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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)

 

Kristi L. Rowsell

Harris Associates L.P.

Two North La Salle Street, #500

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Paulita A. Pike

K&L Gates LLP

Three First National Plaza, #3100

Chicago, Illinois 60602

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(312) 621-0600

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

09/30/11

 

 

Date of reporting period:

09/30/11

 

 



 

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

 



ANNUAL REPORT

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

oakmark.com

Advised by Harris Associates L.P.



THE OAKMARK FUNDS

2011 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   10  
Oakmark Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   14  
Schedule of Investments   16  
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   18  
Schedule of Investments   21  
Oakmark Global Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   27  
Global Diversification Chart   30  
Schedule of Investments   31  
Oakmark Global Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   35  
Global Diversification Chart   37  
Schedule of Investments   38  
Commentary on Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds   41  
Oakmark International Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   42  
Global Diversification Chart   44  
Schedule of Investments   45  
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   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   85  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   93  
Trustees and Officers   97  
Oakmark Glossary   100  

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLOSURE

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




President's Letter

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

World markets fell dramatically during the third quarter of 2011 as investors worried about the U.S. possibly defaulting on its debt, the European sovereign debt and banking crisis, and the possibility that these events will lead to another recession. Like other mutual fund companies, The Oakmark Funds felt the negative impact of these worries on our Fund performance. The lack of confidence in stock markets and in global economic conditions is pervasive. As usual in periods like this, we are finding many great businesses selling at very attractive prices.

According to the Investment Company Institute, investors have withdrawn nearly $100 billion from equity-focused mutual funds during the five months ended in September. This exodus from stocks resembles the level of withdrawals from October 2008 through February 2009—the five months that followed the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. That was a very bad period indeed, but March 2009 also marked the point where markets finally improved. Therefore, while we understand investors' desire for capital preservation, we believe that retreating to so-called "safe" investments at this time could turn out to be quite disappointing.

Let's look at the alternatives available today for those hunting for risk-free assets in the market. Yields on U.S. Treasuries have plunged to record lows. Short-term government bonds yield well under 1%. The Federal Reserve has committed to keeping rates low through 2013 and is implementing "Operation Twist" to drive down long-term rates as well. The closely watched 10-year note plunged below 1.75% during the past quarter. Meanwhile, in the background, inflation is creeping up. The rise in the Consumer Price Index topped 3.5% during the summer months.

We believe equities compare very favorably to the "safe" scenarios described above. Whether the objective is to secure an income stream during retirement or to build assets for the long term, we think investors should continue to maintain a significant allocation to equities in order to build wealth over time.

The dividend yield on the S&P 5001 is now 2.2%, or 40 basis points above the yield for a 10-year U.S. Treasury note. Such an anomalous relationship has rarely been observed since the 1950s. However, when this has occurred, the average return of the S&P 500 in the subsequent 12 months was 16%, according to data from Standard & Poor's.

While 40 basis points may not sound like much, unlike interest payments, dividends can grow. The current dividend payout ratio is around 25% of the profits earned, well below historical norms, and corporate balance sheets are very strong. This gives managements the resources to maintain dividend levels even in a slow-growth environment.

In their quarterly letters to shareholders, the managers of The Oakmark Funds describe how these factors lead us to believe that the high quality, global companies in our portfolios present opportunities for solid rewards for the patient investor.

We thank you for your continued patience and support, and we welcome your comments and questions. You can reach us via email at ContactOakmark@oakmark.com.

Kristi L. Rowsell
President of The Oakmark Funds
President of Harris Associates L.P.

September 30, 2011


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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Summary Information (Unaudited)

Performance for Period
Ended September 30, 20112
  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*   -14.05%   -14.60%   -12.80%   -18.25%  
1 Year   -0.67%   -0.34%   -0.77%   -7.38%  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
         
3 Year   4.69%   8.59%   2.21%   1.02%  
5 Year   0.93%   -0.96%   3.52%   -0.52%  
10 Year   4.13%   3.46%   6.99%   10.24%  
Since inception     11.51%
(8/5/91)
  11.17%
(11/1/96)
  10.17%
(11/1/95)
  9.26%
(8/4/99)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
September 30, 20113
Company and % of Total
Net Assets  
  Comcast Corp.,
Class A 2.4%
Intel Corp. 2.4%
Bristol-Myers
Squibb Co. 2.3%
MasterCard, Inc.,
Class A 2.3%
Oracle Corp. 2.3%
  Discovery
Communications, Inc.,
Class C 9.0%
Liberty Media
Corp. - Interactive,
Class A 6.2%
TE Connectivity,Ltd. 5.8%
Comcast Corp.,
Class A 5.4%
MasterCard, Inc.,
Class A 4.9%
  Cenovus Energy, Inc. 3.7%
Nestle SA 3.4%
Diageo PLC 2.9%
UnitedHealth
Group, Inc. 2.8%
General Dynamics
Corp. 2.7%
  Oracle Corp. 4.9%
Square Enix
Holdings Co., Ltd. 4.5%
Snap-on, Inc. 4.4%
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings 4.3%
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. 4.0%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
September 30, 2011
Sector and % of
Long-Term Investments at Fair Value  
  Information
Technology 28.7%
Consumer
Discretionary 27.6%
Financials 13.4%
Health Care 10.1%
Industrials 9.0%
Consumer Staples 6.0%
Energy 5.2%
  Consumer
Discretionary 34.5%
Information
Technology 30.3%
Financials 8.9%
Health Care 8.8%
Energy 8.4%
Utilities 5.2%
Industrials 3.9%
  U.S. Government
Securities 24.3%
Health Care 17.1%
Consumer Staples 15.2%
Industrials 13.9%
Energy 10.5%
Consumer
Discretionary 6.8%
Information
Technology 6.4%
Materials 2.5%
Financials 1.5%
Foreign Government
Securities 1.8%
  Information
Technology 37.8%
Industrials 17.5%
Financials 12.6%
Health Care 9.7%
Consumer
Discretionary 9.7%
Materials 5.8%
Consumer Staples 5.1%
Energy 1.8%
 

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Funds does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase with the exception of the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund which do not impose a redemption fee. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

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Performance for Period
Ended September 30, 20112
  Oakmark
Global Select
Fund—Class I
(OAKWX)
  Oakmark
International
Fund—Class I
(OAKIX)
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund—Class I
(OAKEX)
 
3 Months*   -16.23%   -20.42%   -19.94%  
1 Year   -1.65%   -10.54%   -10.72%  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
       
3 Year   8.69%   5.86%   6.00%  
5 Year   N/A   -0.60%   -1.83%  
10 Year   N/A   8.81%   11.47%  
Since inception     2.02%
(10/2/06)
  9.41%
(9/30/92)
  9.34%
(11/1/95)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
September 30, 20113
Company and % of Total
Net Assets  
  ROHM Co., Ltd. 7.3%
Toyota Motor
Corp. 6.7%
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. 5.6%
Intel Corp. 5.3%
Adecco SA 5.3%
  Credit Suisse Group 4.1%
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. 3.7%
BNP Paribas 3.4%
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.3%
ROHM Co., Ltd. 3.2%
  Julius Baer Group,
Ltd. 3.8%
Hirose Electric Co.,
Ltd. 3.6%
Goodman Fielder,
Ltd. 3.1%
Square Enix
Holdings Co., Ltd. 2.9%
Incitec Pivot, Ltd. 2.8%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
September 30, 2011
Sector and % of
Long-Term Investments at Fair Value  
  Information
Technology 37.7%
Consumer
Discretionary 19.6%
Financials 15.6%
Industrials 9.8%
Consumer Staples 7.9%
Health Care 5.0%
Energy 4.4%
  Financials 25.0%
Consumer
Discretionary 19.3%
Industrials 18.7%
Information
Technology 12.4%
Materials 11.1%
Consumer Staples 8.7%
Health Care 4.8%
  Industrials 24.6%
Information
Technology 21.6%
Consumer
Discretionary 18.3%
Financials 13.1%
Consumer Staples 9.8%
Materials 9.3%
Health Care 3.3%
 

 

 

As of 9/30/10, the expense ratio for Class I shares was 1.11% for Oakmark Fund, 1.08% for Oakmark Select Fund, 0.79% for Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, 1.15% for Oakmark Global Fund, 1.29% for Oakmark Global Select Fund, 1.08% for Oakmark International Fund and 1.38% for Oakmark International Small Cap Fund.

The expense ratios as of 9/30/11 are included in the Financial Highlights tables beginning on page 86 of this report.

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FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

A shareholder of each Fund can incur 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 costs (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 Shares 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, 2011 to September 30, 2011, 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, 2011, 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 the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and 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
  $ 872.00     $ 872.10     $ 882.20     $ 817.50     $ 855.70     $ 812.60     $ 788.00    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 4.83     $ 5.02     $ 3.63     $ 5.42     $ 5.77     $ 4.91     $ 6.36    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.03 %     1.07 %     0.77 %     1.19 %     1.24 %     1.08 %     1.42 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class I Shares, 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 Shares 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. 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
  $ 1,019.90     $ 1,019.70     $ 1,021.21     $ 1,019.10     $ 1,018.85     $ 1,019.65     $ 1,017.95    
Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  $ 5.22     $ 5.42     $ 3.90     $ 6.02     $ 6.28     $ 5.47     $ 7.18    
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    1.03 %     1.07 %     0.77 %     1.19 %     1.24 %     1.08 %     1.42 %  

 

* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio for Class I Shares, 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, as long as intrinsic value growth meets our expectations, we patiently wait for the gap between stock price and intrinsic value to close.

When I studied stock market history in college, I thought that it would have been so easy to be an investor in the 1950s. The math behind dividend discount models hadn't yet been widely accepted, and most investors thought that, because equities were riskier than bonds, they needed to have higher yields. Of course, we have learned that equities require a higher expected return than bonds, but that expected growth is a very large component of that return. When equities yield less than bonds, they still usually have the higher expected returns. If only we could again have the opportunity they had in the '50s! Be careful what you wish for.

Today, we have the opportunity to buy high-quality stocks with yields that are much higher than bond yields. So are investors tripping over themselves to take advantage? Far from it. Investors continue to decrease their investment in large-cap equities. The headlines read "Buy and Hold Is Dead," "U.S. Investing: Are the Best Times Over?" and "Bury Buy and Hold." The newest fear seems to be volatility. The market is up 2% one minute and down 2% the next. Investors see the short-term results as being like a casino and they are scared. The past two months have certainly been full of large day-to-day price swings, but how unusual is that?

The Oakmark Fund was started in 1991, so we have 20 years of history. During those 20 years, the average daily volatility of the S&P 5001 (the difference between the daily high and low) has been 1.3%. From July 29 to September 16 of this year, every single day experienced above-average volatility. Over those 34 trading days, we saw many stories with quotes from investors who said they had never before experienced anything like it.

One of the advantages of managing money for a long time is that you gain perspective, and thus realize that often what is termed unprecedented has occurred many times before. We looked back over Oakmark's history and found seven periods where above-average daily volatility persisted for over a month. The longest of those streaks went on for 87 consecutive trading days. And despite those periods of excessive volatility, the 20-year returns for both the Oakmark Fund and the S&P 500 have been quite acceptable, which suggests that short periods of volatility are not predictive of negative future returns.

I wrote an article for our 20th anniversary that is reprinted below as part of this letter. As practitioners of buy-and-hold investing, I hope the story of how we have successfully invested over the past 20 years gives you the courage to block out the "buy and hold is dead" voices and allows you to take advantage of what we believe is a generational opportunity for equity investors.

Oakmark Fund at 20: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

In 1991, at a gathering of the partners of Harris Associates, several of us put forth the idea of starting a mutual fund that would use the same long-term, value-investing approach we had successfully employed in our high-net-worth client accounts. As we listed our reasons to do this, the one that was most convincing to our partners was that we wanted to invest our personal money in the fund. And in August of 1991, the Oakmark Fund was started.

Last month we celebrated Oakmark's 20th anniversary. Though a lot has changed in 20 years, including growing into a family of seven successful Funds, the things that matter most to our shareholders remain unchanged. We are still long-term value investors. We still have the same goal of achieving positive real returns that compound at a higher rate than an index fund. We still manage the Funds to maximize after-tax returns. We are still committed to industry-leading shareholder communications. And all of our Fund managers still have personal investments in the Funds they manage that represent the overwhelming majority of their equity investments.

As we did 10 years ago, on the Fund's 10th anniversary, let's take advantage of this opportunity to look back at our long-term record. When we started the Oakmark Fund, there were just over 2,000 mutual funds that invested primarily in domestic equities. Today there are nearly 10,000. Of the funds we competed with in 1991, only 634 remain in business. So more than two-thirds of the funds open in 1991 have closed their doors and, as a result, only 6% of the funds available today have 20-year track records. We've always discouraged making decisions based on results from short time periods. A given quarter, year or even several years can reflect unusual luck or an unusual market environment. Longer time periods have the benefit of smoothing out the periods of unusually good or bad luck, and unusually strong or weak markets. The longer the track

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record, the less influenced it is by serendipity. For investors trying to assess mutual fund track records, we believe the longer the better.

We're pleased with how our results stack up for the Oakmark Fund's first 20 years. During that time, the S&P 5001 produced a compound return of 8% per year. Given relatively low inflation, averaging about 3% per year, that's a pretty respectable real return. An investor who owned the S&P 500 for the past 20 years would now have about five times his initial investment. Adjusted for decreased purchasing power, that's still a triple. Over that same time period, an investor in the Oakmark Fund achieved a 12% annual return, which compounded to 10 times the initial investment. Adjusted for inflation, that equates to six times the purchasing power of the original investment, compared to three times for the S&P.

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total
Return Last
3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/5/91)
 
Oakmark Fund
(Class I)
    -14.05 %     -0.67 %     0.93 %     4.13 %     11.51 %  
S&P 500 Index     -13.87 %     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     7.65 %  
Dow Jones Industrial
Average4 
    -11.49 %     3.83 %     1.37 %     4.67 %     9.16 %  
Lipper Large-Cap
Value Fund Index5 
    -17.13 %     -3.56 %     -3.14 %     2.29 %     7.07 %  

 

For its first 20 years, Morningstar ranked Oakmark as the second best performing fund of the 139 funds in its large-blend category6 and Lipper ranked it number one among its 87 large-cap core funds7. Not too shabby.

So what should investors expect as Oakmark embarks on its second 20 years? We obviously can't guarantee a continuation of exceptional investment returns. The output of our process is subject to a great deal of uncertainty, and mutual fund managers aren't allowed to make predictions about their future returns. We can, however, talk about the inputs to our process.

We will continue to use the same investment approach. Over the past two decades, we attempted to identify companies that were selling at large discounts to their intrinsic value, where that value was expected to grow with time, and where managements were committed to maximizing long-term per-share value. Why was that approach successful? Because investors tended to be emotional, tended to overreact to news and tended to focus on much shorter time periods than we did. As we look forward, we see no reason why investor actions should differ from the past. If anything, investors today look at even shorter time periods, react more quickly to news and rely more heavily on price momentum than they did 20 years ago. That results in stocks trading even further from their long-term values. Our investment approach should continue to create at least as many bargain purchase opportunities as it did in the past.

We will continue to rely on an exceptionally talented team of investment professionals. Twenty years ago, we believed that our people gave us an important edge. Our analysts developed their belief in value investing before we hired them. Value is all we do at Oakmark, so we have only hired investors who were already committed to the value philosophy. Our analysts have always been generalists, which means we didn't create artificial boundaries that prevented them from researching and recommending the stocks they believed were most attractive. And unlike the many fund companies that move their most successful analysts to "more important" responsibilities, Oakmark has always used a compensation system that allowed successful analysts to be among our firm's highest compensated employees. As we start our third decade, it looks like we operate as differently from our competitors as ever. Most fund companies continue to offer a mix of value and growth products, so they prefer hiring analysts who don't have conviction about a specific investment approach, who cover just one industry and who will view that job as a stepping stone to a different job. Our successful first 20 years has made it easier to attract top value-investing talent; in fact, they now often come looking for us. We believe that our people will continue to give us at least as large an advantage as they did in the past.

We can't promise that the next 20 years will be as good as the first. But the reasons that led us to believe we could start a successful fund, and eventually a fund family, are at least as compelling today as they were 20 years ago. We want to thank all of you who have joined us on the first leg of this exciting journey and say to you, as well as to others that are new to the Fund, that we believe the path ahead looks to have at least as much opportunity as the path we've already traveled.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com
oaklx@oakmark.com

September 30, 2011

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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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/5/91)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class I)     -14.05 %     -0.67 %     0.93 %     4.13 %     11.51 %  
S&P 500 Index     -13.87 %     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     7.65 %  
Dow Jones Industrial
Average4 
    -11.49 %     3.83 %     1.37 %     4.67 %     9.16 %  
Lipper Large-Cap
Value Fund Index5 
    -17.13 %     -3.56 %     -3.14 %     2.29 %     7.07 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.11%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

The Oakmark Fund decreased in value by 14% in the past quarter, bringing the Fund to -1% for its September fiscal year. The S&P 500 lost 14% in the quarter and gained 1% for the fiscal year.

Looking back at the full fiscal year, we slightly trailed a disappointing 1% return for the S&P 500. Nine of our holdings returned over 20%: Apple, Baxter, Bristol-Myers, Comcast, eBay, Exxon, Harley-Davidson, MasterCard and McDonald's. Those strong performers tended to have below-average exposure to economic cycles or had above-average dividend yields. One of our best performing sectors was technology, where gains averaged 9%. Technology stocks now comprise approximately 29% of our portfolio. Those of you who owned Oakmark during the technology bubble of 2000 will remember that we had no exposure to technology stocks back then. In 2000, technology stocks traded at huge valuation premiums; today they sell at large discounts. We have always been attracted to technology businesses, but our process is driven by value. At today's prices, we believe that many technology companies are not just great businesses, but also great investments.

These strong performers for the year were offset by nine stocks that lost 20% or more: Aflac, Allstate, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Best Buy, Cisco, EnCana, Federal Express and JPMorgan. Unlike our winners this year, this group did have an industry theme—financials. Increasing regulatory issues and fear of a weakening economy made it a tough year for this industry. Our financial stocks were not only the poorest performers for our fiscal year, they also dominated the list of worst quarterly performers. Aflac, Allstate, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Capital One, JPMorgan and State Street all lost more than 20% in the quarter.

About 13% of the portfolio is invested in financial companies. We believed these companies looked cheap before they fell, and we believe they are even more attractive now. Though we believe our financial holdings are selling at large discounts to value, there are two reasons why we are not upping our investment to the much higher portfolio weighting that some of our value peers have.

First, we find many stocks across many industries to be attractively priced today. Most of those companies have more near-term ability to return capital to shareholders through dividends and share repurchase than financial stocks do. Adjusting for that fact makes them look almost as undervalued as our financial holdings. Second, because we explicitly adjust our returns for risk, we want to invest where the risk-adjusted returns appear greatest. The balance sheet leverage inherent in financial services creates a higher hurdle for our investment. If two stocks appear to offer similar returns, we will almost always prefer one with a cash-heavy balance sheet to one that is heavily leveraged.

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Despite the quarter's difficult environment, there were bright spots in the portfolio: Apple, Bristol Myers, MasterCard, McDonald's and Google all increased in value. As in the broader market, our strongest performers were those stocks that appear to be less exposed to the risk of economic slowdown. For example, the utility sector, which appeals to investors desiring higher current yield and lower economic sensitivity, was the only sector that increased in value during the quarter. We didn't own any utilities and are unlikely to add any, as we believe other sectors offer much better value.

During the quarter we took advantage of the market decline to do some tax trading. We took losses that more than offset gains we realized earlier in the year, which will likely eliminate the need to pay a capital gains distribution in 2011. During the quarter we also eliminated two positions: GlaxoSmithKline and Walgreen. Glaxo had increased in price and was approaching its sell target. We opted to sell Glaxo a little below its sell target to reinvest the proceeds in stocks that had fallen far below our buy targets. Walgreen also performed positively during the year, but we sold it because our business value estimate decreased as a result of the company's escalating war with Express Scripts. Corning was the only new position added during the quarter.

Corning Inc. (GLW - $13)

Corning is the world's largest supplier of industrial glass. Its glass is used in products that include televisions, tablet computers, smart phones, telecom networks and automobile-emissions systems. The reason your iPhone screen doesn't break as easily as the first ones did is that they now are made with Corning's Gorilla Glass. In 2000, when Corning was the main supplier for new fiber-optic networks, the company had EPS8 of $1.23 and its stock reached a high of $113. Today, fiber optics has taken a backseat to glass for displays. Corning earned over $2 per share last year and should come close to that level again this year. Despite a more diversified business mix, the stock now trades at less than seven times earnings and at less than book value. We believe that price represents an attractive entry point for purchasing a worldwide leader in glass technology.

We thank you for your patience enduring a year of being stuck in neutral. As was addressed in the commentary section, we believe the stock market is attractively valued today and extremely so when compared to other investment opportunities. We again encourage you to look at your overall portfolio and restore your equity allocation to its appropriate level.

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

 

September 30, 2011

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.9%  
Advertising—2.1%  
Omnicom Group, Inc.     2,576,254     $ 94,909,197    
Aerospace & Defense—2.8%  
Northrop Grumman Corp.     1,330,000       69,372,800    
The Boeing Co.     978,000       59,178,780    
      128,551,580    
Air Freight & Logistics—2.0%  
FedEx Corp.     1,355,000       91,706,400    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—2.4%  
State Street Corp.     1,790,000       57,566,400    
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     2,709,630       50,372,022    
      107,938,422    
Broadcasting—2.1%  
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (a)     2,660,140       93,503,921    
Cable & Satellite—4.0%  
Comcast Corp., Class A     5,190,000       107,381,100    
DIRECTV, Class A (a)     1,744,155       73,690,549    
      181,071,649    
Catalog Retail—2.0%  
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a)     6,005,000       88,693,850    
Communications Equipment—1.0%  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     2,950,000       45,695,500    
Computer & Electronics Retail—1.5%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.     2,890,000       67,337,000    
Computer Hardware—4.3%  
Apple, Inc. (a)     260,000       99,106,800    
Dell, Inc. (a)     6,680,000       94,522,000    
      193,628,800    
Consumer Finance—2.3%  
Capital One Financial Corp.     2,599,800       103,030,074    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—4.5%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     329,000       104,345,640    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     1,375,000       64,831,250    
Western Union Co.     2,290,000       35,014,100    
      204,190,990    

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Department Stores—1.4%  
Kohl's Corp.     1,311,900     $ 64,414,290    
Distillers & Vintners—1.7%  
Diageo PLC (b)     1,010,000       76,689,300    
Diversified Banks—1.9%  
Wells Fargo & Co.     3,615,000       87,193,800    
Electronic Components—1.6%  
Corning, Inc.     5,700,000       70,452,000    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.0%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (c)     3,259,500       91,722,330    
Health Care Equipment—5.0%  
Medtronic, Inc.     2,670,000       88,750,800    
Covidien PLC (c)     1,685,000       74,308,500    
Baxter International, Inc.     1,103,000       61,922,420    
      224,981,720    
Home Improvement Retail—1.9%  
The Home Depot, Inc.     2,556,500       84,032,155    
Housewares & Specialties—1.4%  
Fortune Brands, Inc.     1,180,000       63,814,400    
Hypermarkets & Super Centers—1.6%  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     1,415,000       73,438,500    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.2%  
3M Co.     758,000       54,416,820    
Tyco International, Ltd. (c)     1,150,000       46,862,500    
      101,279,320    
Industrial Machinery—1.4%  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     1,560,000       64,896,000    
Integrated Oil & Gas—3.8%  
Exxon Mobil Corp.     1,265,000       91,876,950    
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (c)     2,650,000       81,381,500    
      173,258,450    

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Internet Software & Services—3.3%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     3,400,000     $ 100,266,000    
Google, Inc., Class A (a)     100,000       51,438,000    
      151,704,000    
Life & Health Insurance—1.7%  
Aflac, Inc.     2,200,000       76,890,000    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.3%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.     1,652,000       56,713,160    
Movies & Entertainment—5.2%  
Time Warner, Inc.     3,392,566       101,675,203    
Viacom, Inc., Class B     1,879,745       72,821,321    
The Walt Disney Co.     2,056,300       62,018,008    
      236,514,532    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—1.1%  
Encana Corp. (c)     2,690,000       51,674,900    
Other Diversified Financial Services—2.6%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,520,000       75,902,400    
Bank of America Corp.     7,200,000       44,064,000    
      119,966,400    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.8%  
Unilever PLC (b)     3,070,000       95,753,300    
H.J. Heinz Co.     650,000       32,812,000    
      128,565,300    
Pharmaceuticals—4.6%  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     3,370,000       105,750,600    
Merck & Co., Inc.     3,086,535       100,960,560    
      206,711,160    
Property & Casualty Insurance—1.7%  
Allstate Corp.     3,290,000       77,940,100    
Restaurants—1.9%  
McDonald's Corp.     999,000       87,732,180    
Semiconductor Equipment—1.6%  
Applied Materials, Inc.     6,810,000       70,483,500    

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Semiconductors—4.4%  
Intel Corp.     5,000,000     $ 106,650,000    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,495,000       93,141,750    
      199,791,750    
Specialized Consumer Services—1.4%  
H&R Block, Inc.     4,728,600       62,937,666    
Systems Software—4.4%  
Oracle Corp.     3,600,000       103,464,000    
Microsoft Corp.     3,870,000       96,324,300    
      199,788,300    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,647,262,797)       $ 4,303,842,596    
Common Stock Sold Short—(0.5)%  
Distillers & Vintners—(0.5)%  
Beam, Inc. (d)     (563,000 )   $ (23,398,280 )  
Total Common Stocks Sold Short (Proceeds: $(24,821,934))       $ (23,398,280 )  
Short Term Investment—4.8%  
Repurchase Agreement—4.8%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011,
repurchase price $218,282,970, collateralized by
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Bonds, with
rates from 2.875% - 4.375%, with maturities from
2/9/2015 - 7/17/2015, and with an aggregate fair
value plus accrued interest of $110,997,588, and
by a Federal National Mortgage Association Bond,
with a rate of 1.500%, with a maturity of 4/27/2015,
and with a fair value plus accrued interest of
$111,653,500 (Cost: $218,282,788)
  $ 218,282,788     $ 218,282,788    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $218,282,788)       $ 218,282,788    
Total Investments (Cost: $3,840,723,651)—99.2%         4,498,727,104    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.8%         38,496,236    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 4,537,223,340    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Represents a Sponsored American Depositary Receipt.

(c)  Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(d)  When-issued security.

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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/96)
 
Oakmark Select Fund
(Class I)
    -14.60 %     -0.34 %     -0.96 %     3.46 %     11.17 %  
S&P 500 Index     -13.87 %     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     5.08 %  
Lipper Multi-Cap
Value Fund Index9 
    -19.09 %     -5.00 %     -3.81 %     3.06 %     4.86 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.08%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

The Oakmark Select Fund decreased in value by 15% in the quarter, resulting in a flat September fiscal year return. The S&P 500 fell by 14% in the quarter and returned 1% for our fiscal year.

For our fiscal year, four holdings increased by more than 20%: Bristol-Myers, Comcast, eBay and MasterCard. Three lost over 20%: Bank of America, Best Buy and Newfield Exploration. No obvious macro trend is shared by either the winners or the losers, and the seven extreme performers are from seven different industries. Though we achieved our expectation of having more big winners than big losers, the magnitude of the gains did not offset the magnitude of the losses. Our business-value estimates for the four gainers are substantially higher than they were a year ago, so despite their appreciation, we believe they still merit their positions in the portfolio.

During the quarter, we sold our positions in Bank of America and Best Buy. Both companies failed to meet our expectations for business-value growth. Bank of America suffered because of mortgage-related lawsuits and demands for more excess capital, and Best Buy was hurt by declining sales of consumer electronics and competitive pressures. A silver lining to that cloud is that selling Bank of America and Best Buy allowed us to fully offset this year's taxable gains so far. We enter the final month of our tax year with a small capital loss to carry forward. That means we will not have to make a capital gains distribution for 2011 unless we realize unusually large gains this month. Since that will happen only if our stocks perform well, it's a good problem to have.

The two stocks that most hurt our return for the quarter were Newfield Exploration and TE Connectivity. Newfield fell 42% as energy prices declined. We believe that Newfield's business is performing well and will continue to perform well. We therefore conclude that the company is worth a lot more than the current price of Newfield's stock. For that reason, we substantially increased our Newfield position. TE Connectivity, which lost 23%, was—and remains—an overweighted position. It now sells at 9x our estimate of earnings for this year, is increasing its dividend to what will be a 3% yield, and is aggressively deploying excess cash in share repurchases. We believe TE is an unusually attractive stock.

During this very weak quarter two stocks increased in value: Bristol-Myers and MasterCard. Both businesses are performing consistently with our expectations, but we trimmed them so that we could increase our holdings in stocks we believe are selling at much larger discounts to their value.

FedEx was the only new holding added during the quarter. FedEx has been a holding in the Oakmark Fund for several years, but never made the cut for Select's more concentrated portfolio. Our business-value estimate for FedEx continues to

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increase as the company further invests in its leading global network. Its stock, however, has decreased by 27% this year due to investors' growing fears about the short-term economic outlook. We believe our FedEx investment is a typical example of an opportunity we get because we have a longer investment horizon than most investors.

We believe the business values of our holdings have grown over the past year. As that growth has not led to higher stock prices than a year ago, we believe our portfolio has become a more attractive investment. We appreciate your patience while we wait for the gap between price and value to close.

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

 

September 30, 2011

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OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.8%  
Air Freight & Logistics—3.7%  
FedEx Corp.     1,250,000     $ 84,600,001    
Broadcasting—9.0%  
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (a)     5,809,500       204,203,925    
Cable & Satellite—9.6%  
Comcast Corp., Class A     5,950,000       123,105,500    
DIRECTV, Class A (a)     2,247,949       94,975,845    
      218,081,345    
Catalog Retail—6.2%  
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive, Class A (a)     9,500,000       140,315,000    
Computer Hardware—4.4%  
Dell, Inc. (a)     7,113,000       100,648,950    
Consumer Finance—4.4%  
Capital One Financial Corp.     2,550,000       101,056,500    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—4.9%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     350,000       111,006,000    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—5.8%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (b)     4,667,838       131,352,961    
Health Care Equipment—4.1%  
Medtronic, Inc.     2,800,000       93,072,000    
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders—4.9%  
Calpine Corp. (a)     7,854,600       110,592,768    
Integrated Oil & Gas—4.3%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (b)     3,224,800       99,033,608    
Internet Software & Services—4.5%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     3,450,000       101,740,500    
Movies & Entertainment—4.0%  
Time Warner, Inc.     3,060,666       91,728,160    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—3.6%  
Newfield Exploration Co. (a)     2,080,000       82,555,200    

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OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—94.8% (cont.)  
Other Diversified Financial Services—4.0%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,994,000     $ 90,179,280    
Pharmaceuticals—4.2%  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     3,080,200       96,656,676    
Semiconductors—9.2%  
Intel Corp.     5,047,000       107,652,510    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,800,000       101,270,000    
      208,922,510    
Specialized Consumer Services—4.0%  
H&R Block, Inc.     6,769,600       90,103,376    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,624,660,843)       $ 2,155,848,760    
Short Term Investment—5.2%  
Repurchase Agreement—5.2%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011,
repurchase price $119,810,495, collateralized by
a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with
a rate of 4.375%, with a maturity of 7/17/2015,
and with a fair value plus accrued interest
of $122,210,650 (Cost: $119,810,395)
  $ 119,810,395     $ 119,810,395    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $119,810,395)       $ 119,810,395    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,744,471,238)—100.0%         2,275,659,155    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—0.0% (c)         (930,765 )  
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 2,274,728,390    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX10 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark Equity &
Income Fund (Class I)
    -12.80 %     -0.77 %     3.52 %     6.99 %     10.17 %  
Lipper Balanced
Fund Index
    -9.62 %     0.30 %     1.53 %     4.13 %     5.90 %  
S&P 500 Index1      -13.87 %     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     6.14 %  
Barclays Capital
U.S. Govt./Credit
Bond Index11 
    4.74 %     5.14 %     6.52 %     5.74 %     6.28 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 0.79%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

Quarter and Fiscal Year Review

Worldwide equity markets declined significantly in the quarter ended September 30, and the impact was significant on the Equity and Income Fund. The Fund's nearly 13% loss lagged the 10% decline that Lipper reported for its Balanced Fund Index. In the fiscal year ended September 30, the Fund lost 1% while the Lipper Balanced Fund Index was flat. Although we do not have all of the data for the Lipper index, we believe that the Fund's relative shortfall derived from four factors: A larger equity weighting than the typical balanced fund, greater exposure to highly volatile commodity producers than the competitive funds, more small- and mid-cap equities (which tend to underperform in volatile markets) and a fixed-income portfolio with a short duration during a period when long-term bonds dominated. On a positive note, the annualized compound rate of return since the Fund's inception in 1995 is 10%, while the corresponding return to the Lipper Index is 6%.

Despite the disappointing results, the Fund benefited from takeover-related activity in the quarter. Goodrich produced by far the strongest contribution to return after United Technologies agreed to acquire the company at a substantial premium. No longer an automobile tire company, today Goodrich is best known for its landing gear for commercial aircraft. Amidst expectations that the airline industry will expand significantly, United Technologies spied an attractive growth opportunity in Goodrich. We thank Goodrich management for representing their shareholders' interests effectively in this negotiation. We will have more to say about interest rates later in this report, but United Technologies' management stated that the price for Goodrich was possible because of today's extremely low financing costs.

Kinetic Concepts was the second holding to agree during the quarter to a takeover at a meaningful premium. Kinetic makes devices that help hospitals treat patients with difficult wounds. The company's Lifecell unit developed an artificial skin that has attracted considerable interest. We wish the company well and thank the management team for their good stewardship of their shareholders' capital. As it happened, we initiated the Fund's Goodrich and Kinetic Concepts holdings in November 2008, illustrating that economically stressful times often produce the best opportunities.

While the two companies above have agreed to their acquisition, a third holding, Pharmerica, is contesting an offer from Omnicare, which itself is a Fund holding. Both companies are institutional pharmacies, meaning that they primarily provide pharmacy management services to long-term care facilities focused on the geriatric population. Although this industry is subject to the same cost pressures present throughout the health care industry, we believe this particular niche to be quite attractive when it is effectively managed.

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We find Omnicare's new management team to be impressive and estimate that the combination with Pharmerica would offer considerable scale economies. Nevertheless, many factors could thwart this merger's completion. As value investors, we are pleased to hear about acquisition offers for companies in which we have invested. These acquisition valuations also become important data that help us understand what other businesses may be worth.

Aside from Goodrich, Kinetic Concepts and Pharmerica, other leading contributors to the Fund's return included TJX and MasterCard. Discount retailers have performed well in this difficult economic climate, and TJX's value proposition has clearly appealed to fearful consumers. MasterCard benefited from the clarification of new regulations governing debit-card transactions.

As noted in the first paragraph, the Fund's commodity producer holdings detracted from return in the quarter, as three of the largest detractors are commodity producers. Although both Apache and Cenovus Energy are executing their respective strategies effectively, their shares suffered during the quarter from the significant fall in petroleum's price. In contrast, Walter Energy, the metallurgical coal producer, declined in price mostly because production shortfalls occurred at its mines in Alabama and British Columbia. Hospira and General Dynamics were the other largest detractors.

Goodrich, Covidien (now sold), Sara Lee, United Health and Kinetic Concepts were the largest contributors to return over the 12 months. Hospira, Apache, Flowserve, PartnerRe and Texas Instruments were the largest detractors.

Transaction Activity

The portfolio's overall shape evolved modestly during the quarter, but most changes were simply the result of the stock market's decline. The total allocation to non-cash fixed income did not change significantly, but the composition changed. We eliminated the U.S. Agency debt holdings while adding to the Fund's Canadian government debt holdings. We also initiated a Norwegian government debt position. We kept the fixed-income portfolio duration (a measure of sensitivity to changes in interest rates) constant at 1.6 years. This is a very short duration (little sensitivity to interest rate movement) and reflects our belief that Treasury notes and bonds provide very little risk-adjusted value today. We noted one year ago that "assets can stay mispriced for long periods of time, and...that is our best guess for the bond market." That guess has come true—bond prices have become even more distorted. Although it is possible to construct environments where these bond prices persist, we think such environments are highly unlikely. We find current bond prices to be too risky and their yields too unrewarding, and we therefore maintain strict duration discipline.

Even though we find high-quality bonds to be materially overpriced, we continue to find interesting value opportunities in equities. Broadly speaking, businesses are performing better than the aggregate economic indicators, and this is reflected in the anomalously high profit margin percentage of GDP. We do not expect the economy to maintain this configuration indefinitely, but we have little ability to forecast this with any precision. We can, however, continue to seek out businesses that are prospering now and seem likely to do so in most environments.

We initiated positions in Cimarex Energy, Dover and VCA Antech, and we eliminated the Fund's Home Depot holding. Cimarex is a natural-gas-oriented independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations concentrated in the U.S. In our opinion, Cimarex's asset base should allow the company to grow production and value at substantial rates for many years. The stock sells at a large discount to our asset value per share estimate and also appears to be undervalued relative to its peers. Dover is an example of a vanishing breed—the successful conglomerate or, as they prefer, a widely diversified manufacturer. The company's products range from cell phone microphones to sucker rods for oil wells. Management has allocated capital skillfully and adapted well to changing market conditions. VCA Antech is the Fund's third entry into the diagnostic lab market, although Antech's labs only serve the animal health-care industry. The company also is the largest owner of animal hospitals. Our interest in this company was piqued when we learned how well the pet care industry performed through the 2008 recession. At least that one experience suggests that consumers will spend on their pets even in the darkest times.

Learning to Live with Volatility

It appears that most people hate volatility. How else can you explain the pronounced preference for stable value funds when individuals are offered that choice in a retirement plan, even though such funds often promise rather meager returns? Your Fund's managers have heard from many shareholders on this issue. Some wish to know why the Fund's daily volatility seems to have increased. Others fret (as do we) that the Fund has not outperformed in the current downturn when it was able to do so in 2008. So what is different this time?

The basic difference in the investing environment is extremely low interest rates, which we believe to be distorted by monetary authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere. Famed investor John Templeton is supposed to have quipped that "the five most dangerous words in investing are 'this time things are different.'" With all due respect to Mr. Templeton, we see things to be very different now.

In an earlier paragraph discussing the Fund's fixed-income holdings, we mentioned duration. Although duration is most easily calculated for simple fixed-income investments, the concept can be applied to all investments. Duration makes different investments more comparable by mathematically measuring and time-valuing the predicted cash flows from an investment. In a zero-coupon bond, which pays no interest during its life but a value upon maturity, the duration is simply equal to the number of years to maturity. With conventional bonds that pay interest during their time to maturity, the duration number is lower than the years to maturity because cash flows have been received along the way. Note that duration does not tell you anything about the likelihood that a bond will pay off as promised; it simply measures the bond's cash

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flows as they are contractually stated. Short-term Greek bonds today have very low durations but high default risk.

As we look further and further into the future, the range of possible outcomes increases. Put another way, uncertainty grows as the forecasting time horizon lengthens. In a high-interest-rate world, fears about the distant future do not matter so much because an investor is receiving significant cash flow in the near term. This translates into economic uncertainty having less effect on asset values. But, in a world of very low rates and coupon payments, the opposite is true. In essence, a low-interest-rate world is also a long-duration world, and long-duration assets are more volatile.

We have worked to position the Equity and Income Fund portfolio for the long term in this time of great uncertainty. Because high-quality bonds of all maturities offer minimal returns, we have chosen to keep the fixed-income portfolio very short in duration while hoping for the opportunity to reinvest maturing assets at more rewarding yields. We have also increased the portfolio's holdings of Treasury bills and other cash-like investments. When interest rates return to a more normal structure, we believe that our very conservative approach will have protected the Fund's capital.

On the equity side we continue as always to invest the Fund in companies that we believe have undervalued stocks, are growing intrinsic values per share and have properly rewarded managements whose interests are aligned with shareholders. Although we regret that the Fund's sensitivity to stock market volatility has increased, we believe that this structure holds the best promise to meet our shareholders' long-term needs. We thank our shareholders for entrusting us with their assets. As always, we 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, 2011

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.3%  
Aerospace & Defense—7.4%  
General Dynamics Corp.     8,335,000     $ 474,178,150    
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (b)     5,400,000       334,638,000    
Goodrich Corp.     2,619,200       316,085,056    
ITT Corp.     3,224,000       135,408,000    
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)     1,097,314       53,614,762    
      1,313,923,968    
Apparel Retail—2.2%  
The TJX Cos., Inc.     6,000,000       332,820,000    
Foot Locker, Inc.     3,000,000       60,270,000    
      393,090,000    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—0.4%  
Carter's, Inc. (a)     2,324,000       70,974,960    
Application Software—0.1%  
Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)     2,119,728       20,391,783    
Broadcasting—1.5%  
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A     7,000,000       260,190,000    
Catalog Retail—0.2%  
HSN, Inc. (a)     1,036,796       34,349,051    
Communications Equipment—0.3%  
Arris Group, Inc. (a)     4,535,400       46,714,620    
Construction Materials—0.8%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     2,234,600       141,271,412    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.2%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     796,358       252,572,903    
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (b)     6,900,000       138,966,000    
      391,538,903    
Distillers & Vintners—2.9%  
Diageo PLC (c)     6,665,100       506,081,043    
Diversified Metals & Mining—1.3%  
Walter Energy, Inc. (b)     3,947,050       236,862,471    
Drug Retail—1.1%  
CVS Caremark Corp.     6,000,000       201,480,000    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.3% (cont.)  
Electrical Components & Equipment—1.5%  
Rockwell Automation Inc.     4,789,653     $ 268,220,568    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—1.0%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (d)     6,397,500       180,025,650    
Health Care Distributors—0.2%  
PharMerica Corp. (a) (b)     1,810,000       25,828,700    
Health Care Equipment—5.4%  
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)     52,431,500       309,870,165    
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)     5,700,000       297,312,000    
CR Bard, Inc.     2,291,741       200,619,007    
Steris Corp.     2,873,300       84,101,491    
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (a)     936,376       61,697,815    
      953,600,478    
Health Care Facilities—0.2%  
VCA Antech, Inc. (a)     2,209,000       35,299,820    
Health Care Services—4.8%  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)     4,935,000       390,111,750    
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     6,595,000       325,529,200    
Omnicare, Inc.     5,154,500       131,078,935    
      846,719,885    
Home Furnishings—0.8%  
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)     2,407,000       103,284,370    
Leggett & Platt, Inc.     2,305,656       45,628,932    
      148,913,302    
Industrial Machinery—3.5%  
Flowserve Corp. (b)     3,584,402       265,245,748    
Dover Corp.     4,529,500       211,074,700    
Pentair, Inc.     4,200,000       134,442,000    
      610,762,448    
Integrated Oil & Gas—3.7%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (d)     21,100,000       647,981,000    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.4%  
PerkinElmer, Inc.     3,500,000       67,235,000    
Managed Health Care—2.8%  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     10,700,000       493,484,000    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.3% (cont.)  
Office Services & Supplies—0.0% (e)  
Mine Safety Appliances Co.     300,000     $ 8,088,000    
Oil & Gas Drilling—0.3%  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     2,600,000       45,084,000    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—5.5%  
Apache Corp.     4,450,000       357,068,000    
Concho Resources, Inc. (a)     3,470,600       246,898,484    
Cimarex Energy Co.     3,375,100       187,993,070    
Range Resources Corp.     2,480,000       144,980,800    
Ultra Petroleum Corp. (a)     1,229,500       34,081,740    
      971,022,094    
Packaged Foods & Meats—5.4%  
Nestle SA (c) (f)     11,052,000       608,445,756    
Sara Lee Corp.     20,700,000       338,445,000    
      946,890,756    
Pharmaceuticals—1.7%  
Hospira, Inc. (a)     8,000,000       296,000,000    
Reinsurance—0.2%  
PartnerRe, Ltd. (b) (d)     777,100       40,619,017    
Semiconductors—2.1%  
Texas Instruments, Inc.     13,704,000       365,211,600    
Soft Drinks—2.1%  
PepsiCo., Inc.     5,930,000       367,067,000    
Specialized Finance—1.1%  
CME Group, Inc., Class A     805,000       198,352,000    
Specialty Stores—1.0%  
Tractor Supply Co.     2,734,600       171,049,230    
Tobacco—2.2%  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     6,243,000       389,438,340    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $10,304,550,889)       $ 11,693,761,099    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Fixed Income—23.6%  
Corporate Bonds—0.2%  
Paper Packaging—0.1%  
Sealed Air Corp., 144A, 5.625%, due 7/15/2013 (g)   $ 18,740,000     $ 19,580,227    
Property & Casualty Insurance—0.0% (e)  
OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, due 5/15/2013     3,589,000       3,678,481    
Semiconductor Equipment—0.1%  
ASML Holding NV, 5.75%, due 6/13/2017   EUR 9,660,000       13,599,436    
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost: $31,113,459)       $ 36,858,144    
Government and Agency Securities—23.4%  
Canadian Government Bonds—1.4%  
Canadian Government Bond, 1.75%, due 3/1/2013   CAD 100,000,000     $ 96,608,455    
Canadian Government Bond, 1.50%, due 12/1/2012   CAD 100,000,000       96,140,853    
Canadian Government Bond, 4.25%, due 12/1/2021,
Inflation Indexed
  CAD 36,109,000       48,274,553    
      241,023,861    
New Zealand Government Bonds—0.1%  
New Zealand Government Bond, 6.00%,
due 11/15/2011
  NZD 20,000,000       15,311,500    
Norwegian Government Bonds—0.1%  
Norwegian Government Bond, 6.50%, due 5/15/2013   NOK 150,000,000       27,571,140    
U.S. Government Notes—21.8%  
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 7/15/2018,
Inflation Indexed
  $ 523,825,000       580,463,578    
United States Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 7/15/2020,
Inflation Indexed
    517,950,000       571,808,513    
United States Treasury Note, 2.875%, due 1/31/2013     483,005,000       499,872,501    
United States Treasury Note, 2.125%, due 1/15/2019,
Inflation Indexed
    263,060,000       306,382,825    
United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, due 2/28/2013     200,000,000       201,140,600    
United States Treasury Note, 0.125%, due 8/31/2013     200,000,000       199,507,800    
United States Treasury Note, 0.125%, due 9/30/2013     200,000,000       199,484,000    
United States Treasury Note, 1.125%, due 6/15/2013     175,000,000       177,521,750    
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 1/15/2014     100,000,000       101,492,200    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 11/15/2012     100,000,000       101,320,300    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 10/15/2012     100,000,000       101,222,700    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 9/15/2012     100,000,000       101,121,100    
United States Treasury Note, 1.125%, due 12/15/2012     100,000,000       101,101,600    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Fixed Income—23.6% (cont.)  
U.S. Government Notes—21.8% (cont.)  
United States Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 7/15/2012   $ 100,000,000     $ 101,035,200    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 5/15/2012     100,000,000       100,757,800    
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 4/30/2012     100,000,000       100,508,000    
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 3/31/2012     100,000,000       100,441,000    
United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, due 6/30/2012     100,000,000       100,344,000    
United States Treasury Note, 0.375%, due 8/31/2012     100,000,000       100,183,600    
      3,845,709,067    
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost: $3,987,060,764)
      $ 4,129,615,568    
Total Fixed Income (Cost: $4,018,174,223)       $ 4,166,473,712    
Short Term Investments—11.0%  
Canadian Treasury Bills—5.4%  
Canadian Treasury Bills, 0.80% - 1.42%,
due 12/22/2011 - 8/30/2012 (h)
(Cost: $1,015,929,128)
  CAD 1,000,000,000     $ 949,715,622    
Commercial Paper—3.6%  
BP Capital Markets PLC, 144A, 0.23% - 0.27%,
due 10/20/2011 - 12/15/2011 (g) (h)
  $ 151,280,000     $ 151,240,410    
PepsiCo., Inc., 144A, 0.07% - 0.11%,
due 10/24/2011 - 11/16/2011 (g) (h)
    116,150,000       116,137,494    
Wellpoint, Inc., 144A, 0.25% - 0.41%,
due 10/3/2011 - 12/29/2011 (g) (h)
    95,000,000       94,969,147    
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 0.20% - 0.24%,
due 10/28/2011 - 11/4/2011 (h)
    75,000,000       74,985,083    
Medtronic, Inc., 144A, 0.07% - 0.10%,
due 11/17/2011 - 12/8/2011 (g) (h)
    75,000,000       74,983,273    
Johnson & Johnson, 144A, 0.04% - 0.05%,
due 10/4/2011 - 10/17/2011 (g) (h)
    60,000,000       59,999,611    
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 144A, 0.07%, due 10/6/2011 (g) (h)     25,000,000       24,999,757    
Kellogg Co., 144A, 0.20%, due 10/3/2011 - 10/19/2011 (g) (h)     21,000,000       20,998,167    
American Honda Finance Corp., 0.14%,
due 11/9/2011 (h)
    20,000,000       19,994,444    
John Deere Capital Co., 144A, 0.15%, due 12/5/2011 (g) (h)     2,600,000       2,599,361    
Total Commercial Paper (Cost: $640,885,991)         640,906,747    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Short Term Investments—11.0% (cont.)  
Repurchase Agreement—2.0%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011, repurchase
price $357,495,510, collateralized by Federal
National Mortgage Association Bonds, with rates
from 0.750% - 4.625%, with maturities from
9/2/2014 - 1/27/2015, and with an aggregate fair
value plus accrued interest of $364,647,405
(Cost: $357,495,212)
  $ 357,495,212     $ 357,495,212    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $2,014,310,331)       $ 1,948,117,581    
Total Investments (Cost: $16,337,035,443)—100.9%         17,808,352,392    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $24,231,850)—0.1%         23,857,238    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—(1.0)%         (178,985,046 )  
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 17,653,224,584    

 

(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)  Represents a foreign domiciled corporation.

(e)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

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

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

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

Key to abbreviations:

CAD: Canadian Dollar

EUR: Euro

NOK: Norwegian Krone

NZD: New Zealand Dollar

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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX12 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/4/99)
 
Oakmark Global
Fund (Class I)
    -18.25 %     -7.38 %     -0.52 %     10.24 %     9.26 %  
MSCI World Index     -16.61 %     -4.35 %     -2.23 %     3.71 %     0.92 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index13      -19.52 %     -8.31 %     -1.94 %     4.15 %     2.18 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.15%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Fund does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

Quarter and Fiscal Year Review

Although the Oakmark Global Fund's fiscal year started strong, the September quarter proved so decisively negative that the year ended in a loss. The Fund suffered a loss of 18% in the quarter, similar to the MSCI World Index loss of 17%. The Lipper Global Fund Index dropped 20%. The quarter's sizable decrease changed the Fund's calendar nine-month return from a small positive gain to a 16% loss. This contrasts to the 12% decline for the MSCI World Index and the 16% decline for the Lipper Global Fund Index. Finally, for the Fund's fiscal year ended September 30, the returns were a 7% loss for the Fund, 4% loss for the MSCI and 8% loss for the Lipper Global Fund Index. As always, we are most pleased to report the Fund's 9% compound annualized rate of return since its inception in 1999.

Last year at this time we were able to write that no single country produced a negative three-month return for the Fund. It is probably obvious from this quarter's total return number that all countries in which the Fund held investments lost money. Germany experienced the largest percentage loss, followed by Switzerland and Spain, but the negative contribution of the U.S. to the total loss was the greatest, due to the Fund's much higher weighting in U.S. equities. Currency effects were also negative except in Japan.

The Fund owned shares of 41 different companies at some point during the quarter. Of those 41, only MasterCard (U.S.) and Square Enix (Japan) managed a positive total return in the period. We noted in last quarter's report that, as June ended, the Federal Reserve would issue its final debit interchange rules, as required by the Dodd-Frank act. We argued that, regardless of the interchange outcome, MasterCard was undervalued and attractive. As it happened, the market perceived the new rules to be more favorable than expected, and this supported MasterCard's shares in this difficult trading environment. Square Enix has been a volatile stock in most time periods. The company's shares declined significantly after the March earthquake and tsunami, and the recent quarter's price improvement merely corrected some of the prior excessive movement.

Roughly three-fourths of the Fund's holdings lost more than 10% in the quarter. The issues that had the biggest negative contribution to the Fund's return were Snap-on (U.S.), Adecco (Switzerland),

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Rheinmetall (Germany), Credit Suisse (Switzerland) and Apache (U.S.). Snap-on is a small-capitalization company whose stock has often been volatile. While Snap-on did not report any problems during the quarter, investors may have reacted negatively to the company's large exposure to deteriorating Mediterranean markets. Steady defense-business growth combined with renewed auto-industry profitability have put Rheinmetall on pace to generate another record year of profits. The shares have been weak, like we have seen for many European industrial companies, because investors fear that government austerity programs may precipitate a European recession. Credit Suisse shares have declined in sympathy with other European financials. With immaterial exposure to sovereign debt, we believe the strength of the Swiss franc (and not debt-related charges) is hurting profits. The private bank continues to see strong net growth in new money. Apache declined in concert with petroleum prices.

Adecco, the word's largest temporary help and permanent placement company, is currently trading at prices last seen in April '09. Despite macroeconomic concerns, Adecco's business today is considerably better-positioned and is trading at significantly lower multiples than it was in April 2009. To put this in perspective, Adecco generated EUR 14.8 billion in revenue and EUR 402 million in operating profit in 2009, so we were paying a high-teens multiple on 12-month expected EBIT. In 2011, we forecast that Adecco will generate EUR 20.5 billion in revenue and more than EUR 850 million in operating profit, so today we are buying the business for 8x 12-month expected EBIT. In addition, despite a relatively lackluster recovery in employment across most of the developed world, Adecco's revenue has increased more than 20% since 2009 because employers value the flexibility that temporary staff provides in today's more volatile world. Adecco has also grown via mergers and acquisitions. It has utilized almost EUR 1 billion of the EUR 1.25 billion it generated in free cash flow over the past three years to buy professional staffing businesses, such as MPS in the U.S. Even with its mergers and acquisitions spending, Adecco returned nearly EUR 250 million to shareholders via dividends without increasing its leverage.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Ireland all managed to generate positive returns for the Fund. Switzerland, Japan, Australia, Germany and Spain detracted most. Bulgari (Italy), MasterCard, Sara Lee (U.S.), Television Francaise 1 (France) and Oracle (U.S.) were the largest individual contributors. The largest detractors were Credit Suisse, Square Enix, UBS (Switzerland, now sold), Adecco and Tenet Healthcare (U.S.).

Portfolio Activity

We traded actively in the quarter to try to take advantage of periodic volatile swings in the markets. We did not initiate any new positions, however. We eliminated three European holdings: Neopost (France), Television Francaise 1 and UBS. The two French holdings had performed well, and we exited them because we perceived better opportunities elsewhere. Late in the quarter, UBS disclosed that unauthorized trading for the bank's account had generated a $2.3 billion loss and soon after CEO Oswald Grübel resigned. We had maintained the Fund's UBS holding in part because of what we had seen Grübel accomplish at Credit Suisse previously. His departure, along with the bank's obvious controls shortfall, caused us to reassess our ownership.

The U.S. weight within the Fund grew modestly in the quarter. At 43%, this weight continues to be somewhat less than the U.S. weight in global indices. As always, we construct the portfolio based on our perception of individual dominant investment opportunities, paying little attention to corporate domicile as long as we are within the Fund's prospectus limits. We are overweight compared to our indices in both Switzerland and Japan. Each holding in those two countries meets our requirements for quality and value, but they also have the potential advantage of an eventual correction in currency imbalances. We believe that the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are significantly overvalued relative to other currencies. If we are right and these currency imbalances correct, this should benefit our holdings.

Hedge Discussion

We continue to believe that the U.S. dollar is undervalued relative to other global currencies. It is important, however, to note that the relative value of the U.S. dollar has improved significantly over the past few months. For example, in early August, 0.72 Swiss francs were needed to purchase 1 U.S. dollar, an all-time low. The franc had soared at that time as investors flocked to the "safe haven" currency amid concerns regarding the debt crisis in Europe. This quickly reversed in August and September as the Swiss National Bank intervened to prevent further appreciation of the franc. The Swiss government argued that to allow the franc to continue at such an elevated level would hurt Swiss exporters and create a drag on their earnings. As of quarter end, the franc was trading at 0.91, a 26% change in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in less than two months. Other global currencies, excluding the Japanese yen, have experienced similar movements in the past few months. Our hedge positions are designed to reduce the Fund's vulnerability to volatility in the

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currency markets. Specifically, as of quarter end, approximately 85% of the Fund's Australian dollar, 76% of the Swiss franc, 76% of the Japanese yen, 39% of the Swedish krona and 39% of the euro exposures were hedged.

Thank you for being our partners in the Oakmark Global Fund. Please feel free to contact us with your questions or comments.

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

 

September 30, 2011

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Global Diversification—September 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.4%  
Application Software—2.0%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     738,400     $ 37,571,435    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—3.4%  
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
(Switzerland) (a)
  Asset Management     1,895,900       63,357,481    
Automobile Manufacturers—4.2%  
Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)   Automobile Manufacturer     1,726,800       59,193,257    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     403,700       17,954,328    
      77,147,585    
Broadcasting—3.3%  
Discovery
Communications, Inc.,
Class C (United States) (a)
  Media Management &
Network Services
    1,725,150       60,639,023    
Building Products—2.0%  
Assa Abloy AB, Class B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs &
Manufactures Security Locks
    1,791,700       36,863,253    
Construction Materials—1.3%  
Holcim, Ltd. (Switzerland)   Produces & Markets Ready-Mixed
Concrete, Cement, Clinker &
Admixtures
    455,800       24,188,301    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.4%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A
(United States)
  Transaction Processing Services     196,100       62,195,076    
Distillers & Vintners—1.8%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    1,781,500       33,967,171    
Diversified Banks—2.0%  
Banco Santander SA
(Spain)
  Retail, Commercial & Private
Banking & Asset Management
Services
    4,576,000       37,412,881    
Diversified Capital Markets—2.8%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    1,965,900       51,430,338    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.4% (cont.)  
Electronic Components—4.7%  
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Develops & Sells Electronic
Equipment
    709,900     $ 65,994,493    
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment &
System Manufacturer
    1,065,700       20,928,766    
      86,923,259    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.9%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
    1,916,300       53,924,682    
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—2.2%  
Incitec Pivot, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Fertilizer Manufacturer &
Supplier
    13,213,200       40,938,252    
Health Care Equipment—1.5%  
Covidien PLC (Ireland)   Health Care Equipment & Supplies     640,900       28,263,690    
Health Care Facilities—1.6%  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
(United States) (a)
  Hospitals & Health Care Facilities     7,224,300       29,836,359    
Health Care Services—6.4%  
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
(United States) (a)
  Medical Laboratory &
Testing Services
    1,008,700       79,737,735    
Primary Health Care, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Health Care Service Provider     13,291,900       38,126,300    
      117,864,035    
Home Entertainment Software—4.5%  
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game Consoles
    4,606,300       82,945,578    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.6%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     1,221,200       48,133,019    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.4%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     953,000       44,701,310    
Industrial Machinery—4.4%  
Snap-on, Inc.
(United States)
  Tool & Equipment Manufacturer     1,837,600       81,589,440    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.4% (cont.)  
Investment Banking & Brokerage—4.0%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     20,009,000     $ 74,718,675    
Movies & Entertainment—2.0%  
Live Nation
Entertainment, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Live Events Producer, Operator, &
Promoter
    4,611,432       36,937,570    
Office Electronics—3.4%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     1,395,600       63,368,659    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—1.8%  
Apache Corp.
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    405,200       32,513,248    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.1%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     559,300       30,790,964    
Sara Lee Corp.
(United States)
  Manufactures & Markets Brand
Name Products for Consumers
Worldwide
    1,637,200       26,768,220    
      57,559,184    
Railroads—2.0%  
Union Pacific Corp.
(United States)
  Rail Transportation Provider     459,600       37,535,532    
Research & Consulting Services—3.6%  
Equifax, Inc.
(United States)
  Information Management,
Transaction Processing,
Direct Marketing & Customer
Relationship Management
    1,784,200       54,846,308    
Meitec Corp. (Japan)   Software Engineering Services     603,100       11,529,235    
      66,375,543    
Semiconductor Equipment—1.8%  
Applied Materials, Inc.
(United States)
  Develops, Manufactures, Markets &
Services Semiconductor Wafer
Fabrication Equipment
    3,312,600       34,285,410    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—97.4% (cont.)  
Semiconductors—9.3%  
Intel Corp. (United States)   Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    2,739,400     $ 58,431,402    
Texas Instruments, Inc.
(United States)
  Designs & Supplies Digital Signal
Processing, Analog Technologies &
Microcontroller Semiconductors
    2,134,800       56,892,420    
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    1,079,100       56,290,995    
      171,614,817    
Specialty Chemicals—2.1%  
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
(United States)
  Manufactures Flavors & Fragrance
Products
    700,200       39,365,244    
Systems Software—4.9%  
Oracle Corp.
(United States)
  Software Services     3,141,900       90,298,206    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,848,708,034)           $ 1,804,464,256    
Short Term Investment—1.1%  
Repurchase Agreement—1.1%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
 
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011, repurchase
 
price $20,410,573, collateralized by a Federal
 
National Mortgage Association Bond, with a rate of
 
2.000%, with a maturity of 1/27/2015, and with a
 
fair value plus accrued interest of $13,791,995, and
 
by a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with
 
a rate of 2.875%, with a maturity of 2/9/2015, and
 
with a fair value plus accrued interest of $7,027,400
 
(Cost: $20,410,556)       $ 20,410,556     $ 20,410,556    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $20,410,556)           $ 20,410,556    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,869,118,590)—98.5%             1,824,874,812    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—1.5%             28,598,547    
Total Net Assets—100%           $ 1,853,473,359    

 

  Securities of aggregate value of $940,404,691 were valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

(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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX12 (UNAUDITED)

    Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Last 3 Months*   1-year   Average Annual
Total Return
Since Inception
(10/2/06)
 
Oakmark Global
Select Fund (Class I)
    -16.23 %     -1.65 %     2.02 %  
MSCI World Index     -16.61 %     -4.35 %     -2.26 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index13      -19.52 %     -8.31 %     -1.95 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.29%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Fund does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

The Oakmark Global Select Fund lost 2% for the year ended September 30, 2011, outperforming the MSCI World Index's 4% decline. For the latest quarter and calendar year to date, respectively, the Fund was down 16% and 10%, while the MSCI World Index lost 17% and 12%. The Fund has returned an average of 2% per year since its inception in October 2006, outperforming the MSCI World Index's annualized loss of 2% over the same period.

The top contributor to performance for the last 12 months was the French television operator Societe Television Francaise 1 (TF1), which returned 26% before being sold from the portfolio in March 2011. We used the proceeds to purchase names trading at a larger discount to our estimate of intrinsic value.

Another top contributor was Comcast, the largest cable provider in the U.S., which returned 23%. Comcast derives most of its revenue from television, Internet and digital-phone services offered in 39 states and the District of Columbia. It has approximately 17 million broadband Internet subscribers and more than 8 million customers use its XFINITY computer-based telephony service. Comcast also has cable programming interests, and it owns entertainment channel E!. Comcast has one of the biggest and, we what we believe, best integrated systems (cable TV, Internet and digital phone) in the industry. Its cable business has considerable scale advantages and continues to thrive despite several competitive threats. Also, there has been a change of leadership in the cable unit, as Neil Smit took over operational responsibilities after the NBC-Universal joint venture was completed. We are excited about this management shift, and we have confidence that performance in this division will continue to improve as a result. Additionally, Comcast's Internet service business is gaining market share, and its digital-phone business has been growing despite a decline in overall landline usage. We believe that Comcast has the potential for ample growth across all business lines, and we are especially optimistic about future results from its commercial-services sector, which is Comcast's most rapidly growing segment and could be one of its highest return investments.

The largest detractor from Fund performance for the year was Adecco, a Swiss-based personnel and temporary staffing company, which lost 23%.

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Adecco is currently trading at prices last seen in April 2009. Despite macroeconomic concerns, Adecco's business today is considerably better-positioned and is trading at significantly lower multiples than it was in April 2009. To put this in perspective, Adecco generated EUR 14.8 billion in revenue and EUR 402 million in operating profit in 2009, so we were paying a high-teens multiple on 12-month expected EBIT. In 2011, we forecast that Adecco will generate EUR 20.5 billion in revenue and more than EUR 850 million in operating profit, so today we are buying the business for 8x 12-month forward EBIT. In addition, despite a relatively lackluster recovery in employment across most of the developed world, Adecco's revenue has increased more than 20% since 2009 because employers value the flexibility that temporary staff provides in today's more volatile world. Adecco has also grown via mergers and acquisitions. It has utilized almost EUR 1 billion of the EUR 1.25 billion it generated in free cash flow over the past three years to buy professional staffing businesses, such as MPS in the U.S. Even with its mergers and acquisitions spending, Adecco returned nearly EUR 250 million to shareholders via dividends without increasing its leverage.

Another large detractor from performance for the year was U.S.-based electronics retailer Best Buy. Shares declined amid general softness in sales of consumer electronics and continued concerns that increasingly price-sensitive consumers are moving to competitors such as Wal-Mart and Amazon. While we believe Best Buy is undervalued, we sold our position and used the proceeds to purchase FedEx, a U.S.-based global parcel and freight delivery company. FedEx shares fell sharply during the past quarter as investors focused on the slowing economy. Short-term investors see FedEx as an offensive play that is unlikely to be successful in a deteriorating macro environment. However, we use long-term earnings power to estimate business value, and we believe FedEx offers considerable long-term earnings potential. The company's investments during this extended downturn have set the company up for an enormous amount of earnings power in an industry with extremely high barriers to entry. The gap between FedEx's price and value increased significantly during the most recent quarter, making it appear to be one of the most undervalued stocks on our approved list that we did not yet own. FedEx also gives the Fund more industrial exposure than we previously had in the portfolio.

We made some changes to the portfolio during the quarter. In addition to selling Best Buy and buying FedEx, we sold our positions in G4S and UBS, and we purchased Credit Suisse Group, an international financial services group based in Switzerland, and Daimler, a global automotive company based in Germany.

On a regional basis, 43% of the Fund's assets were invested in U.S.-domiciled companies as of September 30, while approximately 32% was allocated to equities in Europe and nearly 21% to Japan. The remaining 4% was invested in Canadian stocks.

Due to the U.S. dollar's weakness relative to other global currencies, we currently hedge three underlying foreign currencies. At quarter-end, approximately 75% of the Fund's Swiss franc, 74% of the Japanese yen and 19% of the euro exposures were hedged.

Thank you for your continued support!

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

 

September 30, 2011

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.2%  
Air Freight & Logistics—4.0%  
FedEx Corp. (United States)   Package & Freight Delivery Services     250,000     $ 16,920,000    
Application Software—4.8%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     400,000       20,352,890    
Automobile Manufacturers—9.5%  
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     825,100       28,283,737    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     265,100       11,790,172    
      40,073,909    
Cable & Satellite—4.8%  
Comcast Corp., Class A
(United States)
  Cable Communication Networks
Provider
    974,000       20,152,060    
Catalog Retail—4.3%  
Liberty Media Corp. -
Interactive, Class A
(United States) (a)
  Home & Internet Shopping
Online Travel
    1,240,000       18,314,800    
Computer Hardware—4.7%  
Dell, Inc. (United States) (a)   Technology Products & Services     1,388,000       19,640,200    
Consumer Finance—4.3%  
Capital One Financial Corp.
(United States)
  Credit Card Products & Services
Provider
    460,000       18,229,800    
Distillers & Vintners—4.0%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    875,000       16,683,287    
Diversified Capital Markets—5.0%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    808,000       21,138,264    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—4.6%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
    690,000       19,416,600    

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.2% (cont.)  
Health Care Equipment—4.7%  
Medtronic, Inc.
(United States)
  Develops Therapeutic & Diagnostic
Medical Products
    600,000     $ 19,944,000    
Human Resource & Employment Services—5.3%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     569,200       22,434,748    
Integrated Oil & Gas—4.2%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc.
(Canada)
  Integrated Oil Company     580,000       17,811,800    
Internet Software & Services—4.8%  
eBay, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Online Trading Community &
Secure Online Payment Services
    680,000       20,053,200    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—5.6%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     6,292,000       23,495,922    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.6%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     275,700       15,178,024    
Semiconductors—17.0%  
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    588,000       30,672,880    
Intel Corp. (United States)   Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    1,052,000       22,439,160    
Texas Instruments, Inc.
(United States)
  Designs & Supplies Digital
Signal Processing, Analog
Technologies & Microcontroller
Semiconductors
    700,000       18,655,000    
      71,767,040    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $438,838,950)           $ 401,606,544    

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OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Par Value   Value  
Short Term Investment—3.3%  
Repurchase Agreement—3.3%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011, repurchase
price $14,159,415, collateralized by a Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with a rate of 1.100%,
with a maturity of 8/8/2014, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $12,967,920, and by a
Federal National Mortgage Association Bond, with
a rate of 0.875%, with a maturity of 8/28/2014, and
with a fair value plus accrued interest of $1,475,988
(Cost: $14,159,403)
  $ 14,159,403     $ 14,159,403    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $14,159,403)       $ 14,159,403    
Total Investments (Cost: $452,998,353)—98.5%         415,765,947    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—1.5%         6,280,742    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 422,046,689    

 

  Securities of aggregate value of $190,029,924 were valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

(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,

As I write to you, volatility and uncertainty in the market are drawing comparisons to what occurred in 2008-2009. Many pundits and observers are tripping over themselves to come up with the most fearful scenario. With this negative noise level steadily rising, it is understandable the global stocks, including some held in our Funds, are experiencing a period of weakness. Over the last three months alone, international stocks are down almost 20%, and for the year they are down by almost 10%. The U.S. equity market, down less than 9% year to date, is actually one of the better-performing markets.

Sovereign Debt

Like 2008, today's concern surrounds debt. Back then, the problem was private indebtedness, whereas today's worry is public indebtedness. Broadly speaking, global political gridlock is spooking the markets, and more specifically, how to deal with Greece's acute debt problem. The worries that began in the peripheral countries of the eurozone have moved deeper into the heart of the continent. For example, concerns about Italian sovereign debt have suddenly appeared, despite the fact that Italy's debt-to-GDP ratio of around 110% is not materially different from what it was five years ago. There are questions about whether Italy, Spain and even France have the ability to pay off their obligations, even as each of these countries have taken steps to sharply cut their deficits. Italy projects a balanced budget by 2013, for instance, while Spain foresees a deficit of less than 3% of GDP next year.

I would argue, based on evidence we see today, that Mr. Market is again overreacting to the current situation. As mentioned in my last letter, it is unlikely that the 14 million inhabitants of Greece will be able to manage the $400+ billion worth of debt now being carried on the nation's books. But what is indeed ugly is how poorly the political class of Europe has dealt with this situation. No less ugly is how U.S. politicians have failed to set aside their partisan differences in order to address our own public-debt excesses. The 24-7 display of poor political leadership globally has contaminated the investment environment.

All of this said, I believe that the market's response to events in Greece and incompetent politicians—a global stock market rout—is overblown.

The Sunnier Side

The market is behaving as if each indebted country—Italy, Spain, Ireland and even France—is in the same dire circumstance as Greece. Even the U.S. experienced a debt downgrade by one rating agency. While a widespread default scenario is possible, it is EXTREMELY unlikely.

As of this writing, the market has assigned roughly a 5% chance that Italy will default on its five-year bonds, which is borderline absurd. Yes, Italy has too much debt. Yes, Italy needs structural change. Yes, it has an ineffective prime minister. But it is also a country of vast wealth. Household debt represents 65% of disposable income, compared to 98% for the eurozone as a whole and 148% for the U.S. The gross savings rate in Italy is 12.1%, more than double that of the U.S. Not only is Italy's budget projected to be balanced by 2013, the government still has a large pool of salable assets.

Many European financials have lost more than 30% of their value since early August on concerns that Italian, Spanish and French government paper was not "money-good" and that, as a result, European banks were highly leveraged. Our view is that the market's emotion is not consistent with economic fact, and thus we continue to use these severe dips to add to our holdings of quality financials.

A final point—despite all of the market turmoil and lack of confidence, the "real" global economy seems to be holding up quite well, due in large part to sustained growth in the large emerging nations. During the horrible month of August, for example, BMW achieved its best-ever August sales result in terms of global auto sales. We have met with dozens of companies from all over the globe that sell their products to customers all over the globe, and none have yet to see a severe slowdown. And while the IMF has recently lowered its estimate of global economic growth, that growth is still expected to be a respectable 4% for 2011 and the same in 2012.

Conditions in global equity markets are volatile and erratic, with changes in share prices reflecting short-term macro fears rather than long-term business fundamentals. This is often the case, and when it arises, it provides us with investment opportunity. Emotion in the market makes it difficult for businesses, but in general, they are still growing and earning acceptable returns. As such, we remain confident that by remaining disciplined and focused on the long term, we are well-positioned for future success.

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com

oakex@oakmark.com

September 30, 2011

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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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX14 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(9/30/92)
 
Oakmark International
Fund (Class I)
    -20.42 %     -10.54 %     -0.60 %     8.81 %     9.41 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Index     -19.01 %     -9.11 %     -2.90 %     5.50 %     5.46 %  
MSCI EAFE Index15      -19.01 %     -9.36 %     -3.46 %     5.03 %     5.13 %  
Lipper International
Fund Index16 
    -20.97 %     -11.92 %     -2.59 %     5.70 %     6.24 %  

 

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

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/10 was 1.08%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Fund does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized

 

The Oakmark International Fund was down 11% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2011, while the MSCI World ex U.S. Index lost 9%. The Fund has returned an average of 9% per year since its inception in September 1992, outperforming the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which has averaged 5% per year over the same period.

Two of the largest contributors to Fund performance over the past year were Japan Tobacco and Brambles, which returned 32% and 15%, respectively, before both were sold from the Fund as they approached our estimate of intrinsic fair value. The proceeds from the sales were used to purchase names trading at a deeper discount to our estimate of intrinsic value.

Another top contributor to the Fund's performance over the past year was Olympus, a global optoelectronics manufacturer based in Japan that returned 21%. The company's share price was volatile, hitting a low for the year after Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The post-tsunami recovery, as well as the strong performance of the endoscopes business and management's cost-cutting initiatives that focused on improved profitability and cash generation, contributed to strong share price performance. As discussed in last quarter's letter, the camera business has been a drag on profitability at Olympus in recent years and management plans to fix this business through product innovation and cost-cutting programs. Product upgrades and strong brand value for its camera business have enabled Olympus to gain market share in Europe. Although perhaps best-known for its camera and imaging business, most of the company's value comes from its endoscopes business. Through innovation and differentiation, including new light-distribution technology that improves image quality, Olympus has achieved a 70% global market share in gastrointestinal endoscopes. The company is also focused on design changes that will improve patient comfort. We believe Olympus will continue to provide positive returns for our shareholders.

Another top contributor to Fund performance was Wolseley, a U.K.-based distributor of building and bathroom products that returned 1% for the year. Despite the mediocre 1-year performance, Wolseley was a top contributor in late 2010 and early 2011, when consumer sentiment was relatively positive and investors expected sales of

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building products to increase. We trimmed our position as prices began to approach our estimate of intrinsic value. However, recent concerns about a double-dip recession and a more pessimistic outlook on the global economy caused share prices to fall, allowing us to add to our position of Wolseley at an attractive discount to intrinsic value. Since the 2008-2009 downturn, management has made significant changes to its financial-reporting systems that now enable real-time monitoring of business performance. We believe these changes will result in a more profitable business mix going forward. Furthermore, management has exited a number of underperforming business units where returns did not justify increased investment or Wolseley's market position was weak. We believe Wolseley is well-positioned to capitalize on an eventual recovery in construction spending, and it stands to benefit as well from its corporate-level improvements.

Bank of Ireland, a company we often discuss in the commentary, was the biggest detractor from performance for the year. An equity issuance, concern about Ireland's ability to recover from the tough economy and general economic concerns in Europe had a negative impact on the bank's share price. Due to the tough economy, the competitive landscape has changed significantly, and Bank of Ireland has taken this opportunity to capture additional market share. Management aggressively sought the European Commission's approval of its restructuring program, raised the needed equity capital and attacked cost overruns in its pension and labor force—all moves that served it well relative to its peers. It could take some time for economic conditions to improve in Ireland, but a return to a more normal economic environment will be much better for Bank of Ireland. We remain confident about Bank of Ireland's long-term risk-reward profile.

The other key detractors from Fund performance for the year were European financials Credit Suisse Group and Intesa Sanpaolo, which returned -36% and -47%, respectively. General concerns surrounding debt defaults in the eurozone, specifically Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIIGS), had a negative impact on global financials over the past year, most notably in the latest quarter. We believe the strength of the Swiss franc (rather than debt-related charges) negatively impacted profits at Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse has immaterial exposure to sovereign debt. The private bank continues to see strong net growth in new money, and we believe the company is well-positioned to withstand these short-term difficulties. Intesa Sanpaolo shares have also been negatively impacted by fears surrounding PIIGS. However, we believe these fears are overblown because Intesa's exposure to PIIGS sovereign debt comprises only 9% of the bank assets, nearly all of which are from Italy. A debt default scenario in Italy is possible, as is almost anything, but it is extremely unlikely. Italy does have too much debt, it needs structural change and it needs more effective government leaders. However, household debt as a percentage of disposable income is low compared to the eurozone, the gross savings rate is high and the country is projected to have a balanced budget by 2013. We continue to believe the market is overreacting to sovereign-debt concerns in the eurozone and continue to use price weakness as an opportunity to add quality financial names to the Fund.

We made significant changes to the portfolio during the most recent quarter. We sold our positions in ArcelorMittal, Brambles, FEMSA, Foster's Group, H&M, Japan Tobacco, Sodexo, UBS and Vallourec. We added one new name to the Fund: PPR, a luxury-goods conglomerate whose brands include Gucci, Bottega Veneta and YSL. The remaining proceeds from sales were used to increase positions of undervalued names already in the portfolio.

Our geographical composition changed minimally over the past quarter. We increased our European holdings slightly to approximately 68% and decreased our Pacific Rim exposure to approximately 30%. Our Latin America and North America (Canada) exposure remained the same at approximately 2%.

The U.S. dollar has strengthened relative to many global currencies over the past few months, but remains relatively undervalued. We currently hedge five underlying currencies. At quarter-end, approximately 81% of the Fund's Swiss franc, 76% of the Australian dollar, 74% of the Japanese yen, 38% of the Swedish krona, and 20% of the euro exposure were hedged.

Volatility in global equity markets and economic uncertainty has increased and the pace of recovery has slowed. We continue to adhere to a long-term value philosophy that has enabled us to build a portfolio of high-quality names trading at discounts to our estimate of intrinsic value. We thank you, our shareholders, for your continued support and patience!

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

 

September 30, 2011

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Global Diversification—September 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.8%  
Advertising—2.6%  
Publicis Groupe SA
(France)
  Advertising & Media Services     4,481,600     $ 187,045,989    
Aerospace & Defense—0.6%  
BAE Systems PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Develops, Delivers & Supports
Advanced Aerospace & Defense
Systems
    10,946,700       45,211,657    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—1.1%  
Cie Financiere Richemont
SA (Switzerland)
  Manufacturer & Retailer of
Luxury Goods
    1,688,000       75,192,506    
Application Software—2.6%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     3,690,500       187,780,852    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—1.4%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     4,957,463       98,269,672    
Automobile Manufacturers—8.0%  
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     6,553,400       224,645,058    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     3,972,500       176,674,682    
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Automobile & Motorcycle
Manufacturer
    5,607,700       164,276,774    
      565,596,514    
Brewers—1.2%  
Heineken Holdings NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces Beers, Spirits, Wines &
Soft Drinks
    2,231,000       86,099,250    
Broadcasting—2.0%  
Societe Television
Francaise 1 (France)
  Broadcasting & Cable TV     7,767,400       96,564,793    
Grupo Televisa SA
(Mexico) (b)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    2,392,996       44,007,196    
      140,571,989    

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.8% (cont.)  
Building Products—3.5%  
Assa Abloy AB, Class B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs & Manufactures
Security Locks
    9,697,500     $ 199,520,786    
Geberit AG, Registered
Shares (Switzerland) (a)
  Building Products     283,100       52,271,518    
      251,792,304    
Commodity Chemicals—1.3%  
Orica, Ltd. (Australia)   Produces Industrial & Specialty
Chemicals
    4,174,200       93,678,002    
Construction Materials—2.3%  
Holcim, Ltd. (Switzerland)   Produces & Markets Ready-Mixed
Concrete, Cement, Clinker &
Admixtures
    3,132,800       166,250,787    
Department Stores—1.4%  
PPR (France)   Retails Consumer & Household
Products
    771,200       99,686,195    
Distillers & Vintners—2.5%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    8,230,700       156,931,571    
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.
(Australia)
  International Marketing &
Distribution of Wine
    5,578,000       20,889,607    
      177,821,178    
Diversified Banks—12.0%  
BNP Paribas (France)   Commercial Bank     6,119,100       241,230,881    
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA (Italy)   Banking & Financial Services     149,490,600       234,437,362    
Banco Santander SA (Spain)   Retail, Commercial & Private
Banking & Asset Management
Services
    21,658,700       177,079,186    
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Commercial Bank     3,768,100       106,168,347    
Bank of Ireland (Ireland) (a)   Commercial Bank     954,068,600       96,907,738    
      855,823,514    
Diversified Capital Markets—4.1%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    11,189,200       292,723,100    

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.8% (cont.)  
Diversified Chemicals—2.5%  
Akzo Nobel NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces & Markets Chemicals,
Coatings & Paints
    3,986,300     $ 175,905,154    
Electronic Components—1.6%  
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment & System
Manufacturer
    5,778,000       113,471,344    
Food Retail—1.7%  
Koninklijke Ahold NV
(Netherlands)
  Retails Health & Beauty Supplies,
Prescriptions Drugs, Wine &
Liquor
    9,797,900       115,225,010    
Tesco PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Food Retailer     1,236,700       7,244,063    
      122,469,073    
Health Care Equipment—2.5%  
Olympus Corp. (Japan)   Optoelectronic Products
Manufacturer
    5,656,300       174,575,101    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.8%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     5,099,300       200,986,490    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.5%  
Koninklijke (Royal)
Philips Electronics NV
(Netherlands)
  Electronics Manufacturer     9,848,000       176,692,389    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.7%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     71,299,000       266,248,529    
Marine—2.3%  
Kuehne + Nagel
International AG
(Switzerland)
  Sea, Land & Rail Freight
Transportation Businesses
    1,472,300       165,240,495    
Multi-line Insurance—2.8%  
Allianz SE Registered
(Germany)
  Insurance, Banking & Financial
Services
    2,099,100       196,746,948    
Office Electronics—3.1%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     4,918,100       223,311,409    

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—95.8% (cont.)  
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.0%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     3,035,000     $ 167,084,887    
Danone (France)   Food Products     708,700       43,566,096    
      210,650,983    
Paper Packaging—2.1%  
Amcor, Ltd. (Australia)   Packaging & Related Services     22,812,000       151,023,247    
Pharmaceuticals—2.1%  
Roche Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Develops & Manufactures
Pharmaceutical & Diagnostic
Products
    504,600       81,498,973    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     1,846,500       38,102,690    
Novartis AG (Switzerland)   Pharmaceuticals     583,200       32,578,527    
      152,180,190    
Publishing—2.1%  
Thomson Reuters Corp.
(Canada)
  Electronic Information &
Solutions Company
    3,112,200       84,346,293    
Reed Elsevier PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Publisher & Information Provider     8,840,600       67,683,710    
      152,030,003    
Research & Consulting Services—1.4%  
Experian Group, Ltd.
(Ireland)
  Credit & Marketing Services     4,646,101       52,155,533    
Meitec Corp. (Japan) (c)   Software Engineering Services     2,475,100       47,315,554    
      99,471,087    
Security & Alarm Services—3.3%  
Secom Co., Ltd. (Japan)   On-Line Centralized Security
Services, Home Security
Systems, & Home Medical
Services
    3,117,000       150,340,997    
G4S PLC (United Kingdom)   Security Services     20,316,000       84,057,833    
      234,398,830    
Semiconductors—4.5%  
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits &
Semiconductor Devices
Manufacturer
    4,365,700       227,735,703    

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—95.8% (cont.)  
Semiconductors—4.5% (cont.)  
Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd. (South Korea)
  Consumer & Industrial Electronic
Equipment Manufacturer
    130,500     $ 91,122,457    
      318,858,160    
Specialty Chemicals—2.4%  
Givaudan SA
(Switzerland) (a)
  Manufactures & Markets Fragrances     216,597       168,922,575    
Specialty Stores—1.4%  
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.
(United Kingdom)
  Jewelry Retailer     2,900,997       98,053,699    
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.4%  
Wolseley PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Distributes Building Materials &
Lumber Products
    4,092,600       101,545,203    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $7,742,633,944)           $ 6,826,324,418    
Short Term Investment—1.9%  
Repurchase Agreement—1.9%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011, repurchase
price $134,218,143, collateralized by a Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corp. Bond, with a rate of 4.375%,
with a maturity of 7/17/2015, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $10,920,613, and by a
Federal National Mortgage Association Bond, with
a rate of 4.375%, with a maturity of 10/15/2015, and
with a fair value plus accrued interest of $125,985,538
(Cost: $134,218,031)
  $ 134,218,031     $ 134,218,031    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $134,218,031)       $ 134,218,031    
Total Investments (Cost: $7,876,851,975)—97.7%         6,960,542,449    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $5,092,477)—0.1%         5,042,213    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—2.2%         159,169,728    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 7,124,754,390    

 

  Securities of aggregate value of $6,579,027,623 were valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

(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 and Michael L. Manelli, Portfolio Managers

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND FROM 9/30/01 TO PRESENT (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. SMALL CAP INDEX17

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark International
Small Cap Fund
(Class I)
    -19.94 %     -10.72 %     -1.83 %     11.47 %     9.34 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.
Small Cap Index
    -18.92 %     -5.63 %     -1.21 %     10.09 %     N/A    
MSCI World ex U.S. Index14      -19.01 %     -9.11 %     -2.90 %     5.50 %     4.25 %  
Lipper International
Small-Cap Fund Index18 
    -19.66 %     -7.52 %     -0.49 %     10.42 %     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 9/30/10 was 1.38%

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Fund does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.

* Not annualized-

 

The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund lost 20% in the quarter ended September 30, 2011, compared to a 19% loss for the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index. For the fiscal year ended September 30, the Fund declined 11%, while the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index was down 6%. For the past 10 years, the Fund has earned an annualized rate of return of 11%, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index, which has returned 10% for the same period.

The top-performing stock for the one-year period was Italian jeweler and luxury goods retailer Bulgari. Earlier this year, we wrote that the French luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA planned to acquire the largely family-owned Bulgari. The announced acquisition price was approximately 60% higher than the previously traded share price. LVMH's offer exceeded our expectations for Bulgari by close to 10%, and we used the run-up in share price as an opportunity to divest our holdings and use the proceeds to buy stocks trading at a larger discount to our estimate of fair value.

Despite a continued difficult economic climate in Japan, temporary staffing firm Pasona was one of the top performers for the quarter and the year. While Pasona's earnings declined as a result of weak demand for temporary staff in Japan, we believe Japan is one of the most attractive long-term markets for temporary staffing companies due to low penetration levels and the aging of the Japanese work force. A number of global staffing companies have acquired businesses in Japan in recent years to gain a foothold to this attractive market. Even with the stock's appreciation this year, Pasona still trades at less than 0.2x of the company's revenue, which represents a significant discount to what acquirers have been willing to pay for Japanese temporary staffing firms. In addition to an inexpensive valuation, management has made significant progress in reducing SG&A (selling, general & administrative) expenses, which should lead to higher margins once the revenue environment improves. We believe Pasona continues to trade at a significant discount to intrinsic value and will continue to provide positive operating results for our shareholders.

One of the largest detractors from the Fund's performance for the past quarter and year was Goodman Fielder, Australia's largest food manufacturer. The company sells a wide variety of

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brands in supermarkets throughout Australia and New Zealand. The company has faced a very difficult environment over the past few quarters, which has reduced profitability. In response, it recently hired a new CEO from outside the group to overhaul operations and strategy. In September 2011, shares of Goodman halted trading for three days after the company made an announcement of a $A259 million capital raise via a rights offering. The rights offering will provide Goodman the cash cushion it needs to implement a proper strategic review, which should be released in the fourth quarter. We believe the new CEO has a realistic view of the challenges facing Goodman and has the operational capability to tackle these issues. We also believe that he is willing to alter the portfolio of brands if necessary to create value for shareholders. Although this holding has not yet generated a desirable outcome, we believe that Goodman is a very undervalued company with strong market positions.

Like other European financials, Germany's financial services firm MLP has been hurt by the sovereign debt crisis. MLP has no direct exposure, but the environment is making it difficult to sell higher-yielding savings products due to the perception of more risk in the marketplace. However, MLP's cost-cutting plan should allow the company to earn 15% operating margins by the end of next year. We believe that recent trends of individuals in Germany needing supplemental savings and health plans will continue, and this should benefit MLP in the mid- to long-term. We continue to find MLP an attractive investment.

We sold Bureau Veritas and Kimberly-Clark de Mexico from the Fund during the quarter and we added three new securities: Kansai Paint (Japan), Premier Farnell (U.K.) and Tecan Group (Switzerland). Kansai Paint is the largest paint and coatings manufacturer in Japan. Its products are used primarily for automobiles, ships, bridges and residential housing. The majority of the company's business comes from Japan, but it also has customers in Europe, the U.S., China and India. Premier Farnell is a global distributor of electrical, electronic and industrial products primarily by means of Internet transactions. Tecan develops, manufactures and distributes laboratory automation components and systems. The company produces robotic sample processors, stand-alone separation and detective devices, laser scanners, integrated systems, and pumps and valves for high-precision liquid handling. Its products are mainly used by research and diagnostic laboratories.

Geographically, we ended the quarter with our European and U.K. holdings comprising 51% of the portfolio, and the Pacific Rim holdings decreasing from 48% to 46% of the Fund.

Although the dollar has strengthened in the past quarter, we continue to believe it remains weak relative to a number of currencies held in the Fund, and we maintained our hedges on these currencies. At the recent quarter-end, approximately 74% of the Fund's Swiss franc, 83% of the Australian dollar, 74% of the Japanese yen, 55% of the Norwegian krone, 45% of the Swedish krona and 28% of the euro exposures were hedged.

We believe large market dips create opportunities for us to enhance our Fund with quality investments at deeply discounted prices. While we were active in the portfolio this past year, we remained true to our value-oriented investment philosophy and are optimistic that our consistency will benefit shareholders over the long term.

We thank you for your continued confidence and support.

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

 

September 30, 2011

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.3%  
Advertising—1.6%  
Asatsu-DK, Inc. (Japan)   Advertising Services Provider     769,800     $ 21,215,806    
Air Freight & Logistics—1.0%  
Freightways, Ltd.
(New Zealand) (b)
  Express Package Services     5,259,700       12,759,085    
Airport Services—2.6%  
BBA Aviation PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Flight Support & Aftermarket
Services & Systems Provider
    13,143,700       34,043,792    
Application Software—0.9%  
NSD Co., Ltd. (Japan) (b)   Develops Computer Software     1,472,200       12,089,990    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—8.7%  
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
(Switzerland) (a)
  Asset Management     1,520,900       50,825,673    
Azimut Holding SPA (Italy)   Investment Management Services     5,200,500       35,965,517    
MLP AG (Germany)   Asset Management     4,620,830       29,469,448    
      116,260,638    
Auto Parts & Equipment—4.8%  
Toyota Industries Corp.
(Japan)
  Assembles Motor Vehicles &
Manufactures Automotive Parts
    1,269,800       37,032,920    
Nifco, Inc (Japan)   Manufactures Synthetic Resinous
Fasteners & Plastic Components
For Automobiles & Home
Electronic Appliances
    1,049,300       27,030,745    
      64,063,665    
Broadcasting—2.5%  
Ten Network Holdings, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Operates Commercial Television
Stations
    29,243,700       24,615,434    
Media Prima Berhad
(Malaysia)
  Film Producer & Sports Promoter     11,853,200       8,112,553    
Media Prima Berhad,
Warrants (Malaysia) (a)
  Film Producer & Sports Promoter     701,057       109,797    
      32,837,784    
Building Products—1.7%  
Kaba Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Provides Mechanical & Electronic
Security Systems
    65,795       22,384,946    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Computer Hardware—1.4%  
Wincor Nixdorf AG
(Germany)
  Banking Machines & Cash
Registers Manufacturer
    420,700     $ 18,889,179    
Construction & Engineering—1.3%  
Wavin NV
(Netherlands) (a)
  Manufacturers Plastic Pipe Systems     2,317,000       17,818,492    
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—1.2%  
Bucher Industries AG
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures Food Processing
Machinery, Vehicles, &
Hydraulic Components
    105,200       16,309,022    
Construction Materials—1.6%  
Titan Cement Co. SA
(Greece)
  Cement & Building Materials
Producer & Distributor
    1,602,500       21,499,248    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—1.0%  
TKC Corp. (Japan)   Accounting, Tax & Law Database
Consulting Services
    657,300       13,767,072    
Department Stores—2.4%  
Myer Holdings, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Department Store Operator     16,099,900       31,331,627    
Diversified Support Services—2.0%  
gategroup Holding AG
(Switzerland) (a)
  Airlines Service Provider     848,400       26,277,144    
Drug Retail—3.4%  
Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Drug Store Operator     1,305,900       36,696,838    
Matsumotokiyoshi
Holdings Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Drug Store Operator     402,000       8,179,167    
      44,876,005    
Electrical Components & Equipment—2.3%  
Prysmian SpA (Italy)   Develops, Designs, Produces,
Supplies & Installs Cable
    1,670,400       21,944,667    
Nexans SA (France)   Manufactures Cables     153,700       8,894,260    
      30,838,927    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Electronic Components—3.6%  
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Develops & Sells Electronic
Equipment
    514,000     $ 47,783,025    
Electronic Equipment & Instruments—2.4%  
Orbotech, Ltd.
(Israel) (a) (b)
  Optical Inspection Systems     3,337,600       32,307,968    
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—2.8%  
Incitec Pivot, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Fertilizer Manufacturer & Supplier     11,960,700       37,057,651    
Food Retail—0.3%  
Lawson, Inc. (Japan)   Convenience Store Operator     81,900       4,635,960    
Health Care Services—2.1%  
Primary Health Care, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Health Care Service Provider     9,686,800       27,785,482    
Health Care Supplies—0.5%  
Ansell, Ltd. (Australia)   Manufactures Latex     509,300       6,369,322    
Home Entertainment Software—2.9%  
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game
Consoles
    2,120,200       38,178,411    
Home Furnishing Retail—0.7%  
Fourlis Holdings SA
(Greece) (a)
  Wholesales Electric & Electronic
Appliances
    2,314,296       8,944,398    
Home Improvement Retail—1.7%  
Carpetright PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Carpet Retailer     2,917,700       22,489,975    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.5%  
Pasona Group, Inc.
(Japan) (b)
  Placement Service Provider     32,295       32,819,315    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.4%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     672,900       31,562,971    
Industrial Machinery—5.8%  
Interpump Group SpA
(Italy) (b)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     5,169,313       29,367,429    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Industrial Machinery—5.8% (cont.)  
Duerr AG (Germany)   Automotive Industry Machinery
Manufacturer
    775,600     $ 24,992,267    
Burckhardt Compression
Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures Reciprocating
Compressors
    77,300       15,221,111    
Bobst Group AG
(Switzerland) (a)
  Manufactures Printing Presses &
Packaging Producing Machinery
    323,561       6,885,768    
Interpump Group SpA,
Warrants (Italy) (a) (b)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     848,916       631,221    
      77,097,796    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—0.9%  
Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,
Ltd. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     2,057,800       12,240,458    
D. Carnegie & Co. AB
(Sweden) (a) (c)
  Diversified Financials Services     2,314,000       0    
      12,240,458    
IT Consulting & Other Services—3.6%  
Atea ASA (Norway)   Management & IT Consulting
Services
    4,432,400       35,155,506    
Alten, Ltd. (France)   Consulting & Engineering Services     468,900       12,661,515    
      47,817,021    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.6%  
Tecan Group AG,
Registered Shares
(Switzerland) (a)
  Manufactures & Distributes
Laboratory Automation
Components & Systems
    106,800       7,654,606    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.5%  
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan) (a)
  Motorcycle Manufacturer     1,523,600       20,114,847    
Office Electronics—2.6%  
Konica Minolta
Holdings, Inc. (Japan)
  Manufactures Photo Films for
Medical, Printing, Office &
General Use
    3,780,900       25,924,543    
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     127,381       9,340,283    
      35,264,826    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Packaged Foods & Meats—4.0%  
Goodman Fielder, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Produces Food Products     89,373,958     $ 40,964,570    
Alaska Milk Corp.
(Philippines)
  Milk Producer     24,413,000       6,782,785    
Binggrae Co., Ltd.
(South Korea)
  Dairy Products Manufacturer     138,872       5,521,156    
      53,268,511    
Photographic Products—1.5%  
Vitec Group PLC
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Photo Equipment & Supplies     2,437,011       20,058,863    
Real Estate Services—2.7%  
LSL Property Services PLC
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Residential Property Service
Provider
    10,375,000       36,097,015    
Research & Consulting Services—0.3%  
Cision AB (Sweden) (a)   Business & Communication
Intelligence
    627,820       3,392,540    
Soft Drinks—1.5%  
Britvic PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Soft Drink Manufacturer &
Marketer
    4,054,100       19,776,344    
Specialty Chemicals—4.4%  
Taiyo Ink Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Manufactures & Sells Resist Inks     907,800       25,244,096    
Sika AG (Switzerland)   Manufactures Construction Materials     9,880       17,493,003    
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Manufactures & Sells a Wide Range
of Paints & Related Products
    1,672,800       16,030,006    
      58,767,105    
Specialty Stores—0.6%  
JJB Sports PLC
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    29,284,528       8,099,423    
JJB Sports PLC, Warrants
(United Kingdom) (a) (b)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    2,474,255       0    
      8,099,423    

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Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2011 cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Systems Software—0.1%  
Exact Holding NV
(Netherlands)
  Develops & Markets Business
Software
    69,800     $ 1,626,398    
Technology Distributors—1.7%  
Premier Farnell PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Distributes Electronic
Components & Equipment
    9,556,600       22,917,602    
Trading Companies & Distributors—0.2%  
Bunzl PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Outsourcing Solutions & Service
Oriented Distribution
    256,700       3,058,942    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,530,137,402)           $ 1,254,449,197    
Short Term Investment—2.3%  
Repurchase Agreement—2.3%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 9/30/2011 due 10/3/2011, repurchase
price $30,366,319, collateralized by Federal
National Mortgage Association Bonds, with rates
from 0.875 - 1.000%, with maturities from
8/28/2014 - 9/2/2014, and with an aggregate fair
value plus accrued interest of $30,977,113
(Cost: $30,366,294)
  $ 30,366,294     $ 30,366,294    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $30,366,294)       $ 30,366,294    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,560,503,696)—96.6%         1,284,815,491    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $515,057)—0.0% (d)         510,041    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—3.4%         44,984,115    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 1,330,309,647    

 

  Securities of aggregate value of $1,198,910,235 were valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

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

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

(d)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities—September 30, 2011

        Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
 
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value     (a)     $ 4,522,125,384     $ 2,275,659,155     $ 16,806,811,473    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value     (b)       0       0       1,001,540,919    
Foreign currency, at value     (c)       0       0       23,857,238    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold           24,821,934       13,414,022       349,191,982    
Fund shares sold           9,066,429       1,246,405       19,626,562    
Dividends and interest from unaffiliated securities (Net of foreign tax withheld)           9,584,656       1,463,631       37,906,313    
Dividends and interest from affiliated securities (Net of foreign tax withheld)           0       0       2,146,811    
Forward foreign currency contracts           0       0       0    
Tax reclaim from unaffiliated securities           0       0       0    
Tax reclaim from affiliated securities         0       0       0    
Total receivables         43,473,019       16,124,058       408,871,668    
Other assets         922       792       2,534    
Total assets       $ 4,565,599,325     $ 2,291,784,005     $ 18,241,083,832    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Payable for:  
Securities purchased         $ 0     $ 14,483,619     $ 568,575,946    
Fund shares redeemed           3,240,226       1,231,706       13,862,147    
Investment advisory fee           121,821       64,312       350,978    
Other shareholder servicing fees           61,082       176,108       2,249,554    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees           147,459       83,215       182,000    
Trustee fees           5,209       4,731       14,378    
Deferred trustee compensation           844,853       743,896       727,517    
Securities sold short, at value     (d)       23,398,280       0       0    
Other           557,055       268,028       1,896,728    
Total liabilities         28,375,985       17,055,615       587,859,248    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding       $ 4,537,223,340     $ 2,274,728,390     $ 17,653,224,584    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital         $ 3,896,068,536     $ 1,756,031,057     $ 15,888,005,574    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward   
contracts, short sales and foreign currency transactions
          (44,746,747 )     (14,283,714 )     58,543,421    
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward    
contracts, short sales and foreign currency translation
          657,981,747       531,158,131       1,470,726,775    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income           27,919,804       1,822,916       235,948,814    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding       $ 4,537,223,340     $ 2,274,728,390     $ 17,653,224,584    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share: Class I       $ 37.87     $ 25.50     $ 25.62    
Class I—Net assets         $ 4,512,546,789     $ 2,266,748,718     $ 16,441,037,882    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)           119,170,132       88,895,518       641,617,583    
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share: Class II       $ 37.78     $ 25.43     $ 25.45    
Class II—Net assets         $ 24,676,551     $ 7,979,672     $ 1,212,186,702    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)           653,091       313,810       47,635,585    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities         $ 3,865,545,585     $ 1,744,471,238     $ 15,279,000,042    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities           0       0       1,058,035,401    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency           0       0       24,231,850    
(d) Identified proceeds of investments of securities sold short           24,821,934       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   $ 1,824,874,812     $ 415,765,947     $ 6,913,226,895     $ 1,125,434,257    
Investments in affiliated securities, at value     0       0       47,315,554       159,381,234    
Foreign currency, at value     0       0       5,042,213       510,041    
Receivable for:  
Securities sold     0       0       39,915,927       21,089,622    
Fund shares sold     3,706,126       1,752,756       11,503,200       2,266,686    
Dividends and interest from unaffiliated securities (Net of foreign tax withheld)     4,758,502       1,233,592       15,690,741       8,225,441    
Dividends and interest from affiliated securities (Net of foreign tax withheld)     0       0       873,450       305,953    
Forward foreign currency contracts     23,926,100       3,732,884       143,444,762       25,835,011    
Tax reclaim from unaffiliated securities     1,806,458       240,820       7,255,335       1,150,018    
Tax reclaim from affiliated securities     0       0       0       107,630    
Total receivables     34,197,186       6,960,052       218,683,415       58,980,361    
Other assets     777       568       743       46,868    
Total assets   $ 1,859,072,775     $ 422,726,567     $ 7,184,268,820     $ 1,344,352,761    
Liabilities and Net Assets  
Payable for:  
Securities purchased   $ 1,877,625     $ 0     $ 45,748,956     $ 12,140,383    
Fund shares redeemed     2,663,728       480,678       10,709,889       1,002,508    
Investment advisory fee     60,687       12,229       190,884       48,065    
Other shareholder servicing fees     242,421       33,081       873,063       174,476    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     51,654       17,921       145,100       44,022    
Trustee fees     4,750       3,543       7,134       4,392    
Deferred trustee compensation     352,556       11,100       586,800       337,352    
Securities sold short, at value     0       0       0       0    
Other     345,995       121,326       1,252,604       291,916    
Total liabilities     5,599,416       679,878       59,514,430       14,043,114    
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 1,853,473,359     $ 422,046,689     $ 7,124,754,390     $ 1,330,309,647    
Analysis of Net Assets  
Paid in capital   $ 2,119,113,549     $ 484,627,696     $ 8,451,199,806     $ 1,617,179,712    
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward   
contracts, short sales and foreign currency transactions
    (205,298,784 )     (23,126,445 )     (463,161,029 )     (9,041,388 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward    
contracts, short sales and foreign currency translation
    (20,102,759 )     (33,485,583 )     (772,901,229 )     (249,801,651 )  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income     (40,238,647 )     (5,968,979 )     (90,383,158 )     (28,027,026 )  
Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding   $ 1,853,473,359     $ 422,046,689     $ 7,124,754,390     $ 1,330,309,647    
Price of Shares  
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share: Class I   $ 18.81     $ 9.96     $ 16.13     $ 11.56    
Class I—Net assets   $ 1,816,858,487     $ 422,046,689     $ 6,920,789,535     $ 1,328,411,703    
Class I—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     96,576,153       42,373,085       429,002,087       114,963,990    
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share: Class II   $ 18.42     $ 0     $ 16.18     $ 11.50    
Class II—Net assets   $ 36,614,872     $ 0     $ 203,964,855     $ 1,897,944    
Class II—Shares outstanding (Unlimited shares authorized)     1,987,400       0       12,606,673       165,003    
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities   $ 1,869,118,590     $ 452,998,353     $ 7,805,468,419     $ 1,345,714,173    
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities     0       0       71,383,556       214,789,523    
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency     0       0       5,092,477       515,057    
(d) Identified proceeds of investments of securities sold short     0       0       0       0    

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Operations—For the Year Ended September 30, 2011

    Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Global
Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 76,995,699     $ 31,710,443     $ 187,705,922     $ 46,088,070    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       0       26,624,414       0    
Interest income     125,914       75,783       125,070,701       38,822    
Security lending income     0       44,702       0       682,846    
Foreign taxes withheld     (489,121 )     (404,047 )     (5,976,831 )     (2,498,659 )  
Total investment income     76,632,492       31,426,881       333,424,206       44,311,079    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     37,842,300       24,254,950       130,775,016       23,928,898    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     1,139,307       638,710       1,447,051       437,177    
Other shareholder servicing fees     2,368,914       1,639,404       15,940,021       1,822,717    
Service fee—Class II     45,708       21,201       3,403,165       128,257    
Reports to shareholders     428,956       258,818       1,097,811       253,606    
Custody and accounting fees     322,344       207,568       1,660,551       615,286    
Registration and blue sky expenses     303,842       65,396       282,647       138,364    
Trustees fees     150,477       128,667       443,454       135,137    
Legal fees     49,367       42,125       134,574       42,426    
Audit fees     34,308       29,588       117,325       27,492    
Other     281,542       257,023       603,536       254,179    
Total expenses     42,967,065       27,543,450       155,905,151       27,783,539    
Net Investment Income     33,665,427       3,883,431       177,519,055       16,527,540    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss):  
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Unaffiliated investments     (36,451,590 )     (3,823,363 )     516,973,875       85,540,883    
Affiliated investments     0       0       (48,063,389 )     0    
Unaffiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       0       63,216,089    
Forward foreign currency contracts     0       0       0       (66,139,290 )  
Foreign currency transactions     (2,646 )     (4,571 )     164,300       807,041    
Net realized gain (loss)     (36,454,236 )     (3,827,934 )     469,074,786       83,424,723    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:  
Unaffiliated investments     (187,786,022 )     2,196,946       (534,850,803 )     (299,539,386 )  
Affiliated investments     0       0       (225,990,815 )     0    
Securities sold short     1,423,654       0       0       0    
Forward foreign currency contracts     0       0       0       35,990,068    
Foreign currency translation     (21,163 )     (28,794 )     (644,723 )     (505,477 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (186,383,531 )     2,168,152       (761,486,341 )     (264,054,795 )  
Net realized and unrealized loss     (222,837,767 )     (1,659,782 )     (292,411,555 )     (180,630,072 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   $ (189,172,340 )   $ 2,223,649     $ (114,892,500 )   $ (164,102,532 )  

 

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    Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 
Investment Income:  
Dividends from unaffiliated securities   $ 6,951,875     $ 216,609,249     $ 35,854,295    
Dividends from affiliated securities     0       1,764,878       5,068,439    
Interest income     10,631       181,083       47,519    
Security lending income     60,834       4,842,252       349,324    
Foreign taxes withheld     (292,806 )     (18,931,653 )     (2,998,144 )  
Total investment income     6,730,534       204,465,809       38,321,433    
Expenses:  
Investment advisory fee     4,278,057       68,064,056       17,777,464    
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees     151,694       1,119,934       315,217    
Other shareholder servicing fees     322,869       6,411,841       1,742,957    
Service fee—Class II     0       517,249       5,025    
Reports to shareholders     57,832       808,684       257,834    
Custody and accounting fees     93,591       2,871,438       752,038    
Registration and blue sky expenses     85,325       545,707       135,446    
Trustees fees     107,272       222,137       119,778    
Legal fees     31,605       74,269       37,022    
Audit fees     17,888       51,441       23,629    
Other     176,066       342,929       206,784    
Total expenses     5,322,199       81,029,685       21,373,194    
Net Investment Income     1,408,335       123,436,124       16,948,239    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss):  
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Unaffiliated investments     19,961,035       442,033,357       105,120,382    
Affiliated investments     0       0       1,485,811    
Unaffiliated in-kind transactions     0       0       0    
Forward foreign currency contracts     (9,280,642 )     (245,136,962 )     (47,677,372 )  
Foreign currency transactions     52,592       (305,187 )     (205,410 )  
Net realized gain (loss)     10,732,985       196,591,208       58,723,411    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:  
Unaffiliated investments     (46,259,962 )     (1,556,954,704 )     (285,037,397 )  
Affiliated investments     0       1,329,927       (14,459,863 )  
Securities sold short     0       0       0    
Forward foreign currency contracts     5,668,288       175,771,437       32,733,053    
Foreign currency translation     (14,414 )     (2,595,152 )     (49,128 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (40,606,088 )     (1,382,448,492 )     (266,813,335 )  
Net realized and unrealized loss     (29,873,103 )     (1,185,857,284 )     (208,089,924 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   $ (28,464,768 )   $ (1,062,421,160 )   $ (191,141,685 )  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark Fund  
    Year Ended
September 30, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 33,665,427     $ 21,857,679    
Net realized gain (loss)     (36,454,236 )     423,954,723    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (186,383,531 )     (81,870,354 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (189,172,340 )     363,942,048    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (22,582,755 )     (21,156,850 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (34,133 )     (34,759 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (22,616,888 )     (21,191,609 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     1,965,177,995       799,975,316    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     24,073,316       2,866,848    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     21,103,478       20,326,440    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     26,751       30,259    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (684,172,073 )     (887,527,212 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (5,799,257 )     (2,885,222 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     256,830       423,673    
Redemption fees—Class II     1,135       1,038    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    1,320,668,175       (66,788,860 )  
Total increase in net assets     1,108,878,947       275,961,579    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     3,428,344,393       3,152,382,814    
End of year   $ 4,537,223,340     $ 3,428,344,393    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income   $ 27,919,804     $ 16,873,911    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     46,047,779       21,386,897    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     514,343       560,729    
Less shares redeemed     (16,531,264 )     (23,800,270 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     30,030,858       (1,852,644 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     555,451       77,551    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     651       833    
Less shares redeemed     (138,452 )     (79,105 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     417,650       (721 )  

 

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    Oakmark Select Fund  
    Year Ended
September 30, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 3,883,431     $ 5,386,140    
Net realized gain (loss)     (3,827,934 )     240,500,877    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     2,168,152       51,224,765    
Net increase in net assets from operations     2,223,649       297,111,782    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (5,174,394 )     (7,132,187 )  
Net investment income—Class II     0       (19,757 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (5,174,394 )     (7,151,944 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     283,427,182       326,985,097    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     3,799,084       2,299,260    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     5,034,971       6,851,237    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     0       13,852    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (426,787,670 )     (480,569,972 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (4,089,100 )     (3,028,895 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     114,686       262,444    
Redemption fees—Class II     577       938    
Net decrease in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (138,500,270 )     (147,186,039 )  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (141,451,015 )     142,773,799    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     2,416,179,405       2,273,405,606    
End of year   $ 2,274,728,390     $ 2,416,179,405    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income   $ 1,822,916     $ 3,118,450    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     10,007,357       13,275,352    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     184,906       288,230    
Less shares redeemed     (15,219,170 )     (19,511,099 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (5,026,907 )     (5,947,517 )  
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     133,219       93,422    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     0       582    
Less shares redeemed     (144,923 )     (124,689 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (11,704 )     (30,685 )  

 

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, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 177,519,055     $ 178,887,020    
Net realized gain (loss)     469,074,786       477,150,561    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (761,486,341 )     337,786,901    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (114,892,500 )     993,824,482    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (145,543,160 )     (176,400,765 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (6,971,784 )     (10,838,558 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (152,514,944 )     (187,239,323 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     2,961,969,525       4,697,621,034    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     393,186,367       443,828,203    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     137,137,940       167,328,478    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     6,154,812       9,545,348    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (3,401,767,587 )     (3,036,467,956 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (439,919,905 )     (353,387,937 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (343,238,848 )     1,928,467,170    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (610,646,292 )     2,735,052,329    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     18,263,870,876       15,528,818,547    
End of year   $ 17,653,224,584     $ 18,263,870,876    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income   $ 235,948,814     $ 151,497,569    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     105,750,543       181,801,022    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     4,990,464       6,621,627    
Less shares redeemed     (122,028,389 )     (118,848,582 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (11,287,382 )     69,574,067    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     14,107,601       17,409,772    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     224,956       379,386    
Less shares redeemed     (15,830,701 )     (13,851,751 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (1,498,144 )     3,937,407    

 

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    Oakmark
Global Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 16,527,540     $ 9,808,309    
Net realized gain (loss)     83,424,723       (5,918,406 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (264,054,795 )     147,375,842    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (164,102,532 )     151,265,745    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (9,073,144 )     (12,402,598 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (7,416 )     (272,894 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (9,080,560 )     (12,675,492 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     630,871,078       523,823,054    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     4,308,222       4,050,063    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     8,471,575       11,915,866    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     7,229       265,430    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (683,654,547 )     (315,022,656 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (15,995,017 )     (11,794,654 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     316,693       225,364    
Redemption fees—Class II     6,806       6,446    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    (55,667,961 )     213,468,913    
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (228,851,053 )     352,059,166    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     2,082,324,412       1,730,265,246    
End of year   $ 1,853,473,359     $ 2,082,324,412    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)   $ (40,238,647 )   $ 17,645,912    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     28,497,901       26,687,553    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     380,745       623,215    
Less shares redeemed     (31,968,146 )     (16,141,166 )  
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding     (3,089,500 )     11,169,602    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     196,953       208,798    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     331       14,126    
Less shares redeemed     (737,672 )     (622,786 )  
Net decrease in shares outstanding     (540,388 )     (399,862 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Oakmark
Global Select Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 1,408,335     $ 1,254,195    
Net realized gain (loss)     10,732,985       25,351,257    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (40,606,088 )     (9,893,538 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (28,464,768 )     16,711,914    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (809,546 )     (1,100,573 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (809,546 )     (1,100,573 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     262,413,759       129,543,242    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     751,763       1,057,320    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (141,935,317 )     (82,661,825 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     144,387       149,484    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    121,374,592       48,088,221    
Total increase in net assets     92,100,278       63,699,562    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     329,946,411       266,246,849    
End of year   $ 422,046,689     $ 329,946,411    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)   $ (5,968,979 )   $ 2,660,282    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     22,858,820       12,903,259    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     68,342       106,800    
Less shares redeemed     (13,060,723 )     (8,410,465 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     9,866,439       4,599,594    

 

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    Oakmark
International Fund
 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 123,436,124     $ 57,742,571    
Net realized gain (loss)     196,591,208       258,754,397    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (1,382,448,492 )     263,515,765    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (1,062,421,160 )     580,012,733    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (53,192,511 )     (30,251,205 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (937,788 )     (813,198 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (54,130,299 )     (31,064,403 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     3,809,340,638       2,132,370,087    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     164,468,817       76,521,263    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     48,812,222       28,189,018    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     580,260       536,588    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (1,561,835,180 )     (1,034,936,877 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (74,871,871 )     (52,444,514 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     1,362,061       977,761    
Redemption fees—Class II     37,675       25,062    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    2,387,894,622       1,151,238,388    
Total increase in net assets     1,271,343,163       1,700,186,718    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     5,853,411,227       4,153,224,509    
End of year   $ 7,124,754,390     $ 5,853,411,227    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)   $ (90,383,158 )   $ 85,753,168    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     197,056,363       125,216,209    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     2,534,383       1,700,182    
Less shares redeemed     (84,545,042 )     (61,953,135 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     115,045,704       64,963,256    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     8,494,854       4,470,636    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     29,941       32,150    
Less shares redeemed     (3,917,635 )     (3,087,224 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     4,607,160       1,415,562    

 

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, 2011
  Year Ended
September 30, 2010
 
From Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 16,948,239     $ 9,752,864    
Net realized gain (loss)     58,723,411       64,192,435    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (266,813,335 )     60,599,100    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations     (191,141,685 )     134,544,399    
Distributions to shareholders from:  
Net investment income—Class I     (8,015,010 )     (11,557,905 )  
Net investment income—Class II     (4,287 )     (11,218 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (8,019,297 )     (11,569,123 )  
From Fund share transactions:  
Proceeds from shares sold—Class I     743,917,514       531,405,341    
Proceeds from shares sold—Class II     1,782,873       1,158,779    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class I     7,375,297       10,953,374    
Reinvestment of distributions—Class II     1,630       6,783    
Payment for shares redeemed—Class I     (441,457,246 )     (216,310,867 )  
Payment for shares redeemed—Class II     (1,012,428 )     (683,491 )  
Redemption fees—Class I     212,535       319,527    
Redemption fees—Class II     269       349    
Net increase in net assets from Fund
share transactions
    310,820,444       326,849,795    
Total increase in net assets     111,659,462       449,825,071    
Net assets:  
Beginning of year     1,218,650,185       768,825,114    
End of year   $ 1,330,309,647     $ 1,218,650,185    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)   $ (28,027,026 )   $ 10,706,834    
Fund Share Transactions—Class I:  
Shares sold     53,700,148       43,865,444    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     528,317       934,588    
Less shares redeemed     (32,752,861 )     (18,014,230 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     21,475,604       26,785,802    
Fund Share Transactions—Class II:  
Shares sold     127,014       95,271    
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends     117       580    
Less shares redeemed     (72,669 )     (57,214 )  
Net increase in shares outstanding     54,462       38,637    

 

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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 (the "1940 Act"). Each Fund, other than Select and Global Select, is diversified in accordance with the 1940 Act. The following 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 had no outstanding Class II shares during the year ended September 30, 2011.

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, other than Oakmark, Select, and 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. The Funds may approve the waiver of redemption fees on certain types of accounts held through intermediaries, pursuant to the Funds' policies and procedures. Prior to June 30, 2011 Oakmark and Select also imposed this fee.

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 at the latest bid quotation or at an evaluated price provided by an independent professional pricing service. The pricing service may use standard inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and reference data including market research publications. For certain security types additional inputs may be used or some of the standard inputs may not be applicable. Additionally, the pricing service monitors market indicators and industry and economic events, which may serve as a trigger to gather and possibly use additional market data. Debt obligations and money market instruments maturing in less than 61 days from the date of purchase are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair 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 value, 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

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Notes to Financial Statements (cont.)

may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent professional pricing service to value foreign securities in order to adjust local closing prices for information or events that may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. At September 30, 2011 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. At September 30, 2011, Global, Global Select, International and Int'l Small Cap held securities that were valued at a fair value using a systematic fair valuation model due to the performance of the U.S. markets since the close of the foreign markets.

Fair value measurement—

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.

The Funds recognize transfers between level 1 and level 2 at the end of the reporting cycle. At the year ended September 30, 2011, there were significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 securities in the amount of of $940,404,691, $190,029,924, $6,579,027,623 and $1,198,910,235 for Global, Global Select, International and Int'l Small Cap, respectively. The transfers were due to securities that were valued using a systematic fair valuation model due to the performance of the U.S. markets since the close of the foreign markets.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2011 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 the below 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   $ 4,303,842,596     $ 0     $ 0    
Common Stock Sold Short     (23,398,280 )          
Short Term Investments     0       218,282,788       0    
Total   $ 4,280,444,316     $ 218,282,788     $ 0    
Select                     
Common Stocks   $ 2,155,848,760     $ 0     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       119,810,395       0    
Total   $ 2,155,848,760     $ 119,810,395     $ 0    
Equity and Income                     
Common Stocks - Packaged Food & Meats   $ 0     $ 608,445,756     $ 0    
Common Stocks - All Other     11,085,315,343       0       0    
Fixed Income     0       4,166,473,712       0    
Short Term Investments     0       1,948,117,581       0    
Total   $ 11,085,315,343     $ 6,723,037,049     $ 0    

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    Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Global                     
Common Stocks   $ 864,059,565     $ 940,404,691     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       20,410,556       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     0       29,636,913       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     0       (5,710,813 )     0    
Total   $ 864,059,565     $ 984,741,347     $ 0    
Global Select                     
Common Stocks   $ 211,576,620     $ 190,029,924     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       14,159,403       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     0       5,306,239       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     0       (1,573,355 )     0    
Total   $ 211,576,620     $ 207,922,211     $ 0    
International                     
Common Stocks   $ 247,296,795     $ 6,579,027,623     $ 0    
Short Term Investments     0       134,218,031       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     0       161,983,353       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     0       (18,538,591 )     0    
Total   $ 247,296,795     $ 6,856,690,416     $ 0    
Int'l Small Cap+                     
Common Stocks   $ 54,797,943     $ 1,198,910,235     $ 0 +  
Warrants     741,019       0        
Short Term Investments     0       30,366,294       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets     0       27,535,353       0    
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities     0       (1,700,342 )     0    
Total   $ 55,538,962     $ 1,255,111,540     $ 0    

 

+  On September 30, 2010, Int'l Small Cap held a security classified as Level 3 within the Investment Banking and Brokerage category with a fair value of zero. For the year ended September 30, 2011, the Funds had no purchases or sales of Level 3 securities. The fair value of this holding remained at zero at September 30, 2011.

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 gain (loss) on investments and net 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 Statements of Operations. Unrealized gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in

 

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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 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 net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts for the period are included in the Statements of Operations.

At September 30, 2011 Global, Global Select, International, and Int'l Small Cap held forward foreign currency contracts, each whose counterparty is State Street Corporation, which are considered derivative instruments under FASB ASC Topic 815-10, as follows:

Oakmark Global Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/11
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Bought:                      
Australian Dollar     5,350,000     06/20/12   $ 5,038,377     $ (47,922 )  
Swiss Franc     69,900,000     03/21/12     77,451,008       (5,662,891 )  
            $ 82,489,385     $ (5,710,813 )  
Foreign Currency Sold:                      
Australian Dollar     76,900,000     06/20/12   $ 72,420,779     $ 4,367,398    
Euro     40,300,000     03/21/12     53,970,439       3,825,245    
Japanese Yen     25,210,000,000     09/19/12     329,088,470       1,999,357    
Swedish Krona     99,790,000     12/21/11     14,486,951       1,038,674    
Swiss Franc     218,600,000     03/21/12     242,214,456       18,406,239    
            $ 712,181,095     $ 29,636,913    

 

During the year ended September 30, 2011, the proceeds from forward foreign currency contracts opened for Global were $1,136,764,512 and the cost to close contracts was $860,318,598.

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Oakmark Global Select Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/11
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Bought:                      
Euro     1,355,000     03/21/12   $ 1,814,639     $ (100,979 )  
Swiss Franc     12,990,000     03/21/12     14,393,256       (1,472,376 )  
            $ 16,207,895     $ (1,573,355 )  
Foreign Currency Sold:                      
Euro     5,985,000     03/21/12   $ 8,015,213     $ 565,121    
Japanese Yen     4,690,000,000     09/19/12     61,222,726       393,078    
Swiss Franc     52,830,000     03/21/12     58,537,007       4,348,040    
            $ 127,774,946     $ 5,306,239    

 

During the year ended September 30, 2011, the proceeds from forward foreign currency contracts opened for Global Select were $192,515,444 and the cost to close contracts was $133,447,888.

Oakmark International Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/11
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Bought:                      
Australian Dollar     10,000,000     06/20/12   $ 9,417,527     $ (89,574 )  
Swiss Franc     295,000,000     03/21/12     326,867,633       (18,449,017 )  
            $ 336,285,160     $ (18,538,591 )  
Foreign Currency Sold:                      
Australian Dollar     227,000,000     06/20/12   $ 213,777,852     $ 11,996,349    
Euro     344,500,000     03/21/12     461,360,202       32,696,348    
Japanese Yen     96,700,000,000     09/19/12     1,262,310,794       7,671,340    
Swedish Krona     520,300,000     12/21/11     75,534,227       5,882,230    
Swiss Franc     1,319,800,000     03/21/12     1,462,372,549       103,737,086    
            $ 3,475,355,624     $ 161,983,353    

 

During the year ended September 30, 2011, the proceeds from forward foreign currency contracts opened for International were $5,501,535,417 and the cost to close contracts was $3,503,384,420.

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Oakmark Int'l Small Cap Fund

    Contract
Amount
  Settlement
Date
  Valuation at
9/30/11
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Foreign Currency Bought:                      
Australian Dollar     14,400,000     06/20/12   $ 13,561,238     $ (128,986 )  
Swiss Franc     6,200,000     03/21/12     6,869,760       (1,571,356 )  
            $ 20,430,998     $ (1,700,342 )  
Foreign Currency Sold:                      
Australian Dollar     163,200,000     06/20/12   $ 153,694,032     $ 8,886,648    
Euro     57,500,000     03/21/12     77,004,968       5,457,203    
Japanese Yen     21,415,000,000     09/19/12     279,548,973       1,681,219    
Norwegian Krona     114,448,000     12/21/11     19,420,758       1,403,115    
Swedish Krona     10,611,000     12/21/11     1,540,445       108,914    
Swiss Franc     115,180,000     03/21/12     127,622,420       9,998,254    
            $ 658,831,596     $ 27,535,353    

 

During the year ended September 30, 2011, the proceeds from forward foreign currency contracts opened for Int'l Small Cap were $1,104,946,150 and the cost to close contracts was $707,471,158.

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 a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When a 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, 2011, Oakmark Fund held a security sold short.

When-issued or delayed-delivery securities—

Each Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. Although the payment and interest terms of these securities are established at the time a Fund enters into the commitment, the securities may be delivered and paid for a month or more after the date of purchase, when their value may have changed. A Fund makes such commitments only with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but may sell the securities before settlement date if the Adviser deems it advisable for investment reasons.

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 fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from option transactions. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or a loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option

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written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current fair 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 fair 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, in the instances of OTC derivatives, the failure of the counterparty to honor its obligation under the contract.

The Funds did not write or purchase options during the year ended September 30, 2011.

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 $500 million. Borrowings under that arrangement bear interest at 1.25% 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. Fees and interest expense, if any, related to the Facility are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations. There were no borrowings under the Facility during the year ended September 30, 2011.

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, 2011, 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 continues to receive the equivalent of the interest or dividends paid by the issuer on the securities loaned and also receives an additional return that may be in the form of a fixed fee or a percentage of the earnings on the collateral. The Fund has 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.

At September 30, 2011, 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.

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These securities are priced using market quotations or at amortized cost, and there are no unrestricted securities with the same maturity dates and yields for the issuer.

At September 30, 2011, Equity and Income held the following restricted securities:

Par   Security
Name
  Acquisition
Date
  Carrying
Value
  Original
Cost
  Value   Percentage of
Net Assets
 
$ 11,700,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  4/6/2004   $ 104.4836     $ 103.31     $ 12,224,581       0.07 %  
  3,740,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/20/2003     104.4836       96.41       3,907,687       0.02 %  
  3,000,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  6/27/2003     104.4836       100.68       3,134,508       0.02 %  
  300,000     Sealed Air Corporation,
144A, 5.625% due
7/15/2013
  8/21/2003     104.4836       96.79       313,451       0.00 %  
  100,000,000     BP Capital Markets PLC,
144A, 0.24% due
11/16/2011
  7/14/2011     99.9791       99.9693       99,979,110       0.57 %  
  50,000,000     BP Capital Markets PLC,
144A, 0.23% due
12/15/2011
  9/15/2011     99.9627       99.9521       49,981,385       0.28 %  
  1,280,000     BP Capital Markets PLC,
144A, 0.27% due
10/20/2011
  6/17/2011     99.9933       99.9858       1,279,915       0.01 %  
  2,600,000     John Deere Capital, Co.,
144A, 0.15% due
12/05/2011
  9/2/2011     99.9754       99.9729       2,599,361       0.01 %  
  50,000,000     Johnson & Johnson,
144A, 0.04% due
10/04/2011
  8/30/2011     99.9996       99.9997       49,999,833       0.28 %  
  10,000,000     Johnson & Johnson,
144A, 0.05% due
10/17/2011
  8/19/2011     99.9977       99.9978       9,999,778       0.06 %  
  18,000,000     Kellogg Co.,
144A, 0.20% due
10/19/2011
  9/27/2011     99.9900       99.9900       17,998,200       0.10 %  
  3,000,000     Kellogg Co.,
144A, 0.20% due
10/03/2011
  9/7/2011     99.9988       99.9989       2,999,967       0.02 %  
  25,000,000     Medtronic, Inc.,
144A, 0.10% due
11/17/2011
  8/18/2011     99.9826       99.9869       24,995,668       0.14 %  
  25,000,000     Medtronic, Inc.,
144A, 0.08% due
12/01/2011
  8/31/2011     99.9774       99.9864       24,994,360       0.14 %  
  25,000,000     Medtronic, Inc.,
144A, 0.07% due
12/08/2011
  9/12/2011     99.9729       99.9868       24,993,245       0.14 %  

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Par   Security
Name
  Acquisition
Date
  Carrying
Value
  Original
Cost
  Value   Percentage of
Net Assets
 
$ 30,000,000     PepsiCo.,Inc.,
144A, 0.07% due
10/24/2011
  9/7/2011   $ 99.9955     $ 99.9955     $ 29,998,658       0.17 %  
  30,000,000     PepsiCo.,Inc.,
144A, 0.11% due
11/16/2011
  8/17/2011     99.9856       99.9859       29,995,692       0.17 %  
  25,000,000     PepsiCo.,Inc.,
144A, 0.10% due
11/08/2011
  8/15/2011     99.9889       99.9894       24,997,238       0.14 %  
  25,000,000     PepsiCo.,Inc.,
144A, 0.11% due
11/14/2011
  8/11/2011     99.9862       99.9866       24,996,562       0.14 %  
  6,150,000     PepsiCo.,Inc.,
144A, 0.10% due
11/07/2011
  8/17/2011     99.9893       99.9897       6,149,344       0.03 %  
  25,000,000     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
144A, 0.07% due
10/06/2011
  8/31/2011     99.9990       99.9990       24,999,757       0.14 %  
  20,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.41% due
12/29/2011
  9/27/2011     99.9375       99.9011       19,987,500       0.11 %  
  15,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.30% due
12/12/2011
  9/12/2011     99.9515       99.9400       14,992,731       0.08 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.25% due
10/03/2011
  7/1/2011     99.9982       99.9986       9,999,825       0.06 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.25% due
10/05/2011
  7/5/2011     99.9970       99.9972       9,999,708       0.06 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.30% due
10/26/2011
  7/22/2011     99.9848       99.979       9,998,483       0.06 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.35% due
10/31/2011
  8/2/2011     99.9818       99.972       9,998,183       0.06 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.39% due
11/23/2011
  8/18/2011     99.9655       99.944       9,996,550       0.06 %  
  10,000,000     WellPoint, Inc.,
144A, 0.39% due
11/29/2011
  8/17/2011     99.9616       99.938       9,996,167       0.06 %  
                        $ 565,507,447       3.20 %  

 

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. There is 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, 2011 remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.

 

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2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Each Fund has an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser. For management services and facilities furnished, the Adviser receives from each Fund a monthly fee based on that Fund's net assets at the end of the preceding month. Annual fee rates are as follows:

Fund   Advisory Fees   Fund   Advisory Fees  
Oakmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
Select
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity and Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.90% on the next $1 billion;
0.80% on the next $2 billion;
0.75% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.70% on the next $2.5 billion; and
0.65% over $10 billion
 
1.00% up to $1 billion;
0.95% on the next $500 million;
0.90% on the next $500 million;
0.85% on the next $500 million;
0.80% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.75% on the next $5 billion; and
0.725% over $10 billion
 
0.75% up to $5 billion;
0.70% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.675% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.65% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.60% on the next $3.5 billion;
0.585% on the next $5 billion;
0.5775% on the next $7 billion; and
0.5725% over $28 billion
  Global
 
 
 
 
Global Select
 
 
 
 
International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Int'l Small Cap
 
 
 
 
  1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $2 billion;
0.90% on the next $4 billion; and
0.875% over $8 billion
 
1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $1 billion;
0.875% on the next $4 billion; and
0.85% over $7 billion
 
1.00% up to $2 billion;
0.95% on the next $1 billion;
0.85% on the next $2 billion;
0.825% on the next $2.5 billion;
0.815% on the next $3.5 billion;
0.805% on the next $5.5 billion; and
0.80% over $16.5 billion
 
1.25% up to $500 million;
1.10% on the next $1 billion;
1.05% on the next $2 billion; and
1.025% over $3.5 billion
 
 

 

The Adviser is contractually obligated through January 31, 2012 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 each 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 September 30, 2015, 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 expenses of a Fund Class for that fiscal year to exceed the applicable limit stated above. As of September 30, 2011 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

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a portion of the intermediary fees attributable to shares of the Fund held by the intermediary (which generally are a percentage of value of the shares held) not exceeding the lesser of 75% of the fees charged by the intermediary or what the Fund would have paid its transfer agent had each customer's shares been registered directly with the transfer agent instead of held through the intermediary. The Adviser pays the remainder of the fees. The fees incurred by the Funds are reflected as other shareholder servicing fees in the Statements of Operations.

The Independent 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 change in the accrued obligations for the period is included in Trustees fees in the Statements of Operations. 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.

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, 2011 the 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   $ 3,844,892,727     $ 832,470,551     $ (178,636,174 )   $ 653,834,377    
Select     1,744,471,238       573,028,237       (41,840,320 )     531,187,917    
Equity and Income     16,337,035,454       2,151,381,140       (680,064,202 )     1,471,316,938    
Global     1,871,096,500       262,880,232       (309,101,920 )     (46,221,688 )  
Global Select     456,092,915       23,045,128       (63,372,096 )     (40,326,968 )  
International     7,956,859,202       336,740,017       (1,333,056,770 )     (996,316,753 )  
Int'l Small Cap     1,573,425,485       65,978,840       (354,588,834 )     (288,609,994 )  

 

For the year ended September 30, 2011, the following Funds incurred net capital and currency losses which each Fund intends to treat as incurred in the following fiscal year:

Fund   Net Capital and
Currency Losses
 
Oakmark   $ 36,451,590    
Select     12,042,965    
Global     15,598,219    
Global Select     2,205,383    

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On September 30, 2011, the tax year end of the Funds, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:

Fund   Expires
September 30, 2017
  Expires
September 30, 2018
  Utilized During
the Year Ended
September 30, 2011
 
Oakmark   $ 661,249     $ 3,464,831     $ 0    
Select     2,240,747       0       7,540,578    
Equity and Income     0       0       350,534,911    
Global     0       203,706,399       86,543,390    
Global Select     20,031,883       0       21,229,982    
International     0       383,153,802       459,987,046    
Int'l Small Cap     0       0       95,120,211    

 

As of year ended September 30, 2011 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   $ 28,724,322     $ 0     $ 28,724,322    
Select     2,529,449       0       2,529,449    
Equity and Income     236,623,648       58,543,432       295,167,080    
Global     0       0       0    
Global Select     0       0       0    
International     53,614,102       0       53,614,102    
Int'l Small Cap     1,698,397       306,791       2,005,188    

 

During the year ended September 30, 2011 and the year ended September 30, 2010 the tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

    Year ended
September 30, 2011
  Year ended
September 30, 2010
 
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   $ 22,616,888     $ 0     $ 21,191,609     $ 0    
Select     5,174,394       0       7,151,944       0    
Equity and Income     152,514,944       0       187,239,323       0    
Global     9,080,560       0       12,675,492       0    
Global Select     809,546       0       1,100,573       0    
International     54,130,299       0       31,064,403       0    
Int'l Small Cap     8,019,297       0       11,569,123       0    

 

On September 30, 2011 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 capital and currency loss deferrals and 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 and in-kind transactions gains and losses. Permanent differences have been recorded in their respective component of the Analysis of Net Assets shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

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4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended September 30, 2011 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   $ 1,999,833     $ 386,867     $ 5,589,220     $ 819,988     $ 309,452     $ 5,703,787     $ 963,172    
Proceeds from sales     723,192       533,600       5,220,676       678,724       201,293       3,348,612       675,339    

 

Purchases at cost and proceeds from sales (in thousands) of long-term U.S. Government securities for the year ended September 30, 2011 were $2,838,190 and $4,422,104, respectively, for Equity and Income.

For the year ended September 30, 2011 the proceeds from in-kind sales (in thousands) were $212,961 for Global. 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 1940 Act. A schedule of each Fund's investments in securities of affiliated issuers for the year ended September 30, 2011 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,
2010
  Value
September 30,
2011
 
Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Inc.
    6,900,000     $ 3,422,010     $ 0     $ 4,186,500     $ 154,372,500     $ 138,966,000    
Flowserve Corp.     3,584,402       236,740,906       0       3,088,811       120,362,000       265,245,748    
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc.
    5,400,000       45,964,141       0       9,450,000       343,553,512       334,638,000    
PartnerRe, Ltd. (b)     777,100       0       185,132,249       8,399,103       312,702,000       40,619,017    
PharMerica Corp. (a)     1,810,000       12,268,897       1,228,132       0       6,575,986       25,828,700    
Walter Energy, Inc.     3,947,050       62,020,491       0       1,500,000       243,870,000       236,862,471    
TOTALS       $ 360,416,445     $ 186,360,381     $ 26,624,414     $ 1,181,435,998     $ 1,042,159,936    

 

Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
Oakmark International Fund

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2010
  Value
September 30,
2011
 
Meitec Corp.     2,475,100     $ 0     $ 0     $ 1,764,878     $ 45,985,626     $ 47,315,554    
TOTALS       $ 0     $ 0     $ 1,764,878     $ 45,985,626     $ 47,315,554    

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Schedule of Transactions with Affiliated Issuers
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

Affiliates   Shares Held   Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2010
  Value
September 30,
2011
 
Freightways, Ltd. (b)     5,259,700     $ 0     $ 6,907,637     $ 952,167     $ 17,133,075     $ 12,759,085    
Interpump Group SpA     5,169,313       13,668,099       18,675,469       460,166       33,048,030       29,367,429    
Interpump Group SpA,
Warrants (a)
    848,916       0       176,495       0       951,813       631,221    
JJB Sports PLC (a)     29,284,528       15,839,866       0       0       8,424,985       8,099,423    
JJB Sports PLC,
Warrants (a)
    2,474,255       0       0       0       0       0    
LSL Property
Services PLC
    10,375,000       10,941,037       0       1,452,104       27,485,666       36,097,015    
NSD Co., Ltd. (b)     1,472,200       12,056,418       10,906,716       935,258       18,857,189       12,089,990    
Orbotech, Ltd. (a)     3,337,600       18,595,384       3,638,980       0       19,401,120       32,307,968    
Pasona Group, Inc.     32,295       4,178,244       0       394,942       19,023,364       32,819,315    
Vitec Group PLC     2,437,011       0       5,597,066       873,802       24,036,857       20,058,863    
TOTALS       $ 75,279,048     $ 45,902,363     $ 5,068,439     $ 168,362,099     $ 184,230,309    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Due to transactions during the year ended September 30, 2011, the company is no longer an affiliated security.

6. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Funds' financial statements. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds' financial statements through the date of the publication of this report.

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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 a shareholder would have earned (or lost) on an investment, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. For each year shown, all information is for the fiscal year ended September 30, unless otherwise noted.

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Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 38.36     $ 34.55     $ 35.31     $ 47.28     $ 44.64    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.34 (a)     0.24       0.29 (a)     0.52       0.47 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.58 )     3.80       0.39       (8.51 )     4.60    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.24 )     4.04       0.68       (7.99 )     5.07    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.25 )     (0.23 )     (0.45 )     (0.56 )     (0.43 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.99 )     (3.42 )     (2.00 )  
Total Distributions     (0.25 )     (0.23 )     (1.44 )     (3.98 )     (2.43 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 37.87     $ 38.36     $ 34.55     $ 35.31     $ 47.28    
Total Return     -0.67 %     11.74 %     3.38 %     -18.14 %     11.51 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 4,512.5     $ 3,419.3     $ 3,144.2     $ 3,610.1     $ 5,656.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.04 %     1.11 %     1.23 %     1.10 %     1.01 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.82 %     0.65 %     1.06 %     1.17 %     1.01 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     18 %     24 %     62 %     32 %     12 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 38.32     $ 34.56     $ 35.12     $ 46.97     $ 44.35    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.19 (a)     0.13       0.24 (a)     0.54       0.32 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.59 )     3.79       0.45       (8.64 )     4.55    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.40 )     3.92       0.69       (8.10 )     4.87    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.14 )     (0.16 )     (0.26 )     (0.33 )     (0.25 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.99 )     (3.42 )     (2.00 )  
Total Distributions     (0.14 )     (0.16 )     (1.25 )     (3.75 )     (2.25 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 37.78     $ 38.32     $ 34.56     $ 35.12     $ 46.97    
Total Return     -1.07 %     11.37 %     3.22 %     -18.44 %     11.11 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 24.7     $ 9.0     $ 8.2     $ 12.4     $ 29.1    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.45 %     1.42 %     1.44 %     1.47 %     1.36 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.44 %     0.34 %     0.88 %     0.81 %     0.67 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     18 %     24 %     62 %     32 %     12 %  

 

(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,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 25.64     $ 22.68     $ 20.34     $ 33.05     $ 34.48    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.04 (a)     0.06 (a)     0.11 (a)     0.35       0.38 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.12 )     2.97       2.48       (9.63 )     2.11    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.08 )     3.03       2.59       (9.28 )     2.49    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.06 )     (0.07 )     (0.25 )     (0.32 )     (0.39 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       0.00       (3.11 )     (3.53 )  
Total Distributions     (0.06 )     (0.07 )     (0.25 )     (3.43 )     (3.92 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 25.50     $ 25.64     $ 22.68     $ 20.34     $ 33.05    
Total Return     -0.34 %     13.39 %     13.30 %     -30.43 %     7.00 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 2,266.7     $ 2,407.8     $ 2,265.3     $ 2,558.9     $ 5,397.4    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.07 %     1.08 %     1.19 %     1.08 %     0.97 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.15 %     0.22 %     0.66 %     1.16 %     1.11 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     16 %     25 %     34 %     26 %     10 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 25.59     $ 22.70     $ 20.29     $ 32.82     $ 34.23    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income (Loss)     (0.05 )(a)     (0.02 )(a)     0.12 (a)     0.34       0.27 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.11 )     2.97       2.49       (9.65 )     2.09    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.16 )     2.95       2.61       (9.31 )     2.36    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     0.00       (0.06 )     (0.20 )     (0.11 )     (0.24 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       0.00       (3.11 )     (3.53 )  
Total Distributions     0.00       (0.06 )     (0.20 )     (3.22 )     (3.77 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 25.43     $ 25.59     $ 22.70     $ 20.29     $ 32.82    
Total Return     -0.63 %     12.99 %     13.34 %     -30.64 %     6.65 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 8.0     $ 8.3     $ 8.1     $ 15.1     $ 36.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.38 %     1.39 %     1.28 %     1.37 %     1.35 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income (loss) to Average Net Assets     (0.16 )%     (0.08 )%     0.72 %     0.88 %     0.79 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     16 %     25 %     34 %     26 %     10 %  

 

(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,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 26.03     $ 24.72     $ 25.57     $ 28.67     $ 26.49    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.26       0.27 (a)     0.35 (a)     0.53 (a)     0.58 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.45 )     1.33       (0.24 )     (1.52 )     3.41    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.19 )     1.60       0.11       (0.99 )     3.99    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.22 )     (0.29 )     (0.39 )     (0.60 )     (0.50 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.57 )     (1.51 )     (1.31 )  
Total Distributions     (0.22 )     (0.29 )     (0.96 )     (2.11 )     (1.81 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 25.62     $ 26.03     $ 24.72     $ 25.57     $ 28.67    
Total Return     -0.77 %     6.52 %     1.02 %     -3.85 %     15.77 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 16,441.0     $ 16,993.7     $ 14,418.4     $ 13,263.3     $ 12,489.5    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     0.77 %     0.79 %     0.85 %     0.81 %     0.83 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.93 %     1.04 %     1.59 %     1.93 %     2.14 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     47 %     91 %     78 %(c)     65 %(c)     67 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 25.85     $ 24.57     $ 25.40     $ 28.50     $ 26.35    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.17       0.18       0.28 (a)     0.43 (a)     0.48 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.43 )     1.33       (0.24 )     (1.51 )     3.40    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.26 )     1.51       0.04       (1.08 )     3.88    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.14 )     (0.23 )     (0.30 )     (0.51 )     (0.42 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.57 )     (1.51 )     (1.31 )  
Total Distributions     (0.14 )     (0.23 )     (0.87 )     (2.02 )     (1.73 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00       0.00       0.00       0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 25.45     $ 25.85     $ 24.57     $ 25.40     $ 28.50    
Total Return     -1.04 %     6.17 %     0.70 %     -4.19 %     15.38 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1,212.2     $ 1,270.1     $ 1,110.4     $ 1,009.7     $ 915.1    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.09 %     1.12 %     1.18 %     1.16 %     1.17 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.61 %     0.71 %     1.26 %     1.59 %     1.82 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     47 %     91 %     78 %(c)     65 %(c)     67 %  

 

(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.

 

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 20.39     $ 18.94     $ 19.43     $ 28.08     $ 26.69    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.16 (a)     0.10       0.11       0.25       0.18 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (1.65 )     1.49       0.13       (5.82 )     5.06    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.49 )     1.59       0.24       (5.57 )     5.24    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.09 )     (0.14 )     (0.70 )     (0.04 )     (0.31 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.03 )     (3.04 )     (3.54 )  
Total Distributions     (0.09 )     (0.14 )     (0.73 )     (3.08 )     (3.85 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 18.81     $ 20.39     $ 18.94     $ 19.43     $ 28.08    
Total Return     -7.38 %     8.43 %     2.65 %     -22.10 %     21.29 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1,816.9     $ 2,031.8     $ 1,675.9     $ 1,946.6     $ 3,006.2    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.16 %     1.15 %     1.23 %     1.16 %     1.13 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.70 %     0.53 %     0.76 %     0.95 %     0.66 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     29 %(c)     37 %     32 %     41 %     35 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 19.97     $ 18.58     $ 19.01     $ 27.62     $ 26.31    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.06 (a)     0.00 (b)     0.07 (a)     0.13       0.07 (a)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (1.61 )     1.48       0.14       (5.69 )     4.99    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.55 )     1.48       0.21       (5.56 )     5.06    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     0.00 (b)     (0.09 )     (0.61 )     (0.01 )     (0.21 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.03 )     (3.04 )     (3.54 )  
Total Distributions     0.00 (b)     (0.09 )     (0.64 )     (3.05 )     (3.75 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 18.42     $ 19.97     $ 18.58     $ 19.01     $ 27.62    
Total Return     -7.75 %     8.02 %     2.43 %     -22.46 %     20.82 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 36.6     $ 50.5     $ 54.4     $ 57.6     $ 90.3    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.55 %     1.54 %     1.54 %     1.57 %     1.53 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.27 %     0.09 %     0.46 %     0.54 %     0.25 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     29 %(c)     37 %     32 %     41 %     35 %  

 

(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 SELECT FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  October 2, 2006
through
September 30, 2007 (a)
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 10.15     $ 9.54     $ 8.23     $ 11.61     $ 10.00    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.02       0.04       0.06       0.14 (b)     0.12 (b)  
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (0.19 )     0.61       1.60       (3.07 )     1.49    
Total From Investment Operations     (0.17 )     0.65       1.66       (2.93 )     1.61    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.35 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       0.00       (0.44 )     0.00    
Total Distributions     (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.35 )     (0.46 )     (0.01 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.00 (c)     0.01       0.01    
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 9.96     $ 10.15     $ 9.54     $ 8.23     $ 11.61    
Total Return     -1.65 %     6.81 %     22.24 %     -25.95 %     16.23 %²  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 422.0     $ 329.9     $ 266.2     $ 232.8     $ 377.7    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.24 %     1.29 %     1.43 %     1.35 %     1.31 %†  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.33 %     0.40 %     0.88 %     1.41 %     1.01 %†  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     49 %     50 %     41 %     62 %     33 %²  

 

²  Data has not been annualized.

†  Data has been annualized.

(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.

 

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 18.18     $ 16.25     $ 15.71     $ 26.59     $ 26.83    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.31 (a)     0.20 (a)     0.16 (a)     0.65       0.43    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (2.20 )     1.85       1.87       (7.11 )     3.25    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.89 )     2.05       2.03       (6.46 )     3.68    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.16 )     (0.12 )     (1.39 )     (0.17 )     (0.44 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.10 )     (4.25 )     (3.48 )  
Total Distributions     (0.16 )     (0.12 )     (1.49 )     (4.42 )     (3.92 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 16.13     $ 18.18     $ 16.25     $ 15.71     $ 26.59    
Total Return     -10.54 %     12.67 %     17.71 %     -28.59 %     14.53 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 6,920.8     $ 5,707.4     $ 4,045.4     $ 3,753.6     $ 8,446.6    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.06 %     1.08 %     1.17 %     1.10 %     1.05 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.63 %     1.21 %     1.32 %     2.32 %     1.65 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     45 %     51 %     53 %     41 %     50 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 18.25     $ 16.38     $ 15.55     $ 26.32     $ 26.61    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.24 (a)     0.14 (a)     0.14 (a)     0.39 (a)     0.35    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (2.20 )     1.86       1.96       (6.86 )     3.19    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.96 )     2.00       2.10       (6.47 )     3.54    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.11 )     (0.13 )     (1.17 )     (0.05 )     (0.35 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.10 )     (4.25 )     (3.48 )  
Total Distributions     (0.11 )     (0.13 )     (1.27 )     (4.30 )     (3.83 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 16.18     $ 18.25     $ 16.38     $ 15.55     $ 26.32    
Total Return     -10.85 %     12.26 %     17.70 %     -28.91 %     14.04 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 204.0     $ 146.0     $ 107.8     $ 130.8     $ 586.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.32 %     1.52 %     1.44 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.26 %     0.83 %     1.15 %     1.96 %     1.31 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     45 %     51 %     53 %     41 %     50 %  

 

(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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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

Financial Highlights–Class I

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 13.02     $ 11.51     $ 11.36     $ 23.19     $ 24.09    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.15 (a)     0.12 (a)     0.15 (a)     0.37       0.32    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (1.53 )     1.55       1.06       (6.36 )     2.77    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.38 )     1.67       1.21       (5.99 )     3.09    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.08 )     (0.16 )     (0.93 )     (0.18 )     (0.56 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.13 )     (5.66 )     (3.43 )  
Total Distributions     (0.08 )     (0.16 )     (1.06 )     (5.84 )     (3.99 )  
Redemption Fees     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)     0.00 (b)  
Net Asset Value, End of Year   $ 11.56     $ 13.02     $ 11.51     $ 11.36     $ 23.19    
Total Return     -10.72 %     14.70 %     16.28 %     -32.47 %     13.35 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1,328.4     $ 1,217.2     $ 768.0     $ 663.6     $ 1,326.5    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.38 %     1.38 %     1.54 %     1.41 %     1.34 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     1.10 %     1.02 %     1.77 %     2.17 %     1.19 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     46 %     54 %     46 %     50 %     57 %  

 

Financial Highlights–Class II

For a share outstanding throughout each period

    Year Ended
September 30,
2011
  Year Ended
September 30,
2010
  Year Ended
September 30,
2009
  Year Ended
September 30,
2008
  Year Ended
September 30,
2007
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year   $ 12.97     $ 11.50     $ 11.33     $ 23.15     $ 24.05    
Income From Investment Operations:  
Net Investment Income     0.12 (a)     0.09 (a)     0.14 (a)     0.47       0.29    
Net Gain (Loss) on Investments (both realized and unrealized)     (1.55 )     1.54       1.06       (6.48 )     2.79    
Total From Investment Operations     (1.43 )     1.63       1.20       (6.01 )     3.08    
Less Distributions:  
From Net Investment Income     (0.04 )     (0.16 )     (0.90 )     (0.15 )     (0.55 )  
From Capital Gains     0.00       0.00       (0.13 )     (5.66 )     (3.43 )  
Total Distributions     (0.04 )     (0.16 )     (1.03 )     (5.81 )     (3.98 )  
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     $ 12.97     $ 11.50     $ 11.33     $ 23.15    
Total Return     -11.09 %     14.30 %     16.08 %     -32.63 %     13.29 %  
Ratios/Supplemental Data:  
Net Assets, End of Year ($million)   $ 1.9     $ 1.4     $ 0.8     $ 0.3     $ 0.9    
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets     1.72 %     1.72 %     1.71 %     1.54 %     1.43 %  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets     0.85 %     0.74 %     1.66 %     2.12 %     1.12 %  
Portfolio Turnover Rate     46 %     54 %     46 %     50 %     57 %  

 

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

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

 

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THE OAKMARK 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, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year 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 four 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, 2011, 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, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, 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 22, 2011

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Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

International and Int'l Small Cap paid qualifying foreign taxes of $10,559,548 and $2,100,271 and earned $218,374,127 and $40,922,734 of foreign source income during the year ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, International and Int'l Small Cap designated $0.02 and $0.02 per share as foreign taxes paid and $0.49 and $0.36 per share as income earned from foreign sources for the year ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Qualified dividend income ("QDI") received by the Funds through September 30, 2011 that qualified for a reduced tax rate pursuant to the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 are as follows:

Fund      
Oakmark   $ 75,560,487    
Select     31,036,541    
Equity and Income     213,295,336    
Global     35,942,290    
Global Select     6,276,535    
International     164,639,327    
Int'l Small Cap     34,426,145    

 

For corporate shareholders, a portion of the ordinary dividends paid during the Funds' year ended September 30, 2011 qualified for the dividends received deduction, as follows:

Fund      
Oakmark     100.00 %  
Select     100.00 %  
Equity and Income     64.08 %  
Global     27.71 %  
Global Select     100.00 %  
International     0.00 %  
Int'l Small Cap     0.00 %  

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Reporting to Shareholders. The Funds reduce the number of duplicate prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports your household receives by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. Call the Funds at 1-800-OAKMARK (1-800-625-6275) to request individual copies of these documents. The Funds will begin sending individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.

Before investing in any Oakmark Fund, you should carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, management fees and other expenses. This and other important information is contained in a Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus. Please read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing. For more information, please visit oakmark.com or call 1-800-OAKMARK (1-800-625-6275).

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 report, and are subject to change without notice.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The performance of the Funds does not reflect the 2% redemption fee imposed on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase with the exception of the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund which do not impose a redemption fee. To obtain the most recent 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 both Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund are non-diversified, the performance of each holding in those Funds will have a greater impact on each Fund's total returns, and may make each Fund's returns more volatile than a more diversified fund.

The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund closed to certain new investors as of 5/13/10.

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund may invest in medium- and lower-quality debt securities that have higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than higher-quality securities. These risks 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 presents risks that in some ways 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.

Endnotes:

  1.  The S&P 500 Total Return Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly 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 index that includes only 30 U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

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  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.  Morningstar is an independent monitor of mutual fund performance. Morningstar rankings reflect the total return percentile rank within each fund's specified Morningstar Category. The highest (or most favorable) percentile rank is 1 and the lowest (or least favorable) percentile rank is 100. Rankings are subject to change and are for the share class indicated. The Oakmark Fund ranked #107 out of 139, #12 out of 139, #26 out of 139, and #3 out of 139 funds in the large blend category for one, five, and ten years, and since inception, respectively, as of 7/31/11. The Oakmark Fund ranked #2 out of 139 funds in the Large Blend category as of 8/5/11.

  7.  Lipper, Inc. is an independent monitor of mutual fund performance. Rankings are based on fund performance in a respective category. The Oakmark Fund ranked #725 out of 1076, #57 out of 812, #49 out of 489, and #1 out of 87 in the large cap core category for one, five, and ten years and since inception, respectively, as of 7/31/11.

  8.  EPS refers to Earnings Per Share and is calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of shares outstanding.

  9.  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.

  10.  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.

  11.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Government / Credit Bond Index is a benchmark index comprised of the Barclays Capital U.S. Government and U.S. Corporate Bond indices, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as corporate and Yankee bonds. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  12.  The MSCI World Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the global equity market performance of developed markets. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  13.  The Lipper Global Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest mutual funds that invest in securities throughout the world. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  14.  The MSCI World ex U.S. Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure international developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  15.  The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the international equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the US & Canada. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  16.  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.

  17.  The MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. 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 benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  18.  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, 2011, 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"*

Kristi L. Rowsell, 45, Trustee and President, 2010

President and Director, Harris Associates, Inc. ("HAI"), Harris Associates L.P. ("HALP") and Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP"), since 2010; Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, HAI, 2005-2010; Chief Financial Officer, HALP and HASLP, prior thereto.

*  Through October 31, 2011 Mrs. Rowsell is a trustee who is deemed to be an "interested person" of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act because she is an officer of the Adviser and a director of HAI.

Trustees who are not "interested persons"

Gary N. Wilner, M.D., 71, 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).

Michael J. Friduss, 68, Trustee, 1995  
Principal, MJ Friduss & Associates (telecommunications consultants).

Thomas H. Hayden, 60, 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.

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Trustees and Officers cont.

Christine M. Maki, 50, Trustee, 1995

Senior Vice President–Tax, RR Donnelley & Sons Company (global provider of integrated communications), since August 2008; Senior Vice President–Tax, Global Hyatt Corporation (hotel management) from 1995 to 2008.

Allan J. Reich, 63, Trustee, 1993

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (law firm).

Steven S. Rogers, 54, Trustee, 2006

Clinical Professor of Finance & Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. 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, 67, Trustee, 1995

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

Peter S. Voss, 64, Trustee, 1995

Private investor and Consultant; Retired, since 2007; as 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, HAI, prior thereto.

Officers of the Trust

Henry R. Berghoef, 62, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund), 2000

Director of Domestic Research, HALP, since 2003; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP; Vice President, HAI and HALP.

John N. Desmond, 50, Vice President, 2009

Chief Operating Officer, HAI, HALP and HASLP, 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, 45, 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, 47, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund), 2000

Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Thomas E. Herman, 49, Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, 2011

Chief Financial Officer, HALP and HASLP since 2010; Senior V.P., Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Ariel Investments, prior thereto.

David G. Herro, 50, 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, Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

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Trustees and Officers cont.

John J. Kane, 40, Treasurer, 2005

Director—Mutual Fund and Institutional Services, HALP, since 2008; Manager—Mutual Fund and Institutional Services, HALP, since 1999

Robert M. Levy, 61, Executive Vice President, 2004

Chairman, HAI; Chief Investment Officer of Domestic Equity, HALP; Portfolio Manager, HALP.

Michael L. Manelli, 31, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark International Small Cap Fund), 2011

Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

Clyde S. McGregor, 58, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund), 1995

Portfolio Manager, HALP.

Michael J. Neary, 42, Vice President, 2009

Managing Director, Marketing and Client Relations, HALP

William C. Nygren, 53, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund), 1996

Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

John R. Raitt, 56, Vice President, 2010

Analyst, HALP, since 1996; President and Chief Executive Officer, HAI, HALP and HASLP, 2003-2010.

Vineeta D. Raketich, 40, Vice President, 2003

Director, International Operations and Client Relations, HALP.

Janet L. Reali, 60, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer 2001

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, HAI, HALP and HASLP.

Edward A. Studzinski, 62, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund), 2000

Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Robert A. Taylor, 39, Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund and Oakmark International Fund), 2005

Director of International Research, HALP, since 2004; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP.

Andrew Tedeschi, 46, Assistant Treasurer, 2008

Employee of HALP, since 2007; Accounting Manager of Mutual Fund Financial Administration, Van Kampen Funds, Morgan Stanley; Assistant Treasurer, Henderson Global North America, prior thereto.

Christopher P. Wright, 37, Vice President, 2005

Director of Mutual Fund Operations, HALP, since 2004.

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 less emphasis on the stock's current price than a value mutual fund would have.

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 typically 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 617-483-8327

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) 483-8327.

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 the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and 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 2011.




OAKMARK FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (4/5/01) TO PRESENT (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(4/5/01)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class II)     -1.07 %     0.61 %     3.82 %     3.60 %  
S&P 500 Index     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     1.76 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.42%.

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.

The S&P 500 Total Return Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




OAKMARK SELECT FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS
INCEPTION (12/31/99) TO PRESENT (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE
STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(12/31/99)
 
Oakmark Select Fund (Class II)     -0.63 %     -1.20 %     3.19 %     6.04 %  
S&P 500 Index     1.14 %     -1.18 %     2.82 %     -0.39 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.39%.

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.

The S&P 500 Total Return Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO
THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(7/13/00)
 
Oakmark Equity & Income Fund
(Class II)
    -1.04 %     3.18 %     6.69 %     7.78 %  
Lipper Balanced Fund Index     0.30 %     1.53 %     4.13 %     2.65 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.12%.

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.

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.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND CLASS II

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND
FROM ITS INCEPTION (10/10/01) TO PRESENT (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE
MSCI WORLD INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
  (as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   Since
Inception
(10/10/01)
 
Oakmark Global Fund (Class II)     -7.75 %     -0.89 %     9.46 %  
MSCI World Index     -4.35 %     -2.23 %     3.38 %  

 

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 9/30/10 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.

The MSCI World Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the global equity market performance of developed markets. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS II

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

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/4/99)
 
Oakmark International Fund (Class II)     -10.85 %     -0.92 %     8.46 %     6.69 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Index     -9.11 %     -2.90 %     5.50 %     1.64 %  

 

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

The expense ratio for Class II shares as of 9/30/10 was 1.45%.

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.

The MSCI World ex U.S. Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure international developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




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 (9/30/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. SMALL CAP INDEX (UNAUDITED)

Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/11)

(Unaudited)   1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(1/8/01)
 
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund
(Class II)
    -11.09 %     -2.08 %     11.25 %     9.69 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index     -5.63 %     -1.21 %     10.09 %     7.55 %  

 

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 9/30/10 was 1.72%.

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.

The MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. 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 benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes using Luxembourg tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA, September 2011




FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

A shareholder of each Fund can incur 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 costs (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 Shares 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, 2011 to September 30, 2011, 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, 2011 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 the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and 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   $ 869.90     $ 870.60     $ 881.20     $ 815.80     $ 810.60     $ 786.10    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 7.03     $ 6.47     $ 5.19     $ 7.33     $ 6.99     $ 8.06    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.50 %     1.38 %     1.10 %     1.61 %     1.54 %     1.80 %  

 

* 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 Shares 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. 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   $ 1,017.55     $ 1,018.15     $ 1,019.55     $ 1,017.00     $ 1,017.35     $ 1,016.04    
Expenses Paid During Period*   $ 7.59     $ 6.98     $ 5.57     $ 8.14     $ 7.79     $ 9.10    
Annualized Expense Ratio     1.50 %     1.38 %     1.10 %     1.61 %     1.54 %     1.80 %  

 

* 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:  Christine M. Maki, Allan J. Reich, Stephen S. Rogers, Peter S. Voss 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,
2011

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2010

 

Audit Fees(1)

 

$

243,000

 

$

236,000

 

Audit-Related Fees(2)

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

Tax Fees(3)

 

$

39,700

 

$

31,300

 

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.

 

(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, 2011 and September 30, 2010 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 $0, 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 Kristi L. Rowsell, Principal Executive Officer, and Thomas E. Herman, 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 Kristi L. Rowsell, Principal Executive Officer, and Thomas E. Herman, 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/ Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 29, 2011

 

 

 

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/ Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Kristi L. Rowsell

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 29, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas E. Herman

 

 

Thomas E. Herman

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

November 29, 2011