N-CSRS 1 d152512dncsrs.htm ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC. Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.

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 811-08932

Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Sarah A. Johnson    John M. Loder
Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.    Ropes & Gray LLP
875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800    Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202    Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (414) 390-6100

Date of fiscal year end: 9/30

Date of reporting period: 3/31/21

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Item 1.

Report to Shareholders.

 


LOGO


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

 

    Share Class
    Investor   Advisor   Institutional

Artisan Developing World Fund

  ARTYX   APDYX   APHYX

Artisan Focus Fund

  ARTTX   APDTX   APHTX

Artisan Global Discovery Fund

  APFDX   APDDX   APHDX

Artisan Global Equity Fund

  ARTHX   APDHX   APHHX

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund

  ARTRX   APDRX   APHRX

Artisan Global Value Fund

  ARTGX   APDGX   APHGX

Artisan High Income Fund

  ARTFX   APDFX   APHFX

Artisan International Fund

  ARTIX   APDIX   APHIX

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund

  ARTJX   APDJX   APHJX

Artisan International Value Fund

  ARTKX   APDKX   APHKX

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

  ARTMX   APDMX   APHMX

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund

  ARTQX   APDQX   APHQX

Artisan Select Equity Fund

  ARTNX   APDNX   APHNX

Artisan Small Cap Fund

  ARTSX   APDSX   APHSX

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund

  ARTZX   N/A   APHEX

Artisan Value Fund

  ARTLX   APDLX   APHLX

As permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Funds or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available online at http://hosted.rightprospectus.com/Artisan, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
  2      Artisan Developing World Fund
  4      Artisan Focus Fund
  8      Artisan Global Discovery Fund
  10      Artisan Global Equity Fund
  13      Artisan Global Opportunities Fund
  15      Artisan Global Value Fund
  17      Artisan High Income Fund
  24      Artisan International Fund
  27      Artisan International Small-Mid Fund
  30      Artisan International Value Fund
  33      Artisan Mid Cap Fund
  36      Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund
  38      Artisan Select Equity Fund
  40      Artisan Small Cap Fund
  43      Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund
  46      Artisan Value Fund
  
  48      STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  
  52      STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
  
  56      STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
  
  64      FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
  
  90      NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
  
  129      SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE
  
  134      STATEMENT REGARDING LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
  
  135      NOTES ON PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS’ CLASSIFICATION
  
  136      SHAREHOLDER MEETING RESULTS
  
  136      PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
  
  136      INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
  

 

 

 

ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

P.O. BOX 219322

KANSAS CITY, MO 64121-9322

This report and the unaudited financial statements contained herein are provided for the general information of the shareholders of Artisan Partners Funds. Before investing, investors should consider carefully each Fund’s investment objective, risks and charges and expenses. For a prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain that information and more information about each Fund, please call 800.344.1770 or visit our website at www.artisanpartners.com. Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

Artisan Partners Funds offered through Artisan Partners Distributors LLC, member FINRA.


ARTISAN DEVELOPING WORLD FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 99.2%
       
ARGENTINA - 5.2%

MercadoLibre, Inc.*

      303     $ 446,441
       
BRAZIL - 2.3%

StoneCo Ltd., Class A*

      3,308       202,540
       
CHINA - 36.5%

Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd., Class A

      21,653       195,719

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR*

      2,023       458,603

Bilibili, Inc., ADR*

      2,704       289,459

JD Health International, Inc.*

      6,798       97,503

KE Holdings, Inc., ADR*

      2,980       169,800

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A

      881       270,050

Meituan, Class B*

      9,870       378,583

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A

      3,271       199,146

TAL Education Group, ADR*

      5,065       272,738

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

      4,597       360,738

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.*

      30,217       378,384

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A

      2,258       98,849
       

 

 

 
          3,169,572
FRANCE - 3.7%

Hermes International

      76       83,726

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

      354       235,631
       

 

 

 
          319,357
INDIA - 2.9%

HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR*

      3,267       253,802
       
NETHERLANDS - 7.1%

Adyen NV*

      163       363,229

ASML Holding NV, NYRS

      405       250,146
       

 

 

 
          613,375
RUSSIA - 1.0%

Yandex NV, Class A*

      1,357       86,928
       
TAIWAN - 6.5%

Sea Ltd., ADR*

      2,542       567,342
       
UNITED KINGDOM - 2.7%

Farfetch Ltd., Class A*

      4,445       235,696
       
UNITED STATES - 31.3%

Airbnb, Inc., Class A*

      1,528       287,192
UNITED STATES (CONTINUED)

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

      807     234,838

Netflix, Inc.*

      463       241,506

NVIDIA Corp.

      718       383,555

Uber Technologies, Inc.*

      6,832       372,439

Unity Software, Inc.*

      3,794       380,621

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

      1,368       357,455

Visa, Inc., Class A

      2,170       459,551
       

 

 

 
          2,717,157
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $5,436,593)

 

      8,612,210
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.6%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      17,073       17,073

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      16,570       16,570

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      16,570       16,570
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $50,213)

 

      50,213
   

Total investments - 99.8%
(Cost $5,486,806)

 

      8,662,423
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.2%

 

      13,689
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(1)

 

    $ 8,676,112
   

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

NYRS - New York Registry Shares

 

 

2   Artisan Partners Funds


PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 1,545,973       17.8 %

Consumer Discretionary

      2,496,113       28.8

Consumer Staples

      504,888       5.8

Financials

      253,802       2.9

Health Care

      1,229,553       14.2

Industrials

      372,439       4.3

Information Technology

      2,039,642       23.6

Real Estate

      169,800       2.0

Short-Term Investments

      50,213       0.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 8,662,423       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Chinese yuan renminbi offshore

    $ 763,764       8.8 %

Euro

      682,586       7.9

Hong Kong dollar

      1,215,208       14.0

U.S. dollar

      6,000,865       69.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 8,662,423       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Sea Ltd.

  Taiwan        6.5 %

Visa, Inc.

  United States        5.3

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

  China        5.3

MercadoLibre, Inc.

  Argentina        5.2

NVIDIA Corp.

  United States        4.4

Unity Software, Inc.

  United States        4.4

Meituan

  China        4.4

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.

  China        4.4

Uber Technologies, Inc.

  United States        4.3

Adyen NV

  Netherlands        4.2
      

 

 

 

Total

         48.4 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   3


ARTISAN FOCUS FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 66.4%
       
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 4.6%

Airbus SE*(1)

      805     $ 91,142
       
AIRLINES - 2.1%

Alaska Air Group, Inc.*

      597       41,308
       
CAPITAL MARKETS - 4.5%

BlackRock, Inc.

      80       60,343

Blackstone Group, Inc. (The)

      384       28,644
       

 

 

 
          88,987
CHEMICALS - 2.0%

Linde plc(1)

      142       39,768
       
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 4.8%

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

      169       56,794

Vulcan Materials Co.

      229       38,661
       

 

 

 
          95,455
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.0%

AMETEK, Inc.

      155       19,818
       
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS - 1.6%

CDW Corp.

      194       32,113
       
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 3.4%

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

      128       18,162

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.*

      403       48,743
       

 

 

 
          66,905
INSURANCE - 3.6%

Aon plc, Class A(2)

      310       71,382
       
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 4.6%

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

      39       91,213
       
IT SERVICES - 2.1%

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      299       42,020
       
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 3.4%

IHS Markit Ltd.

      708       68,503
       
ROAD & RAIL - 9.2%

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.(1)

      107       40,716

Norfolk Southern Corp.

      258       69,310

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

      127       30,538
ROAD & RAIL (CONTINUED)

Union Pacific Corp.

      193     42,639
       

 

 

 
          183,203
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR
EQUIPMENT - 10.7%
   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

      325       25,514

Analog Devices, Inc.

      936       145,152

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR(1)

      344       40,717
       

 

 

 
          211,383
SOFTWARE - 5.0%

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A*

      180       12,649

Microsoft Corp.(2)

      364       85,928
       

 

 

 
          98,577
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 3.8%

Ulta Beauty, Inc.*

      243       75,053
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $1,131,519)

          1,316,830
    No. of
Contracts
   
OPTIONS PURCHASED - 14.0%
       
CALL OPTIONS - 13.5%

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.6%

 

Boeing Co. (The) 8/20/2021 at USD 250.00; Notional Amount: USD 66,864

      2,625       7,823

TransDigm Group, Inc. 5/21/2021 at USD 360.00; Notional Amount: USD 59,321

      1,009       23,313
       

 

 

 
          31,136
BANKS - 2.0%

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1/21/2022 at USD 85.00; Notional Amount: USD 88,080

      5,786       39,113
       
ENTERTAINMENT - 2.6%

Walt Disney Co. (The) 1/21/2022 at USD 60.00; Notional Amount: USD 77,092

      4,178       52,246
       
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 3.0%

Alphabet, Inc. 8/20/2021 at USD 2,100.00; Notional Amount: USD 94,051

      456       5,802

 

4   Artisan Partners Funds


    No. of
Contracts
  Value
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES (CONTINUED)

Facebook, Inc. 1/21/2022 at USD 145.00; Notional Amount: USD 106,001

      3,599     $ 54,768
       

 

 

 
          60,570
MACHINERY - 0.4%

Caterpillar, Inc. 6/18/2021 at USD 230.00; Notional Amount: USD 118,880

      5,127       7,165
       
ROAD & RAIL - 0.4%

Union Pacific Corp. 8/20/2021 at USD 210.00; Notional Amount: USD 86,775

      3,937     $ 7,933
       
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 3.0%

Analog Devices, Inc. 9/17/2021 at USD 150.00; Notional Amount: USD 34,490

      2,224       3,258

Micron Technology, Inc. 6/18/2021 at USD 25.00; Notional Amount: USD 78,842

      8,938       56,555
       

 

 

 
          59,813
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 0.2%

TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 7/16/2021 at USD 67.50; Notional Amount: USD 65,621

      9,920       3,422
       
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 0.3%

Western Digital Corp. 7/16/2021 at USD 67.50; Notional Amount: USD 56,904

      8,525       5,840
       

 

 

 

Total call options

          267,238
       
PUT OPTIONS - 0.5%

ENTERTAINMENT - 0.1%

 

Walt Disney Co. (The) 5/21/2021 at USD 180.00; Notional Amount: USD 31,295

      1,696       1,094
       
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 0.2%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5/21/2021 at USD 80.00; Notional Amount: USD 36,589

      4,661       2,540

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 6/18/2021 at USD 110.00; Notional Amount: USD 52,481

      4,437       1,764
       

 

 

 
          4,304
SOFTWARE - 0.2%

Cloudflare, Inc. 5/21/2021 at USD 70.00; Notional Amount: USD 18,914

      2,692       1,683

Microsoft Corp. 5/21/2021 at USD 230.00; Notional Amount: USD 85,915

      3,644       2,423
       

 

 

 
          4,106
       

 

 

 

Total put options

          9,504
       

 

 

 

Total options purchased
(Cost $216,534)

          276,742
    Shares
Held
  Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 22.0%    
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 22.0%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      148,234     148,234

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      143,875       143,875

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      143,875       143,875
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $435,984)

          435,984
       

Total investments - 102.4%
(Cost $1,784,037)

          2,029,556
       

WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS - (1.1)%
(Premiums received $(17,922))

 

      (21,254 )
       

Other assets less liabilities - (1.3%)

 

      (26,988 )
       

 

 

 
       

Total net assets - 100.0%(3)

 

    $ 1,981,314
       

 

 

 

 

*    Non-income producing security.
    One contract is equal to 100 shares.
(1)    The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading Currency

Airbus SE

  France   Euro

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

  Canada   Canadian dollar

Linde plc

  United Kingdom   U.S. dollar

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

  Taiwan   U.S. dollar

 

(2)    At March 31, 2021, all or a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for written options.
(3)    Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

USD - U.S. dollar

 

Artisan Partners Funds   5


PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION
Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 113,910       5.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

      236,594       11.6

Financials

      199,482       9.8

Industrials

      450,207       22.2

Information Technology

      458,156       22.6

Materials

      135,223       6.7

Short-Term Investments

      435,984       21.5
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 2,029,556       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES
Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Canadian dollar

    $ 40,716       2.0 %

Euro

      91,142       4.5

U.S. dollar

      1,897,698       93.5
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 2,029,556       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY FORWARD CONTRACTS

Values in thousands

 

Currency Purchased    Currency
Sold
   Counterparty
Settlement
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
USD        87,372        EUR  72,258        JPM  5/20/2021      $ 2,554
                   

 

 

 
Total unrealized appreciation

 

       2,554
                   

 

 

 
USD        38,504        CAD  48,386        JPM  6/24/2021        (2 )
                   

 

 

 
Total unrealized depreciation

 

       (2 )
                   

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation

 

     $ 2,552
                   

 

 

 

CAD - Canadian dollar

EUR - Euro

USD - U.S. dollar

JPM - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS
CALL OPTIONS
Dollar value in thousands except exercise price
Number of
Contracts
  

Description

   Exercise
Price
   Notional
Amount
   Expiration
Date
   Premiums
(Received)
by Fund
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
3,644    Microsoft Corp.      $ 245      $ 85,915        05/21/21      $ (1,679 )     $ (1,822 )     $ (143 )
1,961      S&P Global, Inc.        270        69,198        04/16/21        (13,687 )       (16,257 )       (2,570 )
3,440      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.        120        40,688        06/18/21        (1,714 )       (2,374 )       (660 )
1,696      Walt Disney Co. (The)        195        31,295        05/21/21        (842 )       (801 )       41
                        

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total written option contracts

       $ (17,922 )     $ (21,254 )     $ (3,332 )
      

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

    One contract is equal to 100 shares.

 

6   Artisan Partners Funds


TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

   Country    Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Analog Devices, Inc.

       United States        7.5 %

Booking Holdings, Inc.

       United States        4.6

Airbus SE

       France        4.6

Microsoft Corp.

       United States        4.5

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

       United States        3.8

Aon plc

       United States        3.6

Norfolk Southern Corp.

       United States        3.5

IHS Markit Ltd.

       United States        3.4

BlackRock, Inc.

       United States        3.0

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

       United States        2.9
         

 

 

 

Total

            41.4 %
         

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   7


ARTISAN GLOBAL DISCOVERY FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%
       
BRAZIL - 2.3%        

Magazine Luiza SA

      529     $ 1,888

Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA*

      300       4,415
       

 

 

 
          6,303
CANADA - 0.7%        

Altus Group Ltd.

      43       2,049
       
CHINA - 2.0%        

Li Ning Co. Ltd.

      865       5,616
       
DENMARK - 5.7%        

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*

      48       6,132

Genmab A/S*

      14       4,489

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

      25       5,072
       

 

 

 
          15,693
GERMANY - 7.7%        

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA*

      68       3,949

E.ON SE

      334       3,885

Evotec SE*

      48       1,741

Gerresheimer AG

      67       6,689

Puma SE*

      51       5,014
       

 

 

 
          21,278
HONG KONG - 3.1%        

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

      505       8,638
Japan - 3.7%        

Hoya Corp.

      38       4,428

Obic Co. Ltd.

      31       5,682
       

 

 

 
          10,110
LUXEMBOURG - 2.3%        

Eurofins Scientific SE

      66       6,298
       
NETHERLANDS - 2.4%        

Koninklijke DSM NV

      40       6,704
       
SPAIN - 1.2%        

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

      633       3,286
       
SWITZERLAND - 2.7%        

Aluflexpack AG*

      49       1,741

Belimo Holding AG

      - (1)        2,797

Lonza Group AG

      5       3,050
       

 

 

 
          7,588
UNITED KINGDOM - 2.2%        

London Stock Exchange Group plc

      42     4,035

Meggitt plc*

      320       2,108
       

 

 

 
          6,143
UNITED STATES - 61.5%        

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

      85       6,660

Arista Networks, Inc.*

      15       4,613

Atlassian Corp. plc, Class A*

      33       6,931

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B

      81       3,789

Blackline, Inc.*

      39       4,241

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A*

      2       2,306

Boston Scientific Corp.*

      239       9,235

Burlington Stores, Inc.*

      17       5,132

Centene Corp.*

      55       3,521

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*

      28       2,387

Chegg, Inc.*

      37       3,131

Cognex Corp.

      27       2,276

Coupa Software, Inc.*

      11       2,771

Cree, Inc.*

      15       1,625

Datadog, Inc., Class A*

      37       3,052

Dexcom, Inc.*

      9       3,218

First Republic Bank

      43       7,104

Fortive Corp.

      101       7,158

Global Payments, Inc.

      62       12,538

IHS Markit Ltd.

      49       4,702

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*

      111       5,460

IPG Photonics Corp.*

      14       2,966

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*

      6       774

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

      116       5,230

Morningstar, Inc.

      12       2,630

Nasdaq, Inc.

      25       3,717

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

      89       4,492

Novanta, Inc.*

      27       3,556

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

      32       5,788

SVB Financial Group*

      6       3,132

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*

      18       7,420

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

      58       4,294

Valmont Industries, Inc.

      18       4,337

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

      30       7,727

Veracyte, Inc.*

      32       1,725

Zscaler, Inc.*

      15       2,584

Zynga, Inc., Class A*

      777       7,936
       

 

 

 
          170,158
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $195,568)

          269,864

 

8   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.7%    
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.7%        

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      1,577     $ 1,577

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      1,531       1,531

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      1,531       1,531
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $4,639)

          4,639
       

Total investments - 99.2%
(Cost $200,207)

          274,503
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.8%

 

      2,224
       

 

 

 
       

Total net assets - 100.0%(2)

 

    $ 276,727
       

 

 

 

 

*    Non-income producing security.
(1)   Amount rounds to less than one.
(2)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATION

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION        
Dollar values in thousands        
    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 16,377       6.0 %

Consumer Discretionary

      20,781       7.5

Consumer Staples

      2,306       0.8

Financials

      28,198       10.3

Health Care

      63,442       23.1

Industrials

      47,692       17.4

Information Technology

      76,689       28.0

Materials

      8,445       3.1

Real Estate

      2,049       0.7

Utilities

      3,885       1.4

Short-Term Investments

      4,639       1.7
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 274,503       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES
Dollar values in thousands
     Value    Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

     $ 6,303        2.3 %

British pound

       6,143        2.2

Canadian dollar

       2,049        0.7

Danish krone

       9,561        3.5

Euro

       37,566        13.7

Hong Kong dollar

       14,254        5.2

Japanese yen

       10,110        3.7

Swiss franc

       7,588        2.8

U.S. dollar

       180,929        65.9
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total investments

     $ 274,503        100.0 %
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS         

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Global Payments, Inc.

  United States        4.5 %

Boston Scientific Corp.

  United States        3.3

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

  Hong Kong        3.1

Zynga, Inc.

  United States        2.9

Veeva Systems, Inc.

  United States        2.8

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

  United States        2.7

Fortive Corp.

  United States        2.6

First Republic Bank

  United States        2.6

Atlassian Corp. plc

  United States        2.5

Koninklijke DSM NV

  Netherlands        2.4
      

 

 

 

Total

         29.4 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   9


ARTISAN GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS AND EQUITY-LINKED SECURITY - 96.1%
       
ARGENTINA - 0.3%

MercadoLibre, Inc.*

      1     $ 1,051
       
BELGIUM - 1.1%

UCB SA

      37       3,527
       
BRAZIL - 0.7%

Azul SA (Preference)*

      347       2,333
       
CANADA - 1.5%

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

      10       3,743

Kinaxis, Inc.*

      10       1,190
       

 

 

 
          4,933
       
CHINA - 4.4%

China International Capital Corp. Ltd., Class H*

      1,763       4,273

Chindata Group Holdings Ltd., ADR*

      126       2,082

iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd., ADR*

      100       1,178

Midea Group Co. Ltd., Class A

      155       1,945

NavInfo Co. Ltd., Class A

      1,137       2,528

RLX Technology, Inc., ADR*

      27       279

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

      22       1,711

Zai Lab Ltd., ADR*

      4       470
       

 

 

 
          14,466
       
DENMARK - 1.4%

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*

      25       3,195

Genmab A/S*

      4       1,352
       

 

 

 
          4,547
       
FRANCE - 0.9%

Adevinta ASA*

      34       505

BNP Paribas SA*

      42       2,575
       

 

 

 
          3,080
       
GERMANY - 12.1%

AIXTRON SE*

      233       5,289

Allianz SE

      31       7,815

Auto1 Group SE*

      16       879

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

      16       1,679

Brenntag SE

      29       2,463

Delivery Hero SE*

      17       2,252

Deutsche Boerse AG

      10       1,671

Deutsche Post AG

      47       2,558
GERMANY (CONTINUED)

MTU Aero Engines AG

      14     3,301

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference)

      28       3,018

Scout24 AG

      28       2,153

Siemens AG

      24       3,939

Siemens Energy AG*

      69       2,484

Wacker Neuson SE*

      9       206
       

 

 

 
          39,707
       
GREECE - 0.7%

JUMBO SA

      119       2,185
       
HONG KONG - 2.1%

AIA Group Ltd.

      292       3,544

China Youzan Ltd.*

      10,236       3,345
       

 

 

 
          6,889
       
INDIA - 1.0%

Reliance Industries Ltd.

      113       3,094
       
IRELAND - 2.1%

CRH plc

      108       5,041

Ryanair Holdings plc, Equity-Linked Security*(1)(2)(3)

      88       1,700
       

 

 

 
          6,741
       
ISRAEL - 0.6%

Tremor International Ltd.*

      211       2,035
       
ITALY - 1.0%

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA*

      1,174       3,182
       
JAPAN - 3.9%

Hoya Corp.

      28       3,247

Jeol Ltd.

      171       6,784

OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd.

      20       1,058

TeamSpirit, Inc.*

      85       1,589
       

 

 

 
          12,678
       
NETHERLANDS - 4.5%

Argenx SE, ADR*

      18       5,002

CM.com NV*

      156       4,709

ING Groep NV

      306       3,749

uniQure NV*

      40       1,336
       

 

 

 
          14,796
       

 

10   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
PORTUGAL - 0.9%

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

      508     $ 2,904
       
RUSSIA - 1.2%

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, ADR

      130       4,043
       
SOUTH KOREA - 1.1%

Coupang, Inc.*

      9       448

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      43       3,123
       

 

 

 
          3,571
       
SWEDEN - 2.4%

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

      111       3,436

Sandvik AB*

      160       4,378
       

 

 

 
          7,814
       
SWITZERLAND - 4.8%

Adecco Group AG

      31       2,109

Idorsia Ltd.*

      84       2,260

LafargeHolcim Ltd.*

      64       3,757

Medacta Group SA*

      43       4,579

Roche Holding AG

      10       3,112
       

 

 

 
          15,817
       
UNITED KINGDOM - 4.5%

AVEVA Group plc

      92       4,342

Clarivate plc*

      172       4,529

HSBC Holdings plc

      608       3,556

Linde plc

      8       2,266
       

 

 

 
          14,693
       
UNITED STATES - 42.9%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

      170       4,390

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

      3       5,763

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

      1       2,869

Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A*

      66       4,120

Amazon.com, Inc.*

      3       9,539

American Software, Inc., Class A

      102       2,118

AtriCure, Inc.*

      70       4,570

Blueprint Medicines Corp.*

      36       3,483

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

      4       9,222

Carrier Global Corp.

      149       6,280

Colfax Corp.*

      93       4,053

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.*

      39       544

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*

      296       12,327

Horizon Therapeutics plc*

      53       4,892

Insmed, Inc.*

      61       2,082

Johnson Controls International plc

      171       10,188

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

      13       4,526

Micron Technology, Inc.*

      28       2,460

Microsoft Corp.

      40       9,494
UNITED STATES (CONTINUED)

PayPal Holdings, Inc.*

      1     298

SVMK, Inc.*

      163       2,984

Synopsys, Inc.*

      25       6,130

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

      49       6,153

Ulta Beauty, Inc.*

      8       2,444

Vertiv Holdings Co.

      463       9,268

Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp., Class A*

      87       944

ViewRay, Inc.*

      757       3,295

Walt Disney Co. (The)*

      32       5,862
       

 

 

 
          140,298
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks and equity-linked security
(Cost $257,686)

 

      314,384
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.7%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 2.7%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      3,025       3,025

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      2,936       2,936

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      2,937       2,937
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $8,898)

 

      8,898
   

Total investments - 98.8%
(Cost $266,584)

 

      323,282
       

Other assets less liabilities - 1.2%

 

      3,941
   

 

 

 
       

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

 

    $ 327,223
   

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $1,700, or 0.5% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(2)   Security is restricted. Security was acquired in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the date or during the period noted below.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Cost   Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Ryanair Holdings plc

     
03/29/2021-
03/31/2021

    $ 1,688     $ 1,700       0.5%

 

(3)   Security is an equity-linked security issued by HSBC Bank plc. As described in 2(g) in Notes to Financial Statements, equity-linked securities are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bank or broker-dealer that issues them.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   11


(4)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION          

Dollar values in thousands

         
     Value    Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

     $ 28,229        8.7 %

Consumer Discretionary

       37,190        11.5

Consumer Staples

       279        0.1

Energy

       3,094        1.0

Financials

       33,009        10.2

Health Care

       69,903        21.6

Industrials

       65,812        20.4

Information Technology

       58,857        18.2

Materials

       15,107        4.7

Utilities

       2,904        0.9

Short-Term Investments

       8,898        2.7
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total investments

     $ 323,282        100.0 %
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES        

Dollar values in thousands

       
    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

    $ 2,333       0.7 %

British pound

      6,377       2.0

Canadian dollar

      4,933       1.5

Chinese yuan renminbi offshore

      4,473       1.3

Danish krone

      1,352       0.4

Euro

      69,845       21.6

Hong Kong dollar

      16,429       5.1

Indian rupee

      3,094       1.0

Japanese yen

      12,678       3.9

Korean won

      3,123       1.0

Norwegian krone

      505       0.2

Swedish krona

      7,814       2.4

Swiss franc

      15,817       4.9

U.S. dollar

      174,509       54.0
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 323,282       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS         

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

  United States        3.8 %

Johnson Controls International plc

  United States        3.1

Amazon.com, Inc.

  United States        2.9

Microsoft Corp.

  United States        2.9

Vertiv Holdings Co.

  United States        2.8

Booking Holdings, Inc.

  United States        2.8

Alphabet, Inc.

  United States        2.6

Allianz SE

  Germany        2.4

Jeol Ltd.

  Japan        2.1

Carrier Global Corp.

  United States        1.9
      

 

 

 

Total

         27.3 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.0%
       
BRAZIL - 1.8%

Magazine Luiza SA

      9,819     $ 35,030

Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA*

      3,970       58,469
       

 

 

 
          93,499
       
CANADA - 1.3%

Shopify, Inc., Class A*

      62       68,065
       
DENMARK - 5.0%

Genmab A/S*

      307       100,944

Orsted A/S

      404       65,299

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

      436       89,570
       

 

 

 
          255,813
       
GERMANY - 0.7%

Volkswagen AG (Preference)

      132       36,912
       
HONG KONG - 6.8%

AIA Group Ltd.

      5,838       70,818

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

      16,272       278,387
       

 

 

 
          349,205
       
JAPAN - 3.0%

Hoya Corp.

      734       86,199

Keyence Corp.

      148       67,238
       

 

 

 
          153,437
       
NETHERLANDS - 3.9%

Koninklijke DSM NV

      665       112,461

Koninklijke Philips NV*

      1,511       86,247
       

 

 

 
          198,708
       
SOUTH KOREA - 1.7%

LG Chem Ltd.

      124       88,286
       
SPAIN - 3.7%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

      12,181       63,226

Iberdrola SA

      9,621       123,933
       

 

 

 
          187,159
       
SWEDEN - 4.8%

Hexagon AB, Class B

      1,019       93,995

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

      11,421       151,109
       

 

 

 
          245,104
SWITZERLAND - 5.1%

Lonza Group AG

      278     155,570

UBS Group AG

      6,585       101,967
       

 

 

 
          257,537
       
UNITED KINGDOM - 6.2%

AstraZeneca plc

      2,096       209,371

London Stock Exchange Group plc

      770       73,682

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

      386       34,564
       

 

 

 
          317,617
       
UNITED STATES - 54.0%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

      1,962       182,470

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

      2,127       166,970

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

      61       124,809

Aptiv plc*

      885       121,984

Arista Networks, Inc.*

      275       82,911

Atlassian Corp. plc, Class A*

      467       98,439

Boston Scientific Corp.*

      4,296       166,044

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

      1,511       98,510

Danaher Corp.

      654       147,093

Dexcom, Inc.*

      171       61,410

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      1,190       167,340

Fortive Corp.

      1,947       137,515

IHS Markit Ltd.

      1,631       157,810

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

      800       152,199

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*

      133       40,919

Microsoft Corp.

      593       139,722

Netflix, Inc.*

      200       104,487

NextEra Energy, Inc.

      2,133       161,255

S&P Global, Inc.

      113       40,023

Starbucks Corp.

      648       70,830

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

      1,151       76,123

Uber Technologies, Inc.*

      1,302       70,977

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

      528       137,807

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A*

      162       52,017
       

 

 

 
          2,759,664
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $3,361,087)

 

      5,011,006
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.3%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      5,006       5,006

 

Artisan Partners Funds   13


    Shares
Held
  Value
INVESTMENT COMPANIES (CONTINUED)

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      4,859     $ 4,859

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      4,859       4,859
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $14,724)

 

      14,724
   

Total investments - 98.3%
(Cost $3,375,811)

 

      5,025,730
       

Other assets less liabilities - 1.7%

 

      86,980
   

 

 

 
       

Total net assets - 100.0%(1)

 

    $ 5,112,710
   

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

Abbreviation

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION        

Dollar values in thousands

       
    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 411,766       8.2 %

Consumer Discretionary

      533,997       10.6

Consumer Staples

      34,564       0.7

Financials

      448,226       8.9

Health Care

      1,209,154       24.0

Industrials

      734,259       14.6

Information Technology

      1,087,806       21.7

Materials

      200,747       4.0

Utilities

      350,487       7.0

Short-Term Investments

      14,724       0.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 5,025,730       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES        

Dollar values in thousands

       
    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

    $ 93,499       1.9 %

British pound

      317,617       6.3

Danish krone

      255,813       5.1

Euro

      422,779       8.4

Hong Kong dollar

      349,205       6.9

Japanese yen

      153,437       3.0

Korean won

      88,286       1.8

Swedish krona

      245,104       4.9

Swiss franc

      257,537       5.1

U.S. dollar

      2,842,453       56.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 5,025,730       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

      Hong Kong       5.4 %

AstraZeneca plc

      United Kingdom       4.1

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

      United States       3.6

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      United States       3.3

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

      United States       3.3

Boston Scientific Corp.

      United States       3.2

NextEra Energy, Inc.

      United States       3.2

IHS Markit Ltd.

      United States       3.1

Lonza Group AG

      Switzerland       3.0

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

      United States       3.0
       

 

 

 

Total

          35.2 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

14   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN GLOBAL VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares, warrants and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 94.0%
       
BELGIUM - 1.8%

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

      402     $ 41,655
       
BRAZIL - 1.3%

Telefonica Brasil SA, ADR

      3,975       31,282
       
CANADA - 1.2%

Imperial Oil Ltd.

      1,152       27,912
       
FRANCE - 4.5%

Danone SA

      1,189       81,540

Sodexo SA*

      225       21,538
       

 

 

 
          103,078
GERMANY - 3.8%

HeidelbergCement AG

      974       88,457
       
NETHERLANDS - 4.5%

ING Groep NV

      2,836       34,699

NXP Semiconductors NV

      343       69,143
       

 

 

 
          103,842
SOUTH KOREA - 5.5%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      1,784       128,332
       
SWITZERLAND - 11.6%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

      843       80,980

Novartis AG

      1,229       105,019

UBS Group AG

      5,363       83,047
       

 

 

 
          269,046
UNITED KINGDOM - 8.9%

BAE Systems plc

      7,586       52,813

Compass Group plc*

      4,183       84,280

Lloyds Banking Group plc*

      68,463       40,146

Tesco plc

      8,848       27,915
       

 

 

 
          205,154
UNITED STATES - 50.9%

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

      167       30,733

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

      40       82,664

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

      7       13,632

American Express Co.

      555       78,446

Anthem, Inc.

      319       114,356

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      1,876       88,694

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

      282       72,021

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

      30       68,973

Citigroup, Inc.

      1,122       81,640
UNITED STATES (CONTINUED)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

      1,118     87,377

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

      1,258       80,282

Expedia Group, Inc.*

      468       80,545

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

      298       87,767

FedEx Corp.

      113       32,048

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

      474       57,703

Progressive Corp. (The)

      512       48,980

Southwest Airlines Co.*

      881       53,802

Visa, Inc., Class A

      87       18,341
       

 

 

 
          1,178,004
       

Total common stocks
(COST $1,469,143)

 

      2,176,762
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.2%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 5.2%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      40,871       40,871

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      39,669       39,669

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      39,669       39,669
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $120,209)

 

      120,209
    No. of
Warrants
   
WARRANTS - 0.0%(1)
       
SWITZERLAND - 0.0%(1)

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, expiring 11/22/2023, strike price CHF 67 (Cost $7)*

      1,873       713
       

 

 

 

Total investments - 99.2%
(Cost $1,589,359)

 

      2,297,684
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.8%

 

      17,832
   

 

 

 
       

Total net assets - 100.0%(2)

 

    $ 2,315,516
   

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.
(2)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   15


Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

CHF - Swiss franc

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 215,345       9.4 %

Consumer Discretionary

      367,762       16.0

Consumer Staples

      109,455       4.8

Energy

      27,912       1.2

Financials

      627,031       27.3

Health Care

      299,657       13.0

Industrials

      138,663       6.0

Information Technology

      303,193       13.2

Materials

      88,457       3.9

Short-Term Investments

      120,209       5.2
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 2,297,684       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

British pound

    $ 205,154       8.9 %

Canadian dollar

      27,912       1.2

Euro

      267,889       11.7

Korean won

      128,332       5.6

Swiss franc

      269,759       11.7

U.S. dollar

      1,398,638       60.9
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 2,297,684       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      South Korea       5.5 %

Anthem, Inc.

      United States       4.9

Novartis AG

      Switzerland       4.5

Alphabet, Inc.

      United States       4.2

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      United States       3.8

HeidelbergCement AG

      Germany       3.8

Facebook, Inc.

      United States       3.8

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

      United States       3.8

Compass Group plc

      United Kingdom       3.6

UBS Group AG

      Switzerland       3.6
       

 

 

 

Total

          41.5 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

16   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN HIGH INCOME FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Principal amount, shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Principal
Amount
  Value
CORPORATE BONDS - 64.4%
       
ADVERTISING - 0.3%

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. 8.88%, 12/15/2027(1)

    $ 15,947     $ 17,160
       
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE - 0.5%

Signature Aviation US Holdings, Inc. 4.00%, 3/1/2028(1)

      32,372       32,920
       
AIRLINES - 1.7%

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

 

   

2.90%, 10/28/2024

      14,049       14,048

7.38%, 1/15/2026

      25,381       29,678

4.38%, 4/19/2028

      11,088       11,447

3.75%, 10/28/2029

      48,403       47,194
       

 

 

 
          102,367
AUTO MANUFACTURERS - 0.8%

Tesla, Inc. 5.30%, 8/15/2025(1)

      46,417       48,162
       
CHEMICALS - 0.7%

Methanex Corp.

 

   

5.13%, 10/15/2027(2)

      16,277       16,643

5.25%, 12/15/2029(2)

      21,552       22,229

5.65%, 12/1/2044(2)

      4,854       4,830
       

 

 

 
          43,702
COMMERCIAL SERVICES - 0.3%

Capitol Investment Merger Sub 2 LLC 10.00%, 8/1/2024(1)

      17,496       18,913
       
DISTRIBUTION/WHOLESALE - 0.8%

Core & Main Holdings LP

 

   

8.63% Cash, 9.38% PIK, 9/15/2024(1)(3)

      20,971       21,286

Core & Main LP 6.13%, 8/15/2025(1)

      30,000       30,790
       

 

 

 
          52,076
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 6.4%

AG Issuer LLC 6.25%, 3/1/2028(1)

      40,713       42,596

Alliance Data Systems Corp. 7.00%, 1/15/2026(1)

      30,480       32,620

NFP Corp. 6.88%, 8/15/2028(1)

      156,755       162,633

VistaJet Malta Finance plc 10.50%, 6/1/2024(1)(2)

      149,977       163,475
       

 

 

 
          401,324
ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION - 1.9%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. 8.00%, 5/15/2022

    31,265     31,539

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. 9.75%, 7/15/2028(1)

      14,000       15,680

Tutor Perini Corp. 6.88%, 5/1/2025(1)

      68,769       71,111
       

 

 

 
          118,330
ENTERTAINMENT - 0.1%

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. 9.50%, 8/1/2025(1)

      3,754       4,080
       
FOOD - 1.1%

H-Food Holdings LLC 8.50%, 6/1/2026(1)

      67,451       68,969
       
FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER - 0.3%

SpA Holdings 3 Oy 4.88%, 2/4/2028(1)(2)

      17,834       17,878
       
HAND/MACHINE TOOLS - 0.8%

Werner FinCo. LP 8.75%, 7/15/2025(1)

      46,856       48,965
       
HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 1.3%

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.

 

   

6.75%, 7/1/2025(1)

      8,955       9,154

10.00%, 4/15/2027(1)

      64,776       71,415
       

 

 

 
          80,569
HOME BUILDERS - 0.7%

PulteGroup, Inc. 7.88%, 6/15/2032

      29,000       40,801
       
INSURANCE - 6.8%

Acrisure LLC

 

   

7.00%, 11/15/2025(1)

      77,212       79,721

10.13%, 8/1/2026(1)

      64,367       74,165

Aon Corp. 8.21%, 1/1/2027

      29,945       39,298

Ardonagh Midco 2 plc

 

   

11.50% Cash, 12.75% PIK, 1/15/2027(1)(2)(3)

      105,950       110,515

AssuredPartners, Inc. 7.00%, 8/15/2025(1)

      29,143       30,122

GTCR AP Finance, Inc. 8.00%, 5/15/2027(1)

      46,257       49,668

Highlands Holdings Bond Issuer Ltd.

 

   

7.63% Cash, 8.38% PIK, 10/15/2025(1)(2)(3)

      16,196       17,370

HUB International Ltd. 7.00%, 5/1/2026(1)

      19,244       19,983
       

 

 

 
          420,842
INTERNET - 1.0%

Cars.com, Inc. 6.38%, 11/1/2028(1)

      19,420       20,245

 

Artisan Partners Funds   17


    Principal
Amount
  Value
INTERNET (CONTINUED)

Expedia Group, Inc.

 

   

6.25%, 5/1/2025(1)

    $ 19,492     $ 22,547

4.63%, 8/1/2027(1)

      3,000       3,338

3.25%, 2/15/2030

      18,196       18,313
       

 

 

 
          64,443
IRON/STEEL - 0.9%

Big River Steel LLC 6.63%, 1/31/2029(1)

      52,671       57,369
       
LEISURE TIME - 5.4%

Carnival Corp.

 

   

11.50%, 4/1/2023(1)

      44,233       50,702

10.50%, 2/1/2026(1)

      44,000       51,755

7.63%, 3/1/2026(1)

      38,650       41,522

5.75%, 3/1/2027(1)

      43,824       44,974

NCL Corp. Ltd.

 

   

12.25%, 5/15/2024(1)

      38,134       46,195

3.63%, 12/15/2024(1)

      879       830

5.88%, 3/15/2026(1)

      47,354       47,827

NCL Finance Ltd. 6.13%, 3/15/2028(1)

      12,724       12,963

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 5.50%, 4/1/2028(1)

      35,497       35,674

Viking Cruises Ltd. 7.00%, 2/15/2029(1)

      2,697       2,777

Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd. 5.63%, 2/15/2029(1)

      2,697       2,725
       

 

 

 
          337,944
LODGING - 2.0%

Boyd Gaming Corp.

 

   

8.63%, 6/1/2025(1)

      18,541       20,618

6.38%, 4/1/2026

      31,481       32,504

6.00%, 8/15/2026

      7,414       7,719

Full House Resorts, Inc. 8.25%, 2/15/2028(1)

      4,679       4,985

Marriott International, Inc. Series X, 4.00%, 4/15/2028

      12,213       13,005

Series AA, 4.65%, 12/1/2028

      27,973       31,197

4.50%, 10/1/2034

      9,000       9,577
       

 

 

 
          119,605
MEDIA - 3.6%

CCO Holdings LLC

 

   

5.50%, 5/1/2026(1)

      30,580       31,537

4.25%, 2/1/2031(1)

      14,000       14,031

Charter Communications Operating LLC 6.38%, 10/23/2035

      40,408       52,328

CSC Holdings LLC

 

   

5.88%, 9/15/2022

      47,077       49,709

5.25%, 6/1/2024

      15,676       16,910

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.

 

   

5.88%, 3/15/2026(1)

      7,138       7,263

5.50%, 3/1/2030(1)

      10,046       9,770

Ziggo BV 5.50%, 1/15/2027(1)(2)

      41,620       43,337
       

 

 

 
          224,885
MINING - 1.1%

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

 

   

4.88%, 7/15/2024(1)

    10,392     10,771

6.75%, 12/1/2027(1)

      52,402       56,070
       

 

 

 
          66,841
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING - 5.3%

General Electric Co.

 

   

Series D, (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.33%), 3.51%, 6/15/2021(4)(5)

      87,996       83,156

6.75%, 3/15/2032

      143,917       192,758

6.88%, 1/10/2039

      38,671       54,385
       

 

 

 
          330,299
OFFICE FURNISHINGS - 0.1%

Interface, Inc.

       

5.50%, 12/1/2028(1)

      8,845       9,144
       
OIL & GAS - 5.1%

Centennial Resource Production LLC

 

   

5.38%, 1/15/2026(1)

      17,826       15,687

6.88%, 4/1/2027(1)

      6,845       6,092

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

   

5.50%, 2/1/2026(1)

      4,451       4,633

5.88%, 2/1/2029(1)

      223       236

Comstock Resources, Inc.

 

   

7.50%, 5/15/2025(1)

      11,113       11,530

9.75%, 8/15/2026

      31,431       34,181

6.75%, 3/1/2029(1)

      40,253       41,259

Endeavor Energy Resources LP

 

   

6.63%, 7/15/2025(1)

      6,885       7,358

5.50%, 1/30/2026(1)

      8,288       8,601

5.75%, 1/30/2028(1)

      33,200       35,070

EQT Corp.

 

   

7.63%, 2/1/2025

      12,860       14,800

3.90%, 10/1/2027

      11,956       12,195

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

 

   

9.50%, 1/15/2025

      29,250       28,155

10.13%, 1/15/2028

      34,250       32,829

Matador Resources Co. 5.88%, 9/15/2026

      49,765       48,459

Range Resources Corp.

 

   

5.00%, 8/15/2022

      9,500       9,668

5.00%, 3/15/2023

      5,000       5,081
       

 

 

 
          315,834
PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 1.2%

LABL Escrow Issuer LLC

 

   

6.75%, 7/15/2026(1)

      18,786       20,125

10.50%, 7/15/2027(1)

      26,533       29,547

Plastipak Holdings, Inc. 6.25%, 10/15/2025(1)

      25,924       26,669
       

 

 

 
          76,341

 

18   Artisan Partners Funds


    Principal
Amount
  Value
REAL ESTATE - 2.4%

Realogy Group LLC

 

   

4.88%, 6/1/2023(1)

    $ 71,475     $ 73,441

7.63%, 6/15/2025(1)

      19,776       21,591

9.38%, 4/1/2027(1)

      37,796       41,858

5.75%, 1/15/2029(1)

      13,307       13,124
       

 

 

 
          150,014
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) - 4.2%

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

 

   

Series F, 4.50%, 2/1/2026

      19,405       21,008

Series H, 3.38%, 12/15/2029

      44,500       44,156

Series I, 3.50%, 9/15/2030

      20,500       20,581

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC
7.50%, 6/1/2025(1)

      29,071       31,773

5.88%, 10/1/2028(1)

      20,000       21,205

RHP Hotel Properties LP 4.75%, 10/15/2027

      6,534       6,688

Uniti Group LP
7.13%, 12/15/2024(1)

      57,971       59,638

7.88%, 2/15/2025(1)

      16,700       18,048

XHR LP 6.38%, 8/15/2025(1)

      26,395       27,880
       

 

 

 
          250,977
RETAIL - 6.2%

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. 4.50%, 3/1/2028

      11,681       11,949

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 4.88%, 11/1/2025(1)

      66,652       68,152

Brinker International, Inc.
3.88%, 5/15/2023

      1,000       1,015

5.00%, 10/1/2024(1)

      23,010       24,017

Dave & Buster’s, Inc. 7.63%, 11/1/2025(1)

      45,698       48,840

Michaels Stores, Inc. 8.00%, 7/15/2027(1)

      19,691       21,759

Nordstrom, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/2027

      17,331       17,766

4.38%, 4/1/2030

      55,622       56,942

4.25%, 8/1/2031(1)(6)

      9,037       9,030

5.00%, 1/15/2044

      98,226       95,403

Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC 6.38%, 9/30/2026(1)

      13,406       13,842

Yum! Brands, Inc.(6) 4.63%, 1/31/2032

      10,701       10,915
       

 

 

 
          379,630
SOFTWARE - 0.8%

Ascend Learning LLC 6.88%, 8/1/2025(1)

      20,719       21,237

Castle US Holding Corp. 9.50%, 2/15/2028(1)

      28,500       29,070
       

 

 

 
          50,307
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 0.6%

Altice France Holding SA
10.50%, 5/15/2027(1)(2)

      4,564       5,133
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED)

6.00%, 2/15/2028(1)(2)

    29,473     29,040
       

 

 

 
          34,173
       

 

 

 

Total corporate bonds
(Cost $3,643,066)

 

      3,984,864
   
BANK LOANS - 29.0%
       
ADVERTISING - 0.2%

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.50%),
3.61%, 12/17/2026(5)

      15,286       15,135
       
AEROSPACE/DEFENSE - 0.6%

Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%),
3.70%, 4/6/2026(5)

      6,393       6,186

Jazz Acquisition, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.25%),
4.36%, 6/19/2026(5)

      25,532       24,252

Standard Aero Ltd. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%),
3.70%, 4/6/2026(5)

      3,437       3,325
       

 

 

 
          33,763
BEVERAGES - 0.3%

City Brewing Co. LLC Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%),
4.25%, 4/5/2028(5)

      18,270       18,224
       
BUILDING MATERIALS - 0.0%(7)

MI Windows and Doors, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.75%),
4.50%, 12/18/2027(5)

      2,943       2,952
       
CHEMICALS - 0.6%

CPC Acquisition Corp. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR + 3.75%),
4.50%, 12/29/2027(5)

      23,472       23,453

Emerald Performance Materials LLC First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.00%), 5.00%, 8/12/2025(5)

      14,925       14,925
       

 

 

 
          38,378
COMMERCIAL SERVICES - 3.8%

Ankura Consulting Group LLC First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.50%),
5.25%, 3/17/2028(5)

      44,573       44,183

Ankura Consulting Group LLC Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 8.00%), 8.75%, 3/12/2029(5)

      17,830       17,830

 

Artisan Partners Funds   19


    Principal
Amount
  Value
COMMERCIAL SERVICES (CONTINUED)

Digital Room Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.00%), 5.20%, 5/21/2026(5)

    $ 27,555     $ 26,957

Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 7.50%, 12/22/2025(5)

      65,396       66,949

Spin Holdco, Inc. Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.00%), 4.75%, 3/4/2028(5)

      62,460       61,880

USS Ultimate Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.75%), 4.75%, 8/25/2024(5)

      19,731       19,729
       

 

 

 
          237,528
DISTRIBUTION/WHOLESALE - 0.3%

Core & Main LP First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 3.75%, 8/1/2024(5)

      18,052       17,965
       
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.2%

Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B1 (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.50%), 4.61%, 7/31/2026(5)

      12,261       12,246
       
ENTERTAINMENT - 0.1%

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B5 (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.00%), 3.75%, 4/1/2024(5)

      6,458       6,342
       
FOOD - 1.3%

Shearer’s Foods LLC First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 4.25%, 9/23/2027(5)

      79,613       79,401
       
FOOD SERVICE - 2.5%

TKC Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%),
4.75%, 2/1/2023(5)

      90,104       87,915

TKC Holdings, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 8.00%),
9.00%, 2/1/2024(5)

      70,932       65,597
       

 

 

 
          153,512
FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER - 0.1%

Spa Holdings 3 Oy Term Loan B
(ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month + 4.00%), 4.75%, 2/4/2028(5)

      8,919       8,897
       
HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 1.8%

Cambrex Corp. First Lien Term Loan B
(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.50%),
4.25%, 12/4/2026(5)

      16,384       16,363
HEALTHCARE-SERVICES (CONTINUED)

Heartland Dental LLC First Lien Term Loan
(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.50%),
3.61%, 4/30/2025(5)

    31,231     30,660

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term Loan

       

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.25%), 4.25%, 9/3/2024(5)

      47,588       47,075

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 8.00%), 9.00%, 9/3/2024(5)

      12,111       12,345
       

 

 

 
          106,443
INSURANCE - 0.5%

Acrisure LLC First Lien Term Loan B
(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%),
3.70%, 2/15/2027(5)

      19,779       19,516

Asurion LLC First Lien Term Loan B9
(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.25%),
3.36%, 7/31/2027(5)

      13,560       13,455
       

 

 

 
          32,971
INTERNET - 1.7%

Arches Buyer, Inc. First Lien Term Loan
(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.25%),
3.75%, 12/6/2027(5)

      58,124       57,659

Barracuda Networks, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%),
7.50%, 10/30/2028(5)

      33,815       34,364

CNT Holdings I Corp. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%),
7.50%, 11/6/2028(5)

      12,878       13,007
       

 

 

 
          105,030
LEISURE TIME - 1.3%

Carnival Corp., First Lien Term Loan B
(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.50%), 8.50%, 6/30/2025(5)

      48,553       50,010

Topgolf International, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.25%), 7.00%, 2/9/2026(5)

      33,739       34,102
       

 

 

 
          84,112
MACHINERY-DIVERSIFIED - 0.3%

STS Operating, Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.25%), 5.25%, 12/11/2024(5)

      16,105       15,645
       
METAL FABRICATE/HARDWARE - 0.1%

US Tailwind Smith Cooper Intermediate Corp. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 5.00%), 5.11%, 5/28/2026(5)

      7,169       6,995
       

 

20   Artisan Partners Funds


    Principal
Amount
  Value
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING - 0.1%

Utex Industries, Inc.

       

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.00%), 8.50%, 12/3/2024(5)(8)

    $ 3,706     $ 3,706

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.75%), 5.25%, 12/3/2025(5)(8)

      2,347       2,253
       

 

 

 
          5,959
PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.5%

Lanai Holdings III, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.75%), 5.75%, 8/29/2022(5)

      34,065       33,810
       
RETAIL - 1.8%

Fogo De Chao, Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 5.25%, 4/7/2025(5)

      17,216       16,125

LBM Acquisition LLC First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 4.50%, 12/17/2027(5)

      25,993       25,868

Portillo’s Holdings LLC First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%), 6.50%, 9/6/2024(5)

      44,395       44,160

Zaxby’s Operating Co., LP First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.75%), 4.50%, 12/28/2027(5)

      15,305       15,278

Zaxby’s Operating Co., LP Second Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 6.50%), 7.25%, 12/28/2028(5)

      8,865       8,954
       

 

 

 
          110,385
SOFTWARE - 8.8%

Applied Systems, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B

       

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 3.50%, 9/19/2024(5)

      21,959       21,860

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.25%, 9/19/2024(5)

      306       305

Applied Systems, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 5.50%), 6.25%, 9/19/2025(5)

      35,110       35,286

AQA Acquisition Holding, Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 4.75%, 3/3/2028(5)

      9,710       9,716

athenahealth, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B1 (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 4.45%, 2/11/2026(5)

      3,163       3,166

Castle US Holding Corp. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 3.95%, 1/29/2027(5)

      4,958       4,896

CommerceHub, Inc. First Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.00%), 4.75%, 12/29/2027(5)

      22,658       22,672
SOFTWARE (CONTINUED)

CommerceHub, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.00%), 7.75%, 12/29/2028(5)

    10,610     10,835

Constant Contact, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.50%), 8.25%, 2/12/2029(5)

      28,018       27,598

Epicor Software Corp. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.25%), 4.00%, 7/30/2027(5)

      39,800       39,654

Epicor Software Corp. Second Lien Term Loan (ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.75%), 8.75%, 7/31/2028(5)

      9,250       9,539

Finastra USA, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B (ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month + 3.50%),
4.50%, 6/13/2024(5)

      46,645       45,667

Informatica LLC Second Lien Term Loan
7.13%, 2/25/2025

      27,490       28,057

Ivanti Software, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%),
5.75%, 12/1/2027(5)

      48,550       48,692

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.00%),
4.75%, 12/1/2027(5)

      13,381       13,307

Omnitracs LLC First Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 4.25%),
4.36%, 3/21/2025(5)

      26,583       26,340

Renaissance Holdings Corp. First Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 3.25%),
3.36%, 5/30/2025(5)

      70,820       68,990

Renaissance Holdings Corp. Second Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 7.00%),
7.11%, 5/29/2026(5)

      36,536       36,390

UKG, Inc. First Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%),
4.00%, 5/4/2026(5)

      44,547       44,547

UKG, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%),
7.50%, 5/3/2027(5)

      17,980       18,385

Virgin Pulse, Inc. Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.00%),
4.75%, 4/6/2028(5)

      29,446       29,225
       

 

 

 
          545,127
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 1.5%

Altice France SA First Lien Term Loan B11

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 2.75%),
2.86%, 7/31/2025(2)(5)

      21,774       21,327

Delta Topco, Inc. First Lien Term Loan B

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month + 3.75%),
4.50%, 12/1/2027(5)

      37,915       37,834

 

Artisan Partners Funds   21


    Principal
Amount
  Value
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED)

Delta Topco, Inc. Second Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 7.25%),
8.00%, 12/1/2028(5)

    $ 31,739     $ 32,414
       

 

 

 
          91,575
TRANSPORTATION - 0.6%

SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. First Lien Term Loan

 

   

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%),
5.61%, 8/4/2025(5)

      26,552       24,428

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%),
5.69%, 8/4/2025(5)

      6,659       6,127

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%),
5.70%, 8/4/2025(5)

      441       405

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%),
5.71%, 8/4/2025(5)

      5,986       5,507
       

 

 

 
          36,467
       

 

 

 

Total bank loans
(Cost $1,779,899)

 

      1,798,862
    Shares
Held
   
COMMON STOCKS - 0.8%
       
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING - 0.3%

Utex Equity*(8)(9)

      364       14,923
       
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 0.5%

EP Energy Corp.*(8)(9)

      449       32,683
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $19,112)

 

      47,606
    Principal
Amount
   
CONVERTIBLE BONDS - 0.1%
       
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.0%(7)

EZCORP, Inc. 2.88%, 7/1/2024

    $ 875       802
       
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) - 0.1%

Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc.
4.00%, 6/15/2024(1)

      4,625       5,582
       

 

 

 

Total convertible bonds
(Cost $5,284)

 

      6,384
    Shares
Held
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.8%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 5.8%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      122,801       122,801

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      119,189     119,189

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      119,189       119,189
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $361,179)

 

      361,179
   

Total investments - 100.1%
(Cost $5,808,540)

 

      6,198,895
       

Other assets less liabilities - (0.1%)

 

      (8,104 )
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(10)

 

    $ 6,190,791
       

 

 

 

 

  *   Non-income producing security.
  (1)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
  (2)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

Altice France Holding SA,
6.00%, 2/15/2028

  Luxembourg   U.S. dollar

Altice France Holding SA,
10.50%, 5/15/2027

  Luxembourg   U.S. dollar

Altice France SA First Lien Term Loan B11,
2.86%, 7/31/2025

  France   U.S. dollar

Ardonagh Midco 2 plc,
11.50%, 1/15/2027

  United Kingdom   U.S. dollar

Highlands Holdings Bond Issuer Ltd.,
7.63%, 10/15/2025

  Bermuda   U.S. dollar

Methanex Corp.,
5.65%, 12/1/2044

  Canada   U.S. dollar

Methanex Corp.,
5.25%, 12/15/2029

  Canada   U.S. dollar

Methanex Corp.,
5.13%, 10/15/2027

  Canada   U.S. dollar

SpA Holdings 3 Oy,
4.88%, 2/4/2028

  Finland   U.S. dollar

VistaJet Malta Finance plc,
10.50%, 6/1/2024

  Switzerland   U.S. dollar

Ziggo BV,
5.50%, 1/15/2027

  Netherlands   U.S. dollar

 

  (3)   Payment in-kind security.
  (4)   Perpetual security. The rate reflected was the rate in effect on March 31, 2021. The maturity date reflects the next call date.

 

22   Artisan Partners Funds


  (5)   Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of March 31, 2021.
  (6)   When-issued security.
  (7)   Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.
  (8)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $53,565, or 0.9% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
  (9)   Defaulted securities.
(10)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ICE - Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

USD - U.S. dollar

UNFUNDED LOAN COMMITMENTS

Pursuant to the terms of the following bank loan agreements, the portfolio had unfunded loan commitments of $5,780 or 0.1% of the total net assets as of March 31, 2021, which could be drawn at the option of the borrower:

 

Borrower   Unfunded
Commitment
Amount
  Unfunded
Value
  Unrealized
(Depreciation)

LBM Acquisition LLC First Lien Term Loan

    $ 5,780     $ 5,748     $ (32 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 5,780     $ 5,748     $ (32 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

Dollar values in thousands

 

Description   Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Trading
Currency
  Notional
Amount
  Notional
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation
Short Positions Contracts

 

   
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note       (2,104 )       6/21/2021       USD     $ 210,400     $ (275,493 )     $ 10,348
U.S. Treasury Long Bond       (293 )       6/21/2021       USD       29,300       (45,296 )       3,314
                       

 

 

 
                        $ 13,662
                       

 

 

 

USD - U.S. Dollar

The Fund has recorded an asset of $654 as of March 31, 2021, related to the current day’s variation margin related to these contracts.

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

General Electric Co.

  United States        5.3 %

Carnival Corp.

  United States        3.1

Nordstrom, Inc.

  United States        2.9

VistaJet Malta Finance plc

  Switzerland        2.6

NFP Corp.

  United States        2.6

Acrisure LLC

  United States        2.5

TKC Holdings, Inc.

  United States        2.5

Realogy Group LLC

  United States        2.4

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.

  United States        2.3

Ardonagh Midco 2 plc

  United Kingdom        1.8
      

 

 

 

Total

         28.0 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   23


ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS AND EQUITY-LINKED SECURITY - 99.5%
       
ARGENTINA - 0.3%

MercadoLibre, Inc.*

      22     $ 33,036
       
BELGIUM - 1.6%

UCB SA

      1,639       155,871
       
BRAZIL - 0.7%

Azul SA (Preference)*

      10,612       71,455
       
CANADA - 2.1%

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

      435       166,050

Kinaxis, Inc.*

      318       37,134
       

 

 

 
          203,184
CHINA - 4.9%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR*

      543       123,047

China International Capital Corp. Ltd., Class H*

      32,675       79,185

Midea Group Co. Ltd., Class A

      8,574       107,555

Prosus NV*

      73       8,076

RLX Technology, Inc., ADR*

      780       8,079

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

      1,732       135,877

Zai Lab Ltd., ADR*

      105       14,068
       

 

 

 
          475,887
DENMARK - 4.5%

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*

      851       109,641

DSV Panalpina A/S

      592       116,152

Genmab A/S*

      648       213,348
       

 

 

 
          439,141
FRANCE - 6.8%

Adevinta ASA*

      1,165       17,153

Air Liquide SA

      1,654       270,230

BNP Paribas SA*

      4,426       269,246

Capgemini SE

      624       106,227
       

 

 

 
          662,856
GERMANY - 20.5%

Allianz SE

      967       246,100

Auto1 Group SE*

      476       26,961

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

      511       52,965

Brenntag SE

      1,010       86,249

Delivery Hero SE*

      679       88,026

Deutsche Boerse AG

      2,228       370,148

Deutsche Post AG

      1,484       81,287

Deutsche Telekom AG

      13,913       280,148

MTU Aero Engines AG

      520       122,346

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference)

      659       69,905
GERMANY (CONTINUED)

Siemens AG

      1,402     230,182

Siemens Energy AG*

      2,480       89,023

Volkswagen AG (Preference)

      881       246,514
       

 

 

 
          1,989,854
HONG KONG - 3.9%

AIA Group Ltd.

      31,269       379,290
       
INDIA - 1.2%

Reliance Industries Ltd.

      4,290       117,528
       
IRELAND - 4.7%

CRH plc

      3,664       171,728

Ryanair Holdings plc, Equity-Linked Security*(1)(2)(3)

      14,674       284,710
       

 

 

 
          456,438
ISRAEL - 2.9%

Nice Ltd., ADR*

      1,297       282,637
       
ITALY - 1.0%

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA*

      36,387       98,590
       
JAPAN - 3.1%

Hoya Corp.

      1,068       125,469

Sony Group Corp.

      1,696       177,554
       

 

 

 
          303,023
NETHERLANDS - 5.3%

Argenx SE, ADR*

      460       126,790

ING Groep NV

      9,720       118,913

Koninklijke DSM NV

      1,580       267,299
       

 

 

 
          513,002
PORTUGAL - 1.1%

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

      18,573       106,073
       
RUSSIA - 1.5%

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, ADR

      4,685       146,071
       
SOUTH KOREA - 2.3%

Coupang, Inc.*

      273       13,459

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      2,896       208,260
       

 

 

 
          221,719
SWEDEN - 1.5%

Sandvik AB*

      5,140       140,428
       
SWITZERLAND - 10.1%

Adecco Group AG

      1,218       82,033

 

24   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
SWITZERLAND (CONTINUED)

Idorsia Ltd.*

      2,794     $ 74,895

LafargeHolcim Ltd.*

      2,314       136,000

Lonza Group AG

      165       92,194

Medacta Group SA*

      548       58,870

Nestle SA

      1,686       187,929

Roche Holding AG

      1,012       326,942

Temenos AG

      172       24,816
       

 

 

 
          983,679
TAIWAN - 2.0%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

      9,340       192,149
       
UNITED KINGDOM - 9.5%

AVEVA Group plc

      2,999       141,501

Barclays plc

      78,959       202,378

HSBC Holdings plc

      18,984       111,109

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA*

      33,302       91,040

Linde plc

      1,353       378,952
       

 

 

 
          924,980
UNITED STATES - 8.0%

Accenture plc, Class A

      310       85,735

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

      86       177,616

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

      39       80,801

Amazon.com, Inc.*

      80       247,421

Aon plc, Class A

      827       190,298
       

 

 

 
          781,871
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks and equity-linked security
(Cost $7,205,697)

 

      9,678,762
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.1%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.1%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      3,138       3,138

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      3,045       3,045

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      3,045       3,045
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $9,228)

 

      9,228
   

Total investments - 99.6%
(Cost $7,214,925)

 

      9,687,990
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4%

 

      34,697
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

 

    $ 9,722,687
       

 

 

 

 

  *   Non-income producing security.
  (1)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $284,710, or 2.9% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
  (2)   Security is restricted. Security was acquired in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the date or during the period noted below.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Cost   Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Ryanair Holdings plc

     
11/14/2013-
03/31/2021

    $ 231,012     $ 284,710       2.9 %

 

  (3)   Security is an equity-linked security issued by HSBC Bank plc. As described in 2(g) in Notes to Financial Statements, equity-linked securities are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bank or broker-dealer that issues them.
  (4)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 691,595       7.1 %

Consumer Discretionary

      1,194,519       12.4

Consumer Staples

      196,008       2.0

Energy

      117,528       1.2

Financials

      2,349,967       24.3

Health Care

      1,298,088       13.4

Industrials

      1,276,245       13.2

Information Technology

      1,078,459       11.1

Materials

      1,370,280       14.1

Utilities

      106,073       1.1

Short-Term Investments

      9,228       0.1
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 9,687,990       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Artisan Partners Funds   25


TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

    $ 71,455       0.7 %

British pound

      434,919       4.5

Canadian dollar

      203,184       2.1

Chinese yuan renminbi offshore

      107,555       1.1

Danish krone

      329,500       3.4

Euro

      3,941,059       40.7

Hong Kong dollar

      705,461       7.3

Indian rupee

      117,528       1.2

Japanese yen

      303,023       3.1

Korean won

      208,260       2.1

New Taiwan dollar

      192,149       2.0

Norwegian krone

      17,153       0.2

Swedish krona

      140,428       1.4

Swiss franc

      983,679       10.2

U.S. dollar

      1,932,637       20.0
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 9,687,990       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

AIA Group Ltd.

      Hong Kong       3.9 %

Linde plc

      United Kingdom       3.9

Deutsche Boerse AG

      Germany       3.8

Roche Holding AG

      Switzerland       3.4

Ryanair Holdings plc

      Ireland       2.9

Nice Ltd.

      Israel       2.9

Deutsche Telekom AG

      Germany       2.9

Air Liquide SA

      France       2.8

BNP Paribas SA

      France       2.8

Koninklijke DSM NV

      Netherlands       2.7
       

 

 

 

Total

          32.0 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

26   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 97.9%
       
BRAZIL - 1.7%

Afya Ltd., Class A*

      1,238     $ 23,023

Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA*

      1,170       17,225

Petrobras Distribuidora SA

      7,941       31,037

Rumo SA*

      6,372       22,811
       

 

 

 
          94,096
CANADA - 3.8%

Altus Group Ltd.

      1,242       59,738

CAE, Inc.*

      2,829       80,600

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (The)*

      641       39,093

Kinaxis, Inc.*

      296       34,556
       

 

 

 
          213,987
CHINA - 0.5%

I-Mab, ADR*

      598       29,002
       
COSTA RICA - 0.3%

Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc.*

      252       15,751
       
DENMARK - 5.5%

ALK-Abello A/S*

      72       27,300

Ambu A/S, Class B

      1,442       67,701

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

      185       28,480

DSV Panalpina A/S

      356       69,938

Genmab A/S*

      162       53,357

SimCorp A/S

      172       21,243

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

      198       40,700
       

 

 

 
          308,719
FINLAND - 3.3%

BasWare OYJ*

      487       20,926

Metso Outotec OYJ*

      11,029       122,933

Revenio Group OYJ

      232       13,744

Vaisala OYJ, Class A

      678       25,314
       

 

 

 
          182,917
FRANCE - 1.8%

Atos SE

      605       47,212

Lectra

      1,684       55,691
       

 

 

 
          102,903
GERMANY - 6.6%

AIXTRON SE*(1)

      5,083       115,488

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

      143       21,529

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

      1,192       26,390

Hypoport SE*

      55       29,369

KION Group AG

      328       32,387

MorphoSys AG*

      1,067       92,939
GERMANY (CONTINUED)

New Work SE

      36     9,233

Symrise AG

      331       40,156
       

 

 

 
          367,491
ICELAND - 0.6%

Ossur HF*

      4,710       32,563
       
INDIA - 1.9%

IndiaMart InterMesh Ltd.*

      510       53,938

WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR*

      697       50,504
       

 

 

 
          104,442
ISRAEL - 6.8%

Compugen Ltd.*

      525       4,509

Kornit Digital Ltd.*

      1,216       120,514

Max Stock Ltd.*

      4,823       19,403

Nice Ltd., ADR*

      659       143,541

Radware Ltd.*

      2,177       56,775

Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

      208       13,525

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.

      3,931       24,291
       

 

 

 
          382,558
ITALY - 0.7%

Davide Campari-Milano NV

      3,423       38,346
       
JAPAN - 16.1%

Azbil Corp.

      2,147       92,387

Carenet, Inc.(1)

      777       33,911

CKD Corp.

      3,331       69,402

Daikokutenbussan Co. Ltd.

      400       26,293

en-japan, Inc.

      141       4,346

eSOL Co. Ltd.

      356       4,045

Fujitec Co. Ltd.

      2,525       53,773

Hennge KK*

      501       33,464

Jeol Ltd.

      1,135       44,999

Kitanotatsujin Corp.

      2,732       15,718

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

      1,094       29,282

MedPeer, Inc.*

      549       32,427

Morinaga & Co. Ltd.

      867       30,969

Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd.

      511       26,874

OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd.

      207       10,827

Obic Co. Ltd.

      194       35,353

Raccoon Holdings, Inc.(1)

      2,084       50,881

Rohm Co. Ltd.

      466       45,495

Roland Corp.

      828       29,875

Sagami Rubber Industries Co. Ltd.

      437       4,437

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

      4,763       109,131

 

Artisan Partners Funds   27


    Shares
Held
  Value
JAPAN (CONTINUED)

TechMatrix Corp.

      1,811     $ 32,167

Temairazu, Inc.(1)

      350       16,695

Toshiba Corp.

      1,731       58,471

Ubicom Holdings, Inc.

      379       10,537
       

 

 

 
          901,759
NETHERLANDS - 2.4%

Argenx SE*

      85       23,490

IMCD NV

      406       56,420

Koninklijke DSM NV

      312       52,811
       

 

 

 
          132,721
SINGAPORE - 0.4%

XP Power Ltd.

      345       22,364
       
SPAIN - 0.9%

Almirall SA

      3,153       47,803
       
SWEDEN - 3.1%

AAK AB

      2,348       53,142

Cantargia AB*

      113       400

Elekta AB, Class B

      3,968       51,453

Fortnox AB

      1,055       46,970

Oncopeptides AB*

      1,469       24,388
       

 

 

 
          176,353
SWITZERLAND - 7.1%

Alcon, Inc.*

      1,310       91,737

Baloise Holding AG

      337       57,387

Barry Callebaut AG

      16       37,215

Belimo Holding AG

      5       42,389

Burckhardt Compression Holding AG

      61       20,352

Comet Holding AG

      153       35,173

Lonza Group AG

      43       24,181

Siegfried Holding AG*

      59       48,769

Tecan Group AG

      96       42,686
       

 

 

 
          399,889
THAILAND - 1.0%

Fabrinet*

      643       58,106
       
UNITED KINGDOM - 19.1%

ASOS plc*

      1,045       79,753

AVEVA Group plc

      1,134       53,500

B&M European Value Retail SA

      5,431       39,514

Balfour Beatty plc*

      6,768       27,542

boohoo Group plc*

      15,117       70,856

Britvic plc

      3,188       36,811

ConvaTec Group plc

      30,737       83,097

Electrocomponents plc

      6,467       88,531

Ergomed plc*

      1,211       20,042

Fevertree Drinks plc

      955       28,186

HomeServe plc

      2,776       45,956

Howden Joinery Group plc*

      6,222       62,876
UNITED KINGDOM (CONTINUED)

JD Sports Fashion plc*

      4,443     50,511

JET2 plc*

      5,095       89,061

Orchard Therapeutics plc, ADR*

      895       6,495

Orchard Therapeutics plc*(2)(3)(4)

      3,497       23,749

Oxford Biomedica plc*

      1,755       23,027

Rotork plc

      19,434       95,539

SSP Group plc*

      3,184       16,348

St James’s Place plc

      3,161       55,514

Trainline plc*

      6,915       43,759

YouGov plc

      1,944       26,866
       

 

 

 
          1,067,533
UNITED STATES - 14.3%

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.*

      167       22,662

Agilysys, Inc.*

      699       33,502

Alkermes plc*

      2,033       37,984

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

      155       21,894

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

      2,061       20,957

Cree, Inc.*

      808       87,412

CyberArk Software Ltd.*

      296       38,305

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.*

      2,138       19,135

Glaukos Corp.*

      653       54,773

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*

      802       32,681

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*

      1,233       60,692

Insmed, Inc.*

      825       28,100

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*

      127       26,324

Intersect ENT, Inc.*(1)

      2,567       53,606

Lantheus Holdings, Inc.*

      723       15,449

Legend Biotech Corp., ADR*

      574       16,670

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

      146       17,066

MaxCyte, Inc.*

      2,830       34,334

Model N, Inc.*(1)

      1,902       66,992

Protara Therapeutics, Inc.*

      264       4,163

Quotient Ltd.*

      2,240       8,244

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A*

      75       7,466

STAAR Surgical Co.*

      326       34,321

ViewRay, Inc.*(1)

      9,409       40,928

Zogenix, Inc.*

      891       17,392
       

 

 

 
          801,052
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $4,239,862)

 

      5,480,355
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.4%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.4%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      25,926       25,926

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      25,164       25,164

 

28   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
INVESTMENT COMPANIES (CONTINUED)

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      25,164     $ 25,164
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $76,254)

 

      76,254
   

Total investments - 99.3%
(Cost $4,316,116)

 

      5,556,609
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.7%

 

      37,772
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(5)

 

    $ 5,594,381
       

 

 

 

 

  *   Non-income producing security.
  (1)   Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. See note 10 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
  (2)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $23,749, or 0.4% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
  (3)   Security is restricted. Security was acquired in a PIPE – Private Investment in Public Equity, on the date noted below.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Cost   Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Orchard Therapeutics plc

      02/04/2021     $ 21,750     $ 23,749       0.4 %

 

(4)   Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(5)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATION

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 36,099       0.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

      471,655       8.5

Consumer Staples

      369,278       6.6

Financials

      166,561       3.0

Health Care

      1,512,423       27.2

Industrials

      1,477,056       26.6

Information Technology

      1,294,578       23.3

Materials

      92,967       1.7

Real Estate

      59,738       1.1

Short-Term Investments

      76,254       1.4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 5,556,609       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

    $ 71,073       1.3 %

British pound

      1,117,736       20.1

Canadian dollar

      213,987       3.9

Danish krone

      341,282       6.1

Euro

      872,181       15.7

Indian rupee

      53,938       1.0

Israel new shekel

      57,219       1.0

Japanese yen

      901,759       16.2

Swedish krona

      176,353       3.2

Swiss franc

      399,889       7.2

U.S. dollar

      1,351,192       24.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 5,556,609       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Nice Ltd.

      Israel       2.6 %

Metso Outotec OYJ

      Finland       2.2

Kornit Digital Ltd.

      Israel       2.2

AIXTRON SE

      Germany       2.1

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

      Japan       2.0

Rotork plc

      United Kingdom       1.7

MorphoSys AG

      Germany       1.7

Azbil Corp.

      Japan       1.7

Alcon, Inc.

      Switzerland       1.6

JET2 plc

      United Kingdom       1.6
       

 

 

 

Total

          19.4 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   29


ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares, warrants and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS AND EQUITY-LINKED SECURITY - 84.6%
       
BELGIUM - 2.7%

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

      5,030     $ 520,591
       
BRAZIL - 1.2%

Telefonica Brasil SA, ADR

      29,455       231,814
       
CANADA - 6.6%

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Class B

      18,867       608,335

Imperial Oil Ltd.

      14,180       343,476

Suncor Energy, Inc.

      15,701       328,209
       

 

 

 
          1,280,020
CHINA - 1.1%

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

      33,499       220,193
       
DENMARK - 1.1%

DSV Panalpina A/S

      1,046       205,183
       
FRANCE - 7.9%

Danone SA

      9,655       662,379

Safran SA

      1,677       228,267

Sodexo SA*

      2,960       283,881

Sodexo SA (Registered Shares)*(1)(2)

      737       70,707

Vivendi SE

      8,538       280,338
       

 

 

 
          1,525,572
GERMANY - 3.3%

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

      6,747       496,284

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA*

      2,672       149,823
       

 

 

 
          646,107
INDIA - 4.0%

HCL Technologies Ltd.

      42,410       569,994

Indus Towers Ltd.

      59,734       200,166
       

 

 

 
          770,160
IRELAND - 3.3%

CRH plc

      8,261       387,199

Ryanair Holdings plc*

      1,846       35,809

Ryanair Holdings plc, Equity-Linked Security*(1)(3)(4)

      11,445       222,059
       

 

 

 
          645,067
JAPAN - 1.0%

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

      4,548       183,309
       
MEXICO - 0.5%

Gruma SAB de CV, Class B

      7,906       93,600
       
NETHERLANDS - 3.6%

ING Groep NV

      57,512     703,580
       
SOUTH KOREA - 10.4%

NAVER Corp.

      1,950       649,623

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      14,801       1,064,566

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)

      4,467       288,127
       

 

 

 
          2,002,316
SPAIN - 1.1%

CaixaBank SA

      67,973       210,361
       
SWITZERLAND - 16.8%

ABB Ltd.

      28,071       848,236

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

      4,877       468,235

Credit Suisse Group AG

      16,839       176,412

LafargeHolcim Ltd.*

      7,487       439,976

Novartis AG

      8,927       762,898

UBS Group AG

      35,162       544,466
       

 

 

 
          3,240,223
UNITED KINGDOM - 13.9%

Berkeley Group Holdings plc

      955       58,466

CNH Industrial NV

      14,035       217,172

Compass Group plc*

      47,732       961,715

Inchcape plc*

      5,168       53,652

Lloyds Banking Group plc*

      641,257       376,025

Natwest Group plc

      56,727       153,474

RELX plc

      21,900       549,185

RELX plc

      4,189       105,215

Tesco plc

      66,802       210,756
       

 

 

 
          2,685,660
UNITED STATES - 6.1%

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*(5)

      21,376       820,206

Tenaris SA

      23,266       262,258

Tenaris SA, ADR

      2,266       51,423

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

      37       41,501
       

 

 

 
          1,175,388
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks and equity-linked security
(Cost $12,096,195)

 

      16,339,144
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 15.1%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 15.1%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      993,654       993,654

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      964,429       964,429

 

30   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
INVESTMENT COMPANIES (CONTINUED)

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      964,429     $ 964,429
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $2,922,512)

 

      2,922,512
    No. of
Warrants
   
WARRANTS - 0.1%
       
SWITZERLAND - 0.1%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, expiring 11/22/2023, strike price CHF 67 (Cost $189)*

      14,052       5,352
       

 

 

 

Total investments - 99.8%
(Cost $15,018,896)

 

      19,267,008
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.2%

 

      46,267
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(6)

 

    $ 19,313,275
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $292,766, or 1.5% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(2)   Security is restricted.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Cost   Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Sodexo SA (Registered Shares)

      09/01/2020     $ 63,852     $ 70,707       0.4 %

 

(3)   Security is restricted. Security was acquired in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the date or during the period noted below.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Cost   Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Ryanair Holdings plc

     

11/14/2013-

02/03/2021


    $ 176,496     $ 222,059       1.1 %

 

(4)   Security is an equity-linked security issued by HSBC Bank plc. As described in 2(g) in Notes to Financial Statements, equity-linked securities are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bank or broker-dealer that issues them.
(5)   Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. See note 10 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(6)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

CHF - Swiss franc

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY FORWARD CONTRACTS

Values in thousands

 
Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
   

Counterparty

  Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
USD     147,743     JPY     15,533,549     JPM     4/22/2021     $ 7,427  
       

 

 

 
  Net unrealized appreciation     $ 7,427  
       

 

 

 

JPY - Japanese yen

USD - U.S. dollar

JPM - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 1,361,941       7.1 %

Consumer Discretionary

      2,051,831       10.6

Consumer Staples

      1,978,572       10.3

Energy

      985,366       5.1

Financials

      3,768,675       19.5

Health Care

      1,259,182       6.5

Industrials

      2,189,067       11.4

Information Technology

      1,922,687       10.0

Materials

      827,175       4.3

Short-Term Investments

      2,922,512       15.2
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 19,267,008       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Artisan Partners Funds   31


TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

British pound

    $ 2,363,273       12.3 %

Canadian dollar

      1,280,020       6.6

Danish krone

      205,183       1.1

Euro

      4,613,864       23.9

Hong Kong dollar

      220,193       1.1

Indian rupee

      770,160       4.0

Japanese yen

      183,309       1.0

Korean won

      2,002,316       10.4

Mexican peso

      93,600       0.5

Swiss franc

      3,245,575       16.8

U.S. dollar

      4,289,515       22.3
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 19,267,008       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      South Korea       7.0 %

Compass Group plc

      United Kingdom       5.0

ABB Ltd.

      Switzerland       4.4

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

      United States       4.2

Novartis AG

      Switzerland       4.0

ING Groep NV

      Netherlands       3.6

Danone SA

      France       3.4

RELX plc

      United Kingdom       3.4

NAVER Corp.

      South Korea       3.4

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

      Canada       3.1
       

 

 

 

Total

          41.5 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

32   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN MID CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.1%
       
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.4%

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*

      247     $ 102,178
       
AUTO COMPONENTS - 1.6%

Aptiv plc*

      872       120,263
       
BANKS - 2.9%

First Republic Bank

      540       90,098

SVB Financial Group*

      247       121,886
       

 

 

 
          211,984
BEVERAGES - 1.4%

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A*

      87       104,441
       
BIOTECHNOLOGY - 9.4%

Argenx SE, ADR*(1)

      475       130,839

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*(1)

      1,122       144,599

BioNTech SE, ADR*(1)

      705       76,974

Exact Sciences Corp.*

      1,205       158,825

Genmab A/S*(1)

      428       140,953

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*

      508       38,013
       

 

 

 
          690,203
CAPITAL MARKETS - 5.0%

MSCI, Inc.

      312       130,661

Nasdaq, Inc.

      750       110,579

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A

      1,726       127,697
       

 

 

 
          368,937
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 1.6%

Arista Networks, Inc.*

      379       114,526
       
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING - 1.2%

Ball Corp.

      1,063       90,099
       
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 2.7%

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*

      193       33,036

Chegg, Inc.*

      1,897       162,469
       

 

 

 
          195,505
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.9%

Generac Holdings, Inc.*

      436       142,711
       
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS - 4.0%

Cognex Corp.

      848       70,383

IPG Photonics Corp.*

      347       73,292
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS
(CONTINUED)

Trimble, Inc.*

      1,941     151,028
       

 

 

 
          294,703
ENTERTAINMENT - 4.7%

Roku, Inc.*

      308       100,467

Zynga, Inc., Class A*

      23,918       244,206
       

 

 

 
          344,673
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 4.7%

Dexcom, Inc.*

      466       167,389

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*

      185       25,728

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

      540       152,299
       

 

 

 
          345,416
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.3%

Centene Corp.*

      1,531       97,858
       
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 3.2%

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*

      905       236,307
       
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 2.1%

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

      90       128,304

DraftKings, Inc., Class A*

      370       22,697
       

 

 

 
          151,001
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 2.9%

Match Group, Inc.*

      1,329       182,533

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., Class A*

      698       34,114
       

 

 

 
          216,647
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 2.5%

Chewy, Inc., Class A*

      573       48,578

Wayfair, Inc., Class A*

      419       132,028
       

 

 

 
          180,606
IT SERVICES - 8.0%

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1*

      535       30,935

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      445       62,513

Global Payments, Inc.

      1,847       372,308

Okta, Inc.*

      209       46,064

Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A*(1)

      1,594       73,823
       

 

 

 
          585,643
LEISURE PRODUCTS - 1.8%

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A*

      800       89,963

YETI Holdings, Inc.*

      549       39,653
       

 

 

 
          129,616
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 1.7%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

      692       87,937

 

Artisan Partners Funds   33


    Shares
Held
  Value
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES (CONTINUED)

Evotec SE*(1)

      1,086     $ 39,144
       

 

 

 
          127,081
MACHINERY - 4.6%

Fortive Corp.

      1,992       140,711

IDEX Corp.

      313       65,511

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*

      2,608       128,329
       

 

 

 
          334,551
MEDIA - 1.8%

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

      2,653       134,285
       
PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.4%

Catalent, Inc.*

      1,689       177,902
       
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.0%

TransUnion

      853       76,768
       
ROAD & RAIL - 1.3%

Lyft, Inc., Class A*

      1,504       95,007
       
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 3.2%

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

      2,426       109,226

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

      697       127,955
       

 

 

 
          237,181
SOFTWARE - 15.9%

Atlassian Corp. plc, Class A*

      1,148       241,872

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*

      1,021       86,067

Coupa Software, Inc.*

      422       107,504

Datadog, Inc., Class A*

      1,291       107,573

HubSpot, Inc.*

      524       238,031

JFrog Ltd.*(1)

      858       38,053

Nuance Communications, Inc.*

      1,299       56,703

Synopsys, Inc.*

      401       99,243

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

      183       77,665

Zscaler, Inc.*

      653       112,100
       

 

 

 
          1,164,811
       
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 1.9%

Burlington Stores, Inc.*

      462       138,184
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $4,344,346)

 

      7,209,087
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.8%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      44,302       44,302

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      42,999       42,999
INVESTMENT COMPANIES (CONTINUED)

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      42,999     42,999
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $130,300)

 

      130,300
   

Total investments - 99.9%
(Cost $4,474,646)

 

      7,339,387
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

 

      4,757
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(2)

 

    $ 7,344,144
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

Argenx SE

  Netherlands   U.S. dollar

Ascendis Pharma A/S

  Denmark   U.S. dollar

BioNTech SE

  Germany   U.S. dollar

Evotec SE

  Germany   Euro

Genmab A/S

  Denmark   Danish krone

JFrog Ltd.

  Israel   U.S. dollar

Pagseguro Digital Ltd.

  Brazil   U.S. dollar

 

(2)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATION

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 695,605       9.5 %

Consumer Discretionary

      915,175       12.5

Consumer Staples

      104,441       1.4

Financials

      580,921       7.9

Health Care

      1,674,767       22.8

Industrials

      751,215       10.2

Information Technology

      2,396,864       32.7

Materials

      90,099       1.2

Short-Term Investments

      130,300       1.8
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 7,339,387       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

34   Artisan Partners Funds


TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Danish krone

    $ 140,953       1.9 %

Euro

      39,144       0.5

U.S. dollar

      7,159,290       97.6
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 7,339,387       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS         

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Global Payments, Inc.

  United States        5.1 %

Zynga, Inc.

  United States        3.3

Atlassian Corp. plc

  United States        3.3

HubSpot, Inc.

  United States        3.2

Veeva Systems, Inc.

  United States        3.2

Match Group, Inc.

  United States        2.5

Catalent, Inc.

  United States        2.4

Dexcom, Inc.

  United States        2.3

Chegg, Inc.

  United States        2.2

Exact Sciences Corp.

  United States        2.2
      

 

 

 

Total

         29.7 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   35


ARTISAN MID CAP VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 95.4%
       
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 2.0%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

      394     $ 42,442
       
AUTO COMPONENTS - 4.8%

BorgWarner, Inc.

      1,080       50,056

Gentex Corp.

      1,422       50,710
       

 

 

 
          100,766
AUTOMOBILES - 2.4%

Thor Industries, Inc.

      378       50,970
       
BANKS - 3.8%

Fifth Third Bancorp

      1,080       40,431

M&T Bank Corp.

      255       38,722
       

 

 

 
          79,153
CAPITAL MARKETS - 4.4%

Moelis & Co., Class A

      943       51,741

Northern Trust Corp.

      398       41,851
       

 

 

 
          93,592
CHEMICALS - 3.9%

Celanese Corp.

      243       36,367

Corteva, Inc.

      978       45,591
       

 

 

 
          81,958
CONSUMER FINANCE - 2.5%

Synchrony Financial

      1,320       53,669
       
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.5%

H&R Block, Inc.

      1,495       32,593
       
ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 2.1%

OGE Energy Corp.

      1,375       44,501
       
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 2.2%

nVent Electric plc

      1,636       45,673
       
ENTERTAINMENT - 2.6%

Electronic Arts, Inc.

      222       30,115

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A*

      572       8,558

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B*

      1,197       15,440
       

 

 

 
          54,113
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs) - 6.9%

Equity Commonwealth

      1,017       28,279

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

      548       51,482

PS Business Parks, Inc.

      143       22,118

Public Storage

      93       22,898
EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITs)
(CONTINUED)

STORE Capital Corp.

      601     20,122
       

 

 

 
          144,899
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 3.2%

Kroger Co. (The)

      965       34,741

Sysco Corp.

      415       32,673
       

 

 

 
          67,414
FOOD PRODUCTS - 2.2%

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

      615       45,670
       
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 2.6%

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

      862       54,985
       
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 3.7%

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

      325       38,330

Centene Corp.*

      633       40,434
       

 

 

 
          78,764
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 4.3%

Marriott International, Inc., Class A*

      330       48,854

Vail Resorts, Inc.*

      142       41,357
       

 

 

 
          90,211
INSURANCE - 7.0%

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

      1,312       50,335

Globe Life, Inc.

      561       54,165

Progressive Corp. (The)

      456       43,616
       

 

 

 
          148,116
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 2.6%

IAC/InterActiveCorp*

      255       55,259
       
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 3.6%

Expedia Group, Inc.*

      445       76,655
       
MACHINERY - 1.2%

Otis Worldwide Corp.

      374       25,607
       
MARINE - 1.5%

Kirby Corp.*

      537       32,387
       
MEDIA - 7.4%

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*

      125       18,731

Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A*

      462       20,387

Liberty Media Corp-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C*

      460       20,276

News Corp., Class A

      2,299       58,462

Omnicom Group, Inc.

      531       39,362
       

 

 

 
          157,218

 

36   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 1.4%

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*

      161     $ 28,884
       
ROAD & RAIL - 3.5%

AMERCO

      121       74,323
       
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 3.6%

Analog Devices, Inc.

      485       75,228
       
SOFTWARE - 1.6%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.*(1)

      302       33,864
       
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 2.4%

AutoNation, Inc.*

      539       50,212
       
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 1.8%

NetApp, Inc.

      516       37,487
       
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 2.7%

Air Lease Corp.

      1,181       57,885
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $1,130,818)

 

      2,014,498
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.2%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 4.2%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      30,149       30,149

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      29,263       29,263

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      29,262       29,262
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $88,674)

 

      88,674
   

Total investments - 99.6%
(Cost $1,219,492)

 

      2,103,172
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4%

 

      8,265
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(2)

 

    $ 2,111,437
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

  Israel   U.S. dollar

 

(2)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 266,590       12.7 %

Consumer Discretionary

      401,407       19.1

Consumer Staples

      113,084       5.4

Financials

      374,530       17.8

Health Care

      133,749       6.4

Industrials

      278,317       13.2

Information Technology

      146,579       7.0

Materials

      81,958       3.9

Real Estate

      173,783       8.2

Utilities

      44,501       2.1

Short-Term Investments

      88,674       4.2
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 2,103,172       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Expedia Group, Inc.

  United States        3.6 %

Analog Devices, Inc.

  United States        3.6

AMERCO

  United States        3.5

News Corp.

  United States        2.8

Air Lease Corp.

  United States        2.7

IAC/InterActiveCorp

  United States        2.6

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

  United States        2.6

Globe Life, Inc.

  United States        2.6

Synchrony Financial

  United States        2.5

Moelis & Co.

  United States        2.5
      

 

 

 

Total

         29.0 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   37


ARTISAN SELECT EQUITY FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares, warrants and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 94.9%
       
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.8%

BAE Systems plc(1)

      53     $ 366
       
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 2.2%

FedEx Corp.

      2       465
       
AIRLINES - 2.2%

Southwest Airlines Co.*

      8       462
       
AUTOMOBILES - 1.7%

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

      9       353
       
BANKS - 4.9%

Citigroup, Inc.

      14       1,025
       
CAPITAL MARKETS - 4.9%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      22       1,034
       
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 4.9%

HeidelbergCement AG(1)

      11       1,024
       
CONSUMER FINANCE - 5.2%

American Express Co.

      8       1,088
       
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 5.1%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

      4       1,057
       
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 5.2%

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

      17       1,079
       
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 6.2%

Anthem, Inc.

      4       1,285
       
INSURANCE - 6.6%

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

      5       636

Progressive Corp. (The)

      8       745
       

 

 

 
          1,381
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 9.6%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

      (2)        1,011

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

      3       983
       

 

 

 
          1,994
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 9.5%

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

      (2)        1,002

Expedia Group, Inc.*

      6       980
       

 

 

 
          1,982
IT SERVICES - 8.1%

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

      13     1,050

Visa, Inc., Class A

      3       636
       

 

 

 
          1,686
PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.9%

Novartis AG, ADR(1)

      7       602
       
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 4.3%

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

      5       900
       
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 5.3%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.(1)

      15       1,107
       
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 4.3%

Cie Financiere Richemont SA(1)

      9       900
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $15,018)

 

      19,790
    No. of
Warrants
   
WARRANTS - 0.0%(3)
       
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 0.0%(3)

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, expiring 11/22/2023, strike price CHF 67
(Cost $–)*(1)

      17       6
    Shares
Held
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.0%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 5.0%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      355       355

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      345       345

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      345       345
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $1,045)

 

      1,045
   

Total investments - 99.9%
(Cost $16,063)

 

      20,841
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

 

      20
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

 

    $ 20,861
       

 

 

 

 

38   Artisan Partners Funds


*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

BAE Systems plc

  United Kingdom   British pound

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

  Switzerland   Swiss franc

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Warrant)

  Switzerland   Swiss franc

HeidelbergCement AG

  Germany   Euro

Novartis AG

  Switzerland   U.S. dollar

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

  South Korea   Korean won

 

(2)   Amount rounds to less than one.
(3)   Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.
(4)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

CHF - Swiss franc

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 1,994       9.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

      4,141       19.9

Financials

      5,585       26.8

Health Care

      2,966       14.2

Industrials

      1,293       6.2

Information Technology

      2,793       13.4

Materials

      1,024       4.9

Short-Term Investments

      1,045       5.0
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 20,841       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

British pound

    $ 366       1.8 %

Euro

      1,024       4.9

Korean won

      1,107       5.3

Swiss franc

      906       4.3

U.S. dollar

      17,438       83.7
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 20,841       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

  Country   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Anthem, Inc.

      United States       6.2 %

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      South Korea       5.3

American Express Co.

      United States       5.2

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

      United States       5.2

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

      United States       5.1

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

      United States       5.0

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      United States       4.9

Citigroup, Inc.

      United States       4.9

HeidelbergCement AG

      Germany       4.9

Alphabet, Inc.

      United States       4.8
       

 

 

 

Total

          51.5 %
       

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   39


ARTISAN SMALL CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.9%
       
BIOTECHNOLOGY - 21.3%

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.*

      465     $ 62,998

Argenx SE, ADR*(1)

      382       105,254

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*(1)

      692       89,174

Denali Therapeutics, Inc.*

      360       20,548

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*

      5,030       209,685

Invitae Corp.*

      581       22,183

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.*

      1,894       59,967

Orchard Therapeutics plc, ADR*(1)

      5,012       36,390

Radius Health, Inc.*

      1,026       21,400

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*

      266       19,918

Twist Bioscience Corp.*

      63       7,747

Veracyte, Inc.*

      2,840       152,647

Vericel Corp.*

      611       33,960

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.*

      841       25,422
       

 

 

 
          867,293
BUILDING PRODUCTS - 1.7%

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

      426       44,041

Trex Co., Inc.*

      281       25,742
       

 

 

 
          69,783
CAPITAL MARKETS - 2.0%

Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp.*(1)(2)(3)(4)

      1,000       9,683

Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., Class A*(1)

      1,032       10,334

dMY Technology Group, Inc. II, Class A*

      506       7,446

Morningstar, Inc.

      198       44,460

One*(2)(3)(4)

      500       5,222

One, Class A*

      302       3,496
       

 

 

 
          80,641
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 1.6%

Valmont Industries, Inc.

      273       64,898
       
DISTRIBUTORS - 0.3%

ThredUp, Inc., Class A*

      488       11,378
       
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 6.2%

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*

      346       59,306

Chegg, Inc.*

      2,273       194,742
       

 

 

 
          254,048
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A*

      76       9,687
       
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.5%

Array Technologies, Inc.*

      803     23,955

Shoals Technologies Group, Inc., Class A*

      1,076       37,410
       

 

 

 
          61,365
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS - 3.0%

Cognex Corp.

      374       31,068

Novanta, Inc.*

      681       89,833
       

 

 

 
          120,901
ENTERTAINMENT - 3.7%

Zynga, Inc., Class A*

      14,771       150,807
       
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 1.9%

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

      358       77,476
       
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 5.1%

Glaukos Corp.*

      863       72,454

iRhythm Technologies, Inc.*

      204       28,321

Shockwave Medical, Inc.*

      553       72,010

Vapotherm, Inc.*(5)

      1,379       33,135
       

 

 

 
          205,920
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 0.6%

OptimizeRx Corp.*

      492       23,985
       
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 2.6%

Papa John’s International, Inc.

      511       45,320

Wingstop, Inc.

      477       60,688
       

 

 

 
          106,008
IT SERVICES - 4.1%

BigCommerce Holdings, Inc., Series 1*

      884       51,073

Evo Payments, Inc., Class A*

      2,163       59,534

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*

      1,054       54,659
       

 

 

 
          165,266
LEISURE PRODUCTS - 1.4%

YETI Holdings, Inc.*

      781       56,430
       
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 4.7%

NeoGenomics, Inc.*

      3,084       148,743

Repligen Corp.*

      110       21,460

Seer, Inc.*

      430       21,518
       

 

 

 
          191,721
MACHINERY - 4.3%

Colfax Corp.*

      1,031       45,169

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*

      1,919       94,442

John Bean Technologies Corp.

      262       34,871
       

 

 

 
          174,482

 

40   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
MEDIA - 1.4%

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

      1,092     $ 55,274
       
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 6.4%

Cree, Inc.*

      336       36,280

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

      2,702       121,646

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

      295       104,279
       

 

 

 
          262,205
SOFTWARE - 23.5%

Avalara, Inc.*

      506       67,507

Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B

      835       39,187

Blackline, Inc.*

      1,468       159,132

BTRS Holdings, Inc.*

      1,053       15,241

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

      756       76,858

HubSpot, Inc.*

      437       198,433

JFrog Ltd.*(1)

      990       43,947

LivePerson, Inc.*

      2,122       111,935

Q2 Holdings, Inc.*

      1,376       137,839

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A*

      481       30,743

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

      172       73,005
       

 

 

 
          953,827
Specialty Retail - 1.4%

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A*

      608       58,083
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $2,589,994)

 

      4,021,478
       

 

 

 
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.8%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      24,547       24,547

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      23,826       23,826

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      23,826       23,826
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $72,199)

 

      72,199
   

Total investments - 100.7%
(Cost $2,662,193)

 

      4,093,677
       

Other assets less liabilities - (0.7%)

 

      (29,212 )
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(6)

 

    $ 4,064,465
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

Argenx SE

  Netherlands   U.S. dollar

Ascendis Pharma A/S

  Denmark   U.S. dollar

Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp.

  Singapore   U.S. dollar

JFrog Ltd.

  Israel   U.S. dollar

Orchard Therapeutics plc

  United Kingdom   U.S. dollar

 

(2)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $14,905, or 0.3% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(3)   Security is restricted. In total, securities restricted were $14,905, or 0.3% of total net assets. Security was acquired in a PIPE  – Private Investment in Public Equity, on the date noted below.

 

Security   Acquisition
Date
  Unfunded
Amount
  Value   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp.

      01/29/2021     $ 10,000     $ 9,683       0.2 %

One

      02/23/2021       5,000       5,222       0.1 %

 

(4)   Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(5)   Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940. See note 10 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(6)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATION

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 215,768       5.3 %

Consumer Discretionary

      485,947       11.9

Consumer Staples

      77,476       1.9

Financials

      80,641       2.0

Health Care

      1,288,919       31.5

Industrials

      370,528       9.0

Information Technology

      1,502,199       36.7

Short-Term Investments

      72,199       1.7
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 4,093,677       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Artisan Partners Funds   41


TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

  United States        5.2 %

HubSpot, Inc.

  United States        4.9

Chegg, Inc.

  United States        4.8

Blackline, Inc.

  United States        3.9

Veracyte, Inc.

  United States        3.8

Zynga, Inc.

  United States        3.7

NeoGenomics, Inc.

  United States        3.7

Q2 Holdings, Inc.

  United States        3.4

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

  United States        3.0

LivePerson, Inc.

  United States        2.8
      

 

 

 

Total

         39.2 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

42   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN SUSTAINABLE EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 98.3%
       
ARGENTINA - 4.0%

Globant SA*

      3     $ 608

MercadoLibre, Inc.*

      1       2,130
       

 

 

 
          2,738
BRAZIL - 5.8%

Aeris Industria E Comercio De Equipamentos Para Geracao De Energia SA*

      496       779

Focus Energia Holding Participacoes SA*

      430       1,125

Hidrovias do Brasil SA*

      424       446

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Preference)

      152       756

Vale SA

      53       915
       

 

 

 
          4,021
CAMBODIA - 0.5%

NagaCorp Ltd.

      282       333
       
CHILE - 1.7%

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA

      100       630

Vina Concha y Toro SA

      300       516
       

 

 

 
          1,146
CHINA - 24.4%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR*

      19       4,258

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.*

      35       988

Baidu, Inc., ADR*

      5       1,128

Baidu, Inc., Class A*

      9       242

Baozun, Inc., ADR*

      14       531

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.

      1,534       957

Estun Automation Co. Ltd., Class A*

      315       1,244

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd., ADR*

      12       475

Kuaishou Technology*

      3       87

Noah Holdings Ltd., ADR*

      22       966

Prosus NV*

      20       2,253

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H

      204       493

Tongwei Co. Ltd., Class A

      73       365

Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR*

      23       923

Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A

      53       662

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd., Class H

      338       1,260
       

 

 

 
          16,832
COLOMBIA - 0.6%

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference)

      50       407
       
EGYPT - 0.5%

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

      95       351
       
GREECE - 2.2%

Alpha Bank AE*

      538     $ 579

JUMBO SA

      50       917
       

 

 

 
          1,496
HONG KONG - 3.6%

AIA Group Ltd.

      96       1,160

China High Precision Automation Group Ltd.*(1)(2)

      9,066      

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

      1,347       1,348
       

 

 

 
          2,508
INDIA - 8.5%

Havells India Ltd.

      64       916

ICICI Bank Ltd.*

      174       1,386

Kajaria Ceramics Ltd.

      105       1,328

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.

      21       646

Reliance Industries Ltd.

      49       1,351

Westlife Development Ltd.*

      35       217
       

 

 

 
          5,844
INDONESIA - 1.7%

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk. PT*

      2,427       735

Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk. PT

      638       404
       

 

 

 
          1,139
MALAYSIA - 1.0%

Public Bank Bhd.

      699       708
       
MEXICO - 1.8%

Cemex SAB de CV*

      794       559

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

      94       708
       

 

 

 
          1,267
PANAMA - 0.7%

Copa Holdings SA, Class A*

      6       450
       
PERU - 0.9%

Credicorp Ltd.

      4       607
       
POLAND - 0.5%

CCC SA*

      16       362
       
RUSSIA - 8.6%

LUKOIL PJSC, ADR

      15       1,192

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC, ADR

      30       941

Ozon Holdings plc, ADR*

      8       450

Polyus PJSC, GDR

      18       1,659

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

      287       1,101

Yandex NV, Class A*

      10       613
       

 

 

 
          5,956

 

Artisan Partners Funds   43


    Shares
Held
  Value
SOUTH AFRICA - 2.3%

FirstRand Ltd.

      215     $ 751

Mr Price Group Ltd.

      63       821
       

 

 

 
          1,572
SOUTH KOREA - 11.8%

Big Hit Entertainment Co. Ltd.*

      3       749

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*

      2       1,063

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

      79       5,657

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

      20       661
       

 

 

 
          8,130
       
TAIWAN - 16.8%

E Ink Holdings, Inc.

      749       1,446

MediaTek, Inc.

      61       2,065

Sea Ltd., ADR*

      3       677

Sunny Friend Environmental Technology Co. Ltd.

      130       1,037

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

      308       6,329
       

 

 

 
          11,554
       
THAILAND - 0.4%

Bangkok Bank PCL(1)

      69       279
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $46,512)

 

      67,700
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.6%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 1.6%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      387       387

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      375       375

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      375       375
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $1,137)

 

      1,137
   

Total investments - 99.9%
(Cost $47,649)

 

      68,837
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

 

      86
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(3)

 

    $ 68,923
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $279, or 0.4% of total net assets. See notes 2(a) and 4 in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
(2)   Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(3)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATIONS

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 4,126       6.0 %

Consumer Discretionary

      14,183       20.6

Consumer Staples

      1,993       2.9

Energy

      2,543       3.7

Financials

      10,447       15.2

Health Care

      4,507       6.5

Industrials

      7,460       10.8

Information Technology

      17,242       25.1

Materials

      4,074       5.9

Utilities

      1,125       1.6

Short-Term Investments

      1,137       1.7
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 68,837       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Brazilian real

    $ 4,021       5.8 %

Chilean peso

      1,146       1.7

Chinese yuan renminbi offshore

      2,271       3.3

Colombian peso

      407       0.6

Egyptian pound

      351       0.5

Euro

      3,749       5.5

Hong Kong dollar

      6,868       10.0

Indian rupee

      5,844       8.5

Indonesian rupiah

      1,139       1.7

Korean won

      8,130       11.8

Malaysian ringgit

      708       1.0

Mexican peso

      1,267       1.8

New Taiwan dollar

      10,877       15.8

Polish zloty

      362       0.5

South African rand

      1,572       2.3

Thai baht

      279       0.4

U.S. dollar

      19,846       28.8
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 68,837       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

44   Artisan Partners Funds


TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

  Taiwan        9.2 %

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

  South Korea        8.2

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

  China        7.6

Prosus NV

  China        3.3

MercadoLibre, Inc.

  Argentina        3.1

MediaTek, Inc.

  Taiwan        3.0

Polyus PJSC

  Russia        2.4

E Ink Holdings, Inc.

  Taiwan        2.1

ICICI Bank Ltd.

  India        2.0

Baidu, Inc.

  China        2.0
      

 

 

 

Total

         42.9 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   45


ARTISAN VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Shares and dollar values in thousands

 

    Shares
Held
  Value
COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%
       
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 7.6%

Airbus SE*(1)

      82     $ 9,297

Northrop Grumman Corp.

      25       7,970

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

      113       8,732
       

 

 

 
          25,999
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 4.0%

FedEx Corp.

      49       13,856
       
AUTO COMPONENTS - 1.9%

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA(1)

      43       6,381
       
BIOTECHNOLOGY - 1.3%

AbbVie, Inc.

      42       4,531
       
CAPITAL MARKETS - 11.0%

Blackstone Group, Inc. (The)

      95       7,102

CME Group, Inc.

      34       6,964

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

      36       11,851

Morgan Stanley

      154       11,953
       

 

 

 
          37,870
CHEMICALS - 1.5%

Celanese Corp.

      34       5,019
       
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 2.7%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

      179       9,242
       
CONSUMER FINANCE - 2.7%

Synchrony Financial

      231       9,397
       
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 3.9%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*

      52       13,377
       
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 2.2%

Schlumberger NV

      277       7,544
       
ENTERTAINMENT - 1.6%

Electronic Arts, Inc.

      40       5,424
       
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 2.2%

Medtronic plc

      65       7,620
       
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 3.4%

Cigna Corp.

      19       4,511

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA(1)

      96       7,029
       

 

 

 
          11,540
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 5.8%

Compass Group plc*(1)

      541     10,908

Marriott International, Inc., Class A*

      61       9,105
       

 

 

 
          20,013
INSURANCE - 2.8%

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

      250       9,595
       
INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 7.4%

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

      10       20,182

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

      18       5,356
       

 

 

 
          25,538
INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 3.8%

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

      6       13,091
       
MACHINERY - 0.8%

Otis Worldwide Corp.

      38       2,587
       
MEDIA - 3.8%

Comcast Corp., Class A

      243       13,146
       
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 2.3%

EOG Resources, Inc.

      109       7,887
       
PHARMACEUTICALS - 4.1%

Merck & Co., Inc.

      90       6,964

Sanofi(1)

      71       7,028
       

 

 

 
          13,992
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 2.7%

NXP Semiconductors NV(1)

      47       9,364
       
SOFTWARE - 1.9%

Oracle Corp.

      94       6,600
       
SPECIALTY RETAIL - 2.3%

AutoNation, Inc.*

      84       7,851
       
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 3.4%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)(1)

      180       11,629
       
TOBACCO - 7.4%

Altria Group, Inc.

      197       10,101

Philip Morris International, Inc.

      110       9,743

Swedish Match AB(1)

      69       5,398
       

 

 

 
          25,242

 

46   Artisan Partners Funds


    Shares
Held
  Value
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 3.0%

Air Lease Corp.

      207     $ 10,135
       

 

 

 

Total common stocks
(Cost $202,896)

 

      334,470
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.4%
       
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 2.4%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds Treasury Trust Fund - Institutional Class, 0.03%

      2,830       2,830

Federated Treasury Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      2,746       2,746

Fidelity Investments Money Market Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.01%

      2,746       2,746
       

 

 

 

Total short-term investments
(Cost $8,322)

 

      8,322
   

Total investments - 99.9%
(Cost $211,218)

 

      342,792
       

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

 

      331
       

 

 

 
   

Total net assets - 100.0%(2)

 

    $ 343,123
       

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security.
(1)   The Fund considers the company to be from outside the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for a description of the methodology used for country classifications.

 

Security   Country   Trading
Currency

Airbus SE

  France   Euro

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

  France   Euro

Compass Group plc

  United Kingdom   British pound

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

  Germany   Euro

NXP Semiconductors NV

  Netherlands   U.S. dollar

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)

  South Korea   Korean won

Sanofi

  France   Euro

Swedish Match AB

  Sweden   Swedish krona

 

(2)   Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

ABBREVIATION

Preference - A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

Communication Services

    $ 44,108       12.9 %

Consumer Discretionary

      47,336       13.8

Consumer Staples

      25,242       7.4

Energy

      15,431       4.5

Financials

      70,239       20.5

Health Care

      37,683       11.0

Industrials

      52,577       15.3

Information Technology

      36,835       10.7

Materials

      5,019       1.5

Short-Term Investments

      8,322       2.4
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 342,792       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TRADING CURRENCIES

Dollar values in thousands

 

    Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments

British pound

    $ 10,908       3.2 %

Euro

      29,735       8.7

Korean won

      11,629       3.4

Swedish krona

      5,398       1.5

U.S. dollar

      285,122       83.2
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 342,792       100.0 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

TOP TEN HOLDINGS

Company Name

 

Country

   Percentage
of Total
Net Assets

Alphabet, Inc.

  United States        5.9 %

FedEx Corp.

  United States        4.0

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

  United States        3.9

Comcast Corp.

  United States        3.8

Booking Holdings, Inc.

  United States        3.8

Morgan Stanley

  United States        3.5

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

  United States        3.5

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)

  South Korea        3.4

Compass Group plc

  United Kingdom        3.2

Air Lease Corp.

  United States        3.0
      

 

 

 

Total

         38.0 %
      

 

 

 

For the purpose of determining the Fund’s top ten holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   47


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Statements of Assets and Liabilities – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Dollar values in thousands

 

    

DEVELOPING

WORLD

  FOCUS  

GLOBAL

DISCOVERY

  GLOBAL EQUITY
ASSETS:

 

Investments in securities, unaffiliated, at value

    $ 8,612,210     $ 1,593,572     $ 269,864     $ 314,384

Short-term investments (investment companies), at value

      50,213       435,984       4,639       8,898

Total investments

      8,662,423       2,029,556       274,503       323,282

Foreign currency

      31,494       (1)        12       1,197

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

            2,554            

Receivable from investments sold

      75,032       158,533       3,240       3,194

Receivable from fund shares sold

      32,957       4,762       138       20,199

Dividends and interest receivable

      26       306       121       579

Other assets

      291       58       12       22

Total assets

      8,802,223       2,195,769       278,026       348,473
LIABILITIES:

 

Written options, at value

            21,254 (2)             

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

            2            

Payable for investments purchased

      114,387       190,871       890       20,958

Payable for fund shares redeemed

      9,419       1,778       258       29

Payable for operating expenses

      918       236       106       155

Payable for management fees

      1,152       269       34       28

Payable for deferred director’s compensation

      235       45       11       22

Payable for foreign taxes on unrealized gains

                        58

Total liabilities

      126,111       214,455       1,299       21,250

Total net assets

    $ 8,676,112     $ 1,981,314     $ 276,727     $ 327,223
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Fund shares issued and outstanding

    $ 5,044,365     $ 1,498,491     $ 186,974     $ 237,439

Total distributable earnings

      3,631,747       482,823       89,753       89,784

Total net assets

    $ 8,676,112     $ 1,981,314     $ 276,727     $ 327,223
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                        

Net assets

 

Investor Shares

    $ 804,779     $ 324,756     $ 56,805     $ 150,169

Advisor Shares

    $ 4,765,148     $ 1,109,254     $ 18,428     $ 14,960

Institutional Shares

    $ 3,106,185     $ 547,304     $ 201,494     $ 162,094

Shares outstanding (Indefinite number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)

                                       

Investor Shares

      31,279,030       15,630,850       2,792,477       6,521,803

Advisor Shares

      183,794,208       53,296,750       905,277       649,549

Institutional Shares

      119,257,916       26,259,544       9,885,187       6,971,736

Net asset value per share

                                       

Investor Shares

    $ 25.73     $ 20.78     $ 20.34     $ 23.03

Advisor Shares

    $ 25.93     $ 20.81     $ 20.36     $ 23.03

Institutional Shares

    $ 26.05     $ 20.84     $ 20.38     $ 23.25

Cost of total investments

    $ 5,486,806     $ 1,784,037     $ 200,207     $ 266,584

Cost of foreign currency held

    $ 27,579     $ (1)      $ (34 )     $ 862

 

(1)   Amount rounds to less than $1
(2)   Written options, premiums received $17,922

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

    

GLOBAL

OPPORTUNITIES

 

GLOBAL

VALUE

 

HIGH

INCOME

  INTERNATIONAL
ASSETS:

 

Investments in securities, unaffiliated, at value

    $ 5,011,006     $ 2,177,475     $ 5,837,716     $ 9,678,762

Short-term investments (investment companies), at value

      14,724       120,209       361,179       9,228

Total investments

      5,025,730       2,297,684       6,198,895       9,687,990

Cash

                  4,265      

Due from broker

                  4,529      

Foreign currency

      3,992       (1)              10,443

Receivable from investments sold

      100,696       28,369       37,795       203,999

Receivable from fund shares sold

      8,768       1,628       22,543       7,270

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

                  654      

Dividends and interest receivable

      3,118       10,902       73,585       37,338

Other assets

      307       254       310       1,056

Total assets

      5,142,611       2,338,837       6,342,576       9,948,096
LIABILITIES:

 

Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments

                  32      

Payable for investments purchased

      26,543       8,006       133,626       139,438

Payable for fund shares redeemed

      1,757       13,918       12,111       80,748

Dividends payable

                  4,275      

Payable for operating expenses

      722       847       907       2,932

Payable for management fees

      615       318       570       1,250

Payable for deferred director’s compensation

      264       232       264       1,041

Total liabilities

      29,901       23,321       151,785       225,409

Total net assets

    $ 5,112,710     $ 2,315,516     $ 6,190,791     $ 9,722,687
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Fund shares issued and outstanding

    $ 3,094,243     $ 1,588,238     $ 5,859,065     $ 6,143,834

Total distributable earnings

      2,018,467       727,278       331,726       3,578,853

Total net assets

    $ 5,112,710     $ 2,315,516     $ 6,190,791     $ 9,722,687
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

Net assets

 

Investor Shares

    $ 1,423,753     $ 282,399     $ 1,507,010     $ 3,129,312

Advisor Shares

    $ 1,113,035     $ 309,218     $ 2,919,367     $ 1,826,355

Institutional Shares

    $ 2,575,922     $ 1,723,899     $ 1,764,414     $ 4,767,020

Shares outstanding (Indefinite number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)

                                       

Investor Shares

      40,305,545       13,313,292       147,694,354       90,157,436

Advisor Shares

      31,280,779       14,598,508       286,288,756       52,776,828

Institutional Shares

      71,542,627       81,192,770       173,047,607       136,604,477

Net asset value per share

                                       

Investor Shares

    $ 35.32     $ 21.21     $ 10.20     $ 34.71

Advisor Shares

    $ 35.58     $ 21.18     $ 10.20     $ 34.61

Institutional Shares

    $ 36.01     $ 21.23     $ 10.20     $ 34.90

Cost of total investments

    $ 3,375,811     $ 1,589,359     $ 5,808,540     $ 7,214,925

Cost of foreign currency held

    $ 3,986     $ (1)      $     $ (3,756 )

 

(1)   Amount rounds to less than $1

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

    

INTERNATIONAL

SMALL-MID

 

INTERNATIONAL

VALUE

  MID CAP  

MID CAP

VALUE

ASSETS:

 

Investments in securities, unaffiliated, at value

    $ 5,217,342     $ 15,524,290     $ 7,209,087     $ 2,014,498

Investments in securities, affiliated, at value

      263,013       820,206            

Short-term investments (investment companies), at value

      76,254       2,922,512       130,300       88,674

Total investments

      5,556,609       19,267,008       7,339,387       2,103,172

Foreign currency

      487       18,044       (1)       

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts

            7,427            

Receivable from investments sold

      10,202       211,655       12,612       7,465

Receivable from fund shares sold

      41,412       52,509       14,430       1,796

Dividends and interest receivable

      8,288       107,926       82       2,423

Other assets

      144       1,291       593       296

Total assets

      5,617,142       19,665,860       7,367,104       2,115,152
LIABILITIES:

 

Payable for investments purchased

      15,559       296,755       15,284      

Payable for fund shares redeemed

      3,017       23,868       5,039       2,591

Payable for operating expenses

      403       7,960       1,177       567

Payable for management fees

      767       2,467       927       277

Payable for deferred director’s compensation

      112       1,158       533       280

Payable for foreign taxes on unrealized gains

      2,903       20,377            

Total liabilities

      22,761       352,585       22,960       3,715

Total net assets

    $ 5,594,381     $ 19,313,275     $ 7,344,144     $ 2,111,437
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Fund shares issued and outstanding

    $ 4,254,397     $ 13,909,838     $ 3,918,968     $ 999,464

Total distributable earnings

      1,339,984       5,403,437       3,425,176       1,111,973

Total net assets

    $ 5,594,381     $ 19,313,275     $ 7,344,144     $ 2,111,437
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

Net assets

 

Investor Shares

    $ 504,458     $ 2,586,561     $ 2,357,331     $ 695,279

Advisor Shares

    $ 1,758,608     $ 4,711,577     $ 820,957     $ 620,625

Institutional Shares

    $ 3,331,315     $ 12,015,137     $ 4,165,856     $ 795,533

Shares outstanding (Indefinite number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)

                                       

Investor Shares

      25,198,052       60,060,586       50,357,793       30,962,461

Advisor Shares

      87,736,419       109,541,016       17,281,140       27,723,718

Institutional Shares

      164,420,315       278,081,010       76,728,245       35,508,244

Net asset value per share

                                       

Investor Shares

    $ 20.02     $ 43.07     $ 46.81     $ 22.46

Advisor Shares

    $ 20.04     $ 43.01     $ 47.51     $ 22.39

Institutional Shares

    $ 20.26     $ 43.21     $ 54.29     $ 22.40

Cost of total investments

    $ 4,091,976     $ 14,732,950     $ 4,474,646     $ 1,219,492

Cost of securities of affiliated issuers held

    $ 224,140     $ 285,946     $     $

Cost of foreign currency held

    $ 487     $ 18,035     $ (1)      $

 

(1)   Amount rounds to less than $1

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     SELECT
EQUITY
  SMALL CAP   SUSTAINABLE
EMERGING
MARKETS
  VALUE
ASSETS:

 

Investments in securities, unaffiliated, at value

    $ 19,796     $ 3,988,343     $ 67,700     $ 334,470

Investments in securities, affiliated, at value

            33,135            

Short-term investments (investment companies), at value

      1,045       72,199       1,137       8,322

Total investments

      20,841       4,093,677       68,837       342,792

Foreign currency

      (1)              21       (1) 

Receivable from investments sold

      19       9,606            

Receivable from fund shares sold

      47       13,517       296       390

Receivable from the Adviser

      16                  

Dividends and interest receivable

      33       312       201       847

Other assets

      1       184       15       50

Total assets

      20,957       4,117,296       69,370       344,079
LIABILITIES:

 

Payable for investments purchased

      37       48,270            

Payable for fund shares redeemed

            3,170       (1)        694

Payable for operating expenses

      56       726       89       188

Payable for management fees

            509       7       28

Payable for deferred director’s compensation

      3       156       14       46

Payable for foreign taxes

                  337 (2)       

Total liabilities

      96       52,831       447       956

Total net assets

    $ 20,861     $ 4,064,465     $ 68,923     $ 343,123
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Fund shares issued and outstanding

    $ 16,135     $ 2,366,561     $ 182,902     $ 188,173

Total distributable earnings (loss)

      4,726       1,697,904       (113,979 )       154,950

Total net assets

    $ 20,861     $ 4,064,465     $ 68,923     $ 343,123
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 

Net assets

 

Investor Shares

    $ 2,729     $ 1,187,918     $ 58,497     $ 99,621

Advisor Shares

    $ 1,071     $ 1,326,380               $ 100,412

Institutional Shares

    $ 17,061     $ 1,550,167     $ 10,426     $ 143,090

Shares outstanding (Indefinite number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)

                                       

Investor Shares

      207,008       24,335,071       2,954,396       6,507,465

Advisor Shares

      81,160       26,996,909                 6,591,575

Institutional Shares

      1,298,904       30,934,874       518,847       9,380,206

Net asset value per share

                                       

Investor Shares

    $ 13.18     $ 48.82     $ 19.80     $ 15.31

Advisor Shares

    $ 13.19     $ 49.13               $ 15.23

Institutional Shares

    $ 13.14     $ 50.11     $ 20.09     $ 15.25

Cost of total investments

    $ 16,063     $ 2,621,748     $ 47,649     $ 211,218

Cost of securities of affiliated issuers held

    $     $ 40,445     $     $

Cost of foreign currency held

    $ (1)      $     $ 13     $ (1) 

 

(1)   Amount rounds to less than $1
(2)   Including foreign taxes on unrealized gains $311

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations – For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     DEVELOPING
WORLD
  FOCUS   GLOBAL
DISCOVERY
  GLOBAL EQUITY
INVESTMENT INCOME:                                        

Dividends, from unaffiliated issuers (1)

    $ 4,628     $ 5,825     $ 353     $ 842

Total investment income

      4,628       5,825       353       842
EXPENSES:                                        

Management fees

      40,154       8,567       1,278       1,311

Transfer agent fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      964       366       95       177

Advisor Shares

      1,989       437       27       18

Institutional Shares

      19       15       14       14

Shareholder communications

                                       

Investor Shares

      19       9       4       6

Advisor Shares

      64       10       6       6

Institutional Shares

      6       4       4       4

Custodian fees

      173       28       23       51

Accounting fees

      39       36       39       39

Professional fees

      128       53       28       34

Registration fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      26       9       3       14

Advisor Shares

      91       17       13       27

Institutional Shares

      15       15       20       30

Director’s fees

      104       23       4       4

Other operating expenses

      92       22       12       8

Total operating expenses

      43,883       9,611       1,570       1,743

Less amounts waived or paid by the Adviser

                  (19 )       (32 )

Net expenses

      43,883       9,611       1,551       1,711

Net investment (loss)

      (39,255 )       (3,786 )       (1,198 )       (869 )
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

                   

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      662,820       301,463       18,951       40,898

Foreign currency forward contracts

            307            

Foreign currency related transactions

      (1,549 )       (31 )       (42 )       (305 )

Written options

            (7,475 )            

Total realized gain

      661,271       294,264       18,909       40,593

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers (2)

      461,516       (36,536 )       10,188       (8,867 )

Foreign currency forward contracts

            1,558            

Foreign currency related transactions

      713       (21 )       44       247

Written options

            1,139            

Total increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

      462,229       (33,860 )       10,232       (8,620 )

Net gain on investments and foreign currency related transactions

      1,123,500       260,404       29,141       31,973

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    $ 1,084,245     $ 256,618     $ 27,943     $ 31,104

(1) Net of foreign taxes withheld on dividends, unaffiliated issuers

    $ 286     $ 116     $ 14     $ 57

(2) Net of decrease in foreign taxes on unrealized gains

                        (52 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations – For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES
  GLOBAL
VALUE
  HIGH
INCOME
  INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENT INCOME:                                        

Dividends, from unaffiliated issuers (1)

    $ 18,189     $ 27,026     $ 23     $ 40,155

Interest

                  189,298      

Total investment income

      18,189       27,026       189,321       40,155
EXPENSES:                                        

Management fees

      22,337       10,442       18,797       45,998

Transfer agent fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      1,759       280       1,714       3,672

Advisor Shares

      526       102       1,222       793

Institutional Shares

      18       17       23       24

Shareholder communications

                                       

Investor Shares

      32       13       30       75

Advisor Shares

      9       7       67       25

Institutional Shares

      9       9       10       47

Custodian fees

      145       18       26       322

Accounting fees

      39       39       79       39

Professional fees

      95       56       117       152

Registration fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      26       17       37       29

Advisor Shares

      13       16       66       24

Institutional Shares

      11       13       36       92

Director’s fees

      79       39       81       173

Other operating expenses

      70       43       72       171

Total operating expenses

      25,168       11,111       22,377       51,636

Net investment income (loss)

      (6,979 )       15,915       166,944       (11,481 )
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

                   

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      397,499       107,413       37,850       1,229,540

Foreign currency forward contracts

            (3,193 )       (113 )      

Foreign currency related transactions

      (617 )       26       6       (15,424 )

Futures contracts

                  6,749      

Total realized gain

      396,882       104,246       44,492       1,214,116

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      7,094       473,470       294,713       (337,613 )

Foreign currency forward contracts

            2,416       (142 )      

Foreign currency related transactions

      (1 )       (148 )       (4 )       11,551

Futures contracts

                  14,324      

Unfunded loan commitments

                  (32 )      

Total increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

      7,093       475,738       308,859       (326,062 )

Net gain on investments and foreign currency related transactions

      403,975       579,984       353,351       888,054

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    $ 396,996     $ 595,899     $ 520,295     $ 876,573

(1) Net of foreign taxes withheld on dividends, unaffiliated issuers

    $ 491     $ 1,465     $     $ 2,233

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations – For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     INTERNATIONAL
SMALL-MID
  INTERNATIONAL
VALUE
  MID CAP   MID CAP
VALUE
INVESTMENT INCOME:                                        

Dividends, from unaffiliated issuers (1)

    $ 14,559     $ 212,784     $ 9,055     $ 19,829

Dividends, from affiliated issuers (2)

      162                  

Total investment income

      14,721       212,784       9,055       19,829
EXPENSES:                                        

Management fees

      24,794       76,159       34,824       9,115

Transfer agent fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      548       2,702       2,762       664

Advisor Shares

      740       1,603       366       166

Institutional Shares

      19       25       26       16

Shareholder communications

                                       

Investor Shares

      20       43       31       29

Advisor Shares

      14       136       33       51

Institutional Shares

      35       107       40       41

Custodian fees

      326       588       57       8

Accounting fees

      39       39       29       29

Professional fees

      83       234       93       35

Registration fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      42       13       26       20

Advisor Shares

      29       107       29       17

Institutional Shares

      99       65       50       21

Director’s fees

      55       242       113       33

Other operating expenses

      52       241       103       40

Total operating expenses

      26,895       82,304       38,582       10,285

Net investment income (loss)

      (12,174 )       130,480       (29,527 )       9,544
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

                   

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      159,165       1,553,136       912,960       237,571

Investments, from affiliated issuers

      4,887       3,040            

Foreign currency forward contracts

            (66,786 )            

Foreign currency related transactions

      90       (2,366 )       36      

Total realized gain

      164,142       1,487,024       912,996       237,571

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers (3)

      431,840       2,572,556       74,383       401,410

Investments, from affiliated issuers

      74,904       168,224            

Foreign currency forward contracts

            40,981            

Foreign currency related transactions

      (60 )       (1,301 )       (2 )      

Total increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

      506,684       2,780,460       74,381       401,410

Net gain on investments and foreign currency related transactions

      670,826       4,267,484       987,377       638,981

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    $ 658,652     $ 4,397,964     $ 957,850     $ 648,525

(1) Net of foreign taxes withheld on dividends, unaffiliated issuers

    $ 1,248     $ 22,565     $     $

(2) Net of foreign taxes withheld on dividends, affiliated issuers

      18                  

(3) Net of increase in foreign taxes on unrealized gains

      2,903       18,697            

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations – For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     SELECT
EQUITY
  SMALL CAP   SUSTAINABLE
EMERGING
MARKETS
  VALUE
INVESTMENT INCOME:                                        

Dividends, from unaffiliated issuers (1)

    $ 126     $ 3,303     $ 444     $ 2,697

Total investment income

      126       3,303       444       2,697
EXPENSES:                                        

Management fees

      59       18,091       320       1,165

Transfer agent fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      22       1,324       82       88

Advisor Shares

      14       607                 56

Institutional Shares

      14       17       14       15

Shareholder communications

                                       

Investor Shares

      5       23       7       7

Advisor Shares

      4       47                 8

Institutional Shares

      3       30       (2)        8

Custodian fees

      4       25       6       6

Accounting fees

      5       29       39       29

Professional fees

      14       64       54       26

Registration fees

                                       

Investor Shares

      8       40       2       18

Advisor Shares

      8       90                 16

Institutional Shares

      8       10       2       8

Director’s fees

      2       49       3       6

Other operating expenses

      (2)        46       8       11

Total operating expenses

      170       20,492       537       1,467

Less amounts waived or paid by the Adviser

      (82 )             (110 )       (37 )

Net expenses

      88       20,492       427       1,430

Net investment income (loss)

      38       (17,189 )       17       1,267
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

                             

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers (3)

      315       316,023       1,788       24,672

Foreign currency related transactions

      (2)              (1 )       (4 )

Total realized gain

      315       316,023       1,787       24,668

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers (4)

      3,735       312,964       10,339       63,963

Investments, from affiliated issuers

            (6,767 )            

Foreign currency related transactions

      (2)              (2 )       (3 )

Total increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

      3,735       306,197       10,337       63,960

Net gain on investments and foreign currency related transactions

      4,050       622,220       12,124       88,628

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    $ 4,088     $ 605,031     $ 12,141     $ 89,895

(1) Net of foreign taxes withheld on dividends, unaffiliated issuers

    $ 11     $     $ 63     $ 61

(2) Amount rounds to less than $1

(3) Net of foreign taxes on realized gains

                  (34 )      

(4) Net of increase in foreign taxes on unrealized gains

                  129      

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Dollar values in thousands

 

     DEVELOPING WORLD   FOCUS
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment loss

    $ (39,255 )     $ (32,341 )     $ (3,786 )     $ (2,692 )

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      662,820       300,242       301,463       7,059

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  307       (6,344 )

Foreign currency related transactions

      (1,549 )       (2,668 )       (31 )       (43 )

Written options

                  (7,475 )       14,253

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      461,516       2,168,867       (36,536 )       236,643

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  1,558       446

Foreign currency related transactions

      713       4,241       (21 )       (2) 

Written options

                  1,139       (4,471 )

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      1,084,245       2,438,341       256,618       244,851
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (29,722 )             (9,433 )       (6,980 )

Advisor Shares

      (174,796 )             (28,018 )       (21,727 )

Institutional Shares

      (119,146 )       (56 )       (15,917 )      

Total distributions to shareholders

      (323,664 )       (56 )       (53,368 )       (28,707 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      1,283,188       1,532,283       341,999       528,442

Total increase in net assets

      2,043,769       3,970,568       545,249       744,586

Net assets, beginning of period

      6,632,343       2,661,775       1,436,065       691,479

Net assets, end of period

    $ 8,676,112     $ 6,632,343     $ 1,981,314     $ 1,436,065

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Amount rounds to less than $1

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     GLOBAL DISCOVERY   GLOBAL EQUITY
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment loss

    $ (1,198 )     $ (1,202 )     $ (869 )     $ (474 )

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      18,951       5,224       40,898       43,064

Foreign currency related transactions

      (42 )       (5 )       (305 )       (129 )

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      10,188       48,523       (8,867 )       8,699

Foreign currency related transactions

      44       4       247       151

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      27,943       52,544       31,104       51,311
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (1,150 )             (16,265 )       (10,288 )

Advisor Shares

      (419 )             (1,575 )      

Institutional Shares

      (3,295 )             (13,513 )       (11,682 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (4,864 )             (31,353 )       (21,970 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      43,203       50,578       70,575       (27,399 )

Total increase in net assets

      66,282       103,122       70,326       1,942

Net assets, beginning of period

      210,445       107,323       256,897       254,955

Net assets, end of period

    $ 276,727     $ 210,445     $ 327,223     $ 256,897

 

(1)   Unaudited.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES   GLOBAL VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment income (loss)

    $ (6,979 )     $ (3,040 )     $ 15,915     $ 15,456

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      397,499       360,424       107,413       25,411

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  (3,193 )       2,072

Foreign currency related transactions

      (617 )       (354 )       26       90

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      7,094       906,778       473,470       (227,831 )

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  2,416       (5,050 )

Foreign currency related transactions

      (1 )       50       (148 )       287

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      396,996       1,263,858       595,899       (189,565 )
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (93,589 )       (74,481 )       (148 )       (6,704 )

Advisor Shares

      (67,331 )       (43,758 )       (256 )       (9,262 )

Institutional Shares

      (162,441 )       (123,621 )       (3,054 )       (32,160 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (323,361 )       (241,860 )       (3,458 )       (48,126 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      256,482       365,644       (100,685 )       (1,014,427 )

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      330,117       1,387,642       491,756       (1,252,118 )

Net assets, beginning of period

      4,782,593       3,394,951       1,823,760       3,075,878

Net assets, end of period

    $ 5,112,710     $ 4,782,593     $ 2,315,516     $ 1,823,760

 

(1)   Unaudited.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     HIGH INCOME   INTERNATIONAL
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income (loss)

    $ 166,944     $ 258,173     $ (11,481 )     $ 43,500

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      37,850       (26,236 )       1,229,540       411,903

Foreign currency forward contracts

      (113 )       (302 )            

Foreign currency related transactions

      6       (69 )       (15,424 )       (4,388 )

Futures contracts

      6,749       (22,172 )            

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      294,713       81,150       (337,613 )       137,349

Foreign currency forward contracts

      (142 )       142            

Foreign currency related transactions

      (4 )       4       11,551       5,532

Futures contracts

      14,324       (2,659 )            

Unfunded loan commitments

      (32 )       10            

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      520,295       288,041       876,573       593,896
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (37,800 )       (54,034 )       (104,497 )       (205,368 )

Advisor Shares

      (77,679 )       (134,063 )       (63,660 )       (115,091 )

Institutional Shares

      (47,072 )       (68,979 )       (168,146 )       (245,714 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (162,551 )       (257,076 )       (336,303 )       (566,173 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      1,016,281       997,489       (478,323 )       (926,091 )

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      1,374,025       1,028,454       61,947       (898,368 )

Net assets, beginning of period

      4,816,766       3,788,312       9,660,740       10,559,108

Net assets, end of period

    $ 6,190,791     $ 4,816,766     $ 9,722,687     $ 9,660,740

 

(1)   Unaudited.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID   INTERNATIONAL VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income (loss)

    $ (12,174 )     $ 28,533     $ 130,480     $ 107,187

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      159,165       (30,545 )       1,553,136       (142,784 )

Investments, from affiliated issuers

      4,887       4,119       3,040      

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  (66,786 )       19,737

Foreign currency related transactions

      90       (1,911 )       (2,366 )       495

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      431,840       622,948       2,572,556       (380,411 )

Investments, from affiliated issuers

      74,904       10,893       168,224      

Foreign currency forward contracts

                  40,981       (51,830 )

Foreign currency related transactions

      (60 )       134       (1,301 )       1,975

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      658,652       634,171       4,397,964       (445,631 )
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (2,495 )       (343 )       (20,240 )       (81,523 )

Advisor Shares

      (9,783 )       (1,296 )       (36,329 )       (136,062 )

Institutional Shares

      (19,767 )       (1,966 )       (96,592 )       (226,033 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (32,045 )       (3,605 )       (153,161 )       (443,618 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      1,507,348       1,608,852       1,494,562       195,049

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      2,133,955       2,239,418       5,739,365       (694,200 )

Net assets, beginning of period

      3,460,426       1,221,008       13,573,910       14,268,110

Net assets, end of period

    $ 5,594,381     $ 3,460,426     $ 19,313,275     $ 13,573,910

 

(1)   Unaudited.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     MID CAP   MID CAP VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment income (loss)

    $ (29,527 )     $ (36,526 )     $ 9,544     $ 18,887

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      912,960       844,620       237,571       45,143

Foreign currency related transactions

      36       (4 )            

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      74,383       1,333,217       401,410       (197,454 )

Foreign currency related transactions

      (2 )       4            

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      957,850       2,141,311       648,525       (133,424 )
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (315,691 )       (191,072 )       (11,628 )       (80,183 )

Advisor Shares

      (102,605 )       (51,336 )       (11,843 )       (62,696 )

Institutional Shares

      (523,547 )       (326,991 )       (14,905 )       (78,963 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (941,843 )       (569,399 )       (38,376 )       (221,842 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      538,465       159,288       (177,473 )       (235,550 )

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      554,472       1,731,200       432,676       (590,816 )

Net assets, beginning of period

      6,789,672       5,058,472       1,678,761       2,269,577

Net assets, end of period

    $ 7,344,144     $ 6,789,672     $ 2,111,437     $ 1,678,761

 

(1)   Unaudited.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     SELECT EQUITY   SMALL CAP
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Period Ended
9/30/2020(2)
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment income (loss)

    $ 38     $ 13     $ (17,189 )     $ (20,921 )

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      315       (402 )       316,023       219,364

Foreign currency related transactions

      (3)        (8 )            

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      3,735       1,043       312,964       586,046

Investments, from affiliated issuers

                  (6,767 )      

Foreign currency related transactions

      (3)        (3)             

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      4,088       646       605,031       784,489
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

                  (58,000 )       (47,579 )

Advisor Shares

                  (63,020 )       (47,497 )

Institutional Shares

      (67 )             (72,018 )       (50,532 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (67 )             (193,038 )       (145,608 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      3,813       12,381       650,480       526,143

Total increase in net assets

      7,834       13,027       1,062,473       1,165,024

Net assets, beginning of period

      13,027             3,001,992       1,836,968

Net assets, end of period

    $ 20,861     $ 13,027     $ 4,064,465     $ 3,001,992

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 28, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(3)   Amount rounds to less than $1

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

Dollar values in thousands

 

     SUSTAINABLE EMERGING MARKETS   VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
  Six Months Ended
3/31/2021(1)
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
OPERATIONS:                                        

Net investment income

    $ 17     $ 828     $ 1,267     $ 3,361

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      1,788       (931 )       24,672       33,844

Foreign currency related transactions

      (1 )       (17 )       (4 )       3

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

                                       

Investments, from unaffiliated issuers

      10,339       4,696       63,963       (39,735 )

Foreign currency related transactions

      (2 )       17       (3 )       (2) 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      12,141       4,593       89,895       (2,527 )
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:                                        

Investor Shares

      (900 )       (815 )       (6,500 )       (6,095 )

Advisor Shares

                          (7,058 )       (4,595 )

Institutional Shares

      (92 )       (72 )       (10,777 )       (7,269 )

Total distributions to shareholders

      (992 )       (887 )       (24,335 )       (17,959 )
FUND SHARE ACTIVITIES:                                        

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share activities

      4,538       (2,502 )       (8,629 )       (101,620 )

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      15,687       1,204       56,931       (122,106 )

Net assets, beginning of period

      53,236       52,032       286,192       408,298

Net assets, end of period

    $ 68,923     $ 53,236     $ 343,123     $ 286,192

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Amount rounds to less than $1

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
DEVELOPING WORLD FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 22.98       (0.15     4.01       3.86             (1.11     (1.11   $ 25.73  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.44       (0.17     9.71       9.54                       $ 22.98  

9/30/2019

  $ 11.17       (0.07     2.34       2.27       (6)            (6)    $ 13.44  

9/30/2018

  $ 12.83       (6)      (1.23     (1.23     (0.02     (0.41     (0.43   $ 11.17  

9/30/2017

  $ 10.51       0.03       2.34       2.37       (0.01     (0.04     (0.05   $ 12.83  

9/30/2016

  $ 8.39       0.02       2.10       2.12                       $ 10.51  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 23.13       (0.13     4.04       3.91             (1.11     (1.11   $ 25.93  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.51       (0.14     9.76       9.62                       $ 23.13  

9/30/2019

  $ 11.21       (0.03     2.34       2.31       (0.01           (0.01   $ 13.51  

9/30/2018

  $ 12.87       0.03       (1.25     (1.22     (0.03     (0.41     (0.44   $ 11.21  

9/30/2017

  $ 10.54       0.05       2.35       2.40       (0.03     (0.04     (0.07   $ 12.87  

9/30/2016

  $ 8.39       0.03       2.12       2.15                       $ 10.54  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 23.22       (0.12     4.06       3.94             (1.11     (1.11   $ 26.05  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.55       (0.13     9.80       9.67       (6)            (6)    $ 23.22  

9/30/2019

  $ 11.23       (0.02     2.34       2.32       (6)            (6)    $ 13.55  

9/30/2018

  $ 12.89       0.04       (1.25     (1.21     (0.04     (0.41     (0.45   $ 11.23  

9/30/2017

  $ 10.56       0.06       2.34       2.40       (0.03     (0.04     (0.07   $ 12.89  

9/30/2016

  $ 8.39       0.04       2.13       2.17                       $ 10.56  
FOCUS FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.34       (0.06     3.16       3.10             (0.66     (0.66   $ 20.78  

9/30/2020

  $ 15.63       (0.06     3.35       3.29       (0.04     (0.54     (0.58   $ 18.34  

9/30/2019

  $ 14.39       (0.01     1.70       1.69       (6)      (0.45     (0.45   $ 15.63  

9/30/2018

  $ 11.79       (0.04     3.82       3.78             (1.18     (1.18   $ 14.39  

9/30/2017(8)

  $ 10.00       (0.02     1.81       1.79                       $ 11.79  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.36       (0.04     3.15       3.11             (0.66     (0.66   $ 20.81  

9/30/2020

  $ 15.66       (0.04     3.35       3.31       (0.07     (0.54     (0.61   $ 18.36  

9/30/2019

  $ 14.39       0.01       1.71       1.72             (0.45     (0.45   $ 15.66  

9/30/2018(9)

  $ 13.82       (6)      0.57       0.57                       $ 14.39  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.37       (0.03     3.16       3.13             (0.66     (0.66   $ 20.84  

9/30/2020(10)

  $ 16.37       (0.01     2.01       2.00                       $ 18.37  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

   

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

   

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
DEVELOPING WORLD FUND

 

                                 

Investor Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     16.96    $ 804,779        1.26     n/a       (1.15 )%       76.07

9/30/2020

     71.06    $ 643,044        1.28     n/a       (0.96 )%       138.63

9/30/2019

     20.33    $ 255,336        1.35     n/a       (0.56 )%       159.86

9/30/2018

     (9.99 )%     $ 477,908        1.36     n/a       (0.02 )%       121.12

9/30/2017

     22.70    $ 520,406        1.40     n/a       0.26      45.04

9/30/2016

     25.27    $ 266,122        1.50     1.52     0.25      47.59

Advisor Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     17.07    $ 4,765,148        1.09     n/a       (0.98 )%       76.07

9/30/2020

     71.28    $ 3,513,504        1.13     n/a       (0.81 )%       138.63

9/30/2019

     20.59    $ 1,585,519        1.18     n/a       (0.23 )%       159.86

9/30/2018

     (9.87 )%     $ 1,031,825        1.18     n/a       0.22      121.12

9/30/2017

     22.94    $ 763,998        1.21     n/a       0.47      45.04

9/30/2016

     25.63    $ 340,831        1.25     n/a       0.28      47.59

Institutional Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     17.14    $ 3,106,185        1.00     n/a       (0.89 )%       76.07

9/30/2020

     71.45    $ 2,475,795        1.04     n/a       (0.72 )%       138.63

9/30/2019

     20.71    $ 820,920        1.08     n/a       (0.15 )%       159.86

9/30/2018

     (9.80 )%     $ 681,242        1.08     n/a       0.29      121.12

9/30/2017

     22.99    $ 684,168        1.12     n/a       0.50      45.04

9/30/2016

     25.86    $ 277,691        1.15     n/a       0.44      47.59
FOCUS FUND

 

                                 

Investor Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     17.08    $ 324,756        1.26     n/a       (0.59 )%       135.65

9/30/2020

     21.76    $ 262,246        1.30     n/a       (0.39 )%       285.25

9/30/2019

     12.35    $ 170,186        1.37     n/a       (0.07 )%       368.38

9/30/2018

     34.31    $ 79,673        1.51 %(7)      1.70 %(7)      (0.27 )%       355.37

9/30/2017(8)

     18.00    $ 15,293        1.52 %(7)      2.70 %(7)      (0.49 )%       170.19

Advisor Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     17.12    $ 1,109,254        1.11     n/a       (0.43 )%       135.65

9/30/2020

     21.98    $ 735,871        1.13     n/a       (0.26 )%       285.25

9/30/2019

     12.49    $ 521,293        1.17     n/a       0.04      368.38

9/30/2018(9)

     4.12    $ 38,135        1.40 %(7)      2.74 %(7)      0.16      355.37

Institutional Shares

                                                   

3/31/2021(5)

     17.16    $ 547,304        1.02     n/a       (0.35 )%       135.65

9/30/2020(10)

     12.28    $ 437,948        1.04     n/a       (0.14 )%       285.25

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
GLOBAL DISCOVERY FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.40       (0.11     2.45       2.34             (0.40     (0.40   $ 20.34  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.39       (0.13     5.14       5.01                       $ 18.40  

9/30/2019

  $ 12.40       (0.08     1.07       0.99                       $ 13.39  

9/30/2018

  $ 10.32       (0.09     2.23       2.14       (6)      (0.06     (0.06   $ 12.40  

9/30/2017(11)

  $ 10.00       (0.01     0.33       0.32                       $ 10.32  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.41       (0.11     2.46       2.35             (0.40     (0.40   $ 20.36  

9/30/2020(10)

  $ 14.96       (0.08     3.53       3.45                       $ 18.41  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 18.41       (0.08     2.45       2.37             (0.40     (0.40   $ 20.38  

9/30/2020(10)

  $ 14.96       (0.07     3.52       3.45                       $ 18.41  
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 23.03       (0.08     2.87       2.79             (2.79     (2.79   $ 23.03  

9/30/2020

  $ 20.60       (0.05     4.26       4.21             (1.78     (1.78   $ 23.03  

9/30/2019

  $ 22.66       (0.02     1.02       1.00       (0.03     (3.03     (3.06   $ 20.60  

9/30/2018

  $ 19.60       0.03       3.17       3.20             (0.14     (0.14   $ 22.66  

9/30/2017

  $ 16.54       (0.03     3.09       3.06                       $ 19.60  

9/30/2016

  $ 15.73       (0.01     1.17       1.16             (0.35     (0.35   $ 16.54  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 23.04       (0.08     2.86       2.78             (2.79     (2.79   $ 23.03  

9/30/2020(12)

  $ 22.81       (0.02     0.25       0.23                       $ 23.04  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 23.21       (0.06     2.89       2.83             (2.79     (2.79   $ 23.25  

9/30/2020

  $ 20.71       (0.03     4.32       4.29       (0.01     (1.78     (1.79   $ 23.21  

9/30/2019

  $ 22.80       0.02       1.01       1.03       (0.09     (3.03     (3.12   $ 20.71  

9/30/2018

  $ 19.66       0.10       3.18       3.28             (0.14     (0.14   $ 22.80  

9/30/2017

  $ 16.58       0.01       3.10       3.11       (0.03           (0.03   $ 19.66  

9/30/2016(13)

  $ 16.44       0.06       0.43       0.49             (0.35     (0.35   $ 16.58  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
GLOBAL DISCOVERY FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.79    $ 56,805        1.37      n/a        (1.12 )%       28.05

9/30/2020

     37.42    $ 106,480        1.35      n/a        (0.89 )%       40.44

9/30/2019

     7.98    $ 107,323        1.40      n/a        (0.62 )%       52.30

9/30/2018

     20.90    $ 75,321        1.50      1.71      (0.75 )%       38.71

9/30/2017(11)

     3.20    $ 13,161        1.50      4.55      (0.83 )%       1.85

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.84    $ 18,428        1.30      1.48      (1.04 )%       28.05

9/30/2020(10)

     23.06    $ 19,698        1.30      1.74      (0.73 )%       40.44

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.95    $ 201,494        1.10      n/a        (0.82 )%       28.05

9/30/2020(10)

     23.06    $ 84,267        1.20      n/a        (0.62 )%       40.44
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.70    $ 150,169        1.26      n/a        (0.68 )%       66.16

9/30/2020

     21.90    $ 134,498        1.26      n/a        (0.27 )%       137.93

9/30/2019

     6.90    $ 118,936        1.38      n/a        (0.09 )%       91.33

9/30/2018

     16.38    $ 123,225        1.36      n/a        0.13      120.14

9/30/2017

     18.50    $ 131,813        1.40      n/a        (0.20 )%       109.89

9/30/2016

     7.40    $ 145,817        1.37      n/a        (0.09 )%       96.23

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.64    $ 14,960        1.25      1.69      (0.68 )%       66.16

9/30/2020(12)

     1.01    $ 13,092        1.25      2.51      (0.53 )%       137.93

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     12.78    $ 162,094        1.07      n/a        (0.49 )%       66.16

9/30/2020

     22.17    $ 109,307        1.05      n/a        (0.12 )%       137.93

9/30/2019

     7.10    $ 136,019        1.16      n/a        0.09      91.33

9/30/2018

     16.73    $ 196,802        1.10      n/a        0.45      120.14

9/30/2017

     18.78    $ 159,565        1.16      n/a        0.03      109.89

9/30/2016(13)

     3.01    $ 111,757        1.11      n/a        0.37      96.23

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 34.89       (0.08     2.91       2.83             (2.40     (2.40   $ 35.32  

9/30/2020

  $ 27.06       (0.06     9.80       9.74             (1.91     (1.91   $ 34.89  

9/30/2019

  $ 27.66       (0.01     1.01       1.00             (1.60     (1.60   $ 27.06  

9/30/2018

  $ 25.69       (0.03     3.07       3.04             (1.07     (1.07   $ 27.66  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.74       (0.08     4.06       3.98             (0.03     (0.03   $ 25.69  

9/30/2016

  $ 18.35       (0.06     3.59       3.53       (0.02     (0.12     (0.14   $ 21.74  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 35.10       (0.05     2.93       2.88             (2.40     (2.40   $ 35.58  

9/30/2020

  $ 27.21       (0.03     9.86       9.83       (0.03     (1.91     (1.94   $ 35.10  

9/30/2019

  $ 27.76       0.03       1.02       1.05             (1.60     (1.60   $ 27.21  

9/30/2018

  $ 25.75       0.01       3.07       3.08             (1.07     (1.07   $ 27.76  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.76       (0.05     4.07       4.02             (0.03     (0.03   $ 25.75  

9/30/2016

  $ 18.37       (0.03     3.58       3.55       (0.04     (0.12     (0.16   $ 21.76  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 35.47       (0.03     2.97       2.94             (2.40     (2.40   $ 36.01  

9/30/2020

  $ 27.47       (6)      9.96       9.96       (0.05     (1.91     (1.96   $ 35.47  

9/30/2019

  $ 27.99       0.06       1.02       1.08       (6)      (1.60     (1.60   $ 27.47  

9/30/2018

  $ 25.92       0.03       3.11       3.14             (1.07     (1.07   $ 27.99  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.89       (0.03     4.09       4.06             (0.03     (0.03   $ 25.92  

9/30/2016

  $ 18.46       (0.01     3.61       3.60       (0.05     (0.12     (0.17   $ 21.89  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     8.33    $ 1,423,753        1.14      n/a        (0.43 )%       27.97

9/30/2020

     38.37    $ 1,358,867        1.14      n/a        (0.23 )%       44.27

9/30/2019

     4.85    $ 1,052,916        1.15      n/a        (0.02 )%       48.64

9/30/2018

     12.19    $ 1,176,471        1.15      n/a        (0.13 )%       44.27

9/30/2017

     18.36    $ 974,286        1.15      n/a        (0.35 )%       34.13

9/30/2016

     19.29    $ 781,877        1.17      n/a        (0.33 )%       34.62

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     8.43    $ 1,113,035        0.99      n/a        (0.28 )%       27.97

9/30/2020

     38.52    $ 957,127        1.01      n/a        (0.09 )%       44.27

9/30/2019

     5.03    $ 615,920        1.01      n/a        0.11      48.64

9/30/2018

     12.32    $ 583,463        1.00      n/a        0.03      44.27

9/30/2017

     18.53    $ 398,375        1.03      n/a        (0.20 )%       34.13

9/30/2016

     19.37    $ 193,230        1.08      n/a        (0.16 )%       34.62

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     8.51    $ 2,575,922        0.89      n/a        (0.18 )%       27.97

9/30/2020

     38.67    $ 2,466,599        0.90      n/a        0.01      44.27

9/30/2019

     5.11    $ 1,726,115        0.91      n/a        0.23      48.64

9/30/2018

     12.48    $ 1,645,152        0.91      n/a        0.11      44.27

9/30/2017

     18.60    $ 1,330,754        0.93      n/a        (0.11 )%       34.13

9/30/2016

     19.60    $ 862,330        0.92      n/a        (0.07 )%       34.62

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
GLOBAL VALUE FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 15.94       0.12       5.16       5.28       (0.01           (0.01   $ 21.21  

9/30/2020

  $ 17.12       0.07       (1.01     (0.94     (0.24           (0.24   $ 15.94  

9/30/2019

  $ 18.24       0.21       (0.38     (0.17     (0.15     (0.80     (0.95   $ 17.12  

9/30/2018

  $ 17.87       0.18       0.55       0.73       (0.12     (0.24     (0.36   $ 18.24  

9/30/2017

  $ 15.30       0.10       2.88       2.98       (0.11     (0.30     (0.41   $ 17.87  

9/30/2016

  $ 14.47       0.10       1.58       1.68       (0.05     (0.80     (0.85   $ 15.30  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 15.91       0.13       5.16       5.29       (0.02           (0.02   $ 21.18  

9/30/2020

  $ 17.09       0.09       (1.01     (0.92     (0.26           (0.26   $ 15.91  

9/30/2019

  $ 18.22       0.23       (0.39     (0.16     (0.17     (0.80     (0.97   $ 17.09  

9/30/2018

  $ 17.86       0.21       0.54       0.75       (0.15     (0.24     (0.39   $ 18.22  

9/30/2017

  $ 15.28       0.13       2.87       3.00       (0.12     (0.30     (0.42   $ 17.86  

9/30/2016

  $ 14.48       0.13       1.57       1.70       (0.10     (0.80     (0.90   $ 15.28  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 15.96       0.15       5.16       5.31       (0.04           (0.04   $ 21.23  

9/30/2020

  $ 17.14       0.11       (1.01     (0.90     (0.28           (0.28   $ 15.96  

9/30/2019

  $ 18.27       0.26       (0.40     (0.14     (0.19     (0.80     (0.99   $ 17.14  

9/30/2018

  $ 17.90       0.24       0.54       0.78       (0.17     (0.24     (0.41   $ 18.27  

9/30/2017

  $ 15.32       0.14       2.87       3.01       (0.13     (0.30     (0.43   $ 17.90  

9/30/2016

  $ 14.50       0.14       1.59       1.73       (0.11     (0.80     (0.91   $ 15.32  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
GLOBAL VALUE FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     33.13    $ 282,399        1.24      n/a        1.27      14.99

9/30/2020

     (5.63 )%     $ 242,744        1.26      n/a        0.42      37.09

9/30/2019

     (0.50 )%     $ 506,067        1.25      n/a        1.25      31.18

9/30/2018

     4.16    $ 724,848        1.25      n/a        1.00      27.98

9/30/2017

     19.95    $ 811,771        1.25      n/a        0.59      12.67

9/30/2016

     11.86    $ 748,254        1.26      n/a        0.70      20.52

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     33.24    $ 309,218        1.09      n/a        1.43      14.99

9/30/2020

     (5.48 )%     $ 259,859        1.12      n/a        0.54      37.09

9/30/2019

     (0.40 )%     $ 599,418        1.10      n/a        1.38      31.18

9/30/2018

     4.27    $ 851,738        1.10      n/a        1.14      27.98

9/30/2017

     20.16    $ 796,869        1.10      n/a        0.78      12.67

9/30/2016

     12.00    $ 403,036        1.14      n/a        0.88      20.52

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     33.29    $ 1,723,899        1.01      n/a        1.55      14.99

9/30/2020

     (5.37 )%     $ 1,321,157        1.02      n/a        0.67      37.09

9/30/2019

     (0.30 )%     $ 1,970,393        1.01      n/a        1.54      31.18

9/30/2018

     4.40    $ 2,143,564        1.01      n/a        1.31      27.98

9/30/2017

     20.23    $ 1,471,466        1.02      n/a        0.84      12.67

9/30/2016

     12.18    $ 917,977        1.03      n/a        0.97      20.52

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
HIGH INCOME FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 9.53       0.29       0.67       0.96       (0.29           (0.29   $ 10.20  

9/30/2020

  $ 9.66       0.60       (0.13     0.47       (0.60           (0.60   $ 9.53  

9/30/2019

  $ 9.87       0.61       (0.17     0.44       (0.60     (0.05     (0.65   $ 9.66  

9/30/2018

  $ 10.20       0.58       (0.13     0.45       (0.58     (0.20     (0.78   $ 9.87  

9/30/2017

  $ 9.85       0.59       0.37       0.96       (0.59     (0.02     (0.61   $ 10.20  

9/30/2016

  $ 9.49       0.63       0.40       1.03       (0.63     (0.04     (0.67   $ 9.85  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 9.53       0.30       0.66       0.96       (0.29           (0.29   $ 10.20  

9/30/2020

  $ 9.66       0.61       (0.13     0.48       (0.61           (0.61   $ 9.53  

9/30/2019

  $ 9.87       0.63       (0.17     0.46       (0.62     (0.05     (0.67   $ 9.66  

9/30/2018

  $ 10.20       0.60       (0.13     0.47       (0.60     (0.20     (0.80   $ 9.87  

9/30/2017

  $ 9.85       0.60       0.38       0.98       (0.61     (0.02     (0.63   $ 10.20  

9/30/2016

  $ 9.49       0.64       0.41       1.05       (0.65     (0.04     (0.69   $ 9.85  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 9.53       0.31       0.66       0.97       (0.30           (0.30   $ 10.20  

9/30/2020

  $ 9.66       0.62       (0.13     0.49       (0.62           (0.62   $ 9.53  

9/30/2019

  $ 9.87       0.64       (0.17     0.47       (0.63     (0.05     (0.68   $ 9.66  

9/30/2018

  $ 10.19       0.61       (0.12     0.49       (0.61     (0.20     (0.81   $ 9.87  

9/30/2017(14)

  $ 9.85       0.59       0.36       0.95       (0.59     (0.02     (0.61   $ 10.19  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

72   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
HIGH INCOME FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     10.12    $ 1,507,010        0.96      n/a        5.87      25.98

9/30/2020

     5.14    $ 1,149,422        0.96      n/a        6.43      71.78

9/30/2019

     4.81    $ 873,574        0.98      n/a        6.41      74.82

9/30/2018

     4.66    $ 986,645        0.99      n/a        5.88      79.10

9/30/2017

     10.07    $ 632,387        1.00      n/a        5.88      92.44

9/30/2016

     11.40    $ 544,969        1.03      n/a        6.66      69.41

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     10.21    $ 2,919,367        0.79      n/a        6.04      25.98

9/30/2020

     5.29    $ 2,281,480        0.82      n/a        6.57      71.78

9/30/2019

     4.98    $ 2,194,146        0.82      n/a        6.56      74.82

9/30/2018

     4.83    $ 1,970,272        0.82      n/a        6.03      79.10

9/30/2017

     10.27    $ 1,548,786        0.82      n/a        6.04      92.44

9/30/2016

     11.61    $ 1,244,032        0.84      n/a        6.81      69.41

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     10.26    $ 1,764,414        0.70      n/a        6.13      25.98

9/30/2020

     5.40    $ 1,385,864        0.72      n/a        6.67      71.78

9/30/2019

     5.08    $ 720,592        0.73      n/a        6.64      74.82

9/30/2018

     5.02    $ 289,036        0.74      n/a        6.13      79.10

9/30/2017(14)

     9.94    $ 262,369        0.78      n/a        5.94      92.44

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
INTERNATIONAL FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 32.86       (0.06     3.03       2.97       (0.08     (1.04     (1.12   $ 34.71  

9/30/2020

  $ 32.52       0.08       2.00       2.08       (0.30     (1.44     (1.74   $ 32.86  

9/30/2019

  $ 33.49       0.29       1.38       1.67       (0.37     (2.27     (2.64   $ 32.52  

9/30/2018

  $ 32.28       0.35       1.08       1.43       (0.22           (0.22   $ 33.49  

9/30/2017

  $ 28.30       0.20       4.08       4.28       (0.30           (0.30   $ 32.28  

9/30/2016

  $ 26.97       0.27       1.19       1.46       (0.13           (0.13   $ 28.30  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 32.80       (0.04     3.02       2.98       (0.13     (1.04     (1.17   $ 34.61  

9/30/2020

  $ 32.46       0.15       1.98       2.13       (0.35     (1.44     (1.79   $ 32.80  

9/30/2019

  $ 33.45       0.34       1.37       1.71       (0.43     (2.27     (2.70   $ 32.46  

9/30/2018

  $ 32.25       0.43       1.05       1.48       (0.28           (0.28   $ 33.45  

9/30/2017

  $ 28.31       0.23       4.08       4.31       (0.37           (0.37   $ 32.25  

9/30/2016

  $ 27.00       0.34       1.17       1.51       (0.20           (0.20   $ 28.31  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 33.08       (0.02     3.04       3.02       (0.16     (1.04     (1.20   $ 34.90  

9/30/2020

  $ 32.72       0.17       2.01       2.18       (0.38     (1.44     (1.82   $ 33.08  

9/30/2019

  $ 33.71       0.35       1.39       1.74       (0.46     (2.27     (2.73   $ 32.72  

9/30/2018

  $ 32.50       0.46       1.05       1.51       (0.30           (0.30   $ 33.71  

9/30/2017

  $ 28.51       0.30       4.08       4.38       (0.39           (0.39   $ 32.50  

9/30/2016

  $ 27.19       0.36       1.17       1.53       (0.21           (0.21   $ 28.51  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
INTERNATIONAL FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     9.18    $ 3,129,312        1.18      n/a        (0.37 )%       46.16

9/30/2020

     6.52    $ 3,142,072        1.19      n/a        0.27      53.82

9/30/2019

     6.29    $ 3,903,758        1.19      n/a        0.95      41.01

9/30/2018

     4.45    $ 4,733,866        1.18      n/a        1.06      55.16

9/30/2017

     15.39    $ 5,808,005        1.18      n/a        0.70      57.60

9/30/2016

     5.39    $ 7,930,361        1.19      n/a        0.98      64.65

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     9.22    $ 1,826,355        1.04      n/a        (0.23 )%       46.16

9/30/2020

     6.71    $ 1,799,962        1.04      n/a        0.48      53.82

9/30/2019

     6.46    $ 2,141,985        1.04      n/a        1.11      41.01

9/30/2018

     4.58    $ 2,367,026        1.04      n/a        1.29      55.16

9/30/2017

     15.56    $ 2,357,528        1.04      n/a        0.82      57.60

9/30/2016

     5.58    $ 2,782,189        1.01      n/a        1.23      64.65

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     9.30    $ 4,767,020        0.95      n/a        (0.14 )%       46.16

9/30/2020

     6.80    $ 4,718,706        0.96      n/a        0.55      53.82

9/30/2019

     6.52    $ 4,513,365        0.96      n/a        1.15      41.01

9/30/2018

     4.67    $ 5,815,955        0.95      n/a        1.36      55.16

9/30/2017

     15.66    $ 5,868,894        0.96      n/a        1.05      57.60

9/30/2016

     5.64    $ 5,272,925        0.95      n/a        1.27      64.65

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 17.33       (0.07     2.87       2.80       (0.11           (0.11   $ 20.02  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.61       0.16       3.58       3.74       (0.02           (0.02   $ 17.33  

9/30/2019

  $ 23.47       (0.03     (1.56     (1.59           (8.27     (8.27   $ 13.61  

9/30/2018

  $ 24.69       (0.10     2.05       1.95             (3.17     (3.17   $ 23.47  

9/30/2017

  $ 23.17       (0.03     2.75       2.72             (1.20     (1.20   $ 24.69  

9/30/2016

  $ 23.37       (0.02     0.63       0.61       (0.03     (0.78     (0.81   $ 23.17  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 17.35       (0.05     2.87       2.82       (0.13           (0.13   $ 20.04  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.62       0.20       3.57       3.77       (0.04           (0.04   $ 17.35  

9/30/2019(15)

  $ 11.91       0.01       1.70       1.71                       $ 13.62  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 17.54       (0.04     2.90       2.86       (0.14           (0.14   $ 20.26  

9/30/2020

  $ 13.76       0.23       3.59       3.82       (0.04           (0.04   $ 17.54  

9/30/2019

  $ 23.59       0.03       (1.59     (1.56           (8.27     (8.27   $ 13.76  

9/30/2018

  $ 24.75       (0.04     2.05       2.01             (3.17     (3.17   $ 23.59  

9/30/2017

  $ 23.18       0.06       2.71       2.77             (1.20     (1.20   $ 24.75  

9/30/2016(16)

  $ 22.54       0.04       0.60       0.64                       $ 23.18  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     16.20    $ 504,458        1.31      n/a        (0.71 )%       13.30

9/30/2020

     27.52    $ 400,490        1.33      n/a        1.06      27.84

9/30/2019

     (1.38 )%     $ 177,807        1.43      n/a        (0.24 )%       55.98

9/30/2018

     8.70    $ 228,317        1.55      n/a        (0.44 )%       59.53

9/30/2017

     13.09    $ 307,580        1.57      n/a        (0.16 )%       79.09

9/30/2016

     2.50    $ 585,000        1.51      n/a        (0.07 )%       69.82

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     16.29    $ 1,758,608        1.14      n/a        (0.54 )%       13.30

9/30/2020

     27.70    $ 1,223,773        1.18      n/a        1.32      27.84

9/30/2019(15)

     14.36    $ 434,784        1.25      n/a        0.13      55.98

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     16.35    $ 3,331,315        1.05      n/a        (0.44 )%       13.30

9/30/2020

     27.85    $ 1,836,163        1.09      n/a        1.49      27.84

9/30/2019

     (1.18 )%     $ 608,417        1.16      n/a        0.20      55.98

9/30/2018

     8.94    $ 175,808        1.35      n/a        (0.17 )%       59.53

9/30/2017

     13.31    $ 255,353        1.37      n/a        0.29      79.09

9/30/2016(16)

     2.84    $ 209,536        1.37      n/a        0.41      69.82

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 32.94       0.27       10.20       10.47       (0.09     (0.25     (0.34   $ 43.07  

9/30/2020

  $ 34.87       0.19       (1.06     (0.87     (0.23     (0.83     (1.06   $ 32.94  

9/30/2019

  $ 36.85       0.61       (0.64     (0.03     (0.65     (1.30     (1.95   $ 34.87  

9/30/2018

  $ 39.08       0.42       (1.14     (0.72     (0.41     (1.10     (1.51   $ 36.85  

9/30/2017

  $ 33.55       0.27       6.27       6.54       (0.26     (0.75     (1.01   $ 39.08  

9/30/2016

  $ 32.62       0.32       2.57       2.89       (0.28     (1.68     (1.96   $ 33.55  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 32.90       0.29       10.18       10.47       (0.11     (0.25     (0.36   $ 43.01  

9/30/2020

  $ 34.81       0.27       (1.09     (0.82     (0.26     (0.83     (1.09   $ 32.90  

9/30/2019

  $ 36.85       0.65       (0.63     0.02       (0.76     (1.30     (2.06   $ 34.81  

9/30/2018

  $ 39.11       0.48       (1.16     (0.68     (0.48     (1.10     (1.58   $ 36.85  

9/30/2017

  $ 33.57       0.33       6.27       6.60       (0.31     (0.75     (1.06   $ 39.11  

9/30/2016

  $ 32.66       0.39       2.54       2.93       (0.34     (1.68     (2.02   $ 33.57  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 33.06       0.33       10.21       10.54       (0.14     (0.25     (0.39   $ 43.21  

9/30/2020

  $ 34.96       0.28       (1.08     (0.80     (0.27     (0.83     (1.10   $ 33.06  

9/30/2019

  $ 37.02       0.69       (0.64     0.05       (0.81     (1.30     (2.11   $ 34.96  

9/30/2018

  $ 39.28       0.53       (1.18     (0.65     (0.51     (1.10     (1.61   $ 37.02  

9/30/2017

  $ 33.71       0.42       6.23       6.65       (0.33     (0.75     (1.08   $ 39.28  

9/30/2016

  $ 32.77       0.40       2.57       2.97       (0.35     (1.68     (2.03   $ 33.71  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     31.94    $ 2,586,561        1.18      n/a        1.37      27.05

9/30/2020

     (2.71 )%     $ 1,983,618        1.19      n/a        0.57      28.06

9/30/2019

     0.38    $ 2,761,826        1.19      n/a        1.80      23.69

9/30/2018

     (1.99 )%     $ 3,371,735        1.18      n/a        1.11      21.55

9/30/2017

     20.19    $ 4,350,119        1.19      n/a        0.78      11.67

9/30/2016

     9.02    $ 5,500,119        1.18      n/a        0.98      17.79

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     32.01    $ 4,711,577        1.03      n/a        1.52      27.05

9/30/2020

     (2.56 )%     $ 3,645,568        1.05      n/a        0.81      28.06

9/30/2019

     0.52    $ 4,336,510        1.05      n/a        1.93      23.69

9/30/2018

     (1.87 )%     $ 4,683,702        1.04      n/a        1.27      21.55

9/30/2017

     20.41    $ 4,323,659        1.04      n/a        0.93      11.67

9/30/2016

     9.17    $ 3,537,587        1.02      n/a        1.21      17.79

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     32.08    $ 12,015,137        0.95      n/a        1.67      27.05

9/30/2020

     (2.48 )%     $ 7,944,724        0.96      n/a        0.85      28.06

9/30/2019

     0.63    $ 7,169,774        0.95      n/a        2.03      23.69

9/30/2018

     (1.79 )%     $ 7,295,259        0.95      n/a        1.41      21.55

9/30/2017

     20.48    $ 6,282,134        0.97      n/a        1.18      11.67

9/30/2016

     9.27    $ 3,038,159        0.96      n/a        1.26      17.79

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
MID CAP FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 47.75       (0.23     6.47       6.24             (7.18     (7.18   $ 46.81  

9/30/2020

  $ 37.16       (0.31     15.43       15.12             (4.53     (4.53   $ 47.75  

9/30/2019

  $ 44.83       (0.23     0.53       0.30             (7.97     (7.97   $ 37.16  

9/30/2018

  $ 42.58       (0.26     8.21       7.95             (5.70     (5.70   $ 44.83  

9/30/2017

  $ 41.34       (0.27     4.85       4.58             (3.34     (3.34   $ 42.58  

9/30/2016

  $ 44.42       (0.30     3.78       3.48             (6.56     (6.56   $ 41.34  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 48.33       (0.20     6.56       6.36             (7.18     (7.18   $ 47.51  

9/30/2020

  $ 37.52       (0.27     15.61       15.34             (4.53     (4.53   $ 48.33  

9/30/2019

  $ 45.10       (0.17     0.56       0.39             (7.97     (7.97   $ 37.52  

9/30/2018

  $ 42.75       (0.20     8.25       8.05             (5.70     (5.70   $ 45.10  

9/30/2017

  $ 41.43       (0.22     4.88       4.66             (3.34     (3.34   $ 42.75  

9/30/2016

  $ 44.46       (0.24     3.77       3.53             (6.56     (6.56   $ 41.43  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 54.25       (0.20     7.42       7.22             (7.18     (7.18   $ 54.29  

9/30/2020

  $ 41.54       (0.26     17.50       17.24             (4.53     (4.53   $ 54.25  

9/30/2019

  $ 48.89       (0.16     0.78       0.62             (7.97     (7.97   $ 41.54  

9/30/2018

  $ 45.84       (0.18     8.93       8.75             (5.70     (5.70   $ 48.89  

9/30/2017

  $ 44.15       (0.19     5.22       5.03             (3.34     (3.34   $ 45.84  

9/30/2016

  $ 46.92       (0.22     4.01       3.79             (6.56     (6.56   $ 44.15  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

80   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
MID CAP FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     14.07    $ 2,357,331        1.18      n/a        (0.94 )%       26.43

9/30/2020

     45.66    $ 2,106,948        1.18      n/a        (0.81 )%       44.52

9/30/2019

     5.11    $ 1,599,647        1.19      n/a        (0.63 )%       47.96

9/30/2018

     21.12    $ 2,003,621        1.18      n/a        (0.62 )%       49.83

9/30/2017

     12.19    $ 2,277,750        1.18      n/a        (0.68 )%       42.59

9/30/2016

     8.08    $ 3,232,399        1.18      n/a        (0.75 )%       40.35

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     14.16    $ 820,957        1.05      n/a        (0.81 )%       26.43

9/30/2020

     45.83    $ 667,057        1.05      n/a        (0.68 )%       44.52

9/30/2019

     5.36    $ 429,052        1.04      n/a        (0.48 )%       47.96

9/30/2018

     21.26    $ 644,777        1.04      n/a        (0.48 )%       49.83

9/30/2017

     12.36    $ 583,658        1.05      n/a        (0.54 )%       42.59

9/30/2016

     8.19    $ 445,648        1.05      n/a        (0.62 )%       40.35

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     14.20    $ 4,165,856        0.95      n/a        (0.70 )%       26.43

9/30/2020

     45.98    $ 4,015,667        0.95      n/a        (0.59 )%       44.52

9/30/2019

     5.41    $ 3,029,773        0.96      n/a        (0.41 )%       47.96

9/30/2018

     21.37    $ 3,516,293        0.95      n/a        (0.39 )%       49.83

9/30/2017

     12.45    $ 4,119,181        0.95      n/a        (0.45 )%       42.59

9/30/2016

     8.33    $ 4,389,242        0.95      n/a        (0.52 )%       40.35

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   81


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
MID CAP VALUE FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 16.26       0.08       6.48       6.56       (0.09     (0.27     (0.36   $ 22.46  

9/30/2020

  $ 19.81       0.15       (1.71     (1.56     (0.12     (1.87     (1.99   $ 16.26  

9/30/2019

  $ 23.56       0.10       (0.90     (0.80     (0.05     (2.90     (2.95   $ 19.81  

9/30/2018

  $ 23.98       0.02       1.86       1.88       (0.02     (2.28     (2.30   $ 23.56  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.41       0.06       3.11       3.17       (0.16     (0.44     (0.60   $ 23.98  

9/30/2016

  $ 22.22       0.12       2.70       2.82       (0.09     (3.54     (3.63   $ 21.41  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 16.23       0.10       6.45       6.55       (0.12     (0.27     (0.39   $ 22.39  

9/30/2020

  $ 19.77       0.17       (1.70     (1.53     (0.14     (1.87     (2.01   $ 16.23  

9/30/2019

  $ 23.53       0.13       (0.90     (0.77     (0.09     (2.90     (2.99   $ 19.77  

9/30/2018

  $ 23.94       0.05       1.85       1.90       (0.03     (2.28     (2.31   $ 23.53  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.37       0.09       3.10       3.19       (0.18     (0.44     (0.62   $ 23.94  

9/30/2016

  $ 22.23       0.14       2.70       2.84       (0.16     (3.54     (3.70   $ 21.37  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 16.24       0.11       6.45       6.56       (0.13     (0.27     (0.40   $ 22.40  

9/30/2020

  $ 19.80       0.18       (1.71     (1.53     (0.16     (1.87     (2.03   $ 16.24  

9/30/2019

  $ 23.56       0.14       (0.89     (0.75     (0.11     (2.90     (3.01   $ 19.80  

9/30/2018

  $ 23.98       0.07       1.85       1.92       (0.06     (2.28     (2.34   $ 23.56  

9/30/2017

  $ 21.40       0.11       3.11       3.22       (0.20     (0.44     (0.64   $ 23.98  

9/30/2016

  $ 22.25       0.16       2.70       2.86       (0.17     (3.54     (3.71   $ 21.40  
SELECT EQUITY FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 10.17       0.02       2.99       3.01                       $ 13.18  

9/30/2020(17)

  $ 10.00       (6)      0.17       0.17                       $ 10.17  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 10.18       0.03       2.98       3.01                       $ 13.19  

9/30/2020(17)

  $ 10.00       0.01       0.17       0.18                       $ 10.18  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 10.18       0.03       2.99       3.02       (0.06           (0.06   $ 13.14  

9/30/2020(17)

  $ 10.00       0.01       0.17       0.18                       $ 10.18  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

82   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
MID CAP VALUE FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     40.80    $ 695,279        1.20      n/a        0.87      12.91

9/30/2020

     (8.93 )%     $ 541,320        1.21      n/a        0.90      43.12

9/30/2019

     (2.49 )%     $ 842,896        1.20      n/a        0.52      19.18

9/30/2018

     8.55    $ 1,294,179        1.19      n/a        0.07      19.15

9/30/2017

     15.08    $ 1,957,786        1.17      n/a        0.25      23.92

9/30/2016

     14.10    $ 2,416,461        1.16      1.16      0.59      26.62

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     40.84    $ 620,625        1.05      n/a        1.02      12.91

9/30/2020

     (8.76 )%     $ 518,198        1.06      n/a        1.02      43.12

9/30/2019

     (2.32 )%     $ 630,296        1.06      n/a        0.66      19.18

9/30/2018

     8.68    $ 951,667        1.05      n/a        0.24      19.15

9/30/2017

     15.23    $ 1,053,640        1.06      n/a        0.40      23.92

9/30/2016

     14.22    $ 1,025,855        1.05      1.06      0.70      26.62

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     40.89    $ 795,533        0.99      n/a        1.08      12.91

9/30/2020

     (8.76 )%     $ 619,243        1.00      n/a        1.08      43.12

9/30/2019

     (2.22 )%     $ 796,385        0.98      n/a        0.72      19.18

9/30/2018

     8.75    $ 1,058,092        0.98      n/a        0.30      19.15

9/30/2017

     15.37    $ 1,040,520        0.97      n/a        0.48      23.92

9/30/2016

     14.29    $ 741,286        0.95      0.95      0.81      26.62
SELECT EQUITY FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     29.60    $ 2,729        1.25      6.54      0.35      9.14

9/30/2020(17)

     1.70    $ 983        1.25      17.96      0.03      26.96

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     29.57    $ 1,071        1.15      6.70      0.45      9.14

9/30/2020(17)

     1.80    $ 778        1.15      9.66      0.15      26.96

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     29.74    $ 17,061        1.10      1.44      0.50      9.14

9/30/2020(17)

     1.80    $ 11,266        1.10      2.36      0.20      26.96

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   83


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
SMALL CAP FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 42.80       (0.26     8.98       8.72             (2.70     (2.70   $ 48.82  

9/30/2020

  $ 33.17       (0.38     12.66       12.28             (2.65     (2.65   $ 42.80  

9/30/2019

  $ 38.97       (0.29     (0.08     (0.37           (5.43     (5.43   $ 33.17  

9/30/2018

  $ 33.61       (0.31     10.64       10.33             (4.97     (4.97   $ 38.97  

9/30/2017

  $ 29.93       (0.29     4.30       4.01             (0.33     (0.33   $ 33.61  

9/30/2016

  $ 28.55       (0.27     4.36       4.09             (2.71     (2.71   $ 29.93  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 43.03       (0.23     9.03       8.80             (2.70     (2.70   $ 49.13  

9/30/2020

  $ 33.30       (0.34     12.72       12.38             (2.65     (2.65   $ 43.03  

9/30/2019

  $ 39.05       (0.25     (0.07     (0.32           (5.43     (5.43   $ 33.30  

9/30/2018

  $ 33.63       (0.26     10.65       10.39             (4.97     (4.97   $ 39.05  

9/30/2017(18)

  $ 29.23       (0.18     4.58       4.40                       $ 33.63  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 43.82       (0.20     9.19       8.99             (2.70     (2.70   $ 50.11  

9/30/2020

  $ 33.83       (0.31     12.95       12.64             (2.65     (2.65   $ 43.82  

9/30/2019

  $ 39.54       (0.23     (0.05     (0.28           (5.43     (5.43   $ 33.83  

9/30/2018

  $ 33.98       (0.24     10.77       10.53             (4.97     (4.97   $ 39.54  

9/30/2017

  $ 30.19       (0.23     4.35       4.12             (0.33     (0.33   $ 33.98  

9/30/2016

  $ 28.72       (0.20     4.38       4.18             (2.71     (2.71   $ 30.19  
SUSTAINABLE EMERGING MARKETS FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 16.39       (6)      3.73       3.73       (0.32           (0.32   $ 19.80  

9/30/2020

  $ 15.22       0.24       1.20       1.44       (0.27           (0.27   $ 16.39  

9/30/2019

  $ 15.08       0.18       0.10       0.28       (0.14           (0.14   $ 15.22  

9/30/2018

  $ 15.58       0.15       (0.56     (0.41     (0.09           (0.09   $ 15.08  

9/30/2017

  $ 12.75       0.08       2.87       2.95       (0.12           (0.12   $ 15.58  

9/30/2016(19)

  $ 9.90       0.19       2.66       2.85                       $ 12.75  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 16.56       0.02       3.76       3.78       (0.25           (0.25   $ 20.09  

9/30/2020

  $ 15.25       0.27       1.21       1.48       (0.17           (0.17   $ 16.56  

9/30/2019

  $ 15.03       0.20       0.10       0.30       (0.08           (0.08   $ 15.25  

9/30/2018

  $ 15.50       0.14       (0.53     (0.39     (0.08           (0.08   $ 15.03  

9/30/2017

  $ 12.65       0.08       2.86       2.94       (0.09           (0.09   $ 15.50  

9/30/2016(19)

  $ 9.83       0.03       2.79       2.82                       $ 12.65  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

84   Artisan Partners Funds


ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

Financial Highlights – continued

 

     

Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
SMALL CAP FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     20.69    $ 1,187,918        1.19      n/a        (1.02 )%       22.03

9/30/2020

     39.51    $ 896,297        1.20      n/a        (1.05 )%       40.59

9/30/2019

     2.02    $ 611,745        1.20      n/a        (0.88 )%       47.32

9/30/2018

     34.71    $ 495,803        1.20      n/a        (0.90 )%       43.85

9/30/2017

     13.56    $ 461,398        1.21      n/a        (0.96 )%       35.37

9/30/2016

     15.27    $ 764,298        1.25      n/a        (1.00 )%       27.00

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     20.79    $ 1,326,380        1.07      n/a        (0.90 )%       22.03

9/30/2020

     39.66    $ 999,213        1.08      n/a        (0.94 )%       40.59

9/30/2019

     2.16    $ 589,147        1.08      n/a        (0.77 )%       47.32

9/30/2018

     34.89    $ 495,650        1.06      n/a        (0.75 )%       43.85

9/30/2017(18)

     15.05    $ 324,762        1.12      n/a        (0.86 )%       35.37

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     20.86    $ 1,550,167        0.96      n/a        (0.78 )%       22.03

9/30/2020

     39.82    $ 1,106,482        0.99      n/a        (0.84 )%       40.59

9/30/2019

     2.25    $ 636,076        0.99      n/a        (0.69 )%       47.32

9/30/2018

     34.94    $ 814,426        1.01      n/a        (0.70 )%       43.85

9/30/2017

     13.81    $ 497,931        1.01      n/a        (0.75 )%       35.37

9/30/2016

     15.51    $ 518,224        1.01      n/a        (0.76 )%       27.00
SUSTAINABLE EMERGING MARKETS FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     22.91    $ 58,497        1.35      1.66      0.03      15.39

9/30/2020

     9.58    $ 46,541        1.35      1.73      1.59      21.57

9/30/2019

     1.91    $ 45,717        1.35      1.93      1.19      30.58

9/30/2018

     (2.70 )%     $ 49,562        1.41 %*       1.78      0.89      35.24

9/30/2017

     23.47    $ 42,429        1.50      2.19      0.61      26.22

9/30/2016(19)

     28.79    $ 30,135        0.94      1.85      1.68      45.79

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     22.99    $ 10,426        1.20      1.76      0.20      15.39

9/30/2020

     9.73    $ 6,695        1.20      2.29      1.72      21.57

9/30/2019

     2.04    $ 6,315        1.20      2.47      1.34      30.58

9/30/2018

     (2.57 )%     $ 5,842        1.33 %*       2.00      0.87      35.24

9/30/2017

     23.47    $ 8,709        1.50      2.23      0.57      26.22

9/30/2016(19)

     28.69    $ 6,555        1.26      1.79      0.29      45.79

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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                            Less Distributions From        
    

Net

Asset

Value,

Beginning

of Period

   

Net

Investment
Income (Loss)(1)

   

Net Realized

and Unrealized

Gain (Loss) on

Investments

   

Total

from

Operations

    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
   

Net

Asset

Value,

End of

Period

 
VALUE FUND

 

                                               

Investor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 12.41       0.05       3.90       3.95       (0.06     (0.99     (1.05   $ 15.31  

9/30/2020

  $ 12.88       0.09       (0.02     0.07       (0.11     (0.43     (0.54   $ 12.41  

9/30/2019

  $ 15.10       0.11       (0.56     (0.45     (0.10     (1.67     (1.77   $ 12.88  

9/30/2018

  $ 15.25       0.11       1.19       1.30       (0.05     (1.40     (1.45   $ 15.10  

9/30/2017

  $ 13.10       0.07       2.17       2.24       (0.09           (0.09   $ 15.25  

9/30/2016

  $ 11.56       0.09       2.61       2.70       (0.06     (1.10     (1.16   $ 13.10  

Advisor Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 12.37       0.06       3.88       3.94       (0.09     (0.99     (1.08   $ 15.23  

9/30/2020

  $ 12.83       0.11       (0.02     0.09       (0.12     (0.43     (0.55   $ 12.37  

9/30/2019

  $ 15.04       0.13       (0.55     (0.42     (0.12     (1.67     (1.79   $ 12.83  

9/30/2018

  $ 15.22       0.12       1.19       1.31       (0.09     (1.40     (1.49   $ 15.04  

9/30/2017

  $ 13.05       0.10       2.15       2.25       (0.08           (0.08   $ 15.22  

9/30/2016

  $ 11.57       0.10       2.61       2.71       (0.13     (1.10     (1.23   $ 13.05  

Institutional Shares

                                                               

3/31/2021(5)

  $ 12.40       0.06       3.88       3.94       (0.10     (0.99     (1.09   $ 15.25  

9/30/2020

  $ 12.86       0.12       (0.02     0.10       (0.13     (0.43     (0.56   $ 12.40  

9/30/2019

  $ 15.08       0.14       (0.56     (0.42     (0.13     (1.67     (1.80   $ 12.86  

9/30/2018

  $ 15.26       0.14       1.19       1.33       (0.11     (1.40     (1.51   $ 15.08  

9/30/2017

  $ 13.09       0.12       2.15       2.27       (0.10           (0.10   $ 15.26  

9/30/2016

  $ 11.60       0.11       2.61       2.72       (0.13     (1.10     (1.23   $ 13.09  

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Total

Return(2)

    

Net Assets,

End of

Period

(000)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Ratio of

Expenses

to Average

Net Assets

Excluding
Waivers(3)

    

Ratio

of Net

Investment

Income (Loss)

to Average

Net Assets(3)(4)

    

Portfolio

Turnover

Rate(2)

 
VALUE FUND

 

                                   

Investor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     32.93    $ 99,621        1.04      n/a        0.67      13.89

9/30/2020

     0.35    $ 78,717        1.08      n/a        0.73      39.07

9/30/2019

     (1.80 )%     $ 131,134        1.06      n/a        0.87      28.36

9/30/2018

     9.32    $ 184,869        1.01      n/a        0.72      24.53

9/30/2017

     17.16    $ 216,981        1.01      n/a        0.50      44.17

9/30/2016

     24.64    $ 457,969        0.96      n/a        0.75      52.05

Advisor Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     32.97    $ 100,412        0.88      0.96      0.83      13.89

9/30/2020

     0.54    $ 84,035        0.88      0.92      0.94      39.07

9/30/2019

     (1.59 )%     $ 108,557        0.88      0.93      1.06      28.36

9/30/2018

     9.43    $ 130,949        0.88      0.89      0.83      24.53

9/30/2017

     17.37    $ 181,340        0.85      n/a        0.71      44.17

9/30/2016

     24.73    $ 251,643        0.84      n/a        0.89      52.05

Institutional Shares

                                                     

3/31/2021(5)

     32.97    $ 143,090        0.83      n/a        0.87      13.89

9/30/2020

     0.64    $ 123,440        0.82      n/a        1.02      39.07

9/30/2019

     (1.57 )%     $ 168,607        0.84      n/a        1.09      28.36

9/30/2018

     9.56    $ 184,908        0.80      n/a        0.94      24.53

9/30/2017

     17.46    $ 253,869        0.80      n/a        0.82      44.17

9/30/2016

     24.78    $ 98,001        0.77      n/a        0.95      52.05

Footnotes are presented on Pages 88-89

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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*   Expense limit from October 1, 2017 to February 20, 2018 was 1.50%. Expense limit was lowered effective February 21, 2018 to 1.35% for Investor Shares and 1.20% for Institutional Shares.
(1)    Computed based on average shares outstanding.
(2)    Periods less than twelve months (where applicable) are not annualized.
(3)    Periods less than twelve months (where applicable) are annualized.
(4)    Includes the effect of expenses waived or paid by the Adviser, if applicable.
(5)    Unaudited. For the six months ended March 31, 2021.
(6)    Amount is between $0.005 and $(0.005) per share.
(7)    Includes interest expense and dividend payments for securities sold short. The ratios excluding such expenses are listed below. Refer to 2(m) in Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.

 

     

Ratio of Expenses to

Average Net Assets@

(annualized)

  

Ratio of Expenses to

Average Net Assets
Excluding Waivers

(annualized)

FOCUS FUND                      

Investor Shares

                     

9/30/2018

       1.50%        1.69%

9/30/2017#

       1.50%        2.69%

Advisor Shares

                     

9/30/2018&

       1.40%        2.74%

 

@    Includes the effect of expenses waived or paid by the Adviser, if applicable.
(#)    For the period from commencement of operations (April 24, 2017) through September 30, 2017.
(&)    For the period from commencement of operations (July 31, 2018) through September 30, 2018.
(8)    For the period from commencement of operations (April 24, 2017) through September 30, 2017.
(9)    For the period from commencement of operations (July 31, 2018) through September 30, 2018.
(10)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 3, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(11)   For the period from commencement of operations (August 21, 2017) through September 30, 2017.
(12)   For the period from commencement of operations (August 5, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(13)   For the period from commencement of operations (October 15, 2015) through September 30, 2016.
(14)   For the period from commencement of operations (October 3, 2016) through September 30, 2017.
(15)   For the period from commencement of operations (December 5, 2018) through September 30, 2019.
(16)   For the period from commencement of operations (April 12, 2016) through September 30, 2016.
(17)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 28, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(18)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 1, 2017) through September 30, 2017.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(19)   In the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund recognized a non-recurring reimbursement from the Fund’s former custodian of approximately $172,000 in connection with certain out-of-pocket expenses the custodian charged the Fund between 1998 and 2015. The reimbursement represented 0.5% of the Fund’s net assets of September 30, 2016. The impact of the reimbursement is as follows for the September 30, 2016 Net Investment Income per share, Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Excluding Waivers and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets:

 

     

Impact
On

Total

Return

  

Impact On

Ratio of

Expenses to

Average

Net Assets

 

Impact On

Ratio of

Expenses to

Average

Net Assets

Excluding

Waivers

 

Impact On

Ratio of

Net Investment

Income to

Average

Net Assets

Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund

                                         

Investor Shares

       0.61%        (0.56 )%       (0.56 )%       0.56%

Institutional Shares

       0.61%        (0.24 )%       (0.25 )%       0.24%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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(1)

Organization:

Artisan Partners Funds, Inc. (“Artisan Partners Funds”) was incorporated on January 5, 1995, as a Wisconsin corporation and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of March 31, 2021, Artisan Partners Funds is a series company comprised of sixteen series and follows specialized accounting and reporting under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. The following funds (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) are included in this report:

 

Fund Name   Investor Shares
Inception Date
  Advisor Shares
Inception Date
  Institutional Shares
Inception Date

Artisan Developing World Fund (“Developing World Fund”)

  June 29, 2015   June 29, 2015   June 29, 2015

Artisan Focus Fund (“Focus Fund”)

  April 24, 2017   July 31, 2018   February 3, 2020

Artisan Global Discovery Fund (“Global Discovery Fund”)

  August 21, 2017   February 3, 2020   February 3, 2020

Artisan Global Equity Fund (“Global Equity Fund”)

  March 29, 2010   August 5, 2020   October 15, 2015

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund (“Global Opportunities Fund”)

  September 22, 2008   April 1, 2015   July 26, 2011

Artisan Global Value Fund (“Global Value Fund”)

  December 10, 2007   April 1, 2015   July 17, 2012

Artisan High Income Fund (“High Income Fund”)

  March 19, 2014   March 19, 2014   October 3, 2016

Artisan International Fund (“International Fund”)

  December 28, 1995   April 1, 2015   July 1, 1997

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund (“International Small-Mid Fund”)

  December 21, 2001   December 4, 2018   April 12, 2016

Artisan International Value Fund (“International Value Fund”)

  September 23, 2002   April 1, 2015   October 1, 2006

Artisan Mid Cap Fund (“Mid Cap Fund”)

  June 27, 1997   April 1, 2015   July 1, 2000

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund (“Mid Cap Value Fund”)

  March 28, 2001   April 1, 2015   February 1, 2012

Artisan Select Equity Fund (“Select Equity Fund”)

  February 28, 2020   February 28, 2020   February 28, 2020

Artisan Small Cap Fund (“Small Cap Fund”)

  March 28, 1995   February 1, 2017   May 7, 2012

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund (“Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund”)

  June 2, 2008   N/A   June 26, 2006

Artisan Value Fund (“Value Fund”)

  March 27, 2006   April 1, 2015   July 26, 2011

During the reporting period, each Fund operated as an open-end, diversified mutual fund except Focus Fund, Select Equity Fund and Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund, which are open-end, non-diversified mutual funds. At a special meeting of shareholders of Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund held on November 10, 2020, shareholders approved a change in the sub-classification of Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund from “diversified” to “non-diversified” for purposes of Section 5(b) of the 1940 Act and the elimination of a related fundamental investment restriction, which took effect on November 12, 2020. See “Shareholder Meeting Results” for more information. The investment objective of each Fund (except Developing World Fund, Focus Fund and High Income Fund) is to seek maximum long-term capital growth. Developing World Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation. Focus Fund’s investment objective is to seek maximum long-term capital appreciation. High Income Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

 

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Each Fund has offered shares of capital stock of the classes designated Investor Shares, Advisor Shares and Institutional Shares, as applicable, since the inception dates listed above. Advisor Shares of the Funds are generally available for investment only by employee benefit plans, clients of certain financial intermediaries that trade through omnibus accounts and other investors that meet the minimum investment requirements. Institutional Shares are designed for certain employee benefit plans, clients of certain financial intermediaries that trade through omnibus accounts and institutional and other investors who are able to meet the minimum investment requirements.

Each class of shares has equal rights with respect to portfolio assets and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general. Each class of shares has exclusive voting rights with respect to any matters involving only that class. The classes of a Fund pay pro rata the costs of management of that Fund’s portfolio, including the management fee. Each class of a Fund bears the cost of its own transfer agency and shareholder servicing arrangements, and any other class-specific expenses, which will result in differing expenses by class. Because of the different expenses, the Advisor Shares or Institutional Shares of a Fund typically will have a lower expense ratio and correspondingly higher total return than the Investor Shares of the same Fund.

The investment adviser for each Fund is Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (the “Adviser” or “Artisan Partners”). The Adviser is managed by its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned by Artisan Partners Holdings LP (“Artisan Holdings”). Artisan Holdings is a limited partnership organized under the laws of Delaware whose sole general partner is Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation.

 

(2)

Summary of significant accounting policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Funds in effect during the period covered by the financial statements, which were in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”).

 

(a)

Valuation – The net asset value (“NAV”) of the shares of each class of each Fund was determined as of the close of regular session trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (usually 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) each day the NYSE was open for regular session trading. For financial reporting purposes, information available subsequent to the close of NYSE trading and up to the date of the financial statements was considered in determining a fair value for investments held in each Fund and the resulting NAV presented. The NAV of each class of shares was determined by dividing the value of each Fund’s securities and other assets attributed to that class, less its liabilities attributed to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class of that Fund.

 

    

In determining each Fund’s NAV for financial reporting purposes, each equity security and exchange traded fund (“ETF”) traded on a securities exchange, including the Nasdaq Stock Market, or over-the-counter was valued at the closing price on the exchange or market designated by the Funds’ accounting agent or pricing vendor as the principal exchange (each, a “principal exchange”). The closing price provided by the pricing vendor for an exchange may differ from the price quoted elsewhere and may represent information such as last sales price, an official closing price, a closing

 

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  auction price or other information, depending on exchange or market convention. Absent closing price information for an equity security from the principal exchange, the security was valued using (i) the closing price on another exchange on which the security traded (if such price was made available by a pricing vendor) or (ii) the most recent bid quotation on the principal exchange or, if such bid was not available, from a secondary exchange or in the over-the-counter market. Equity-linked securities, such as participation certificates, participation notes or access notes, are valued by referencing the underlying security if market quotations are not readily available. Exchange traded option contracts were valued at the mid price (average of the bid price and ask price) as provided by the pricing vendor at the close of trading on the contract’s principal exchange. Exchange traded futures contracts were valued at the settlement price as provided by the pricing vendor at the close of trading on the principal exchange. Shares of open-end investment companies were valued at the latest net asset value reported by the investment company. Equity securities acquired in private investments in public equity (“PIPEs”) are generally restricted as to resale and not freely tradeable by the Funds. The securities were generally valued at the common share market price adjusted by a percentage discount due to the restrictions when such securities are unregistered common shares or otherwise convertible into the publicly traded common shares (applying any applicable conversion factors).

 

    

Fixed income securities were valued at market value. Market values were generally evaluations based on the judgment of the Funds’ pricing vendors, which may consider, among other factors, the prices at which securities actually trade, broker-dealer quotations, pricing formulas, estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics and/or discounted cash flow models that might be applicable.

 

    

Securities or other assets for which market quotations were not readily available were valued by the Funds’ valuation committee at a fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the board of directors of the Funds. A market quotation was considered to be not readily available, and a Fund therefore used fair value pricing, if, among other things, there were no quotations, pricing data was not provided by an approved pricing vendor, the valuation committee believed that the quotation, price or market value resulting from the Funds’ valuation procedures did not reflect a fair value of the security or asset, or the value of the security or asset might have been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market in which the security or asset was principally traded but before the time for determination of NAV (a “subsequent event”). A subsequent valuation event could include a company-specific development, a development that might affect an entire market or region, a potentially global development or a significant change in values of market indices, ETFs or other financial instruments in the US or other markets. The Funds monitored for subsequent valuation events using several tools. In fair valuing non-US equity securities and equity-linked securities, the Funds have used adjustment factors provided by a third party valuation service when there were subsequent events or expected or unexpected market closures. The third party valuation service utilized statistical data based on historical performance of securities, markets and other data in developing factors used to estimate a fair value.

 

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When fair value pricing is employed, the value of a security or asset used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security or asset. Estimates of fair values utilized by the Funds as described above could differ from the value realized on the sale of those securities or assets in the future and the differences could be material to the NAV of the applicable Fund.

 

(b)

Taxes – No provision was made for federal income taxes or excise taxes since each Fund intends to (i) comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and (ii) distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its taxable income as well as net realized gains from the sale of investment securities. The Funds utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemptions of Fund shares as part of the dividends paid deduction.

 

    

The Funds have analyzed the tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all remaining open tax years (fiscal years 2017 through 2020) and have concluded that, as of September 30, 2020, no provision for income tax would be required in the Funds’ financial statements. The Funds’ federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

 

    

As of and during the period ended March 31, 2021, the Funds did not have any liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period ended March 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any material interest or penalties.

 

    

The Funds are subject to taxes imposed on foreign dividend income and realized and unrealized gains on securities traded in certain foreign countries in which the Funds invest. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been accrued based on the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Foreign taxes imposed on realized and unrealized gains was based on the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates and, if applicable, was recorded on an accrual basis and is included in “Net realized gain (loss) on investments” and “Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments”, as applicable, on the accompanying Statements of Operations. The amount of foreign tax owed, if any, is included in “Payable for foreign taxes” on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and is comprised of withholding taxes on foreign dividends and taxes on unrealized gains.

 

(c)

Portfolio transactions – For financial reporting purposes, security transactions and shareholder transactions were recorded on trade date in accordance with US GAAP. Net realized gains and losses on securities were computed on specific security lot identification.

 

(d)

Restricted securities – The Funds may invest in securities that are subject to restrictions on resale and there may be no liquid secondary market or ready purchaser for such securities. 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

 

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  acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities, if any, is included in the footnotes to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

(e)

Foreign currency translation – Values of foreign investments, open foreign currency forward contracts, payables for foreign taxes, payables and receivables for securities transactions, dividend and reclaim receivables, other receivables and payables, and cash denominated in a foreign currency were translated into US dollars using a spot market rate of exchange as of the time of determination of each Fund’s NAV on the day of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income were translated into US dollars using the current spot market rate of exchange on the date of such transactions. The portion of security gains or losses resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates was included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments, as appropriate, for both financial reporting and tax purposes.

 

    

The Funds may enter into foreign currency spot contracts and foreign currency forward contracts. Foreign currency spot contracts are typically used to facilitate the purchase and sale of non-US securities and generally settle within three business days. Foreign currency forward contracts are typically used to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks, which the Funds may face as a result of direct or indirect exposure to particular currencies (including through US dollar denominated depositary receipts and equity-linked securities). The Funds could be exposed to loss if the counterparties fail to perform under these contracts. Open foreign currency spot contracts and foreign currency forward contracts, if any, were recorded at market value and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency forward contracts are presented separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and included in other assets less liabilities in the Schedule of Investments. Realized and unrealized gains and losses were reported as foreign currency related transactions and are recorded in the Statements of Operations. For tax purposes, these foreign exchange gains and losses were treated as ordinary income or loss.

 

    

Other foreign currency related transaction gains and losses may result from currency gains and losses realized on the difference between the amounts of dividends and foreign taxes accrued on the Funds’ books and the US dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. The net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency related transactions arose from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates.

 

(f)

Depositary receipts – Each Fund may invest in depositary receipts. Depositary receipts are typically issued by a financial institution (a “depositary”), evidencing ownership interests in a security issued by an issuer and deposited with the depositary.

 

(g)

Equity-linked securities – Each Fund, except Mid Cap Value Fund and Small Cap Fund, may invest in equity-linked securities. Equity-linked securities are designed to provide synthetic exposure to one or more underlying securities. An investment in an equity-linked security typically entitles the holder to a return equal to the market return of the underlying security or securities. There is no off-balance sheet risk associated with the equity-linked securities that the Funds typically purchase and, in those cases, the Funds’ potential loss is limited to the purchase price of the securities. The Funds are exposed to credit risk associated with the counterparty to the transaction.

 

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(h)

Use of estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

(i)

Indemnifications – Artisan Partners Funds indemnifies its officers and directors for certain liabilities that may arise from the performance of their duties to Artisan Partners Funds. In the normal course of business, the Funds also enter into contracts in which the Funds agree to indemnify the other party or parties against various potential costs or liabilities. A Fund’s maximum exposure under such arrangements is unknown. As of March 31, 2021, no claim has been made for indemnification pursuant to any such agreement of the Funds.

 

(j)

When-Issued/Delayed Delivery Securities – Each Fund may purchase or sell when- issued and delayed delivery securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are purchased for delivery beyond the normal settlement date at a stated price, and no income accrues to the Fund on such securities prior to delivery date. Payment and delivery for when-issued and delayed delivery securities can take place a month or more after the date of the transaction. When a Fund enters into a purchase transaction on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, the Fund will segregate liquid assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitments to purchase such securities. Purchasing securities on a when issued or delayed delivery basis may involve a risk that the market price at the time of delivery may be lower than the agreed upon purchase price.

 

(k)

Unfunded Commitments – Pursuant to the terms of certain term loan agreements, High Income Fund is obligated to fund term loan commitments at the borrower’s discretion. High Income Fund reserves against such contingent obligations by segregating liquid assets. During the period, High Income Fund had unfunded loan commitments, which were recorded at market value. Unrealized gains and losses would be presented separately on the Statement of Operations. As of March 31, 2021, High Income Fund had unfunded loan commitments in the amount of $5,780,000.

 

  

The Funds may make private investments in public equity securities. The Funds are contractually required to make investment commitments as part of the conditions for entering into these investments. During the period, International Small-Mid Fund and Small Cap Fund had unfunded commitments, which were recorded at market value. The Funds reserve against such contingent obligations by segregating liquid assets. As of March 31, 2021, Small Cap Fund had unfunded commitments in the amount of $15,000,000.

 

(l)

Redemption Fees – High Income Fund generally imposes a 2% redemption fee on the redemption or exchange of shares owned for 90 days or less. Redemption fees were recorded as a reduction in the cost of shares redeemed and had the primary effect of increasing paid-in capital. The Fund reserved the right to waive or reduce the 2% redemption fee on shares held 90 days or less at its discretion when the Fund believed such waiver was in the best interests of the Fund, including, but not limited to, when it determined that imposition of the redemption fee was not necessary to protect the Fund from the effects of short- term trading. The Fund waived the redemption fee for

 

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  shares held by certain authorized agents or other Fund intermediaries and otherwise in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus.

 

(m)

Securities Sold Short – The Funds may sell securities short or maintain a short position in anticipation of the decline in the market value of a particular security (a short sale), including securities that the Funds do not own. To complete a short sale, the Funds must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Funds are required to pay the lender any dividends or interest on the security, which accrues during the period of the loan.

 

    

In order to terminate the short sale, the Fund that borrowed the security is obligated to return the security borrowed by purchasing it at market price at the time of termination. The price of the security at termination may differ from the price at which the security was sold. The Fund will incur a loss, as a result of the short sale, if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and when the Fund terminates the short sale. This loss may be unlimited. The Fund will realize a gain if the security declines in price between those dates. The gain is limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short. The amount of any economic gain will be decreased, and the amount of any economic loss increased, by the amount of any premium, dividends or interest the Fund may be required to pay in connection with a short sale.

 

    

The Funds may reinvest short sale proceeds. Because the Funds may invest the proceeds of a short sale, the effect of short selling is similar to the effect of leverage. Each Fund generally must segregate liquid assets for the benefit of its counterparty to secure its obligation to purchase the security, so that the total of the amounts segregated is equal to the market value of the securities sold short. The Funds incur expenses as a result of executing short sales.

 

    

During the period ended March 31, 2021, no Funds engaged in short sales.

 

(n)

Other – Dividend income less foreign taxes accrued or withheld, if any, was generally recorded on the ex-dividend date. In some cases, the information was not available to the Funds on the ex-dividend date. In such cases, which may have included private placements and foreign securities, dividends were recorded, revised or canceled as soon after the ex-dividend date as reliable information became available to the Funds. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, were generally recorded at the fair market value of securities received. Interest income was recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Distributions to shareholders were recorded on the ex-dividend date. Expenses attributable to the Funds were generally allocated to each Fund based on net assets. However, other expense allocation methodologies were also used, depending on the nature of the expense item. Income and expenses not specific to a particular class and realized and unrealized gains and losses were allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of outstanding shares. Expenses attributable to a particular Fund or class were allocated directly to that Fund or class, respectively.

 

    

The character of income and net realized gains and losses may differ in some instances for financial statement and tax purposes and may result in reclassification of permanent differences among certain capital accounts to more appropriately conform financial accounting to tax characterizations of dividend and capital gain distributions.

 

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(3)

Risks:

Like all mutual funds, the Funds take investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in a Fund. Investors in each Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. This section describes certain of the principal risks associated with investing in each Fund, but is not a complete list of every risk involved in investing in each Fund and the Fund may be exposed to additional risks not listed below. See the Funds’ prospectus and statement of additional information regarding the risks of investing in shares of the Funds. An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit, and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.

Markets may perform poorly and the returns from the securities in which a Fund invests may underperform returns from the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic or other news.

A widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial market volatility, exchange-trading suspensions and closures, impact the ability to complete redemptions, impact Artisan Partners Funds and its service providers’ business functions and affect fund performance. For example, the global outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), together with resulting voluntary and governmental actions, including, without limitation, mandatory business closures, public gathering limitations, restrictions on travel and quarantines, has meaningfully disrupted the global economy and markets. Although the long-term economic fallout of COVID-19 is difficult to predict, it has had and is expected to continue to have, notwithstanding widespread COVID-19 vaccination efforts, ongoing material adverse effects across many, if not all, aspects of regional, national and global economies.

Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and equity-linked securities) and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include: currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks including less liquidity, high inflation rates, unfavorable economic practices, political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.

Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and developing markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. The securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in developed markets. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions.

 

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Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight.

The values of debt securities change in response to various factors, including, for example, market related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. In general, the value of a debt security may fall in response to increases in interest rates. The Fund may invest in debt securities without considering the maturity of the investment. The value of a security with a longer duration will generally be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. As a result, changes in interest rates in the US and outside the US may affect the Fund’s debt investments unfavorably.

An issuer or counterparty may fail to pay its obligations to a Fund when they are due. Financial strength and solvency (or the perceived financial strength or solvency) of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument of an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or other instrument’s credit quality or value and an issuer’s or counterparty’s ability to pay interest and principal when due. The values of lower quality debt, including loans, tend to be particularly sensitive to these changes.

Debt securities in which a Fund invests may be rated below investment grade or be unrated securities that are determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Debt securities of below investment grade quality are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.” These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk and may be less liquid than higher-rated bonds.

Investments in loans are generally subject to the same risks as investments in other types of debt obligations, including, among others, the credit risk of nonpayment of principal and interest. In addition, in many cases loans are subject to the risks associated with below investment grade securities. High Income Fund may invest in loans made in connection with highly leveraged transactions, which are subject to greater credit and liquidity risks than other types of loans. Although the loans in which High Income Fund invests may be secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of nonpayment of scheduled interest or principal, or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower, High Income Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan or could recover nothing of what it is owed on the secured loan. Uncollateralized (i.e., non-secured) loans are subject to

 

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greater risk of loss (i.e., nonpayment) in the event of default than secured loans since they do not afford the Fund recourse to collateral. Investments in loans may be difficult to value and may be illiquid, including due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Transactions in many loans settle on a delayed basis, and High Income Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan for a substantial period after the sale. As a result, sale proceeds related to the sale of loans may not be available to make additional investments until a substantial period after the sale of the loans. It is unclear whether certain loans and other forms of direct indebtedness offer securities law protections against fraud and misrepresentation.

The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is expected to cease to be available, or appropriate for use, by June 30, 2023. The unavailability or replacement of LIBOR may affect the value, liquidity or return on certain Fund investments (including, for example, loans that reference LIBOR) and may result in costs incurred in connection with closing out positions and entering into new trades. Regulators and market participants are working together to identify or develop a replacement rate. For instance, the US Federal Reserve based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), has begun publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace US dollar LIBOR. Any pricing adjustments to the Fund’s investments resulting from a substitute reference rate including but not limited to SOFR, may also adversely affect the Fund’s performance and/or NAV. There remains uncertainty regarding the future utilization of LIBOR and the nature of any replacement rate. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on a Fund or the financial instruments in which a Fund invests cannot yet be determined and may vary depending on factors that include but are not limited to existing fallback or termination provisions in individual contracts.

As non-diversified funds, Focus Fund, Select Equity Fund, and Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund may invest a larger portion of their assets in securities of a smaller number of issues than a diversified fund, which means a single issuer’s performance may affect Fund performance more than if the Fund were invested in a larger number of issuers.

 

(4)

Fair value measurements:

Under US GAAP for fair value measurement, accounting standards clarify the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establish a framework for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. In accordance with this standard, fair value is defined as the price that each Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. The standard establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in three broad levels:

 

   

Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including but not limited to quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risks and securities trading primarily outside the US where the applicable trading market was closed or factors were applied to prices as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining a fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. A description of the valuation techniques for the Funds’ major classes of assets are found in Note 2(a). A description of the fair value leveling techniques are described below:

Equity securities, ETFs, investment companies, exchange traded options contracts and exchange traded futures contracts are generally categorized as Level 1. Bank loans, corporate bonds, equity-linked securities, foreign currency forward contracts, foreign equity securities in which the closing price or bid quotation are adjusted for significant events, or local market holidays or other unscheduled market closures, are generally categorized as Level 2. PIPE investments are generally categorized as Level 3. Securities fair valued in good faith by the valuation committee are generally categorized as Level 2 or 3, depending on the observability of the inputs utilized.

The following table summarizes each Fund’s investments by major security type, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values as of March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

Fund   Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 - Other Significant
Observable Inputs
  Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
  Total

Developing World

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Developed Markets

    $ 3,885,585     $ -         $ -         $ 3,885,585

Emerging Asia

      3,990,716       -           -           3,990,716

Europe, Middle East & Africa

      86,928       -           -           86,928

Latin America

      648,981       -           -           648,981

Investment Companies

      50,213       -           -           50,213

Total Investments

    $ 8,662,423     $ -         $ -         $ 8,662,423

Focus

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 1,316,830     $ -         $     -         $ 1,316,830

Options Purchased

      276,742       -           -           276,742

Investment Companies

      435,984       -           -           435,984

Total Investments

      2,029,556       -           -           2,029,556

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts(2)

      -           2,552       -           2,552

Written Option Contracts

      (21,254 )                           (21,254 )

Total

    $ 2,008,302     $ 2,552     $     -         $ 2,010,854

 

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Fund   Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 - Other Significant
Observable Inputs
  Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
  Total

Global Discovery

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 172,207     $ -         $ -         $ 172,207

Emerging Markets

      11,919       -           -           11,919

Europe

      66,990       -               -           66,990

Pacific Basin

      18,748       -           -           18,748

Investment Companies

      4,639       -           -           4,639

Total Investments

    $ 274,503     $ -         $ -         $ 274,503

Global Equity

                                       

Common Stocks and Equity-Linked Security(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 145,231     $ -         $ -         $ 145,231

Emerging Markets

      30,743       -           -           30,743

Europe

      115,108       1,700       -           116,808

Middle East

      2,035       -           -           2,035

Pacific Basin

      19,567       -           -           19,567

Investment Companies

      8,898       -           -           8,898

Total Investments

    $ 321,582     $ 1,700     $ -         $ 323,282

Global Opportunities

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 2,827,729     $ -         $ -         $ 2,827,729

Emerging Markets

      181,785       -           -           181,785

Europe

      1,498,850       -           -           1,498,850

Pacific Basin

      502,642       -           -           502,642

Investment Companies

      14,724       -           -           14,724

Total Investments

    $ 5,025,730     $ -         $ -         $ 5,025,730

Global Value

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 1,205,916     $ -         $ -         $ 1,205,916

Emerging Markets

      159,614       -           -           159,614

Europe

      811,232       -           -           811,232

Warrant

                                       

Europe

      713       -           -           713

Investment Companies

      120,209       -           -           120,209

Total Investments

      2,297,684       -           -           2,297,684

High Income

                                       

Corporate Bonds(1)

    $ -         $ 3,984,864     $ -         $ 3,984,864

Bank Loans(1)

      -           1,798,862       -           1,798,862

 

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Fund   Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 - Other Significant
Observable Inputs
  Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
  Total

Common Stocks(1)

      -           47,606       -           47,606

Convertible Bonds(1)

      -           6,384       -           6,384

Investment Companies

      361,179       -           -           361,179

Total Investments

      361,179       5,837,716       -           6,198,895

Futures(2)

      13,662       -           -           13,662

Total

    $ 374,841     $ 5,837,716     $ -         $ 6,212,557

International

                                       

Common Stocks and Equity-Linked Security(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 985,055     $ -         $ -         $ 985,055

Emerging Markets

      1,257,845       -           -           1,257,845

Europe

      6,186,202       284,710       -           6,470,912

Middle East

      282,637       -           -           282,637

Pacific Basin

      682,313       -           -           682,313

Investment Companies

      9,228       -           -           9,228

Total Investments

    $ 9,403,280     $ 284,710     $ -         $ 9,687,990

International Small-Mid

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 1,015,039     $ -         $ -         $ 1,015,039

Emerging Markets

      333,960       -           -           333,960

Europe

      2,800,926       -           23,749       2,824,675

Middle East

      382,558       -           -           382,558

Pacific Basin

      924,123       -           -           924,123

Investment Companies

      76,254       -           -           76,254

Total Investments

    $ 5,532,860     $ -         $ 23,749     $ 5,556,609

International Value

                                       

Common Stocks and Equity-Linked Security(1)

                                       

Americas

    $ 2,455,408     $ -         $ -         $ 2,455,408

Emerging Markets

      3,318,083       -           -           3,318,083

Europe

      10,089,578       292,766       -           10,382,344

Pacific Basin

      183,309.00       -           -           183,309

Warrant

                                       

Europe

      5,352       -           -           5,352

Investment Companies

      2,922,512       -           -           2,922,512

Total Investments

      18,974,242       292,766       -           19,267,008

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts(2)

      -           7,427       -           7,427

Total

    $ 18,974,242     $ 300,193     $ -         $ 19,274,435

 

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Fund   Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 - Other Significant
Observable Inputs
  Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
  Total

Mid Cap

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 7,209,087     $     -         $ -         $ 7,209,087

Investment Companies

      130,300       -           -           130,300

Total Investments

    $ 7,339,387     $ -         $ -         $ 7,339,387

Mid Cap Value

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 2,014,498     $ -         $ -         $ 2,014,498

Investment Companies

      88,674       -           -           88,674

Total Investments

    $ 2,103,172     $ -         $ -         $ 2,103,172

Select Equity

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 19,790     $ -         $ -         $ 19,790

Warrant

      6.00       -           -           6

Investment Companies

      1,045       -           -           1,045

Total Investments

    $ 20,841     $ -         $ -         $ 20,841

Small Cap

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 4,006,573     $ -         $ 14,905     $ 4,021,478

Investment Companies

      72,199       -           -           72,199

Total Investments

    $ 4,078,772     $ -         $ 14,905     $ 4,093,677

Sustainable Emerging Markets

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

                                       

Developed Markets

    $ 2,508     $ -         $ -     (3)      $ 2,508

Emerging Asia

      44,540       279       -           44,819

Europe, Middle East & Africa

      9,737       -           -           9,737

Latin America

      10,636       -           -           10,636

Investment Companies

      1,137       -           -           1,137

Total Investments

    $ 68,558     $ 279     $ -     (3)      $ 68,837

Value

                                       

Common Stocks(1)

    $ 334,470     $ -         $ -         $ 334,470

Investment Companies

      8,322       -           -           8,322

Total Investments

    $ 342,792     $ -         $ -         $ 342,792

(1)See the Fund’s Schedule of Investments for industry or country classifications.

(2)Foreign currency forward contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Amounts shown above are shown as net unrealized appreciation (depreciation). See the Fund’s Schedule of Investments for additional detail.

(3)Valued at $0.

 

 

 

 

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Information about Level 3 fair value measurements (dollar values in thousands):

 

Assets   Fair Value at
March 31, 2021
 

Unobservable

Input(s)

 

Impact to Fair
Value from an
Increase in

Input

High Income Fund

Preferred Stock

    $  -     (1)    100% discount for lack of expected recovery   N/A

International Small-Mid Fund

Common Stock

    $ 23,749   Discount for lack of marketability (range
of 6.45%-10.00%, weighted average
of 8.23%)
  Decrease

Small Cap Fund

Common Stock

    $ 14,905   Discount for lack of marketability (range
of 3.27%-11.50%, weighted average
of 6.33%)
  Decrease

Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund

Common Stock

    $  -     (1)    Last quote in inactive
market less 100%
discount
  N/A

(1)Includes one or more securities valued at $0.

As of March 31, 2021, the reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable

inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value is as follows (in thousands):

 

     High Income Fund   International
Small-Mid Fund
   Small Cap Fund   Sustainable
Emerging
Markets Fund

Balance as of September 30, 2020

     $ -     (1)      $ -          $ -         $ -     (1) 

Transfers into Level 3

       -           -            -           -    

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       957       1,999        (95 )       -    

Purchases

       -           21,750        15,000       -    

Sales

       -           -            -           -    

Accrued Amortization

       -           -            -           -    

Realized Gain/(Loss)

       (957 )       -            -           -    

Transfers out of Level 3

       -           -            -           -    
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2021

     $ -     (1)      $ 23,749      $ 14,905     $ -     (1) 
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments held as of March 31, 2021

     $  -         $ 1,999      $ (95 )     $  -    
    

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

(1)Includes one or more securities valued at $0.

 

 

(5)

Transfer agent and authorized agent fees:

Each Fund paid fees to, and reimbursed certain expenses of, the Funds’ transfer agent during the period. In addition, the Funds have authorized certain financial services companies, broker-dealers, banks or other authorized agents, and in some cases, other organizations designated by an authorized agent (with their designees, collectively “authorized agents”) to

 

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accept purchase, exchange and redemption orders on the Funds’ behalf. Some authorized agents charge a fee for accounting and shareholder services that the agent provided to Fund shareholders on the Fund’s behalf. Those services typically included recordkeeping, transaction processing for shareholders’ accounts and other services. Generally, the fee was either a per account charge based on the number of accounts to which the authorized agent provided such services, or was a percentage of the average value of Fund shares held in such accounts. For Investor Shares and Advisor Shares of the Funds, each Fund paid all or a portion of such fees, which are intended to compensate the authorized agent for its provision of services of the type that would be provided by the Funds’ transfer agent or other service providers if the shares were registered on the books of the Funds’ transfer agent. For Institutional Shares, the Funds do not pay fees to intermediaries in connection with recordkeeping, transaction processing for shareholders’ accounts or any other services that an intermediary may provide to its clients. Artisan Partners, at its own expense, pays certain authorized agents for accounting and shareholder services (to the extent those fees are not paid by a Fund), and for distribution and marketing services performed with respect to the Funds. See the Funds’ prospectus and statement of additional information about authorized agents. The Funds’ expenses incurred for services provided by authorized agents are included in “Transfer agent fees” in the Statements of Operations. The table below shows the fees and expenses to the Funds’ transfer agent and the fees to authorized agents incurred by each class of each Fund during the period ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

     Six Months Ended 3/31/2021
Fund    Fees and Expenses
to Transfer Agent
   Fees to
Authorized
Agents
   Total

Artisan Developing World Fund - Investor Shares

     $ 27      $ 937      $ 964

Artisan Developing World Fund - Advisor Shares

       23        1,966        1,989

Artisan Developing World Fund - Institutional Shares

       19        -            19

Artisan Focus Fund - Investor Shares

       22        344        366

Artisan Focus Fund - Advisor Shares

       16        421        437

Artisan Focus Fund - Institutional Shares

       15        -            15

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Investor Shares

       17        78        95

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Advisor Shares

       14        13        27

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Institutional Shares

       14        -            14

Artisan Global Equity Fund - Investor Shares

       20        157        177

Artisan Global Equity Fund - Advisor Shares

       12        6        18

Artisan Global Equity Fund - Institutional Shares

       14        -            14

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund - Investor Shares

       37        1,722        1,759

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund - Advisor Shares

       17        509        526

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund - Institutional Shares

       18        -            18

Artisan Global Value Fund - Investor Shares

       27        253        280

Artisan Global Value Fund - Advisor Shares

       16        86        102

Artisan Global Value Fund - Institutional Shares

       17        -            17

Artisan High Income Fund - Investor Shares

       21        1,693        1,714

Artisan High Income Fund - Advisor Shares

       26        1,196        1,222

 

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     Six Months Ended 3/31/2021
Fund    Fees and Expenses
to Transfer Agent
   Fees to
Authorized
Agents
  Total

Artisan High Income Fund - Institutional Shares

     $ 23      $ -         $ 23

Artisan International Fund - Investor Shares

       118        3,554       3,672

Artisan International Fund - Advisor Shares

       18        775       793

Artisan International Fund - Institutional Shares

       24        -           24

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund - Investor Shares

       28        520       548

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund - Advisor Shares

       17        723       740

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund - Institutional Shares

       19        -           19

Artisan International Value Fund - Investor Shares

       50        2,652       2,702

Artisan International Value Fund - Advisor Shares

       22        1,581       1,603

Artisan International Value Fund - Institutional Shares

       25        -           25

Artisan Mid Cap Fund - Investor Shares

       63        2,699       2,762

Artisan Mid Cap Fund - Advisor Shares

       17        349       366

Artisan Mid Cap Fund - Institutional Shares

       26        -           26

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund - Investor Shares

       55        609       664

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund - Advisor Shares

       18        148       166

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund - Institutional Shares

       16        -           16

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Investor Shares

       14        8       22

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Advisor Shares

       14        -     (1)        14

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Institutional Shares

       14        -           14

Artisan Small Cap Fund - Investor Shares

       54        1,270       1,324

Artisan Small Cap Fund - Advisor Shares

       17        590       607

Artisan Small Cap Fund - Institutional Shares

       17        -           17

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund - Investor Shares

       16        66       82

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund - Institutional Shares

       14        -           14

Artisan Value Fund - Investor Shares

       23        65       88

Artisan Value Fund - Advisor Shares

       15        41       56

Artisan Value Fund - Institutional Shares

       15        -           15

(1)Amount rounds to less than $1.

             

 

(6)

Derivative Transactions:

Each Fund may invest in derivatives for any purpose consistent with its investment objective and guidelines, as set forth in its then-current prospectus and statement of additional information including, without limitation, to improve expected risk-adjusted returns, to reduce exposure to certain risks, for hedging purposes and to obtain economic exposure to certain issuers.

 

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Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

Foreign currency forward contracts are contractual agreements to purchase or sell a specified currency at a specified future date (or within a specified time period) and at a price set at the time of the contract. Forward contracts usually are entered into with banks and broker-dealers and are not exchange traded.

Forward currency transactions may involve currencies of the different countries to which a Fund may have exposure and serve as hedges against possible variations in the exchange rate between these currencies. Forward currency transactions may be used for transaction hedging and portfolio hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio positions (including positions obtained through, among other instruments, participation certificates and depositary receipts that may be denominated in US dollars or foreign currencies). A Fund may not engage in speculative currency exchange transactions. Focus Fund, Global Value Fund, High Income Fund and International Value Fund each used foreign currency contracts for hedging currency exposure during the period ended March 31, 2021.

At the maturity of a forward contract to deliver a particular currency, a Fund may either sell the portfolio security related to such contract and make delivery of the currency, or it may retain the security and either acquire the currency on the spot market or terminate its contractual obligation to deliver the currency by purchasing an offsetting contract with the same currency trader obligating it to purchase on the same maturity date the same amount of the currency. The Fund will earmark or segregate liquid assets to cover any unrealized losses.

Futures Transactions

Each Fund may invest in futures contracts for hedging, risk management or portfolio management purposes, including to offset changes in the value of securities held or expected to be acquired or be disposed of, to minimize fluctuations in foreign currencies, or to gain exposure to a particular market or instrument. High Income Fund used futures contracts to manage duration exposure during the period ended March 31, 2021.

A futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a financial instrument or money at a specified time and price. To the extent it uses futures contracts, a Fund will be required to deposit margin and other assets with its futures clearing brokers, shown as due from broker in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

There are risks associated with a Fund’s transactions in futures contracts, including that the success of an investment strategy may depend on the ability of the Fund’s portfolio managers to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movement in interest rates.

When a Fund invests in futures contracts, it will cover its position by earmarking or segregating an amount of liquid assets equal to the market value of the futures positions held less margin deposits, and that amount will be marked-to-market on a daily basis.

Options Transactions

Each Fund may purchase and write (sell) put options and call options on securities or indexes.

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

An option on a security (or index) is a contract that gives the purchaser (holder) of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from or sell to the seller of the option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. Premiums paid on options purchased and premiums received on options written, as well as the daily fluctuation in market value, are included in investments in securities, at value and written options, at value, respectively, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When a Fund writes options, it will cover its obligation by earmarking or segregating liquid assets.

If a written option expires, a Fund realizes a gain equal to the premium received at the time the option was written. If a purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the premium paid. A Fund will realize a gain from a closing purchase transaction if the cost of the closing option is less than the premium received from writing the option, or if it is more, the Fund will realize a loss. If the premium received from writing a closing sale transaction is more than the premium paid to purchase the option, the Fund will realize a gain, or if it is less, the Fund will realize a loss. Realized gain or loss on options purchased and options written are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments and net realized gain (loss) on written options, respectively, in the Statements of Operations. The Fund as writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

There are risks associated with a Fund investing in options contracts including significant differences between the securities markets, the currency markets, and the options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objective. During the period ended March 31, 2021, Focus Fund used options transactions to enhance alpha and minimize downside market risk.

The fair value of derivative instruments as reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Fund   Risk Exposure Category   Derivative Instrument   Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location   Value
Focus   Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 2,554
    Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ (2 )
    Equity   Purchased options contracts   Investments in securities, unaffiliated, at value     $ 276,742
    Equity   Written options contracts   Written options, at value     $ (21,254 )
High Income   Interest rate   Futures contracts   Due from broker     $ 4,529
            Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts(1)       654
International Value   Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 7,427

 

(1)   Receivable is the daily change in the margin requirement. As of March 31, 2021, total net unrealized appreciation was $13,662.

 

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The effect of derivative instruments in the amount of realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) recognized on the Statements of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Fund   Risk Exposure
Category
  Derivative
Instrument
 

Statements of

Operations Location

  Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Statements of

Operations Location

 

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Focus   Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Net realized gain on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 307   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 1,558
    Equity   Purchased options contracts   Net realized gain on investments, from unaffiliated issuers     $ 30,993   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments, from unaffiliated issuers     $ 55,133
    Equity   Written options contracts   Net realized loss on written options     $ (7,475 )   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on written options     $ 1,139
Global Value   Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Net realized loss on foreign currency forward contracts     $ (3,193 )   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 2,416
High Income   Interest rate   Futures contracts   Net realized gain on futures contracts     $ 6,749   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on futures contracts     $ 14,324
    Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Net realized loss on foreign currency forward contracts     $ (113 )   Net decrease in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ (142 )
International Value   Foreign currency   Foreign currency forward contracts   Net realized loss on foreign currency forward contracts     $ (66,786 )   Net increase in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency forward contracts     $ 40,981

The average monthly amount outstanding for each derivative type for the period ended March 31, 2021 was as follows (dollar value in thousands):

 

Fund    Derivative Type    Average Monthly Notional Amount

Focus

   Foreign currency forward contracts      $ 49,704
     Purchased options contracts      $ 263,675
     Written options contracts      $ 22,044

Global Value

   Foreign currency forward contracts      $ 11,247

High Income

   Foreign currency forward contracts      $ 7,825
     Futures contracts      $ 315,305

International Value

   Foreign currency forward contracts      $ 745,077

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Master Netting Agreements

Each Fund is a party to various master netting agreements. While the terms and conditions of these agreements may vary, all transactions under any such agreement constitute a single contractual relationship. Each party’s obligation to make any payments, deliveries or other transfers in respect of any transaction under such an agreement may be netted against the other party’s obligations under such agreement. A default by a party in performance with respect to one transaction under such an agreement would give the other party the right to terminate all transactions under such agreement and calculate one net amount owed from one party to the other.

The following tables present information about the offsetting of derivative instruments and collateral amounts (in thousands) for foreign currency forward contracts as of March 31, 2021:

 

   

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

Fund   Counterparty  

Gross Asset Amounts

Presented in Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

 

Financial

Instrument

 

Collateral

Received

 

Net Amount

(Not Less Than $0)

Focus

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    $ 2,554     $ (2 )     $  -       $ 2,552

International Value

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

      7,427       -         -         7,427
   

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

Fund   Counterparty  

Gross Liability Amounts

Presented in Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

 

Financial

Instrument

 

Collateral

Pledged

 

Net Amount

(Not Less Than $0)

Focus

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    $ 2     $ (2 )     $  -       $ -    

 

(7)

Related Party Transactions:

 

(a)

Investment Advisory Agreement – The Adviser, with which the officers and two directors of the Funds are affiliated, provided investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds during the period ended March 31, 2021. In exchange for those services, each Fund paid a monthly management fee to the Adviser as follows:

Developing World Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       1.050 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       1.025

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       1.000

$3.5 billion to $5 billion

       0.975

Greater than $5 billion

       0.950

 

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Global Discovery Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       0.975 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       0.950

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       0.925

$3.5 billion to $5 billion

       0.900

Greater than $5 billion

       0.875

Global Value Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       1.000 %

$1 billion to $4 billion

       0.975

$4 billion to $8 billion

       0.950

$8 billion to $12 billion

       0.925

Greater than $12 billion

       0.900

Global Equity Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       0.900 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       0.875

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       0.850

$3.5 billion to $5 billion

       0.825

Greater than $5 billion

       0.800

Global Opportunities Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       0.900 %

$1 billion to $4 billion

       0.875

$4 billion to $8 billion

       0.850

$8 billion to $12 billion

       0.825

Greater than $12 billion

       0.800

High Income Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       0.725 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       0.700

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       0.675

$3.5 billion to $10 billion

       0.650

Greater than $10 billion

       0.625

International Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $500 million

       1.000 %

$500 million to $750 million

       0.975

$750 million to $1 billion

       0.950

$1 billion to $12 billion

       0.925

Greater than $12 billion

       0.900

 

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International Small-Mid Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $2 billion

       1.050 %

$2 billion to $3 billion

       1.025

$3 billion to $4 billion

       1.000

$4 billion to $5 billion

       0.975

Greater than $5 billion

       0.950

International Value Fund, Mid Cap Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund and Small Cap Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $500 million

       1.000 %

$500 million to $750 million

       0.975

$750 million to $1 billion

       0.950

Greater than $1 billion

       0.925

Select Equity Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       0.750 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       0.725

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       0.700

$3.5 billion to $5 billion

       0.675

Greater than $5 billion

       0.650

Focus Fund and Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $1 billion

       1.000 %

$1 billion to $2 billion

       0.975

$2 billion to $3.5 billion

       0.950

$3.5 billion to $5 billion

       0.925

Greater than $5 billion

       0.900

Value Fund

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Rate

Less than $50 million

       0.800 %

$50 million to $100 million

       0.760

$100 million to $500 million

       0.720

$500 million to $7.5 billion

       0.680

Greater than $7.5 billion

       0.640

 

(b)

Expense Waivers and Reimbursements – The Adviser has contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees, and to the extent that the fee waiver is insufficient to reimburse any ordinary operating expenses, to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to the Adviser) not to exceed the percentages of average daily net assets

 

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  indicated below. These contractual limits continue through the date shown on the table below at which time Artisan Partners will determine whether to renew, revise or discontinue it. The table below shows the current expense limit as a percent of average daily net assets and amounts waived by the Adviser during the period ended March 31, 2021 (dollar values in thousands).

For the period ended March 31, 2021, Select Equity Fund incurred operating expenses of approximately $51,000 that were reimbursed by the Adviser. The Funds had no material receivables from or payables to the Adviser at March 31, 2021.

 

Fund   

Expense Limit as a % of

Average Daily Net Assets

 

Contractual

Expense Limit

Continues

Through

  

Expenses

Waived

Artisan Focus Fund - Investor Shares

       1.50 %   January 31, 2021(1)      $ -  

Artisan Focus Fund - Advisor Shares

       1.40 %   January 31, 2021(1)        -  

Artisan Focus Fund - Institutional Shares

       1.40 %   January 31, 2021(1)        -  

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Investor Shares

       1.40 %   January 31, 2022        19

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Advisor Shares

       1.30 %   January 31, 2022        -  

Artisan Global Discovery Fund - Institutional Shares

       1.25 %   January 31, 2022        -  

Artisan Global Equity Fund - Investor Shares

       1.35 %   January 31, 2022        -  

Artisan Global Equity Fund - Advisor Shares

       1.25 %   January 31, 2022        32

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Investor Shares

       1.25 %   January 31, 2022        34

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Advisor Shares

       1.15 %   January 31, 2022        25

Artisan Select Equity Fund - Institutional Shares

       1.10 %   January 31, 2022        23

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund - Investor Shares

       1.35 %   January 31, 2022        84

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund - Institutional Shares

       1.20 %   January 31, 2022        26

Artisan Value Fund - Advisor Shares

       0.88 %   January 31, 2022        37

(1)Expense cap expired on February 1, 2021

 

 

(c)

Officers and Directors – The officers and directors of the Funds who are affiliated with the Adviser receive no compensation from the Funds. For the period ended March 31, 2021, directors of the Funds who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser (“independent directors”) received compensation for their services based on an annual fee of $275,000 prior to January 1, 2021 and $290,000 thereafter.

In addition, the independent chair and each committee chair receives an annual supplemental retainer as follows:

 

     Amount

Independent board chair

     $ 85,000

Audit committee chair

     $ 45,000

Governance and nominating committee chair

     $ 30,000

Education committee chair

     $ 30,000

 

 

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  These fees were generally allocated to each of the Funds based on net assets, subject to a minimum allocation of $1,500 to each Fund per quarter. Additionally, each director is entitled to reimbursement of expenses related to his or her duties as a director of the Funds.

 

    

Artisan Partners Funds has adopted a deferred compensation plan for directors who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser that enables directors to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Funds. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the directors under the plan, deferred amounts were invested in shares of the Funds as selected by the individual directors. Each Fund purchased shares of the Funds selected for deferral by the directors in amounts equal to their investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets were included as a component of “Other assets” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of directors’ fees under the plan did not affect the net assets of the Funds, and did not materially affect the Funds’ assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the plan.

 

(d)

Distribution – Shares of the Funds are offered for sale by Artisan Partners Distributors LLC (“Distributors”). Distributors is wholly owned by Artisan Holdings. All distribution expenses relating to the Funds are paid by the Adviser.

 

(8)

Line of credit arrangement:

Artisan Partners Funds is party to a line of credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders, led by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as lender and administrative agent that expires on June 9, 2021. Under the line of credit, each Fund can borrow an amount that would not exceed the lesser of (a) 33 1/3% of its adjusted net assets, with adjusted net assets being total assets less total liabilities (excluding indebtedness for borrowed money) after giving effect to the borrowing, and (b) the maximum amount the Fund is permitted to borrow pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to the Fund’s prospectus limitations on indebtedness, pursuant to any vote of the shareholders of the Fund, or pursuant to any limitation on borrowings in any applicable agreement with any governmental authority or regulator or any other applicable agreement or document to which such Fund was a party; provided that the aggregate borrowings by all the Funds may not exceed $200 million. The Funds paid a commitment fee at the annual rate of 0.20% on the unused portion of the line of credit and interest was charged on any borrowings at the highest of (i) the Eurodollar Rate for a one-month interest period commencing two business days after such day (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) plus 1.25%, (ii) the federal funds effective rate in effect on such day (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) plus 1.25% or (iii) the overnight bank funding rate in effect on such day (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) plus 1.25%. The Funds also paid an agent’s fee and arrangement fee to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and the Funds’ and administrative agent legal expenses in connection with the line of credit, each as incurred. The fees are allocated to each Fund based on average net assets. The use of the line of credit was generally restricted to temporary borrowing for extraordinary or emergency purposes. During the period ended March 31, 2021, there were borrowings under the line of credit for the Developing World Fund and Global Equity Fund which had average borrowings of $9,450,000 and $2,116,667, respectively, with corresponding borrowing rates of 1.40% and

 

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1.39%, respectively. All fees and interest expense, related to the line of credit are included in other operating expenses in the Statements of Operations. There were no borrowings outstanding at March 31, 2021.

 

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Investment transactions:

The cost of securities purchased and the proceeds from the sale of securities (excluding securities sold short, derivatives and short-term securities) for the period ended March 31, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

 

Fund    Security Purchases    Security Sales

Developing World

     $ 7,015,610      $ 5,992,514

Focus

       1,839,031        1,851,273

Global Discovery

       104,899        69,719

Global Equity

       217,591        186,806

Global Opportunities

       1,364,161        1,396,385

Global Value

       291,397        426,676

High Income

       2,204,560        1,379,470

International

       4,423,432        4,968,603

International Small-Mid

       2,142,044        610,217

International Value

       3,910,611        4,112,232

Mid Cap

       1,891,867        2,323,360

Mid Cap Value

       235,385        511,222

Select Equity

       4,921        1,180

Small Cap

       1,251,423        806,922

Sustainable Emerging Markets

       12,219        9,487

Value

       41,878        69,092

 

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Transactions in securities of affiliates:

The table below shows information about securities of Fund “affiliates” (as defined below) that were held by a Fund, purchased or sold by a Fund, or from which dividends were received by a Fund during the period ended March 31, 2021 (shares and dollar values in thousands). Each Fund identifies a company as an affiliate for the purpose of this report if the Fund owned voting securities that it believed represented 5% or more of that company’s outstanding voting securities (as defined by the 1940 Act) during the period ended March 31, 2021.

 

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Transactions in securities of affiliates:

 

        As of
09/30/2020
              Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation or

Depreciation

  As of
03/31/2021
   
Funds   Security  

Shares

Balance

  Value   Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Share
Balance
  Value   Dividend
Income@
International Small-Mid Fund

 

                                                                               
    AIXTRON SE*       4,264     $ 51,485     $ 22,263     $ (17,256 )     $ 4,887     $ 54,109       5,083     $ 115,488     $ -  
    Carenet, Inc.       -           -           31,710       -           -           2,201       777       33,911       21
    Intersect ENT, Inc*       1,256       20,484       27,792       -           -           5,330       2,567       53,606       -  
    Model N, Inc.*       979       34,539       33,861       -           -           (1,408 )       1,902       66,992       -  
    Raccoon Holdings, Inc.       1,361       27,433       13,835       -           -           9,613       2,084       50,881       103
    Temairazu, Inc.       271       14,479       4,164       -           -           (1,948 )       350       16,695       38
    ViewRay, Inc.*       6,024       21,083       12,838       -           -           7,007       9,409       40,928       -  
    Total#               $ 169,503     $ 146,463     $ (17,256 )     $ 4,887     $ 74,904               $ 263,013     $ 162
International Value Fund

 

                                                                               
    Arch Capital Group Ltd.*       17,661     $ 516,594     $ 135,869     $ (3,521 )     $ 3,040     $ 168,224       21,376     $ 820,206     $ -  
    Total               $ 516,594     $ 135,869     $ (3,521 )     $ 3,040     $ 168,224               $ 820,206     $ -  
Small Cap Fund

 

                                                                               
    Vapotherm, Inc.*       934     $ 27,091     $ 12,811     $ -         $ -         $ (6,767 )       1,379       33,135     $ -  
    Total               $ 27,091     $ 12,811     $ -         $ -         $ (6,767 )                 33,135     $ -  

 

@   Net of foreign taxes withheld, if any.
    Issuer was not an affiliate as of March 31, 2021.
    Issuer was not an affiliate as of September 30, 2020.
*   Non-income producing security.
#    Total value as of March 31, 2021 is presented only for those issuers that were affiliates as of March 31, 2021.

 

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Information for Federal income tax purposes:

For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments as of March 31, 2021 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Fund    Cost of
Investments
   Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
   Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
on Investments

Developing World

     $ 4,082,836      $ 2,567,856      $ -         $ 2,567,856

Focus

       1,168,014        274,488        (13,350 )       261,138

Global Discovery

       147,107        64,155        (883 )       63,272

Global Equity

       193,030        64,972        (2,174 )       62,798

Global Opportunities

       3,154,328        1,650,107        (24,284 )       1,625,823

Global Value

       1,668,185        305,278        (149,982 )       155,296

High Income

       4,660,845        234,743        (142,665 )       92,078

 

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Fund    Cost of
Investments
   Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
   Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
on Investments

International

     $ 6,885,807      $ 2,871,979      $ (94,229 )     $ 2,777,750

International Small-Mid

       2,741,410        804,206        (83,346 )       720,860

International Value

       12,387,610        2,806,123        (1,677,296 )       1,128,827

Mid Cap

       4,034,915        2,800,744        (37,101 )       2,763,643

Mid Cap Value

       1,213,908        496,471        (27,160 )       469,311

Select Equity

       12,249        1,263        (400 )       863

Small Cap

       1,917,525        1,163,501        (55,563 )       1,107,938

Sustainable Emerging Markets

       44,335        19,900        (11,013 )       8,887

Value

       220,355        72,660        (6,883 )       65,777

The Funds’ tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. Accordingly, the table above does not include tax adjustments and reflects the aggregate book cost as of March 31, 2021.

The difference between cost of investments for financial reporting and cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was due primarily to timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on security transactions (e.g., wash sale loss deferrals and passive foreign investment company transactions).

The tax characterization of ordinary income dividends and long-term capital gain distributions paid during the period ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended September 30, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
   Year Ended
9/30/2020
Fund    Ordinary
Income
Dividends
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
   Ordinary
Income
Dividends
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions

Developing World

     $ -          $ 323,664      $ 56      $ -    

Focus

       -            53,368        28,707        -    

Global Discovery

       -            4,864        -            -    

Global Equity

       -            31,353        774        21,196

Global Opportunities

       -            323,361        3,683        238,177

Global Value

       3,458        -            48,126        -    

High Income(a)

       162,551        -            257,076        -    

International

       36,554        299,749        108,905        457,268

International Small-Mid

       32,045        -            3,605        -    

International Value

       51,691        101,470        105,941        337,677

Mid Cap

       -            941,843        -            569,399

Mid Cap Value

       11,415        26,961        18,012        203,830

 

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     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
   Year Ended
9/30/2020
Fund    Ordinary
Income
Dividends
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
   Ordinary
Income
Dividends
   Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions

Select Equity

     $ 67      $ -          $ -          $ -    

Small Cap

       -            193,038        -            145,608

Sustainable Emerging Markets

       992        -            887        -    

Value

       1,975        22,360        5,833        12,126

 

(a)   Included in High Income Fund’s Ordinary Income Dividends for the year ended 9/30/20 is a tax return of capital in the amount of $250 (in thousands).

Ordinary income dividends and long-term capital gain distributions were determined in accordance with income tax regulations that impose treatment that is different from the treatment that would result from the application of US GAAP for such items as net short-term gains, wash sale loss deferrals, passive foreign investment company transactions, foreign currency transactions, net investment losses and qualified late year ordinary losses.

Gains on redemptions in-kind for International Fund and International Value Fund of approximately $26,225,000 and $24,095,000, respectively, were included in net realized gain on investments in the Statements of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2021, and were not recognized for Federal income tax purposes. These net realized gains represent permanent book/tax differences and have been reclassified to “Fund shares issued and outstanding” on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

In addition, the Funds may periodically record reclassifications among certain capital accounts to reflect differences between financial reporting and income tax basis distributions. The reclassifications were recorded in order to reflect the tax treatment for certain permanent differences that exist between income tax regulations and US GAAP. The reclassifications generally relate to net operating losses and utilization of earnings, non-deductible offering costs and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of Fund shares. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset values of the Funds.

In order to meet certain excise tax distribution requirements, the Funds are required to measure and distribute annually, net capital gains realized during a twelve-month period ending October 31 and net investment income earned during a twelve-month period ending December 31. In connection with these requirements, the Funds are permitted for tax purposes to defer into their next fiscal year qualified late year losses. Qualified late year capital losses are any net capital losses incurred between November 1 and the end of the Funds’ fiscal year, September 30, 2020. Qualified late year ordinary losses are specified losses generally incurred between January 1 and the end of the Funds’ fiscal year, September 30, 2020.

 

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Additional tax information as of and for the year ended September 30, 2020 follows (in thousands):

 

Fund    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
   Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
   Qualified
Late Year
Capital
Losses
   Qualified
Late Year
Ordinary
Losses
  Other
Deferred
Gains
(Losses)(1)

Developing World

     $ 129,936      $ 170,317      $ -          $ -         $ (135 )

Focus

       50,164        -            -            -           (31,728 )

Global Discovery

       2,779        627        -            -           (7 )

Global Equity

       12,705        14,567        -            -           (16 )

Global Opportunities

       124,967        194,190        -            -           (174 )

Global Value

       1,409        -            -            -           (169 )

High Income

       -            -            -            (229 )       (4,022 )

International

       36,542        222,038        -            -           (768 )

International Small-Mid

       31,800        -            -            -           (61 )

International Value

       51,680        -            20,634        -           (817 )

Mid Cap

       62,641        583,261        -            -           (380 )

Mid Cap Value

       6,311        26,412        -            -           (211 )

Select Equity

       66        -            -            -           (1 )

Small Cap

       -            193,033        -            14,961       (101 )

Sustainable Emerging Markets

       992        -            -            -           (10 )

Value

       1,460        22,186        -            -           (35 )

 

(1)   Other deferred gains and losses relate to (a) distribution payable at year end and (b) other items including straddle loss deferral.

As of September 30, 2020, the Funds had capital loss carryovers shown in the table below (in thousands). To the extent the Funds realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any unused capital loss carryover.

 

Fund    Unexpiring – ST    Unexpiring – LT    Utilized in CY

Developing World

     $ -          $ -          $ 15,081

Global Discovery

       -            -            752

Global Value

       21,879        -            -    

High Income

       -            109,016        -    

International Small-Mid

       30,991        8,338        -    

Select Equity

       222        -            -    

Sustainable Emerging Martkets

       6,273        128,550        -    

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

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Fund share activities:

Capital share transactions for the Funds were as follows (dollar values in thousands):

 

    DEVELOPING WORLD
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      11,959,162     $ 317,991       21,495,815     $ 372,378

Advisor Shares

      51,661,287       1,383,240       89,357,615       1,520,568

Institutional Shares

      18,795,077       506,146       63,307,872       1,100,922
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      1,144,414       28,164       -           -    

Advisor Shares

      6,563,174       162,701       -           -    

Institutional Shares

      3,125,063       77,783       2,228       32
Cost of shares redeemed                

Investor Shares

      (9,804,084 )       (252,670 )       (12,515,600 )       (209,752 )

Advisor Shares

      (26,314,362 )       (698,527 )       (54,873,444 )       (960,015 )

Institutional Shares

      (9,265,484 )       (241,640 )       (17,300,238 )       (291,850 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      3,299,492       93,485       8,980,215       162,626

Advisor Shares

      31,910,099       847,414       34,484,171       560,553

Institutional Shares

      12,654,656       342,289       46,009,862       809,104
    FOCUS
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      4,573,177     $ 91,660       7,785,951     $ 123,437

Advisor Shares

      15,338,218       310,746       30,498,391       476,768

Institutional Shares(1)

      2,640,271       53,786       24,736,531       401,316
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      469,765       9,245       446,570       6,931

Advisor Shares

      1,300,655       25,636       1,004,649       15,582

Institutional Shares(1)

      176,767       3,488       -           -    
Cost of shares redeemed                

Investor Shares

      (3,711,364 )       (75,408 )       (4,818,560 )       (74,379 )

Advisor Shares

      (3,428,396 )       (69,258 )       (24,711,960 )       (406,737 )

Institutional Shares(1)

      (391,810 )       (7,896 )       (902,215 )       (14,476 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      1,331,578       25,497       3,413,961       55,989

Advisor Shares

      13,210,477       267,124       6,791,080       85,613

Institutional Shares(1)

      2,425,228       49,378       23,834,316       386,840

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

     GLOBAL DISCOVERY
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       557,848     $ 11,444       2,665,655     $ 37,879

Advisor Shares(1)

       171,432       3,442       1,127,624       16,053

Institutional Shares(1)

       5,222,193       102,505       4,679,259       71,361
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       58,724       1,141       -           -    

Advisor Shares(1)

       21,563       419       -           -    

Institutional Shares(1)

       169,415       3,295       -           -    
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (3,610,813 )       (70,278 )       (4,896,419 )       (72,479 )

Advisor Shares(1)

       (357,796 )       (7,163 )       (57,546 )       (906 )

Institutional Shares(1)

       (82,563 )       (1,602 )       (103,117 )       (1,330 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       (2,994,241 )       (57,693 )       (2,230,764 )       (34,600 )

Advisor Shares(1)

       (164,801 )       (3,302 )       1,070,078       15,147

Institutional Shares(1)

       5,309,045       104,198       4,576,142       70,031
     GLOBAL EQUITY
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       649,854     $ 15,536       1,641,661     $ 32,053

Advisor Shares(2)

       52,761       1,231       568,879       13,058

Institutional Shares

       2,372,290       56,030       3,359,592       64,387
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       732,806       16,107       519,668       10,232

Advisor Shares(2)

       71,608       1,575       -           -    

Institutional Shares

       564,180       12,514       589,702       11,682
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (700,352 )       (16,099 )       (2,095,955 )       (43,688 )

Advisor Shares(2)

       (43,166 )       (999 )       (533 )       (12 )

Institutional Shares

       (674,049 )       (15,320 )       (5,808,916 )       (115,111 )
Net increase from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       682,308       15,544       65,374       (1,403 )

Advisor Shares(2)

       81,203       1,807       568,346       13,046

Institutional Shares

       2,262,421       53,224       (1,859,622 )       (39,042 )

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     GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       4,998,193     $ 179,515       9,970,960     $ 285,782

Advisor Shares

       6,400,879       231,335       12,039,374       341,280

Institutional Shares

       6,339,740       230,973       16,612,824       482,956
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       2,661,867       91,169       2,781,996       72,721

Advisor Shares

       1,779,172       61,346       1,482,208       38,938

Institutional Shares

       4,344,622       151,540       4,425,287       117,403
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (6,305,642 )       (225,748 )       (12,713,254 )       (344,238 )

Advisor Shares

       (4,167,996 )       (149,750 )       (8,892,702 )       (243,928 )

Institutional Shares

       (8,675,364 )       (313,898 )       (14,342,319 )       (385,270 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       1,354,418       44,936       39,702       14,265

Advisor Shares

       4,012,055       142,931       4,628,880       136,290

Institutional Shares

       2,008,998       68,615       6,695,792       215,089
     GLOBAL VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       646,524     $ 12,810       1,959,434     $ 29,755

Advisor Shares

       1,291,967       25,283       5,987,558       90,503

Institutional Shares

       10,336,564       194,767       25,379,124       397,957
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       7,554       141       370,478       6,439

Advisor Shares

       12,545       233       461,191       7,992

Institutional Shares

       157,821       2,943       1,760,345       30,560
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (2,572,501 )       (48,188 )       (16,662,955 )       (252,929 )

Advisor Shares

       (3,041,249 )       (55,957 )       (25,182,614 )       (399,457 )

Institutional Shares

       (12,093,283 )       (232,717 )       (59,276,780 )       (925,247 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       (1,918,423 )       (35,237 )       (14,333,043 )       (216,735 )

Advisor Shares

       (1,736,737 )       (30,441 )       (18,733,865 )       (300,962 )

Institutional Shares

       (1,598,898 )       (35,007 )       (32,137,311 )       (496,730 )

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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    HIGH INCOME
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      40,762,651     $ 407,419       65,783,259     $ 610,473

Advisor Shares

      72,701,777       726,444       125,448,800       1,142,682

Institutional Shares

      48,763,832       490,933       124,959,869       1,122,536
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      3,677,523       36,826       5,595,181       52,270

Advisor Shares

      7,014,638       70,213       12,838,481       119,846

Institutional Shares

      3,108,853       31,123       4,060,947       37,792
Cost of shares redeemed(3)                

Investor Shares

      (17,311,853 )       (171,479 )       (41,216,553 )       (381,783 )

Advisor Shares

      (32,871,143 )       (330,739 )       (125,945,687 )       (1,170,346 )

Institutional Shares

      (24,281,714 )       (244,459 )       (58,161,012 )       (535,981 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      27,128,321       272,766       30,161,887       280,960

Advisor Shares

      46,845,272       465,918       12,341,594       92,182

Institutional Shares

      27,590,971       277,597       70,859,804       624,347
Redemption Fees                

Investor Shares

          79           364

Advisor Shares

          55           231

Institutional Shares

          13           316
    INTERNATIONAL
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      3,011,515     $ 103,416       10,552,180     $ 317,900

Advisor Shares

      3,577,765       122,620       17,262,466       525,522

Institutional Shares

      8,016,064       279,341       28,116,979       877,178
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      3,066,146       101,796       5,767,002       185,294

Advisor Shares

      1,673,800       55,369       3,081,126       98,688

Institutional Shares

      4,262,711       142,161       6,956,215       224,547
Cost of shares redeemed                

Investor Shares

      (11,526,503 )       (396,604 )       (40,762,971 )       (1,268,785 )

Advisor Shares

      (7,355,336 )       (254,126 )       (31,451,849 )       (957,107 )

Institutional Shares

      (18,320,368 )       (632,296 )       (30,360,095 )       (929,328 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      (5,448,842 )       (191,392 )       (24,443,789 )       (765,591 )

Advisor Shares

      (2,103,771 )       (76,137 )       (11,108,257 )       (332,897 )

Institutional Shares

      (6,041,593 )       (210,794 )       4,713,099       172,397

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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    INTERNATIONAL SMALL-MID
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      4,837,663     $ 95,847       18,961,021     $ 280,491

Advisor Shares

      24,077,447       466,799       54,020,986       771,595

Institutional Shares

      73,688,192       1,409,352       74,321,786       1,092,852
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      131,370       2,441       23,024       335

Advisor Shares

      462,919       8,606       76,500       1,112

Institutional Shares

      913,605       17,158       107,692       1,581
Cost of shares redeemed                

Investor Shares

      (2,879,361 )       (55,777 )       (8,944,335 )       (129,575 )

Advisor Shares

      (7,319,232 )       (142,895 )       (15,510,557 )       (211,683 )

Institutional Shares

      (14,848,025 )       (294,183 )       (13,976,666 )       (197,856 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      2,089,672       42,511       10,039,710       151,251

Advisor Shares

      17,221,134       332,510       38,586,929       561,024

Institutional Shares

      59,753,772       1,132,327       60,452,812       896,577
    INTERNATIONAL VALUE
    Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                

Investor Shares

      4,433,636     $ 170,087       12,741,584     $ 399,666

Advisor Shares

      26,220,710       1,046,096       51,567,652       1,602,580

Institutional Shares

      61,835,996       2,437,955       98,869,635       3,148,657
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                

Investor Shares

      531,957       19,709       2,087,367       73,496

Advisor Shares

      930,063       34,394       3,406,663       119,676

Institutional Shares

      2,304,030       85,572       6,040,646       213,054
Cost of shares redeemed                

Investor Shares

      (5,122,458 )       (198,004 )       (33,813,895 )       (1,057,581 )

Advisor Shares

      (28,415,532 )       (1,073,533 )       (68,731,671 )       (2,119,478 )

Institutional Shares

      (26,366,226 )       (1,027,714 )       (69,692,047 )       (2,185,021 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                

Investor Shares

      (156,865 )       (8,208 )       (18,984,944 )       (584,419 )

Advisor Shares

      (1,264,759 )       6,957       (13,757,356 )       (397,222 )

Institutional Shares

      37,773,800       1,495,813       35,218,234       1,176,690

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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     MID CAP
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       6,820,508     $ 325,798       9,113,794     $ 353,144

Advisor Shares

       3,931,030       193,274       5,326,995       209,507

Institutional Shares

       9,130,918       507,703       15,658,179       689,641
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       6,218,417       272,802       4,931,025       167,112

Advisor Shares

       2,257,342       100,452       1,473,158       50,470

Institutional Shares

       8,473,419       430,789       7,223,028       277,581
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (6,803,261 )       (327,818 )       (12,965,538 )       (487,349 )

Advisor Shares

       (2,708,555 )       (131,282 )       (4,434,628 )       (168,551 )

Institutional Shares

       (14,891,903 )       (833,253 )       (21,798,311 )       (932,267 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       6,235,664       270,782       1,079,281       32,907

Advisor Shares

       3,479,817       162,444       2,365,525       91,426

Institutional Shares

       2,712,434       105,239       1,082,896       34,955
     MID CAP VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       1,841,888     $ 36,690       4,020,064     $ 65,338

Advisor Shares

       1,354,542       26,869       12,507,287       168,407

Institutional Shares

       1,491,678       29,282       12,226,637       165,806
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       488,090       9,191       3,635,759       65,807

Advisor Shares

       627,069       11,764       3,443,389       62,084

Institutional Shares

       746,328       14,009       4,065,374       73,339
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (4,649,653 )       (89,261 )       (16,919,066 )       (281,615 )

Advisor Shares

       (6,190,627 )       (121,157 )       (15,897,964 )       (252,917 )

Institutional Shares

       (4,851,051 )       (94,860 )       (18,398,693 )       (301,799 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       (2,319,675 )       (43,380 )       (9,263,243 )       (150,470 )

Advisor Shares

       (4,209,016 )       (82,524 )       52,712       (22,426 )

Institutional Shares

       (2,613,045 )       (51,569 )       (2,106,682 )       (62,654 )

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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     SELECT EQUITY
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Period Ended
9/30/2020(4)
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       137,534     $ 1,745       110,655     $ 1,014

Advisor Shares

       8,119       99       161,499       1,495

Institutional Shares

       188,014       2,299       1,130,925       11,059
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Institutional Shares

       5,760       67       -           -    
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (27,207 )       (340 )       (13,974 )       (128 )

Advisor Shares

       (3,370 )       (40 )       (85,088 )       (810 )

Institutional Shares

       (1,398 )       (17 )       (24,397 )       (249 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       110,327       1,405       96,681       886

Advisor Shares

       4,749       59       76,411       685

Institutional Shares

       192,376       2,349       1,106,528       10,810
     SMALL CAP
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       5,654,703     $ 287,787       5,956,558     $ 219,332

Advisor Shares

       8,175,084       423,322       9,570,439       345,031

Institutional Shares

       8,086,849       413,736       13,264,607       478,866
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       1,229,720       57,034       1,439,366       46,923

Advisor Shares

       1,341,078       62,575       1,439,531       47,130

Institutional Shares

       1,135,482       54,015       1,057,382       35,221
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (3,492,480 )       (175,738 )       (4,896,390 )       (168,988 )

Advisor Shares

       (5,739,157 )       (291,060 )       (5,482,122 )       (194,880 )

Institutional Shares

       (3,537,449 )       (181,191 )       (7,872,402 )       (282,492 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       3,391,943       169,083       2,499,534       97,267

Advisor Shares

       3,777,005       194,837       5,527,848       197,281

Institutional Shares

       5,684,882       286,560       6,449,587       231,595

Footnotes are presented on Page 127.

 

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     SUSTAINABLE EMERGING MARKETS
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       289,136     $ 5,615       457,861     $ 6,831

Institutional Shares

       147,183       2,830       23,785       360
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       48,964       898       52,440       812

Institutional Shares

       4,929       92       4,610       72
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (222,607 )       (4,219 )       (675,349 )       (10,009 )

Institutional Shares

       (37,675 )       (678 )       (38,131 )       (568 )
Net increase from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       115,493       2,294       (165,048 )       (2,366 )

Institutional Shares

       114,437       2,244       (9,736 )       (136 )
     VALUE
     Six Months Ended
3/31/2021
  Year Ended
9/30/2020
     Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount
Proceeds from shares issued                 

Investor Shares

       326,493     $ 4,681       2,191,730     $ 27,580

Advisor Shares

       593,966       8,265       4,389,901       50,352

Institutional Shares

       1,494,891       20,892       4,054,619       43,910
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions                 

Investor Shares

       471,369       6,359       465,759       6,022

Advisor Shares

       523,044       7,019       323,866       4,168

Institutional Shares

       661,645       8,886       535,289       6,895
Cost of shares redeemed                 

Investor Shares

       (632,194 )       (8,696 )       (6,495,510 )       (75,676 )

Advisor Shares

       (1,318,771 )       (17,929 )       (6,381,584 )       (76,790 )

Institutional Shares

       (2,732,471 )       (38,106 )       (7,745,324 )       (88,081 )
Net increase (decrease) from fund share transactions                 

Investor Shares

       165,668       2,344       (3,838,021 )       (42,074 )

Advisor Shares

       (201,761 )       (2,645 )       (1,667,817 )       (22,270 )

Institutional Shares

       (575,935 )       (8,328 )       (3,155,416 )       (37,276 )

 

(1)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 3, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(2)   For the period from commencement of operations (August 5, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(3)   Net of redemption fees.
(4)   For the period from commencement of operations (February 28, 2020) through September 30, 2020.

 

(13)

Accounting Pronouncements:

In December 2020, the SEC adopted a rule addressing fair valuation of fund investments. The new rule sets forth requirements for good faith determinations of fair value as well as for the performance of fair value determinations, including related oversight and reporting obligations. The new rule also defines “readily available market quotations” for purposes of the definition of “value” under the Act, and the SEC noted that this definition would apply in all contexts under the Act. The effective date for the rule is March 8, 2021. The SEC

 

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adopted an eighteen-month transition period beginning from the effective date for both the new rule and the associated new recordkeeping requirements. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”), which provides optional, temporary relief with respect to the financial reporting of contracts subject to certain types of modifications due to the planned discontinuation of certain tenors of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other LIBOR-based reference rates as of the end of 2021. The temporary relief provided by ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-04 on the fund’s investments, derivatives, debt and other contracts that will undergo reference rate-related modifications as a result of the reference rate reform.

 

(14)

Subsequent Events:

The Funds have evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the Funds’ financial statements and have determined there is no impact to the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (UNAUDITED)

 

As a shareholder of Artisan Partners Funds, you may incur transaction costs, including redemption fees, and you will incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.

Actual Expenses

The first line under the name of each Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the name of your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line under each Fund’s name in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio for the six months ended March 31, 2021 and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balances or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

      Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2020
   Ending
Account Value
3/31/2021
   Expenses Paid During
Period
10/1/2020-3/31/2021(1)
   Expense
Ratio(2)(3)

Artisan Developing World Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,169.60      $ 6.82        1.26 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.65      $ 6.34        1.26 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,170.70      $ 5.90        1.09 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.50      $ 5.49        1.09 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,171.40      $ 5.41        1.00 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.95      $ 5.04        1.00 %

 

Artisan Partners Funds   129


SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (UNAUDITED)

 

      Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2020
   Ending
Account Value
3/31/2021
   Expenses Paid During
Period
10/1/2020-3/31/2021(1)
   Expense
Ratio(2)(3)

Artisan Focus Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,170.80      $ 6.82        1.26 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.65      $ 6.34        1.26 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,171.20      $ 6.01        1.11 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.40      $ 5.59        1.11 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,171.60      $ 5.52        1.02 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.85      $ 5.14        1.02 %

Artisan Global Discovery Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,127.90      $ 7.27        1.37 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.10      $ 6.89        1.37 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,128.40      $ 6.90        1.30 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.45      $ 6.54        1.30 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,129.50      $ 5.84        1.10 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.45      $ 5.54        1.10 %

Artisan Global Equity Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,127.00      $ 6.68        1.26 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.65      $ 6.34        1.26 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,126.40      $ 6.63        1.25 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.29        1.25 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,127.80      $ 5.68        1.07 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.60      $ 5.39        1.07 %

Artisan Global Opportunities Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,083.30      $ 5.92        1.14 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.25      $ 5.74        1.14 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,084.30      $ 5.14        0.99 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.00      $ 4.99        0.99 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,085.10      $ 4.63        0.89 %

 

130   Artisan Partners Funds


SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (UNAUDITED)

 

      Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2020
   Ending
Account Value
3/31/2021
   Expenses Paid During
Period
10/1/2020-3/31/2021(1)
   Expense
Ratio(2)(3)

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.49      $ 4.48        0.89 %

Artisan Global Value Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,331.30      $ 7.21        1.24 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.75      $ 6.24        1.24 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,332.40      $ 6.34        1.09 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.50      $ 5.49        1.09 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,332.90      $ 5.87        1.01 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.90      $ 5.09        1.01 %

Artisan High Income Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,101.20      $ 5.03        0.96 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.14      $ 4.84        0.96 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,102.10      $ 4.14        0.79 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.99      $ 3.98        0.79 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,102.60      $ 3.67        0.70 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.44      $ 3.53        0.70 %

Artisan International Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,091.80      $ 6.15        1.18 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.05      $ 5.94        1.18 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,092.20      $ 5.42        1.04 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.75      $ 5.24        1.04 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,093.00      $ 4.96        0.95 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.19      $ 4.78        0.95 %

Artisan International Small-Mid Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,162.00      $ 7.06        1.31 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.40      $ 6.59        1.31 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,162.90      $ 6.15        1.14 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.25      $ 5.74        1.14 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

 

Artisan Partners Funds   131


SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (UNAUDITED)

 

      Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2020
   Ending
Account Value
3/31/2021
   Expenses Paid During
Period
10/1/2020-3/31/2021(1)
   Expense
Ratio(2)(3)

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,163.50      $ 5.66        1.05 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.70      $ 5.29        1.05 %

Artisan International Value Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,319.40      $ 6.82        1.18 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.05      $ 5.94        1.18 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,320.10      $ 5.96        1.03 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.80      $ 5.19        1.03 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,320.80      $ 5.50        0.95 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.19      $ 4.78        0.95 %

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,140.70      $ 6.30        1.18 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.05      $ 5.94        1.18 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,141.60      $ 5.61        1.05 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.70      $ 5.29        1.05 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,142.00      $ 5.07        0.95 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.19      $ 4.78        0.95 %

Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,408.00      $ 7.20        1.20 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.95      $ 6.04        1.20 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,408.40      $ 6.30        1.05 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.70      $ 5.29        1.05 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,408.90      $ 5.95        0.99 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.00      $ 4.99        0.99 %

Artisan Select Equity Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,296.00      $ 7.16        1.25 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.29        1.25 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,295.70      $ 6.58        1.15 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.20      $ 5.79        1.15 %

 

132   Artisan Partners Funds


SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (UNAUDITED)

 

      Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2020
   Ending
Account Value
3/31/2021
   Expenses Paid During
Period
10/1/2020-3/31/2021(1)
   Expense
Ratio(2)(3)

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,297.40      $ 6.30        1.10 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.45      $ 5.54        1.10 %

Artisan Small Cap Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,206.90      $ 6.55        1.19 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.00      $ 5.99        1.19 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,207.90      $ 5.89        1.07 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.60      $ 5.39        1.07 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,208.60      $ 5.29        0.96 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.14      $ 4.84        0.96 %

Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,229.10      $ 7.50        1.35 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.20      $ 6.79        1.35 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,229.90      $ 6.67        1.20 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.95      $ 6.04        1.20 %

Artisan Value Fund

                                           

Investor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,329.30      $ 6.04        1.04 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.75      $ 5.24        1.04 %

Advisor Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,329.70      $ 5.11        0.88 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.54      $ 4.43        0.88 %

Institutional Shares

                                           

Actual

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,329.70      $ 4.82        0.83 %

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.79      $ 4.18        0.83 %

 

(1)

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets for the six month period ended March 31, 2021, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

(2)

Annualized ratio of expenses to average net assets for the six-month period ended March 31, 2021.

(3)

Expense ratio includes the effect of expenses waived or paid by the Adviser, if applicable.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   133


STATEMENT REGARDING LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

 

Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), effective December 1, 2018, the Funds adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “Program”). Liquidity risk is the risk that a Fund would not be able to meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds has appointed the Funds’ liquidity committee, consisting solely of Fund officers, as the liquidity risk management program administrator. The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, taking into consideration the Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; its short and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and its holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources, including under Artisan Partners Funds’ line of credit.

Under the Program, the liquidity committee is responsible for, among other duties, (i) overseeing the Funds’ liquidity risk monitoring and risk management activities and (ii) reviewing the Program at least annually and providing the board with an annual written report that addresses the operation of the Program for each Fund (including with respect to any highly liquid investment minimum (HLIM) thresholds), assesses the Program’s adequacy and effectiveness and addresses any material changes to the Program (the “Liquidity Report”). In accordance with the Program, no Fund will acquire any illiquid investment if, immediately after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets.

In February 2021, the board of directors of Artisan Partners Funds reviewed the Liquidity Report prepared by the Funds’ liquidity committee regarding the operation and effectiveness of the Program for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020. No significant liquidity events or risks impacting any of the Funds were noted in the Liquidity Report, and there were not any material changes to the operation of the Program. In addition, the liquidity committee provided its assessment that the Program had been adequately managed and effective in managing each Fund’s liquidity risk.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

134   Artisan Partners Funds


NOTES ON PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS’ CLASSIFICATION

 

For the purposes of assigning portfolio securities to a particular country in this report, the Adviser considers an issuer to be from a particular country as designated by its securities information vendors. However, the Adviser in its own judgment may consider an issuer to be from a country other than the country designated by the securities information vendors. A vendor’s criteria may include the identity of the jurisdiction of the issuer’s incorporation, the main equity trading market for the issuer’s securities, the geographical distribution of the issuer’s operations and the location of the issuer’s headquarters. The Adviser may also consider other criteria such as the source of a company’s revenues. Over time, country designations may change.

For the purposes of assigning portfolio securities to a particular sector and industry in this report, the Adviser assigns equity securities in accordance with the sector and industry classifications of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) developed by MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s (to the extent available) as primary sources and FactSet (to the extent available) as a secondary source for this information. The Adviser assigns debt securities in accordance with the classifications developed by Bloomberg Finance L.P. In the event the Adviser’s securities information vendors do not classify a security to a particular sector or industry, or if the Adviser determines that a different classification is more appropriate, the Adviser classifies the security according to its own judgment, using other securities information vendors, the company description and/or other publicly available information. Sector and industry classifications may change over time.

The names of portfolio securities reflected in this report are as reported by the Funds’ data providers, may not represent the legal name of the entity and, in some cases, are translations of non-English names.

Trademarks

Trademarks and copyrights relating to the indices and products of portfolio companies mentioned in this report, if any, are owned by their respective owners. Except as otherwise indicated, the trademarks, including names, logos, slogans and service marks appearing in this report are the property of the Adviser and may not be copied, reproduced, published or in any way used without written permission.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) is the exclusive intellectual property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC (S&P). Neither MSCI, S&P, their affiliates, nor any of their third party providers (“GICS Parties”) makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to GICS or the results to be obtained by the use thereof, and expressly disclaim all warranties, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The GICS Parties shall not have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential or any other damages (including lost profits) even if notified of such damages.

MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used to create indices or financial products. This report is not approved or produced by MSCI.

 

Artisan Partners Funds   135


SHAREHOLDER MEETING RESULTS (UNAUDITED)

 

A special meeting of shareholders of Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) was held on November 10, 2020 (the “Meeting”), at which shareholders of the Fund approved a change in the sub-classification of the Fund from “diversified” to “non-diversified” for purposes of Section 5(b) of the 1940 Act and the elimination of a related fundamental investment restriction (the “Proposal”). As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund, which means a single issuer’s performance may affect Fund performance more than if the Fund were invested in a larger number of issuers. The changes took effect on November 12, 2020.

The results of the votes are summarized below.

 

     For    Withheld    Against

Proposal

       1,637,410        6,459        13,025

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

You may obtain a description of Artisan Partners Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures, without charge, upon request by calling 800.344.1770. That information also is included in Artisan Partners Funds’ statement of additional information, which is available without charge, on Artisan Partners Funds’ website at www.artisanpartners.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the twelve-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, on Artisan Partners Funds’ website at www.artisanpartners.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

 

Disclosure of each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is also required to be made monthly on Form N-PORT, with every third month made available to the public by the SEC 60 days after the end of the Fund’s fiscal quarter. You can find SEC filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is also made available at https://connect.rightprospectus.com/Artisan, and will be made available, upon request, by calling (toll-free) 800-344-1770. The schedule of portfolio holdings for the second and fourth quarter of each Fund’s fiscal year are included in the semi-annual report and annual report, respectively.

 

136   Artisan Partners Funds


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ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS

P.O. BOX 219322

KANSAS CITY, MO 64121-9322

 

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Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

 

Item 6.

Schedule of Investments.

The Schedules of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of March 31, 2021 are included as part of the semiannual reports to shareholders filed 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 Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

No material changes to report.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the “Disclosure Controls”) as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date (the “Filing Date”) of this Form N-CSR (the “Report”), that the Disclosure Controls are effectively designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the Report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported by the Filing Date, including ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the Report is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.


(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 13.

Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1)    Not applicable for semiannual reports.
   (2)    Certifications of Gregory K. Ramirez, Principal Executive Officer and Shannon K. Jagodinski, Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii)
(b)       Certification of Gregory K. Ramirez, Principal Executive Officer and Shannon K. Jagodinski, Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section  906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit (b)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.
By:   /s/ Gregory K. Ramirez
  Gregory K. Ramirez
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   June 4, 2021

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/ Gregory K. Ramirez
  Gregory K. Ramirez
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   June 4, 2021
By:   /s/ Shannon K. Jagodinski
  Shannon K. Jagodinski
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   June 4, 2021