485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2020

1933 Act Registration No. 33-38953

1940 Act Registration No. 811-06279

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.                 o

Post-Effective Amendment No. 64          x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 x

Amendment No. 66                                   x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4600

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4319

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (312) 646-3600

Rana J. Wright

Harris Associates L.P.

111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4600

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copies to:

Ndenisarya M. Bregasi, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.  20006-1600

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuous

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

o on                    pursuant to paragraph (b)

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o on                    pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

o on                    pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

o this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This amendment is being filed solely to submit in interactive data format exhibits containing risk/return summary information that is identical to the risk/return summary information contained in the Registrant’s prospectus for the Advisor Class and Institutional Class shares of Oakmark Bond Fund, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Post-Effective Amendment No. 63 to the Registrant’s registration statement on June 9, 2020.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirement for effectiveness of this registration statement under rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois on June 26, 2020.

HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST
By:	/s/ Kristi L. Rowsell
Name:	Kristi L. Rowsell
Title:	President

Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 26, 2020.

Signature		Title
/s/ Thomas H. Hayden		Trustee
Thomas H. Hayden*
/s/ Hugh T. Hurley, III		Trustee
Hugh T. Hurley, III*
/s/ Patricia Louie		Trustee
Patricia Louie*
/s/ Christine M. Maki		Trustee
Christine M. Maki*
/s/Laurence C. Morse, Ph.D		Trustee
Laurence C. Morse, Ph.D*
/s/ Mindy M. Posoff		Trustee
Mindy M. Posoff*
/s/ Allan J. Reich		Trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees
Allan J. Reich*
/s/ Steven S. Rogers		Trustee
Steven S. Rogers*
/s/ Kristi L. Rowsell		Trustee and President (Principal Executive Officer)
Kristi L. Rowsell
/s/ Zachary D. Weber		Principal Financial Officer
Zachary D. Weber
* By:	/s/ Kristi L. Rowsell
	Kristi L. Rowsell

*Attorney in Fact, pursuant to a power of attorney, filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, File No. 33-38953, on January 27, 2020.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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Oakmark Bond Fund

Risk/Return:

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Risk/Return [Heading]

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Oakmark Bond Fund

Objective [Heading]

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INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

Objective, Primary [Text Block]

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The Fund seeks to maximize both current income and total return, consistent with prudent investment and principal protection management.

Expense [Heading]

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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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Below are the fees and expenses that you would pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) None.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Portfolio Turnover [Heading]

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Portfolio Turnover

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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. As of the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations and had no portfolio turnover information to report.

Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text]

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“Other expenses” are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

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Example.

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The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses were those reflected in the table.

Although your actual returns and expenses may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be:

Strategy [Heading]

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY

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The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of bonds and other fixed-income securities.  These include, but are not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds; U.S. or non-U.S.-government and government-related obligations (such as, U.S. treasury securities); below investment-grade corporate bonds; agency mortgage backed-securities; commercial mortgage- and asset-backed securities; senior loans (such as, leveraged loans, bank loans, covenant lite loans, and/or floating rate loans); assignments; restricted securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); and other fixed and floating rate instruments.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in bonds and other fixed-income securities, and other investments that the Adviser believes have similar economic characteristics, including other investment companies that provide investment exposure to such securities.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 25% of its assets in investment-grade fixed-income securities and may invest up to 35% of its assets in below investment-grade fixed-income securities (commonly known as “high-yield” or “junk bonds”).  The Fund considers fixed-income securities to be investment-grade if, at the time of investment, they are rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), BBB- or higher by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, or equivalently rated by any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or, if unrated, deemed to be of comparable quality by the Adviser.  The Fund considers fixed-income securities to be below investment-grade if, at the time of investment, they are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s, BB+ or lower by S&P, or equivalently rated by any NRSRO, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Only one rating is required and if a security is split rated, the Adviser assigns the lowest rating. The Fund invests in senior loans that are typically rated below investment-grade and to bear interest at a floating rate that periodically resets. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its net assets in defaulted corporate securities.

In seeking to achieve the objectives of the Fund, the Adviser may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and purchase or sell delayed-delivery securities.   In addition, the Fund may invest in fixed income securities structured as fixed rate debt; floating rate debt; and debt that may not pay interest at the time of issuance. The Fund may also invest in inverse floaters, as well as interest-only and principal-only securities.

The Fund will prioritize differentiation through bottom-up, single-security selection across the major fixed income asset classes with a secondary focus on top-down asset allocation and interest rate and duration management.  When selecting individual securities, the Adviser uses a bottom-up approach and seeks relative price appreciation by selecting securities the Adviser believes to be undervalued based on research and fundamental analysis and by making gradual adjustment in the average duration of the Fund’s portfolio.   The Adviser’s investment strategy is a bottom-up process that first looks for opportunities by focusing on an individual issuer’s default risk pricing and then incorporates top-down considerations such as interest rate forecasting, curve selection, and other macros factors.

The Adviser utilizes an investment approach that considers a quantitative valuation model combined with a qualitative ratings framework.  The Fund’s portfolio selection process uses a ranking  structure with a defined “buy” and “sell” discipline that allocates investments among a list of approved issuers and considers an individual investment’s risk reward profile, legal structure, and/or downside risk, among other factors.  The Adviser actively manages the portfolio’s asset class exposure using a top-down view of sector fundamentals.  The Adviser rotates Fund portfolio assets among sectors in various markets in an effort to maximize return.

Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to maintain an investment portfolio with a weighted average effective duration of no less than two years and no more than eight years. The duration of the Fund’s portfolio may vary materially from its target, from time to time, and there is no assurance that the duration of the Fund’s portfolio will meet its target.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred stocks.  The Fund may also hold cash or short-term debt securities from time to time and for temporary defensive purposes.

The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards (including forward foreign currency contracts), and swap agreements (including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and total return swaps), for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, managing the Fund’s duration or its exposure to fixed income securities with different maturities, currencies, interest rates, individual issuers, or sectors.

In deciding which fixed income securities to buy and sell, the Adviser attempts to emphasize securities issued by companies with strong fundamentals and relatively limited anticipated volatility.  These securities are selected with the same bottom-up investment process that underpins all of the Oakmark funds.  The Fund uses a value investment philosophy in selecting its securities.  This value investment philosophy, in the context of fixed-income securities, is based upon the belief that, over time, a company’s credit default risk will converge with the Adviser’s estimate of the credit default risk associated with a company’s intrinsic value.  By “intrinsic value,” the Adviser means its estimate of the value a knowledgeable buyer would pay to acquire the entire business.  The Adviser believes that investing in securities that have credit risk priced significantly below what it believes the company’s intrinsic value implies, allows the best opportunity to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

In an effort to achieve its goal, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading.  The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval.  The Fund will not alter its policy to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in bonds and other fixed-income securities, and other investments that the Adviser believes have similar economic characteristics, including other investment companies that provide investment exposure to such securities, without providing shareholders at least 60 days’ notice.  This test is applied at the time the Fund invests; later percentage changes caused by a change in Fund assets, market values or company circumstances will not require the Fund to dispose of a holding.

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

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As an investor in the Fund, you should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially wide fluctuations in the value of your Fund shares. Your investment in the Fund is subject to risks, including the possibility that the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings may fluctuate in response to events specific to the companies in which the Fund invests, as well as economic, political or social events in the U.S. or abroad and the Adviser’s evaluation of those events, and the success of the Adviser in implementing the Fund’s investment strategy. As a result, when you redeem your Fund shares, they may be worth more or less than you paid for them.

Although the Fund makes every effort to achieve its investment objective, it cannot guarantee it will attain that investment objective. The following principal investment risks can significantly affect the Fund’s performance:

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk the issuer or guarantor of a debt security will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal or to otherwise honor its obligations.

Call Risk. Upon the issuer’s desire to call a security, or under other circumstances where a security is called, including when interest rates are low and issuers opt to repay the obligation underlying a “callable security” early, the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment offering a lower yield and may not benefit from any increase in value that might otherwise result from declining interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk. The Fund’s yield and share price will fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates and there is a risk of loss due to changes in interest rates. In general, the prices of debt securities rise when interest rates fall, and the prices fall when interest rates rise. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates. Inverse floaters earn interest at rates that vary inversely to changes in short-term interest rates. An inverse floater produces less income (and may produce no income) and may decline in value when market rates rise.

Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is the risk a particular security may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to sell such security at an advantageous time or price and may be forced to sell a security at a discount to the Adviser’s estimated value of such a security.

Government-Sponsored Entity Risk. Some securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. and may only be supported by the right of the agency or instrumentality to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will always provide financial support to those agencies or instrumentalities.

Sovereign Debt Risk. Sovereign debt instruments, including U.S. and non-U.S. debt instruments, are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay, refuse, or be unable to pay interest or repay principal on its debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy, its policy toward international lenders or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by multilateral agencies. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a government entity has not repaid may be collected.

Lower-Rated Debt Securities Risk. Below investment grade securities (commonly called junk bonds) are regarded as having predominately speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to pay principal and interest and carry a greater risk that the issuer of such securities will default in the timely payment of principal and interest. Issuers of securities that are in default or have defaulted may fail to resume principal or interest payments, in which case the Fund may lose its entire investment.

Loan Interests Risk. Loan interests may be subject to restrictions on transfer.  The Fund may be unable to sell its loan interests at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so.  Therefore, at times loan interests may be illiquid. Loan interests may have extended settlement periods and also may be difficult to value.  Interests in secured loans have the benefit of collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest and, typically, there are restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets. The value of the collateral may decline and may become insufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. In the case of borrower default, bankruptcy or other insolvency laws may limit or delay the Fund’s access to the collateral. Further, in the event of a default, lower tier secured loans and unsecured loans will generally be paid only if the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the borrower’s obligations to the senior secured lenders, and the remaining collateral may not sufficiently cover the full amount owed on the loan in which the Fund has an interest. Interests in loans can expose the Fund to the lender’s credit risk and also may expose the Fund to the credit risk of the underlying borrower.

Covenant lite loans may contain fewer or no restrictive covenants compared to other loans.  Accordingly, the Fund may experience relatively greater difficulty or delays in enforcing its rights on its holdings of certain covenant lite loans than its holdings of loans or securities with more traditional financial covenants, which may result in losses to the Fund.  A loan interest may also be obtained by the assignment of all or a portion of the interests in a particular loan that are held by an original lender or a prior assignee.  Normally, an assignee will succeed to all rights and obligations of its assignor with respect to the portion of the loan that is assigned. However, it is possible that the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of a loan assignment may differ from those held by the original lender or the assignor.  When the fund receives a loan assignment, it is possible that the Fund could be held liable, or may be called upon to fulfill other obligations.

Restricted Securities Risk.  Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may not have an active trading market.  Accordingly, the prices of these securities may be more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies.  In addition, restricted securities may be illiquid, and it can be difficult to sell them at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or the Fund may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. In addition to being subject to the risks associated with investments in fixed-income securities generally (e.g., prepayment and extension, credit, liquidity and valuation risks), the values of mortgage- and asset-backed securities are influenced by the factors affecting the assets underlying the securities. The value of these securities may be significantly affected by changes in interest rates.  These securities are also subject to the risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, which may increase particularly during periods of market downturn.  An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the underlying assets will decrease the security’s value.

Prepayment and Extension Risk. If borrowers pay back principal on certain fixed-income securities, such as mortgage- or asset-backed securities, before (prepayment) or after (extension) the market anticipates such payments, shortening or lengthening their duration, the Fund’s performance could be impacted.  In general, a debt security might be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity due to an excess in cash flow to the issuer or due to a decline in interest rates. In the event there is a prepayment, the Fund would need to reinvest the proceeds, possibly in an investment offering a lower yield or interest rate. On the other hand, in general, slower payoffs or extension may occur if market interest rates rise, which has the effect of increasing the duration or interest rate risk of the impacted securities.

Other Investment Company Risk.  To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies, its performance will be affected by the performance of those other investment companies.  Investments in other investment companies are subject to the risks of the other investment companies’ investments, as well as to the other investment companies’ expenses.

Market Risk. The Fund is subject to market risk—the risk that securities markets and individual securities will increase or decrease in value. Market risk applies to every market and every security. Security prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value and public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment. In addition, securities markets tend to move in cycles. If there is a general decline in the securities markets, it is possible your investment may lose value regardless of the individual results of the companies in which the Fund invests. The magnitude of up and down price or market fluctuations over time is sometimes referred to as “volatility,” which, at times, can be significant. In addition, different asset classes and geographic markets may experience periods of significant correlation with each other. As a result of this correlation, the securities and markets in which the Fund invests may experience volatility due to market, economic, political or social events and conditions that may not readily appear to directly relate to such securities, the securities’ issuer or the markets in which they trade. In addition, some companies may have substantial foreign operations or holdings and may involve additional risks relating to those markets, including but not limited to political, economic, regulatory, or other conditions in foreign countries, as well as currency exchange rates.

Non-U.S. Securities Risk. Investments in securities issued by entities based outside the U.S. may involve risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad, as well as risks resulting from the differences between the regulations to which U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and markets are subject. These risks may result in the Fund experiencing rapid and extreme value changes due to currency controls; different accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and legal standards and practices; political and diplomatic changes and developments; expropriation; changes in tax policy; a lack of available public information regarding non-U.S. issuers; greater market volatility; a lack of sufficient market liquidity; differing securities market structures; higher transaction costs; and various administrative difficulties, such as delays in clearing and settling portfolio transactions or in receiving payment of dividends. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in issuers located in developing and emerging countries, and in issuers in more developed countries that conduct substantial business in such developing and emerging countries. Fluctuations in the exchange rates between currencies may negatively affect an investment in non-U.S. securities.

Investments in securities issued by entities domiciled in the U.S. also may be subject to many of these risks.

Derivatives Risk. The Fund’s exposure to derivatives can involve investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investing in more traditional investments and sometimes the risks of these investments may be magnified in comparison. Derivative transactions may be volatile and can create leverage in the Fund, which may cause the Fund to lose more than the amount of assets initially invested. At times, derivatives may be highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative at the desired time or price. If the Fund’s derivative counterparty becomes unwilling or unable to honor its obligations, then the Fund may experience losses. This risk is greater for forward currency contracts, swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives. Changes in regulation relating to a mutual fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments may limit the availability of derivatives, increase the costs of derivatives, or otherwise adversely affect the value of derivatives impacting the Fund’s performance.

Additional risks associated with certain types of derivatives are discussed below:

Forward Contracts.  Forward contracts do not have limitations on daily price movements. Changes in foreign exchange regulations by governmental authorities may affect the trading of forward contracts on currencies.

Futures.  Futures contracts are subject to the risk that an exchange may impose price fluctuation limits, which may make it difficult or impossible for a fund to exit a position when desired.

Swaps.  Generally, the risk of loss associated with swaps is limited to the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make or, in the case of the counterparty defaulting, the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive.  However, if the Fund sells a credit default swap it may lose the entire notional amount of the swap.

Leverage Risk. Leverage may cause the Fund to be more volatile and can amplify changes in the Fund’s net asset value Derivatives, when-issued and forward-settling securities, and borrowing may create leverage and can result in losses to the Fund that may accelerate the rate of losses and exceed the amount originally invested.

Variable and Floating Rate Instruments Risk. The value of variable and floating rate instruments may decline if market interest rates or the interest rates paid by such instruments do not fluctuate according to expectations since such instruments are less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments.  Certain types of variable and floating rate instruments, such as interests in bank loans, may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities.

When-Issued and Forward-Settling Securities Risk.  The value obtained in a when-issued or forward-settling transaction may be less favorable than the price or yield available in the market when the transaction takes place.  Conversely, since the Fund is committed to buying such securities at a certain price, any change in the value of these securities, even prior to their issuance, affects the Fund’s share value and therefore involves a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines before the settlement date.

Common Stock Risk. Common stocks are subject to greater fluctuations in market value than other asset classes as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic conditions. The rights of common stockholders are subordinate to all other claims on a company’s assets including, debt holders and preferred stockholders; therefore, the Fund could lose money if a company in which it invests becomes financially distressed.

Value Style Risk. Investing in “value” stocks presents the risk that the stocks may never reach what the Adviser believes are their full market values, either because the market fails to recognize what the Adviser considers to be the companies’ intrinsic values or because the Adviser misjudged those values. In addition, value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other investments during given periods.

Currency Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests in securities or other instruments denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, changes in currency exchange rates could adversely impact the Fund’s performance. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate abruptly and significantly and can be affected unpredictably by intervention, or failure to intervene, by governments or central banks, or by currency controls or political developments in the U.S. or abroad.  The Adviser may not be able to determine accurately the extent to which a security or its issuer is exposed to currency risk.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading and may have a high portfolio turnover rate, which may increase the Fund’s costs, negatively impact the Fund’s performance and may generate a greater amount of capital gain distributions to shareholders than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate.

Your investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.

Risk Lose Money [Text]

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You may lose money by investing in the Fund.

RIsk Not Insured [Text]

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Your investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

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Performance history will be included for the Fund after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year. Until that time, call 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) for performance information. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results.

Performance One Year or Less [Text]

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Performance history will be included for the Fund after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year.

Performance Availability Phone [Text]

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1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275)

Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]

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Past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results.

Oakmark Bond Fund | Advisor Class

Risk/Return:

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Management fees

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0.39%

Distribution (12b-1) fees

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none

Other expenses

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0.15%

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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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0.54%

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 55

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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$ 174

Oakmark Bond Fund | Institutional Class

Risk/Return:

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Management fees

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0.39%

Distribution (12b-1) fees

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none

Other expenses

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0.05%

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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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0.44%

Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year

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$ 45

Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years

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$ 142

[1] "Other expenses" are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.

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Prospectus:
Document Type	485BPOS
Document Period End Date	Jun. 09, 2020
Entity Registrant Name	HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST
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Amendment Flag	false
Document Creation Date	Jun. 09, 2020
Document Effective Date	Jun. 10, 2020
Prospectus Date	Jun. 10, 2020
Oakmark Bond Fund | Institutional Class
Prospectus:
Trading Symbol	OANCX
Oakmark Bond Fund | Advisor Class
Prospectus:
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Oakmark Bond Fund

Oakmark Bond Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to maximize both current income and total return, consistent with prudent investment and principal protection management.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

Below are the fees and expenses that you would pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) None.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Oakmark Bond Fund		Advisor Class	Institutional Class
Management fees		0.39%	0.39%
Distribution (12b-1) fees		none	none
Other expenses	[1]	0.15%	0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		0.54%	0.44%

Example.

The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses were those reflected in the table.

Although your actual returns and expenses may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your expenses would be:

Expense Example - Oakmark Bond Fund - USD ($)	Advisor Class	Institutional Class
1 Year	$ 55	$ 45
3 Years	$ 174	$ 142

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. As of the date of this prospectus, the Fund had not yet commenced operations and had no portfolio turnover information to report.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY

The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of bonds and other fixed-income securities.  These include, but are not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds; U.S. or non-U.S.-government and government-related obligations (such as, U.S. treasury securities); below investment-grade corporate bonds; agency mortgage backed-securities; commercial mortgage- and asset-backed securities; senior loans (such as, leveraged loans, bank loans, covenant lite loans, and/or floating rate loans); assignments; restricted securities (e.g., Rule 144A securities); and other fixed and floating rate instruments.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in bonds and other fixed-income securities, and other investments that the Adviser believes have similar economic characteristics, including other investment companies that provide investment exposure to such securities.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 25% of its assets in investment-grade fixed-income securities and may invest up to 35% of its assets in below investment-grade fixed-income securities (commonly known as “high-yield” or “junk bonds”).  The Fund considers fixed-income securities to be investment-grade if, at the time of investment, they are rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), BBB- or higher by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, or equivalently rated by any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or, if unrated, deemed to be of comparable quality by the Adviser.  The Fund considers fixed-income securities to be below investment-grade if, at the time of investment, they are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s, BB+ or lower by S&P, or equivalently rated by any NRSRO, or, if unrated, determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Only one rating is required and if a security is split rated, the Adviser assigns the lowest rating. The Fund invests in senior loans that are typically rated below investment-grade and to bear interest at a floating rate that periodically resets. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of its net assets in defaulted corporate securities.

In seeking to achieve the objectives of the Fund, the Adviser may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and purchase or sell delayed-delivery securities.   In addition, the Fund may invest in fixed income securities structured as fixed rate debt; floating rate debt; and debt that may not pay interest at the time of issuance. The Fund may also invest in inverse floaters, as well as interest-only and principal-only securities.

The Fund will prioritize differentiation through bottom-up, single-security selection across the major fixed income asset classes with a secondary focus on top-down asset allocation and interest rate and duration management.  When selecting individual securities, the Adviser uses a bottom-up approach and seeks relative price appreciation by selecting securities the Adviser believes to be undervalued based on research and fundamental analysis and by making gradual adjustment in the average duration of the Fund’s portfolio.   The Adviser’s investment strategy is a bottom-up process that first looks for opportunities by focusing on an individual issuer’s default risk pricing and then incorporates top-down considerations such as interest rate forecasting, curve selection, and other macros factors.

The Adviser utilizes an investment approach that considers a quantitative valuation model combined with a qualitative ratings framework.  The Fund’s portfolio selection process uses a ranking  structure with a defined “buy” and “sell” discipline that allocates investments among a list of approved issuers and considers an individual investment’s risk reward profile, legal structure, and/or downside risk, among other factors.  The Adviser actively manages the portfolio’s asset class exposure using a top-down view of sector fundamentals.  The Adviser rotates Fund portfolio assets among sectors in various markets in an effort to maximize return.

Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to maintain an investment portfolio with a weighted average effective duration of no less than two years and no more than eight years. The duration of the Fund’s portfolio may vary materially from its target, from time to time, and there is no assurance that the duration of the Fund’s portfolio will meet its target.

The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred stocks.  The Fund may also hold cash or short-term debt securities from time to time and for temporary defensive purposes.

The Fund may invest in derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards (including forward foreign currency contracts), and swap agreements (including credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and total return swaps), for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, managing the Fund’s duration or its exposure to fixed income securities with different maturities, currencies, interest rates, individual issuers, or sectors.

In deciding which fixed income securities to buy and sell, the Adviser attempts to emphasize securities issued by companies with strong fundamentals and relatively limited anticipated volatility.  These securities are selected with the same bottom-up investment process that underpins all of the Oakmark funds.  The Fund uses a value investment philosophy in selecting its securities.  This value investment philosophy, in the context of fixed-income securities, is based upon the belief that, over time, a company’s credit default risk will converge with the Adviser’s estimate of the credit default risk associated with a company’s intrinsic value.  By “intrinsic value,” the Adviser means its estimate of the value a knowledgeable buyer would pay to acquire the entire business.  The Adviser believes that investing in securities that have credit risk priced significantly below what it believes the company’s intrinsic value implies, allows the best opportunity to achieve the Fund’s investment objective.

In an effort to achieve its goal, the Fund may engage in active and frequent trading.  The Fund’s investment objective may be changed without shareholder approval.  The Fund will not alter its policy to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in bonds and other fixed-income securities, and other investments that the Adviser believes have similar economic characteristics, including other investment companies that provide investment exposure to such securities, without providing shareholders at least 60 days’ notice.  This test is applied at the time the Fund invests; later percentage changes caused by a change in Fund assets, market values or company circumstances will not require the Fund to dispose of a holding.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

As an investor in the Fund, you should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially wide fluctuations in the value of your Fund shares. Your investment in the Fund is subject to risks, including the possibility that the value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings may fluctuate in response to events specific to the companies in which the Fund invests, as well as economic, political or social events in the U.S. or abroad and the Adviser’s evaluation of those events, and the success of the Adviser in implementing the Fund’s investment strategy. As a result, when you redeem your Fund shares, they may be worth more or less than you paid for them.

Although the Fund makes every effort to achieve its investment objective, it cannot guarantee it will attain that investment objective. The following principal investment risks can significantly affect the Fund’s performance:

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk the issuer or guarantor of a debt security will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal or to otherwise honor its obligations.

Call Risk. Upon the issuer’s desire to call a security, or under other circumstances where a security is called, including when interest rates are low and issuers opt to repay the obligation underlying a “callable security” early, the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment offering a lower yield and may not benefit from any increase in value that might otherwise result from declining interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk. The Fund’s yield and share price will fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates and there is a risk of loss due to changes in interest rates. In general, the prices of debt securities rise when interest rates fall, and the prices fall when interest rates rise. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates. Inverse floaters earn interest at rates that vary inversely to changes in short-term interest rates. An inverse floater produces less income (and may produce no income) and may decline in value when market rates rise.

Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is the risk a particular security may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to sell such security at an advantageous time or price and may be forced to sell a security at a discount to the Adviser’s estimated value of such a security.

Government-Sponsored Entity Risk. Some securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. and may only be supported by the right of the agency or instrumentality to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government will always provide financial support to those agencies or instrumentalities.

Sovereign Debt Risk. Sovereign debt instruments, including U.S. and non-U.S. debt instruments, are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay, refuse, or be unable to pay interest or repay principal on its debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the size of the governmental entity’s debt position in relation to the economy, its policy toward international lenders or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by multilateral agencies. If a governmental entity defaults, it may ask for more time in which to pay or for further loans. There is no legal process for collecting sovereign debt that a government does not pay, nor are there bankruptcy proceedings through which all or part of the sovereign debt that a government entity has not repaid may be collected.

Lower-Rated Debt Securities Risk. Below investment grade securities (commonly called junk bonds) are regarded as having predominately speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to pay principal and interest and carry a greater risk that the issuer of such securities will default in the timely payment of principal and interest. Issuers of securities that are in default or have defaulted may fail to resume principal or interest payments, in which case the Fund may lose its entire investment.

Loan Interests Risk. Loan interests may be subject to restrictions on transfer.  The Fund may be unable to sell its loan interests at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so.  Therefore, at times loan interests may be illiquid. Loan interests may have extended settlement periods and also may be difficult to value.  Interests in secured loans have the benefit of collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest and, typically, there are restrictive covenants limiting the ability of the borrower to further encumber its assets. The value of the collateral may decline and may become insufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. In the case of borrower default, bankruptcy or other insolvency laws may limit or delay the Fund’s access to the collateral. Further, in the event of a default, lower tier secured loans and unsecured loans will generally be paid only if the value of the collateral exceeds the amount of the borrower’s obligations to the senior secured lenders, and the remaining collateral may not sufficiently cover the full amount owed on the loan in which the Fund has an interest. Interests in loans can expose the Fund to the lender’s credit risk and also may expose the Fund to the credit risk of the underlying borrower.

Covenant lite loans may contain fewer or no restrictive covenants compared to other loans.  Accordingly, the Fund may experience relatively greater difficulty or delays in enforcing its rights on its holdings of certain covenant lite loans than its holdings of loans or securities with more traditional financial covenants, which may result in losses to the Fund.  A loan interest may also be obtained by the assignment of all or a portion of the interests in a particular loan that are held by an original lender or a prior assignee.  Normally, an assignee will succeed to all rights and obligations of its assignor with respect to the portion of the loan that is assigned. However, it is possible that the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of a loan assignment may differ from those held by the original lender or the assignor.  When the fund receives a loan assignment, it is possible that the Fund could be held liable, or may be called upon to fulfill other obligations.

Restricted Securities Risk.  Restricted securities may not be listed on an exchange and may not have an active trading market.  Accordingly, the prices of these securities may be more difficult to determine than publicly traded securities and these securities may involve heightened risk as compared to investments in securities of publicly traded companies.  In addition, restricted securities may be illiquid, and it can be difficult to sell them at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or the Fund may be able to sell them only at prices that are less than what the Fund regards as their fair market value.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. In addition to being subject to the risks associated with investments in fixed-income securities generally (e.g., prepayment and extension, credit, liquidity and valuation risks), the values of mortgage- and asset-backed securities are influenced by the factors affecting the assets underlying the securities. The value of these securities may be significantly affected by changes in interest rates.  These securities are also subject to the risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, which may increase particularly during periods of market downturn.  An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the underlying assets will decrease the security’s value.

Prepayment and Extension Risk. If borrowers pay back principal on certain fixed-income securities, such as mortgage- or asset-backed securities, before (prepayment) or after (extension) the market anticipates such payments, shortening or lengthening their duration, the Fund’s performance could be impacted.  In general, a debt security might be called or otherwise converted, prepaid or redeemed before maturity due to an excess in cash flow to the issuer or due to a decline in interest rates. In the event there is a prepayment, the Fund would need to reinvest the proceeds, possibly in an investment offering a lower yield or interest rate. On the other hand, in general, slower payoffs or extension may occur if market interest rates rise, which has the effect of increasing the duration or interest rate risk of the impacted securities.

Other Investment Company Risk.  To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies, its performance will be affected by the performance of those other investment companies.  Investments in other investment companies are subject to the risks of the other investment companies’ investments, as well as to the other investment companies’ expenses.

Market Risk. The Fund is subject to market risk—the risk that securities markets and individual securities will increase or decrease in value. Market risk applies to every market and every security. Security prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value and public perceptions concerning these developments, and adverse investor sentiment. In addition, securities markets tend to move in cycles. If there is a general decline in the securities markets, it is possible your investment may lose value regardless of the individual results of the companies in which the Fund invests. The magnitude of up and down price or market fluctuations over time is sometimes referred to as “volatility,” which, at times, can be significant. In addition, different asset classes and geographic markets may experience periods of significant correlation with each other. As a result of this correlation, the securities and markets in which the Fund invests may experience volatility due to market, economic, political or social events and conditions that may not readily appear to directly relate to such securities, the securities’ issuer or the markets in which they trade. In addition, some companies may have substantial foreign operations or holdings and may involve additional risks relating to those markets, including but not limited to political, economic, regulatory, or other conditions in foreign countries, as well as currency exchange rates.

Non-U.S. Securities Risk. Investments in securities issued by entities based outside the U.S. may involve risks relating to political, social and economic developments abroad, as well as risks resulting from the differences between the regulations to which U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and markets are subject. These risks may result in the Fund experiencing rapid and extreme value changes due to currency controls; different accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and legal standards and practices; political and diplomatic changes and developments; expropriation; changes in tax policy; a lack of available public information regarding non-U.S. issuers; greater market volatility; a lack of sufficient market liquidity; differing securities market structures; higher transaction costs; and various administrative difficulties, such as delays in clearing and settling portfolio transactions or in receiving payment of dividends. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in issuers located in developing and emerging countries, and in issuers in more developed countries that conduct substantial business in such developing and emerging countries. Fluctuations in the exchange rates between currencies may negatively affect an investment in non-U.S. securities.

Investments in securities issued by entities domiciled in the U.S. also may be subject to many of these risks.

Derivatives Risk. The Fund’s exposure to derivatives can involve investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investing in more traditional investments and sometimes the risks of these investments may be magnified in comparison. Derivative transactions may be volatile and can create leverage in the Fund, which may cause the Fund to lose more than the amount of assets initially invested. At times, derivatives may be highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative at the desired time or price. If the Fund’s derivative counterparty becomes unwilling or unable to honor its obligations, then the Fund may experience losses. This risk is greater for forward currency contracts, swaps and other over-the-counter traded derivatives. Changes in regulation relating to a mutual fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments may limit the availability of derivatives, increase the costs of derivatives, or otherwise adversely affect the value of derivatives impacting the Fund’s performance.

Additional risks associated with certain types of derivatives are discussed below:

Forward Contracts.  Forward contracts do not have limitations on daily price movements. Changes in foreign exchange regulations by governmental authorities may affect the trading of forward contracts on currencies.

Futures.  Futures contracts are subject to the risk that an exchange may impose price fluctuation limits, which may make it difficult or impossible for a fund to exit a position when desired.

Swaps.  Generally, the risk of loss associated with swaps is limited to the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make or, in the case of the counterparty defaulting, the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive.  However, if the Fund sells a credit default swap it may lose the entire notional amount of the swap.

Leverage Risk. Leverage may cause the Fund to be more volatile and can amplify changes in the Fund’s net asset value Derivatives, when-issued and forward-settling securities, and borrowing may create leverage and can result in losses to the Fund that may accelerate the rate of losses and exceed the amount originally invested.

Variable and Floating Rate Instruments Risk. The value of variable and floating rate instruments may decline if market interest rates or the interest rates paid by such instruments do not fluctuate according to expectations since such instruments are less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments.  Certain types of variable and floating rate instruments, such as interests in bank loans, may be subject to greater liquidity risk than other debt securities.

When-Issued and Forward-Settling Securities Risk.  The value obtained in a when-issued or forward-settling transaction may be less favorable than the price or yield available in the market when the transaction takes place.  Conversely, since the Fund is committed to buying such securities at a certain price, any change in the value of these securities, even prior to their issuance, affects the Fund’s share value and therefore involves a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines before the settlement date.

Common Stock Risk. Common stocks are subject to greater fluctuations in market value than other asset classes as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic conditions. The rights of common stockholders are subordinate to all other claims on a company’s assets including, debt holders and preferred stockholders; therefore, the Fund could lose money if a company in which it invests becomes financially distressed.

Value Style Risk. Investing in “value” stocks presents the risk that the stocks may never reach what the Adviser believes are their full market values, either because the market fails to recognize what the Adviser considers to be the companies’ intrinsic values or because the Adviser misjudged those values. In addition, value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other investments during given periods.

Currency Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests in securities or other instruments denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, changes in currency exchange rates could adversely impact the Fund’s performance. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate abruptly and significantly and can be affected unpredictably by intervention, or failure to intervene, by governments or central banks, or by currency controls or political developments in the U.S. or abroad.  The Adviser may not be able to determine accurately the extent to which a security or its issuer is exposed to currency risk.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading and may have a high portfolio turnover rate, which may increase the Fund’s costs, negatively impact the Fund’s performance and may generate a greater amount of capital gain distributions to shareholders than if the Fund had a low portfolio turnover rate.

Your investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Performance history will be included for the Fund after the Fund has been in operation for one calendar year. Until that time, call 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) for performance information. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results.

[1] "Other expenses" are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year; actual expenses may vary.