schedule of each Fund's investments in securities of affiliated issuers held during the six-month period ended March 31, 2008, is set forth below:

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
March 31,
2008
 
Mueller Water Products, Inc.,
Class B
    6,000,000     $ 0     $ 6,161,019     $ 231,318     $ 47,280,000    
Newfield Exploration Co.+     7,203,000       93,665,851       9,856,938       0       380,678,550    
Varian, Inc.+     1,459,400       0       12,805,983       0       84,528,448    
TOTALS           $ 93,665,851     $ 28,823,940     $ 231,318     $ 512,486,998    

 

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Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
The Oakmark International Fund

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
March 31,
2008
 
Giordano International Limited *     0     $ 0     $ 49,882,149     $ 0     $ 0    
Johnston Press plc     16,045,172       11,935,995       12,945,034       903,227       39,486,637    
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd. *     0       0       99,499,295       0       0    
Meitec Corporation     2,483,800       0       0       895,211       75,251,565    
Signet Group plc     151,982,759       37,642,283       11,191,905       0       186,258,187    
Trinity Mirror plc     15,461,248       0       18,079,018       2,319,512       90,521,272    
TOTALS           $ 49,578,278     $ 191,597,401     $ 4,117,950     $ 391,517,661    

 

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
The Oakmark Int'l Small Cap Fund  

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
March 31,
2008
 
Alaska Milk Corporation     56,360,000     $ 0     $ 0     $ 203,050     $ 6,881,398    
Binggrae Co., Ltd. **     380,800       0       8,402,317       56,011       12,823,426    
Chargeurs SA     790,182       0       0       0       16,155,110    
Freightways Limited     7,624,568       0       0       681,087       20,680,802    
Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd.     2,399,500       0       0       387,231       24,047,958    
Kongsberg Automotive ASA *     0       0       21,782,126       0       0    
LSL Property Services PLC     8,205,000       8,909,123       3,768,241       628,960       21,820,639    
Monitise PLC +     24,657,285       0       0       0       3,303,187    
Morse PLC     8,843,615       0       3,755,488       1,086,458       11,057,437    
Orbotech, Ltd. +**     1,464,025       0       4,542,198       0       26,850,218    
Pasona Group, Inc.     23,200       6,139,077       5,991,108       299,516       14,593,098    
Vitec Group plc     2,812,479       0       1,118,824       0       23,945,873    
TOTALS           $ 15,048,200     $ 49,360,302     $ 3,342,313     $ 182,159,146    

 

+  Non-income producing security.

*  Position in issuer liquidated during the six months ended March 31, 2008.

**  Due to transactions during the six months ended March 31, 2008, the company is no longer an affiliated security.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following tables are intended to help you understand each Fund's financial performance during the last 5 years (or since it began operations, if less than five years). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. The information for the period ended March 31, 2008 is unaudited, and each Fund's financial statements is included in this report. Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered accounting firm has audited the information for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. For each year shown, all information is for the fiscal year ended September 30, unless otherwise noted.

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Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 47.28     $ 44.64     $ 40.75     $ 38.68     $ 33.85    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.28       0.47 (a)     0.39 (a)     0.34       0.16    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (6.18 )     4.60       3.85       1.90       4.81    
Total From Investment Operations:     (5.90 )     5.07       4.24       2.24       4.97    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.56 )     (0.43 )     (0.35 )     (0.17 )     (0.14 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (3.42 )     (2.00 )     0.00       0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (3.98 )     (2.43 )     (0.35 )     (0.17 )     (0.14 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 37.40     $ 47.28     $ 44.64     $ 40.75     $ 38.68    
Total Return     -13.29 %     11.51 %     10.46 %     5.79 %     14.73 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 4,118.8     $ 5,656.9     $ 5,486.2     $ 6,340.4     $ 6,474.0    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.09 %*†     1.01 %*     1.05 %*     1.03 %*     1.05 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.17 %†     1.01 %     0.94 %     0.79 %     0.47 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     11 %     12 %     9 %     16 %     19 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 46.97     $ 44.35     $ 40.51     $ 38.45     $ 33.68    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.21       0.32 (a)     0.25 (a)     0.26 (a)     0.04 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     (6.19 )     4.55       3.82       1.87       4.78    
Total From Investment Operations:     (5.98 )     4.87       4.07       2.13       4.82    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.33 )     (0.25 )     (0.23 )     (0.07 )     (0.05 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (3.42 )     (2.00 )     0.00       0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (3.75 )     (2.25 )     (0.23 )     (0.07 )     (0.05 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 37.24     $ 46.97     $ 44.35     $ 40.51     $ 38.45    
Total Return     -13.51 %     11.11 %     10.08 %     5.55 %     14.32 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 18.8     $ 29.1     $ 37.5     $ 43.7     $ 51.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.55 %*†     1.36 %*     1.40 %*     1.26 %*     1.40 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.72 %†     0.67 %     0.59 %     0.58 %     0.11 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     11 %     12 %     9 %     16 %     19 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 33.05     $ 34.48     $ 33.44     $ 31.20     $ 27.55    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.24       0.38 (a)     0.36 (a)     0.29       0.15 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (6.34 )     2.11       2.76       2.19       3.60    
Total From Investment Operations:     (6.10 )     2.49       3.12       2.48       3.75    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.32 )     (0.39 )     (0.29 )     (0.24 )     (0.10 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (3.11 )     (3.53 )     (1.79 )     0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (3.43 )     (3.92 )     (2.08 )     (0.24 )     (0.10 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 23.52     $ 33.05     $ 34.48     $ 33.44     $ 31.20    
Total Return     -19.55 %     7.00 %     9.58 %     7.98 %     13.64 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 3,382.3     $ 5,397.4     $ 5,776.6     $ 5,908.0     $ 5,463.0    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.08 %*†     0.97 %*     0.99 %*     1.00 %*     1.00 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.48 %†     1.11 %     1.08 %     0.87 %     0.50 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     12 %     10 %     22 %     21 %     14 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 32.82     $ 34.23     $ 33.24     $ 31.00     $ 27.37    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.19       0.27 (a)     0.26 (a)     0.21       0.09 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     (6.33 )     2.09       2.72       2.18       3.58    
Total From Investment Operations:     (6.14 )     2.36       2.98       2.39       3.67    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.11 )     (0.24 )     (0.20 )     (0.15 )     (0.04 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (3.11 )     (3.53 )     (1.79 )     0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (3.22 )     (3.77 )     (1.99 )     (0.15 )     (0.04 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 23.46     $ 32.82     $ 34.23     $ 33.24     $ 31.00    
Total Return     -19.76 %     6.65 %     9.18 %     7.72 %     13.40 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 20.9     $ 36.2     $ 68.1     $ 85.2     $ 98.0    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.63 %*†     1.35 %*     1.34 %*     1.25 %*     1.21 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.95 %†     0.79 %     0.78 %     0.65 %     0.29 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     12 %     10 %     22 %     21 %     14 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

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Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 28.67     $ 26.49     $ 25.41     $ 23.12     $ 20.30    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.25 (a)     0.58 (a)     0.44       0.31       0.15    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     0.33       3.41       1.18       2.77       2.81    
Total From Investment Operations:     0.58       3.99       1.62       3.08       2.96    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.60 )     (0.50 )     (0.34 )     (0.20 )     (0.14 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (1.51 )     (1.31 )     (0.20 )     (0.59 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (2.11 )     (1.81 )     (0.54 )     (0.79 )     (0.14 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 27.14     $ 28.67     $ 26.49     $ 25.41     $ 23.12    
Total Return     2.05 %     15.77 %     6.51 %     13.65 %     14.64 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 13,013.1     $ 12,489.5     $ 10,414.5     $ 9,223.2     $ 7,577.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     0.82 %*†     0.83 %*     0.86 %*     0.89 %*     0.92 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.82 %†     2.14 %     1.88 %     1.36 %     0.78 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     23 %     67 %     81 %     112 %     72 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 28.50     $ 26.35     $ 25.29     $ 23.03     $ 20.24    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.20 (a)     0.48 (a)     0.35       0.28       0.11    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     0.32       3.40       1.19       2.72       2.79    
Total From Investment Operations:     0.52       3.88       1.54       3.00       2.90    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.51 )     (0.42 )     (0.28 )     (0.15 )     (0.11 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (1.51 )     (1.31 )     (0.20 )     (0.59 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (2.02 )     (1.73 )     (0.48 )     (0.74 )     (0.11 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 27.00     $ 28.50     $ 26.35     $ 25.29     $ 23.03    
Total Return     1.84 %     15.38 %     6.18 %     13.34 %     14.36 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 988.9     $ 915.1     $ 718.1     $ 582.0     $ 478.7    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.16 %*†     1.17 %*     1.18 %*     1.14 %*     1.17 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.48 %†     1.82 %     1.57 %     1.11 %     0.53 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     23 %     67 %     81 %     112 %     72 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 28.08     $ 26.69     $ 23.91     $ 19.73     $ 16.98    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.03       0.18 (a)     0.27       0.17       0.09    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (2.97 )     5.06       3.74       4.48       2.71    
Total From Investment Operations:     (2.94 )     5.24       4.01       4.65       2.80    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.04 )     (0.31 )     (0.26 )     (0.10 )     0.00 (b)  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (3.04 )     (3.54 )     (0.97 )     (0.37 )     (0.05 )  
Total Distributions     (3.08 )     (3.85 )     (1.23 )     (0.47 )     (0.05 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 22.06     $ 28.08     $ 26.69     $ 23.91     $ 19.73    
Total Return     -11.52 %     21.29 %     17.46 %     23.88 %     16.54 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 2,391.2     $ 3,006.2     $ 2,282.2     $ 1,842.9     $ 1,336.3    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.18 %*†     1.13 %*     1.18 %*     1.20 %*     1.26 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.20 %†     0.66 %     1.18 %     0.81 %     0.47 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     21 %     35 %     41 %     17 %     16 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 27.62     $ 26.31     $ 23.63     $ 19.53     $ 16.84    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     (0.03 )     0.07 (a)     0.18       0.11       0.05    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     (2.92 )     4.99       3.69       4.43       2.69    
Total From Investment Operations:     (2.95 )     5.06       3.87       4.54       2.74    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.01 )     (0.21 )     (0.22 )     (0.07 )     0.00    
Distributions (from capital gains)     (3.04 )     (3.54 )     (0.97 )     (0.37 )     (0.05 )  
Total Distributions     (3.05 )     (3.75 )     (1.19 )     (0.44 )     (0.05 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 21.62     $ 27.62     $ 26.31     $ 23.63     $ 19.53    
Total Return     -11.73 %     20.82 %     17.01 %     23.53 %     16.32 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 70.3     $ 90.3     $ 77.1     $ 58.6     $ 24.7    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.62 %*†     1.53 %*     1.56 %*     1.45 %*     1.50 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets     (0.25 )%†     0.25 %     0.80 %     0.63 %     0.37 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     21 %     35 %     41 %     17 %     16 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

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THE OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  October 2, 2006
through
September 30,
2007 (a)
     
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 11.61     $ 10.00      
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.07 (b)     0.12 (b)    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (2.14 )     1.49      
Total From Investment Operations:     (2.07 )     1.61        
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.02 )     (0.01 )    
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.44 )     0.00      
Total Distributions     (0.46 )     (0.01 )    
Redemption Fees     0.00 (c)     0.01      
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 9.08     $ 11.61      
Total Return     -18.30 %     16.23 %    
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 278.3     $ 377.7      
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.35 %*†     1.31 %*†    
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.36 %†     1.01 %    
Portfolio Turnover Rate     43 %     33 %    

 

Data has not been annualized.

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  The date of which fund shares were first offered for sale to the public was October 2, 2006.

(b)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 26.59     $ 26.83     $ 23.52     $ 18.98     $ 15.67    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.12       0.43       0.41       0.27       0.24    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (3.66 )     3.25       4.49       4.59       3.18    
Total From Investment Operations:     (3.54 )     3.68       4.90       4.86       3.42    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.17 )     (0.44 )     (0.59 )     (0.27 )     (0.11 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (4.25 )     (3.48 )     (1.00 )     (0.05 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (4.42 )     (3.92 )     (1.59 )     (0.32 )     (0.11 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)  
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 18.63     $ 26.59     $ 26.83     $ 23.52     $ 18.98    
Total Return     -15.28 %     14.53 %     22.14 %     25.85 %     21.92 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 6,009.6     $ 8,446.6     $ 7,200.5     $ 5,627.4     $ 4,036.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.12 %*†     1.05 %*     1.08 %*     1.11 %*     1.20 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.07 %†     1.65 %     1.80 %     1.32 %     1.40 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     21 %     50 %     37 %     14 %     21 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 26.32     $ 26.61     $ 23.36     $ 18.86     $ 15.58    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.08       0.35       0.34       0.22       0.18    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     (3.63 )     3.19       4.45       4.55       3.16    
Total From Investment Operations:     (3.55 )     3.54       4.79       4.77       3.34    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.05 )     (0.35 )     (0.54 )     (0.22 )     (0.06 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (4.25 )     (3.48 )     (1.00 )     (0.05 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (4.30 )     (3.83 )     (1.54 )     (0.27 )     (0.06 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 18.47     $ 26.32     $ 26.61     $ 23.36     $ 18.86    
Total Return     -15.46 %     14.04 %     21.71 %     25.50 %     21.52 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 392.0     $ 586.9     $ 496.0     $ 362.9     $ 259.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.59 %*†     1.44 %*     1.47 %*     1.38 %*     1.53 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.61 %†     1.31 %     1.43 %     1.08 %     1.18 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     21 %     50 %     37 %     14 %     21 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

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THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 23.19     $ 24.09     $ 22.79     $ 18.26     $ 13.74    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.08       0.32       0.42       0.20       0.11    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (3.44 )     2.77       5.12       4.98       4.52    
Total From Investment Operations:     (3.36 )     3.09       5.54       5.18       4.63    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.18 )     (0.56 )     (0.70 )     (0.27 )     (0.12 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (5.66 )     (3.43 )     (3.54 )     (0.38 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (5.84 )     (3.99 )     (4.24 )     (0.65 )     (0.12 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.01    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 13.99     $ 23.19     $ 24.09     $ 22.79     $ 18.26    
Total Return     -16.83 %     13.35 %     28.50 %     29.04 %     33.94 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 854.4     $ 1,326.5     $ 1,274.5     $ 1,007.2     $ 734.1    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.46 %*†     1.34 %*     1.37 %*     1.41 %*     1.49 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.61 %†     1.19 %     1.73 %     0.96 %     0.72 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     26 %     57 %     44 %     47 %     29 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Six Months Ended
March 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
  Year Ended
September 30,
2004
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period   $ 23.15     $ 24.05     $ 22.77     $ 18.25     $ 13.69    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.07       0.29       0.41       0.18       0.13    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unreailzed)     (3.46 )     2.79       5.10       4.98       4.52    
Total From Investment Operations:     (3.39 )     3.08       5.51       5.16       4.65    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.15 )     (0.55 )     (0.69 )     (0.26 )     (0.09 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (5.66 )     (3.43 )     (3.54 )     (0.38 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (5.81 )     (3.98 )     (4.23 )     (0.64 )     (0.09 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00 (a)     0.00       0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Period   $ 13.95     $ 23.15     $ 24.05     $ 22.77     $ 18.25    
Total Return     -17.05 %     13.29 %     28.33 %     28.94 %     34.11 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Period ($million)   $ 0.6     $ 0.9     $ 0.8     $ 0.6     $ 0.5    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.75 %*†     1.43 %*     1.47 %*     1.49 %*     1.39 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.36 %†     1.12 %     1.62 %     0.87 %     0.75 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     26 %     57 %     44 %     47 %     29 %  

 

*  The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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THE OAKMARK FUNDS DISCLOSURE REGARDING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' OCTOBER 2007 APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACTS AS APPROVED APRIL 23, 2008

Each year the Board of Trustees of the Oakmark Funds (the "Board"), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") to determine whether to continue each Fund's investment advisory agreement (each an "Agreement") with the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"). The Board requests and receives from the Adviser a broad range of materials and information that are relevant to the Trustees' consideration of the Agreements, both throughout the year and especially in connection with its annual review of the Agreements. In addition, the Board retains an independent consultant to provide performance and expense information for each Fund and for comparable funds.

The Board's contracts committee (the "Committee") leads the Board in its evaluation of the Agreements. The Committee is comprised entirely of trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Funds as defined in the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees"), and more than 75% of the Board is comprised of Independent Trustees. During the last year, the Committee and the Board met numerous times to consider the Agreements. At each of those meetings, the Committee and the Board were advised by, and met in executive session with, their experienced independent legal counsel.

In determining whether to continue each Agreement, the Committee and the Board reviewed among other things: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Adviser's services, (ii) the investment performance of each Fund as well as performance information for comparable funds, (iii) the fees and other expenses paid by each Fund as well as expense information for comparable funds, (iv) the Adviser's profitability from its relationship with each Fund, (v) whether economies of scale may be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels share with Fund investors economies of scale and (vi) other benefits to the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds.

At a meeting held on October 24, 2007, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, upon recommendation of the Committee and after negotiation of additional breakpoints in the schedule of fees for The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark Global Fund, determined that the continuation of the Agreement for each Fund was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders, and approved the continuation of the Agreements through October 31, 2008. Below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board's conclusions regarding various factors. In their deliberations, the Independent Trustees did not identify any single factor that was paramount or dispositive, and each Independent Trustee may have weighed the information differently.

1.  Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board's consideration of the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser's services to the Funds took into account the knowledge gained from the Board's meetings with the Adviser over a period of years. In addition, the Board considered: the Adviser's long-term history of care and conscientiousness in the management of the Funds; the consistency of the Adviser's investment approach; the background and experience of the Adviser's investment personnel responsible for managing the Funds; the Adviser's performance as investment manager and administrator of the Funds, including, among other things, in the areas of brokerage selection, trade execution, compliance, shareholder communications, treasury administration, service provider oversight, and risk management; and frequent favorable recognition of the Adviser and the Funds in the media and in industry publications. The Board also reviewed the Adviser's resources and key personnel involved in providing investment management services to the Funds, including the time that investment personnel devote to each Fund and the investment results produced by the Adviser's in-house research. The Board also noted the significant personal investments that the Adviser's personnel have made in the Funds, which further align the interests of the Adviser and its personnel with those of the Funds' shareholders. The Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to each Fund were appropriate and consistent with the Fund's Agreement and that each Fund was likely to continue to benefit from services provided under its Agreement with the Adviser.

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2.  Investment Performance of the Funds

The Board considered each Fund's investment performance over various time periods, including comparative information provided by its consultant, Lipper Inc. ("Lipper"), an independent data service provider that was retained by the Board to prepare a study comparing each Fund's performance with that of comparable funds selected by Lipper (the "Performance Universe").

In addition to comparing each Fund's performance to that of its Performance Universe, the Board also considered the Fund's performance compared to that of its benchmark and other comparative data provided by Lipper, including the Fund's total return and performance relative to risk. The Board had numerous discussions with the Adviser about the performance of each Fund and the Adviser's investment philosophy. The Board noted the Adviser's assertion that it has remained consistent in its application of a value investing discipline throughout various market cycles and periods of over- and under-performance experienced by the Funds. After considering all of the information, the Trustees concluded that the Adviser was delivering performance for each Fund that was consistent with the long-term investment strategies being pursued by the Fund and that the Fund and its shareholders were benefiting from the Adviser's investment management of the Fund.

3.  Costs of Services Provided and Profits Realized by the Adviser

Using information provided by Lipper, the Board evaluated each Fund's advisory fee compared to the advisory fees paid by other mutual funds similar in size, character and investment strategy ("Expense Group"), and the Fund's expense ratio compared to that of the Expense Group.

The Board also reviewed the Adviser's advisory fees for its institutional separate accounts and for its subadvised funds (for which the Adviser provides portfolio management services only). The Trustees noted that, although in most instances, the fees paid by those clients generally were lower than the rates of fees paid by the Funds, the differences reflected the Adviser's significantly greater level of responsibilities and broader scope of services regarding the Funds, and the more extensive regulatory obligations and risks associated with managing the Funds.

The Board also considered the Adviser's costs in serving as the Fund's investment adviser and manager, including costs associated with technology, infrastructure and compliance necessary to manage the Funds effectively. The Board reviewed the Adviser's methodology for allocating costs among the Adviser's lines of business. The Board also considered information regarding the structure of the Adviser's compensation program for portfolio managers, analysts and certain other employees and the relationship of such compensation to the attraction and retention of quality personnel. The Board noted that at certain times the Adviser had voluntarily limited the growth of assets that it manages in order to protect investment performance by partially closing a majority of the Funds to new investors and limiting investments in a number of its institutional investment strategies. Finally, the Board considered the Adviser's profitability analysis as well as an Investment Management Profitability Analysis prepared by Lipper. The Board noted the pre-tax profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with each Fund, as well as the financial condition of the Adviser.

The Board considered that, as a percent of net assets, the total expenses (inclusive of management fees) of four of the Funds were lower than or near the medians for their respective Expense Groups, while the total expenses of The Oakmark Fund, The Oakmark Select Fund and The Oakmark Global Select Fund were above the medians for their Expense Groups.

After their review of all the matters addressed, including those outlined above, the Trustees concluded that the management fees paid by each Fund to the Adviser were reasonable in light of the services provided and that the profitability to the Adviser of its relationship with the Funds appeared to be reasonable in relation to the services provided.

4.  Economies of Scale and Fee Levels Reflecting Those Economies

The Board considered whether the management fee structure for each Fund provides for a sharing with the Funds of potential economies of scale that may be achieved by the Adviser. The Board reviewed each Fund's

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Agreement, which provide for breakpoints that decrease the management fee rate at various asset levels as the Fund's assets increase. The Board also considered that the Committee and the Adviser had negotiated additional breakpoints in the Agreements for The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark Global Fund. The Trustees concluded that the breakpoints in the fee schedule for each Fund allow the Fund and its shareholders to benefit from potential economies of scale that may be achieved by the Adviser as Fund assets increase.

5.  Other Benefits Derived from the Relationship with the Funds

The Board also considered other benefits that accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. The Board noted that an affiliate of the Adviser serves as the Funds' distributor, without compensation, pursuant to a written agreement that the Board evaluates and approves annually.

The Board also considered the Adviser's use of a portion of the commissions paid by the Funds on their portfolio brokerage transactions to obtain research products and services benefiting the Funds and/or other clients of the Adviser and concluded that the Adviser's use of "soft" commission dollars to obtain research products and services was consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board also noted that the Adviser's use of "soft" commission dollars was relatively low compared to many others in the industry and that the Adviser generally limits the use of "soft" commission dollars to obtain proprietary research products and services from brokers with which it trades.

After full consideration of the above factors, as well as other factors that were instructive in evaluating the Agreements, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, concluded that approval of each Fund's agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. On October 24, 2007, the Board continued each Agreement, with amendments to the Agreements for The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark Global Fund to add additional breakpoints in the fee schedules.

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For a prospectus and more information about The Oakmark Funds, including management fees and expenses and the special risks of investing, please visit oakmark.com or call 1-800-OAKMARK (1-800-625-6275). Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. An investor should consider a fund's investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before investing. This and other information about The Oakmark Funds are contained in the Funds' prospectus.

The discussion of the Funds' investments and investment strategy (including current investment themes, the portfolio managers' research and investment process, and portfolio characteristics) represents the Funds' investments and the views of the portfolio managers and Harris Associates L.P., the Funds' investment adviser, at the time of this letter, and are subject to change without notice.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance of the Funds does not reflect a 2% redemption fee on shares held by an investor for 90 days or less with the exception of The Oakmark Equity & Income Fund which does not impose a redemption fee. The purpose of the fee is to deter market timers.

Investing in value stocks presents the risk that value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during given periods.

The Oakmark Global Fund closed to certain new investors as of 12/15/03 and The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund closed to certain new investors as of 5/7/04.

Because The Oakmark Select Fund and The Oakmark Global Select Fund are non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on each Fund's total return, and may make the Funds' returns more volatile than a more diversified fund.

The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund invests in medium- and lower-quality debt securities that have higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than higher-quality securities, which may result in greater share price volatility. An economic downturn could severely disrupt the market in medium or lower grade debt securities and adversely affect the value of outstanding bonds and the ability of the issuers to repay principal and interest.

Investing in foreign securities represents risks which in some way may be greater than in U.S. investments. Those risks include: currency fluctuation; different regulation, accounting standards, trading practices and levels of available information; generally higher transaction costs; and political risks.

The stocks of smaller companies often involve more risk than the stocks of larger companies. Stocks of small companies tend to be more volatile and have a smaller public market than stocks of larger companies. Small companies may have a shorter history of operations than larger companies, may not have as great an ability to raise additional capital and may have a less diversified product line, making them more susceptible to market pressure.

  1.  Total return includes change in share prices and in each case includes reinvestment of any dividends and capital gain distributions.

  2.  Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual stocks.

  3.  Ben Stein, "Making Sense of a Scared New World." The New York Times, March 23, 2008.

  4.  Gene Epstein, "Commodities: Who's Behind the Boom?" Barron's, March 31, 2008.

  5.  Gregory Zuckerman, "Blame Game: The 'Uptick' Rule Debate." The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008.

  6.  The S&P 500 Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index.

  7.  John Train, "The Craft of Investing: Growth and Value Stocks, Emerging Markets, Market Timing, Mutual Funds, Alternative Investments, Retirement and Estate Planning, Tax Savings." HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1994.

  8.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged index that includes only 30 big companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

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  9.  The Lipper Large Cap Value Fund Index is an equally weighted index of the largest 30 funds within the large cap value funds investment objective as defined by Lipper Inc. The index is adjusted for the reinvestment of capital gains and income dividends. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  10.  The Lipper Multi-Cap Value Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Multi-Cap Value Funds category. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  11.  The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  12.  Lehman Brothers Government/Corporate Bond Index is a benchmark index made up of the Lehman Brothers Government and Corporate Bond indexes, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as corporate and Yankee bonds. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  13.  E.S. Browning, "Stocks Tarnished By 'Lost Decade.'" The Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2008.

  14.  James Altucher, "Forget the stock crash – grab an airbag." The Financial Times, February 26, 2008.

  15.  The MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI World Index currently consists of the following 23 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  16.  The Lipper Global Fund Index is an unmanaged index of the 30 largest funds, based on total year-end net asset value, in the Global fund category, which consists of funds that invest at least 25% in securities traded outside of the United States. It assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and does not include any management fees or expenses. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index.

17. The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the US & Canada. As of June 2006 the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  18.  The MSCI World Index ex U.S. is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI World Index currently consists of the following 22 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  19.  The Lipper International Fund Index reflects the net asset value weighted total return of the 30 largest international equity funds. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  20.  The MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. The MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index currently consists of 22 developed market country indices. The MSCI Small Cap Indices target 40% of the eligible Small Cap universe within each industry group, within each country. MSCI defines the Small Cap universe as all listed securities that have a market capitalization in the range of USD200-1,500 million. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index.

  21.  The Lipper International Small Cap Funds Index measures the performance of the 10 largest international small-cap funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

OAKMARK, OAKMARK FUNDS, OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL, and OAKMARK and tree design are trademarks owned or registered by Harris Associates L.P. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Investment Philosophy

All Oakmark managers follow a consistent investment philosophy—to invest in companies they believe are trading at a substantial discount to underlying business value. Critical to this philosophy is to invest with management teams who are committed to maximizing the company's business value.

Three key tenets of our
investment philosophy:

1  Buy businesses trading at a significant discount
to our estimate of true business value.

2  Invest in companies expected to grow shareholder value over time.

3  Invest with management teams who think
and act as owners.

Investment Process

We seek to identify undervalued companies through an intensive, in-house research process. This process is not based on macro-economic factors, such as the performance of the economy or the direction of interest rates. Nor is it based on technical factors, such as the performance of the stock market itself. And, while some value managers might use only one summary statistic—such as price-earnings ratio—our investment professionals take a more in-depth approach using a range of valuation measures appropriate for a specific company or industry.

From the universe of thousands of equity securities, our team generates investment ideas through a variety of methods. If a security appears attractive, detailed quantitative and qualitative research follows. This careful process of identifying undervalued stocks results in an "approved list."

The Result: a unified effort aimed at identifying the best values in the marketplace. From the list of
approved stocks, each fund manager constructs a relatively focused portfolio, built on a stock-by-stock basis from the bottom up.

Who Should Invest

Any investor who is seeking a disciplined value manager for the purposes of growing and diversifying a portfolio should consider one of The Oakmark Funds, keeping in mind that all equity investments should be considered long-term investments. As value investors, we recognize that patience is a virtue and believe that, over the long term, investors are rewarded for their patience. We generally hold the companies in which we invest for three to five years, a time horizon that we encourage our shareholders to consider as well.

How to Use Value Funds
in an Overall Portfolio

Investment styles tend to move in cycles. One style may be in favor for a few years while the other is out of favor, and vice versa. Diversifying the stock portion of your portfolio may help reduce overall volatility—and potentially provide more consistent returns over time.

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The Oakmark Glossary

Book value – A company's common stock equity as it appears on a balance sheet, equal to total assets minus liabilities, preferred stock, and intangible assets such as goodwill. A company's book value often differs substantially from economic value, especially in industries such as media.

Business value/Intrinsic value – The perceived or estimated actual value of a security, as opposed to its current market price or book value. Business value can be evaluated based on what a knowledgeable buyer would pay for a business if the company were sold in its entirety.

Growth investing – Investors who look for companies based on whether the stock of a company is growing earnings and/or revenue faster than the industry as a whole or the overall market. Growth investors generally expect high rates of growth to persist, and the stock, in turn, to deliver returns exceeding the market's. A growth mutual fund is generally one that emphasizes stocks believed to offer above-average growth prospects, with little to no emphasis on the stock's current price.

M & A (Mergers & Acquisitions) – Merger: the combining of two or more entities into one, through a purchase acquisition or a pooling of interests. Acquisition: can also be called a takeover, and is defined as acquiring control of a corporation, called a target, by stock purchase or exchange, either hostile or friendly.

Market capitalization (market cap or cap) – The market price of an entire company on any given day, calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the price per share.

Momentum investing – Approach to investing based on the belief that stock price trends are likely to continue. Momentum investors tend to buy stocks that have been outperforming the market and to sell those stocks when their relative performance deteriorates. Momentum investors do not consider a company's underlying value or fundamentals in their investment decisions.

Multiple – A ratio used to measure a stock's valuation, usually greater than 1. Sometimes used to mean price/earnings ratio.

P/B or Price-to-Book Ratio – A stock's capitalization divided by its book value. The value is the same whether the calculation is done for the whole company or on a per-share basis.

P/E or Price-to-Earnings Ratio – The most common measure of a stock's valuation. It is equal to a stock's capitalization divided by its after-tax earnings over a 12-month period. The value is the same whether the calculation is done for the whole company or on a per-share basis. Equivalently, the cost an investor in a given stock must pay per dollar of current annual earnings. Also called earnings multiple.

Share repurchase – Program through which a corporation buys back its own shares in the open market, typically an indication that the corporation's management believes the stock price is undervalued.

Value investing – Investors who utilize valuation measures such as business value (including growth rate), price/earnings ratio, price/book ratio, and yield to gauge the attractiveness of a company. Managers who employ a value investment style believe that the true, underlying value of a company is not reflected in its current share price, and, over time, the price has potential to increase as the market recognizes the overall value of the business. Value stocks sell at relatively low prices in relation to their underlying business value, earnings, or book value.

Stocks become undervalued for a variety of reasons, including an overall market decline, or when a specific industry falls into disfavor and investors view all companies in that industry in the same light. Consequently, an individual company's stock price may fall, even though it may be only temporarily affected by the industry's problems and its underlying value has remained unchanged.

"x times earnings" ("12 times earnings") – Another way to express a stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. A stock with a P/E ratio of 12 sells at 12 times earnings.

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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Trustees and Officers

Trustees

Gary N. Wilner, M.D.—Chairman
Michael J. Friduss
Thomas H. Hayden
Christine M. Maki

John R. Raitt
Allan J. Reich
Steven S. Rogers
Burton W. Ruder
Peter S. Voss

Officers

John R. Raitt—President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert M. Levy—Executive Vice President
Henry R. Berghoef—Vice President
Chad M. Clark—
Vice President
Richard J. Gorman—
Vice President, Chief Compliance
  Officer and Assistant Secretary

Kevin G. Grant—
Vice President
David G. Herro—
Vice President
John J. Kane—
Treasurer
Clyde S. McGregor—Vice President
William C. Nygren—
Vice President
Vineeta D. Raketich—
Vice President
Janet L. Reali—
Vice President and Secretary
Kristi L. Rowsell—
Vice President and Principal Financial
  Officer

Edward A. Studzinski—
Vice President
Robert A. Taylor—Vice President
Andrew J. Tedeschi—
Assistant Treasurer
Christopher P. Wright—
Vice President

Other Information

Investment Adviser

Harris Associates L.P.
Two North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602-3790

Transfer Agent

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
Quincy, Massachusetts

Legal Counsel

Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chicago, Illinois

For More Information

Please call 1-800-OAKMARK
(1-800-625-6275)
or 617-483-3250

Website

oakmark.com

To obtain a prospectus, an application or periodic reports, access our web
site at
oakmark.com, or call 1-800-OAKMARK (1-800-625-6275) or
(617) 483-3250.

The Funds will file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds' Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Funds' Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-625-6275; on the Funds' website at oakmark.com; and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

No later than August 31 of each year, information regarding how the Adviser, on behalf of the Funds, voted proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities for the twelve months ended the preceding June 30 will be available through a link on the Funds' website at oakmark.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

This report is submitted for the general information of the Funds' shareholders. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds unless it is accompanied or preceded by the Funds' currently effective prospectus.

No sales charge to the shareholder or to the new investor is made in offering the shares of the Funds, however, a shareholder may incur a 2% redemption fee on an exchange or redemption of Class I shares held for 90 days or less from any Fund other than The Oakmark Equity & Income Fund.



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The Oakmark Funds are distributed by Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA. Date of first use: May 2008.




THE OAKMARK FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (4/5/01) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(4/5/01)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class II)     -10.87 %     8.36 %     4.40 %  
S&P 500     -5.08 %     11.32 %     3.82 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.36%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (12/31/99) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(12/31/99)
 
Oakmark Select Fund (Class II)     -19.22 %     5.78 %     7.47 %  
S&P 500     -5.08 %     11.32 %     0.40 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.35%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




THE OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME
FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (7/12/00) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO
THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(7/12/00)
 
Oakmark Equity & Income Fund (Class II)     9.12 %     13.28 %     11.58 %  
Lipper Balanced Fund Index     -0.64 %     9.55 %     3.64 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.17%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




THE OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND
FROM ITS INCEPTION (10/10/01) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE
MSCI WORLD INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(10/10/01)
 
Oakmark Global Fund (Class II)     -6.81 %     21.23 %     16.91 %  
MSCI World     -3.25 %     15.96 %     8.29 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.53%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND
FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/4/99) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED TO THE
MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(11/4/99)
 
Oakmark International Fund (Class II)     -15.97 %     19.25 %     9.73 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     -1.30 %     21.81 %     5.66 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.44%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL
SMALL CAP FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL
CAP FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (1/8/01) TO PRESENT (3/31/08) AS COMPARED
TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 3/31/08)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(1/8/01)
 
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (Class II)     -20.59 %     25.15 %     15.41 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     -1.30 %     21.81 %     7.16 %  

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Expense Ratio as of 9/30/07 was 1.43%.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, May 2008




FUND EXPENSES

A shareholder of each Fund incurs two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as redemption fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees, transfer agent fees, and other fund expenses. The examples below are intended to help shareholders understand the ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses

The following table provides information about actual account values and actual fund expenses for Class II of each Fund. The table shows the expenses a Class II shareholder would have paid on a $1,000 investment in each Fund from October 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008, as well as how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual fund returns and expenses. Class II shareholders can estimate expenses incurred for the period by dividing their account value at March 31, 2008, by $1,000 and multiplying the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period row as shown below.

Certain accounts invested for 90 days or less may be charged a 2% redemption fee. Please consult the Funds' prospectus at oakmark.com for more information.

    The Oakmark
Fund
  The Oakmark
Select Fund
  The Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  The Oakmark
Global Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Small Cap
Fund
 
Beginning Account Value   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00    
Ending Account Value   $ 864.90     $ 802.40     $ 1,018.40     $ 882.70     $ 845.40     $ 829.50    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 7.23     $ 7.34     $ 5.85     $ 7.62     $ 7.34     $ 8.00    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.55 %     1.63 %     1.16 %     1.62 %     1.59 %     1.75 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class II, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses for Class II of each Fund based on actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Funds' actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balances or expenses shareholders paid for the period. Shareholders may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the third line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, the total costs would have been higher.

    The Oakmark
Fund
  The Oakmark
Select Fund
  The Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  The Oakmark
Global Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Fund
  The Oakmark
International
Small Cap
Fund
 
Beginning Account Value   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00    
Ending Account Value   $ 1,017.25     $ 1,016.85     $ 1,019.20     $ 1,016.90     $ 1,017.05     $ 1,016.25    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 7.82     $ 8.22     $ 5.86     $ 8.17     $ 8.02     $ 8.82    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.55 %     1.63 %     1.16 %     1.62 %     1.59 %     1.75 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class II, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).




 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not required in this filing.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not required in this filing.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not required in this filing.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not required in this filing.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) The Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the semi-annual report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

(b) No disclosures are required by this Item 6(b).

 

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.

 

During the period covered by this report, no amendments were made to the procedures adopted in fiscal year 2007.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in

 



 

Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the “Disclosure Controls”), the Disclosure Controls are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within 90 days prior to the filing of this report, including ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the time period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)

(1) 

Not required in this filing.

 

 

 

 

(2) 

Certifications of John R. Raitt, Principal Executive Officer, and Kristi L. Rowsell, Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii).

 

 

 

 

(3)

Not applicable.

 

 

 

(b)

 

Certification of John R. Raitt, Principal Executive Officer and Kristi L. Rowsell, Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit (b).

 



 

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.

 

Harris Associates Investment Trust

 

 

By:

/s/ John R. Raitt

 

 

John R. Raitt

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

May 19, 2008

 

 

 

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/ John R. Raitt

 

 

John R. Raitt

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

May 19, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

May 19, 2008