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FIRST QUARTER REPORT

DECEMBER 31, 2011

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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

2012 First Quarter Report

President's Letter   1  
Summary Information   2  
Commentary on Oakmark and Oakmark Select Funds   4  
Oakmark Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   6  
Schedule of Investments   8  
Oakmark Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   12  
Schedule of Investments   13  
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Manager   15  
Schedule of Investments   18  
Oakmark Global Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   24  
Global Diversification Chart   26  
Schedule of Investments   27  
Oakmark Global Select Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   31  
Global Diversification Chart   33  
Schedule of Investments   34  
Commentary on Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds   37  
Oakmark International Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   39  
Global Diversification Chart   41  
Schedule of Investments   42  
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  
Letter from the Portfolio Managers   48  
Global Diversification Chart   50  
Schedule of Investments   51  
Oakmark Glossary   60  
Trustees and Officers   61  

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,

Despite a strong market rally in the fourth quarter, 2011 proved to be another disappointing year for equity investors. The sovereign debt crisis in Europe dominated the headlines, and international markets were down sharply for the year. Meanwhile in the U.S., politicians of all stripes continue to frustrate us with gridlock, passing temporary measures that lack the depth or clarity that corporations, employers and individuals require to plan for the future. And of course, with the contentious elections approaching, it's likely that this year will be even more political than 2011.

These challenges notwithstanding, we encourage our shareholders to see this time as an opportunity to invest in companies with the strong fundamental characteristics that our experience tells us should eventually drive market valuations higher. We think "green shoots" can be found in the companies in which we invest and also in Harris Associates as a business. Cash flows to The Oakmark Funds were strongly positive overall in 2011, led by the inflows to Oakmark and Oakmark International. Outside of the Funds, Harris Associates saw growth in new client accounts and significant cash inflows.

We have often shared our view that equities are undervalued. Several encouraging themes form the basis for our optimism. S&P 5001 companies have beaten analyst earnings estimates for 11 straight quarters through September 2011. In fact, over 70% of the corporations in the index reported positive earnings surprises thus far for 2011. Company balance sheets are as strong as they've been in decades, as reflected by historically low debt-to-equity ratios and record levels of cash. More and more companies are directing incremental profits to their shareholders in the form of higher dividend yields and regular stock repurchases. Internationally, the dividend yield on the MSCI EAFE Index2 is now 3.9%, and earnings per share are forecasted to grow over 11% annually for 2012 and 2013. Because these attributes are underappreciated by many market participants, we think the environment is especially favorable for our team of disciplined and experienced research analysts to identify quality companies that trade at significant discounts to intrinsic value.

An Expression of Gratitude

Edward Studzinski retired from Harris Associates at the end of 2011 and consequently stepped down as co-manager of the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund. We thank Ed for his significant contributions and wish him the very best. During Ed's 11 years co-managing the Fund with Clyde McGregor, Equity and Income outperformed its peers significantly. The Fund ranked in the top 2% of the Morningstar Balanced Fund universe over that time3. Equity and Income has consistently exceeded expectations, especially considering that these were difficult years for the broader markets. Clyde salutes Ed (a retired Navy captain) in his letter to shareholders and addresses his plans for managing the Fund over the coming year.

Introducing e-Delivery of Shareholder Statements

Our Fund Operations department has had a productive year! We introduced e-delivery of regulatory reports earlier in the year, so now shareholders can receive prospectuses, annual reports and semi-annual reports via email. The adoption rate and shareholder feedback has been good. Effective in 2012, we are going a step further by offering shareholders e-delivery of account statements, transaction confirmations and tax forms. We encourage you to log into your account at oakmark.com to find instructions to convert your Fund accounts to e-delivery. Not only will you receive these materials faster via email, you will also be helping us reduce Fund expenses and save precious natural resources.

Personal Investments in the Funds

At the close of each calendar year, we report to you the level of personal Fund ownership among the employees of Harris Associates, including the portfolio managers, the officers of The Oakmark Funds and the Oakmark trustees. We believe that management's share of ownership is an important attribute of successful companies. When managers' personal wealth is tied to their stocks—or in our case, their mutual funds—the foundation for good, long-term stewardship is reinforced. Significant ownership of Fund shares by all levels of employees at Harris Associates demonstrates our confidence in our investment process and our commitment to managing your funds with integrity. We are proud to report that, as of December 31, 2011, the value of Oakmark Funds owned by the employees of Harris Associates, our families, the Funds' officers and our trustees was more than $275 million. And since financial markets were mostly down in 2011, this increase over the prior year reflects sizable new purchases of Fund shares. Sharing this information attests to our conviction, both professionally and personally, that our Funds remain attractive investments for the future.

We appreciate your continued investment in the Oakmark Funds and wish you the very best in 2012.

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

December 31, 2011


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THE OAKMARK FUNDS

Summary Information (Unaudited)

Performance for Period
Ended December 31, 2011
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  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*       11.04 %     9.96 %     8.97 %     5.58 %  
  1 Year       1.82 %     2.15 %     0.64 %     -11.65 %  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
                         
  3 Year       18.25 %     20.82 %     9.71 %     12.75 %  
  5 Year       1.44 %     -0.67 %     4.39 %     -1.19 %  
  10 Year       4.15 %     3.62 %     7.10 %     8.37 %  
  Since inception       11.94%
(8/5/91)
  11.67%
(11/1/96)
  10.59%
(11/1/95)
  9.55%
(8/4/99)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
December 31, 2011
5
Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
  Time Warner, Inc. 2.4%
Comcast Corp.,
Class A 2.4%
Intel Corp. 2.4%
Capital One
Financial Corp. 2.3%
Omnicom Group,
Inc. 2.3%
  Discovery
Communications,
Inc., Class C 8.8%
Liberty Interactive
Corp., Class A 6.2%
TE Connectivity,
Ltd. 5.8%
Mastercard, Inc.,
Class A 5.2%
Comcast Corp.,
Class A 5.1%
  Cenovus Energy, Inc. 3.7%
Nestle SA 3.4%
Diageo PLC 3.1%
UnitedHealth Group,
Inc. 3.1%
General Dynamics
Corp. 2.9%
  Oracle Corp. 4.6%
Snap-on, Inc. 4.5%
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. 4.4%
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings 4.3%
Mastercard, Inc.,
Class A 3.9%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
December 31, 2011
Sector and % of
Long-Term Investments at Fair Value
 
  Information
Technology 28.0%
Consumer
Discretionary 27.5%
Financials 14.9%
Industrials 10.2%
Health Care 7.4%
Consumer Staples 6.5%
Energy 5.5%
  Consumer
Discretionary 38.3%
Information
Technology 30.2%
Financials 9.1%
Energy 8.8%
Health Care 4.7%
Industrials 4.6%
Utilities 4.3%
  U.S. Government
Securities 23.4%
Health Care 17.3%
Consumer Staples 15.4%
Energy 13.4%
Industrials 12.7%
Consumer
Discretionary 7.3%
Information
Technology 6.9%
Materials 2.6%
Foreign Government
Securities 1.0%
  Information
Technology 36.1%
Industrials 22.3%
Financials 12.1%
Consumer
Discretionary 10.7%
Health Care 7.9%
Consumer Staples 4.5%
Materials 4.3%
Energy 2.1%
 

 

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 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 December 31, 2011
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  Oakmark
Global Select
Fund—Class I
(OAKWX)
  Oakmark
International
Fund—Class I
(OAKIX)
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund—Class I
(OAKEX)
 
  3 Months*       4.62 %     3.41 %     3.88 %  
  1 Year       -5.87 %     -14.07 %     -16.44 %  
Average Annual Total
Return for:
                   
  3 Year       17.10 %     16.00 %     19.36 %  
  5 Year       1.39 %     -1.75 %     -3.28 %  
  10 Year       N/A       7.46 %     9.95 %  
  Since inception       2.81%
(10/2/06)
  9.47%
(9/30/92)
  9.45%
(11/1/95)
 
Top Five Equity
Holdings as of
December 31, 2011
5
Company and % of Total
Net Assets
 
  Toyota Motor Corp. 6.4%
Adecco SA 5.6%
Comcast Corp.,
Class A 5.3%
Medtronic, Inc. 5.2%
Intel Corp. 5.1%
  Credit Suisse Group 3.8%
Daimler AG,
Registered 3.8%
Adecco SA 3.4%
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA 3.4%
Toyota Motor Corp. 3.3%
  Julius Baer Group,
Ltd. 4.3%
Hirose Electric Co.,
Ltd. 3.3%
Incitec Pivot, Ltd. 3.2%
Atea ASA 3.0%
Square Enix
Holdings Co., Ltd. 3.0%
 
Sector
Allocation as of
December 31, 2011
Sector and % of
Long-Term Investments at Fair Value
 
  Information
Technology 34.6%
Consumer
Discretionary 21.8%
Financials 15.4%
Industrials 10.7%
Consumer Staples 7.6%
Health Care 5.4%
Energy 4.5%
  Financials 24.8%
Consumer
Discretionary 20.8%
Industrials 20.6%
Information
Technology 11.1%
Materials 11.0%
Consumer Staples 8.8%
Health Care 2.9%
  Industrials 28.2%
Information
Technology 21.3%
Consumer
Discretionary 14.8%
Financials 13.5%
Materials 10.7%
Consumer Staples 8.7%
Health Care 2.6%
Energy 0.2%
 

 

As of 9/30/11, the expense ratio for Class I shares was 1.04% for Oakmark Fund, 1.07% for Oakmark Select Fund, 0.77% for Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, 1.16% for Oakmark Global Fund, 1.24% for Oakmark Global Select Fund, 1.06% for Oakmark International Fund and 1.38% for Oakmark International Small Cap Fund.

 

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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.

Something crazy happened the morning of December 13. When I turned on CNBC, the S&P1 futures were exactly unchanged from their December 12 close. Dead flat. Zero movement. In a normal year, no change would be common or even expected. But in 2011, especially during the second half of the year, days frequently started with stock prices at very different levels from where they were just hours earlier. It became the norm for pre-market prices to be up or down 1% or 2%. Late in the year, S&P 500 volatility exceeded 30%, more than three times the volatility levels of five years ago.

If you've read our letters before, you've no doubt read our comments that equate volatility with opportunity. We try to capitalize on extreme price movements that we believe are disconnected from business value. In volatile markets our portfolio turnover often increases: We dispose of those stocks that reach our sell targets and then use the resulting funds to purchase new stocks that have fallen beneath our buy targets. But in our September annual report we disclosed that 2011 portfolio turnover actually decreased in each of our Funds. What happened?

First, the volatility in 2011 was directionless. Typically, volatility spikes when markets move way down, as they did in late 2008, or way up, as they did in 2009. In 2011, however, the S&P finished closer to unchanged than in any previous year, and its high for the year was only 24% higher than its low. For the previous 20 years, the average of that range was 31%. So, by that measure, 2011 provided less opportunity than normal for exploiting price changes. Further, the daily correlation between individual stocks was unusually high. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, there were more days in the second half of 2011 when 90% of the S&P 500 stocks moved in the same direction than there were during the entire five years from 2002 through 20066. We attempt to exploit price movement when some stocks move up while others move down. Despite 2011's high volatility, there weren't significant opportunities for adding value by swapping one stock for another.

How should individual investors deal with high volatility? I'd say they should pretty much ignore it. The financial media have business reasons to make investors believe they need to follow every zig and zag of the market and of their portfolio, but I don't believe one needs to. And for some investors, the more often they look at their portfolios, the more nervous they get, which can be counterproductive.

We believe today's investors have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to use asset allocation to add to their investment returns. It would be a shame to let anxiety about volatility get in the way of capitalizing on this opportunity. Stocks appear to us to be significantly undervalued relative to bonds. Despite that, many individual investors have been increasing their assets in bond funds and decreasing their assets in stock funds. Investors see how much more money they've made in bonds than in stocks over the past decade and regret not having been more heavily invested in bonds than they were. To make sure that doesn't happen again, they sell their stocks and buy more bonds.

A skeptical reader might ask, "Didn't you say almost the same thing a year ago? And didn't bonds blow stocks out of the water in 2011?" Yes and yes. We did think stocks were cheap a year ago. But companies now have higher earnings than they did a year ago, have fewer shares outstanding (meaning EPS7 grew even more than earnings), pay higher dividends and have even more cash on their balance sheets. We believe the average stock is worth more today than it was worth a year ago, yet it sells at about the same price. Bonds, on the other hand, had a yield a year ago that we believed offered insufficient reward for exposure to the risk of future inflation. Bonds today have a lower yield than they did a year ago—the yield is less than 2% on a 10-year Treasury. We believe bonds are even more overvalued than they were a year ago.

In our view, extrapolating past bond market returns into the next decade is a huge mistake. Matching the 74% returned by a 10-year zero coupon Treasury over the past decade is today a mathematical impossibility. A 10-year bond yielding under 2% cannot produce a return higher than 20% either over a short time period or over the entire life of the bond, even if interest rates go to zero. Equities, on the other hand, had a lousy return over the past decade despite good corporate earnings growth. That growth was offset by P/Es8 that fell from far above average to somewhat below average. Over the next decade, we believe earnings growth will continue, but P/Es are more likely to increase to their historical average than to continue declining.

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So, I again encourage you to start the New Year by comparing your current asset allocations to your asset allocation targets. If you began 2011 right at your target levels, the bond market's strong performance has almost certainly lifted your current bond allocation above your target level. And if you did what many investors did during 2011—sold stocks to buy more bonds—you are even more overexposed to bonds. We believe that most investors need to sell bonds and buy stocks in order to return their portfolios to their target levels. This recommendation isn't made just to reduce risk: We believe that from today's price levels, equities will deliver much higher long-term returns than bonds will.

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com
oaklx@oakmark.com

December 31, 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 (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/5/91)
 
Oakmark Fund (Class I)     11.04 %     1.82 %     1.44 %     4.15 %     11.94 %  
S&P 500 Index     11.82 %     2.11 %     -0.25 %     2.92 %     8.15 %  
Dow Jones Industrial
Average9 
    12.78 %     8.38 %     2.37 %     4.57 %     9.68 %  
Lipper Large-Cap
Value Fund Index10 
    11.94 %     -2.17 %     -2.26 %     2.59 %     7.57 %  

 

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

The expense ratio for Class I shares as of 9/30/11 was 1.04%

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 gained 11% during the past quarter. Though that was an exceptional absolute return, it was caused entirely by a very strong stock market, as the S&P 500 finished up 12%. For the calendar year, the Fund and the S&P 500 both returned 2%. Neither the relative nor the absolute return appears very noteworthy. However, 2011 was an unusually difficult year. As The Wall Street Journal reported in late December, over 75% of professional managers did not outperform the S&P11, and Oakmark's market-matching performance placed it in the 20th percentile of Morningstar's large-blend universe12. So, at least we made fewer mistakes than many others did.

During the quarter, the Fund owned five stocks that increased by over 25% (Disney, Fortune Home and Security, Google, Home Depot and State Street) and only four that were negative (Bank of America, Baxter, EnCana and Oracle). Any quarter with stats like that is bound to show a good return. None of the stock prices increased enough to reach our sell targets, and none of the decliners exhibited the poor business performance that would cause us to sell. In fact, we added to our Bank of America position. If ever there was a stock that portfolio managers wanted to avoid seeing on year-end reports, Bank of America was that stock. Yet, looking at business value rather than stock performance led us to a very different conclusion.

We eliminated two holdings that increased close to their sell targets, Beam (the spirits division of Fortune Brands) and Bristol Myers-Squibb, and we added one that was significantly below our buy target, Delphi Automotive.

Delphi Automotive (DLPH - $22)

Delphi is a global leader in auto-parts manufacturing. Like its former parent company, GM, Delphi had a labor force that had accumulated such large post-retirement benefits that there was no value left for the owners of the business. Those liabilities forced Delphi into a 2005 bankruptcy filing. Through the bankruptcy process, Delphi was able to exit product lines where it had no competitive advantage, and it was able to give back to GM all of its UAW workers and their related post-retirement liabilities. The company returned to the public market via an IPO in November. Normally IPOs trading just below their offering price don't strike us as values because the

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sellers tend to cherry-pick their timing. In Delphi's case, however, we believe the timing of the IPO had less to do with valuation than it did with its owners' need for liquidity. Delphi is expected to report EPS7 of about $3 for the year just ended. We expect that number to grow to about $4 over a couple of years due to emerging-market growth and a cyclical recovery in developed markets. We consider seven times trailing earnings and just over five times our estimate of 2013 earnings to be a bargain price for this industry leader.

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

 

December 31, 2011

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OAKMARK FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)


Name
 
Shares Held
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.3%  
Advertising—2.3%  
Omnicom Group, Inc.     2,576,254     $ 114,849,403    
Aerospace & Defense—3.0%  
Northrop Grumman Corp.     1,330,000       77,778,400    
The Boeing Co.     978,000       71,736,300    
      149,514,700    
Air Freight & Logistics—2.2%  
FedEx Corp.     1,355,000       113,156,050    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—2.5%  
State Street Corp.     1,790,000       72,154,900    
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     2,709,630       53,948,733    
      126,103,633    
Auto Parts & Equipment—0.3%  
Delphi Automotive PLC (a) (b)     816,906       17,596,155    
Broadcasting—2.0%  
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (a)     2,660,140       100,287,278    
Building Products—0.4%  
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (a)     1,180,000       20,095,400    
Cable & Satellite—3.9%  
Comcast Corp., Class A     5,190,000       122,276,400    
DIRECTV, Class A (a)     1,744,155       74,580,068    
      196,856,468    
Catalog Retail—1.9%  
Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A (a)     6,005,000       97,371,075    
Communications Equipment—1.1%  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     2,950,000       53,336,000    
Computer & Electronics Retail—1.7%  
Best Buy Co., Inc.     3,590,000       83,898,300    
Computer Hardware—4.0%  
Apple, Inc. (a)     260,000       105,300,000    
Dell, Inc. (a)     6,680,000       97,728,400    
      203,028,400    
Consumer Finance—2.3%  
Capital One Financial Corp.     2,749,800       116,289,042    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—4.4%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     299,000     $ 111,473,180    
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     1,375,000       74,263,750    
Western Union Co.     1,990,000       36,337,400    
      222,074,330    
Department Stores—1.3%  
Kohl's Corp.     1,311,900       64,742,265    
Distillers & Vintners—1.7%  
Diageo PLC (c)     1,010,000       88,294,200    
Diversified Banks—2.1%  
Wells Fargo & Co.     3,915,000       107,897,400    
Electronic Components—1.5%  
Corning, Inc.     5,700,000       73,986,000    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.3%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (b)     3,709,500       114,289,695    
Health Care Equipment—4.9%  
Medtronic, Inc.     2,670,000       102,127,500    
Covidien PLC (b)     1,985,000       89,344,850    
Baxter International, Inc.     1,103,000       54,576,440    
      246,048,790    
Home Improvement Retail—2.1%  
The Home Depot, Inc.     2,556,500       107,475,260    
Hypermarkets & Super Centers—1.7%  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     1,415,000       84,560,400    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.7%  
3M Co.     1,008,000       82,383,840    
Tyco International, Ltd. (b)     1,150,000       53,716,500    
      136,100,340    
Industrial Machinery—1.7%  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     1,860,000       86,880,600    
Integrated Oil & Gas—3.9%  
Exxon Mobil Corp.     1,265,000       107,221,400    
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (b)     2,650,000       87,980,000    
      195,201,400    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Internet Software & Services—3.3%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     3,400,000     $ 103,122,000    
Google, Inc., Class A (a)     100,000       64,590,000    
      167,712,000    
Life & Health Insurance—2.0%  
Aflac, Inc.     2,400,000       103,824,000    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.3%  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.     1,652,000       64,213,240    
Movies & Entertainment—5.6%  
Time Warner, Inc.     3,392,566       122,607,335    
Viacom, Inc., Class B     1,879,745       85,359,221    
The Walt Disney Co.     2,056,300       77,111,250    
      285,077,806    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—1.3%  
Encana Corp. (b)     3,609,740       66,888,482    
Other Diversified Financial Services—3.3%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     3,420,000       113,715,000    
Bank of America Corp.     9,700,000       53,932,000    
      167,647,000    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.7%  
Unilever PLC (c)     3,070,000       102,906,400    
H.J. Heinz Co.     650,000       35,126,000    
      138,032,400    
Pharmaceuticals—2.1%  
Merck & Co., Inc.     2,886,535       108,822,370    
Property & Casualty Insurance—1.8%  
Allstate Corp.     3,290,000       90,178,900    
Restaurants—1.6%  
McDonald's Corp.     799,000       80,163,670    
Semiconductor Equipment—1.4%  
Applied Materials, Inc.     6,810,000       72,935,100    
Semiconductors—4.4%  
Intel Corp.     5,000,000       121,250,000    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,495,000       101,739,450    
      222,989,450    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.3% (cont.)  
Specialized Consumer Services—1.5%  
H&R Block, Inc.     4,728,600     $ 77,218,038    
Systems Software—4.1%  
Oracle Corp.     4,200,000       107,730,000    
Microsoft Corp.     3,870,000       100,465,200    
      208,195,200    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,665,264,051)       $ 4,773,830,240    
Short Term Investment—5.4%  
Repurchase Agreement—5.4%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012,
repurchase price $274,586,056, collateralized by
a United States Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%,
with a maturity of 3/31/2014 and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $280,077,650
(Cost: $274,585,751)
  $ 274,585,751       274,585,751    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $274,585,751)       $ 274,585,751    
Total Investments (Cost: $3,939,849,802)—99.7%         5,048,415,991    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.3%         13,414,646    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 5,061,830,637    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security

(b)  Foreign domiciled corporation

(c)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

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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 (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX1 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/96)
 
Oakmark Select Fund
(Class I)
    9.96 %     2.15 %     -0.67 %     3.62 %     11.67 %  
S&P 500 Index     11.82 %     2.11 %     -0.25 %     2.92 %     5.77 %  
Lipper Multi-Cap
Value Fund Index13 
    11.86 %     -4.12 %     -3.02 %     2.99 %     5.55 %  

 

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 I shares as of 9/30/11 was 1.07%

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 returned 10% for the quarter. Though we are always excited by double-digit returns, our excitement is tempered because we trailed the S&P 500's 12% return. For all of 2011, both the Fund and the S&P returned 2%. Normally, beating the S&P by a measly four basis points (0.04%) is a middle-of-the-pack performance. But in 2011, so many investors misplayed the highly volatile markets that the Fund ranked in the 16th percentile of its Morningstar peer group14.

Our best performers for the quarter were H&R Block and Federal Express, both returning 24%. Block was among many high-yield stocks that performed well, while FedEx benefited from reduced fears of a double dip and a greater-than-expected increase in Christmas shopping via the Internet. Our worst performer—and the only one that the Fund lost money on—was oil and gas producer Newfield Exploration, down 5%. Newfield announced a shortfall in its 2011 production due to its decision to shift capital away from an overcrowded basin to other opportunities with higher long-term returns. We believe Newfield's actions were warranted and, therefore, we used its price decline to add to our position.

We eliminated one holding, Bristol Myers-Squibb, and used the proceeds to acquire TRW Automotive. Bristol was a good long-term holding for the Fund, providing both capital appreciation and an above-average annual dividend. Last year, that dividend attracted the interest of yield-hungry investors and made it one of the Fund's best performers. Rather than paying a dividend, TRW has been using its cash flow to pay off debt. We consider debt repayment and share repurchase to be just as valuable to shareholders as a dividend, but currently dividends are more in favor. In July, TRW's price was more than twice that of Bristol, but when concerns grew about a cyclical downturn in Europe, TRW stock fell sharply. During the past quarter, Bristol's stock price exceeded TRW's price. In our estimate, TRW shares are worth a lot more than their $33 price. We forecast that TRW's EPS7 will exceed $7 within a couple of years, and with its debt paid down, the company will soon put that cash to work to reduce its share base, further increasing EPS.

As we stated in the opening letter, 2011 did not produce the attractive stock market returns that we expected. We do believe, however, that business values increased more than stock prices, so we begin 2012 enthusiastic that stocks are now priced at an even larger discount to our value estimates.

We thank you for your patience and, as always, for your investment in the Fund.

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

 

December 31, 2011

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OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—95.0%  
Air Freight & Logistics—4.3%  
FedEx Corp.     1,300,000     $ 108,563,000    
Auto Parts & Equipment—4.0%  
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)     3,100,000       101,060,000    
Broadcasting—8.8%  
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (a)     5,809,500       219,018,150    
Cable & Satellite—8.7%  
Comcast Corp., Class A     5,350,000       126,046,000    
DIRECTV, Class A (a)     2,147,949       91,846,299    
      217,892,299    
Catalog Retail—6.2%  
Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A (a)     9,500,000       154,042,500    
Computer Hardware—4.2%  
Dell, Inc. (a)     7,113,000       104,063,190    
Consumer Finance—4.3%  
Capital One Financial Corp.     2,550,000       107,839,500    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—5.2%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     350,000       130,487,000    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—5.8%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (b)     4,667,838       143,816,089    
Health Care Equipment—4.4%  
Medtronic, Inc.     2,900,000       110,925,000    
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders—4.1%  
Calpine Corp. (a)     6,254,404       102,134,418    
Integrated Oil & Gas—4.3%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (b)     3,224,800       107,063,360    
Internet Software & Services—4.2%  
eBay, Inc. (a)     3,450,000       104,638,500    
Movies & Entertainment—4.4%  
Time Warner, Inc.     3,060,666       110,612,469    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—95.0% (cont.)  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—4.1%  
Newfield Exploration Co. (a)     2,680,000     $ 101,116,400    
Other Diversified Financial Services—4.4%  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     3,294,000       109,525,500    
Semiconductors—9.3%  
Intel Corp.     5,047,000       122,389,750    
Texas Instruments, Inc.     3,800,000       110,618,000    
      233,007,750    
Specialized Consumer Services—4.3%  
H&R Block, Inc.     6,569,600       107,281,568    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,662,408,358)       $ 2,373,086,693    
Short Term Investment—4.7%  
Repurchase Agreement—4.7%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012,
repurchase price $117,065,120, collateralized by
a United States Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%,
with a maturity of 3/31/2014, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $119,407,088
(Cost: $117,064,990)
  $ 117,064,990       117,064,990    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $117,064,990)       $ 117,064,990    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,779,473,348)—99.7%         2,490,151,683    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—0.3%         7,834,771    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 2,497,986,454    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security

(b)  Foreign domiciled corporation

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OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

Report from Clyde S. McGregor, Portfolio Manager

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/95) TO PRESENT (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE LIPPER BALANCED FUND INDEX15 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark Equity &
Income Fund (Class I)
    8.97 %     0.64 %     4.39 %     7.10 %     10.59 %  
Lipper Balanced
Fund Index
    6.50 %     0.74 %     1.80 %     4.13 %     6.22 %  
S&P 500 Index1      11.82 %     2.11 %     -0.25 %     2.92 %     6.78 %  
Barclays Capital
U.S. Govt./Credit
Bond Index16 
    1.18 %     8.74 %     6.55 %     5.85 %     6.26 %  

 

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 9/30/11 was 0.77%

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 Review

Reversing much of the previous quarter's decline, the U.S. equity market rebounded vigorously in the fourth calendar quarter. This rally enabled the Equity and Income Fund to return 9% in the period, which compares to the 7% that Lipper reported for its Balanced Fund Index. The annualized compound rate of return since the Fund's inception in 1995 is 11%, while the corresponding return for the Lipper index is 6%.

For the past 12 months, the Fund returned 1%, virtually the same as the Lipper Balanced Fund Index. Oddly, in a year that was perceived as unusually volatile, the outcome for U.S. equity indices in 2011 was tepid. For instance, the 2011 S&P 500 total return was 2%, while unweighted market indices, such as the Value Line Composite17, or small-cap indices, such as the Russell 200018, showed losses. Of course, as noted in the reports for several of the internationally oriented Oakmark Funds, the year was far more difficult in almost all markets outside the U.S.

One characteristic of the 2011 stock market was a plethora of what Birinyi Associates calls "one-way days."19 We have previously written about increasing levels of correlation among stocks, and a one-way day is a simple measure of this correlation. In a one-way day, more than 90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 move together, either to the upside or to the downside. Although that might not sound so unusual, such days have historically been quite rare since the entire stock market has been so broadly diversified. The fact that Birinyi measured 69 one-way days in 2011 is significant. It seems especially strange that this increased daily correlation would help to produce a market outcome that was relatively flat for the year.

As we have written many times, we believe short-term volatility is the friend of value investors because it creates opportunities for greater-than-normal mispricing. We become particularly interested when all stocks move together. As value investors, we believe that our analysis of a company adds great insight into understanding what a business is worth. The worst outcome for us is to purchase shares in a company from an investor whose understanding of the value of this particular business is superior to ours. In contrast, when stocks are trading as a class rather than on their individual merits, our insights should afford us the possibility for superior outcomes.

Last quarter we wrote about several instances of how acquisition activity benefited the Fund in what was overall a dreadful period. In the recent

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strongly positive quarter, however, none of the Fund's holdings announced agreements to be acquired. Leading contributors to the Fund's return included Philip Morris International, Flowserve, Rockwell Automation, General Dynamics and Varian Medical Systems. The largest detractors were Hospira, Boston Scientific, CR Bard, Xylem and PerkinElmer, of which the latter was sold during the period. The detractors have a strong tilt to medical and/or scientific industries, while the contributors have an industrial bent. Hospira was also the Fund's largest detractor for the calendar year, as the company struggles with an FDA investigation of its manufacturing processes. Other 12-month detractors include Walter Energy, Apache, Boston Scientific and PartnerRe (sold during the December quarter). Contributors to the year's return were Goodrich (sold after the takeover announcement), United Health Group, TJX, Philip Morris International and MasterCard Class A.

The Fund's experience with Walter Energy has truly been stunning. In a little more than three years, the share price moved from $10 to a high of $141, and then it dropped to its current $60 level. Although this metallurgical coal company has suffered both from unexpected management changes and production shortfalls at its mines in 2011, today's valuation of the stock, in our opinion, absurdly undervalues the company's assets. Walter's stock has experienced bouts of great volatility when stories of alleged takeover negotiations have been published in the financial press. We admit that we cannot predict such an outcome, but we do envision a future in which Walter's share price better reflects the company's intrinsic value.

Transaction Activity

We changed the overall shape of the Fund's portfolio only modestly in the quarter. Some of this was simply because of the strong return for stocks. The equity allocation remained flat at 66%. We added to the Fund's fixed-income holdings, but the percentage allocation fell because of modest price changes while equity prices were rising. We slightly increased the duration of the fixed-income portfolio to 1.7 years. To repeat ourselves once again, we believe that high-quality bonds are priced as though inflation will never again be a problem and offer little in the way of risk-adjusted value to investors. We did make what is, for us, an unusual fixed-income purchase—a bond issued in connection with the takeover of Kinetic Concepts, a company that we previously owned in the Fund. We normally abhor new issue corporates, but this offering came at a time when markets were weak and when we perceived opportunity.

Our only new equity purchase was EnCana, a name that we sold out of the Fund at much higher prices in December 2010. EnCana is one of North America's largest producers of natural gas, a commodity now in oversupply because of the industry's successful exploitation of shale. Other continents, however, pay much higher prices for natural gas, and we expect a robust export market to develop. In the meantime, we believe EnCana is very well-managed and the stock pays a rich dividend.

Our sales during the quarter were CME Group, Exelis, Goodrich, ITT, Kinetic Concepts, Mentor Graphics, PartnerRe and PerkinElmer. ITT fragmented into three parts during the quarter, and we retained only Xylem while selling Exelis and the piece of the business that retained the ITT name. PerkinElmer announced an expensive acquisition, which caused us to rethink our holding. We sold Goodrich and Kinetic Concepts because their acquisition announcements took the stocks to our estimate of intrinsic value. PartnerRe has a new management team that articulated a significant change in how the company will underwrite insurance, and we chose to move on. We sold CME Group in order to harvest tax losses. Mentor Graphics ended up at our sell target. We concluded that the company's ability to grow its per-share value was insufficient to warrant continued ownership.

Retirement of Edward A. Studzinski

As noted in the President's report and previously disclosed through a press release, my partner and co-manager, Edward Studzinski, announced his retirement in December. As it happened, Ed joined Harris Associates almost immediately after we began the Equity and Income Fund in 1995. His particular talents were well-suited to what was then called the Oakmark Balanced Fund, so we quickly began what has turned out to be a 16-year collaboration. In 2000, Harris Associates decided to make an official designation of co-managers for each Fund, and Ed was the obvious choice for Equity and Income.

Ed's decision to retire has catalyzed a pronounced change in the content of the communications that we receive from our shareholders. Before his announcement, we were occasionally asked about our succession plans for the management of the Fund, given that both of us can generously be described as "mature." Now the questions basically reduce to: "How can you manage without Ed?" and "What is the management plan from here?" The basic answer to both questions is that I remain portfolio manager for the Fund, and we have chosen a group of investment professionals to serve as an advisory committee to me while we consider how best to structure the Fund's management team for the future.

Harris Associates is blessed with a deep pool of talented investors, and mentoring and developing the younger cohort is an important part of the job for those of us who are more senior. I look forward to the opportunity to work even more closely with those who will replace Ed and eventually me in this role. This does not, however, mean to

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imply that Ed will not be missed. Ed's contributions to the success of the Fund over its life in total and for the past 101/2 years as co-manager in particular are legion. Since Ed began as co-manager, Equity & Income Fund has returned 9% per year. Over the same period, the Lipper Balanced Fund Index has returned 3% and the S&P 500 less than 1%. Some referred to the previous decade as the "lost decade" for investors. Ed helped to make sure that Equity & Income Fund shareholders did not see that time as "lost." I am sure that many of our long-term shareholders will miss Ed's interesting and thoughtful shareholder letters, which had been published on the January/July cycle.

In his life, Ed has been a Navy captain, a lawyer, the chief investment officer for a trust company and, most recently, my partner at Harris Associates. He now moves into a new stage of his life. I hope that he finds retirement to offer suitable challenges and inspiration. Ed, for myself and all of our shareholders in the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, I express our admiration for what you have accomplished and extend to you our deepest gratitude.

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

 

December 31, 2011

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.5%  
Aerospace & Defense—4.6%  
General Dynamics Corp.     8,335,000     $ 553,527,350    
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.     3,745,641       249,759,342    
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)     1,097,314       60,187,673    
      863,474,365    
Apparel Retail—2.4%  
The TJX Cos., Inc.     6,000,000       387,300,000    
Foot Locker, Inc.     3,000,000       71,520,000    
      458,820,000    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—0.5%  
Carter's, Inc. (a)     2,324,000       92,518,440    
Broadcasting—1.6%  
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A     7,000,000       296,940,000    
Catalog Retail—0.2%  
HSN, Inc.     1,036,796       37,594,223    
Communications Equipment—0.3%  
Arris Group, Inc. (a)     4,785,400       51,778,028    
Construction Materials—0.9%  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     2,234,600       168,511,186    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.5%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A     849,358       316,657,650    
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     6,900,000       155,595,000    
      472,252,650    
Distillers & Vintners—3.1%  
Diageo PLC (b)     6,665,100       582,663,042    
Diversified Metals & Mining—1.3%  
Walter Energy, Inc.     3,994,850       241,928,116    
Drug Retail—1.3%  
CVS Caremark Corp.     6,000,000       244,680,000    
Electrical Components & Equipment—1.9%  
Rockwell Automation Inc.     4,801,200       352,264,044    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—1.0%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (c)     6,397,500       197,106,975    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
 
Shares Held
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.5% (cont.)  
Health Care Distributors—0.1%  
PharMerica Corp. (a)     1,810,000     $ 27,475,800    
Health Care Equipment—5.0%  
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)     42,932,000       229,256,880    
CR Bard, Inc.     2,777,241       237,454,105    
Steris Corp.     2,873,300       85,681,806    
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)     5,700,000       382,641,000    
      935,033,791    
Health Care Facilities—0.3%  
VCA Antech, Inc. (a)     2,708,466       53,492,203    
Health Care Services—5.2%  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)     4,935,000       424,261,950    
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.     6,595,000       382,905,700    
Omnicare, Inc.     5,154,500       177,572,525    
      984,740,175    
Home Furnishings—1.0%  
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)     2,407,000       144,058,950    
Leggett & Platt, Inc.     2,305,656       53,122,314    
      197,181,264    
Industrial Machinery—4.7%  
Dover Corp.     6,393,000       371,113,650    
Flowserve Corp.     3,639,184       361,443,755    
Pentair, Inc.     4,200,000       139,818,000    
Xylem, Inc.     966,562       24,830,978    
      897,206,383    
Integrated Oil & Gas—3.7%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (c)     21,100,000       700,520,000    
Managed Health Care—3.0%  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     11,371,000       576,282,280    
Office Services & Supplies—0.1%  
Mine Safety Appliances Co.     319,925       10,595,916    
Oil & Gas Drilling—0.6%  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     5,355,901       107,010,902    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—7.6%  
Apache Corp.     5,028,960       455,523,197    
Concho Resources, Inc. (a)     3,470,600       325,368,750    
Cimarex Energy Co.     4,165,500       257,844,450    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
  Shares Held/
Par Value
 
Value
 
Common Stocks—66.5% (cont.)  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—7.6% (cont.)  
Encana Corp. (c)     9,487,296     $ 175,799,595    
Range Resources Corp.     2,480,000       153,611,200    
Ultra Petroleum Corp. (a)     2,099,000       62,193,370    
      1,430,340,562    
Packaged Foods & Meats—4.6%  
Nestle SA (b) (d)     11,052,000       635,379,480    
Sara Lee Corp.     11,856,600       224,326,872    
      859,706,352    
Pharmaceuticals—1.4%  
Hospira, Inc. (a)     8,912,500       270,672,625    
Semiconductors—2.2%  
Texas Instruments, Inc.     14,340,000       417,437,400    
Soft Drinks—2.1%  
PepsiCo., Inc.     5,930,000       393,455,500    
Specialty Stores—0.7%  
Tractor Supply Co.     1,924,100       134,975,615    
Tobacco—2.6%  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     6,243,000       489,950,640    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $9,949,026,111)       $ 12,546,608,477    
Fixed Income—22.2%  
Asset Backed Securities—0.1%  
Specialty Stores—0.1%  
Cabela's Master Credit Card Trust, 144A, 0.828%,
due 10/15/2019, Series 2011-4A, Class A2 (e) (f)
  $ 11,450,000     $ 11,449,899    
Corporate Bonds—0.4%  
Biotechnology—0.2%  
Chiron Merger Sub, Inc., 144A, 10.50%, due 11/1/2018 (f)     48,080,000       47,118,400    
Paper Packaging—0.1%  
Sealed Air Corp., 144A, 5.625%, due 7/15/2013 (f)     18,740,000       19,475,751    
Property & Casualty Insurance—0.0% (g)  
OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, due 5/15/2013     3,589,000       3,688,484    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Fixed Income—22.2% (cont.)  
Semiconductor Equipment—0.1%  
ASML Holding NV, 5.75%, due 6/13/2017   EUR 9,660,000     $ 13,310,743    
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost: $78,502,648)       $ 83,593,378    
Government and Agency Securities—21.7%  
Canadian Government Bonds—0.8%  
Canadian Government Bond, 1.50%, due 12/1/2012   CAD 100,000,000     $ 98,623,804    
Canadian Government Bond, 4.25%, due 12/1/2021,
Inflation Indexed
  CAD 36,349,750       51,032,016    
      149,655,820    
Norwegian Government Bonds—0.1%  
Norwegian Government Bond, 6.50%, due 5/15/2013   NOK 150,000,000     $ 26,804,551    
U.S. Government Notes—20.8%  
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 7/15/2018,
Inflation Indexed
  $ 525,035,000       594,438,326    
United States Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 7/15/2020,
Inflation Indexed
    519,145,000       587,201,795    
United States Treasury Note, 2.875%, due 1/31/2013     483,005,000       497,061,411    
United States Treasury Note, 0.125%, due 9/30/2013     300,000,000       299,402,400    
United States Treasury Note, 2.125%, due 1/15/2019,
Inflation Indexed
    210,932,000       250,712,510    
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 9/30/2016     200,000,000       202,062,400    
United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, due 2/28/2013     200,000,000       201,039,000    
United States Treasury Note, 0.125%, due 8/31/2013     200,000,000       199,648,400    
United States Treasury Note, 1.125%, due 6/15/2013     175,000,000       177,303,700    
United States Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 1/15/2014     100,000,000       101,476,600    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 11/15/2012     100,000,000       101,066,400    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 10/15/2012     100,000,000       100,972,700    
United States Treasury Note, 1.125%, due 12/15/2012     100,000,000       100,921,900    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 9/15/2012     100,000,000       100,878,900    
United States Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 7/15/2012     100,000,000       100,753,900    
United States Treasury Note, 1.375%, due 5/15/2012     100,000,000       100,488,300    
United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, due 6/30/2012     100,000,000       100,277,300    
United States Treasury Note, 0.375%, due 8/31/2012     100,000,000       100,175,800    
      3,915,881,742    
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost: $3,909,000,415)
      $ 4,092,342,113    
Total Fixed Income (Cost: $3,998,953,063)       $ 4,187,385,390    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.


Name
 
Par Value
 
Value
 
Short Term Investments—11.3%  
Canadian Treasury Bills—6.2%  
Canadian Treasury Bills, 0.80% - 1.42%,
due 1/19/2012 - 11/22/2012 (h)
(Cost: $1,208,022,487)
  CAD 1,200,000,000     $ 1,172,871,656    
Commercial Paper—2.4%  
BP Capital Markets PLC, 144A, 0.29% - 0.32%,
due 1/24/2012- 3/15/2012 (f) (h)
  $ 159,750,000       159,720,939    
American Honda Finance Corp., 0.07% - 0.27%,
due 1/6/2012- 2/23/2012 (h)
    79,080,000       79,053,118    
Wellpoint, Inc., 144A, 0.41% - 0.44%,
due 1/18/2012- 4/3/2012 (f) (h)
    60,000,000       59,978,477    
PepsiCo., Inc., 144A, 0.05% - 0.07%,
due 1/9/2012- 2/1/2012 (f) (h)
    58,000,000       57,997,755    
Medtronic, Inc., 144A, 0.08%,
due 1/5/2012- 2/9/2012 (f) (h)
    51,900,000       51,897,667    
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 0.38%,
due 2/14/2012 (h)
    25,000,000       24,996,455    
Johnson & Johnson, 144A, 0.05%,
due 2/3/2012 (f) (h)
    20,000,000       19,999,280    
Total Commercial Paper (Cost: $453,576,388)     453,643,691    
Repurchase Agreement—2.7%  
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012, repurchase
price $516,295,498, collateralized by United States
Treasury Notes, with rates from 1.250% - 1.875%,
with maturities from 2/28/2014- 3/31/2014, and
with an aggregate fair value plus accrued interest
of $526,625,250 (Cost: $516,294,924)
  $ 516,294,924       516,294,924    
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $2,177,893,799)       $ 2,142,810,271    
Total Investments (Cost: $16,125,872,973)—100.0%         18,876,804,138    
Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets—0.0% (g)         (2,521,463 )  
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 18,874,282,675    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

(a)  Non-income producing security

(b)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

(c)  Foreign domiciled corporation

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

(e)  Floating Rate Note. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2011.

(f)  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.

(g)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

(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

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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 (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX20 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(8/4/99)
 
Oakmark Global
Fund (Class I)
    5.58 %     -11.65 %     -1.19 %     8.37 %     9.55 %  
MSCI World Index     7.59 %     -5.54 %     -2.37 %     3.62 %     1.50 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index21      7.12 %     -9.96 %     -2.19 %     3.91 %     2.70 %  

 

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 9/30/11 was 1.16%

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 Review

Stock markets across the globe achieved widely diverse outcomes during the quarter ended December 31, 2011. These outcomes ranged from a positive 12% return for the U.S. S&P 500 Index1 to a 4% loss for the MSCI Japan Equity Index22. Such results obviously pulled the Oakmark Global Fund in both directions. The Fund's return for the quarter was 6%, which lagged behind the MSCI World Index's 8% return and the Lipper Global Fund Index's 7% gain. The quarter's gain was insufficient to repair the losses suffered in the first nine months of the year. For the calendar year, the Fund lost 12%. This contrasts to a 6% decline for the MSCI World Index and a 10% decline for the Lipper Global Fund Index. As always, we are most pleased to report the Fund's 10% compound annualized rate of return since inception.

Although the spread of returns across world equity markets was wide, most did report positive results for the quarter. The countries whose stocks generated the highest total return for the Fund in the quarter were Sweden, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Italy and Australia. In terms of contribution to the Fund's results, the U.S. was by far the highest because of its very large weight. The countries whose stocks produced losses for the Fund were Spain, Japan and Germany, and given the Fund's large Japan commitment (more than twice that of the MSCI World Index), the performance shortfall is easily understood.

The holdings with the highest positive contributions to the Fund in the quarter were Equifax, Snap-on, Union Pacific, MasterCard and Julius Baer. The first four companies in the list are all U.S.-domiciled, while Baer is located in Switzerland. The top detractors included Oracle (U.S.), Credit Suisse (Switzerland) and three Japanese concerns: Daiwa, Rohm and Hirose Electric.

For all of 2011, holdings in only two countries generated positive rates of return: Italy and the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, the Fund had small weightings in those two countries. On the other hand, the Fund's holdings in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and Japan all registered double-digit percentage losses in 2011. The stocks with the highest contribution to Fund return for the year were MasterCard, Intel (U.S.), Bulgari (Italy, sold early in 2011), Equifax and Diageo (United Kingdom). The largest detractors

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from return were Daiwa, Credit Suisse, Rheinmetall (Germany), Adecco (Switzerland) and Rohm.

Portfolio Activity

Our trading was fairly balanced in the quarter. We initiated two new positions, FedEx (U.S.) and Fiat Industrial (Italy), and eliminated Holcim (Switzerland) and Primary Health (Australia). Having just gone through the holiday season, readers of this letter are probably familiar with FedEx, especially its overnight package delivery service. Yet, the company's growth is coming from its domestic ground shipment service, as well as its trans-Pacific parcel delivery. We believe that FedEx's enormous investment in infrastructure over the past decade will pay off in higher returns for shareholders, particularly should fuel prices decline. FedEx still offers an earnings growth rate that is high for large companies, yet we were able to purchase shares at prices that were first seen in 2003, even though earnings per share have more than doubled over the period.

Fiat Industrial was spun off from Fiat SpA in January 2011 and consists of three main divisions: Case New Holland Global (CNH), Iveco and FPT Industrial. CNH is second in the world among agricultural equipment companies, behind Deere, and the fifth-largest construction equipment company. Interestingly, just over 10% of CNH is listed in the U.S. due to historical funding needs, but Fiat Industrial owns and fully consolidates the business. Iveco makes trucks and commercial vehicles, mostly in Western Europe and Latin America. FPT Industrial is an engine manufacturer for CNH, Iveco and other non-captive clients.

We own the stock for three primary reasons. First, we believe CNH is a strong company that is well-positioned to benefit from global food consumption growth. Second, as an independent company from Fiat SpA, Fiat Industrial's management can now focus on restructuring Iveco and FPT, divisions that have overcapacity and are under-earning. Third, the economic distress enveloping Italy has depressed the stock prices of many choice companies domiciled there, enabling us to purchase shares of Fiat Industrial at what we view as an extreme discount. Fiat Industrial is an internationally diversified company that generates only a fraction of its sales and profits in Italy and less than 25% of its sales in Western Europe.

We sold our holdings in Holcim and Primary Healthcare to help fund these new investments. Both companies are still on our approved lists and are names we would consider owning for our global shareholders. However, their discount to intrinsic value is not as attractive as our other holdings.

The U.S. weight within the Fund grew by nearly 4% in the quarter. However, since the market indices had similar relative growth, the Fund is still underweight the U.S. If you add back the two companies that are domiciled outside the U.S. for tax reasons (Covidien and TE Connectivity), the U.S. weight is just under 50%. As we have often written, we construct the portfolio based on our perception of individual investment opportunities, paying little attention to corporate domicile as long as we are within the Fund's prospectus limits. We continue to be overweight both Switzerland and Japan. All of our holdings from those two countries meet 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 correct and these currency imbalances stabilize, this movement would benefit our holdings.

Hedge Discussion

We continue to believe that the U.S. dollar is undervalued relative to other global currencies. As of quarter-end, approximately 73% of the Fund's Australian dollar, 68% of the Swiss franc, 69% of the Japanese yen, 20% of the Swedish krona and 13% of the euro exposures were hedged. Of note, our euro hedges have decreased as the euro has weakened versus the U.S. dollar.

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
 

 

December 31, 2011

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Global Diversification—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.7%  
Air Freight & Logistics—2.9%  
FedEx Corp. (United States)   Package & Freight Delivery Services     704,600     $ 58,841,146    
Application Software—1.8%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     702,300       37,130,692    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—3.7%  
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
(Switzerland) (a)
  Asset Management     1,895,900       74,156,676    
Automobile Manufacturers—5.3%  
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     1,918,300       63,926,718    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     972,800       42,706,868    
      106,633,586    
Broadcasting—3.2%  
Discovery
Communications, Inc.,
Class C (United States) (a)
  Media Management &
Network Services
    1,710,150       64,472,655    
Building Products—2.1%  
Assa Abloy AB, Class B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs &
Manufactures Security Locks
    1,708,800       42,856,254    
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—0.4%  
Fiat Industrial SPA
(Italy) (a)
  Branded Truck & Tractor
Manufacturer
    1,079,019       9,251,950    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.8%  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A
(United States)
  Transaction Processing Services     208,700       77,807,534    
Distillers & Vintners—1.8%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    1,684,300       36,790,073    
Diversified Banks—2.1%  
Banco Santander SA
(Spain)
  Retail, Commercial & Private
Banking & Asset Management
Services
    5,540,487       42,092,465    

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OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.7% (cont.)  
Diversified Capital Markets—2.7%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    2,292,000     $ 53,853,338    
Electronic Components—4.7%  
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Develops & Sells Electronic
Equipment
    709,900       62,255,749    
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment &
System Manufacturer
    1,632,900       32,819,232    
      95,074,981    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—2.7%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
    1,785,200       55,002,012    
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—2.1%  
Incitec Pivot, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Fertilizer Manufacturer &
Supplier
    13,213,200       42,029,984    
Health Care Equipment—1.4%  
Covidien PLC (Ireland)   Health Care Equipment & Supplies     640,900       28,846,909    
Health Care Facilities—2.0%  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
(United States) (a)
  Hospitals & Health Care Facilities     7,837,100       40,204,323    
Health Care Services—4.3%  
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
(United States) (a)
  Medical Laboratory & Testing
Services
    1,008,700       86,717,939    
Home Entertainment Software—4.4%  
Square Enix Holdings
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game
Consoles
    4,503,400       88,406,358    
Human Resource & Employment Services—2.8%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     1,348,400       56,488,385    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.5%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     1,138,500       50,445,413    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—97.7% (cont.)  
Industrial Machinery—4.5%  
Snap-on, Inc.
(United States)
  Tool & Equipment Manufacturer     1,797,600     $ 90,994,512    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.4%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     21,826,000       68,055,606    
Movies & Entertainment—2.0%  
Live Nation
Entertainment, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Live Events Producer,
Operator, & Promoter
    4,822,025       40,071,028    
Office Electronics—2.7%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     1,231,200       54,545,823    
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—2.1%  
Apache Corp.
(United States)
  Oil & Natural Gas Exploration &
Production
    459,800       41,648,684    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.6%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     559,300       32,153,944    
Sara Lee Corp.
(United States)
  Manufactures & Markets Brand
Name Products for Consumers
Worldwide
    1,051,200       19,888,704    
      52,042,648    
Railroads—2.3%  
Union Pacific Corp.
(United States)
  Rail Transportation Provider     430,600       45,617,764    
Research & Consulting Services—4.2%  
Equifax, Inc.
(United States)
  Information Management,
Transaction Processing,
Direct Marketing & Customer
Relationship Management
    1,908,300       73,927,542    
Meitec Corp. (Japan)   Software Engineering Services     603,100       11,635,748    
      85,563,290    
Semiconductor Equipment—1.7%  
Applied Materials, Inc.
(United States)
  Develops, Manufactures,
Markets & Services Semiconductor
Wafer Fabrication Equipment
    3,312,600       35,477,946    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—97.7% (cont.)  
Semiconductors—8.8%  
Intel Corp. (United States)   Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    2,558,200     $ 62,036,350    
Texas Instruments, Inc.
(United States)
  Designs & Supplies Digital Signal
Processing, Analog Technologies &
Microcontroller Semiconductors
    2,101,500       61,174,665    
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits & Semiconductor
Devices Manufacturer
    1,157,200       53,973,600    
      177,184,615    
Specialty Chemicals—2.1%  
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
(United States)
  Manufactures Flavors & Fragrance
Products
    809,300       42,423,506    
Systems Software—4.6%  
Oracle Corp.
(United States)
  Software Services     3,598,100       92,291,265    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,918,814,763)           $ 1,973,019,360    
Short Term Investment—0.9%  
Repurchase Agreement—0.9%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012, repurchase
price $18,593,464, collateralized by a United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%, with a
maturity of 3/31/2014, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $18,968,556
(Cost: $18,593,443)
  $ 18,593,443       18,593,443    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $18,593,443)       $ 18,593,443    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,937,408,206)—98.6%         1,991,612,803    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $110,815)—0.0% (b)         110,482    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—1.4%         27,823,967    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 2,019,547,252    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security

(b)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

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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 (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD INDEX20 (UNAUDITED)

    Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Last 3 Months*   1-year   5-year   Average Annual
Total Return
Since Inception
(10/2/06)
 
Oakmark Global
Select Fund (Class I)
    4.62 %     -5.87 %     1.39 %     2.81 %  
MSCI World Index     7.59 %     -5.54 %     -2.37 %     -0.78 %  
Lipper Global Fund Index21      7.12 %     -9.96 %     -2.19 %     -0.56 %  

 

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 9/30/11 was 1.24%

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 returned 5% for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, underperforming the MSCI World Index's return of 8%. For 2011, the Fund and the MSCI World Index declined 6%. More importantly, the Fund has returned an average of 3% per year since inception, outperforming the MSCI World Index, which has averaged -1% per year over the same period.

FedEx, a U.S.-based worldwide package delivery business, was the top contributor to performance this quarter, returning 24%. We purchased FedEx for the Fund in the third quarter of 2011, when fears of a slowing economy caused the share price to fall to what we thought were extremely attractive levels. These fears have subsided, and the stock rebounded in the fourth quarter. Also during the past quarter, FedEx reported earnings that topped estimates and maintained its fiscal year 2012 forecasts. The company's investments during this extended downturn have set it up for what we think is an enormous amount of earnings power in an industry with extremely high barriers to entry. FedEx is taking significant share in the domestic ground market and is developing into the top U.S.-to-Asia parcel carrier. We believe FedEx offers considerable long-term earnings potential.

Intel, a U.S.-based microprocessor and semiconductor components manufacturer, was the top contributor to performance for the 2011 calendar year, returning 18%. Intel is the world's foremost semiconductor maker, holding about 80% of the market share for microprocessors that go into desktop and notebook computers and computer servers. Intel also makes embedded semiconductors for the industrial, medical-equipment and networking-gear markets. Most computer makers use Intel processors, with Dell and Hewlett-Packard being the firm's largest customers. In September, the company announced a new partnership agreement with Google that enables Intel's x86 Atom processors to work in Android-powered tablets and smartphones. Intel expects all future releases of Android to include a version optimized to run on Intel architecture products. More recently, Intel reported solid third-quarter results and set a new record for microprocessor units shipped. Third-quarter earnings and revenue increased 33% and 29%, respectively, from the same period last year, and gross margins also expanded. During the third quarter, Intel generated over $6 billion of cash and

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spent $4 billion to repurchase shares. In addition, the board authorized another $10 billion for future share repurchases. We believe Intel will continue to provide positive long-term returns for our shareholders.

Daiwa Securities Group, Japan's second-largest brokerage firm, was the largest detractor from performance for the quarter, falling 17%. Daiwa has been hurt in the past by numerous factors, including a particularly weak Japanese stock market and decreased equity and capital-markets activity. We met the new CEO, Takashi Hibino, for the first time this summer and came away impressed. He was very engaged in the discussion and communicated specific goals necessary for Daiwa's future success. New management is aggressively addressing losses in the wholesale business and has placed new priorities on other business lines. Mr. Hibino's focus will be on the retail banking and asset management divisions—the retail bank that recently went into operation seems to be a game changer. Daiwa spent three years researching this venture and came up with an Internet bank that gives customers access to Daiwa branches. The company aims to attract customers with higher rates and a better platform than competitors in hopes that customers will move a lot of these deposits to investment products. The retail bank has attracted over 1.5 trillion yen (nearly U.S. $20 billion) in deposits after only one year of operation. Daiwa's balance sheet remains well-capitalized, and we continue to believe Daiwa has a powerful franchise.

Adecco, the world's largest employment agency, detracted the most from performance for the 2011 calendar year, falling 35%. The stock has been hurt by general macroeconomic concerns and weakness. Despite a relatively lackluster recovery in employment across most of the developed world, Adecco's revenue has increased more than 20% organically since 2009 because employers value the flexibility that temporary staff provides in today's more volatile world. Adecco has also been able to grow via mergers and acquisitions, and it has used approximately €1 billion of the €1.25 billion in free cash flow it generated over the past three years to buy other professional staffing businesses, including MPS in the U.S. Even with its M&A spending, Adecco returned nearly €250 million to shareholders by way of dividends without increasing leverage. During the downturn, management focused on improving gross margins and reducing costs. These changes enabled the firm to withstand the recent market conditions and have helped the franchise maintain its long-term direction. We believe Adecco is run by an excellent management team that has a proven track record for creating shareholder value.

Geographically, we ended the quarter with our European holdings increasing slightly to 33% and our Japanese holdings decreasing to 17%. The remainder of the Fund's investments, excluding cash, are in North America. We did not add or remove any names from the Fund during the quarter.

Due to the U.S. dollar's weakness relative to other global currencies, we currently hedge three underlying foreign currencies. At quarter-end, approximately 60% of the Fund's Swiss franc and Japanese yen and 14% of the Fund's euro exposures were hedged.

We thank you for your continued confidence and support and wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2012.

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

 

December 31, 2011

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Global Diversification—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—96.6%  
Air Freight & Logistics—4.7%  
FedEx Corp. (United States)   Package & Freight Delivery Services     250,000     $ 20,877,500    
Application Software—3.9%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     323,500       17,103,487    
Automobile Manufacturers—11.1%  
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     855,200       28,499,259    
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     470,000       20,633,458    
      49,132,717    
Cable & Satellite—5.3%  
Comcast Corp., Class A
(United States)
  Cable Communication Networks
Provider
    994,000       23,418,640    
Catalog Retail—4.7%  
Liberty Interactive
Corp., Class A
(United States) (a)
  Home & Internet Shopping Online
Travel
    1,280,000       20,755,200    
Computer Hardware—4.7%  
Dell, Inc. (United States) (a)   Technology Products & Services     1,428,000       20,891,640    
Consumer Finance—4.8%  
Capital One Financial
Corp. (United States)
  Credit Card Products & Services
Provider
    505,000       21,356,450    
Distillers & Vintners—3.8%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    771,000       16,840,911    
Diversified Capital Markets—5.1%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management & Investment
Banking
    963,300       22,633,909    
Electronic Manufacturing Services—5.0%  
TE Connectivity, Ltd.
(Switzerland)
  Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components
    720,000       22,183,200    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—96.6% (cont.)  
Health Care Equipment—5.2%  
Medtronic, Inc.
(United States)
  Develops Therapeutic & Diagnostic
Medical Products
    602,000     $ 23,026,500    
Human Resource & Employment Services—5.6%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     591,000       24,758,703    
Integrated Oil & Gas—4.3%  
Cenovus Energy, Inc.
(Canada)
  Integrated Oil Company     580,000       19,256,000    
Internet Software & Services—4.8%  
eBay, Inc.
(United States) (a)
  Online Trading Community &
Secure Online Payment Services
    705,000       21,382,650    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—5.0%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     7,028,000       21,913,993    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.6%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     275,700       15,849,888    
Semiconductors—15.0%  
Intel Corp. (United States)   Computer Component
Manufacturer & Designer
    937,000       22,722,250    
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan) Integrated Circuits &
Semiconductor Devices
 
Manufacturer
    481,800       22,471,898    
Texas Instruments, Inc.
(United States)
  Designs & Supplies Digital
Signal Processing, Analog
Technologies & Microcontroller
Semiconductors
    720,000       20,959,200    
      66,153,348    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $446,768,329)           $ 427,534,736    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Par Value   Value  
Short Term Investment—1.0%  
Repurchase Agreement—1.0%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012, repurchase
price $4,364,954, collateralized by a United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%, with a
maturity of 3/31/2014, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $4,455,875 (Cost: $4,364,949)
  $ 4,364,949     $ 4,364,949    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $4,364,949)       $ 4,364,949    
Total Investments (Cost: $451,133,278)—97.6%         431,899,685    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $2,253,136)—0.5%         2,246,368    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—1.9%         8,248,793    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 442,394,846    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL AND
OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUNDS

Fellow Shareholders,

While both the Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds had acceptable investment performance in the fourth quarter of 2011, the full year was not good for global equities or for our two Funds, as natural disasters (first in Japan, later in Thailand) and Europe's sovereign debt crisis took their toll. The short-term challenges cannot be denied, but I remain extremely confident about the medium and long-term future.

The biggest challenge may still be the volatility of the global equity markets. As a result of mostly political and some macroeconomic instability, on any given day it seems a company can see wild intraday swings, and that makes it challenging to keep portfolios positioned correctly. Of course, on the flip side, volatility does present opportunity when the ups and downs in the market price of businesses do not reflect changes in their intrinsic value.

Three Good Reasons...

As a value investor, I'm confident for three reasons. The first reason is valuation. As of the end of November, according to MSCI, the EAFE Index2 traded at 1.3x book value, 6.7x cash flow and it yielded 3.9%. In Japan, stocks are even cheaper—at the end of the same time period, Japanese stocks traded 0.9x book value, 5.7x cash flow and they yielded 2.7%. Keep in mind that the 10-year Japanese treasury security yielded just 96 basis points as of January 3, 2012! In Japan, manufacturers had to deal with two natural disasters in 2011—first the earthquake and tsunami, and then the prolonged flooding in Thailand. I expect to start seeing increased business activity, more profitability and perhaps even a V-shaped economic recovery for Japan.

Global blue chips in general are selling at extremely attractive valuations, though investor interest remains soft. And, of course, then there are the European financials. This is the sector where fear is running highest and where there are the most generalizations. It is widely believed that all banks and financial institutions in Europe are under duress, when in fact we are able to find healthy, well-capitalized, profitable companies in this sector. Certainly this isn't the best of times, but companies are still making money while selling at well below half their book value. I think there are good opportunities for careful, long-term investors.

My second reason is that these low valuations are especially meaningful given the fact that, despite the negative headlines, the world is still growing at an acceptable rate. Yes, some parts of Europe will be zapped by recession, but the United States, the world's biggest economy, is experiencing an acceleration in economic growth and Asia, including Japan, is also growing at meaningful rates. In the midst of Europe's turmoil in September, the IMF predicted global economic growth of 4% for 2012, though that number may be subject to revision. Growth at or close to 4% bodes well for increases in corporate profitability. When one combines low valuations with economic growth, it is generally positive for stock prices.

Reason three is that, over the past few years, we have seen investors pour liquidity into "safe havens"—most notably, treasury securities of governments deemed "safe." I've already mentioned the Japanese 10-year yield is under 1%. In the U.S., the 10-year Treasury's yield is under 2% and the 5-year yield is under 1%. Yes, bonds have had a great decade and over the past 30-year period, they have outperformed stocks. It is my belief that this outperformance is unsustainable and there will be some mean reversion, especially given the differential between the combined market earnings and dividend yields for stocks versus the yields on Treasury securities.

Europe—The Last Words

I've often been asked my view about the future of the eurozone, given its sovereign debt and fiscal troubles. I believe the eurozone will not only remain intact, but its members will strengthen their ties. My thinking is that this will be the outcome mostly because it has to be the outcome for Europe to remain relevant. If the eurozone doesn't become more integrated fiscally and strengthen its monetary system, it will become inconsequential on the world stage. And I really don't believe Europe is ready to call it quits and to leave it to the U.S. and China to steer global economic and political policy.

I do, however, think one key message from the European debacle is not being transmitted, and this relates to the point at which government becomes too big and too intrusive. Southern Europe's problems are not due to undertaxation, in our view, but rather to the size and scope of government. This includes rules and regulations that impact the micro economy. Simply, when users of labor are not free to hire and fire, the incentives to hire are reduced. And when unemployment is subsidized by a generous welfare state and pension system, and with unit

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labor costs uncompetitive, there exists a large substitution effect resulting in high unemployment.

I believe the real issue in Southern Europe is NOT entirely macro, though sovereign debt and budget deficits are a problem. What is constraining Europe are microeconomic policies that have created an inflexible, inefficient labor market and layers of business regulation that have not only inhibited hiring, but also have caused a negative impact on new investment. It is refreshing to note that Mario Monti, Italy's new prime minister, seems to recognize this and is working on legislation intended to address some of these issues. Spain also has a new government and it will be interesting to see if their new PM takes the same approach.

Wishing all a great 2012!

David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com

oakex@oakmark.com

December 31, 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 (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX23 (UNAUDITED)

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(9/30/92)
 
Oakmark International
Fund (Class I)
    3.41 %     -14.07 %     -1.75 %     7.46 %     9.47 %  
MSCI World ex U.S. Index     3.51 %     -12.21 %     -4.09 %     5.14 %     5.57 %  
MSCI EAFE Index2      3.33 %     -12.14 %     -4.72 %     4.67 %     5.24 %  
Lipper International
Fund Index24 
    4.32 %     -14.48 %     -3.72 %     5.29 %     6.39 %  

 

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 I shares as of 9/30/11 was 1.06%

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 returned 3.4% for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, slightly underperforming the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which returned 3.5% over the same period. The Fund's calendar-year performance was weak in absolute and relative terms, declining 14% versus the MSCI World ex U.S. Index's loss of 12%. Most importantly, 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 6% per year over the same period.

Swiss-based Givaudan, the world's largest flavors and fragrance company, was the largest contributor to performance for the quarter, returning 22%. In the third quarter, Givaudan reported worse-than-expected earnings, mainly attributed to higher raw material costs, which were up 15%. Although this hurt Givaudan's bottom line, the company has made progress in mitigating these higher costs by negotiating price increases for its products. Shares rebounded in the fourth quarter as Givaudan's sales momentum remained strong, its orders remained solid, and its management continued to work on improving margins. Rising raw material prices, combined with a strong Swiss franc, could challenge the company's short-term results, but we continue to believe this company is a good long-term investment.

U.K.-based Diageo, a producer, distiller and marketer of alcoholic beverages, was the largest contributor to performance for the 2011 calendar year, returning 22%. Diageo's strong brand presence in developing markets continues to deliver increased sales, more than offsetting some of the challenges in the European markets. To add to its emerging-markets exposure, Diageo acquired a Turkish spirits company, Mey Icki, in 2011. Mey Icki is the dominant brand in Turkey with approximately 70% market share. This acquisition allows Diageo to benefit from the continued growth of Raki (a Turkish alcoholic drink) as rising wealth drives a consumer shift toward spirits in Turkey. There is also potential to roll out Diageo's other premium brands there. Diageo continues to generate strong free cash flow, and management is focused on returning capital to shareholders.

The largest detractor from performance during the quarter was Japan-based Olympus, which fell 58%. A scandal at Olympus began in October when the

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board abruptly fired CEO Michael Woodford, citing differences in management technique and culture. It was later revealed that Woodford was fired shortly after he questioned inflated fees and takeover costs associated with past acquisitions. An independent investigation into these acquisitions found that executives hid two decades' worth of investment losses by paying inflated fees to advisors. Olympus shareholders have been greatly hurt by the value destruction that, in our view, can be traced back to an unacceptably lax approach to corporate governance. We believe the board now faces a serious credibility problem and therefore needs to bring in new management to ensure that reforms are made. We do not have confidence that the existing top management can make the necessary changes. We have communicated our concerns directly with the company and also to the Japanese regulators. As long-time investors in Japan, we have seen Japanese companies as a group significantly improve their corporate governance policies in recent years, and their shareholders have benefited from this trend. In our view, the situation at Olympus shows that we still have a ways to go before all Japanese companies move toward a more independent board structure and embrace their shareholders as stakeholders in the company. Now on to the good news—there is a real business here with significant value. Olympus is the world's leading endoscope company with roughly 75% of the global market. The company offers some very unique, world-leading technologies, has strong cash-flow generation, and operates in a strong market that has mid-single-digit annual growth. However, it remains to be seen whether Olympus will make the changes necessary to restore the company's credibility.

Daiwa Securities Group, Japan's second-largest broker, was the largest detractor from performance for calendar year 2011. Daiwa has been hurt in the past by numerous factors, including a particularly weak Japanese stock market and decreased equity and capital-markets activity. We met the new CEO, Takashi Hibino, for the first time this summer and came away impressed. He seemed very engaged in the discussion, and his communication style was an improvement over the former CEO. New management is aggressively addressing losses in the wholesale business and has placed new priorities on other business lines. Mr. Hibino's focus will be on the retail banking and asset management divisions—the recently launched retail bank seems to be a game changer. Daiwa spent three years researching this venture and came up with an Internet bank that gives customers access to Daiwa branches. The company aims to attract customers with higher rates and a better platform than competitors in hopes that customers will move a lot of these deposits to investment products. The retail bank has attracted over 1.5 trillion yen (nearly U.S. $20 billion) in deposits after only one year of operation. Daiwa's balance sheet remains well-capitalized, and we continue to believe it has a powerful franchise.

We made numerous changes to the portfolio during the past quarter. We sold our positions in Samsung Electronics, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and Television Francaise 1. We used the proceeds to purchase two previously held names that once again became attractive investment opportunities: Atlas Copco, a Sweden-based global industrial equipment manufacturer and retailer, and Lloyds Banking Group, a U.K. banking and financial services company. We also purchased Fiat Industrial, an Italian manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment and commercial vehicles.

Our geographical composition changed slightly over the past quarter. Our European holdings increased to approximately 72%, and our Pacific Rim exposure decreased to approximately 26%. Our Latin America and North America (Canada) exposure remained the same at approximately 2%.

We continue to hedge the Fund's currency exposure defensively. Due to the U.S. dollar's weakness relative to other global currencies, we currently hedge five underlying currencies. At quarter-end, approximately 70% of the Australian dollar, 68% of the Swiss franc, 60% of the Japanese yen, 19% of the Swedish krona and 13% of the euro exposures were hedged.

We would like to thank our shareholders for continuing to support us and our value-investing philosophy. As we ring in a new year, we believe we have built a portfolio of high-quality companies that will provide our shareholders with attractive returns in the long term.

Happy New Year!

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

 

December 31, 2011

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Global Diversification—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—93.5%  
Advertising—2.8%  
Publicis Groupe SA
(France)
  Advertising & Media Services     4,324,300     $ 198,935,665    
Aerospace & Defense—0.6%  
BAE Systems PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Develops, Delivers & Supports
Advanced Aerospace & Defense
Systems
    9,286,000       41,114,722    
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—1.5%  
Cie Financiere
Richemont SA
(Switzerland)
  Manufacturer & Retailer of
Luxury Goods
    2,175,300       110,027,151    
Application Software—2.1%  
SAP AG (Germany)   Develops Business Software     2,871,000       151,790,142    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—1.7%  
Schroders PLC
(United Kingdom)
  International Asset Management     5,907,434       120,549,580    
Automobile Manufacturers—9.5%  
Daimler AG Registered
(Germany)
  Automobile Manufacturer     6,153,900       270,162,206    
Toyota Motor Corp.
(Japan)
  Automobile Manufacturer     7,180,400       239,284,474    
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Automobile & Motorcycle
Manufacturer
    5,607,700       171,065,085    
      680,511,765    
Brewers—1.4%  
Heineken Holdings NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces Beers, Spirits, Wines &
Soft Drinks
    2,407,900       98,541,377    
Broadcasting—0.5%  
Grupo Televisa SAB
(Mexico) (a)
  Television Production &
Broadcasting
    1,682,352       35,430,333    
Building Products—3.3%  
Assa Abloy AB, Class B
(Sweden)
  Develops, Designs & Manufactures
Security Locks
    7,664,000       192,211,100    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—93.5% (cont.)  
Building Products—3.3% (cont.)  
Geberit AG, Registered
Shares (Switzerland) (b)
  Building Products     226,000     $ 43,549,452    
      235,760,552    
Commodity Chemicals—1.1%  
Orica, Ltd. (Australia)   Produces Industrial & Specialty
Chemicals
    3,298,400       81,776,170    
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—0.6%  
Fiat Industrial SPA
(Italy) (b)
  Branded Truck & Tractor
Manufacturer
    5,267,594       45,166,506    
Construction Materials—1.5%  
Holcim, Ltd. (Switzerland)   Produces & Markets Ready-Mixed
Concrete, Cement, Clinker &
Admixtures
    1,981,700       106,015,570    
Department Stores—2.4%  
PPR (France)   Retails Consumer & Household
Products
    1,177,900       168,685,656    
Distillers & Vintners—2.6%  
Diageo PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Beverages, Wines & Spirits
Manufacturer
    7,489,800       163,599,290    
Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.
(Australia)
  International Marketing &
Distribution of Wine
    5,578,000       20,995,062    
      184,594,352    
Diversified Banks—11.8%  
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA (Italy)   Banking & Financial Services     145,608,100       243,858,628    
BNP Paribas SA (France)   Commercial Bank     5,421,400       212,955,304    
Banco Santander SA (Spain)   Retail, Commercial & Private
Banking & Asset Management
Services
    22,100,714       167,904,649    
Bank of Ireland (Ireland) (b)   Commercial Bank     1,070,774,800       113,639,761    
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
(United Kingdom) (b)
  Banking & Financial Services
Provider
    262,418,200       105,572,063    
      843,930,405    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—93.5% (cont.)  
Diversified Capital Markets—3.8%  
Credit Suisse Group
(Switzerland)
  Wealth Management &
Investment Banking
    11,644,000     $ 273,589,993    
Diversified Chemicals—2.8%  
Akzo Nobel NV
(Netherlands)
  Produces & Markets Chemicals,
Coatings & Paints
    4,140,500       200,206,407    
Electronic Components—2.3%  
OMRON Corp. (Japan)   Component, Equipment & System
Manufacturer
    8,174,900       164,305,188    
Food Retail—1.5%  
Koninklijke Ahold NV
(Netherlands)
  Retails Health & Beauty Supplies,
Prescriptions Drugs, Wine &
Liquor
    7,416,000       99,868,866    
Tesco PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Food Retailer     1,236,700       7,748,641    
      107,617,507    
Health Care Equipment—1.0%  
Olympus Corp. (Japan)   Optoelectronic Products
Manufacturer
    5,693,000       74,851,449    
Human Resource & Employment Services—3.4%  
Adecco SA (Switzerland)   Temporary Employment Services     5,840,600       244,679,666    
Industrial Conglomerates—3.0%  
Koninklijke (Royal)
Philips Electronics NV
(Netherlands)
  Electronics Manufacturer     10,069,000       212,157,826    
Industrial Machinery—0.1%  
Atlas Copco AB, Series B
(Sweden)
  International Industrial Equipment
Manufacturer
    417,800       7,940,692    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—3.2%  
Daiwa Securities
Group, Inc. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     74,153,000       231,216,318    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—93.5% (cont.)  
Marine—2.3%  
Kuehne + Nagel
International AG
(Switzerland)
  Sea, Land & Rail Freight
Transportation Businesses
    1,478,200     $ 166,028,000    
Multi-line Insurance—2.7%  
Allianz SE Registered
(Germany)
  Insurance, Banking & Financial
Services
    2,051,200       196,213,789    
Office Electronics—3.0%  
Canon, Inc. (Japan)   Computers & Information     4,854,500       215,068,793    
Packaged Foods & Meats—2.8%  
Nestle SA (Switzerland)   Food & Beverage Manufacturer     2,911,000       167,352,284    
Danone (France)   Food Products     538,700       33,863,621    
      201,215,905    
Paper Packaging—2.3%  
Amcor, Ltd. (Australia)   Packaging & Related Services     22,715,000       167,509,267    
Pharmaceuticals—1.7%  
Novartis AG (Switzerland)   Pharmaceuticals     1,122,000       64,145,002    
Roche Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Develops & Manufactures
Pharmaceutical & Diagnostic
Products
    166,300       28,185,840    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Pharmaceuticals     1,223,900       27,969,046    
      120,299,888    
Publishing—1.6%  
Thomson Reuters Corp.
(Canada)
  Electronic Information & Solutions
Company
    3,112,200       83,185,478    
Reed Elsevier PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Publisher & Information Provider     4,308,000       34,722,782    
      117,908,260    
Research & Consulting Services—0.9%  
Meitec Corp. (Japan)   Software Engineering Services     2,475,100       47,752,676    
Experian Group, Ltd.
(Ireland)
  Credit & Marketing Services     1,426,001       19,388,644    
      67,141,320    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—93.5% (cont.)  
Security & Alarm Services—3.4%  
G4S PLC (United Kingdom)   Security Services     28,714,300     $ 121,204,612    
Secom Co., Ltd. (Japan)   On-Line Centralized Security
Services, Home Security
Systems, & Home Medical
Services
    2,625,000       121,069,897    
      242,274,509    
Semiconductors—2.9%  
ROHM Co., Ltd. (Japan)   Integrated Circuits &
Semiconductor Devices
Manufacturer
    4,521,400       210,885,098    
Specialty Chemicals—2.5%  
Givaudan SA
(Switzerland) (b)
  Manufactures & Markets
Fragrances
    190,500       181,515,490    
Specialty Stores—1.2%  
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.
(United Kingdom)
  Jewelry Retailer     1,975,200       86,829,792    
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.7%  
Wolseley PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Distributes Building Materials &
Lumber Products
    3,641,100       120,556,676    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $7,362,892,487)           $ 6,712,841,779    
Short Term Investment—3.9%  
Repurchase Agreement—3.9%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012, repurchase
price $281,885,330, collateralized by a United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%, with a
maturity of 3/31/2014, and with a fair value
plus accrued interest of $287,523,106
(Cost: $281,885,017)
  $ 281,885,017       281,885,017    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $281,885,017)       $ 281,885,017    
Total Investments (Cost: $7,644,777,504)—97.4%         6,994,726,796    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $579,816)—0.0% (c)         578,075    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—2.6%         187,204,351    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 7,182,509,222    

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(a)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

(b)  Non-income producing security

(c)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

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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 12/31/01 TO PRESENT (12/31/11) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. SMALL CAP INDEX25

        Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 12/31/11)
 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months*
  1-year   5-year   10-year   Since
Inception
(11/1/95)
 
Oakmark International
Small Cap Fund
(Class I)
    3.88 %     -16.44 %     -3.28 %     9.95 %     9.45 %  
MSCI World ex U.S.
Small-Cap Index
    0.69 %     -15.81 %     -3.23 %     9.41 %     N/A    
MSCI World ex U.S. Index23      3.51 %     -12.21 %     -4.09 %     5.14 %     4.40 %  
Lipper International
Small-Cap Fund Index26 
    1.86 %     -15.20 %     -2.65 %     9.87 %     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 9/30/11 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 returned 4% in the quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to 1% for the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index. For the calendar year ended December 31, the Fund and the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index both declined 16%. For the past 10 years, the Fund has earned an annualized rate of return of 10%, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index, which has returned 9% for the same period. Since inception, the Fund has had an annualized return of 9%.

The top-performing stock for the quarter was a Dutch company, Wavin NV, the largest producer of plastic pipes in Europe. During the quarter, Wavin's stock price jumped following news that it received an unsolicited acquisition bid from Mexichem, a Latin American chemical producer whose products also include PVC piping. If this deal is concluded, Wavin would expand Mexichem's European presence and enhance its product portfolio. The first non-binding takeover offer came in November for 8.5 euros per share, and Mexichem has since raised its bid to 10 euros per share. This latest bid has boosted Wavin's stock price, and we will continue to monitor the progress of the takeover offer.

The Fund's top-performing stock for calendar year 2011 was also a large contributor to fourth-quarter returns. Duerr AG, a German company, is the world's largest paint-shop designer and installer. In August, Duerr reported another strong set of gross results, with revenues continuing to grow and new orders rising 63%. Most of these new orders came primarily from emerging markets, although Duerr's results demonstrate growth in all areas of the world and in all of its businesses. In order to meet the higher demand, the company plans to hire 600 more employees. Although Duerr raised guidance throughout the year, management believes the backlog indicates that its 2012 sales will be strong once again. This, along with three recent small acquisitions, should help the company in the coming year.

One of the largest detractors from the Fund's performance for the past quarter and year was gategroup Holding, a Swiss company that specializes in catering for the airline industry. The stock price for gategroup declined sharply in November after the company lowered its 2011 outlook and provided 2012 guidance for the first time. Revenue trends weakened during the fourth quarter as a

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more difficult macro environment reduced demand for premium air travel. We believe this short-term fluctuation in demand will have a modest negative impact on 2012 earnings but will have little impact on the long-term business value of gategroup. For that reason, we used the stock's price drop as an opportunity to add to our holdings. At times, gategroup tends to trade as if it were an airline, but we believe it is a much higher-quality business because it has a more flexible cost structure and it maintains long-term contracts, which help to protect its profitability during downturns.

The largest detractor for the calendar year was Goodman Fielder, Australia's largest food manufacturer. As we wrote in the last commentary, the company has faced a very difficult environment over the past few quarters, which has reduced its profitability. During the fourth quarter, the company announced a number of new executive appointments, including a new CFO, who joins the CEO that started in July. It also announced the decision to consolidate its New Zealand retail operations (dairy, baking and home ingredients), which should allow the company to reduce costs and capitalize on its scale more effectively when negotiating with retailers. Finally, Goodman also announced a significant restructuring of its Fresh Baking division in Australia, which could potentially provide long-term savings. We believe that Goodman has a number of strong market positions and attractive local brands. In our view, the improvement in its management team, its increased investments in the brands that matter, its willingness to exit non-core brands and its commitment to innovation should over time boost the company's momentum.

We established positions in two securities that were both previously held in the Fund: Michael Page International and Travis Perkins. Michael Page International, based in the U.K. is one of the top employment agencies in the world. The company fills professional positions in areas such as finance and accounting, sales and marketing, office support and engineering. Travis Perkins, also a U.K. firm, markets and distributes products to the U.K. construction and do-it-yourself building trade industries. We believe that both companies are high-quality businesses that demonstrate best-in-class management teams and are trading at significantly lower prices than they were earlier in the year. We took advantage of the share-price drops to own these quality businesses again. We also added Fugro (Netherlands), a provider of technology, equipment and expertise in natural-resources exploration and development. We eliminated our positions in Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings, Nexans, Ten Network Holdings, Bobst Group and NSD during the quarter.

Geographically, we ended the quarter with our European holdings comprising 56% of the portfolio, and the Pacific Rim holdings representing 41% of the Fund. The remaining 3%, excluding cash, is invested in the Middle East.

We continue to believe the dollar remains undervalued relative to a number of currencies held in the Fund, and we maintained our hedges on these currencies. At the recent quarter-end, approximately 58% of the Fund's Swiss franc, 70% of the Australian dollar, 54% of the Japanese yen, 66% of the Norwegian krone, 20% of the Swedish krona and 14% of the euro exposures were hedged.

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
 

 

December 31, 2011

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Global Diversification—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

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OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.9%  
Advertising—1.4%  
Asatsu-DK, Inc. (Japan)   Advertising Services Provider     727,100     $ 19,110,346    
Air Freight & Logistics—1.1%  
Freightways, Ltd.
(New Zealand)
  Express Package Services     5,259,700       15,066,468    
Airport Services—2.7%  
BBA Aviation PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Flight Support & Aftermarket
Services & Systems Provider
    13,143,700       36,333,656    
Asset Management & Custody Banks—9.2%  
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.
(Switzerland) (a)
  Asset Management     1,469,000       57,458,810    
Azimut Holding SPA (Italy)   Investment Management Services     4,216,610       33,808,279    
MLP AG (Germany)   Asset Management     4,620,830       30,644,139    
      121,911,228    
Auto Parts & Equipment—4.1%  
Toyota Industries Corp.
(Japan)
  Assembles Motor Vehicles &
Manufactures Automotive Parts
    1,269,800       34,561,920    
Nifco, Inc (Japan)   Manufactures Synthetic Resinous
Fasteners & Plastic Components
For Automobiles & Home
Electronic Appliances
    706,000       19,729,843    
      54,291,763    
Broadcasting—1.1%  
Media Prima Berhad
(Malaysia)
  Film Producer & Sports Promoter     18,294,757       15,005,163    
Building Products—1.7%  
Kaba Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Provides Mechanical & Electronic
Security Systems
    64,500       22,540,323    
Computer Hardware—1.2%  
Wincor Nixdorf AG
(Germany)
  Banking Machines & Cash Registers
Manufacturer
    356,500       15,932,151    
Construction & Engineering—1.7%  
Wavin NV
(Netherlands) (a)
  Manufacturers Plastic Pipe Systems     1,851,000       22,758,746    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—1.5%  
Bucher Industries AG
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures Food Processing
Machinery, Vehicles, & Hydraulic
Components
    112,700     $ 19,701,203    
Construction Materials—1.8%  
Titan Cement Co. SA
(Greece)
  Cement & Building Materials
Producer & Distributor
    1,602,500       24,038,081    
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—1.0%  
TKC Corp. (Japan)   Accounting, Tax & Law Database
Consulting Services
    657,300       13,646,426    
Department Stores—2.2%  
Myer Holdings, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Department Store Operator     14,892,900       29,474,814    
Diversified Support Services—2.0%  
gategroup Holding AG
(Switzerland) (a)
  Airlines Service Provider     1,118,600       27,092,675    
Drug Retail—2.7%  
Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Drug Store Operator     1,211,600       35,323,248    
Electrical Components & Equipment—1.8%  
Prysmian SpA (Italy)   Develops, Designs, Produces,
Supplies & Installs Cable
    1,900,300       23,598,558    
Electronic Components—3.3%  
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Develops & Sells Electronic
Equipment
    491,200       43,076,523    
Electronic Equipment & Instruments—2.5%  
Orbotech, Ltd. (Israel) (a)   Optical Inspection Systems     3,337,600       33,309,248    
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—3.2%  
Incitec Pivot, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Fertilizer Manufacturer & Supplier     13,227,200       42,074,517    
Food Retail—0.4%  
Lawson, Inc. (Japan)   Convenience Store Operator     81,900       5,112,765    
Health Care Services—1.5%  
Primary Health Care, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Health Care Service Provider     6,351,000       20,007,078    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Health Care Supplies—0.4%  
Ansell, Ltd. (Australia)   Manufactures Latex     357,000     $ 5,309,131    
Home Entertainment Software—3.0%  
Square Enix Holdings Co.,
Ltd. (Japan)
  Develops & Sells Entertainment
Software for Video Game
Consoles
    2,018,000       39,615,409    
Home Furnishing Retail—0.3%  
Fourlis Holdings SA
(Greece) (a)
  Home Furnishing Retail and
Wholesales Electric & Electronic
Appliances
    2,314,296       4,193,390    
Home Improvement Retail—1.6%  
Carpetright PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Carpet Retailer     2,917,700       21,749,703    
Human Resource & Employment Services—3.9%  
Pasona Group, Inc. (Japan)   Placement Service Provider     32,040       31,219,956    
Michael Page
International PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Recruitment Consultancy Services     3,819,300       20,688,629    
      51,908,585    
Industrial Conglomerates—2.3%  
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   Automotive Pump Manufacturer     689,500       30,550,823    
Industrial Machinery—5.9%  
Interpump Group SpA
(Italy)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     5,169,313       34,756,553    
Duerr AG (Germany)   Automotive Industry Machinery
Manufacturer
    544,807       23,973,967    
Burckhardt Compression
Holding AG
(Switzerland)
  Manufactures Reciprocating
Compressors
    77,800       19,464,495    
Interpump Group SpA,
Warrants (Italy) (a)
  Pump & Piston Manufacturer     848,916       450,581    
      78,645,596    
Investment Banking & Brokerage—0.7%  
Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,
Ltd. (Japan)
  Stock Broker     2,057,800       8,795,845    
D. Carnegie & Co. AB
(Sweden) (a) (b)
  Diversified Financials Services     2,314,000       0    
      8,795,845    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
IT Consulting & Other Services—4.5%  
Atea ASA (Norway)   Management & IT Consulting
Services
    3,961,300     $ 39,739,836    
Alten, Ltd. (France)   Consulting & Engineering Services     837,400       19,714,419    
      59,454,255    
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.6%  
Tecan Group AG,
Registered Shares
(Switzerland) (a)
  Manufactures & Distributes
Laboratory Automation
Components & Systems
    106,800       7,220,057    
Motorcycle Manufacturers—1.7%  
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Motorcycle Manufacturer     1,742,200       22,046,288    
Office Electronics—2.5%  
Konica Minolta
Holdings, Inc. (Japan)
  Manufactures Photo Films for
Medical, Printing, Office &
General Use
    4,065,500       30,318,267    
Neopost SA (France)   Mailroom Equipment Supplier     46,500       3,133,108    
      33,451,375    
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—0.2%  
Fugro NV (Netherlands)   Collector, Processor &
Interpreter of Geological Data
    35,500       2,062,741    
Packaged Foods & Meats—3.6%  
Goodman Fielder, Ltd.
(Australia)
  Produces Food Products     81,764,382       36,378,454    
Alaska Milk Corp.
(Philippines)
  Milk Producer     24,092,500       7,295,597    
Binggrae Co., Ltd.
(South Korea)
  Dairy Products Manufacturer     76,877       3,977,317    
      47,651,368    
Photographic Products—1.4%  
Vitec Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Photo Equipment & Supplies     2,140,000       18,469,907    
Real Estate Services—2.9%  
LSL Property Services
PLC (United Kingdom)
  Residential Property Service
Provider
    10,375,000       38,971,807    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held   Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Research & Consulting Services—0.3%  
Cision AB (Sweden) (a)   Business & Communication
Intelligence
    627,820     $ 3,375,352    
Soft Drinks—1.6%  
Britvic PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Soft Drink Manufacturer &
Marketer
    4,239,500       21,180,546    
Specialty Chemicals—5.2%  
Sika AG (Switzerland)   Manufactures Construction
Materials
    13,980       26,343,660    
Taiyo Ink Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  Manufactures & Sells Resist Inks     970,700       25,046,255    
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
(Japan)
  Manufactures & Sells a Wide
Range of Paints & Related
Products
    1,968,900       17,573,526    
      68,963,441    
Specialty Stores—0.2%  
JJB Sports PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    29,284,528       2,444,489    
JJB Sports PLC, Warrants
(United Kingdom) (a)
  Sportswear & Sports Equipment
Retailer
    2,474,255       0    
      2,444,489    
Systems Software—0.1%  
Exact Holding NV
(Netherlands)
  Develops & Markets Business
Software
    63,954       1,324,360    
Technology Distributors—2.2%  
Premier Farnell PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Distributes Electronic
Components & Equipment
    10,183,600       28,467,236    
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.7%  
Travis Perkins PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Markets & Distributes Products to
the UK Construction & Building
Trade Industry
    1,553,700       19,194,589    

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Schedule of Investments—December 31, 2011 (Unaudited) cont.

Name   Description   Shares Held/
Par Value
  Value  
Common Stocks—94.9% (cont.)  
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.7% (cont.)  
Bunzl PLC
(United Kingdom)
  Outsourcing Solutions & Service
Oriented Distribution
    256,700     $ 3,524,111    
      22,718,700    
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $1,452,944,804)           $ 1,257,975,384    
Short Term Investment—2.6%  
Repurchase Agreement—2.6%  

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase Agreement,
0.01% dated 12/30/2011 due 1/3/2012, repurchase
price $33,714,874, collateralized by a United States
Treasury Note, with a rate of 1.750%, with a maturity
of 3/31/2014, and with a fair value plus accrued
interest of $34,393,138 (Cost: $33,714,837)
  $ 33,714,837       33,714,837    
Total Short Term Investment (Cost: $33,714,837)       $ 33,714,837    
Total Investments (Cost: $1,486,659,641)—97.5%         1,291,690,221    
Foreign Currencies (Cost: $381,559)—0.0% (c)         381,653    
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities—2.5%         33,161,924    
Total Net Assets—100%       $ 1,325,233,798    

 

(a)  Non-income producing security

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

(c)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

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

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than 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 & 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 the Funds' total returns, and may make the Funds' 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.  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.

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  3.  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 Equity & Income Fund ranked #380 out of 980, #762 out of 903, #32 out of 846, and #9 out of 624 funds in the moderate allocation category for one, five, and ten years, and since inception, respectively, as of 12/31/11.

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

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

  6.  Lauricella, Tom. "Stocks Have a Fever, and the Only Prescription Is More Correlation." Wall Street Journal, October 20, 2011.

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

  8.  The Price-Earnings Ratio ("P/E") is the most common measure of the expensiveness of a stock.

  9.  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.

  10.  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.

  11.  Cheng, Jonathan. "Stocks Hit 5-Month High in Year-End Rebound." Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2011.

  12.  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 #369 out of 1,821, #102 out of 1,718, #155 out of 1,613, and #166 out of 1,230 funds in the large blend category for one, five, and ten years, and since inception, respectively, as of 12/31/11.

  13.  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.

  14.  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 Select Fund ranked #299 out of 1,821, #42 out of 1,718, #721 out of 1,613, and #266 out of 1,230 funds in the large blend category for one, five, and ten years, and since inception, respectively, as of 12/31/11.

  15.  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.

  16.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Government / Credit Bond Index is a benchmark index made up 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.

  17.  The Value Line Composite Index is composed of all of the companies that are included in the Value Line Investment Survey. This market benchmark assumes equally weighted positions in every stock covered in The Value Line Investment Survey. That is, it is assumed that an equal dollar amount is invested in each and every stock. The returns from doing so are averaged geometrically every day across all the stocks in The Survey and, consequently, this index is frequently referred to as the Value Line (Geometric) Average (VLG). The VLG was intended to provide a rough approximation of how the median stock in the Value Line universe performed. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index.

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  18.  The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  19.  Birinyi Associates is a money management and research firm.

  20.  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.

  21.  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.

  22.  The MSCI Japan Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure Japan developed market equity performance. The Total Return Index (Net) includes reinvested dividends net of foreign withholding tax using Luxembourg withholding tax rates. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

  23.  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.

  24.  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.

  25.  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.

  26.  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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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

Trustees and Officers

Trustees

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

Allan J. Reich
Steven S. Rogers
Kristi L. Rowsell
Burton W. Ruder
Peter S. Voss

Officers

Kristi L. Rowsell—President and Principal Executive Officer
Robert M. Levy—Executive Vice President
Henry R. Berghoef—Vice President
John N. Desmond—
Vice President
Richard J. Gorman—
Vice President, Chief Compliance
  Officer and Assistant Secretary

Kevin G. Grant—
Vice President
Thomas E. Herman—
Principal Financial Officer
David G. Herro—
Vice President
John J. Kane—
Treasurer
Michael L. Manelli—Vice President
Clyde S. McGregor—
Vice President
Michael J. Neary—
Vice President
William C. Nygren—
Vice President
John R. Raitt—
Vice President
Vineeta D. Raketich—
Vice President
Janet L. Reali—
Vice President and Secretary
Robert A. Taylor—
Vice President
Andrew J. Tedeschi—
Assistant Treasurer
Christopher P. Wright—
Vice President

Other Information

Investment Adviser

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

Transfer Agent

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
Quincy, Massachusetts

Legal Counsel

K&L Gates LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chicago, Illinois

For More Information

Please call 1-800-OAKMARK
(1-800-625-6275)
or 617-483-8327

Website

oakmark.com

To obtain a prospectus, a new account application, forms 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 of purchase with the exception of the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Equity & Income Fund which do not impose a redemption fee.



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The Oakmark Funds are distributed by Harris Associates Securities L.P., member FINRA. Date of first use: February 2012.