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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-7762

 

First Eagle Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY

 

10105

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Suzan Afifi

First Eagle Funds

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-212-632-2700

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

October 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

October 31, 2016

 

 

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Item 1.             Reports to Stockholders.

 


 


Annual Report

October 31, 2016

First Eagle Global Fund

First Eagle Overseas Fund

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

First Eagle Gold Fund

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

First Eagle High Yield Fund

First Eagle Fund of America

Advised by First Eagle Investment Management, LLC




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 "may", "will", "believe", "attempt", "seem", "think", "ought", "try" 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.

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Table of Contents

Letter from the President

   

4

   

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

   

7

   

Performance Chart

   

12

   

First Eagle Global Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

18

   

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

   

20

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

44

   

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

   

46

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

68

   

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

   

70

   

First Eagle Gold Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

80

   

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

   

82

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

86

   

Schedule of Investments

   

88

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund:

 

Fund Overview

   

102

   

Schedule of Investments

   

104

   

First Eagle Fund of America:

 

Fund Overview

   

114

   

Schedule of Investments

   

116

   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    122    

Statements of Operations

    130    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    134    

Financial Highlights

    138    

Notes to Financial Statements

    154    

Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

    191    

Fund Expenses

    192    

General Information

    196    

Tax Information

    197    

Privacy Notice

    198    

Additional Information

    200    

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Letter from the President (unaudited)

John P. Arnhold

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

In the half year since my last letter, most investment markets moved in a positive direction. For the period from May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, the S&P 500 Index was up 4.06%, the MSCI World Index rose 2.25% and the MSCI EAFE Index fell -.16%. France's CAC 40 Index was up 1.81%, Germany's DAX Index climbed 6.24% and Japan's Nikkei 225 Index rose 4.55% during the period. The price of WTI crude oil rose from $44.78 a barrel on May 1 to $46.86 a barrel on October 31. During this same period the dollar strengthened 4.29% versus the euro and weakened 1.79% versus the yen. The price of gold declined from $1,291.57 an ounce on May 1 to $1,277.30 an ounce on October 31.

During this period, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index returned 7.59% and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 1.51%.

Events of the past year reminded us once again that human beings—even "experts"—are not very good at predicting the future. Public-opinion polls, media pundits, world securities markets and even the betting markets all indicated that the UK would choose to stay in the European Union, but in June, the British people voted in favor of Brexit. In the United States, a majority of polls, pundits and securities markets agreed that Hillary Clinton would be our next president, but on November 9, we learned that Donald Trump had carried the day. After both elections, world stock markets fell sharply and then quickly recovered. The key lesson we take from these events is one of humility: Whether the issue is politics or investments, human predictions are fallible.

This recognition lies at the heart of our investment philosophy. Knowing that we cannot predict what markets will do next, we strive to create all-weather portfolios. We focus on buying securities that are trading at a discount to our estimate of their intrinsic value—a perceived discount we call a "margin of safety." We do not know how these securities will trade over the next week or quarter or year, but our experience gives us confidence that the prices of many should eventually approach their intrinsic value.

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Letter from the President (unaudited)

The other lesson we draw from both Brexit and the US election is that nationalism and populism are on the rise. Economic growth remains slow in much of the world, and we have often seen that when the economic pie is shrinking or barely expanding, people become more concerned about how the slices are distributed. Upcoming elections in Spain, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands and other countries may indicate how powerful nationalism and populism have become in Europe.

Global Value Team

Monetary experimentation by central banks continued to concern the Global Value team during this period. The Bank of Japan, which had introduced negative interest rates earlier in the year, announced in September that it was targeting an interest rate of zero for 10-year government bonds. Coupled with the fact that excess sovereign debt was being purchased by global central banks, this development reinforced the team's belief that the price of money was being distorted in economies around the world.

In securities markets where interest rates were sometimes negative in real terms and price/earnings ratios were above average, the Global Value team believed that passive strategies would face serious challenges. In the team's view, the key was to identify securities, one at a time, that might demonstrate resilience in the face of macroeconomic challenges. In a world where overall valuations were high, demanding a bottom-up margin of safety in valuation was one way, potentially, to help reduce risk. Equally, in a world where sovereign debt continued to mount, buying companies that did not have excessive leverage could make a difference. And at a time when policy experiments continued to proliferate, finding management teams that were prudent and sound allocators of capital might be part of the solution. The Global Value team believed that the environment lent itself to an active, disciplined, bottom-up approach.

High Yield Team

The high yield market continued to rally in this period, with metals & mining and energy leading the way. As typically occurs in market rallies, lower-quality issues generally benefited the most. New-issue volume accelerated during the period, driven primarily by refinancing activity. Credit underwriting standards within the high yield market remained adequate, in the team's view, and although some erosion was evident, it did not reach the levels seen in past credit cycles. On the other hand, fundamental credit metrics slowly deteriorated in the high yield loan market.

Liquidity was an ongoing concern in the high yield market. In response to the Dodd-Frank Act and the Volcker Rule, banks and brokerages have drastically

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Letter from the President (unaudited)

reduced their activities as market makers and have shrunk their inventories of bonds. The high yield team believed that the market mispriced liquidity during the past year—overpricing it in mid-February when energy and metals & mining bonds generally yielded close to 20%, and underpricing it in early September, when yields of all sectors fell to 8% or less.

Fund of America Team

The Fund of America team was encouraged to see ongoing US economic expansion and a continuation of the US stock market's ascent. From July onward, payrolls, new home sales and industrial production helped buoy US stocks and gave investors the assurance to remain confident about equities. Inflation was not problematic, employment was growing and the team believed that valuations were reasonable for this kind of low-interest-rate environment. Seeing little-to-no evidence of investor exuberance in the equity market, the Fund of America team believed that the market and the economy could both grind forward in a slow, unsteady trajectory.

Sincerely,

John P. Arnhold
President

December 2016

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)

First Eagle Global Fund

The net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund's Class A shares increased 7.38% for the twelve months ending October 31, 2016 while the MSCI World Index increased 1.18%. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 17.09% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle Global Fund over the period were gold bullion, Newcrest Mining Limited (mining, Australia), Barrick Gold Corporation (mining, Canada), KDDI Corporation (wireless communications services, Japan) and Keyence Corporation (electronic sensors, Japan) collectively accounting for 3.22% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Berkeley Group Holdings (homebuilder, UK), Kia Motors Corporation (automobiles, South Korea), Sanofi (pharmaceuticals, France), Grupo Televisa (media, Mexico) and Comcast Corporation (cable & satellite, US). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 1.08% points from performance.

As of October 31, 2016, the Fund was approximately 10% hedged versus the Euro, 20% hedged versus the Yen and 20% hedged versus the British Pound on certain securities.

First Eagle Overseas Fund

The NAV of the Fund's Class A shares increased 6.90% for the twelve months ended October 31, 2016 while the MSCI EAFE Index decreased 3.23%. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 21.03% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle Overseas Fund over the period were Newcrest Mining Limited (mining, Australia), KDDI Corporation (wireless communications services, Japan), Keyence Corporation (electronic sensors, Japan), gold bullion and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (mining, Canada) collectively accounting for 3.46% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Berkeley Group Holdings (homebuilder, UK), Grupo Televisa (media, Mexico), Kia Motors Corporation (automobiles, South Korea), Sanofi (pharmaceuticals, France) and Carrefour SA (supermarkets, France). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 1.68% points from performance.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)

As of October 31, 2016, the Fund was approximately 10% hedged versus the Euro, 20% hedged versus the Yen and 20% hedged versus the British Pound on certain securities.

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

The NAV of the Fund's Class A shares increased 6.21% for the twelve months ended October 31, 2016 while the S&P 500 Index increased 4.51%. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 17.17% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle U.S. Value Fund were gold bullion, Newcrest Mining Limited (mining, Australia), Linear Technology Corporation (semiconductors), Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (mining, Canada) and Weyerhaeuser Company (timber REITs) collectively accounting for 3.54% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Comtech Telecommunications Corporation (telecommunications), American Express Company (consumer finance), Comcast Corporation (cable & satellite), National Oilwell Varco (oil and gas) and H&R Block, Inc. (financial). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 1.63% points from performance.

First Eagle Gold Fund

The NAV of the Fund's Class A shares increased 45.55% while the FTSE Gold Mines Index increased 71.31% for the twelve months ended October 31, 2016. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 4.89% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle Gold Fund were Barrick Gold Corporation (Canada), Newcrest Mining Limited (Australia), Fresnillo (Mexico), Randgold Resources Limited (Africa) and Agnico-Eagle Mines (Canada) collectively accounting for 21.47% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Eldorado Gold Corporation (Canada), Primero Mining Corporation (Canada), NovaGold Resources (Canada), Primero Mining Corp. 5.75% due 02/28/2020 (Canada) and St. Augustine Gold & Copper Ltd. (Hong Kong). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 0.79% points from performance.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

The NAV of the Fund's Class A shares increased 5.76% while the composite index1 increased 2.59% for the twelve months ended October 31, 2016. The MSCI World Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 1.18% and 4.37% respectively during the same time period. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 9.07% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund were Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (mining, Canada), Sprint Capital Corporation 6.9% due 05/01/2019 (telecommunications, US), TransAlta Renewables, Inc. (energy, Canada), Weyerhaeuser Company (timber REITs, US) and Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC 8.5% due 12/15/2019 (coal, US) collectively accounting for 2.17% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Comtech Telecommunications Corporation (telecommunications, US), Sprint Corporation 7.25% due 09/15/2021 (telecommunications, US), Asian Pay Television Trust (Pay-TV business trust, Singapore), MITIE Group (building services, UK) and EP Energy Corporation 9.375% due 06/01/2020 (oil and gas, US). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 1.37% points from performance.

As of October 31, 2016, the Fund was approximately 15% hedged versus the Euro, 20% hedged versus the Yen and 25% hedged versus the British Pound on certain securities.

First Eagle High Yield Fund

The NAV of the Fund's Class I shares increased 8.54% while the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index increased 10.14% for the twelve months ended October 31, 2016. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 12.16% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance of First Eagle High Yield Fund were Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc. 10.25% due 12/15/2020 (supermarkets, US), Jupiter Resources, Inc. 8.5% due 10/01/2022 (oil and gas, Canada), Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC 8.5% due 12/15/2019 (coal, US), Sprint Capital Corporation 6.9% due 05/01/2019 (telecommunications, US) and Ausdrill Finance Pty Limited 6.875% due 11/01/2019 (mining services, Australia) collectively accounting for 3.53% points of this period's performance.

1  Effective March 1, 2016, the Fund is compared against a composite index, 60% of which consists of the MSCI World Index and 40% of which consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund believes this composite index provides a useful comparison against the performance of the Fund, which currently invests in both equity and fixed income securities.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)

The five largest detractors were Bi-Lo Holdings LLC 8.625% due 09/15/2018 (food-retail, US), True Religion Apparel, Inc. First Lien Term Loan 5.75% due 07/30/2019 (retailer, US), Sprint Corporation 7.25% due 09/15/2021 (telecommunications, US), Ameriforge Group Second Lien Term Loan 8.75% due 12/19/2020 (oil and gas, US) and Lightstream Resources Ltd. 8.625% due 02/01/2020 (oil and gas, Canada). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 2.51% points from performance.

First Eagle Fund of America

The NAV of the Fund's Class Y Shares decreased 5.30% versus the S&P 500 Index increase of 4.51%. The Fund's cash and cash equivalents position was 1.01% as of October 31, 2016.

The five largest contributors to the performance for First Eagle Fund of America were Tyson Foods, Inc. (packaged foods & meats), Hewlett Packard Enterprises (technology hardware, storage and peripherals), Packaging Corporation of America (paper packaging), Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (construction materials) and GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (specialty chemicals) collectively accounting for 7.08% points of this period's performance.

The five largest detractors were Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (pharmaceuticals), Seagate Technology PLC (hard disk drive manufacturer), Allergan PLC (pharmaceuticals), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (airline) and Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (biopharmaceutical). Their combined negative performance over the twelve months subtracted 8.09% points from performance.

 

 
Matthew McLennan
Head of the Global Value Team
Portfolio Manager
Global, Overseas,
U.S. Value and Gold Funds
  T. Kimball Brooker, Jr.
Portfolio Manager
Global, Overseas,
U.S. Value and
Global Income Builder Funds
 

 

 
Matt Lamphier
Portfolio Manager
U.S. Value Fund
 
  Edward Meigs
Portfolio Manager
Global Income Builder and
High Yield Funds
 

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)

 

 
Sean Slein
Portfolio Manager
Global Income Builder and
High Yield Funds
  Harold Levy
Portfolio Manager
Fund of America
 
 

 

 
Eric Stone
Portfolio Manager
Fund of America
  Thomas Kertsos
Portfolio Manager
Gold Fund
 

December 2016

 

 

 

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Market volatility can dramatically impact a fund's short-term performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than figures shown. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Past performance data through the most recent month end is available at feim.com or by calling 800.334.2143.

The commentary represents the opinion of John Arnhold and the Portfolio Management Teams as of December 2016 and is subject to change based on market and other conditions. These materials are provided for informational purposes only. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. The views expressed herein may change at any time subsequent to the date of issue hereof. The information provided is not to be construed as a recommendation or an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any fund or security.

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Performance Chart1

    One-
Year
  Three-
Years
  Five-
Years
  Ten-
Years
  Since
Inception
 

Inception Date

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 
Class A  (SGENX)
without sales charge
   

7.38

%

   

4.58

%

   

7.47

%

   

6.67

%

   

13.32

%

 

01/01/792

 

with sales charge

   

2.02

     

2.80

     

6.38

     

6.12

     

13.20

   

01/01/792

 
Class C  (FESGX)    

5.56

     

3.78

     

6.67

     

5.86

     

10.03

   

06/05/00

 
Class I  (SGIIX)    

7.65

     

4.85

     

7.75

     

6.94

     

10.85

   

07/31/98

 

MSCI World Index3

   

1.18

     

3.82

     

9.03

     

3.89

     

9.38

   

01/01/79

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund4

 
Class A  (SGOVX)
without sales charge
   

6.90

%

   

3.46

%

   

6.09

%

   

5.55

%

   

10.75

%

 

08/31/93

 

with sales charge

   

1.55

     

1.72

     

5.01

     

5.01

     

10.57

   

08/31/93

 
Class C  (FESOX)    

5.14

     

2.72

     

5.32

     

4.77

     

9.52

   

06/05/00

 
Class I  (SGOIX)    

7.22

     

3.75

     

6.38

     

5.83

     

10.79

   

07/31/98

 

MSCI EAFE Index5

   

-3.23

     

-1.31

     

4.99

     

1.22

     

4.54

   

08/31/93

 

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 
Class A  (FEVAX)
without sales charge
   

6.21

%

   

4.99

%

   

7.92

%

   

6.34

%

   

8.72

%

 

09/04/01

 

with sales charge

   

0.91

     

3.20

     

6.82

     

5.80

     

8.35

   

09/04/01

 
Class C  (FEVCX)    

4.38

     

4.19

     

7.10

     

5.54

     

7.90

   

09/04/01

 
Class I  (FEVIX)    

6.49

     

5.26

     

8.20

     

6.61

     

8.99

   

09/04/01

 

S&P 500 Index6

   

4.51

     

8.84

     

13.57

     

6.70

     

6.35

   

09/04/01

 

First Eagle Gold Fund

 
Class A  (SGGDX)
without sales charge
   

45.55

%

   

1.84

%

   

-11.11

%

   

1.45

%

   

5.84

%

 

08/31/93

 

with sales charge

   

38.28

     

0.11

     

-12.01

     

0.93

     

5.66

   

08/31/93

 
Class C  (FEGOX)    

43.36

     

1.05

     

-11.80

     

0.68

     

5.63

   

05/15/03

 
Class I  (FEGIX)    

45.99

     

2.14

     

-10.87

     

1.72

     

6.71

   

05/15/03

 
FTSE Gold
Mines Index7
   

71.31

     

1.20

     

-15.60

     

-3.60

     

-0.66

   

08/31/93

 

MSCI World Index3

   

1.18

     

3.82

     

9.03

     

3.89

     

6.39

   

08/31/93

 

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Performance Chart

    One-
Year
  Three-
Years
  Five-
Years
  Ten-
Years
  Since
Inception
 

Inception Date

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder

 
Class A  (FEBAX)
without sales charge
   

5.76

%

   

2.97

%

   

     

     

5.80

%

 

05/01/12

 

with sales charge

   

0.51

     

1.23

     

     

     

4.60

   

05/01/12

 
Class C  (FEBCX)    

3.87

     

2.19

     

     

     

5.00

   

05/01/12

 
Class I  (FEBIX)    

5.93

     

3.22

     

     

     

6.06

   

05/01/12

 

Composite Index8

   

2.59

     

3.85

     

     

     

6.19

   

05/01/12

 

MSCI World Index3

   

1.18

     

3.82

     

     

     

8.23

   

05/01/12

 
Bloomberg Barclays
U.S. Aggregate
Bond Index9
   

4.37

     

3.48

     

     

     

2.70

   

05/01/12

 

First Eagle High Yield

 
Class A  (FEHAX)
without sales charge
   

8.24

%

   

2.45

%

   

     

     

5.37

%

 

01/03/12

 

with sales charge

   

3.36

     

0.88

     

     

     

4.37

   

01/03/12

 
Class C  (FEHCX)    

6.46

     

1.69

     

     

     

4.56

   

01/03/12

 
Class I  (FEHIX)    

8.54

     

2.74

     

5.75

%

   

     

8.93

   

11/19/0710

 
Bloomberg Barclays
U.S. Corporate
High Yield Index11
   

10.14

     

4.55

     

7.17

     

     

8.06

   

11/19/07

 

First Eagle Fund of America

 
Class A  (FEFAX)
without sales charge
   

-5.30

%

   

2.33

%

   

10.07

%

   

6.99

%

   

7.85

%

 

11/20/98

 

with sales charge

   

-10.02

     

0.60

     

8.94

     

6.44

     

7.54

   

11/20/98

 
Class C  (FEAMX)    

-6.99

     

1.56

     

9.24

     

6.18

     

7.09

   

03/02/98

 
Class I  (FEAIX)    

-5.01

     

2.61

     

     

     

5.97

   

03/08/13

 
Class Y  (FEAFX)12    

-5.28

     

2.32

     

10.07

     

6.98

     

11.24

   

04/10/87

 

S&P 500 Index6

   

4.51

     

8.84

     

13.57

     

6.70

     

9.38

   

04/10/87

 

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Performance Chart

1  The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Market volatility can dramatically impact the fund's short-term performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than figures shown. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Past performance data through the most recent month end is available at feim.com or by calling 800.334.2143. The average annual returns for Class A Shares "with sales charge" of First Eagle Global, Overseas, U.S. Value, Gold, Fund of America, and Global Income Builder give effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%. The average annual returns for Class A Shares "with sales charge" of First Eagle High Yield gives effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 4.50%.

The average annual returns for Class C Shares reflect the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% which pertains to the first year or less of investment only.

A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

Class I Shares of First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund, and First Eagle Fund of America require $1 million minimum investment and are offered without a sales charge.

Class Y Shares of First Eagle Fund of America are offered without a sales charge.

2  The Fund commenced operation April 28, 1970. Performance for periods prior to January 1, 2000 occurred while a prior portfolio manager of the fund was affiliated with another firm. Inception date shown is when this prior portfolio manager assumed portfolio management responsibilities.

3  The MSCI World Index is a widely followed, unmanaged group of stocks from 23 developed international markets. The index provides total returns in U.S. dollars with net dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index.

4  Effective May 9, 2014, the First Eagle Overseas Fund is closed to certain investors. Please see prospectus for more information.

5  The MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged total return index, reported in U.S. dollars, based on share prices and reinvested net dividends of approximately 1,100 companies from 21 developed market countries. One cannot invest directly in an index.

6  The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index including a representative sample of 500 leading companies in leading sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the Standard & Poor's 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the market, with approximately 80% coverage of U.S. equities, it is also considered a proxy for the total market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index includes dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index.

7  The FTSE Gold Mines Index Series is designed to reflect the performance of the worldwide market in the shares of companies whose principal activity is the mining of gold. The FTSE Gold Mines Index encompasses all gold mining companies that have a sustainable, attributable gold production of at least 300,000 ounces a year and that derive 51% or more of their revenue from mined gold. The Index is unmanaged, and includes dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index.

8  Effective March 1, 2016 the Fund is compared against a composite index, 60% of which consists of the MSCI World Index and 40% of which consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund believes this composite index provides a useful comparison against the performance of the Fund, which currently invests in both equity and fixed income securities.

9  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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10  First Eagle High Yield Fund commenced operations in its present form on December 30, 2011, and is successor to another mutual fund pursuant to a reorganization on December 30, 2011. Information prior to December 30, 2011 is for this predecessor fund. Immediately after the reorganization, changes in net asset value of the Class I shares were partially impacted by differences in how the Fund and the predecessor fund price portfolio securities.

11  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index is composed of fixed-rate, publicly issued, noninvestment grade debt and is unmanaged, with dividends reinvested. The index includes both corporate and non-corporate sectors. The corporate sectors are Industrial, Utility, and Finance, which include both U.S. and non-U.S. corporations. One cannot invest directly in an index.

12  As of September 1, 2005 First Eagle Fund of America Class Y is closed to new accounts.

Expense Ratios As Stated In The Most Recent Prospectus
Total Annual Gross Operating Expense Ratios

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

First Eagle Global Fund

   

1.10

%

   

1.86

%

   

0.84

%

   

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.87

     

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund13,14

   

1.14

     

1.90

     

0.87

     

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

1.27

     

2.04

     

0.98

     

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

1.18

     

1.94

     

0.92

     

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund13,14

   

1.20

     

1.94

     

0.91

     

   

First Eagle Fund of America15

   

1.32

     

2.08

     

1.03

     

1.33

%

 

13  For the First Eagle U.S. Value Fund and High Yield Funds, had fees not been waived and/or expenses reimbursed in the past, returns would have been lower.

14  These are the actual fund operating expenses prior to the application of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee at an annual rate in the amount of 0.05% of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets for the period March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017. This waiver has the effect of reducing the management fee for the term of the waiver from 0.75% to 0.70% on First Eagle U.S. Value Fund and from 0.70% to 0.65% on First Eagle High Yield Fund.

15  The ratios provided are reflective of a lower management fee rate implemented March 1, 2016, with a rate of 0.90% of the first $5 billion of the average daily net assets, and 0.85% in excess of $5 billion of the average daily net assets.

These expense ratios are presented as of October 31, 2016 and may differ from corresponding ratios shown elsewhere in this report because of differing time periods (and/or, if applicable, because these expense ratios do not include expense credits or waivers).

There are risks associated with investing in funds that invest in securities of foreign countries, such as erratic market conditions, economic and political instability and fluctuations in currency exchange rates. These risks may be more pronounced with respect to investments in emerging markets. Funds whose investments are concentrated in a specific industry or sector may be subject to a higher degree of risk than funds whose investments are diversified and may not be suitable for all investors.

The principal risk of investing in value stocks is that the price of the security may not approach its anticipated value or may decline in price.

Investment in gold and gold related investments present certain risks, including political and economic risks affecting the price of gold and other precious metals like changes in U.S. or foreign tax, currency or

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mining laws, increased environmental costs, international monetary and political policies, economic conditions within an individual country, trade imbalances, and trade or currency restrictions between countries. The price of gold, in turn, is likely to affect the market prices of securities of companies mining or processing gold, and accordingly, the value of investments in such securities may also be affected. Gold related investments as a group have not performed as well as the stock market in general during periods when the U.S. dollar is strong, inflation is low and general economic conditions are stable. In addition, returns on gold related investments have traditionally been more volatile than investments in broader equity or debt markets.

The event-driven investment style used by First Eagle Fund of America carries the additional risk that the event anticipated occurs later than expected, does not occur at all or does not have the desired effect on the market price of the securities.

First Eagle High Yield and Global Income Builder Funds invest in high yield securities that are non-investment grade. High yield securities are rated lower than investment-grade securities because there is a greater possibility that the issuer may be unable to make interest and principal payments on those securities. High yield securities involve greater risk than higher rated securities and portfolios that invest in them may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than portfolios that do not.

For the First Eagle High Yield and Global Income Builder Funds, bank loans are often less liquid than other types of debt instruments. There is no assurance that the liquidation of any collateral from a secured bank loan would satisfy the borrower's obligation or that such collateral could be liquidated.

The First Eagle High Yield Fund's investment strategies may result in high turnover rates. This may increase the Fund's brokerage commission costs, which would reduce performance. Rapid portfolio turnover also exposes shareholders to a higher current realization of short-term gains, which could cause you to pay higher taxes.

Funds that invest in bonds are subject to interest-rate risk and can lose principal value when interest rates rise. Bonds are also subject to credit risk, in which the bond issuer may fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perception of the issuer's ability to make such payments may cause the price of that bond to decline.

Income generation and dividends are not guaranteed. If dividend paying stocks in the fund's portfolio stop paying or reduce dividends the fund's ability to generate income will be adversely affected.

The First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund may also invest in small and medium-sized companies, derivatives, illiquid investments and real estate, which have additional risks.

An investment made at a perceived "margin of safety" or "discount to intrinsic or fundamental value" can trade at prices substantially lower than when an investment is made, so that any perceived "margin or safety" or "discount to value" is no guarantee against loss.

All investments involve the risk of loss.

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First Eagle Global Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

The First Eagle Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in a range of asset classes from markets in the United States and throughout the world. This truly global fund is managed with a highly disciplined, bottom-up, value oriented style.

Average Annual Returns (%)

         

One-Year

 

Five-Years

 

Ten-Years

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

Class A

 

without sales load

   

7.38

     

7.47

     

6.67

   
       

with sales load

   

2.02

     

6.38

     

6.12

   

MSCI World Index

           

1.18

     

9.03

     

3.89

   

Consumer Price Index

     

   

1.64

     

1.32

     

1.82

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Countries** (%)

United States

   

42.65

   

Japan

   

13.51

   

France

   

5.79

   

Canada

   

3.71

   

United Kingdom

   

3.00

   

Mexico

   

2.47

   

Germany

   

2.12

   

Switzerland

   

1.51

   

South Korea

   

1.40

   

Hong Kong

   

1.04

   

Australia

   

0.96

   

Bermuda

   

0.83

   

Sweden

   

0.66

   

Singapore

   

0.63

   

Curacao

   

0.52

   

Belgium

   

0.48

   

Thailand

   

0.48

   

Ireland

   

0.31

   

Denmark

   

0.24

   

Italy

   

0.11

   

Brazil

   

0.10

   

Israel

   

0.09

   

Africa

   

0.07

   

Poland

   

0.07

   

Russia

   

0.06

   

Indonesia

   

0.06

   

Norway

   

0.04

   

*  Asset Allocation and Countries percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Country allocations reflect country of the issuer (not currency of issue) and exclude short-term investments. Bonds of non-U.S. issuers may be U.S. dollar denominated.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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First Eagle Global Fund | Fund Overview

Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

The average annual returns for Class A Shares give effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%.

The MSCI World Index is a widely followed, unmanaged group of stocks from 23 developed international markets. The index provides total returns in U.S. dollars with net dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the change in price of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Gold Bullion** (precious metal)

   

6.92

   

Oracle Corporation (U.S. Systems Software)

   

2.09

   

Microsoft Corporation (U.S. Systems Software)

   

1.98

   

KDDI Corporation (Japanese Wireless Telecommunication Services)

   

1.94

   

Comcast Corporation Class 'A' (U.S. Cable & Satellite)

   

1.81

   

Fanuc Corporation (Japanese Industrial Machinery)

   

1.74

   

HeidelbergCement AG (German Construction Materials)

   

1.53

   

American Express Company (U.S. Consumer Finance)

   

1.51

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (U.S. Asset Management & Custody Banks)

   

1.46

   

Omnicom Group, Inc. (U.S. Advertising)

   

1.43

   

Total

   

22.41

   

*  Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

**The Fund invests in gold and precious metals through investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). Gold Bullion and commodities include the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 73.62%

     

International Common Stocks — 38.86%

     

Africa — 0.07%

     
  413,501    

Randgold Resources Limited, ADR

 

$

24,650,966

   

$

36,689,944

   

Australia — 0.96%

     
  27,660,364    

Newcrest Mining Limited

   

382,007,728

     

474,690,233

   

Belgium — 0.48%

     
  2,788,865    

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   

234,732,253

     

239,897,362

   

Bermuda — 0.83%

     
  6,516,471    

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited

   

333,620,325

     

396,918,249

   
  508,200    

Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited

   

14,752,482

     

17,832,738

   
     

348,372,807

     

414,750,987

   

Brazil — 0.10%

     
  5,064,500    

Cielo SA

   

49,793,591

     

51,406,579

   

Canada — 3.72%

     
  20,378,638    

Barrick Gold Corporation

   

242,892,480

     

358,460,242

   
  6,554,822    

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

   

201,782,165

     

332,896,798

   
16,614,544
  Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan,
Inc.
 

457,940,512

 

270,484,776

 
  3,490,459    

Franco-Nevada Corporation

   

148,910,524

     

228,455,525

   
  14,579,998    

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

339,599,943

     

221,615,969

   
  12,398,563    

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

   

325,356,969

     

179,035,250

   
  3,570,888    

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

89,457,482

     

107,155,925

   
  2,616,276    

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

   

73,217,605

     

83,035,018

   
  2,028,186    

Imperial Oil Limited

   

61,468,380

     

65,776,553

   
     

1,940,626,060

     

1,846,916,056

   

Curacao — 0.52%

     
  3,305,420    

Schlumberger Limited

   

258,742,670

     

258,583,007

   

Denmark — 0.24%

     
  2,987,524    

ISS A/S

   

94,568,139

     

117,458,661

   

France — 5.71%

     
  7,086,676    

Danone SA

   

478,750,981

     

490,724,583

   
  10,213,175    

Bouygues SA

   

356,808,752

     

333,038,071

   
  12,317,531    

Carrefour SA

   

441,111,648

     

323,097,987

   
  7,208,725    

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

311,259,631

     

320,056,647

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.86% (continued)

     

France — 5.71% (continued)

     
  4,014,366    

Sanofi

 

$

309,476,282

   

$

312,704,496

   
  2,173,169    

Sodexo SA

   

56,283,339

     

252,396,148

   
  3,955,090    

Total SA

   

189,858,641

     

189,819,173

   
  11,789,132    

Rexel SA

   

172,974,551

     

163,516,141

   
  851,019    

Wendel SA

   

19,376,060

     

97,904,824

   
  1,401,821    

Legrand SA

   

47,735,246

     

79,235,355

   
404,478
  LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton SE
 

59,813,051

 

73,506,821

 
  12,000,000    

Emin Leydier SA (b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)

   

     

62,308,305

   
  1,867,732    

Neopost SA (c)

   

166,306,200

     

56,547,365

   
  157,260    

Robertet SA

   

20,623,058

     

54,082,218

   
  42,252    

Robertet SA CI (d)(h)

   

800,508

     

10,171,419

   
  385,000    

Sabeton SA (c)

   

4,841,233

     

6,656,483

   
  104,457    

Gaumont SA

   

6,087,824

     

6,163,389

   
  66,717    

NSC Groupe (c)

   

11,738,587

     

5,481,910

   
     

2,653,845,592

     

2,837,411,335

   

Germany — 2.13%

     
  8,042,208    

HeidelbergCement AG

   

472,748,863

     

760,649,430

   
  938,751    

Linde AG

   

126,181,611

     

154,886,279

   
1,339,934
  Hornbach Holding AG & Company
KGaA (c)
 

41,310,978

 

94,447,318

 
  762,520    

Fraport AG

   

24,475,508

     

45,259,647

   
  29,871    

Hornbach Baumarkt AG

   

560,239

     

942,083

   

   

665,277,199

     

1,056,184,757

   

Hong Kong — 1.04%

     
  121,852,569    

Hang Lung Properties Limited

   

286,339,621

     

268,983,628

   
  12,693,580    

Guoco Group Limited

   

115,086,260

     

142,557,371

   
23,163,348
  Hysan Development Company
Limited
 

104,471,981

 

106,923,153

 
     

505,897,862

     

518,464,152

   

Ireland — 0.31%

     
  4,704,407    

CRH PLC

   

78,654,390

     

152,246,740

   

Israel — 0.09%

     
  12,448,757    

Israel Chemicals Limited

   

122,246,849

     

44,326,570

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.86% (continued)

     

Italy — 0.11%

     
  1,194,634    

Italmobiliare S.p.A. (c)

 

$

150,343,094

   

$

56,666,017

   

Japan — 13.52%

     
  31,699,800    

KDDI Corporation

   

366,987,357

     

964,868,519

   
  4,599,600    

Fanuc Corporation

   

503,468,535

     

863,165,138

   
  9,186,430    

Secom Company Limited

   

405,509,768

     

664,257,640

   
  2,129,156    

SMC Corporation

   

265,808,258

     

619,032,769

   
  30,826,080    

Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited

   

557,670,697

     

611,847,864

   
  673,690    

Keyence Corporation

   

140,828,797

     

495,037,202

   
  15,167,800    

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

409,023,725

     

492,335,188

   
  11,414,440    

Hoya Corporation

   

260,204,655

     

477,279,674

   
  1,892,590    

Shimano, Inc.

   

23,499,497

     

324,124,310

   
2,442,300
  Hirose Electric Company
Limited (c)
 

245,404,954

 

323,249,013

 
10,038,320
  MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings,
Inc.
 

216,945,743

 

298,842,710

 
  17,766,000    

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

   

132,621,813

     

264,194,498

   
2,104,030
  Nissin Foods Holdings Company
Limited
 

73,641,871

 

121,984,385

 
3,485,880
  Chofu Seisakusho Company
Limited (c)
 

63,365,956

 

89,847,751

 
  4,888,200    

T. Hasegawa Company Limited (c)

   

75,281,616

     

86,511,864

   
  1,036,100    

Komatsu Limited

   

18,231,597

     

23,148,492

   
     

3,758,494,839

     

6,719,727,017

   

Mexico — 1.92%

     
  17,765,033    

Grupo Televisa S.A.B., ADR

   

356,198,593

     

435,776,259

   
  18,230,274    

Fresnillo PLC

   

243,897,991

     

365,947,436

   
  6,401,020    

Industrias Peñoles S.A.B. de C.V.

   

7,339,323

     

154,852,463

   
     

607,435,907

     

956,576,158

   

Norway — 0.04%

     
  2,000,066    

Orkla ASA

   

13,269,921

     

18,893,553

   

Russia — 0.06%

     
  6,566,303    

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

   

43,283,911

     

28,366,429

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.86% (continued)

     

South Korea — 1.35%

     
  3,222,822    

KT&G Corporation

 

$

172,382,549

   

$

318,268,635

   
  6,824,723    

Kia Motors Corporation

   

326,127,925

     

242,749,597

   
519,000
  Lotte Confectionery Company
Limited
 

21,157,499

 

87,085,864

 
39,989
  Namyang Dairy Products Company
Limited (c)
 

7,325,466

 

23,554,805

 
     

526,993,439

     

671,658,901

   

Sweden — 0.66%

     
  5,939,940    

Investor AB, Class 'A'

   

116,378,542

     

208,012,824

   
  3,394,798    

Investor AB, Class 'B'

   

63,888,333

     

120,687,725

   
     

180,266,875

     

328,700,549

   

Switzerland — 1.51%

     
  5,888,845    

Nestlé SA

   

203,277,198

     

426,986,639

   
  4,327,670    

Pargesa Holding SA

   

272,881,781

     

290,610,552

   
  550,340    

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

   

33,677,058

     

35,399,061

   
     

509,836,037

     

752,996,252

   

Thailand — 0.48%

     
  51,812,900    

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

   

214,262,826

     

236,135,654

   
  36,500    

Bangkok Bank PCL

   

154,243

     

165,826

   
     

214,417,069

     

236,301,480

   

United Kingdom — 3.01%

     
  9,449,807    

Liberty Global PLC, Series 'C' (b)

   

311,735,989

     

300,503,863

   
  4,778,582    

British American Tobacco PLC

   

257,800,241

     

274,405,257

   
  1,985,123    

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

158,261,037

     

249,926,986

   
  12,196,447    

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

   

243,907,853

     

241,617,119

   
  8,034,220    

Diageo PLC

   

217,243,860

     

214,329,651

   
  7,383,566    

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (c)

   

96,480,083

     

213,194,387

   
     

1,285,429,063

     

1,493,977,263

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

14,649,186,261

     

19,312,890,002

   

U.S. Common Stocks — 34.76%

     

Consumer Discretionary — 4.08%

     
  14,528,696    

Comcast Corporation, Class 'A'

   

245,512,107

     

898,163,987

   
  8,915,482    

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

382,904,586

     

711,633,773

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 34.76% (continued)

     

Consumer Discretionary — 4.08% (continued)

     
  2,715,849    

Tiffany & Company

 

$

163,749,956

   

$

199,397,634

   
  3,252,457    

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (b)(c)

   

60,840,739

     

125,772,512

   
  3,992,318    

H&R Block, Inc.

   

67,554,206

     

91,703,544

   
  2,485    

JG Boswell Company

   

573,840

     

1,565,550

   
  31,592    

Mills Music Trust (c)

   

930,199

     

734,830

   
     

922,065,633

     

2,028,971,830

   

Consumer Staples — 0.57%

     
  3,258,980    

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   

125,309,063

     

232,560,813

   
  738,367    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   

32,220,658

     

51,700,457

   
     

157,529,721

     

284,261,270

   

Energy — 2.74%

     
  17,384,542    

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

   

836,275,737

     

558,043,798

   
  5,864,214    

ConocoPhillips

   

207,807,820

     

254,800,098

   
  7,622,179    

FMC Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

232,244,691

     

245,967,716

   
  5,434,965    

Devon Energy Corporation

   

291,187,456

     

205,930,824

   
  867,954    

Phillips 66

   

68,629,773

     

70,434,467

   
  3,908,035    

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (c)

   

138,744,050

     

24,503,380

   
     

1,774,889,527

     

1,359,680,283

   

Financials — 9.38%

     
  11,313,401    

American Express Company

   

633,566,347

     

751,436,095

   
  16,705,583    

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

   

416,480,491

     

722,850,576

   
  23,709,923    

Weyerhaeuser Company, REIT

   

483,947,522

     

709,637,995

   
  10,500,485    

BB&T Corporation

   

271,359,274

     

411,619,012

   
  5,950,232    

American International Group, Inc.

   

312,971,301

     

367,129,314

   
  7,819,459    

U.S. Bancorp

   

192,949,644

     

349,998,985

   
  11,559,557    

Synchrony Financial

   

335,221,813

     

330,487,735

   
  4,386,051    

WR Berkley Corporation

   

117,583,057

     

250,443,512

   
  1,088    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class 'A' (b)

   

78,430,920

     

234,681,600

   
  412,861    

Alleghany Corporation (b)

   

170,796,890

     

213,122,977

   
  4,889,353    

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

152,411,545

     

180,221,552

   
  1,992,086    

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

   

47,434,112

     

140,999,847

   
     

3,213,152,916

     

4,662,629,200

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 34.76% (continued)

     

Health Care — 1.05%

     
  3,096,534    

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (b)

 

$

239,375,117

   

$

280,948,530

   
  1,980,790    

Anthem, Inc.

   

167,592,499

     

241,379,069

   
     

406,967,616

     

522,327,599

   

Industrials — 6.40%

     
  3,015,674     3M Company    

262,447,187

     

498,490,912

   
  4,423,114    

Deere & Company

   

357,858,692

     

390,560,966

   
  4,056,411    

Union Pacific Corporation

   

332,054,346

     

357,694,322

   
  8,414,508    

Flowserve Corporation (c)

   

398,851,750

     

356,354,414

   
  3,332,696    

Cintas Corporation

   

84,781,582

     

355,498,682

   
  3,694,106    

Orbital ATK, Inc. (c)

   

187,772,271

     

274,693,722

   
  1,268,564    

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

270,731,659

     

264,013,540

   
  1,378,153    

Cummins, Inc.

   

122,205,129

     

176,155,517

   
  4,133,029    

Timken Company (c)

   

158,386,035

     

136,596,609

   
  5,851,664    

NOW, Inc. (b)(c)

   

178,684,330

     

126,161,876

   
  541,128    

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   

28,844,890

     

123,918,312

   
  479,972    

Lockheed Martin Corporation

   

33,138,984

     

118,255,501

   
     

2,415,756,855

     

3,178,394,373

   

Information Technology — 8.54%

     
  27,002,083    

Oracle Corporation

   

856,422,677

     

1,037,420,029

   
  16,419,091    

Microsoft Corporation

   

402,143,883

     

983,831,933

   
  9,803,351    

Linear Technology Corporation

   

294,903,483

     

588,789,261

   
  8,166,351    

Xilinx, Inc.

   

329,367,112

     

415,422,275

   
  11,265,104    

Teradata Corporation (b)(c)

   

419,588,085

     

303,707,204

   
  2,530,508    

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

119,204,422

     

179,286,492

   
  1,088,460    

F5 Networks, Inc. (b)

   

97,135,264

     

150,436,057

   
  1,222,123    

Mastercard, Inc., Class 'A'

   

24,535,794

     

130,791,603

   
  163,012    

Alphabet, Inc., Class 'C' (b)

   

39,031,290

     

127,889,434

   
  1,517,758    

Visa, Inc., Class 'A'

   

27,354,307

     

125,230,213

   
  134,718    

Alphabet, Inc., Class 'A' (b)

   

75,360,378

     

109,108,108

   
  1,027,905    

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

31,952,626

     

89,489,409

   
     

2,716,999,321

     

4,241,402,018

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 34.76% (continued)

     

Materials — 1.55%

     
4,172,577
  Scotts Miracle-Gro Company,
Class 'A' (c)
 

$

182,102,946
 

$

367,562,308
 
  1,061,412    

Praxair, Inc.

   

109,485,246

     

124,248,889

   
  574,575    

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

46,996,715

     

106,514,713

   
  1,260,596    

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

75,321,955

     

86,754,217

   
  672,667    

Vulcan Materials Company

   

24,769,742

     

76,145,904

   
  161,538    

Deltic Timber Corporation

   

7,576,446

     

9,075,205

   
     

446,253,050

     

770,301,236

   

Utilities — 0.45%

     
  4,874,044    

UGI Corporation

   

161,805,549

     

225,619,497

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

12,215,420,188

     

17,273,587,306

   

Total Common Stocks

   

26,864,606,449

     

36,586,477,308

   

Investment Company — 0.00*%

     
68,382

  State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market
Fund, Premier Class
  68,382

  68,382

 
Ounces              

Commodity — 6.92%

     
  2,688,447    

Gold bullion (b)

   

2,770,072,512

     

3,436,319,050

   
Principal              

Notes and Bonds — 2.45%

     

U.S. Bonds — 1.02%

     

Government Obligations — 1.01%

     

$

250,000,000
  U.S. Treasury Note
0.625% due 12/15/16
  249,974,408
  250,112,500
 
250,000,000
  U.S. Treasury Note
0.75% due 03/15/17
 

249,907,788

 

250,313,750

 
     

499,882,196

     

500,426,250

   

U.S. Corporate Bond — 0.01%

     
5,467,000
  Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
7.125% due 08/01/28
 

4,871,187

 

5,193,650

 

Total U.S. Bonds

   

504,753,383

     

505,619,900

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Notes and Bonds — 1.43%

     

International Corporate Notes and Bonds — 0.08%

     

France — 0.08%

     
12,000,000
EUR
  Emin Leydier SA FRN
7.815% due 11/30/20 (d)(f)(g)(i)
 

$

14,476,149
 

$

13,173,003
 
15,000,000
EUR
  Emin Leydier SA FRN
7.815% due 11/30/20 (d)(f)(g)(i)
  21,341,293
  16,466,254
 
12,050,000
EUR
  Wendel SA
4.375% due 08/09/17
  15,543,185
  13,667,718
 

Total International Corporate Notes and Bonds

   

51,360,627

     

43,306,975

   

International Government Bonds — 1.35%

     

Indonesia — 0.05%

     
345,617,000,000
IDR
  Indonesia Treasury Bond
8.25% due 07/15/21
  26,441,336
  27,759,551
 

Mexico — 0.55%

     
2,559,090,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
4.75% due 06/14/18
  161,132,507
  133,963,711
 
764,192,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
5.00% due 12/11/19
  56,096,726
  39,566,393
 
1,813,760,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
6.50% due 06/10/21
  97,758,620
  98,076,714
 
     

314,987,853

     

271,606,818

   

Poland — 0.07%

     
135,421,000
PLN
  Poland Government Bond
3.25% due 07/25/19
  35,474,514
  35,709,343
 

Singapore — 0.63%

     
154,398,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
0.50% due 04/01/18
  117,343,425
  110,431,664
 
150,966,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
2.375% due 04/01/17
  122,291,773
  109,211,056
 
119,604,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
3.25% due 09/01/20
  92,096,634
  92,734,473
 
     

331,731,832

     

312,377,193

   

South Korea — 0.05%

     
26,393,850,000
KRW
  Inflation Linked Korea Treasury Bond
2.75% due 03/10/17 (a)
  25,223,381
  23,263,287
 

Total International Government Bonds

   

733,858,916

     

670,716,192

   

Total International Notes and Bonds

   

785,219,543

     

714,023,167

   

Total Notes and Bonds

   

1,289,972,926

     

1,219,643,067

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Commercial Paper — 17.10%

     

International Commercial Paper — 5.50%

     

Australia — 0.07%

     
35,000,000
USD
  Telstra Corporation Limited
0.87% due 01/23/17
 

$

34,931,410
 

$

34,947,733
 

Canada — 1.08%

     
58,062,000
USD
  Suncor Energy, Inc.
1.12% due 01/13/17
  57,932,490
  57,950,408
 
33,017,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.63% due 11/14/16
  33,009,608
  33,011,761
 
69,600,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 11/18/16
  69,578,308
  69,585,384
 
31,902,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 11/21/16
  31,890,302
  31,893,998
 
22,361,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 12/19/16
  22,341,322
  22,345,752
 
64,747,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.68% due 12/19/16
  64,689,159
  64,702,848
 
36,142,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/06/17
  36,096,280
  36,104,130
 
40,775,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/09/17
  40,721,075
  40,729,253
 
37,556,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/12/17
  37,504,173
  37,510,992
 
14,692,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/10/17
  14,672,003
  14,675,165
 
39,174,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/17/17
  39,115,348
  39,121,886
 
91,308,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/20/17
  91,165,966
  91,146,435
 

France — 0.89%

     
43,495,000
USD
  Engie
0.84% due 12/12/16
  43,454,380
  43,468,816
 
53,078,000
USD
  Engie
0.84% due 12/20/16
  53,018,759
  53,038,708
 
40,890,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 11/02/16
  40,889,057
  40,889,073
 
16,186,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 12/16/16
  16,169,207
  16,175,183
 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 5.50% (continued)

     

France — 0.89% (continued)

     
18,071,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 01/09/17
 

$

18,042,252
 

$

18,047,704
 
35,925,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 01/11/17
  35,866,193
  35,875,855
 
21,137,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 11/07/16
  21,134,992
  21,135,274
 
14,308,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 12/01/16
  14,301,204
  14,301,827
 
41,768,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 12/21/16
  41,734,934
  41,736,284
 
13,257,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.63% due 12/20/16
  13,245,813
  13,247,186
 
37,068,000
USD
  L'Oreal USA, Inc.
0.56% due 01/18/17
  37,023,827
  37,017,648
 
29,080,000
USD
  L'Oreal USA, Inc.
0.58% due 11/10/16
  29,075,856
  29,076,793
 
69,876,000
USD
  Sanofi
0.66% due 11/03/16
  69,873,477
  69,874,195
 
10,472,000
USD
  Électricité de France SA
1.54% due 01/09/17
  10,449,921
  10,454,142
 

Germany — 0.63%

     
76,764,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.67% due 11/10/16
  76,751,334
  76,754,873
 
69,366,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/14/16
  69,348,967
  69,354,212
 
36,349,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/15/16
  36,339,388
  36,342,336
 
24,838,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.68% due 01/11/17
  24,805,179
  24,807,400
 
13,948,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.70% due 12/05/16
  13,938,911
  13,941,125
 
34,006,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 11/02/16
  34,005,339
  34,005,229
 
32,867,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 11/07/16
  32,863,165
  32,864,316
 
16,292,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 12/12/16
  16,279,012
  16,282,192
 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 5.50% (continued)

     

Germany — 0.63% (continued)

     
10,231,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.74% due 01/04/17
 

$

10,217,722
 

$

10,220,230
 

Italy — 0.03%

     
13,572,000
USD
  Eni S.p.A.
0.64% due 11/01/16
  13,572,000
  13,571,752
 

Japan — 0.68%

     
27,344,000
USD
  Hitachi Limited
0.60% due 11/01/16
  27,344,000
  27,343,457
 
25,397,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/04/16
  25,395,730
  25,396,027
 
31,902,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/09/16
  31,897,746
  31,899,049
 
37,157,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/10/16
  37,151,427
  37,153,129
 
82,946,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.66% due 01/12/17
  82,838,170
  82,849,119
 
91,191,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.69% due 01/18/17
  91,056,645
  91,070,532
 
35,484,000
USD
  Mitsubishi Company
0.90% due 01/06/17
  35,426,753
  35,436,848
 
6,076,000
USD
  Mitsui & Company Limited
0.59% due 11/01/16
  6,076,000
  6,075,889
 

Switzerland — 1.62%

     
38,381,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.54% due 11/07/16
  38,377,610
  38,378,537
 
35,350,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.54% due 11/09/16
  35,345,837
  35,347,022
 
53,646,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.55% due 11/08/16
  53,640,367
  53,642,030
 
33,017,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.55% due 11/16/16
  33,009,571
  33,011,717
 
64,249,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.56% due 11/28/16
  64,222,497
  64,228,961
 
30,238,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/05/16
  30,221,722
  30,225,506
 
30,238,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/06/16
  30,221,243
  30,225,058
 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 5.50% (continued)

     

Switzerland — 1.62% (continued)

     
73,425,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/08/16
 

$

73,381,985
 

$

73,391,285
 
31,967,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 01/23/17
  31,924,990
  31,922,918
 
32,835,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.59% due 11/15/16
  32,827,594
  32,830,116
 
32,835,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.59% due 11/18/16
  32,826,007
  32,828,975
 
37,673,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.60% due 02/06/17
  37,613,110
  37,609,006
 
48,884,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.61% due 11/21/16
  48,867,705
  48,873,249
 
33,611,000
USD
  Novartis International AG
0.50% due 12/23/16
  33,587,211
  33,585,714
 
8,257,000
USD
  Novartis International AG
0.54% due 01/03/17
  8,249,342
  8,248,941
 
37,783,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.46% due 12/21/16
  37,759,386
  37,755,916
 
29,226,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.48% due 11/15/16
  29,220,658
  29,221,007
 
32,731,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.51% due 11/23/16
  32,720,999
  32,721,820
 
41,032,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 12/02/16
  41,013,627
  41,014,749
 
37,673,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 01/12/17
  37,633,820
  37,627,852
 
40,991,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 01/13/17
  40,947,777
  40,940,866
 

United Kingdom — 0.50%

     
58,452,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.61% due 11/17/16
  58,436,413
  58,439,662
 
29,226,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.61% due 11/18/16
  29,217,719
  29,219,424
 
52,843,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.65% due 11/14/16
  52,830,787
  52,834,020
 
85,189,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.67% due 12/16/16
  85,118,719
  85,132,070
 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 5.50% (continued)

     

United Kingdom — 0.50% (continued)

     
22,024,000
USD
  Reckitt Benckiser
0.66% due 12/02/16
 

$

22,011,673
 

$

22,014,153
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

2,734,463,173

     

2,734,702,722

   

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60%

     

$

35,350,000
  Abbott Laboratories
0.76% due 11/02/16
  35,349,264
  35,349,260
 
39,517,000
  Air Products
0.53% due 11/01/16
 

39,517,000

 

39,516,555

 
16,890,000
  Anthem, Inc.
0.74% due 11/09/16
 

16,887,260

 

16,887,150

 
31,181,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.50% due 11/16/16
 

31,174,634

 

31,176,579

 
73,425,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.52% due 12/09/16
 

73,385,473

 

73,395,012

 
32,584,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.53% due 12/12/16
 

32,564,703

 

32,569,326

 
41,350,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.53% due 12/14/16
 

41,324,317

 

41,330,189

 
44,232,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/04/17
 

44,190,324

 

44,195,662

 
39,969,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/06/17
 

39,930,163

 

39,934,708

 
47,833,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/23/17
 

47,774,551

 

47,775,855

 
33,294,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/26/17
 

33,251,846

 

33,252,080

 
33,294,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/27/17
 

33,251,356

 

33,251,354

 
28,838,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 12/16/16
 

28,818,534

 

28,823,334

 
53,225,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 01/09/17
 

53,169,912

 

53,176,358

 
40,680,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.58% due 01/24/17
 

40,625,896

 

40,630,534

 
32,208,000
  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
0.76% due 12/09/16
 

32,182,502

 

32,178,621

 
7,998,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 12/19/16
 

7,991,068

 

7,989,008

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

21,006,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/05/17
 

$

20,981,347
 

$

20,971,494
 
14,793,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/10/17
 

14,774,303

 

14,766,217

 
32,793,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/19/17
 

32,746,224

 

32,723,260

 
47,545,000
  Caterpillar Financial Services
Company
0.51% due 11/10/16
 

47,539,057

 

47,540,047

 
37,441,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.44% due 11/23/16
 

37,431,161

 

37,432,365

 
42,137,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.45% due 11/22/16
 

42,126,185

 

42,127,756

 
36,349,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.47% due 11/04/16
 

36,347,607

 

36,347,744

 
26,967,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.48% due 12/12/16
 

26,952,565

 

26,953,283

 
72,209,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/17/16
 

72,193,595

 

72,197,236

 
32,589,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/18/16
 

32,581,613

 

32,583,330

 
60,716,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.50% due 12/02/16
 

60,690,381

 

60,695,006

 
30,238,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 11/30/16
 

30,225,821

 

30,228,425

 
27,214,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/08/16
 

27,200,015

 

27,202,021

 
39,672,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/09/16
 

39,651,062

 

39,653,863

 
24,157,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.52% due 12/07/16
 

24,144,680

 

24,146,746

 
31,958,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.59% due 01/20/17
 

31,916,810

 

31,922,407

 
27,371,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.52% due 12/14/16
 

27,354,327

 

27,356,649

 
32,584,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.52% due 12/15/16
 

32,563,689

 

32,566,486

 
48,600,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.54% due 12/01/16
 

48,578,535

 

48,582,800

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

56,509,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.67% due 01/23/17
 

$

56,423,012
 

$

56,430,679
 
  51,545,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.68% due 01/24/17
  51,464,418
  51,472,222
 
100,000,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.74% due 02/14/17
 

99,787,083

 

99,808,022

 
54,214,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.82% due 03/02/17
 

54,068,225

 

54,088,148

 
52,328,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.85% due 03/24/17
 

52,155,477

 

52,172,272

 
34,058,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.56% due 11/23/16
 

34,046,553

 

34,047,795

 
41,089,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.62% due 12/19/16
 

41,055,581

 

41,059,303

 
21,389,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.62% due 12/23/16
 

21,370,154

 

21,371,964

 
17,479,000
  DuPont
0.77% due 11/21/16
 

17,471,620

 

17,471,149

 
65,000,000
  DuPont
0.81% due 12/13/16
 

64,939,333

 

64,937,345

 
35,000,000
  DuPont
0.81% due 12/14/16
 

34,966,556

 

34,965,393

 
34,886,000
  Entergy Corporation
1.26% due 01/12/17
 

34,799,483

 

34,810,236

 
61,948,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/04/16
 

61,945,522

 

61,945,859

 
53,025,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/07/16
 

53,020,758

 

53,021,711

 
50,000,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/14/16
 

49,991,333

 

49,993,447

 
35,654,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.50% due 12/21/16
 

35,629,735

 

35,630,664

 
35,891,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.52% due 11/15/16
 

35,883,882

 

35,885,915

 
10,307,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.52% due 12/13/16
 

10,300,867

 

10,301,571

 
41,962,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.53% due 12/01/16
 

41,943,816

 

41,948,088

 
51,545,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.54% due 01/04/17
 

51,496,433

 

51,499,955

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

71,539,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.55% due 12/05/16
 

$

71,502,515
 

$

71,510,970
 
81,982,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.57% due 01/17/17
 

81,883,804

 

81,894,429

 
28,354,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.48% due 11/01/16
 

28,354,000

 

28,353,740

 
16,941,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.51% due 11/02/16
 

16,940,765

 

16,940,685

 
26,856,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.54% due 11/17/16
 

26,849,674

 

26,850,839

 
34,800,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.55% due 11/07/16
 

34,796,868

 

34,797,564

 
36,982,000

  International Business Machines
Corporation
0.51% due 12/02/16
 

36,966,077

 

36,968,424

 
14,862,000
  MetLife
0.52% due 01/06/17
 

14,848,104

 

14,840,536

 
19,175,000
  MetLife
0.56% due 11/22/16
 

19,168,848

 

19,168,743

 
100,000,000
  MetLife
0.57% due 11/22/16
 

99,967,333

 

99,967,367

 
31,967,000
  MetLife
0.62% due 01/05/17
 

31,931,792

 

31,921,990

 
57,105,000
  MetLife
0.63% due 01/03/17
 

57,043,041

 

57,028,657

 
45,617,000
  MetLife
0.69% due 12/05/16
 

45,587,704

 

45,590,523

 
31,902,000
  MetLife
0.71% due 11/15/16
 

31,893,316

 

31,895,487

 
38,921,000
  MetLife
0.71% due 11/16/16
 

38,909,648

 

38,912,403

 
45,223,000
  MetLife
0.73% due 11/21/16
 

45,204,911

 

45,209,018

 
68,726,000
  MetLife
0.78% due 01/19/17
 

68,609,872

 

68,591,602

 
34,800,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.51% due 11/03/16
 

34,799,033

 

34,799,014

 
76,764,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.52% due 11/08/16
 

76,756,388

 

76,757,774

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

37,578,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.57% due 12/15/16
 

$

37,552,280
 

$

37,556,393
 
19,995,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/04/17
 

19,973,672

 

19,975,433

 
13,037,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/05/17
 

13,022,877

 

13,023,950

 
15,984,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/11/17
 

15,965,086

 

15,965,714

 
31,967,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/18/17
 

31,925,443

 

31,918,517

 
15,920,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.62% due 02/02/17
 

15,894,913

 

15,892,648

 
59,953,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.63% due 01/10/17
 

59,880,723

 

59,885,839

 
39,969,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.66% due 01/17/17
 

39,913,432

 

39,917,213

 
35,484,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.69% due 01/25/17
 

35,427,028

 

35,430,342

 
37,673,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.72% due 01/24/17
 

37,610,588

 

37,617,139

 
11,031,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.72% due 02/08/17
 

11,009,462

 

11,010,470

 
74,179,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.74% due 02/07/17
 

74,031,590

 

74,019,556

 
36,712,000
  National Grid USA
0.91% due 12/07/16
 

36,679,326

 

36,680,343

 
35,891,000
  National Grid USA
1.07% due 11/23/16
 

35,867,531

 

35,873,046

 
76,015,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/04/16
 

76,012,149

 

76,012,086

 
32,835,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/09/16
 

32,831,717

 

32,831,963

 
44,420,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/29/16
 

44,404,453

 

44,404,327

 
44,420,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 12/02/16
 

44,402,787

 

44,402,508

 
68,012,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.48% due 11/01/16
 

68,012,000

 

68,011,433

 
57,900,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.48% due 11/02/16
 

57,899,244

 

57,899,019

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

61,536,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 11/09/16
 

$

61,527,795
 

$

61,530,769
 
31,564,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 11/16/16
 

31,556,109

 

31,558,767

 
78,142,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 12/06/16
 

78,096,417

 

78,109,337

 
61,613,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.81% due 02/06/17
 

61,481,850

 

61,506,328

 
100,000,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.85% due 03/13/17
 

99,695,667

 

99,735,847

 
18,891,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.53% due 11/22/16
 

18,885,270

 

18,885,643

 
34,889,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.61% due 12/29/16
 

34,855,274

 

34,857,151

 
40,991,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.61% due 12/30/16
 

40,950,692

 

40,952,742

 
32,731,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/06/16
 

32,715,089

 

32,717,318

 
108,057,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/13/16
 

107,993,967

 

108,001,888

 
28,958,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.51% due 11/08/16
 

28,955,185

 

28,955,477

 
82,015,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.51% due 12/20/16
 

81,959,185

 

81,957,703

 
49,652,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53% due 12/06/16
 

49,626,898

 

49,628,266

 
33,866,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53% due 12/07/16
 

33,848,390

 

33,849,327

 
62,274,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.56% due 01/10/17
 

62,207,401

 

62,202,643

 
38,374,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.56% due 01/11/17
 

38,332,375

 

38,329,026

 
32,374,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/14/16
 

32,350,025

 

32,343,572

 
32,374,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/15/16
 

32,349,468

 

32,342,840

 
36,982,000
  Schlumberger Investments SA
1.02% due 01/05/17
 

36,915,227

 

36,925,183

 
34,886,000
  Schlumberger Investments SA
1.07% due 01/11/17
 

34,813,757

 

34,825,577

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

     

$

45,300,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.82% due 12/01/16
 

$

45,269,422
 

$

45,270,705
 
37,578,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.87% due 12/14/16
 

37,539,848

 

37,542,681

 
37,578,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.87% due 12/16/16
 

37,538,073

 

37,540,883

 
47,535,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/22/16
 

47,475,066

 

47,480,826

 
35,056,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/27/16
 

35,007,467

 

35,011,485

 
35,056,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/28/16
 

35,006,600

 

35,010,534

 
35,228,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.41% due 11/01/16
 

35,228,000

 

35,227,677

 
33,780,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.43% due 11/03/16
 

33,779,212

 

33,779,043

 
71,539,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.47% due 12/07/16
 

71,506,092

 

71,505,987

 
25,873,000
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
0.47% due 11/08/16
 

25,870,686

 

25,871,074

 
26,806,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.52% due 11/16/16
 

26,800,304

 

26,801,199

 
50,000,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/08/16
 

49,971,736

 

49,976,197

 
50,000,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/09/16
 

49,970,972

 

49,975,517

 
44,741,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/12/16
 

44,712,975

 

44,717,198

 
77,800,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/15/16
 

77,747,701

 

77,755,265

 
69,573,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/19/17
 

69,484,449

 

69,479,154

 
83,859,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/20/17
 

83,750,915

 

83,743,715

 
20,145,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/24/17
 

20,117,737

 

20,115,129

 
34,100,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/25/17
 

34,053,302

 

34,048,435

 

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 11.60% (continued)

 

$

33,294,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/31/17
 

$

33,245,187
 

$

33,238,355
 

Total U.S. Commercial Paper

   

5,763,669,400

     

5,763,924,625

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

8,498,132,573

     

8,498,627,347

   

 

Total Investments — 100.09% (Cost: $39,422,852,842)

   

49,741,135,154

   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.09)%

   

(44,989,740

)

 

Net Assets — 100.00%

 

$

49,696,145,414

   

*  Less than 0.01%

(a)  Inflation protected security.

(b)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(c)  An affiliate of the Fund as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940. An affiliate is defined as a company in which the Fund directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities.

(d)  Securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, representing $102,118,981 or 0.21% of net assets.

(e)  Held through Financiere Rouge, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary and disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes.

(f)  On November 30, 2015, during a shareholder and bondholder meeting, a merger was approved between FINEL SA and Emin Leydier SAS, effective December 1, 2015. The merger provided that FINEL SA absorbed Emin Leydier SAS, and changed its name to Emin Leydier SA.

(g)  Represents securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. At October 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $91,947,562 or 0.19% of net assets.

(h)  Represents non-voting class of shares.

(i)  Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect at October 31, 2016.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $39,879,762,563. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

12,221,626,041

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(2,360,253,450

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

9,861,372,591

   

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

ADR  — American Depositary Receipt

AG  — Aktien Gesellschaft

A/S  — Aktieselskab

ASA  — Norwegian Public Limited Company

FRN  — Floating Rate Note

NVDR  — Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PCL  — Public Company Limited

PJSC  — Public Joint Stock Company

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Abbreviations used in this schedule include: (continued)

PLC  — Public Limited Company

REIT  — Real Estate Investment Trust

SA  — Société Anonyme

SAS  — Société par Actions Simplifiée

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currencies

EUR  — Euro

IDR  — Indonesian Rupiah

KRW  — South Korean Won

MXN  — Mexican Peso

PLN  — Polish Zloty

SGD  — Singapore Dollar

USD  — United States Dollar

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

  Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal
 

Emin Leydier SA FRN 7.815% due 11/30/20#

 

06/22/05

 

$

14,476,149

   

$

1.10

   

Emin Leydier SA FRN 7.815% due 11/30/20

 

07/03/09

   

21,341,293

     

1.10

   

Emin Leydier SA

 

07/03/09

   

     

5.19

   

#Formerly known as FINEL.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Sales

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Delivered
  U.S. $
To be Received
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

11/16/16

   

84,728,000

   

Euro

 

$

97,086,850

   

$

93,061,889

   

$

4,024,961

   

$

   

12/14/16

   

61,049,000

   

Euro

   

67,946,927

     

67,140,820

     

806,107

     

   

01/18/17

   

110,611,000

   

Euro

   

124,454,519

     

121,863,430

     

2,591,089

     

   

02/15/17

   

51,536,000

   

Euro

   

58,283,866

     

56,851,330

     

1,432,536

     

   

03/15/17

   

71,562,000

   

Euro

   

79,476,757

     

79,044,374

     

432,383

     

   

01/18/17

   

43,294,000

   

British Pound

   

56,322,247

     

53,090,809

     

3,231,438

     

   

11/16/16

   

28,346,467,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

272,383,181

     

270,424,148

     

1,959,033

     

   

12/14/16

   

25,619,676,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

256,142,430

     

244,696,110

     

11,446,320

     

   

01/18/17

   

25,802,294,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

256,427,958

     

246,852,441

     

9,575,517

     

   

02/15/17

   

33,385,473,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

331,986,916

     

319,773,899

     

12,213,017

     

   

03/15/17

   

23,745,669,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

229,862,048

     

227,728,782

     

2,133,266

     

   
           

$

1,830,373,699

   

$

1,780,528,032

   

$

49,845,667

   

$

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Purchases

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Received
  U.S. $
To be Delivered
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

01/18/17

   

7,383,000

   

British Pound

 

$

9,489,575

   

$

9,053,666

   

$

   

$

(435,909

)

 

Affiliated Securities

Affiliated Securities

  Shares
October 31,
2015
  Gross
Additions
  Gross
Reductions
  Shares
October 31,
2016
  Market
Value
October 31,
2016
  Realized
Gain /
(Loss)
  Dividend
Income
 
Berkeley Group
Holdings PLC
   

7,041,897

     

425,008

     

83,339

     

7,383,566

   

$

213,194,387

   

$

3,181,593

   

$

19,699,751

   
Chofu Seisakusho
Company Limited
   

3,526,280

     

     

40,400

     

3,485,880

     

89,847,751

     

51,827

     

916,283

   

Cintas Corporation*

   

5,828,568

     

     

2,495,872

     

3,332,696

     

355,498,682

     

156,309,709

     

6,008,208

   

Emin Leydier SA#

   

12,000,000

     

     

     

12,000,000

     

62,308,305

     

     

274,718

   
Flowserve
Corporation
   

6,170,798

     

2,243,710

     

     

8,414,508

     

356,354,414

     

     

6,037,423

   
Hirose Electric
Company Limited
   

2,217,600

     

224,700

     

     

2,442,300

     

323,249,013

     

     

4,823,328

   
Hornbach Holding
AG & Company KGaA
   

1,339,934

     

     

     

1,339,934

     

94,447,318

     

     

1,888,911

   

IDACorp, Inc.*

   

3,760,485

     

     

3,760,485

     

     

     

147,023,644

     

3,813,819

   

Italmobiliare S.p.A.

   

1,021,137

     

173,497

     

     

1,194,634

     

56,666,017

     

(12

)

   

395,116

   

Mills Music Trust

   

31,592

     

     

     

31,592

     

734,830

     

     

67,293

   

NOW, Inc.

   

5,851,664

     

     

     

5,851,664

     

126,161,876

     

     

   

NSC Groupe

   

66,717

     

     

     

66,717

     

5,481,910

     

     

177,823

   
Namyang Dairy
Products Company
Limited
   

39,989

     

     

     

39,989

     

23,554,805

     

     

26,668

   

Neopost SA

   

1,867,732

     

     

     

1,867,732

     

56,547,365

     

     

3,102,029

   

Orbital ATK, Inc.

   

2,642,113

     

1,051,993

     

     

3,694,106

     

274,693,722

     

     

3,406,933

   

Robertet SA*

   

157,260

     

     

     

157,260

     

54,082,218

     

     

594,248

   

Sabeton SA

   

385,000

     

     

     

385,000

     

6,656,483

     

     

79,249

   
San Juan Basin
Royalty Trust
   

3,908,035

     

     

     

3,908,035

     

24,503,380

     

     

904,124

   
Scotts Miracle-Gro
Company
   

4,172,577

     

     

     

4,172,577

     

367,562,308

     

     

7,969,622

   
T. Hasegawa
Company Limited
   

5,147,000

     

     

258,800

     

4,888,200

     

86,511,864

     

60,658

     

1,280,087

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Affiliated Securities (continued)

Affiliated Securities

  Shares
October 31,
2015
  Gross
Additions
  Gross
Reductions
  Shares
October 31,
2016
  Market
Value
October 31,
2016
  Realized
Gain /
(Loss)
  Dividend
Income
 
Teradata
Corporation
   

12,051,787

     

1,686,627

     

2,473,310

     

11,265,104

   

$

303,707,204

   

$

(36,851,362

)

 

$

   

Timken Company

   

4,133,029

     

     

     

4,133,029

     

136,596,609

     

     

4,298,350

   

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

   

4,424,582

     

     

1,172,125

     

3,252,457

     

125,772,512

     

28,335,335

     

   

Total

                 

$

3,144,132,973

   

$

298,111,392

   

$

65,763,983

   

#Formerly known as FINEL.

*Represents an unaffiliated issuer as of October 31, 2016, as such, amounts represented above will not agree to balances in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations.

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

International Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

4.18

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

4.63

   

Energy

   

1.84

   

Financials

   

6.89

   

Health Care

   

2.61

   

Industrials

   

7.46

   

Information Technology

   

1.86

   

Materials

   

7.45

   

Telecommunication Services

   

1.94

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

38.86

   

U.S. Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

4.08

   

Consumer Staples

   

0.57

   

Energy

   

2.74

   

Financials

   

9.38

   

Health Care

   

1.05

   

Industrials

   

6.40

   

Information Technology

   

8.54

   

Materials

   

1.55

   

Utilities

   

0.45

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

34.76

   

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First Eagle Global Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings (continued)

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

Investment Company

   

0.00

%*

 

Commodity

   

6.92

   

U.S. Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

0.01

   

Government Issues

   

1.01

   

Total U.S. Bonds

   

1.02

   

International Notes and Bonds

 

Financials

   

0.02

   

Government Issues

   

1.35

   

Materials

   

0.06

   

Total International Notes and Bonds

   

1.43

   

Commercial Paper

 

International Commercial Paper

   

5.50

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

11.60

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

17.10

   

Total Investments

   

100.09

%

 

*Less than 0.01%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle Overseas Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

The First Eagle Overseas Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equities issued by non-U.S. corporations. Management's research-driven process focuses on undervalued securities.

Average Annual Returns (%)

         

One-Year

 

Five-Years

 

Ten-Years

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

Class A

 

without sales load

   

6.90

     

6.09

     

5.55

   

 

 

 

 

with sales load

   

1.55

     

5.01

     

5.01

   

MSCI EAFE Index

           

-3.23

     

4.99

     

1.22

   

Consumer Price Index

     

   

1.64

     

1.32

     

1.82

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Countries** (%)

Japan

   

22.61

   

France

   

10.94

   

United States

   

6.13

   

Canada

   

4.97

   

United Kingdom

   

4.88

   

Germany

   

4.01

   

Hong Kong

   

3.56

   

Mexico

   

3.52

   

South Korea

   

2.80

   

Switzerland

   

2.70

   

Singapore

   

2.38

   

Bermuda

   

1.74

   

Sweden

   

1.13

   

Australia

   

0.94

   

Thailand

   

0.92

   

Netherlands

   

0.73

   

Norway

   

0.71

   

Belgium

   

0.60

   

Greece

   

0.57

   

Chile

   

0.56

   

Denmark

   

0.50

   

Ireland

   

0.45

   

Austria

   

0.27

   

Russia

   

0.24

   

Taiwan

   

0.22

   

Israel

   

0.18

   

Turkey

   

0.17

   

Brazil

   

0.15

   

Poland

   

0.15

   

Italy

   

0.09

   

Indonesia

   

0.08

   

Africa

   

0.07

   

*  Asset Allocation and Countries percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Country allocations reflect country of the issuer (not currency of issue) and exclude short-term investments. Bonds of non-U.S. issuers may be U.S. dollar denominated.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Fund Overview

Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

The average annual returns for Class A Shares give effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%.

The MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged total return index, reported in U.S. dollars, based on share prices and reinvested net dividends of approximately 1,100 companies from 21 developed market countries. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the change in price of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Gold Bullion** (precious metal)

   

5.79

   

KDDI Corporation (Japanese Wireless Telecommunication Services)

   

2.85

   

Fanuc Corporation (Japanese Industrial Machinery)

   

2.55

   

HeidelbergCement AG (German Construction Materials)

   

2.27

   

Secom Company Limited (Japanese Security & Alarm Services)

   

1.85

   

Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited (Japanese Diversified Real Estate Activities)

   

1.83

   

SMC Corporation (Japanese Industrial Machinery)

   

1.82

   

Grupo Televisa S.A.B. ADR (Mexican Broadcasting)

   

1.67

   

Sompo Holdings, Inc. (Japanese Property & Casualty Insurance)

   

1.57

   

Danone SA (French Packaged Foods & Meats)

   

1.54

   

Total

   

23.74

   

*  Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

**The Fund invests in gold and precious metals through investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). Gold Bullion and commodities include the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 70.42%

     

International Common Stocks — 70.17%

     

Africa — 0.07%

     
  118,663    

Randgold Resources Limited, ADR

 

$

7,074,131

   

$

10,528,968

   

Australia — 0.93%

     
  8,292,860    

Newcrest Mining Limited

   

113,322,720

     

142,316,986

   

Austria — 0.27%

     
  2,552,584    

Wienerberger AG

   

31,893,214

     

40,812,583

   

Belgium — 0.60%

     
  907,727    

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   

69,227,228

     

78,082,414

   
  98,473    

Sofina SA

   

8,428,556

     

13,760,973

   
     

77,655,784

     

91,843,387

   

Bermuda — 1.73%

     
  2,998,400    

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited

   

133,424,811

     

182,632,544

   
  5,881,403    

Hiscox Limited

   

70,399,116

     

73,500,170

   
  227,900    

Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited

   

6,622,077

     

7,997,011

   
     

210,446,004

     

264,129,725

   

Brazil — 0.15%

     
  2,297,400    

Cielo SA

   

22,597,097

     

23,319,474

   

Canada — 4.82%

     
8,295,502   Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan,
Inc.
 

261,590,858

 

135,050,773

 
  7,645,847    

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

   

186,103,811

     

110,406,031

   
  1,962,323    

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

   

62,092,819

     

99,659,616

   
  6,044,482    

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

159,971,703

     

91,876,126

   
  4,694,846    

Barrick Gold Corporation

   

50,363,489

     

82,582,341

   
  1,054,193    

Franco-Nevada Corporation

   

44,943,106

     

68,998,437

   
  2,106,982    

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

52,774,137

     

63,226,739

   
  1,170,131    

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

   

29,522,120

     

37,137,461

   
  1,092,706    

Imperial Oil Limited

   

33,133,968

     

35,437,793

   
  1,100,050    

EnCana Corporation

   

14,298,776

     

10,494,477

   
     

894,794,787

     

734,869,794

   

Chile — 0.56%

     
  3,990,749    

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

   

85,670,619

     

85,801,103

   

Denmark — 0.50%

     
  1,927,059    

ISS A/S

   

65,007,600

     

75,765,005

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 70.17% (continued)

     

France — 10.77%

     
  3,402,404    

Danone SA

 

$

228,487,659

   

$

235,603,164

   
  5,945,130    

Bouygues SA

   

213,738,152

     

193,862,793

   
  6,318,136    

Carrefour SA

   

199,350,282

     

165,729,400

   
  1,997,226    

Sanofi

   

162,148,995

     

155,576,634

   
  3,233,820    

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

138,658,254

     

143,576,789

   
  1,125,050    

Sodexo SA

   

39,996,849

     

130,665,533

   
  2,215,409    

Total SA

   

105,081,699

     

106,325,546

   
  6,886,731    

Rexel SA

   

99,926,196

     

95,519,473

   
  235,837    

Robertet SA (b)

   

20,591,064

     

81,105,100

   
  11,593,581    

Emin Leydier SA (b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)

   

9,166,547

     

60,198,032

   
  493,657    

Wendel SA

   

10,886,846

     

56,792,389

   
  558,938    

Laurent-Perrier (b)

   

19,851,603

     

42,950,204

   
  648,834    

Legrand SA

   

22,223,920

     

36,674,149

   
442,830   Société Foncière Financière et de
Participations
 

29,139,582

 

32,569,822

 
  801,693    

Neopost SA

   

41,407,216

     

24,272,019

   
  896,416    

Legris Industries SA (b)(c)(d)(g)

   

23,119,325

     

23,213,525

   
  364,373    

Gaumont SA (b)

   

21,698,753

     

21,499,493

   
  489,162     SFR Group SA    

15,099,777

     

13,177,433

   
  51,500    

Robertet SA CI (d)(h)

   

2,151,628

     

12,397,710

   
  49,706    

Christian Dior SE

   

8,116,497

     

9,589,759

   
  100,000    

Sabeton SA

   

1,463,143

     

1,728,957

   
     

1,412,303,987

     

1,643,027,924

   

Germany — 3.98%

     
  3,667,964    

HeidelbergCement AG

   

221,266,898

     

346,923,970

   
  434,377    

Linde AG

   

59,966,632

     

71,668,672

   
  2,985,955    

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

   

87,574,307

     

47,561,355

   
664,606   Hornbach Holding AG &
Company KGaA
 

15,728,733

 

46,845,781

 
  11,838,914    

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

   

53,322,660

     

45,889,480

   
  404,105    

Fraport AG

   

14,632,398

     

23,985,797

   
  731,164    

Deutsche Wohnen AG

   

5,633,188

     

23,854,326

   

   

458,124,816

     

606,729,381

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 70.17% (continued)

     

Greece — 0.57%

     
  6,144,609    

Jumbo SA

 

$

27,916,825

   

$

87,350,938

   

Hong Kong — 3.54%

     
  72,578,540    

Hang Lung Properties Limited

   

172,373,958

     

160,213,602

   
  33,586,303    

Hopewell Holdings Limited

   

96,856,757

     

117,792,734

   
  22,777,700    

Great Eagle Holdings Limited

   

76,569,942

     

101,178,094

   
  7,806,340    

Guoco Group Limited

   

57,283,838

     

87,670,406

   
  15,997,405    

Hysan Development Company Limited

   

72,338,811

     

73,844,808

   
     

475,423,306

     

540,699,644

   

Ireland — 0.45%

     
  2,108,597    

CRH PLC

   

35,126,498

     

68,239,636

   

Israel — 0.18%

     
  7,510,515    

Israel Chemicals Limited

   

75,169,596

     

26,742,860

   

Italy — 0.09%

     
  287,915    

Italmobiliare S.p.A.

   

36,335,427

     

13,656,899

   

Japan — 22.52%

     
  14,291,900    

KDDI Corporation

   

177,057,839

     

435,012,347

   
  2,072,940    

Fanuc Corporation

   

232,703,638

     

389,009,814

   
  3,895,800    

Secom Company Limited

   

165,603,656

     

281,699,737

   
  14,094,550    

Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited

   

253,382,151

     

279,754,037

   
  956,890    

SMC Corporation

   

143,339,850

     

278,207,076

   
  7,378,400    

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

203,351,796

     

239,497,221

   
  308,900    

Keyence Corporation

   

62,834,288

     

226,984,209

   
  5,146,930    

Hoya Corporation

   

114,377,734

     

215,212,053

   
  4,973,200    

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

   

98,914,606

     

148,053,117

   
  1,086,600    

Hirose Electric Company Limited

   

113,363,708

     

143,816,230

   
  835,470    

Shimano, Inc.

   

10,069,760

     

143,082,304

   
  7,996,600    

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

   

61,646,785

     

118,915,779

   
  2,715,380    

Daiichikosho Company Limited

   

33,513,866

     

118,200,722

   
  3,559,930    

Kansai Paint Company Limited

   

26,253,316

     

76,718,240

   
1,150,030   Nissin Foods Holdings Company
Limited
 

40,259,845

 

66,674,763

 
  1,299,640    

As One Corporation (b)

   

26,525,156

     

58,432,370

   
  3,020,411    

T. Hasegawa Company Limited (b)

   

39,946,566

     

53,455,543

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 70.17% (continued)

     

Japan — 22.52% (continued)

     
1,871,000
  Chofu Seisakusho Company
Limited (b)
 

$

29,774,613
 

$

48,224,592
 
  438,706    

SK Kaken Company Limited

   

7,328,951

     

45,723,816

   
  1,687,224    

Nagaileben Company Limited

   

16,095,088

     

37,132,764

   
2,045,420   Maezawa Kasei Industries Company
Limited (b)
 

31,490,225

 

21,415,764

 
  473,100    

Komatsu Limited

   

8,324,840

     

10,569,975

   
     

1,896,158,277

     

3,435,792,473

   

Mexico — 2.72%

     
  10,358,163    

Grupo Televisa S.A.B., ADR

   

220,329,359

     

254,085,739

   
  5,341,868    

Fresnillo PLC

   

93,005,205

     

107,230,582

   
  2,246,692    

Industrias Peñoles S.A.B. de C.V.

   

1,833,690

     

54,351,617

   
     

315,168,254

     

415,667,938

   

Netherlands — 0.73%

     
  560,446    

HAL Trust

   

20,803,015

     

110,741,355

   

Norway — 0.71%

     
  11,393,841    

Orkla ASA

   

83,103,593

     

107,631,520

   

Poland — 0.04%

     
  571,220    

Pfleiderer Group SA

   

3,567,238

     

5,023,154

   
109,275   Pfleiderer Grajewo Senior Debt
Interest Claims (g)(i)
 

636,263

 

912,888

 
     

4,203,501

     

5,936,042

   

Russia — 0.23%

     
  8,297,382    

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

   

55,920,439

     

35,844,690

   

Singapore — 1.47%

     
  25,512,113    

Haw Par Corporation Limited (b)

   

76,875,317

     

164,304,426

   
  32,779,415    

ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited

   

24,022,250

     

59,845,257

   
     

100,897,567

     

224,149,683

   

South Korea — 2.75%

     
  1,457,048    

KT&G Corporation

   

79,057,554

     

143,890,255

   
  3,591,818    

Kia Motors Corporation

   

166,678,266

     

127,757,914

   
353,250   Lotte Confectionery Company
Limited
 

12,445,892

 

59,273,760

 
  196,900    

Nong Shim Company Limited

   

46,391,095

     

49,558,401

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 70.17% (continued)

     

South Korea — 2.75% (continued)

     
  872,463    

Fursys, Inc. (b)

 

$

10,110,166

   

$

25,886,055

   
22,950   Namyang Dairy Products Company
Limited
 

4,912,653

 

13,518,287

 
     

319,595,626

     

419,884,672

   

Sweden — 1.12%

     
  3,013,030    

Investor AB, Class 'A'

   

59,333,861

     

105,514,345

   
  1,846,088    

Investor AB, Class 'B'

   

40,783,748

     

65,629,873

   
     

100,117,609

     

171,144,218

   

Switzerland — 2.69%

     
  3,164,836    

Nestlé SA

   

120,020,927

     

229,474,997

   
  2,413,791    

Pargesa Holding SA

   

129,478,662

     

162,090,255

   
  252,160    

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

   

15,430,531

     

16,219,477

   
  14,839    

Rieter Holding AG (c)

   

1,783,973

     

2,822,192

   
     

266,714,093

     

410,606,921

   

Taiwan — 0.22%

     
  11,509,694    

Taiwan Secom Company Limited

   

17,429,499

     

33,007,282

   

Thailand — 0.92%

     
  22,779,459    

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

   

93,410,526

     

103,816,664

   
  52,214,985    

Thai Beverage PCL

   

8,627,619

     

36,217,402

   
  15,000    

Bangkok Bank PCL

   

63,387

     

68,148

   
     

102,101,532

     

140,102,214

   

Turkey — 0.17%

     
  5,893,909    

Yazicilar Holding AS

   

38,350,989

     

25,905,199

   

United Kingdom — 4.67%

     
  4,323,801    

Liberty Global PLC, Series 'C' (c)

   

143,399,841

     

137,496,872

   
  2,389,901    

British American Tobacco PLC

   

130,516,883

     

137,237,657

   
  6,419,554    

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

   

126,891,065

     

127,174,262

   
  4,212,259    

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

   

73,194,131

     

121,625,509

   
  4,071,139    

Diageo PLC

   

110,378,699

     

108,606,163

   
  638,277    

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

67,880,455

     

80,359,074

   
     

652,261,074

     

712,499,537

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

8,001,687,479

     

10,704,748,051

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stock — 0.25%

     

Materials — 0.25%

     
  551,449    

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

$

33,723,128

   

$

37,950,720

   

Total Common Stocks

   

8,035,410,607

     

10,742,698,771

   

International Preferred Stock — 0.04%

     

South Korea — 0.04%

     
27,183
  Namyang Dairy Products Company
Limited
  387,444
 
  5,440,163
 
 

Investment Company — 0.00*%

     
121,191

  State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market
Fund, Premier Class
  121,191

  121,191

 

Right — 0.00%

     
55,324
  Pfleiderer Atlantik Raco RI
Rights (c)(d)(g)
  16,617
 
 
Ounces              

Commodity — 5.79%

     
  690,811    

Gold bullion (c)

   

563,993,676

     

882,980,785

   
Principal              

Bank Loans — 0.01%

     

Germany — 0.01%

     
72
EUR
  Atlantik Commitment Fee Facility
due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
 
  15
 
609,010
EUR
  Atlantik Duration Fee Facility
due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
 
  128,733
 
28,263
EUR
  Atlantik FX Repayment Facility
due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
 
  5,974
 
1,996,448
EUR
  Atlantik Standstill Accrued
Interest Facility
due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
 

  422,010

 
4,000,000
EUR
  Atlantik Subordinated Debt 79.5M
15.00% due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
  5,431,204
  845,522
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Bank Loans — 0.01% (continued)

     

Germany — 0.01% (continued)

     
790,586
EUR
  Atlantik Subordinated Debt Term
Facility 1A
15.00% due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
 

$

1,073,458

 

$

167,115

 
774,993
EUR
  Atlantik Subordinated Debt Term
Facility 2A
15.00% due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
  1,052,286

  163,818

 
739,302
EUR
  Atlantik Subordinated Debt Term
Facility 3A
15.00% due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
  997,446

  156,274

 
469,266
EUR
  Atlantik Subordinated Debt Term
Facility 4A
15.00% due 02/01/20 (c)(d)(g)(i)(j)
  633,457

  99,194

 

Total Bank Loans

   

9,187,851

     

1,988,655

   

Notes and Bonds — 2.39%

     

U.S. Bond — 0.07%

     

Government Obligation — 0.07%

     

$

10,000,000
 
  U.S. Treasury Note
0.75% due 03/15/17
  10,005,867
  10,012,550
 

Total U.S. Bond

   

10,005,867

     

10,012,550

   

International Notes and Bonds — 2.32%

     

International Corporate Notes and Bonds — 0.13%

     

France — 0.13%

     
8,000,000
EUR
  Emin Leydier SA FRN
7.815% due 11/30/20 (d)(e)(g)(k)
  9,650,406
  8,782,002
 
10,000,000
EUR
  Emin Leydier SA FRN
7.815% due 11/30/20 (d)(e)(g)(k)
  14,227,973
  10,977,503
 

Total International Corporate Notes and Bonds

   

23,878,379

     

19,759,505

   

International Government Bonds — 2.19%

     

Canada — 0.14%

     
27,880,000
CAD
  Canadian Government Bond
1.25% due 08/01/17 (d)
  21,409,921
  20,891,605
 

Indonesia — 0.08%

     
152,606,000,000
IDR
  Indonesia Treasury Bond
8.25% due 07/15/21
  11,887,295
  12,257,134
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Government Bonds — 2.19% (continued)

     

Mexico — 0.78%

     
1,094,660,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
4.75% due 06/14/18
 

$

69,093,006
 

$

57,303,461
 
330,074,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
5.00% due 12/11/19
  24,229,607
  17,089,734
 
825,590,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
6.50% due 06/10/21
  48,625,161
  44,642,706
 
     

141,947,774

     

119,035,901

   

Poland — 0.11%

     
61,575,000
PLN
  Poland Government Bond
3.25% due 07/25/19
  16,128,657
  16,236,793
 

Singapore — 0.90%

     
88,530,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
0.50% due 04/01/18
  67,285,335
  63,320,219
 
45,219,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
2.375% due 04/01/17
  36,630,161
  32,712,099
 
53,521,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
3.25% due 09/01/20
  41,153,235
  41,497,289
 
     

145,068,731

     

137,529,607

   

United Kingdom — 0.18%

     
23,026,000
GBP
  United Kingdom Gilt
1.00% due 09/07/17 (a)
  35,711,531
  28,371,770
 

Total International Government Bonds

   

372,153,909

     

334,322,810

   

Total International Notes and Bonds

   

396,032,288

     

354,082,315

   

Total Notes and Bonds

   

406,038,155

     

364,094,865

   

Commercial Paper — 20.94%

     

International Commercial Paper — 8.36%

     

Australia — 0.10%

     
15,000,000
USD
  Telstra Corporation Limited
0.87% due 01/23/17
  14,970,604
  14,977,600
 

Canada — 1.30%

     
11,938,000
USD
  Suncor Energy, Inc.
1.12% due 01/13/17
  11,911,372
  11,915,056
 
16,983,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.63% due 11/14/16
  16,979,198
  16,980,305
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 8.36% (continued)

     

Canada — 1.30% (continued)

     
27,590,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 11/18/16
 

$

27,581,401
 

$

27,584,206
 
18,098,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 11/21/16
  18,091,364
  18,093,461
 
20,012,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 12/19/16
  19,994,389
  19,998,353
 
32,942,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.68% due 12/19/16
  32,912,572
  32,919,536
 
13,858,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/06/17
  13,840,470
  13,843,480
 
14,225,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/09/17
  14,206,187
  14,209,040
 
12,144,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.70% due 01/12/17
  12,127,241
  12,129,446
 
4,808,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/10/17
  4,801,456
  4,802,491
 
17,826,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/17/17
  17,799,311
  17,802,286
 
8,692,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.71% due 01/20/17
  8,678,479
  8,676,620
 

France — 2.13%

     
44,000,000
USD
  Engie
0.83% due 12/01/16
  43,970,300
  43,981,018
 
39,623,000
USD
  Engie
0.84% due 12/12/16
  39,585,996
  39,599,147
 
6,922,000
USD
  Engie
0.84% due 12/20/16
  6,914,274
  6,916,876
 
9,110,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 11/02/16
  9,109,790
  9,109,793
 
8,236,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 12/16/16
  8,227,455
  8,230,496
 
40,700,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 12/19/16
  40,654,959
  40,670,584
 
6,929,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 01/09/17
  6,917,977
  6,920,067
 
13,775,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 01/11/17
  13,752,451
  13,756,156
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 8.36% (continued)

     

France — 2.13% (continued)

     
7,093,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 11/07/16
 

$

7,092,326
 

$

7,092,421
 
5,692,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 12/01/16
  5,689,296
  5,689,544
 
6,000,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 12/13/16
  5,996,010
  5,996,295
 
14,543,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 12/21/16
  14,531,487
  14,531,957
 
30,000,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 01/05/17
  29,969,125
  29,967,660
 
5,743,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.63% due 12/20/16
  5,738,154
  5,738,749
 
12,932,000
USD
  L'Oreal USA, Inc.
0.56% due 01/18/17
  12,916,589
  12,914,434
 
9,266,000
USD
  L'Oreal USA, Inc.
0.58% due 11/10/16
  9,264,680
  9,264,978
 
26,570,000
USD
  Sanofi
0.66% due 11/03/16
  26,569,041
  26,569,314
 
38,353,000
USD
  Électricité de France SA
1.54% due 01/09/17
  38,272,139
  38,287,597
 

Germany — 0.90%

     
16,453,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.67% due 11/10/16
  16,450,285
  16,451,044
 
28,566,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/14/16
  28,558,986
  28,561,146
 
11,583,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/15/16
  11,579,937
  11,580,876
 
7,906,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.68% due 01/11/17
  7,895,553
  7,896,260
 
25,952,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.70% due 12/05/16
  25,935,088
  25,939,208
 
15,994,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 11/02/16
  15,993,689
  15,993,637
 
18,033,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 11/07/16
  18,030,896
  18,031,527
 
8,708,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.71% due 12/12/16
  8,701,058
  8,702,758
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 8.36% (continued)

     

Germany — 0.90% (continued)

     
3,569,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.74% due 01/04/17
 

$

3,564,368
 

$

3,565,243
 

Japan — 0.79%

     
8,523,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/04/16
  8,522,574
  8,522,673
 
18,098,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/09/16
  18,095,587
  18,096,326
 
17,843,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/10/16
  17,840,324
  17,841,141
 
17,054,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.66% due 01/12/17
  17,031,830
  17,034,081
 
48,609,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.69% due 01/18/17
  48,537,382
  48,544,785
 
11,294,000
USD
  Mitsubishi Company
0.90% due 01/06/17
  11,275,779
  11,278,992
 

Switzerland — 2.36%

     
8,227,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.54% due 11/07/16
  8,226,273
  8,226,472
 
14,650,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.54% due 11/09/16
  14,648,275
  14,648,766
 
19,361,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.55% due 11/08/16
  19,358,967
  19,359,568
 
16,983,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.55% due 11/16/16
  16,979,179
  16,980,283
 
35,751,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.56% due 11/28/16
  35,736,253
  35,739,850
 
16,072,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/05/16
  16,063,348
  16,065,359
 
16,072,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/06/16
  16,063,093
  16,065,121
 
26,575,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/08/16
  26,559,432
  26,562,798
 
18,033,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 01/23/17
  18,009,302
  18,008,132
 
17,165,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.59% due 11/15/16
  17,161,128
  17,162,447
 
17,165,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.59% due 11/18/16
  17,160,299
  17,161,850
 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 8.36% (continued)

     

Switzerland — 2.36% (continued)

     
12,327,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.60% due 02/06/17
 

$

12,307,403
 

$

12,306,060
 
20,702,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.61% due 11/21/16
  20,695,099
  20,697,447
 
21,389,000
USD
  Novartis International AG
0.50% due 12/23/16
  21,373,861
  21,372,909
 
16,743,000
USD
  Novartis International AG
0.54% due 01/03/17
  16,727,471
  16,726,659
 
12,217,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.46% due 12/21/16
  12,209,364
  12,208,242
 
20,774,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.48% due 11/15/16
  20,770,203
  20,770,451
 
13,257,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.51% due 11/23/16
  13,252,949
  13,253,282
 
15,668,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 12/02/16
  15,660,984
  15,661,413
 
12,327,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 01/12/17
  12,314,180
  12,312,227
 
9,009,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.53% due 01/13/17
  8,999,501
  8,997,981
 

United Kingdom — 0.78%

     
41,548,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.61% due 11/17/16
  41,536,920
  41,539,230
 
20,774,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.61% due 11/18/16
  20,768,114
  20,769,326
 
17,733,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.65% due 11/14/16
  17,728,902
  17,729,986
 
14,811,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.67% due 12/16/16
  14,798,781
  14,801,102
 
23,435,000
USD
  Reckitt Benckiser
0.66% due 12/02/16
  23,421,883
  23,424,522
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

1,275,610,593

     

1,275,760,146

   

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58%

     

$

14,650,000
  Abbott Laboratories
0.76% due 11/02/16
  14,649,695
  14,649,693
 
21,683,000
  Air Products
0.53% due 11/01/16
 

21,683,000

 

21,682,756

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

8,110,000
  Anthem, Inc.
0.74% due 11/09/16
 

$

8,108,684
 

$

8,108,631
 
12,360,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.50% due 11/16/16
 

12,357,476

 

12,358,248

 
26,575,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.52% due 12/09/16
 

26,560,694

 

26,564,146

 
17,416,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.53% due 12/12/16
 

17,405,686

 

17,408,157

 
5,768,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/04/17
 

5,762,565

 

5,763,261

 
8,193,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/06/17
 

8,185,039

 

8,185,971

 
15,467,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/23/17
 

15,448,100

 

15,448,522

 
8,628,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/26/17
 

8,617,076

 

8,617,137

 
8,628,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/27/17
 

8,616,949

 

8,616,948

 
19,733,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 12/16/16
 

19,719,680

 

19,722,965

 
16,941,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 01/09/17
 

16,923,466

 

16,925,518

 
14,320,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.58% due 01/24/17
 

14,300,954

 

14,302,587

 
13,045,000
  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
0.76% due 12/09/16
 

13,034,673

 

13,033,101

 
12,002,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 12/19/16
 

11,991,598

 

11,988,506

 
6,686,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/05/17
 

6,678,153

 

6,675,017

 
5,207,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/10/17
 

5,200,419

 

5,197,573

 
7,207,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/19/17
 

7,196,720

 

7,191,673

 
24,455,000
  Caterpillar Financial Services Company
0.51% due 11/10/16
 

24,451,943

 

24,452,452

 
39,840,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.44% due 11/23/16
 

39,829,531

 

39,830,811

 
16,763,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.45% due 11/22/16
 

16,758,697

 

16,759,322

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

11,583,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.47% due 11/04/16
 

$

11,582,556
 

$

11,582,600
 
34,181,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/17/16
 

34,173,708

 

34,175,431

 
13,801,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/18/16
 

13,797,872

 

13,798,599

 
13,032,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.50% due 12/02/16
 

13,026,501

 

13,027,494

 
16,072,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 11/30/16
 

16,065,527

 

16,066,910

 
14,465,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/08/16
 

14,457,567

 

14,458,633

 
21,087,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/09/16
 

21,075,871

 

21,077,360

 
8,743,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.52% due 12/07/16
 

8,738,541

 

8,739,289

 
3,042,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.59% due 01/20/17
 

3,038,079

 

3,038,612

 
17,002,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.52% due 12/14/16
 

16,991,643

 

16,993,085

 
17,416,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.52% due 12/15/16
 

17,405,144

 

17,406,639

 
18,491,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.67% due 01/23/17
 

18,462,863

 

18,465,371

 
23,455,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.68% due 01/24/17
 

23,418,332

 

23,421,883

 
18,997,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.82% due 03/02/17
 

18,945,919

 

18,952,901

 
22,672,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.85% due 03/24/17
 

22,597,252

 

22,604,528

 
3,242,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.56% due 11/23/16
 

3,240,910

 

3,241,029

 
3,911,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.62% due 12/19/16
 

3,907,819

 

3,908,173

 
13,611,000
  Danaher Corporation
0.62% due 12/23/16
 

13,599,007

 

13,600,159

 
32,521,000
  DuPont
0.77% due 11/21/16
 

32,507,269

 

32,506,392

 
15,114,000
  Entergy Corporation
1.26% due 01/12/17
 

15,076,517

 

15,081,176

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

13,278,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/04/16
 

$

13,277,469
 

$

13,277,541
 
21,975,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/07/16
 

21,973,242

 

21,973,637

 
14,346,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.50% due 12/21/16
 

14,336,237

 

14,336,611

 
10,291,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.52% due 11/15/16
 

10,288,959

 

10,289,542

 
13,493,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.52% due 12/13/16
 

13,484,972

 

13,485,893

 
11,438,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.53% due 12/01/16
 

11,433,044

 

11,434,208

 
23,455,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.54% due 01/04/17
 

23,432,900

 

23,434,503

 
28,461,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.55% due 12/05/16
 

28,446,485

 

28,449,849

 
18,018,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.57% due 01/17/17
 

17,996,418

 

17,998,754

 
8,130,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.48% due 11/01/16
 

8,130,000

 

8,129,925

 
6,459,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.51% due 11/02/16
 

6,458,910

 

6,458,880

 
14,944,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.54% due 11/17/16
 

14,940,480

 

14,941,128

 
13,795,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.55% due 11/07/16
 

13,793,758

 

13,794,034

 
13,018,000

  International Business Machines
Corporation
0.51% due 12/02/16
 

13,012,395

 

13,013,221

 
30,138,000
  MetLife
0.52% due 01/06/17
 

30,109,821

 

30,094,474

 
5,355,000
  MetLife
0.56% due 11/22/16
 

5,353,282

 

5,353,252

 
18,033,000
  MetLife
0.62% due 01/05/17
 

18,013,139

 

18,007,609

 
20,568,000
  MetLife
0.63% due 01/03/17
 

20,545,684

 

20,540,503

 
24,383,000
  MetLife
0.69% due 12/05/16
 

24,367,341

 

24,368,848

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

18,098,000
  MetLife
0.71% due 11/15/16
 

$

18,093,073
 

$

18,094,305
 
22,079,000
  MetLife
0.71% due 11/16/16
 

22,072,560

 

22,074,123

 
12,967,000
  MetLife
0.73% due 11/21/16
 

12,961,813

 

12,962,991

 
31,274,000
  MetLife
0.78% due 01/19/17
 

31,221,156

 

31,212,842

 
13,795,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.51% due 11/03/16
 

13,794,617

 

13,794,609

 
16,453,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.52% due 11/08/16
 

16,451,368

 

16,451,665

 
12,422,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.57% due 12/15/16
 

12,413,498

 

12,414,857

 
30,005,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/04/17
 

29,972,995

 

29,975,637

 
19,563,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/05/17
 

19,541,807

 

19,543,417

 
9,016,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/11/17
 

9,005,331

 

9,005,686

 
18,033,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.61% due 01/18/17
 

18,009,557

 

18,005,650

 
8,980,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.62% due 02/02/17
 

8,965,849

 

8,964,571

 
12,290,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.63% due 01/10/17
 

12,275,184

 

12,276,232

 
8,193,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.66% due 01/17/17
 

8,181,609

 

8,182,385

 
11,294,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.69% due 01/25/17
 

11,275,867

 

11,276,922

 
12,327,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.72% due 01/24/17
 

12,306,578

 

12,308,722

 
22,369,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.72% due 02/08/17
 

22,325,325

 

22,327,369

 
19,223,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.74% due 02/07/17
 

19,184,800

 

19,181,681

 
13,288,000
  National Grid USA
0.91% due 12/07/16
 

13,276,174

 

13,276,542

 
10,291,000
  National Grid USA
1.07% due 11/23/16
 

10,284,271

 

10,285,852

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

28,985,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/04/16
 

$

28,983,913
 

$

28,983,889
 
17,165,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/09/16
 

17,163,283

 

17,163,412

 
5,580,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 11/29/16
 

5,578,047

 

5,578,031

 
5,580,000
  PepsiCo, Inc.
0.46% due 12/02/16
 

5,577,838

 

5,577,803

 
31,988,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.48% due 11/01/16
 

31,988,000

 

31,987,733

 
12,900,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.48% due 11/02/16
 

12,899,832

 

12,899,781

 
23,464,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 11/09/16
 

23,460,871

 

23,462,006

 
22,436,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 11/16/16
 

22,430,391

 

22,432,281

 
16,772,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 12/06/16
 

16,762,216

 

16,764,989

 
6,109,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.53% due 11/22/16
 

6,107,147

 

6,107,268

 
15,111,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.61% due 12/29/16
 

15,096,393

 

15,097,206

 
9,009,000
  Philip Morris International, Inc.
0.61% due 12/30/16
 

9,000,141

 

9,000,592

 
13,257,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/06/16
 

13,250,556

 

13,251,459

 
33,920,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/13/16
 

33,900,213

 

33,902,700

 
11,042,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.51% due 11/08/16
 

11,040,926

 

11,041,038

 
17,985,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.51% due 12/20/16
 

17,972,761

 

17,972,435

 
7,098,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53% due 12/06/16
 

7,094,412

 

7,094,607

 
18,001,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53% due 12/07/16
 

17,991,639

 

17,992,138

 
21,726,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.56% due 01/10/17
 

21,702,765

 

21,701,105

 
16,626,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.56% due 01/11/17
 

16,607,965

 

16,606,514

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

     

$

16,471,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/14/16
 

$

16,458,802
 

$

16,455,519
 
16,471,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/15/16
 

16,458,519

 

16,455,147

 
13,018,000
  Schlumberger Investments SA
1.02% due 01/05/17
 

12,994,495

 

12,998,000

 
15,114,000
  Schlumberger Investments SA
1.07% due 01/11/17
 

15,082,701

 

15,087,823

 
12,422,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.87% due 12/14/16
 

12,409,388

 

12,410,325

 
12,422,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.87% due 12/16/16
 

12,408,802

 

12,409,731

 
8,265,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/22/16
 

8,254,579

 

8,255,581

 
14,944,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/27/16
 

14,923,311

 

14,925,024

 
14,944,000
  United Healthcare Company
0.91% due 12/28/16
 

14,922,941

 

14,924,618

 
11,822,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.41% due 11/01/16
 

11,822,000

 

11,821,892

 
16,220,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.43% due 11/03/16
 

16,219,622

 

16,219,540

 
28,461,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.47% due 12/07/16
 

28,447,908

 

28,447,866

 
24,127,000
  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
0.47% due 11/08/16
 

24,124,842

 

24,125,204

 
7,687,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.52% due 11/16/16
 

7,685,367

 

7,685,623

 
15,259,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/12/16
 

15,249,442

 

15,250,882

 
21,420,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/15/16
 

21,405,601

 

21,407,683

 
10,962,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/19/17
 

10,948,048

 

10,947,214

 
24,541,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/20/17
 

24,509,370

 

24,507,262

 
4,129,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/24/17
 

4,123,412

 

4,122,878

 
10,854,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/25/17
 

10,839,136

 

10,837,587

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 12.58% (continued)

 

$

8,628,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/31/17
 

$

8,615,350
 

$

8,613,580
 

Total U.S. Commercial Paper

   

1,919,110,608

     

1,919,153,695

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

3,194,721,201

     

3,194,913,841

   

Total Investments — 99.59% (Cost: $12,209,876,742)

       

15,192,238,271

   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.41%

       

63,197,637

   

Net Assets — 100.00%

     

$

15,255,435,908

   

*  Less than 0.01%

(a)  Represents a security registered under Regulation S. Bonds sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the U.S., or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

(b)  An affiliate of the Fund as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940. An affiliate is defined as a company in which the Fund directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities.

(c)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(d)  Securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, representing $138,449,032 or 0.91% of net assets.

(e)  On November 30, 2015, during a shareholder and bondholder meeting, a merger was approved between FINEL SA and Emin Leydier SAS, effective December 1, 2015. The merger provided that FINEL SA absorbed Emin Leydier SAS, and changed its name to Emin Leydier SA.

(f)  Held through Financiere Bleue, LLC, wholly owned holding company and disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes.

(g)  Represents securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. At October 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $106,072,605 or 0.70% of net assets.

(h)  Represents non-voting class of shares.

(i)  On December 3, 2015, Atlantik SA reorganized and merged, via a reverse merger, with Grajewo SA to form Pfleiderer Grajewo SA. As part of the restructuring, the existing debt positions have, and are expected, to be redeemed in kind to Pfleiderer Grajewo SA common stock, which publicly trades on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

(j)  Payment-in-kind security.

(k)  Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect at October 31, 2016.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $12,692,935,375. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

3,611,036,570

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(1,111,733,674

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

2,499,302,896

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

ADR  — American Depositary Receipt

AG  — Aktien Gesellschaft

A/S  — Aktieselskab

ASA  — Norwegian Public Limited Company

FRN  — Floating Rate Note

NVDR  — Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PCL  — Public Company Limited

PJSC  — Public Joint Stock Company

PLC  — Public Limited Company

SA  — Société Anonyme

SAS  — Société par Actions Simplifiée

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currencies

CAD  — Canadian Dollar

EUR  — Euro

GBP  — British Pound

IDR  — Indonesian Rupiah

MXN  — Mexican Peso

PLN  — Polish Zloty

SGD  — Singapore Dollar

USD  — United States Dollar

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

  Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal
 

Emin Leydier SA FRN 7.815% due 11/30/20#

 

06/22/05

 

$

9,650,406

   

$

1.10

   

Emin Leydier SA FRN 7.815% due 11/30/20

 

07/30/09

   

14,227,973

     

1.10

   

Emin Leydier SA#

 

07/14/09

   

9,166,547

     

5.19

   

Legris Industries SA

 

04/30/04

   

23,119,325

     

25.90

   

Pfleiderer Atlantik Raco RI Rights

 

01/29/13

   

16,536

     

   

Pfleiderer Grajewo Senior Debt Interest Claims

 

12/04/15

   

636,263

     

8.35

   

#Formerly known as FINEL.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Sales

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Delivered
  U.S. $
To be Received
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

11/16/16

   

50,397,000

   

Euro

 

$

57,748,158

   

$

55,354,074

   

$

2,394,084

   

$

   

12/14/16

   

36,266,000

   

Euro

   

40,363,695

     

39,884,829

     

478,866

     

   

01/18/17

   

69,106,000

   

Euro

   

77,754,961

     

76,136,136

     

1,618,825

     

   

02/15/17

   

29,712,000

   

Euro

   

33,602,341

     

32,776,442

     

825,899

     

   

03/15/17

   

49,139,000

   

Euro

   

54,573,773

     

54,276,871

     

296,902

     

   

01/18/17

   

21,887,000

   

British Pound

   

28,300,611

     

26,839,713

     

1,460,898

     

   

11/16/16

   

14,484,030,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

139,182,750

     

138,177,060

     

1,005,690

     

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Sales (continued)

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Delivered
  U.S. $
To be Received
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

12/14/16

   

13,463,845,000

   

Japanese Yen

 

$

134,605,609

   

$

128,594,542

   

$

6,011,067

   

$

   

01/18/17

   

12,958,141,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

128,780,396

     

123,971,487

     

4,808,909

     

   

02/15/17

   

17,047,537,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

169,524,574

     

163,285,312

     

6,239,262

     

   

03/15/17

   

12,081,775,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

116,953,603

     

115,868,199

     

1,085,404

     

   
           

$

981,390,471

   

$

955,164,665

   

$

26,225,806

   

$

   

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Purchases

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Received
  U.S. $
To be Delivered
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

01/18/17

   

1,400,000

   

British Pound

 

$

1,869,857

   

$

1,716,800

   

$

   

$

(153,057

)

 

Affiliated Securities

Affiliated Securities

  Shares
October 31,
2015
  Gross
Additions
  Gross
Reductions
  Shares
October 31,
2016
  Market
Value
October 31,
2016
  Realized
Gain /
(Loss)
  Dividend
Income
 

As One Corporation

   

1,299,640

     

     

     

1,299,640

   

$

58,432,370

   

$

   

$

1,145,716

   
Chofu Seisakusho Company
Limited
   

2,023,800

     

     

152,800

     

1,871,000

     

48,224,592

     

344,425

     

505,913

   

Emin Leydier SA#

   

11,593,581

     

     

     

11,593,581

     

60,198,032

     

     

265,414

   

Fursys, Inc.

   

872,463

     

     

     

872,463

     

25,886,055

     

     

407,289

   

Gaumont SA

   

364,373

     

     

     

364,373

     

21,499,493

     

     

352,473

   
Haw Par Corporation
Limited
   

25,512,113

     

     

     

25,512,113

     

164,304,426

     

     

7,298,341

   

Laurent-Perrier

   

558,938

     

     

     

558,938

     

42,950,204

     

     

552,454

   

Legris Industries SA

   

896,416

     

     

     

896,416

     

23,213,525

     

     

5,518,228

   
Maezawa Kasei Industries
Company Limited
   

2,045,420

     

     

     

2,045,420

     

21,415,764

     

     

519,018

   

Robertet SA

   

235,837

     

     

     

235,837

     

81,105,100

     

     

891,171

   
T. Hasegawa Company
Limited
   

3,206,911

     

     

186,500

     

3,020,411

     

53,455,543

     

208,231

     

794,972

   

Total

                 

$

600,685,104

   

$

552,656

   

$

18,250,989

   

#Formerly known as FINEL.

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First Eagle Overseas Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

International Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

8.29

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

9.72

   

Energy

   

2.62

   

Financials

   

13.63

   

Health Care

   

5.74

   

Industrials

   

13.56

   

Information Technology

   

2.74

   

Materials

   

10.63

   

Telecommunication Services

   

3.24

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

70.17

   

U.S. Common Stock

 

Materials

   

0.25

   

Total U.S. Common Stock

   

0.25

   

International Preferred Stock

 

Consumer Staples

   

0.04

   

Total International Preferred Stock

   

0.04

   

Investment Company

   

0.00

*

 

Right

   

0.00

   

Commodity

   

5.79

   

Bank Loans

   

0.01

   

U.S. Bond

 

Government Issues

   

0.07

   

Total U.S. Bond

   

0.07

   

International Notes and Bonds

 

Government Issues

   

2.19

   

Materials

   

0.13

   

Total International Corporate Bonds

   

2.32

   

Commercial Paper

 

International Commercial Paper

   

8.36

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

12.58

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

20.94

   

Total Investments

   

99.59

%

 

*Less than 0.01%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

The First Eagle U.S. Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in domestic equity and debt securities. Management utilizes a highly disciplined, bottom-up, value-oriented approach in seeking to achieve its investment objective.

Average Annual Returns^ (%)

         

One-Year

 

Five-Years

 

Ten-Years

 

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 

Class A

 

without sales charge

   

6.21

     

7.92

     

6.34

   

 

 

 

 

with sales charge

   

0.91

     

6.82

     

5.80

   

S&P 500 Index

           

4.51

     

13.57

     

6.70

   

Consumer Price Index

     

   

1.64

     

1.32

     

1.82

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Sector/Industry** (%)

Financials

   

20.86

   

Information Technology

   

15.84

   

Industrials

   

11.58

   

Commodity

   

9.11

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

8.80

   

Materials

   

6.41

   

Energy

   

6.37

   

Health Care

   

1.73

   

Consumer Staples

   

1.19

   

Utilities

   

0.94

   

^  Performance figures reflect certain fee waivers and/or expense limitations, without which returns may have been lower.

*  Asset Allocation and Sector/Industry percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Sector/Industry allocations exclude short-term investments.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Fund Overview

Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

The average annual returns for Class A Shares with a sales charge gives effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index including a representative sample of 500 leading companies in leading sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the Standard & Poor's 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the market, with approximately 80% coverage of U.S. equities, it is also considered a proxy for the total market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index includes dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the change in price of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Gold Bullion** (precious metal)

   

9.18

   

Oracle Corporation (Systems Software)

   

4.06

   

Comcast Corporation Class 'A' (Cable & Satellite)

   

3.81

   

Microsoft Corporation (Systems Software)

   

3.36

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (Asset Management & Custody Banks)

   

3.32

   

Omnicom Group, Inc. (Advertising)

   

3.29

   

Weyerhaeuser Company REIT (Timber REITs)

   

2.90

   

American Express Company (Consumer Finance)

   

2.22

   

Alleghany Corporation (Reinsurance)

   

2.19

   

Linear Technology Corporation (Semiconductors)

   

2.04

   

Total

   

36.37

   

*  Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

**The Fund invests in gold and precious metals through investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). Gold Bullion and commodities include the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 73.32%

     

U.S. Common Stocks — 67.46%

     

Consumer Discretionary — 8.84%

     
  1,340,875    

Comcast Corporation, Class 'A'

 

$

20,392,183

   

$

82,892,892

   
  896,174    

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

33,547,273

     

71,532,609

   
  382,831    

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

   

5,236,491

     

14,804,075

   
  201,299    

Tiffany & Company

   

12,153,934

     

14,779,373

   
  359,081    

H&R Block, Inc.

   

6,046,002

     

8,248,090

   
     

77,375,883

     

192,257,039

   

Consumer Staples — 1.20%

     
  290,726    

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   

11,156,933

     

20,746,207

   
  75,546    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   

3,291,619

     

5,289,731

   
     

14,448,552

     

26,035,938

   

Energy — 4.76%

     
  1,114,312    

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

   

56,893,357

     

35,769,415

   
  708,552    

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

22,244,582

     

22,864,973

   
  414,278    

ConocoPhillips

   

14,687,729

     

18,000,379

   
  352,752    

Devon Energy Corporation

   

19,314,438

     

13,365,773

   
  63,037    

Phillips 66

   

4,957,476

     

5,115,452

   
  96,554    

SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

6,036,566

     

4,761,078

   
  595,832    

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

   

9,222,426

     

3,735,867

   
     

133,356,574

     

103,612,937

   

Financials — 19.71%

     
  1,666,394    

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

   

37,021,955

     

72,104,868

   
  2,107,946    

Weyerhaeuser Company, REIT

   

41,062,509

     

63,090,824

   
  727,022    

American Express Company

   

27,732,599

     

48,288,801

   
  92,464    

Alleghany Corporation (a)

   

26,401,085

     

47,730,842

   
  909,608    

BB&T Corporation

   

21,844,946

     

35,656,634

   
  724,595    

U.S. Bancorp

   

17,621,199

     

32,432,872

   
  1,041,753    

Synchrony Financial

   

30,254,803

     

29,783,718

   
  437,493    

American International Group, Inc.

   

22,781,145

     

26,993,318

   
  450,471    

WR Berkley Corporation

   

12,069,597

     

25,721,894

   
  485,877    

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

15,072,951

     

17,909,426

   
  78    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class 'A' (a)

   

5,963,923

     

16,824,600

   
  172,024    

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

   

4,072,026

     

12,175,859

   
     

261,898,738

     

428,713,656

   

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 67.46% (continued)

     

Health Care — 1.74%

     
  230,045    

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

 

$

17,715,380

   

$

20,871,983

   
  139,509    

Anthem, Inc.

   

7,468,153

     

17,000,567

   
     

25,183,533

     

37,872,550

   

Industrials — 11.66%

     
  215,416     3M Company    

13,177,382

     

35,608,265

   
  817,802    

Flowserve Corporation

   

38,937,371

     

34,633,915

   
  421,151    

Orbital ATK, Inc.

   

17,773,753

     

31,316,788

   
  321,031    

Deere & Company

   

25,917,237

     

28,347,037

   
  312,435    

Union Pacific Corporation

   

25,564,175

     

27,550,518

   
  249,514    

Cintas Corporation

   

5,494,973

     

26,615,658

   
  96,076    

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

20,956,664

     

19,995,337

   
  486,109    

Timken Company

   

19,040,145

     

16,065,902

   
  103,917    

Cummins, Inc.

   

9,221,673

     

13,282,671

   
  37,210    

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   

1,889,497

     

8,521,090

   
  33,004    

Lockheed Martin Corporation

   

2,277,131

     

8,131,526

   
  99,125    

NOW, Inc. (a)

   

2,875,395

     

2,137,135

   
  11,401    

Unifirst Corporation

   

1,160,746

     

1,396,623

   
     

184,286,142

     

253,602,465

   

Information Technology — 15.73%

     
  2,299,321    

Oracle Corporation

   

66,498,422

     

88,339,913

   
  1,220,064    

Microsoft Corporation

   

28,336,700

     

73,106,235

   
  738,921    

Linear Technology Corporation

   

18,027,441

     

44,379,595

   
  590,022    

Xilinx, Inc.

   

23,817,911

     

30,014,419

   
  1,024,064    

Teradata Corporation (a)

   

36,828,429

     

27,608,765

   
  193,008    

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

9,095,627

     

13,674,617

   
  98,562    

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

   

8,795,775

     

13,622,254

   
  15,888    

Alphabet, Inc., Class 'C' (a)

   

3,787,101

     

12,464,771

   
  14,594    

Alphabet, Inc., Class 'A' (a)

   

8,157,701

     

11,819,681

   
  90,481    

Mastercard, Inc., Class 'A'

   

1,815,907

     

9,683,277

   
  112,369    

Visa, Inc., Class 'A'

   

2,025,047

     

9,271,566

   
  94,242    

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

2,927,397

     

8,204,709

   
     

210,113,458

     

342,189,802

   

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 67.46% (continued)

     

Materials — 2.87%

     
  308,043    

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Class 'A'

 

$

12,914,322

   

$

27,135,508

   
  79,413    

Praxair, Inc.

   

8,186,437

     

9,296,086

   
  121,921    

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

7,844,609

     

8,390,603

   
  40,120    

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

3,046,712

     

7,437,446

   
  45,390    

Vulcan Materials Company

   

1,637,066

     

5,138,148

   
  325,000    

Tahoe Resources, Inc.

   

2,498,865

     

3,896,220

   
  19,378    

Deltic Timber Corporation

   

779,110

     

1,088,656

   
     

36,907,121

     

62,382,667

   

Utilities — 0.95%

     
  445,669    

UGI Corporation

   

14,796,530

     

20,630,018

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

958,366,531

     

1,467,297,072

   

International Common Stocks — 5.86%

     

Africa — 0.09%

     
  21,756    

Randgold Resources Limited, ADR

   

1,296,964

     

1,930,410

   

Australia — 1.07%

     
  1,362,059    

Newcrest Mining Limited

   

17,925,737

     

23,374,823

   

Canada — 3.02%

     
  963,302    

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc.

   

34,257,256

     

15,682,556

   
  305,876    

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

   

10,815,984

     

15,534,387

   
  740,683    

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

20,048,900

     

11,258,382

   
  155,814    

Franco-Nevada Corporation

   

6,600,119

     

10,198,249

   
  183,577    

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

   

5,115,920

     

5,826,342

   
  152,263    

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

3,811,531

     

4,569,139

   
  77,849    

Imperial Oil Limited

   

2,353,056

     

2,524,738

   
     

83,002,766

     

65,593,793

   

Curacao — 0.75%

     
  209,134    

Schlumberger Limited

   

16,392,851

     

16,360,553

   

United Kingdom — 0.93%

     
  161,294    

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

11,232,685

     

20,306,914

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

129,851,003

     

127,566,493

   

Total Common Stocks

   

1,088,217,534

     

1,594,863,565

   

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Investment Company — 0.00*%

     
7,185

  State Street Institutional U.S.
Government Money Market Fund,
Premier Class
 

$

7,185

 

$

7,185

 
Ounces              

Commodity — 9.18%

     
  156,194    

Gold bullion (a)

   

186,047,980

     

199,644,364

   
Principal              

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 0.92%

     

$

600,000
  Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
7.125% due 08/01/28
  531,484
  570,000
 
6,542,000
  Citgo Petroleum Corporation
6.25% due 08/15/22 (c)
  6,548,929
  6,689,195
 
4,945,000
  Veritas US, Inc.
7.50% due 02/01/23 (c)
  4,631,516
  4,722,475
 
7,969,000
  Wachovia Capital Trust III
5.57% due 12/01/16 (b)(d)
  7,959,043
  7,978,961
 

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

19,670,972

     

19,960,631

   

U.S. Treasury Bills — 5.06%

     
40,000,000
  U.S. Treasury Bill
0.26% due 11/03/16
  39,999,422
  39,999,760
 
30,000,000
  U.S. Treasury Bill
0.27% due 12/01/16
  29,993,375
  29,995,680
 
40,000,000
  U.S. Treasury Bill
0.34% due 12/08/16
  39,986,433
  39,993,040
 

Total U.S. Treasury Bills

   

109,979,230

     

109,988,480

   

Commercial Paper — 12.23%

     

International Commercial Paper — 4.60%

     

Canada — 0.31%

     
2,810,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 11/18/16
  2,809,124
  2,809,410
 
1,535,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.67% due 12/19/16
  1,533,649
  1,533,953
 
2,311,000
USD
  Total Capital Limited
0.68% due 12/19/16
  2,308,936
  2,309,424
 

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 4.60% (continued)

     

France — 0.30%

     
2,632,000
USD
  Engie
0.84% due 12/12/16
 

$

2,629,542
 

$

2,630,415
 
578,000
USD
  Engie
0.85% due 12/16/16
  577,400
  577,614
 
1,770,000
USD
  Essilor International
0.58% due 11/07/16
  1,769,832
  1,769,855
 
1,654,000
USD
  L'Oreal USA, Inc.
0.58% due 11/10/16
  1,653,764
  1,653,818
 

Germany — 0.61%

     
6,783,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.67% due 11/10/16
  6,781,881
  6,782,194
 
2,068,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/14/16
  2,067,492
  2,067,648
 
2,068,000
USD
  BASF AG
0.69% due 11/15/16
  2,067,453
  2,067,621
 
2,256,000
USD
  Henkel Corporation
0.68% due 01/11/17
  2,253,019
  2,253,221
 

Italy — 0.51%

     
10,997,000
USD
  Eni S.p.A.
0.64% due 11/01/16
  10,997,000
  10,996,799
 

Japan — 1.49%

     
22,155,000
USD
  Hitachi Limited
0.60% due 11/01/16
  22,155,000
  22,154,560
 
2,126,000
USD
  Honda Corporation
0.61% due 11/04/16
  2,125,894
  2,125,919
 
3,222,000
USD
  Mitsubishi Company
0.90% due 01/06/17
  3,216,802
  3,217,719
 
4,923,000
USD
  Mitsui & Company Limited
0.59% due 11/01/16
  4,923,000
  4,922,910
 

Switzerland — 0.97%

     
3,392,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.54% due 11/07/16
  3,391,700
  3,391,782
 
993,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.55% due 11/08/16
  992,896
  992,927
 
3,690,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/05/16
  3,688,014
  3,688,475
 
3,690,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.58% due 12/06/16
  3,687,955
  3,688,421
 

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 4.60% (continued)

     
Switzerland — 0.97% (continued)      
5,414,000
USD
  Nestlé SA
0.61% due 11/21/16
 

$

5,412,195
 

$

5,412,809
 
4,012,000
USD
  Roche Holdings, Inc.
0.51% due 11/23/16
  4,010,774
  4,010,875
 

United Kingdom — 0.41%

     
4,424,000
USD
  GlaxoSmithKline PLC
0.65% due 11/14/16
  4,422,978
  4,423,248
 
4,541,000
USD
  Reckitt Benckiser
0.66% due 12/02/16
  4,538,458
  4,538,970
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

100,014,758

     

100,020,587

   

U.S. Commercial Paper — 7.63%

     

$

1,259,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.50% due 11/16/16
  1,258,743
  1,258,821
 
1,838,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/06/17
  1,836,214
  1,836,423
 
8,078,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/26/17
  8,067,772
  8,067,829
 
8,078,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.54% due 01/27/17
  8,067,653
  8,067,653
 
1,688,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 12/16/16
  1,686,861
  1,687,142
 
4,834,000
  Apple, Inc.
0.55% due 01/09/17
  4,828,997
  4,829,582
 
3,947,000
  Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
0.76% due 12/09/16
  3,943,875
  3,943,400
 
1,908,000
  Campbell Soup Company
0.66% due 01/05/17
  1,905,761
  1,904,866
 
7,719,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.44% due 11/23/16
  7,716,972
  7,717,220
 
2,068,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.47% due 11/04/16
  2,067,921
  2,067,929
 
3,610,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/17/16
  3,609,230
  3,609,412
 
3,610,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.49% due 11/18/16
  3,609,182
  3,609,372
 
3,952,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.50% due 12/02/16
  3,950,332
  3,950,633
 
3,690,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 11/30/16
  3,688,514
  3,688,831
 

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 7.63% (continued)

     

$

3,321,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/08/16
 

$

3,319,293
 

$

3,319,538
 
4,841,000
  Chevron Corporation
0.51% due 12/09/16
  4,838,445
  4,838,787
 
1,535,000
  Coca-Cola Company
0.52% due 12/14/16
  1,534,065
  1,534,195
 
5,474,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.49% due 11/04/16
  5,473,781
  5,473,811
 
3,818,000
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
0.52% due 11/15/16
  3,817,243
  3,817,459
 
3,016,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.48% due 11/01/16
  3,016,000
  3,015,972
 
1,405,000
  Honeywell International, Inc.
0.55% due 11/07/16
  1,404,873
  1,404,902
 
470,000
  MetLife
0.56% due 11/22/16
  469,849
  469,847
 
4,810,000
  MetLife
0.73% due 11/21/16
  4,808,076
  4,808,513
 
1,405,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.51% due 11/03/16
  1,404,961
  1,404,960
 
6,783,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.52% due 11/08/16
  6,782,327
  6,782,450
 
2,757,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.63% due 01/10/17
  2,753,676
  2,753,912
 
1,838,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.66% due 01/17/17
  1,835,445
  1,835,619
 
3,222,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.69% due 01/25/17
  3,216,827
  3,217,128
 
17,998,000
  Microsoft Corporation
0.74% due 02/07/17
  17,962,234
  17,959,314
 
3,818,000
  National Grid USA
1.07% due 11/23/16
  3,815,503
  3,816,090
 
5,086,000
  Pfizer, Inc.
0.61% due 12/06/16
  5,083,033
  5,083,874
 
4,012,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/06/16
  4,010,050
  4,010,323
 
8,023,000
  Procter & Gamble Company
0.51% due 12/13/16
  8,018,320
  8,018,908
 
4,133,000
  Qualcomm, Inc.
0.53% due 12/07/16
  4,130,851
  4,130,965
 

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Commercial Paper — 7.63% (continued)

     

$

1,155,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/14/16
 

$

1,154,145
 

$

1,153,914
 
1,155,000
  Rockwell Automation, Inc.
0.63% due 12/15/16
  1,154,125
  1,153,888
 
2,950,000
  United Parcel Service, Inc.
0.41% due 11/01/16
  2,950,000
  2,949,973
 
2,852,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.52% due 11/16/16
  2,851,394
  2,851,489
 
780,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.56% due 12/15/16
  779,476
  779,551
 
1,165,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/19/17
  1,163,517
  1,163,429
 
926,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/24/17
  924,747
  924,627
 
3,096,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/25/17
  3,091,760
  3,091,318
 
8,078,000
  Walt Disney Company
0.59% due 01/31/17
  8,066,157
  8,064,499
 

Total U.S. Commercial Paper

   

166,068,200

     

166,068,368

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

266,082,958

     

266,088,955

   

Total Investments — 100.71% (Cost: $1,670,005,859)

   

2,190,553,180

   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.71)%

   

(15,468,415

)

 

Net Assets — 100.00%

 

$

2,175,084,765

   

*  Less than 0.01%

(a)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(b)  Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect at October 31, 2016.

(c)  All or a portion of the security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Rule 144A securities may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

(d)  Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $1,667,405,367. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

603,563,500

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(80,415,687

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

523,147,813

   

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

ADR  — American Depositary Receipt

AG  — Aktien Gesellschaft

PLC  — Public Limited Company

REIT  — Real Estate Investment Trust

SA  — Société Anonyme

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currency

USD  — United States Dollar

Affiliated Securities

Affiliated Securities

  Shares
October 31,
2015
  Gross
Additions
  Gross
Reductions
  Shares
October 31,
2016
  Market
Value
October 31,
2016
  Realized
Gain /
(Loss)
  Dividend
Income
 
Comtech
Telecommunications
Corporation*
   

1,191,749

     

     

1,191,749

     

   

$

   

$

(21,074,689

)

 

$

1,001,715

   

*Represents an unaffiliated issuer as of October 31, 2016, as such, amounts represented above will not agree to balances in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations.

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

8.84

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

1.20

   

Energy

   

4.76

   

Financials

   

19.71

   

Health Care

   

1.74

   

Industrials

   

11.66

   

Information Technology

   

15.73

   

Materials

   

2.87

   

Utilities

   

0.95

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

67.46

   

International Common Stocks

 

Energy

   

1.35

   

Financials

   

0.93

   

Materials

   

3.58

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

5.86

   

Investment Company

   

0.00

*

 

Commodity

   

9.18

   

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings (continued)

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Corporate Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

0.02

%

 

Energy

   

0.31

   

Financials

   

0.37

   

Information Technology

   

0.22

   

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

0.92

   

U.S. Treasury Bills

   

5.06

   

Commercial Paper

 

International Commercial Paper

   

4.60

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

7.63

   

Total Commercial Paper

   

12.23

   

Total Investments

   

100.71

%

 

*Less than 0.01%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle Gold Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

The First Eagle Gold Fund is a non-diversified fund. The Fund's investment objective seeks to provide investors the opportunity to participate in the investment characteristics of gold (and to a limited extent other precious metals) for a portion of their overall investment portfolio. In seeking to achieve its objective, the Fund invests primarily in gold, and/or securities directly related to gold or issuers principally engaged in the gold industry.

Average Annual Returns (%)

         

One-Year

 

Five-Years

 

Ten-Years

 

First Eagle Gold Fund

 

Class A

 

without sales load

   

45.55

     

-11.11

     

1.45

   

 

 

 

 

with sales load

   

38.28

     

-12.01

     

0.93

   

FTSE Gold Mines Index

 

 

       

71.31

     

-15.60

     

-3.60

   

MSCI World Index

           

1.18

     

9.03

     

3.89

   

Consumer Price Index

     

   

1.64

     

1.32

     

1.82

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Countries** (%)

Canada

   

36.27

   

United States

   

36.04

   

Mexico

   

9.67

   

Australia

   

6.27

   

Africa

   

4.02

   

South Africa

   

2.84

   

*  Asset Allocation and Countries percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Country allocations reflect country of the issuer (not currency of issue) and exclude short-term investments. Bonds of non-U.S. issuers may be U.S. dollar denominated.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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First Eagle Gold Fund | Fund Overview

Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

The average annual returns for Class A Shares with a sales charge give effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%.

The MSCI World Index is a widely followed, unmanaged group of stocks from 23 developed international markets. The index provides total returns in U.S. dollars with net dividends reinvested. The FTSE Gold Mines Index Series is designed to reflect the performance of the worldwide market in the shares of companies whose principal activity is the mining of gold. The FTSE Gold Mines Index encompasses all gold mining companies that have a sustainable, attributable gold production of at least 300,000 ounces a year and that derive 51% or more of their revenue from mined gold. The Index is unmanaged, is available with dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents the change in price of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Gold Bullion** (United States)

   

18.59

   

Fresnillo PLC (Mexico)

   

6.38

   

Newcrest Mining Limited (Australia)

   

6.27

   

Franco-Nevada Corporation (Canada)

   

5.19

   

Newmont Mining Corporation (United States)

   

4.69

   

Goldcorp, Inc. (Canada)

   

4.40

   

Silver Bullion** (United States)

   

4.39

   

Tahoe Resources, Inc. (United States)

   

4.26

   

Royal Gold, Inc. (United States)

   

4.17

   

Barrick Gold Corporation (Canada)

   

4.05

   

Total

   

62.39

   

*  Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

**The Fund invests in gold and precious metals through investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). Gold Bullion and commodities include the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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First Eagle Gold Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 70.92%

     

International Common Stocks — 57.80%

     

Africa — 4.03%

     
  582,677    

Randgold Resources Limited, ADR

 

$

9,514,908

   

$

51,700,930

   

Australia — 6.28%

     
  4,688,004    

Newcrest Mining Limited

   

113,771,023

     

80,452,655

   
1,000,000
  St. Augustine Gold and
Copper Limited (a)(b)
  389,465
  48,460
 
     

114,160,488

     

80,501,115

   

Canada — 34.96%

     
  1,016,861    

Franco-Nevada Corporation

   

22,125,313

     

66,555,004

   
  3,715,245    

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

91,988,621

     

56,471,724

   
  2,949,275    

Barrick Gold Corporation

   

68,976,281

     

51,877,747

   
  1,000,387    

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

   

31,899,223

     

50,806,205

   
  9,407,331    

New Gold, Inc. (a)

   

22,269,492

     

37,101,902

   
  1,704,760    

Detour Gold Corporation (a)

   

30,715,585

     

32,498,854

   
  1,999,467    

MAG Silver Corporation (a)

   

17,192,189

     

29,336,845

   
  2,741,097    

Osisko Gold Royalties Limited

   

33,029,315

     

28,855,804

   
  7,700,300    

B2Gold Corporation (a)

   

10,477,836

     

22,274,781

   
  6,443,257    

Eldorado Gold Corporation (a)

   

64,771,164

     

20,319,822

   
  3,629,791    

IAMGOLD Corporation (a)

   

6,779,183

     

14,532,154

   
  2,566,285    

Novagold Resources, Inc. (a)

   

15,174,637

     

12,831,425

   
  5,093,970    

Dundee Precious Metals, Inc. (a)

   

9,291,866

     

10,405,933

   
  2,324,836    

Kinross Gold Corporation (a)

   

15,523,579

     

8,973,867

   
  1,192,200    

Newmarket Gold, Inc. (a)

   

3,310,063

     

3,519,803

   
  1,538,000    

Primero Mining Corporation (a)

   

7,017,284

     

2,075,434

   
     

450,541,631

     

448,437,304

   

Mexico — 9.69%

     
  4,074,782    

Fresnillo PLC

   

15,877,335

     

81,795,591

   
  1,756,596    

Industrias Peñoles S.A.B. de C.V.

   

12,615,547

     

42,495,292

   
     

28,492,882

     

124,290,883

   

South Africa — 2.84%

     
  1,840,964    

AngloGold Ashanti Limited, ADR (a)

   

40,356,620

     

25,294,846

   
  2,681,635    

Gold Fields Limited, ADR

   

11,637,005

     

11,128,785

   
     

51,993,625

     

36,423,631

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

654,703,534

     

741,353,863

   

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Shares

 

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 13.12%

     

Materials — 13.12%

     
 

1,623,421

   

Newmont Mining Corporation

 

$

56,199,224

   

$

60,131,514

   
 

4,552,854

   

Tahoe Resources, Inc. (b)

   

50,908,424

     

54,581,296

   
 

776,972

   

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

13,980,337

     

53,471,213

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

121,087,985

     

168,184,023

   

Total Common Stocks

   

775,791,519

     

909,537,886

   

Investment Company — 0.00*%

     
10,969
  State Street Institutional U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Premier Class
  10,969
  10,969
 

Warrant — 0.01%

     

Canada — 0.01%

     
 

59,602

    Osisko Gold Royalties Limited,
Warrant expire 02/26/19 (a)
  81,620
  128,864
 

Ounces

             

Commodities — 22.98%

     
 

186,504

   

Gold bullion (a)

   

143,236,170

     

238,385,781

   
 

3,149,995

   

Silver bullion (a)

   

58,487,088

     

56,375,450

   

Total Commodities

   

201,723,258

     

294,761,231

   

Principal

             

International Convertible Bonds — 1.36%

     

Canada — 1.36%

     
15,000,000
USD
  Detour Gold Corporation
5.50% due 11/30/17 (d)(e)
  15,000,000
  15,412,500
 
2,500,000
USD
  Primero Mining Corporation
5.75% due 02/28/20 (c)(f)
  2,181,401
  2,014,500
 

Total International Convertible Bonds

   

17,181,401

     

17,427,000

   

International Commercial Paper — 4.90%

     

Italy — 1.42%

     
18,144,000
USD
  Eni S.p.A.
0.64% due 11/01/16
  18,144,000
  18,143,669
 

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Shares

 

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Commercial Paper — 4.90% (continued)

     

Japan — 3.48%

     
36,554,000
USD
  Hitachi Limited
0.60% due 11/01/16
 

$

36,554,000
 

$

36,553,274
 
8,123,000
USD
  Mitsui & Company Limited
0.59% due 11/01/16
  8,123,000
  8,122,852
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

62,821,000

     

62,819,795

   

Total Investments — 100.17% (Cost: $1,057,609,767)

       

1,284,685,745

   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.17)%

       

(2,117,426

)

 

Net Assets — 100.00%

     

$

1,282,568,319

   

*  Less than 0.01%

(a)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(b)  Represents a security registered under Regulation D. Regulation D provides exemptions for small companies to offer and sell their securities without having to register the securities under the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)  All or a portion of the security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Rule 144A securities may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

(d)  This security is convertible until November 30, 2017.

(e)  Securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, representing $15,412,500 or 1.20% of net assets.

(f)  This security is convertible until February 28, 2020.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $1,131,527,327. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

393,660,147

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(240,501,729

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

153,158,418

   

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

ADR  — American Depositary Receipt

PLC  — Public Limited Company

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currency

USD  — United States Dollar

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 
International Common Stocks
Materials
   

57.80

%

 

Total International Common Stocks

   

57.80

   
U.S. Common Stocks
Materials
   

13.12

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

13.12

   

Investment Company

   

0.00

*

 

Warrant

   

0.01

   

Commodities

   

22.98

   
International Convertible Bonds
Materials
   

1.36

   

Total International Convertible Bonds

   

1.36

   

International Commercial Paper

   

4.90

   

Total Investments

   

100.17

%

 

*  Less than 0.01%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund seeks current income generation and long-term growth of capital. Fundamental research drives the identification of income-producing investment opportunities across all market environments.

Average Annual Returns^ (%)

         

One-Year

  Since
Inception
(05/01/12)
 

First Eagle Global Income Builder

 

Class A

 

without sales load

   

5.76

     

5.80

   
       

with sales load

   

0.51

     

4.60

   

Composite Index

           

2.59

     

6.19

   

MSCI World Index

           

1.18

     

8.23

   

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

           

4.37

     

2.70

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Countries** (%)

United States

   

43.41

   

France

   

8.30

   

Canada

   

6.22

   

United Kingdom

   

4.59

   

Hong Kong

   

4.57

   

Japan

   

3.75

   

Singapore

   

2.61

   

Bermuda

   

2.54

   

Germany

   

2.34

   

Netherlands

   

1.93

   

Switzerland

   

1.67

   

Mexico

   

1.47

   

Australia

   

1.40

   

Austria

   

0.83

   

Norway

   

0.77

   

Belgium

   

0.71

   

Sweden

   

0.61

   

Chile

   

0.59

   

South Korea

   

0.54

   

Thailand

   

0.46

   

Denmark

   

0.35

   

New Zealand

   

0.33

   

Russia

   

0.24

   

Ireland

   

0.21

   

Brazil

   

0.20

   

Poland

   

0.11

   

Israel

   

0.09

   

Romania

   

0.09

   

^  Performance figures reflect certain fee waivers and/or expense limitations, without which returns may have been lower.

*  Asset Allocation and Countries percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Country allocations reflect country of the issuer (not currency of issue) and exclude short-term investments. Bonds of non-U.S. issuers may be U.S. dollar denominated.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund | Fund Overview

Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

The average annual returns for Class A Shares give effect to the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 5.00%.

Effective March 1, 2016 the Fund is compared against a composite index, 60% of which consists of the MSCI World Index and 40% of which consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund believes this composite index provides a useful comparison against the performance of the Fund, which currently invests in both equity and fixed income securities. The MSCI World Index is a widely followed, unmanaged group of stocks from 23 developed international markets. The index provides total returns in U.S. dollars with net dividends reinvested. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged broad-based benchmark that measure the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Microsoft Corporation (U.S. Systems Software)

   

1.66

   

Gold Bullion (precious metal)

   

1.51

   

Mandarin Oriental International Limited (Hong Kong Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines)

   

1.49

   

Nestlé SA (Swiss Packaged Foods & Meats)

   

1.45

   

Weyerhaeuser Company REIT (U.S. Timber REITs)

   

1.43

   

ACCO Brands Corporation (U.S. Office Supplies & Forms)

   

1.34

   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (U.K. Pharmaceuticals)

   

1.32

   

HeidelbergCement AG (German Construction Materials)

   

1.27

   

Bi-Lo LLC (U.S. Food-Retail)

   

1.26

   

Danone SA (French Packaged Foods & Meats)

   

1.25

   

Total

   

13.98

   

*Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 53.66%

     

International Common Stocks — 38.04%

     

Austria — 0.83%

     
  90,832    

Mayr Melnhof Karton AG

 

$

10,042,057

   

$

10,060,825

   

Belgium — 0.71%

     
  100,327    

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   

8,638,231

     

8,630,100

   

Bermuda — 1.35%

     
  160,000    

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited

   

8,396,815

     

9,745,600

   
  537,434    

Hiscox Limited

   

6,659,513

     

6,716,338

   
     

15,056,328

     

16,461,938

   

Brazil — 0.20%

     
  4,245,517    

Brasil Brokers Participacoes SA (b)

   

5,221,651

     

2,394,088

   

Canada — 3.84%

     
  1,094,626    

TransAlta Renewables, Inc.

   

11,445,462

     

12,086,342

   
  644,005    

Goldcorp, Inc.

   

14,518,484

     

9,788,876

   
  159,945    

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

   

4,155,127

     

8,123,055

   
  348,482    

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc.

   

11,814,061

     

5,673,287

   
  63,658    

Franco-Nevada Corporation

   

2,551,898

     

4,166,507

   
  275,850    

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

   

7,570,286

     

3,983,274

   
  95,933    

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

2,403,325

     

2,878,777

   
     

54,458,643

     

46,700,118

   

Chile — 0.59%

     
  312,465    

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

   

6,593,140

     

6,717,998

   
  200,388    

Quinenco SA

   

413,623

     

490,831

   
     

7,006,763

     

7,208,829

   

Denmark — 0.35%

     
  109,595    

ISS A/S

   

3,464,789

     

4,308,880

   

France — 6.52%

     
  219,363    

Danone SA

   

14,766,930

     

15,190,030

   
  447,428    

Bouygues SA

   

13,438,070

     

14,590,033

   
  152,429    

Sanofi

   

14,870,336

     

11,873,664

   
  299,577    

Carrefour SA

   

8,623,970

     

7,858,127

   
  558,267    

Rexel SA

   

8,269,387

     

7,743,205

   
  168,390    

Cie de Saint-Gobain

   

7,754,204

     

7,476,265

   
  97,219    

Total SA

   

4,800,080

     

4,665,894

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.04% (continued)

     

France — 6.52% (continued)

     
  40,413    

Thermador Groupe

 

$

3,409,425

   

$

3,493,616

   
  91,258    

Neopost SA

   

5,941,904

     

2,762,923

   
  43,918    

Legrand SA

   

2,160,460

     

2,482,384

   
  4,980    

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

736,427

     

905,028

   
  981    

Christian Dior SE

   

155,593

     

189,264

   
     

84,926,786

     

79,230,433

   

Germany — 2.24%

     
  163,286    

HeidelbergCement AG

   

12,287,862

     

15,443,943

   
  942,883    

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

   

4,261,882

     

3,654,762

   
  21,487    

Linde AG

   

2,893,776

     

3,545,180

   
  197,473    

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

   

4,717,771

     

3,145,420

   
  120,109    

SMT Scharf AG (b)

   

3,295,905

     

1,441,117

   
     

27,457,196

     

27,230,422

   

Hong Kong — 4.56%

     
  12,987,500    

Mandarin Oriental International Limited

   

22,128,977

     

18,117,563

   
  3,239,151    

Hopewell Holdings Limited

   

10,983,054

     

11,360,240

   
  4,629,534    

Hang Lung Properties Limited

   

11,596,245

     

10,219,471

   
  1,749,774    

Great Eagle Holdings Limited

   

5,919,319

     

7,772,462

   
  1,193,083    

Hysan Development Company Limited

   

5,499,320

     

5,507,330

   
  3,056,192    

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited

   

1,476,209

     

1,635,370

   
  67,700    

Guoco Group Limited

   

589,955

     

760,316

   
     

58,193,079

     

55,372,752

   

Ireland — 0.21%

     
  77,242    

CRH PLC

   

1,795,585

     

2,499,750

   

Israel — 0.09%

     
  318,065    

Israel Chemicals Limited

   

3,160,135

     

1,132,541

   

Japan — 3.74%

     
  463,800    

KDDI Corporation

   

9,272,975

     

14,116,998

   
  40,300    

Fanuc Corporation

   

5,930,454

     

7,562,735

   
  145,800    

Hoya Corporation

   

3,549,754

     

6,096,434

   
  399,100    

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

   

3,907,071

     

5,934,933

   
  153,700    

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

3,442,413

     

4,988,984

   
  137,600    

Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited

   

2,528,292

     

2,731,138

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.04% (continued)

     

Japan — 3.74% (continued)

     
  61,000    

Weathernews, Inc.

 

$

1,894,879

   

$

1,907,886

   
  213,500    

Dexerials Corporation

   

2,060,879

     

1,718,261

   
  19,600    

Komatsu Limited

   

427,395

     

437,902

   
     

33,014,112

     

45,495,271

   

Mexico — 0.45%

     
  270,387    

Fresnillo PLC

   

4,330,288

     

5,427,644

   

Netherlands — 1.49%

     
  291,766    

Sligro Food Group NV

   

10,728,966

     

10,447,736

   
  38,897    

HAL Trust

   

4,970,303

     

7,685,855

   
     

15,699,269

     

18,133,591

   

New Zealand — 0.33%

     
  1,200,571    

SKY Network Television Limited

   

4,462,958

     

3,966,400

   

Norway — 0.77%

     
  993,802    

Orkla ASA

   

7,859,231

     

9,387,916

   

Romania — 0.09%

     
200,000
  Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale
ROMGAZ SA, GDR (c)(d)
  1,850,000
  1,104,000
 

Russia — 0.24%

     
  687,492    

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

   

5,077,143

     

2,969,965

   

Singapore — 1.78%

     
  10,157,800    

Frasers Commercial Trust, REIT

   

10,283,730

     

9,966,143

   
  24,584,698    

Asian Pay Television Trust

   

15,163,351

     

9,100,535

   
  8,325,700    

Overseas Education Limited

   

5,229,085

     

2,633,106

   
     

30,676,166

     

21,699,784

   

South Korea — 0.54%

     
  65,912    

KT&G Corporation

   

4,912,779

     

6,509,116

   

Sweden — 0.61%

     
  210,953    

Investor AB, Class 'A'

   

6,088,519

     

7,387,436

   

Switzerland — 1.66%

     
  243,184    

Nestlé SA

   

17,068,987

     

17,632,714

   
  4,078    

APG SGA SA

   

1,173,192

     

1,703,030

   
  13,550    

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

   

829,192

     

871,565

   
     

19,071,371

     

20,207,309

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Common Stocks — 38.04% (continued)

     

Thailand — 0.46%

     
  952,800    

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

 

$

5,265,666

   

$

4,342,356

   
  1,762,000    

Thai Beverage PCL

   

512,015

     

1,222,160

   
     

5,777,681

     

5,564,516

   

United Kingdom — 4.39%

     
  812,871    

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

   

19,711,937

     

16,103,341

   
  160,862    

British American Tobacco PLC

   

8,720,206

     

9,237,338

   
  3,095,746    

Mitie Group PLC

   

10,622,845

     

7,980,045

   
  276,043    

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

   

9,150,767

     

7,970,514

   
  203,891    

Diageo PLC

   

5,467,516

     

5,439,220

   
  782,467    

esure Group PLC

   

2,527,920

     

2,604,096

   
  15,942    

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

1,787,756

     

2,007,098

   
  55,225    

Victrex PLC

   

1,188,416

     

1,183,596

   
  651,009    

Brammer PLC

   

1,495,540

     

828,709

   
     

60,672,903

     

53,353,957

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

478,913,663

     

462,437,581

   

U.S. Common Stocks — 15.62%

     

Consumer Discretionary — 1.20%

     
  92,807    

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

7,048,073

     

7,407,855

   
  66,810    

Tiffany & Company

   

4,027,583

     

4,905,190

   
  100,083    

H&R Block, Inc.

   

2,262,066

     

2,298,907

   
     

13,337,722

     

14,611,952

   

Consumer Staples — 0.51%

     
  46,656    

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   

2,612,501

     

3,329,372

   
  40,932    

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   

3,043,050

     

2,866,059

   
     

5,655,551

     

6,195,431

   

Energy — 1.30%

     
  134,653    

ConocoPhillips

   

8,143,037

     

5,850,673

   
  177,210    

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

   

9,493,390

     

5,688,441

   
  356,080    

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

   

6,002,453

     

2,232,621

   
  25,373    

Phillips 66

   

1,996,685

     

2,059,019

   
     

25,635,565

     

15,830,754

   

Financials — 3.02%

     
  581,528    

Weyerhaeuser Company, REIT

   

15,194,856

     

17,405,133

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 15.62% (continued)

     

Financials — 3.02% (continued)

     
  155,799    

BB&T Corporation

 

$

5,504,245

   

$

6,107,321

   
  119,394    

Synchrony Financial

   

3,440,767

     

3,413,474

   
  43,969    

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

   

1,888,063

     

3,112,126

   
  63,500    

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

   

2,315,020

     

2,747,645

   
  40,067    

American Express Company

   

2,239,196

     

2,661,250

   
  29,088    

U.S. Bancorp

   

1,166,481

     

1,301,979

   
     

31,748,628

     

36,748,928

   

Health Care — 0.49%

     
  48,573    

Anthem, Inc.

   

6,294,588

     

5,919,106

   

Industrials — 3.53%

     
  109,299    

Deere & Company

   

8,844,559

     

9,651,102

   
  47,526     3M Company    

5,932,657

     

7,856,048

   
  72,028    

Union Pacific Corporation

   

5,901,724

     

6,351,429

   
  25,361    

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

5,539,276

     

5,278,131

   
  111,960    

Flowserve Corporation

   

4,484,064

     

4,741,506

   
  111,023    

Timken Company

   

4,164,578

     

3,669,310

   
  13,646    

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   

1,446,399

     

3,124,934

   
  8,931    

Lockheed Martin Corporation

   

770,946

     

2,200,420

   
     

37,084,203

     

42,872,880

   

Information Technology — 4.59%

     
  336,175    

Microsoft Corporation

   

10,783,452

     

20,143,606

   
  219,609    

Xilinx, Inc.

   

9,018,972

     

11,171,510

   
  255,663    

Oracle Corporation

   

10,774,428

     

9,822,572

   
  127,742    

Linear Technology Corporation

   

4,746,932

     

7,672,185

   
  70,601    

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

3,327,464

     

5,002,081

   
  23,240    

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

1,181,513

     

2,023,274

   
     

39,832,761

     

55,835,228

   

Materials — 0.49%

     
  27,686    

Praxair, Inc.

   

2,859,576

     

3,240,923

   
  38,328    

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

1,879,386

     

2,637,733

   
     

4,738,962

     

5,878,656

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 15.62% (continued)

     

Utilities — 0.49%

     
  127,584    

UGI Corporation

 

$

4,234,335

   

$

5,905,863

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

168,562,315

     

189,798,798

   

Total Common Stocks

   

647,475,978

     

652,236,379

   

U.S. Preferred Stocks — 0.15%

     

Financials — 0.15%

     
  67,936    

MetLife, Inc., Series 'A'

   

1,637,203

     

1,719,460

   
4,712
  General American Investors Company, Inc.,
Series 'B'
  122,920
  125,198
 

Total U.S. Preferred Stocks

   

1,760,123

     

1,844,658

   

Investment Company — 0.00*%

     
18,514
  State Street Institutional U.S. Government
Money Market Fund, Premier Class
  18,514
  18,514
 
Ounces              

Commodity — 1.51%

     
  14,342    

Gold bullion (b)

   

18,411,922

     

18,332,303

   
Principal              

Bonds — 33.60%

     

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 24.22%

     

$

15,438,000
  ACCO Brands Corporation
6.75% due 04/30/20
  15,727,391
  16,248,495
 
2,281,000
  American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.25% due 03/15/21
  2,325,178
  2,372,240
 
4,392,000
  American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.625% due 10/15/22
  4,459,114
  4,633,560
 
1,076,000
  Aramark Services, Inc.
4.75% due 06/01/26 (c)
  1,076,000
  1,076,000
 
5,970,000
  Aramark Services, Inc.
5.125% due 01/15/24 (c)
  6,143,880
  6,253,575
 
17,718,000
  Bi-Lo LLC
9.25% due 02/15/19 (c)
  17,551,830
  15,370,365
 
2,941,000
  Centene Corporation
4.75% due 01/15/25 (e)
  2,941,000
  2,928,133
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 24.22% (continued)

     

$

6,624,000
  CenturyLink, Inc. Series 'W'
6.75% due 12/01/23
 

$

6,711,676
 

$

6,806,160
 
2,306,000
  Charter Communications Operating LLC
4.464% due 07/23/22 (c)
  2,431,540
  2,456,300
 
3,845,000
  Charter Communications Operating LLC
4.908% due 07/23/25 (c)
  4,116,659
  4,147,029
 
13,847,000
  Citgo Petroleum Corporation
6.25% due 08/15/22 (c)
  13,703,496
  14,158,557
 
8,817,000
  Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
12.00% due 11/01/21
  7,610,542
  8,927,212
 
3,225,000
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.875% due 10/15/21
  3,207,072
  3,200,813
 
5,903,000
  Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.
6.00% due 12/15/20
  4,566,352
  6,006,302
 
2,859,000
  DCP Midstream LLC
4.75% due 09/30/21 (c)
  2,167,271
  2,923,328
 
8,902,000
  DCP Midstream LLC
5.35% due 03/15/20 (c)
  8,381,624
  9,169,060
 
1,545,000
  DCP Midstream LLC
6.45% due 11/03/36 (c)
  1,212,234
  1,606,800
 
1,610,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
3.48% due 06/01/19 (c)
  1,620,013
  1,651,858
 
4,220,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
4.42% due 06/15/21 (c)
  4,297,201
  4,412,884
 
5,103,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
6.02% due 06/15/26 (c)
  5,120,149
  5,562,551
 
6,633,000
  Dollar Tree, Inc.
5.75% due 03/01/23
  6,862,331
  7,064,145
 
13,351,000
  Frontier Communications Corporation
8.875% due 09/15/20
  13,358,944
  14,185,437
 
13,340,000
  GameStop Corporation
5.50% due 10/01/19 (c)
  13,303,002
  13,706,850
 
7,033,000
  Harland Clarke Holdings Corporation
9.75% due 08/01/18 (c)
  6,931,603
  7,191,242
 
10,250,000
  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
5.00% due 12/15/21 (c)
  10,624,876
  10,736,875
 
10,530,000
  KLX, Inc.
5.875% due 12/01/22 (c)
  10,483,663
  10,716,381
 
2,309,000
  LifePoint Health, Inc.
5.375% due 05/01/24 (c)
  2,314,435
  2,294,684
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 24.22% (continued)

     

$

3,390,000
  LifePoint Health, Inc.
5.875% due 12/01/23
 

$

3,472,789
 

$

3,440,850
 
3,292,000
  Parker Drilling Company
6.75% due 07/15/22
  3,007,431
  2,617,140
 
8,542,000
  Plantronics, Inc.
5.50% due 05/31/23 (c)
  8,546,287
  8,691,485
 
3,500,000
  Post Holdings, Inc.
6.75% due 12/01/21 (c)
  3,574,598
  3,745,000
 
6,321,000
  Quintiles IMS, Inc.
4.875% due 05/15/23 (c)
  6,379,642
  6,518,531
 
1,520,000
  Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.75% due 07/15/25
  1,520,000
  1,645,400
 
13,774,000
  Sprint Capital Corporation
6.90% due 05/01/19
  10,859,608
  14,497,135
 
6,339,000
  Sprint Communications, Inc.
6.00% due 12/01/16
  6,338,654
  6,346,924
 
4,616,000
  Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
5.875% due 04/15/23 (c)
  4,629,899
  4,869,880
 
743,000
  Toys R Us Property Company II LLC
8.50% due 12/01/17
  736,047
  743,000
 
2,710,000
  Veritas US, Inc.
7.50% due 02/01/23 (c)
  2,538,202
  2,588,050
 
7,389,000
  Vista Outdoor, Inc.
5.875% due 10/01/23
  7,423,755
  7,759,189
 
10,940,000
  Vulcan Materials Company
4.50% due 04/01/25
  11,210,390
  11,746,825
 
4,350,000
  Wachovia Capital Trust III
5.57% due 12/01/16 (f)(g)
  4,344,564
  4,355,438
 
4,695,000
  WESCO Distribution, Inc.
5.375% due 12/15/21
  4,819,806
  4,794,769
 
2,693,000
  WESCO Distribution, Inc.
5.375% due 06/15/24 (c)
  2,696,817
  2,723,970
 
6,868,000
  Western Digital Corporation
7.375% due 04/01/23 (c)
  6,990,078
  7,511,875
 
4,356,000
  Western Digital Corporation
10.50% due 04/01/24 (c)
  4,369,293
  5,031,180
 
8,354,000
  Zebra Technologies Corporation
7.25% due 10/15/22
  8,945,519
  9,001,435
 

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

281,652,455

     

294,434,912

   

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Bonds — 9.38%

     

International Corporate Bonds — 7.43%

     

Australia — 1.40%

     
2,795,000
USD
  Ausdrill Finance PTY Limited
6.875% due 11/01/19 (c)
 

$

2,675,116
 

$

2,829,937
 
13,933,000
USD
  Nufarm Australia Limited
6.375% due 10/15/19 (c)
  14,175,050
  14,211,660
 
     

16,850,166

     

17,041,597

   

Bermuda — 1.18%

     
891,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
4.625% due 12/15/18
  891,000
  928,868
 
4,919,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
5.50% due 02/15/22
  5,038,278
  5,275,627
 
4,859,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
6.25% due 12/01/19
  5,074,752
  5,290,236
 
2,525,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
7.625% due 04/15/20
  2,644,232
  2,872,188
 
     

13,648,262

     

14,366,919

   

Canada — 2.36%

     
6,476,000
USD
  New Gold, Inc.
6.25% due 11/15/22 (c)
  6,032,996
  6,540,760
 
500,000
USD
  New Gold, Inc.
7.00% due 04/15/20 (c)
  504,937
  515,000
 
7,627,000
USD
  Open Text Corporation
5.625% due 01/15/23 (c)
  7,630,146
  7,898,674
 
4,844,000
USD
  Open Text Corporation
5.875% due 06/01/26 (c)
  4,864,635
  5,158,860
 
8,484,000
USD
  Precision Drilling Corporation
6.50% due 12/15/21
  8,435,321
  8,197,665
 
400,000
USD
  Precision Drilling Corporation
6.625% due 11/15/20
  400,363
  389,500
 
     

27,868,398

     

28,700,459

   

France — 1.77%

     
10,427,000
USD
  Rexel SA
5.25% due 06/15/20 (c)
  10,503,783
  10,765,877
 
10,468,000
USD
  SFR Group SA
6.00% due 05/15/22 (c)
  10,494,848
  10,733,050
 
     

20,998,631

     

21,498,927

   

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Corporate Bonds — 7.43% (continued)

     

Germany — 0.09%

     
1,099,000
USD
  IHO Verwaltungs GmbH
4.50% due 09/15/23 (a)(c)
 

$

1,099,000
 

$

1,112,738
 

Netherlands — 0.44%

     
4,847,000
USD
  NXP BV
4.625% due 06/01/23 (c)
  4,899,723
  5,307,465
 

United Kingdom — 0.19%

     
2,210,000
USD
  Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
5.625% due 02/01/23 (c)
  2,199,266
  2,286,289
 

Total International Corporate Bonds

   

87,563,446

     

90,314,394

   

International Government Bonds — 1.95%

     

Mexico — 1.02%

     
129,730,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
4.75% due 06/14/18
  8,512,925
  6,791,130
 
103,280,000
MXN
  Mexican Bonos
6.50% due 06/10/21
  5,745,359
  5,584,732
 
     

14,258,284

     

12,375,862

   

Poland — 0.11%

     
4,978,000
PLN
  Poland Government Bond
3.25% due 07/25/19
  1,304,031
  1,312,655
 

Singapore — 0.82%

     
12,124,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
2.375% due 04/01/17
  9,171,781
  8,770,683
 
1,568,000
SGD
  Singapore Government Bond
3.25% due 09/01/20
  1,233,166
  1,215,742
 
     

10,404,947

     

9,986,425

   

Total International Government Bonds

   

25,967,262

     

23,674,942

   

Total International Bonds

   

113,530,708

     

113,989,336

   

Total Bonds

   

395,183,163

     

408,424,248

   

Bank Loans — 1.81%

     

United States — 1.81%

     
6,778,000
USD
  Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC, Second Lien
Term Loan
8.75% due 04/15/20
  6,690,652

  5,015,720

 
7,070,803
USD
  Libbey Glass, Inc., Term Loan B
3.75% due 04/09/21
  7,069,490
  7,097,319
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Bank Loans — 1.81% (continued)

     

United States — 1.81% (continued)

     
6,367,382
USD
  OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., Exit Term Loan
5.25% due 08/05/19
 

$

6,353,815
 

$

6,311,667
 
6,049,245
USD
  Osum Productions Corporation
6.50% due 07/28/20
  5,947,620
  3,629,547
 

Total Bank Loans

   

26,061,577

     

22,054,253

   

International Commercial Paper — 9.05%

     

Italy — 2.61%

     
31,758,000
USD
  Eni S.p.A.
0.64% due 11/01/16
  31,758,000
  31,757,419
 

Japan — 6.44%

     
63,983,000
USD
  Hitachi Limited
0.60% due 11/01/16
  63,983,000
  63,981,729
 
14,219,000
USD
  Mitsui & Company Limited
0.59% due 11/01/16
  14,219,000
  14,218,742
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

109,960,000

     

109,957,890

   

Total Investments — 99.78% (Cost: $1,198,871,277)

       

1,212,868,245

   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.22%

       

2,646,941

   

Net Assets — 100.00%

     

$

1,215,515,186

   

*  Less than 0.01%

(a)  Payment-in-kind security.

(b)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(c)  All or a portion of the security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Rule 144A securities may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

(d)  Securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, representing $1,104,000 or 0.09% of net assets.

(e)  When-Issued security.

(f)  Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

(g)  Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect at October 31, 2016.

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At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $1,201,662,267. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

95,477,513

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(84,271,535

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

11,205,978

   

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

ADR  — American Depositary Receipt

AG  — Aktien Gesellschaft

A/S  — Aktieselskab

ASA  — Norwegian Public Limited Company

GDR  — Global Depositary Receipt

NVDR  — Non-Voting Depository Receipt

PCL  — Public Company Limited

PJSC  — Public Joint Stock Company

PLC  — Public Limited Company

REIT  — Real Estate Investment Trust

SA  — Société Anonyme

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currencies

MXN  — Mexican Peso

PLN  — Polish Zloty

SGD  — Singapore Dollar

USD  — United States Dollar

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Sales

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Delivered
  U.S. $
To be Received
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

11/16/16

   

5,455,000

   

Euro

 

$

6,250,693

   

$

5,991,556

   

$

259,137

   

$

   

12/14/16

   

3,672,000

   

Euro

   

4,085,306

     

4,038,414

     

46,892

     

   

01/18/17

   

4,396,000

   

Euro

   

4,946,181

     

4,843,204

     

102,977

     

   

02/15/17

   

3,790,000

   

Euro

   

4,286,244

     

4,180,894

     

105,350

     

   

03/15/17

   

3,303,000

   

Euro

   

3,668,312

     

3,648,355

     

19,957

     

   

01/18/17

   

3,078,000

   

British Pound

   

3,912,646

     

3,774,507

     

138,139

     

   

11/16/16

   

189,410,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

1,823,656

     

1,806,964

     

16,692

     

   

12/14/16

   

204,303,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

2,042,382

     

1,951,319

     

91,063

     

   

01/18/17

   

187,975,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

1,868,130

     

1,798,370

     

69,760

     

   

02/15/17

   

225,946,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

2,247,976

     

2,164,164

     

83,812

     

   

03/15/17

   

121,460,000

   

Japanese Yen

   

1,175,753

     

1,164,841

     

10,912

     

   
           

$

36,307,279

   

$

35,362,588

   

$

944,691

   

$

   

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Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Purchases

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Received
  U.S. $
To be Delivered
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

11/16/16

   

1,240,000

   

Euro

 

$

1,404,870

   

$

1,361,967

   

$

   

$

(42,903

)

 

 

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

International Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

3.74

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

7.38

   

Energy

   

1.28

   

Financials

   

6.87

   

Health Care

   

3.29

   

Industrials

   

7.14

   

Information Technology

   

0.37

   

Materials

   

5.52

   

Telecommunication Services

   

1.46

   

Utilities

   

0.99

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

38.04

   

U.S. Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

1.20

   

Consumer Staples

   

0.51

   

Energy

   

1.30

   

Financials

   

3.02

   

Health Care

   

0.49

   

Industrials

   

3.53

   

Information Technology

   

4.59

   

Materials

   

0.49

   

Utilities

   

0.49

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

15.62

   

U.S. Preferred Stocks

 

Financials

   

0.15

   

Total U.S. Preferred Stocks

   

0.15

   

Investment Company

   

0.00

*

 

Commodity

   

1.51

   

U.S. Corporate Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

4.36

   

Consumer Staples

   

2.29

   

Energy

   

3.73

   

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings (continued)

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

Financials

   

0.36

%

 

Health Care

   

0.71

   

Industrials

   

4.74

   

Information Technology

   

3.33

   

Telecommunication Services

   

4.70

   

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

24.22

   

International Corporate Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

0.28

   

Energy

   

0.71

   

Financials

   

1.41

   

Industrials

   

0.89

   

Information Technology

   

1.51

   

Materials

   

1.75

   

Telecommunication Services

   

0.88

   

Total International Corporate Bonds

   

7.43

   

International Government Bonds

 

Government Issues

   

1.95

   

Total International Government Bonds

   

1.95

   

Bank Loans

   

1.81

   

International Commercial Paper

   

9.05

   

Total Investments

   

99.78

%

 

*Less than 0.01%

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle High Yield Fund

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

First Eagle High Yield Fund seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income. To pursue this objective, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in high yield, below investment-grade instruments.

Average Annual Returns^ (%)

     

One-Year

 

Five-Years

  Since
Inception
(11/19/07)
 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 

Class I

   

8.54

     

5.75

     

8.93

   

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index

       

10.14

     

7.17

     

8.06

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Countries** (%)

United States

   

71.56

   

Canada

   

5.35

   

United Kingdom

   

3.08

   

Australia

   

2.15

   

Netherlands

   

2.08

   

France

   

1.89

   

Bermuda

   

1.35

   

Ireland

   

0.23

   

Germany

   

0.09

   

^  Performance figures reflect certain fee waivers and/or expense limitations, without which returns may have been lower.

*  Asset Allocation and Countries percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Country allocations reflect country of the issuer (not currency of issue) and exclude short-term investments. Bonds of non-U.S. issuers may be U.S. dollar denominated.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. The average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and are net of expenses.

Class I Shares require $1 million minimum investment and are offered without a sales charge. Performance information is for Class I Shares and assumes all distributions have been reinvested and if a sales charge was included values would be lower. Had fees not been waived and/or expenses reimbursed, the performance would have been lower.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index is composed of fixed-rate, publicly issued, non-investment grade debt and is unmanaged, with dividends reinvested. The index includes both corporate and non-corporate sectors. The corporate sectors are Industrial, Utility, and Finance, which include both U.S. and non-U.S. corporations. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

Bi-Lo LLC, Senior Unsecured (Food-Retail)

   

1.77

   

ACCO Brands Corporation (Office Supplies & Forms)

   

1.73

   

Bi-Lo LLC, Senior Secured (Food-Retail)

   

1.64

   

Open Text Corporation (Enterprise Software)

   

1.50

   

Antero Resources Corporation (Oil Company-Exploration & Production)

   

1.49

   

HCA, Inc. (Medical-Hospitals)

   

1.48

   

EnQuest PLC (Oil Company-Exploration & Production)

   

1.47

   

Nufarm Australia Limited (Agricultural Chemicals)

   

1.41

   

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC (Coal)

   

1.37

   
Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC Second Lien Term Loan (Oil Company-Exploration &
Production)
   

1.36

   

Total

   

15.22

   

*Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stock — 0.01%

     

Industrials — 0.01%

     
  119,580    

Rex Energy Corporation (a)(b)(d)

 

$

523,967

   

$

54,528

   
Principal              

Bonds — 77.11%

     

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 61.06%

     

$

9,625,000
  ACCO Brands Corporation
6.75% due 04/30/20
  9,732,651
  10,130,312
 
5,314,000
  Alliance One International, Inc.
9.875% due 07/15/21
  4,643,931
  4,437,190
 
2,909,000
  American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.25% due 03/15/21
  2,909,000
  3,025,360
 
3,278,000
  American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.625% due 10/15/22
  3,304,231
  3,458,290
 
6,161,000
  AMN Healthcare, Inc.
5.125% due 10/01/24 (e)
  6,196,131
  6,253,415
 
2,259,000
  Antero Resources Corporation
5.375% due 11/01/21
  2,273,747
  2,292,885
 
8,582,000
  Antero Resources Corporation
5.625% due 06/01/23
  8,586,688
  8,753,640
 
1,556,000
  Aramark Services, Inc.
4.75% due 06/01/26 (e)
  1,570,641
  1,556,000
 
3,003,000
  Aramark Services, Inc.
5.125% due 01/15/24 (e)
  3,090,074
  3,145,643
 
5,156,000
  Ashtead Capital, Inc.
6.50% due 07/15/22 (e)
  5,362,365
  5,407,355
 
16,523,000
  Bi-Lo LLC
8.625% due 09/15/18 (e)(f)
  15,365,381
  10,409,490
 
11,088,000
  Bi-Lo LLC
9.25% due 02/15/19 (e)
  11,149,488
  9,618,840
 
2,669,000
  California Resources Corporation
8.00% due 12/15/22 (e)
  717,388
  1,801,575
 
5,341,000
  CCO Holdings LLC
6.625% due 01/31/22
  5,502,296
  5,567,993
 
3,271,000
  Centene Corporation
4.75% due 05/15/22
  3,327,666
  3,320,065
 
4,123,000
  Centene Corporation
5.625% due 02/15/21
  4,248,929
  4,325,068
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 61.06% (continued)

     

$

3,984,000
  CenturyLink, Inc. Series 'S'
6.45% due 06/15/21
 

$

4,103,698
 

$

4,252,920
 
4,968,000
  CenturyLink, Inc. Series 'W'
6.75% due 12/01/23
  5,012,593
  5,104,620
 
465,000
  Charter Communications Operating LLC
4.908% due 07/23/25 (e)
  465,000
  501,526
 
6,175,000
  Chemtura Corporation
5.75% due 07/15/21
  6,195,411
  6,433,578
 
6,799,000
  Citgo Petroleum Corporation
6.25% due 08/15/22 (e)
  6,721,731
  6,951,977
 
7,953,000
  Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
12.00% due 11/01/21
  6,675,550
  8,052,412
 
1,559,000
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.875% due 10/15/21
  1,550,333
  1,547,308
 
6,244,000
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC
6.25% due 11/01/16
  6,244,000
  6,244,000
 
600,000
  Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.
6.00% due 12/15/20
  580,076
  610,500
 
6,755,000
  Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.
6.125% due 03/01/22
  6,856,974
  6,906,987
 
3,692,000
  Crown Americas LLC
4.50% due 01/15/23
  3,782,333
  3,784,300
 
4,372,000
  DaVita, Inc.
5.00% due 05/01/25
  4,388,418
  4,218,980
 
6,386,000
  DCP Midstream LLC
4.75% due 09/30/21 (e)
  4,623,435
  6,529,685
 
835,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
3.48% due 06/01/19 (e)
  840,193
  856,709
 
3,670,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
4.42% due 06/15/21 (e)
  3,780,134
  3,837,745
 
2,787,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
6.02% due 06/15/26 (e)
  2,795,491
  3,037,983
 
4,740,000
  Diamond 1 Finance Corporation
7.125% due 06/15/24 (e)
  4,914,786
  5,192,457
 
4,533,000
  Dollar Tree, Inc.
5.75% due 03/01/23
  4,770,041
  4,827,645
 
3,031,021
  EP Energy LLC
9.375% due 05/01/20
  2,691,118
  2,379,351
 
3,790,000
  Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.
5.625% due 07/31/19 (e)
  4,145,111
  4,102,675
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 61.06% (continued)

     

$

1,036,000
  Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.
6.50% due 09/15/18 (e)
 

$

1,125,819
 

$

1,116,290
 
1,376,000
  Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc.
6.875% due 07/15/17
  1,428,360
  1,417,280
 
2,894,000
  Frontier Communications Corporation
7.125% due 03/15/19
  2,970,348
  3,096,580
 
5,421,000
  Frontier Communications Corporation
8.50% due 04/15/20
  5,913,103
  5,786,917
 
1,835,000
  Frontier Communications Corporation
8.875% due 09/15/20
  1,853,192
  1,949,688
 
7,251,000
  GameStop Corporation
5.50% due 10/01/19 (e)
  7,241,442
  7,450,402
 
3,244,000
  Genesis Energy L.P.
6.00% due 05/15/23
  3,244,000
  3,252,110
 
6,986,000
  Global Partners L.P.
6.25% due 07/15/22
  7,039,124
  6,671,630
 
5,864,000
  Harland Clarke Holdings Corporation
6.875% due 03/01/20 (e)
  5,874,399
  5,614,780
 
3,062,000
  Harland Clarke Holdings Corporation
9.75% due 08/01/18 (e)
  3,021,757
  3,130,895
 
8,500,000
  HCA, Inc.
3.75% due 03/15/19
  8,621,440
  8,691,250
 
940,000
  HCA, Inc.
4.50% due 02/15/27
  940,000
  928,250
 
3,349,000
  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
5.00% due 12/15/21 (e)
  3,505,671
  3,508,078
 
7,070,000
  International Lease Finance Corporation
8.75% due 03/15/17
  7,258,411
  7,245,619
 
2,000,000
  International Lease Finance Corporation
8.875% due 09/01/17
  2,118,062
  2,107,500
 
6,567,000
  Kemet Corporation
10.50% due 05/01/18
  6,564,577
  6,583,417
 
3,845,000
  KFC Holding Company
5.00% due 06/01/24 (e)
  3,960,869
  3,998,800
 
4,583,000
  KLX, Inc.
5.875% due 12/01/22 (e)
  4,585,653
  4,664,119
 
5,080,000
  LifePoint Health, Inc.
5.375% due 05/01/24 (e)
  5,082,705
  5,048,504
 
5,327,000
  Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation
6.625% due 07/15/21
  5,309,602
  4,634,490
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 61.06% (continued)

     

$

4,841,000
  Men's Wearhouse, Inc.
7.00% due 07/01/22
 

$

4,388,267
 

$

4,465,823
 
470,000
  MGIC Investment Corporation
5.75% due 08/15/23
  470,000
  495,850
 
233,000
  MPT Operating Partnership L.P.
5.25% due 08/01/26
  233,000
  237,660
 
5,736,000
  NGL Energy Partners L.P.
7.50% due 11/01/23 (e)
  5,736,000
  5,750,340
 
4,048,000
  Parker Drilling Company
6.75% due 07/15/22
  4,111,101
  3,218,160
 
134,000
  Parker Drilling Company
7.50% due 08/01/20
  134,000
  110,215
 
3,674,000
  Plantronics, Inc.
5.50% due 05/31/23 (e)
  3,683,077
  3,738,295
 
980,000
  Post Holdings, Inc.
6.75% due 12/01/21 (e)
  987,359
  1,048,600
 
2,467,000
  Quintiles IMS, Inc.
4.875% due 05/15/23 (e)
  2,507,041
  2,544,094
 
800,000
  Quintiles IMS, Inc.
5.00% due 10/15/26 (e)
  800,000
  827,000
 
5,386,000
  Radio Systems Corporation
8.375% due 11/01/19 (e)
  5,419,930
  5,621,637
 
7,001,000
  Rex Energy Corporation
1.00% due 10/01/20 (g)
  7,173,499
  3,763,038
 
5,130,000
  Shea Homes L.P.
5.875% due 04/01/23 (e)
  5,257,229
  5,040,225
 
4,720,000
  Silgan Holdings, Inc.
5.50% due 02/01/22
  4,701,067
  4,897,000
 
3,968,000
  Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.75% due 07/15/25
  4,034,944
  4,295,360
 
6,349,000
  Sprint Capital Corporation
6.90% due 05/01/19
  5,012,830
  6,682,322
 
4,529,000
  Sprint Communications, Inc.
6.00% due 12/01/16
  4,530,923
  4,534,661
 
7,500,000
  Sprint Communications, Inc.
7.00% due 08/15/20
  7,716,497
  7,800,000
 
3,228,000
  Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
5.875% due 04/15/23 (e)
  3,237,713
  3,405,540
 
4,833,000
  Time, Inc.
5.75% due 04/15/22 (e)
  4,833,000
  4,651,763
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Corporate Bonds — 61.06% (continued)

     

$

1,710,000
  Toys R Us Property Company II LLC
8.50% due 12/01/17
 

$

1,705,479
 

$

1,710,000
 
233,000
  Valvoline, Inc.
5.50% due 07/15/24 (e)
  233,000
  245,815
 
1,275,000
  Veritas US, Inc.
7.50% due 02/01/23 (e)
  1,194,173
  1,217,625
 
4,887,000
  Vista Outdoor, Inc.
5.875% due 10/01/23
  4,909,985
  5,131,839
 
2,254,000
  Vizient, Inc.
10.375% due 03/01/24 (e)
  2,254,000
  2,513,210
 
2,073,000
  Wachovia Capital Trust III
5.57% due 12/01/16 (c)(h)
  2,070,409
  2,075,591
 
4,523,000
  WESCO Distribution, Inc.
5.375% due 12/15/21
  4,668,126
  4,619,114
 
1,377,000
  WESCO Distribution, Inc.
5.375% due 06/15/24 (e)
  1,378,945
  1,392,836
 
3,386,000
  Western Digital Corporation
7.375% due 04/01/23 (e)
  3,446,152
  3,703,438
 
2,142,000
  Western Digital Corporation
10.50% due 04/01/24 (e)
  2,148,543
  2,474,010
 
4,269,000
  Zebra Technologies Corporation
7.25% due 10/15/22
  4,570,952
  4,599,848
 

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

360,322,808

     

358,583,987

   

International Corporate Bonds — 16.05%

     

Australia — 2.12%

     
4,114,000
USD
  Ausdrill Finance PTY Limited
6.875% due 11/01/19 (e)
  3,693,716
  4,165,425
 
8,149,000
USD
  Nufarm Australia Limited
6.375% due 10/15/19 (e)
  8,261,918
  8,311,980
 
     

11,955,634

     

12,477,405

   

Bermuda — 1.33%

     
1,707,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
4.625% due 12/15/18
  1,707,000
  1,779,548
 
900,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
6.75% due 04/15/17
  912,519
  918,000
 
4,515,000
USD
  Aircastle Limited
7.625% due 04/15/20
  4,628,257
  5,135,812
 
     

7,247,776

     

7,833,360

   

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Corporate Bonds — 16.05% (continued)

     

Canada — 5.30%

     
8,240,000
USD
  Jupiter Resources, Inc.
8.50% due 10/01/22 (e)
 

$

7,962,816
 

$

6,756,800
 
5,338,000
USD
  New Gold, Inc.
6.25% due 11/15/22 (e)
  5,255,285
  5,391,380
 
1,974,000
USD
  New Gold, Inc.
7.00% due 04/15/20 (e)
  1,984,096
  2,033,220
 
8,500,000
USD
  Open Text Corporation
5.625% due 01/15/23 (e)
  8,553,418
  8,802,770
 
2,493,000
USD
  Open Text Corporation
5.875% due 06/01/26 (e)
  2,503,595
  2,655,045
 
5,684,000
USD
  Precision Drilling Corporation
6.50% due 12/15/21
  5,740,427
  5,492,165
 
     

31,999,637

     

31,131,380

   

France — 1.87%

     
4,900,000
USD
  Rexel SA
5.25% due 06/15/20 (e)
  4,879,319
  5,059,250
 
5,769,000
USD
  SFR Group SA
6.00% due 05/15/22 (e)
  5,809,853
  5,915,071
 
     

10,689,172

     

10,974,321

   

Germany — 0.09%

     
526,000
USD
  IHO Verwaltungs GmbH
4.50% due 09/15/23 (e)(f)
  526,000
  532,575
 

Ireland — 0.23%

     
1,000,000
USD
  Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC 144A
4.067% due 05/15/21 (c)(e)
  995,420
  1,020,000
 
300,000
USD
  Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC 144A
4.625% due 05/15/23 (e)
  300,000
  303,000
 
     

1,295,420

     

1,323,000

   

Netherlands — 2.06%

     
1,880,000
USD
  CNH Industrial NV
4.50% due 08/15/23
  1,880,000
  1,889,400
 
4,513,000
USD
  NXP BV
4.625% due 06/01/23 (e)
  4,564,245
  4,941,735
 
5,033,000
USD
  VTR Finance BV
6.875% due 01/15/24 (e)
  5,111,482
  5,265,776
 
     

11,555,727

     

12,096,911

   

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

International Corporate Bonds — 16.05% (continued)

     

United Kingdom — 3.05%

     
13,534,236
USD
  EnQuest PLC
7.00% due 04/15/22 (b)
 

$

10,666,201
 

$

8,619,616
 
2,875,000
USD
  Inmarsat Finance PLC
4.875% due 05/15/22 (e)
  2,740,415
  2,711,413
 
948,000
USD
  Inmarsat Finance PLC
6.50% due 10/01/24 (e)
  948,000
  959,850
 
790,000
USD
  Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
5.625% due 02/01/23 (e)
  790,000
  817,271
 
4,685,000
USD
  Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC
5.50% due 01/15/25 (e)
  4,690,527
  4,802,125
 
     

19,835,143

     

17,910,275

   

Total International Corporate Bonds

   

95,104,509

     

94,279,227

   

Total Bonds

   

455,427,317

     

452,863,214

   

Bank Loans — 9.78%

     

United States — 9.78%

     
5,617,834
USD
  BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., Second Lien
Term Loan
8.50% due 03/26/20
  5,602,928

  5,631,879

 
5,983,315
USD
  Cactus Wellhead LLC,
Tranche B Term Loan
7.00% due 07/31/20
  4,856,381

  5,280,276

 
10,782,000
USD
  Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC,
Second Lien Term Loan
8.75% due 04/15/20
  10,603,647

  7,978,680

 
3,834,505
USD
  CBAC Borrower LLC, Term Loan
B 8.25% due 07/02/20
  3,890,607
  3,757,815
 
4,736,000
USD
  Hostess Brands, LLC, Second Lien
Term Loan
8.50% due 08/03/23
  4,747,917

  4,762,664

 
6,116,820
USD
  Jack Ohio Finance LLC Term B Loan
5.00% due 06/20/19
  5,996,796
  6,106,605
 
4,130,028
USD
  OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., Exit Term Loan
5.25% due 08/05/19
  4,119,098
  4,093,890
 
6,276,743
USD
  Osum Productions Corporation
6.50% due 07/28/20
  6,171,276
  3,766,045
 
11,753,955
USD
  Payless, Inc., First Lien Term Loan
5.00% due 03/11/21
  10,665,796
  7,419,684
 
1,202,000
USD
  Payless, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan
8.50% due 03/11/22
  1,193,042
  216,360
 

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Principal  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Bank Loans — 9.78% (continued)

     

United States — 9.78% (continued)

     
10,467,379
USD
  True Religion Apparel, Inc., First Lien
Term Loan
5.88% due 07/30/19
 

$

10,178,738

 

$

2,691,582

 
5,720,396
USD
  Water Pik Technologies, Inc., First Lien
Term Loan
5.75% due 07/08/20
  5,654,076

  5,706,095

 

Total Bank Loans

   

73,680,302

     

57,411,575

   

International Commercial Paper — 12.04%

     

Italy — 3.48%

     
20,423,000
USD
  Eni S.p.A.
0.64% due 11/01/16
  20,423,000
  20,422,627
 

Japan — 8.56%

     
41,146,000
USD
  Hitachi Limited
0.60% due 11/01/16
  41,146,000
  41,145,183
 
9,144,000
USD
  Mitsui & Company Limited
0.59% due 11/01/16
  9,144,000
  9,143,833
 

Total International Commercial Paper

   

70,713,000

     

70,711,643

   
Shares              

Investment Company — 0.06%

     
369,856

  State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market Fund,
Premier Class
  369,856

  369,856

 

Total Investments — 99.00% (Cost: $600,714,442)

       

581,410,816

   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.00%

       

5,853,313

   

Net Assets — 100.00%

     

$

587,264,129

   

(a)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

(b)  Represents securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. At October 31, 2016, the value of these securities amounted to $8,674,144 or 1.48% of net assets.

(c)  Floating rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect at October 31, 2016.

(d)  Securities valued in accordance with fair value procedures under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, representing $54,528 or 0.01% of net assets.

(e)  All or a portion of the security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Rule 144A securities may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

(f)  Payment-in-kind security.

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(g)  Multi-step—Coupon rate changes in predetermined increments to maturity. Rate disclosed is as of October 31, 2016. Maturity date disclosed is the ultimate maturity date.

(h)  Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $600,806,158. Net unrealized depreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

15,130,136

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(34,525,478

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(19,395,342

)

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule include:

PLC  — Public Limited Company

SA  — Société Anonyme

S.p.A.  — Società per Azioni

Currency

USD  — United States Dollar

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

  Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal
 

EnQuest PLC 7.00% due 04/15/22

 

04/09/14

 

$

10,666,201

   

$

0.64

   

Rex Energy Corporation

 

03/31/16

   

596,638

     

0.46

   

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Sales

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Delivered
  U.S. $
To be Received
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

01/18/17

   

2,977,000

   

Euro

 

$

3,349,586

   

$

3,279,849

   

$

69,737

   

$

   

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Purchases

Settlement
Dates
Through
  Foreign Currency
To be Received
  U.S. $
To be Delivered
  U.S. $ Value
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Appreciation
At October 31,
2016
  Unrealized
Depreciation
At October 31,
2016
 

01/18/17

   

2,977,000

   

Euro

 

$

3,352,165

   

$

3,279,849

   

$

   

$

(72,316

)

 

 

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Common Stock

 

Industrials

   

0.01

%

 

Total U.S. Common Stock

   

0.01

   

U.S. Corporate Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

13.20

   

Consumer Staples

   

5.57

   

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings (continued)

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

Energy

   

9.30

%

 

Financials

   

3.02

   

Health Care

   

5.66

   

Industrials

   

7.69

   

Information Technology

   

4.56

   

Materials

   

1.14

   

Telecommunication Services

   

9.94

   

Utilities

   

0.98

   

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

61.06

   

International Corporate Bonds

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

0.23

   

Energy

   

3.55

   

Financials

   

2.04

   

Industrials

   

1.41

   

Information Technology

   

2.79

   

Materials

   

2.68

   

Telecommunication Services

   

3.35

   

Total International Corporate Bonds

   

16.05

   

Bank Loans

   

9.78

   

International Commercial Paper

   

12.04

   

Investment Company

   

0.06

   

Total Investments

   

99.00

%

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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First Eagle Fund of America

Fund Overview

Data as of October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Investment Objective

The First Eagle Fund of America is a non-diversified U.S. equity fund that seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in domestic stocks and, to a lesser extent, in debt and foreign equity securities. The Fund has a unique event-driven bias that focuses on identifying companies poised to benefit from change that the market has not yet recognized.

Average Annual Returns (%)

         

One-Year

 

Five-Years

 

Ten-Years

 

First Eagle Fund of America

 

Class Y

           

-5.28

     

10.07

     

6.98

   

S&P 500 Index

               

4.51

     

13.57

     

6.70

   

Asset Allocation* (%)

Sector/Industry** (%)

Materials

   

35.10

   

Health Care

   

18.18

   

Industrials

   

14.69

   

Information Technology

   

13.00

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

10.92

   

Consumer Staples

   

6.23

   

Energy

   

1.51

   

*  Asset Allocation and Sector/Industry percentages are based on total investments in the portfolio.

**Sector/Industry allocations exclude short-term investments and options positions.

The Fund's portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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Growth of a $10,000 Initial Investment

Performance data quoted herein represents past performance and should not be considered indicative of future results. Performance data quoted herein does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

The Fund's average annual returns shown above are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvested dividends and is net of expenses.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index including a representative sample of 500 leading companies in leading sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the Standard & Poor's 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the market, with approximately 80% coverage of U.S. equities, it is also considered a proxy for the total market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index includes dividends reinvested. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Top 10 Holdings* (%)

General Dynamics Corporation (Aerospace & Defense)

   

5.74

   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class 'A' (Packaged Foods & Meats)

   

5.71

   

Sealed Air Corporation (Paper Packaging)

   

5.27

   

Biogen, Inc. (Biotechnology)

   

4.99

   

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines)

   

4.97

   

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company (Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals)

   

4.92

   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (Construction Materials)

   

4.87

   

Packaging Corporation of America (Paper Packaging)

   

4.61

   

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Office Services & Supplies)

   

4.06

   

Axalta Coating Systems Limited (Specialty Chemicals)

   

3.63

   

Total

   

48.77

   

*Holdings in cash, commercial paper and other short-term cash equivalents have been excluded.

Percentages are based on total net assets.

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Common Stocks — 98.60%

     

U.S. Common Stocks — 92.15%

     

Consumer Discretionary — 10.81%

     
  1,940,445    

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

 

$

70,588,347

   

$

127,758,899

   
  1,235,970    

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (a)

   

51,776,104

     

82,377,401

   
  913,212    

Visteon Corporation (a)

   

61,424,276

     

64,481,899

   
  53,400    

Las Vegas Sands Corporation (a)

   

2,871,318

     

3,090,792

   
     

186,660,045

     

277,708,991

   

Consumer Staples — 6.17%

     
  2,069,895    

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class 'A' (a)

   

87,541,994

     

146,652,061

   
  153,845    

Post Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

12,715,873

     

11,727,604

   
     

100,257,867

     

158,379,665

   

Energy — 1.49%

     
  912,015    

Plains All American Pipeline L.P.

   

23,785,651

     

27,688,775

   
  195,885    

SemGroup Corporation, Class 'A' (a)

   

6,959,602

     

6,317,291

   
  53,530    

Phillips 66

   

3,339,857

     

4,343,960

   
     

34,085,110

     

38,350,026

   

Health Care — 17.99%

     
  457,260    

Biogen, Inc. (a)(b)

   

128,341,028

     

128,115,107

   
  7,687,515    

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

   

78,871,799

     

66,343,254

   
  4,578,690    

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (b)

   

61,237,406

     

54,990,067

   
  1,167,301    

Alere, Inc. (a)(b)

   

48,028,680

     

52,155,009

   
  3,584,891    

Innoviva, Inc. (a)

   

74,748,003

     

36,924,377

   
  1,055,029    

Medicines Company (a)(b)

   

39,325,829

     

34,763,206

   
  568,205    

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

   

29,765,017

     

31,751,295

   
  1,102,004    

Intrexon Corporation (a)(b)

   

27,093,805

     

28,762,304

   
  226,794
  Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings (a)(b)
  31,340,955
  28,426,360
 
     

518,752,522

     

462,230,979

   

Industrials — 14.54%

     
  978,990    

General Dynamics Corporation (a)

   

134,227,087

     

147,572,953

   
  5,848,105    

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   

95,767,563

     

104,330,193

   
  1,002,266    

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (b)

   

40,918,519

     

37,584,975

   
  884,259    

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

   

40,605,819

     

29,313,186

   
  1,313,205    

Univar, Inc. (a)(b)

   

24,253,594

     

29,218,811

   
  570,080    

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

18,810,149

     

18,812,640

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

U.S. Common Stocks — 92.15% (continued)

     

Industrials — 14.54% (continued)

     
  133,979    

Owens Corning, Inc. (a)

 

$

6,448,881

   

$

6,535,496

   
     

361,031,612

     

373,368,254

   

Information Technology — 11.52%

     
  5,621,175    

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company

   

70,138,067

     

126,307,802

   
  1,984,820    

eBay, Inc. (b)

   

48,854,931

     

56,587,218

   
  970,160    

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)(b)

   

35,817,012

     

40,310,148

   
  1,738,450    

HP, Inc. (a)

   

26,019,049

     

25,190,141

   
  127,021    

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class 'A' (b)

   

20,624,578

     

24,744,961

   
  360,000    

Seagate Technology PLC (a)

   

12,145,961

     

12,351,600

   
  263,302    

Versum Materials, Inc. (a)(b)

   

5,706,893

     

5,976,955

   
  253,200    

Twitter, Inc. (a)(b)

   

4,315,982

     

4,544,940

   
     

223,622,473

     

296,013,765

   

Materials — 29.63%

     
  2,965,010    

Sealed Air Corporation (a)

   

78,686,969

     

135,293,406

   
  674,335    

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (a)

   

105,197,690

     

125,008,222

   
  1,434,960    

Packaging Corporation of America (a)

   

81,719,286

     

118,384,200

   
  6,201,191    

Graphic Packaging Holding Company

   

74,250,853

     

77,514,888

   
  526,605    

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (a)

   

71,096,063

     

70,259,639

   
  1,024,355    

WR Grace & Company

   

45,749,699

     

68,590,811

   
  703,215    

Albemarle Corporation (a)

   

46,836,802

     

58,753,613

   
  2,531,289    

Olin Corporation (a)

   

53,563,957

     

55,511,168

   
  1,906,380    

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

29,614,037

     

49,279,923

   
  111,500    

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

2,768,545

     

2,677,115

   
     

589,483,901

     

761,272,985

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

2,013,893,530

     

2,367,324,665

   

International Common Stocks — 6.45%

     

Bermuda — 3.63%

     
  3,718,020    

Axalta Coating Systems Limited (b)

   

105,506,764

     

93,396,662

   

Canada — 0.34%

     
  1,229,011    

BlackBerry Limited (b)

   

8,858,386

     

8,664,528

   

Netherlands — 1.47%

     
  475,365    

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class 'A' (a)

   

31,583,523

     

37,815,286

   

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Shares  

Description

 

Cost (Note 1)

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Singapore — 1.01%

     
  1,829,415    

Flex Limited (a)(b)

 

$

23,857,209

   

$

25,959,399

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

169,805,882

     

165,835,875

   

Total Common Stocks

   

2,183,699,412

     

2,533,160,540

   

Investment Company — 1.00%

     
25,758,346

  State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market
Fund, Premier Class
  25,758,346

  25,758,346

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio
Excluding Options Written — 99.60%
(Cost: $2,209,457,758)
 

$

2,558,918,886

   
Contracts      

Strike Price

 

Expiration Date

     

Covered Call Options Written — (0.63)%

     
928   Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
 

$

150.00

 

December 2016

 

$

(259,840

)

 
460   Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
 

155.00

 

December 2016

 

(39,100

)

 
  4,319    

Albemarle Corporation

   

82.50

   

December 2016

   

(1,835,575

)

 
  348    

Alere, Inc.

   

42.00

   

November 2016

   

(109,620

)

 
  343    

Alere, Inc.

   

44.00

   

November 2016

   

(86,607

)

 
  60    

Biogen, Inc.

   

290.00

   

January 2017

   

(94,200

)

 
  98    

Biogen, Inc.

   

300.00

   

December 2016

   

(81,340

)

 
  97    

Biogen, Inc.

   

305.00

   

January 2017

   

(106,700

)

 
  86    

Biogen, Inc.

   

320.00

   

November 2016

   

(8,600

)

 
  530    

Biogen, Inc.

   

325.00

   

January 2017

   

(312,700

)

 
  90    

Biogen, Inc.

   

330.00

   

January 2017

   

(45,720

)

 
  1,115    

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   

25.00

   

November 2016

   

(72,475

)

 
  930    

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

60.00

   

December 2016

   

(295,275

)

 
  450    

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

65.00

   

December 2016

   

(112,500

)

 
  528    

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

70.00

   

March 2017

   

(214,368

)

 
  2,487    

Flex Limited

   

13.00

   

January 2017

   

(354,398

)

 
  1,033    

Flex Limited

   

14.00

   

November 2016

   

(40,287

)

 
  2,861    

Flex Limited

   

14.00

   

January 2017

   

(201,701

)

 
  4,083    

General Dynamics Corporation

   

155.00

   

February 2017

   

(1,714,860

)

 
  4,861    

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

   

10.00

   

January 2017

   

(559,015

)

 

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Contracts      

Strike Price

 

Expiration Date

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Covered Call Options Written — (0.63)% (continued)

     
  2,945    

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

 

$

11.00

   

December 2016

 

$

(154,613

)

 
  302    

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

   

35.00

   

January 2017

   

(72,480

)

 
  3,682    

HP, Inc.

   

15.00

   

December 2016

   

(132,552

)

 
  7,193    

HP, Inc.

   

16.00

   

December 2016

   

(64,737

)

 
  332    

Innoviva, Inc.

   

10.00

   

December 2016

   

(25,730

)

 
  378    

Intrexon Corporation

   

30.00

   

January 2017

   

(61,425

)

 
826   Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings
 

140.00

 

November 2016

 

(9,086

)

 
534   Las Vegas Sands
Corporation
 

55.00

 

November 2016

 

(216,270

)

 
  495    

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

   

72.50

   

January 2017

   

(34,155

)

 
219   LyondellBasell
Industries NV
 

75.00

 

December 2016

 

(132,495

)

 
574   Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
 

175.00

 

November 2016

 

(740,460

)

 
248   Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
 

175.00

 

January 2017

 

(408,456

)

 
73   Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
 

180.00

 

December 2016

 

(80,300

)

 
146   Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
 

180.00

 

January 2017

 

(184,690

)

 
505   Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
 

185.00

 

January 2017

 

(479,750

)

 
  2,632    

Medicines Company

   

40.00

   

November 2016

   

(505,344

)

 
  849    

Olin Corporation

   

20.00

   

January 2017

   

(213,099

)

 
  458    

Owens Corning, Inc.

   

50.00

   

November 2016

   

(27,938

)

 
2,312   Packaging Corporation of
America
 

77.50

 

January 2017

 

(1,525,920

)

 
3,939   Packaging Corporation of
America
 

80.00

 

January 2017

 

(1,930,110

)

 
500   Packaging Corporation of
America
 

82.50

 

January 2017

 

(165,000

)

 
2,000   Packaging Corporation of
America
 

85.00

 

January 2017

 

(470,000

)

 
  175    

Post Holdings, Inc.

   

80.00

   

November 2016

   

(21,875

)

 
  512    

Post Holdings, Inc.

   

80.00

   

December 2016

   

(148,480

)

 
  67    

Post Holdings, Inc.

   

85.00

   

November 2016

   

(3,517

)

 
  100    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

33.00

   

November 2016

   

(20,300

)

 

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First Eagle Fund of America | Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Contracts      

Strike Price

 

Expiration Date

 

Value (Note 1)

 

Covered Call Options Written — (0.63)% (continued)

     
  800    

Seagate Technology PLC

 

$

34.00

   

November 2016

 

$

(109,600

)

 
  100    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

34.00

   

December 2016

   

(19,000

)

 
  700    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

35.00

   

November 2016

   

(58,800

)

 
  600    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

35.00

   

December 2016

   

(88,800

)

 
  100    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

35.00

   

January 2017

   

(17,300

)

 
  500    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

36.00

   

November 2016

   

(22,500

)

 
  200    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

37.00

   

November 2016

   

(5,200

)

 
  200    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

38.00

   

November 2016

   

(3,000

)

 
  100    

Seagate Technology PLC

   

38.00

   

December 2016

   

(4,800

)

 
  157    

Sealed Air Corporation

   

49.00

   

November 2016

   

(3,532

)

 
  384    

SemGroup Corporation

   

35.00

   

November 2016

   

(11,520

)

 
  384    

SemGroup Corporation

   

35.00

   

January 2017

   

(51,840

)

 
  2,532    

Twitter, Inc.

   

18.00

   

December 2016

   

(367,140

)

 
  2,603    

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   

75.00

   

January 2017

   

(455,525

)

 
  1,610    

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   

77.50

   

January 2017

   

(177,100

)

 
  681    

Univar, Inc.

   

20.00

   

November 2016

   

(175,358

)

 
  666    

Univar, Inc.

   

20.00

   

December 2016

   

(171,495

)

 
  230    

Visteon Corporation

   

70.00

   

December 2016

   

(64,400

)

 
  500    

Yahoo!, Inc.

   

41.00

   

January 2017

   

(125,000

)

 
Total Covered Call Options Written
(Premiums Received: $23,236,759)
   

(16,305,573

)

 
Total Investments — 98.97%
(Cost: $2,186,220,999)
   

2,542,613,313

   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.03%

   

26,484,893

   

Net Assets — 100.00%

 

$

2,569,098,206

   

(a)  At October 31, 2016, all or a portion of this security was segregated to cover collateral requirement for options.

(b)  Non-income producing security/commodity.

At October 31, 2016, aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes was $2,213,078,555. Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

445,221,275

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(99,380,944

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

345,840,331

   

Abbreviation used in this schedule include:

PLC  — Public Limited Company

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First Eagle Fund of America | Schedule of Investments | Year Ended October 31, 2016

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

  Percent of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Common Stocks

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

10.81

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

6.17

   

Energy

   

1.49

   

Health Care

   

17.99

   

Industrials

   

14.54

   

Information Technology

   

11.52

   

Materials

   

29.63

   

Total U.S. Common Stocks

   

92.15

   

International Common Stocks

 

Information Technology

   

1.35

   

Materials

   

5.10

   

Total International Common Stocks

   

6.45

   

Investment Company

   

1.00

   

Covered Call Options Written

   

(0.63

)

 

Total Investments

   

98.97

%

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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121




Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    First Eagle
Global Fund*
  First Eagle
Overseas Fund*
 

Assets

 

Investments, at Cost (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

34,128,154,516

   

$

11,336,733,731

   

Affiliated issuers

   

2,524,625,814

     

309,149,335

   

Gold bullion

   

2,770,072,512

     

563,993,676

   

Silver bullion

   

     

   

Foreign currency

   

840

     

894

   

Total Investments, at Cost

   

39,422,853,682

     

12,209,877,636

   

Investments, at Value (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

43,570,264,031

     

13,708,572,382

   

Affiliated issuers

   

2,734,552,073

     

600,685,104

   

Gold bullion

   

3,436,319,050

     

882,980,785

   

Silver bullion

   

     

   

Foreign currency

   

840

     

883

   

Total Investments, at Value

   

49,741,135,994

     

15,192,239,154

   

Cash

   

     

   

Receivable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

49,845,667

     

26,225,806

   

Receivable for investment securities sold

   

18,896,906

     

7,576,155

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

81,807,653

     

41,220,721

   

Accrued interest and dividends receivable

   

106,251,905

     

47,688,526

   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

474,784

     

146,996

   

Other assets

   

212,600

     

66,945

   

Total Assets

   

49,998,625,509

     

15,315,164,303

   

Liabilities

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

65,233,734

     

38,646,228

   

Payable for investment securities purchased

   

175,459,753

     

3,472,581

   

Payable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

435,909

     

153,057

   

Investment advisory fees payable (Note 2)

   

31,552,911

     

9,637,331

   

Distribution fees payable (Note 3)

   

10,730,180

     

1,411,486

   

Services fees payable (Note 3)

   

2,453,296

     

211,241

   

Trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

474,784

     

146,996

   

Administrative fees payable (Note 2)

   

281,959

     

91,994

   

Trustee fees payable

   

91,712

     

26,780

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

15,765,857

     

5,930,701

   

Total Liabilities

   

302,480,095

     

59,728,395

   

Net Assets

 

$

49,696,145,414

   

$

15,255,435,908

   

Net Assets Consist of

 

Capital stock (par value, $0.001 per share)

 

$

886,464

   

$

631,325

   

Capital surplus

   

37,565,349,977

     

12,228,388,151

   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 
Investments (net of $4,540,956, $1,872,619, $0 and $0 deferred
capital gain country tax, respectively)
   

10,313,741,356

     

2,980,488,910

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

45,516,334

     

24,008,336

   

Undistributed net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

1,997,232,160

     

304,879,480

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

   

(226,580,877

)

   

(282,960,294

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

49,696,145,414

   

$

15,255,435,908

   

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    First Eagle
U.S. Value Fund*
  First Eagle
Gold Fund*
 

Assets

 

Investments, at Cost (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

1,483,957,879

   

$

855,886,509

   

Affiliated issuers

   

     

   

Gold bullion

   

186,047,980

     

143,236,170

   

Silver bullion

   

     

58,487,088

   

Foreign currency

   

46

     

11

   

Total Investments, at Cost

   

1,670,005,905

     

1,057,609,778

   

Investments, at Value (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

1,990,908,816

     

989,924,514

   

Affiliated issuers

   

     

   

Gold bullion

   

199,644,364

     

238,385,781

   

Silver bullion

   

     

56,375,450

   

Foreign currency

   

46

     

11

   

Total Investments, at Value

   

2,190,553,226

     

1,284,685,756

   

Cash

   

     

7,654

   

Receivable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

     

   

Receivable for investment securities sold

   

933,079

     

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

1,381,357

     

2,203,734

   

Accrued interest and dividends receivable

   

2,204,222

     

368,910

   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

22,947

     

10,397

   

Other assets

   

15,067

     

8,787

   

Total Assets

   

2,195,109,898

     

1,287,285,238

   

Liabilities

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

3,307,153

     

2,803,828

   

Payable for investment securities purchased

   

13,971,520

     

   

Payable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

     

   

Investment advisory fees payable (Note 2)

   

1,302,150

     

803,264

   

Distribution fees payable (Note 3)

   

507,951

     

249,084

   

Services fees payable (Note 3)

   

110,824

     

43,285

   

Trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

22,947

     

10,397

   

Administrative fees payable (Note 2)

   

44,750

     

24,558

   

Trustee fees payable

   

6,112

     

2,400

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

751,726

     

780,103

   

Total Liabilities

   

20,025,133

     

4,716,919

   

Net Assets

 

$

2,175,084,765

   

$

1,282,568,319

   

Net Assets Consist of

 

Capital stock (par value, $0.001 per share)

 

$

108,398

   

$

71,441

   

Capital surplus

   

1,472,393,821

     

1,616,146,658

   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 
Investments (net of $4,540,956, $1,872,619, $0 and $0 deferred
capital gain country tax, respectively)
   

520,547,321

     

227,075,978

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

     

   

Undistributed net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

175,876,633

     

(495,154,477

)

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

   

6,158,592

     

(65,571,281

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

2,175,084,765

   

$

1,282,568,319

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

    First Eagle
Global Fund*
  First Eagle
Overseas Fund*
 

Class A

 

Net assets

 

$

15,833,531,263

   

$

3,654,512,147

   

Shares outstanding

   

280,933,042

     

153,138,562

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

56.36

   

$

23.86

   

Offering price per share (NAV per share plus maximum sales charge)**

 

$

59.33

(1)

 

$

25.12

(1)

 

Class C

 

Net assets

 

$

11,505,279,027

   

$

992,573,358

   

Shares outstanding

   

211,222,427

     

43,332,631

   

Net asset value per share

 

$

54.47

   

$

22.91

   
Redemption proceeds per share (NAV per share less maximum contingent
deferred sale charge)(2)
 

$

53.93

   

$

22.68

   

Class I

 

Net assets

 

$

22,357,335,124

   

$

10,608,350,403

   

Shares outstanding

   

394,308,490

     

434,854,042

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

56.70

   

$

24.40

   

*  First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund and First Eagle Gold Fund financial statements are shown on a consolidated basis and includes the balances of the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., respectively.

**  A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(1)  The maximum sales charge is 5.00% for Class A shares. Classes C, I and Y have no front-end sales charges.

(2)  The maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is 1.00% for Class C shares, which is charged on the lesser of the original purchase price or the current market value at the time of sale. This pertains to shares sold or redeemed within the first year of purchase.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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124



    First Eagle
U.S. Value Fund*
  First Eagle
Gold Fund*
 

Class A

 

Net assets

 

$

817,481,150

   

$

566,707,799

   

Shares outstanding

   

40,709,944

     

31,497,163

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

20.08

   

$

17.99

   

Offering price per share (NAV per share plus maximum sales charge)**

 

$

21.14

(1)

 

$

18.94

(1)

 

Class C

 

Net assets

 

$

516,405,163

   

$

206,225,012

   

Shares outstanding

   

26,415,358

     

12,212,791

   

Net asset value per share

 

$

19.55

   

$

16.89

   
Redemption proceeds per share (NAV per share less maximum contingent
deferred sale charge)(2)
 

$

19.35

   

$

16.72

   

Class I

 

Net assets

 

$

841,198,452

   

$

509,635,508

   

Shares outstanding

   

41,273,073

     

27,731,345

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

20.38

   

$

18.38

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

    First Eagle
Global Income Builder
Fund
  First Eagle
High Yield Fund
 

Assets

 

Investments, at Cost (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

1,180,459,355

   

$

600,714,442

   

Gold bullion

   

18,411,922

     

   

Foreign currency

   

53,116

     

   

Total Investments, at Cost

   

1,198,924,393

     

600,714,442

   

Investments, at Value (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

1,194,535,942

     

581,410,816

   

Gold bullion

   

18,332,303

     

   

Foreign currency

   

53,051

     

   

Total Investments, at Value

   

1,212,921,296

     

581,410,816

   

Receivable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

944,691

     

69,737

   

Receivable for investment securities sold

   

     

   

Receivable for premiums for written options

   

     

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

4,541,435

     

1,397,407

   

Accrued interest and dividends receivable

   

8,508,246

     

7,743,400

   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

14,011

     

6,438

   

Other assets

   

8,495

     

4,301

   

Total Assets

   

1,226,938,174

     

590,632,099

   

Liabilities

 
Option contracts written, at value (premiums received $0, $0 and
$23,236,759, respectively) (Note 1)
   

     

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

3,344,650

     

1,940,333

   

Payable for investment securities purchased

   

4,208,314

     

41,976

   

Payable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

42,903

     

72,316

   

Payable for dividends to shareholders

   

2,177,791

     

541,283

   

Investment advisory fees payable (Note 2)

   

774,760

     

324,396

   

Distribution fees payable (Note 3)

   

299,924

     

106,936

   

Services fees payable (Note 3)

   

74,250

     

24,404

   

Trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

14,011

     

6,438

   

Administrative fees payable (Note 2)

   

51,651

     

24,954

   

Trustee fees payable

   

2,167

     

2,227

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

432,567

     

282,707

   

Total Liabilities

   

11,422,988

     

3,367,970

   

Net Assets

 

$

1,215,515,186

   

$

587,264,129

   

Net Assets Consist of

 

Capital stock (par value, $0.001 per share)

 

$

110,813

   

$

65,339

   

Capital surplus

   

1,254,681,641

     

692,735,109

   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

13,996,968

     

(19,303,626

)

 

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

822,883

     

(2,579

)

 

Written options

   

     

   

Undistributed net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

(49,310,133

)

   

(85,557,531

)

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

   

(4,786,986

)

   

(672,583

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

1,215,515,186

   

$

587,264,129

   

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Year Ended October 31, 2016

    First Eagle
Fund of America
 

Assets

 

Investments, at Cost (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

2,209,457,758

   

Gold bullion

   

   

Foreign currency

   

   

Total Investments, at Cost

   

2,209,457,758

   

Investments, at Value (Note 1)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

2,558,918,886

   

Gold bullion

   

   

Foreign currency

   

   

Total Investments, at Value

   

2,558,918,886

   

Receivable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

   

Receivable for investment securities sold

   

39,376,242

   

Receivable for premiums for written options

   

50,864

   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

   

3,703,210

   

Accrued interest and dividends receivable

   

2,189,808

   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

37,157

   

Other assets

   

17,304

   

Total Assets

   

2,604,293,471

   

Liabilities

 
Option contracts written, at value (premiums received $0, $0 and
$23,236,759, respectively) (Note 1)
   

16,305,573

   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   

9,049,559

   

Payable for investment securities purchased

   

5,890,982

   

Payable for forward currency contracts held, at value (Note 1)

   

   

Payable for dividends to shareholders

   

   

Investment advisory fees payable (Note 2)

   

2,030,561

   

Distribution fees payable (Note 3)

   

614,692

   

Services fees payable (Note 3)

   

112,910

   

Trustee deferred compensation plan (Note 2)

   

37,157

   

Administrative fees payable (Note 2)

   

16,820

   

Trustee fees payable

   

6,251

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

1,130,760

   

Total Liabilities

   

35,195,265

   

Net Assets

 

$

2,569,098,206

   

Net Assets Consist of

 

Capital stock (par value, $0.001 per share)

 

$

80,361

   

Capital surplus

   

2,061,241,549

   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

349,461,128

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

   

Written options

   

6,931,186

   

Undistributed net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

145,173,143

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

   

6,210,839

   

Net Assets

 

$

2,569,098,206

   

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

    First Eagle
Global Income Builder
Fund
  First Eagle
High Yield Fund
 

Class A

 

Net assets

 

$

361,605,508

   

$

158,101,746

   

Shares outstanding

   

32,908,379

     

17,592,315

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

10.99

   

$

8.99

   

Offering price per share (NAV per share plus maximum sales charge)*

 

$

11.57

(1)

 

$

9.41

(2)

 

Class C

 

Net assets

 

$

344,660,110

   

$

114,139,247

   

Shares outstanding

   

31,450,181

     

12,710,582

   

Net asset value per share

 

$

10.96

   

$

8.98

   
Redemption proceeds per share (NAV per share less maximum contingent
deferred sale charge)(3)
 

$

10.85

   

$

8.89

   

Class I

 

Net assets

 

$

509,249,568

   

$

315,023,136

   

Shares outstanding

   

46,454,190

     

35,036,376

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

10.96

   

$

8.99

   

Class Y

 

Net assets

 

$

   

$

   

Shares outstanding

   

     

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

   

     

   

*  A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(1)  The maximum sales charge is 5.00% for Class A shares. Classes C, I and Y have no front-end sales charges.

(2)  The maximum sales charge is 4.50% for Class A shares. Classes C, I and Y have no front-end sales charges.

(3)  The maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is 1.00% for Class C shares, which is charged on the lesser of the original purchase price or the current market value at the time of sale. This pertains to shares sold or redeemed within the first year of purchase.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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    First Eagle
Fund of America
 

Class A

 

Net assets

 

$

865,109,356

   

Shares outstanding

   

26,267,874

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

32.93

   

Offering price per share (NAV per share plus maximum sales charge)*

 

$

34.66

(1)

 

Class C

 

Net assets

 

$

509,568,005

   

Shares outstanding

   

18,654,550

   

Net asset value per share

 

$

27.32

   
Redemption proceeds per share (NAV per share less maximum contingent
deferred sale charge)(3)
 

$

27.05

   

Class I

 

Net assets

 

$

808,426,291

   

Shares outstanding

   

23,972,780

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

33.72

   

Class Y

 

Net assets

 

$

385,994,554

   

Shares outstanding

   

11,465,333

   

Net asset value per share and redemption proceeds per share

 

$

33.67

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Operations

    First Eagle
Global Fund*
  First Eagle
Overseas Fund*
 

Investment Income

 

Interest (net of $204,303, $90,310, $0 and $2, foreign taxes withheld, respectively)

 

$

56,768,125

   

$

18,175,860

   
Dividends from: (net of $52,433,808, $30,433,936, $301,719 and $503,506,
foreign taxes withheld, respectively)
 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

669,880,469

     

242,733,970

   

Affiliated issuers

   

55,347,708

     

18,250,989

   

Other Income

   

     

   

Total Income

   

781,996,302

     

279,160,819

   

Expenses

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

   

354,912,049

     

105,436,407

   

Administrative costs (Note 2)

   

2,511,202

     

944,076

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

 

Class A

   

39,382,342

     

9,477,366

   

Class C

   

85,593,592

     

7,483,410

   

Service fees - Class C (Note 3)

   

28,531,197

     

2,494,470

   

Shareholder servicing agent fees

   

32,494,949

     

11,789,550

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

5,773,754

     

2,694,190

   

Professional fees

   

1,211,291

     

504,058

   

Shareholder reporting fees

   

2,917,166

     

952,056

   

Trustees' fees

   

977,745

     

311,464

   

Registration and filing fees

   

498,272

     

235,618

   

Other Expenses

   

938,321

     

299,279

   

Total Expenses

   

555,741,880

     

142,621,944

   

Expense Waiver

   

     

   

Expense reductions due to earnings credits (Note 1)

   

(2,553

)

   

(573

)

 

Net Expenses

   

555,739,327

     

142,621,371

   

Net Investment Income (Loss) (Note 1)

   

226,256,975

     

136,539,448

   
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments, Foreign
Currency and Forward Contract Related Transactions (Note 1)
 

Net realized gains (losses) from:

 

Investment transactions

   

2,262,473,996

     

366,450,785

   

Investment transactions of affiliated issuers

   

(5,221,961

)

   

552,656

   

Commodity related transactions

   

     

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related transactions

   

(16,691,245

)

   

(9,178,608

)

 
     

2,240,560,790

     

357,824,833

   

Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 
Investment transactions (net of decrease in deferred capital gain country tax
accruals of $826,621, $365,314, $0 and $0, respectively)
   

774,211,687

     

452,096,545

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

42,725,083

     

21,927,834

   

   

816,936,770

     

474,024,379

   
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions
   

3,057,497,560

     

831,849,212

   

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

3,283,754,535

   

$

968,388,660

   

*  First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund and First Eagle Gold Fund financial statements are shown on a consolidated basis and includes the balances of the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., respectively.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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    First Eagle
U.S. Value Fund*
  First Eagle
Gold Fund*
 

Investment Income

 

Interest (net of $204,303, $90,310, $0 and $2, foreign taxes withheld, respectively)

 

$

2,032,352

   

$

1,422,006

   
Dividends from: (net of $52,433,808, $30,433,936, $301,719 and $503,506,
foreign taxes withheld, respectively)
 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

30,647,440

     

5,331,293

   

Affiliated issuers

   

1,001,715

     

   

Other Income

   

     

28

   

Total Income

   

33,681,507

     

6,753,327

   

Expenses

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

   

16,762,411

     

8,243,496

   

Administrative costs (Note 2)

   

339,716

     

199,406

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

 

Class A

   

2,153,173

     

1,279,457

   

Class C

   

4,051,229

     

1,410,845

   

Service fees - Class C (Note 3)

   

1,350,409

     

470,282

   

Shareholder servicing agent fees

   

1,826,112

     

1,579,720

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

267,780

     

452,254

   

Professional fees

   

222,004

     

230,670

   

Shareholder reporting fees

   

169,920

     

161,550

   

Trustees' fees

   

54,095

     

32,883

   

Registration and filing fees

   

112,008

     

134,176

   

Other Expenses

   

76,102

     

45,316

   

Total Expenses

   

27,384,959

     

14,240,055

   

Expense Waiver

   

(743,297

)

   

   

Expense reductions due to earnings credits (Note 1)

   

(223

)

   

(185

)

 

Net Expenses

   

26,641,439

     

14,239,870

   

Net Investment Income (Loss) (Note 1)

   

7,040,068

     

(7,486,543

)

 
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments, Foreign
Currency and Forward Contract Related Transactions (Note 1)
 

Net realized gains (losses) from:

 

Investment transactions

   

219,971,452

     

(26,594,365

)

 

Investment transactions of affiliated issuers

   

(21,074,689

)

   

   

Commodity related transactions

   

     

(6,409,832

)

 

Foreign currency and forward contract related transactions

   

(1,472

)

   

(5,304

)

 
     

198,895,291

     

(33,009,501

)

 

Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 
Investment transactions (net of decrease in deferred capital gain country tax
accruals of $826,621, $365,314, $0 and $0, respectively)
   

(83,612,595

)

   

397,256,653

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

1

     

1

   

   

(83,612,594

)

   

397,256,654

   
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions
   

115,282,697

     

364,247,153

   

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

122,322,765

   

$

356,760,610

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Operations (continued)

    First Eagle
Global Income Builder
Fund
  First Eagle
High Yield Fund
 

Investment Income

 

Interest

 

$

30,332,925

   

$

46,381,797

   
Dividends from: (net of $1,370,622, $0 and $306,586, foreign taxes
withheld, respectively)
 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

21,031,915

     

241

   

Other Income

   

     

121,829

   

Total Income

   

51,364,840

     

46,503,867

   

Expenses

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

   

8,900,774

     

4,256,527

   

Administrative costs (Note 2)

   

593,385

     

304,038

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

 

Class A

   

922,023

     

388,780

   

Class C

   

2,667,654

     

839,510

   

Class Y

   

     

   

Service fees - Class C (Note 3)

   

889,218

     

279,837

   

Shareholder servicing agent fees

   

794,181

     

507,417

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

290,493

     

156,107

   

Professional fees

   

188,874

     

185,574

   

Shareholder reporting fees

   

89,182

     

51,556

   

Trustees' fees

   

32,888

     

14,312

   

Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses

   

     

16,673

   

Registration and filing fees

   

118,502

     

111,297

   

Other Expenses

   

52,248

     

30,127

   

Total Expenses

   

15,539,422

     

7,141,755

   

Expense Waiver

   

     

(320,711

)

 

Expense reductions due to earnings credits (Note 1)

   

(54

)

   

(38

)

 

Net Expenses

   

15,539,368

     

6,821,006

   

Net Investment Income (Note 1)

   

35,825,472

     

39,682,861

   
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments, Foreign
Currency and Forward Contract Related Transactions (Note 1)
 

Net realized gains (losses) from:

 

Investment transactions

   

(32,638,747

)

   

(72,363,339

)

 

Foreign currency and forward contract related transactions

   

421,830

     

125,497

   

Written options

   

     

   

Net increase from payments by affiliate

   

     

   
     

(32,216,917

)

   

(72,237,842

)

 

Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment transactions

   

55,120,725

     

68,502,853

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

325,049

     

(77,204

)

 

Written options

   

     

   
     

55,445,774

     

68,425,649

   
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments, foreign currency
and forward contract related transactions and written options
   

23,228,857

     

(3,812,193

)

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

59,054,329

   

$

35,870,668

   

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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    First Eagle
Fund of America
 

Investment Income

 

Interest

 

$

94,824

   
Dividends from: (net of $1,370,622, $0 and $306,586, foreign taxes
withheld, respectively)
 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

55,402,362

   

Other Income

   

   

Total Income

   

55,497,186

   

Expenses

 

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

   

29,412,953

   

Administrative costs (Note 2)

   

350,459

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

 

Class A

   

2,787,651

   

Class C

   

4,795,284

   

Class Y

   

1,100,620

   

Service fees - Class C (Note 3)

   

1,598,428

   

Shareholder servicing agent fees

   

2,981,015

   

Custodian and accounting fees

   

186,842

   

Professional fees

   

296,686

   

Shareholder reporting fees

   

275,866

   

Trustees' fees

   

82,625

   

Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses

   

   

Registration and filing fees

   

167,812

   

Other Expenses

   

89,167

   

Total Expenses

   

44,125,408

   

Expense Waiver

   

   

Expense reductions due to earnings credits (Note 1)

   

(314

)

 

Net Expenses

   

44,125,094

   

Net Investment Income (Note 1)

   

11,372,092

   
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments, Foreign
Currency and Forward Contract Related Transactions (Note 1)
 

Net realized gains (losses) from:

 

Investment transactions

   

215,189,608

   

Foreign currency and forward contract related transactions

   

   

Written options

   

(20,851,116

)

 

Net increase from payments by affiliate

   

395,475

   
     

194,733,967

   

Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment transactions

   

(411,543,608

)

 

Foreign currency and forward contract related translation

   

   

Written options

   

22,763,531

   
     

(388,780,077

)

 
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments, foreign currency
and forward contract related transactions and written options
   

(194,046,110

)

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(182,674,018

)

 

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    First Eagle
Global Fund*
  First Eagle
Overseas Fund*
 
    Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
  Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

226,256,975

   

$

224,039,048

   

$

136,539,448

   

$

102,853,718

   
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions
 

2,240,560,790

 

702,228,616

 

357,824,833

 

291,387,294

 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments,
foreign currency and forward contract related translation
   

816,936,770

     

(119,849,366

)

   

474,024,379

     

(39,865,496

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

3,283,754,535

     

806,418,298

     

968,388,660

     

354,375,516

   

Distribution to Shareholders

 

Dividends paid from net investment income

 

Class A

   

(20,540,892

)

   

(94,351,754

)

   

(7,782,215

)

   

(46,032,316

)

 

Class C

   

     

     

     

(3,667,856

)

 

Class I

   

(75,943,676

)

   

(163,763,434

)

   

(39,432,818

)

   

(92,281,699

)

 

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Distributions paid from net realized gains from investment transactions

 

Class A

   

(159,791,472

)

   

(760,954,296

)

   

(43,688,520

)

   

(169,970,080

)

 

Class C

   

(118,177,472

)

   

(543,612,985

)

   

(11,525,934

)

   

(41,124,624

)

 

Class I

   

(193,145,973

)

   

(875,458,228

)

   

(91,886,402

)

   

(317,655,154

)

 

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions

   

(567,599,485

)

   

(2,438,140,697

)

   

(194,315,889

)

   

(670,731,729

)

 

Fund Share Transactions (Note 6)

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

   

8,623,485,592

     

7,237,206,433

     

3,781,719,221

     

2,954,088,005

   
Net asset value of shares issued for reinvested dividends
and distributions
   

466,194,791

     

1,946,656,388

     

172,549,670

     

571,713,378

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(10,046,240,604

)

   

(10,081,000,488

)

   

(3,353,998,106

)

   

(3,869,279,529

)

 

Redemption fees

   

     

     

     

   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(956,560,221

)

   

(897,137,667

)

   

600,270,785

     

(343,478,146

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   

1,759,594,829

     

(2,528,860,066

)

   

1,374,343,556

     

(659,834,359

)

 

Net Assets (Note 1)

 

Beginning of period

   

47,936,550,585

     

50,465,410,651

     

13,881,092,352

     

14,540,926,711

   

End of period

 

$

49,696,145,414

   

$

47,936,550,585

   

$

15,255,435,908

   

$

13,881,092,352

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

 

$

(226,580,877

)

 

$

(339,887,103

)

 

$

(282,960,294

)

 

$

(373,167,315

)

 

*  First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund and First Eagle Gold Fund financial statements are shown on a consolidated basis and includes the balances of the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., respectively.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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    First Eagle
U.S. Value Fund*
  First Eagle
Gold Fund*
 
    Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
  Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

7,040,068

   

$

12,155,170

   

$

(7,486,543

)

 

$

(6,049,648

)

 
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions
 

198,895,291

 

115,007,165

 

(33,009,501

)

 

(180,523,091

)

 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments,
foreign currency and forward contract related translation
   

(83,612,594

)

   

(126,116,901

)

   

397,256,654

     

107,187,962

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

122,322,765

     

1,045,434

     

356,760,610

     

(79,384,777

)

 

Distribution to Shareholders

 

Dividends paid from net investment income

 

Class A

   

(1,671,959

)

   

(4,276,875

)

   

     

   

Class C

   

     

     

     

   

Class I

   

(4,132,607

)

   

(7,291,523

)

   

     

   

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Distributions paid from net realized gains from investment transactions

 

Class A

   

(39,449,441

)

   

(68,208,361

)

   

     

   

Class C

   

(24,900,242

)

   

(40,092,964

)

   

     

   

Class I

   

(37,324,644

)

   

(65,388,758

)

   

     

   

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions

   

(107,478,893

)

   

(185,258,481

)

   

     

   

Fund Share Transactions (Note 6)

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

   

218,890,095

     

376,416,087

     

539,278,255

     

377,231,787

   
Net asset value of shares issued for reinvested dividends
and distributions
   

87,430,613

     

146,429,880

     

1,522

     

2,933

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(647,806,153

)

   

(970,534,969

)

   

(458,487,257

)

   

(452,926,090

)

 

Redemption fees

   

     

     

244,508

     

97,370

   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(341,485,445

)

   

(447,689,002

)

   

81,037,028

     

(75,594,000

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(326,641,573

)

   

(631,902,049

)

   

437,797,638

     

(154,978,777

)

 

Net Assets (Note 1)

 

Beginning of period

   

2,501,726,338

     

3,133,628,387

     

844,770,681

     

999,749,458

   

End of period

 

$

2,175,084,765

   

$

2,501,726,338

   

$

1,282,568,319

   

$

844,770,681

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

 

$

6,158,592

   

$

7,966,082

   

$

(65,571,281

)

 

$

(66,066,348

)

 

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

    First Eagle
Global Income Builder Fund
  First Eagle
High Yield Fund
 
    Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
  Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

35,825,472

   

$

38,839,615

   

$

39,682,861

   

$

53,184,439

   
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions and written options
   

(32,216,917

)

   

(14,936,565

)

   

(72,237,842

)

   

(12,822,861

)

 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments,
foreign currency and forward contract related translation and
written options
   

55,445,774

     

(45,145,876

)

   

68,425,649

     

(84,502,662

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

59,054,329

     

(21,242,826

)

   

35,870,668

     

(44,141,084

)

 

Distribution to Shareholders

 

Dividends paid from net investment income

 

Class A

   

(11,931,929

)

   

(14,186,018

)

   

(9,813,222

)

   

(12,173,874

)

 

Class C

   

(8,805,639

)

   

(9,978,926

)

   

(6,294,447

)

   

(8,080,947

)

 

Class I

   

(16,027,850

)

   

(16,674,671

)

   

(22,870,141

)

   

(34,229,618

)

 

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Distributions paid from net realized gains from investment transactions

 

Class A

   

     

(5,760,732

)

   

     

(2,046,517

)

 

Class C

   

     

(5,130,068

)

   

     

(1,588,861

)

 

Class I

   

     

(6,259,206

)

   

     

(5,743,396

)

 

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Return of capital

 

Class A

   

     

     

(841,762

)

   

   

Class C

   

     

     

(607,631

)

   

   

Class I

   

     

     

(1,847,224

)

   

   

Class Y

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions

   

(36,765,418

)

   

(57,989,621

)

   

(42,274,427

)

   

(63,863,213

)

 

Fund Share Transactions (Note 6)

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

   

369,605,515

     

423,687,654

     

165,269,545

     

344,872,964

   
Net asset value of shares issued for reinvested dividends
and distributions
   

28,829,112

     

45,444,967

     

33,228,940

     

51,177,189

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(468,630,730

)

   

(434,855,745

)

   

(408,659,739

)

   

(625,406,187

)

 

Redemption fees

   

     

     

     

   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(70,196,103

)

   

34,276,876

     

(210,161,254

)

   

(229,356,034

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(47,907,192

)

   

(44,955,571

)

   

(216,565,013

)

   

(337,360,331

)

 

Net Assets (Note 1)

 

Beginning of period

   

1,263,422,378

     

1,308,377,949

     

803,829,142

     

1,141,189,473

   

End of period

 

$

1,215,515,186

   

$

1,263,422,378

   

$

587,264,129

   

$

803,829,142

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

 

$

(4,786,986

)

 

$

(3,156,870

)

 

$

(672,583

)

 

$

(803,394

)

 

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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    First Eagle
Fund of America
 
    Year Ended
October 31, 2016
  Year Ended
October 31, 2015
 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

11,372,092

   

$

2,210,625

   
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currency and
forward contract related transactions and written options
   

194,733,967

     

106,885,654

   
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments,
foreign currency and forward contract related translation and
written options
   

(388,780,077

)

   

(126,018,736

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

(182,674,018

)

   

(16,922,457

)

 

Distribution to Shareholders

 

Dividends paid from net investment income

 

Class A

   

(366,874

)

   

(3,778,293

)

 

Class C

   

     

   

Class I

   

(3,230,265

)

   

(5,021,220

)

 

Class Y

   

(39,794

)

   

(1,525,229

)

 

Distributions paid from net realized gains from investment transactions

 

Class A

   

(36,560,686

)

   

(85,878,012

)

 

Class C

   

(24,299,418

)

   

(54,000,038

)

 

Class I

   

(31,330,431

)

   

(63,244,020

)

 

Class Y

   

(13,335,526

)

   

(36,180,308

)

 

Return of capital

 

Class A

   

     

   

Class C

   

     

   

Class I

   

     

   

Class Y

   

     

   

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions

   

(109,162,994

)

   

(249,627,120

)

 

Fund Share Transactions (Note 6)

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

   

448,044,476

     

1,250,888,863

   
Net asset value of shares issued for reinvested dividends
and distributions
   

89,263,570

     

202,439,475

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(1,414,221,680

)

   

(700,365,900

)

 

Redemption fees

   

     

   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(876,913,634

)

   

752,962,438

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(1,168,750,646

)

   

486,412,861

   

Net Assets (Note 1)

 

Beginning of period

   

3,737,848,852

     

3,251,435,991

   

End of period

 

$

2,569,098,206

   

$

3,737,848,852

   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

 

$

6,210,839

   

$

(1,015,388

)

 

Year Ended October 31, 2016

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First Eagle Global Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

53.10

     

51.66

     

53.43

     

54.90

     

53.57

     

55.23

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.30

     

-0.11

     

0.44

     

0.28

     

-0.12

     

0.43

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

3.56

     

3.45

     

3.57

     

0.60

     

0.59

     

0.60

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

3.86

     

3.34

     

4.01

     

0.88

     

0.47

     

1.03

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.07

     

     

-0.21

     

-0.30

     

     

-0.45

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-0.53

     

-0.53

     

-0.53

     

-2.38

     

-2.38

     

-2.38

   

Total distributions

   

-0.60

     

-0.53

     

-0.74

     

-2.68

     

-2.38

     

-2.83

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

56.36

     

54.47

     

56.70

     

53.10

     

51.66

     

53.43

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

7.38

     

6.56

     

7.65

     

1.78

     

1.02

     

2.07

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

15,834

     

11,505

     

22,357

     

16,275

     

11,663

     

19,999

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.10

     

1.86

     

0.84

     

1.11

     

1.86

     

0.84

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.10

     

1.86

     

0.84

     

1.11

     

1.86

     

0.84

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

0.55

     

-0.21

     

0.81

     

0.52

     

-0.23

     

0.79

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

0.55

     

-0.21

     

0.81

     

0.52

     

-0.23

     

0.79

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

11.54

     

11.54

     

11.54

     

11.28

     

11.28

     

11.28

   

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A and the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

54.92

     

53.67

     

55.23

     

49.24

     

48.16

     

49.50

     

46.90

     

45.91

     

47.15

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.30

     

-0.11

     

0.43

     

0.39

     

0.01

     

0.52

     

0.45

     

0.09

     

0.57

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

2.12

     

2.08

     

2.13

     

7.41

     

7.27

     

7.45

     

3.03

     

2.98

     

3.03

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

2.42

     

1.97

     

2.56

     

7.80

     

7.28

     

7.97

     

3.48

     

3.07

     

3.60

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.66

     

-0.29

     

-0.78

     

-0.51

     

-0.16

     

-0.63

     

-0.53

     

-0.21

     

-0.64

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-1.78

     

-1.78

     

-1.78

     

-1.61

     

-1.61

     

-1.61

     

-0.61

     

-0.61

     

-0.61

   

Total distributions

   

-2.44

     

-2.07

     

-2.56

     

-2.12

     

-1.77

     

-2.24

     

-1.14

     

-0.82

     

-1.25

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

54.90

     

53.57

     

55.23

     

54.92

     

53.67

     

55.23

     

49.24

     

48.16

     

49.50

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

4.64

     

3.85

     

4.90

     

16.47

     

15.63

     

16.78

     

7.64

     

6.83

     

7.90

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

17,735

     

12,342

     

20,389

     

18,987

     

11,436

     

15,578

     

15,840

     

9,322

     

11,182

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.11

     

1.86

     

0.86

     

1.13

     

1.87

     

0.88

     

1.15

     

1.89

     

0.90

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.11

     

1.86

     

0.86

     

1.13

     

1.87

     

0.88

     

1.15

     

1.89

     

0.90

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

0.55

     

-0.21

     

0.78

     

0.77

     

0.02

     

1.02

     

0.94

     

0.19

     

1.19

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

0.55

     

-0.21

     

0.78

     

0.77

     

0.02

     

1.02

     

0.94

     

0.19

     

1.19

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

15.36

     

15.36

     

15.36

     

11.60

     

11.60

     

11.60

     

11.29

     

11.29

     

11.29

   

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First Eagle Overseas Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

22.62

     

21.84

     

23.12

     

23.18

     

22.42

     

23.62

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.19

     

0.02

     

0.26

     

0.14

     

-0.03

     

0.20

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

1.34

     

1.30

     

1.38

     

0.39

     

0.39

     

0.41

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

1.53

     

1.32

     

1.64

     

0.53

     

0.36

     

0.61

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.04

     

     

-0.11

     

-0.23

     

-0.08

     

-0.25

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-0.25

     

-0.25

     

-0.25

     

-0.86

     

-0.86

     

-0.86

   

Total distributions

   

-0.29

     

-0.25

     

-0.36

     

-1.09

     

-0.94

     

-1.11

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

23.86

     

22.91

     

24.40

     

22.62

     

21.84

     

23.12

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

6.90

     

6.14

     

7.22

     

2.59

     

1.82

     

2.88

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

3,655

     

993

     

10,608

     

4,143

     

1,036

     

8,702

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.87

     

1.16

     

1.89

     

0.88

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.87

     

1.16

     

1.89

     

0.88

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

0.84

     

0.10

     

1.12

     

0.60

     

-0.13

     

0.88

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

0.84

     

0.10

     

1.12

     

0.60

     

-0.13

     

0.88

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

9.30

     

9.30

     

9.30

     

12.95

     

12.95

     

12.95

   

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A and the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

24.40

     

23.64

     

24.84

     

22.26

     

21.62

     

22.63

     

22.25

     

21.61

     

22.61

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.15

     

-0.03

     

0.21

     

0.13

     

-0.04

     

0.20

     

0.24

     

0.08

     

0.30

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

0.05

     

0.07

     

0.05

     

3.17

     

3.09

     

3.22

     

0.80

     

0.77

     

0.81

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

0.20

     

0.04

     

0.26

     

3.30

     

3.05

     

3.42

     

1.04

     

0.85

     

1.11

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.46

     

-0.30

     

-0.52

     

-0.26

     

-0.13

     

-0.31

     

-0.39

     

-0.20

     

-0.45

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-0.96

     

-0.96

     

-0.96

     

-0.90

     

-0.90

     

-0.90

     

-0.64

     

-0.64

     

-0.64

   

Total distributions

   

-1.42

     

-1.26

     

-1.48

     

-1.16

     

-1.03

     

-1.21

     

-1.03

     

-0.84

     

-1.09

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

23.18

     

22.42

     

23.62

     

24.40

     

23.64

     

24.84

     

22.26

     

21.62

     

22.63

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

1.00

     

0.28

     

1.23

     

15.52

     

14.67

     

15.82

     

5.06

     

4.28

     

5.36

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

4,644

     

1,086

     

8,811

     

5,912

     

1,120

     

7,378

     

5,111

     

986

     

5,252

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.89

     

1.15

     

1.90

     

0.90

     

1.17

     

1.92

     

0.92

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.89

     

1.15

     

1.90

     

0.90

     

1.17

     

1.92

     

0.92

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

0.62

     

-0.13

     

0.87

     

0.59

     

-0.17

     

0.86

     

1.12

     

0.37

     

1.36

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

0.62

     

-0.13

     

0.87

     

0.59

     

-0.17

     

0.86

     

1.12

     

0.37

     

1.36

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

12.01

     

12.01

     

12.01

     

12.33

     

12.33

     

12.33

     

10.50

     

10.50

     

10.50

   

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

19.82

     

19.43

     

20.11

     

21.10

     

20.78

     

21.40

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.08

     

-0.07

     

0.13

     

0.10

     

-0.05

     

0.16

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

1.07

     

1.04

     

1.08

     

-0.10

     

-0.10

     

-0.12

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

1.15

     

0.97

     

1.21

     

-0.00

**

   

-0.15

     

0.04

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.04

     

     

-0.09

     

-0.08

     

     

-0.13

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-0.85

     

-0.85

     

-0.85

     

-1.20

     

-1.20

     

-1.20

   

Total distributions

   

-0.89

     

-0.85

     

-0.94

     

-1.28

     

-1.20

     

-1.33

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

20.08

     

19.55

     

20.38

     

19.82

     

19.43

     

20.11

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

6.21

     

5.38

     

6.49

     

0.04

     

-0.70

     

0.28

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

817

     

516

     

841

     

966

     

593

     

942

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.11

     

1.87

     

0.84

     

1.14

     

1.90

     

0.87

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.14

     

1.90

     

0.87

     

1.14

     

1.90

     

0.87

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including fee
waivers and reimbursements/
(recoupments) (%)
   

0.40

     

-0.37

     

0.67

     

0.49

     

-0.27

     

0.76

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding fee
waivers and reimbursements/
(recoupments) (%)
   

0.37

     

-0.40

     

0.64

     

0.49

     

-0.27

     

0.76

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

10.65

     

10.65

     

10.65

     

15.14

     

15.14

     

15.14

   

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

**  Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A and the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

20.26

     

19.97

     

20.54

     

18.27

     

18.02

     

18.50

     

17.12

     

16.91

     

17.33

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.13

     

-0.03

     

0.18

     

0.18

     

0.03

     

0.23

     

0.15

     

0.02

     

0.19

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

1.60

     

1.58

     

1.62

     

2.36

     

2.35

     

2.40

     

1.59

     

1.57

     

1.61

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

1.73

     

1.55

     

1.80

     

2.54

     

2.38

     

2.63

     

1.74

     

1.59

     

1.80

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.15

     

-0.00

**

   

-0.20

     

-0.13

     

-0.01

     

-0.17

     

-0.14

     

-0.03

     

-0.18

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-0.74

     

-0.74

     

-0.74

     

-0.42

     

-0.42

     

-0.42

     

-0.45

     

-0.45

     

-0.45

   

Total distributions

   

-0.89

     

-0.74

     

-0.94

     

-0.55

     

-0.43

     

-0.59

     

-0.59

     

-0.48

     

-0.63

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

21.10

     

20.78

     

21.40

     

20.26

     

19.97

     

20.54

     

18.27

     

18.02

     

18.50

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

8.93

     

8.09

     

9.19

     

14.32

     

13.53

     

14.69

     

10.63

     

9.75

     

10.86

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

1,229

     

705

     

1,200

     

1,480

     

725

     

1,080

     

1,425

     

631

     

938

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.88

     

1.16

     

1.91

     

0.91

     

1.17

     

1.92

     

0.93

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.14

     

1.89

     

0.88

     

1.16

     

1.91

     

0.91

     

1.17

     

1.92

     

0.93

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including fee
waivers and reimbursements/
(recoupments) (%)
   

0.63

     

-0.13

     

0.87

     

0.93

     

0.18

     

1.18

     

0.84

     

0.09

     

1.08

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding fee
waivers and reimbursements/
(recoupments) (%)
   

0.63

     

-0.13

     

0.87

     

0.93

     

0.18

     

1.18

     

0.84

     

0.09

     

1.08

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

15.64

     

15.64

     

15.64

     

17.32

     

17.32

     

17.32

     

14.34

     

14.34

     

14.34

   

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First Eagle Gold Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

12.36

     

11.70

     

12.59

     

13.45

     

12.84

     

13.66

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

-0.11

     

-0.22

     

-0.06

     

-0.08

     

-0.18

     

-0.04

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

5.74

     

5.41

     

5.85

     

-1.01

     

-0.96

     

-1.03

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

5.63

     

5.19

     

5.79

     

-1.09

     

-1.14

     

-1.07

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total distributions

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

17.99

     

16.89

     

18.38

     

12.36

     

11.70

     

12.59

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

45.55

     

44.36

     

45.99

     

-8.10

     

-8.88

     

-7.83

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

567

     

206

     

510

     

391

     

148

     

306

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.27

     

2.04

     

0.98

     

1.33

     

2.14

     

1.03

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.27

     

2.04

     

0.98

     

1.33

     

2.14

     

1.03

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

-0.65

     

-1.42

     

-0.36

     

-0.57

     

-1.39

     

-0.27

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

-0.65

     

-1.42

     

-0.36

     

-0.57

     

-1.39

     

-0.27

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

15.82

     

15.82

     

15.82

     

12.47

     

12.47

     

12.47

   

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A and the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

17.03

     

16.37

     

17.25

     

29.86

     

28.84

     

30.26

     

33.89

     

32.78

     

34.33

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

-0.09

     

-0.20

     

-0.05

     

-0.02

     

-0.18

     

0.03

     

-0.01

     

-0.22

     

0.06

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

-3.49

     

-3.33

     

-3.54

     

-12.73

     

-12.29

     

-12.89

     

-2.73

     

-2.66

     

-2.75

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

-3.58

     

-3.53

     

-3.59

     

-12.75

     

-12.47

     

-12.86

     

-2.74

     

-2.88

     

-2.69

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

     

     

     

-0.08

     

     

-0.15

     

-0.39

     

-0.16

     

-0.48

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

-0.90

     

-0.90

     

-0.90

   

Total distributions

   

     

     

     

-0.08

     

     

-0.15

     

-1.29

     

-1.06

     

-1.38

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

13.45

     

12.84

     

13.66

     

17.03

     

16.37

     

17.25

     

29.86

     

28.84

     

30.26

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

-21.02

     

-21.56

     

-20.81

     

-42.80

     

-43.24

     

-42.68

     

-8.14

     

-8.86

     

-7.89

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

448

     

186

     

366

     

764

     

284

     

508

     

1,535

     

608

     

932

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets including earnings
credits (%)
   

1.27

     

2.02

     

1.01

     

1.25

     

2.00

     

1.00

     

1.21

     

1.96

     

0.96

   
Ratio of operating expenses to
average net assets excluding earnings
credits (%)
   

1.27

     

2.02

     

1.01

     

1.25

     

2.00

     

1.00

     

1.21

     

1.96

     

0.96

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets including
earnings credits (%)
   

-0.54

     

-1.29

     

-0.29

     

-0.11

     

-0.87

     

0.14

     

-0.05

     

-0.80

     

0.21

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
to average net assets excluding
earnings credits (%)
   

-0.54

     

-1.29

     

-0.29

     

-0.11

     

-0.87

     

0.14

     

-0.05

     

-0.80

     

0.21

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

13.33

     

13.33

     

13.33

     

15.14

     

15.14

     

15.14

     

9.19

     

9.19

     

9.19

   

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

10.73

     

10.71

     

10.71

     

11.41

     

11.38

     

11.39

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income ($)

   

0.34

     

0.25

     

0.36

     

0.35

     

0.26

     

0.38

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

0.27

     

0.26

     

0.26

     

-0.51

     

-0.50

     

-0.52

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

0.61

     

0.51

     

0.62

     

-0.16

     

-0.24

     

-0.14

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.35

     

-0.26

     

-0.37

     

-0.37

     

-0.28

     

-0.39

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

-0.15

     

-0.15

     

-0.15

   

Total distributions

   

-0.35

     

-0.26

     

-0.37

     

-0.52

     

-0.43

     

-0.54

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

10.99

     

10.96

     

10.96

     

10.73

     

10.71

     

10.71

   

Total return(c) (%)

   

5.76

     

4.87

     

5.93

     

-1.39

     

-2.07

     

-1.14

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

362

     

345

     

509

     

410

     

382

     

471

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
recoupments (%)
   

1.18

     

1.94

     

0.92

     

1.19

     

1.96

     

0.94

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
recoupments (%)
   

1.18

     

1.94

     

0.92

     

1.19

     

1.96

     

0.94

   
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets including fee
waivers and recoupments (%)
   

3.16

     

2.40

     

3.39

     

3.16

     

2.41

     

3.41

   
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets excluding fee
waivers and recoupments (%)
   

3.16

     

2.40

     

3.39

     

3.16

     

2.41

     

3.41

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

29.76

     

29.76

     

29.76

     

29.68

     

29.68

     

29.68

   

^  Commencement of investment operations

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

(a)  Not Annualized

(b)  Annualized

(c)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A shares and the CDSC (Contingent Deferred Sales Charge) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(d)  Certain non-recurring expenses incurred by the Fund were not annualized for the period ended October 31, 2012.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 

Period May 1, 2012^ to

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

October 31, 2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

11.26

     

11.23

     

11.23

     

10.32

     

10.30

     

10.33

     

10.00

     

10.00

     

10.00

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income ($)

   

0.36

     

0.27

     

0.38

     

0.42

     

0.34

     

0.44

     

0.15

     

0.11

     

0.18

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

0.17

     

0.17

     

0.19

     

0.91

     

0.90

     

0.91

     

0.28

     

0.29

     

0.27

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

0.53

     

0.44

     

0.57

     

1.33

     

1.24

     

1.35

     

0.43

     

0.40

     

0.45

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.38

     

-0.29

     

-0.41

     

-0.39

     

-0.31

     

-0.45

     

-0.11

     

-0.10

     

-0.12

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total distributions

   

-0.38

     

-0.29

     

-0.41

     

-0.39

     

-0.31

     

-0.45

     

-0.11

     

-0.10

     

-0.12

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

11.41

     

11.38

     

11.39

     

11.26

     

11.23

     

11.23

     

10.32

     

10.30

     

10.33

   

Total return(c) (%)

   

4.67

     

3.90

     

5.00

     

13.14

     

12.25

     

13.36

     

4.37

(a)

   

4.00

(a)

   

4.53

(a)

 

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

440

     

379

     

490

     

231

     

148

     

129

     

43

     

26

     

38

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
recoupments (%)
   

1.26

     

2.00

     

1.05

     

1.30

     

2.04

     

1.05

     

1.30

(b)(d)

   

2.05

(b)(d)

   

1.05

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
recoupments (%)
   

1.23

     

1.97

     

0.97

     

1.35

     

2.09

     

1.10

     

2.13

(b)(d)

   

2.88

(b)(d)

   

2.20

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets including fee
waivers and recoupments (%)
   

3.09

     

2.31

     

3.25

     

3.85

     

3.11

     

4.11

     

2.89

(b)(d)

   

2.16

(b)(d)

   

3.56

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets excluding fee
waivers and recoupments (%)
   

3.12

     

2.34

     

3.33

     

3.80

     

3.06

     

4.06

     

2.06

(b)(d)

   

1.33

(b)(d)

   

2.40

(b)(d)

 

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

18.45

     

18.45

     

18.45

     

10.87

     

10.87

     

10.87

     

5.17

(a)

   

5.17

(a)

   

5.17

(a)(d)

 

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First Eagle High Yield Fund

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 

2015

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

8.90

     

8.89

     

8.90

     

9.96

     

9.95

     

9.96

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income ($)

   

0.55

     

0.49

     

0.58

     

0.55

     

0.48

     

0.58

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

0.12

     

0.12

     

0.12

     

-0.96

     

-0.96

     

-0.96

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

0.67

     

0.61

     

0.70

     

-0.41

     

-0.48

     

-0.38

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.54

     

-0.48

     

-0.57

     

-0.56

     

-0.49

     

-0.59

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

-0.09

     

-0.09

     

-0.09

   

Return of capital

   

-0.04

     

-0.04

     

-0.04

     

     

     

   

Total distributions

   

-0.58

     

-0.52

     

-0.61

     

-0.65

     

-0.58

     

-0.68

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

8.99

     

8.98

     

8.99

     

8.90

     

8.89

     

8.90

   

Total return(c) (%)

   

8.24

     

7.46

     

8.54

     

-4.24

     

-4.96

     

-3.97

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

158

     

114

     

315

     

202

     

129

     

473

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.15

     

1.89

     

0.86

     

1.12

     

1.87

     

0.83

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.20

     

1.94

     

0.91

     

1.16

     

1.91

     

0.87

   
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets including fee waivers
and reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

6.45

     

5.74

     

6.83

     

5.81

     

5.07

     

6.10

   
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets excluding fee waivers
and reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

6.40

     

5.69

     

6.78

     

5.77

     

5.03

     

6.06

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

36.88

     

36.88

     

36.88

     

31.62

     

31.62

     

31.62

   

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

(a)  Not Annualized

(b)  Annualized

(c)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 4.50% for Class A shares and the CDSC (Contingent Deferred Sales Charge) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(d)  Certain non-recurring expenses incurred by the Fund were not annualized for the period ended October 31, 2012.

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 

Period Ended April 1, 2012 to

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

October 31, 2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

10.11

     

10.10

     

10.11

     

9.98

     

9.97

     

9.98

     

9.75

     

9.74

     

9.75

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income ($)

   

0.53

     

0.45

     

0.55

     

0.59

     

0.51

     

0.62

     

0.33

     

0.29

     

0.36

   
Net realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on investments
   

-0.15

     

-0.15

     

-0.14

     

0.14

     

0.14

     

0.14

     

0.24

     

0.23

     

0.23

   
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
   

0.38

     

0.30

     

0.41

     

0.73

     

0.65

     

0.76

     

0.57

     

0.52

     

0.59

   

Less distributions:

 
Dividends from net investment
income ($)
   

-0.53

     

-0.45

     

-0.56

     

-0.59

     

-0.51

     

-0.62

     

-0.34

     

-0.29

     

-0.36

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

-0.01

     

-0.01

     

-0.01

     

     

     

   

Return of capital

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total distributions

   

-0.53

     

-0.45

     

-0.56

     

-0.60

     

-0.52

     

-0.63

     

-0.34

     

-0.29

     

-0.36

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

9.96

     

9.95

     

9.96

     

10.11

     

10.10

     

10.11

     

9.98

     

9.97

     

9.98

   

Total return(c) (%)

   

3.74

     

2.97

     

4.03

     

7.49

     

6.69

     

7.85

     

5.94

(a)

   

5.47

(a)

   

6.20

(a)

 

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

247

     

184

     

710

     

346

     

159

     

511

     

220

     

113

     

309

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets including fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.09

     

1.84

     

0.83

     

1.13

     

1.88

     

0.80

     

1.25

(b)(d)

   

2.00

(b)(d)

   

0.80

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of operating expenses to average
net assets excluding fee waivers and
reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

1.09

     

1.83

     

0.84

     

1.13

     

1.88

     

0.88

     

1.27

(b)(d)

   

2.02

(b)(d)

   

1.03

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets including fee waivers
and reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

5.17

     

4.42

     

5.43

     

5.80

     

5.07

     

6.14

     

5.75

(b)(d)

   

4.98

(b)(d)

   

6.23

(b)(d)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets excluding fee waivers
and reimbursements/(recoupments) (%)
   

5.17

     

4.43

     

5.42

     

5.80

     

5.07

     

6.06

     

5.73

(b)(d)

   

4.96

(b)(d)

   

6.00

(b)(d)

 

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

43.02

     

43.02

     

43.02

     

49.71

     

49.71

     

49.71

     

25.02

(a)

   

25.02

(a)

   

25.02

(a)

 

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First Eagle Fund of America

Financial Highlights

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2016

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

35.79

     

30.07

     

36.62

     

36.56

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.14

     

-0.10

     

0.24

     

0.14

   

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

-1.99

     

-1.65

     

-2.04

     

-2.03

   

Total income (loss) from investment operations

   

-1.85

     

-1.75

     

-1.80

     

-1.89

   

Less distributions:

 

Dividends from net investment income ($)

   

-0.01

     

     

-0.10

     

-0.00

**

 

Distributions from capital gains

   

-1.00

     

-1.00

     

-1.00

     

-1.00

   

Total distributions

   

-1.01

     

-1.00

     

-1.10

     

-1.00

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

32.93

     

27.32

     

33.72

     

33.67

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

-5.30

(b)

   

-5.99

(b)

   

-5.01

(b)

   

-5.28

(b)

 

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

865

     

510

     

808

     

386

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
including earnings credits (%)
   

1.32

     

2.08

     

1.03

     

1.33

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
excluding earnings credits (%)
   

1.32

     

2.08

     

1.03

     

1.33

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets including earnings credits (%)
   

0.43

     

-0.35

     

0.71

     

0.40

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets excluding earnings credits (%)
   

0.43

     

-0.35

     

0.71

     

0.40

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

55.06

     

55.06

     

55.06

     

55.06

   

^  Class I commenced investment operations on March 8, 2013.

*  Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

**  Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A shares and the CDSC (Contingent Deferred Sales Charge) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(b)  In 2016, the Fund received a voluntary reimbursement by the subadviser for a realized investment loss. By excluding this reimbursement, total returns would have been -5.30%, -6.02%, -5.01% and -5.31 for Class A, Class C, Class I and Class Y, respectively.

(c)  Not Annualized

(d)  Annualized

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2015

 

2014

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

38.58

     

32.98

     

39.39

     

39.35

     

34.76

     

29.94

     

35.47

     

35.42

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.05

     

-0.20

     

0.16

     

0.05

     

0.17

     

-0.10

     

0.25

     

0.17

   

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

-0.01

     

-0.00

**

   

-0.00

**

   

-0.02

     

4.26

     

3.66

     

4.36

     

4.34

   

Total income (loss) from investment operations

   

0.04

     

-0.20

     

0.16

     

0.03

     

4.43

     

3.56

     

4.61

     

4.51

   

Less distributions:

 

Dividends from net investment income ($)

   

-0.12

     

     

-0.22

     

-0.11

     

-0.09

     

     

-0.17

     

-0.06

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-2.71

     

-2.71

     

-2.71

     

-2.71

     

-0.52

     

-0.52

     

-0.52

     

-0.52

   

Total distributions

   

-2.83

     

-2.71

     

-2.93

     

-2.82

     

-0.61

     

-0.52

     

-0.69

     

-0.58

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

35.79

     

30.07

     

36.62

     

36.56

     

38.58

     

32.98

     

39.39

     

39.35

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

0.19

     

-0.55

     

0.48

     

0.18

     

12.92

     

12.06

     

13.20

     

12.91

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

1,332

     

742

     

1,168

     

496

     

1,204

     

632

     

888

     

528

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
including earnings credits (%)
   

1.35

     

2.10

     

1.05

     

1.36

     

1.36

     

2.11

     

1.11

     

1.36

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
excluding earnings credits (%)
   

1.35

     

2.10

     

1.05

     

1.36

     

1.36

     

2.11

     

1.11

     

1.36

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets including earnings credits (%)
   

0.12

     

-0.63

     

0.41

     

0.12

     

0.45

     

-0.31

     

0.66

     

0.45

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets excluding earnings credits (%)
   

0.12

     

-0.63

     

0.41

     

0.12

     

0.45

     

-0.31

     

0.66

     

0.45

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

32.23

     

32.23

     

32.23

     

32.23

     

35.18

     

35.18

     

35.18

     

35.18

   

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First Eagle Fund of America

Financial Highlights (continued)

   

Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2013

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I^

 

Class Y

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

26.86

     

23.30

     

31.01

     

27.37

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.10

     

-0.12

     

0.07

     

0.12

   

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

7.81

     

6.76

     

4.39

     

7.94

   

Total income (loss) from investment operations

   

7.91

     

6.64

     

4.46

     

8.06

   

Less distributions:

 

Dividends from net investment income ($)

   

-0.01

     

     

     

-0.01

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

     

     

     

   

Total distributions

   

-0.01

     

     

     

-0.01

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

34.76

     

29.94

     

35.47

     

35.42

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

29.45

     

28.44

     

14.38

(c)

   

29.45

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

1,036

     

455

     

491

     

504

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
including earnings credits (%)
   

1.41

     

2.16

     

1.19

(d)

   

1.41

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
excluding earnings credits (%)
   

1.41

     

2.16

     

1.19

(d)

   

1.41

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets including earnings credits (%)
   

0.31

     

-0.46

     

0.34

(d)

   

0.39

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets excluding earnings credits (%)
   

0.31

     

-0.46

     

0.34

(d)

   

0.39

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

32.12

     

32.12

     

32.12

(c)

   

32.12

   

^  Class I commenced investment operations on March 8, 2013.

**  Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

(a)  Does not take into account the sales charge of 5.00% for Class A shares and the CDSC (Contingent Deferred Sales Charge) of 1.00% for Class C shares. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% may apply on redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months following a purchase of $1,000,000 or more without an initial sales charge.

(b)  In 2016, the Fund received a voluntary reimbursement by the subadviser for a realized investment loss. By excluding this reimbursement, total returns would have been -5.30%, -6.02%, -5.01% and -5.31 for Class A, Class C, Class I and Class Y, respectively.

(c)  Not Annualized

(d)  Annualized

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Year Ended October 31,

 
   

2012

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class Y

 
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout
each year is presented below:*
 

Net asset value, beginning of year ($)

   

24.91

     

22.01

     

25.35

   

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) ($)

   

0.04

     

-0.13

     

0.04

   

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

3.73

     

3.24

     

3.80

   

Total income (loss) from investment operations

   

3.77

     

3.11

     

3.84

   

Less distributions:

 

Dividends from net investment income ($)

   

     

     

   

Distributions from capital gains

   

-1.82

     

-1.82

     

-1.82

   

Total distributions

   

-1.82

     

-1.82

     

-1.82

   

Net asset value, end of year ($)

   

26.86

     

23.30

     

27.37

   

Total return(a) (%)

   

16.46

     

15.62

     

16.50

   

Ratios and supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of year (millions) ($)

   

699

     

246

     

667

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
including earnings credits (%)
   

1.44

     

2.19

     

1.44

   
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets
excluding earnings credits (%)
   

1.44

     

2.19

     

1.44

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets including earnings credits (%)
   

0.14

     

-0.61

     

0.14

   
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets excluding earnings credits (%)
   

0.14

     

-0.61

     

0.14

   

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

   

31.48

     

31.48

     

31.48

   

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Note 1 — Significant Accounting Policies

First Eagle Funds (the "Trust"), is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"). The Trust consists of seven separate portfolios, First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America (each individually a "Fund" or collectively the "Funds"). All the Funds are diversified mutual funds except for First Eagle Gold Fund and First Eagle Fund of America, which are non-diversified. The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust. The First Eagle Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in a range of asset classes from markets in the United States and throughout the world. The First Eagle Overseas Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equities issued by non-U.S. corporations. The First Eagle U.S. Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in domestic equity and debt securities. The First Eagle Gold Fund seeks to provide investors the opportunity to participate in the investment characteristics of gold (and to a limited extent other precious metals) for a portion of their overall investment portfolio. The First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund seeks current income generation and long-term growth of capital. The First Eagle High Yield Fund seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income. The First Eagle Fund of America seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in domestic stocks and, to a lesser extent, in debt and foreign equity securities. The Board of Trustees of the Trust voted on June 9, 2016 to liquidate and dissolve the First Eagle Absolute Return Fund, with a liquidation date of September 23, 2016 (the "Liquidation Date").

Effective at the close of business on Friday, May 9, 2014, the First Eagle Overseas Fund is closed to new investors, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, Class Y on First Eagle Fund of America is closed to new investors, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additional information can be found in the Funds' prospectus.

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the "Adviser"), a subsidiary of First Eagle Holdings, Inc. ("First Eagle Holdings"), manages the Funds. Private equity funds managed by The Blackstone Group, LP and Corsair Capital LLC and certain co-investors own a controlling interest in First Eagle Holdings.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies that are adhered to by the Funds. The Funds are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946—Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").

a)  Investments in Subsidiaries — The First Eagle Global Fund (the "Global Fund"), First Eagle Overseas Fund (the "Overseas Fund"), First Eagle U.S. Value Fund (the "U.S. Value Fund"), and First Eagle Gold Fund (the "Gold Fund") may invest in certain precious metals through their investment in the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., respectively, each a wholly owned subsidiary (each referred to herein as a "Subsidiary" or

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collectively " the Subsidiaries"). Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in shares of its respective Subsidiary. Each Subsidiary has the ability to invest in commodities and securities consistent with the investment objective of its respective Fund. Substantially all of each Subsidiary's assets represent physical gold and silver (First Eagle Gold Fund only) (bullion). Trading in bullion directly by the Funds presents the risk of tax consequences (e.g., a change in the Funds' tax status subjecting the Funds to be taxed at the Fund level on all of their income if the Funds' "non-qualifying income" exceeds 10% of the Funds' gross income in any taxable year). Trading in bullion by the Subsidiaries generally does not present the same tax risks.

The First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on October 18, 2013, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Global Fund and the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of October 31, 2016, the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $3,046,602,025 in net assets, representing 6.13% of the Global Fund's net assets.

The First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on October 18, 2013, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Overseas Fund and the First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of October 31, 2016, the First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $627,934,715 in net assets, representing 4.12% of the Overseas Fund's net assets.

The First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on January 24, 2012, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the U.S. Value Fund and the First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of October 31, 2016, the First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $199,601,759 in net assets, representing 9.18% of the U.S. Value Fund's net assets.

The First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on May 28, 2010, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Gold Fund and the First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of October 31, 2016, the First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $294,644,732 in net assets, representing 22.97% of the Gold Fund's net assets.

b)  Investment valuation — Each Fund computes its net asset value once daily as of the close of trading on each day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for trading. The net asset value per share is computed by dividing the total current value of the assets of a Fund, less its liabilities, by the total number of shares outstanding at the time of such computation.

A portfolio security (including an option), other than a bond, which is traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or a securities exchange abroad is generally valued at the price of the last sale on the exchange as of the close of business on the date on which assets are valued. If there are no sales on such date, such portfolio investment will be valued at the mean

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between the closing bid and asked prices (and if there is only a bid or only an asked price on such date, valuation will be at such bid or asked price for long or short positions, respectively). Securities, other than bonds, traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices prior to the time of valuation (and if there is only a bid or only an asked price on such date, valuation will be at such bid or asked price for long or short positions, respectively), except if such unlisted security traded on the NASDAQ, in which case it is valued at its last sale price (or, if available, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price).

Prior to December 31, 2015, all bonds, whether listed on an exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market, for which market quotations were readily available were valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices provided by an approved pricing service, or received from dealers in the over-the-counter market in the United States or abroad. Effective December 31, 2015, all bonds, whether listed on an exchange or traded in the over-counter-market, for which market quotations are readily available, are generally priced at the evaluated bid price. Broker-Dealers or pricing services use multiple valuation techniques to determine value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, dealers or pricing services may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the dealers or pricing services also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market transactions in comparable securities and the various relationships between securities in determining value and/or market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, option-adjusted spreads, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon-rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate the fair values. Between December 15, 2014 and December 31, 2015, short-term investments, maturing in sixty days or less, were valued at market price; prior to December 15, 2014, they were valued at amortized cost. Effective December 31, 2015, short-term investments, maturing in sixty days or less, are valued at evaluated bid prices.

Commodities (such as physical metals) are valued at the spot price at the time trading on the NYSE closes (normally 4:00 p.m. E.S.T.), as provided by an independent pricing source.

Forward contracts are valued at the current cost of covering or offsetting such contracts by reference to forward currency rates at the time the NYSE closes (normally 4:00 p.m. E.S.T.), as provided by an independent pricing source.

The 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. exchange rates are used to convert foreign security prices into U.S. dollars.

Any security that is listed or traded on more than one exchange (or traded in multiple markets) is valued at the relevant quotation on the primary exchange or market on which they are traded. In the absence of such a quotation, a security may be valued at the last quoted sales price on the most active exchange or market. The Funds use pricing services to identify the market prices of publicly traded securities in their portfolios. When market prices are determined to be "stale" as a result of limited market activity for a particular holding, or in other circumstances when market prices are unavailable, such as for private placements, or determined to be unreliable for a

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particular holding, such holdings may be "fair valued" in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees ("Board"). Additionally, with respect to foreign holdings, specifically in circumstances leading the Adviser to believe that significant events occurring after the close of a foreign market have materially affected the value of a Fund's holdings in that market, such holdings may be fair valued to reflect the events in accordance with procedures approved by the Board. The determination of whether a particular foreign investment should be fair valued will be based on review of a number of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets and security-specific events. The values assigned to a Fund's holdings therefore may differ on occasion from reported market values.

Certain Funds with non-U.S. holdings have adopted procedures under which movements in the prices for U.S. securities (beyond specified thresholds) occurring after the close of a foreign market may require fair valuation of securities traded in that foreign market. The values assigned to a Fund's foreign holdings therefore may differ on occasion from reported market values. The Board and the Adviser believe relying on the procedures as just described will result in prices that are more reflective of the actual market value of portfolio securities held by the Funds as of 4:00 p.m. E.S.T.

The Funds adopted provisions surrounding fair value measurements and disclosures that define fair value, establish a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP and expand disclosures about fair value measurements. This applies to fair value measurements that are already required or permitted by other accounting standards and is intended to increase consistency of those measurements and applies broadly to securities and other types of assets and liabilities.

The Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs or assumptions to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds' investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

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

The significant unobservable inputs that may be used in determining valuations for investments identified within Level 3 are market comparables and the enterprise value of a company. Indications of value and quotations may be observable at any given time, but are currently treated by the Funds as unobservable. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement.

Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in the discount for marketability, probability of insolvency and probability of default may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement.

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Fair valuation of securities, other financial investments or other assets (collectively, "securities") held by the Funds shall be determined in good faith under the supervision and responsibility of the Board. The Board has created a Board Valuation Committee (the "Committee") to oversee the execution of the valuation and liquidity procedures for the Fund.

It is the policy of the Funds to recognize significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 and to value those transfers as of the beginning of the period.

The following is a summary of the Funds' inputs used to value the Funds' investments as of October 31, 2016:

First Eagle Global Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 
International
Common Stocks
 

$

19,240,410,278

   

$

   

$

72,479,724

   

$

19,312,890,002

   

U.S. Common Stocks

   

17,272,852,476

     

734,830

     

     

17,273,587,306

   

Investment Company

   

68,382

     

     

     

68,382

   

Commodity*

   

3,436,319,050

     

     

     

3,436,319,050

   

Government Obligations

   

     

500,426,250

     

     

500,426,250

   

U.S. Corporate Bond

   

     

5,193,650

     

     

5,193,650

   
International Corporate
Notes and Bonds
   

     

13,667,718

     

29,639,257

     

43,306,975

   
International Government
Bonds
   

     

670,716,192

     

     

670,716,192

   
International Commercial
Paper
   

     

2,734,702,722

     

     

2,734,702,722

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

     

5,763,924,625

     

     

5,763,924,625

   

Foreign Currency Contracts**

   

     

49,845,667

     

     

49,845,667

   

Total

 

$

39,949,650,186

   

$

9,739,211,654

   

$

102,118,981

   

$

49,790,980,821

   

Liabilities:

 

Foreign Currency Contracts**

 

$

   

$

435,909

   

$

   

$

435,909

   

Total

 

$

   

$

435,909

   

$

   

$

435,909

   

(a)  Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. An international common stock valued at $4,988,845 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the year ended October 31, 2016. At October 31, 2015, this security was valued based on fair value adjustment factors; at October 31, 2016, this security was valued using quoted market prices in active markets. There was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 as of the year ended October 31, 2016.

†  See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*  Represents gold bullion.

**  Foreign currency contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the period ended October 31, 2016 was as follows:

First Eagle Global Fund (continued)

    International
Common
Stocks
  International
Corporate
Notes and Bonds
  Total
Value
 

Beginning Balance — market value

 

$

9,098,334

   

$

35,470,356

   

$

44,568,690

   

Purchases

   

     

35,817,442

     

35,817,442

   

Sales

   

     

(41,444,027

)

   

(41,444,027

)

 

Transfer In — Level 3

   

     

     

   

Transfer Out — Level 3

   

     

     

   

Accrued Amortization

   

     

     

   

Realized Gains (Losses)

   

     

(1,480,654

)

   

(1,480,654

)

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

   

63,381,390

     

1,276,140

     

64,657,530

   

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

72,479,724

   

$

29,639,257

   

$

102,118,981

   
Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to
assets still held at reporting date
 

$

63,381,390

   

$

1,276,140

   

$

64,657,530

   

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

  Fair Value at
October 31, 2016
  Valuation
Technique(s)
  Unobservable
Input
  Range
(Weighted
Average)
 
International Common
Stocks
 

$

10,171,419

    Comparable
Security
  Market
Discount
   

30

% (30%)

 
       

$

62,308,305

    Market
Comparable
Companies
  Enterprise
Value
Multiple
  0.37
4.35x (1.8x)

x -

 

 

$

72,479,724

               
International Corporate
Notes and Bonds
 
 

$

29,639,257

    Market
Comparable
Companies
  Enterprise
Value
Multiple
  0.37
4.35x (1.8x)

x -

 

Total

 

$

102,118,981

                           

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund's investments are listed above. Generally, a change in the assumptions used in any input in isolation may be accompanied by a change in another input. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in market discount may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement.

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First Eagle Overseas Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 
International
Common Stocks
 

$

10,608,025,896

   

$

   

$

96,722,155

   

$

10,704,748,051

   

U.S. Common Stock

   

37,950,720

     

     

     

37,950,720

   

International Preferred Stock

   

5,440,163

     

     

     

5,440,163

   

Investment Company

   

121,191

     

     

     

121,191

   

Right

   

     

     

^

   

^

 

Commodity*

   

882,980,785

     

     

     

882,980,785

   

Bank Loans

   

     

     

1,988,655

     

1,988,655

   

U.S. Bond

   

     

10,012,550

     

     

10,012,550

   
International Corporate
Notes and Bonds
   

     

     

19,759,505

     

19,759,505

   
International Government
Bonds
   

     

313,431,205

     

20,891,605

(b)

   

334,322,810

   
International Commercial
Paper
   

     

1,275,760,146

     

     

1,275,760,146

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

     

1,919,153,695

     

     

1,919,153,695

   

Foreign Currency Contracts**

   

     

26,225,806

     

     

26,225,806

   

Total

 

$

11,534,518,755

   

$

3,544,583,402

   

$

139,361,920

   

$

15,218,464,077

   

Liabilities:

 

Foreign Currency Contracts**

 

$

   

$

153,057

   

$

   

$

153,057

   

Total

 

$

   

$

153,057

   

$

   

$

153,057

   

(a)  Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. An International Government Bond valued at $21,569,900 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the year ended October 31, 2016. At October 31, 2015, this security was valued using brokers and pricing services; at October 31, 2016, this security was valued using other significant unobservable inputs. There was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1 as of the year ended October 31, 2016.

(b)  This investment is valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for this investment are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).

†  See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

^  Fair value represents zero.

*  Represents gold bullion.

**  Foreign currency contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the period ended October 31, 2016 was as follows:

First Eagle Overseas Fund (continued)

    International
Common
Stocks
  Right   Bank
Loans
  International
Corporate
Notes and
Bonds
  International
Government
Notes and
Bonds
  Total
Value
 
Beginning Balance —
market value
 

$

31,100,511

   

$

^

 

$

2,975,177

   

$

23,646,904

   

$

   

$

57,722,592

   

Purchases

   

636,263

     

     

     

23,878,379

     

     

24,514,642

   

Sales

   

     

     

(3,461,056

)

   

(27,621,564

)

   

     

(31,082,620

)

 

Transfer In — Level 3

   

     

     

     

     

21,569,900

     

21,569,900

   

Transfer Out — Level 3

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Accrued Amortization

   

     

     

     

     

(171,234

)

   

(171,234

)

 
Realized Gains
(Losses)
   

     

     

(870,941

)

   

(985,169

)

   

     

(1,856,110

)

 
Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   

64,985,381

     

     

3,345,475

     

840,955

     

(507,061

)

   

68,664,750

   
Ending Balance —
market value
 

$

96,722,155

   

$

^

 

$

1,988,655

   

$

19,759,505

   

$

20,891,605

   

$

139,361,920

   
Change in unrealized
gains or (losses)
relating to assets still
held at reporting date
 

$

64,985,381

   

$

   

$

1,998,746

   

$

840,955

   

$

(507,061

)

 

$

67,318,021

   

^Fair value represents zero.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

  Fair Value at
October 31, 2016
  Valuation
Technique(s)
  Unobservable
Input
  Range
(Weighted
Average)
 
International Common
Stocks
 

$

12,397,710

    Comparable
Security
  Market
Discount
    30

% (30%)

 

 

$

912,888

    Non-marketable
Security
  Liquidity
Discount
    5% (5%)    

 

$

23,213,525

    Market
Comparable
Companies
  Enterprise
Value
Multiple
  0.37x -
4.35x (1.8x)
 

 

$

60,198,032

    Market
Comparable
Companies
  Enterprise
Value
Multiple
  0.81
8.25x (4.53x)

x -

 
       

$

96,722,155

                           

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Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

  Fair Value at
October 31, 2016
  Valuation
Technique(s)
  Unobservable
Input
  Range
(Weighted
Average)
 
Bank Loans




 

$

1,988,655

    Non-marketable
Security
Anticipated
In-Kind
Distribution
  Liquidity
Discount
Redemption
to be
Received
  5
Fair Value
34.50 z?*
(34.50 z?)

% (5%)

 
International Corporate
Notes and Bonds
 

$

19,759,505

    Market
Comparable
Companies
  Enterprise
Value
Multiple
  0.37
4.35x (1.8x)

x -

 

Total

 

$

118,470,315

                           

*  zf represents Polish Zloty (PLN).

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund's investments are listed above. Generally, a change in the assumptions used in any input in isolation may be accompanied by a change in another input. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in market discount may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in liquidity discount may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement.

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Notes to Financial Statements

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

U.S. Common Stocks

 

$

1,467,297,072

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,467,297,072

   

International Common Stocks

   

127,566,493

     

     

     

127,566,493

   

Investment Company

   

7,185

     

     

     

7,185

   

Commodity*

   

199,644,364

     

     

     

199,644,364

   

U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

     

19,960,631

     

     

19,960,631

   

U.S. Treasury Bills

   

     

109,988,480

     

     

109,988,480

   

International Commercial Paper

   

     

100,020,587

     

     

100,020,587

   

U.S. Commercial Paper

   

     

166,068,368

     

     

166,068,368

   

Total

 

$

1,794,515,114

   

$

396,038,066

   

$

   

$

2,190,553,180

   

†  See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*  Represents gold bullion.

  For the year ended October 31, 2016, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

First Eagle Gold Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

International Common Stocks

 

$

741,353,863

   

$

   

$

   

$

741,353,863

   

U.S. Common Stocks

   

168,184,023

     

     

     

168,184,023

   

Investment Company

   

10,969

     

     

     

10,969

   

Warrant

   

128,864

     

     

     

128,864

   

Commodities*

   

294,761,231

     

     

     

294,761,231

   

International Convertible Bonds

   

     

2,014,500

     

15,412,500

(a)

   

17,427,000

   

International Commercial Paper

   

     

62,819,795

     

     

62,819,795

   

Total

 

$

1,204,438,950

   

$

64,834,295

   

$

15,412,500

   

$

1,284,685,745

   

(a)  Represents an international convertible bond that is fair valued using a comparable security from the same issuer that is publicly traded.

†  See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*  Represents gold and silver bullion.

  For the year ended October 31, 2016, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the period ended October 31, 2016 was as follows:

First Eagle Gold Fund (continued)

    International
Convertible Bond
 

Beginning Balance — market value

 

$

24,140,625

   

Purchases

   

   

Sales

   

(9,800,000

)

 

Transfer In — Level 3

   

   

Transfer Out — Level 3

   

   

Accrued Amortization

   

   

Realized Gains (Losses)

   

(200,000

)

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

   

1,271,875

   

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

15,412,500

   

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

1,271,875

   

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

International Common Stocks

 

$

461,333,581

   

$

   

$

1,104,000

(b)

 

$

462,437,581

   

U.S. Common Stocks

   

189,798,798

     

     

     

189,798,798

   

U.S. Preferred Stocks

   

1,844,658

     

     

     

1,844,658

   

Investment Company

   

18,514

     

     

     

18,514

   

Commodity*

   

18,332,303

     

     

     

18,332,303

   

U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

     

294,434,912

     

     

294,434,912

   

International Corporate Bonds

   

     

90,314,394

     

     

90,314,394

   

International Government Bonds

   

     

23,674,942

     

     

23,674,942

   

Bank Loans

   

     

6,311,667

     

15,742,586

(c)

   

22,054,253

   

International Commercial Paper

   

     

109,957,890

     

     

109,957,890

   

Foreign Currency Contracts**

   

     

944,691

     

     

944,691

   

Total

 

$

671,327,854

   

$

525,638,496

   

$

16,846,586

   

$

1,213,812,936

   

Liabilities:

 

Foreign Currency Contracts**

 

$

   

$

42,903

   

$

   

$

42,903

   

Total

 

$

   

$

42,903

   

$

   

$

42,903

   

(a)  Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. Bank loans valued at $12,091,915 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the year ended October 31, 2016. At October 31, 2015, these securities were valued by brokers and pricing services; at October 31, 2016, these securities were valued using other significant unobservable inputs. There was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1 as of the year ended October 31, 2016.

(b)  Represents an international common stock that is fair valued using a comparable security from the same issuer that is publicly traded.

(c)  These investments are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).

†  See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*  Represents gold bullion.

**  Foreign currency contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the period ended October 31, 2016 was as follows:

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund (continued)

    International
Common Stock
  Bank
Loans
  Total
Value
 

Beginning Balance — market value

 

$

1,490,000

   

$

8,549,033

   

$

10,039,033

   

Purchases

   

     

     

   

Sales

   

     

(3,621,037

)

   

(3,621,037

)

 

Transfer In — Level 3

   

     

12,091,915

     

12,091,915

   

Transfer Out — Level 3

   

     

     

   

Accrued Amortization

   

     

53,229

     

53,229

   

Realized Gains (Losses)

   

     

(1,643,596

)

   

(1,643,596

)

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

   

(386,000

)

   

313,042

     

(72,958

)

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

1,104,000

   

$

15,742,586

   

$

16,846,586

   
Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to
assets still held at reporting date
 

$

(386,000

)

 

$

(619,646

)

 

$

(1,005,646

)

 

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First Eagle High Yield Fund

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

U.S. Common Stock

 

$

   

$

54,528

   

$

   

$

54,528

   

U.S. Corporate Bonds

   

     

358,583,987

     

     

358,583,987

   

International Corporate Bonds

   

     

94,279,227

     

     

94,279,227

   

Bank Loans

   

     

34,238,429

     

23,173,146

(b)

   

57,411,575

   

International Commercial Paper

   

     

70,711,643

     

     

70,711,643

   

Investment Company

   

369,856

     

     

     

369,856

   

Foreign Currency Contracts*

   

     

69,737

     

     

69,737

   

Total

 

$

369,856

   

$

557,937,551

   

$

23,173,146

   

$

581,480,553

   

Liabilities:

 

Foreign Currency Contracts*

 

$

   

$

72,316

   

$

   

$

72,316

   

Total

 

$

   

$

72,316

   

$

   

$

72,316

   

(a)  Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. Bank loans valued at $16,369,211 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the year ended October 31, 2016. At October 31, 2015, these securities were valued using brokers and pricing services; at October 31, 2016, these securities were valued using other significant unobservable inputs. Bank loans valued at $14,174,789 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the year ended October 31, 2016. At October 31, 2015, these securities were valued using other significant unobservable inputs; at October 31, 2016, these securities were valued using brokers and pricing services. There was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1 as of the year ended October 31, 2016.

(b)  These investments are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1(b).

†  See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*  Foreign currency contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Fair Value Level 3 activity for the period ended October 31, 2016 was as follows:

First Eagle High Yield Fund (continued)

    U.S. Corporate
Bond
  International
Corporate
Bonds
  Bank
Loans
  Total
Value
 

Beginning Balance — market value

 

$

1,490,680

   

$

12,494,111

   

$

34,957,320

   

$

48,942,111

   

Purchases

   

     

     

     

   

Sales

   

(3,579,582

)

   

(9,371,054

)

   

(9,322,241

)

   

(22,272,877

)

 

Transfer In — Level 3

   

     

     

16,369,211

     

16,369,211

   

Transfer Out — Level 3

   

     

     

(14,174,789

)

   

(14,174,789

)

 

Accrued Amortization

   

648

     

10,810

     

137,502

     

148,960

   

Realized Gains (Losses)

   

4

     

(10,930,397

)

   

(449,785

)

   

(11,380,178

)

 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   

2,088,250

     

7,796,530

     

(4,344,072

)

   

5,540,708

   

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

   

$

   

$

23,173,146

   

$

23,173,146

   
Change in unrealized gains or
(losses) relating to assets still
held at reporting date
 

$

   

$

   

$

(4,344,072

)

 

$

(4,344,072

)

 

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First Eagle Fund of America

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

U.S. Common Stocks

 

$

2,367,324,665

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,367,324,665

   

International Common Stocks

   

165,835,875

     

     

     

165,835,875

   

Investment Company

   

25,758,346

     

     

     

25,758,346

   

Total

 

$

2,558,918,886

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,558,918,886

   

Liabilities:

 

Covered Call Options Written

 

$

16,305,573

   

$

   

$

   

$

16,305,573

   

Total

 

$

16,305,573

   

$

   

$

   

$

16,305,573

   

†  See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

  For the year ended October 31, 2016, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds' investments are disclosed after each table, if applicable. Generally, a change in the assumptions used in any input in isolation may be accompanied by a change in another input. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement.

c)  Investment transactions and income — Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. The specific identification method is used in determining realized gains and losses from investment transactions. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded daily on the accrual basis. In computing investment income, each Fund accretes discounts and amortizes premiums on debt obligations using the effective yield method. Investment income is allocated to each Fund's share class in proportion to its relative net assets. Payments received from certain investments held by the Funds may be comprised of dividends, capital gains and return of capital. The Funds originally estimate the expected classification of such payments. The amounts may subsequently be reclassified upon receipt of information from the issuer.

d)  Expenses — Expenses arising in connection with a Fund are charged directly to that Fund. Expenses common to all Funds may be allocated to each Fund in proportion to its relative net assets. Certain expenses are shared with the First Eagle Absolute Return Fund, until Liquidation Date, and the First Eagle Variable Funds, an affiliated fund group. Such costs are generally allocated using the ratio of the Fund's average daily net assets relative to the total average daily net assets of the First Eagle Absolute Return Fund, until Liquidation Date, and the First Eagle Variable Funds. Earnings credits may reduce shareholder servicing agent fees by the amount of interest earned on balances with such service provider.

e)  Foreign currency translation — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market values of securities which are not traded in U.S. currency are recorded

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Notes to Financial Statements

in the financial statements after translation to U.S. dollars based on the applicable exchange rates at the end of the period. The costs of such securities are translated at exchange rates prevailing when acquired. Related interest, dividends and withholding taxes are accrued at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

The net assets of each of the Funds are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period. The Funds do not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments which is due to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of the securities. Accordingly, such foreign currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investment transactions on the Statements of Operations. However, for federal income tax purposes each Fund does isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the changes in market prices for realized gains and losses on debt obligations.

f)  Forward currency contracts — In connection with portfolio purchases and sales of securities denominated in foreign currencies, each Fund may enter into forward currency contracts. The First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle High Yield Fund enter into foreign exchange contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to certain foreign currencies. The Funds' currency transactions include portfolio hedging on portfolio positions. Portfolio hedging is the use of a forward contract (or other cash management position) with respect to one or more portfolio security positions denominated or quoted in a particular currency. Currency exchange transactions involve currencies of different countries that the Funds invest in and serve as hedges against possible variations in the exchange rates between these currencies and the U.S. dollar. Each Fund may engage in portfolio hedging with respect to the currency of a particular country in amounts approximating actual or anticipated positions in securities denominated in that currency. Hedging can reduce exposure to currency exchange movements, but cannot eliminate that exposure. It is possible to lose money under a hedge.

Funds investing in foreign exchange contracts are exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after each Fund's portfolio. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the average monthly principal amount outstanding for forward currency contracts totaled $1,030,810,659, $565,058,610, $32,154,993, and $4,868,590 for First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle High Yield Fund, respectively.

The Funds adopted provisions surrounding disclosures of derivative instruments and hedging activities which require qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about currency-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that may help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives

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Association, Inc. Master Agreement ("ISDA Master Agreement") or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives and foreign exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument's payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, the Funds may be required to post or receive collateral in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies. Daily movement of cash collateral is subject to minimum threshold amounts. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of a Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedule of Investments. Collateral received by the Funds is held in a segregated account at the Funds' custodian bank. These amounts are not reflected on the Funds' Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are disclosed in the table below. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Asset and Liabilities.

At October 31, 2016, the Funds had the following foreign forward currency contracts grouped into appropriate risk categories illustrated below:

First Eagle Global Fund

            Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income
 

Risk Type

  Asset Derivative
Fair Value(1)
  Liability Derivative
Fair Value(2)
  Realized
Loss(3)
  Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)(4)
 

Foreign Currency

 

$

49,845,667

   

$

435,909

   

$

(15,113,599

)

 

$

44,235,033

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

            Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income
 

Risk Type

  Asset Derivative
Fair Value(1)
  Liability Derivative
Fair Value(2)
  Realized
Loss(3)
  Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)(4)
 

Foreign Currency

 

$

26,225,806

   

$

153,057

   

$

(8,390,317

)

 

$

22,752,514

   

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

            Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income
 

Risk Type

  Asset Derivative
Fair Value(1)
  Liability Derivative
Fair Value(2)
  Realized
Gain(3)
  Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)(4)
 

Foreign Currency

 

$

944,691

   

$

42,903

   

$

567,480

   

$

352,755

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

            Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income
 

Risk Type

  Asset Derivative
Fair Value(1)
  Liability Derivative
Fair Value(2)
  Realized
Gain(3)
  Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)(4)
 

Foreign Currency

 

$

69,737

   

$

72,316

   

$

131,173

   

$

(79,098

)

 

(1)  Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for forward currency contracts held, at value.

(2)  Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for forward currency contracts held, at value.

(3)  Statements of Operations location: Net realized gains (losses) from foreign currency and forward contract related transactions.

(4)  Statements of Operations location: Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency and forward contract related translation.

The following tables present each Fund's gross derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under netting arrangements and any related collateral received or pledged by each Fund as of October 31, 2016:

First Eagle Global Fund

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

BNY Mellon

 

$

13,645,553

   

$

   

$

   

$

13,645,553

   
Goldman Sachs Capital
Markets LP
   

2,565,649

     

     

(2,320,000

)

   

245,649

   

HSBC Bank USA

   

15,398,044

     

(435,909

)

   

     

14,962,135

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

   

5,983,994

     

     

     

5,983,994

   

UBS AG

   

12,252,427

     

     

     

12,252,427

   
   

$

49,845,667

   

$

(435,909

)

 

$

(2,320,000

)

 

$

47,089,758

   

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Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Pledged
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

HSBC Bank USA

 

$

435,909

   

$

(435,909

)

 

$

   

$

0

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

BNY Mellon

 

$

7,065,161

   

$

   

$

   

$

7,065,161

   
Goldman Sachs Capital
Markets LP
   

1,382,306

     

     

(1,260,000

)

   

122,306

   

HSBC Bank USA

   

7,888,632

     

(153,057

)

   

     

7,735,575

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

   

3,399,774

     

     

     

3,399,774

   

UBS AG

   

6,489,933

     

     

     

6,489,933

   
   

$

26,225,806

   

$

(153,057

)

 

$

(1,260,000

)

 

$

24,812,749

   

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Pledged
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

HSBC Bank USA

 

$

153,057

   

$

(153,057

)

 

$

   

$

0

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

BNY Mellon

 

$

189,162

   

$

   

$

   

$

189,162

   
Goldman Sachs Capital
Markets LP
   

30,869

     

     

     

30,869

   

HSBC Bank USA

   

310,876

     

     

     

310,876

   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

   

275,829

     

(42,903

)

   

     

232,926

   

UBS AG

   

137,955

     

     

     

137,955

   
   

$

944,691

   

$

(42,903

)

 

$

   

$

901,788

   

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Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Pledged
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

 

$

42,903

   

$

(42,903

)

 

$

   

$

0

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

HSBC Bank USA

 

$

69,737

   

$

(69,737

)

 

$

   

$

0

   

Counterparty

  Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Pledged
  Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)
 

HSBC Bank USA

 

$

72,316

   

$

(69,737

)

 

$

   

$

2,579

   

g)  Options — In order to seek to produce incremental earnings or protect against declines in the value of portfolio securities, First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle Fund of America may write covered call options on portfolio securities. The Funds may also use options for speculative purposes, although they generally do not employ options for this purpose.

Options contracts are valued daily based upon the last sale price on the principal exchange on which the option is traded and unrealized appreciation/depreciation is recorded. If there is no sale on such day, the mean between the last bid and asked prices is used. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on the sale of a written call option are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. When a written option expires, the Funds will realize a gain equal to the amount of the premium received. When the Funds enter into a closing purchase transaction, the Funds will realize a gain (or loss, if the cost of the closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security and the liability related to such option is eliminated.

The Funds may be required to segregate or earmark assets to cover its obligations under option contracts. In general, a call option is covered if the Funds hold, on a share-for-share basis, either the underlying shares or a call on the same security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written (or greater

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than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Funds in cash, Treasury bills or other high grade short-term obligations earmarked with its custodian). One reason for writing options is to attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. Another reason for writing options is to hedge against a moderate decline in the value of securities owned by the Funds in the case of a call option. If an increase occurs in the underlying security or stock index sufficient to result in the exercise of a call written by the Funds, it may be required to deliver securities or cash and may thereby forego some or all of the gain that otherwise may have been realized on the securities underlying the call option. This "opportunity cost" may be partially or wholly offset by the premium received for the covered call written by the Funds. The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Funds give up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The Funds also have the additional risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.

The Funds may also write over-the-counter options where the completion of the obligation is dependent upon the credit standing of the counterparty.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, First Eagle Fund of America had the following options transactions.

First Eagle Fund of America

Written Options

  Number of
Contracts
  Premium
Received
 

Options outstanding at October 31, 2015

   

100,114

   

$

31,309,788

   

Options written

   

920,608

     

319,063,335

   

Options assigned

   

(58,244

)

   

(16,469,745

)

 

Options expired/closed

   

(891,728

)

   

(310,666,619

)

 

Options outstanding at October 31, 2016

   

70,750

   

$

23,236,759

   

Purchased Options

  Number of
Contracts
 

Cost

 

Options outstanding at October 31, 2015

   

7,335

   

$

6,499,487

   

Options purchased

   

40,194

     

16,832,756

   

Options expired/closed

   

(47,529

)

   

(23,332,243

)

 

Options outstanding at October 31, 2016

   

0

   

$

0

   

As of October 31, 2016, portfolio securities valued at $387,189,648 were earmarked to cover collateral requirements for written options.

For the year ended October 31, 2016 for First Eagle Fund of America, the average monthly outstanding contract amount for written options and purchased options totaled 130,035 and 3,839, respectively.

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At October 31, 2016, the Funds had the following options grouped into appropriate risk categories illustrated below:

First Eagle Fund of America

        Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income
 

Risk Type

  Liability Derivative
Fair Value(1)
  Realized
Loss(2)
  Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)(3)
 

Equity — Written options

 

$

16,305,573

   

$

(20,851,116

)

 

$

22,763,531

   

Equity — Purchased options

   

     

(8,377,538

)

   

484,852

   

(1)  Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Option contracts written, at value.

(2)  Statements of Operations location: Net realized gains (losses) from written options & investment transactions.

(3)  Statements of Operations location: Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of written options & investment transactions.

h)  Repurchase agreements — The Funds may enter into repurchase agreement transactions with institutions that meet the adviser's credit guidelines. Each repurchase agreement is valued at market. The Funds require that the collateral received in a repurchase agreement transaction be transferred to a custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the Funds to obtain collateral in the event of a counterparty default. If the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited.

i)  Bank Loans — A Fund may invest in bank loans, which usually take the form of loan participations and assignments. Loan participations and assignments are agreements to make money available to U.S. or foreign corporations, partnerships or other business entities (the "Borrower") in a specified amount, at a specified rate and within a specified time. A loan is typically originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or foreign bank, insurance company or other financial institution (the "Agent") for a group of loan investors ("Loan Investors"). The Agent typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the other Loan Investors in the syndicate and may hold any collateral on behalf of the Loan Investors. Such loan participations and assignments are typically senior, secured and collateralized in nature. A Fund records an investment when the Borrower withdraws money and records interest as earned. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the Borrower. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of the Borrower, the selling participant and any intermediary between the Fund and the Borrower ("Intermediate Participants"). In the event that the Borrower, selling participant or Intermediate Participants become insolvent or enters into bankruptcy, each Fund may incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

j)  Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities — The Funds may invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ("TIPS") which are specially structured bonds in which the principal amount is adjusted to keep pace with inflation. The principal value of TIPS will be adjusted upward or downward and any increase or decrease in the principal amount of TIPS will be

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included as interest income in the Statements of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. TIPS are subject to interest rate risk.

k)  Restricted Securities — The Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities, if any, is included at the end of each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

l)  United States income taxes — No provision has been made for U.S. federal income taxes since it is the intention of each Fund to distribute to shareholders all taxable net investment income and net realized gains on investments, if any, within the allowable time limit, and to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the regulated investment company. The Funds declare and pay such income and capital gains on an annual basis except for the First Eagle High Yield Fund which declares income daily and pays monthly and First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund which declares income daily and pays quarterly.

The Funds adopted provisions surrounding income taxes, which require the tax effects of certain tax positions to be recognized. These tax positions must meet a "more likely than not" standard that, based on their technical merits, have a more than 50% likelihood of being sustained upon examination. Management of the Trust has analyzed the Funds' tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (the current and the prior three tax years) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds' financial statements.

At October 31, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

  Undistributed
Net Investment
  Undistributed
Net Realized
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
  Capital Loss
Carryforward
 

 

Income

 

Gains

 

(Depreciation)

 

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

$

267,168,064

   

$

2,014,728,366

   

$

9,852,938,211

   

$

   

$

   
First Eagle Overseas
Fund
   

192,281,031

     

340,547,420

     

2,495,365,865

     

     

   
First Eagle U.S. Value
Fund
   

8,257,679

     

171,454,410

     

523,147,813

     

     

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

     

     

153,158,418

     

29,284,690

     

457,213,560

   
First Eagle Global
Income Builder Fund
   

     

     

11,127,073

     

14,556,528

     

33,632,248

   
First Eagle High Yield
Fund
   

     

     

(19,395,342

)

   

7,576,926

     

77,983,183

   
First Eagle Fund of
America
   

5,349,891

     

152,963,632

     

349,741,844

     

     

   

The differences between the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets are primarily due to the treatment of passive foreign investment companies, distributions from real estate investment trusts, the treatment of foreign currencies, investment in grantor trusts, straddle loss deferral, investment in partnerships, investments in corporate reorganizations and wash sales.

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Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the "Act"), net capital losses recognized by the Funds after December 31, 2010, may get carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. The Funds did not have capital losses to carry forward prior to the Act.

Late year ordinary losses incurred after December 31st and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Funds' next taxable year. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Funds did not have late year ordinary loss deferrals.

m)  Reclassification of capital accounts — As a result of certain differences in the computation of net investment income and net realized capital gains under federal income tax rules and regulations versus GAAP, a reclassification has been made on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities to increase (decrease) undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gains on investments and capital surplus for the Funds as follows:

  Undistributed Net
Investment Income
(loss)
  Undistributed Net
Realized Gains
(Losses)
 

Capital Surplus

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

$

(16,466,181

)

 

$

(210,650,495

)

 

$

227,116,676

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

   

882,606

     

(33,073,439

)

   

32,190,833

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

   

(3,042,992

)

   

(21,291,092

)

   

24,334,084

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

7,981,610

     

(576,653

)

   

(7,404,957

)

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

(690,170

)

   

978,757

     

(288,587

)

 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

(574,240

)

   

574,240

     

   

First Eagle Fund of America

   

(508,932

)

   

(15,499,952

)

   

16,008,884

   

The primary permanent differences causing such reclassification include the tax treatment of currency gains and losses, dividend redesignations, distributions paid in connection with the redemption of Fund shares, investments in passive foreign investment companies, distributions from real estate investment trusts, investments in grantor trusts and differing book and tax treatment of transactions with the Subsidiary.

At the year ended October 31, 2016 the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund Ltd., First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd. and First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd. had unrealized losses for tax purposes. The Subsidiaries' loss for the current year is not available to offset their future taxable income. The unrealized losses to be recognized for tax purposes in the future can only be utilized by the Funds to the extent of tax basis realized gains in the Subsidiaries in that same year. Given the uncertainty of their future use, tax losses have been reclassified to Capital surplus.

n)  Distributions to shareholders — Distributions to shareholders during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on ex-dividend date.

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Ordinary Income

 

Long Term Capital Gains

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

$

125,873,030

   

$

421,226,138

   

$

441,726,455

   

$

2,016,914,559

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

   

85,400,658

     

215,419,353

     

108,915,230

     

455,312,376

   

First Eagle US Value Fund

   

5,804,566

     

13,735,845

     

101,674,327

     

171,522,636

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

     

     

     

   
First Eagle Global Income
Builder Fund
   

36,765,418

     

44,390,102

     

     

13,609,028

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

38,977,810

     

57,723,180

     

     

6,140,033

   

First Eagle Fund of America

   

3,604,877

     

10,241,089

     

105,558,117

     

239,386,031

   

 

  Return of Capital
2016
 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 

$

3,296,617

   

o)  Class Accounting — Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gain or loss on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

p)  Use of estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

q)  Redemption Fee — A redemption fee of 2% will be applied to the First Eagle Gold Fund for the sale or exchange within 60 days of the purchase of such shares.

r)  Foreign Taxes — The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, and gains on investments or currency purchases/repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Funds will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon their current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which they invest.

Note 2 — Investment Advisory, Custody and Administration Agreements; Transactions with Related Persons

For its services, the Adviser receives, pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Funds and the Adviser (the "Advisory Agreement"), an annual advisory fee as follows:

Fund

  Management Fee
(% of Average Daily Net Assets)
 

First Eagle Global Fund

   

0.75

%

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

   

0.75

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

   

0.75

(1)

 

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

0.75

   

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Fund

  Management Fee
(% of Average Daily Net Assets)
 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

0.75

%

 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

0.70

(2)

 

First Eagle Fund of America

   

0.90

(3)

 

(1) The Adviser has agreed to waive First Eagle U.S. Value Fund's management fee at an annual rate in the amount of 0.05% of the daily average net assets to 0.70% for the period March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017.

(2) The Adviser has agreed to waive First Eagle High Yield Fund's management fee at an annual rate in the amount of 0.05% of the daily average net assets to 0.65% for the period March 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017.

(3) Effective March 1, 2016, the Adviser receives from First Eagle Fund of America an annual advisory fee at the rate of 0.90% of the first $5 billion of the average daily net assets, and 0.85% in excess of $5 billion of the average daily net assets. Prior to March 1, 2016, the Adviser received an annual advisory fee at the rate of 1.00% of the first $1.5 billion of the average daily net assets, 0.95% of the next $1 billion of the average daily net assets; 0.90% on the next $2.5 billion of the average daily net assets and 0.85% in excess of $5 billion of the average daily net assets. For the period ended October 31, 2016 the effective rate was 0.92%.

Pursuant to a subadvisory agreement, dated December 1, 2015 ("Subadvisory Agreement") Iridian Asset Management LLC ("Iridian" or "Sub-Adviser") manages the investments of the First Eagle Fund of America. The fees paid to Iridian by the Adviser under the Subadvisory Agreement are based on a reference amount equal to 50% of the combined (i) fees received by the Adviser for advisory services on behalf of the Fund and (ii) the fees received by the Fund's distributor for its shareholder liaison services on behalf of the Fund. These amounts are reduced by certain direct marketing costs borne by the Adviser in connection with the Fund and are further reduced by the amount paid by the Adviser for certain administrative expenses incurred in providing services to the Fund.

The Adviser had contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse expenses, for the First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding certain items) of the First Eagle High Yield Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares did not exceed 1.25%, 2.00% and 0.80%, respectively, and the First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund's Class A, Class C and Class I shares did not exceed 1.30%, 2.05%, and 1.05%, respectively, through December 31, 2013.

The Adviser may seek reimbursement for fees waived and other expenses paid by the Adviser pursuant to the Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement ("Agreement"). A recoupment payment should be payable only to the extent it can be made during the thirty-six months following the applicable period during which the Adviser waived fees or reimbursed operating expenses under the Agreement. As of October 31, 2016, the Adviser may seek reimbursement of the remaining waived fees and reimbursed expenses as follows:

First Eagle High Yield Fund

Expiration

 

Amount

 

December 31, 2016

 

$

44,141

   

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For the year ended October 31, 2016, the First Eagle High Yield Fund made repayments to the Adviser for previously waived and reimbursed fees in the amount of $16,673.

The Adviser also performs certain administrative, accounting, operations, compliance and other services on behalf of the Funds, and in accordance with its agreement with the Adviser, the Funds (except for First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle High Yield Fund which pay the fee described in the next paragraph) reimburse the Adviser for costs (including personnel and other costs) related to those services. These reimbursements may not exceed an annual rate of 0.05% of a Fund's average daily net assets.

Pursuant to Administrative Services Agreements between each of First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and, effective January 1, 2015, First Eagle High Yield Fund, and the Adviser, each pay the Adviser a monthly administration fee that is accrued daily at an annual rate of 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Funds paid/reimbursed and had payable to the Adviser amounts shown below:

Fund

 

Reimbursed to Adviser

 

Payable to Adviser

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

$

2,401,338

   

$

281,959

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

   

942,867

     

91,994

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

   

352,147

     

44,750

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

170,235

     

24,558

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

594,983

     

51,651

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

312,605

     

24,954

   

First Eagle Fund of America

   

339,702

     

16,820

   

The Funds have entered into custody agreements with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The custody agreements provide for an annual fee based on the amount of assets under custody plus transaction charges. SSB serves as custodian of the Funds' portfolio securities and other assets. SSB has directly entered into sub-custodial agreements to maintain the custody of gold and silver bullion in the Funds. Under the terms of the custody agreement between the Funds and SSB, SSB maintains and deposits in separate accounts, cash, securities and other assets of the Funds. SSB is also required, upon the order of the Funds, to deliver securities held by SSB and the sub-custodian, and to make payments for securities purchased by the Funds. SSB has also entered into sub-custodian agreements with a number of foreign banks and clearing agencies, pursuant to which portfolio securities purchased outside the United States are maintained in the custody of these entities.

The Funds have also entered into an agreement for administrative services with SSB, pursuant to which SSB provides certain financial reporting and other administrative services. SSB, as the Funds' administrator, receives annual fees separate from and in addition to the fees it receives for its services as the Funds' custodian.

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FEF Distributors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as the Funds' principal underwriter. For the year ended October 31, 2016, FEF Distributors, LLC realized $1,087,416, $95,128, $42,625, $106,213, $53,086, $35,690 and $84,192, pertaining to the sales of shares of First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America, respectively.

The Trust adopted a Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), which allows the Independent Trustees to defer the receipt of all or a portion of compensation related to performance of their duties as a Trustee. The deferred fees are invested in various First Eagle Funds until distribution in accordance with the Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan. As of October 31, 2016, balances to the Plan are recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 3 — Plans of Distribution

Under the terms of the Distribution Plans and Agreements ("the Plans") with FEF Distributors, LLC ("the Distributor"), pursuant to the provisions of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle High Yield Fund pay the Distributor monthly a distribution fee with respect to Class A and Class C shares at an annual rate of up to 0.25% and 0.75%, respectively, of each Fund's average daily net assets. In the case of First Eagle Fund of America, it pays the Distributor monthly, a distribution fee with respect to Class A, Class C and Class Y shares at an annual rate of up to 0.25%, 0.75% and 0.25%, respectively of the average daily net assets. Under the Plans, the Distributor is obligated to use the amounts received under the Plans for, among other things, payments to qualifying dealers for their assistance in the distribution of a Fund's shares and the provision of shareholder services and for other expenses such as advertising costs and the payment for the printing and distribution of prospectuses to prospective investors.

The Distributor bears distribution costs of a Fund to the extent they exceed payments received under the Plan. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the distribution fees incurred by the Funds are disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

The Distributor receives an annual service fee with respect to Class C at the annual rate of 0.25% of each Fund's average daily net assets, payable monthly to cover expenses incurred by the Distributor for providing shareholder liaison services, including assistance with subscriptions, redemptions and other shareholder questions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the services fees incurred by the Funds are disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

Note 4 — Purchases and Sales of Securities

During the year ended October 31, 2016, the cost of purchases of investments, excluding U.S. Government and short-term securities, totaled $4,675,059,350, $1,081,442,126, $203,041,664, $225,744,055, $325,997,138, $200,931,984 and $1,726,487,265 for First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global

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Notes to Financial Statements

Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America, respectively. Proceeds from sales of investments, excluding U.S. Government securities and short-term securities, totaled $8,113,203,818, $1,513,523,536, $691,828,377, $164,015,162, $423,949,968, $439,795,328 and $2,613,634,159 for First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America, respectively.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were no purchases or sales of U.S. Government securities, excluding short-term securities, for First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America.

Note 5 — Line of Credit

On September 13, 2016, the Board of Trustees approved continuing a $200 million committed, unsecured line of credit ("Credit Facility") with SSB for the Funds, to be utilized for temporarily financing the purchase or sale of securities for prompt delivery in the ordinary course of business or for temporarily financing the redemption of shares of each Fund at the request of shareholders and other temporary or emergency purposes. Under the Credit Facility arrangement, each Fund has agreed to pay an annual commitment fee on the unused balance, allocated pro rata, based on the relative asset size of the Funds. A portion of the commitment fees related to the line of credit are paid by the Funds and are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended October 31, 2016, the Funds had borrowings under the agreement as follows:

Fund

  Average
Daily Loan
Balance
  Number
of Days
Outstanding
  Interest
Expense
  Weighted
Average
Annualized
Interest Rate
 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

$

296,923

     

3

   

$

40

     

1.63

%

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

279,506

     

3

     

38

     

1.65

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

919,728

     

4

     

170

     

1.67

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

1,570,556

     

1

     

71

     

1.64

   

First Eagle Fund of America

   

8,159,887

     

2

     

498

     

1.64

   

As of October 31, 2016 there were no outstanding borrowings from the credit facility.

Note 6 — Capital Stock

At October 31, 2016, the Funds have an unlimited number of shares authorized for issuance. The Funds have the ability to issue multiple classes of shares.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Transactions in shares of capital stock were as follows:

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Global Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

35,478,250

     

22,287,069

     

102,308,951

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

3,132,469

     

1,824,723

     

4,215,747

   

Shares redeemed

   

(64,150,688

)

   

(38,643,835

)

   

(86,539,097

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(25,539,969

)

   

(14,532,043

)

   

19,985,601

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Global Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

35,268,493

     

23,699,677

     

76,913,336

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

14,471,183

     

8,073,955

     

15,651,689

   

Shares redeemed

   

(66,288,695

)

   

(36,418,310

)

   

(87,397,967

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(16,549,019

)

   

(4,644,678

)

   

5,167,058

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Gold Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

11,499,211

     

3,300,310

     

17,999,203

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

74

     

18

     

   

Shares redeemed

   

(11,586,930

)

   

(3,749,121

)

   

(14,575,731

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(87,645

)

   

(448,793

)

   

3,423,472

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Gold Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

11,930,370

     

2,434,131

     

12,736,019

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

130

     

67

     

   

Shares redeemed

   

(13,646,508

)

   

(4,228,696

)

   

(15,227,543

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(1,716,008

)

   

(1,794,498

)

   

(2,491,524

)

 

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Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

24,249,268

     

4,855,034

     

134,540,454

     

3,450,912

     

1,746,069

     

6,097,760

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

2,198,896

     

447,977

     

5,223,533

     

1,977,025

     

1,114,245

     

1,682,512

   

Shares redeemed

   

(56,471,879

)

   

(9,426,937

)

   

(81,371,443

)

   

(13,472,905

)

   

(6,967,793

)

   

(13,360,216

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(30,023,715

)

   

(4,123,926

)

   

58,392,544

     

(8,044,968

)

   

(4,107,479

)

   

(5,579,944

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

30,427,100

     

5,758,589

     

91,897,145

     

5,458,592

     

3,003,940

     

10,302,661

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

9,073,023

     

1,704,684

     

15,678,736

     

3,143,567

     

1,622,912

     

2,708,050

   

Shares redeemed

   

(56,671,827

)

   

(8,435,341

)

   

(104,101,674

)

   

(18,090,056

)

   

(8,037,548

)

   

(22,226,589

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(17,171,704

)

   

(972,068

)

   

3,474,207

     

(9,487,897

)

   

(3,410,696

)

   

(9,215,878

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

9,043,664

     

6,278,823

     

19,504,104

     

6,543,342

     

2,930,008

     

10,187,275

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

920,353

     

672,441

     

1,107,079

     

1,061,176

     

668,075

     

2,223,425

   

Shares redeemed

   

(15,262,800

)

   

(11,224,517

)

   

(18,117,328

)

   

(12,673,290

)

   

(5,421,563

)

   

(30,514,970

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(5,298,783

)

   

(4,273,253

)

   

2,493,855

     

(5,068,772

)

   

(1,823,480

)

   

(18,104,270

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

   

11,704,029

     

9,577,337

     

17,154,498

     

7,817,319

     

2,463,611

     

26,240,158

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

1,502,646

     

1,118,542

     

1,589,567

     

1,247,845

     

785,317

     

3,416,032

   

Shares redeemed

   

(13,515,431

)

   

(8,285,431

)

   

(17,784,945

)

   

(11,197,627

)

   

(7,254,182

)

   

(47,779,023

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(308,756

)

   

2,410,448

     

959,120

     

(2,132,463

)

   

(4,005,254

)

   

(18,122,833

)

 

Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Fund of America

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

Shares sold

   

4,616,309

     

2,153,269

     

6,043,475

     

724,265

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

956,790

     

693,945

     

670,632

     

362,429

   

Shares redeemed

   

(16,518,187

)

   

(8,876,527

)

   

(14,629,832

)

   

(3,181,956

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

(10,945,088

)

   

(6,029,313

)

   

(7,915,725

)

   

(2,095,262

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Fund of America

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

Shares sold

   

11,375,895

     

7,673,674

     

13,562,817

     

1,557,773

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

2,232,595

     

1,412,932

     

1,259,320

     

999,228

   

Shares redeemed

   

(7,614,310

)

   

(3,554,189

)

   

(5,462,428

)

   

(2,410,531

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

   

5,994,180

     

5,532,417

     

9,359,709

     

146,470

   

Transactions in dollars of capital stock were as follows:

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Global Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

1,910,627,823

   

$

1,160,488,995

   

$

5,552,368,774

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

159,787,433

     

90,561,107

     

215,846,251

   

Shares redeemed

   

(3,433,964,228

)

   

(2,009,882,894

)

   

(4,602,393,482

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(1,363,548,972

)

 

$

(758,832,792

)

 

$

1,165,821,543

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Global Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

1,882,683,045

   

$

1,233,690,921

   

$

4,120,832,467

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

739,622,809

     

404,101,868

     

802,931,711

   

Shares redeemed

   

(3,524,237,211

)

   

(1,893,659,710

)

   

(4,663,103,567

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(901,931,357

)

 

$

(255,866,921

)

 

$

260,660,611

   

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Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

547,919,219

   

$

106,525,510

   

$

3,127,274,492

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

47,672,257

     

9,385,128

     

115,492,285

   

Shares redeemed

   

(1,274,954,452

)

   

(206,549,818

)

   

(1,872,493,836

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(679,362,976

)

 

$

(90,639,180

)

 

$

1,370,272,941

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

694,012,785

   

$

127,322,462

   

$

2,132,752,758

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

194,162,834

     

35,440,449

     

342,110,095

   

Shares redeemed

   

(1,286,051,819

)

   

(185,324,821

)

   

(2,397,902,889

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(397,876,200

)

 

$

(22,561,910

)

 

$

76,959,964

   

Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

65,966,016

   

$

32,762,383

   

$

120,161,696

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

36,219,314

     

20,000,706

     

31,210,593

   

Shares redeemed

   

(258,336,015

)

   

(131,340,199

)

   

(258,129,939

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(156,150,685

)

 

$

(78,577,110

)

 

$

(106,757,650

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

109,557,157

   

$

59,254,394

   

$

207,604,536

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

61,488,226

     

31,322,256

     

53,619,398

   

Shares redeemed

   

(361,075,493

)

   

(158,755,123

)

   

(450,704,353

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(190,030,110

)

 

$

(68,178,473

)

 

$

(189,480,419

)

 

 

 

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

54,959,226

   

$

24,773,260

   

$

85,537,059

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

8,937,073

     

5,608,211

     

18,683,656

   

Shares redeemed

   

(107,572,665

)

   

(45,504,285

)

   

(255,582,789

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(43,676,366

)

 

$

(15,122,814

)

 

$

(151,362,074

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

72,157,346

   

$

23,208,644

   

$

249,506,974

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

11,715,193

     

7,364,603

     

32,097,393

   

Shares redeemed

   

(106,008,862

)

   

(68,215,333

)

   

(451,181,992

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(22,136,323

)

 

$

(37,642,086

)

 

$

(169,577,625

)

 

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Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Gold Fund

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

190,230,966

   

$

50,385,226

   

$

298,662,063

   

$

96,186,879

   

$

66,308,777

   

$

207,109,859

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

1,284

     

235

     

3

     

9,836,154

     

7,170,083

     

11,822,875

   

Shares redeemed

   

(185,993,125

)

   

(55,781,716

)

   

(216,467,908

)

   

(161,390,415

)

   

(118,162,719

)

   

(189,077,596

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

4,239,125

   

$

(5,396,255

)

 

$

82,194,158

   

$

(55,367,382

)

 

$

(44,683,859

)

 

$

29,855,138

   
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Gold Fund

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Shares sold

 

$

166,942,899

   

$

32,311,867

   

$

177,977,021

   

$

129,455,279

   

$

105,893,330

   

$

188,339,045

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

2,027

     

906

     

     

16,244,858

     

12,057,152

     

17,142,957

   

Shares redeemed

   

(184,532,240

)

   

(55,581,885

)

   

(212,714,595

)

   

(148,722,401

)

   

(90,789,241

)

   

(195,344,103

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(17,587,314

)

 

$

(23,269,112

)

 

$

(34,737,574

)

 

$

(3,022,264

)

 

$

27,161,241

   

$

10,137,899

   

 

   

Year Ended October 31, 2016

 
   

First Eagle Fund of America

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

Shares sold

 

$

155,182,822

   

$

60,883,214

   

$

207,053,628

   

$

24,924,812

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

32,951,785

     

19,957,823

     

23,592,833

     

12,761,129

   

Shares redeemed

   

(553,057,402

)

   

(247,914,397

)

   

(503,691,117

)

   

(109,558,764

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

(364,922,795

)

 

$

(167,073,360

)

 

$

(273,044,656

)

 

$

(71,872,823

)

 
   

Year Ended October 31, 2015

 
   

First Eagle Fund of America

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class I

 

Class Y

 

Shares sold

 

$

427,786,509

   

$

243,686,750

   

$

519,384,321

   

$

60,031,283

   
Shares issued for reinvested
dividends and distributions
   

78,833,583

     

42,190,415

     

45,373,323

     

36,042,154

   

Shares redeemed

   

(285,495,070

)

   

(112,903,474

)

   

(208,926,563

)

   

(93,040,793

)

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

$

221,125,022

   

$

172,973,691

   

$

355,831,081

   

$

3,032,644

   

Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements

Note 7 — Indemnification and Investment Risk

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. Each Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against each Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote. The Funds may have elements of risk not typically associated with investments in the United States due to their investments in foreign countries or regions. Such foreign investments may subject the Funds to additional risks resulting from political or economic conditions in such countries or regions and the possible imposition of adverse governmental laws or currency exchange restrictions could cause the securities and their markets to be less liquid and their prices to be more volatile than those of comparable U.S. securities. The securities markets in many emerging-market countries are substantially smaller, less developed, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of developed countries.

The First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund invest in high yield securities which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than investment grade securities. These high yield securities may be considered speculative with respect to the issuer's continuing ability to make principal and interest payments and may be subject to significant price fluctuations.

The Funds are subject to interest rate and credit risk. The value of debt securities may decline as interest rates increase. The Funds could lose money if the issuer of a fixed income security is unable to pay interest or repay principal when it is due. The ability of the issuers of debt to meet their obligations may be affected by the economic and political developments in a specific industry or region.

The Funds enter into derivatives which may represent off-balance sheet risk. Off-balance sheet risk exists when the maximum potential loss on a particular investment is greater than the value of such investment as reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Note 8 — Redemption In-Kind Transactions

The redemption in-kind policy for all of the Funds reserves the right of the Funds to pay redemptions in-kind (i.e., payments in the form of marketable securities or, as needed, other traded assets, rather than cash) if the redemption request is large enough to affect a Fund's operations (for example, if it represents more than $250,000 or 1% of the Fund's assets). When receiving assets distributed in-kind, the recipient will bear applicable commissions or other costs on their sale. There were no redemptions in-kind during the year ended October 31, 2016.

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

In accordance with the provision surrounding Subsequent Events adopted by the Funds, management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Funds' financial statements. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosures in the Funds' financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of First Eagle Funds and the Shareholders of First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund, and First Eagle Fund of America:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of First Eagle Global Fund (including its consolidated wholly owned subsidiary), First Eagle Overseas Fund (including its consolidated wholly owned subsidiary), First Eagle U.S. Value Fund (including its consolidated wholly owned subsidiary), First Eagle Gold Fund (including its consolidated wholly owned subsidiary), First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America (hereafter collectively referred to as the "Funds") as of October 31, 2016, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
December 28, 2016

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)

Example

As a shareholder of the First Eagle Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs including front-end and contingent deferred sales charges (loads), and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees; distribution fees (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on May 1, 2016 and held for the six-months ended October 31, 2016.

Actual Expenses

The table below titled "Based on Actual Total Return" provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During the Period".

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)

Based on Actual Total Return(1)

    Actual Total
Return without
Sales Charges(2)
  Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid during
the Period(3)
 

First Eagle Global Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

2.57

%

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,025.70

     

1.08

%

 

$

5.50

   

Class C

   

2.18

     

1,000.00

     

1,021.80

     

1.85

     

9.40

   

Class I

   

2.70

     

1,000.00

     

1,027.00

     

0.84

     

4.28

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

1.66

     

1,000.00

     

1,016.60

     

1.10

     

5.58

   

Class C

   

1.28

     

1,000.00

     

1,012.80

     

1.88

     

9.51

   

Class I

   

1.84

     

1,000.00

     

1,018.40

     

0.85

     

4.31

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

1.98

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.80

     

1.05

     

5.33

   

Class C

   

1.56

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.60

     

1.84

     

9.32

   

Class I

   

2.10

     

1,000.00

     

1,021.00

     

0.80

     

4.06

   

First Eagle Gold Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

-1.21

     

1,000.00

     

987.90

     

1.21

     

6.05

   

Class C

   

-1.57

     

1,000.00

     

984.30

     

1.97

     

9.83

   

Class I

   

-1.02

     

1,000.00

     

989.80

     

0.93

     

4.65

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

Class A

   

2.72

     

1,000.00

     

1,027.20

     

1.16

     

5.91

   

Class C

   

2.32

     

1,000.00

     

1,023.20

     

1.93

     

9.82

   

Class I

   

2.75

     

1,000.00

     

1,027.50

     

0.91

     

4.64

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 

Class A

   

8.49

     

1,000.00

     

1,084.90

     

1.12

     

5.87

   

Class C

   

8.09

     

1,000.00

     

1,080.90

     

1.87

     

9.78

   

Class I

   

8.65

     

1,000.00

     

1,086.50

     

0.83

     

4.35

   

First Eagle Fund of America

 

Class A

   

-0.81

     

1,000.00

     

991.90

     

1.27

     

6.36

   

Class C

   

-1.16

     

1,000.00

     

988.40

     

2.07

     

10.35

   

Class I

   

-0.68

     

1,000.00

     

993.20

     

1.02

     

5.11

   

Class Y

   

-0.80

     

1,000.00

     

992.00

     

1.29

     

6.46

   

(1)  For the six-months ended October 31, 2016.

(2)  Past performance does not guarantee future results. Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge, exchange fees or redemption fees. Had the effect of sales charges been reflected, expenses would have been higher and returns lower. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year.

(3)  Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below titled "Based on Hypothetical Total Return" provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the First Eagle Funds' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example relating to the Funds with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on May 1, 2016 and held for the six-months ended October 31, 2016.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)

Based on Hypothetical Total Return(1)

    Hypothetical
Annualized
Total
Return
  Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid during
the Period(2)
 

First Eagle Global Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

5.00

%

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,019.71

     

1.08

%

 

$

5.48

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.84

     

1.85

     

9.37

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.91

     

0.84

     

4.27

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.61

     

1.10

     

5.58

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.69

     

1.88

     

9.53

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.86

     

0.85

     

4.32

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.86

     

1.05

     

5.33

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.89

     

1.84

     

9.32

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,021.11

     

0.80

     

4.06

   

First Eagle Gold Fund Consolidated

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.05

     

1.21

     

6.14

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.23

     

1.97

     

9.98

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.46

     

0.93

     

4.72

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.30

     

1.16

     

5.89

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.43

     

1.93

     

9.78

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.56

     

0.91

     

4.62

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,019.51

     

1.12

     

5.69

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,015.74

     

1.87

     

9.48

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.96

     

0.83

     

4.22

   

First Eagle Fund of America

 

Class A

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,018.75

     

1.27

     

6.44

   

Class C

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,014.73

     

2.07

     

10.48

   

Class I

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,020.01

     

1.02

     

5.18

   

Class Y

   

5.00

     

1,000.00

     

1,018.65

     

1.29

     

6.55

   

(1)  For the six-months ended October 31, 2016.

(2)  Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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General Information

Quarterly Form N-Q portfolio schedule

The First Eagle Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("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 Web site at www.sec.gov. The Funds' Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1.800.SEC.0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Funds upon request by calling 1.800.334.2143.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain (1) a description of the Funds' proxy voting policies, (2) a description of the Funds' proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how the Funds voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting the Funds directly at 1.800.334.2143 or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.

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Tax Information

Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2016 (unaudited)

Each Fund designates the following amounts (or the maximum amount allowable) distributed during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, if any, as capital gain dividends, dividends eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction and/or qualified dividend income:

    % of Qualifying
Dividend
  % of Dividends
Eligible for
the Dividends
Received
 

Long-Term Capital Gains

 
   

Income

 

Deduction

 

15%

 

First Eagle Global Fund

   

100

%

   

100

%

 

$

643,759,404

   

First Eagle Overseas Fund *

   

100

%

   

0.17

%

   

129,623,596

   

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

   

100

%

   

100

%

   

124,969,751

   

First Eagle Gold Fund

   

     

     

   

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

   

43.57

%

   

12.34

%

   

   

First Eagle High Yield Fund

   

     

     

   

First Eagle Fund of America

   

100

%

   

100

%

   

121,026,013

   

* First Eagle Overseas Fund paid foreign taxes of $29,836,397, and recognized Section 853 foreign source income of $185,068,541. Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the First Eagle Overseas Fund designates such amounts (of the maximum amount allowable) as having been paid in connection with dividends distributed from investment company taxable income during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016.

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Privacy Notice

The Trust is committed to protecting your privacy. We are providing you with this privacy notice to inform you of how we handle your personal information that we collect and may disclose to our affiliates. If the Trust changes its information practices, we will provide you with notice of any material changes. This privacy policy supersedes any of our previous policies relating to the information you disclose to us.

Why this Privacy Policy Applies to You

You obtained a financial product or service from or through us for personal, family or household purposes when you opened a shareholder account with the Trust, and are therefore covered by this privacy policy.

What We do to Protect Your Personal Information

We protect personal information provided to us by our individual shareholders according to strict standards of security and confidentiality. These standards apply to both our physical facilities and any online services we may provide. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard consumer information. We permit only authorized individuals, who are trained in the proper handling of individual shareholder information and need to access this information to do their job, to have access to this information.

Personal Information that We Collect and May Disclose

As part of providing you with the Trust's products and services, we may obtain nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

•  Information we receive from you on subscription applications or other forms, such as your name, address, telephone number, Social Security number, occupation, assets and income;

•  Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or unaffiliated third parties, such as your account balances, payment history and account activity; and

•  Information from public records we may access in the ordinary course of business.

Categories of Affiliates to Whom We May Disclose Personal Information

We may share personal information about you with affiliates. Our affiliates do business under names that include Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc., First Eagle Investment Management, LLC, FEF Distributors, LLC, and ASB Advisers.

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Privacy Notice

You May Limit Marketing Solicitations by Choosing to Opt Out

We offer you the right to opt out from many types of marketing by our affiliates based on your personal information that we collect and share in accordance with this privacy policy. To limit those marketing solicitations, you may call 800.334.2143 indicating your desire not to receive marketing from our affiliates. Should you choose to opt out, your choice will remain in our records until you notify us otherwise, although we may choose to contact you in the future to modify your preference.

When We May Disclose Your Personal Information to Unaffiliated Third Parties

We will only share your personal information collected, as described above, with unaffiliated third parties:

•  At your request;

•  When you authorize us to process or service a transaction or product (unaffiliated third parties in this instance may include service providers such as the Trust's distributors, registrar and transfer agent for shareholder transactions, and other parties providing individual shareholder servicing, accounting and recordkeeping services);

•  With companies that perform sales and marketing services on our behalf with whom we have agreements to protect the confidentiality of your information and to use the information only for the purposes for which we disclose the information to them; or

•  When required by law to disclose such information to appropriate authorities.

We do not otherwise provide information about you to outside firms, organizations or individuals except to our attorneys, accountants and auditors and as permitted by law.

What We do with Personal Information about Our Former Customers

If you decide to discontinue doing business with us, the Trust will continue to adhere to this privacy policy with respect to the information we have in our possession about you and your account following the termination of our shareholder relationship.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Management of the Trust

The business of the Trust is managed by its Board of Trustees, which elects officers responsible for the day to day operations of the Funds and for the execution of the policies formulated by the Board of Trustees.

Pertinent information regarding the members of the Board of Trustees and principal officers of the Trust is set forth below. Some of the Trustees and officers are employees of the Adviser and its affiliates. At least a majority of the Trust's Board of Trustees are not "interested persons" as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act.

Independent Trustees(1)

Lisa Anderson | Trustee | December 2005 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born October 1950)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia; prior to 2016, President, American University in Cairo

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Director, Advisory Board Middle East Centre, London School of Economics; Member Emerita, Human Rights Watch; Member, Advisory Board, School of Public Affairs, Sciences Po (Institute of Political Studies), Paris; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

Candace K. Beinecke(2) | Trustee (Chair) | December 1999 to present
One Battery Park Plaza | New York, New York | 10004
(born December 1946)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Lead Trustee, Vornado Realty Trust; Director, ALSTOM; Director, Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. and Rockefeller & Company, Inc.; Trustee, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Trustee, Chairman, The Wallace Foundation; Director and Vice Chair, Partnership for New York City; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (Chair) (1 portfolio)

(1)  Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(2)  Ms. Beinecke also served as trustee of a predecessor fund to Fund of America since 1996.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Independent Trustees(1)—(continued)

Jean D. Hamilton | Trustee | March 2003 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born January 1947)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Private Investor/Independent Consultant/Member, Brock Capital Group LLC;

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Director, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd; prior to June 2012, Director, Four Nations; Chairman, Investment Committee, Thomas Cole National Historic Site; Member, Investment Advisory Committee, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

James E. Jordan | Trustee | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born April 1944)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Private Investor and Independent Consultant

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Director, JZ Capital Partners, Plc. (Guernsey investment trust company); Trustee, World Monuments Fund; Chairman's Council, Conservation International; Director, Alpha Andromeda Investment Trust Co., S.A.; prior to July 2013, Director, Leucadia National Corporation; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

William M. Kelly(3) | Trustee | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born February 1944)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Private Investor

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Trustee Emeritus, St. Anselm College; Director, Sergi S. Zlinkoff Fund for Medical Research and Education; Prior to April, 2010, Treasurer and Trustee, Black Rock Forest Preservation and Consortium; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

(1)  Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(3)  Mr. Kelly also served as trustee of a predecessor fund to Fund of America since 1998.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Independent Trustees(1)—(continued)

Paul J. Lawler | Trustee | March 2002 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born May 1948)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Private Investor

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Trustee and Audit Chair, The American University in Cairo; Trustee, Blackstone Alternative Asset Fund; Trustee, Ravena Coeymans Historical Society; Trustee, Coeymans Heritage Society; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

Interested Trustees(4)

John P. Arnhold | President and Trustee | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born December 1953)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Director, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; Director, First Eagle Holdings, Inc; Director, FEF Distributors, LLC; Prior to March 2016, Co-President and Co-CEO, First Eagle Holdings, Inc; CIO and Chairman, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; CEO and Chairman, FEF Distributors, LLC

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Chairman and Director, Arnhold Ceramics; Director, The Arnhold Foundation; Director, The Mulago Foundation; Director, WNET.org; Trustee Emeritus, Trinity Episcopal Schools Corp.; Trustee, Vassar College; Trustee, Jazz at Lincoln Center; Chairman, International Tennis Hall of Fame; Member, Investment Committee of the USTA; Managing Member, New Eagle Holdings Management Company, LLC; Director, First Eagle Amundi SICAV; Trustee, UC Santa Barbara Foundation; prior to November, 2011, Director, Aquila International Fund Limited

(1)  Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(4)  The term of office of each Interested Trustee is indefinite.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Interested Trustees(5)—(continued)

Jean-Marie Eveillard | Trustee | June 2008 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born January 1940)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years: Senior Adviser to First Eagle Investment Management, LLC since March 2009; formerly, Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC since January 2000; previously, Portfolio Manager of First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, and First Eagle Variable Funds (portfolio management tenure: 1979-2004, March 2007-March 2009)

Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee: 8

Other Directorships/Trusteeships Held by Trustee: Director, Varenne Capital Partners; Trustee, FIAF (Alliance Francaise); prior to March 2015, Trustee, The Frick Collection; prior to December 2011, Director, Fregate-Legris Industries SA; Trustee, First Eagle Variable Funds (1 portfolio)

Officers(6)

John P. Arnhold | President and Trustee | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born December 1953)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: See table on preceding page related to Interested Trustees

Robert Bruno | Senior Vice President | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born June 1964)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; President, FEF Distributors, LLC; Senior Vice President, First Eagle Variable Funds

Joseph T. Malone | Chief Financial Officer | September 2008 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born September 1967)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; Chief Financial Officer, First Eagle Variable Funds; from September 2008

(5)  The term of office of each Interested Trustee is indefinite.

(6)  The term of office of each officer is indefinite. Length of time served represents time served as an officer of the Trust (or its predecessor entities), although various positions may have been held during the period.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Officers(6)—(continued)

Albert Pisano | Chief Compliance Officer | July 2015 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born April 1960)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management; prior to June 30, 2014, Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, and also served as Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC; Chief Compliance Officer, First Eagle Variable Funds from July 2015

Suzan J. Afifi | Secretary and Vice President | December 1999 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born October 1952)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; Vice President, FEF Distributors, LLC; Secretary and Vice President, First Eagle Variable Funds

Tricia Larkin | Treasurer | March 2016 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born July 1979)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; prior to March 2016, Vice President of Fund Administration, State Street Corporation; prior to November 2013, Director of Fund Administration, Assistant Vice President, State Street Corporation; prior to March 2012, Assistant Director of Fund Administration, Officer, State Street Corporation; Treasurer, First Eagle Variable Funds

Michael Luzzatto | Vice President | December 2004 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(born April 1977)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Senior Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC; Vice President, FEF Distributors, LLC; Vice President, First Eagle Variable Funds

Neal Ashinsky | Assistant Treasurer | October 2015 to present
1345 Avenue of the Americas | New York, New York | 10105
(Born October 1987)

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five (5) Years: Assistant Vice President, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC from August 2015; Advisory Senior Associate, KPMG LLP from November 2014; Assurance Senior Associate, PwC LLP from September 2010; Assistant Treasurer, First Eagle Variable Funds

(6)  The term of office of each officer is indefinite. Length of time served represents time served as an officer of the Trust (or its predecessor entities), although various positions may have been held during the period.

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First Eagle Funds

Trustees

Lisa Anderson

John P. Arnhold

Candace K. Beinecke (Chair)

Jean-Marie Eveillard

Jean D. Hamilton

James E. Jordan

William M. Kelly

Paul J. Lawler

Officers

John P. Arnhold

President

Robert Bruno

Senior Vice President

Joseph T. Malone

Chief Financial Officer

Albert Pisano

Chief Compliance Officer

Suzan J. Afifi

Secretary & Vice President

Tricia Larkin

Treasurer

Michael Luzzatto

Vice President

Neal Ashinsky

Assistant Treasurer

Investment Adviser

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC

1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105

Legal Counsel

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Custodian

State Street Corporation

Corporate Headquarters
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Shareholder Servicing Agent

DST Systems, Inc.

330 West 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
800.334.2143

Underwriter

FEF Distributors, LLC

1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105

Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

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First Eagle Investment Management, LLC

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105-0048

800.334.2143 www.feim.com




 

Item 2.                                 Code of Ethics.

 

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer.  Copies of the code of ethics may be requested free of charge by calling 1-800-334-2143 (toll free).

 

Item 3.                                 Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Board of Trustees of the registrant has designated Paul J. Lawler, William M. Kelly and Jean Hamilton as Audit Committee Financial Experts.  Mr. Lawler, Mr. Kelly and Ms. Hamilton are considered by the Board to be independent trustees.

 

Item 4.                                 Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

(a)         Audit Fees:

 

For the Fiscal years ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) audit fees for professional services rendered to the registrant were approximately $439,200 and $438,190, respectively.  Fees included in the audit fees category are those associated with the annual audits of the financial statements and services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

 

(b)         Audit Related Fees:

 

For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate PwC fees for assurance and related services rendered to the registrant were approximately $18,300 and $18,300, respectively.

 

(c)          Tax Fees:

 

In each fiscal year ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the aggregate tax fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered to the registrant were approximately $498,050 and $452,149, respectively.

 

Fees included in the tax fees category comprise all services performed by professional staff in the independent accountant’s tax division except those services related to audits. This category comprises fees for tax compliance and preparation of tax returns.

 

(d)         All Other Fees:

 

In each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015, there were no fees billed by PwC for products and services, other than 4(a)-(c) above, rendered to the registrant.

 

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted a policy whereby audit and non-audit services performed by the registrant’s principal accountant for the registrant, its investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant require pre-approval by the committee or a designated member thereof.  If such a service is required between regularly scheduled audit committee meetings, pre-approval may be authorized by one audit committee member with ratification at the next scheduled audit committee meeting.  Waiver of pre-approval for audit and non-audit services requiring fees of a de minimis amount is not permitted.

 

(e)(2) No services included in (b) – (d) above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 



 

(f) According to PwC, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, the percentage of hours spent on the audit of the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributable to work performed by persons who are not full-time, permanent employees of PwC was 0%.

 

(g) Other than as described in the table above, the aggregate fees billed for the most recent fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year by the registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the registrant (“covered”), its investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser (“non-covered”) that provides ongoing services to the registrant was $0 in 2016 and 2015.

 

(h) Not applicable.

 

Item 5.                                 Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not applicable at this time.

 

Item 6.                                 Schedule of Investments

 

Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 7.                                 Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.                                 Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Investment companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.                                 Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.                          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

No material change to report at this time.

 

Item 11.                          Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) In the opinion of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, based on their evaluation, the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure (i) that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them  by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and (ii) that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.                          Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Code of ethics required to be disclosed under Item 2 of Form N-CSR.

 

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)):  Attached hereto.

 

(a)(3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)): Attached hereto.

 


 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)

 

First Eagle Funds

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

/s/ John P. Arnhold

 

 

John P. Arnhold, President

 

Date: December 28, 2016

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 By (Signature and Title)*

/s/ John P. Arnhold

 

John P. Arnhold, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: December 28, 2016

 

 

 By (Signature and Title)*

/s/ Joseph T. Malone

 

Joseph T. Malone, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: December 28, 2016

 


*          Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.