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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

Paulita A. Pike

Harris Associates L.P.

K&L Gates LLP

Two North La Salle Street, #500

Three First National Plaza, #3100

Chicago, Illinois 60602

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:

09/30/09

 

 

Date of reporting period:

09/30/09

 

 



 

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

 



ANNUAL REPORT

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

oakmark.com

Advised by Harris Associates L.P.



THE OAKMARK FUNDS

2009 Annual Report

President's Letter     1    
Summary Information     2    
Fund Expenses     4    
Commentary on Oakmark and Oakmark Select Funds     6    
Oakmark Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     8    
Schedule of Investments     9    
Oakmark Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     13    
Schedule of Investments     14    
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     16    
Schedule of Investments     19    
Oakmark Global Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     26    
Global Diversification Chart     29    
Schedule of Investments     30    
Oakmark Global Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     34    
Global Diversification Chart     36    
Schedule of Investments     37    
Commentary on International and International Small Cap Funds     40    
Oakmark International Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers     41    
Global Diversification Chart     43    
Schedule of Investments     44    
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Manager     50    
Global Diversification Chart     52    
Schedule of Investments     53    
Financial Statements  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities     60    
Statements of Operations     62    
Statements of Changes in Net Assets     64    
Notes to Financial Statements     71    
Financial Highlights     82    
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     90    
Trustees and Officers     94    
Oakmark Glossary     97    

 

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.




IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT
OAKMARK QUARTERLY REPORT MAILINGS

Beginning with the First Quarter Report, dated 12/31/09, we will no longer print and mail our first and third quarter reports. These reports will only be available online at oakmark.com.

If you wish to receive an e-mail each quarter letting you know when the quarterly reports are posted, please visit our website and sign up for e-mail updates.

To sign up, simply enter your e-mail address in the appropriate box on the right-hand side of the home page and click Join.



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President's Letter

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

World markets continued their remarkable rebound in the third quarter. From its lows in early March, the S&P 500 Index1 has now risen by almost 60%, and international markets have rebounded even more strongly. For the quarter, all of our equity Funds once again produced returns that exceeded the market averages. Importantly, for The Oakmark Funds' fiscal year ended 9/30/09, all of our Funds had positive returns—in sharp contrast to losses in most of the broader market indexes.

Perspective

The wild up and down ride in the stock markets over the past two years is only one of many extreme swings to hit the world during this period. The economy, credit markets, home prices and government deficits have all seen historic shifts. After so many dramatic changes, many investors and Fund shareholders no doubt wonder if they shouldn't be reassessing their exposure to equities. At such times, we suggest that it is best to focus on fundamentals—the economy and equity valuations—in the context of a long-term strategy.

Economic signposts in our view have become increasingly positive over the past quarter. Global financial markets still face substantial risks, and some sectors continue to slide. However, fundamental economic data suggest to us that the massive worldwide stimulus efforts are fostering recovery, and we believe that the current programs intended to stabilize financial institutions should also help markets heal.

Although some might conclude that the recent market rebound has left equities fairly valued, we still find overall stock market valuation to be attractive when one considers long-term earnings power. This is confirmed at the micro level, as the average stock in our portfolios still sells at a larger than typical discount to value. Of course, it is impossible to predict the market's short-term direction, but we believe that buying equities (or equity mutual funds) when they sell at discounted values will lead to superior long-term returns.

2009 Capital Gains Distributions

We try to minimize the taxes that Oakmark shareholders pay in order to maximize their after-tax returns. As Bill Nygren describes in his quarterly commentary, our portfolio managers pay close attention to taxable capital gains and losses, and they try to minimize any required tax distributions. Although last year's volatile market made Fund management more challenging, it also provided us with expanded opportunities to manage taxes. We are pleased to report that we do not expect to make capital gains distributions for any of our Funds this year. In fact, all of our Funds should end the year with a capital loss carry-forward that helps shelter future gains. We will, of course, pay income distributions (on interest and dividend income) for each of the Funds in mid-December and will post estimates on oakmark.com in advance of these Fund payouts.

Quarterly Report Mailings

At Oakmark, we believe that thoughtful, timely and frequent communication with our shareholders is important. Our quarterly reports are probably our most important vehicle for this communication. We emphasize these communications because of our conviction that an informed shareholder is able to achieve better long-term investment results. We also believe in watching Fund expenses closely. With this in mind, beginning with our FY 2010 First Quarter Report (quarter ended 12/31), we will no longer print our first and third quarter reports and will only post them on-line. Doing so will provide meaningful savings in shareholder operating expenses and also save more than a few trees! If you wish to receive an e-mail each quarter letting you know when the quarterly reports are available, please go to our website at oakmark.com and sign up for e-mail updates located in the top right corner of our site. This service will give you faster access to our managers' perspective on the most recent quarter's events. We hope that you find this change to be a convenient way to stay informed about Fund performance and the investment marketplace. We will continue to provide printed copies of our second quarter (Semi-Annual) reports and fourth quarter (Annual) reports to all shareholders, as regulations require.

We are extremely grateful for our shareholders' continued loyalty and confidence through these remarkably difficult times. We thank you for your patience and support, and we will continue to work hard to keep your trust. As always, 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.

September 30, 2009


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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Summary Information

Performance for Period
Ended September 30, 2009
2
  Oakmark
Fund—Class I
(OAKMX)
  Oakmark
Select Fund—Class I
(OAKLX)
  Oakmark
Equity and Income
Fund—Class I
(OAKBX)
  Oakmark
Global Fund—Class I
(OAKGX)
 
3 Months*   20.43%   20.45%   10.55%   20.95%  
1 Year   3.38%   13.30%   1.02%   2.65%  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
 
3 Year   -1.91%   -5.52%   3.99%   -1.01%  
5 Year   1.98%   -0.04%   6.36%   7.13%  
10 Year   4.16%   6.89%   9.69%   12.28%  
Since inception     12.21%
(8/5/91)
  11.94%
(11/1/96)
  11.27%
(11/1/95)
  11.14%
(8/4/99)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
September 30, 2009
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Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
  Liberty Media Corp.
-Entertainment 3.1%
Intel Corp. 2.5%
Walgreen Co. 2.4%
Hewlett-Packard Co. 2.2%
Schering-Plough
Corp. 2.2%
  Discovery
Communications, Inc.
Class C 10.3%
Liberty Media Corp.
-Entertainment 7.4%
H&R Block, Inc. 5.1%
Schering-Plough
Corp. 4.7%
Viacom, Inc.-Class B 4.6%
  XTO Energy, Inc. 3.7%
Avon Products, Inc. 3.4%
General Dynamics
Corp. 3.3%
EnCana Corp. 3.1%
Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. 2.9%
  Societe Television
Francaise 1 4.9%
Julius Baer Holding
Ltd. 4.4%
Snap-on Inc. 4.1%
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings 4.0%
Oracle Corp. 3.7%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
September 30, 2009
Sector and % of
Market Value
 
  Consumer
Discretionary 34.2%
Information
Technology 23.1%
Financials 11.3%
Health Care 10.8%
Industrials 10.3%
Consumer Staples 8.1%
Energy 2.2%
  Consumer
Discretionary 45.2%
Information
Technology 24.9%
Health Care 13.6%
Financials 12.1%
Energy 4.2%
  U.S. Government
Securities 28.9%
Consumer Staples 19.9%
Energy 11.9%
Industrials 11.8%
Health Care 10.6%
Consumer
Discretionary 7.4%
Foreign Government
Securities 4.4%
Information
Technology 2.4%
Financials 1.9%
Materials
0.8%
  Information
Technology 25.5%
Consumer
Discretionary 22.5%
Industrials 17.8%
Financials 15.8%
Health Care 9.4%
Energy 5.2%
Consumer Staples 2.4%
Materials 1.4%
 

 

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 Oakmark Equity & Income Fund, redeemed within 90 days. 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 Period
Ended September 30, 2009
2
  Oakmark
Global Select
Fund—Class I
(OAKWX)
  Oakmark
International
Fund—Class I
(OAKIX)
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund—Class I
(OAKEX)
 
3 Months*   20.61%   23.95%   26.90%  
1 Year   22.24%   17.71%   16.28%  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
 
3 Year   N/A   -1.26%   -3.80%  
5 Year   N/A   8.15%   8.10%  
10 Year   N/A   8.65%   10.11%  
Since inception     1.71%
(10/2/06)
  10.52%
(9/30/92)
  10.57%
(11/1/95)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
September 30, 2009
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Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
  Societe Television
Francaise 1 9.7%
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA 7.9%
Liberty Media Corp.
-Entertainment 6.3%
UBS AG 6.2%
Viacom, Inc.-Class B 5.1%
  Allianz SE 3.6%
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA 3.5%
Daiwa Securities
Group Inc. 3.0%
Societe Television
Francaise 1 3.0%
Signet Jewelers Ltd. 3.0%
  Julius Baer Holding
Ltd. 3.5%
Interpump Group
SpA 3.5%
Atea ASA 3.4%
Sperian Protection 3.2%
LSL Property
Services PLC 3.2%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
September 30, 2009
Sector and % of
Market Value
 
  Consumer
Discretionary 42.8%
Information
Technology 23.2%
Financials 21.1%
Health Care 7.7%
Industrials 5.2%
  Consumer
Discretionary 39.1%
Financials 17.9%
Industrials 15.1%
Information
Technology 10.3%
Consumer Staples 7.7%
Health Care 4.7%
Materials 3.8%
Energy 1.4%
  Industrials 32.5%
Consumer
Discretionary 24.6%
Information
Technology 16.3%
Financials 11.8%
Materials 6.0%
Consumer Staples 4.5%
Health Care 4.3%
 

 

As of 9/30/08, the expense ratio for Class I shares was 1.10% for Oakmark Fund, 1.08% for Oakmark Select Fund, 0.81% for Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, 1.16% for Oakmark Global Fund, 1.35% for Oakmark Global Select Fund, 1.10% for Oakmark International Fund and 1.41% for Oakmark International Small Cap Fund.

The expense ratios as of 9/30/09 are included in the Financial Highlights tables beginning on page 83 of this report.

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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 April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009, as well as how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual fund returns and expenses. A Class I shareholder can estimate expenses incurred for the period by dividing the account value at September 30, 2009, by $1,000 and multiplying the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period row as shown below.

Shares of all Funds, other than Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, invested for 90 days or less may be charged a 2% redemption fee. Please consult the Funds' prospectus at oakmark.com for more information.

    Oakmark Fund   Oakmark Select Fund   Oakmark Equity and Income Fund   Oakmark Global Fund   Oakmark Global Select Fund   Oakmark International Fund   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
  $ 1,484.10     $ 1,514.00     $ 1,220.10     $ 1,566.60     $ 1,526.40     $ 1,651.40     $ 1,824.10    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 7.22     $ 7.00     $ 4.62     $ 7.46     $ 8.17     $ 7.31     $ 10.19    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.16 %     1.11 %     0.83 %     1.16 %     1.29 %     1.10 %     1.44 %  

 

* 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 365 (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.

    Oakmark Fund   Oakmark Select Fund   Oakmark Equity and Income Fund   Oakmark Global Fund   Oakmark Global Select Fund   Oakmark International Fund   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
  $ 1,019.25     $ 1,019.50     $ 1,020.91     $ 1,019.25     $ 1,018.60     $ 1,019.55     $ 1,017.85    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 5.87     $ 5.62     $ 4.20     $ 5.87     $ 6.53     $ 5.57     $ 7.28    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.16 %     1.11 %     0.83 %     1.16 %     1.29 %     1.10 %     1.44 %  

 

* 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 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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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.

If you were just awakening from a year-long snooze and you looked at the one-year performance numbers presented in this report for our seven Oakmark Funds, you'd probably conclude that fiscal 2009 was a decent, though pretty mundane, year. But since you weren't napping, you know that there was rarely a dull day. Our fiscal year started with the S&P 5001 dropping 22% in the first quarter. To put that drop in perspective, there have only been six calendar quarters during the past 50 years in which the S&P has moved more than 20%. Then, in our second fiscal quarter, the S&P lost another 11%. The S&P has experienced double-digit changes in only thirty-eight of the past two hundred quarters—or just 19% of the time. The combination of these two consecutive declines and a further drop at the beginning of the third quarter resulted in the S&P being down 41% from our fiscal year end through March 9. That loss was then followed by a series of positive moves: a recovery during the rest of March, a 16% gain in our third quarter, and a 16% gain in the fourth quarter to trim the full fiscal year loss to 7%. Again, to put these numbers in perspective, in the past fifty years, the S&P has never experienced four consecutive quarters of double digit price changes (though it came very close to happening in 1983).

Unprecedented volatility created great opportunity for observers to play games with statistics. My favorite storyline, which started after the market had rallied about 10% from March 9, was that stock prices were moving up faster than the economy and therefore investors should be cautious. Though it is true that the S&P 500 is now 58% higher than it was at the bottom (and the economy isn't), the problem with that comparison is that it implies that the price at the bottom was rational. One could just as easily say that the S&P, without including dividends, is down 31% from two years ago, down 5% from five years ago, and down 18% from ten years ago. Given that many indicators suggest we are already recovering from the recession, those declines over longer time periods seem excessive. More important than where stock prices have been is where earnings will be in the future. It is true that the S&P 500 price-to-earnings ratio no longer appears low relative to expected 2009 earnings. However, we believe that 2009 was heavily affected by unusual loan losses and unsustainable inventory reductions. If you eliminate those, then the price-to-earnings ratio looks pretty reasonable. If you add in some rebound in end demand, then that ratio is meaningfully below historical averages. As the market has risen, the magnitude of undervaluation has lessened, but we continue to believe that stocks remain fundamentally undervalued.

Taxation

Although the volatility we experienced in 2009 was extremely unpleasant, one silver lining was the opportunity it gave us to improve our Funds' tax positions. As you probably know, mutual funds are required to annually distribute net capital gains to shareholders. Shareholders are then taxed on those gains, even if they continue to hold their fund shares. It's a tax rule that we believe should be changed—having fund shareholders simply pay their capital gains when they sell their shares would sharply reduce their record-keeping costs, would encourage them to invest for the long term, would level the playing field between mutual funds and ETFs and would have a negligible cost, if any, to the U.S. Treasury. But, unfortunately, we aren't in charge of tax policy, so we have to maximize value under the current rules.

At Oakmark, we actively manage our portfolios with the goal of maximizing after-tax returns without reducing pre-tax returns. Extreme volatility in the past year gave us two ways to capture tax losses that will defer future capital gains distributions. First, when the market was in freefall, none of our holdings hit our sell targets. However, we actively sold stocks we believed were somewhat undervalued in order to provide the funds to purchase stocks we believed were significantly more undervalued. During a strong market, the tax gain that results from those sales would give us pause—the valuation gap needs to be wide enough to make it worth realizing a taxable gain. In the weak 2009 market, however, most stocks were selling below our cost, so capturing the tax loss became an incremental positive to an already attractive transaction.

The second way we captured losses was trading around core positions. Usually, we don't want to eliminate holdings that are selling below cost, because, in the absence of bad fundamental news, we view those stocks as even more attractive than when we purchased them. So instead of eliminating them from the portfolio, we'll add to some that we believe are the most attractive and reduce some that we believe aren't quite as attractive. After 31 days, we can reverse the trade, restore our original position, capture the tax losses, and hopefully add modestly to pre-tax returns. This tax trading is an important reason that our Funds had higher turnover last year than in prior years. As an example, the Oakmark Fund had turnover of 32% in Fiscal 2008. That increased to 62% in 2009, despite selling only 7 of the 49 securities that we started the year with.

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The result of this tax trading is that every one of the seven Oakmark Funds today has a loss carry-forward that will reduce future taxable gains distributions. Financial advisers often warn mutual fund investors that they may have to prepay capital gains because of mutual fund tax rules, but today, because of the actions we took during a tough market, our Fund investors will enjoy deferral of future gains.

Rebalancing

In these reports we have often discussed why shareholders would benefit from rebalancing their asset allocations after extreme price shifts. The concept is simple: as the old timers in the business say, "Trees don't grow to the sky." In other words, extreme performance can't continue indefinitely. Rebalancing helps to mechanize a task that is very difficult psychologically: reducing exposure to asset classes that have increased in value and increasing exposure to asset classes that have decreased. We believe that it is beneficial to periodically rebalance various aspects of one's portfolio: stocks versus bonds, domestic versus international and small cap versus large cap. If extreme performance is indeed unsustainable—and we believe that to be true—then it follows that periodic rebalancing reduces risk and increases return.

As an over simplified illustration, let's assume that two investors each met with a financial adviser two years ago, and the adviser wisely set them up with a 60/40 asset allocation, $60,000 invested in the S&P 500 and $40,000 in the Barclays U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index. Each investor sleeps well that night, knowing that their portfolio is prudently diversified. On March 9 of this year, both check their accounts. The S&P had declined by 56% subsequent to the financial adviser visit, while the Treasury Index increased by 19%. Both were glad that their 26% loss was much smaller than what their friends who had only owned equities experienced.

Then their paths diverge. Investor one, let's call him Goofus (if you don't remember Highlights just Google "Goofus and Gallant"), closes his investment file, pats himself on the back and goes on his merry way. Gallant, on the other hand, checks his asset allocation and sees that stocks now represent only 36% of his portfolio, while bonds have climbed from 40% to 64%. Realizing that his portfolio is now invested very differently than he'd intended, he sells some of his bonds, uses the money to buy stocks and restores his target 60% stock, 40% bond allocation. At September 30 the two investors are now in very different positions. First, Gallant is now over-invested in stocks, which have grown to 70% of his portfolio, while Goofus remains way below his target, having only 47% of his portfolio invested in equities. Just as important, Gallant has fully regained his losses while Goofus is still down 10%.

Sadly, there should have been a third investor in this example who mimics the self-destructive behavior investors frequently exhibit. This investor checks his account on March 9, is angry and scared that he's lost so much in equities while bonds increased in value, so to prevent making that mistake again, sells half his equities to buy more bonds. At September 30, this investor now has only 25% of his assets invested in stocks, and he has lost nearly 20% of his initial assets.

We continue to believe that equities are attractive and are likely to achieve higher, though more volatile, long-term returns than bonds. After any large price change, we encourage investors to restore their portfolios to their target asset allocations, and this time is no different. Because of the large stock market rebound, those who were wise enough, or lucky enough, to rebalance earlier this year are now above their target equity allocation. Restoring appropriate balance to their portfolios requires selling some stocks. Most investors, however, didn't increase their equity exposure when stock prices were down. Their portfolios are far below their equity targets. Those investors need to purchase equities if they want to return to their target asset allocation. And even though the stock market has improved considerably, it's not too late; it never is. That's because rebalancing is not about correctly guessing the market's short-term trends. Instead, rebalancing positions a portfolio for the future, the direction of which we can never be certain.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com
oaklx@oakmark.com

September 30, 2009

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OAKMARK FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and Kevin Grant, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (8/5/91) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/5/91)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class I)     20.43 %     3.38 %     1.98 %     4.16 %     12.21 %  
S&P 500     15.61 %     -6.91 %     1.02 %     -0.15 %     7.89 %  
Dow Jones Average4      15.82 %     -7.38 %     1.85 %     1.62 %     9.19 %  
Lipper Large Cap
Value Index5 
    15.90 %     -6.10 %     0.99 %     1.17 %     7.66 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.10%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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 gained 20% in the quarter, comparing favorably to the S&P 500's 16% gain. For our fiscal year, the Fund gained 3% while the S&P 500 lost 7%. Though we are pleased to make a profit when others lose money, we aren't high-fiving each other over a 3% gain. Over extended periods we expect stocks to produce a much better return than they achieved last year, and when that happens, we also expect to achieve higher positive returns.

In a year that was marked by extreme stock market volatility, our portfolio holdings achieved extremely diverse returns. Two holdings—State Street and Apple—more than doubled after our purchases. State Street's mark-to-market losses, which had spooked investors, turned into gains as most of their maturing investments paid in full. Apple also proved skeptical investors wrong, as fears that cash-strapped consumers would trade down from Apple's premium products never materialized. Two other holdings, Schering-Plough and Liberty Entertainment, agreed to be acquired. Their gains weren't quite as large, but heavier weightings made their portfolio impact just as big.

Leading the year's biggest loser list were two banks that suffered from large mortgage losses—Citigroup and Bank of America. We sold our position in Citi near the financial stock bottom because we believed investors were underestimating the dilution from their newly raised capital. We used that money to add to other financials we believed were safer, yet more undervalued. We still own Bank of America because we believe its high market share in consumer banking will lead to good profitability when loan losses subside.

During this past quarter, the general rule seemed to be that whichever stocks fell the most, recovered the most. Liberty Interactive and Capital One were two of our worst performers early in the year, but were our two best in the quarter. Neither reported stellar results, but neither got close to the Armageddon scenarios that were implied by their lowest prices. Our worst performers were generally high-quality companies that didn't fall as much in the decline, but didn't move higher during the quarter. That list included Oracle, McDonald's and Wal-Mart, where we made significant additions to our holdings. Our new purchases, ADP and Johnson & Johnson, fit that same profile. Our thoughts on those two stocks are on our website. The only elimination last quarter was Morgan Stanley, but we also reduced Capital One. Their strong rebounds allowed us to fund new purchases, which we viewed as more undervalued and less risky.

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

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—95.1%  
Advertising—1.5%  
Omnicom Group, Inc.     1,241,254     $ 45,851,923    
Apparel Retail—1.5%  
Limited Brands     2,700,000       45,873,000    
Broadcasting—1.3%  
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class C (a)     1,540,140       40,089,844    
Cable & Satellite—4.8%  
Liberty Media Corp. - Entertainment (a)     3,098,680       96,399,935    
Comcast Corp., Class A     3,400,000       54,672,000    
      151,071,935    
Catalog Retail—1.4%  
Liberty Media Holding Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a)     4,005,000       43,934,850    
Computer & Electronics Retail—2.2%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.     1,800,000       67,536,000    
Department Stores—1.3%  
Kohl's Corp. (a)     726,900       41,469,645    
Home Improvement Retail—1.9%  
The Home Depot, Inc.     2,281,500       60,779,160    
Household Appliances—1.6%  
The Black & Decker Corp.     1,100,000       50,919,000    
Housewares & Specialties—1.8%  
Fortune Brands, Inc.     1,350,000       58,023,000    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.8%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.     2,462,000       56,626,000    
Movies & Entertainment—6.5%  
The Walt Disney Co.     2,250,000       61,785,000    
Viacom, Inc., Class B (a)     2,089,745       58,596,450    
Time Warner, Inc.     1,982,566       57,058,249    
Liberty Media Holding Corp. - Capital, Class A (a)     1,345,836       28,154,889    
      205,594,588    
Restaurants—3.2%  
Yum! Brands, Inc.     1,514,000       51,112,640    
McDonald's Corp.     894,000       51,020,580    
      102,133,220    

 

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—95.1% (cont.)  
Specialized Consumer Services—1.8%  
H&R Block, Inc.     3,058,600     $ 56,217,068    
Distillers & Vintners—1.8%  
Diageo PLC (b)     921,000       56,632,290    
Drug Retail—2.4%  
Walgreen Co.     2,000,000       74,940,000    
Hypermarkets & Super Centers—1.9%  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     1,200,000       58,908,000    
Packaged Foods & Meats—1.6%  
H.J. Heinz Co.     1,300,000       51,675,000    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—2.1%  
EnCana Corp. (c)     1,150,000       66,251,500    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—3.7%  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     2,139,630       62,027,873    
State Street Corp.     1,050,000       55,230,000    
      117,257,873    
Consumer Finance—3.9%  
American Express Co.     1,850,000       62,715,000    
Capital One Financial Corp.     1,679,800       60,019,254    
      122,734,254    
Other Diversified Financial Services—3.2%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1,347,400       59,043,068    
Bank of America Corp.     2,400,000       40,608,000    
      99,651,068    
Health Care Equipment—3.2%  
Medtronic, Inc.     1,850,000       68,080,000    
Covidien PLC (c)     750,000       32,445,000    
      100,525,000    
Pharmaceuticals—7.0%  
Schering-Plough Corp.     2,431,135       68,679,564    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (b)     1,600,000       63,216,000    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     2,500,000       56,300,000    
Johnson & Johnson     550,000       33,489,500    
      221,685,064    
Aerospace & Defense—3.0%  
The Boeing Co.     1,000,000       54,150,000    
Precision Castparts Corp.     400,000       40,748,000    
      94,898,000    

 

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—95.1% (cont.)  
Air Freight & Logistics—1.9%  
FedEx Corp.     800,000     $ 60,176,000    
Industrial Conglomerates—3.4%  
Tyco International, Ltd. (c)     1,900,000       65,512,000    
3M Co.     550,000       40,590,000    
      106,102,000    
Industrial Machinery—1.5%  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     1,100,000       46,981,000    
Communications Equipment—1.9%  
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)     2,500,000       58,850,000    
Computer Hardware—5.7%  
Hewlett-Packard Co.     1,475,000       69,634,750    
Dell, Inc. (a)     3,900,000       59,514,000    
Apple, Inc. (a)     270,000       50,049,900    
      179,198,650    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.7%  
Western Union Co.     2,530,000       47,867,600    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     1,000,000       39,300,000    
      87,167,600    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.0%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (c)     2,789,500       62,150,060    
Internet Software & Services—1.8%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     2,400,000       56,664,000    
Semiconductors—4.4%  
Intel Corp.     3,950,000       77,301,500    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     2,600,000       61,594,000    
      138,895,500    
Systems Software—3.4%  
Microsoft Corp.     2,600,000       67,314,000    
Oracle Corp.     2,000,000       41,680,000    
      108,994,000    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $2,070,216,885)           $ 2,996,456,092    

 

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Short Term Investments—4.5%  
Commercial Paper—1.0%  
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 0.12%, due 10/1/2009
(Cost: $30,000,000)
  $ 30,000,000     $ 30,000,000    
Repurchase Agreement—3.5%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009,
repurchase price $111,821,037, collateralized by
a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with
a rate of 1.625%, with a maturity of 7/22/2011, and
with a market value plus accrued interest of $29,103,731,
and by a Federal National Mortgage Association Bond,
with a rate of 5.125%, with a maturity of 4/15/2011,
and with a market value plus accrued interest
of $84,958,140 (Cost: $111,820,975)
    111,820,975       111,820,975    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $141,820,975)       $ 141,820,975    
Total Investments (Cost: $2,212,037,860)—99.6%         3,138,277,067    
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities—0.4%         14,105,747    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 3,152,382,814    

 

(a) Non income-producing security.

(b) Represents a Sponsored American Depositary Receipt.

(c) Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and Henry Berghoef, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/96) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/96)
 
Oakmark Select Fund
(Class I)
    20.45 %     13.30 %     -0.04 %     6.89 %     11.94 %  
S&P 500     15.61 %     -6.91 %     1.02 %     -0.15 %     5.01 %  
Lipper Multi-Cap
Value Index6 
    17.41 %     -4.70 %     0.56 %     3.20 %     5.43 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.08%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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 increased in value by 20% in the quarter, putting our fiscal year into the black by 13%. Both numbers compare favorably to the S&P 500, which gained 16% for the quarter but was still down 7% for the year. Our fiscal year performance benefited greatly from purchases made during the panics this past fall and winter. Portfolio newcomers Liberty Entertainment and Newfield Exploration more than doubled after they were purchased. We bought Newfield after energy prices fell below our estimate of long-term market clearing prices, and after investors became concerned about Newfield's debt levels. Our careful examination of Newfield's extensive hedges made us confident that their leverage was not a significant risk. We purchased Liberty Entertainment when it traded at a large discount to the market value of its equity investment in DirecTV. Later in the year, after DirecTV announced its intention to merge with Liberty Entertainment, that discount disappeared. Other top performers for the year were: e-Bay, which was another portfolio newcomer; Schering-Plough, which agreed to be acquired by Merck; and Discovery Communications, which outperformed peers in a difficult advertising environment.

At the other end of the spectrum, we suffered losses in Comcast and Limited Brands, which were sold in the midst of the decline to make room for more attractively priced stocks. This increased the valuation discount of our portfolio, and also allowed us to capture significant tax losses. The stock that most hurt our fiscal year return was Capital One—it didn't go down the most, but the combination of its loss and our portfolio weighting created the biggest impact. However, we kept Capital One in the portfolio because we believed that historically unprecedented defaults were a cyclical issue, and we projected that Capital One would be relatively inexpensive once losses normalized.

The decision to keep Capital One helped our results in the most recent quarter, as the stock rebounded 64%, making it one of our best performers. Perhaps the biggest contributor to the quarter was not the increase in any single stock, but rather the absence of any losers. Our worst performing stock, which was one of the previous year's bright spots, was YUM Brands, which gained 2%. We had no additions or deletions to the portfolio during the quarter because we have continued confidence that our existing holdings represent good value.

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

 

September 30, 2009

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OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.4%  
Broadcasting—10.3%  
Discovery Communications, Inc. Class C (a)     9,009,500     $ 234,517,285    
Cable & Satellite—7.4%  
Liberty Media Corp. - Entertainment (a)     5,417,029       168,523,772    
Catalog Retail—4.2%  
Liberty Media Holding Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a)     8,600,000       94,342,000    
Computer & Electronics Retail—3.7%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.     2,250,000       84,420,000    
Movies & Entertainment—8.7%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B (a)     3,725,000       104,449,000    
Time Warner, Inc.     3,210,666       92,402,968    
      196,851,968    
Restaurants—3.3%  
Yum! Brands, Inc.     2,215,000       74,778,400    
Specialized Consumer Services—5.1%  
H&R Block, Inc.     6,369,600       117,073,248    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—3.9%  
Newfield Exploration Co. (a)     2,100,000       89,376,000    
Consumer Finance—3.8%  
Capital One Financial Corp.     2,410,600       86,130,738    
Other Diversified Financial Services—7.7%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,094,000       91,759,080    
Bank of America Corp.     4,900,000       82,908,000    
      174,667,080    
Health Care Equipment—4.0%  
Medtronic, Inc.     2,500,000       92,000,000    
Pharmaceuticals—8.8%  
Schering-Plough Corp.     3,782,954       106,868,450    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     4,110,200       92,561,704    
      199,430,154    
Computer Hardware—3.8%  
Dell, Inc. (a)     5,613,000       85,654,380    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.4% (cont.)  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.7%  
Western Union Co.     4,465,400     $ 84,485,368    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—4.0%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (b)     4,067,838       90,631,431    
Internet Software & Services—3.9%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     3,800,000       89,718,000    
Semiconductors—8.1%  
Intel Corp.     5,047,000       98,769,790    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,575,000       84,691,750    
      183,461,540    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,668,296,150)           $ 2,146,061,364    
Short Term Investments—5.6%  
Commercial Paper—1.1%  
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 0.12%, due 10/1/2009
(Cost: $25,000,000)
  $ 25,000,000     $ 25,000,000    
Repurchase Agreement—4.5%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009,
repurchase price $102,176,366, collateralized by
a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with
a rate of 1.625%, with a maturity of 7/22/2011,
and with a market value plus accrued interest
of $104,224,381 (Cost: $102,176,309)
    102,176,309       102,176,309    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $127,176,309)           $ 127,176,309    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,795,472,459)—100.0%             2,273,237,673    
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities—0.0%             167,933    
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 2,273,405,606    

 

(a) Non income-producing security.

(b) Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

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

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/95) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX7 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark Equity &
Income Fund (Class I)
    10.55 %     1.02 %     6.36 %     9.69 %     11.27 %  
Lipper Balanced
Fund Index
    12.33 %     2.34 %     3.17 %     3.13 %     6.07 %  
S&P 5001      15.61 %     -6.91 %     1.02 %     -0.15 %     6.22 %  
Barclays Capital
U.S. Govt./Credit8 
    4.16 %     11.46 %     4.92 %     6.32 %     6.19 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 0.81%.

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 and Fiscal Year Review

Twelve months ago we wrote that although the Fund's returns bested the comparative indices in a difficult market environment, we would be much happier reporting positive rates of return. Well, we are in fact much happier this year, even though we have lagged behind the Lipper Balanced Fund Index for the quarter and the fiscal year. The Fund earned a return of nearly 11% for the recent quarter in contrast to the Lipper peer group's 12%. We believe that this gap comes from the Equity and Income Fund's relative underweight in equities and corporate bonds.

During the past quarter, the strongest contributors to the Fund's return included Avon Products, Apache, Walter Energy, Costco and EnCana. Weak performers, all of which came close to breaking even over the period, included Alliant Techsystems, Laboratory Corporation of America and Broadridge Financial, a new purchase. During the quarter the portfolio's equity commitment grew 7% to comprise 62% of the portfolio, partly because of the equity purchases described below and partly due to robust portfolio appreciation. We reduced the holdings of Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities from 15% of the portfolio to 5% because we believe that their prices forecast a more rapid return to general price inflation than we believe probable.

In terms of the fiscal year that ended on September 30, the Fund earned 1% and the Lipper Balanced Fund Index earned 2%. Retailer TJX had the largest positive effect on the Fund's fiscal-year return followed by Goodrich, Avon Products, Costco and Hospira. The most significant detractors were Medtronic and ITT (both sold in the March quarter), along with Mohawk Industries. The annualized compound rate of return since the Fund's inception nearly 14 years ago is 11%, over which time the Lipper Balanced Fund Index return is 6%.

Environmental Change

"The accuracy of an economic vision is not always commensurate with the analytical ability of those who hold it. Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones."—Joseph Schumpeter

One year ago, the pessimistic vision held sway around the world as weaknesses in the financial system were exposed. Some authorities have asserted that the economic world came close to seizing up last fall. Writing one year later, we know that the stock market hit its nadir in early March and has since rocketed upward. It appears to us that the value compression that developed in the bear market was both excessive and

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unsustainable, helping to make the rebound of the past six months more explicable.

We believe the re-emergence of mergers and acquisitions activity during the recent quarter is one indication that the economy may be returning to something approaching normal. The Equity and Income Fund contained one beneficiary of such activity: Varian Inc. In July, former Fund holding Agilent agreed to purchase Varian for $52 in cash. Although the offer price was well below the stock's all-time high price, it was more than twice Varian's March share price. We are sorry to lose such an interesting company from the Fund, but are pleased to see that an intelligent management team endorses one of our value judgments. As value investors, we expect our portfolios to benefit occasionally from merger and acquisition activity. In fact, the absence of acquisitions in the Fund could indicate poor price discipline or style drift on our part. We are gratified to have two cash buyouts in the Fund this year: UST and Varian.

On a related note, during last November's tumultuous times, we observed that Chesapeake Energy had completed two sales of natural gas production properties. These sales were to respected purchasers and at prices that validated our methodology for valuing companies in that industry. We have consistently argued that the prices of oil and gas properties are far more stable than the prices of the commodities they produce, and we believe that Chesapeake's distress sales support our case.

Transaction Activity

The portfolio grew by five equity holdings in the quarter, as we initiated positions in seven companies while eliminating two. As usual, the only thing that the new holdings have in common is what we believe to be their attractive valuation. The companies range from relatively small (Diebold) to very large (Cisco Systems, at one time the highest market capitalization company in the world). A few of the new issues allowed us to purchase the position sizes that we desired, while others' share prices quickly rose out of our buy range. Shareholders periodically ask why we put up with the "clutter" in the portfolio that emerges from the application of our price discipline. Our response is that we can put up with almost anything if it adds to shareholder value and complies with the Fund's prospectus limits. One example is the spinoff from Walter Energy, named Walter Investment Management Corp. Soon after the spinoff the new concern's price dropped to a point where the Fund's position was equal to merely 0.05% of the Fund. Had we chosen simply to eliminate this "clutter" at that moment, the Fund would have missed out on the subsequent price rebound, at current prices worth roughly $11 million in incremental value. "Profitable clutter" we say.

Touching on the new names alphabetically, Broadridge Financial provides the financial industry with outsourcing services. Formerly part of Automatic Data Processing, Broadridge supplies investor communications solutions (proxy distribution and processing), as well as securities processing and clearing services. Another—and perhaps better known—new holding is Cisco Systems, which develops and markets data networking equipment, such as routers and switches. Cisco's high profitability gives the company a powerful balance sheet with plentiful net cash. The aforementioned Diebold is primarily a manufacturer and servicer of automated teller machines (ATMs). The fourth new purchase, L-3 Communications Holdings, is the first position in the Fund's history that has a number in its name. The company provides military communications equipment—a product line that should benefit from the continued need for intelligence and reconnaissance activity. Next, Precision Castparts manufactures complex metal components for aerospace and industrial gas turbines. Former Fund holding Rockwell Automation returned to the portfolio. We have always appreciated the company's market position and shareholder orientation, and we are pleased to resume an ownership position. U.K.-based Unilever adds to the Fund's international exposures, especially given the company's strong presence throughout developing and emerging markets. We are also attracted to the evolution of the company's management structure. Finally, we eliminated two holdings in the quarter: Dish Network and Washington Post.

The Trouble with Bonds

"Bonds: Why Bother?" writes well-known investor Robert Arnott in a now famous article in the April edition of the Journal of Indexes. The article's title is deceptive because Arnott actually argues that investors' faith in equities is misplaced. Arnott seeks to deflate the arguments that 1) stocks earn superior returns to long-term bonds and 2) stocks always rebound strongly from periods of under-performance so that true long-term investors will enjoy higher returns in equities with little additional risk. Demonstrating his case with a powerful, albeit extreme, example, Arnott calculates that for the 40-year period ending February 2009, investors in 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds earned marginally higher returns than stock index fund investors. (Of course, index funds did not actually exist in 1969.) Arnott also notes that "it's hard to construct a scenario that delivers a 5 percent risk premium for stocks, relative to Treasury bonds, except from the troughs of a deep depression..."9

History will finally decide whether we are emerging from a depression trough, but whatever happened, it was certainly deep and depressing. Economic indicators are currently quite conflicted, and the unparalleled extent of governmental intervention makes forecasting hazardous. But with Treasury bond yields at their current levels it is hard to envision a long-term outlook in which equity returns do not outdistance bonds. In recent years we have written voluminously about the Fund's fixed income component and our struggles to balance risk, reward and liquidity. As noted early in this report, we have reduced the Fund's holdings of inflation-indexed bonds because we found them to be expensive relative to standard-issue Treasurys given the low inflation environment that we expect to prevail for some time.

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Inflation may simply be a monetary phenomenon, and worldwide monetary authorities are working diligently to expand the money supply. Nevertheless, it is hard to ignite inflation in an environment of declining unit labor costs. In the future when employment figures improve and unit labor costs rise, we expect the Fund's fixed income segment to look quite different than it does today.

Once again, we thank you for being our shareholders and invite your questions and comments.

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

 

September 30, 2009

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OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—62.2%  
Apparel Retail—2.5%  
The TJX Cos., Inc.     8,901,900     $ 330,705,585    
Foot Locker, Inc.     4,830,000       57,718,500    
      388,424,085    
Cable & Satellite—3.1%  
Comcast Corp., Class A     15,000,000       253,350,000    
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A     5,996,900       221,585,455    
      474,935,455    
Home Furnishings—0.8%  
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)     2,182,170       104,067,687    
Leggett & Platt, Inc.     1,327,656       25,756,527    
      129,824,214    
Specialty Stores—0.4%  
Tractor Supply Co. (a)     1,367,300       66,204,666    
Distillers & Vintners—2.3%  
Diageo PLC (b)     5,683,300       349,466,117    
Drug Retail—2.2%  
CVS Caremark Corp.     9,660,100       345,251,974    
Hypermarkets & Super Centers—5.3%  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     9,250,000       454,082,500    
Costco Wholesale Corp.     6,426,400       362,834,544    
      816,917,044    
Packaged Foods & Meats—5.7%  
Nestle SA (b) (c)     9,136,000       389,312,368    
ConAgra Foods, Inc.     17,500,000       379,400,000    
Unilever PLC (b)     2,319,300       66,517,524    
Unilever NV (b)     1,620,500       46,767,630    
      881,997,522    
Personal Products—3.4%  
Avon Products, Inc.     15,500,000       526,380,000    
Coal & Consumable Fuels—1.2%  
Walter Energy, Inc. (e)     3,000,000       180,180,000    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—9.1%  
XTO Energy, Inc.     13,819,372       571,016,451    
EnCana Corp. (d)     8,250,000       475,282,500    
Apache Corp.     4,000,000       367,320,000    
      1,413,618,951    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—62.2% (cont.)  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—1.0%  
The Williams Cos., Inc.     8,694,100     $ 155,363,567    
Real Estate Investment Trusts—0.1%  
Walter Investment Management Corp. (e)     1,093,695       17,520,994    
Reinsurance—1.2%  
PartnerRe, Ltd. (d)     2,511,600       193,242,504    
Health Care Equipment—7.4%  
Covidien PLC (d)     9,392,500       406,319,550    
Hospira, Inc. (a) (e)     7,728,000       344,668,800    
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)     5,700,000       240,141,000    
Steris Corp.     2,768,300       84,294,735    
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (a)     1,921,800       71,068,164    
      1,146,492,249    
Health Care Services—2.0%  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)     4,666,100       306,562,770    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.6%  
PerkinElmer, Inc.     3,500,000       67,340,000    
Varian, Inc. (a)     500,000       25,530,000    
      92,870,000    
Aerospace & Defense—9.3%  
General Dynamics Corp.     8,000,000       516,800,000    
Rockwell Collins, Inc.     6,279,000       318,973,200    
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.     2,926,400       235,048,448    
Goodrich Corp.     4,293,700       233,319,658    
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (a)     1,241,500       96,650,775    
Precision Castparts Corp.     494,300       50,354,341    
      1,451,146,422    
Electrical Components & Equipment—0.3%  
Rockwell Automation Inc.     1,125,000       47,925,000    
Industrial Machinery—0.9%  
Pentair, Inc.     4,200,000       123,984,000    
Mueller Water Products, Inc., Class A (e)     2,000,000       10,960,000    
      134,944,000    
Marine—0.6%  
Kirby Corp. (a)     2,559,900       94,255,518    
Application Software—0.2%  
Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)     3,081,318       28,687,070    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—62.2% (cont.)  
Communications Equipment—0.6%  
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)     4,000,000     $ 94,160,000    
Computer Hardware—0.2%  
Diebold, Inc.     983,956       32,401,671    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—0.3%  
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     2,494,900       50,147,490    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—0.9%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (d)     6,037,600       134,517,728    
Construction Materials—0.6%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     1,063,400       97,907,238    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $7,950,356,283)           $ 9,651,344,249    
Fixed Income—32.3%  
Corporate Bonds—0.9%  
Diversified Real Estate Activities—0.2%  
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 7.125%, due 6/15/2012   $ 18,840,000     $ 19,024,896    
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 5.75%, due 3/1/2010     4,710,000       4,796,405    
      23,821,301    
Property & Casualty Insurance—0.1%  
Fund American Cos., Inc., 5.875%, due 5/15/2013     20,498,000       19,583,379    
Insurance Brokers—0.1%  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 6.25%, due 3/15/2012     10,385,000       10,731,703    
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.15%, due 9/15/2010     8,270,000       8,439,651    
      19,171,354    
Leisure Facilities—0.1%  
Vail Resorts, Inc., 6.75%, due 2/15/2014     14,897,000       14,710,787    
Home Improvement Retail—0.1%  
Home Depot, Inc., 0.42%, due 12/16/2009 (f)     8,105,000       8,100,672    
Movies & Entertainment—0.0%  
The Walt Disney Co., 4.70%, due 12/1/2012     5,000,000       5,394,000    
Casinos & Gaming—0.0%  
International Game Technology, Senior Note,
7.50%, due 6/15/2019
    1,755,000       1,944,803    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
  Par Value  
Value
 
Fixed Income—32.3% (cont.)  
Paper Packaging—0.1%  
Sealed Air Corp., 144A, 5.625%, due 7/15/2013 (g)   $ 18,740,000     $ 18,978,598    
Semiconductors—0.1%  
ASML Holding NV, 5.75%, due 6/13/2017   EUR 9,660,000       13,499,833    
Health Care Services—0.1%  
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Note, 7.375%, due 2/1/2013   $ 10,000,000       9,900,000    
Quest Diagnostic, Inc., Senior Note, 5.125%, due 11/1/2010     1,620,000       1,661,639    
      11,561,639    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—0.0%  
Newfield Exploration Co., 7.625%, due 3/1/2011     2,220,000       2,297,700    
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost: $124,474,697)           $ 139,064,066    
Government and Agency Securities—31.4%  
Canadian Government Bonds—3.4%  
Canadian Government Bond, 4.00%, due 6/1/2017   CAD 98,870,000     $ 98,623,437    
Canadian Government Bond, 4.00%, due 6/1/2016   CAD 97,735,000       97,724,958    
Canadian Government Bond, 3.00%, due 6/1/2014   CAD 98,870,000       94,466,030    
Canadian Government Bond, 3.50%, due 6/1/2013   CAD 96,600,000       94,389,474    
Canadian Government Bond, 1.25%, due 6/1/2011   CAD 98,870,000       92,613,574    
Canadian Government Bond, 4.25%, due 6/1/2018   CAD 50,000,000       50,541,727    
      528,359,200    
Swedish Government Bonds—0.2%  
Swedish Government Bond, 3.00%, due 7/12/2016   SEK 200,000,000       28,505,239    
U.S. Government Agencies—5.0%  
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.50%, due 10/3/2011   $ 96,600,000       101,040,316    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 0.136%, due 2/22/2012 (f)     93,700,000       93,216,039    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 3.25%, due 3/11/2011     77,280,000       80,084,955    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 6.79%, due 5/23/2012     56,735,000       63,912,318    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.50%, due 7/18/2017     56,515,000       63,310,533    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.875%, due 11/13/2012     38,645,000       40,927,837    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.15%, due 5/19/2011     33,810,000       35,005,589    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 4.875%, due 12/15/2016     30,515,000       32,786,018    
Private Export Funding Corp. Series Y, 3.55%, due 4/15/2013     24,150,000       25,404,327    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 1.00%, due 12/2/2011 (h)     19,775,000       19,797,464    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.50%, due 6/24/2011 (h)     18,785,000       18,800,873    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 1.50%, due 4/30/2012 (h)     17,300,000       17,313,477    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.50%, due 10/17/2012     15,215,000       16,438,560    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.125%, due 8/25/2016     14,130,000       15,493,828    
Private Export Funding Corp. Secured Note,
Series 1, 7.20%, due 1/15/2010
    14,490,000       14,776,235    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.875%, due 8/25/2011     14,005,000       14,720,081    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Fixed Income—32.3% (cont.)  
U.S. Government Agencies—5.0% (cont.)  
Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%,
due 6/23/2014
  $ 12,500,000     $ 12,548,287    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 4.375%, due 6/15/2015     9,660,000       10,287,649    
Federal National Mortgage Association, 1.50%,
due 5/12/2014 (h)
    9,885,000       9,898,473    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 0.304%, due 6/8/2011 (f)     9,885,000       9,882,964    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.85%, due 2/11/2015     9,415,000       9,828,865    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.00%, due 6/8/2012 (h)     9,390,000       9,417,297    
Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.625%, due 1/18/2011     8,426,000       8,961,245    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.00%,
due 6/30/2014 (h)
    8,780,000       8,896,958    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.28%, due 8/16/2013     7,245,000       8,039,161    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.20%, due 11/28/2016     5,650,000       6,192,400    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.125%, due 6/6/2011     5,250,000       5,610,234    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.92%, due 8/26/2013     4,710,000       5,164,284    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.875%, due 12/16/2015     4,710,000       5,108,471    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.10%, due 8/9/2011     4,685,000       5,026,462    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.85%, due 3/9/2011     4,172,000       4,411,298    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.05%, due 5/25/2011     3,746,000       3,995,289    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.50%, due 8/8/2011     2,815,000       2,989,088    
Federal Farm Credit Bank, 4.82%, due 10/12/2012     2,345,000       2,548,065    
      781,834,940    
U.S. Government Bonds—1.1%  
United States Treasury Bonds, 8.125%, due 8/15/2019     120,755,000       168,264,606    
U.S. Government Notes—21.2%  
United States Treasury Notes, 1.625%, due 1/15/2018,
Inflation Indexed
    508,181,520       513,263,335    
United States Treasury Notes, 3.25%, due 5/31/2016     494,340,000       506,428,096    
United States Treasury Notes, 2.875%, due 1/31/2013     483,005,000       503,645,736    
United States Treasury Notes, 3.125%, due 5/15/2019     500,000,000       491,992,000    
United States Treasury Notes, 4.875%, due 2/15/2012     250,000,000       271,933,500    
United States Treasury Notes, 3.25%, due 7/31/2016     250,000,000       255,859,500    
United States Treasury Notes, 3.00%, due 8/31/2016     250,000,000       251,484,500    
United States Treasury Notes, 1.375%, due 9/15/2012     250,000,000       249,570,250    
United States Treasury Notes, 1.375%, due 7/15/2018,
Inflation Indexed
    249,677,500       247,180,725    
      3,291,357,642    
United Kingdom Government Bonds—0.5%  
United Kingdom Gilt, 4.25%, due 3/7/2011   GBP 50,000,000       83,731,939    
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost: $4,714,278,084)
          $ 4,882,053,566    
Total Fixed Income (Cost: $4,838,752,781)           $ 5,021,117,632    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Short Term Investments—5.8%  
Australian Government Bills—0.2%  
Australia Treasury Bills, 2.88% - 2.96%,
due 11/27/2009 - 1/22/2010 (i) (Cost: $32,849,475)
  AUD 38,000,000     $ 33,295,331    
Canadian Treasury Bills—1.3%  
Canadian Treasury Bills, 0.46% - 0.65%,
due 2/18/2010 - 9/2/2010 (i) (Cost: $195,407,645)
  CAD 222,445,000       207,155,831    
Commercial Paper—0.6%  
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 0.12%, due 10/1/2009
(Cost: $100,000,000)
  $ 100,000,000       100,000,000    
Japan Government Bonds—0.4%  
Japan Government, 0.50%, due 12/20/2009
(Cost: $54,300,106)
  JPY 5,000,000,000       55,740,322    
United Kingdom Government Bonds—0.5%  
United Kingdom Gilt, 4.75%, due 6/7/2010
(Cost: $83,864,860)
  GBP 49,435,000       81,306,802    
Repurchase Agreement—2.8%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009, repurchase
price $428,592,304, collateralized by a Federal
Home Loan Bank Bond, with a rate of 0.420%,
with a maturity of 9/21/2010, and with a market
value plus accrued interest of $200,000,000, and
by a Federal National Mortgage Association Bond,
with a rate of 5.125%, with a maturity of 4/15/2011,
and with a market value plus accrued interest
of $30,515,932, and by an United States Treasury
Note, with a rate of 4.125%, with a maturity
of 8/15/2010, and with a market value plus accrued
interest of $206,649,250 (Cost: $428,592,066)
  $ 428,592,066       428,592,066    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $895,014,152)           $ 906,090,352    
Total Investments (Cost: $13,684,123,216)—100.3%             15,578,552,233    
Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets—(0.3)%             (49,733,686 )  
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 15,528,818,547    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

(a)  Non income-producing security.

(b)  Represents a Sponsored American Depositary Receipt.

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

(d)  Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(e)  See Note 5 in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(f)  Floating Rate Note. Rate shown is as of September 30, 2009.

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

(h)  Step-Coupon.

(i)  The rate shown represents the annualized yield at the time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

Key to abbreviations:

AUD: Australian Dollar

GBP: British Pound

CAD: Canadian Dollar

EUR: Euro

JPY: Japanese Yen

SEK: Swedish Krona

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

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

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (8/4/99) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX10 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/4/99)
 
Oakmark Global
Fund (Class I)
    20.95 %     2.65 %     7.13 %     12.28 %     11.14 %  
MSCI World     17.45 %     -2.29 %     3.51 %     0.92 %     0.89 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index11      16.77 %     0.09 %     4.66 %     2.71 %     2.66 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.16%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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 and Fiscal Year Review

We are pleased to report the second consecutive positive quarter for the Oakmark Global Fund. The Fund earned 21% over the period, which compares to 17% for the MSCI World and the Lipper Global Fund Indexes. The countries with the greatest positive contribution to this outcome were Switzerland, the U.S. and Germany, although low-weighted Canada, Ireland, Italy, France and Sweden all had higher percentage returns than the U.S. The United Kingdom and Japan brought up the rear but generated positive returns in the period.

This quarter's best performer was a previous laggard, Societe Television Francaise 1. Other leading stocks included Swiss financial concerns UBS and Julius Baer, Italy's Bulgari, and Bank of Ireland. The only losers in the period were Daiwa Securities (Japan), Alliant Techsystems (U.S.), Laboratory Corporation of America (U.S.), Rohm (Japan), and Oracle (U.S.).

The strong rebound from the March lows boosted the Fund's return for the fiscal year ended September 30 to 3%, bringing it into positive territory. The Lipper Global Fund Index was flat for the fiscal year and the MSCI World Index returned -2%. The most significant contributors to the Fund's twelve-month return were Discovery Communications (U.S.), Assa Abloy (Sweden), Canon (Japan), Julius Baer and Credit Suisse. The largest detractors were Live Nation (U.S.), MDS (Canada), Daiwa Securities, Snap-on (U.S.) and Medtronic (U.S.—sold during the quarter). Switzerland, Germany and Japan were among the Fund's best performing countries for the year, while Canada, the U.S. and Ireland were at the bottom. Since the Fund's inception in August 1999, it has earned an annualized rate of return of 11%, while the Lipper Global Fund Index has earned 3%, and the MSCI World Index has earned 1%.

10-Year Anniversary

You may have noted that this inception date means that the Oakmark Global Fund enjoyed its 10-year anniversary during the quarter. We have many people to thank for making this journey possible, including Greg Jackson and Michael Welsh, the portfolio managers of the Fund at its

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inception. Although the path has been bumpier than we would have preferred or than we might have predicted, the Fund has met our expectation for double-digit compound rates of return. The Fund's portfolio managers have played their role, but this outcome would have been impossible without our investment research analysts and our administrative support group. Oakmark Global is an all-cap go-anywhere fund, meaning that there are few limits on which equities we can purchase. In addition, the Fund is fairly concentrated. Thankfully, we are blessed with a 20-person investment research department whose job is to find the best values, wherever they may be. The efforts of these dedicated men and women end up populating the Global Fund portfolio. We thank them for their work, and we thank you, our shareholders, for your support and encouragement over these many years.

Quarter Activity

Our trading activity in the quarter was balanced, with three new names replacing three eliminations. Because we sold two U.S. companies and purchased only one new one, the portfolio continued its recent trend towards a higher weighting in international securities. For the past two quarters the international "overweight" has boosted returns because foreign markets have bested the U.S., particularly when currency effects are included. Over the past year we have persistently identified superior value opportunities in international markets, which has led to the current 69% international allocation. We can allocate in this manner because we are not slaves to a benchmark. We understand that the U.S. comprises approximately 47% of the MSCI World Index, but this fact has little to no bearing on our portfolio construction. In the same vein, the Fund's 21% weighting in Swiss securities far exceeds the Index's.

On that note, we find it slightly amusing that the Fund's newest U.S.-domiciled holding is International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), the second largest factor in the flavors and fragrances industry. In the June quarter we initiated a position in Givaudan, the largest flavors and fragrances producer. Though we believe that this industry has many strong attributes, we based the Givaudan purchase on its exceptionally attractive valuation at the time. On the other hand, the catalyst for our IFF purchase was the recent significant management change there. The Chief Executive Officer of Ansell—a long-time holding in the Oakmark International Small Cap Fund and previous holding in the Oakmark Global Fund—will become the new CEO at IFF. His track record at Ansell suggests that the profit margin differential between IFF and its competitors should narrow.

We also added two non-U.S. names during the quarter, Richemont and Square Enix. Richemont is the largest hard luxury goods company in the world, led by its flagship Cartier brand and its impressive portfolio of high-end watch makers, including Montblanc, Piaget and Jaeger-LeCoultre. Richemont is a truly global company with nearly 40% of revenue coming from fast-growing developing countries in Asia, the Middle East and South America. The Rupert Family, which founded Richemont, has voting control of the company's stock as well as leadership positions in management. From both an operational and capital allocation standpoint, we believe the Ruperts have been impressive, spearheading 900 basis points of margin improvement during the past decade. Management recently spun-off its ownership stake in British American Tobacco to shareholders, providing more direct exposure to luxury goods assets. Although the recession has hurt the business, management has responded by reducing costs in the hardest hit regions (U.S. and Western Europe), while also investing in new store openings and advertising in Asia and the Middle East. We believe these investments will pay off in the long term because the luxury goods presence in those regions is well below that of developed market countries, leaving significant room for growth.

This is the second time the Oakmark Global Fund has owned Square Enix, a game software company that sells the popular titles Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Our colleagues managing the Oakmark International Small Cap Fund have also invested in the company's shares on five separate occasions. The game software business, while lumpy because of title launches, produces great returns and cash flows, and it is one of the fastest growing segments of the toy industry. Square Enix's recent acquisition of Eidos, which makes Tomb Raider, has expanded the company's library of hits, as well as its talent pool of skillful programmers. With net cash equal to over 30% of the market cap, Square Enix should be able to weather short-term slack in consumer spending and the swings of the game hardware cycle.

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To help fund these new holdings we sold our positions in Medtronic, Washington Post and Luxottica, which were all relatively less attractive alternatives.

One to Have Missed

Toronto-based MDS is probably one of the most unfamiliar names in the Global Fund portfolio, and in hindsight, it would have been best had it stayed unfamiliar to us. The company comprises three business units: a contract research organization (CRO) that performs testing and trials for pharmaceutical companies; a mass spectrometer manufacturer (Sciex); and a medical isotope business (Nordion). During our 30-month ownership of the stock, much went wrong. The CRO market deteriorated significantly, and MDS management was unable to improve that unit's substandard profit margins. Sciex has performed better, although its margins still lag behind its competitors', and the economic downturn has limited the division's growth. The other component, Nordion, has suffered because the Canadian government nuclear reactors that produce much of the unit's products have been shut down because of a heavy water leak. Thus, because of MDS's own difficulties and because of broader market troubles, the stock has performed poorly during our holding period. In September, management announced the sale of the Sciex unit. Sale proceeds will be used to eliminate most outstanding debt and to repurchase shares. The company announced that the CRO unit is also for sale and that the company's CEO would step down. Finally, the company has sued Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. for breach of contract.

In hindsight, MDS has been a "value trap," a stock that is always cheaply valued but also suffers from fundamental deterioration that continuously undermines the value case. How do we normally avoid value traps? We focus on companies that are persistently growing their per share value, and we seek to invest with owner-oriented management teams that treat their shareholders as their partners. With MDS, the company required more turnaround than we understood, management was not up to the task, and the company was also unlucky.

As always, we welcome your questions and comments as we look forward to the Oakmark Global Fund's next ten years.

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

 

September 30, 2009

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Global Diversification—September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.1%  
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—6.9%  
Bulgari SpA (Italy)   Jewelry Manufacturer & Retailer     7,995,700     $ 61,778,636    
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufacturer & Retailer of
Luxury Goods
    2,017,400       57,000,359    
      118,778,995    
Automobile Manufacturers—5.4%  
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     937,100       47,179,725    
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)   Automobile Manufacturer     1,161,800       46,205,381    
      93,385,106    
Broadcasting—8.0%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     4,806,600       84,475,135    
Discovery
Communications, Inc.
Class C (United States) (a)
  Media Management &
Network Services
    1,550,150       40,350,404    
Discovery
Communications, Inc.
Class A (United States) (a)
  Media Management &
Network Services
    472,750       13,657,748    
      138,483,287    
Movies & Entertainment—1.5%  
Live Nation, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Live Events Producer, Operator, &
Promoter
    3,296,600       26,999,154    
Distillers & Vintners—2.3%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines, & Spirits
Manufacturer
    2,607,800       40,009,525    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—5.1%  
XTO Energy, Inc.
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    1,239,800       51,228,536    
Apache Corp.
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    404,500       37,145,235    
      88,373,771    

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.1% (cont.)  
Asset Management & Custody Banks—4.3%  
Julius Baer Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Asset Management     1,510,700     $ 75,440,244    
Diversified Banks—1.4%  
Bank of Ireland
(Ireland) (a)
  Commercial Bank     4,932,100       24,683,451    
Diversified Capital Markets—6.4%  
UBS AG (Switzerland) (a)   Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    3,180,020       58,211,888    
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    938,200       52,056,837    
      110,268,725    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.2%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     10,652,000       54,942,082    
Health Care Equipment—2.8%  
Covidien PLC (Ireland)   Health Care Equipment & Supplies     1,098,000       47,499,480    
Health Care Services—4.0%  
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
(United States) (a)
  Medical Laboratory & Testing Services     1,043,200       68,538,240    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.4%  
MDS, Inc. (Canada) (a)   Products & Services for Medical
Product Manufacturers
    5,140,400       42,099,876    
Aerospace & Defense—2.6%  
ITT Corp. (United States) Designs & Manufactures a Variety
of Engineered Products & Military
 
Defense Systems
    480,000       25,032,000    
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Propulsion Systems & Munitions     260,487       20,278,913    
      45,310,913    
Building Products—2.1%  
Assa Abloy AB, Series B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs, & Manufactures
Security Locks
    2,237,000       36,356,244    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.9%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     943,500       50,165,830    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.3%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     672,400       39,810,854    

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.1% (cont.)  
Industrial Machinery—4.1%  
Snap-On, Inc.
(United States)
  Tool & Equipment Manufacturer     2,017,000     $ 70,110,920    
Railroads—2.7%  
Union Pacific Corp.
(United States)
  Rail Transportation Provider     813,600       47,473,560    
Research & Consulting Services—0.6%  
Meitec Corp. (Japan)   Software Engineering Services     565,000       9,592,380    
Application Software—2.4%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     865,300       42,140,329    
Electronic Components—2.5%  
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment, &
System Manufacturer
    2,300,600       43,415,768    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.0%  
Tyco Electronics, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures Electronic
Components
    1,581,200       35,229,136    
Home Entertainment Software—2.5%  
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game Consoles
    1,567,800       42,441,419    
Office Electronics—5.9%  
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     628,700       56,424,060    
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     1,116,700       45,158,146    
      101,582,206    
Semiconductors—5.7%  
Intel Corp.
(United States)
  Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    2,539,000       49,688,230    
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    702,600       49,154,214    
      98,842,444    
Systems Software—3.7%  
Oracle Corp.
(United States)
  Software Services     3,086,200       64,316,408    

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—97.1% (cont.)  
Specialty Chemicals—1.4%  
Givaudan SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures & Markets Fragrances     24,100     $ 18,069,767    
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
(United States)
  Manufactures Flavors &
Fragrance Products
    156,100       5,920,873    
      23,990,640    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,578,202,180)           $ 1,680,280,987    
Short Term Investment—2.7%  
Repurchase Agreement—2.7%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009, repurchase
price $46,830,444, collateralized by a Federal
National Mortgage Association Bond, with a
rate of 5.125%, with a maturity of 4/15/2011, and
with a market value plus accrued interest of $47,770,929
(Cost: $46,830,418)
  $ 46,830,418       46,830,418    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $46,830,418)       $ 46,830,418    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,625,032,598)—99.8%         1,727,111,405    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.2%         3,153,841    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 1,730,265,246    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and David Herro, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (10/2/06) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX10 (UNAUDITED)

    Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Last 3 Months*   1-year   Average Annual
Total Return
Since Inception
(10/2/06)
 
Oakmark Global
Select Fund (Class I)
    20.61 %     22.24 %     1.71 %  
MSCI World     17.45 %     -2.29 %     -4.41 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index11      16.77 %     0.09 %     -3.08 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.35%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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 global equity markets have been extremely volatile during the past year. The Oakmark Global Select Fund returned 22% for the year ended September 30, 2009, compared to the MSCI World Index, which was down 2% for the same period. Year to date and quarter to date, the Fund has returned 46% and 21%, respectively, comparing favorably to the MSCI World Index which returned 25% and 17%, respectively. Since inception, the Fund has returned an average of 2% per year, outperforming the MSCI World Index, which has averaged -4% per year over the same period. We achieved these results by remaining disciplined about our value investment approach.

As we have mentioned before, stock prices have been much more volatile than business values over the past year. An example of this phenomenon is one of our holdings, U.S.-based Liberty Entertainment, which has returned 183% since our initial purchase in November 2008. This superior performance is due partly to the fact that we purchased the stock near its all-time low price. When we initiated our position, the stock was trading at about half the value of its equity investment in DirecTV Group. Even though the underlying business remained unchanged, the discount disappeared when DirecTV announced their intention to merge with Liberty Entertainment.

Another top contributor to the Fund for the year was Swiss-based Compagnie Financiere Richemont (Richemont), a luxury goods manufacturer and retailer of brands such as Cartier and Montblanc, which returned 86.8%. Similar to Liberty Entertainment, Richemont's outstanding performance in the Fund is partly because we purchased the stock in February '09, near the bottom of the market. In addition, Richemont has a strong collection of brands, and it has significantly outperformed its peers. Their sizeable presence in emerging markets and their limited exposure to the U.S. market helped contribute to their outperformance relative to peers. Because the company's balance sheet contains nearly one billion euros in net cash, we believe that our investment carries little risk—no matter how long the downturn lasts. We maintain our belief that Richemont is very well positioned, owns one of the premier portfolios of luxury brands, and has a world-class management team.

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The biggest detractor from the Fund's performance for the year was Daiwa Securities Group, a financial services company based in Japan, which was down 25%. Daiwa has been hurt by numerous factors including decreased equity and capital market activity given the global financial crisis. Additionally, shares reacted to news that Daiwa had ended its investment banking joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). Daiwa raised a significant amount of new equity to finance its purchase of SMFG's stake in the joint venture. Although we decreased our assessment of Daiwa's intrinsic value after the transaction, the share price dropped well below our new estimate of the company's value. Finally, Daiwa's balance sheet remains well capitalized during this uncertain time and should more than adequately cover any new regulatory demands for improved balance sheet strength. We maintain our belief that Daiwa is a powerful brand, and that the stock continues to trade at a significant discount to the company's fair value. For these reasons, Daiwa has remained in our portfolio.

Capital One Financial Corp.'s stock price rebounded in the third quarter, increasing 63%. However, its one-year performance of -28% significantly detracted from the Fund's performance. The stock suffered due to high unemployment, global economic uncertainty, and regulatory reform. We expect that an economic recovery, most notably an improvement in unemployment figures, would reduce credit provisioning and would cause earnings to improve rapidly.

We made minor changes to the portfolio this quarter. We sold our investment in Credit Suisse Group and used the proceeds to purchase another international financial services company, UBS. While our investment thesis for Credit Suisse had not changed, UBS was trading at a larger discount to our estimate of fair value, and given its similar business profile, we decided to swap holdings.

We continue to hedge some of the Fund's currency exposure. Due to a further weakening in the dollar during the past quarter, we initiated a 15% hedge of our underlying euro exposure, and at quarter end, approximately 21% of the Fund's Japanese yen and 28% of the Fund's Swiss franc exposures were hedged.

Short-term market fluctuations have enabled us to build a portfolio with high-quality companies trading at significant discounts to their fair value. We will continue to focus on our long-term value approach. We thank you, our shareholders, for your continued confidence and support during what has been an unprecedented year in the global markets.

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

 

September 30, 2009

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Global Diversification—September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—96.0%  
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—7.9%  
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufacturer & Retailer
of Luxury Goods
    742,000     $ 20,964,740    
Broadcasting—9.7%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     1,462,000       25,694,388    
Cable & Satellite—10.6%  
Liberty Media Corp. -
Entertainment
(United States) (a)
  Television & On-line
Media Holdings
    535,000       16,643,850    
British Sky Broadcasting
Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    1,277,000       11,663,396    
      28,307,246    
Computer & Electronics Retail—4.5%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.
(United States)
  Computer & Electronics Retailer     320,000       12,006,400    
Movies & Entertainment—8.4%  
Viacom, Inc., Class B
(United States) (a)
  Publishing Company     484,000       13,571,360    
Time Warner, Inc.
(United States)
  Filmed Entertainment &
Television Networks
    303,333       8,729,924    
      22,301,284    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—3.8%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     582,000       10,166,255    
Consumer Finance—3.3%  
Capital One Financial Corp.
(United States)
  Credit Card Products & Services
Provider
    245,000       8,753,850    
Diversified Capital Markets—6.2%  
UBS AG (Switzerland) (a)   Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    903,400       16,537,198    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—4.7%  
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
(Japan)
  Stock Broker     2,428,000       12,523,411    

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—96.0% (cont.)  
Other Diversified Financial Services—2.2%  
Bank of America Corp.
(United States)
  Banking & Financial Services     350,000     $ 5,922,000    
Pharmaceuticals—7.4%  
Schering-Plough Corp.
(United States)
  Pharmaceuticals     370,000       10,452,500    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
(United States)
  Health & Personal Care     405,000       9,120,600    
      19,573,100    
Human Resource & Employment Services—5.0%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment
Services
    252,400       13,420,091    
Application Software—4.8%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     261,500       12,735,116    
Computer Hardware—4.2%  
Dell, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Technology Products & Services     738,000       11,261,880    
Semiconductors—13.3%  
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan) Integrated Circuits &
Semiconductor Devices
 
Manufacturer
    176,500       12,348,020    
Intel Corp. (United States)   Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    592,000       11,585,440    
Texas Instruments, Inc.
(United States) Designs & Supplies Digital
Signal Processing & Analog
 
Technologies
    485,000       11,489,650    
      35,423,110    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $237,815,345)               $ 255,590,069    

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Par Value   Value  
Short Term Investment—4.0%  
Repurchase Agreement—4.0%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009, repurchase
price $10,780,190, collateralized by an United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 4.125%,with a
maturity of 8/15/10, and with a market value
plus accrued interest of $11,412,500 (Cost: $10,780,184)
  $ 10,780,184     $ 10,780,184    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $10,780,184)       $ 10,780,184    
Total Investments (Cost: $248,595,529)—100.0%         266,370,253    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $114,832)—0.0%         115,562    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—0.0%         (238,966 )  
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 266,246,849    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL AND
OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUNDS

Fellow Shareholders,

After an extremely unstable and frightening first six months of our fiscal year, equity markets around the globe have stabilized, and in our view, recovered. Your International Funds have performed well over this period—both in absolute terms and in comparison with their peers. Please see specific Fund write-ups for the details.

The Year in Review

I believe this wild ride had its roots in a U.S. Federal Reserve policy that kept interest rates too low for too long. As such, economic agents (consumers, banks and even government entities) around the world adapted to artificially low rates by altering their economic behavior. Most noticeably, they increased their debt levels, and found new ways to package and spread debt obligations globally. Unfortunately, the build-up of debt raised consumption and caused home prices to rise to unsustainable levels. It took the extraordinary economic crisis of last fall to finally stop spending growth. Consumer spending is now declining. This "new" change in behavior has led to widespread weakness in consumer goods purchases and the housing sector in many countries. Keep in mind that U.S. consumer spending has traditionally comprised 66-68% of GDP. Just before the crisis, it had risen to over 73% of GDP. Today, consumption makes up slightly less than 70% of GDP. Where has the money gone? Well, the U.S. savings rate, which was flat before the economic downturn, has now reached 6%.

The impact of these exuberant behavioral changes were felt everywhere because financial institutions around the world owned this weak credit. Additionally, some places, like the U.K. and Ireland, experienced real estate bubbles similar to the United States. This mountain of leverage caused numerous well-known financial firms to collapse. Fears of a global financial meltdown severely damaged consumer sentiment in highly leveraged countries, like the U.S. and the U.K., and also in developing nations including those with high savings rates. Consumer spending dried up, throwing the entire global economy into recession, and the fear of financial calamity prompted businesses and consumers to adopt a new mantra: "cash is king."

Aggressive policy by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury and other global financial institutions brought relief by March. Led by improvements in the credit markets, equity markets began to recover. Since the equity markets hit lows in March, many pundits and traders have tried to anticipate the "precise bottom" of the market and have parked their assets in T-bills and money market deposits. Despite their reticence (or hubris), global equity markets rallied as fears of a financial collapse passed. Recent predictions for stronger economic growth, such as the IMF's projection of 3.1% global growth in 2010, indicate a cautious optimism. I believe that the global economic recovery will be uneven. The nations that overspent and were overleveraged will need to repair their balance sheets before spending can recover there. Nations with high savings rates, however, will not.

Given this unstable environment, you may wonder how we achieved our returns. First, we stuck to our philosophy by analyzing the underlying intrinsic value of our holdings and of our prospective investments. For instance, in late 2008, the conventional wisdom urged people to exit financial and consumer stocks, so the herd moved out of these sectors. We, however, remained focused on specific company valuation, and we ended up increasing our positions in these sectors. We bought companies that we thought had the financial strength to survive the crisis and even flourish once it ended, including Signet (retail), Credit Suisse and Julius Baer (financial). As usual, "the market" appeared to be distracted by short-term turmoil and ignored long-term value. Again, we believe that if we focus on companies' valuations and strengths, instead of broader price volatility, then we are more likely to succeed. Tumultuous times especially require discipline. Rather than running to what appears to be safe ground, we must value businesses as accurately as possible and have the determination to act on opportunities.

The Future....

No one can predict what will happen in the markets. That is why we use the macro environment, whether it is stable or unstable, to find the best investment opportunities, according to our value philosophy. We are extremely grateful to our shareholders who have weathered a remarkable storm and stuck with us through this memorable period of financial market history. We will continue to work hard to achieve satisfactory results through the investment cycle.

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com
oakex@oakmark.com

September 30, 2009

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Report from David G. Herro and Robert A. Taylor, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (9/30/92) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX12 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(9/30/92)
 
Oakmark International
Fund (Class I)
    23.95 %     17.71 %     8.15 %     8.65 %     10.52 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.     19.36 %     2.89 %     6.53 %     3.02 %     6.46 %  
MSCI EAFE13      19.47 %     3.23 %     6.07 %     2.54 %     6.16 %  
Lipper International
Fund Index14 
    19.80 %     4.05 %     7.19 %     3.97 %     7.43 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.10%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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

What a volatile, interesting year it has been! A year ago, we wrote about weakening global credit markets, contracting liquidity, declining consumer confidence and failing financial giants like Lehman Brothers. Although our current environment remains unclear, the market seems to have returned from what some called the brink of disaster.

We are happy to report that the Oakmark International Fund returned 18% for the year ended September 30, 2009, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which returned 3% over the same period. The Fund has returned 50% year to date and 24% for the quarter, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index's returns of 30% and 19%, respectively. Most importantly, the Fund has returned an average of 11% per year since its inception in September 1992, outperforming the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which has averaged 6% per year over the same period.

We have written about Signet Jewelers in the past four consecutive Fund commentaries; so let's make it a fifth. Signet Jewelers was the largest contributor to the Fund's return over the last year. Although its 12.6% return over this period does not seem outstanding, the holding contributed so much to performance because we took advantage of its significant price weakness and bought additional shares throughout the year. Signet's management continues to deliver on its targeted $100 million expense-reduction plan in the U.S., which it initiated to help offset declining sales. Signet's differentiated merchandise and exclusive offerings, like the Russell Simmons line or Jane Seymour's Open Heart Necklace, have helped Signet consistently outperform its peers. Although these exclusive lines are only slightly more profitable than regular offerings, they enable Signet to stand out relative to peers and increase foot traffic and sales. Signet's continued strength will likely enable the company to get a first look at future exclusive product lines which may further support their outperformance. Signet returned 26.5% during the most recent quarter, and even though the company's performance has been volatile over the past year, we maintain our positive, long-term outlook on the stock and believe it will emerge from this downturn in an exceptionally strong competitive position.

The largest detractor from the Fund's performance over the past year was Lloyds Banking

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Group. Although Lloyds seemed to be successfully navigating the economic crisis, the company's balance sheet and financial strength suffered as a result of its purchase of HBOS. We believed that the bad debt and risky assets that came with HBOS would damage Lloyds' reputation and financial security, and we viewed the purchase as significantly changing our original investment thesis. As such, we sold our investment in Lloyds in May 2009. Another security that detracted from the Fund's performance for the year was Daiwa Securities Group, which was down 25%. Daiwa has been hurt by numerous factors including decreased equity and capital market activity given the global financial crisis. Additionally, shares reacted to news that Daiwa had ended its investment banking joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). Daiwa raised a significant amount of new equity to finance its purchase of SMFG's stake in the joint venture. Although we reduced our estimate of Daiwa's intrinsic value after the transaction, the share price dropped well below our new estimate of the company's value. Finally, Daiwa's balance sheet remains well capitalized during this uncertain time and should more than adequately cover any new regulatory demands for improved balance sheet strength. We maintain our belief that Daiwa is a powerful brand, and the stock continues to trade at a significant discount to the company's fair value. For these reasons, Daiwa has remained in our portfolio.

We had numerous changes to the portfolio during the past quarter. In addition to selling our positions in ASML Holding and Kone OYJ, we purchased six new names into the Fund, four of which the Fund has owned before: Heineken Holding, a Dutch-based producer and distributor of beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks; L'Oreal, a French manufacturer, marketer and distributor of personal care products; Reed Elsevier, a U.K.-based professional service provider; and Rolls-Royce, a U.K.-based global power systems provider with significant operations in civil aerospace, military aerospace, marine, and energy sectors. Other additions include Foster's Group, an Australian-based beer and wine manufacturer of brands such as Penfolds, Beringer, Victoria Bitter, and Carlton; and Unilever plc, a global consumer products manufacturer.

Our geographical composition changed only slightly over the past year. We decrease our European holdings to approximately 77% and our Asia exposure to approximately 16%. We increased our Latin and North America exposure to 7%, and the remainder, excluding cash, is invested in the Middle East.

Due to the weakening dollar during the past quarter, we initiated a 15% hedge of our underlying euro exposure, and at quarter end, approximately 19% of the Fund's Japanese yen and 28% of the Fund's Swiss franc exposures were hedged.

The global equity markets have been extremely volatile over the past year. While this volatility has negatively impacted returns of some Fund holdings, it has also presented opportunities for us to purchase high-quality names at extremely distressed prices. We remain confident in our long-term value approach and are thankful to you, our shareholders, for your continued support.

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

 

September 30, 2009

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Global Diversification—September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.7%  
Advertising—2.6%  
Publicis Groupe
(France)
  Advertising & Media Services     2,730,843     $ 109,535,192    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—8.7%  
Compagnie Financiere
Richemont SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufacturer & Retailer of
Luxury Goods
    5,096,000       143,984,252    
Swatch Group AG, Bearer
Shares (Switzerland)
  Watch Manufacturer     398,700       93,913,606    
LVMH Moet Hennessy
Louis Vuitton SA
(France)
  Diversified Luxury Goods
Conglomerate
    659,900       66,370,085    
Luxottica Group SpA
(Italy)
  Manufacturer & Retailer of
Eyeglass Frames & Sunglasses
    2,195,915       56,877,002    
      361,144,945    
Automobile Manufacturers—6.9%  
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     2,493,400       99,163,794    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     1,920,000       96,665,320    
Bayerische Motoren
Werke (BMW) AG
(Germany)
  Luxury Automobile Manufacturer     1,659,600       80,021,511    
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Automobile & Motorcycle
Manufacturer
    394,300       12,145,486    
      287,996,111    
Broadcasting—7.2%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     7,127,000       125,255,749    
Grupo Televisa SA
(Mexico) (b)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    4,763,000       88,544,170    
Gestevision Telecinco SA
(Spain)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    6,730,395       84,897,661    
      298,697,580    

 

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.7% (cont.)  
Cable & Satellite—2.0%  
British Sky Broadcasting
Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    8,934,800     $ 81,605,410    
Publishing—3.2%  
Thomson Reuters Corp.
(Canada)
  Electronic Information &
Solutions Company
    1,845,400       61,878,168    
Reed Elsevier PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Publisher & Information Provider     7,936,100       59,394,902    
Johnston Press PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Newspaper Publishing     20,044,256       12,012,657    
      133,285,727    
Restaurants—3.8%  
Compass Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Foodservice Group
Operator
    13,678,200       83,570,140    
Sodexo (France)   Food and Facilities Management
Services
    1,254,400       75,150,485    
      158,720,625    
Specialty Stores—3.0%  
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.
(United Kingdom) (c)
  Jewelry Retailer     4,659,636       122,688,216    
Brewers—1.3%  
Foster's Group, Ltd.
(Australia) Manufactures & Markets
Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic
 
Beverages
    8,599,300       42,103,972    
Heineken Holdings NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces Beers, Spirits, Wines, &
Soft Drinks
    265,100       10,813,655    
      52,917,627    
Distillers & Vintners—1.7%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines, & Spirits
Manufacturer
    4,623,500       70,934,902    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.7% (cont.)  
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.0%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     1,491,400     $ 63,553,241    
Unilever PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Food & Consumer Goods
Manufacturer
    751,600       21,356,811    
      84,910,052    
Personal Products—0.8%  
L'Oreal SA (France)   Manufactures & Markets
Health & Beauty Products
    335,300       33,340,409    
Soft Drinks—1.5%  
Fomento Economico
Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V.
(Mexico) (b)
  Beverage Company     1,676,300       63,783,215    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—1.3%  
EnCana Corp. (Canada)   Develops, Produces, &
Markets Natural Gas
    955,800       55,063,638    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—2.1%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     4,899,600       85,585,200    
Diversified Banks—3.0%  
BNP Paribas (France)   Commercial Bank     843,762       67,415,616    
Bank of Ireland
(Ireland) (a)
  Commercial Bank     11,274,378       56,424,355    
BNP Paribas Rights
(France) (a)
  Commercial Bank     843,762       1,827,383    
      125,667,354    
Diversified Capital Markets—5.5%  
UBS AG (Switzerland) (a)   Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    6,290,000       115,141,658    
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    2,022,400       112,214,609    
      227,356,267    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.0%  
Daiwa Securities Group,
Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     24,320,000       125,440,428    
Multi-line Insurance—3.6%  
Allianz SE Registered
(Germany)
  Insurance, Banking &
Financial Services
    1,184,700       147,999,952    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.7% (cont.)  
Pharmaceuticals—4.5%  
Novartis AG (Switzerland)   Pharmaceuticals     2,217,600     $ 110,954,897    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     3,902,900       76,689,135    
      187,644,032    
Aerospace & Defense—0.3%  
Rolls-Royce Group PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Manufactures Aero, Marine &
Industrial Gas Turbines
    1,851,300       13,929,359    
Building Products—3.2%  
Assa Abloy AB, Series B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs, &
Manufactures Security Locks
    5,477,300       89,018,352    
Geberit AG,
Registered Shares
(Switzerland)
  Building Products     280,915       43,155,137    
      132,173,489    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.5%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     1,916,500       101,900,174    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.2%  
Tyco International, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Security Products &
Services Provider
    1,458,800       50,299,424    
Koninklijke (Royal)
Philips Electronics NV
(Netherlands)
  Electronics Manufacturer     1,644,100       40,034,043    
      90,333,467    
Industrial Machinery—0.8%  
Atlas Copco AB,
Series B (Sweden)
  Industrial Equipment Manufacturer     2,804,300       31,979,724    
Marine—1.4%  
Kuehne + Nagel
International AG
(Switzerland)
  Sea, Land, & Rail Freight
Transportation Businesses
    659,100       57,272,947    
Railroads—0.2%  
Canadian National
Railway Co. (Canada)
  Railroad Transportation     183,200       8,974,968    
Research & Consulting Services—2.5%  
Experian Group, Ltd.
(Ireland)
  Credit & Marketing Services     7,104,200       59,776,631    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.7% (cont.)  
Research & Consulting Services—2.5% (cont.)  
Meitec Corp. (Japan) (c)   Software Engineering Services     2,475,100     $ 42,021,416    
      101,798,047    
Security & Alarm Services—1.5%  
G4S PLC (United Kingdom)   Security Services     17,992,500       63,432,949    
Application Software—2.1%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     1,787,700       87,061,443    
Electronic Components—2.5%  
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment, &
System Manufacturer
    5,453,200       102,910,052    
Electronic Equipment & Instruments—0.2%  
Orbotech, Ltd. (Israel) (a)   Optical Inspection Systems     1,056,300       9,987,316    
Office Electronics—2.2%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     2,270,200       91,804,445    
Semiconductors—2.8%  
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    1,348,700       94,355,662    
Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
  Consumer & Industrial Electronic
Equipment Manufacturer
    31,200       21,581,159    
      115,936,821    
Diversified Chemicals—1.5%  
Akzo Nobel NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces & Markets Chemicals,
Coatings, & Paints
    1,008,100       62,452,681    
Specialty Chemicals—2.1%  
Givaudan SA (Switzerland)   Manufactures & Markets Fragrances     116,599       87,423,934    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,613,977,420)               $ 3,973,688,698    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Par Value   Value  
Short Term Investment—3.8%  
Repurchase Agreement—3.8%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009, repurchase
price $156,154,939, collateralized by a Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with a rate of 1.625%,
with a maturity of 7/22/2011, and with a market value
plus accrued interest of $159,280,069 (Cost: $156,154,852)
  $ 156,154,852     $ 156,154,852    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $156,154,852)       $ 156,154,852    
Total Investments (Cost: $3,770,132,272)—99.5%         4,129,843,550    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $817,322)—0.0%         819,702    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.5%         22,561,257    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 4,153,224,509    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

(b)  Represents a Sponsored American Depositary Receipt.

(c)  See Note 5 in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL
SMALL CAP FUND

Report from David G. Herro, Portfolio Manager

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK INT'L SMALL CAP FUND FROM 9/30/99 TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO MSCI WORLD EX U.S. SMALL CAP15 AND MSCI WORLD EX U.S.12 INDEXES (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark International
Small Cap Fund
(Class I)
    26.90 %     16.28 %     8.10 %     10.11 %     10.57 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.
Small Cap
    22.91 %     14.75 %     7.12 %     6.88 %   N/A  
MSCI World ex U.S.     19.36 %     2.89 %     6.53 %     3.02 %     5.29 %  
Lipper International
Small Cap Index16 
    21.29 %     9.48 %     8.39 %     7.91 %   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.

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.41%.

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 redeemed within 90 days. 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 Small Cap Fund returned 27% for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index, which rose 23%, and the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which increased 19%. For the fiscal year ended September 30, the Fund returned 16% while the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap and the MSCI World ex U.S. Index returned 15% and 3%, respectively. Since inception, your Fund has earned an annualized return of 11%, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which has returned 5% for the same period.

Global markets continued to recover, and consequently the Fund's U.K. holdings performed well in both the quarter and one-year time periods. In particular, LSL Property Services, a leading provider of residential appraisal and brokerage services, was the largest contributor to Fund performance for both periods, returning 61% for the quarter and 185% over the past twelve months. You may recall that in our March 31 report we discussed our reasons for owning LSL. We believed LSL's strong balance sheet and business model were superior to its peers' and that it was well positioned to win market share when the U.K. housing market recovered. Indeed, LSL reported very strong second quarter results due to its gains in market share, cost cutting actions and new business initiatives. We believe that LSL will continue to benefit from a further rebound in the U.K. real estate market.

Rheinmetall, a German defense company and automotive parts supplier, was another strong performer during the past year and most recent quarter. During Harris Associates' 33-year history, we often have discovered value in diversified companies in which one division's poor results obscure both the success and the value of another, and Rheinmetall is such a case. The automotive industry's problems had caused Rheinmetall's share price to fall considerably from its mid-2006 peak. While the automotive parts division remains substantial, we estimate that the automotive component comprises only 20% of the company's total enterprise value. In contrast, the defense division has tripled its profitability over the past five years because of operational enhancements, an improved business mix and lucrative new contracts. All of these factors have boosted the company's performance over the

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past year. Given the current negative investment environment for anything related to automobiles, Rheinmetall's shares sell for less than their accounting book value. We estimate that the share price reflects only the defense division's business value, which means we are able to own the automotive parts business for less than zero.

BBA Aviation operates Signature, the dominant network of Fixed Based Operations (FBOs) for the re-fueling of noncommercial aircrafts both in the U.S. and in international markets. This industry has very limited competition and has benefited from continually increasing usage. The company generates sustainable profit growth and has little capital requirements. The current management team is led by CEO Simon Price, who joined the company in '07. Since his arrival, management cleaned up BBA's outdated portfolio of businesses and has focused on creating value for shareholders. Short-term concerns over the cyclical nature of general aviation traffic gave us a unique opportunity to build up our position in this well-run, high-quality business at attractive prices. As macro-economic fears started to dissipate, markets have recognized the value of these unique assets, as evidenced by the stock bouncing back from its December 2008 low and returning 37% in the third quarter and 39% over the fiscal year 2009.

The largest detractor from the Fund's performance over the past year was Carnegie AB, the Swiss investment banking and asset management group. As we discussed in a previous report, Carnegie stopped trading on November 10 after Sweden's Financial Services Authority revoked Carnegie's banking licenses and, in coordination with the National Debt Office, seized control of its operating assets. Another large detractor was Japanese brokerage firm Ichiyoshi Securities. Ichiyoshi's share price has been weakened because of the company's direct ties to the volatile Japanese market. Further, the Japanese market performed poorly over the past quarter, and this hurt the share price.

We added numerous securities from across the globe to the Fund this quarter, including Mainfreight, a New Zealand freight forwarding services firm and a former Fund holding. From France, we added Bureau Veritas, a leading inspection and verification firm. Other additions include Nifco, a Japanese manufacturer of synthetic resinous fasteners and plastic components for home electronics appliances and automobiles; ElringKlinger, a German manufacturer of original equipment and parts for automobiles; and Coca-Cola Femsa, the largest Coke bottler in Mexico. We sold our holdings in Chargeurs and Raymarine during this past quarter.

These changes to the portfolio during the quarter shifted the Fund's geographic weighting. European holdings decreased to approximately 71%. The Pacific Rim holdings ended the quarter at 25%, while North American and Latin American holdings comprised 2% each.

We continue to hedge some of the Fund's currency exposure. At the recent quarter end, approximately 30% of the Fund's Swiss franc, 14% of the euro and 18% of the Japanese yen exposures were hedged.

During this year of volatility we thank shareholders for your continued confidence and support. We remain committed to finding attractive, undervalued foreign companies with management teams that are dedicated to building shareholder value.

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

 

September 30, 2009

† Prior to January 1, 2009, the Fund's primary benchmark was the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, an unmanaged index that includes countries throughout the world, excluding the U.S., in proportion to world stock market capitalization. The Fund changed its primary benchmark because the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index reached its tenth anniversary on December 31, 2008 and now provides an historical perspective to make a more meaningful comparison given the small cap focus of the Fund.

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.0%  
Advertising—1.7%  
Asatsu-DK, Inc. (Japan)   Advertising Services Provider     619,000     $ 13,067,509    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—2.7%  
Bulgari SpA (Italy)   Jewelry Manufacturer & Retailer     2,698,800       20,852,231    
Auto Parts & Equipment—0.1%  
ElringKlinger AG (Germany) Manufactures & Distributes
Original Equipment &  
Replacement Parts For
 
Automobiles
    54,600       1,120,981    
Automotive Retail—1.6%  
USS Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Used Car Auction Facility Manager     202,400       12,063,053    
Broadcasting—6.8%  
Media Prima Berhad
(Malaysia) (b)
  Film Producer & Sports Promoter     42,704,400       19,865,381    
Ten Network Holdings, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Operates Commercial Television
Stations
    12,874,500       16,468,929    
M6 Metropole Television
(France)
  Television Entertainment Channel
Owner & Operator
    595,800       15,667,384    
      52,001,694    
Home Furnishing Retail—2.8%  
Beter Bed Holding NV
(Netherlands)
  Bedroom Furniture Retailer     936,070       18,081,321    
Fourlis Holdings SA
(Greece)
  Wholesales Electric & Electronic
Appliances
    232,700       3,657,199    
      21,738,520    
Home Improvement Retail—2.3%  
Carpetright PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Carpet Retailer     1,354,000       17,321,994    
Household Appliances—0.6%  
Rational AG (Germany)   Manufactures & Markets Food
Preparation Appliances
    30,100       4,214,839    
Movies & Entertainment—0.6%  
CTS Eventim AG
(Germany)
  Entertainment Tickets Producer &
Distributor
    109,078       4,941,810    
Photographic Products—2.3%  
Vitec Group PLC
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Photo Equipment & Supplies     3,035,979       17,709,631    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.0% (cont.)  
Publishing—0.7%  
Tamedia AG (Switzerland)   TV Broadcasting & Publishing     73,481     $ 5,601,659    
Specialty Stores—1.2%  
JJB Sports PLC
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    17,927,180       9,239,736    
Household Products—0.1%  
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)
  Hygiene Products Manufacturer,
Marketer & Distributor
    250,000       1,048,566    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.1%  
Goodman Fielder, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Produces Food Products     8,471,200       12,480,397    
Alaska Milk Corp.
(Philippines) (b)
  Milk Producer     56,360,000       6,304,517    
Binggrae Co., Ltd.
(South Korea)
  Dairy Products Manufacturer     127,400       4,644,031    
      23,428,945    
Soft Drinks—1.1%  
Britvic PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Soft Drink Manufacturer & Marketer     1,051,900       5,925,861    
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B
de C.V. (Mexico) (c)
  Bottles & Distributes Branded
Beverages
    59,100       2,842,710    
      8,768,571    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—6.0%  
Julius Baer Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Asset Management     546,100       27,270,747    
MLP AG (Germany)   Asset Management     1,615,300       18,744,518    
      46,015,265    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—1.7%  
Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,
Ltd. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     1,902,200       13,053,587    
D. Carnegie & Co. AB
(Sweden) (a) (d)
  Diversified Financials Services     2,314,000       0    
      13,053,587    
Life & Health Insurance—0.4%  
Amil Participacoes SA
(Brazil)
  Provides Health Insurance &
Related Services
    569,600       3,121,933    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.0% (cont.)  
Real Estate Services—3.2%  
LSL Property Services PLC
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Residential Property Service
Provider
    6,569,064     $ 24,329,944    
Health Care Supplies—2.2%  
Ansell, Ltd. (Australia)   Manufactures Latex     1,952,255       17,222,791    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.8%  
MDS, Inc. (Canada) (a)   Products & Services for Medical
Product Manufacturing
    1,702,000       13,941,568    
Air Freight & Logistics—3.4%  
Freightways, Ltd.
(New Zealand) (b)
  Express Package Services     5,657,300       12,543,105    
Panalpina Welttransport
Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Freight Shipping & Supply Chain
Management Services
    115,500       9,540,481    
Mainfreight, Ltd.
(New Zealand)
  Provides & Supplies Freight,
Warehousing & Logistics Services
    1,027,300       3,946,993    
      26,030,579    
Airport Services—2.8%  
BBA Aviation PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Flight Support & Aftermarket
Services & Systems Provider
    8,658,600       21,905,162    
Building Products—2.1%  
Kaba Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Provides Mechanical & Electronic
Security Systems
    64,786       15,879,228    
Human Resource & Employment Services—5.6%  
Pasona Group, Inc.
(Japan) (b)
  Placement Service Provider     23,842       17,583,027    
Michael Page
International PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Recruitment Consultancy Services     2,438,600       13,040,204    
Robert Walters PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Recruitment
Company
    3,787,900       12,515,895    
      43,139,126    
Industrial Conglomerates—3.4%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     390,900       23,144,055    
Tomkins PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Manufacturing     1,047,500       3,157,284    
      26,301,339    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.0% (cont.)  
Industrial Machinery—9.2%  
Interpump Group SpA
(Italy) (a) (b)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     4,169,700     $ 26,710,306    
Duerr AG (Germany)   Automotive Industry Machinery
Manufacturer
    691,800       13,059,248    
GEA Group AG (Germany)   Engineering Services Provider     420,000       8,764,290    
IMI PLC (United Kingdom)
   
  Manufactures Merchandise Displays,
Ventilation & Air Conditioning
Equipment
    1,194,800       8,546,793    
Bobst Group AG
(Switzerland) (a)
  Manufactures Printing Presses &
Packaging Producing Machinery
    217,400       8,370,414    
Schindler Holding AG
(Switzerland)
   
  Manufactures & Installs Elevators,
Escalators, & Moving Walkways
Internationally
    72,100       4,943,264    
      70,394,315    
Office Services & Supplies—3.2%  
Sperian Protection (France)
   
  Manufactures Protection Equipment
For People In Hazardous Work
Environments
    318,100       24,419,674    
Research & Consulting Services—1.2%  
Bureau Veritas SA (France)   Provides Consulting Services     106,600       6,015,090    
Cision AB (Sweden) (a)   Business & Communication
Intelligence
    3,139,100       3,264,572    
      9,279,662    
Application Software—1.5%  
Exact Holding N.V.
(Netherlands)
  Develops & Markets Business
Software
    437,846       11,488,136    
Computer Hardware—2.7%  
Wincor Nixdorf AG
(Germany)
  Banking Machines & Cash Registers
Manufacturer
    319,700       20,589,316    
Electronic Components—0.1%  
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Develops & Sells Electronic
Equipment
    7,800       879,363    
Electronic Equipment & Instruments—2.2%  
Orbotech, Ltd. (Israel) (a)   Optical Inspection Systems     1,066,200       10,080,921    
Domino Printing
Sciences PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Printing Equipment     1,519,690       7,069,930    
      17,150,851    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.0% (cont.)  
Home Entertainment Software—2.2%  
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game Consoles
    621,400     $ 16,821,723    
IT Consulting & Other Services—3.4%  
Atea ASA (Norway)   Management & IT Consulting
Services
    4,153,300       26,245,295    
Office Electronics—2.8%  
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     207,300       18,604,593    
Boewe Systec AG
(Germany) (a)
  Automated Paper Management
Systems Producer
    285,039       2,794,647    
      21,399,240    
Systems Software—0.6%  
Totvs SA (Brazil)   Develops & Markets Software
Solutions
    77,500       3,805,882    
Monitise PLC
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Mobile Banking Service Solutions     3,061,088       721,582    
      4,527,464    
Commodity Chemicals—0.3%  
Nifco, Inc (Japan)
   
  Manufactures Synthetic Resinous
Fasteners & Plastic Components
Appliances
    130,200       2,597,763    
Construction Materials—1.4%  
Titan Cement Co. SA
(Greece)
  Cement & Building Materials
Producer & Distributor
    321,399       11,099,526    
Specialty Chemicals—3.9%  
Symrise AG (Germany)   Diversified Chemical Manufacturer     781,000       14,891,668    
Taiyo Ink Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Manufactures & Sells Resist Inks     374,900       9,564,095    
Sika AG (Switzerland)   Manufactures Construction Materials     3,950       5,332,481    
      29,788,244    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $773,172,776)               $ 730,740,833    

 

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2009 cont.

Name   Par Value   Market Value  
Short Term Investment—4.6%  
Repurchase Agreement—4.6%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.02% dated 9/30/2009 due 10/1/2009, repurchase
price $35,169,175, collateralized by an United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 4.125%, with a
maturity of 8/15/2010, and with a market value
plus accrued interest of $37,350,000 (Cost: $35,169,154)
  $ 35,169,154     $ 35,169,154    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $35,169,154)       $ 35,169,154    
Total Investments (Cost: $808,341,930)—99.6%         765,909,987    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $560,338)—0.1%         564,794    
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities—0.3%         2,350,333    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 768,825,114    

 

(a)  Non income-producing security.

(b)  See Note 5 in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(c)  Represents a Sponsored American Depositary Receipt.

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

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities—September 30, 2009

        Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
 
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value   (a)   $ 3,138,277,067     $ 2,273,237,673     $ 15,380,851,239    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value   (b)     0       0       197,700,994    
Foreign currency, at value   (c)     0       0       0    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold       8,960,760       0       2,137,160    
Fund shares sold       3,733,839       1,786,016       30,605,526    
Dividends and interest (Net of foreign tax withheld)       5,455,366       2,229,659       48,983,568    
Tax reclaim       487,002       0       813,733    
Total receivables       18,636,967       4,015,675       82,539,987    
Other assets       979       848       2,712    
Total assets     $ 3,156,915,013     $ 2,277,254,196     $ 15,661,094,932    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Payable for:  
Securities purchased     $ 0     $ 0     $ 109,570,424    
Fund shares redeemed       2,585,938       2,384,417       17,208,735    
Foreign currency exchange contracts       0       0       0    
Investment advisory fee       81,992       58,226       284,744    
Other shareholder servicing fees       328,085       182,964       2,527,691    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees       235,528       153,466       247,244    
Trustee fees       2,276       2,126       7,123    
Deferred trustee compensation       895,728       788,693       771,326    
Other       402,652       278,698       1,659,098    
Total liabilities       4,532,199       3,848,590       132,276,385    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding     $ 3,152,382,814     $ 2,273,405,606     $ 15,528,818,547    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital     $ 2,642,189,220     $ 2,041,718,465     $ 14,302,777,252    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward    
contracts, short sales and foreign currency transactions
      (432,294,398 )     (250,956,785 )     (807,515,407 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward    
contracts and foreign currency translation
      926,235,632       477,765,214       1,894,426,215    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income       16,252,360       4,878,712       139,130,487    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding     $ 3,152,382,814     $ 2,273,405,606     $ 15,528,818,547    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value per share: Class I     $ 34.55     $ 22.68     $ 24.72    
Class I—Net assets     $ 3,144,220,353     $ 2,265,320,548     $ 14,418,397,552    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)       90,991,918       99,869,942       583,330,898    
Net asset value per share: Class II     $ 34.56     $ 22.70     $ 24.57    
Class II—Net assets     $ 8,162,461     $ 8,085,058     $ 1,110,420,995    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)       236,162       356,199       45,196,322    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities     $ 2,212,037,860     $ 1,795,472,459     $ 13,600,529,198    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities       0       0       83,594,018    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency       0       0       0    

 

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    Oakmark
Global
Fund
  Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value   $ 1,727,111,405     $ 266,370,253     $ 3,965,133,918     $ 644,167,445    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value     0       0       164,709,632       121,742,542    
Foreign currency, at value     0       115,562       819,702       564,794    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold     13,897,892       0       12,038,334       3,627,442    
Fund shares sold     2,994,876       261,196       27,739,085       2,543,844    
Dividends and interest (Net of foreign tax withheld)     3,235,337       369,355       8,493,573       2,138,606    
Tax reclaim     5,097,201       264,232       15,832,069       976,980    
Total receivables     25,225,306       894,783       64,103,061       9,286,872    
Other assets     776       566       970       605    
Total assets   $ 1,752,337,487     $ 267,381,164     $ 4,194,767,283     $ 775,762,258    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Payable for:  
Securities purchased   $ 14,341,308     $ 0     $ 20,794,319     $ 4,589,965    
Fund shares redeemed     964,068       193,237       4,055,840       526,169    
Foreign currency exchange contracts     5,796,006       785,008       14,758,174       1,221,765    
Investment advisory fee     46,351       7,268       103,867       23,176    
Other shareholder servicing fees     164,155       13,963       537,306       51,079    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     93,413       26,022       123,949       24,646    
Trustee fees     1,812       1,410       2,701       1,380    
Deferred trustee compensation     373,787       11,768       622,139       357,668    
Other     291,341       95,639       544,479       141,296    
Total liabilities     22,072,241       1,134,315       41,542,774       6,937,144    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 1,730,265,246     $ 266,246,849     $ 4,153,224,509     $ 768,825,114    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital   $ 1,898,097,217     $ 315,164,883     $ 4,912,066,798     $ 979,509,473    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward    
contracts, short sales and foreign currency transactions
    (278,582,256 )     (67,772,388 )     (1,149,823,665 )     (176,375,546 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward    
contracts and foreign currency translation
    96,576,194       17,014,043       346,031,498       (43,587,416 )  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income     14,174,091       1,840,311       44,949,878       9,278,603    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 1,730,265,246     $ 266,246,849     $ 4,153,224,509     $ 768,825,114    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value per share: Class I   $ 18.94     $ 9.54     $ 16.25     $ 11.51    
Class I—Net assets   $ 1,675,869,857     $ 266,246,849     $ 4,045,384,240     $ 767,998,433    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     88,496,051       27,907,052       248,993,127       66,702,584    
Net asset value per share: Class II   $ 18.58     $ 0     $ 16.38     $ 11.50    
Class II—Net assets   $ 54,395,389     $ 0     $ 107,840,269     $ 826,681    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     2,927,650       0       6,583,951       71,904    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities   $ 1,625,032,598     $ 248,595,529     $ 3,602,539,831     $ 660,214,284    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities     0       0       167,592,441       148,127,646    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency     0       114,832       817,332       560,338    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations—For the Year Ended September 30, 2009

    Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Global
Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 58,604,321     $ 34,639,033     $ 140,725,883     $ 28,714,512    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       0       6,048,578       0    
Interest income     212,168       158,620       169,962,817       50,364    
Security lending income     0       0       0       832,551    
Other income     1,031,417       74,422       5,677,641       783,475    
Foreign taxes withheld     (108,000 )     0       (3,639,585 )     (2,254,746 )  
Total investment income     59,739,906       34,872,075       318,775,334       28,126,156    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     25,876,673       18,433,398       91,561,713       14,483,493    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     1,293,607       797,196       1,376,437       486,316    
Other shareholder servicing fees     3,057,534       1,872,346       13,470,236       1,160,604    
Service Fee—Class II     17,257       14,242       2,337,972       104,796    
Reports to shareholders     858,024       505,634       1,580,534       335,854    
Custody and accounting fees     275,494       193,342       1,381,665       429,295    
Registration and blue sky expenses     40,749       20,740       461,719       54,481    
Trustees fees     208,660       182,692       567,785       154,039    
Legal fees     76,753       64,181       236,082       58,452    
Audit fees     36,663       28,590       137,589       28,307    
Other     309,325       276,164       610,926       239,613    
Total expenses     32,050,739       22,388,525       113,722,658       17,535,250    
Net Investment Income:     27,689,167       12,483,550       205,052,676       10,590,906    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on:  
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Unaffiliated securities     (433,127,602 )     16,602,590       (757,030,050 )     (257,331,593 )  
Affiliated securities     0       0       (108,545,089 )     0    
Unaffiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       56,556,321       0    
Affiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       1,492,553       0    
Forward foreign currency contracts     0       0       0       60,861,336    
Foreign currency transactions     (266,181 )     0       (2,705,467 )     (231,406 )  
Net realized gain (loss)     (433,393,783 )     16,602,590       (810,231,732 )     (196,701,663 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:  
Investments     376,260,699       127,889,641       829,657,750       182,508,215    
Forward foreign currency contracts     0       0       0       (39,620,590 )  
Foreign currency translation     12,925       0       92,927       323,488    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     376,273,624       127,889,641       829,750,677       143,211,113    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (57,120,159 )     144,492,231       19,518,945       (53,490,550 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   $ (29,430,992 )   $ 156,975,781     $ 224,571,621     $ (42,899,644 )  

 

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    Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 4,995,464     $ 78,216,908     $ 15,161,469    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       1,376,660       2,955,826    
Interest income     14,503       144,182       35,364    
Security lending income     85,777       2,395,882       90,891    
Other income     0       74,561       13,313    
Foreign taxes withheld     (287,434 )     (7,975,991 )     (1,701,373 )  
Total investment income     4,808,310       74,232,202       16,555,490    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     2,097,148       29,265,480       6,181,276    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     138,172       702,358       142,373    
Other shareholder servicing fees     167,482       2,732,153       522,635    
Service Fee—Class II     0       119,556       521    
Reports to shareholders     81,415       446,975       116,934    
Custody and accounting fees     121,634       1,072,101       323,043    
Registration and blue sky expenses     43,668       47,439       52,363    
Trustees fees     104,584       208,061       124,538    
Legal fees     45,156       74,781       48,466    
Audit fees     21,491       33,763       21,070    
Other     154,656       314,159       150,189    
Total expenses     2,975,406       35,016,826       7,683,408    
Net Investment Income:     1,832,904       39,215,376       8,872,082    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on:  
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Unaffiliated securities     (24,476,884 )     (942,459,913 )     (89,319,514 )  
Affiliated securities     0       (33,083,401 )     (64,234,120 )  
Unaffiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       0    
Affiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       0    
Forward foreign currency contracts     6,153,437       201,068,041       30,480,433    
Foreign currency transactions     (114,015 )     (702,389 )     (239,730 )  
Net realized gain (loss)     (18,437,462 )     (775,177,662 )     (123,312,931 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:  
Investments     69,728,514       1,331,145,550       217,867,016    
Forward foreign currency contracts     (4,304,901 )     (131,286,571 )     (18,804,676 )  
Foreign currency translation     57,443       1,758,496       95,256    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     65,481,056       1,201,617,475       199,157,596    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     47,043,594       426,439,813       75,844,665    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   $ 48,876,498     $ 465,655,189     $ 84,716,747    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark Fund  
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 27,689,167     $ 51,813,927    
Net realized gain (loss)     (433,393,783 )     137,303,033    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     376,273,624       (1,115,706,418 )  
Net decrease in net assets from operations     (29,430,992 )     (926,589,458 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (42,725,032 )     (63,360,741 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (75,879 )     (183,226 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (93,416,024 )     (390,074,654 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (288,563 )     (1,912,176 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (136,505,498 )     (455,530,797 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     601,934,705       506,525,729    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     1,887,729       3,714,709    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     130,739,804       430,870,683    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     313,903       1,896,434    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,034,053,034 )     (1,608,697,232 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (5,433,570 )     (15,906,999 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     430,656       222,124    
Redemption fees—Class II     1,355       1,034    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (304,178,452 )     (681,373,518 )  
Total decrease in net assets     (470,114,942 )     (2,063,493,773 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     3,622,497,756       5,685,991,529    
End of year   $ 3,152,382,814     $ 3,622,497,756    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 16,252,360     $ 36,894,100    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     22,827,276       12,842,108    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     5,145,211       10,404,991    
Less shares redeemed     (39,216,734 )     (40,648,554 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (11,244,247 )     (17,401,455 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     70,339       94,005    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     12,339       45,918    
Less shares redeemed     (200,080 )     (404,846 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (117,402 )     (264,923 )  

 

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    Oakmark Select Fund  
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 12,483,550     $ 42,414,250    
Net realized gain (loss)     16,602,590       (244,888,582 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     127,889,641       (1,164,736,462 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     156,975,781       (1,367,210,794 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (28,952,323 )     (47,221,721 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (126,188 )     (109,460 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     0       (453,949,363 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     0       (3,023,620 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (29,078,511 )     (504,304,164 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     270,845,580       434,582,524    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     1,984,081       6,382,536    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     27,926,539       475,037,841    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     63,894       1,916,898    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (721,496,614 )     (1,888,941,538 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (8,267,436 )     (17,433,503 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     414,153       388,517    
Redemption fees—Class II     1,807       2,582    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (428,527,996 )     (988,064,143 )  
Total decrease in net assets     (300,630,726 )     (2,859,579,101 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     2,574,036,332       5,433,615,433    
End of year   $ 2,273,405,606     $ 2,574,036,332    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 4,878,712     $ 25,275,328    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     15,736,623       17,349,363    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     1,777,628       18,055,426    
Less shares redeemed     (43,456,463 )     (72,910,322 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (25,942,212 )     (37,505,533 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     115,311       252,902    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     4,065       72,941    
Less shares redeemed     (509,370 )     (683,111 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (389,994 )     (357,268 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark
Equity and Income Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 205,052,676     $ 271,023,392    
Net realized gain (loss)     (810,231,732 )     481,017,499    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     829,750,677       (1,377,194,710 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     224,571,621       (625,153,819 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (196,363,442 )     (267,024,200 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (12,072,699 )     (16,634,567 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (292,455,172 )     (664,948,149 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (23,185,484 )     (48,763,636 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (524,076,797 )     (997,370,552 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     4,553,696,475       3,585,440,574    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     468,653,474       445,155,517    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     465,034,081       889,650,962    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     30,396,980       54,888,687    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (3,583,840,792 )     (2,190,825,510 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (378,630,866 )     (293,563,855 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     0       112,554    
Redemption fees—Class II     0       8,242    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    1,555,309,352       2,490,867,171    
Total increase in net assets     1,255,804,176       868,342,800    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     14,273,014,371       13,404,671,571    
End of year   $ 15,528,818,547     $ 14,273,014,371    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 139,130,487     $ 217,855,622    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     207,589,903       131,246,453    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     21,781,456       32,913,467    
Less shares redeemed     (164,669,008 )     (81,153,863 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     64,702,351       83,006,057    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     21,325,989       16,431,464    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     1,428,429       2,038,956    
Less shares redeemed     (17,306,728 )     (10,835,135 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     5,447,690       7,635,285    

 

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    Oakmark
Global Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 10,590,906     $ 24,515,760    
Net realized gain (loss)     (196,701,663 )     30,592,142    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     143,211,113       (697,313,187 )  
Net decrease in net assets from operations     (42,899,644 )     (642,205,285 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (64,685,003 )     (3,870,141 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (1,812,855 )     (32,286 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (2,594,712 )     (320,109,533 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (83,374 )     (9,616,102 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (69,175,944 )     (333,628,062 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     287,084,767       533,804,675    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     5,216,475       5,683,298    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     64,695,585       313,392,738    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     1,830,946       9,333,596    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (512,253,586 )     (958,997,589 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (8,715,081 )     (19,949,158 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     262,503       235,186    
Redemption fees—Class II     8,345       6,748    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (161,870,046 )     (116,490,506 )  
Total decrease in net assets     (273,945,634 )     (1,092,323,853 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     2,004,210,880       3,096,534,733    
End of year   $ 1,730,265,246     $ 2,004,210,880    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 14,174,091     $ 17,630,590    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     18,845,160       23,088,428    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     4,715,422       12,822,943    
Less shares redeemed     (35,258,775 )     (42,758,112 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (11,698,193 )     (6,846,741 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     358,217       248,561    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     135,827       389,224    
Less shares redeemed     (598,309 )     (875,330 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (104,265 )     (237,545 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark
Global Select Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 1,832,904     $ 4,135,149    
Net realized gain (loss)     (18,437,462 )     (36,159,688 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     65,481,056       (56,384,290 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     48,876,498       (88,408,829 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (10,153,233 )     (725,540 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     0       (13,372,501 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (10,153,233 )     (14,098,041 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     74,545,401       152,328,234    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     8,870,711       13,571,933    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (88,825,014 )     (208,397,143 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     90,792       157,379    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (5,318,110 )     (42,339,597 )  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     33,405,155       (144,846,467 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     232,841,694       377,688,161    
End of year   $ 266,246,849     $ 232,841,694    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 1,840,311     $ 5,201,770    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     10,813,158       15,695,713    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     1,377,440       1,303,740    
Less shares redeemed     (12,573,902 )     (21,253,051 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (383,304 )     (4,253,598 )  

 

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    Oakmark
International Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 39,215,376     $ 149,365,461    
Net realized gain (loss)     (775,177,662 )     (31,565,882 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     1,201,617,475       (2,183,467,749 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     465,655,189       (2,065,668,170 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (299,576,482 )     (51,882,590 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (7,710,397 )     (959,117 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (21,453,694 )     (1,274,258,080 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (657,046 )     (85,876,351 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (329,397,619 )     (1,412,976,138 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     1,090,830,667       843,973,862    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     35,647,741       154,989,608    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     294,321,631       1,166,912,506    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     4,861,449       62,134,167    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,230,588,646 )     (3,432,270,289 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (62,999,921 )     (466,708,322 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     423,456       557,708    
Redemption fees—Class II     12,713       36,364    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    132,509,090       (1,670,374,396 )  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     268,766,660       (5,149,018,704 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     3,884,457,849       9,033,476,553    
End of year   $ 4,153,224,509     $ 3,884,457,849    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 44,949,878     $ 187,993,621    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     86,532,075       41,879,271    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     27,252,128       54,991,164    
Less shares redeemed     (103,702,336 )     (175,636,861 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     10,081,867       (78,766,426 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     2,873,917       7,714,499    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     447,235       2,948,940    
Less shares redeemed     (5,151,939 )     (24,543,341 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (1,830,787 )     (13,879,902 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark
International Small Cap Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 8,872,082     $ 19,984,041    
Net realized gain (loss)     (123,312,931 )     9,096,217    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     199,157,596       (380,516,076 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     84,716,747       (351,435,818 )  
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (47,097,607 )     (8,925,646 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (24,604 )     (4,217 )  
Net realized gain—Class I     (6,559,210 )     (278,426,262 )  
Net realized gain—Class II     (3,537 )     (164,501 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (53,684,958 )     (287,520,626 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     272,684,138       286,377,418    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     654,499       142,977    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     51,693,701       274,317,138    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     17,043       93,759    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (251,181,117 )     (585,285,695 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (195,669 )     (541,602 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     281,121       223,596    
Redemption fees—Class II     176       138    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    73,953,892       (24,672,271 )  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     104,985,681       (663,628,715 )  
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     663,839,433       1,327,468,148    
End of year   $ 768,825,114     $ 663,839,433    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 9,278,603     $ 23,572,192    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     32,249,686       19,764,158    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     7,199,680       17,778,168    
Less shares redeemed     (31,178,851 )     (36,305,356 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     8,270,515       1,236,970    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     64,516       9,539    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     2,374       6,080    
Less shares redeemed     (19,870 )     (31,659 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     47,020       (16,040 )  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following are the significant accounting policies of Oakmark Fund ("Oakmark"), Oakmark Select Fund ("Select"), Oakmark Equity and Income Fund ("Equity and Income"), Oakmark Global Fund ("Global"), Oakmark Global Select Fund ("Global Select"), Oakmark International Fund ("International"), and 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 open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Each Fund, other than Select and Global Select, is diversified. 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.

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 a third-party administrator for performing the services associated with the administration of such retirement plans. Class I Shares do not have an associated service fee. Global Select Class II had no outstanding shares at September 30, 2009.

Income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, and expenses of the Funds not directly attributable to a specific class of shares are allocated to each class pro rata based on the relative net assets of each class. Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and other shareholder servicing fees are specific to each class.

Redemption fees—

Each Fund, except Equity and Income, 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 either the redemption proceeds or from the balance in the account. 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 or the official closing 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 by independent professional pricing services using the latest bid quotation or at fair value based upon data of instruments with similar characteristics. 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 professional pricing service 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 September 30, 2009 Equity and Income and Int'l Small Cap held securities for which market quotations were not readily available and which were valued by the pricing committee at a fair value determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

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Notes to Financial Statements (cont.)

Fair Value Measurement—

The Funds adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820 ("Topic 820"), Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, effective October 1, 2008. Under Topic 820, various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund's investments. These inputs are prioritized into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, and others)

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from independent sources, and unobservable inputs reflect the Funds' own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

In April 2009 the FASB issued FASB ASC Topic 820-10 ("Topic 820-10"). Topic 820-10 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with Topic 820 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased as well as guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. Topic 820-10 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Funds have adopted this topic as of September 30, 2009.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2009 in valuing each Fund's assets and liabilities. Except for the industries or investment types separately stated below, the total amounts for common stocks, fixed income and short term investments in the table below are presented by industry or investment type in each Fund's Schedule of Investments. Forward foreign currency contracts are presented by contract in the notes following this summary:

    Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Oakmark                    
Common Stocks   $ 2,996,456,092     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       141,820,975       0    
Total   $ 2,996,456,092     $ 141,820,975     $ 0    
Select                    
Common Stocks   $ 2,146,061,364     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       127,176,309       0    
Total   $ 2,146,061,364     $ 127,176,309     $ 0    
Equity and Income                    
Common Stocks - Packaged Food & Meats   $ 492,685,154     $ 389,312,368     $ 0    
Common Stocks - All Other     8,769,346,727       0       0    
Fixed Income     0       5,021,117,632       0    
Short Term Investments     0       906,090,352       0    
Total   $ 9,262,031,881     $ 6,316,520,352     $ 0    
Global                    
Common Stocks   $ 1,680,280,987     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       46,830,418       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     320,148       0       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     (6,116,154 )     0       0    
Total   $ 1,674,484,981     $ 46,830,418     $ 0    

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (cont.)

    Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Global Select                    
Common Stocks   $ 255,590,069     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       10,780,184       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     41,115       0       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     (826,123 )     0       0    
Total   $ 254,805,061     $ 10,780,184     $ 0    
International                    
Common Stocks   $ 3,973,688,698     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       156,154,852       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     734,586       0       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     (15,492,760 )     0       0    
Total   $ 3,958,930,524     $ 156,154,852     $ 0    
Int'l Small Cap                    
Common Stocks   $ 730,740,833     $ 0     $ 0+    
Short Term Investments     0       35,169,154       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     97,799       0       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     (1,319,564 )     0       0    
Total   $ 729,519,068     $ 35,169,154     $ 0    

 

+  On September 30, 2008, Int'l Small Cap did not hold any securities classified as Level 3, and for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, the Fund had no purchases or sales of Level 3 securities. During the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, a common stock within the Investment Banking and Brokerage category was transferred into the Level 3 with a market value of zero and remained at that value on September 30, 2009.

Foreign currency translation—

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 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.

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 in net realized and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Statements of Operations. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions arising from the sale of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, foreign withholding taxes and tax reclaims recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid are included in net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions in the Statement of Operations. Unrealized gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in exchange rates are included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translation in the Statements of Operations.

Forward foreign currency contracts—

Forward foreign currency contracts are agreements to exchange one currency for another at a future date and at a specified price. The Funds' transactions in forward foreign currency contracts are limited to transaction 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

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instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered and could exceed the net unrealized value shown in the tables below. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in currency values. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the current day's interpolated foreign exchange rates. Unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the end of the period is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gains and losses and the change in unrealized gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts for the period are included in the Statements of Operations.

The Funds have adopted FASB ASC Topic 815-10 ("Topic 815-10"). Topic 815-10, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, was issued in March 2008 and is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At September 30, 2009 Global, Global Select, International, and Int'l Small Cap held forward foreign currency contracts which are considered derivative instruments under Topic 815-10 as follows:

Oakmark Global Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:  
Euro     37,300,000     9/15/10   $ 54,546,636     $ (51,336 )  
Japanese Yen     2,585,000,000     3/3/10     28,830,666       (2,033,938 )  
Japanese Yen     2,515,000,000     9/7/10     28,150,984       (870,368 )  
Swiss Franc     23,300,000     3/3/10     22,514,823       (2,319,807 )  
Swiss Franc     37,700,000     6/4/10     36,480,713       (840,705 )  
Swiss Franc     29,200,000     9/24/10     28,326,963       320,148    
                $ 198,850,785     $ (5,796,006 )  

 

During the year ended September 30, 2009 the proceeds from sales and the cost of purchases of forward foreign currency contracts for Global were $239,640,195 and $463,261,203, respectively.

Oakmark Global Select Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:  
Euro     4,210,000     9/15/10   $ 6,156,604     $ (5,794 )  
Japanese Yen     273,000,000     3/3/10     3,044,786       (214,803 )  
Japanese Yen     192,000,000     9/7/10     2,149,101       (66,445 )  
Swiss Franc     3,850,000     3/3/10     3,720,261       (383,316 )  
Swiss Franc     6,985,000     6/4/10     6,759,092       (155,765 )  
Swiss Franc     3,750,000     9/24/10     3,637,881       41,115    
                $ 25,467,725     $ (785,008 )  

 

During the year ended September 30, 2009 the proceeds from sales and the cost of purchases of forward foreign currency contracts for Global Select were $30,229,107 and $47,991,801, respectively.

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Oakmark International Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:  
Euro     124,500,000     09/15/10   $ 182,065,849     $ (171,349 )  
Japanese Yen     5,250,000,000     03/03/10     58,553,577       (4,130,821 )  
Japanese Yen     4,600,000,000     09/07/10     51,488,877       (1,591,926 )  
Swiss Franc     67,000,000     03/03/10     64,742,195       (6,670,689 )  
Swiss Franc     131,300,000     06/04/10     127,053,519       (2,927,975 )  
Swiss Franc     67,000,000     09/24/10     64,996,799       734,586    
                $ 548,900,816     $ (14,758,174 )  

 

During the year ended September 30, 2009 the proceeds from sales and the cost of purchases of forward foreign currency contracts for International were $636,202,065 and $1,388,593,319, respectively.

Oakmark Int'l Small Cap Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/2009
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Sold:  
Euro     25,500,000     09/15/10   $ 37,290,596     $ (35,096 )  
Japanese Yen     572,000,000     03/03/10     6,379,552       (450,063 )  
Japanese Yen     822,000,000     09/07/10     9,200,838       (284,470 )  
Swiss Franc     2,950,000     03/03/10     2,850,589       (293,709 )  
Swiss Franc     11,490,000     06/04/10     11,118,392       (256,226 )  
Swiss Franc     8,920,000     09/24/10     8,653,305       97,799    
                $ 75,493,272     $ (1,221,765 )  

 

During the year ended September 30, 2009 the proceeds from sales and the cost of purchases of forward foreign currency contracts for Int'l Small Cap were $83,839,243 and $183,579,952, respectively.

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 yield to maturity method. Withholding taxes and tax reclaims 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 September 30, 2009 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

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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 September 30, 2009, the Funds had no outstanding options.

Committed line of credit—

The Trust has an unsecured committed line of credit (the "Facility") with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") in the amount of $450 million. Borrowings under that arrangement bear interest at 0.75% above the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate or LIBOR, as defined in the credit agreement. To maintain the Facility, an annualized commitment fee of 0.125% on the unused portion is charged to the Trust as well as an annual renewal fee of 0.02% of the Facility amount. Fees and interest expense, if any, related to the facility are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations. There were no borrowings outstanding under the Facility at September 30, 2009.

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 year ended September 30, 2009 none of the Funds received an expense offset credit.

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 Funds' custodian 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 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, cash equivalents or U.S. Treasuries 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 attempt to obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice of not more than five business days. 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.

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At September 30, 2009, 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 September 30, 2009 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     101.2732       100.68       3,038,196       0.02 %  
  3,740,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/20/2003     101.2732       96.41       3,787,618       0.02 %  
  300,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/21/2003     101.2732       96.79       303,820       0.00 %  
  11,700,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  4/6/2004     101.2732       103.31       11,848,964       0.08 %  
                                  18,978,598       0.12 %  

 

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 FASB ASC Topic 740 ("Topic 740") Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. This topic 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 Topic 740 resulted in no material liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2009 remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.

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







  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


  Global




Global Select


  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
 

 

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Fund   Advisory Fees   Fund   Advisory Fees  
Select






  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
  International





  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
 
Equity and Income






  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;
0.585% on the next $5 billion;
0.5775% on the next $7 billion; and
0.5725% over $28 billion
  Int'l Small Cap






  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, 2010 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.

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 is entitled to recoup from any Fund Class, in any fiscal year through the Funds' fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, amounts reimbursed to that Fund Class, except to the extent that the Fund Class already has paid such recoupment to the Adviser or such recoupment would cause the annual ordinary operating expense of a Fund Class for that fiscal year to exceed the applicable limit stated above. As of September 30, 2009 there were no amounts subject to recoupment.

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 the 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 Trust pays the compensation of the Trustees other than those affiliated with the Adviser and all expenses incurred in connection with their services to the Trust. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits to its Trustees.

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The Funds reimburse the adviser for a portion of the compensation paid to the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The CCO expenses incurred by the Funds are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations.

3. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

At September 30, 2009 cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and related composition of unrealized gains and losses for each Fund were as follows:

Fund   Cost of Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
  Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Oakmark   $ 2,216,206,936     $ 926,329,009     $ (4,258,878 )   $ 922,070,131    
Select     1,796,151,483       657,311,294       (180,225,104 )     477,086,190    
Equity and Income     13,685,191,202       2,116,622,257       (223,261,226 )     1,893,361,031    
Global     1,630,317,183       264,382,407       (167,588,185 )     96,794,222    
Global Select     250,875,397       38,174,359       (22,679,503 )     15,494,856    
International     3,822,082,787       572,984,090       (265,223,327 )     307,760,763    
Int'l Small Cap     823,123,201       108,343,862       (165,557,076 )     (57,213,214 )  

 

For the period ended September 30, 2009 the following Funds incurred net capital losses which each Fund intends to treat as incurred in the following fiscal year:

Fund   Net Capital Losses  
Oakmark   $ 427,464,073    
Equity and Income     573,426,392    
Global     235,354,635    
Global Select     21,964,550    
International     794,595,567    
Int'l Small Cap     128,319,975    

 

On September 30, 2009, the tax year end of the Funds, the following Funds had available capital loss carryforwards that may be utilized to offset future net capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

Fund   Expires
September 30, 2017
 
Oakmark   $ 661,249    
Select     250,277,761    
Equity and Income     233,021,030    
Global     41,801,493    
Global Select     43,527,970    
International     303,277,583    
Int'l Small Cap     36,357,966    

 

For the year ended September 30, 2009 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   $ 17,093,275     $ 0     $ 17,093,275    
Select     5,617,295       0       5,617,295    
Equity and Income     139,836,664       0       139,836,664    
Global     12,580,534       0       12,580,534    
Global Select     1,090,355       0       1,090,355    
International     30,769,486       0       30,769,486    
Int'l Small Cap     11,471,845       0       11,471,845    

 

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During the years ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008, the tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

    Year Ended
September 30, 2009
  Year Ended
September 30, 2008
 
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   $ 42,797,994     $ 93,707,504     $ 63,543,967     $ 391,986,830    
Select     29,078,511       0       47,324,894       456,979,270    
Equity and Income     208,469,706       315,607,090       283,658,767       713,711,785    
Global     69,175,944       0       37,019,816       296,608,246    
Global Select     10,153,233       0       13,614,523       483,518    
International     312,062,206       17,335,413       152,440,649       1,260,535,489    
Int'l Small Cap     48,127,188       5,557,770       23,990,953       263,529,673    

 

On September 30, 2009 the Funds had temporary book/tax differences in undistributed earnings that were primarily attributable to trustee deferred compensation expenses, passive foreign investment companies, foreign currency contracts, post October losses and deferrals of capital losses on wash sales. Temporary differences will reverse over time. The Funds have permanent differences in book/tax undistributed earnings primarily attributable to currency gains and losses and equalization debits. Permanent differences have been recorded in their respective component of the Analysis of Net Assets.

4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended September 30, 2009 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   $ 1,585,498     $ 631,614     $ 5,822,497     $ 455,497     $ 83,392     $ 1,564,696     $ 271,722    
Proceeds from sales     1,976,315       1,070,960       2,464,166       615,897       88,625       1,608,955       224,705    

 

Purchases at cost and proceeds from sales (in thousands) of long-term U.S. Government securities for the year ended September 30, 2009, were $6,634,840 and $7,046,631, respectively, for Equity and Income.

For the year ended September 30, 2009 the proceeds from in-kind sales (in thousands) were $423,361 for Equity and Income. Gains and losses on in-kind transactions are not taxable for federal income tax purposes.

5. INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS

An issuer in which a Fund's ownership 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 for the year ended September 30, 2009 is set forth below:

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2008
  Value
September 30,
2009
 
EchoStar Corp.***     0     $ 18,201,426     $ 77,830,304     $ 0     $ 96,400,000     $ 0    
Hospira, Inc.+*     7,728,000       44,398,550       9,079,295       0       248,300,000       344,668,800    
Mueller Water Products, Inc.,
Class A*
    2,000,000       0       9,788,780       295,012       39,000,000       10,960,000    
Walter Energy, Inc.     3,000,000       24,482,270       3,022,915       5,206,718       115,099,465 (a)     180,180,000    
Walter Investment
Management Corp.
    1,093,695       0       355,430       546,848       0 (b)     17,520,994    
TOTALS           $ 87,082,246     $ 100,076,724 **   $ 6,048,578     $ 498,799,465     $ 553,329,794    

 

(a)  At September 30, 2008 the Fund held shares of Walter Industries, Inc. with a market value of $115,099,465. During 2009, Walter Industries changed its name to Walter Energy, Inc.

(b)  During 2009 Walter Industries, Inc. spun off Walter Investment Management Corp.

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Notes to Financial Statements (cont.)

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
Oakmark International Fund  

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2008
  Value
September 30,
2009
 
Meitec Corp.     2,475,100     $ 0     $ 229,249     $ 1,376,660     $ 66,531,330     $ 42,021,416    
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.     4,659,636       13,630,664       45,123,346       0       125,992,108       122,688,216    
TOTALS       $ 13,630,664     $ 45,352,595     $ 1,376,660     $ 192,523,438     $ 164,709,632    

 

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

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2008
  Value
September 30,
2009
 
Alaska Milk Corp.     56,360,000     $ 0     $ 0     $ 290,324     $ 5,733,847     $ 6,304,517    
Chargeurs SA***     0       0       5,516,182       0       11,120,369       0    
Freightways Ltd.*     5,657,300       366,461       3,560,306       668,105       16,545,059       12,543,105    
Interpump Group SpA+     4,169,700       8,375,703       0       0       13,252,163       26,710,306    
JJB Sports PLC+     17,927,180       2,947,387       1,113,161       0       10,104,786       9,239,736    
LSL Property
Services PLC+
    6,569,064       0       9,002,687       0       13,512,585       24,329,944    
Media Prima Berhad     42,704,400       8,619,352       6,466,634       869,481       12,519,762       19,865,381    
Monitise PLC+*     3,061,088       0       2,078,632       0       4,333,962       721,582    
Pasona Group, Inc.     23,842       0       2,451,835       313,396       20,951,003       17,583,027    
Raymarine PLC***     0       0       776,039       0       8,027,106       0    
Vitec Group PLC     3,035,979       1,162,410       0       814,520       17,495,105       17,709,631    
TOTALS           $ 21,471,313     $ 30,965,476     $ 2,955,826     $ 133,595,747     $ 135,007,229    

 

+  Non-income producing security.

*  Due to transactions during the period ended September 30, 2009, the company is no longer an affiliated security.

**  Includes proceeds from in-kind transactions of $15,352,818.

***  Position in issuer liquidated during the year.

6. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

In accordance with the provisions set forth in FASB ASC Topic 855 Subsequent Events, adopted by the Funds as of June 30, 2009, management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Funds' financial statements through November 4, 2009. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds' financial statements through this date.

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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. Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the information for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005. For each year shown, all information is for the fiscal year ended September 30, unless otherwise noted.

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OAKMARK FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 35.31     $ 47.28     $ 44.64     $ 40.75     $ 38.68    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.29 (a)     0.52       0.47 (a)     0.39 (a)     0.34    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     0.39       (8.51 )     4.60       3.85       1.90    
Total From Investment Operations     0.68       (7.99 )     5.07       4.24       2.24    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.45 )     (0.56 )     (0.43 )     (0.35 )     (0.17 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.99 )     (3.42 )     (2.00 )     0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (1.44 )     (3.98 )     (2.43 )     (0.35 )     (0.17 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 34.55     $ 35.31     $ 47.28     $ 44.64     $ 40.75    
Total Return     3.38 %     -18.14 %     11.51 %     10.46 %     5.79 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 3,144.2     $ 3,610.1     $ 5,656.9     $ 5,486.2     $ 6,340.4    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.23 %     1.10 %     1.01 %     1.05 %     1.03 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.06 %     1.17 %     1.01 %     0.94 %     0.79 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     62 %     32 %     12 %     9 %     16 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 35.12     $ 46.97     $ 44.35     $ 40.51     $ 38.45    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.24 (a)     0.54       0.32 (a)     0.25 (a)     0.26 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     0.45       (8.64 )     4.55       3.82       1.87    
Total From Investment Operations     0.69       (8.10 )     4.87       4.07       2.13    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.26 )     (0.33 )     (0.25 )     (0.23 )     (0.07 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (0.99 )     (3.42 )     (2.00 )     0.00       0.00    
Total Distributions     (1.25 )     (3.75 )     (2.25 )     (0.23 )     (0.07 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 34.56     $ 35.12     $ 46.97     $ 44.35     $ 40.51    
Total Return     3.22 %     -18.44 %     11.11 %     10.08 %     5.55 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 8.2     $ 12.4     $ 29.1     $ 37.5     $ 43.7    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.44 %     1.47 %     1.36 %     1.40 %     1.26 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.88 %     0.81 %     0.67 %     0.59 %     0.58 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     62 %     32 %     12 %     9 %     16 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

(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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Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 20.34     $ 33.05     $ 34.48     $ 33.44     $ 31.20    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.11 (a)     0.35       0.38 (a)     0.36 (a)     0.29    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     2.48       (9.63 )     2.11       2.76       2.19    
Total From Investment Operations     2.59       (9.28 )     2.49       3.12       2.48    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.25 )     (0.32 )     (0.39 )     (0.29 )     (0.24 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     0.00       (3.11 )     (3.53 )     (1.79 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (0.25 )     (3.43 )     (3.92 )     (2.08 )     (0.24 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 22.68     $ 20.34     $ 33.05     $ 34.48     $ 33.44    
Total Return     13.30 %     -30.43 %     7.00 %     9.58 %     7.98 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 2,265.3     $ 2,558.9     $ 5,397.4     $ 5,776.6     $ 5,908.0    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.19 %     1.08 %     0.97 %     0.99 %     1.00 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.66 %     1.16 %     1.11 %     1.08 %     0.87 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     34 %     26 %     10 %     22 %     21 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 20.29     $ 32.82     $ 34.23     $ 33.24     $ 31.00    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.12 (a)     0.34       0.27 (a)     0.26 (a)     0.21    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     2.49       (9.65 )     2.09       2.72       2.18    
Total From Investment Operations     2.61       (9.31 )     2.36       2.98       2.39    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.20 )     (0.11 )     (0.24 )     (0.20 )     (0.15 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     0.00       (3.11 )     (3.53 )     (1.79 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (0.20 )     (3.22 )     (3.77 )     (1.99 )     (0.15 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 22.70     $ 20.29     $ 32.82     $ 34.23     $ 33.24    
Total Return     13.34 %     -30.64 %     6.65 %     9.18 %     7.72 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 8.1     $ 15.1     $ 36.2     $ 68.1     $ 85.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.28 %     1.37 %     1.35 %     1.34 %     1.25 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.72 %     0.88 %     0.79 %     0.78 %     0.65 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     34 %     26 %     10 %     22 %     21 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

(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

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 25.57     $ 28.67     $ 26.49     $ 25.41     $ 23.12    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.35 (a)     0.53 (a)     0.58 (a)     0.44       0.31    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.24 )     (1.52 )     3.41       1.18       2.77    
Total From Investment Operations     0.11       (0.99 )     3.99       1.62       3.08    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.39 )     (0.60 )     (0.50 )     (0.34 )     (0.20 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.57 )     (1.51 )     (1.31 )     (0.20 )     (0.59 )  
Total Distributions     (0.96 )     (2.11 )     (1.81 )     (0.54 )     (0.79 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00       0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 24.72     $ 25.57     $ 28.67     $ 26.49     $ 25.41    
Total Return     1.02 %     -3.85 %     15.77 %     6.51 %     13.65 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 14,418.4     $ 13,263.3     $ 12,489.5     $ 10,414.5     $ 9,223.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     0.85 %     0.81 %     0.83 %     0.86 %     0.89 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.59 %     1.93 %     2.14 %     1.88 %     1.36 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     78 %(c)     65 %(c)     67 %     81 %     112 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 25.40     $ 28.50     $ 26.35     $ 25.29     $ 23.03    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.28 (a)     0.43 (a)     0.48 (a)     0.35       0.28    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.24 )     (1.51 )     3.40       1.19       2.72    
Total From Investment Operations     0.04       (1.08 )     3.88       1.54       3.00    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.30 )     (0.51 )     (0.42 )     (0.28 )     (0.15 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (0.57 )     (1.51 )     (1.31 )     (0.20 )     (0.59 )  
Total Distributions     (0.87 )     (2.02 )     (1.73 )     (0.48 )     (0.74 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00       0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 24.57     $ 25.40     $ 28.50     $ 26.35     $ 25.29    
Total Return     0.70 %     -4.19 %     15.38 %     6.18 %     13.34 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1,110.4     $ 1,009.7     $ 915.1     $ 718.1     $ 582.0    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.18 %     1.16 %     1.17 %     1.18 %     1.14 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.26 %     1.59 %     1.82 %     1.57 %     1.11 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     78 %(c)     65 %(c)     67 %     81 %     112 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

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

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

(c)  The ratio excludes in-kind transactions.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 19.43     $ 28.08     $ 26.69     $ 23.91     $ 19.73    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.11       0.25       0.18 (a)     0.27       0.17    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     0.13       (5.82 )     5.06       3.74       4.48    
Total From Investment Operations     0.24       (5.57 )     5.24       4.01       4.65    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.70 )     (0.04 )     (0.31 )     (0.26 )     (0.10 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.03 )     (3.04 )     (3.54 )     (0.97 )     (0.37 )  
Total Distributions     (0.73 )     (3.08 )     (3.85 )     (1.23 )     (0.47 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 18.94     $ 19.43     $ 28.08     $ 26.69     $ 23.91    
Total Return     2.65 %     -22.10 %     21.29 %     17.46 %     23.88 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1,675.9     $ 1,946.6     $ 3,006.2     $ 2,282.2     $ 1,842.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.23 %     1.16 %     1.13 %     1.18 %     1.20 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.76 %     0.95 %     0.66 %     1.18 %     0.81 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     32 %     41 %     35 %     41 %     17 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 19.01     $ 27.62     $ 26.31     $ 23.63     $ 19.53    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.07 (a)     0.13       0.07 (a)     0.18       0.11    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     0.14       (5.69 )     4.99       3.69       4.43    
Total From Investment Operations     0.21       (5.56 )     5.06       3.87       4.54    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.61 )     (0.01 )     (0.21 )     (0.22 )     (0.07 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (0.03 )     (3.04 )     (3.54 )     (0.97 )     (0.37 )  
Total Distributions     (0.64 )     (3.05 )     (3.75 )     (1.19 )     (0.44 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 18.58     $ 19.01     $ 27.62     $ 26.31     $ 23.63    
Total Return     2.43 %     -22.46 %     20.82 %     17.01 %     23.53 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 54.4     $ 57.6     $ 90.3     $ 77.1     $ 58.6    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.54 %     1.57 %     1.53 %     1.56 %     1.45 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.46 %     0.54 %     0.25 %     0.80 %     0.63 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     32 %     41 %     35 %     41 %     17 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

(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

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  October 2, 2006
through
September 30,
2007 (a)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 8.23     $ 11.61     $ 10.00    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.06       0.14 (b)     0.12 (b)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     1.60       (3.07 )     1.49    
Total From Investment Operations     1.66       (2.93 )     1.61    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.35 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     0.00       (0.44 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (0.35 )     (0.46 )     (0.01 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (c)     0.01       0.01    
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 9.54     $ 8.23     $ 11.61    
Total Return     22.24 %     -25.95 %     16.23 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 266.2     $ 232.8     $ 377.7    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.43 %     1.35 %     1.31 %†  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.88 %     1.41 %     1.01 %†  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     41 %     62 %     33 %  

 

Data has not been annualized.

†  Data has been annualized.

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

(a)  The date on 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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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 15.71     $ 26.59     $ 26.83     $ 23.52     $ 18.98    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.16 (a)     0.65       0.43       0.41       0.27    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     1.87       (7.11 )     3.25       4.49       4.59    
Total From Investment Operations     2.03       (6.46 )     3.68       4.90       4.86    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (1.39 )     (0.17 )     (0.44 )     (0.59 )     (0.27 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.10 )     (4.25 )     (3.48 )     (1.00 )     (0.05 )  
Total Distributions     (1.49 )     (4.42 )     (3.92 )     (1.59 )     (0.32 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 16.25     $ 15.71     $ 26.59     $ 26.83     $ 23.52    
Total Return     17.71 %     -28.59 %     14.53 %     22.14 %     25.85 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 4,045.4     $ 3,753.6     $ 8,446.6     $ 7,200.5     $ 5,627.4    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.17 %     1.10 %     1.05 %     1.08 %     1.11 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.32 %     2.32 %     1.65 %     1.80 %     1.32 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     53 %     41 %     50 %     37 %     14 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 15.55     $ 26.32     $ 26.61     $ 23.36     $ 18.86    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.14 (a)     0.39 (a)     0.35       0.34       0.22    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     1.96       (6.86 )     3.19       4.45       4.55    
Total From Investment Operations     2.10       (6.47 )     3.54       4.79       4.77    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (1.17 )     (0.05 )     (0.35 )     (0.54 )     (0.22 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (0.10 )     (4.25 )     (3.48 )     (1.00 )     (0.05 )  
Total Distributions     (1.27 )     (4.30 )     (3.83 )     (1.54 )     (0.27 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00    
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 16.38     $ 15.55     $ 26.32     $ 26.61     $ 23.36    
Total Return     17.70 %     -28.91 %     14.04 %     21.71 %     25.50 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 107.8     $ 130.8     $ 586.9     $ 496.0     $ 362.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.32 %     1.52 %     1.44 %     1.47 %     1.38 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.15 %     1.96 %     1.31 %     1.43 %     1.08 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     53 %     41 %     50 %     37 %     14 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

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

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

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 11.36     $ 23.19     $ 24.09     $ 22.79     $ 18.26    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.15 (a)     0.37       0.32       0.42       0.20    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     1.06       (6.36 )     2.77       5.12       4.98    
Total From Investment Operations     1.21       (5.99 )     3.09       5.54       5.18    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.93 )     (0.18 )     (0.56 )     (0.70 )     (0.27 )  
Dividends (from capital gains)     (0.13 )     (5.66 )     (3.43 )     (3.54 )     (0.38 )  
Total Distributions     (1.06 )     (5.84 )     (3.99 )     (4.24 )     (0.65 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 11.51     $ 11.36     $ 23.19     $ 24.09     $ 22.79    
Total Return     16.28 %     -32.47 %     13.35 %     28.50 %     29.04 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 768.0     $ 663.6     $ 1,326.5     $ 1,274.5     $ 1,007.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.54 %     1.41 %     1.34 %     1.37 %     1.41 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.77 %     2.17 %     1.19 %     1.73 %     0.96 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     46 %     50 %     57 %     44 %     47 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
  Year Ended
September 30,
2006
  Year Ended
September 30,
2005
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 11.33     $ 23.15     $ 24.05     $ 22.77     $ 18.25    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.14 (a)     0.47       0.29       0.41       0.18    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     1.06       (6.48 )     2.79       5.10       4.98    
Total From Investment Operations     1.20       (6.01 )     3.08       5.51       5.16    
Less Distributions:  
Dividends (from net investment income)     (0.90 )     (0.15 )     (0.55 )     (0.69 )     (0.26 )  
Distributions (from capital gains)     (0.13 )     (5.66 )     (3.43 )     (3.54 )     (0.38 )  
Total Distributions     (1.03 )     (5.81 )     (3.98 )     (4.23 )     (0.64 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 11.50     $ 11.33     $ 23.15     $ 24.05     $ 22.77    
Total Return     16.08 %     -32.63 %     13.29 %     28.33 %     28.94 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 0.8     $ 0.3     $ 0.9     $ 0.8     $ 0.6    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*     1.71 %     1.54 %     1.43 %     1.47 %     1.49 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.66 %     2.12 %     1.12 %     1.62 %     0.87 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     46 %     50 %     57 %     44 %     47 %  

 

* The ratio excludes expense offset arrangement.

(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 FUNDS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Harris
Associates Investment Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Harris Associates Investment Trust comprising Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund, Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, Oakmark Global Fund, Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund, and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (collectively the "Funds"), as of September 30, 2009, and the related statements of operations for the period then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the Funds, except Oakmark Global Select Fund, for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights of Oakmark Global Select Fund for the period from October 2, 2006 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2007 and for each of the two years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2009, by correspondence with the Funds' custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2009, the results of their operations for the period then ended, and the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for the respective stated periods, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Chicago, Illinois
November 4, 2009

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Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

Global, Global Select, International and Int'l Small Cap paid qualifying foreign taxes of $2,010,741, $247,189, $7,503,898 and $1,340,404 and earned $21,325,668, $2,901,832, $79,593,568 and $18,117,295 foreign source income during the year ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, Global, Global Select, International, and Int'l Small Cap designated $0.02, $0.01, $0.03 and $0.02 per share as foreign taxes paid and $0.23, $0.10, $0.31 and $0.27 per share as income earned from foreign sources for the year ended September 30, 2009, respectively.

Qualified dividend income ("QDI") received by the Funds through September 30, 2009 that qualified for a reduced tax rate pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 are as follows:

Fund      
Oakmark   $ 42,800,911    
Select     29,078,511    
Equity and Income     121,855,795    
Global     27,983,296    
Global Select     4,995,426    
International     79,494,330    
Int'l Small Cap     17,134,555    

 

For corporate shareholders, a portion of the ordinary dividends paid during the Funds' year ended September 30, 2009 qualified for the dividends received deduction, as follows:

Fund      
Oakmark     100.00 %  
Select     100.00 %  
Equity and Income     26.18 %  
Global     17.26 %  
Global Select     30.08 %  
International     0.00 %  
Int'l Small Cap     0.00 %  

 

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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.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. The performance information for the Funds does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares of all Funds, other than Oakmark Equity & Income Fund, redeemed within 90 days. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance is no guarantee of 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.

Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

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

Because Oakmark Select Fund and 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.

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.  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.

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

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

  4.  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.

  5.  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.

  6.  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.

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  7.  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.

  8.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Government / Credit Index measures performance of U.S. dollar denominated U.S. Treasuries, government-related, and investment grade U.S. corporate securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 year. In addition, the securities have $250 million or more of outstanding face value, and must be fixed rate and non-convertible.

  9.  "Bonds: Why Bother?" Robert Arnott, Journal of Indexes, April 20, 2009.

  10.  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.

  11.  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.

  12.  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.

  13.  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. The MSCI EAFE Index currently consists 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.

  14.  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.

  15.  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.

  16.  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

Trustees and Officers

The Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the conduct of the affairs of Harris Associates Investment Trust ("Trust"), and its seven series, The Oakmark Funds. Each trustee serves until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed. Each trustee must retire at the end of the calendar year in which the trustee attains the age of 72. The Board of Trustees may fill any vacancy on the board provided that after such appointment, at least two-thirds of the trustees have been elected by the shareholders. No person shall be appointed or elected to serve as a trustee for the first time after attaining the age of 65. A majority of trustees then in office may remove a trustee with or without cause. The shareholders may remove a trustee by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Trust at any meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of removing such trustee.

The Board of Trustees elects or appoints the Trust's officers. The president, any vice president, treasurer and secretary serves until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns, or is removed or disqualified. Each other officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may remove any officer at any time, with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the trustees then in office.

The names and ages of the trustees and officers, the position each holds with the Trust, the date each was first elected to office, their principal business occupations during the last five years and other directorships held are shown below.

Name and Age at September 30, 2009, Position(s) Held with the Trust, Date First Elected or Appointed to Office
  Principal Occupations During the Past 5 Years. Other Directorships Held by Trustee, if any.

Trustees who are "interested persons"*

Peter S. Voss, 62, Trustee, 1995**  
Retired since 2007; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IXIS Asset Management Group; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IXIS Asset Management US Corporation (investment management); Chairman, IXIS Asset Management US, LLC; Member of the Supervisory Board, IXIS Asset Management; Director, Harris Associates, Inc. ("HAI") prior thereto.

John R. Raitt, 54, Trustee and President, 2003  
President and Chief Executive Officer, HAI, Harris Associates L.P. ("HALP") and Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP").

*  Mr. Voss is a trustee who is deemed to be an "interested person" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he was a director of HAI, the general partner and manager of HALP, the investment adviser to the Funds. Mr. Raitt is a trustee who is deemed to be an "interested person" of the Trust because he is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HAI, HASLP and HALP.

**  Effective October 22, 2008, Mr. Voss was determined to be a trustee who is not an "interested person."

Trustees who are not "interested persons"

Gary N. Wilner, M.D., 69, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 1993  
Retired since 2004; Senior Attending Physician, Evanston Hospital; Medical Director of Cardiopulmonary Wellness Program, Evanston Hospital Corporation prior thereto. Chairman of the Board of Directors, North American Scientific, Inc. (developer of radioisotopic products for the treatment and diagnosis of disease).

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Trustees and Officers cont.

Michael J. Friduss, 66, Trustee, 1995  
Principal, MJ Friduss & Associates, Inc. (telecommunications consultants).

Thomas H. Hayden, 58, Trustee, 1995  
Lecturer, Department of Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill Northwestern University, since July 2006; Principal, TerraNova Market Strategies, LLC (market research and strategic consulting practice) since July 2006; President and Chief Strategy Officer, Greenhouse Communications (advertising agency) from 2004 to 2006; Executive Vice President, Campbell Mithun (advertising and marketing communication agency) prior thereto.

Christine M. Maki, 48, Trustee, 1995  
Senior Vice President–Tax, RR Donnelley & Sons Company, since August 2008; Senior Vice President–Tax, Global Hyatt Corporation (hotel management) from 1995 to 2008.

Allan J. Reich, 61, Trustee, 1993  
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (law firm).

Steven S. Rogers, 52, Trustee, 2006  
Clinical Professor of Finance & Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Director, SC Johnson Wax (manufacturer of household cleaning, personal care and insecticide products), SuperValu, Inc. (supermarket retailer and food distributor), AMCORE Financial, Inc. (bank holding company), and W.S. Darley & Co. (fire fighting and emergency equipment manufacturers).

Burton W. Ruder, 65, Trustee, 1995  
President, The Academy Financial Group (venture capital investment and transaction financing firm); Manager, Cedar Green Associates (real estate management firm).

Officers of the Trust

Henry R. Berghoef, 60, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund), 2000  Director of Domestic Research, HALP, since 2003; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

John N. Desmond, 48, Vice President, 2009  
Chief Operating Officer, HALP, since 2007; Vice President and Director for Nuveen Investments, 2005-2007; Director, Investment Operations and Business Manager for Scudder/Deutsche Asset Management prior thereto.

Richard J. Gorman, 43, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary, 2006  
Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust, since 2006; Senior Special Counsel, Investment Management Regulation, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, prior thereto.

Kevin G. Grant, 45, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund), 2000  
Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

David G. Herro, 48, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund), 1992  
Chief Investment Officer of International Equity, HALP; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

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Trustees and Officers cont.

John J. Kane, 38, Treasurer, 2005  
Manager, Mutual Fund and Institutional Services, HALP. Assistant Treasurer to the Trust, 1999 to 2005;

Robert M. Levy, 59, Executive Vice President, 2004  
Chairman, HAI; Chief Investment Officer of Domestic Equity, HALP; Portfolio Manager, HALP.

Clyde S. McGregor, 56, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund), 1995  
Portfolio Manager, HALP.

William C. Nygren, 51, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund), 1996  
Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Vineeta D. Raketich, 38, Vice President, 2003  
Director, International Operations and Client Relations, HALP.

Janet L. Reali, 58, Vice President and Secretary, 2001  
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, HAI, HALP and HASLP.

Kristi L. Rowsell, 43, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, 2005  
Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, HAI; Chief Financial Officer, HALP and HASLP prior thereto.

Edward A. Studzinski, 60, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund), 2000
Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Robert A. Taylor, 37, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund), 2005  
Director of International Research, since 2004; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Andrew Tedeschi, 44, Assistant Treasurer, 2008  
Accounting Manager of Mutual Fund Financial Administration, Van Kampen Funds, Morgan Stanley; Assistant Treasurer, Henderson Global North America prior thereto.

Christopher P. Wright, 35, Vice President, 2005  
Director of Mutual Fund Operations, HALP, since 2004; Assistant Director of Mutual Fund Operations, HALP prior thereto.

The business address of the officers and trustees is Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

The Statement of Additional Information (SAI) contains further information about the trustees and is available without charge upon your request by calling 1-800-625-6275.

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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" (e.g. "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

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

K&L Gates LLP

Chicago, Illinois

Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

Contact Us

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 shares redeemed within 90 days from any Fund other than Oakmark Equity and Income Fund.



1-800-OAKMARK

oakmark.com

The Oakmark Funds are distributed by Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA. Date of first use: November 2009.




OAKMARK FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (4/5/01) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(4/5/01)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class II)     3.22 %     1.68 %     3.28 %  
S&P 500 Index     -6.91 %     1.02 %     0.89 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.47%.

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. 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, November 2009




OAKMARK SELECT FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (12/31/99) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(12/31/99)
 
Oakmark Select Fund (Class II)     13.34 %     -0.28 %     6.06 %  
S&P 500 Index     -6.91 %     1.02 %     -1.57 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.37%.

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. 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, November 2009




OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME
FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (7/12/00) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO
THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(7/13/00)
 
Oakmark Equity & Income Fund (Class II)     0.70 %     6.02 %     8.96 %  
Lipper Balanced Fund Index     2.34 %     3.17 %     2.20 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.16%.

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, November 2009




OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND
FROM ITS INCEPTION (10/10/01) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE
MSCI WORLD INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
  (as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(10/10/01)
 
Oakmark Global Fund (Class II)     2.43 %     6.76 %     12.02 %  
MSCI World Index     -2.29 %     3.51 %     3.97 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.57%.

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. 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, November 2009




OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND
FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/4/99) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE
MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(11/4/99)
 
Oakmark International Fund (Class II)     17.70 %     7.83 %     8.08 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Index     2.89 %     6.53 %     2.54 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.52%.

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. 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, November 2009  




OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL
SMALL CAP FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (1/8/01) TO PRESENT (9/30/09) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. SMALL CAP AND THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEXES (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/09)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(1/8/01)
 
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (Class II)     16.08 %     7.95 %     11.84 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index     14.75 %     7.12 %     8.79 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Index     2.89 %     6.53 %     3.32 %  

 

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.

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/08 was 1.54%.

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. 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.

†  Prior to January 1, 2009, the Fund's primary benchmark was the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, an unmanaged index that includes countries throughout the world, excluding the U.S., in proportion to world stock market capitalization. The Fund changed its primary benchmark because the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index reached its tenth anniversary on December 31, 2008 and now provides an historical perspective to make a more meaningful comparison given the small cap focus of the Fund.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, November 2009




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 April 1, 2009, to September 30, 2009, 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 September 30, 2009, by $1,000 and multiplying the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period row as shown below.

Shares of all Funds, other than Oakmark Equity & Income Fund, invested for 90 days or less may be charged a 2% redemption fee. Please consult the Funds' prospectus at oakmark.com for more information.

    Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Global Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  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   $ 1,483.30     $ 1,513.30     $ 1,218.10     $ 1,564.00     $ 1,649.50     $ 1,822.50    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 8.40     $ 8.13     $ 6.34     $ 9.51     $ 9.50     $ 11.32    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.35 %     1.29 %     1.14 %     1.48 %     1.43 %     1.60 %  

 

* 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 365 (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.

    Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Global Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  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   $ 1,018.30     $ 1,018.60     $ 1,019.35     $ 1,017.65     $ 1,017.90     $ 1,017.05    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 6.83     $ 6.53     $ 5.77     $ 7.49     $ 7.23     $ 8.09    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.35 %     1.29 %     1.14 %     1.48 %     1.43 %     1.60 %  

 

* 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 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).




 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

(a) Registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.

 

(b) No disclosures are required by this Item 2(b).

 

(c) During the period covered by the report, no amendments were made to the provisions of the Code.

 

(d) During the period covered by the report, Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of the Code.

 

(e) Not applicable.

 

(f) A copy of the Code is filed as Exhibit (a)(1) to this Form N-CSR.  Copies of the Code will also be made available free of charge upon request, by writing or calling The Oakmark Funds, P.O. Box 8510, Boston, MA 02266-8510, 1-800-OAKMARK, (1-800-625-6275).

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that each of the following five members of the Registrant’s audit committee qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Instruction 2(b) to Item 3 of Form N-CSR:  Michael J. Friduss, Christine M. Maki, Allan J. Reich, Stephen S. Rogers and Gary N. Wilner, M.D.  Each of those members of Registrant’s audit committee is “independent” as such term is defined in paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert.  The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.  The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of trustees.

 



 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant were as follows:

 

 

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2009

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2008

 

Audit Fees(1)

 

$

230,000

 

$

212,000

 

Audit-Related Fees(2)

 

$

0

 

$

67,000

 

Tax Fees(3)

 

$

36,550

 

$

29,100

 

All Other Fees(4)

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the Registrant’s audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the Registrant.  The audit committee has authorized its chairman to exercise that authority in the intervals between meetings; and the chairman presents any such pre-approvals to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.  Under paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount for all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the Registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which such services are provided; 2) such services were not recognized by management at the time of engagement as non-audit services; and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s audit committee by management and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the audit committee or by one or more members of the audit committee who are members of the board of trustees to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the audit committee.

 

No audit-related, tax or non-audit services were approved by waiver pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 


(1)        “Audit Fees” include amounts for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

 

(2)        “Audit-Related Fees” include amounts for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements, specifically the semi-annual reviews of the Funds in fiscal year 2008.

 

(3)        “Tax Fees” include amounts for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, specifically distribution consultation.

 

(4)        “All Other Fees” include amounts for products and services provided by the principal accountant.

 



 

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

 

The aggregate non-audit fees billed for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008 by the Registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, its investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were $0 and $2,500, respectively.

 

The audit committee of Registrant’s board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered by Registrant’s principal accountant to Registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) The Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the 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 material changes were made to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees that were adopted in fiscal year 2004.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Based on an evaluation of the Registrant’s 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)       Code of Ethics for Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (as referenced in Item 2 above), attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1).

 

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

November 17, 2009

 

 

 

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:

November 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

November 17, 2009