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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-05547
Laudus Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94104
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip code)
Jeffrey Mortimer
Laudus Trust
101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94104
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 627-7000
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2008
 
 
Item 1: Report(s) to Shareholders.

 


 

     
Semiannual Report
September 30, 2008
  (LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
COMMAND PERFORMANCETM 
 
Laudus Mondrian Fundstm
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 
Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Subadviser
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited


 

 


 

 
Laudus Mondrian Funds
 
 
 
 
 
Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM).
Distributor: ALPS Distributors, Inc.
 
The industry/sector classification of the funds’ portfolio holdings uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s. GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by CSIM and certain affiliates. Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc. are unaffiliated entities.
 


 

 
Performance at a Glance
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
     
Total Return for the Report Period
 
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIEQX)*
  -17.30%
Select Shares® (Ticker Symbol: LIEFX)*
  -17.30%
Institutional Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIEIX)*
  -17.20%
Benchmark: MSCI EAFE® Index (Net)   -23.60%
Performance Details   pages 6-7
 
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LGEQX)*
  -16.00%
Select Shares® (Ticker Symbol: LGESX)*
  -16.00%
Institutional Shares (Ticker Symbol: LGEVX)*
  -16.00%
Benchmark: MSCI World® Index (Net)   -19.05%
Performance Details   pages 8-9
 
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LEMIX)
  -23.04%
Select Shares® (Ticker Symbol: LEMSX)
  -22.99%
Institutional Shares (Ticker Symbol: LEMNX)
  -22.82%
Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)   -27.58%
Performance Details   pages 10-11
 
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIFIX)
  -7.50%
Select Shares® (Ticker Symbol: LIFSX)
  -7.48%
Institutional Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIFNX)
  -7.38%
Benchmark: Citigroup non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index   -8.77%
Performance Details   pages 12-13
 
Minimum Initial Investment1    
Investor Shares
  $    100
Select Shares
  $ 50,000
Institutional Shares
  $500,000
 
 
 
All fund and index figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Redemption fees charged on shares sold or exchanged 30 days or less after purchasing them may effect share level returns.
Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
Foreign securities can involve risks such as political and economic instability and currency risk. These risks may be greater in emerging markets.
Bond funds are subject to increased risk of loss of principal during periods of interest rates.
For the period 6/17/08 (commencement of operation) to 9/30/08.
Please see prospectus for further detail and eligibility requirements.
 
 
 
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From the President
 

(PHOTO)
Jeffrey Mortimer is President, CEO, and CIO of Laudus Funds and SVP of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. He joined the firm in 1997 and has held a variety of executive positions at Schwab.

 
Dear Shareholder,
 
The past six months have marked a difficult time in financial history. Both domestically and abroad, corporations and economies have experienced significant headwinds as credit tightened, residential real estate prices declined, and many financial corporations and hedge funds began to deleverage. In our view, consumers during this period became extremely cautious of owning anything but assets that carried government guarantees, such as U.S. Treasuries. As a result, we witnessed price declines across many industry groups and in general major indexes and averages also declined.
 
Due to this market turmoil, some funds in the Laudus Mondrian family experienced meaningful declines. In these difficult times, I would like to emphasize that the negative performance of these funds has been primarily the result of atypical market conditions. We would also note that each of the Laudus Mondrian Funds materially outperformed its index, due in part to the defensive value-orientation the funds maintained amidst this challenging environment. While we cannot predict the future with any certainty, we remain committed to our well-established disciplines in managing the Funds through these difficult times. Our portfolio management strategy has always been and will continue to be guided by diligence, long-term perspective and prudence.
 
The Laudus Mondrian Funds are sub-advised by Mondrian Investment Partners Limited, a London-based institutional investment manager. Founded in 1990, Mondrian is renowned for its international expertise and its adherence to a consistent value-oriented investment philosophy. Mondrian manages more than $50 billion in assets for some of the world’s largest companies and public retirement plans.
 
In closing, I would remind you that should you have any questions about the funds we are available to answer them at 1-800-447-3332.
 
Thank you for investing with us.
 
Sincerely,
 
-s-Jeff Mortimer
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment
 
 
The past six months have produced significant volatility in the global capital markets. Nearly all major indexes produced negative returns, some losing more than 20%. Generally, the U.S. equity markets fared better than international ones, and fixed income outperformed both. Commodity indexes also lost value.
 
The period began with fairly strong positive returns. Many equity indexes gained over 5% in April and continued with positive but lower returns in May. However, June began a series of monthly declines which culminated in very weak returns in September. For the six-month period, stocks were down about 15% on average across the globe. In the U.S., large-cap stocks lost about 11% for the period, with very little difference between growth- and value-style equities. U.S. small-caps, however, outperformed U.S. large-caps, coming in just barely negative for the six months. U.S. small-cap value stocks outperformed growth, and even posted a slightly positive return. Internationally, the results were worse. International large-cap stocks lost nearly 24%, but outperformed international small-cap stocks, which were down more than 26%. There were little differences in returns across investment styles internationally during the six-month period.
 
What caused these weak returns, especially during a relatively short period of time? In essence, the credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 continued to dominate the capital markets during the period. In September 2008 alone, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, while the U.S. government intervened in the operations of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and AIG. Several banks also failed. Companies in all areas but especially in the financial services sector began to deleverage their balance sheets. Over the past several years, individuals and companies borrowed significant amounts of capital. Individuals typically used these loans to purchase homes and autos. In turn, many financial companies leveraged their balance sheets to buy these loans and package and sell marketable securities composed of them, such as mortgage-backed securities. On the open market, these securities could be bought by institutional investors and hedge funds, for example. As credit tightened, many of the loans – both consumer and corporate – went into default, requiring firms to acquire capital to shore up their balance sheets or to sell assets to reduce their debt.
 
Investors and lenders were worried about the value of the debt on company balance sheets. In some cases, there were no bidders for the corporate obligations and securitized assets that were being offered for sale. Without bids, it became difficult to value these securities, and as default rates rose prices became even more depressed. Eventually, the solvency of corporations with large portfolios of leveraged debt was questioned. In this environment, investors took defensive action by reducing their corporate equity exposure. Thus, the equity markets declined precipitously as investors migrated to the safety of government debt.
 
A few areas performed well. One notable area was the U.S. Treasury market, generally considered the lowest default risk fixed income investment. Short-term Treasury bills gained about 1% during the period, and longer maturity Treasury bonds returned nearly 1.5%. In equities, as noted above, small-cap value stocks in the U.S. did generate a slightly positive return. Also, U.S. Health Care stocks did well during the period, as investors flocked to defensive investments.
 
From a Sector perspective across the globe, some interesting patterns emerged. Financial stocks were down nearly 20%, as expected, given their position in the middle of the credit crunch. However, Materials and Energy stocks, which have performed very well over the last few years, also did poorly, partially due to the deleveraging process described above and partially due to investors simply wanting out of equity positions.
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment continued
 
Also losing in the double-digit range were Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Telecomm, and Utilities. The top performers were global Health Care and Consumer Staples firms, areas generally considered to be defensive investments in times of economic or market stress; although both groups performed negatively, their losses were much less versus the other Sectors.
 
Among major developed economies, the U.S. performed the best during the period, losing about 11%. Canada and Japan did slightly worse. Most European countries lost more than 20%. It is important to note that in the period from July through September, the U.S. dollar rallied against the British pound and the euro, pushing the European returns lower for U.S. dollar-based investors. Emerging markets as a group underperformed developed markets, losing more than 27% in the six-month period. Many emerging market countries lost more than 30%, another sign of risk aversion among global investors.
 
The dollar’s gains also impacted commodity prices, and most commodity indexes were down about 12% for the six-month period. Crude oil was nearly flat for the period, in contrast to the rise in prices over the last few years. Metals and agricultural prices also declined, partially in response to expectations of slowing economies around the globe and thus a likelihood of lower demand.

 
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 

 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
The Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund Investor Shares returned -17.30% since inception (June 17, 2008), outperforming the benchmark MSCI EAFE Index (Net) which returned -23.60%. For the entire period, stock selection in Japan, Australia, and in the Telecommunications sector were the primary drivers of outperformance relative to the benchmark. This was supported further by sector allocation decisions, most notably the underweight position in the Materials sector and the overweight position in the Health Care sector. Currency effects were also positive for the fund, driven largely by defensive hedges out of UK Sterling and the euro.
 
Global financial markets have recently experienced one of their most turbulent periods in many years. The developed market sell off was led by a variety of concerns such as the availability of liquidity, GDP growth, deleveraging, rising levels of default, falling house prices and rising unemployment. While growing evidence of a weaker economic environment continued to accumulate, attention eventually centered on the tug-of-war between escalating financial stress and policy intervention. Events reached a crescendo in late September with the initial rejection by the US House of Representatives of the proposed Troubled Asset Relief Plan, a government-financed mechanism to remove problem assets from the financial system. Equity markets reacted emphatically and the MSCI EAFE Index ended the period down significantly.
 
Policy-makers were pressed into taking unprecedented actions which, in a matter of weeks, started to reshape the industry landscape. The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing exacerbated supply-demand dislocations across money markets. As the threat of financial meltdown loomed, the search for a more powerful purgative step towards ultimate resolution heralded the proposal of the Troubled Asset Relief Plan, the first iteration of which failed to emerge from the political process. Against this backdrop, fears of contagion became more acute and the Industrials sector also fell sharply. The Energy and Materials sectors were weak performers, as the price of oil and many other commodities dropped sharply on risk concerns and expectations of further demand reductions.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments1
 
Japan 23.0%
United Kingdom 21.9%
France 16.5%
Australia 7.9%
Spain 6.8%
Switzerland 4.4%
Netherlands 4.1%
Germany 3.6%
Italy 3.3%
Singapore 2.6%
Taiwan 2.1%
Hong Kong 1.5%
Other Countries 2.3%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Statistics
 
Number of Holdings 36
Weighted Average
  Market Cap
  ($ x 1,000,000) $61,713
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 9.0
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.5
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  (one year trailing)* n/a
 
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
Financials 25.3%
Consumer Staples 16.0%
Telecommunication Services 13.6%
Health Care 13.1%
Energy 11.0%
Consumer Discretionary 7.2%
Information Technology 5.9%
Utilities 5.1%
Industrials 1.5%
Materials 1.3%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc 4.6%
Unilever plc 4.5%
Novartis AG-Reg’d. 4.2%
Kao Corp. 4.2%
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A 3.7%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 3.7%
CANON, Inc. 3.7%
Telefonica S.A. 3.6%
Total S.A. 3.5%
RWE AG 3.5%
Total 39.2%
 
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$500,000 Investment in Institutional Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 
 Total Returns1
 
         
Fund Class and Inception Date   Since Inception
 
Investor Shares (6/17/08)
    -17.30%  
Select Shares (6/17/08)
    -17.30%  
Institutional Shares (6/17/08)
    -17.20%  
Benchmark: MSCI EAFE Index®(Net)*     -23.60%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.40%; Gross 1.47% / Select Shares: Net 1.12%; Gross 1.22% /
             Institutional Shares: Net 1.05%; Gross 1.07%
 
 
All figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
 
The Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (Net) (MSCI EAFE Index®) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure market equity performance in 22 developed market countries, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
 
1  Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
The Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund Investor Shares returned -16.00% since inception on June 17, 2008, outperforming the benchmark MSCI World Index (Net) which returned -19.05%. In general, returns were negative across the major regions represented in the fund. Europe saw the biggest decline in prices, followed by Asia/Pacific and North America. For the period, the fund’s relative performance benefitted from strong stock selection across countries and industry groups, specifically in Japan, the US, Australia and in the Telecommunications and Energy sectors. This was further supported by sector allocation, where an underweight position in the Materials sector and an overweight position in the Health Care sector benefitted the fund. Currency effects were also positive for the fund, driven largely by the defensive hedges out of UK Sterling and the euro.
 
Global financial markets have recently experienced one of their most turbulent periods in many years. Volatility has increased in developed equity markets but emerging markets bore the brunt of the sell off, as their previous rise assisted by commodities had been more extreme. The developed market sell off was led by a variety of concerns such as the availability of liquidity, GDP growth, deleveraging, rising levels of default, falling house prices and rising unemployment. While evidence of a weaker economic environment continued to accumulate during the period, attention was centered on the tug-of-war between escalating financial stress and policy intervention. Events reached a crescendo in late September with the initial rejection by the US House of Representatives of the proposed Troubled Asset Relief Plan, a government-financed mechanism to remove problem assets from the financial system. Equity markets reacted emphatically and the MSCI World Index was down significantly.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments1
 
United States 41.6%
United Kingdom 14.3%
Japan 13.0%
France 7.9%
Spain 4.6%
Austrailia 4.4%
Germany 3.1%
Netherlands 2.6%
Switzerland 2.6%
Singapore 2.5%
Italy 1.5%
Other Countries 1.9%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Statistics
 
Number of Holdings 59
Weighted Average
  Market Cap
  ($ x 1,000,000) $81,588
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 11.9
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.6
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  (one year trailing)* n/a
 
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
Financials 19.1%
Health Care 17.1%
Telecommunication Services 13.2%
Consumer Staples 12.6%
Energy 10.8%
Information Technology 7.5%
Industrials 6.4%
Conmer Discretionary 4.9%
Materials 4.9%
Utilities 3.5%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
Bank of America Corp. 3.7%
Chevron Corp. 3.7%
GlaxoSmithKline plc 3.6%
Microsoft Corp. 3.4%
General Electric Corp. 3.4%
Wyeth 2.9%
Telefonica S.A. 2.9%
H.J. Heinz Co. 2.8%
Total S.A. 2.6%
Verizon Communications, Inc. 2.6%
Total 31.6%
 
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 
The portfolio turnover (one year trailing) is not applicable as the fund commenced operations on 6/17/08.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$500,000 Investment in Institutional Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 
 Total Returns1
 
         
Fund Class and Inception Date   Since Inception
 
Investor Shares (6/17/08)
    -16.00%  
Select Shares (6/17/08)
    -16.00%  
Institutional Shares (6/17/08)
    -16.00%  
Benchmark: MSCI World® Index (Net)*     -19.05%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.40%; Gross 1.46% / Select Shares: Net 1.12%; Gross 1.21% /
             Institutional Shares: Net 1.05%; Gross 1.06%
 
 
All figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
 
The Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure global developed markets equity performance. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
1  Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 
 
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund Investor Shares returned -23.04% during the period, outperforming the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net), which returned -27.58%. For the entire period, market returns were negative across all regions; however, stock selection and portfolio weightings in Latin America and Asia/Pacific were the main drivers of outperformance relative to the benchmark.
 
On a sector specific level, returns in the Index were most negative in Materials and Industrials. The fund benefitted from relative underweights in these two sectors. The fund also benefitted from its weighting and security selection in the Telecommunications Service sector where returns were less negative. Currency movements decreased US dollar returns as most emerging currencies depreciated relative to the US dollar.
 
The fund’s general investment strategy continued to be driven by several consistent factors implemented by the Mondrian portfolio management team. These included an underweight to India and Korea and an overweight to select markets such as Taiwan and Turkey. Additionally, the fund was overweight in the Telecomm sector where strong free cash flows supported high dividend yields and underweight metals and mining. Overall, the fund maintained a strong value stock orientation.
 
Global financial markets have recently experienced one of their most turbulent periods in many years. Volatility has increased in developed equity markets but emerging markets bore the brunt of the sell off, as their previous rise assisted by commodities had been more extreme. The developed market sell off was led by a variety of concerns such as the availability of liquidity, GDP growth, deleveraging, rising levels of default, falling house prices and rising unemployment. In certain emerging markets volatility was extremely high, for example Russia closed its local stock exchange for several days after very significant declines following panic selling. Markets that were hardest hit included those that had enjoyed the strongest performance in late 2007 or had a strong commodity bias. In virtually all cases negative local returns were exacerbated for foreign investors by a sharp sell off of the currency. In Mondrian’s view, selling in most markets tended to be indiscriminate with little regard to valuation fundamentals or positive corporate or economic news.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments1
 
Brazil 14.3%
Taiwan 14.3%
China 14.1%
Russia 10.5%
Republic of Korea 7.9%
Turkey 6.8%
Mexico 6.4%
South Africa 6.1%
Egypt 4.1%
India 3.3%
Philippines 3.3%
Thailand 2.9%
Columbia 2.3%
Malaysia 2.0%
Argentina 1.7%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Statistics
 
Number of Holdings 42
Weighted Average
  Market Cap
  ($ x 1,000,000) $31,955
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E) 9.6
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.7
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  (one year trailing)* n/a
 
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
Telecommunication Services 27.0%
Financials 22.6%
Energy 14.4%
Information Technology 13.6%
Materials 8.1%
Industrials 6.8%
Consumer Staples 2.9%
Utilities 2.7%
Consumer Discretionary 1.9%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
China Construction Bank Corp.,
  Class H 4.0%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
  Co., Ltd. ADR 3.8%
LUKOIL ADR 3.5%
Turkcell Iietisim Hizmetleri A/S 3.5%
Itausa-Investimentos Itau S.A. 3.5%
America Movil SAB de C.V.,
  Series L ADR 3.3%
Bharti Airtel Ltd. 3.2%
Philippine Long Distance Telephone
  Co. ADR 3.2%
Akbank T.A.S. 3.1%
China Mobile Ltd. 3.0%
Total 34.1%
 
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 
The portfolio turnover (one year trailing) is not applicable as the fund commenced operations on 11/02/07.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$500,000 Investment in Institutional Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 
 Total Returns1
 
                 
Fund Class and Inception Date   6 Months   Since Inception
 
Investor Shares (11/2/07)
    -23.04%       -28.41%  
Select Shares (11/2/07)
    -22.99%       -28.18%  
Institutional Shares (11/2/07)
    -22.82%       -28.17%  
Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net)*     -27.58%       -38.63%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.80%; Gross 2.79% / Select Shares: Net 1.52%; Gross 2.74% /
             Institutional Shares: Net 1.45%; Gross 2.62%
 
All figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
 
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
1  Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 

 
The Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund Investor Shares returned -7.50% for the period, outperforming the benchmark Citigroup non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index which returned -8.77%. The benchmark’s negative performance was driven in large part by weakness of international currencies versus the US dollar. The dollar strengthened, reversing its course from earlier in the year, as the global financial crises weighed heavily on non-US economies.
 
The fund’s general investment strategy continued to be driven by several guiding factors that were selected by the Mondrian fixed income portfolio management team. These included an underweight to Europe, with exposure exclusively to the eurozone, with no allocation to the U.K. Sterling. The euro position was partially hedged, adding value as the US dollar appreciated. The fund also had no allocation to Canada, but maintained an overweight to Japan and Mexico. The allocation to Japan was a relative outperformer due in part to the performance of the yen. Overall, the fund’s goal is to invest in international fixed income markets that offer high income in real (inflation-adjusted) terms.
 
US inflation prospects improved as commodity and consumer prices declined from earlier highs. As a portfolio team, Mondrian had forecast the reemergence of US inflation in recent years, but now the three factors that drove its return have reversed. First, following sharp rises in recent years, the rapid drop in global commodity prices in recent months will, in Mondrian’s view, depress US inflation, particularly given the US economy’s relatively high dependency on commodities. Second, after a spike in 2006/07, unit labor cost growth has plunged, due to higher productivity growth with steep falls in employment. Third, following its 40% drop in trade-weighted terms since 2002, the US dollar has risen by 10% since March.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 
 Geographic Breakdown % of Investments1
 
Pacific Asia 49.8%
Eurozone 45.4%
Latin America 4.2%
Other 0.6%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Statistics
 
Number of Holdings 43
Average Maturity 6.31
Modified Duration 5.13
Average Quality AA+
Portfolio Turnover Rate
  (one year trailing)* n/a
 
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
Government Bonds 89.0%
Government Agency Obligations 5.6%
Corporate Bonds 3.7%
Covered Bonds 1.1%
Other 0.6%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 0.90%, 06/20/13 6.2%
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 1.10%, 09/20/12 5.9%
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 1.20%, 09/20/12 5.7%
Austria Government Bond, 3.50%,
  07/15/15 4.8%
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 1.40%, 09/20/11 4.7%
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 1.50%, 03/20/15 4.4%
Netherlands Government Bond,
  4.25%, 07/15/13 4.4%
Netherlands Government Bond,
  3.75%, 07/15/14 4.3%
Belgium Government Bond, 5.50%,
  09/28/17 4.3%
Japan Government Ten Year
  Bond, 0.50%, 06/20/13 4.2%
Total 48.9%
 
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 
The portfolio turnover (one year trailing) is not applicable as the fund commenced operations on 11/02/07.
 
1  This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$500,000 Investment in Institutional Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 
 Total Returns1
 
                 
Fund Class and Inception Date   6 Months   Since Inception
 
Investor Shares (11/2/07)
    -7.50%       4.77%  
Select Shares (11/2/07)
    -7.48%       4.93%  
Institutional Shares (11/2/07)
    -7.38%       5.05%  
Benchmark: Citigroup non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index*     -8.77%       2.70%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.10%; Gross 1.57% / Select Shares: Net 0.82%; Gross 1.31% /
             Institutional Shares: Net 0.75%; Gross 1.23%
 
 
All figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
 
The Citigroup non-US DollarWorld Government Bond Index measures the total rate of return performance for the government bonds of 23 countries, excluding the U.S., with a remaining maturity of at least one year. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
1  Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
 
 
 
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 Examples for a $1,000 Investment
 
 
As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: transaction costs, such as redemption fees; and, ongoing costs, such as management fees, transfer agent and shareholder services fees, and other fund expenses.
 
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for period beginning April 1, 2008 and held through September 30, 2008.
 
Actual Return lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ¸ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund or share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period”.
 
Hypothetical Return lines in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s or share class’ actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
 
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
                                 
            Ending
   
        Beginning
  Account Value
  Expenses Paid
    Expense Ratio
  Account Value
  (Net of Expenses)
  During Period
    (Annualized)   at 4/1/08*   at 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08*
 
 
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund1                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.38%     $ 1,000     $ 827.00     $ 3.66  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.38%     $ 1,000     $ 1,010.51     $ 4.03  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 827.00     $ 2.94  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 1,011.30     $ 3.24  
Institutional Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.05%     $ 1,000     $ 828.00     $ 2.79  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.05%     $ 1,000     $ 1,011.47     $ 3.07  
 
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund1                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.39%     $ 1,000     $ 840.00     $ 3.71  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.39%     $ 1,000     $ 1,010.48     $ 4.06  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 840.00     $ 2.97  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 1,011.30     $ 3.24  
Institutional Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.06%     $ 1,000     $ 840.00     $ 2.83  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.06%     $ 1,000     $ 1,011.44     $ 3.10  
 
 
Funds commencing operations subsequent to April 1, 2008 use the commencement of operations for purposes of this calculation.
 
1  Expenses for each fund or share class are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 106 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year. The funds commenced operations on 6/17/08.
 
 
 
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited) continued
 
                                 
            Ending
   
        Beginning
  Account Value
  Expenses Paid
    Expense Ratio
  Account Value
  (Net of Expenses)
  During Period
    (Annualized)   at 4/1/08*   at 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08*
 
 
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund1                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.80%     $ 1,000     $ 769.60     $ 7.99  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.80%     $ 1,000     $ 1,016.04     $ 9.10  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.52%     $ 1,000     $ 770.10     $ 6.74  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.52%     $ 1,000     $ 1,017.45     $ 7.69  
Institutional Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.45%     $ 1,000     $ 771.80     $ 6.44  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.45%     $ 1,000     $ 1,017.80     $ 7.33  
 
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund1                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 925.00     $ 5.36  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.50     $ 5.62  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.83%     $ 1,000     $ 925.20     $ 4.01  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.83%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.91     $ 4.20  
Institutional Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.76%     $ 1,000     $ 926.20     $ 3.67  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.76%     $ 1,000     $ 1,021.26     $ 3.85  
 
 
Funds commencing operations subsequent to April 1, 2008 use the commencement of operations for purposes of this calculation.
 
1  Expenses for each fund or share class are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.
 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.75 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.73 )
Net asset value at end of period
    8.27  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (17.30 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.38 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    4.68 3
Net investment income (loss)
    3.35 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    2 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    95  
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.04  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.77 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.73 )
Net asset value at end of period
    8.27  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (17.30 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.11 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    4.34 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.97 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    2 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    237  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.40% for the Investor shares and 1.12% for Select shares if custody credits had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Financial Highlights continued
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Institutional Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.06  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.78 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.72 )
Net asset value at end of period
    8.28  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (17.20 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.05 3
Gross operating expenses
    4.13 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.26 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    2 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    4,138  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  95 .9%   Common Stock     5,248,632       4,285,294  
  2 .7%   Short-Term Investment     122,000       122,000  
  98 .6%   Total Investments     5,370,632       4,407,294  
  1 .4%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             63,426  
  100 .0%   Net Assets             4,470,720  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 95.9% of net assets
                 
 
Australia 7.5%
                 
 
Banks 2.4%
National Australia Bank Ltd.
    5,364       108,259  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 1.7%
Wesfarmers Ltd.
    3,340       77,674  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.4%
Telstra Corp., Ltd.
    45,102       151,315  
                 
              337,248  
                 
 
Belgium 1.1%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 1.1%
Fortis
    7,434       47,038  
                 
 
Finland 1.2%
                 
 
Materials 1.2%
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
    3,446       53,766  
                 
 
France 15.8%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 2.3%
Renault S.A.
    1,603       102,158  
                 
 
Banks 2.4%
Societe Generale
    1,218       109,412  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.5%
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
    1,271       65,747  
                 
 
Energy 3.5%
Total S.A.
    2,612       158,679  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.8%
Carrefour S.A.
    2,628       123,928  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.3%
France Telecom S.A.
    5,198       145,802  
                 
              705,726  
                 
 
Germany 3.5%
                 
 
Utilities 3.5%
RWE AG
    1,621       154,541  
                 
 
Hong Kong 1.5%
                 
 
Utilities 1.5%
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.
    10,500       65,950  
                 
 
Italy 3.2%
                 
 
Banks 3.2%
Intesa Sanpaolo
    25,604       140,811  
                 
 
Japan 22.0%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 2.9%
Toyota Motor Corp.
    3,000       128,257  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.2%
Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.
    3,400       97,682  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 4.2%
Kao Corp.
    7,000       187,722  
                 
 
Insurance 2.6%
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
    3,200       117,484  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 3.7%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    3,300       166,157  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 3.6%
CANON, Inc.
    4,300       163,017  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.8%
KDDI Corp.
    22       124,623  
                 
              984,942  
                 
 
Netherlands 3.9%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 2.2%
ING Groep N.V. CVA
    4,578       98,142  
                 
 
Media 1.7%
Reed Elsevier N.V.
    5,188       76,964  
                 
              175,106  
                 
 
Singapore 2.5%
                 
 
Banks 2.5%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.
    22,000       111,078  
                 
 
Spain 6.5%
                 
 
Banks 2.9%
Banco Santander S.A.
    8,797       131,905  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.6%
Telefonica S.A.
    6,722       159,833  
                 
              291,738  
 
 
 
18 See financial notes


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Switzerland 4.2%
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 4.2%
Novartis AG - Reg’d.
    3,568       187,854  
                 
 
Taiwan 2.0%
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 2.0%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
    9,447       88,518  
                 
 
United Kingdom 21.0%
                 
 
Banks 2.5%
HBOS plc
    13,989       31,738  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
    25,705       82,922  
                 
              114,660  
                 
 
Energy 7.0%
BP plc
    17,587       146,469  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A
    5,694       167,758  
                 
              314,227  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.5%
Unilever plc
    7,350       199,853  
                 
 
Insurance 2.4%
Aviva plc
    12,155       105,727  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 4.6%
GlaxoSmithKline plc
    9,533       206,511  
                 
              940,978  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $5,248,632)
    4,285,294  
         
 
In addition to the above, the fund held the following at 9/30/08.
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 2.7% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 2.7%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $122,004 (fully collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Securities with a value of $126,900.)
    122,000       122,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $122,000)
    122,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $5,371,199 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $9,963 and ($973,868), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($963,905).
 
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $4,196,775 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
CVA – Dutch Certificate
Reg’d – Registered
 
                                         
    Currency
  Amount of
  Currency
  Amount of
   
Expiration
  to be
  Currency to be
  to be
  Currency to be
  Unrealized
Date   Received   Received   Delivered   Delivered   Gains / Losses
 
 
 Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                         
10/31/08
    USD       392,497       EUR       278,000       31,226  
10/31/08
    USD       113,145       GBP       63,500       11,636  
10/31/08
    GBP       63,500       USD       113,145       994  
                                         
Net unrealized gain on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                    43,856  
                                         
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $5,370,632)
        $4,407,294  
Cash
        29  
Foreign currency (cost $7,323)
        7,036  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        23,065  
Dividends
        16,673  
Due from investment adviser
        873  
Foreign tax reclaims
        48  
Interest
        4  
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts
  +     43,861  
     
     
Total assets
        4,498,883  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        12  
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts
        5  
Accrued expenses
  +     28,146  
     
     
Total liabilities
        28,163  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        4,498,883  
Total liabilities
      28,163  
     
     
Net assets
        $4,470,720  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        5,368,853  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        31,502  
Net realized capital losses
        (9,089 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (920,546 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $95,427       11,540         $8.27  
Select Shares
  $237,260       28,675         $8.27  
Institutional Shares
  $4,138,033       500,000         $8.28  
 
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Statement of
Operations
For June 17, 2008 * through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $3,755)
        $45,318  
Interest
  +     730  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        46,048  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized gains on investments
        5,131  
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (14,220 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (9,089 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (963,338 )
Net unrealized gains on foreign currency translations
  +     42,792  
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (920,546 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        11,804  
Accounting and administration fees
        10,364  
Professional fees
        8,911  
Custodian fees
        7,255  
Shareholder reports
        7,121  
Transfer agent fees
        7,105  
Trustees’ fees
        1,770  
Registration fees
        1,254  
Sub-Accounting fees
           
Investor Shares
        13  
Select Shares
        60  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        20  
Other expenses
  +     1,196  
     
     
Total expenses
        56,873  
Expense reduction by adviser
      42,219  
Custody credits
      108  
     
     
Net expenses
        14,546  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        46,048  
Net expenses
      14,546  
     
     
Net investment income
        31,502  
Net realized losses
        (9,089 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (920,546 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($898,133 )
 
 
Commencement of operations.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current report period; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Operations
             
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
Net investment income
        $31,502  
Net realized losses
        (9,089 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (920,546 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (898,133 )
                     
                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares
                     
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
        SHARES     VALUE  
                     
                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        11,818       $106,451  
Select Shares
        28,675       264,725  
Institutional Shares
  +     500,000       5,000,037  
     
     
Total shares sold
        540,493       $5,371,213  
                     
                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (278 )     ($2,360 )
Select Shares
        -       -  
Institutional Shares
  +     -       -  
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (278 )     ($2,360 )
                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        540,215       $5,368,853  
                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        -       $-  
Total increase
  +     540,215       4,470,720  
     
     
End of period
        540,215       $4,470,720  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $31,502  
 
 
Commencement of operations.
 
 
 
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Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.05  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.65 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.60 )
Less distributions:
       
Distributions from net investment income
     
     
 
Net asset value at end of period
    8.40  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (16.00 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.39 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    4.47 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.40 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    4 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    30  
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.06  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.66 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.60 )
Less distributions:
       
Distributions from net investment income
     
     
 
Net asset value at end of period
    8.40  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (16.00 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.11 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    4.20 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.90 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    4 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    45  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.40% for the Investor shares,1.12% for Select shares and 1.05% for Institutional shares if custody credits had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Financial Highlights continued
 
         
    6/17/081-
 Institutional Shares   9/30/08*
 
         
Per—Share Data ($)
       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.00  
     
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.07  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.67 )
     
 
Total from investment operations
    (1.60 )
Less distributions:
       
Distributions from net investment income
     
     
 
Net asset value at end of period
    8.40  
     
 
Total return (%)
    (16.00 )2
         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
       
Ratios to average net assets:
       
Net operating expenses
    1.04 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    3.98 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.51 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    4 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    4,201  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.40% for the Investor shares,1.12% for Select shares and 1.05% for Institutional shares if custody credits had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  97 .0%   Common Stock     5,023,593       4,144,604  
  2 .5%   Short-Term Investment     108,000       108,000  
  99 .5%   Total Investments     5,131,593       4,252,604  
  0 .5%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             23,230  
  100 .0%   Net Assets             4,275,834  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 97.0% of net assets
                 
 
Australia 4.3%
                 
 
Banks 1.0%
National Australia Bank Ltd.
    2,175       43,897  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.0%
Foster’s Group Ltd.
    9,728       43,463  
                 
 
Materials 0.9%
Amcor Ltd.
    8,926       39,251  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.4%
Telstra Corp., Ltd.
    16,917       56,756  
                 
              183,367  
                 
 
Belgium 0.5%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.5%
Fortis
    3,366       21,298  
                 
 
Finland 0.6%
                 
 
Materials 0.6%
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
    1,700       26,524  
                 
 
France 7.6%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.6%
Renault S.A.
    394       25,109  
                 
 
Banks 1.3%
Societe Generale
    633       56,862  
                 
 
Energy 2.6%
Total S.A.
    1,836       111,537  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 1.7%
Carrefour S.A.
    1,502       70,830  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.4%
France Telecom S.A.
    2,217       62,186  
                 
              326,524  
                 
 
Germany 3.0%
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.1%
Deutsche Telekom AG - Reg’d
    3,196       48,538  
                 
 
Utilities 1.9%
RWE AG
    843       80,369  
                 
              128,907  
                 
 
Italy 1.5%
                 
 
Banks 1.5%
UniCredit S.p.A.
    17,074       63,846  
                 
 
Japan 12.6%
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 1.8%
Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.
    2,700       77,571  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.6%
Kao Corp.
    1,000       26,817  
                 
 
Insurance 1.7%
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
    2,000       73,428  
                 
 
Materials 1.0%
Nitto Denko Corp.
    1,700       43,249  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 3.2%
Astellas Pharma, Inc.
    1,400       58,827  
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    1,500       75,526  
                 
              134,353  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.7%
CANON, Inc.
    1,900       72,031  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.5%
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
    14       62,488  
                 
 
Transportation 1.1%
West Japan Railway Co.
    11       47,107  
                 
              537,044  
                 
 
Netherlands 2.5%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 1.6%
ING Groep N.V. CVA
    3,174       68,044  
                 
 
Media 0.9%
Reed Elsevier N.V.
    2,690       39,906  
                 
              107,950  
                 
 
Singapore 2.4%
                 
 
Banks 1.4%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.
    12,000       60,588  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.0%
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.
    18,000       41,143  
                 
              101,731  
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Spain 4.5%
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.9%
Telefonica S.A.
    5,236       124,499  
                 
 
Utilities 1.6%
Iberdrola S.A.
    6,546       66,501  
                 
              191,000  
                 
 
Switzerland 2.5%
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 2.5%
Novartis AG - Reg’d.
    2,013       105,983  
                 
 
Taiwan 0.7%
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.7%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
    3,417       32,017  
                 
 
United Kingdom 13.9%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.7%
GKN plc
    7,886       28,010  
                 
 
Banks 2.3%
HBOS plc
    9,696       21,998  
Lloyds TSB Group plc
    10,282       41,316  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
    11,515       37,146  
                 
              100,460  
                 
 
Energy 4.2%
BP plc
    9,650       80,368  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A
    3,318       97,755  
                 
              178,123  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 2.5%
Unilever plc
    3,918       106,534  
                 
 
Insurance 0.6%
Aviva plc
    3,025       26,312  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 3.6%
GlaxoSmithKline plc
    7,057       152,874  
                 
              592,313  
                 
 
United States 40.4%
                 
 
Banks 0.4%
Wachovia Corp.
    5,300       18,550  
                 
 
Capital Goods 5.2%
3M Co.
    1,100       75,141  
General Electric Co.
    5,700       145,350  
                 
              220,491  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 6.0%
Bank of America Corp.
    4,500       157,500  
Citigroup, Inc.
    4,900       100,499  
                 
              257,999  
                 
 
Energy 3.7%
Chevron Corp.
    1,900       156,712  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.6%
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
    4,000       77,840  
H.J. Heinz Co.
    2,400       119,928  
                 
              197,768  
                 
 
Materials 2.2%
Alcoa, Inc.
    4,100       92,578  
                 
 
Media 0.5%
CBS Corp., Class B
    1,400       20,412  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 7.4%
Merck & Co., Inc.
    2,600       82,056  
Pfizer, Inc.
    5,900       108,796  
Wyeth
    3,400       125,596  
                 
              316,448  
                 
 
Retailing 2.1%
Genuine Parts Co.
    2,200       88,462  
                 
 
Software & Services 4.8%
Microsoft Corp.
    5,500       146,795  
Oracle Corp. *
    2,900       58,899  
                 
              205,694  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.5%
AT&T, Inc.
    1,500       41,880  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    3,400       109,106  
                 
              150,986  
                 
              1,726,100  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $5,023,593)
    4,144,604  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 2.5% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 2.5%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $108,004 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association with a value of $115,252)
    108,000       108,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $108,000)
    108,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $5,131,593 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $31,341 and ($910,330), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($878,989).
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $2,386,487 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
* Non-income producing security.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
 
In addition to the above, the fund held the following at 09/30/08.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                                         
    Currency
  Amount of
  Currency
  Amount of
  Unrealized
Expiration
  to be
  Currency to be
  to be
  Currency to be
  Gains
Date   Received   Received   Delivered   Delivered   ($)
 
 
 Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                         
10/31/2008
    USD       381,908       EUR       270,500       34,972  
10/31/2008
    GBP       45,000       USD       80,181       705  
10/31/2008
    USD       80,181       GBP       45,000       8,777  
                                         
Net unrealized gains on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                    44,454  
                                         
 
 
 
See financial notes 27


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $5,131,593)
        $4,252,604  
Cash
        939  
Foreign currency, at value (cost $6,464)
        6,348  
Receivables:
           
Fund shares sold
        100  
Dividends
        16,894  
Due from investment adviser
        845  
Foreign tax reclaims
        26  
Interest
        4  
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts
  +     44,454  
     
     
Total assets
        4,322,214  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        21,909  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        9  
Accrued expenses
  +     24,462  
     
     
Total liabilities
        46,380  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        4,322,214  
Total liabilities
      46,380  
     
     
Net assets
        $4,275,834  
             
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        5,084,954  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        34,566  
Net realized capital losses
        (8,788 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (834,898 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $29,877       3,558         $8.40  
Select Shares
  $44,988       5,355         $8.40  
Institutional Shares
  $4,200,969       500,000         $8.40  
 
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Statement of
Operations
For June 17, 2008 * through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,985)
        $48,497  
Interest
  +     454  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        48,951  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized gains on investments
        3,857  
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (12,645 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (8,788 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (878,989 )
Net unrealized gains on foreign currency translations
  +     44,091  
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (834,898 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        11,673  
Accounting and administration fees
        10,364  
Professional fees
        8,811  
Custodian fees
        7,255  
Transfer agent fees
        7,105  
Shareholder reports
        5,785  
Trustees’ fees
        1,723  
Registration fees
        1,037  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        19  
Sub-Accounting fees
           
Investor Shares
        12  
Select Shares
        17  
Other expenses
  +     979  
     
     
Total expenses
        54,780  
Expense reduction by adviser
      40,267  
Custody credits
      128  
     
     
Net expenses
        14,385  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        48,951  
Net expenses
      14,385  
     
     
Net investment income
        34,566  
Net realized losses
        (8,788 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (834,898 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($809,120 )
 
 
Commencement of operations.
 
 
 
See financial notes 29


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current report period; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Operations
             
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
Net investment income
        $34,566  
Net realized losses
        (8,788 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (834,898 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (809,120 )
                     
                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares
                     
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
        SHARES     VALUE  
                     
                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        3,715       $35,687  
Select Shares
        5,355       50,751  
Institutional Shares
  +     500,000       5,000,002  
     
     
Total shares sold
        509,070       $5,086,440  
                     
                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (157 )     ($1,486 )
Select Shares
        -       -  
Institutional Shares
  +     -       -  
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (157 )     ($1,486 )
                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        508,913       $5,084,954  
                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        6/17/08*-9/30/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
              $-  
Total increase
  +     508,913       4,275,834  
     
     
End of period
        508,913       $4,275,834  
                     
Net investment income not yet distributed
        $34,566          
 
 
Commencement of operations
 
 
 
30 See financial notes


 

Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                 
    4/1/08-
  11/2/071-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.29       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.09       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.23 )     (0.72 )
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.14 )     (0.70 )
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.01 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    7.15       9.29  
   
Total return (%)
    (23.04 )2     (6.98 )2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    1.80 3     1.82 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    2.20 3     2.79 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.20 3     0.89 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    22 2     49 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    3,342       1,937  
 
                 
    4/1/08-
  11/2/071-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.31       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.12       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.26 )     (0.70 )
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.14 )     (0.68 )
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.01 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    7.17       9.31  
   
Total return (%)
    (22.99 )2     (6.75 )2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    1.52 3     1.54 3,5
Gross operating expenses
    2.16 3     2.74 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.40 3     0.69 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    22 2     49 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    666       760  
* Unaudited.
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.80%, if interest expense had not been included.
5 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.52%, if interest expense had not been included.
 
 
 
See financial notes 31


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Financial Highlights continued
 
                 
    4/1/08-
  11/2/071-
 Institutional Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.29       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.09       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.21 )     (0.71 )
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.12 )     (0.69 )
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.02 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    7.17       9.29  
   
Total return (%)
    (22.82 )2     (6.94 )2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    1.45 3     1.47 3,4
Gross operating expenses
    1.86 3     2.62 3
Net investment income (loss)
    2.71 3     0.59 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    22 2     49 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    25,987       19,414  
* Unaudited.
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.45%, if interest expense had not been included.
 
 
 
32 See financial notes


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  86 .5%   Common Stock     33,475,910       25,950,932  
  10 .4%   Preferred Stock     4,273,339       3,126,688  
  1 .6%   Short-Term Investment     469,000       469,000  
  98 .5%   Total Investments     38,218,249       29,546,620  
  1 .5%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             448,342  
  100 .0%   Net Assets             29,994,962  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 86.5% of net assets
                 
 
Argentina 1.7%
                 
 
Materials 1.7%
Tenaris S.A. ADR
    13,469       502,259  
                 
 
Brazil 7.5%
                 
 
Energy 2.5%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR
    19,900       744,658  
                 
 
Software & Services 2.4%
Redecard S.A.
    55,300       723,035  
                 
 
Utilities 2.6%
CPFL Energia S.A. ADR
    14,000       782,040  
                 
              2,249,733  
                 
 
China 13.6%
                 
 
Banks 4.0%
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H
    1,811,000       1,208,419  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.0%
China Mobile Ltd.
    89,500       896,582  
                 
 
Transportation 6.6%
China Merchants Holdings International Co., Ltd.
    206,000       660,792  
China Shipping Development Co. Ltd., Class H
    524,000       687,903  
Cosco Pacific Ltd.
    556,000       638,132  
                 
              1,986,827  
                 
              4,091,828  
                 
 
Columbia 2.2%
                 
 
Banks 2.2%
Bancolombia S.A. ADR
    23,700       674,265  
                 
 
Egypt 4.0%
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 4.0%
Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. -Reg’d GDR
    15,380       549,300  
Telecom Egypt
    241,167       652,067  
                 
              1,201,367  
                 
 
India 3.2%
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.2%
Bharti Airtel Ltd. *
    57,068       968,140  
                 
 
Malaysia 2.0%
                 
 
Banks 2.0%
Public Bank Berhad
    204,400       594,515  
                 
 
Mexico 6.2%
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 2.8%
Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V., Series C
    199,100       846,537  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.4%
America Movil SAB de C.V., Series L ADR
    21,600       1,001,376  
                 
              1,847,913  
                 
 
Philippines 3.2%
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.2%
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. ADR
    16,800       946,512  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 3.6%
                 
 
Banks 3.6%
Hana Financial Group, Inc.
    19,760       464,704  
KB Financial Group, Inc. ADR *
    1,500       68,535  
Kookmin Bank
    12,446       556,144  
                 
              1,089,383  
                 
 
Russia 10.1%
                 
 
Energy 6.1%
Gazprom - Reg’d ADR
    25,400       786,130  
LUKOIL ADR
    18,000       1,058,400  
                 
              1,844,530  
                 
 
Materials 1.4%
Evraz Group S.A. -Reg’d GDR
    10,750       406,350  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.6%
Mobile TeleSystems ADR
    14,100       789,741  
                 
              3,040,621  
 
 
 
See financial notes 33


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
South Africa 5.9%
                 
 
Energy 2.5%
Sasol
    17,641       752,931  
                 
 
Materials 2.0%
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
    29,115       594,365  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.4%
Telkom South Africa Ltd.
    32,523       416,131  
                 
              1,763,427  
                 
 
Taiwan 13.9%
                 
 
Banks 3.4%
Chinatrust Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
    890,565       488,718  
Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
    1,153,000       528,715  
                 
              1,017,433  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 6.6%
MediaTek, Inc.
    70,410       730,109  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    72,221       121,117  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR
    119,792       1,122,451  
                 
              1,973,677  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.9%
Asustek Computer, Inc.
    294,716       583,283  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.0%
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ADR *
    24,763       586,140  
                 
              4,160,533  
                 
 
Thailand 2.8%
                 
 
Energy 2.8%
PTT Public Co., Ltd.
    113,200       829,108  
                 
 
Turkey 6.6%
                 
 
Banks 3.1%
Akbank T.A.S.
    182,341       933,500  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.5%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S
    173,300       1,057,828  
                 
              1,991,328  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $33,475,910)
    25,950,932  
         
                 
                 
 
 Preferred Stock 10.4% of net assets
                 
 
Brazil 6.4%
                 
 
Banks 3.5%
Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A.
    209,767       1,049,442  
                 
 
Materials 2.9%
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ADR (Vale)
    48,900       865,530  
                 
              1,914,972  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 4.0%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 1.8%
Hyundai Motor Co.
    25,360       547,297  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 2.2%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    2,107       664,419  
                 
              1,211,716  
                 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $4,273,339)
    3,126,688  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 1.6% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 1.6%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.2%, with a maturity value of 470,016 (fully collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. with a value of $482,925.)
    469,000       469,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $469,000)
    469,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $39,199,807 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $122,396 and ($9,775,583), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($9,653,187).
 
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $15,295,111 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
* Non-income producing security.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
Reg’d — Registered
 
 
 
34 See financial notes


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $38,218,249)
        $29,546,620  
Cash
        779  
Foreign currency, at value (cost $330,430)
        328,340  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        51,229  
Fund shares sold
        47,816  
Dividends
        89,138  
Interest
        16  
Prepaid expenses
  +     3,861  
     
     
Total assets
        30,067,799  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        22,329  
Investment adviser fees
        2,794  
Fund shares redeemed
        40,340  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
  +     7,374  
     
     
Total liabilities
        72,837  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        30,067,799  
Total liabilities
      72,837  
     
     
Net assets
        $29,994,962  
             
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        39,933,948  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        373,319  
Net realized capital losses
        (1,638,016 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (8,674,289 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $3,341,639       467,321         $7.15  
Select Shares
  $666,026       92,849         $7.17  
Institutional Shares
  $25,987,297       3,626,623         $7.17  
 
 
 
 
See financial notes 35


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $54,986)
        $580,371  
Interest
  +     10,765  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        591,136  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (825,284 )
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (41,844 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (867,128 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (8,534,295 )
Net unrealized losses on foreign currency translations
  +     (328 )
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (8,534,623 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        171,803  
Professional fees
        23,582  
Custodian fees
        21,239  
Accounting and administration fees
        18,624  
Transfer agent fees
        16,424  
Shareholder reports
        6,104  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        4,997  
Registration fees
        3,673  
Trustees’ fees
        3,272  
Interest expense
        866  
Sub-Accounting fees
           
Investor Shares
        1,278  
Select Shares
        1,400  
Other expenses
  +     1,397  
     
     
Total expenses
        274,659  
Expense reduction by adviser
      59,626  
Custody credits
      118  
     
     
Net expenses
        214,915  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        591,136  
Net expenses
      214,915  
     
     
Net investment income
        376,221  
Net realized losses
        (867,128 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (8,534,623 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($9,025,530 )
 
 
 
 
36 See financial notes


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/01/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $376,221       $42,705  
Net realized losses
        (867,128 )     (786,482 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (8,534,623 )     (139,666 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (9,025,530 )     (883,443 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              595  
Select Shares
              1,121  
Institutional Shares
  +           28,590  
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              30,306  
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares
                                     
        4/01/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        362,543       $3,531,634       221,053       $2,073,502  
Select Shares
        65,084       612,017       97,917       934,439  
Institutional Shares
  +     1,834,156       16,448,834       2,608,232       25,103,782  
     
     
Total shares sold
        2,261,783       $20,592,485       2,927,202       $28,111,723  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
                    62       $571  
Select Shares
                    122       1,121  
Institutional Shares
  +                 3,100       28,584  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
                    3,284       $30,276  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (103,739 )     ($900,639 )     (12,598 )     ($113,103 )
Select Shares
        (53,848 )     (461,232 )     (16,426 )     (152,547 )
Institutional Shares
  +     (296,358 )     (2,320,289 )     (522,507 )     (4,852,433 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (453,945 )     ($3,682,160 )     (551,531 )     ($5,118,083 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        1,807,838       $16,910,325       2,378,955       $23,023,916  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/01/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        2,378,955       $22,110,167              
Total increase
  +     1,807,838       7,884,795       2,378,955       22,110,167  
     
     
End of period
        4,186,793       $29,994,962       2,378,955       $22,110,167  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed/
                $373,319               ($2,902 )
Distribution in excess of net investment income
                                   
 
 
Commencement of operations
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                 
    4/01/08-
  11/2/071-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.28       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.08       0.05  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.93 )     1.27  
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.85 )     1.32  
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.08 )     (0.04 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    10.35       11.28  
   
Total return (%)
    (7.50 )2     13.27 2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    1.11 3,4     1.10 3
Gross operating expenses
    1.19 3     1.57 3
Net investment income (loss)
    1.63 3     1.61 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    32 2     1 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000,000)
    23,557       16,148  
 
                 
    4/01/08-
  11/2/071-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.29       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.10       0.06  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.94 )     1.28  
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.84 )     1.34  
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.10 )     (0.05 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    10.35       11.29  
   
Total return (%)
    (7.48 )2     13.42 2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    0.83 3,5     0.82 3
Gross operating expenses
    0.98 3     1.31 3
Net investment income (loss)
    1.90 3     1.89 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    32 2     1 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000,000)
    23,182       20,078  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.10% if interest expense had not been included.
5 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 0.82% if interest expense had not been included.
 
 
 
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Financial Highlights continued
 
                 
    4/01/08-
  11/2/071-
 Institutional Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08
 
                 
Per—Share Data ($)
               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.29       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.11       0.07  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.94 )     1.27  
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.83 )     1.34  
Less distributions:
               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.10 )     (0.05 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    10.36       11.29  
   
Total return (%)
    (7.38 )2     13.42 2
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
               
Ratios to average net assets:
               
Net operating expenses
    0.76 3,4     0.75 3
Gross operating expenses
    0.85 3     1.23 3
Net investment income (loss)
    1.96 3     1.98 3
Portfolio turnover rate
    32 2     1 2
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000,000)
    43,499       52,214  
* Unaudited
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 0.75% if interest expense had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
For fixed rate obligations, the rate shown is the interest rate (the rate established when the obligation was issued) and the maturity date shown is the stated legal maturity. For variable-rate obligations, the rate shown is the rate as of the report date, and the maturity date shown is the next interest rate change date.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  86 .7%   Government Bonds     81,385,302       78,245,522  
  5 .5%   Government Agency Obligations     4,724,940       4,965,807  
  3 .6%   Corporate Bonds     3,723,629       3,231,642  
  1 .1%   Covered Bond     951,581       1,005,505  
  0 .6%   Short-Term Investment     504,000       504,000  
  97 .5%   Total Investments     91,289,452       87,952,476  
  2 .5%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             2,286,399  
  100 .0%   Net Assets             90,238,875  
 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Government Bonds 86.7% of net assets
                 
 
Austria 4.6%
Austria Government Bond
3.50%, 07/15/15
    3,100,000       4,188,666  
                 
 
Belgium 5.4%
Belgium Government Bond
3.75%, 09/28/15
    800,000       1,080,140  
5.50%, 09/28/17
    2,500,000       3,766,774  
                 
              4,846,914  
                 
 
France 5.4%
France Government Bond OAT
4.00%, 10/25/09
    530,000       748,717  
4.00%, 04/25/13
    860,000       1,208,485  
4.00%, 04/25/14
    370,000       518,294  
5.00%, 10/25/16
    1,200,000       1,775,004  
5.75%, 10/25/32
    400,000       639,763  
                 
              4,890,263  
                 
 
Germany 1.8%
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
4.50%, 01/04/13
    980,000       1,417,291  
4.75%, 07/04/34
    120,000       171,368  
                 
              1,588,659  
                 
 
Italy 16.3%
Italy Government International Bond
0.65%, 03/20/09
    120,000,000       1,127,299  
2.75%, 06/15/10
    2,500,000       3,448,513  
4.75%, 02/01/13
    2,400,000       3,421,688  
4.25%, 08/01/14
    700,000       976,013  
4.50%, 06/08/15
    60,000,000       666,175  
4.50%, 02/01/18
    2,500,000       3,454,633  
4.00%, 02/01/37
    1,400,000       1,618,991  
                 
              14,713,312  
                 
 
Japan 39.9%
Japan Government Five Year Bond
0.50%, 06/20/10
    30,000,000       281,161  
Japan Government Ten Year Bond
1.20%, 06/20/11
    350,000,000       3,321,737  
1.40%, 09/20/11
    430,000,000       4,104,291  
1.10%, 09/20/12
    550,000,000       5,196,731  
1.20%, 09/20/12
    530,000,000       5,027,094  
0.50%, 06/20/13
    400,000,000       3,670,872  
0.90%, 06/20/13
    580,000,000       5,422,868  
1.30%, 12/20/14
    331,000,000       3,141,928  
1.50%, 03/20/15
    400,000,000       3,843,629  
Japan Government Thirty Year Bond
2.40%, 12/20/34
    210,000,000       2,019,700  
                 
              36,030,011  
                 
 
Mexico 4.1%
Mexican Bonos
9.00%, 12/20/12
    18,700,000       1,752,378  
8.00%, 12/07/23
    22,200,000       1,952,297  
                 
              3,704,675  
                 
 
Netherlands 9.2%
Netherlands Government Bond
5.50%, 07/15/10
    440,000       638,441  
4.25%, 07/15/13
    2,700,000       3,838,558  
3.75%, 07/15/14
    2,750,000       3,806,023  
                 
              8,283,022  
                 
Total Government Bonds
(Cost $81,385,302)
    78,245,522  
         
                 
                 
 
 Government Agency Obligations 5.5% of net assets
                 
 
Germany 0.7%
Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederraufbau
2.05%, 09/21/09
    70,000,000       665,294  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
                 
 
Japan 4.8%
Japan Finance Corp. for Municipal Enterprises
1.35%, 11/26/13
    160,000,000       1,522,089  
1.55%, 02/21/12
    290,000,000       2,778,424  
                 
              4,300,513  
                 
Total Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $4,724,940)
    4,965,807  
         
                 
                 
 
 Corporate Bonds 3.6% of net assets
                 
 
Netherlands 0.7%
ING Bank N.V.
6.13%, 05/29/09 (a)(b)
    490,000       615,859  
                 
 
United Kingdom 2.5%
HSBC Holdings plc
6.25%, 03/19/18
    500,000       695,529  
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
5.63%, 03/05/13 (a)(b)
    620,000       801,062  
SL Finance plc
6.38%, 07/12/09 (a)(b)
    290,000       368,029  
Standard Chartered Bank
5.88%, 09/26/17
    350,000       434,772  
                 
              2,299,392  
                 
 
United States 0.4%
Zurich Finance USA, Inc.
4.50%, 06/15/09 (a)(b)
    280,000       316,391  
                 
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $3,723,629)
    3,231,642  
         
                 
                 
 
 Covered Bond 1.1% of net assets
                 
 
Ireland 1.1%
Depfa ACS Bank
1.65%, 12/20/16
    110,000,000       1,005,505  
                 
Total Covered Bonds
(Cost $951,581)
    1,005,505  
         
                 
                 
 
 Short-Term Investment 0.6% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 0.6%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $504,017 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association with a value of $518,340)
    504,000       504,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $504,000)
    504,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08 the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $91,289,452, and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $567,638 and ($3,904,614), respectively, with a net depreciation of ($3,336,976).
 
(a) Variable-rate security.
(b) Callable security.
 
In addition to the above, the fund held the following at
09/30/08.
 
                                         
    Currency
  Amount of
  Currency
  Amount of
   
Expiration
  to be
  Currency to be
  to be
  Currency to be
  Unrealized
Date   Received   Received   Delivered   Delivered   Gains $
 
 
 Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                         
10/31/2008
    USD       13,510,786       EUR       9,569,500       1,460,530  
10/31/2008
    EUR       5,279,000       USD       7,453,204       38,266  
Net unrealized gains on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                    1,498,796  
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $91,289,452)
        $87,952,476  
Cash
        334  
Foreign currency, at value (cost $348,858)
        336,127  
Receivables:
           
Interest
        678,912  
Fund shares sold
        153,222  
Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts
        1,555,026  
Prepaid expenses
  +     5,746  
     
     
Total assets
        90,681,843  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investment adviser fees
        12,521  
Fund shares redeemed
        306,610  
Distributions to shareholders
        35,796  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        4,588  
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts
        56,230  
Accrued expenses
  +     27,223  
     
     
Total liabilities
        442,968  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        90,681,843  
Total liabilities
      442,968  
     
     
Net assets
        $90,238,875  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        92,712,748  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        107,251  
Net realized capital losses
        (692,036 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (1,889,088 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $23,556,967       2,276,916         $10.35  
Select Shares
  $23,182,477       2,238,836         $10.35  
Institutional Shares
  $43,499,431       4,200,078         $10.36  
 
 
 
 
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 Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 

 
Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Interest
        1,356,555  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (584,578 )
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (107,458 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (692,036 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (9,319,067 )
Net unrealized gains on foreign currency translations
  +     1,481,450  
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (7,837,617 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        298,827  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        28,402  
Professional fees
        25,239  
Shareholder reports
        24,670  
Transfer agent fees
        17,286  
Accounting and administrator fees
        16,698  
Registration fees
        15,661  
Custodian fees
        14,509  
Sub-accounting fees
           
Investor Shares
        9,635  
Select Shares
        15,209  
Trustees’ fees
        4,031  
Interest expense
        4,014  
Other expenses
  +     2,874  
     
     
Total expenses
        477,055  
Expense reduction by adviser
      51,657  
Custody credits
      7  
     
     
Net expenses
        425,391  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        1,356,555  
Net expenses
      425,391  
     
     
Net investment income
        931,164  
Net realized losses
        (692,036 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (7,837,617 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($7,598,489 )
 
 
 
 
See financial notes 43


 

 
 Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/01/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $931,164       $338,363  
Net realized losses
        (692,036 )     (77,981 )
Net unrealized gains (losses)
  +     (7,837,617 )     5,948,529  
     
     
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
        (7,598,489 )     6,208,911  
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
        190,482       33,714  
Select Shares
        213,821       50,639  
Institutional Shares
  +     455,706       142,251  
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
        860,009       226,604  
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        1,107,956       $12,048,293       1,546,672       $16,580,538  
Select Shares
        844,950       9,165,337       1,854,202       19,621,852  
Institutional Shares
  +     1,073,335       11,689,988       4,705,565       49,150,016  
     
     
Total shares sold
        3,026,241       $32,903,618       8,106,439       $85,352,406  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        16,735       $174,730       2,878       $31,299  
Select Shares
        17,722       185,075       3,845       41,629  
Institutional Shares
  +     42,346       443,465       12,658       136,064  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        76,803       $803,270       19,381       $208,992  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (279,305 )     ($2,982,833 )     (118,020 )     ($1,271,229 )
Select Shares
        (402,579 )     (4,289,573 )     (79,304 )     (837,623 )
Institutional Shares
  +     (1,541,346 )     (16,176,862 )     (92,480 )     (995,100 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (2,223,230 )     ($23,449,268 )     (289,804 )     ($3,103,952 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        879,814       $10,257,620       7,836,016       $82,457,446  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/01/08-9/30/08     11/2/07*-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        7,836,016       $88,439,753             $-  
Total increase
  +     879,814       1,799,122       7,836,016       88,439,753  
     
     
End of period
        8,715,830       $90,238,875       7,836,016       $88,439,753  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $107,251               $36,096  
 
 
Commencement of operations.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited
 
 
1. Business Structure of the Funds:
 
Each of the Laudus Mondrian Funds in this report is a series of Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) an open-end management investment company. The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended. The list below shows all the funds in the Trust including the funds discussed in this report, which are highlighted (individually each such highlighted portfolio, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
 
     
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
  Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
     
 
The Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund and the Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund commenced operations on November 2, 2007. The Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund and the Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund commenced operations on June 17, 2008 and each Fund offers three share classes: Investor Shares, Select Shares and Institutional Shares. Shares of each class represent interest in the same portfolio, but each class has different expenses and investment minimums. Shares are bought and sold at net asset value, or NAV, which is the price for all outstanding shares. Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Institutional Shares, Investor Shares and Select Shares of no par value. Each class of shares generally has identical rights and preferences, except that each class is subject to different eligibility conditions, bears different distribution and sub-transfer agent expenses, and separate voting rights on matters pertaining solely to that class of shares.
 
Each Fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, each Fund also keeps certain assets in segregated accounts, as may be required by securities law.
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
 
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the Funds used in the preparation of financial statements. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
(a) Security Valuation:
 
The Funds value the securities in their portfolios every business day. The Funds use the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the closing values of such securities on their respective exchanges with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the fluctuation on investments resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available or when a significant event has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time the Funds calculate net asset value: valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Funds’ investment adviser using guidelines adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees and the Pricing Committee. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued at fair value include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price, or certain foreign securities closing market prices adjusted for changes in value that may occur between the close of foreign exchange and the time at which Fund shares
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
  are priced. The Board of Trustees regularly reviews fair value determinations, made by the Funds, pursuant to the procedures.
 
  •  Bonds and notes: valued at halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes or, if such quotes are unavailable, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, credit quality and type. Valuations for bonds and notes are provided by an independent bond-pricing service.
 
  •  Futures and forwards currency contracts: valued at their settlement prices as of the close of their exchanges (for futures) or at a market value based on that day’s exchange rates (for forwards). When a Fund closes out a futures or forwards position, it calculates the difference between the value of the position at the beginning and at the end of the contract, and records a realized gain or loss accordingly.
 
  •  Short-term securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost (which approximates market value).
 
  •  Mutual funds: valued at their respective net asset values as determined by those Funds in accordance with the 1940 Act for a given day.
 
(b) Portfolio Investments:
 
Delayed-Delivery: The Funds may buy securities on a delayed-delivery basis. In these transactions, the Funds agree to buy a security for a stated price, with settlement generally occurring within two weeks. If the security’s value falls before settlement occurs, the Funds could end up paying more for the security than its market value at the time of settlement. The Funds have set aside sufficient securities as collateral for those securities bought on a delayed-delivery basis.
 
Futures Contract: The Funds may invest in futures contracts. Futures contracts involve certain risks because they can be very sensitive to market movements.
 
One risk is that the price of a futures contract may not move in perfect correlation with the price of the underlying securities. Another risk is that, at certain times, it may be impossible for a Fund to close out a position in a futures contract, due to a difference in trading hours or to market conditions that may reduce the liquidity for a futures contract or its underlying securities. The potential for losses associated with futures contracts may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
Because futures carry inherent risks, a Fund must give the broker a deposit of cash and/or securities (the “initial margin”) whenever it enters into the futures contract. The amount of the deposit may vary from one contract to another, but it is generally a percentage of the contract amount.
 
Futures are traded publicly on exchanges, and their market value changes daily. A Fund records the change daily in market value of futures, and also the change in the amount of margin deposit required (“due to/from broker”).
 
Forward Currency Contract: The Funds may invest in forward currency contracts in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities to minimize the uncertainty of changes in future foreign currency exchange rates. “Forwards”, as they are known, are contracts to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. Forwards are similar to futures except that they are not publicly traded, but are agreements directly between two parties.
 
As with futures, forwards involve certain risks that are not fully reflected in the Fund’s financial statements. If counter-parties to the contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably, the Funds could sustain a loss.
 
Repurchase Agreement: The Funds may enter into repurchase agreement. In a repurchase agreement, a Fund buys a security from another party (usually a financial institution) with the agreement that it be sold back in the future. The date, price and other conditions are all specified when the agreement is created.
 
The Funds’ repurchase agreements will be fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or U.S. Government Agency securities. All collateral is held by the Funds’ custodian (or, with tri-party agreements, the agent’s bank) and is monitored daily to ensure that its market value is at least equal to the repurchase price under the agreement.
 
(c) Security Transactions:
 
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are reported in U.S. dollars. For assets and liabilities held on a given date, the dollar value is based on market exchange rates in effect on that date. Transactions involving foreign currencies, including purchases, sales, income receipts and expense payments, are calculated using exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.
 
(d) Investment Income:
 
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying mutual funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the Funds record certain foreign security dividends on the day they learn of the ex-dividend date.
 
(e) Expenses:
 
Expenses that are specific to a Fund or a class within the trust are charged directly to that Fund or class. Expenses that are common to all Funds within the trust generally are allocated among the Funds in proportion to their average daily net assets.
 
For Funds offering multiple share classes, the net investment income, other than class specific expenses, and the realized and unrealized gains or losses, are allocated daily to each class in proportion to its net assets.
 
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
 
The Funds make distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains once a year with the exception of Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund which pays quarterly dividends.
 
(g) Custody Credit:
 
Each Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank under which the Fund receives a credit for its uninvested cash balance to offset its custody fees and accounting fees. The credit amounts (if any) are disclosed in the Statement of Operations as a reduction to the Fund’s operating expenses.
 
(h) Accounting Estimates:
 
The accounting policies described in this report conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It is possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates.
 
(i) Federal Income Taxes:
 
The Funds intend to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Funds distribute substantially all of their net investment income and realized net capital gains (if any) to their respective shareholders each year. As long as a Fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
 
(j) Indemnification:
 
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
(k) New Accounting Standards:
 
The Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund and the Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements, effective April 1, 2008. The Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund and the Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund adopted FAS 157 when they commenced operations on June 17, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management has concluded that the adoption of FAS 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the fund’s financial statements.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to establish a classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2008:
 
                                 
    Investment in Securities*
                Laudus
    Laudus
  Laudus
  Laudus
  Mondrian
    Mondrian
  Mondrian
  Mondrian
  International
    International
  Global
  Emerging
  Fixed
Valuation Inputs
 
Equity Fund
 
Equity Fund
 
Markets Fund
 
Income Fund
 
Level 1 — Quoted prices
    $88,518       $1,758,117       $13,782,509       $—  
Level 2 — Other significant
observable inputs
    4,318,776       2,494,487       15,764,111       87,952,476  
Level 3 — Significant
unobservable inputs
                       
Total
    $4,407,294       $4,252,604       $29,546,620       $87,952,476  
 
*   Other financial instruments include forward contracts of $43,856, $44,454 and $1,498,796 for the Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund, the Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund and the Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund, respectively.
 
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards board (“FASB”) issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about Funds’ derivative and hedging activities. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 161 on the funds’ financial statement disclosures.
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees oversees the general conduct of the Trust and the Funds.
 
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (“CSIM” or the investment adviser), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the Funds’ investment adviser pursuant to Management Contracts (“Advisory Agreement”) between it and the Trust. Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (“Mondrian”), the Funds’ sub-adviser, provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds, subject to the supervision of CSIM.
 
For its advisory services to each Fund, the Investment Adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee payable monthly based on the Funds’ average daily net assets described as follows.
 
                 
   
First $1 billion
 
Over $1 billion
 
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
    0.85%       0.80%  
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
    0.85%       0.80%  
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
    1.20%       1.15%  
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
    0.60%       0.60%  
 
CSIM (not the Funds) pays a portion of the management fees it receives to Mondrian in return for its services.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
 
CSIM has contractually agreed, until at least July 30, 2010, to waive a portion of its management fee and bear certain expenses of each Fund. As such, CSIM further agrees to reimburse the Funds to limit the annual expenses, exclusive of nonrecurring account fees, fees on securities transactions such as exchange fees, dividends and interest on securities sold short, service fees, interest (overdraft charges), taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business as follows:
 
                                 
            Laudus
  Laudus
    Laudus
  Laudus
  Mondrian
  Mondrian
    Mondrian
  Mondrian
  Emerging
  International
    International
  Global
  Markets
  Fixed
   
Equity Fund
 
Equity Fund
 
Fund
 
Income Fund
 
Investor Shares
    1.40%       1.40%       1.80%       1.10%  
Select Shares
    1.12%       1.12%       1.52%       0.82%  
Institutional Shares
    1.05%       1.05%       1.45%       0.75%  
 
Any amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment through the next two fiscal years, to the extent that the repayment will not cause the Funds’ net expenses to exceed the current limit (as stated in CSIM’s contractual undertaking) during the respective year. As of September 30, 2008, the balance of recoupable expenses is as follows:
 
                                 
            Laudus
  Laudus
    Laudus
  Laudus
  Mondrian
  Mondrian
    Mondrian
  Mondrian
  Emerging
  International
    International
  Global
  Markets
  Fixed
Expires
 
Equity Fund
 
Equity Fund
 
Fund
 
Income Fund
 
3/31/10
    $—       $—       $80,048       $84,455  
3/31/11
    42,219       40,267       59,626       51,657  
 
4. Other Shareholders Services
 
The Trust has a Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan with respect to its Investor Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Investor Shares of the Funds are sold on a continuous basis by the Trust’s Distributor-ALPS Distributors, Inc. serves as the Distributor. Under the Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds pay distribution and shareholder servicing fees in connection with the sale and servicing of the Investor Shares. The annual Distribution and Shareholder Service Fee consists of up to 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of the Investor Shares. In addition, the Trustees have authorized each Fund to reimburse, out of the Investor and Select Class assets of the Funds, financial intermediaries that provide sub-accounting and sub-transfer agency services in connection with Investor or Select Class shares of the Funds an amount up to 0.15% of the average daily net assets of that class on an annual basis.
 
5. Board of Trustees
 
Trustees may include people who are officers and/or directors of other fund families managed by the Investment Adviser. Federal securities law limits the percentage of the “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the Laudus Funds are in compliance with these limitations. The Funds did not pay any of these persons for their service as trustees, but did pay non-interested persons (Independent Trustees), as noted in each Fund’s Statement of Operations.
 
A Retirement plan was instituted for certain Independent Trustees of the Trust. In September 2006 the Trustees voted to close the Retirement Plan to new participants as of June 26, 2006 and to discontinue making contributions to the Retirement Plan after the plan year ending March 31, 2007. All other terms of the Retirement Plan, including without limitation provisions relating to vesting and payment upon termination of service, remain in effect. Under the terms of the Retirement Plan, upon retirement or other termination from service from the Trust (other than termination for cause), a retiring Independent Trustee who has served as Independent Trustee for at least five years shall be paid a lump sum cash payment (the “Retirement Payment”). The Retirement Payment shall be equal to $10,000 for each year that the Trustee has served as an Independent Trustee of the Trust, including years of service prior to the adoption of the Retirement Plan and including a final one-half year
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
5. Board of Trustees (continued):
 
credit for service during the plan year ending March 31, 2007. Beginning April 1, 2005, each Independent Trustee was permitted to make a one-time election to have the $10,000 attributable to service for the coming year and previously accrued benefits adjusted up or down at the end of each subsequent year based on the unweighted average performance of the share class with the lowest OER of each fund of the Trust. After the closure of the Retirement Plan, the previously accrued benefits that an Independent Trustee had elected to have adjusted by the performance of the funds would continue to be adjusted for performance as provided under the Retirement Plan. As a result, the amount of the Retirement Payment payable to any Independent Trustee may increase or decrease based upon performance of the funds. The portion of the total Retirement Payment owed to an Independent Trustee upon his or her retirement that is payable by any fund will be determined based on the relative net assets of the funds of the Trust. The Trust did not pay any pension or retirement benefits for its Trustees.
 
6. Borrowing from Banks:
 
The Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund and the Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund have access to an uncommitted line of credit up to a maximum of $100,000,000, as established by State Street Corporation. Interest is calculated based on the market rates at the time of borrowing. There were no borrowings from the line of credit for the period ended September 30, 2008.
 
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
 
For the period ended September 30, 2008, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
 
                 
   
Purchases
 
Sales
 
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
    $5,349,057       $108,682  
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
    $5,189,521       $169,785  
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
    $24,454,437       $5,891,587  
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
    $42,947,220       $29,807,619  
 
8. Redemption Fee:
 
The Funds charge a redemption fee of 2.00% on shares sold or exchanged 30 days or less after purchasing them. Such amounts are net of the redemption proceeds on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The redemption fees charged during the current report period are:
 
                 
    Current Period
  Prior Period
   
(4/1/08-9/30/08)
 
(11/02/07-3/31/08)
 
Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
               
Investor shares
    $0 *     $—  
Select shares
           
Institutional shares
           
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
               
Investor shares
    $—       $—  
Select shares
           
Institutional shares
           
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
               
Investor shares
    $644       $284  
Select shares
    $36       946  
Institutional shares
    $753       222  
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
               
Investor shares
    $1,997       $314  
Select shares
    $1,405       341  
Institutional shares
    $981       182  
 
Amount less than $1.00
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
9. Federal Income Taxes:
 
Capital loss carry forwards may be used to offset future realized capital gains for federal income tax purposes. As of September 30, 2008, the Funds had no capital loss carry forwards.
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 48 — Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of SFAS No. 109, was issued in July 2006 and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. This Interpretation provides new requirements for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure in the financial statements of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return when there is uncertainty about whether that tax position will ultimately be sustained. As of September 30, 2008, management has reviewed the tax positions for open tax years (November 2, 2007 through March 31, 2008) for the Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund and the Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund, and determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. As of September 30, 2008, there were no open tax years for Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund and the Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund.
 
 
 
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements
 
Approval of Renewal of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements 
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) requires that initial approval of, as well as the continuation of, a fund’s investment advisory agreements must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the Fund’s Trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreements.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreements between Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) and CSIM, and the sub-advisory agreements among the Trust, CSIM and Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (“Mondrian”) with respect to the Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund and Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund (such investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, collectively, the “Agreements”). In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM and Mondrian, including information about their affiliates, personnel and operations. The Board also receives extensive data provided by third parties. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Funds that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to fund operations and fund performance. The Independent Trustees receive advice from independent counsel to the Independent Trustees, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees meet in executive session outside the presence of fund management and participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and Mondrian, as appropriate.
 
As part of the renewal process and ongoing oversight of the advisory and sub-advisory relationships, Independent Trustees’ legal counsel sent an information request letter to CSIM and CSIM sent an information request letter to Mondrian seeking certain relevant information. The responses by CSIM and Mondrian were provided to the Trustees for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees were provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials.
 
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to its consideration of the continuance of the Agreements at a meeting held on September 15, 2008, and approved the renewal of the Agreements for an additional one year term.
 
The Board’s approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at that meeting and at prior meetings, including:
 
1. the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates, and Mondrian, dedicated to the Funds;
 
2. each Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
3. each Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
4. the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), with respect to each Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates, as well as the profitability of Mondrian; and
 
5. the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow, and whether fee levels in the Agreements reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s personnel, experience, and compliance program. The information considered by the Trustees included specific information concerning changes in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM since the Trustees had last considered approval of the Agreement. The Trustees also considered investments in CSIM’s mutual fund infrastructure. The Trustees also considered Schwab’s excellent reputation in connection with the OneSource mutual fund offering and its overall financial condition. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of the sub-advisory services provided by Mondrian to the Funds and the resources it dedicates to the Funds. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM and Mondrian to the
 
 
 
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Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates and the resources of Mondrian dedicated to the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Performance. The Board considered Fund performance in determining whether to renew the Agreements. Specifically, the Trustees considered each Fund’s performance relative to a peer group and peer category of other mutual funds and appropriate indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer group and peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the third party who prepared the peer group and peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of each Fund, the Trustees considered both risk and shareholder risk expectations for such Fund, whether, irrespective of relative performance, Mondrian’s absolute performance was consistent with expectations for its unique quantitative investment methodology and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of each Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of its review of Fund expenses and adviser profitability discussed below. In the case of each Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant peer group for certain (although not necessarily all) periods considered, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Funds’ expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreements, and each Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other comparable mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent third party. The Trustees considered the effects of CSIM’s contractual and voluntary waivers of management and other fees to prevent total Fund expenses from exceeding a specified cap. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM and Mondrian to other mutual funds and to other types of accounts, such as separate accounts and wrap accounts, but, with respect to such other types of accounts, accorded less weight to such comparisons due to the different legal, regulatory, compliance and operating features of mutual funds as compared to these other types of accounts. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Funds are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Profitability. With regard to profitability, the Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and the compensation flowing to Mondrian, directly or indirectly. In this connection, with respect to the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses, together with certain commentary thereon from an independent accounting firm. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM and Mondrian from their relationships with the Funds, such as whether, by virtue of their management of the Funds, CSIM or Mondrian obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. With respect to CSIM and Mondrian, and their respective affiliates, the Trustees considered whether the varied levels of compensation and profitability under the Agreements and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to each Fund by CSIM and Mondrian, and their respective affiliates. The Board also considered information relating to changes to CSIM’s business operations and how these changes affected CSIM’s profitability under the Agreements. With respect to the profitability of Mondrian, the Board also considered that Mondrian is compensated by CSIM, and not by the Funds directly, and such compensation reflects an arms-length negotiation between the parties. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of CSIM and Mondrian is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to a Fund’s shareholders through a graduated investment advisory fee schedule or other means, including any fee waivers by CSIM and its affiliates. In this regard, and consistent with their consideration of Fund expenses, the Trustees considered that CSIM has previously committed resources to minimize the effects on shareholders of diseconomies of scale during periods when Fund assets were relatively small through contractual expense waivers. For example, such diseconomies of scale may particularly affect newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, but shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. The Trustees also considered existing contractual investment advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds other than Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels, and Mondrian’s agreement to (a) contractual sub-advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds other than Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels as measured on a complex wide basis, and (b) a contractual subadvisory fee schedule with respect to the Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund that includes lower fees at higher graduated assets levels. The Board also considered certain
 
 
 
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existing commitments by CSIM that are designed to pass along potential economies of scale to Fund shareholders. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Funds obtain reasonable benefit from economies of scale.
 
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Funds and concluded that the compensation under the Agreements with respect to the Funds is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
Initial Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements 
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) requires that initial approval of, as well as the continuation of, a fund’s investment advisory agreements must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the Fund’s Trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreements.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated in part, to considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreements between Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (“CSIM”), and the sub-advisory agreements between CSIM and Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (“Mondrian”) (such investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement, collectively, the “Agreements”) with respect to Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund and Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund. In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requested and reviewed a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM and Mondrian with respect to the services to be provided to the funds under the Agreements, including information about their affiliates, personnel and operations. In recognition of the fact that the funds had not yet commenced operations, the Board also considered information provided by CSIM in connection with the Board’s consideration of approval or renewal of the investment advisory agreements with respect to the other funds within the Trust. The Board also took into account the detailed information about other funds within the Trust that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to fund operations and fund performance. The Independent Trustees received advice from independent counsel to the Independent Trustees, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees met in executive session outside the presence of fund management and participated in question and answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and Mondrian, as appropriate.
 
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees approved the Agreements with respect to the Funds for a two year term at a meeting held on March 31, 2008. The Board’s approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at that meeting, and at prior meetings, including:
 
1.the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Funds under the Agreements, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates and Mondrian, dedicated to the Funds;
 
2.Mondrian’s investment performance in managing other funds and/or accounts having relevant investment objectives and strategies;
 
3.each Funds’ estimated expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
4.the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), with respect to other funds, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates, as well as the profitability of Mondrian; and
 
5.the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as the Funds grow, and whether fee levels in the Agreements relating to the Funds reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates will dedicate to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s personnel, experience, and compliance program. The Trustees also considered investments in CSIM’s mutual fund infrastructure. The Trustees also considered Schwab’s excellent reputation in connection with the OneSource mutual fund offering and its overall financial condition. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of the sub-advisory services provided by Mondrian to the Funds and the resources it dedicates to the Funds. Following such
 
 
 
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evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM and Mondrian to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates and the resources of Mondrian dedicated to the Funds supported approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Performance. With regard to fund performance, since the Funds had not commenced operations and therefore did not have any performance of their own, the Board considered performance of other funds and/or accounts having comparable investment objectives and strategies in determining whether to approve the Agreements. For example, the Board considered Mondrian’s performance in managing other similar funds and/or accounts. The Trustees also considered both risk and shareholder risk expectations for the Funds and the appropriateness of the benchmark that would be used to compare the performance of the Funds. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of CSIM and Mondrian supported approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Funds’ expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreements, and each Funds’ net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other comparable mutual funds. The Trustees also considered information about average expense ratios of comparable mutual funds in the Funds’ expected peer group. Finally, the Trustees considered the effects of CSIM’s contractual and voluntary waivers of management fees and other fees to prevent total Fund expenses from exceeding a specified cap. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM and Mondrian to other mutual funds and to other types of accounts, such as separate accounts and wrap accounts, but, with respect to such other types of accounts, accorded less weight to such comparisons due to the different legal, regulatory, compliance and operating features of mutual funds as compared to these other types of accounts. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Funds are reasonable and supported approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Profitability. With regard to profitability, the Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and the compensation flowing to Mondrian, directly or indirectly. In this connection, the Trustees considered information that was previously provided by CSIM with respect to other funds it manages regarding profitability and how this information might reasonably be expected to be predictive of profitability to CSIM under the Agreements with respect to the Funds. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM from its relationship with the Funds, such as whether, by virtue of its management of the Funds, CSIM obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. With respect to CSIM and Mondrian, and their respective affiliates, the Trustees considered whether the varied levels of compensation and profitability under the Agreements and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to each Fund. The Board also considered the profitability of Mondrian with respect to the sub-advisory services it provides to the Funds, although it also considered that Mondrian is compensated by CSIM, and not by the Funds directly, and such compensation reflects arms-length negotiation between the parties. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expected profitability of CSIM and Mondrian, albeit uncertain, is reasonable and supported approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Economies of Scale. Recognizing that the funds had not yet commenced operations and had no assets, the Trustees considered the possible development of any economies of scale and whether those could be expected to be passed along to the Funds’ shareholders through a graduated investment advisory fee schedule or other means, including any fee waivers by CSIM and its affiliates. In this regard, and consistent with their consideration of Fund expenses, the Trustees considered that CSIM has previously committed resources to minimize the effects on shareholders of diseconomies of scale during periods when Fund assets were relatively small through contractual expense waivers. For example, such diseconomies of scale may particularly affect newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, but shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Funds may be expected to obtain reasonable benefit from economies of scale if such economies develop.
 
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information or factor that was all-important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the Agreements with respect to the Funds and concluded that the compensation under the Agreements with respect to the Funds is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
 
 
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Trustees and Officers
 
The tables below provide information about the trustees and officers for the Laudus Trust, which includes the funds covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes the Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Laudus Trust, and Laudus Institutional Trust. As of September 30, 2008, the Fund Complex included 84 funds.
 
At a meeting of the Board held on September 28-29, 2006, the Trustees voted to adopt a retirement policy for all independent trustees that requires an independent trustee to retire no later than December 31st of the year in which he or she reaches age seventy-two.
 
The address for all trustees and officers is 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-866-452-8387.
 
                 
Independent Trustees
 
Name, Address1
  Principal
  Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Occupation(s)
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office, and
  During the
  Fund Complex
   
Length of Time Served2)
  Past Five Years   Overseen   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
Mariann Byerwalter3
1960
(1/04-present)
  Chairman of JDN Corporate Advisory LLC.     84     Board 1–Director, Redwood Trust, Inc. (mortgage finance).
Board 2–Director, PMI Group, Inc. (mortgage insurance).
 
William A. Hasler3
1941
(1/04-present)
  Retired. Dean Emeritus of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Until February 2004, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Aphton Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).     84     Board 1–Director, Mission West Properties (commercial real estate).
Board 2–Director, TOUSA (home building).
Board 3–Director, Harris-Stratex Networks (a network equipment corporation).
Board 4–Director, Genitope Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).
Board 5 –Director, Ditech Networks (voice communication technology).
Board 6–Rubicon Limited (manufacturing).
 
Nils H. Hakansson3
1937
(3/90-present)
  Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Finance and Accounting, Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (since 2003). Mr. Hakansson was also a Professor of Finance and Accounting, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (July 1969 to January 2003).     15     None
 
 
 
 
 
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Interested Trustees
 
Name, Address1
      Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Principal
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office,
  Occupation(s)
  Fund Complex
   
and Length of Time
  During the
  Overseen by
   
Served2)   Past Five Years   the Trustee   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
Randall W. Merk
1954
Trustee
(6/06-present)
  Executive Vice President and President, Investment Management Services, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.; Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.(2002-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (2007-present); Director, Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited and Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds PLC. From September 2002 to July 2004, Chief Executive Officer and President, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. and Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.     15     None
 
 
         
Officers
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
Jeffrey Mortimer
1963
(3/08-present, President and CEO) (6/04-present, CIO)
  President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Equities, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., and Schwab Funds. Prior to May 2004, Vice President and Sr. Portfolio Manager, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
George Pereira
1964
(6/06-present)
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, Schwab Funds; Director, Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds, PLC and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Ltd. Through June 2007, Chief Financial Officer, Mutual Fund Division, UST Advisers, Inc., and Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc., and Excelsior Trust Inc.; From 12/99 to 11/04: Senior Vice President, Financial Reporting, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Catherine MacGregor
1964
(12/05-present)
  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until July 2005, Senior Associate, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.
 
Randall Fillmore
1960
(9/04-present)
  Chief Compliance Officer   Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Schwab Funds. From June 2006 to June 2007, Chief Compliance Officer, Excelsior Funds. From 2002 to 2003, Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Daniel Kern
1961
(3/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Investment Management Services. Until September 2005, Assistant Treasurer, Laudus Trust and Laudus Variable Insurance Trust. Until December 2004, Vice President, Internal Audit, Charles Schwab Corporation.
 
 
 
 
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Officers continued
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
Michael Haydel
1972
(6/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Asset Management Client Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Until March 2004, Director Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Cathy Sabo
1964
(12/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Compliance, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until September 2004, Vice President, Client, Sales & Services Controls, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
 
 
1  The mailing address of each of the Trustees is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
2  Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed.
 
3  Member of the Audit Committee.
 
4  The mailing address of each of the Officers is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
5  There is no stated term of office for the officers of the Trust.
 
 
 
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Glossary
 
90 Day T-bill is a short-term discounted, government debt instrument of 90 days or less, issued in $10,000 denominations that pay its face value at maturity. The government issues Treasury bills weekly.
 
Alpha is a measure of a fund’s risk adjusted return. Alpha can be used to directly measure the value added or subtracted by a fund’s manager. It is calculated by measuring the difference between a fund’s actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk as measured by beta.
 
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a stock relative to the overall market. A beta of less than one indicates lower historical risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher historical risk than the market.
 
GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
 
Modified Duration expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. The formula calculates the effect that a 1% change in interest rates will have on the price of a bond.
 
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
The S&P/Citigroup Global ex US Broad Market Index (BMI) $2-$10 Billion Cap Range is an absolute size benchmark that divides the investable region into capitalization bands of between $2 billion and $10 billion. It is a subset of the Broad Market Index (BMI), which includes companies in approximately 52 developed and emerging markets with more than $100 million of free float capitalization.
 
The S&P/Citigroup World ex US Extended Market Index (EMI) is a float-adjusted index which measures the performance of small companies (approximately the bottom 20% by market capitalization) in 25 developed equity markets.
 
The Standard & Poor’s 500® (S&P 500) Index is an unmanaged index measuring large-cap U.S. stock market performance, and includes a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries.
 
The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower valuation ratios such as price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios.
 
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 2500tm Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 3000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
The Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
Price to earnings ratio is the price of a stock divided by its historical earnings per share.
 
Price to book ratio compares the stock’s market value to the value of the total assets less the total liabilities.
 
Price to cash flow ratio is the price of a stock divided by its reported cash flow per share.
 
Relative strength is the rate that a stock falls relative to other stocks in a falling market or rises relative to other stocks in a rising market.
 
Return on equity represents the amount earned on a company’s common stock investment for a given period, calculated by dividing common stock equity into net income for the period after preferred stock dividends but before common stock dividends.
 
Trading Activity is one of several risk factors commonly used to attribute a portfolio’s return relative to its benchmark. Specifically, trading activity measures a stock’s trailing 12 month trading volume relative to its total shares outstanding. It measures how actively traded a stock has been in the last 12 months.
 
 
 
Proxy Voting
 
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Laudus Funds at 866.452.8387.
 
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
 
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The information filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available at www.laudus.com.
 
 
 
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Notes


 

(LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
For More Information about the Funds:
 
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
 
Shareholder Services
1.866.452.8387 Investment Professionals
1.800.447.3332 Individual Investors
www.laudus.com
 
 
This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
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Semiannual Report
September 30, 2008
  (LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
COMMAND PERFORMANCETM 
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S Equity Funds
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund (Closed to new investors)
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund (Closed to new investors)
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
 
Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Subadviser
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC


 

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM).
Distributor: ALPS Distributors, Inc.
 
The industry/sector classification of the funds’ portfolio holdings uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s. GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by CSIM and certain affiliates. Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc. are unaffiliated entities.
 


 

 
Performance at a Glance
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
     
Total Return for
the Report Period
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: AXLVX)
  -10.21%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: AXLIX)
  -10.12%
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Index   -11.06%
Performance Details   pages 6-7
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: REFIX)
  -11.76%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: REDIX)
  -11.71%
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Growth Index   -11.23%
Performance Details   pages 8-9
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LCVJX)
  -9.19%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: LLCVX)
  -8.98%
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Value Index   -11.10%
Performance Details   pages 10-11
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: RDIVX)
  -6.07%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: RDISX)
  -5.92%
Benchmark: Russell 2500tm Index   -5.43%
Performance Details   pages 12-13
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: BRSCX)
  -4.14%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: USCIX)
  -3.99%
Adviser Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIFUX)
  -4.20%
Benchmark: Russell 2000® Index   -0.54%
Performance Details   pages 14-15
 
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: BRMIX)
  -1.36%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: BMNIX)
  -1.16%
Benchmark: 90-day T-bills   0.85%
Performance Details   pages 16-18
     
 
Minimum Initial Investment1    
Investor Shares
  $    100
Select Shares
  $ 50,000
Adviser Shares
  $100,000
 
 
 
All fund and index figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Redemption fees charged on shares sold or exchanged 30 days or less after purchasing them may effect share level returns.
Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
Small-company stocks are subject to greater volatility than other asset categories.
Small- and mid-capitalization funds typically carry additional risk since small- and mid-capitalization companies generally have a higher risk of failure.
Investments in long/short funds are more volatile and risky than some other forms of investments. Since they have both long and short portfolios, an investment will involve risks associated with twice the number of investment decisions made for a typical stock fund. These types of Funds typically have a high portfolio turnover that could increase transaction costs and cause short-term capital gains to be realized. While it may be the intent of the Manager to take long positions in stocks that outperform the market and short positions in stocks that underperform the market, there is no assurance that the Manager will be successful.
The Fund uses the return that an investor could achieve through an investment in 3-month U.S. Treasury Bills as a benchmark against which to measure the Fund’s performance. AXA Rosenberg attempts to achieve returns for the Fund’s shareholders which exceed the benchmark. An investment in the Fund is different from an investment in 3-month U.S. Treasury Bills because, among other differences, U.S. Treasury Bills are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, U.S. Treasury Bills have a fixed rate of return, investors in U.S. Treasury Bills do not risk losing their investment, and an investment in the Fund is more volatile than an investment in U.S. Treasury Bills.
Please see prospectus for further detail and eligibility requirements.
 
 
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Equity Funds


 

 
From the President
 

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Jeffrey Mortimer is President, CEO, and CIO of Laudus Funds and SVP of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. He joined the firm in 1997 and has held a variety of executive positions at Schwab.

 
Dear Shareholder,
 
The past six months have marked a difficult time in financial history. Both domestically and abroad, corporations and economies have experienced significant headwinds as credit tightened, residential real estate prices declined, and many financial corporations and hedge funds began to deleverage. In our view, consumers during this period became extremely cautious of owning anything but assets that carried government guarantees, such as U.S. Treasuries. As a result, we witnessed price declines across many industry groups and in general major indexes and averages also declined.
 
Due to this market turmoil, some funds in the Laudus Rosenberg family experienced meaningful declines. In these difficult times, I would like to emphasize that the negative performance of these funds has been primarily the result of atypical market conditions and pessimistic economic outlook. While we cannot predict the future with any certainty, we are doing everything we can to manage the Laudus Funds through these difficult times. Our portfolio management strategy has always been and will continue to be guided by long-term perspective and prudence.
 
The Laudus Rosenberg Funds are sub-advised by AXA Rosenberg, one of the world’s premier equity specialists and institutional money managers. Through the Laudus Rosenberg Funds offering, this distinctive approach to investment management is easily accessible to independent advisors and individual investors.
 
In closing, I would remind you that should you have any questions about the funds we are available to answer them at 1-800-447-3332.
 
Thank you for investing with us.
 
Sincerely,
 
-s-Jeffery-Mortimer
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment
 
 
The past six months have produced significant volatility in the global capital markets. Nearly all major indexes produced negative returns, some losing more than 20%. Generally, the U.S. equity markets fared better than international ones, and fixed income outperformed both. Commodity indexes also lost value.
 
The period began with fairly strong positive returns. Many equity indexes gained over 5% in April and continued with positive but lower returns in May. However, June began a series of monthly declines which culminated in very weak returns in September. For the six-month period, stocks were down about 15% on average across the globe. In the U.S., large-cap stocks lost about 11% for the period, with very little difference between growth- and value-style equities. U.S. small-caps, however, outperformed U.S. large-caps, coming in just barely negative for the six months. U.S. small-cap value stocks outperformed growth, and even posted a slightly positive return. Internationally, the results were worse. International large-cap stocks lost nearly 24%, but outperformed international small-cap stocks, which were down more than 26%. There were little differences in returns across investment styles internationally during the six-month period.
 
What caused these weak returns, especially during a relatively short period of time? In essence, the credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 continued to dominate the capital markets during the period. In September 2008 alone, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, while the U.S. government intervened in the operations of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and AIG. Several banks also failed. Companies in all areas but especially in the financial services sector began to deleverage their balance sheets. Over the past several years, individuals and companies borrowed significant amounts of capital. Individuals typically used these loans to purchase homes and autos. In turn, many financial companies leveraged their balance sheets to buy these loans and package and sell marketable securities composed of them, such as mortgage-backed securities. On the open market, these securities could be bought by institutional investors and hedge funds, for example. As credit tightened, many of the loans – both consumer and corporate – went into default, requiring firms to acquire capital to shore up their balance sheets or to sell assets to reduce their debt.
 
Investors and lenders were worried about the value of the debt on company balance sheets. In some cases, there were no bidders for the corporate obligations and securitized assets that were being offered for sale. Without bids, it became difficult to value these securities, and as default rates rose prices became even more depressed. Eventually, the solvency of corporations with large portfolios of leveraged debt was questioned. In this environment, investors took defensive action by reducing their corporate equity exposure. Thus, the equity markets declined precipitously as investors migrated to the safety of government debt.
 
A few areas performed well. One notable area was the U.S. Treasury market, generally considered the lowest default risk fixed income investment. Short-term Treasury bills gained about 1% during the period, and longer maturity Treasury bonds returned nearly 1.5%. In equities, as noted above, small-cap value stocks in the U.S. did generate a slightly positive return. Also, U.S. Health Care stocks did well during the period, as investors flocked to defensive investments.
 
From a Sector perspective across the globe, some interesting patterns emerged. Financial stocks were down nearly 20%, as expected, given their position in the middle of the credit crunch. However, Materials and Energy stocks, which have performed very well over the last few years, also did poorly, partially due to the deleveraging process described above and partially due to investors simply wanting out of equity positions.
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment continued
 
Also losing in the double-digit range were Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Telecomm, and Utilities. The top performers were global Health Care and Consumer Staples firms, areas generally considered to be defensive investments in times of economic or market stress; although both groups performed negatively, their losses were much less versus the other Sectors.
 
Among major developed economies, the U.S. performed the best during the period, losing about 11%. Canada and Japan did slightly worse. Most European countries lost more than 20%. It is important to note that in the period from July through September, the U.S. dollar rallied against the British pound and the euro, pushing the European returns lower for U.S. dollar-based investors. Emerging markets as a group underperformed developed markets, losing more than 27% in the six-month period. Many emerging market countries lost more than 30%, another sign of risk aversion among global investors.
 
The dollar’s gains also impacted commodity prices, and most commodity indexes were down about 12% for the six-month period. Crude oil was nearly flat for the period, in contrast to the rise in prices over the last few years. Metals and agricultural prices also declined, partially in response to expectations of slowing economies around the globe and thus a likelihood of lower demand.

 
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 

 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund Investor Shares returned -10.21% during the period, outperforming the benchmark Russell 1000 Index, which returned -11.06%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across all major industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Relative to the benchmark, the fund’s outperformance was driven by stock selection in large-cap companies and across most industry groups, while group weightings acted to moderate these gains.
 
On an industry group level, stock selection in Energy and Financials led factors contributing to outperformance relative to the benchmark. Despite the sell-off in these groups that occurred toward the end of the period, especially in mid September, Energy and Financials finished the reporting period down modestly in the mid single digits. Returns across all groups were negative, with Materials and Consumer Discretionary leading the detractors with low double-digit losses. Weightings across industry groups had a negative effect, with the exception of Financials; leading the detractors were Materials and Health Care.
 
In terms of market capitalization, selection and weighting contributed to outperformance relative to the benchmark. Selection among companies with market caps between $25-50 billion led the contributors, with selection in the $5-10 billion range also contributing meaningfully. Selection in the $10-25 billion range led offsetting factors. Weightings across market caps yielded mixed results, but generally benefitted the fund. Returns were negative across the board, particularly in companies with $10-25 billion caps.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, the results of stock selection contributed slightly, while weightings primarily accounted for outperformance relative to the benchmark. The fund benefitted from being underweight stocks with negative P/E ratios, which experienced significant declines in value during the period. In general, the fund is weighted heavily toward stocks with a 0-25 P/E ratio, which helped the fund as companies with 0-17.5 P/E generally outperformed those with higher ratios on the aggregate.
 
When looking at the Price to Book (P/B) ratio, stock selection and weightings were about equal in contribution effect. Although returns were negative across all P/B ratios, the fund’s selection and weighting among companies with P/B ratios of 2.25 and below were the most significant contributing factors relative to the benchmark. The fund’s selection in companies with P/B ratios of 3.00 – 3.75 led offsetting factors.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 181
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $70,054
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 145%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 14.59
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.9
Price to Cash Flow 5.01
Beta 1.04
Return on Equity 13.16%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 21%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   7/31/2002   6/19/2002
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $7,767   $78,727
Ticker Symbol   AXLVX   AXLIX
Cusip   51855Q853   51855Q101
NAV   $9.32   $9.33
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
 
Investor (7/31/02)     -10.21%       -22.97%       5.96%       6.01%  
Select (6/19/02)     -10.12%       -22.68%       6.30%       4.24%  
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Index*     -11.06%       -22.10%       5.50%       (7/31/02) 6.41%  
                              (6/19/02) 4.20%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.14%; Gross 1.40% / Select Shares: Net 0.84%; Gross 1.01%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Energy 17.3%
Financials 15.9%
Information Technology 13.7%
Industrials 12.0%
Health Care 11.4%
Materials 9.4%
Consumer Staples 5.7%
Consumer Discretionary 5.4%
Telecommunication Services 5.4%
Utilities 3.8%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
International Business Machines Corp. 4.1%
Pfizer, Inc. 4.1%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.8%
Verizon Communications, Inc. 3.7%
Chevron Corp. 2.9%
ConocoPhillips 2.8%
Monsanto Co. 2.6%
Oracle Corp. 2.3%
Time Warner, Inc. 2.3%
Lockheed Martin Corp. 2.2%
Total 30.8%
 
 
Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund Investor Shares returned -11.76% for the period, underperforming the benchmark Russell 1000 Growth Index, which returned -11.23%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative.
 
On an industry group level, group weightings detracted from the fund’s performance relative to the benchmark, but were almost completely offset by good stock selection. Fund returns were negative across all sectors except for Health Care and Consumer Staples, which saw slight gains and are generally seen as more defensive during periods of diminished growth. An overweight to the poorly performing Materials and Industrials groups led negative contributors. Good stock selection, primarily in Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology, helped to offset the effects of group weightings.
 
In terms of market capitalization, stock selection accounted for the slight underperformance relative to the benchmark, while weightings had a net neutral effect. Returns, as a function of market-cap, were negative across the board led by declines in the $5-50 billion range. When looking at the index the larger large-caps generally outperformed their smaller counterparts.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, the results of stock selection detracted from performance, but were partially offset by weightings. Selection in companies with 25 – 30 P/E ratios led the decliners, while the effect of weightings was mixed across the board. In general, stocks with P/E ratios above 35 were the most negative.
 
In terms of Price to Book (P/B) ratios, stock selection detracted modestly but group weightings helped to offset. Again, returns across the board were negative, with companies with P/B ratios of 2.25 and below leading the decliners; stock selection in this area was good, but ultimately offset by selection in companies with P/E ratios above 6.00.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 289
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $63,027
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 78%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 16.06
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 3.4
Price to Cash Flow 12.43
Beta 1.03
Return on Equity 20.48%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 30%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   8/15/2003   6/7/2000
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $2,904   $46,209
Ticker Symbol   REFIX   REDIX
Cusip   51855Q853   51855Q101
NAV   $8.10   $8.07
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
 
Investor (8/15/03)     -11.76%       -21.99%       4.33%       4.30%  
Select (6/7/00)     -11.71%       -21.77%       4.65%       -1.43%  
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Growth Index*     -11.23%       -20.88%       3.74%       (8/15/03) 3.93%  
                              (6/7/00) -5.06%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.14%; Gross 1.40% / Select Shares: Net 0.84%; Gross 1.02%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Information Technology 28.2%
Industrials 15.2%
Energy 15.1%
Health Care 13.5%
Consumer Staples 11.9%
Consumer Discretionary 6.5%
Materials 5.4%
Financials 2.9%
Utilities 1.1%
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
International Business Machines Corp. 3.2%
Microsoft Corp. 3.0%
Schlumberger Ltd. 2.4%
Apple, Inc. 2.3%
Hewlett-Packard Co. 2.2%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.8%
Oracle Corp. 1.7%
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.7%
The Coca-Cola Co. 1.6%
QUALCOMM, Inc. 1.5%
Total 21.4%
 
 
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund Investor Shares returned -9.19% for the period, outperforming the benchmark Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned -11.10%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Outperformance was primarily due to stock selection, particularly in the Financials sector.
 
On an industry group level, stock selection and weighting in Financials were the most significant performance contributors. Financial sector returns in the fund were down less than 1%, while returns for the benchmark were down over 15%. In addition, picks in Energy and Information Technology also contributed to performance. Stock selection and weighting in the Materials sector led offsetting factors.
 
In terms of market capitalization, weightings and stock selection both contributed to outperformance. Stock selection was particularly good among companies in the $25-50 billion range, while weighting and selection were equally good in the $100-150 billion range. In the $0-5 billion range, stock selection and weighting detracted from performance. Returns across market caps were negative with the exception of companies in the $100-150 billion range, which as a whole were up around 9%.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, the results of weightings contributed significantly to performance, while stock selection detracted. The fund benefitted from being underweight stocks with negative P/E ratios, which experienced declines in value of around 15% on the balance, compared to the benchmark where returns were down more than 35% on average. Weightings also helped in the 0-12.5 P/E range, but were more than offset by stock selection in this category. In general, the fund is most heavily weighted toward stocks between a 0-25 P/E ratio.
 
When looking at the Price to Book (P/B) ratio, both stock selection and weighting benefitted the fund. Although returns were negative across all P/B ratios, the fund’s stock selection and weighting in companies with a P/B ratio of 1.50 or below were particularly good relative to the benchmark; this was also true for companies with a P/B ratio of 1.50-2.25. The fund’s selection in companies with P/B ratios of 2.25-3.00 led offsetting factors.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 176
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $84,453
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 53%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 12.07
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.6
Price to Cash Flow 9.26
Beta 0.93
Return on Equity 14.88%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 16%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   5/2/2005   5/2/2005
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $562   $6,234
Ticker Symbol   LCVJX   LLCVX
Cusip   51855Q853   51855Q101
NAV   $9.49   $9.53
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                         
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   Since Inception
 
Investor (5/2/05)     -9.19%       -19.03%       4.43%  
Select (5/2/05)     -8.98%       -18.77%       4.75%  
Benchmark: Russell 1000® Value Index*     -11.10%       -23.56%       2.09%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.14%; Gross 3.28% / Select Shares: Net 0.84%; Gross 2.88%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Financials 26.1%
Energy 21.5%
Health Care 10.6%
Industrials 9.8%
Consumer Staples 8.5%
Utilities 5.8%
Telecommunication Services 5.1%
Materials 4.8%
Information Technology 4.0%
Consumer Discretionary 3.8%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
Exxon Mobil Corp. 4.0%
Chevron Corp. 3.7%
JPMOrgan Chase & Co. 3.5%
ConocoPhillips 3.2%
Pfizer, Inc. 3.2%
General Electric Co. 3.0%
Bank of America Corp. 2.7%
Verizon Communications, Inc. 2.4%
AT&T, Inc. 2.0%
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.9%
Total 29.6%
 
 
Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund Investor Shares returned -6.07% for the period, underperforming the benchmark Russell 2500 Index, which returned -5.43%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Underperformance was primarily due to stock selection, particularly in Information Technology and Industrials.
 
On an industry group level, returns were negative with the exception of Telecomm Services and Utilities. Stock selection and weighting detracted from performance in Health Care, Industrials, and Information Technology.
 
In terms of market capitalization, stock selection and weightings detracted from performance. Returns across cap levels were negative except in the $5-7.5 billion range where good stock selection led to positive returns. Stock selection in all other cap levels, particularly in the $750 million to $1.5 billion range, was negative. Weightings also had a slightly negative impact overall.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, the results of stock selection were negative, but were partially offset by weightings. Stocks with negative P/E ratios tended to do worse on the average than stocks with P/E ratios above 0. Selection in the 0-12.5 P/E range detracted from performance. In general, the fund is weighted toward companies with P/E ratios below 25.
 
When looking at Price to Book (P/B) ratios, stock selection again was the detracting factor. The bulk of the underperformance resulted from selection among companies with P/B ratios below 1.25. Weightings across all P/B ratios helped to offset the results of stock selection.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 723
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $2,026
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 98%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 25.52
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.4
Price to Cash Flow 10.36
Beta 1.21
Return on Equity 5.76%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 20%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   10/3/2001   9/4/2001
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $146,453   $520,924
Ticker Symbol   RDIVX   RDISX
Cusip   51855Q838   51855Q309
NAV   $15.00   $15.27
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
 
Investor (10/3/01)     -6.07%       -17.80%       7.56%       9.28%  
Select (9/4/01)     -5.92%       -17.54%       7.92%       8.55%  
Benchmark: Russell 2500tm Index*     -5.43%       -17.99%       8.12%       (10/3/01) 8.87%  
                              (9/4/01) 7.02%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: 1.34% / Select Shares: 0.96%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Information Technology 22.0%
Industrials 15.1%
Health Care 11.7%
Financials 11.5%
Energy 10.5%
Consumer Discretionary 8.6%
Materials 7.0%
Utilities 6.9%
Consumer Staples 4.9%
Telecommunication Services 1.8%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
FMC Corp. 1.9%
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 1.7%
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 1.6%
CenturyTel, Inc. 1.4%
Alliant Energy Corp. 1.3%
Invitrogen Corp. 1.3%
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A 1.2%
Teleflex, Inc. 1.2%
Sybase, Inc. 1.2%
Terra Industries, Inc. 1.1%
Total 13.9%
 
 
Russell 2500tm Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 18% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund Investor Shares returned -4.14% for the period, underperforming the benchmark Russell 2000 Index, which returned -0.54%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Underperformance was primarily due to stock selection, particularly in Financials and Health Care.
 
On an industry group level, returns in the fund were negative with the exception of Consumer Staples and Utilities. Stock selection and weighting in Financials and Health Care led detractors from the fund’s performance, but were partially offset by selection in Consumer Staples. Weightings in Energy and Consumer Discretionary benefitted the fund, but were mostly offset. In general, the fund is weighted toward Information Technology, Industrials and Energy.
 
In terms of market capitalization, returns were negative across capitalization ranges with the exception of the $1.5-3 billion range. The effects of stock selection and weighting across cap ranges were negative, particularly in the $750 million to $1.5 billion range followed by the $300-750 million range. However, good stock selection in the $1.5-3 billion range helped to offset.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, returns were mixed across P/E ratios. Stock selection amongst companies with P/E ratios of 0-12.5 was a significant detractor, where returns were negative while the benchmark return in that range was slightly positive. The effects of weighting slightly offset the effects of stock selection.
 
When looking at Price to Book (P/B) ratios, returns were mixed. In general, the fund was weighted toward companies with low price to book ratios, which tended to do better than companies with higher P/B ratios. However, stock selection in companies with P/B ratios below 1.25 detracted meaningfully from performance.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 510
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $950
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 90%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 23.55
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.4
Price to Cash Flow 14.32
Beta 1.21
Return on Equity 5.12%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 16%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
             
    Investor Shares   Select Shares   Adviser Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000   $100,000
Inception Date   10/22/1996   2/22/1989   1/21/1997
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $166,557   $307,940   $25,690
Ticker Symbol   BRSCX   USCIX   LIFUX
Cusip   51855Q820   51855Q408   51855Q739
NAV   $8.34   $8.67   $8.45
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$100,000 Investment in Adviser Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   10 Years
 
Investor (10/22/96)     -4.14%       -17.29%       5.97%       8.42%  
Select (2/22/89)     -3.99%       -16.99%       6.32%       8.74%  
Adviser (1/21/97)     -4.20%       -17.19%       6.06%       8.49%  
Benchmark: Russell 2000® Index*     -0.54%       -14.48%       8.15%       7.81%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: 1.32% / Select Shares: 0.96% / Adviser Shares: 1.21%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Information Technology 26.8%
Industrials 14.9%
Consumer Discretionary 12.1%
Financials 12.0%
Health Care 10.4%
Energy 8.7%
Materials 6.7%
Utilities 4.7%
Consumer Staples 3.4%
Telecommunication Services 0.3%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
Perot Systems Corp., Class A 2.1%
Regal-Beloit Corp. 2.0%
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 1.5%
MPS Group, Inc. 1.4%
The Warnaco Group, Inc. 1.4%
Solera Holdings, Inc. 1.2%
Penn Virginia Corp. 1.2%
Liz Clairborne, Inc. 1.1%
Datascope Corp. 1.0%
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 1.0%
Total 13.9%
 
 
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund Investor Shares returned -1.36% for the period, underperforming the benchmark 90-day T-bills, which returned 0.85%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Underperformance in the fund was primarily the result of negative returns in the fund’s long position.
 
On an industry group level, the fund’s long positions in Information Technology, Industrials, and Materials significantly detracted from performance. On the short side, positions in Financials, Consumer Discretionary, and Energy led the contributors. From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, positions in companies with negative P/E ratios and ratios between 12.5 and 17.5 helped on the short side, but detracted on the long side. In terms of Price to Book (P/B) ratio, companies with ratios of 1.25 and below and above 5.00 led contributors on the short side. Companies with ratios above 5.00 and between 1.25 and 2.00 led detractors on the long side. With regard to market capitalization, companies with market caps of $12 billion and above significantly benefitted the fund on the short side, but detracted by almost the same amount on the long side.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
         
    Long   Short
 
Number of Securities
  270   240
Avg. Market Capitalization  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000)
  42,565   38,512
Portfolio Turnover  (One year trailing)
  62%   217%
Price to Earnings (P/E)
  19.64   69.49
Price to Book (P/B)
  1.63   2.54
Price to Cash Flow
  7.23   19.11
Beta
  1.1   1.14
Return on Equity
  9.00%   10.43%
Five-Year Earnings Growth
  18.18%   19.72%
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   12/18/1997   12/16/1997
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $10,726   $122,704
Ticker Symbol   BRMIX   BMNIX
Cusip   51855Q838   51855Q309
NAV   $10.16   $10.25
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   10 Years
 
Investor (12/18/97)     -1.36%       -0.39%       2.38%       1.90%  
Select (12/16/97)     -1.16%       -0.08%       2.72%       2.23%  
Benchmark: 90-day T-bills     0.85%       2.35%       3.24%       3.46%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.89%; Gross 3.30% / Select Shares: Net 1.69%; Gross 3.09%
 
 
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a Fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Excludes dividend expense on securities sold short. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses. Also, includes dividend expense on securities sold short. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual ratios during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
 
 
 
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Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Long Equity Positions
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments1
 
Financials 17.9%
Health Care 17.1%
Information Technology 16.4%
Industrials 9.8%
Consumer Discretionary 8.9%
Materials 7.4%
Telecommunication Services 7.2%
Energy 6.7%
Consumer Staples 5.2%
Utilities 3.4%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
Pfizer, Inc. 3.8%
Verizon Communications, Inc. 3.7%
AT&T, Inc. 3.3%
Bank of America Corp. 3.3%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.1%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2.9%
Time Warner, Inc. 2.5%
Wells Fargo & Co. 2.2%
ConocoPhillips 2.1%
U.S. Bancorp 1.8%
Total 28.7%
 
Short Equity Positions
 
 Sector Weightings % of Short Positions1
 
Information Technology 21.6%
Health Care 20.0%
Consumer Discretionary 12.2%
Financials 10.9%
Consumer Staples 10.7%
Industrials 10.2%
Energy 5.8%
Utilities 4.0%
Telecommunication Services 3.1%
Materials 1.5%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets1
 
Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.4%
The Procter & Gamble Co. 3.4%
Intel Corp. 3.4%
Google, Inc., Class A 3.2%
Abbott Laboratories 3.2%
Medtronic, Inc. 2.6%
Comcast Corp., Class A 2.2%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2.1%
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A 2.0%
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 1.9%
Total 27.4%
 
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 Examples for a $1,000 Investment
 
 
As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: transaction costs, such as redemption fees; and, ongoing costs, such as management fees, transfer agent and shareholder services fees, and other fund expenses.
 
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for period beginning April 1, 2008 and held through September 30, 2008.
 
Actual Return lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ¸ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund or share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period”.
 
Hypothetical Return lines in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s or share class’ actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
 
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
                                 
            Ending
   
        Beginning
  Account Value
  Expenses Paid
    Expense Ratio1
  Account Value
  (Net of Expenses)
  During Period2
    (Annualized)   at 4/1/08   at 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08
 
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.15%     $ 1,000     $ 897.90     $ 5.47  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.15%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.30     $ 5.82  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.85%     $ 1,000     $ 898.80     $ 4.05  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.85%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.81     $ 4.31  
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.15%     $ 1,000     $ 882.40     $ 5.43  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.15%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.30     $ 5.82  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.86%     $ 1,000     $ 882.90     $ 4.06  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.86%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.76     $ 4.36  
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.14%     $ 1,000     $ 908.10     $ 5.45  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.14%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.35     $ 5.77  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.84%     $ 1,000     $ 910.20     $ 4.02  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.84%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.86     $ 4.26  
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.31%     $ 1,000     $ 939.30     $ 6.37  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.31%     $ 1,000     $ 1,018.50     $ 6.63  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.97%     $ 1,000     $ 940.80     $ 4.72  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.97%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.21     $ 4.91  

 
1  Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio; may differ from the expense ratio provide in Financial Highlights.
 
2  Expenses for each fund or share class are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.

 
 
 
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited) continued
 
                                 
            Ending
   
        Beginning
  Account Value
  Expenses Paid
    Expense Ratio1
  Account Value
  (Net of Expenses)
  During Period2
    (Annualized)   at 4/1/08   at 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08
 
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.28%     $ 1,000     $ 958.60     $ 6.28  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.28%     $ 1,000     $ 1,018.65     $ 6.48  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    0.98%     $ 1,000     $ 960.10     $ 4.82  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    0.98%     $ 1,000     $ 1,020.16     $ 4.96  
Adviser Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.20%     $ 1,000     $ 958.00     $ 5.89  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.20%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.05     $ 6.07  
 
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    3.74%     $ 1,000     $ 986.40     $ 18.62  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    3.74%     $ 1,000     $ 1,006.32     $ 18.81  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    3.47%     $ 1,000     $ 988.40     $ 17.30  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    3.47%     $ 1,000     $ 1,007.67     $ 17.46  

 
1  Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio; may differ from the expense ratio provide in Financial Highlights.
 
2  Expenses for each fund or share class are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.

 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.38       13.21       12.36       11.81       10.96       8.31      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.04 1     0.06 1     0.07 1     0.06 1     0.08 1     0.02 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.10 )     (0.72 )     1.25       1.63       0.93       2.63      
   
Total from investment operations
    (1.06 )     (0.66 )     1.32       1.69       1.01       2.65      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.06 )     (0.05 )     (0.07 )     (0.07 )          
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.11 )     (0.42 )     (1.07 )     (0.09 )          
   
Total distributions
          (2.17 )     (0.47 )     (1.14 )     (0.16 )          
   
Net asset value at end of period
    9.32       10.38       13.21       12.36       11.81       10.96      
   
Total return (%)
    (10.21 )2     (6.61 )     10.69       14.57       9.22       31.89      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.15 3     1.31 4     1.30 4     1.33       1.35       1.25      
Gross operating expenses
    1.32 3     1.40       1.38       1.52       1.58       1.51      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.81 3     0.45       0.52       0.50       0.69       0.24      
Portfolio turnover rate
    71 2     166       144       144       128       142      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    7,767       9,017       10,074       10,026       2,786       590      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,5   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.38       13.21       12.35       11.79       10.92       8.28      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.06 1     0.10 1     0.10 1     0.10 1     0.11 1     (0.06 )1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.11 )     (0.71 )     1.27       1.62       0.94       2.62      
   
Total from investment operations
    (1.05 )     (0.61 )     1.37       1.72       1.05       2.68      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.11 )     (0.09 )     (0.09 )     (0.09 )     (0.04 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.11 )     (0.42 )     (1.07 )     (0.09 )          
   
Total distributions
          (2.22 )     (0.51 )     (1.16 )     (0.18 )     (0.04 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    9.33       10.38       13.21       12.35       11.79       10.92      
   
Total return (%)
    (10.12 )2     (6.30 )     11.10       14.90       9.66       32.33      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    0.85 3     1.00 6     1.00 6     1.01       0.99       1.00      
Gross operating expenses
    0.94 3     1.01       1.01       1.14       1.23       1.47      
Net investment income (loss)
    1.12 3     0.77       0.81       0.80       0.96       0.62      
Portfolio turnover rate
    71 2     166       144       144       128       142      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    78,727       83,783       94,921       54,296       44,559       44,301      
 
* Unaudited
1 Calculated based on the average shares oustanding during the period.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.29%, if interest expenses had not been included.
5 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
6 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been .99%, if interest expenses had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  98 .7%   Common Stock     92,591,042       85,367,544  
  1 .8%   Short-Term Investment     1,597,000       1,597,000  
  100 .5%   Total Investments     94,188,042       86,964,544  
  (0 .5)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (470,128 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             86,494,416  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 98.7% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.0%
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    50       1,516  
                 
 
Banks 2.6%
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
    11,300       208,485  
M&T Bank Corp.
    510       45,518  
Regions Financial Corp.
    32,962       316,435  
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
    708       31,853  
U.S. Bancorp
    22,260       801,805  
Wells Fargo & Co.
    22,500       844,425  
                 
              2,248,521  
                 
 
Capital Goods 9.2%
3M Co.
    320       21,859  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    690       19,941  
Crane Co.
    3,790       112,601  
Cummins, Inc.
    15,612       682,557  
Dover Corp.
    14,100       571,755  
First Solar, Inc. *
    2,920       551,617  
General Dynamics Corp.
    80       5,890  
General Electric Co.
    20,300       517,650  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    25,463       1,057,988  
Lockheed Martin Corp.
    17,158       1,881,718  
Northrop Grumman Corp.
    20,700       1,253,178  
SPX Corp.
    4,160       320,320  
SunPower Corp., Class B *
    1,072       74,022  
The Manitowoc Co., Inc.
    9,350       145,392  
The Shaw Group, Inc. *
    5,409       166,218  
The Timken Co.
    6,949       197,004  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    4,051       352,315  
                 
              7,932,025  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.8%
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. *
    20,530       228,088  
Manpower, Inc.
    1,280       55,245  
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
    17,100       419,463  
                 
              702,796  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
The Warnaco Group, Inc. *
    2,110       95,562  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.6%
H&R Block, Inc.
    21,900       498,225  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 5.0%
American Express Co.
    7,520       266,434  
Bank of America Corp.
    36,750       1,286,250  
Citigroup, Inc.
    41,300       847,063  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    30,573       1,427,759  
Morgan Stanley
    6,870       158,010  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    2,730       349,440  
                 
              4,334,956  
                 
 
Energy 17.1%
Apache Corp.
    20       2,086  
Cameron International Corp. *
    110       4,239  
Chevron Corp.
    30,670       2,529,662  
Cimarex Energy Co.
    6,300       308,133  
ConocoPhillips
    33,300       2,439,225  
Devon Energy Corp.
    3,588       327,226  
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
    2,360       243,222  
ENSCO International, Inc.
    4,000       230,520  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    41,870       3,251,624  
Forest Oil Corp. *
    5,980       296,608  
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
    1,160       41,273  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. *
    3,030       73,568  
International Coal Group, Inc. *
    8,720       54,413  
Mariner Energy, Inc. *
    6,320       129,560  
Massey Energy Co.
    3,880       138,400  
Murphy Oil Corp.
    10,000       641,400  
Newfield Exploration Co. *
    2,360       75,496  
Noble Corp.
    7,425       325,957  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    16,630       1,171,583  
Oil States International, Inc. *
    3,840       135,744  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
    250       14,578  
Penn Virginia Corp.
    830       44,355  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
    4,340       226,895  
Plains Exploration & Production Co. *
    5,750       202,170  
Pride International, Inc. *
    1,320       39,085  
Rowan Cos., Inc.
    8,340       254,787  
Schlumberger Ltd.
    9,124       712,493  
Smith International, Inc.
    4,000       234,560  
Stone Energy Corp. *
    1,806       76,448  
Swift Energy Co. *
    2,030       78,541  
Teekay Corp.
    3,200       84,416  
Tidewater, Inc.
    3,800       210,368  
Unit Corp. *
    2,350       117,077  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
W&T Offshore, Inc.
    2,300       62,767  
                 
              14,778,479  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
CVS Caremark Corp.
    1,954       65,772  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 2.6%
Altria Group, Inc.
    14,960       296,806  
Bunge Ltd.
    8,069       509,799  
Campbell Soup Co.
    20       772  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A *
    25,934       556,544  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
    12,740       612,794  
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A
    19,590       233,905  
                 
              2,210,620  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 2.3%
Express Scripts, Inc. *
    14,400       1,063,008  
Health Net, Inc. *
    7,498       176,953  
Hologic, Inc. *
    19,500       376,935  
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. *
    5,425       162,750  
Teleflex, Inc.
    2,912       184,883  
                 
              1,964,529  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 2.9%
Avon Products, Inc.
    26,285       1,092,667  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    90       5,588  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    4,920       370,722  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. *
    1,200       96,660  
The Clorox Co.
    5,427       340,219  
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
    8,100       404,271  
The Procter & Gamble Co.
    3,500       243,915  
                 
              2,554,042  
                 
 
Insurance 7.1%
Aon Corp.
    18,761       843,494  
Assurant, Inc.
    8,180       449,900  
CNA Financial Corp.
    4,690       123,066  
Everest Re Group Ltd.
    4,700       406,691  
MetLife, Inc.
    25,978       1,454,768  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
    22,646       1,630,512  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A
    1,410       76,140  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    13,285       544,552  
Unum Group
    25,540       641,054  
                 
              6,170,177  
                 
 
Materials 9.3%
Ashland, Inc.
    4,460       130,410  
Cabot Corp.
    4,870       154,769  
Celanese Corp., Series A
    6,530       182,252  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
    4,300       393,278  
Chemtura Corp.
    7,243       33,028  
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
    6,527       345,539  
Cytec Industries, Inc.
    3,350       130,349  
Eastman Chemical Co.
    5,800       319,348  
FMC Corp.
    4,267       219,281  
Hercules, Inc.
    7,527       148,959  
International Paper Co.
    28,951       757,937  
Monsanto Co.
    23,100       2,286,438  
Nalco Holding Co.
    10,308       191,110  
Olin Corp.
    4,780       92,732  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    11,290       658,433  
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. *
    2,277       58,428  
RPM International, Inc.
    8,420       162,843  
Terra Industries, Inc.
    7,392       217,325  
The Mosaic Co.
    10,697       727,610  
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A
    1,240       29,314  
The Valspar Corp.
    7,520       167,621  
United States Steel Corp.
    7,900       613,119  
                 
              8,020,123  
                 
 
Media 3.6%
CBS Corp., Class B
    55,900       815,022  
DISH Network Corp., Class A *
    15,245       320,145  
Time Warner, Inc.
    151,400       1,984,854  
                 
              3,120,021  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 9.0%
Amgen, Inc. *
    4,832       286,393  
Biogen Idec, Inc. *
    2,390       120,193  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    88,800       1,851,480  
Cephalon, Inc. *
    5,041       390,627  
Gilead Sciences, Inc. *
    16,900       770,302  
Invitrogen Corp. *
    7,000       264,600  
Johnson & Johnson
    2,270       157,266  
Mylan, Inc. *
    1,210       13,818  
Pfizer, Inc.
    190,110       3,505,628  
Waters Corp. *
    6,966       405,282  
                 
              7,765,589  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.9%
Boston Properties, Inc.
    900       84,294  
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
    8,200       189,174  
HRPT Properties Trust
    16,600       114,374  
ProLogis
    2,200       90,794  
Public Storage
    900       89,109  
Simon Property Group, Inc.
    1,680       162,960  
Vornado Realty Trust
    1,000       90,950  
                 
              821,655  
                 
 
Retailing 1.0%
AutoZone, Inc. *
    3,368       415,409  
Expedia, Inc. *
    15,600       235,716  
Limited Brands, Inc.
    10,840       187,749  
The TJX Cos., Inc.
    480       14,650  
                 
              853,524  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.6%
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. *
    3,910       20,410  
LSI Corp. *
    48,600       260,496  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Micron Technology, Inc. *
    59,600       241,380  
                 
              522,286  
                 
 
Software & Services 6.9%
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    14,690       558,220  
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Class A *
    100       5,063  
Amdocs Ltd. *
    13,821       378,419  
BMC Software, Inc. *
    510       14,601  
CA, Inc.
    28,300       564,868  
Computer Sciences Corp. *
    12,100       486,299  
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A *
    7,050       256,902  
IAC/InterActiveCorp *
    7,250       125,425  
Intuit, Inc. *
    23,230       734,300  
Microsoft Corp.
    9,970       266,099  
Novell, Inc. *
    28,100       144,434  
Oracle Corp. *
    97,829       1,986,907  
Solera Holdings, Inc. *
    3,500       100,520  
VeriSign, Inc. *
    13,717       357,740  
                 
              5,979,797  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 6.0%
Agilent Technologies, Inc. *
    23,490       696,713  
Amphenol Corp., Class A
    833       33,437  
Apple, Inc. *
    80       9,093  
Harris Corp.
    9,420       435,204  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    9,164       423,743  
International Business Machines Corp.
    30,503       3,567,631  
Sun Microsystems, Inc. *
    8,908       67,701  
                 
              5,233,522  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 5.3%
AT&T, Inc.
    51,220       1,430,062  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    99,533       3,194,014  
                 
              4,624,076  
                 
 
Transportation 1.9%
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.
    1,460       48,530  
Union Pacific Corp.
    21,960       1,562,674  
UTI Worldwide, Inc.
    690       11,744  
                 
              1,622,948  
                 
 
Utilities 3.8%
CMS Energy Corp.
    16,790       209,371  
DTE Energy Co.
    11,192       449,023  
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
    12,920       374,680  
NiSource, Inc.
    19,716       291,008  
ONEOK, Inc.
    3,783       130,135  
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
    14,787       338,770  
PG&E Corp.
    24,570       920,147  
The AES Corp. *
    45,650       533,649  
                 
              3,246,783  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $92,591,042)
    85,367,544  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 1.8% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 1.8%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $1,597,053 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association with a value of $1,629,995).
    1,597,000       1,597,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $1,597,000)
    1,597,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $94,606,518 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $3,599,991 and ($11,241,965), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($7,641,974).
 
* Non-income producing security.
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $94,188,042)
        $86,964,544  
Cash
        234  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        3,197,445  
Fund shares sold
        319,780  
Dividends
        110,046  
Interest
        53  
Prepaid expenses
  +     5,353  
     
     
Total assets
        90,597,455  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        3,769,915  
Investment adviser fees
        4,400  
Fund shares redeemed
        277,813  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        4,269  
Accrued expenses
  +     46,642  
     
     
Total liabilities
        4,103,039  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        90,597,455  
Total liabilities
      4,103,039  
     
     
Net assets
        $86,494,416  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        98,858,028  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        757,670  
Net realized capital losses
        (5,897,784 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (7,223,498 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $7,767,089       833,417         $9.32  
Select Shares
  $78,727,327       8,440,414         $9.33  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $952,316  
Interest
  +     8,909  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        961,225  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (2,005,352 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (8,306,293 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        366,961  
Accounting and administration fees
        21,960  
Professional fees
        20,058  
Transfer agent fees
        12,531  
Registration fees
        12,280  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        11,968  
Custodian fees
        11,215  
Shareholder reports
        7,503  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        6,182  
Trustees’ fees
        3,692  
Interest expense
        189  
Other expenses
  +     4,360  
     
     
Total expenses
        478,899  
Expense reduction by adviser
      50,592  
Custody credits
      19  
     
     
Net expenses
        428,288  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        961,225  
Net expenses
      428,288  
     
     
Net investment income
        532,937  
Net realized losses
        (2,005,352 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (8,306,293 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($9,778,708 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $532,937       $776,494  
Net realized gains (losses)
        (2,005,352 )     5,283,353  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (8,306,293 )     (11,039,541 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (9,778,708 )     (4,979,694 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders 1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              (45,709 )
Select Shares
  +           (668,782 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              (714,491 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (1,538,942 )
Select Shares
  +           (13,458,529 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (14,997,471 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($15,711,962 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares 1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        152,625       $1,643,505       203,845       $2,518,064  
Select Shares
  +     1,405,286       14,754,363       3,800,104       48,736,304  
     
     
Total shares sold
        1,557,911       $16,397,868       4,003,949       $51,254,368  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
              $-       131,106       $1,511,650  
Select Shares
  +                 1,136,301       13,078,824  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
              $-       1,267,407       $14,590,474  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (187,530 )     ($1,996,747 )     (228,959 )     ($2,884,976 )
Select Shares
  +     (1,038,457 )     (10,928,288 )     (4,050,690 )     (54,462,466 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (1,225,987 )     ($12,925,035 )     (4,279,649 )     ($57,347,442 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        331,924       $3,472,833       991,707       $8,497,400  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        8,941,907       $92,800,291       7,950,200       $104,994,547  
Total increase or decrease
  +     331,924       (6,305,875 )     991,707       (12,194,256 )
     
     
End of period
        9,273,831       $86,494,416       8,941,907       $92,800,291  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $757,670               $224,733  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  8/15/031-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.18       9.83       9.33       8.15       7.92       6.95      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.00 2,3     (0.02 )2     0.00 2,3     (0.01 )2     0.02 2     0.09 2    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.08 )     (0.05 )     0.50       1.19       0.23       0.92      
   
Total from investment operations
    (1.08 )     (0.07 )     0.50       1.18       0.25       1.01      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
                            (0.02 )     (0.04 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.58 )                            
   
Total distributions
          (0.58 )                 (0.02 )     (0.04 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.10       9.18       9.83       9.33       8.15       7.92      
   
Total return (%)
    (11.76 )4     (1.25 )     5.36       14.48       3.14       14.50 4    
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.15 5     1.30 6     1.29       1.33       1.32       1.11 5    
Gross operating expenses
    1.41 5     1.40       1.43       1.91       2.68       2.72 5    
Net investment income (loss)
    0.05 5     (0.17 )     (0.01 )     (0.12 )     0.21       1.12 5    
Portfolio turnover rate
    36 4     85       71       79       78       177 4    
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    2,904       2,804       2,242       1,810       1,894       1,479      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,7   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.14       9.76       9.26       8.07       7.84       5.95      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.02 2     0.01 2     0.03 2     0.02 2     0.04 2     0.06 2    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.09 )     (0.03 )     0.49       1.18       0.23       1.89      
   
Total from investment operations
    (1.07 )     (0.02 )     0.52       1.20       0.27       1.95      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.58 )                            
   
Total distributions
          (0.60 )     (0.02 )     (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.07       9.14       9.76       9.26       8.07       7.84      
   
Total return (%)
    (11.71 )4     (0.78 )     5.62       14.85       3.42       32.84      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    0.86 5,8     1.00 8     0.99       0.99       0.99       0.80      
Gross operating expenses
    1.04 5     1.02       1.05       1.34       2.34       2.59      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.34 5     0.10       0.30       0.27       0.53       0.80      
Portfolio turnover rate
    36 4     85       71       79       78       177      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    46,209       52,681       75,481       44,426       5,056       5,006      
 
* Unaudited.
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
3 Amount less than $0.005
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 The ratio of net operating expenses for period ending 03/31/08 would have been 1.29% if interest expense had not been included.
7 Effective July 31,2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
8 The ratio of net operating expenses for period ending 03/31/08 and 09/30/08 would have been 0.99% and 0.85% respectively, if interest expense had not been included.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  98 .9%   Common Stock     48,334,176       48,577,285  
  1 .2%   Short-Term Investment     595,000       595,000  
  100 .1%   Total Investments     48,929,176       49,172,285  
  9 .4%   Collateral for Securities on Loan     4,617,351       4,617,351  
  (9 .5)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (4,676,015 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             49,113,621  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 98.9% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.2%
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    3,000       90,990  
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    4,700       86,715  
                 
 
Capital Goods 11.4%
3M Co. (a)
    4,660       318,325  
Aecom Technology Corp. *
    2,800       68,432  
AGCO Corp. (a) *
    2,510       106,951  
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (a) *
    770       72,334  
AMETEK, Inc.
    2,860       116,602  
Caterpillar, Inc. (a)
    4,000       238,400  
Cooper Industries Ltd., Class A (a)
    210       8,390  
Cummins, Inc.
    4,600       201,112  
Danaher Corp.
    1,300       90,220  
Deere & Co.
    6,128       303,336  
Donaldson Co., Inc. (a)
    1,780       74,600  
Dover Corp.
    3,200       129,760  
Emerson Electric Co.
    7,960       324,688  
First Solar, Inc. *
    819       154,717  
Flowserve Corp.
    140       12,428  
Fluor Corp.
    3,000       167,100  
General Dynamics Corp. (a)
    1,100       80,982  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    8,730       362,731  
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a) *
    2,070       112,422  
Joy Global, Inc. (a)
    1,747       78,860  
Kennametal, Inc.
    700       18,984  
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
    1,700       167,144  
Lennox International, Inc.
    1,800       59,886  
Lockheed Martin Corp.
    5,950       652,536  
Northrop Grumman Corp.
    1,550       93,837  
PACCAR, Inc. (a)
    2,340       89,365  
Pall Corp.
    90       3,095  
Parker Hannifin Corp.
    1,620       85,860  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    900       70,902  
Raytheon Co. (a)
    2,800       149,828  
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (a)
    2,670       99,698  
SPX Corp. (a)
    1,100       84,700  
SunPower Corp., Class B *
    959       66,219  
The Boeing Co.
    4,600       263,810  
The Manitowoc Co., Inc. (a)
    4,000       62,200  
The Shaw Group, Inc. *
    1,800       55,314  
The Timken Co.
    107       3,033  
The Toro Co. (a)
    1,700       70,210  
Tyco International Ltd.
    4,600       161,092  
United Technologies Corp.
    3,500       210,210  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    1,390       120,888  
                 
              5,611,201  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.3%
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. *
    4,000       44,440  
Manpower, Inc. (a)
    200       8,632  
Waste Management, Inc.
    2,700       85,023  
                 
              138,095  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.8%
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    5,210       348,549  
The Stanley Works (a)
    900       37,566  
                 
              386,115  
                 
 
Consumer Services 1.7%
CBRL Group, Inc. (a)
    800       21,040  
H&R Block, Inc. (a)
    2,112       48,048  
McDonald’s Corp.
    6,600       407,220  
Yum! Brands, Inc.
    10,600       345,666  
                 
              821,974  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 1.6%
American Express Co.
    5,700       201,951  
BlackRock, Inc. (a)
    660       128,370  
Northern Trust Corp.
    3,381       244,108  
State Street Corp.
    2,090       118,879  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (a)
    1,500       80,565  
                 
              773,873  
                 
 
Energy 14.9%
Arch Coal, Inc. (a)
    2,530       83,212  
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a) *
    1,900       69,160  
Baker Hughes, Inc.
    4,520       273,641  
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
    1,800       65,052  
Cameron International Corp. *
    4,540       174,972  
Continental Resources, Inc. (a) *
    1,800       70,614  
Denbury Resources, Inc. (a) *
    4,700       89,488  
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)
    1,650       170,049  
Encore Acquisition Co. *
    600       25,068  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
ENSCO International, Inc.
    3,220       185,569  
EOG Resources, Inc.
    1,200       107,352  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    10,980       852,707  
FMC Technologies, Inc. *
    2,500       116,375  
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
    1,500       53,370  
Global Industries Ltd. (a) *
    3,200       22,208  
Halliburton Co.
    11,600       375,724  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a) *
    200       4,856  
Hess Corp. (a)
    2,000       164,160  
Mariner Energy, Inc. (a) *
    2,500       51,250  
Massey Energy Co. (a)
    2,310       82,398  
Murphy Oil Corp. (a)
    3,400       218,076  
National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. *
    2,500       125,575  
Noble Corp.
    5,380       236,182  
Noble Energy (a)
    480       26,683  
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (a)
    8,461       596,077  
Oil States International, Inc. (a) *
    1,250       44,188  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (a)
    3,075       61,562  
Peabody Energy Corp. (a)
    1,600       72,000  
Petrohawk Energy Corp. (a) *
    4,000       86,520  
Plains Exploration & Production Co. *
    2,496       87,759  
Pride International, Inc. *
    3,530       104,523  
Rowan Cos., Inc. (a)
    2,720       83,096  
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (a) *
    3,000       58,800  
Schlumberger Ltd. (a)
    14,800       1,155,732  
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    200       15,790  
Smith International, Inc. (a)
    4,700       275,608  
Southwestern Energy Co. *
    5,800       177,132  
St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. (a)
    1,100       39,215  
Superior Energy Services, Inc. *
    2,246       69,940  
TETRA Technologies, Inc. *
    3,000       41,550  
The Williams Cos., Inc.
    6,550       154,907  
Tidewater, Inc.
    200       11,072  
Transocean, Inc. (a) *
    1,979       217,373  
Unit Corp. *
    1,200       59,784  
W&T Offshore, Inc. (a)
    1,170       31,929  
Walter Industries, Inc.
    1,400       66,430  
Weatherford International Ltd. (a) *
    4,200       105,588  
Whiting Petroleum Corp. *
    1,080       76,961  
                 
              7,337,277  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 3.0%
Costco Wholesale Corp. (a)
    2,330       151,287  
CVS Caremark Corp.
    10,320       347,371  
Sysco Corp. (a)
    3,400       104,822  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    12,190       730,059  
Walgreen Co.
    5,300       164,088  
                 
              1,497,627  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 5.2%
Altria Group, Inc.
    10,100       200,384  
Campbell Soup Co.
    260       10,036  
Dean Foods Co. (a) *
    1,650       38,544  
H.J. Heinz Co.
    3,200       159,904  
Kellogg Co. (a)
    2,800       157,080  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    9,600       684,192  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
    7,700       370,370  
The Coca-Cola Co.
    15,023       794,416  
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    1,700       49,589  
UST, Inc. (a)
    1,700       113,118  
                 
              2,577,633  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 5.2%
Aetna, Inc.
    2,300       83,053  
Baxter International, Inc.
    7,000       459,410  
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    1,260       89,447  
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    3,900       313,014  
Cardinal Health, Inc.
    1,978       97,476  
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a) *
    1,700       98,192  
Express Scripts, Inc. (a) *
    4,400       324,808  
Health Net, Inc. *
    180       4,248  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. *
    900       216,882  
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. *
    3,100       139,500  
Medtronic, Inc.
    7,100       355,710  
St. Jude Medical, Inc. *
    3,100       134,819  
Stryker Corp. (a)
    1,700       105,910  
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. *
    2,400       137,112  
                 
              2,559,581  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 3.5%
Avon Products, Inc.
    6,900       286,833  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (a)
    1,600       99,344  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    6,120       461,142  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    1,130       91,022  
Herbalife Ltd. (a)
    2,000       79,040  
The Clorox Co. (a)
    1,300       81,497  
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
    2,000       99,820  
The Procter & Gamble Co.
    7,500       522,675  
                 
              1,721,373  
                 
 
Insurance 0.7%
Aflac, Inc.
    2,800       164,500  
CNA Financial Corp.
    1,000       26,240  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
    2,333       167,976  
                 
              358,716  
                 
 
Materials 5.3%
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    1,130       77,394  
Albemarle Corp.
    2,340       72,166  
Alcoa, Inc.
    3,900       88,062  
Cabot Corp. (a)
    1,700       54,026  
Carpenter Technology Corp.
    76       1,949  
Celanese Corp., Series A
    2,554       71,282  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
    1,100       100,606  
Chemtura Corp.
    300       1,368  
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
    2,800       148,232  
Domtar Corp. (a) *
    790       3,634  
FMC Corp.
    1,100       56,529  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)
    2,300       90,758  
Monsanto Co.
    6,500       643,370  
Nalco Holding Co.
    4,200       77,868  
Newmont Mining Corp.
    2,800       108,528  
Nucor Corp. (a)
    1,880       74,260  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    900       52,488  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Praxair, Inc.
    4,500       322,830  
RPM International, Inc. (a)
    4,300       83,162  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (a)
    550       28,831  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
    1       17  
Terra Industries, Inc. (a)
    1,980       58,212  
The Lubrizol Corp. (a)
    800       34,512  
The Mosaic Co.
    2,691       183,042  
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A
    1,200       28,368  
The Valspar Corp. (a)
    200       4,458  
United States Steel Corp.
    1,920       149,011  
                 
              2,614,963  
                 
 
Media 0.9%
Comcast Corp., Class A (a)
    5,000       98,150  
DISH Network Corp., Class A *
    3,635       76,335  
The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (a) *
    7,163       187,456  
Viacom, Inc., Class B *
    3,400       84,456  
                 
              446,397  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 8.2%
Abbott Laboratories
    10,100       581,558  
Allergan, Inc.
    1,800       92,700  
Amgen, Inc. *
    1,300       77,051  
Applied Biosystems, Inc.
    1,900       65,075  
Biogen Idec, Inc. *
    4,144       208,402  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    22,300       464,955  
Celgene Corp. *
    2,800       177,184  
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a) *
    1,000       55,530  
Eli Lilly & Co.
    50       2,202  
Forest Laboratories, Inc. *
    1,600       45,248  
Genentech, Inc. *
    2,700       239,436  
Genzyme Corp. (a) *
    4,000       323,560  
Gilead Sciences, Inc. *
    9,735       443,721  
ImClone Systems, Inc. *
    1,780       111,143  
Invitrogen Corp. (a) *
    1,480       55,944  
Johnson & Johnson
    7,700       533,456  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    3,900       123,084  
Mylan, Inc. *
    2,000       22,840  
PerkinElmer, Inc. (a)
    2,000       49,940  
Schering-Plough Corp. (a)
    9,160       169,185  
Waters Corp. *
    1,800       104,724  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    2,000       57,000  
                 
              4,003,938  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.4%
Health Care REIT, Inc.
    1,100       58,553  
Simon Property Group, Inc. (a)
    1,190       115,430  
                 
              173,983  
                 
 
Retailing 2.9%
Amazon.com, Inc. *
    2,150       156,434  
AutoZone, Inc. *
    880       108,539  
Best Buy Co., Inc. (a)
    2,200       82,500  
Big Lots, Inc. (a) *
    3,100       86,273  
Dollar Tree, Inc. *
    2,700       98,172  
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (a)
    200       4,740  
Limited Brands, Inc.
    4,550       78,806  
RadioShack Corp. (a)
    3,300       57,024  
Staples, Inc. (a)
    4,633       104,243  
Target Corp. (a)
    4,800       235,440  
The Sherwin-Williams Co. (a)
    1,900       108,604  
The TJX Cos., Inc. (a)
    7,300       222,796  
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a) *
    2,700       86,049  
                 
              1,429,620  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 2.2%
Applied Materials, Inc. (a)
    8,400       127,092  
Broadcom Corp., Class A (a) *
    3,200       59,616  
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. *
    3,500       18,270  
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. *
    1,900       16,891  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. *
    2,720       21,162  
Intel Corp. (a)
    31,500       589,995  
LSI Corp. (a) *
    11,600       62,176  
Micron Technology, Inc. *
    1,500       6,075  
Teradyne, Inc. *
    4,120       32,177  
Texas Instruments, Inc.
    7,800       167,700  
                 
              1,101,154  
                 
 
Software & Services 11.6%
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    8,900       338,200  
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (a) *
    11,000       169,730  
Adobe Systems, Inc. *
    3,200       126,304  
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Class A (a) *
    1,400       70,882  
Akamai Technologies, Inc. *
    4,900       85,456  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    3,000       128,250  
BMC Software, Inc. (a) *
    3,600       103,068  
CA, Inc.
    4,718       94,171  
Compuware Corp. (a) *
    7,165       69,429  
eBay, Inc. *
    6,000       134,280  
Electronic Arts, Inc. *
    1,700       62,883  
Google, Inc., Class A *
    1,560       624,811  
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A *
    2,580       94,015  
IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) *
    1,500       25,950  
Intuit, Inc. *
    5,745       181,599  
MasterCard, Inc., Class A (a)
    1,300       230,529  
McAfee, Inc. *
    2,854       96,922  
Microsoft Corp.
    56,100       1,497,309  
Novell, Inc. *
    6,400       32,896  
Oracle Corp. *
    42,100       855,051  
SAIC, Inc. *
    2,600       52,598  
Synopsys, Inc. *
    4,510       89,975  
VeriSign, Inc. (a) *
    3,700       96,496  
Western Union Co.
    12,100       298,507  
Yahoo!, Inc. (a) *
    7,300       126,290  
                 
              5,685,601  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 14.1%
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    6,400       189,824  
Amphenol Corp., Class A
    3,041       122,066  
Apple, Inc. *
    9,820       1,116,141  
Arrow Electronics, Inc. *
    200       5,244  
Avnet, Inc. *
    2,800       68,964  
Avocent Corp. (a) *
    15       307  
AVX Corp. (a)
    300       3,057  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Cisco Systems, Inc. *
    39,200       884,352  
CommScope, Inc. (a) *
    1,800       62,352  
Corning, Inc.
    9,800       153,272  
Dell, Inc. *
    12,300       202,704  
EMC Corp. (a) *
    10,110       120,916  
FLIR Systems, Inc. (a) *
    2,700       103,734  
Harris Corp.
    2,510       115,962  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    23,340       1,079,241  
International Business Machines Corp.
    13,311       1,556,854  
Itron, Inc. (a) *
    1,100       97,383  
JDS Uniphase Corp. (a) *
    2,030       17,174  
Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) *
    3,200       67,424  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. *
    1,400       137,200  
NCR Corp. (a) *
    800       17,640  
QLogic Corp. (a) *
    4,200       64,512  
QUALCOMM, Inc.
    17,000       730,490  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. *
    300       1,986  
                 
              6,918,799  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
American Tower Corp., Class A *
    2,300       82,731  
                 
 
Transportation 3.3%
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
    1,700       157,131  
Con-way, Inc. (a)
    110       4,852  
CSX Corp.
    6,080       331,786  
Kansas City Southern (a) *
    1,800       79,848  
Norfolk Southern Corp.
    3,300       218,493  
Ryder System, Inc. (a)
    800       49,600  
Union Pacific Corp.
    6,800       483,888  
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B (a)
    4,000       251,560  
UTI Worldwide, Inc.
    3,100       52,762  
                 
              1,629,920  
                 
 
Utilities 1.1%
Entergy Corp. (a)
    800       71,208  
Exelon Corp. (a)
    1,800       112,716  
PPL Corp.
    2,311       85,553  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
    2,900       95,091  
Sierra Pacific Resources (a)
    2,400       22,992  
The AES Corp. *
    12,100       141,449  
                 
              529,009  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $48,334,176)
    48,577,285  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 1.2% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreements 1.2%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.2%, with a maturity value of $595,020 (fully collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. with a value of $609,092.)
    595,000       595,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $595,000)
    595,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
                 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
 
 Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan 9.4% of net assets
State Street Navigator Security Lending Prime Portfolio
    4,617,351       4,617,351  
 

End of collateral invested for securities on loan.
 
At 09/30/08 the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $49,291,932 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $4,266,610 and ($4,386,257), respectively, with a net unrealized deppreciation of ($119,647).
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan.
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value including $4,512,227 of securities on loan (cost $48,929,176)
        $49,172,285  
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        4,617,351  
Cash
        1,005  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        477,776  
Fund shares sold
        14,832  
Dividends
        38,647  
Income from securities on loan
        1,072  
Interest
        20  
Prepaid expenses
  +     3,378  
     
     
Total assets
        54,326,366  
             
 
Liabilities
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        4,617,351  
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        416,379  
Investment adviser fees
        1,983  
Fund shares redeemed
        129,431  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        971  
Accrued expenses
  +     46,630  
     
     
Total liabilities
        5,212,745  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        54,326,366  
Total liabilities
      5,212,745  
     
     
Net assets
        $49,113,621  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        49,657,445  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        132,393  
Net realized capital losses
        (919,326 )
Net unrealized capital gains
        243,109  
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $2,904,271       358,738         $8.10  
Select Shares
  $46,209,350       5,728,009         $8.07  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $328,445  
Interest
        4,803  
Securities on loan
  +     14,387  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        347,635  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (901,495 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (5,816,605 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        217,291  
Accounting and administration fees
        23,022  
Professional fees
        17,842  
Registration fees
        16,201  
Transfer agent fees
        9,681  
Custodian fees
        5,008  
Shareholder reports
        4,379  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        3,784  
Trustees’ fees
        3,279  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        1,870  
Interest expense
        1,144  
Other expenses
  +     2,650  
     
     
Total expenses
        306,151  
Expense reduction by adviser
      53,804  
Custody credits
      31  
     
     
Net expenses
        252,316  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        347,635  
Net expenses
      252,316  
     
     
Net investment income
        95,319  
Net realized losses
        (901,495 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (5,816,605 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($6,622,781 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $95,319       $63,604  
Net realized gains (losses)
        (901,495 )     5,183,102  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (5,816,605 )     (1,983,838 )
     
     
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
        (6,622,781 )     3,262,868  
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders 1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
               
Select Shares
  +           (87,957 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              (87,957 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (159,976 )
Select Shares
  +           (2,948,584 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (3,108,560 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($3,196,517 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares 1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        95,411       $876,072       140,477       $1,466,020  
Select Shares
  +     582,994       5,581,431       2,592,386       25,766,635  
     
     
Total shares sold
        678,405       $6,457,503       2,732,863       $27,232,655  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        -       $-       15,043       $152,686  
Select Shares
  +     -       -       243,552       2,457,436  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        -       $-       258,595       $2,610,122  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (42,075 )     ($390,265 )     (78,208 )     ($796,543 )
Select Shares
  +     (621,049 )     (5,816,326 )     (4,799,827 )     (51,349,953 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (663,124 )     ($6,206,591 )     (4,878,035 )     ($52,146,496 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        15,281       $250,912       (1,886,577 )     ($22,303,719 )
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        6,071,466       $55,485,490       7,958,043       $77,722,858  
Total increase or decrease
  +     15,281       (6,371,869 )     (1,886,577 )     (22,237,368 )
     
     
End of period
        6,086,747       $49,113,621       6,071,466       $55,485,490  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $132,393               $37,074  
 
 
1  Effective July 31,2008, the Institutionals Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                 
    4/1/08-
  4/1/2/07-
  4/1/06-
  5/2/051-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06
 
                                 
Per—Share Data ($)
                               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.45       12.70       11.87       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.08 2     0.13 2     0.11 2     0.13 2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.04 )     (0.73 )     1.45       1.80  
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.96 )     (0.60 )     1.56       1.93  
Less distributions:
                               
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.12 )     (0.24 )      
Distributions from net realized gains
          (1.53 )     (0.49 )     (0.06 )
   
Total distributions
          (1.65 )     (0.73 )     (0.06 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    9.49       10.45       12.70       11.87  
   
Total return (%)
    (9.19 )3     (5.50 )     13.22       19.33 3
                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                               
Ratios to average net assets:
                               
Net operating expenses
    1.14 4     1.31 5     1.29       0.96 4
Gross operating expenses
    2.90 4     3.28       2.75       2.78 4
Net investment income (loss)
    1.49 4     1.01       0.90       1.31 4
Portfolio turnover rate
    26 3     61       108       81 3
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    562       454       540       145  
 
                                 
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  5/2/051-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,6   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06
 
                                 
Per—Share Data ($)
                               
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.47       12.74       11.89       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                               
Net investment income (loss)
    0.09 2     0.16 2     0.15 2     0.18 2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (1.03 )     (0.73 )     1.45       1.79  
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.94 )     (0.57 )     1.60       1.97  
Less distributions:
                               
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.17 )     (0.26 )     (0.02 )
Distributions from net realized gains
          (1.53 )     (0.49 )     (0.06 )
   
Total distributions
          (1.70 )     (0.75 )     (0.08 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    9.53       10.47       12.74       11.89  
   
Total return (%)
    (8.98 )3     (5.29 )     13.55       19.83 3
                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                               
Ratios to average net assets:
                               
Net operating expenses
    0.84 4     1.01 7     0.99       0.49 4
Gross operating expenses
    2.53 4     2.88       2.37       2.41 4
Net investment income (loss)
    1.78 4     1.32       1.22       1.82 4
Portfolio turnover rate
    26 3     61       108       81 3
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    6,234       5,765       6,058       6,694  
 
* Unaudited.
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
5 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 1.29%, if interest expenses had not been included.
6 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
7 The ratio of net operating expenses would have been 0.99%, if interest expenses had not been included.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  98 .6%   Common Stock     7,027,022       6,702,444  
  1 .5%   Short-Term Investment     101,000       101,000  
  100 .1%   Total Investments     7,128,022       6,803,444  
  (0 .1)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (7,472 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             6,795,972  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 98.6% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.3%
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    600       18,198  
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. *
    300       4,773  
                 
              22,971  
                 
 
Banks 6.6%
BB&T Corp.
    2,100       79,380  
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
    1,500       27,675  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
    1,600       12,784  
M&T Bank Corp.
    120       10,710  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    1,100       82,170  
Regions Financial Corp.
    640       6,144  
U.S. Bancorp
    2,716       97,830  
Wells Fargo & Co.
    3,400       127,602  
Zions Bancorp
    100       3,870  
                 
              448,165  
                 
 
Capital Goods 7.0%
Aecom Technology Corp. *
    200       4,888  
AGCO Corp. *
    100       4,261  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    190       5,491  
Crane Co.
    300       8,913  
Cummins, Inc.
    752       32,878  
Deere & Co.
    500       24,750  
Dover Corp.
    120       4,866  
General Electric Co.
    8,000       204,000  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    400       16,620  
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., Class A
    1,000       31,170  
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
    300       29,496  
Lennox International, Inc.
    300       9,981  
Northrop Grumman Corp.
    700       42,378  
SPX Corp.
    270       20,790  
Terex Corp. *
    500       15,260  
The Timken Co.
    500       14,175  
United Rentals, Inc. *
    400       6,096  
                 
              476,013  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.7%
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. *
    1,000       11,110  
Manpower, Inc.
    400       17,264  
Waste Management, Inc.
    600       18,894  
                 
              47,268  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.2%
Hasbro, Inc.
    370       12,846  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
CBRL Group, Inc.
    4       105  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 10.4%
American Express Co.
    600       21,258  
Bank of America Corp.
    5,300       185,500  
Capital One Financial Corp.
    1,400       71,400  
Citigroup, Inc.
    4,500       92,295  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    5,070       236,769  
State Street Corp.
    400       22,752  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    600       76,800  
                 
              706,774  
                 
 
Energy 21.2%
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
    900       43,659  
Apache Corp.
    1,200       125,136  
Chevron Corp.
    3,020       249,090  
Cimarex Energy Co.
    329       16,091  
ConocoPhillips
    3,000       219,750  
Devon Energy Corp.
    1,000       91,200  
El Paso Corp.
    2,590       33,048  
Encore Acquisition Co. *
    300       12,534  
ENSCO International, Inc.
    200       11,526  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    3,500       271,810  
Forest Oil Corp. *
    400       19,840  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. *
    400       9,712  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
    500       21,595  
Mariner Energy, Inc. *
    120       2,460  
Murphy Oil Corp.
    660       42,333  
Nabors Industries Ltd. *
    1,000       24,920  
Noble Energy
    400       22,236  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    1,400       98,630  
Oil States International, Inc. *
    200       7,070  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
    200       11,662  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
    100       2,002  
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
    600       31,368  
Plains Exploration & Production Co. *
    180       6,329  
Pride International, Inc. *
    300       8,883  
Rowan Cos., Inc.
    380       11,609  
SEACOR Holdings, Inc. *
    120       9,474  
St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.
    100       3,565  
Tidewater, Inc.
    300       16,608  
Unit Corp. *
    200       9,964  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
W&T Offshore, Inc.
    190       5,185  
                 
              1,439,289  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 2.7%
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. *
    100       3,886  
CVS Caremark Corp.
    1,350       45,441  
Safeway, Inc.
    1,600       37,952  
SUPERVALU, INC.
    800       17,360  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    1,300       77,857  
                 
              182,496  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 3.8%
Altria Group, Inc.
    1,300       25,792  
Bunge Ltd.
    530       33,485  
Campbell Soup Co.
    450       17,370  
Corn Products International, Inc.
    320       10,330  
Kellogg Co.
    300       16,830  
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A
    1,200       39,300  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
    900       43,290  
Sara Lee Corp.
    2,900       36,627  
The J. M. Smucker Co.
    300       15,207  
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    600       17,502  
                 
              255,733  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 2.1%
Boston Scientific Corp. *
    4,810       59,019  
Covidien Ltd.
    1,600       86,016  
                 
              145,035  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 1.9%
Avon Products, Inc.
    300       12,471  
The Clorox Co.
    90       5,642  
The Procter & Gamble Co.
    1,600       111,504  
                 
              129,617  
                 
 
Insurance 8.3%
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.
    300       10,656  
American Financial Group, Inc.
    400       11,800  
Aon Corp.
    1,200       53,952  
Arch Capital Group Ltd. *
    200       14,606  
Assurant, Inc.
    501       27,555  
CNA Financial Corp.
    240       6,298  
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.
    300       9,276  
Everest Re Group Ltd.
    270       23,363  
PartnerRe Ltd.
    260       17,703  
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
    700       30,443  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
    1,150       82,800  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A
    300       16,200  
The Allstate Corp.
    1,900       87,628  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    1,050       43,040  
The Travelers Cos., Inc.
    2,100       94,920  
Unum Group
    1,400       35,140  
                 
              565,380  
                 
 
Materials 4.7%
Celanese Corp., Series A
    280       7,815  
FMC Corp.
    262       13,464  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
    290       16,486  
International Paper Co.
    1,600       41,888  
Nucor Corp.
    946       37,367  
Owens-Illinois, Inc. *
    500       14,700  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    300       17,496  
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
    300       11,391  
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A
    200       7,848  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
    600       10,254  
The Dow Chemical Co.
    1,800       57,204  
The Mosaic Co.
    800       54,416  
United States Steel Corp.
    380       29,492  
                 
              319,821  
                 
 
Media 2.4%
CBS Corp., Class B
    2,500       36,450  
The Walt Disney Co.
    1,400       42,966  
Time Warner, Inc.
    6,200       81,282  
                 
              160,698  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 8.3%
Amgen, Inc. *
    1,900       112,613  
Invitrogen Corp. *
    400       15,120  
Johnson & Johnson
    1,700       117,776  
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    1,100       10,538  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    1,200       37,872  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    380       9,489  
Pfizer, Inc.
    11,800       217,592  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    300       8,550  
Wyeth
    1,000       36,940  
                 
              566,490  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.4%
Health Care REIT, Inc.
    210       11,178  
Hospitality Properties Trust
    500       10,260  
HRPT Properties Trust
    1,100       7,579  
                 
              29,017  
                 
 
Retailing 0.8%
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
    600       14,220  
Limited Brands, Inc.
    490       8,487  
RadioShack Corp.
    700       12,096  
The Gap, Inc.
    1,200       21,336  
                 
              56,139  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. *
    400       3,556  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. *
    600       4,668  
                 
              8,224  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Software & Services 1.6%
Computer Sciences Corp. *
    690       27,731  
Convergys Corp. *
    350       5,173  
DST Systems, Inc. *
    200       11,198  
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A *
    130       4,737  
Symantec Corp. *
    3,200       62,656  
                 
              111,495  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 2.2%
Arrow Electronics, Inc. *
    500       13,110  
Avnet, Inc. *
    400       9,852  
International Business Machines Corp.
    800       93,568  
QLogic Corp. *
    600       9,216  
Sun Microsystems, Inc. *
    1,205       9,158  
Western Digital Corp. *
    700       14,924  
                 
              149,828  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 5.1%
AT&T, Inc.
    4,900       136,808  
CenturyTel, Inc.
    390       14,294  
Embarq Corp.
    700       28,385  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    5,100       163,659  
                 
              343,146  
                 
 
Transportation 2.0%
CSX Corp.
    300       16,371  
Kansas City Southern *
    200       8,872  
Norfolk Southern Corp.
    960       63,561  
Ryder System, Inc.
    300       18,600  
Union Pacific Corp.
    380       27,041  
                 
              134,445  
                 
 
Utilities 5.8%
Alliant Energy Corp.
    500       16,105  
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
    1,400       51,842  
CMS Energy Corp.
    590       7,357  
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
    1,000       42,960  
Dominion Resources, Inc.
    231       9,882  
DTE Energy Co.
    500       20,060  
Duke Energy Corp.
    2,410       42,006  
Edison International
    1,200       47,880  
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
    660       19,140  
NiSource, Inc.
    1,200       17,712  
OGE Energy Corp.
    120       3,706  
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
    800       18,328  
PG&E Corp.
    1,500       56,175  
Progress Energy, Inc.
    100       4,313  
Xcel Energy, Inc.
    1,700       33,983  
                 
              391,449  
Total Common Stock
(Cost $7,027,022)
    6,702,444  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 1.5% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 1.5%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/2008, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $101,003 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association with a value of $104,276).
    101,000       101,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $101,000)
    101,000  
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $7,145,052 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $487,326 and ($828,934), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($341,608).
 
* Non-income producing security.
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
 
 
 
See financial notes 39


 

 
 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $7,128,022)
        $6,803,444  
Cash
        455  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        73,683  
Fund shares sold
        19,878  
Dividends
        13,645  
Due from investment adviser
        399  
Interest
        3  
Prepaid expenses
  +     414  
     
     
Total assets
        6,911,921  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        83,775  
Fund shares redeemed
        202  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        131  
Accrued expenses
  +     31,841  
     
     
Total liabilities
        115,949  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        6,911,921  
Total liabilities
      115,949  
     
     
Net assets
        $6,795,972  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        7,105,734  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        81,540  
Net realized capital losses
        (66,724 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (324,578 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $561,514       59,166         $9.49  
Select Shares
  $6,234,458       654,471         $9.53  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $87,621  
Interest
  +     372  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        87,993  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (31,138 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (672,298 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        25,126  
Accounting and administration fees
        20,645  
Professional fees
        18,552  
Transfer agent fees
        8,770  
Registration fees
        6,426  
Trustees’ fees
        2,767  
Custodian fees
        1,530  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        627  
Shareholder reports
        483  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        321  
Other expenses
  +     555  
     
     
Total expenses
        85,802  
Expense reduction by adviser1
      56,541  
Custody credits
      232  
     
     
Net expenses
        29,029  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        87,993  
Net expenses
      29,029  
     
     
Net investment income
        58,964  
Net realized losses
        (31,138 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (672,298 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($644,472 )
 
 
1  Includes reimbursement of sub-accounting fees on Investor Shares.
 
 
 
See financial notes 41


 

 
 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $58,964       $86,559  
Net realized gains (losses)
        (31,138 )     223,229  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (672,298 )     (653,994 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (644,472 )     (344,206 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              (4,658 )
Select Shares
  +           (79,412 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              (84,070 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (57,870 )
Select Shares
  +           (721,640 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (779,510 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($863,580 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        21,128       $215,725       18,847       $243,213  
Select Shares
  +     109,943       1,126,214       25,907       320,163  
     
     
Total shares sold
        131,071       $1,341,939       44,754       $563,376  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
                    5,381       $59,887  
Select Shares
  +                 70,923       790,081  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
                    76,304       $849,968  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (5,410 )     ($56,155 )     (23,337 )     ($285,264 )
Select Shares
  +     (6,019 )     (63,817 )     (21,717 )     (300,566 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (11,429 )     ($119,972 )     (45,054 )     ($585,830 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        119,642       $1,221,967       76,004       $827,514  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        593,995       $6,218,477       517,991       $6,598,749  
Total increase or decrease
  +     119,642       577,495       76,004       (380,272 )
     
     
End of period
        713,637       $6,795,972       593,995       $6,218,477  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $81,540               $22,576  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    15.97       19.59       19.07       15.88       14.66       9.53      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.03 )     (0.05 )1     0.01 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.96 )     (2.10 )     1.06       3.55       1.47       5.24      
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.97 )     (2.14 )     1.00       3.52       1.42       5.25      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
                            (0.02 )          
Distributions from net realized gains
          (1.48 )     (0.48 )     (0.16 )     (0.18 )     (0.12 )    
Return of Capital
                      (0.17 )                
   
Total distributions
          (1.48 )     (0.48 )     (0.33 )     (0.20 )     (0.12 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    15.00       15.97       19.59       19.07       15.88       14.66      
   
Total return (%)
    (6.07 )2     (11.36 )     5.34       22.40       9.70       55.22      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.31 3     1.34       1.34       1.43       1.49       1.40      
Gross operating expenses
    1.31 3     1.34       1.35       1.43       1.55       1.63      
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.00 )3     (0.20 )     (0.21 )     (0.20 )     (0.30 )     0.04      
Portfolio turnover rate
    65 2     74       86       89       63       93      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    146,453       169,670       217,045       284,285       58,284       2,581      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,4   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    16.23       19.80       19.23       15.96       14.71       9.55      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.03       0.04       0.03       0.02       0.03 1     0.06 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.99 )     (2.13 )     1.05       3.58       1.44       5.26      
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.96 )     (2.09 )     1.08       3.60       1.47       5.32      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          0.00 5     (0.03 )           (0.04 )     (0.04 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (1.48 )     (0.48 )     (0.16 )     (0.18 )     (0.12 )    
Return of Capital
                      (0.17 )                
   
Total distributions
          (1.48 )     (0.51 )     (0.33 )     (0.22 )     (0.16 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    15.27       16.23       19.80       19.23       15.96       14.71      
   
Total return (%)
    (5.92 )2     (10.98 )     5.71       22.80       9.98       55.90      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    0.97 3     0.96       0.97       1.09       1.14       1.14      
Gross operating expenses
    0.97 3     0.96       0.97       1.09       1.20       1.46      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.34 3     0.18       0.17       0.15       0.23       0.49      
Portfolio turnover rate
    65 2     74       86       89       63       93      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    520,924       566,055       718,185       673,599       256,444       98,077      
 
* Unaudited
1 Calculated based on the average shares oustanding during the period.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
5 Amount less than $0.005.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .0%   Common Stock     719,006,806       660,362,327  
  99 .0%   Total Investments     719,006,806       660,362,327  
  9 .4%   Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan     62,874,222       62,874,222  
  (8 .4)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (55,859,427 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             667,377,122  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 99.0% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.2%
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (a)
    562       4,833  
Exide Technologies (a) *
    45,477       335,620  
Hawk Corp., Class A *
    20,600       414,678  
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. *
    31,430       189,837  
Standard Motor Products, Inc. (a)
    38,374       238,687  
                 
              1,183,655  
                 
 
Banks 4.8%
Alliance Financial Corp.
    4,960       114,080  
Annapolis Bancorp, Inc. *
    861       3,918  
Astoria Financial Corp. (a)
    87,288       1,809,480  
BancFirst Corp. (a)
    4,300       207,819  
Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A., Class E
    73,670       1,062,321  
BancorpSouth, Inc. (a)
    61,727       1,736,381  
Bank of Hawaii Corp. (a)
    28,200       1,507,290  
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    6,923       221,536  
BOK Financial Corp. (a)
    7,699       372,709  
Britton & Koontz Capital Corp.
    1,040       14,030  
Capital Bank Corp.
    587       5,577  
Carver Bancorp, Inc.
    4,970       33,547  
Central Virginia Bankshares, Inc.
    1,110       9,102  
Centrue Financial Corp.
    4,300       60,028  
CFS Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    13,882       128,408  
City National Corp. (a)
    24,580       1,334,694  
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    56,624       2,627,354  
Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. (a)
    133       1,895  
Community Capital Corp. (a)
    1,031       9,856  
Community Financial Corp.
    423       2,475  
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
    35,600       2,136,000  
Farmers Capital Bank Corp.
    520       14,050  
Fidelity Southern Corp. (a)
    6,763       29,216  
First BancTrust Corp.
    5,377       51,565  
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A
    440       78,760  
First Community Corp.
    46       483  
First Defiance Financial Corp.
    6,790       74,758  
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc. (a)
    9,964       98,644  
First Financial Service Corp. (a)
    257       4,747  
First Franklin Corp.
    3,600       26,100  
First M&F Corp.
    2,051       23,443  
First Merchants Corp. (a)
    6,926       157,913  
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (a)
    32,709       515,167  
First Place Financial Corp. (a)
    30,397       390,601  
First United Corp.
    7,263       144,534  
FirstMerit Corp. (a)
    27,632       580,272  
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.
    1,220       3,636  
FNB Corp.
    5,445       39,803  
Gateway Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)
    16,792       89,837  
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    34,563       856,126  
GS Financial Corp.
    2,170       33,440  
Guaranty Bancorp *
    6,546       39,931  
Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    2,412       27,497  
Habersham Bancorp (a)
    7,400       40,848  
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.
    5,070       123,556  
HF Financial Corp.
    6,971       99,302  
HMN Financial, Inc. (a)
    8,397       103,955  
Horizon Bancorp (a)
    3,681       81,019  
Independent Bank Corp.
    1,850       11,452  
Indiana Community Bancorp (a)
    1,298       19,340  
International Bancshares Corp. (a)
    10,428       281,556  
Landmark Bancorp, Inc.
    270       5,805  
Liberty Bancorp, Inc.
    652       5,868  
LSB Financial Corp.
    4,123       69,369  
Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc.
    4,130       38,202  
MutualFirst Financial, Inc. (a)
    3,505       34,209  
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc.
    3,655       32,895  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    29,570       496,480  
Northeast Bancorp
    733       8,444  
Park Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    1,091       19,638  
Parkvale Financial Corp.
    9,922       156,271  
People’s United Financial, Inc. (a)
    157,109       3,024,348  
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
    11,844       133,600  
Peoples Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    9,373       204,050  
Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
    4,762       46,429  
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    33,020       1,122,350  
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)
    1,975       17,380  
River Valley Bancorp
    600       9,528  
Security National Financial Corp., Class A *
    1,133       2,708  
Simmons First National Corp., Class A (a)
    9,048       322,109  
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.
    5,141       67,090  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    39,571       699,220  
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
    840       3,318  
StellarOne Corp. (a)
    8,869       183,322  
Sun Bancorp, Inc. (a) *
    4,168       56,476  
SVB Financial Group (a) *
    16,900       978,848  
TCF Financial Corp. (a)
    17,086       307,548  
TF Financial Corp.
    6,010       138,230  
The South Financial Group, Inc. (a)
    89,162       653,557  
TierOne Corp.
    3,490       17,904  
UMB Financial Corp.
    8,010       420,685  
United Bancshares, Inc.
    1,140       12,107  
United Community Financial Corp. (a)
    38,269       191,345  
United Western Bancorp, Inc.
    18,195       227,437  
Valley National Bancorp (a)
    95,650       2,004,824  
Westamerica Bancorp. (a)
    15,912       915,417  
Willow Financial Bancorp, Inc.
    1,040       9,506  
Wilmington Trust Corp. (a)
    39,927       1,151,095  
WSFS Financial Corp. (a)
    15,751       945,060  
WVS Financial Corp. (a)
    1,900       31,160  
                 
              32,203,883  
                 
 
Capital Goods 10.4%
AAON, Inc. (a)
    330       6,003  
Aecom Technology Corp. *
    189,000       4,619,160  
Aircastle Ltd. (a)
    89,937       891,276  
Alamo Group, Inc. (a)
    6,975       118,924  
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (a) *
    48,458       4,552,145  
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. *
    15,522       80,870  
Altra Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    5,948       87,792  
American Railcar Industries, Inc. (a)
    3,058       49,050  
Ameron International Corp. (a)
    282       20,205  
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. (a)
    1,100       28,490  
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (a)
    34,277       923,080  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (a)
    56,490       1,632,561  
Baldwin Technology Co., Inc., Class A *
    324       829  
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a) *
    1,364       21,306  
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc. (a)
    56,321       297,938  
C&D Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    19,599       111,322  
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.
    2,026       40,014  
CIRCOR International, Inc. (a)
    11,510       499,879  
Coleman Cable, Inc. (a) *
    6,250       62,687  
Columbus McKinnon Corp. (a) *
    11,001       259,294  
Crane Co.
    138,828       4,124,580  
Ducommun, Inc.
    5,976       142,707  
Edac Technologies Corp. *
    9,834       32,157  
EMCOR Group, Inc. (a) *
    410       10,791  
EnPro Industries, Inc. (a) *
    45,855       1,703,972  
Esterline Technologies Corp. *
    7,530       298,113  
Federal Signal Corp.
    59,350       813,095  
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)
    9,440       176,622  
Griffon Corp. (a) *
    99,439       896,940  
Hardinge, Inc. (a)
    25,953       329,603  
Harsco Corp. (a)
    1,208       44,926  
Herley Industries, Inc. (a) *
    8,269       141,400  
Hurco Cos., Inc. (a) *
    17,868       528,357  
Insteel Industries, Inc. (a)
    31,057       422,065  
K-Tron International, Inc. (a) *
    6,575       847,057  
Kadant, Inc. (a) *
    50,900       1,158,993  
Kennametal, Inc. (a)
    143,679       3,896,574  
Key Technology, Inc. (a) *
    708       16,780  
LaBarge, Inc. (a) *
    4,085       61,520  
Lawson Products, Inc. (a)
    6,926       191,504  
Layne Christensen Co. (a) *
    6,844       242,483  
Lennox International, Inc. (a)
    38,425       1,278,400  
Lydall, Inc. (a) *
    44,090       424,587  
Manitex International, Inc. (a) *
    2,610       8,117  
MasTec, Inc. (a) *
    123,651       1,643,322  
Meadow Valley Corp. *
    9,289       91,497  
MFRI, Inc. *
    1,240       13,950  
Michael Baker Corp. *
    17,100       595,080  
Mueller Industries, Inc. (a)
    29,156       670,880  
Navistar International Corp. *
    103,307       5,597,173  
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a) *
    49,230       1,563,052  
NN, Inc. (a)
    23,511       302,116  
Nortech Systems, Inc. *
    3,888       19,634  
Patrick Industries, Inc. *
    3,540       19,258  
Perini Corp. (a) *
    79,817       2,058,480  
Powell Industries, Inc. (a) *
    8,942       364,923  
PowerSecure International, Inc. (a) *
    22,806       138,204  
Preformed Line Products Co.
    5,556       324,137  
Regal-Beloit Corp. (a)
    77,579       3,298,659  
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A *
    47,826       612,173  
Seaboard Corp. (a)
    472       593,304  
Servotronics, Inc. (a)
    980       7,350  
SL Industries, Inc. *
    12,970       171,852  
SPX Corp. (a)
    1,573       121,121  
Standex International Corp. (a)
    30,534       847,318  
SunPower Corp., Class B *
    69,803       4,819,897  
Taylor Devices, Inc. *
    6,138       35,600  
Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.
    6,860       29,498  
Tecumseh Products Co., Class A (a) *
    490       12,270  
The Eastern Co.
    10,010       135,135  
The L.S. Starrett Co., Class A
    16,050       295,801  
The Manitowoc Co., Inc.
    321,208       4,994,784  
The Shaw Group, Inc. (a) *
    480       14,750  
The Timken Co.
    236,300       6,699,105  
The Toro Co. (a)
    2,310       95,403  
Thomas & Betts Corp. (a) *
    12,390       484,077  
Tredegar Corp. (a)
    6,674       118,730  
TriMas Corp. (a) *
    4,230       27,749  
Triumph Group, Inc. (a)
    722       33,003  
Twin Disc, Inc. (a)
    9,551       131,422  
United Capital Corp. (a) *
    4,434       117,457  
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)
    2,170       59,350  
Willis Lease Finance Corp. (a) *
    21,670       242,054  
                 
              69,493,736  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 2.5%
A.T. Cross Co., Class A (a) *
    13,969       94,011  
ABM Industries, Inc.
    8,165       178,324  
Avalon Holdings Corp., Class A *
    6,220       20,837  
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a) *
    10,596       124,397  
CDI Corp. (a)
    38,539       860,576  
Champion Industries, Inc. (a)
    11,919       42,670  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (a)
    118,521       1,583,441  
Deluxe Corp. (a)
    110,084       1,584,109  
Ecology & Environment, Inc., Class A
    4,252       41,670  
EnergySolutions (a)
    18,690       186,900  
G & K Services, Inc., Class A (a)
    2,509       82,922  
GP Strategies Corp. *
    38,690       294,044  
Hudson Highland Group, Inc. *
    21,532       149,647  
ICT Group, Inc. (a) *
    18,260       146,993  
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A (a)
    79,330       1,511,237  
LECG Corp. (a) *
    66,309       535,114  
MPS Group, Inc. *
    191,574       1,931,066  
Nashua Corp. (a) *
    7,734       62,104  
National Technical Systems, Inc.
    16,403       85,952  
North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. *
    5,619       28,657  
On Assignment, Inc. (a) *
    4,608       36,311  
RCM Technologies, Inc. *
    26,657       46,383  
Spherion Corp. (a) *
    157,600       767,512  
Steelcase, Inc., Class A (a)
    235,887       2,535,785  
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a) *
    83,840       1,841,126  
Tufco Technologies, Inc. *
    2,242       12,174  
Viad Corp. (a)
    45,580       1,312,248  
VSE Corp. (a)
    10,621       358,246  
Westaff, Inc. *
    29,962       10,786  
                 
              16,465,242  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 2.2%
American Biltrite, Inc. *
    1,265       6,192  
American Greetings Corp., Class A (a)
    106,993       1,635,923  
Blyth, Inc. (a)
    179       2,030  
Callaway Golf Co. (a)
    20,013       281,583  
CSS Industries, Inc. (a)
    9,870       254,054  
Culp, Inc. *
    25,460       150,723  
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
    17,600       181,984  
GameTech International, Inc. (a) *
    8,591       22,423  
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.
    2,350       37,600  
Leggett & Platt, Inc. (a)
    29,760       648,470  
Liz Claiborne, Inc. (a)
    262,055       4,305,564  
Man Sang Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    9,800       31,850  
Movado Group, Inc. (a)
    7,041       157,366  
National Presto Industries, Inc. (a)
    13,510       1,006,495  
P & F Industries, Inc., Class A *
    5,120       11,725  
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. *
    2,242       22,218  
Q.E.P. Co., Inc. *
    8,900       47,437  
R. G. Barry Corp. *
    2,181       14,875  
RC2 Corp. *
    3,091       61,820  
Russ Berrie & Co., Inc. (a) *
    1,990       15,263  
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a) *
    10       168  
The Warnaco Group, Inc. (a) *
    119,683       5,420,443  
Weyco Group, Inc. (a)
    6,555       219,396  
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (a)
    18,203       481,651  
                 
              15,017,253  
                 
 
Consumer Services 1.2%
Ark Restaurants Corp.
    150       2,406  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (a)
    79,762       2,176,705  
Canterbury Park Holding Corp.
    40       350  
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (a) *
    4,240       12,720  
CBRL Group, Inc. (a)
    64,094       1,685,672  
CEC Entertainment, Inc. (a) *
    19,700       654,040  
Churchill Downs, Inc. (a)
    2,057       100,752  
Coinstar, Inc. (a) *
    24,707       790,624  
CPI Corp. (a)
    15,330       164,797  
DineEquity, Inc. (a)
    81       1,366  
Dover Motorsports, Inc. (a)
    17,945       97,800  
Flanigan’s Enterprises, Inc. *
    1,831       10,986  
Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc.
    5,800       131,660  
ILX Resorts, Inc. *
    6,040       9,000  
J. Alexander’s Corp.
    11,170       62,552  
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. (a)
    15,570       238,844  
Lodgian, Inc. (a) *
    30,600       238,680  
Red Lion Hotels Corp. *
    45,780       367,156  
Regis Corp. (a)
    14,480       398,200  
Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. (a) *
    56,501       70,061  
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (a)
    37,440       729,331  
Star Buffet, Inc.
    1,937       7,651  
The Marcus Corp. (a)
    549       8,828  
                 
              7,960,181  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.2%
California First National Bancorp
    8,630       86,214  
Cardtronics, Inc. (a) *
    640       5,030  
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A (a) *
    53,366       1,183,124  
MicroFinancial, Inc.
    33,200       131,804  
                 
              1,406,172  
                 
 
Energy 10.4%
Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.
    231       5,262  
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. *
    59,696       1,063,186  
Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a) *
    8,364       178,153  
Berry Petroleum Co., Class A (a)
    1,932       74,826  
Bill Barrett Corp. (a) *
    53,050       1,703,435  
BMB Munai, Inc. (a) *
    58,333       242,082  
Callon Petroleum Co. *
    14,460       260,714  
Cimarex Energy Co. (a)
    113,346       5,543,753  
Complete Production Services, Inc. (a) *
    13,509       271,936  
Comstock Resources, Inc. *
    2,299       115,065  
Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a) *
    340       18,353  
Dawson Geophysical Co. (a) *
    300       14,007  
DHT Maritime, Inc. (a)
    1,150       7,728  
Encore Acquisition Co. (a) *
    18,201       760,438  
Energy Partners Ltd. (a) *
    26,550       230,189  
Forest Oil Corp. (a) *
    52,275       2,592,840  
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (a)
    83,400       2,967,372  
Geokinetics, Inc. (a) *
    14,600       277,400  
Geomet, Inc. (a) *
    8,850       48,144  
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
    8,011       276,139  
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (a) *
    57,724       2,590,653  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a) *
    17,350       421,258  
HKN, Inc. *
    90       709  
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a) *
    248       9,578  
International Coal Group, Inc. (a) *
    21,899       136,650  
ION Geophysical Corp. (a) *
    181,621       2,577,202  
James River Coal Co. (a) *
    1,981       43,562  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Lufkin Industries, Inc. (a)
    4,432       351,679  
Mariner Energy, Inc. (a) *
    195,918       4,016,319  
Massey Energy Co. (a)
    116,712       4,163,117  
McMoRan Exploration Co. (a) *
    72,653       1,717,517  
Oil States International, Inc. (a) *
    74,215       2,623,500  
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (a)
    15,040       876,982  
Parallel Petroleum Corp. (a) *
    34,425       324,284  
Parker Drilling Co. (a) *
    8,777       70,392  
Penn Virginia Corp.
    12,133       648,388  
Petroleum Development Corp. (a) *
    11,500       510,255  
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (a) *
    2,353       36,119  
Pioneer Drilling Co. *
    23,779       316,261  
Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a) *
    56,627       1,039,672  
Rowan Cos., Inc. (a)
    159,700       4,878,835  
Ship Finance International Ltd. (a)
    117,649       2,536,512  
Southern Union Co. (a)
    680       14,042  
St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. (a)
    12,695       452,577  
Stone Energy Corp. (a) *
    40,388       1,709,624  
Superior Energy Services, Inc. *
    1,971       61,377  
Swift Energy Co. (a) *
    39,100       1,512,779  
Teekay Corp. (a)
    123,345       3,253,841  
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (a)
    12,508       211,760  
TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    10,772       149,192  
Tidewater, Inc. (a)
    130,158       7,205,547  
TXCO Resources, Inc. (a) *
    13,400       134,536  
Unit Corp. *
    65,499       3,263,160  
VeraSun Energy Corp. (a) *
    36,341       113,747  
W&T Offshore, Inc. (a)
    49,402       1,348,181  
Warren Resources, Inc. *
    7,639       76,237  
Whiting Petroleum Corp. *
    46,300       3,299,338  
Willbros Group, Inc. (a) *
    4,888       129,532  
                 
              69,475,936  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 1.0%
Arden Group, Inc., Class A (a)
    220       32,036  
Longs Drug Stores Corp. (a)
    52,900       4,001,356  
Nash Finch Co. (a)
    33,263       1,434,301  
The Andersons, Inc. (a)
    7,100       250,062  
Village Super Market, Inc., Class A
    4,730       225,479  
Weis Markets, Inc.
    15,545       559,776  
                 
              6,503,010  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 3.2%
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (a)
    36,900       1,012,536  
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (a) *
    30,740       485,999  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (a) *
    527,776       11,326,073  
Corn Products International, Inc.
    102,783       3,317,835  
Diamond Foods, Inc. (a)
    38,500       1,079,155  
Flowers Foods, Inc. (a)
    98,388       2,888,672  
Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (a)
    2,236       82,911  
J & J Snack Foods Corp. (a)
    6,059       205,461  
Omega Protein Corp. (a) *
    30,070       353,623  
Overhill Farms, Inc. (a) *
    16,062       82,719  
Seneca Foods Corp., Class B *
    1,000       20,480  
Smart Balance, Inc. (a) *
    1,780       11,677  
Tasty Baking Co.
    22,514       92,983  
The Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (a) *
    6,840       324,831  
The J. M. Smucker Co.
    190       9,631  
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A
    740       8,836  
                 
              21,303,422  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 7.1%
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (a) *
    66,280       1,178,458  
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. *
    19,700       112,487  
American Dental Partners, Inc. (a) *
    33,900       396,630  
Angeion Corp. *
    9,754       48,380  
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a) *
    1,364       9,862  
Atrion Corp. (a)
    783       80,672  
Capital Senior Living Corp. (a) *
    23,400       177,840  
Cardiac Science Corp. (a) *
    59,815       619,683  
CONMED Corp. (a) *
    73,087       2,338,784  
Cyberonics, Inc. (a) *
    5,632       95,744  
Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a) *
    445       7,983  
Datascope Corp. (a)
    32,064       1,655,464  
Daxor Corp.
    600       9,720  
ev3, Inc. (a) *
    77,593       779,034  
Greatbatch, Inc. (a) *
    5,520       135,461  
Health Net, Inc. *
    232,296       5,482,186  
Hologic, Inc. (a) *
    960       18,557  
Invacare Corp. (a)
    73,331       1,770,210  
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (a) *
    196,125       5,883,750  
Kewaunee Scientific Corp.
    5,900       66,375  
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. *
    83,127       2,291,811  
MedCath Corp. (a) *
    20,564       368,507  
MTS Medication Technologies *
    13,395       67,511  
National Dentex Corp. (a) *
    28       171  
National Healthcare Corp. (a)
    5,558       261,893  
Orthofix International N.V. (a) *
    46,310       862,755  
Osteotech, Inc. (a) *
    15,822       67,402  
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Class A (a) *
    41,368       657,338  
SonoSite, Inc. (a) *
    3,920       123,088  
Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
    7,600       90,440  
SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. *
    8,659       28,142  
STERIS Corp.
    140,325       5,273,414  
Symmetry Medical, Inc. *
    3,270       60,691  
Teleflex, Inc. (a)
    128,880       8,182,591  
The Cooper Cos., Inc. (a)
    95,004       3,302,339  
Theragenics Corp. (a) *
    75,290       234,905  
Universal American Financial Corp. *
    108,460       1,322,127  
Wright Medical Group, Inc. *
    46,975       1,429,919  
Young Innovations, Inc.
    1,780       35,920  
Zoll Medical Corp. (a) *
    60,998       1,995,855  
                 
              47,524,099  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.7%
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    19,640       1,219,447  
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. *
    66,407       1,303,569  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    3       242  
Inter Parfums, Inc. (a)
    33,740       457,514  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Natural Alternative International, Inc. *
    16,941       119,434  
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)
    6,653       107,912  
Nutraceutical International Corp. (a) *
    10,020       110,721  
Oil-Dri Corp. of America
    18,400       311,328  
Parlux Fragrances, Inc. *
    4,210       21,639  
Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. *
    35,896       213,581  
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. *
    11,720       104,074  
Revlon, Inc. (a) *
    31,381       466,008  
Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. *
    17,820       121,711  
                 
              4,557,180  
                 
 
Insurance 2.6%
21st Century Holding Co. (a)
    3,310       17,411  
Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. (a)
    4,380       13,841  
American Financial Group, Inc. (a)
    241,224       7,116,108  
American National Insurance Co. (a)
    9,396       811,157  
American Physicians Service Group, Inc.
    10,665       225,778  
American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. *
    7,400       111,814  
Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B
    245       5,873  
CastlePoint Holdings Ltd.
    14,300       159,159  
CNA Financial Corp.
    3,967       104,094  
Kansas City Life Insurance Co. (a)
    7,665       352,590  
Max Capital Group Ltd. (a)
    3,510       81,537  
Mercer Insurance Group, Inc.
    2,180       35,011  
National Financial Partners Corp. (a)
    58,578       878,670  
National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A (a)
    3,708       897,595  
PMA Capital Corp., Class A *
    11,539       101,774  
Presidential Life Corp. (a)
    28,507       450,125  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A (a)
    92,348       4,986,792  
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (a)
    6,636       345,072  
The National Security Group, Inc.
    510       7,334  
Unico American Corp. *
    11,830       97,006  
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (a)
    64,547       224,623  
Validus Holdings Ltd.
    4,260       99,045  
Wesco Financial Corp.
    338       120,666  
                 
              17,243,075  
                 
 
Materials 6.9%
A. Schulman, Inc.
    4,661       92,195  
A.M. Castle & Co. (a)
    4,390       75,859  
American Pacific Corp. *
    11,589       151,352  
Arch Chemicals, Inc. (a)
    19,366       683,620  
Ashland, Inc.
    55,733       1,629,633  
Cabot Corp. (a)
    990       31,462  
Chemtura Corp. (a)
    547,330       2,495,825  
Continental Materials Corp. *
    300       6,113  
Cytec Industries, Inc.
    61,660       2,399,191  
Ferro Corp. (a)
    23,632       475,003  
FMC Corp.
    244,036       12,541,010  
Friedman Industries, Inc.
    15,410       102,477  
Greif, Inc., Class A (a)
    7,045       462,293  
H.B. Fuller Co. (a)
    4,380       91,411  
Hercules, Inc. (a)
    73,732       1,459,156  
Innophos Holdings, Inc. (a)
    51,943       1,266,370  
Innospec, Inc. (a)
    25,177       303,635  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (a)
    4,750       187,435  
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (a)
    2,599       111,627  
Material Sciences Corp. *
    9,583       55,102  
Minerals Technologies, Inc. (a)
    15,440       916,518  
Nalco Holding Co. (a)
    114,186       2,117,008  
Olin Corp. (a)
    14,552       282,309  
Olympic Steel, Inc. (a)
    9       265  
OM Group, Inc. (a) *
    11,221       252,473  
Penford Corp. (a)
    8,952       158,361  
PolyOne Corp. *
    25,426       163,998  
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (a)
    4,867       184,800  
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. *
    75,475       1,936,688  
RPM International, Inc. (a)
    35,294       682,586  
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (a)
    35,298       670,309  
Stepan Co. (a)
    20,720       1,130,690  
Terra Industries, Inc.
    255,041       7,498,205  
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A (a)
    92,398       2,184,289  
The Valspar Corp. (a)
    8,821       196,620  
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. *
    5,054       194,630  
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (a) *
    5,398       137,919  
Worthington Industries, Inc. (a)
    177,213       2,647,562  
                 
              45,975,999  
                 
 
Media 0.1%
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
    560       2,061  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)
    1,210       16,456  
Fisher Communications, Inc. (a)
    3,850       151,690  
Knology, Inc. (a) *
    170       1,372  
LodgeNet Interactive Corp. (a) *
    20,449       41,511  
Mediacom Communications Corp., Class A (a) *
    22,441       132,851  
New Frontier Media, Inc.
    1,183       2,815  
RCN Corp. (a) *
    15,369       188,424  
                 
              537,180  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 4.5%
Accelrys, Inc. (a) *
    4,538       24,914  
Affymetrix, Inc. (a) *
    180,366       1,396,033  
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a) *
    9,565       173,031  
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    88,648       3,483,866  
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A *
    2,476       245,421  
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. *
    3,360       16,195  
CV Therapeutics, Inc. (a) *
    1,670       18,036  
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (a) *
    85,930       399,575  
ImClone Systems, Inc. *
    57,678       3,601,414  
Invitrogen Corp. (a) *
    228,715       8,645,427  
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    152,978       1,465,529  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Mylan, Inc. (a) *
    37,994       433,891  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a) *
    97,546       457,491  
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    21,430       250,302  
PerkinElmer, Inc. (a)
    288,214       7,196,704  
Pharmanet Development Group, Inc. (a) *
    54,421       392,920  
Varian, Inc. *
    35,430       1,519,947  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    4,438       126,483  
                 
              29,847,179  
                 
 
Real Estate 3.7%
AmREIT, Inc., Class A
    720       4,860  
Ashford Hospitality Trust (a)
    249,402       1,010,078  
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
    17,474       462,187  
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (a)
    177,039       3,554,943  
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. (a)
    105,632       1,396,455  
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
    78,760       716,716  
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
    303,931       7,011,688  
Extra Space Storage, Inc. (a)
    100,706       1,546,844  
Grubb & Ellis Co. (a)
    17,350       46,845  
Hersha Hospitality Trust (a)
    116,141       864,089  
HRPT Properties Trust
    650,726       4,483,502  
Investors Real Estate Trust (a)
    2,377       26,599  
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (a)
    141,970       1,611,360  
MHI Hospitality Corp.
    1,250       6,550  
Mission West Properties, Inc. (a)
    47,049       458,257  
Monmouth Real Estate Invesment Corp., Class A (a)
    51,314       399,736  
One Liberty Properties, Inc.
    26,650       470,906  
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (a)
    26,198       587,359  
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
    12,800       96,640  
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
    14,751       199,139  
Supertel Hospitality, Inc.
    14,857       60,171  
                 
              25,014,924  
                 
 
Retailing 4.8%
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A *
    60,661       365,179  
99 Cents Only Stores (a) *
    55,930       613,552  
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (a) *
    18,105       113,518  
AMCON Distributing Co.
    1,300       31,850  
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (a) *
    5,741       118,494  
Big Lots, Inc. (a) *
    208,846       5,812,184  
Books-A-Million, Inc.
    37,920       189,600  
Borders Group, Inc. (a)
    182,500       1,197,200  
Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a) *
    11,065       54,108  
Collective Brands, Inc. (a) *
    26,928       493,052  
Conn’s, Inc. (a) *
    12,900       241,359  
Dollar Tree, Inc. *
    185,855       6,757,688  
Educational Development Corp.
    764       3,740  
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (a)
    12,412       294,164  
Franklin Covey Co. *
    49,290       356,860  
Fred’s, Inc., Class A (a)
    3,040       43,229  
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. *
    26,860       155,519  
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. (a)
    44,031       503,715  
Hot Topic, Inc. (a) *
    1,923       12,711  
HSN, Inc. (a) *
    74,594       821,280  
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (a) *
    65,809       1,380,673  
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (a) *
    17,013       571,637  
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A (a)
    1,048       4,517  
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (a)
    2,781       64,130  
Netflix, Inc. (a) *
    76,118       2,350,524  
New York & Co, Inc. (a) *
    55,700       531,378  
RadioShack Corp.
    159,060       2,748,557  
Retail Ventures, Inc. (a) *
    4,441       17,320  
REX Stores Corp. (a) *
    24,448       282,374  
Stage Stores, Inc. (a)
    59,431       811,827  
Stein Mart, Inc. (a)
    22,164       86,661  
Systemax, Inc. (a)
    13,438       188,938  
The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. *
    65,530       2,185,425  
The Finish Line, Inc., Class A (a)
    40,742       407,013  
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack (a)
    115,870       716,077  
The Talbots, Inc. (a)
    67,710       887,001  
West Marine, Inc. (a) *
    25,020       149,119  
Zale Corp. (a) *
    15,994       399,850  
                 
              31,962,023  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 4.7%
Actel Corp. (a) *
    67,495       842,338  
Aetrium, Inc. (a) *
    7,101       21,232  
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a) *
    790       4,724  
CEVA, Inc. (a) *
    50,470       418,901  
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a) *
    177,932       969,729  
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a) *
    254,509       1,328,537  
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. *
    198,334       1,763,189  
FEI Co. *
    90,663       2,158,686  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a) *
    517,000       4,022,260  
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. *
    54,870       126,750  
IXYS Corp. (a)
    2,824       25,670  
LSI Corp. (a) *
    65,416       350,630  
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) *
    962,362       3,897,566  
Microtune, Inc. *
    222       595  
Pericom Semiconductor Corp. *
    43,930       461,265  
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (a) *
    517,868       3,842,581  
Semitool, Inc. (a) *
    12,483       102,111  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a) *
    454,433       3,799,060  
Standard Microsystems Corp. *
    22,535       562,924  
Teradyne, Inc. *
    371,780       2,903,602  
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (a) *
    340,515       1,631,067  
Ultratech, Inc. (a) *
    53,821       651,234  
Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a) *
    85,946       1,272,860  
                 
              31,157,511  
                 
 
Software & Services 12.8%
Adept Technology, Inc. *
    1,420       12,411  
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    49,492       454,337  
Astea International, Inc. (a) *
    8,570       33,766  
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    5,047       52,489  
CACI International, Inc., Class A (a) *
    22,602       1,132,360  
CIBER, Inc. (a) *
    163,269       1,141,250  
Computer Task Group, Inc. *
    29,950       194,675  
Compuware Corp. (a) *
    348,942       3,381,248  
Convergys Corp. (a) *
    367,834       5,436,586  
CSG Systems International, Inc. *
    13,353       234,078  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
CSP, Inc. (a) *
    9,451       49,901  
Dynamics Research Corp. *
    18,374       141,112  
EarthLink, Inc. *
    302,752       2,573,392  
Edgewater Technology, Inc. *
    33,993       165,206  
Fair Isaac Corp. (a)
    32,025       738,176  
Gevity HR, Inc. (a)
    49,469       360,134  
GSI Commerce, Inc. (a) *
    49,016       758,768  
Hackett Group, Inc. (a) *
    23,624       128,515  
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A (a) *
    224,574       8,183,477  
IAC/InterActiveCorp (a) *
    186,487       3,226,225  
Interwoven, Inc. (a) *
    113,500       1,602,620  
INX, Inc. *
    1,080       7,333  
JDA Software Group, Inc. *
    75,752       1,152,188  
Keynote Systems, Inc. (a) *
    29,014       384,435  
Lawson Software, Inc. *
    378,901       2,652,307  
Magma Design Automation, Inc. (a) *
    22,013       88,492  
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a) *
    220       4,915  
MAXIMUS, Inc.
    54,634       2,012,717  
Mentor Graphics Corp. *
    137,594       1,561,692  
Metavante Technologies, Inc. *
    3,320       63,943  
ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (a) *
    93,860       901,995  
Ness Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    86,221       988,955  
NetScout Systems, Inc. (a) *
    82,166       874,246  
Novell, Inc. (a) *
    953,564       4,901,319  
Online Resources Corp. (a) *
    1,240       9,635  
OPNET Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    1,640       19,975  
Perot Systems Corp., Class A *
    227,578       3,948,478  
Progress Software Corp. (a) *
    12,582       327,006  
QAD, Inc. (a)
    39,060       270,295  
Quest Software, Inc. (a) *
    74,240       942,106  
Radiant Systems, Inc. (a) *
    58,793       510,911  
Retalix Ltd. (a) *
    3,772       45,905  
S1 Corp. (a) *
    102,521       627,429  
Sapient Corp. (a) *
    18,420       136,861  
Servidyne, Inc. (a)
    754       3,227  
Soapstone Networks, Inc. (a) *
    19,713       66,039  
Solera Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    157,857       4,533,653  
Sonic Solutions (a) *
    13,138       57,807  
SPSS, Inc. (a) *
    51,700       1,517,912  
SumTotal Systems, Inc. *
    52,651       215,343  
Sybase, Inc. (a) *
    256,161       7,843,650  
Synopsys, Inc. *
    353,755       7,057,412  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) *
    48,011       787,380  
TechTeam Global, Inc. *
    26,600       197,372  
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A (a) *
    5,794       40,037  
TIBCO Software, Inc. (a) *
    163,479       1,196,666  
TNS, Inc. *
    54,365       1,053,050  
TSR, Inc.
    2,139       5,112  
Unisys Corp. (a) *
    92,817       255,247  
United Online, Inc. (a)
    183,353       1,725,352  
Vignette Corp. (a) *
    76,256       818,989  
Websense, Inc. (a) *
    124,851       2,790,420  
Website Pros, Inc. (a) *
    83,361       450,149  
Wind River Systems, Inc. (a) *
    213,034       2,130,340  
                 
              85,179,021  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 4.4%
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (a) *
    308,816       2,609,495  
Arrow Electronics, Inc. *
    2,998       78,608  
Astro-Med, Inc.
    15,610       146,578  
Avnet, Inc. *
    141,313       3,480,539  
Avocent Corp. (a) *
    13,169       269,438  
AVX Corp. (a)
    65,610       668,566  
BigBand Networks (a) *
    33,249       122,689  
Black Box Corp.
    47,851       1,652,295  
Coherent, Inc. (a) *
    59,892       2,129,161  
CommScope, Inc. (a) *
    383       13,267  
Communications Systems, Inc.
    21,480       228,547  
CTS Corp. (a)
    100,155       1,279,981  
Data I/O Corp. (a) *
    10,304       43,174  
Digi International, Inc. (a) *
    14,478       147,676  
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. *
    82,347       1,170,974  
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a) *
    9,426       131,304  
EMS Technologies, Inc. *
    21,807       486,514  
Emulex Corp. (a) *
    268,530       2,865,215  
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (a) *
    55,406       506,411  
Imation Corp. (a)
    1,610       36,370  
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a) *
    124,171       1,665,133  
IntriCon Corp. *
    9,530       37,548  
Itron, Inc. (a) *
    3,554       314,636  
Keithley Instruments, Inc. (a)
    2,890       24,189  
KVH Industries, Inc. *
    1,180       10,844  
LeCroy Corp. (a) *
    13,709       105,422  
Loral Space & Communications, Inc. (a) *
    5,657       83,554  
Measurement Specialties, Inc. (a) *
    38,491       671,283  
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (a) *
    11,991       106,720  
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
    2,568       54,570  
Methode Electronics, Inc. (a)
    8,258       73,827  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. *
    6,864       672,672  
MOCON, Inc.
    3,557       37,171  
MTS Systems Corp. (a)
    436       18,356  
O.I. Corp.
    4,685       52,472  
Oplink Communications, Inc. (a) *
    42,644       514,713  
Optical Cable Corp. (a) *
    970       4,025  
OSI Systems, Inc. (a) *
    41,620       978,486  
PC-Tel, Inc. (a)
    4,350       40,542  
Perceptron, Inc. *
    18,668       101,927  
Richardson Electronics Ltd.
    4,080       25,296  
Schmitt Industries, Inc. *
    1,892       11,967  
Sigmatron International, Inc. *
    690       3,381  
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a) *
    14,855       133,844  
SYNNEX Corp. (a) *
    8,610       192,347  
Tekelec (a) *
    82,768       1,157,924  
TESSCO Technologies, Inc. *
    11,080       141,824  
Tollgrade Communications, Inc. *
    31,971       134,278  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a) *
    480,376       3,180,089  
Zygo Corp. (a) *
    51,155       643,530  
                 
              29,259,372  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.7%
CenturyTel, Inc. (a)
    246,468       9,033,052  
D&E Communications, Inc. (a)
    37,078       279,939  
HickoryTech Corp.
    4,673       27,150  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Hungarian Telephone & Cable Corp. (a) *
    490       9,751  
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a) *
    94,195       1,324,382  
Syniverse Holdings, Inc. *
    49,530       822,693  
USA Mobility, Inc. *
    7,320       80,520  
                 
              11,577,487  
                 
 
Transportation 2.1%
Air T., Inc.
    490       4,410  
B & H Ocean Carriers Ltd. *
    7,460       60,799  
Con-way, Inc. (a)
    12,090       533,290  
Dynamex, Inc. (a) *
    27,778       790,562  
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (a)
    61,274       2,036,748  
International Shipholding Corp. (a) *
    8,179       179,120  
Kansas City Southern (a) *
    73,498       3,260,371  
Pacer International, Inc. (a)
    101,832       1,677,173  
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. *
    7,860       140,615  
Ryder System, Inc. (a)
    36,120       2,239,440  
Saia, Inc. *
    18,499       245,667  
TBS International Ltd., Class A (a) *
    19,830       266,912  
USA Truck, Inc. *
    6,300       100,485  
UTI Worldwide, Inc. (a)
    12,248       208,461  
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (a) *
    173,098       2,070,252  
                 
              13,814,305  
                 
 
Utilities 6.8%
Alliant Energy Corp.
    273,302       8,803,057  
Artesian Resources Corp., Class A
    10,340       175,056  
Avista Corp. (a)
    10,280       223,179  
CH Energy Group, Inc. (a)
    8,740       380,802  
CMS Energy Corp. (a)
    537,689       6,704,982  
Delta Natural Gas Co., Inc.
    7,105       181,959  
El Paso Electric Co. (a) *
    67,820       1,424,220  
Energy West, Inc.
    2,405       20,443  
Florida Public Utilities Co.
    1,258       16,228  
IDACORP, Inc. (a)
    3,580       104,142  
Maine & Maritimes Corp. *
    3,843       126,627  
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
    373,607       10,834,603  
Northeast Utilities (a)
    130,330       3,342,964  
NorthWestern Corp. (a)
    109,205       2,744,322  
ONEOK, Inc. (a)
    2,330       80,152  
Pennichuck Corp. (a)
    3,134       72,082  
Pepco Holdings, Inc. (a)
    136,912       3,136,654  
Portland General Electric Co. (a)
    10,529       249,116  
RGC Resources, Inc.
    3,037       85,917  
Sierra Pacific Resources (a)
    491,430       4,707,899  
Southwest Water Co. (a)
    1,190       15,173  
The Empire District Electric Co. (a)
    130       2,776  
UIL Holdings Corp. (a)
    9,180       315,149  
Unisource Energy Corp.
    49,190       1,435,856  
Unitil Corp.
    3,460       90,271  
Westar Energy, Inc. (a)
    565       13,018  
WGL Holdings, Inc. (a)
    12,753       413,835  
                 
              45,700,482  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $719,006,806)
    660,362,327  
         
 

End of Investments.
                 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan 9.4% of net assets
State Street Navigator Security Lending Prime Portfolio
    62,874,222       62,874,222  
 

End of collateral invested for securities on loan.
                 
                 
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $719,636,951 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $43,773,594 and ($103,048,218), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($59,274,624).
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan.
 
 
 
See financial notes 51


 

 
 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value including $61,255,551 of securities on loan (cost $719,006,806)
        $660,362,327  
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        62,874,222  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        16,055,863  
Fund shares sold
        1,068,106  
Dividends
        685,221  
Income from securities on loan
        90,179  
Prepaid expenses
  +     48,390  
     
     
Total assets
        741,184,308  
             
 
Liabilities
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        62,874,222  
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        4,884,529  
Investment adviser fees
        49,548  
Payable to custodian
        3,337,153  
Fund shares redeemed
        2,396,569  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        137,010  
Accrued expenses
  +     128,155  
     
     
Total liabilities
        73,807,186  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        741,184,308  
Total liabilities
      73,807,186  
     
     
Net assets
        $667,377,122  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        682,720,679  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        1,807,799  
Net realized capital gains
        41,493,123  
Net unrealized capital losses
        (58,644,479 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $146,453,050       9,763,821         $15.00  
Select Shares
  $520,924,072       34,117,411         $15.27  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $4,587,302  
Interest
        62,951  
Securities on loan
  +     441,921  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        5,092,174  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized gains on investments
        50,795,740  
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (94,095,704 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        3,489,342  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        218,595  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        77,160  
Shareholder reports
        59,812  
Transfer agent fees
        55,789  
Accounting and administration fees
        38,705  
Custodian fees
        33,620  
Professional fees
        30,741  
Registration fees
        14,099  
Trustees’ fees
        10,727  
Interest expense
        3,811  
Other expenses
  +     31,525  
     
     
Total expenses
        4,063,926  
Custody credits
      1,118  
     
     
Net expenses
        4,062,808  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        5,092,174  
Net expenses
      4,062,808  
     
     
Net investment income
        1,029,366  
Net realized gains
        50,795,740  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (94,095,704 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($42,270,598 )
 
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $1,029,366       $804,464  
Net realized gains
        50,795,740       37,108,290  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (94,095,704 )     (131,953,681 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (42,270,598 )     (94,040,927 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders 1
Distributions from net realized gains
                   
Investor Shares
              (15,189,189 )
Select Shares
  +           (49,870,890 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized losses
              (65,060,079 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares 1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        1,204,904       $20,471,418       2,337,924       $43,513,918  
Select Shares
  +     4,424,015       76,180,796       8,079,718       148,548,635  
     
     
Total shares sold
        5,628,919       $96,652,214       10,417,642       $192,062,553  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        -       $-       876,426       $14,899,234  
Select Shares
  +     -       -       2,802,405       48,369,515  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        -       $-       3,678,831       $63,268,749  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (2,065,216 )     ($35,074,476 )     (3,672,199 )     ($68,740,227 )
Select Shares
  +     (5,185,582 )     (87,654,713 )     (12,267,874 )     (226,995,283 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (7,250,798 )     ($122,729,189 )     (15,940,073 )     ($295,735,510 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        (1,621,879 )     ($26,076,975 )     (1,843,600 )     ($40,404,208 )
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        45,503,111       $735,724,695       47,346,711       $935,229,909  
Total decrease
  +     (1,621,879 )     (68,347,573 )     (1,843,600 )     (199,505,214 )
     
     
End of period
        43,881,232       $667,377,122       45,503,111       $735,724,695  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $1,807,799               $778,433  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    8.70       12.22       13.77       13.30       13.65       8.88      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.00 1,2     (0.03 )     (0.03 )     (0.04 )     (0.02 )1     0.01      
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.36 )     (1.49 )     0.11       2.37       1.26       4.98      
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.36 )     (1.52 )     0.08       2.33       1.24       4.99      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
                                  (0.02 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.59 )     (0.20 )    
   
Total distributions
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.59 )     (0.22 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.34       8.70       12.22       13.77       13.30       13.65      
   
Total return (%)
    (4.14 )3     (13.57 )     0.75       18.98       9.00       56.40      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.28 4     1.30       1.30       1.39       1.43       1.47      
Gross operating expenses
    1.32 4     1.32       1.30       1.39       1.43       1.47      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.03 4     (0.22 )     (0.25 )     (0.33 )     (0.15 )     0.11      
Portfolio turnover rate
    61 3     68       76       69       68       76      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    166,557       183,980       269,185       311,822       297,927       272,481      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,5   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    9.03       12.57       14.07       13.50       13.82       8.98      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.02 1     0.03       0.02       0.00 2     0.03 1     0.05      
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.38 )     (1.57 )     0.11       2.43       1.27       5.03      
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.36 )     (1.54 )     0.13       2.43       1.30       5.08      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
                            (0.03 )     (0.04 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.59 )     (0.20 )    
   
Total distributions
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.62 )     (0.24 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.67       9.03       12.57       14.07       13.50       13.82      
   
Total return (%)
    (3.99 )3     (13.34 )     1.11       19.46       9.36       56.83      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    0.98 4     0.96       0.95       1.04       1.09       1.13      
Gross operating expenses
    0.98 4     0.96       0.95       1.04       1.09       1.13      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.32 4     0.13       0.10       0.02       0.20       0.45      
Portfolio turnover rate
    61 3     68       76       69       68       76      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    307,940       393,939       699,921       918,813       948,225       954,275      
 
* Unaudited.
1 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2 Amount is less than $0.005.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
5 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Highlights continued
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Adviser Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    8.82       12.35       13.88       13.38       13.71       8.91      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.01 1     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )     0.00 1,2     0.02      
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.38 )     (1.52 )     0.12       2.38       1.26       5.00      
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.37 )     (1.53 )     0.10       2.36       1.26       5.02      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
                                  (0.02 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.59 )     (0.20 )    
   
Total distributions
          (2.00 )     (1.63 )     (1.86 )     (1.59 )     (0.22 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.45       8.82       12.35       13.88       13.38       13.71      
   
Total return (%)
    (4.20 )3     (13.50 )     0.90       19.09       9.12       56.53      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.20 4     1.20       1.20       1.32       1.31       1.40      
Gross operating expenses
    1.23 4     1.21       1.20       1.32       1.31       1.40      
Net investment income (loss)
    0.10 4     (0.12 )     (0.14 )     (0.24 )     (0.01 )     0.19      
Portfolio turnover rate
    61 3     68       76       69       68       76      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    25,690       34,799       48,923       49,952       41,104       44,059      
 
* Unaudited.
1 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2 Amount is less than $0.005.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .9%   Common Stock     520,804,475       499,884,412  
  99 .9%   Total Investments     520,804,475       499,884,412  
  9 .6%   Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan     47,773,839       47,773,839  
  (9 .5)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (47,471,171 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             500,187,080  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 99.9% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.2%
Hawk Corp., Class A *
    17,140       345,028  
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. *
    47,600       287,504  
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
    52,504       326,575  
                 
              959,107  
                 
 
Banks 5.2%
Alliance Financial Corp. (a)
    620       14,260  
Astoria Financial Corp.
    42,349       877,895  
BancFirst Corp. (a)
    27,663       1,336,953  
Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A., Class E (a)
    136,565       1,969,267  
Bank of Hawaii Corp. (a)
    17,500       935,375  
Berkshire Bancorp, Inc.
    770       7,685  
Britton & Koontz Capital Corp.
    1,039       14,016  
Carver Bancorp, Inc.
    14,700       99,225  
Central Virginia Bankshares, Inc.
    670       5,494  
Centrue Financial Corp.
    8,242       115,058  
CFS Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    23,432       216,746  
Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    1,800       22,896  
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    19,900       923,360  
Community Capital Corp. (a)
    1,618       15,468  
Community Financial Corp.
    280       1,638  
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (a)
    16,200       972,000  
Farmers Capital Bank Corp. (a)
    1,755       47,420  
Fidelity Bancorp, Inc.
    60       788  
First BancTrust Corp.
    10,690       102,517  
First Defiance Financial Corp.
    24,036       264,636  
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc. (a)
    16,226       160,637  
First M&F Corp.
    4,872       55,687  
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (a)
    114,780       1,807,785  
First Place Financial Corp.
    1,871       24,042  
FirstMerit Corp. (a)
    44,800       940,800  
FNB Corp.
    9,142       66,828  
Gateway Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)
    4,056       21,700  
GS Financial Corp.
    8,330       128,365  
Guaranty Bancorp *
    5,499       33,544  
Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.
    6,872       78,341  
Habersham Bancorp (a)
    20,649       113,983  
Hancock Holding Co. (a)
    32,300       1,647,300  
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.
    1,498       36,506  
HF Financial Corp.
    24,416       347,806  
Hingham Institution for Savings
    2,660       71,820  
HMN Financial, Inc. (a)
    16,120       199,566  
Hopfed Bancorp, Inc.
    1,871       21,030  
Horizon Bancorp
    6,873       151,275  
Independent Bank Corp.
    1,946       12,046  
International Bancshares Corp. (a)
    22,100       596,700  
LSB Financial Corp.
    2,600       43,745  
Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc.
    5,808       53,724  
MutualFirst Financial, Inc. (a)
    5,483       53,514  
National Penn Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    101,350       1,479,710  
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    1,646       14,814  
Northeast Bancorp
    82       945  
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. *
    351       1,918  
Park Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    6,718       120,924  
Parkvale Financial Corp.
    28,120       442,890  
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina
    558       6,294  
Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
    2,817       27,466  
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (a)
    45,031       1,530,604  
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)
    2,969       26,127  
QCR Holdings, Inc.
    761       10,121  
Rurban Financial Corp.
    7,696       69,264  
Security National Financial Corp., Class A *
    19,022       45,463  
Simmons First National Corp., Class A (a)
    2,510       89,356  
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.
    8,300       108,315  
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (a)
    76,787       1,356,826  
StellarOne Corp. (a)
    1,077       22,262  
Sun Bancorp, Inc. (a) *
    9,235       125,134  
SVB Financial Group (a) *
    32,635       1,890,219  
Team Financial, Inc. (a)
    10,017       22,037  
TF Financial Corp.
    10,476       240,948  
The South Financial Group, Inc. (a)
    3,145       23,053  
UMB Financial Corp. (a)
    11,500       603,980  
United Bancshares, Inc.
    10,998       116,799  
United Community Financial Corp. (a)
    34,360       171,800  
United Western Bancorp, Inc.
    27,970       349,625  
Valley National Bancorp (a)
    43,025       901,804  
Wainwright Bank & Trust Co.
    30,432       258,672  
WSFS Financial Corp. (a)
    25,661       1,539,660  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
WVS Financial Corp. (a)
    911       14,940  
                 
              26,221,411  
                 
 
Capital Goods 8.1%
Aircastle Ltd. (a)
    191,262       1,895,407  
Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. *
    43,156       224,843  
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. (a)
    1,886       48,847  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    55,256       1,596,898  
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a) *
    5       78  
BlueLinx Holdings, Inc. (a)
    10,730       56,762  
C&D Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    12,728       72,295  
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.
    4,920       97,170  
Coleman Cable, Inc. (a) *
    3,509       35,195  
Columbus McKinnon Corp. *
    300       7,071  
Edac Technologies Corp. *
    19,163       62,663  
EnPro Industries, Inc. (a) *
    95,745       3,557,884  
Esterline Technologies Corp. (a) *
    25,458       1,007,882  
Federal Signal Corp. (a)
    124,113       1,700,348  
Griffon Corp. (a) *
    125,550       1,132,461  
Hardinge, Inc. (a)
    67,089       852,030  
Herley Industries, Inc. (a) *
    9,535       163,049  
Hurco Cos., Inc. (a) *
    30,900       913,713  
Insteel Industries, Inc. (a)
    38,883       528,420  
K-Tron International, Inc. (a) *
    19,697       2,537,565  
Kadant, Inc. (a) *
    33,965       773,383  
Lawson Products, Inc. (a)
    7,982       220,702  
Lydall, Inc. (a) *
    32,972       317,520  
MasTec, Inc. (a) *
    177,500       2,358,975  
Meadow Valley Corp. *
    18,265       179,910  
MFRI, Inc. (a) *
    3,561       40,061  
Mueller Industries, Inc.
    50,923       1,171,738  
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a) *
    14,740       467,995  
NN, Inc. (a)
    17,190       220,892  
Patrick Industries, Inc. *
    300       1,632  
Perini Corp. (a) *
    59,930       1,545,595  
PowerSecure International, Inc. (a) *
    14,937       90,518  
Preformed Line Products Co.
    5,274       307,685  
Regal-Beloit Corp. (a)
    230,460       9,799,159  
Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a) *
    11,618       148,710  
SL Industries, Inc. *
    34,560       457,920  
Standex International Corp. (a)
    84,680       2,349,870  
Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.
    7,056       30,341  
Tecumseh Products Co., Class A (a) *
    28,437       712,063  
Tecumseh Products Co., Class B *
    7,652       171,634  
The Eastern Co.
    23,001       310,514  
The L.S. Starrett Co., Class A
    25,886       477,079  
Todd Shipyards Corp.
    400       5,400  
Tredegar Corp.
    9,888       175,908  
TriMas Corp. (a) *
    13,970       91,643  
Twin Disc, Inc. (a)
    72,155       992,853  
United Capital Corp. (a) *
    3,310       87,682  
Willis Lease Finance Corp. (a) *
    64,021       715,115  
                 
              40,713,078  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 4.8%
A.T. Cross Co., Class A (a) *
    15,261       102,707  
ABM Industries, Inc.
    480       10,483  
Avalon Holdings Corp., Class A *
    9,680       32,428  
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A (a) *
    19,928       233,955  
CDI Corp. (a)
    112,090       2,502,970  
Champion Industries, Inc. (a)
    20,520       73,462  
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (a)
    217,469       2,905,386  
Deluxe Corp. (a)
    122,449       1,762,041  
Ecology & Environment, Inc., Class A
    15,800       154,840  
GP Strategies Corp. *
    22,050       167,580  
Hudson Highland Group, Inc. *
    1,830       12,718  
ICT Group, Inc. *
    28,990       233,369  
Industrial Services of America, Inc. (a)
    940       9,635  
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A (a)
    196,775       3,748,564  
LECG Corp. (a) *
    88,482       714,050  
MPS Group, Inc. (a) *
    721,648       7,274,212  
Nashua Corp. (a) *
    20,530       164,856  
National Technical Systems, Inc. (a)
    10,376       54,370  
RCM Technologies, Inc. *
    86,052       149,730  
Spherion Corp. (a) *
    417,013       2,030,853  
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. *
    56,602       1,242,980  
Tufco Technologies, Inc. *
    15,856       86,098  
VSE Corp. (a)
    6,309       212,803  
Westaff, Inc. *
    27,131       9,767  
                 
              23,889,857  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 3.4%
American Biltrite, Inc. *
    18,550       90,802  
American Greetings Corp., Class A (a)
    27,185       415,659  
Blyth, Inc.
    38,179       432,950  
CSS Industries, Inc. (a)
    15,639       402,548  
Culp, Inc. *
    54,440       322,285  
Decorator Industries, Inc. (a)
    690       1,242  
Flexsteel Industries, Inc.
    21,910       226,549  
LaCrosse Footwear, Inc.
    1,158       18,528  
Liz Claiborne, Inc. (a)
    340,855       5,600,248  
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (a)
    12,102       442,812  
Man Sang Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    3,112       10,114  
National Presto Industries, Inc. (a)
    13,830       1,030,335  
Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. (a)
    1,600       6,480  
P & F Industries, Inc., Class A *
    10,036       22,982  
Q.E.P. Co., Inc. *
    14,297       76,203  
R. G. Barry Corp. *
    1,580       10,776  
Rocky Brands, Inc. (a) *
    20,400       67,932  
Russ Berrie & Co., Inc. (a) *
    3,110       23,854  
The Warnaco Group, Inc. (a) *
    152,763       6,918,636  
Tupperware Brands Corp. (a)
    24,730       683,290  
                 
              16,804,225  
                 
 
Consumer Services 3.2%
Ark Restaurants Corp.
    14,652       235,018  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (a)
    152,716       4,167,620  
CBRL Group, Inc. (a)
    95,354       2,507,810  
CEC Entertainment, Inc. *
    54,857       1,821,252  
Coinstar, Inc. (a) *
    111,397       3,564,704  
CPI Corp. (a)
    22,863       245,777  
Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc.
    20,120       456,724  
ILX Resorts, Inc. *
    17,350       25,852  
J. Alexander’s Corp.
    29,420       164,752  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc. (a)
    26,455       405,820  
Lodgian, Inc. (a) *
    40,960       319,488  
Red Lion Hotels Corp. *
    68,041       545,689  
Regis Corp. (a)
    4,330       119,075  
Silverleaf Resorts, Inc. (a) *
    79,056       98,029  
Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (a)
    57,201       1,114,276  
Star Buffet, Inc. (a)
    1,974       7,797  
                 
              15,799,683  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.4%
California First National Bancorp
    35,441       354,055  
Cardtronics, Inc. (a) *
    2,202       17,308  
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A (a) *
    64,500       1,429,965  
MicroFinancial, Inc.
    14,610       58,002  
United PanAm Financial Corp. *
    9,050       33,304  
                 
              1,892,634  
                 
 
Energy 8.7%
Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.
    18,433       419,904  
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (a) *
    49,011       872,886  
Bill Barrett Corp. (a) *
    32,691       1,049,708  
Callon Petroleum Co. *
    43,400       782,502  
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a) *
    1,420       100,153  
Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a) *
    3,700       199,726  
Dawson Geophysical Co. (a) *
    52,798       2,465,139  
Energy Partners Ltd. (a) *
    39,900       345,933  
Geokinetics, Inc. (a) *
    11,800       224,200  
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (a)
    26,052       898,012  
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (a) *
    85,367       3,831,271  
International Coal Group, Inc. (a) *
    17,912       111,771  
ION Geophysical Corp. (a) *
    233,599       3,314,770  
James River Coal Co. (a) *
    13,313       292,753  
McMoRan Exploration Co. (a) *
    124,892       2,952,447  
Parallel Petroleum Corp. (a) *
    55,800       525,636  
Penn Virginia Corp.
    110,005       5,878,667  
Petroleum Development Corp. (a) *
    17,428       773,280  
Pioneer Drilling Co. *
    78,687       1,046,537  
Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a) *
    166,503       3,056,995  
Ship Finance International Ltd. (a)
    105,646       2,277,728  
Stone Energy Corp. (a) *
    69,173       2,928,093  
Swift Energy Co. (a) *
    103,503       4,004,531  
Teekay Corp. (a)
    135,814       3,582,773  
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A (a)
    20,850       352,990  
TXCO Resources, Inc. (a) *
    87,927       882,787  
Venoco, Inc. (a) *
    27,040       351,520  
                 
              43,522,712  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.8%
Nash Finch Co. (a)
    57,512       2,479,917  
The Andersons, Inc. (a)
    2,960       104,251  
Village Super Market, Inc., Class A (a)
    16,741       798,044  
Weis Markets, Inc. (a)
    17,519       630,859  
                 
              4,013,071  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.4%
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (a)
    64,375       1,766,450  
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (a) *
    146,640       2,318,378  
Diamond Foods, Inc.
    30,403       852,196  
Omega Protein Corp. (a) *
    59,008       693,934  
Overhill Farms, Inc. *
    17,480       90,022  
Seneca Foods Corp., Class B *
    2,175       44,544  
Smart Balance, Inc. (a) *
    1,987       13,035  
Tasty Baking Co. (a)
    33,007       136,319  
The Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (a) *
    21,842       1,037,277  
                 
              6,952,155  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 8.0%
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (a) *
    60,720       1,079,602  
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. *
    47,975       273,937  
American Dental Partners, Inc. (a) *
    22,097       258,535  
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    35,184       624,868  
American Shared Hospital Services *
    2,295       4,406  
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a) *
    1,329       9,609  
Atrion Corp. (a)
    9,980       1,028,239  
Capital Senior Living Corp. (a) *
    1,385       10,526  
Cardiac Science Corp. (a) *
    109,630       1,135,767  
CONMED Corp. (a) *
    95,728       3,063,296  
Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a) *
    1,345       24,129  
Datascope Corp. (a)
    102,063       5,269,513  
Dynacq Healthcare, Inc. *
    1,269       4,886  
ev3, Inc. (a) *
    20,013       200,930  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings (a) *
    72,296       3,183,193  
Invacare Corp. (a)
    123,662       2,985,201  
Kewaunee Scientific Corp. (a)
    16,981       191,036  
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (a) *
    141,673       3,905,925  
MedCath Corp. (a) *
    56,525       1,012,928  
MTS Medication Technologies *
    2,190       11,038  
National Dentex Corp. (a) *
    10,575       64,507  
National Healthcare Corp. (a)
    15,265       719,287  
Orthofix International N.V. (a) *
    69,572       1,296,126  
Osteotech, Inc. (a) *
    16,491       70,252  
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Class A (a) *
    54,455       865,290  
SonoSite, Inc. (a) *
    40,159       1,260,993  
Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
    20,260       241,094  
SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. *
    3,202       10,406  
SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (a) *
    2,240       5,914  
Symmetry Medical, Inc. *
    135,990       2,523,974  
Theragenics Corp. (a) *
    56,575       176,514  
Thoratec Corp. *
    3,870       101,587  
Universal American Financial Corp. (a) *
    95,192       1,160,390  
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a) *
    117,813       3,586,228  
Zoll Medical Corp. (a) *
    117,088       3,831,119  
                 
              40,191,245  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 1.2%
Cascade International, Inc.
               
 (a)(b)(c)(d) *
    37,660        
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a) *
    98,409       1,931,769  
Inter Parfums, Inc. (a)
    60,008       813,708  
Natural Alternative International, Inc. (a) *
    34,822       245,495  
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)
    60,380       979,364  
Nutraceutical International Corp. (a) *
    22,113       244,349  
Oil-Dri Corp. of America
    26,649       450,901  
Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. *
    54,012       321,371  
Revlon, Inc. *
    36,454       541,342  
Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. *
    73,780       503,917  
                 
              6,032,216  
                 
 
Insurance 3.0%
American Physicians Service Group, Inc.
    24,102       510,239  
American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. (a) *
    37,041       559,690  
CastlePoint Holdings Ltd.
    19,370       215,588  
Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
    29,282       1,346,972  
National Financial Partners Corp. (a)
    37,777       566,655  
National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A (a)
    18,862       4,565,925  
PMA Capital Corp., Class A (a) *
    12,043       106,219  
Presidential Life Corp. (a)
    70,275       1,109,642  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A (a)
    91,472       4,939,488  
The National Security Group, Inc.
    1,000       14,380  
Unico American Corp. *
    41,565       340,833  
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (a)
    156,050       543,054  
                 
              14,818,685  
                 
 
Materials 6.7%
A. Schulman, Inc.
    229,173       4,533,042  
American Pacific Corp. (a) *
    14,245       186,040  
Arch Chemicals, Inc. (a)
    72,304       2,552,331  
Bway Holding Co. (a) *
    1,990       23,343  
Chemtura Corp.
    113,051       515,513  
Continental Materials Corp. *
    5,949       121,211  
Ferro Corp. (a)
    169,454       3,406,025  
Friedman Industries, Inc.
    23,084       153,509  
H.B. Fuller Co. (a)
    62,830       1,311,262  
Hercules, Inc. (a)
    88,929       1,759,905  
Innophos Holdings, Inc. (a)
    89,898       2,191,713  
Innospec, Inc. (a)
    60,986       735,491  
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (a)
    630       8,348  
Minerals Technologies, Inc. (a)
    80,264       4,764,471  
Olin Corp. (a)
    93,480       1,813,512  
Olympic Steel, Inc. (a)
    1,080       31,849  
Penford Corp. (a)
    8,064       142,652  
PolyOne Corp. (a) *
    270,228       1,742,971  
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (a)
    63,020       1,196,750  
Stepan Co. (a)
    37,660       2,055,106  
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A (a)
    2,166       51,204  
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (a) *
    7,002       178,901  
Worthington Industries, Inc. (a)
    256,793       3,836,487  
                 
              33,311,636  
                 
 
Media 0.1%
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)
    470       6,392  
Fisher Communications, Inc.
    3,809       150,074  
LodgeNet Interactive Corp. (a) *
    35,993       73,066  
Mediacom Communications Corp., Class A (a) *
    8,554       50,640  
RCN Corp. (a) *
    20,244       248,191  
                 
              528,363  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 2.3%
Affymetrix, Inc. (a) *
    310,620       2,404,199  
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a) *
    27,196       491,976  
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    114,104       4,484,287  
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. *
    580       2,796  
Cambrex Corp. (a) *
    2,670       16,420  
Celera Corp. (a) *
    390       6,025  
CV Therapeutics, Inc. (a) *
    58,632       633,225  
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (a) *
    111,880       520,242  
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., Class A (a)
    4,768       71,091  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a) *
    104,200       488,698  
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) *
    7,040       82,227  
PAREXEL International Corp. *
    1       29  
Pharmanet Development Group, Inc. (a) *
    79,390       573,196  
Varian, Inc. *
    46,949       2,014,112  
                 
              11,788,523  
                 
 
Real Estate 3.4%
AmREIT, Inc., Class A (a)
    4,511       30,449  
Ashford Hospitality Trust (a)
    91,643       371,154  
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
    103,410       2,735,195  
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (a)
    139,151       2,794,152  
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. (a)
    145,019       1,917,151  
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (a)
    216,665       1,971,652  
Extra Space Storage, Inc. (a)
    540       8,294  
Hersha Hospitality Trust (a)
    200,313       1,490,329  
J.W. Mays, Inc. *
    15,550       265,905  
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (a)
    248,860       2,824,561  
MHI Hospitality Corp.
    510       2,672  
Mission West Properties, Inc. (a)
    83,359       811,917  
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., Class A (a)
    8,722       67,944  
One Liberty Properties, Inc.
    38,130       673,757  
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (a)
    31,507       706,387  
Reis, Inc. *
    943       5,611  
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
    1,510       20,385  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (a)
    29,149       118,054  
                 
              16,815,569  
                 
 
Retailing 5.2%
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., Class A (a) *
    82,938       499,287  
A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (a) *
    14,336       89,887  
AMCON Distributing Co.
    2,400       58,800  
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. *
    21,000       433,440  
AutoNation, Inc. (a) *
    258,800       2,908,912  
Books-A-Million, Inc.
    11,606       58,030  
Borders Group, Inc. (a)
    265,200       1,739,712  
Cabela’s, Inc. *
    480       5,798  
Christopher & Banks Corp. (a)
    136,900       1,050,023  
Conn’s, Inc. (a) *
    13,850       259,134  
Educational Development Corp. (a)
    2,503       12,252  
Franklin Covey Co. *
    101,431       734,361  
Fred’s, Inc., Class A (a)
    43,570       619,565  
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. *
    74,334       430,394  
Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. (a)
    16,299       186,461  
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (a) *
    96,779       2,030,423  
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (a) *
    46,317       1,556,251  
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (a)
    25,823       595,478  
Netflix, Inc. (a) *
    86,176       2,661,115  
New York & Co, Inc. *
    29,690       283,243  
REX Stores Corp. (a) *
    51,869       599,087  
Sport Chalet, Inc., Class B *
    1,312       4,257  
Stage Stores, Inc. (a)
    159,265       2,175,560  
Stein Mart, Inc. (a)
    10,406       40,688  
Systemax, Inc. (a)
    43,916       617,459  
The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. *
    96,900       3,231,615  
The Coast Distribution System, Inc.
    6,857       19,885  
The Finish Line, Inc., Class A
    3,980       39,760  
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack (a)
    160,796       993,719  
Zale Corp. *
    89,106       2,227,650  
                 
              26,162,246  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 4.7%
Actel Corp. (a) *
    107,282       1,338,879  
Aetrium, Inc. (a) *
    1,010       3,020  
CEVA, Inc. (a) *
    95,354       791,438  
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a) *
    159,564       869,624  
FEI Co. (a) *
    131,912       3,140,825  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a) *
    10,600       82,468  
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. *
    7       16  
IXYS Corp. (a)
    14,968       136,059  
Pericom Semiconductor Corp. *
    95,987       1,007,864  
PLX Technology, Inc. (a) *
    620       3,175  
Semitool, Inc. (a) *
    21,318       174,381  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a) *
    886,572       7,411,742  
Standard Microsystems Corp. (a) *
    126,135       3,150,852  
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (a) *
    483,327       2,315,136  
Ultratech, Inc. (a) *
    91,720       1,109,812  
Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a) *
    143,500       2,125,235  
                 
              23,660,526  
                 
 
Software & Services 15.3%
Adept Technology, Inc. *
    520       4,545  
Astea International, Inc. (a) *
    15,683       61,791  
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    6,977       72,561  
CIBER, Inc. (a) *
    272,306       1,903,419  
Computer Task Group, Inc. (a) *
    68,846       447,499  
CSG Systems International, Inc. (a) *
    3,993       69,997  
CSP, Inc. (a) *
    19,112       100,911  
Dynamics Research Corp. *
    2,080       15,974  
EarthLink, Inc. (a) *
    484,492       4,118,182  
Edgewater Technology, Inc. (a) *
    71,500       347,490  
Fair Isaac Corp. (a)
    18,590       428,499  
Gevity HR, Inc. (a)
    54,723       398,383  
GSI Commerce, Inc. (a) *
    91,100       1,410,228  
IAC/InterActiveCorp *
    178,379       3,085,957  
Interwoven, Inc. *
    177,108       2,500,765  
INX, Inc. *
    1,310       8,895  
JDA Software Group, Inc. *
    136,075       2,069,701  
Keynote Systems, Inc. (a) *
    290       3,842  
Lawson Software, Inc. *
    553,543       3,874,801  
Magma Design Automation, Inc. (a) *
    14,600       58,692  
MAXIMUS, Inc.
    79,096       2,913,897  
Mentor Graphics Corp. (a) *
    400,600       4,546,810  
ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (a) *
    10,861       104,374  
Ness Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    160,026       1,835,498  
NetScout Systems, Inc. *
    95,954       1,020,951  
OPNET Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    9,114       111,009  
Parametric Technology Corp. (a) *
    53,869       991,190  
Perot Systems Corp., Class A (a) *
    595,985       10,340,340  
Pervasive Software, Inc. (a) *
    19,310       79,171  
QAD, Inc. (a)
    48,331       334,450  
Radiant Systems, Inc. (a) *
    27,246       236,768  
S1 Corp. (a) *
    82,505       504,931  
Solera Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    208,550       5,989,556  
Sonic Solutions (a) *
    11,457       50,411  
SPSS, Inc. (a) *
    123,837       3,635,854  
SumTotal Systems, Inc. *
    81,733       334,288  
Sybase, Inc. (a) *
    96,614       2,958,321  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) *
    199,852       3,277,573  
TechTeam Global, Inc. *
    53,045       393,594  
TIBCO Software, Inc. *
    8,870       64,928  
TNS, Inc. (a) *
    117,142       2,269,041  
TSR, Inc.
    25,923       61,956  
Unisys Corp. (a) *
    294,458       809,759  
United Online, Inc. (a)
    496,585       4,672,865  
Vignette Corp. (a) *
    71,295       765,708  
Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (a)
    840       6,317  
Websense, Inc. (a) *
    193,200       4,318,020  
Website Pros, Inc. (a) *
    11,506       62,132  
Wind River Systems, Inc. (a) *
    290,633       2,906,330  
                 
              76,578,174  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 6.8%
Astro-Med, Inc.
    25,734       241,642  
BigBand Networks (a) *
    21,502       79,342  
Black Box Corp. (a)
    132,280       4,567,628  
Bonso Electronic International, Inc. *
    5,555       6,749  
Coherent, Inc. (a) *
    109,851       3,905,203  
Communications Systems, Inc. (a)
    57,540       612,226  
CTS Corp. (a)
    151,166       1,931,902  
Data I/O Corp. *
    5,966       24,998  
Digi International, Inc. *
    42,898       437,560  
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (a) *
    31,475       447,575  
EMS Technologies, Inc. (a) *
    27,210       607,055  
Emulex Corp. (a) *
    391,190       4,173,997  
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (a) *
    44,355       405,405  
Imation Corp. (a)
    144,454       3,263,216  
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a) *
    246,729       3,308,636  
IntriCon Corp. *
    17,880       70,447  
Keithley Instruments, Inc. (a)
    7,705       64,491  
LeCroy Corp. (a) *
    10,796       83,021  
Loral Space & Communications, Inc. (a) *
    220       3,249  
Measurement Specialties, Inc. (a) *
    64,900       1,131,856  
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (a) *
    15,510       138,039  
Mesa Laboratories, Inc.
    1,640       34,850  
MOCON, Inc.
    2,137       22,332  
MTS Systems Corp. (a)
    33,392       1,405,803  
O.I. Corp.
    15,900       178,080  
Oplink Communications, Inc. (a) *
    85,630       1,033,554  
OSI Systems, Inc. (a) *
    68,578       1,612,269  
Perceptron, Inc. *
    30,655       167,376  
Schmitt Industries, Inc. *
    8,703       55,046  
Tekelec (a) *
    165,790       2,319,402  
TESSCO Technologies, Inc. *
    12,042       154,138  
Tollgrade Communications, Inc. *
    46,880       196,896  
Vicon Industries, Inc. (a) *
    33,740       173,761  
Zygo Corp. (a) *
    83,273       1,047,574  
                 
              33,905,318  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.3%
D&E Communications, Inc. (a)
    34,075       257,266  
HickoryTech Corp.
    2,830       16,442  
Hungarian Telephone & Cable Corp. (a) *
    6,900       137,310  
Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a) *
    68,048       956,755  
SureWest Communications
    14,740       150,348  
Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (a) *
    2,280       37,871  
USA Mobility, Inc. (a) *
    18,144       199,584  
                 
              1,755,576  
                 
 
Transportation 2.0%
B & H Ocean Carriers Ltd. *
    16,930       137,979  
Dynamex, Inc. (a) *
    53,552       1,524,090  
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (a)
    93,530       3,108,937  
International Shipholding Corp. (a) *
    14,642       320,660  
Pacer International, Inc. (a)
    159,500       2,626,965  
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (a) *
    4,496       80,433  
Saia, Inc. (a) *
    9,725       129,148  
TBS International Ltd., Class A (a) *
    45,300       609,738  
USA Truck, Inc. *
    5,490       87,566  
YRC Worldwide, Inc. (a) *
    107,859       1,289,994  
                 
              9,915,510  
                 
 
Utilities 4.7%
Artesian Resources Corp., Class A
    14,975       253,527  
Avista Corp. (a)
    13,296       288,656  
CH Energy Group, Inc. (a)
    101,092       4,404,578  
Delta Natural Gas Co., Inc.
    7,716       197,607  
El Paso Electric Co. *
    194,846       4,091,766  
Energy West, Inc.
    6,389       54,307  
Florida Public Utilities Co.
    986       12,719  
IDACORP, Inc. (a)
    17,651       513,468  
Maine & Maritimes Corp. *
    6,777       223,302  
New Jersey Resources Corp. (a)
    74,106       2,659,664  
NorthWestern Corp. (a)
    168,224       4,227,469  
Pennichuck Corp.
    2,440       56,120  
Portland General Electric Co. (a)
    22,221       525,749  
RGC Resources, Inc.
    3,210       90,811  
Southwest Water Co. (a)
    2,122       27,056  
UIL Holdings Corp. (a)
    39,234       1,346,903  
Unisource Energy Corp.
    160,033       4,671,363  
Unitil Corp. (a)
    300       7,827  
                 
              23,652,892  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $520,804,475)
    499,884,412  
         
 

End of Investments.
                 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan 9.6% of net assets
State Street Navigator Security Lending Prime Portfolio
    47,773,839       47,773,839  
 

End of collateral invested for securities on loan.
                 
                 
 
At 09/30/2008, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $521,064,608 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $41,264,751 and ($62,444,947), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($21,180,196).
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(b) Fair-valued by management.
(c) Bankrupt security/delisted.
(d) Illiquid security. At the period end, the value of these amounted to $0 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value including securities on loan of $46,508,094 (cost $520,804,475)
        $499,884,412  
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        47,773,839  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        26,056,486  
Dividends
        564,913  
Fund shares sold
        261,964  
Income from securities on loan
        105,444  
Prepaid expenses
  +     42,437  
     
     
Total assets
        574,689,495  
             
 
Liabilities
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        47,773,839  
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        17,100,390  
Investment adviser fees
        37,532  
Fund shares redeemed
        6,227,028  
Payable to custodian
        2,972,882  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        188,666  
Accrued expenses
  +     202,078  
     
     
Total liabilities
        74,502,415  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        574,689,495  
Total liabilities
      74,502,415  
     
     
Net assets
        $500,187,080  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        468,552,771  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        696,031  
Net realized capital gains
        51,858,341  
Net unrealized capital losses
        (20,920,063 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $166,557,317       19,971,468         $8.34  
Select Shares
  $307,939,627       35,512,610         $8.67  
Adviser Shares
  $25,690,136       3,038,763         $8.45  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $3,348,171  
Interest
        55,932  
Securities on loan
  +     469,918  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        3,874,021  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized gains on investments
        55,066,915  
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (73,622,014 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        2,676,742  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
           
Investor Shares
        234,701  
Adviser Shares
        44,024  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        76,136  
Transfer agent fees
        64,695  
Shareholder reports
        39,707  
Accounting and administration fees
        33,754  
Professional fees
        28,908  
Custodian fees
        19,705  
Interest expense
        13,944  
Registration fees
        12,970  
Trustees’ fees
        8,665  
Other expenses
  +     26,384  
     
     
Total expenses
        3,280,335  
Expense reduction by adviser
      33,447  
Custody credits
      3,723  
     
     
Net expenses
        3,243,165  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        3,874,021  
Net expenses
      3,243,165  
     
     
Net investment income
        630,856  
Net realized gains
        55,066,915  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (73,622,014 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($17,924,243 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $630,856       $182,344  
Net realized gains
        55,066,915       82,186,761  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (73,622,014 )     (190,015,225 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (17,924,243 )     (107,646,120 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders 1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
        -       -  
Select Shares
        -       (52,220 )
Adviser Shares
  +     -       -  
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
        -       (52,220 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (37,650,467 )
Select Shares
              (86,858,222 )
Adviser Shares
  +           (6,733,104 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (131,241,794 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($131,294,014 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares 1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        1,540,459       $14,033,412       3,180,317       $34,760,049  
Select Shares
        1,913,310       18,086,262       6,132,943       71,884,130  
Adviser Shares
  +     220,274       2,033,520       923,717       9,727,022  
     
     
Total shares sold
        3,674,043       $34,153,194       10,236,977       $116,371,201  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        -       $-       3,322,282       $30,996,893  
Select Shares
        -       -       8,219,330       79,563,111  
Adviser Shares
  +     -       -       531,532       5,022,981  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        -       $-       12,073,144       $115,582,985  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (2,714,351 )     ($24,593,061 )     (7,377,747 )     ($82,542,754 )
Select Shares
        (10,013,000 )     (94,220,512 )     (26,429,861 )     (299,178,447 )
Adviser Shares
  +     (1,128,824 )     (9,946,924 )     (1,470,741 )     (16,603,866 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (13,856,175 )     ($128,760,497 )     (35,278,349 )     ($398,325,067 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        (10,182,132 )     ($94,607,303 )     (12,968,228 )     ($166,370,881 )
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        68,704,973       $612,718,626       81,673,201       $1,018,029,641  
Total decrease
  +     (10,182,132 )     (112,531,546 )     (12,968,228 )     (405,311,015 )
     
     
End of period
        58,522,841       $500,187,080       68,704,973       $612,718,626  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $696,031               $65,175  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.30       10.63       10.55       10.41       9.81       10.43      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.03 )1     0.62       0.26       0.12 1     (0.06 )1     (0.09 )1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.11 )     (0.70 )     0.03       0.10       0.66       (0.53 )    
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.14 )     (0.08 )     0.29       0.22       0.60       (0.62 )    
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.25 )     (0.21 )     (0.08 )                
Distributions from net realized gains
                                       
   
Total distributions
          (0.25 )     (0.21 )     (0.08 )                
   
Net asset value at end of period
    10.16       10.30       10.63       10.55       10.41       9.81      
   
Total return (%)
    (1.36 )2     (0.82 )     2.81       2.08       6.12       (5.94 )    
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses (including dividend expense on short sales)
    3.74 3     3.29       3.28       3.22       3.30       3.06      
Net operating expenses (excluding dividend expense on short sales)
    1.95 3     1.97       1.99       2.06       2.06       2.05      
Gross operating expenses
    3.78 3     3.30       3.28       3.22       3.37       3.18      
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.57 )3     2.11       2.41       1.17       (0.55 )     (0.90 )    
Portfolio turnover rate
    288 2     129       140       122       111       76      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    10,726       14,714       64,400       63,036       34,930       34,081      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,4   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    10.37       10.75       10.66       10.51       9.87       10.48      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.03 )     0.26       0.24       0.16 1     (0.03 )1     (0.05 )1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (0.09 )     (0.31 )     0.09       0.09       0.67       (0.56 )    
   
Total from investment operations
    (0.12 )     (0.05 )     0.33       0.25       0.64       (0.61 )    
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.33 )     (0.24 )     (0.10 )                
Distributions from net realized gains
                                       
   
Total distributions
          (0.33 )     (0.24 )     (0.10 )                
   
Net asset value at end of period
    10.25       10.37       10.75       10.66       10.51       9.87      
   
Total return (%)
    (1.16 )2     (0.51 )     3.19       2.41       6.48       (5.82 )    
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses (including dividend expense on short sales)
    3.47 3     3.09       2.99       2.89       2.98       2.77      
Net operating expenses (excluding dividend expense on short sales)
    1.68 3     1.63       1.66       1.74       1.74       1.75      
Gross operating expenses
    3.47 3     3.09       2.99       2.89       3.04       2.88      
Net investment income (loss)
    (0.30 )3     2.14       2.70       1.51       (0.28 )     (0.46 )    
Portfolio turnover rate
    288 2     129       140       122       111       76      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    122,704       182,817       260,596       189,254       102,974       95,541      
 
* Unaudited
1 Calculated based on the average shares oustanding during the period.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  96 .0%   Common Stock     139,556,975       128,043,009  
  1 .3%   Foreign Common Stock     1,772,858       1,680,162  
  6 .1%   Short-Term Investment     8,175,472       8,175,472  
  103 .4%   Total Investments     149,505,305       137,898,643  
  (80 .7)%   Short Sales     (127,083,406 )     (107,615,279 )
  77 .7%   Deposits with broker and custodian bank for securities sold short     103,677,044       103,677,044  
  (0 .4)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (530,737 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             133,429,671  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock (a) 96.0% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.5%
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    23,400       709,722  
                 
 
Banks 4.4%
First Niles Financial, Inc.
    99       925  
Regions Financial Corp.
    60,530       581,088  
U.S. Bancorp
    64,687       2,330,026  
Wells Fargo & Co.
    79,300       2,976,129  
                 
              5,888,168  
                 
 
Capital Goods 6.8%
Aecom Technology Corp. *
    9,736       237,948  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    2,900       83,810  
Columbus McKinnon Corp. *
    332       7,825  
Crane Co.
    20,118       597,706  
Cummins, Inc.
    21,600       944,352  
Dover Corp.
    1,200       48,660  
EnPro Industries, Inc. *
    14,900       553,684  
Esterline Technologies Corp. *
    4,050       160,340  
First Solar, Inc. *
    4,427       836,305  
General Dynamics Corp.
    5,200       382,824  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    190       7,895  
Lockheed Martin Corp.
    190       20,837  
MasTec, Inc. *
    27,725       368,465  
Navistar International Corp. *
    7,290       394,972  
Northrop Grumman Corp.
    200       12,108  
Regal-Beloit Corp.
    9,300       395,436  
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
    8,237       307,570  
Seaboard Corp.
    146       183,522  
SPX Corp.
    12,930       995,610  
SunPower Corp., Class B *
    4,687       323,637  
Terex Corp. *
    12,100       369,292  
The Manitowoc Co., Inc.
    15,100       234,805  
The Shaw Group, Inc. *
    9,000       276,570  
Thomas & Betts Corp. *
    6,800       265,676  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    12,154       1,057,033  
                 
              9,066,882  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.8%
Allied Waste Industries, Inc. *
    2,570       28,553  
Deluxe Corp.
    7,600       109,364  
Kelly Services, Inc., Class A
    19,274       367,170  
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
    23,850       585,040  
                 
              1,090,127  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.8%
Callaway Golf Co.
    9,100       128,037  
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. *
    3,900       97,149  
Jarden Corp. *
    2,700       63,315  
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
    13,590       223,284  
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    900       60,210  
Polaris Industries, Inc.
    4,100       186,509  
Quiksilver, Inc. *
    600       3,444  
The Warnaco Group, Inc. *
    5,300       240,037  
                 
              1,001,985  
                 
 
Consumer Services 2.1%
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
    3,800       53,922  
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
    4,300       117,347  
CBRL Group, Inc.
    6,720       176,736  
CEC Entertainment, Inc. *
    2,000       66,400  
Coinstar, Inc. *
    4,100       131,200  
H&R Block, Inc.
    30,300       689,325  
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
    2,300       44,804  
Yum! Brands, Inc.
    46,900       1,529,409  
                 
              2,809,143  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 8.8%
Bank of America Corp.
    125,508       4,392,780  
BlackRock, Inc.
    6,500       1,264,250  
CIT Group, Inc.
    35,900       249,864  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    89,808       4,194,034  
Northern Trust Corp.
    1,930       139,346  
State Street Corp.
    25,650       1,458,972  
                 
              11,699,246  
                 
 
Energy 6.6%
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. *
    3,800       67,678  
Bill Barrett Corp. *
    1,970       63,257  
Chevron Corp.
    2,920       240,842  
Cimarex Energy Co.
    9,300       454,863  
ConocoPhillips
    37,700       2,761,525  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Contango Oil & Gas Co. *
    800       43,184  
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
    720       74,203  
Forest Oil Corp. *
    9,100       451,360  
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
    5,700       202,806  
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. *
    3,000       134,640  
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. *
    6,340       153,935  
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
    8,015       346,168  
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. *
    3,200       123,584  
International Coal Group, Inc. *
    17,300       107,952  
ION Geophysical Corp. *
    11,300       160,347  
McMoRan Exploration Co. *
    6,800       160,752  
Murphy Oil Corp.
    4,300       275,802  
Plains Exploration & Production Co. *
    3,400       119,544  
Rosetta Resources, Inc. *
    7,200       132,192  
Rowan Cos., Inc.
    4,000       122,200  
Stone Energy Corp. *
    3,700       156,621  
Swift Energy Co. *
    4,000       154,760  
Teekay Corp.
    5,500       145,090  
Tidewater, Inc.
    30,700       1,699,552  
Unit Corp. *
    5,700       283,974  
W&T Offshore, Inc.
    3,900       106,431  
                 
              8,743,262  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
The Andersons, Inc.
    1,720       60,578  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 3.6%
Bunge Ltd.
    10,304       651,007  
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
    10,106       277,309  
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. *
    6,500       102,765  
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A *
    42,800       918,488  
Dean Foods Co. *
    15,100       352,736  
H.J. Heinz Co.
    9,000       449,730  
Kellogg Co.
    24,600       1,380,060  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
    2,100       5,229  
The Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A *
    460       21,845  
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
    14,000       408,380  
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A
    21,380       255,277  
                 
              4,822,826  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 5.0%
Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. *
    7,100       126,238  
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. *
    6,500       115,440  
AMERIGROUP Corp. *
    4,000       100,960  
Baxter International, Inc.
    25,580       1,678,815  
Conceptus, Inc. *
    4,400       72,952  
CONMED Corp. *
    6,267       200,544  
ev3, Inc. *
    10,700       107,428  
Express Scripts, Inc. *
    4,500       332,190  
Health Net, Inc. *
    11,260       265,736  
Hologic, Inc. *
    29,000       560,570  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings *
    2,600       114,478  
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. *
    3,550       855,479  
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. *
    9,770       293,100  
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. *
    21,000       578,970  
RTI Biologics, Inc. *
    7,800       72,930  
SonoSite, Inc. *
    2,600       81,640  
Symmetry Medical, Inc. *
    5,200       96,512  
Teleflex, Inc.
    5,380       341,576  
The Cooper Cos., Inc.
    5,900       205,084  
Thoratec Corp. *
    6,900       181,125  
Universal American Financial Corp. *
    4,340       52,905  
Volcano Corp. *
    6,600       114,114  
Wright Medical Group, Inc. *
    5,100       155,244  
                 
              6,704,030  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 1.4%
Avon Products, Inc.
    10,700       444,799  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    9,600       723,360  
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. *
    4,100       80,483  
Inter Parfums, Inc.
    647       8,773  
The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A
    12,200       608,902  
                 
              1,866,317  
                 
 
Insurance 4.2%
Aon Corp.
    29,389       1,321,329  
CNA Financial Corp.
    8,266       216,900  
Everest Re Group Ltd.
    7,300       631,669  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
    16,700       1,202,400  
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A
    3,090       166,860  
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
    27,089       1,110,378  
Unum Group
    39,800       998,980  
                 
              5,648,516  
                 
 
Materials 7.2%
A. Schulman, Inc.
    286       5,657  
Arch Chemicals, Inc.
    3,700       130,610  
Ashland, Inc.
    7,169       209,622  
Cabot Corp.
    8,400       266,952  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
    8,050       736,253  
Chemtura Corp.
    30,900       140,904  
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
    70       3,706  
Cytec Industries, Inc.
    5,960       231,904  
Domtar Corp. *
    57,500       264,500  
Eastman Chemical Co.
    8,900       490,034  
Ferro Corp.
    6,600       132,660  
FMC Corp.
    30,884       1,587,129  
Headwaters, Inc. *
    6,100       81,435  
Hercules, Inc.
    260       5,145  
Innophos Holdings, Inc.
    3,300       80,454  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
    900       35,514  
International Paper Co.
    46,700       1,222,606  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
    2,700       160,272  
Monsanto Co.
    11,700       1,158,066  
Nalco Holding Co.
    13,550       251,217  
Olin Corp.
    10,100       195,940  
RPM International, Inc.
    15,260       295,128  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Terra Industries, Inc.
    9,900       291,060  
The Mosaic Co.
    9,500       646,190  
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A
    1,380       32,623  
United States Steel Corp.
    11,700       908,037  
                 
              9,563,618  
                 
 
Media 3.1%
DISH Network Corp., Class A *
    32,163       675,423  
Mediacom Communications Corp., Class A *
    7,500       44,400  
RCN Corp. *
    5,600       68,656  
Time Warner, Inc.
    254,100       3,331,251  
                 
              4,119,730  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 11.6%
Albany Molecular Research, Inc. *
    3,800       68,742  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    186,100       3,880,185  
Cephalon, Inc. *
    6,415       497,098  
Gilead Sciences, Inc. *
    37,000       1,686,460  
ImClone Systems, Inc. *
    240       14,986  
Invitrogen Corp. *
    40,012       1,512,454  
Mylan, Inc. *
    32,400       370,008  
Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. *
    200       2,458  
PDL BioPharma, Inc.
    15,800       147,098  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    59,020       1,473,729  
Pfizer, Inc.
    272,900       5,032,276  
Pharmanet Development Group, Inc. *
    2,900       20,938  
Waters Corp. *
    10,800       628,344  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    5,893       167,951  
                 
              15,502,727  
                 
 
Retailing 2.1%
AnnTaylor Stores Corp. *
    1,800       37,152  
AutoZone, Inc. *
    4,900       604,366  
Big Lots, Inc. *
    10,499       292,187  
Borders Group, Inc.
    2,010       13,185  
Dollar Tree, Inc. *
    8,300       301,788  
Expedia, Inc. *
    21,490       324,714  
Fred’s, Inc., Class A
    6,500       92,430  
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. *
    18,600       390,228  
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. *
    2,540       85,344  
Netflix, Inc. *
    5,400       166,752  
OfficeMax, Inc.
    1,330       11,824  
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. *
    200       1,174  
RadioShack Corp.
    18,500       319,680  
Stage Stores, Inc.
    260       3,552  
The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. *
    3,400       113,390  
The Talbots, Inc.
    3,700       48,470  
Zale Corp. *
    1,200       30,000  
                 
              2,836,236  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.0%
Atmel Corp. *
    55,200       187,128  
ATMI, Inc. *
    4,650       83,607  
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. *
    17,090       89,210  
Entegris, Inc. *
    16,500       79,860  
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. *
    8,400       74,676  
FEI Co. *
    2,600       61,906  
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. *
    89,451       695,928  
Intersil Corp., Class A
    2,109       34,967  
LSI Corp. *
    76,000       407,360  
Micron Technology, Inc. *
    88,857       359,871  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. *
    128,308       1,072,655  
Teradyne, Inc. *
    24,500       191,345  
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. *
    82,848       396,842  
Veeco Instruments, Inc. *
    19,700       291,757  
                 
              4,027,112  
                 
 
Software & Services 6.8%
Computer Sciences Corp. *
    43,281       1,739,463  
EarthLink, Inc. *
    16,200       137,700  
GSI Commerce, Inc. *
    3,900       60,372  
Hewitt Associates, Inc., Class A *
    12,400       451,856  
IAC/InterActiveCorp. *
    44,450       768,985  
Interwoven, Inc. *
    29,361       414,577  
Intuit, Inc. *
    36,056       1,139,730  
JDA Software Group, Inc. *
    400       6,084  
Lawson Software, Inc. *
    105,403       737,821  
MAXIMUS, Inc.
    16,070       592,019  
Mentor Graphics Corp. *
    58,320       661,932  
Ness Technologies, Inc. *
    6,000       68,820  
Novell, Inc. *
    43,900       225,646  
Oracle Corp. *
    19,300       391,983  
Solera Holdings, Inc. *
    3,490       100,233  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. *
    960       15,744  
TiVo, Inc. *
    14,500       106,140  
Unisys Corp. *
    29,200       80,300  
United Online, Inc.
    57,106       537,368  
VeriSign, Inc. *
    20,700       539,856  
Websense, Inc. *
    6,400       143,040  
Wind River Systems, Inc. *
    11,200       112,000  
                 
              9,031,669  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 5.0%
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. *
    16,725       141,326  
Agilent Technologies, Inc. *
    33,770       1,001,618  
Amphenol Corp., Class A
    16,400       658,296  
Avocent Corp. *
    4,204       86,014  
Black Box Corp.
    13,172       454,829  
Coherent, Inc. *
    4,600       163,530  
Emulex Corp. *
    63,230       674,664  
Harris Corp.
    14,900       688,380  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    8,700       402,288  
Imation Corp.
    4,900       110,691  
International Business Machines Corp.
    7,600       888,896  
Itron, Inc. *
    260       23,018  
JDS Uniphase Corp. *
    13,800       116,748  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. *
    200       19,600  
MTS Systems Corp.
    2,640       111,144  
Powerwave Technologies, Inc. *
    19,000       75,240  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
    7,800       335,166  
Tekelec *
    7,560       105,765  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. *
    93,300       617,646  
                 
              6,674,859  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 7.0%
AT&T, Inc.
    158,577       4,427,470  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    153,900       4,938,651  
                 
              9,366,121  
                 
 
Transportation 1.8%
Con-way, Inc.
    5,400       238,194  
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.
    3,570       118,667  
Kansas City Southern *
    4,560       202,281  
Macquarie Infrastructure Co., LLC
    2,100       27,741  
Pacer International, Inc.
    5,200       85,644  
Ryder System, Inc.
    6,100       378,200  
Southwest Airlines Co.
    72,500       1,051,975  
UTI Worldwide, Inc.
    12,500       212,750  
YRC Worldwide, Inc. *
    8,300       99,268  
                 
              2,414,720  
                 
 
Utilities 3.3%
Alliant Energy Corp.
    10,780       347,224  
CMS Energy Corp.
    28,200       351,654  
DTE Energy Co.
    3,400       136,408  
El Paso Electric Co. *
    6,800       142,800  
New Jersey Resources Corp.
    890       31,942  
NiSource, Inc.
    25,500       376,380  
NorthWestern Corp.
    10,920       274,419  
ONEOK, Inc.
    11,600       399,040  
PG&E Corp.
    38,100       1,426,845  
Sierra Pacific Resources
    25,910       248,218  
The AES Corp. *
    56,500       660,485  
                 
              4,395,415  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $139,556,975)
    128,043,009  
         
                 
                 
 
 Foreign Common Stock 1.3% of net assets
                 
 
Bermuda 1.3%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
Aircastle Ltd.
    17,823       176,626  
                 
 
Software & Services 1.1%
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    39,000       1,482,000  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
TBS International Ltd., Class A *
    1,600       21,536  
                 
Total Foreign Common Stock
(Cost $1,772,858)
    1,680,162  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 6.1% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 6.1%
Custodian Trust Company, dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 0.2% with maturity value of $8,175,518 (fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note with a value of $8,416,939)
    8,175,472       8,175,472  
                 
Total Short-Term Investment
(Cost $8,175,472)
    8,175,472  
         
         
 

End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $149,879,049 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $6,041,880 and ($18,022,286), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($11,980,406).
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All long positions are pledged as collateral for securities sold short.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
 
 Short Sales 80.7% of net assets
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.5%
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
    10,100       131,704  
BorgWarner, Inc.
    7,400       242,498  
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. *
    1,800       62,010  
Gentex Corp.
    6,387       91,334  
Lear Corp. *
    8,400       88,200  
                 
              615,746  
                 
 
Banks 2.3%
1st Source Corp.
    1,500       35,250  
Associated Banc-Corp.
    4,400       87,780  
BancFirst Corp.
    300       14,499  
BOK Financial Corp.
    2,900       140,389  
Brookline Bancorp, Inc.
    8,300       106,157  
Capitol Federal Financial
    2,900       128,557  
Central Pacific Financial Corp.
    1,200       20,172  
City Holding Co.
    2,100       88,725  
Comerica, Inc.
    10,000       327,900  
CVB Financial Corp.
    2,400       33,360  
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
    2,600       134,888  
First Horizon National Corp.
    9,894       92,607  
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.
    1,800       43,632  
FirstMerit Corp.
    7,800       163,800  
Fulton Financial Corp.
    4,500       49,095  
Kearny Financial Corp.
    17,186       210,357  
KeyCorp
    27,000       322,380  
MB Financial, Inc.
    900       29,763  
NBT Bancorp, Inc.
    800       23,936  
Old National Bancorp
    3,200       64,064  
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. *
    600       18,480  
Provident Financial Services, Inc.
    7,200       118,872  
Signature Bank *
    1,200       41,856  
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
    8,700       34,365  
Sterling Bancshares, Inc.
    2,700       28,215  
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.
    3,582       69,920  
SVB Financial Group *
    3,200       185,344  
TFS Financial Corp.
    11,200       140,224  
UMB Financial Corp.
    2,600       136,552  
Whitney Holding Corp.
    7,100       172,175  
                 
              3,063,314  
                 
 
Capital Goods 2.2%
BE Aerospace, Inc. *
    1,900       30,077  
Blount International, Inc. *
    4,950       55,094  
Bucyrus International, Inc.
    400       17,872  
Chart Industries, Inc. *
    1,200       34,272  
CLARCOR, Inc.
    400       15,180  
General Cable Corp. *
    4,200       149,646  
Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd., Class A
    19,400       604,698  
Northwest Pipe Co. *
    300       13,086  
Oshkosh Corp.
    7,800       102,648  
Otter Tail Corp.
    3,300       101,409  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    8,700       685,386  
Sun Hydraulics Corp.
    800       20,832  
The Boeing Co.
    16,400       940,540  
Titan International, Inc.
    163       3,464  
TransDigm Group, Inc. *
    3,900       133,497  
                 
              2,907,701  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 1.4%
Cenveo, Inc. *
    37,575       288,952  
Duff & Phelps Corp., Class A *
    900       18,927  
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
    2,600       47,554  
Iron Mountain, Inc. *
    60,405       1,474,486  
School Specialty, Inc. *
    2,800       87,332  
The Advisory Board Co. *
    300       9,048  
                 
              1,926,299  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 2.2%
Brunswick Corp.
    10,200       130,458  
Coach, Inc. *
    800       20,032  
Eastman Kodak Co.
    20,900       321,442  
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
    800       14,808  
K-Swiss, Inc., Class A
    23,100       401,940  
Mattel, Inc.
    30,600       552,024  
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
    55,477       957,533  
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.
    1,300       86,632  
The Black & Decker Corp.
    6,700       407,025  
                 
              2,891,894  
                 
 
Consumer Services 2.1%
Brinker International, Inc.
    9,700       173,533  
Capella Education Co. *
    600       25,716  
International Game Technology
    20,100       345,318  
Matthews International Corp., Class A
    3,000       152,220  
MGM MIRAGE *
    7,600       216,600  
Scientific Games Corp., Class A *
    500       11,510  
Service Corp. International
    22,300       186,428  
Sotheby’s
    6,300       126,378  
Starbucks Corp. *
    47,200       701,864  
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
    12,000       337,680  
Strayer Education, Inc.
    1,100       220,286  
thinkorswim Group, Inc. *
    31,830       265,144  
                 
              2,762,677  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 5.0%
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. *
    2,800       231,980  
CME Group, Inc.
    3,500       1,300,285  
Eaton Vance Corp.
    7,000       246,610  
FCStone Group, Inc. *
    3,300       59,367  
Financial Federal Corp.
    3,600       82,512  
GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A
    200       11,860  
GFI Group, Inc.
    9,200       43,332  
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. *
    4,500       363,060  
Investment Technology Group, Inc. *
    4,300       130,849  
Lazard Ltd., Class A
    4,500       192,420  
Legg Mason, Inc.
    8,400       319,704  
Moody’s Corp.
    56,500       1,921,000  
Nelnet, Inc., Class A
    2,700       38,340  
NYSE Euronext
    15,600       611,208  
optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.
    5,400       104,868  
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
    2,100       69,258  
SLM Corp. *
    29,800       367,732  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
SWS Group, Inc.
    2,100       42,336  
The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. *
    9,500       290,415  
The Student Loan Corp.
    600       55,800  
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
    6,900       170,775  
World Acceptance Corp. *
    900       32,400  
                 
              6,686,111  
                 
 
Energy 4.7%
Bristow Group, Inc. *
    2,500       84,600  
Frontier Oil Corp.
    37,087       683,143  
Holly Corp.
    23,710       685,693  
iHS, Inc., Class A *
    3,400       161,976  
Kinder Morgan Management LLC *
          20  
Nabors Industries Ltd. *
    17,800       443,576  
Spectra Energy Corp.
    25,500       606,900  
TC Pipelines L.P.
    3,900       120,666  
Tesoro Corp.
    51,934       856,392  
Valero Energy Corp.
    35,000       1,060,500  
World Fuel Services Corp.
    3,900       89,817  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    32,000       1,488,640  
                 
              6,281,923  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.8%
The Kroger Co.
    39,700       1,090,956  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 4.3%
Central European Distribution Corp. *
    3,000       136,230  
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A
    80,000       2,620,000  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    11,200       798,224  
The Hershey Co.
    56,600       2,237,964  
                 
              5,792,418  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 6.7%
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
    4,700       103,353  
DaVita, Inc. *
    6,800       387,668  
Genoptix, Inc. *
    1,300       42,471  
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A *
    10,900       45,344  
HMS Holdings Corp. *
    6,670       159,813  
Medtronic, Inc.
    68,200       3,416,820  
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
    3,300       95,832  
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    3,800       184,300  
Phase Forward, Inc. *
    5,600       117,096  
Stryker Corp.
    19,300       1,202,390  
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. *
    1,800       26,388  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
    75,900       1,927,101  
VCA Antech, Inc. *
    7,600       223,972  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. *
    14,500       936,120  
                 
              8,868,668  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 3.4%
The Procter & Gamble Co.
    65,600       4,571,664  
                 
 
Insurance 1.1%
Brown & Brown, Inc.
    9,300       201,066  
FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A
    1,800       50,202  
IPC Holdings Ltd.
    3,500       105,735  
Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.
    1,500       65,700  
RLI Corp.
    600       37,254  
State Auto Financial Corp.
    8,965       260,613  
The Progressive Corp.
    42,400       737,760  
                 
              1,458,330  
                 
 
Materials 1.2%
Balchem Corp.
    2,800       74,676  
Crown Holdings, Inc. *
    10,900       242,089  
Deltic Timber Corp.
    1,500       95,460  
Eagle Materials, Inc.
    5,100       114,087  
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. *
    154,780       727,466  
Weyerhaeuser Co.
    5,560       336,825  
                 
              1,590,603  
                 
 
Media 4.8%
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Class A *
    12,030       164,570  
Comcast Corp., Class A
    149,600       2,936,648  
CTC Media, Inc. *
    990       14,850  
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A *
    6,636       208,702  
Interactive Data Corp.
    4,500       113,490  
Lamar Advertising Co., Class A *
    43,013       1,328,672  
Liberty Global, Inc., Series A *
    22,200       672,660  
Morningstar, Inc. *
    600       33,282  
National CineMedia, Inc.
    6,000       66,300  
Regal Entertainment Group, Class A
    8,500       134,130  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A
    7,100       35,784  
The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.
    20,500       648,005  
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A
    3,400       52,564  
                 
              6,409,657  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 9.5%
Abbott Laboratories
    73,200       4,214,856  
Alkermes, Inc. *
    45,790       609,007  
Allergan, Inc.
    19,200       988,800  
Allos Therapeutics, Inc. *
    7,700       57,057  
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    10,779       417,471  
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    66,068       1,335,895  
Cepheid, Inc. *
    6,900       95,427  
Durect Corp. *
    900       5,040  
eResearch Technology, Inc. *
    5,800       69,078  
Exelixis, Inc. *
    83,970       510,538  
Incyte Corp. *
    18,700       143,055  
Martek Biosciences Corp. *
    1,400       43,988  
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    3,400       44,574  
Pharmasset, Inc. *
    600       11,970  
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    4,900       114,415  
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    900       13,419  
Schering-Plough Corp.
    8,000       147,760  
Techne Corp. *
    3,200       230,784  
Theravance, Inc. *
    6,700       83,482  
United Therapeutics Corp. *
    400       42,068  
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *
    84,535       2,809,943  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
XenoPort, Inc. *
    12,795       620,429  
                 
              12,609,056  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.4%
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A
    11,780       361,293  
Tejon Ranch Co. *
    4,980       185,007  
                 
              546,300  
                 
 
Retailing 0.4%
bebe stores, Inc.
    5,400       52,758  
J. Crew Group, Inc. *
    685       19,570  
LKQ Corp. *
    9,700       164,609  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    8,400       242,088  
                 
              479,025  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 7.2%
Cavium Networks, Inc. *
    4,400       61,952  
FormFactor, Inc. *
    32,400       564,408  
Intel Corp.
    241,200       4,517,676  
Lam Research Corp. *
    42,100       1,325,729  
Microchip Technology, Inc.
    69,100       2,033,613  
Rambus, Inc. *
    78,213       1,005,037  
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. *
    5,800       145,696  
                 
              9,654,111  
                 
 
Software & Services 5.2%
Alliance Data Systems Corp. *
    5,000       316,900  
ANSYS, Inc. *
    6,005       227,409  
Autodesk, Inc. *
    14,000       469,700  
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A *
    20,133       459,636  
comScore, Inc. *
    2,600       45,838  
DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. *
    25,000       421,000  
Genpact Ltd. *
    7,800       81,042  
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. *
    600       3,036  
Google, Inc., Class A *
    10,780       4,317,606  
Paychex, Inc.
    15,600       515,268  
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. *
    3,200       86,400  
                 
              6,943,835  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 5.0%
Brightpoint, Inc. *
    43,600       313,920  
Cisco Systems, Inc. *
    203,900       4,599,984  
Daktronics, Inc.
    8,640       143,942  
Dell, Inc. *
    48,000       791,040  
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A *
    3,800       133,722  
Netezza Corp. *
    5,400       57,294  
Plexus Corp. *
    4,700       97,290  
SanDisk Corp. *
    17,000       332,350  
Seagate Technology
    16,700       202,404  
                 
              6,671,946  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.5%
American Tower Corp., Class A *
    24,800       892,056  
Centennial Communications Corp. *
    9,700       60,528  
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
    4,800       89,664  
Metropcs Communications, Inc. *
    17,300       242,027  
NII Holdings, Inc. *
    11,100       420,912  
NTELOS Holdings Corp.
    3,800       102,182  
Sprint Nextel Corp.
    178,870       1,091,107  
United States Cellular Corp. *
    2,500       117,300  
Windstream Corp.
    30,500       333,670  
                 
              3,349,446  
                 
 
Transportation 4.6%
Allegiant Travel Co. *
    2,000       70,640  
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. *
    1,800       72,558  
Continental Airlines, Inc., Class B *
    6,219       103,733  
Copa Holdings S.A., Class A
    3,700       120,250  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    13,400       466,856  
FedEx Corp.
    19,200       1,517,568  
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. *
    39,862       301,755  
JetBlue Airways Corp. *
    98,400       487,080  
UAL Corp.
    49,574       435,756  
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
    41,100       2,584,779  
                 
              6,160,975  
                 
 
Utilities 3.2%
Allegheny Energy, Inc.
    10,500       386,085  
Dynegy, Inc., Class A *
    36,900       132,102  
Equitable Resources, Inc.
    8,200       300,776  
Exelon Corp.
    18,100       1,133,422  
FirstEnergy Corp.
    19,100       1,279,509  
ITC Holdings Corp.
    3,800       196,726  
PPL Corp.
    13,349       494,180  
Reliant Energy, Inc. *
    21,400       157,290  
South Jersey Industries, Inc.
    3,500       124,950  
The Laclede Group, Inc.
    1,600       77,584  
                 
              4,282,624  
                 
Total Short Sales
(Proceeds $127,083,406)
    107,615,279  
         
 

End of short sale positions.
 
* Non-income producing security
End of Investments.
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $149,505,305)
        $137,898,643  
Deposits with broker for short sales
        103,677,044  
Receivables:
           
Fund shares sold
        100,405  
Dividends
        125,392  
Interest
        96,769  
Prepaid expenses
  +     10,123  
     
     
Total assets
        241,908,376  
             
 
Liabilities
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $127,083,406)
        107,615,279  
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        88,537  
Investment adviser fees
        16,560  
Fund shares redeemed
        582,496  
Dividends on short sales
        66,228  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        15,888  
Accrued expenses
  +     93,717  
     
     
Total liabilities
        108,478,705  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        241,908,376  
Total liabilities
      108,478,705  
     
     
Net assets
        $133,429,671  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        146,317,668  
Distribution in excess of net investment income
        (32,904 )
Net realized capital losses
        (20,716,558 )
Net unrealized capital gains
        7,861,465  
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $10,725,665       1,055,423         $10.16  
Select Shares
  $122,704,006       11,976,425         $10.25  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends
        $1,480,358  
Interest
  +     1,360,122  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        2,840,480  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized gains on investments
        2,534,273  
Net realized gains on short sales
  +     44,137,394  
     
     
Net realized gains
        46,671,667  
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (16,654,427 )
Net unrealized losses on short sales
  +     (31,572,288 )
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (48,226,715 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        1,343,351  
Custodian fees
        33,586  
Accounting and administration fees
        32,459  
Transfer agent fees
        31,343  
Professional fees
        24,154  
Shareholder reports
        19,344  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        16,025  
Registration fees
        9,542  
Trustees’ fees
        4,590  
Sub-Accounting fees ( Investor Shares)
        3,685  
Dividends on short sales
        1,605,352  
Other expenses
  +     9,242  
     
     
Total expenses
        3,132,673  
Expense reduction by adviser
      2,164  
     
     
Net expenses
        3,130,509  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        2,840,480  
Net expenses
      3,130,509  
     
     
Net investment loss
        (290,029 )
Net realized gains
        46,671,667  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (48,226,715 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($1,845,077 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income (loss)
        ($290,029 )     $5,838,795  
Net realized gains (losses)
        46,671,667       (8,613,274 )
Net unrealized gains (losses)
  +     (48,226,715 )     14,263  
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (1,845,077 )     (2,760,216 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              (560,827 )
Select Shares
  +           (6,504,002 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              ($7,064,829 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        129,096       $1,333,904       1,441,013       $15,207,733  
Select Shares
  +     586,974       6,108,692       7,165,760       76,300,683  
     
     
Total shares sold
        716,070       $7,442,596       8,606,773       $91,508,416  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
              $-       37,333       $390,128  
Select Shares
  +                 555,166       5,834,792  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
              $-       592,499       $6,224,920  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (502,804 )     ($5,165,379 )     (6,108,994 )     ($64,097,820 )
Select Shares
  +     (6,247,046 )     (64,533,909 )     (14,332,185 )     (151,274,145 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (6,749,850 )     ($69,699,288 )     (20,441,179 )     ($215,371,965 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        (6,033,780 )     ($62,256,692 )     (11,241,907 )     ($117,638,629 )
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        19,065,628       $197,531,440       30,307,535       $324,995,114  
Total decrease
  +     (6,033,780 )     (64,101,769 )     (11,241,907 )     (127,463,674 )
     
     
End of period
        13,031,848       $133,429,671       19,065,628       $197,531,440  
     
     
Distribution in excess of net investment income/
                ($32,904 )             $257,125  
Net investment income not yet distributed
                                   
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited
 
 
1. Business Structure of the Funds:
 
Each of the Laudus Rosenberg Funds in this report is a series of the Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) an open-end management investment company. The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended.
 
The list below shows all the funds in the Trust including the funds discussed in this report, which are highlighted (individually each such highlighted portfolio, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
 
     
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
  Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
     
 
As of October 15, 2004 and May 1, 2006 the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund and the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund, respectively, were closed to new investors.
 
The Institutional Shares class name changed to Select Shares effective July 31, 2008, for all Laudus Rosenberg Funds.
 
Each fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Investor Shares and Select Shares of no par value, and the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund is also authorized to issue an unlimited number of Adviser Shares of no par value. Each class of shares generally has identical rights and preferences, except that each class is subject to different eligibility conditions, bear different distribution and sub-transfer agent expenses, and separate voting rights on matters pertaining solely to that class of shares.
 
Each fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, each Fund also keeps certain assets in segregated accounts, as may be required by securities law.
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
 
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the Funds used in the preparation of financial statements. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
(a) Security Valuation
 
The Funds value the securities in their portfolios every business day. The Funds use the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the closing values of such securities on their respective exchanges with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the fluctuation on investments resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available or when a significant event has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time the Funds calculate net asset value: valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Funds’ investment adviser using guidelines adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees and the Pricing Committee. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued at fair value include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price, or certain foreign securities closing market prices adjusted for changes in value that may occur between the close of foreign exchange and the time at which Fund shares are priced. The Board of Trustees regularly reviews fair value determinations, made by the Funds, pursuant to the procedures.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
  •  Short-term debt securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost (which approximates market value).
 
  •  Mutual Funds: valued at their respective net asset values as determined by those funds, in accordance with the 1940 Act for a given day.
 
(b) Portfolio Investments:
 
Foreign Currency Transactions: The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. All monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars based upon the prevailing exchange rate at the close of each business day. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses from currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Further, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not segregated in the financial statements from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts: Certain Funds may own shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Certain distributions received from REITs during the year, which are known to be a return of capital, are recorded as a reduction to the cost of the individual REIT.
 
Repurchase Agreements: The Funds may enter into repurchase agreement. In a repurchase agreement, a Fund buys a security from another party (usually a financial institution) with the agreement that it be sold back in the future. The date, price and other conditions are all specified when the agreement is created.
 
The Funds’ repurchase agreements will be fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or U.S. Government Agency securities. All collateral is held by the Funds’ custodian (or, with tri-party agreements, the agent’s bank) and is monitored daily to ensure that its market value is at least equal to the repurchase price under the agreement.
 
Short Sales: The Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund is authorized to engage in short sales. Short sales are transactions in which a Fund sells a security it does not own, in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security. To complete such a transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to deliver to the buyer upon the short sale; the Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing the security at current market value sometime in the future. The Fund will incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund will realize a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates. The potential for losses associated with short positions is much greater than the original value of the securities sold short and may exceed the market value of securities sold short recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Until the Fund replaces the borrowed security, the Fund will maintain a segregated account at the Custodian Bank with cash, U.S. Government Securities and/or securities held long by the portfolio to sufficiently cover its short position on a daily basis. The collateral for the securities sold short includes the Deposits with Broker and Custodian Bank, as shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and the securities held long as shown in the Statement of Portfolio Holdings. Interest accrued or dividends paid on securities sold short are recorded as an expense on the Fund’s records.
 
Securities Lending: Under the Securities Lending Program, securities held by the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund, the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund and the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund are loaned by State Street Corporation, as agent, to certain brokers (the “Borrowers”). The Borrowers provide cash or U.S. Government securities as collateral against loans in an amount at least equal to 100% of the market value of the loaned securities.
 
The cash collateral of securities loaned is invested in high quality, short-term investments such as money market funds and U.S. government securities. The investments of collateral are marked-to-market daily and the value of the collateral must be at least 100% of the market value of the loan securities each day.
 
(c) Security Transactions:
 
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund; expenses not directly attributable to a Fund are allocated proportionately among each Fund within the Trust in relation to the net assets of each Fund or on another reasonable basis.
 
Expenses specific to a class are charged to that class. Expenses other than class specific expenses are allocated daily to each class based upon the proportion of relative net assets or another reasonable basis. The investment income and expenses of the Fund (other than class specific expenses charged to a class) and realized and unrealized gains are allocated to each class of shares based upon relative net assets on the date income is earned, or expenses and realized/unrealized losses are incurred.
 
(d) Investment Income:
 
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying mutual funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the Funds record certain foreign security dividends on the day they learn of the ex-dividend date.
 
(e) Expenses:
 
Expenses that are specific to a Fund or a class within the trust are charged directly to that Fund or class. Expenses that are common to all Funds within the trust generally are allocated among the Funds in proportion to their average daily net assets.
 
For Funds offering multiple share classes, the net investment income, other than class specific expenses, and the realized and unrealized gains or losses, are allocated daily to each class in proportion to its net assets.
 
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
 
The Funds make distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains once a year.
 
(g) Custody Credit
 
Each fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank under which the fund receives a credit for its uninvested cash balance to offset its custody fees and accounting fees. The credit amounts are disclosed in the Statement of Operations as a reduction to the Funds’ operating expenses.
 
(h) Accounting Estimates:
 
The accounting policies described in this report conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It is possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates.
 
(i) Federal Income Taxes:
 
The Funds intend to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Funds distribute substantially all of their net investment income and realized net capital gains (if any) to their respective shareholders each year. As long as a Fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
 
(j) Indemnification:
 
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
(k) New Accounting Standards
 
The fund(s) adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements, effective April 1, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management has concluded that the adoption of FAS 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the fund’s financial statements.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to establish a classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
  •  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
  •  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2008:
 
                                                 
    Investment in Securities
    Laudus
  Laudus
  Laudus
  Laudus
  Laudus
  Laudus
    Rosenberg
  Rosenberg
  Rosenberg
  Rosenberg
  Rosenberg
  Rosenberg
    U.S. Large
  U.S. Large
  U.S. Large
  U.S.
  U.S. Small
  Long/Short
    Capitalization
  Capitalization
  Capitalization
  Discovery
  Capitalization
  Equity Fund
Valuation Inputs
  Fund   Growth Fund   Value Fund   Fund   Fund    
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices
    $85,367,544       $48,577,285       $6,702,444       $660,362,327       $499,884,412       $22,107,892  
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs
    1,597,000       595,000       101,000                   111,852,516  
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs
                                   
Total
    $86,964,544       $49,172,285       $6,803,444       $660,362,327       $499,884,412       $133,960,408  
 
 
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards board (“FASB”) issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about Funds’ derivative and hedging activities. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 161 on the funds’ financial statement disclosures.
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees oversees the general conduct of the Trust and the Funds.
 
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (“CSIM” or the “Manager”) is the investment adviser of the Funds and manages the Funds’ business, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees. AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC (“AXA Rosenberg”), the Funds’ sub-adviser, provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds, subject to the supervision of CSIM.
 
The Funds pay CSIM an advisory fee for these services on a monthly basis. CSIM and not the Funds, pays a portion of the advisory fees it receives to AXA Rosenberg in return for its services.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
 
The table below sets forth the advisory fee payable to CSIM by each Fund.
 
         
   
Agreement Rate*
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    1st $1 billion-0.75%  
      $1 billion to $2 billion-0.70%  
      Over $2 billion-0.675%  
         
         
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
    1st $1 billion-0.75%  
      $1 billion to $2 billion-0.70%  
      Over $2 billion-0.675%  
         
         
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
    1st $1 billion-0.75%  
      $1 billion to $2 billion-0.70%  
      Over $2 billion-0.675%  
         
         
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
    1st $1 billion-0.90%  
      Over $1 billion-0.85%  
         
         
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
    0.90%  
         
         
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
    1st $500 million-1.50%  
      Over $500 million-1.45%  
 
*  The advisory fee payable to CSIM varies based on fund assets.
 
The Funds may, from time to time, execute portfolio trades with affiliated brokers/dealers. For the period ended September 30, 2008, the Funds paid no brokerage fees on the execution of portfolio trades with affiliated brokers/dealers.
 
CSIM has contractually agreed, until at least July 30, 2010, to waive a portion of its management fee and bear certain expenses of each Fund. As such, CSIM further agrees to reimburse the Funds to limit the annual expenses, exclusive of nonrecurring account fees, fees on securities transactions such as exchange fees, dividends and interest on securities sold short, service fees, interest (overdraft charges), taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business as follows:
 
                 
   
Investor Shares
 
Select Shares
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund*
    1.14%       0.84%  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund*
    1.14%       0.84%  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund*
    1.14%       0.84%  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
    1.44%       1.14%  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund**
    1.44%       1.14%  
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
    2.04%       1.74%  
 
*   Prior to April 15, 2008, the expense limitations were 1.29% and 0.99% for the Investor Shares and Select Shares, respectively.
 
**  There is no Expense Limit for Adviser Shares of the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund. However, effective November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008 the Manager has agreed to voluntarily waive 0.03% of the Adviser Shares expenses. In addition, effective November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008 the Manager has agreed to voluntarily waive 0.03% of the Investor Shares expenses. Further, the Manager has voluntarily agreed to continue the 0.03% waiver on Adviser and Investor Shares effective November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
 
Any amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment through the next two fiscal years, to the extent that the repayment will not cause the Funds’ net expenses to exceed the current limit (as stated in CSIM’s contractual undertaking) during the respective year. As of September 30, 2008, the balance of recoupable expenses is as follows:
 
                         
    Expires
  Expires
  Expires
   
3/31/09
 
3/31/10
 
3/31/11
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    $7,039       $—       $50,592  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
    36,418             53,804  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
    103,539       125,556       56,541  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
                 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
                 
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
    2,450             2,164  
 
4. Other Shareholders Services:
 
The Trust has a Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan with respect to its Investor Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Investor Shares of the Funds are sold on a continuous basis by the Trust’s distributor — ALPS Distributors, Inc. Under the Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds pay distribution and shareholder servicing fees in connection with the sale and servicing of the Investor Shares. The annual Distribution and Shareholder Service Fee consists of up to 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of the Investor Shares. In addition, the Trustees have authorized each Fund to pay up to 0.15% of its average daily net assets attributable to Investor Shares for sub-transfer agent and sub-accounting services in connection with such shares.
 
Various service organizations act as servicing agents of the Adviser Shares of the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund. Such shares are subject to an annual Service Fee of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to such shares in accordance with a Service Plan adopted by the Trust. In addition, the Trustees have authorized the Fund to pay up to 0.05% of its average daily net assets attributable to Adviser Shares for the transfer agent and sub-accounting services in connection with such shares.
 
5. Board of Trustees:
 
The Board of Trustees may include people who are officers and/or directors of other fund families affiliated to the investment adviser. Federal securities law limits the percentage of the “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the Laudus Funds are in compliance with these limitations. The Funds did not pay any of the interested persons for their services as trustees, but did pay non-interested persons Independent Trustees, as noted in each Fund’s Statement of Operations.
 
A Retirement Plan was instituted for certain Independent Trustees of the Trust. In September 2006, the Trustees voted to close the Retirement Plan to new participants as of June 26, 2006 and to discontinue making contributions to the Retirement Plan after the plan year ending March 31, 2007. All other terms of the Retirement Plan, including without limitation provisions relating to vesting and payment upon termination of service, remain in effect. Under the terms of the Retirement Plan, upon retirement or other termination from service from the Trust (other than termination for cause), a retiring Independent Trustee who has served as Independent Trustee for at least five years shall be paid a lump sum cash payment (the “Retirement Payment”). The Retirement Payment shall be equal to $10,000 for each year that the Trustee has served as an Independent Trustee of the Trust, including years of service prior to the adoption of the Retirement Plan and including a final one-half year credit for service during the plan year ending March 31, 2007. Beginning April 1, 2005, each Independent Trustee was permitted to make a one-time election to have the $10,000 attributable to service for the coming year and previously accrued benefits adjusted up or down at the end of each subsequent year based on the unweighted average performance of the share class with the lowest OER of each fund of the Trust. After the closure of the Retirement Plan, the previously accrued benefits that an Independent Trustee had elected to have adjusted by the performance of the funds would continue to be adjusted for performance as provided under the Retirement Plan. As a result, the amount of the Retirement Payment payable to any Independent Trustee may increase or decrease based upon the performance of the funds. The portion of the total Retirement Payment owed to an Independent Trustee upon his or her retirement that is payable by any fund will be determined based on the relative net assets of the Funds of the Trust. The Trust did not pay any pension or retirement benefits for its Trustees.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
6. Borrowing from Banks:
 
The custodian has established a loan agreement for a maximum amount of 10% of total assets for the Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund for temporary borrowing purposes. The Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund, Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund, Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund, Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund and Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund has access to custodian overdraft facilities and to an uncommitted line of credit of up to a maximum of $100,000,000, as established by State Street Corporation. Interest is calculated based on the market rates at the time of borrowing. There were no borrowings from the line of credit for the period ended September 30, 2008.
 
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
 
For the period ended September 30, 2008, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities) were as follows:
 
                 
   
Purchases
 
Sales
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    $71,315,816       $67,757,293  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
    21,307,330       20,145,924  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
    2,882,507       1,723,441  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
    487,440,775       517,187,267  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
    352,975,882       439,179,636  
Laudus Rosenberg Long/ Short Equity Fund
    504,930,994       490,698,924  
 
8. Redemption Fee:
 
Certain Fund shares purchased that were redeemed or exchanged in less than 30 days, are assessed a fee of 2% of the current net asset value of the shares. The fee, which is applied to shares redeemed or exchanged in the order in which they are purchased, is retained by the Fund and is intended to limit short-term trading in the Funds, or to the extent short-term trading persists, to impose the costs of that activity on the shareholders who engage in it. Such amounts are net of the value of shares redeemed on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. For the current and prior period, redemption fees assessed were as follows:
 
                 
    Current Period
  Prior Period
    (4/1/08-9/30/08)   (4/1/07-3/31/08)
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    $1,937       $22,951  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
    1,426       14,887  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
          378  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
    2,483       10,158  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
    1,345       16,091  
Laudus Rosenberg Value Long/Short Equity Fund
    2,752       26,432  
 
9. Federal Income Taxes:
 
As of March 31, 2008, the Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund was the only fund with net capital loss carry forward, which is available to offset future realized gains:
 
         
Expire
   
 
2009
    $11,040,106  
2010
     
2011
     
2012
    20,890,232  
2013
     
2014
     
2015
    13,099,020  
2015
    21,018,727  
Total
    $66,048,085  
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
9. Federal Income Taxes (continued):
 
Net capital losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Funds’ next taxable year. For the year ended March 31, 2008, the Funds deferred to April 1, 2008 post October capital losses of:
 
         
    Capital Losses
     
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    $3,662,236  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
     
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
    12,132  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
    8,642,506  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
    2,851,031  
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
     
 
The Funds utilized capital loss carry forwards during the year end March 31, 2008 in the amount of:
 
                 
   
Capital Losses Utilized
 
Capital Losses Expired
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
    $—       $—  
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
    1,674,486        
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
           
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
           
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
           
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
            26,836,920  
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 48 — Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of SFAS No. 109, was issued in July 2006 and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. This Interpretation provides new requirements for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure in the financial statements of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return when there is uncertainty about whether that tax position will ultimately be sustained. As of September 30, 2008, management has reviewed the tax positions for open tax years (March 31, 2005 through March 31, 2008), and determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.
 
 
 
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) requires that initial approval of, as well as the continuation of, a fund’s investment advisory agreements must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the Fund’s Trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreements.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreements between Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) and CSIM, and the sub-advisory agreements among the Trust, CSIM and AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC (“AXA Rosenberg”) with respect to existing funds in the Trust operating as of March 31 of the previous year (such investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, collectively, the “Agreements”). In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, including information about their affiliates, personnel and operations. The Board also receives extensive data provided by third parties. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Funds that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to fund operations and fund performance. The Independent Trustees receive advice from independent counsel to the Independent Trustees, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees meet in executive session outside the presence of fund management and participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, as appropriate.
 
As part of the renewal process and ongoing oversight of the advisory and sub-advisory relationships, Independent Trustees’ legal counsel sent an information request letter to CSIM and CSIM sent an information request letter to AXA Rosenberg seeking certain relevant information. The responses by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg were provided to the Trustees for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees were provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials.
 
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to its consideration of the continuance of the Agreements at a meeting held on September 15, 2008, and approved the renewal of the Agreements for an additional one year term.
 
The Board’s approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at that meeting and at prior meetings, including:
 
1. the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates, and AXA Rosenberg, dedicated to the Funds;
 
2. each Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
3. each Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
4. the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), with respect to each Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates, as well as the profitability of AXA Rosenberg; and
 
5. the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow, and whether fee levels in the Agreements reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s personnel, experience, and compliance program. The information considered by the Trustees included specific information concerning changes in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM since the Trustees had last considered approval of the Agreement. The Trustees also considered investments in CSIM’s mutual fund infrastructure. The Trustees also considered Schwab’s excellent reputation in connection with the OneSource mutual fund offering and its overall financial condition. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of the sub-advisory services provided by AXA Rosenberg to the Funds and the resources it dedicates to the Funds. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates and the resources of AXA Rosenberg dedicated to
 
 
 
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the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Performance. The Board considered Fund performance in determining whether to renew the Agreements. Specifically, the Trustees considered each Fund’s performance relative to a peer group and peer category of other mutual funds and appropriate indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer group and peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the third party who prepared the peer group and peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of each Fund, the Trustees considered both risk and shareholder risk expectations for such Fund, whether, irrespective of relative performance, AXA Rosenberg’s absolute performance was consistent with expectations for its unique quantitative investment methodology and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of each Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of its review of Fund expenses and adviser profitability discussed below. In the case of each Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant peer group for certain (although not necessarily all) periods considered, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Funds’ expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreements, and each Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other comparable mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent third party. The Trustees considered the effects of CSIM’s contractual and voluntary waivers of management and other fees to prevent total Fund expenses from exceeding a specified cap. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg to other mutual funds and to other types of accounts, such as separate accounts and wrap accounts, but, with respect to such other types of accounts, accorded less weight to such comparisons due to the different legal, regulatory, compliance and operating features of mutual funds as compared to these other types of accounts. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Funds are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Profitability. With regard to profitability, the Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and the compensation flowing to AXA Rosenberg, directly or indirectly. In this connection, with respect to the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses, together with certain commentary thereon from an independent accounting firm. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg from their relationships with the Funds, such as whether, by virtue of their management of the Funds, CSIM or AXA Rosenberg obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. With respect to CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, and their respective affiliates, the Trustees considered whether the varied levels of compensation and profitability under the Agreements and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to each Fund by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, and their respective affiliates. The Board also considered information relating to changes to CSIM’s business operations and how these changes affected CSIM’s profitability under the Agreements. With respect to the profitability of AXA Rosenberg, the Board also considered that AXA Rosenberg is compensated by CSIM, and not by the Funds directly, and such compensation reflects an arms-length negotiation between the parties. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of CSIM and AXA Rosenberg is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to a Fund’s shareholders through a graduated investment advisory fee schedule or other means, including any fee waivers by CSIM and its affiliates. In this regard, and consistent with their consideration of Fund expenses, the Trustees considered that CSIM has previously committed resources to minimize the effects on shareholders of diseconomies of scale during periods when Fund assets were relatively small through contractual expense waivers. For example, such diseconomies of scale may particularly affect newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, but shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. The Trustees also considered existing contractual investment advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds other than Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels, and AXA Rosenberg’s agreement to (a) contractual sub-advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds other than Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels as measured on a complex wide basis, and (b) a contractual subadvisory fee schedule with respect to the Laudus U.S. Small Capitalization Fund that includes lower fees at higher graduated assets levels. The Board also
 
 
 
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considered certain existing commitments by CSIM that are designed to pass along potential economies of scale to Fund shareholders. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the Funds obtain reasonable benefit from economies of scale.
 
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Funds and concluded that the compensation under the Agreements with respect to the Funds is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
 
 
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Trustees and Officers
 
The tables below provide information about the trustees and officers for the Laudus Trust, which includes the funds covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes the Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Laudus Trust, and Laudus Institutional Trust. As of September 30, 2008, the Fund Complex included 84 funds.
 
At a meeting of the Board held on September 28-29, 2006, the Trustees voted to adopt a retirement policy for all independent trustees that requires an independent trustee to retire no later than December 31st of the year in which he or she reaches age seventy-two.
 
The address for all trustees and officers is 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-866-452-8387.
 
                 
Independent Trustees
 
Name, Address1
  Principal
  Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Occupation(s)
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office, and
  During the
  Fund Complex
   
Length of Time Served2)   Past Five Years   Overseen   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
                 
Mariann Byerwalter3
1960
(1/04-present)
  Chairman of JDN Corporate Advisory LLC.     84     Board 1–Director, Redwood Trust, Inc. (mortgage finance).
Board 2–Director, PMI Group, Inc. (mortgage insurance).
 
William A. Hasler3
1941
(1/04-present)
  Retired. Dean Emeritus of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Until February 2004, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Aphton Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).     84     Board 1–Director, Mission West Properties (commercial real estate).
Board 2–Director, TOUSA (home building).
Board 3–Director, Harris-Stratex Networks (a network equipment corporation).
Board 4–Director, Genitope Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).
Board 5 –Director, Ditech Networks (voice communication technology).
Board 6–Rubicon Limited (manufacturing).
 
Nils H. Hakansson3
1937
(3/90-present)
  Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Finance and Accounting, Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (since 2003). Mr. Hakansson was also a Professor of Finance and Accounting, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (July 1969 to January 2003).     15     None
 
 
 
 
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Independent Trustees continued
 
Name, Address1
  Principal
  Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Occupation(s)
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office, and
  During the
  Fund Complex
   
Length of Time Served2)   Past Five Years   Overseen   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
Randall W. Merk
1954
Trustee
(6/06-present)
  Executive Vice President and President, Investment Management Services, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.; Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.(2002-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (2007-present); Director, Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited and Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds PLC. From September 2002 to July 2004, Chief Executive Officer and President, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. and Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.     15     None
 
 
         
Officers
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
         
Jeffrey Mortimer
1963
(3/08-present, President and CEO) (6/04-present, CIO)
  President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Equities, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., and Schwab Funds. Prior to May 2004, Vice President and Sr. Portfolio Manager, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
George Pereira
1964
(6/06-present)
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, Schwab Funds; Director, Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds, PLC and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Ltd. Through June 2007, Chief Financial Officer, Mutual Fund Division, UST Advisers, Inc., and Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc., and Excelsior Trust Inc.; From 12/99 to 11/04: Senior Vice President, Financial Reporting, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Catherine MacGregor
1964
(12/05-present)
  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until July 2005, Senior Associate, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.
 
Randall Fillmore
1960
(9/04-present)
  Chief Compliance Officer   Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Schwab Funds. From June 2006 to June 2007, Chief Compliance Officer, Excelsior Funds. From 2002 to 2003, Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Daniel Kern
1961
(3/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Investment Management Services. Until September 2005, Assistant Treasurer, Laudus Trust and Laudus Variable Insurance Trust. Until December 2004, Vice President, Internal Audit, Charles Schwab Corporation.
 
 
 
 
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Officers continued
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
Michael Haydel
1972
(6/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Asset Management Client Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Until March 2004, Director Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Cathy Sabo
1964
(12/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Compliance, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until September 2004, Vice President, Client, Sales & Services Controls, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
 
 
1  The mailing address of each of the Trustees is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
2  Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed.
 
3  Member of the Audit Committee.
 
4  The mailing address of each of the Officers is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
5  There is no stated term of office for the officers of the Trust.
 
 
 
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Glossary
 
90 Day T-bill is a short-term discounted, government debt instrument of 90 days or less, issued in $10,000 denominations that pay its face value at maturity. The government issues Treasury bills weekly.
 
Alpha is a measure of a fund’s risk adjusted return. Alpha can be used to directly measure the value added or subtracted by a fund’s manager. It is calculated by measuring the difference between a fund’s actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk as measured by beta.
 
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a stock relative to the overall market. A beta of less than one indicates lower historical risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher historical risk than the market.
 
GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
 
Modified Duration expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. The formula calculates the effect that a 1% change in interest rates will have on the price of a bond.
 
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
The S&P/Citigroup Global ex US Broad Market Index (BMI) $2-$10 Billion Cap Range is an absolute size benchmark that divides the investable region into capitalization bands of between $2 billion and $10 billion. It is a subset of the Broad Market Index (BMI), which includes companies in approximately 52 developed and emerging markets with more than $100 million of free float capitalization.
 
The S&P/Citigroup World ex US Extended Market Index (EMI) is a float-adjusted index which measures the performance of small companies (approximately the bottom 20% by market capitalization) in 25 developed equity markets.
 
The Standard & Poor’s 500® (S&P 500) Index is an unmanaged index measuring large-cap U.S. stock market performance, and includes a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries.
 
The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower valuation ratios such as price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios.
 
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 2500tm Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 3000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
The Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
Price to earnings ratio is the price of a stock divided by its historical earnings per share.
 
Price to book ratio compares the stock’s market value to the value of the total assets less the total liabilities.
 
Price to cash flow ratio is the price of a stock divided by its reported cash flow per share.
 
Relative strength is the rate that a stock falls relative to other stocks in a falling market or rises relative to other stocks in a rising market.
 
Return on equity represents the amount earned on a company’s common stock investment for a given period, calculated by dividing common stock equity into net income for the period after preferred stock dividends but before common stock dividends.
 
Trading Activity is one of several risk factors commonly used to attribute a portfolio’s return relative to its benchmark. Specifically, trading activity measures a stock’s trailing 12 month trading volume relative to its total shares outstanding. It measures how actively traded a stock has been in the last 12 months.
 
 
 
Proxy Voting
 
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Laudus Funds at 866.452.8387.
 
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
 
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The information filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available at www.laudus.com.
 
 
 
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Notes


 

(LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
For More Information about the Funds:
 
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
 
Shareholder Services
1.866.452.8387 Investment Professionals
1.800.447.3332 Individual Investors
www.laudus.com
 
 
This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
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Semiannual Report
September 30, 2008
  (LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
COMMAND PERFORMANCETM 
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Funds
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund (Closed to investors)
 
Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Subadviser
AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC


 

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM).
Distributor: ALPS Distributors, Inc.
 
The industry/sector classification of the funds’ portfolio holdings uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s. GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by CSIM and certain affiliates. Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc. are unaffiliated entities.
 


 

 
Performance at a Glance
 
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.laudus.com.
 
     
Total Return for the Report Period
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: RIEIX)
  -23.10%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: REQIX)
  -22.95%
Benchmark: MSCI EAFE Index   -22.03%
Performance Details   pages 6-7
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIDIX)
  -23.45%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: LIDSX)1
  -23.39%
Benchmark: S&P/Citigroup Global ex US BMI $2-10 Billion Cap Range   -26.10%
Performance Details   pages 8-9
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund    
Investor Shares (Ticker Symbol: RISIX)
  -23.66%
Select Shares (Ticker Symbol: ICSIX)
  -23.51%
Benchmark: S&P/Citigroup World ex US EMI   -26.17%
Performance Details   pages 10-11
 
Minimum Initial Investment2    
Investor Shares
  $    100
Select Shares
  $ 50,000
 
 
 
All fund and index figures on this page assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged, and you cannot invest in them directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Redemption fees charged on shares sold or exchanged 30 days or less after purchasing them may effect share level returns.
Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by CSIM. Without these reductions, the fund’s returns would have been lower. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
Small-company stocks are subject to greater volatility than other asset categories. Foreign securities can involve risks such as political and economic instability and currency risk. These risks may be greater in emerging markets.
The total return presented in the above table is calculated based on the NAV at which shareholder transactions were processed at 9/30/08. The total return presented in the financial highlights section of the report is calculated in the same manner, but also taking into account certain adjustments that are necessary under generally accepted accounting principles and which are required when preparing the semiannual report.
Please see prospectus for further detail and eligibility requirements.
 
 
 
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From the President
 

(PHOTO)
Jeffrey Mortimer is President, CEO, and CIO of Laudus Funds and SVP of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. He joined the firm in 1997 and has held a variety of executive positions at Schwab.

 
Dear Shareholder,
 
The past six months have marked a difficult time in financial history. Both domestically and abroad, corporations and economies have experienced significant headwinds as credit tightened, residential real estate prices declined, and many financial corporations and hedge funds began to deleverage. In our view, consumers during this period became extremely cautious of owning anything but assets that carried government guarantees, such as U.S. Treasuries. As a result, we witnessed price declines across many industry groups and in general major indexes and averages also declined.
 
Due to this market turmoil, some funds in the Laudus Rosenberg family experienced meaningful declines. In these difficult times, I would like to emphasize that the negative performance of these funds has been primarily the result of atypical market conditions and pessimistic economic outlook. While we cannot predict the future with any certainty, we are doing everything we can to manage the Laudus Funds through these difficult times. Our portfolio management strategy has always been and will continue to be guided by long-term perspective and prudence.
 
The Laudus Rosenberg Funds are sub-advised by AXA Rosenberg, one of the world’s premier equity specialists and institutional money managers. Through the Laudus Rosenberg Funds offering, this distinctive approach to investment management is easily accessible to independent advisors and individual investors.
 
In closing, I would remind you that should you have any questions about the funds we are available to answer them at 1-800-447-3332.
 
Thank you for investing with us.
 
Sincerely,
 
-s-Jeffery-Mortimer
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment
 
 
The past six months have produced significant volatility in the global capital markets. Nearly all major indexes produced negative returns, some losing more than 20%. Generally, the U.S. equity markets fared better than international ones, and fixed income outperformed both. Commodity indexes also lost value.
 
The period began with fairly strong positive returns. Many equity indexes gained over 5% in April and continued with positive but lower returns in May. However, June began a series of monthly declines which culminated in very weak returns in September. For the six-month period, stocks were down about 15% on average across the globe. In the U.S., large-cap stocks lost about 11% for the period, with very little difference between growth- and value-style equities. U.S. small-caps, however, outperformed U.S. large-caps, coming in just barely negative for the six months. U.S. small-cap value stocks outperformed growth, and even posted a slightly positive return. Internationally, the results were worse. International large-cap stocks lost nearly 24%, but outperformed international small-cap stocks, which were down more than 26%. There were little differences in returns across investment styles internationally during the six-month period.
 
What caused these weak returns, especially during a relatively short period of time? In essence, the credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 continued to dominate the capital markets during the period. In September 2008 alone, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, while the U.S. government intervened in the operations of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and AIG. Several banks also failed. Companies in all areas but especially in the financial services sector began to deleverage their balance sheets. Over the past several years, individuals and companies borrowed significant amounts of capital. Individuals typically used these loans to purchase homes and autos. In turn, many financial companies leveraged their balance sheets to buy these loans and package and sell marketable securities composed of them, such as mortgage-backed securities. On the open market, these securities could be bought by institutional investors and hedge funds, for example. As credit tightened, many of the loans – both consumer and corporate – went into default, requiring firms to acquire capital to shore up their balance sheets or to sell assets to reduce their debt.
 
Investors and lenders were worried about the value of the debt on company balance sheets. In some cases, there were no bidders for the corporate obligations and securitized assets that were being offered for sale. Without bids, it became difficult to value these securities, and as default rates rose prices became even more depressed. Eventually, the solvency of corporations with large portfolios of leveraged debt was questioned. In this environment, investors took defensive action by reducing their corporate equity exposure. Thus, the equity markets declined precipitously as investors migrated to the safety of government debt.
 
A few areas performed well. One notable area was the U.S. Treasury market, generally considered the lowest default risk fixed income investment. Short-term Treasury bills gained about 1% during the period, and longer maturity Treasury bonds returned nearly 1.5%. In equities, as noted above, small-cap value stocks in the U.S. did generate a slightly positive return. Also, U.S. Health Care stocks did well during the period, as investors flocked to defensive investments.
 
From a Sector perspective across the globe, some interesting patterns emerged. Financial stocks were down nearly 20%, as expected, given their position in the middle of the credit crunch. However, Materials and Energy stocks, which have performed very well over the last few years, also did poorly, partially due to the deleveraging process described above and partially due to investors simply wanting out of equity positions.
 
 
 
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The Investment Environment continued
 
Also losing in the double-digit range were Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Telecomm, and Utilities. The top performers were global Health Care and Consumer Staples firms, areas generally considered to be defensive investments in times of economic or market stress; although both groups performed negatively, their losses were much less versus the other Sectors.
 
Among major developed economies, the U.S. performed the best during the period, losing about 11%. Canada and Japan did slightly worse. Most European countries lost more than 20%. It is important to note that in the period from July through September, the U.S. dollar rallied against the British pound and the euro, pushing the European returns lower for U.S. dollar-based investors. Emerging markets as a group underperformed developed markets, losing more than 27% in the six-month period. Many emerging market countries lost more than 30%, another sign of risk aversion among global investors.
 
The dollar’s gains also impacted commodity prices, and most commodity indexes were down about 12% for the six-month period. Crude oil was nearly flat for the period, in contrast to the rise in prices over the last few years. Metals and agricultural prices also declined, partially in response to expectations of slowing economies around the globe and thus a likelihood of lower demand.

 
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
 
Manager views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
 

 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund Investor Shares returned -23.10% for the period, underperforming the benchmark MSCI EAFE Index, which returned -22.03%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Underperformance was primarily due to industry group weightings and stock selection.
 
On an industry group level, returns were negative across all groups. Relative to the benchmark an overweight to Materials and an underweight to Health Care negatively impacted returns. However, an underweight to Financials and an overweight to Energy helped to offset. Stock selection was good in Financials, but was mostly offset by selection in Materials.
 
In terms of market capitalization, returns were negative across all cap levels. On average, stock selection detracted from performance as did cap weightings. Selection in the $20-50 billion range led the detractors, followed by selection and weighting in the $100-150 billion range. In general, the fund and its benchmark are weighted toward companies with market caps between $10-100 billion.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, stock selection and weighting both detracted. Selection in and weighting toward companies with P/E ratios between 0-12.5 was the most significant detractor followed by selection in companies with ratios between 17.5 and 25. In general, returns were negative across all P/E ratios and in many cases were down around 20% overall.
 
When looking at Price to Book (P/B) ratios, returns across all ratios were negative. Stock selection amongst companies with P/B ratios of 1.50-2.25 led the detractors followed by selection in companies with P/B ratios of 2.25-3.00. The effect of weightings across P/B ratios was slightly negative overall.
 
From a regional perspective, stock selection in Europe led the detracting factors. Returns across all regions represented in the fund were negative. Africa & the Middle East was the most negative; however, the fund and benchmark have little exposure in this region.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 383
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $43,735
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 105%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 8.92
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.28
Price to Cash Flow 8.08
Beta 0.94
Return on Equity 15.45%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 15%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   12/5/2000   6/7/2000
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $15,633   $68,205
Ticker Symbol   RIEIX   REQIX
Cusip   51855Q812   51855Q507
NAV   $8.92   $8.93
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
 
Investor (12/5/00)     -23.10%       -32.14%       7.77%       2.38%  
Select (6/7/00)     -22.95%       -31.92%       8.14%       1.24%  
Benchmark: MSCI EAFE Index®*     -22.03%       -30.13%       10.16%       (12/5/00) 3.29%  
                              (6/7/00) 1.50%  
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.40%; Gross 1.69% / Select Shares: Net 1.12%; Gross 1.23%
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments3
 
Japan 22.5%
United Kingdom 19.7%
France 11.5%
Germany 8.5%
Switzerland 6.1%
Italy 5.9%
Australia 5.8%
Spain 4.9%
Netherlands 3.0%
Hong Kong 2.5%
Sweden 1.6%
Belgium 1.5%
Other Countries 6.5%
Total 100.0%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Financials 23.0%
Materials 16.8%
Industrials 12.7%
Energy 12.6%
Telecommunication Services 8.6%
Consumer Discretionary 7.1%
Utilities 6.4%
Health Care 4.6%
Information Technology 4.3%
Consumer Staples 3.9%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
Total S.A. 2.5%
France Telecom S.A. 2.5%
Sanofi-Aventis 2.4%
Zurich Financial Services AG - Reg’d 2.4%
BASF SE 2.3%
Vodafone Group plc 2.3%
HSBC Holdings plc 1.9%
BAE Systems plc 1.8%
Eni S.p.A. 1.8%
AstraZeneca plc 1.8%
Total 21.7%
 
 
There are risks associated with investing in foreign companies, such as erratic market conditions, economic and political instability and fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
The Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (MSCI EAFE Index®) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure market equity performance in 22 developed market countries, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund Investor Shares returned -23.45% for the period, outperforming the benchmark S&P/Citigroup Global ex U.S. Broad Market Index, which returned -26.10%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Outperformance was primarily due to good stock selection.
 
On an industry group level, returns across all groups were negative and in most cases down more than 15%. The Health Care industry declined the least of industry groups represented in the fund, and is usually seen as a more defensive investment position. However, the fund and benchmark are not weighted toward Health Care. Stock selection was particularly good in Financials followed by Materials. Selection in Telecomm Services led partially offsetting groups.
 
In terms of market capitalization, returns were negative across all cap levels, particularly in companies larger than $7.5 billion. Stock selection in companies with market caps between $3-5 billion and $750 million to $1.5 billion benefitted the fund. The effect of weightings was neutral to slightly negative. In general, the fund and the benchmark were weighted toward companies with market caps less than $3 billion.
 
From a Price to Earnings (P/E) perspective, the fund benefitted from stock selection across all P/E ratios. Selection amongst companies with P/E ratios of 0-12.5 and those with negative P/Es contributed to outperformance relative to the benchmark. The effect of weightings across P/E ratios was neutral to slightly negative.
 
When looking at Price to Book (P/B) ratios, stock selection and weightings contributed to outperformance. The most significant contributing factor was good stock selection in and an overweight to companies with P/B ratios of 1.25 and below.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 608
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $4,174
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 141%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 10.83
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 1.12
Price to Cash Flow 6.37
Beta 0.94
Return on Equity 11.48%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 16%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   5/31/2006   5/31/2006
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $92,512   $224,271
Ticker Symbol   LIDIX   LIDSX
Cusip   51855Q697   51855Q689
NAV   $8.75   $8.79
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Funds


 

 
 Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                         
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   Since Inception
 
Investor (5/31/06)     -23.45%       -31.10%       -3.22%  
Select (5/31/06)**     -23.39%       -30.95%       -2.95%  
Benchmark: S&P/Citigroup Global ex US BMI $2-10 Billion Cap Range*     -26.10%       -33.83%       -3.66%  
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: Net 1.65%; Gross 1.81% / Select Shares: Net 1.35%; Gross 1.54%
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments3
 
Japan 21.6%
United Kingdom 8.3%
Canada 7.1%
Australia 6.2%
Republic of Korea 4.3%
France 3.5%
Taiwan 3.4%
Hong Kong 3.3%
Switzerland 3.1%
Sweden 3.0%
Germany 2.9%
Italy 2.8%
South Africa 2.6%
Brazil 2.4%
Finland 2.0%
China 2.0%
India 1.9%
Belgium 1.9%
Mexico 1.5%
Singapore 1.5%
Spain 1.5%
Netherlands 1.4%
Other Countries 11.8%
Total 100.0%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Financials 20.0%
Industrials 17.5%
Materials 17.3%
Consumer Discretionary 10.5%
Consumer Staples 9.9%
Information Technology 6.6%
Energy 6.3%
Utilities 5.5%
Telecommunication Services 4.4%
Health Care 1.8%
Other 0.2%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
Santos Ltd. 0.9%
Shiseido Co., Ltd. 0.7%
West Japan Railway Co. 0.7%
Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. 0.7%
Agrium, Inc. 0.6%
The Bank of Kyoto, Inc. 0.6%
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. 0.6%
AGL Energy Ltd. 0.6%
OMRON Corp. 0.5%
National Bank of Canada 0.5%
Total 6.4%
 
 
There are risks associated with investing in foreign companies, such as erratic market conditions, economic and political instability and fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
The S&P/Citigroup Global ex US Broad Market Index (BMI) $2 - $10 Bill Cap Range includes companies in approximately 52 developed and emerging markets with more than $100 million of free float capitalization. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
**  The total return presented in the above table is calculated based on the NAV at which shareholder transactions were processed at 9/30/08. The total return presented in the financial highlights section of the report is calculated in the same manner, but also taking into account certain adjustments that are necessary under generally accepted accounting principles and which are required when preparing the semiannual report.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Net Expenses. Reflects expenses expected to be charged to shareholders through at least 7/30/10. Adviser expects to hold expenses at this level by waiving its management fees and/or bearing other expenses. Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 
 
The Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund Investor Shares returned -23.66% for the period, outperforming the benchmark S&P/Citigroup Global ex U.S. Extended Market Index, which returned -26.17%. Negative returns in the fund were primarily the result of broad-based economic turmoil and volatility stemming from tightened credit amidst investors divesting away from securitized assets tied to the residential housing market. As a result of these and other factors, returns across the majority of industry groups represented in the fund were negative. Outperformance was primarily due to stock selection, spread across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America.
 
In terms of industry groups, returns across all major groups represented in the fund were negative. Stock selection was particularly good in the Materials industry relative to the benchmark, but was slightly offset by an overweight to this group where stocks held in the fund lost more than 25% on average. Utilities was the best performer with stocks off around 4% overall. In general, the fund was weighted toward Materials and Industrials.
 
From a market capitalization perspective, stock selection benefitted the fund across capitalization levels, except in the $3 – 7.5 billion range where it detracted slightly. On the balance, the effect of weightings among cap levels benefitted the fund.
 
In terms of Price to Earnings (P/E), stock selection helped the fund and was particularly good relative to the benchmark amongst companies with negative P/E ratios and amongst companies with ratios between 0-12.5. However, the fund’s overweight to companies in the 0-12.5 range somewhat reduced the gain from stock selection as returns were down about 25% on average. In general, the fund was weighted toward stocks with P/E ratios below 25.
 
When looking at Price to Book (P/B) ratios, returns were down more than 20% across all ratios. Stock selection and weighting toward companies with P/B ratios of 1.25 and below benefitted the fund. In general, the fund was weighted toward companies with lower P/B ratios, while the index was more evenly distributed.

 
As of 9/30/08:
 Fund Characteristics1
 
Number of Securities 893
Avg. Market Capitalization
  ($Wtd. x 1,000,000) $2,639
Portfolio Turnover
  (One year trailing) 74%
Price to Earnings (P/E) 10.04
Price/Book Ratio (P/B) 0.90
Price to Cash Flow 2.02
Beta 0.95
Return on Equity 8.87%
Five-Year Earnings
  Growth 20%
 
 
 Fund Overview1
 
         
    Investor Shares   Select Shares
 
Initial Investment   $100   $50,000
Inception Date   10/29/1996   9/23/1996
Total Net Assets ($ x 1,000)   $321,341   $404,198
Ticker Symbol   RISIX   ICSIX
Cusip   51855Q796   51855Q606
NAV   $12.78   $12.98
 
1  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.

 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund

 
Performance Summary as of 9/30/08
 
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance, and current returns may be lower or higher. The performance information does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, visit www.laudus.com.
 
Performance data quoted does not reflect the non-recurring redemption fee of 2% that may be charged if shares are sold or exchanged within 30 days of the purchase date. If these fees were reflected, the performance data quoted would be lower.
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$10,000 Investment in Investor Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
Performance of a Hypothetical
$50,000 Investment in Select Shares1
(LINE GRAPH)
 
 Average Annual Total Returns1
 
                                 
Class and Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   10 Years
 
Investor (10/29/96)     -23.66%       -33.66%       11.22%       11.03%  
Select (9/23/96)     -23.51%       -33.43%       11.60%       11.39%  
Benchmark: S&P/Citigroup World ex US EMI*     -26.17%       -34.48%       11.63%       8.49%  
 
Fund Expense Ratios2: Investor Shares: 1.45% / Select Shares: Net 1.09%
 
 Country Weightings % of Investments3
 
Japan 18.7%
United Kingdom 15.1%
Switzerland 10.9%
Germany 9.0%
France 8.6%
Canada 7.1%
Australia 4.2%
Italy 3.6%
Republic of Korea 3.6%
Netherlands 3.1%
Spain 2.9%
Belgium 2.7%
Hong Kong 2.6%
Sweden 2.0%
Other Countries 5.9%
Total 100.0%
 
 Sector Weightings % of Investments3
 
Industrials 25.1%
Materials 20.6%
Financials 15.3%
Consumer Discretionary 11.4%
Infornation Technology 11.0%
Consumer Staples 5.2%
Energy 4.9%
Utilities 3.0%
Telecommunication Services 2.0%
Health Care 1.5%
Total 100.0%
 
 
 Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets3
 
Koninklijke DSM N.V. 2.1%
K&S AG 1.7%
Baloise Holding AG -Reg’d 1.4%
Addecco S.A. - Reg’d 1.4%
Cap Gemini S.A. 1.4%
Thales S.A. 1.3%
Liberty International plc 1.3%
Hammerson plc 1.3%
FirstGroup plc 1.2%
Saltzgitter AG 1.1%
Total 14.2%
 
 
There are risks associated with investing in foreign companies, such as erratic market conditions, economic and political instability and fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
S&P/Citigroup World ex US Extended Market Index (EMI) is a float-adjusted index which measures the performance of small companies (approximately the bottom 20% by market capitalization) in 25 developed equity markets. Investors cannot invest directly in any index and index figures do not include trading and management costs.
1  Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of a fund’s advisory fees for certain periods since the inception date. In such instances, and without the waiver of fees, total returns would have been lower.
2  Gross Expenses. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without the effect of contractual fee waivers. Please see the prospectus for more information. For actual rates during the period, refer to the financial highlights section of the financial statements.
3  Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may not represent current or future holdings.
 
 
 
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Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 Examples for a $1,000 Investment
 
 
As a fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: transaction costs, such as redemption fees; and, ongoing costs, such as management fees, transfer agent and shareholder services fees, and other fund expenses.
 
The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare this cost with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds. These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested for period beginning April 1, 2008 and held through September 30, 2008.
 
Actual Return lines in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ¸ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund or share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period”.
 
Hypothetical Return lines in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a fund’s or share class’ actual expense ratio and an assumed return of 5% per year before expenses. Because the return used is not an actual return, it may not be used to estimate the actual ending account value or expenses you paid for the period.
 
You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
                                 
            Ending
   
        Beginning
  Account Value
  Expenses Paid
    Expense Ratio1
  Account Value
  (Net of Expenses)
  During Period2
    (Annualized)   at 4/1/08   at 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08
 
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.40%     $ 1,000     $ 769.00     $ 6.21  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.40%     $ 1,000     $ 1,018.05     $ 7.08  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.12%     $ 1,000     $ 770.50     $ 4.97  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.12%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.45     $ 5.67  
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.65%     $ 1,000     $ 765.50     $ 7.30  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.65%     $ 1,000     $ 1,016.80     $ 8.34  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.35%     $ 1,000     $ 767.70     $ 5.98  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.35%     $ 1,000     $ 1,018.30     $ 6.83  
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund                                
Investor Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.46%     $ 1,000     $ 763.40     $ 6.45  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.46%     $ 1,000     $ 1,017.75     $ 7.38  
Select Shares                                
Actual Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 764.90     $ 4.91  
Hypothetical 5% Return
    1.11%     $ 1,000     $ 1,019.50     $ 5.62  

 
1  Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio; may differ from the expense ratio provide in Financial Highlights.
 
2  Expenses for each fund or share class are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183 days of the period, and divided by 365 days of the fiscal year.

 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.60       13.54       11.77       9.61       8.47       5.57      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.20       0.55       0.14       0.10       0.06 1     0.03 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.88 )     (1.33 )     1.97       2.14       1.11       2.93      
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.68 )     (0.78 )     2.11       2.24       1.17       2.96      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.21 )     (0.09 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )     (0.08 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.95 )     (0.25 )                      
   
Total distributions
          (1.16 )     (0.34 )     (0.08 )     (0.03 )     (0.08 )    
   
Redemption fees
          - 2     - 2           - 2     0.02      
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.92       11.60       13.54       11.77       9.61       8.47      
   
Total return (%)
    (23.10 )3     (6.21 )     18.08       23.41       13.79       53.61      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.40 4     1.61       1.64       1.72       1.72       1.59      
Gross operating expenses
    1.54 4     1.69       1.71       2.33       2.96       4.46      
Net investment income (loss)
    3.36 4     1.97       1.17       1.02       0.65       0.45      
Portfolio turnover rate
    61 3     83       64       59       52       107      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    15,633       19,570       61,411       18,824       12,491       2,881      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,5   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.59       13.58       11.80       9.63       8.46       5.56      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.21       0.18       0.07       0.14       0.09 1     0.08 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.87 )     (0.92 )     2.08       2.15       1.12       2.90      
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.66 )     (0.74 )     2.15       2.29       1.21       2.98      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.30 )     (0.12 )     (0.12 )     (0.04 )     (0.08 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.95 )     (0.25 )                      
   
Total distributions
          (1.25 )     (0.37 )     (0.12 )     (0.04 )     (0.08 )    
   
Redemption fees
          - 2     - 2           - 2     0.01      
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.93       11.59       13.58       11.80       9.63       8.46      
   
Total return (%)
    (22.95 )3     (5.91 )     18.37       23.86       14.36       53.81      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.12 4     1.22       1.34       1.34       1.34       1.35      
Gross operating expenses
    1.17 4     1.23       1.34       1.96       2.69       4.32      
Net investment income (loss)
    3.68 4     1.46       1.09       1.34       0.96       1.12      
Portfolio turnover rate
    61 3     83       64       59       52       107      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    68,205       97,701       68,398       21,688       16,094       9,914      
* Unaudited.
1 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2 Amount less than $0.005.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
5 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  99 .2%   Common Stock     101,648,432       83,135,667  
  0 .3%   Short-Term Investment     280,000       280,000  
  99 .5%   Total Investments     101,928,432       83,415,667  
  0 .5%   Other Assets and Liabilities             422,334  
  100 .0%   Net Assets             83,838,001  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 99.2% of net assets
                 
 
Australia 5.8%
                 
 
Banks 1.3%
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
    16,300       251,822  
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    10,600       373,583  
National Australia Bank Ltd.
    7,200       145,314  
Westpac Banking Corp.
    16,900       299,545  
                 
              1,070,264  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.1%
Downer EDI Ltd.
    8,300       42,288  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Flight Centre Ltd.
    400       6,178  
                 
 
Energy 0.7%
Origin Energy Ltd.
    10,300       133,226  
Santos Ltd.
    11,700       179,025  
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
    6,200       250,176  
                 
              562,427  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
Woolworths Ltd.
    2,400       52,867  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.4%
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.
    5,600       37,390  
Foster’s Group Ltd.
    54,900       245,282  
Lion Nathan Ltd.
    11,000       82,355  
                 
              365,027  
                 
 
Insurance 0.1%
AMP Ltd.
    5,100       28,999  
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.
    5,300       17,592  
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
    1,800       38,819  
                 
              85,410  
                 
 
Materials 2.3%
BHP Billiton Ltd.
    37,500       970,148  
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. *
    35,600       135,446  
Incitec Pivot Ltd.
    20,000       80,131  
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. *
    23,400       31,173  
Nufarm Ltd.
    4,900       59,977  
OM Holdings Ltd.
    5,800       9,227  
Orica Ltd.
    11,700       197,593  
Portman Ltd. *
    9,962       168,079  
Rio Tinto Ltd.
    4,800       323,434  
                 
              1,975,208  
                 
 
Media 0.0%
Amalgamated Holdings Ltd.
    1,575       6,207  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.4%
CFS Retail Property Trust
    9,800       17,781  
Dexus Property Group
    14,100       16,586  
Goodman Group
    9,400       18,969  
Westfield Group
    18,800       257,521  
                 
              310,857  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.4%
Telstra Corp., Ltd.
    103,500       347,238  
                 
              4,823,971  
                 
 
Austria 0.8%
                 
 
Energy 0.6%
OMV AG
    10,712       451,512  
                 
 
Materials 0.2%
Voestalpine AG
    5,792       180,990  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Immofinanz Immobilien Anlagen AG *
    1,432       5,066  
                 
              637,568  
                 
 
Belgium 1.5%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Banque Nationale de Belgique
    3       11,605  
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
Euronav S.A.
    1,849       51,124  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%
Delhaize Group
    5,700       331,080  
                 
 
Materials 1.0%
Solvay S.A.
    4,600       564,649  
Umicore
    8,357       258,081  
                 
              822,730  
                 
              1,216,539  
                 
 
Denmark 1.1%
                 
 
Transportation 1.1%
A P Moller - Maersk A/S, Series A
    92       793,594  
D/S Norden A/S
    2,193       105,593  
                 
              899,187  
                 
 
Finland 1.2%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.5%
Metso Corp. Oyj
    8,402       206,070  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Wartsila Corp. Oyj
    5,620       236,762  
                 
              442,832  
                 
 
Materials 0.7%
Outokumpu Oyj
    8,405       133,910  
Rautaruukki Oyj
    2,185       43,668  
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
    23,950       373,676  
                 
              551,254  
                 
              994,086  
                 
 
France 11.4%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.7%
PSA Peugeot Citroen
    11,400       429,052  
Valeo S.A.
    3,782       114,450  
                 
              543,502  
                 
 
Banks 0.8%
BNP Paribas
    4,986       475,951  
Societe Generale
    2,543       228,437  
                 
              704,388  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.9%
Nexans S.A.
    416       37,007  
Schneider Electric S.A.
    5,700       489,485  
Thales S.A.
    5,211       262,972  
                 
              789,464  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.0%
Suez Environnement S.A. *
    611       15,044  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.2%
Christian Dior S.A.
    1,967       149,182  
                 
 
Energy 2.5%
Total S.A.
    35,044       2,128,920  
                 
 
Insurance 0.3%
CNP Assurances
    1,800       203,310  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Arkema
    3,000       110,752  
Eramet
    400       153,240  
                 
              263,992  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 2.4%
Sanofi-Aventis
    30,481       2,003,989  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.6%
Atos Origin S.A.
    2,678       117,855  
Cap Gemini S.A.
    8,400       396,823  
                 
              514,678  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.5%
France Telecom S.A.
    75,086       2,106,133  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
GDF Suez
    2,331       121,273  
                 
              9,543,875  
                 
 
Germany 8.4%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
Bilfinger Berger AG
    714       37,190  
KSB AG
    41       22,133  
Tognum AG
    7,048       141,193  
                 
              200,516  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.2%
Deutsche Bank AG - Reg’d
    2,984       213,466  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.2%
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    6,843       209,874  
                 
 
Insurance 0.5%
Allianz SE - Reg’d
    2,848       390,456  
                 
 
Materials 4.4%
Altana AG
    2,853       42,273  
BASF SE
    40,676       1,939,288  
K & S AG
    8,872       615,150  
Lanxess
    4,500       123,931  
Salzgitter AG
    2,790       282,140  
ThyssenKrupp AG
    21,645       649,868  
                 
              3,652,650  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.6%
Deutsche Telekom AG - Reg’d
    32,295       490,471  
                 
 
Transportation 1.3%
Deutsche Post AG - Reg’d
    51,117       1,066,531  
                 
 
Utilities 1.0%
RWE AG
    8,698       829,238  
                 
              7,053,202  
                 
 
Greece 0.1%
                 
 
Utilities 0.1%
Public Power Corp. S.A.
    7,800       120,333  
                 
 
Hong Kong 2.5%
                 
 
Banks 0.7%
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd.
    80,000       143,021  
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
    22,800       431,014  
                 
              574,035  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.3%
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.
    400       10,450  
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.
    9,000       127,994  
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.
    83,500       31,377  
NWS Holdings Ltd.
    25,000       44,859  
                 
              214,680  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd.
    21,000       57,365  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Allied Properties (H.K.) Ltd.
    130,000       16,887  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
First Pacific Co., Ltd.
    16,000       8,466  
Pacific Andes (Holdings) Ltd.
    36,000       6,135  
Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.
    8,000       3,501  
                 
              18,102  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.1%
Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.
    14,000       31,135  
Kowloon Development Co., Ltd.
    28,000       25,074  
Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Ltd.
    288,000       27,765  
Wheelock Properties Ltd.
    5,000       2,599  
                 
              86,573  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Retailing 0.2%
Esprit Holdings Ltd.
    23,500       145,666  
Wing On Co. International Ltd.
    24,000       33,542  
                 
              179,208  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. *
    47,000       21,024  
VTech Holdings Ltd.
    7,000       40,942  
                 
              61,966  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.
    76,500       53,233  
Orient Overseas International Ltd.
    12,000       30,740  
Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.
    96,000       79,815  
Transport International Holdings Ltd.
    2,800       7,818  
                 
              171,606  
                 
 
Utilities 0.8%
CLP Holdings Ltd.
    45,500       367,037  
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.
    49,500       310,908  
                 
              677,945  
                 
              2,058,367  
                 
 
Ireland 0.1%
                 
 
Insurance 0.1%
Irish Life & Permanent plc
    16,092       112,956  
                 
 
Italy 5.9%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
    199,309       117,597  
                 
 
Banks 1.4%
Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa
    37,561       583,489  
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
    43,170       237,417  
UniCredit S.p.A.
    59,399       222,113  
Unione di Banche Italiane S.c.p.A.
    7,809       171,070  
                 
              1,214,089  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Danieli S.p.A. - Officine Meccaniche Danieli & C.
    1,918       42,222  
                 
 
Energy 1.8%
Eni S.p.A.
    57,600       1,526,749  
                 
 
Insurance 0.2%
Fondiaria - Sai S.p.A.
    1,600       37,766  
Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A.
    80,712       173,196  
                 
              210,962  
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
Italcementi S.p.A.
    4,558       56,459  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.7%
Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    367,549       547,014  
                 
 
Utilities 1.5%
Enel S.p.A.
    142,187       1,186,932  
Iride S.p.A.
    15,770       34,810  
                 
              1,221,742  
                 
              4,936,834  
                 
 
Japan 22.3%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 3.7%
Bridgestone Corp.
    21,600       408,921  
Calsonic Kansei Corp.
    1,000       2,868  
Denso Corp.
    14,100       345,842  
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
    21,000       106,373  
HI-LEX Corp.
    100       1,068  
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    1,900       57,632  
Mazda Motor Corp.
    38,000       154,756  
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    2,000       11,092  
Nissan Motors Co., Ltd.
    76,900       519,981  
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    9,500       84,635  
Suzuki Motor Corp.
    8,900       164,909  
Takata Corp.
    200       2,762  
Topre Corp.
    1,800       12,308  
Toyota Industries Corp.
    6,700       169,085  
Toyota Motor Corp.
    20,600       880,701  
TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    700       6,745  
Unipres Corp.
    1,200       11,969  
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
    10,100       137,947  
                 
              3,079,594  
                 
 
Banks 2.8%
Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
    32,000       172,759  
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.
    30,000       110,400  
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
    132,300       1,153,689  
Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.
    15       75,089  
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
    38       238,247  
The Aichi Bank Ltd.
    400       27,714  
The Bank of Kyoto Ltd.
    1,000       10,206  
The Chiba Bank Ltd.
    1,000       5,243  
The Chiba Kogyo Bank Ltd. *
    100       1,140  
The Higashi-Nippon Bank Ltd.
    6,000       16,348  
The Higo Bank Ltd.
    1,000       5,749  
The Hokuetsu Bank Ltd.
    1,000       2,068  
The Hyakugo Bank Ltd.
    10,000       56,680  
The Hyakujushi Bank Ltd.
    9,000       50,401  
The Kagawa Bank Ltd.
    3,000       14,056  
The Mie Bank Ltd.
    2,000       8,141  
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.
    26,000       64,922  
The San-in Godo Bank Ltd.
    2,000       15,493  
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
    44,000       293,147  
The Yachiyo Bank Ltd.
    5       10,998  
Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.
    1,000       12,204  
                 
              2,344,694  
                 
 
Capital Goods 2.1%
Aida Engineering Ltd.
    1,000       4,147  
Amada Co., Ltd.
    16,000       87,869  
Amano Corp.
    100       801  
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
    18,000       158,231  
Chudenko Corp.
    1,800       27,055  
Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.
    32,000       77,298  
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    2,100       25,462  
Futaba Corp.
    1,700       29,901  
Hino Motors, Ltd.
    7,000       28,303  
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    2,400       59,320  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Itochu Corp.
    9,000       54,217  
JS Group Corp.
    6,600       83,087  
JTEKT Corp.
    8,900       101,547  
Kamei Corp.
    2,000       7,728  
Kanematsu Corp. *
    3,000       2,903  
Kubota Corp.
    6,000       37,845  
Maeda Corp.
    6,000       18,637  
Maeda Road Construction Co., Ltd.
    4,000       25,877  
Minebea Co., Ltd.
    6,000       22,504  
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
    79,000       343,135  
Nagase & Co., Ltd.
    4,000       37,230  
Nippo Corp.
    4,000       22,577  
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    1,000       4,236  
Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.
    11,000       25,323  
Nitto Kogyo Corp.
    1,500       11,053  
Sintokogio Ltd.
    100       628  
Sojitz Corp.
    54,100       125,388  
Sumitomo Corp.
    10,800       100,698  
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
    20,200       219,860  
Takeuchi Mfg Co., Ltd.
    500       6,588  
                 
              1,749,448  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.8%
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    3,100       31,612  
Kurabo Industries Ltd.
    9,000       15,810  
Makita Corp.
    2,300       47,117  
Nikon Corp.
    6,000       143,934  
Panasonic Corp.
    14,000       241,353  
Roland Corp.
    800       10,327  
Sankyo Co., Ltd.
    2,700       137,051  
SRI Sports Ltd.
    3       2,872  
Tokyo Style Co., Ltd.
    2,000       16,902  
                 
              646,978  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
Hitachi Capital Corp.
    3,300       40,183  
SFCG Co., Ltd.
    120       5,464  
Takefuji Corp.
    4,650       60,511  
                 
              106,158  
                 
 
Energy 0.6%
Inpex Holdings, Inc.
    46       390,928  
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    1,900       97,532  
                 
              488,460  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%
Aeon Co., Ltd.
    22,000       224,770  
Cawachi Ltd.
    700       13,266  
Heiwado Co., Ltd.
    400       5,723  
Uny Co., Ltd.
    8,000       81,409  
                 
              325,168  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.2%
Asahi Breweries Ltd.
    14,300       250,629  
Japan Tobacco, Inc.
    70       263,836  
Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.
    28,000       367,893  
Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.
    11,000       50,288  
Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
    1,700       14,869  
Q.P. Corp.
    3,600       33,472  
                 
              980,987  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.0%
Hitachi Medical Corp.
    2,000       16,257  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.7%
Kao Corp.
    14,000       375,445  
Kose Corp.
    1,500       41,740  
Mandom Corp.
    200       5,302  
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    8,000       179,147  
                 
              601,634  
                 
 
Insurance 0.6%
Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc.
    19,000       161,266  
T&D Holdings, Inc.
    7,150       377,674  
                 
              538,940  
                 
 
Materials 2.9%
Asahi Kasei Corp.
    42,000       176,711  
Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    20,000       52,616  
DIC Corp.
    37,000       70,075  
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    6,700       89,910  
JFE Holdings, Inc.
    14,400       446,633  
Kaneka Corp.
    16,000       88,389  
Kobe Steel Ltd.
    117,000       235,437  
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    13,500       134,193  
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.
    38,500       203,501  
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
    17,000       82,216  
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
    1,000       3,141  
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    27,000       119,031  
Nippon Steel Corp.
    21,000       79,278  
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    43,000       83,181  
Osaka Steel Co., Ltd.
    1,300       16,895  
Pacific Metals Co., Ltd.
    3,000       21,751  
Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    3,000       8,121  
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    48,000       212,044  
Teijin Ltd.
    2,000       6,010  
Tokuyama Corp.
    11,000       63,824  
Tosoh Corp.
    28,000       82,624  
Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.
    7,600       116,664  
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd.
    7,000       31,369  
Zeon Corp.
    8,000       28,043  
                 
              2,451,657  
                 
 
Media 0.1%
Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.
    66       25,304  
TV Asahi Corp.
    17       23,796  
                 
              49,100  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.1%
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    9,000       73,727  
Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    1,200       16,787  
                 
              90,514  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Leopalace21 Corp.
    4,200       32,477  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
AOKl Holdings, Inc.
    1,000       10,187  
Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd.
    2,500       33,405  
AT-Group Co., Ltd.
    2,000       17,342  
Belluna Co., Ltd.
    1,550       6,989  
Nafco Co., Ltd.
    200       2,720  
Sazaby League, Ltd.
    700       9,226  
                 
              79,869  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.2%
Rohm Co., Ltd.
    2,600       143,009  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
NEC Fielding Ltd.
    100       954  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 2.7%
Canon Electronics, Inc.
    100       1,616  
Fujitsu Ltd.
    63,000       354,184  
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    900       7,817  
Hitachi Ltd.
    88,000       594,086  
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
    3,200       34,327  
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd.
    1,000       4,709  
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
    300       13,641  
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    5,500       222,039  
NEC Corp.
    64,000       273,544  
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    3,000       27,175  
OMRON Corp.
    10,000       155,223  
Riso Kagaku Corp.
    1,000       11,630  
Roland DG Corp.
    200       3,683  
Seiko Epson Corp.
    6,800       158,138  
Toshiba Corp.
    91,000       396,875  
Toshiba Tec Corp.
    8,000       31,512  
                 
              2,290,199  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.7%
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
    130       580,248  
                 
 
Transportation 1.7%
Central Japan Railway Co.
    52       490,335  
East Japan Railway Co.
    31       231,187  
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
    21,000       129,920  
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
    13,000       71,574  
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.
    1,000       8,688  
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
    32,000       208,596  
Seino Holdings Co., Ltd.
    5,000       23,582  
West Japan Railway Co.
    54       231,254  
                 
              1,395,136  
                 
 
Utilities 0.8%
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    4,400       103,676  
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.
    9,300       194,187  
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    1,600       33,351  
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    6,000       133,491  
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    10,900       234,290  
                 
              698,995  
                 
              18,690,476  
                 
 
Luxembourg 0.1%
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. SDR
    982       45,492  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.0%
COLT Telecom Group S.A. *
    15,897       28,750  
                 
              74,242  
                 
 
Mauritius 0.0%
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.
    83,000       18,506  
                 
 
Netherlands 3.0%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 1.0%
ING Groep N.V. CVA
    39,246       841,347  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Nutreco Holding N.V.
    1,595       75,081  
                 
 
Materials 1.4%
Akzo Nobel N.V.
    15,429       740,727  
Koninklijke DSM N.V.
    9,133       431,987  
                 
              1,172,714  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%
STMicroelectronics N.V.
    21,212       214,873  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Gemalto N.V. *
    3,216       116,018  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
TNT N.V.
    4,211       116,673  
                 
              2,536,706  
                 
 
New Zealand 0.0%
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Nuplex Industries Ltd.
    1,900       7,548  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Vector Ltd.
    22,800       32,202  
                 
              39,750  
                 
 
Norway 0.8%
                 
 
Energy 0.8%
StatoilHydro A.S.A.
    27,867       662,213  
                 
 
Papua New Guinea 0.0%
                 
 
Energy 0.0%
Oil Search Ltd.
    6,500       29,089  
                 
 
Portugal 0.6%
                 
 
Utilities 0.6%
EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A.
    118,638       497,903  
                 
 
Singapore 1.4%
                 
 
Banks 0.3%
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.
    12,000       60,588  
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
    18,000       215,187  
                 
              275,775  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.6%
Fraser & Neave Ltd.
    1,000       2,508  
Haw Par Corp., Ltd.
    4,000       13,062  
Hong Leong Asia Ltd.
    11,000       7,213  
Keppel Corp., Ltd.
    37,000       204,455  
Noble Group Ltd.
    48,000       45,679  
SembCorp Industries Ltd.
    24,000       54,982  
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
    81,000       153,819  
                 
              481,718  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd.
    40,000       35,160  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
NatSteel Group Ltd.
    15,000       13,042  
                 
 
Retailing 0.2%
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.
    11,000       120,999  
Metro Holdings Ltd.
    6,000       2,096  
                 
              123,095  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Venture Corp., Ltd.
    3,000       16,322  
                 
 
Transportation 0.3%
ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.
    27,000       28,424  
Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.
    5,000       6,377  
Singapore Airlines Ltd.
    20,540       206,342  
                 
              241,143  
                 
              1,186,255  
                 
 
Spain 4.9%
                 
 
Banks 2.1%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
    23,031       372,428  
Banco Espanol de Credito S.A.
    654       8,907  
Banco Santander S.A.
    92,870       1,392,522  
                 
              1,773,857  
                 
 
Energy 1.8%
Repsol YPF S.A.
    49,200       1,458,087  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 1.0%
Telefonica S.A.
    35,003       832,286  
                 
              4,064,230  
                 
 
Sweden 1.6%
                 
 
Banks 0.6%
Nordea Bank AB
    41,060       490,213  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.6%
AB SKF, B Shares
    17,700       226,124  
Saab AB, Class B
    6,246       96,203  
Skanska AB, B Shares
    18,422       209,683  
                 
              532,010  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.0%
Elekta AB, Class B
    1,671       28,528  
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
SSAB Svenskt Stal AB, A Shares
    260       4,134  
SSAB Svenskt Stal AB, B Shares
    1,821       25,159  
Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA), B Shares
    3,031       32,109  
                 
              61,402  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.3%
Tele2 AB, B Shares
    22,000       251,071  
                 
              1,363,224  
                 
 
Switzerland 6.0%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
Bucher Industries AG - Reg’d
    614       82,473  
Sulzer AG - Reg’d
    844       89,799  
                 
              172,272  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.5%
Adecco S.A. - Reg’d
    8,700       377,941  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.6%
Credit Suisse Group AG - Reg’d
    5,733       267,742  
UBS AG - Reg’d *
    15,963       272,847  
                 
              540,589  
                 
 
Insurance 3.1%
Baloise Holding AG - Reg’d
    1,914       130,678  
Helvetia Holding AG
    479       120,075  
Swiss Life Holding - Reg’d *
    2,442       354,542  
Zurich Financial Services AG - Reg’d
    7,210       1,996,597  
                 
              2,601,892  
                 
 
Materials 1.6%
Clariant AG - Reg’d *
    12,302       119,800  
Schmolz & Bickenbach AG - Reg’d
    953       37,021  
Syngenta AG - Reg’d
    5,645       1,190,440  
                 
              1,347,261  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Swissair Group *(a)(b)(c)
    30        
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Elektrizitaets-Gesellschaft Laufenburg AG
    3       3,336  
                 
              5,043,291  
                 
 
United Kingdom 19.5%
                 
 
Banks 2.8%
Barclays plc
    51,091       303,554  
HSBC Holdings plc
    98,147       1,587,848  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
    96,564       311,508  
Standard Chartered plc
    7,904       194,482  
                 
              2,397,392  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.9%
BAE Systems plc
    207,394       1,528,894  
Balfour Beatty plc
    515       2,798  
Cookson Group plc
    1,696       14,280  
Qinetiq plc
    16,928       62,970  
                 
              1,608,942  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
    2,014       8,844  
                 
 
Energy 3.7%
BP plc
    111,262       926,622  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A
    42,000       1,237,412  
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class B
    32,400       910,208  
                 
              3,074,242  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.3%
British American Tobacco plc
    4,418       144,236  
Tate & Lyle plc
    15,435       106,038  
                 
              250,274  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Insurance 1.4%
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc
    1,150       9,176  
Legal & General Group plc
    373,056       673,266  
Old Mutual plc
    338,940       474,421  
                 
              1,156,863  
                 
 
Materials 1.7%
Anglo American plc
    1,385       46,785  
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp.
    26,198       238,561  
Kazakhmys plc
    6,500       68,262  
Mondi plc
    7,630       35,610  
Xstrata plc
    33,238       1,035,849  
                 
              1,425,067  
                 
 
Media 0.8%
Aegis Group plc
    10,708       17,943  
WPP Group plc
    77,000       622,819  
                 
              640,762  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 1.8%
AstraZeneca plc
    34,501       1,509,746  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.9%
Hammerson plc
    4,874       85,928  
Land Securities Group plc
    12,997       293,544  
Liberty International plc
    17,400       300,876  
Segro plc
    12,953       97,660  
                 
              778,008  
                 
 
Retailing 0.3%
Home Retail Group plc
    58,719       247,458  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.2%
Logica plc
    88,483       173,119  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Spectris plc
    4,625       55,310  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 2.3%
Vodafone Group plc
    877,321       1,937,502  
                 
 
Utilities 1.3%
Centrica plc
    107,027       602,215  
United Utilities Group plc
    41,918       520,201  
                 
              1,122,416  
                 
              16,385,945  
                 
 
United States 0.2%
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.2%
Synthes, Inc.
    1,062       146,919  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $101,648,432)
    83,135,667  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 0.3% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 0.3%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $280,009 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association with a value of $290,875.)
    280,000       280,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $280,000)
    280,000  
         
 
End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $102,352,536 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $1,165,590 and ($20,102,459), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($18,936,869).
 
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $82,443,069 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Bankrupt security/delisted.
(b) Fair-valued by Management.
(c) Illiquid security. At the period end, the value of these amounted to $0 or 0% of net assets.
CVA — Dutch Certificate
Reg’d — Registered
SDR — Special drawing rights
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $101,928,432)
        $83,415,667  
Cash
        573  
Foreign currency (cost $794,652)
        768,734  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        898,592  
Dividends
        261,470  
Foreign tax reclaims
        71,939  
Fund shares sold
        19,228  
Interest
        9  
Prepaid expenses
  +     6,935  
     
     
Total assets
        85,443,147  
             
 
Liabilities
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        1,383,887  
Investment adviser
        4,904  
Fund shares redeemed
        149,664  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        8,058  
Accrued expenses
  +     58,633  
     
     
Total liabilities
        1,605,146  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        85,443,147  
Total liabilities
      1,605,146  
     
     
Net assets
        $83,838,001  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        104,822,711  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        2,150,940  
Net realized capital losses
        (4,611,222 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (18,524,428 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $15,632,807       1,752,249         $8.92  
Select Shares
  $68,205,194       7,638,732         $8.93  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $301,371)
        $2,742,378  
Interest
  +     8,429  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        2,750,807  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (2,782,627 )
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (25,864 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (2,808,491 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (25,206,004 )
Net unrealized losses on foreign currency translations
  +     (15,226 )
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (25,221,230 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        487,579  
Custodian fees
        72,902  
Accounting and administration fees
        45,381  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        28,098  
Professional fees
        23,709  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        13,018  
Transfer agent fees
        12,651  
Shareholder reports
        9,819  
Registration fees
        7,770  
Trustees’ fees
        3,556  
Interest expense
        2,451  
Other expenses
  +     5,047  
     
     
Total expenses
        711,981  
Expense reduction by adviser
      36,497  
Custody credits
      15  
     
     
Net expenses
        675,469  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        2,750,807  
Net expenses
      675,469  
     
     
Net investment income
        2,075,338  
Net realized losses
        (2,808,491 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (25,221,230 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($25,954,383 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $2,075,338       $2,152,001  
Net realized gains (losses)
        (2,808,491 )     3,091,259  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (25,221,230 )     (12,929,808 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (25,954,383 )     (7,686,548 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
        -       (361,620 )
Select Shares
  +     -       (2,381,553 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
        -       (2,743,173 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (1,666,605 )
Select Shares
  +           (7,587,962 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (9,254,567 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($11,997,740 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        699,192       $8,324,129       449,393       $6,229,865  
Select Shares
  +     178,553       2,061,328       4,161,569       55,041,800  
     
     
Total shares sold
        877,745       $10,385,457       4,610,962       $61,271,665  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        -       $-       149,983       $1,834,295  
Select Shares
  +     -       -       474,171       5,789,629  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        -       $-       624,154       $7,623,924  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (633,974 )     ($6,943,669 )     (3,447,172 )     ($45,082,165 )
Select Shares
  +     (967,268 )     (10,920,629 )     (1,244,671 )     (16,666,965 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (1,601,242 )     ($17,864,298 )     (4,691,843 )     ($61,749,130 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        (723,497 )     ($7,478,841 )     543,273       $7,146,459  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        10,114,478       $117,271,225       9,571,205       $129,809,054  
Total increase or decrease
  +     (723,497 )     (33,433,224 )     543,273       (12,537,829 )
     
     
End of period
        9,390,981       $83,838,001       10,114,478       $117,271,225  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $2,150,940               $75,602  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                         
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  5/31/061-
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07
 
                         
Per—Share Data ($)
                       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.43       12.04       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.14 2     0.11 2     0.06 2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.82 )     (0.16 )     2.06  
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.68 )     (0.05 )     2.12  
Less distributions:
                       
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.10 )     (0.06 )
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.46 )     (0.02 )
   
Total distributions
          (0.56 )     (0.08 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.75       11.43       12.04  
   
Total return (%)
    (23.45 )3     (0.51 )     21.62 3
                         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                       
Ratios to average net assets:
                       
Net operating expenses
    1.65 4     1.65       1.64 4
Gross operating expenses
    1.74 4     1.81       2.03 4
Net investment income (loss)
    2.51 4     0.89       0.75 4
Portfolio turnover rate
    62 3     147       106 3
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    92,512       121,930       51,572  
 
                         
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  5/31/061-
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,5   3/31/08   3/31/07
 
                         
Per—Share Data ($)
                       
Net asset value at beginning of period
    11.45       12.05       10.00  
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                       
Net investment income (loss)
    0.16 2     0.14 2     0.09 2
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (2.82 )     (0.16 )     2.06  
   
Total from investment operations
    (2.66 )     (0.02 )     2.15  
Less distributions:
                       
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.12 )     (0.08 )
Distributions from net realized gains
          (0.46 )     (0.02 )
   
Total distributions
          (0.58 )     (0.10 )
   
Net asset value at end of period
    8.79       11.45       12.05  
   
Total return (%)
    (23.23 )3     (0.24 )     21.90 3
                         
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                       
Ratios to average net assets:
                       
Net operating expenses
    1.35 4     1.35       1.34 4
Gross operating expenses
    1.38 4     1.54       1.64 4
Net investment income (loss)
    2.89 4     1.14       1.06 4
Portfolio turnover rate
    62 3     147       106 3
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    224,271       139,643       19,173  
* Unaudited.
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
5 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  101 .0%   Common Stock     390,541,706       319,854,584  
  1 .8%   Preferred Stock     6,913,638       5,684,794  
  —%   Rights           33,248  
  102 .8%   Total Investments     397,455,344       325,572,626  
  (2 .8)%   Other Assets and Liabilities             (8,789,221 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             316,783,405  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 101.0% of net assets
                 
 
Argentina 0.3%
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. ADR
    61,900       609,096  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.1%
Telecom Argentina S.A. ADR *
    32,900       403,025  
                 
              1,012,121  
                 
 
Australia 6.3%
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.6%
Campbell Brothers Ltd.
    31,900       814,174  
Downer EDI Ltd.
    191,100       973,633  
                 
              1,787,807  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.2%
Flight Centre Ltd.
    52,600       812,423  
                 
 
Energy 1.7%
Felix Resources Ltd.
    67,200       918,401  
Origin Energy Ltd.
    124,100       1,605,181  
Queensland Gas Co., Ltd. *
    62,700       204,261  
Santos Ltd.
    179,900       2,752,707  
                 
              5,480,550  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.4%
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.
    227,900       1,521,635  
Foster’s Group Ltd.
    295,500       1,320,232  
Goodman Fielder Ltd.
    88,200       100,053  
Lion Nathan Ltd.
    193,700       1,450,203  
                 
              4,392,123  
                 
 
Insurance 0.0%
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.
    27,100       89,952  
                 
 
Materials 1.6%
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. *
    172,800       657,445  
Incitec Pivot Ltd.
    154,000       617,012  
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. *
    352,200       469,195  
OM Holdings Ltd.
    282,200       448,946  
Orica Ltd.
    45,600       770,106  
Portman Ltd. *
    38,012       641,338  
Sims Group Ltd.
    62,200       1,507,020  
                 
              5,111,062  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.2%
CFS Retail Property Trust
    113,404       205,762  
Dexus Property Group
    115,400       135,745  
Goodman Group
    130,400       263,137  
                 
              604,644  
                 
 
Utilities 0.6%
AGL Energy Ltd.
    161,800       1,784,424  
                 
              20,062,985  
                 
 
Austria 0.2%
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
OMV AG
    9,800       413,071  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.1%
Conwert Immobilien Invest SE *
    28,060       264,669  
IMMOEAST AG *
    7,996       20,198  
                 
              284,867  
                 
              697,938  
                 
 
Belgium 1.9%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Banque Nationale de Belgique
    18       69,630  
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Euronav S.A.
    28,000       774,184  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%
Delhaize Group
    22,200       1,289,471  
                 
 
Materials 0.6%
Solvay S.A.
    5,600       687,398  
Tessenderlo Chemie N.V.
    3,653       182,938  
Umicore
    31,500       972,784  
                 
              1,843,120  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.3%
UCB S.A.
    25,900       920,204  
                 
 
Retailing 0.0%
S.A. D’Ieteren N.V.
    164       37,067  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.4%
Telenet Group Holding N.V. *
    56,000       1,158,440  
                 
              6,092,116  
                 
 
Brazil 0.7%
                 
 
Banks 0.0%
Banco Nossa Caixa S.A. - Reg’d
    6,900       144,679  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Souza Cruz S.A.
    20,300       485,284  
                 
 
Materials 0.2%
Acos Villares S.A.
    503,000       237,900  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.
    41,200       351,832  
                 
              589,732  
                 
 
Utilities 0.3%
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo
    43,000       595,433  
Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais - Copasa MG
    27,100       284,829  
EDP - Energias do Brasil S.A.
    15,400       192,773  
                 
              1,073,035  
                 
              2,292,730  
                 
 
Canada 7.3%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.0%
Linamar Corp.
    12,000       112,755  
                 
 
Banks 0.7%
Laurentian Bank Of Canada
    9,300       332,065  
National Bank of Canada
    37,100       1,695,950  
                 
              2,028,015  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.3%
Bombardier, Inc., Class B
    176,100       956,409  
SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.
    600       21,694  
                 
              978,103  
                 
 
Energy 1.5%
Addax Petroleum Corp.
    16,200       439,763  
AltaGas Income Trust
    14,800       330,975  
Daylight Resources Trust
    19,300       184,975  
Freehold Royalty Trust
    13,000       208,880  
Harvest Energy Trust
    19,800       333,395  
Keyera Facilities Income Fund
    11,220       214,648  
Mullen Group Income Fund
    27,500       439,018  
Nexen, Inc.
    17,500       406,155  
Penn West Energy Trust
    40,600       965,550  
Progress Energy Trust
    3,500       39,629  
Provident Energy Trust
    48,100       429,363  
Savanna Energy Services Corp.
    23,100       335,783  
Tanganyika Oil Co., Ltd. *
    7,300       193,363  
Trilogy Energy Trust
    8,200       61,409  
                 
              4,582,906  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.3%
George Weston Ltd.
    21,500       1,039,596  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Viterra, Inc. *
    7,780       74,346  
                 
 
Insurance 0.7%
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.
    38,200       1,213,211  
Power Corp. of Canada
    37,900       1,111,092  
                 
              2,324,303  
                 
 
Materials 2.1%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.
    6,600       360,310  
Agrium, Inc.
    34,900       1,951,186  
Canfor Corp. *
    54,200       415,733  
Fording Canadian Coal Trust
    3,900       319,806  
IAMGOLD Corp.
    99,000       546,047  
Kinross Gold Corp.
    37,400       600,579  
Methanex Corp.
    23,530       460,982  
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.
    2,870       372,068  
West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.
    15,900       521,260  
Yamana Gold, Inc.
    135,700       1,115,692  
                 
              6,663,663  
                 
 
Media 0.3%
Quebecor, Inc., Class B
    23,700       560,071  
Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B
    9,300       188,228  
                 
              748,299  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.6%
CGI Group, Inc., Class A *
    137,400       1,201,968  
Open Text Corp. *
    18,700       620,434  
                 
              1,822,402  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Celestica, Inc. *
    13,590       85,045  
                 
 
Utilities 0.8%
ATCO Ltd., Class I
    26,400       957,519  
Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A
    26,400       941,395  
Fortis, Inc.
    32,200       727,356  
                 
              2,626,270  
                 
              23,085,703  
                 
 
Chile 0.7%
                 
 
Banks 0.1%
Banco de Chile ADR
    9,600       384,000  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida S.A. ADR
    266       6,541  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. ADR
    18,300       589,809  
Embotelladora Andina S.A. Series A ADR
    1,817       23,784  
                 
              613,593  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
Lan Airlines S.A. ADR
    64,000       729,600  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
Enersis S.A. ADR
    32,400       528,768  
                 
              2,262,502  
                 
 
China 2.1%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.3%
Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Class H
    2,160,000       794,954  
Jiangling Motors Corp., Ltd. , Class B
    64,700       42,597  
Zhejiang Glass Co., Ltd., Class H *
    55,000       13,846  
                 
              851,397  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.4%
Baoye Group Co., Ltd., Class H
    294,000       90,871  
BYD Co. Ltd., Class H
    85,000       142,266  
China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd., Class B (a)
    171,800       116,378  
China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.
    568,000       87,396  
CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd. *
    161,000       25,366  
First Tractor Co., Ltd., Class H
    274,000       41,879  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Harbin Power Equipment Co., Ltd., Class H
    360,000       257,891  
Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., Class H *
    412,000       125,603  
Shanghai Mechanical & Electrical Industry Co. Ltd., Class B
    132,409       96,631  
Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Class H
    54,000       206,597  
                 
              1,190,878  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Shenzhou International Group
    777,000       165,250  
                 
 
Energy 0.3%
China Oilfield Services Ltd., Class H
    34,000       31,501  
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd., Class H
    828,000       853,796  
                 
              885,297  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.5%
Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Ltd.
    1,410,200       1,191,033  
Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co., Ltd., Class B (a)
    57,800       257,426  
                 
              1,448,459  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd., Class B
    260,200       105,439  
China Bluechemical Ltd., Class H
    1,340,000       747,085  
Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings, Ltd., Class B
    191,900       117,393  
                 
              969,917  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.0%
Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., Class B
    97,400       89,984  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Digital China Holdings Ltd.
    75,000       24,905  
TPV Technology Ltd.
    100,000       30,610  
                 
              55,515  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd., Class H
    1,699,750       292,508  
Guangshen Railway Co., Ltd., Class H
    342,000       169,536  
Sinotrans Ltd., Class H
    343,000       67,009  
Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H
    472,000       280,210  
                 
              809,263  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Guangdong Electric Power Development Co. Ltd., Class B
    244,600       95,191  
Zhejiang Southeast Electric Power Co. Ltd., Class B
    69,400       35,110  
                 
              130,301  
                 
              6,596,261  
                 
 
Columbia 0.2%
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Bancolombia S.A. ADR
    25,400       722,630  
                 
 
Denmark 1.2%
                 
 
Banks 0.4%
Jyske Bank A/S - Reg’d *
    21,600       1,087,573  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.3%
Danisco A/S
    18,600       1,045,394  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.2%
H. Lundbeck A/S
    37,800       718,663  
                 
 
Transportation 0.3%
D/S Norden A/S
    18,400       885,958  
                 
              3,737,588  
                 
 
Egypt 0.2%
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
EL Ezz Aldekhela Steel Alexa Co.
    532       131,381  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.1%
Telecom Egypt
    146,000       394,754  
                 
              526,135  
                 
 
Finland 2.1%
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.1%
Cargotec Corp., B Shares
    42,000       857,986  
KCI Konecranes Oyj
    8,781       209,981  
Metso Corp. Oyj
    48,000       1,177,265  
Wartsila Corp. Oyj
    32,100       1,352,325  
                 
              3,597,557  
                 
 
Materials 0.7%
Outokumpu Oyj
    59,200       943,185  
Stora Enso Oyj, Class R
    46,000       449,471  
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
    52,000       811,322  
                 
              2,203,978  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.3%
TietoEnator Oyj
    54,900       808,106  
                 
              6,609,641  
                 
 
France 3.6%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.5%
PSA Peugeot Citroen
    17,600       662,397  
Valeo S.A.
    32,800       992,586  
                 
              1,654,983  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Thales S.A.
    6,000       302,788  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.1%
Teleperformance
    14,500       404,456  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Christian Dior S.A.
    2,333       176,940  
Thomson *
    39,000       139,382  
                 
              316,322  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Sodexho
    2,400       141,634  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A.
    3,742       333,896  
                 
 
Materials 0.5%
Arkema
    28,800       1,063,218  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Eramet
    1,120       429,073  
                 
              1,492,291  
                 
 
Media 1.1%
Havas S.A.
    345,000       1,083,563  
M6 Metropole Television
    40,600       892,600  
Publicis Groupe
    48,000       1,511,854  
                 
              3,488,017  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.8%
Atos Origin S.A.
    28,500       1,254,245  
Cap Gemini S.A.
    27,600       1,303,848  
                 
              2,558,093  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
Air France-KLM
    6,300       144,241  
Bollore
    2,803       443,591  
                 
              587,832  
                 
              11,280,312  
                 
 
Germany 2.9%
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.3%
Bilfinger Berger AG
    15,959       831,242  
Hochtief AG
    23,100       1,102,472  
Rheinmetall AG
    21,900       1,178,683  
Tognum AG
    55,548       1,112,796  
                 
              4,225,193  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.2%
TUI AG
    37,179       614,139  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Suedzucker AG
    48,600       707,091  
                 
 
Materials 0.9%
Altana AG
    77,400       1,146,840  
K & S AG
    17,200       1,192,582  
Lanxess
    16,200       446,150  
ThyssenKrupp AG
    3,200       96,076  
                 
              2,881,648  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
Takkt AG
    17,508       244,496  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Freenet AG *
    68,400       620,301  
                 
              9,292,868  
                 
 
Greece 0.3%
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
Viohalco, Hellenic Copper & Aluminum Industry S.A.
    30,000       215,685  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
Public Power Corp. S.A.
    42,000       647,944  
                 
              863,629  
                 
 
Hong Kong 3.3%
                 
 
Banks 0.1%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd.
    219,000       398,613  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.4%
Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd.
    310,000       78,509  
Citic Pacific Ltd.
    44,000       128,618  
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.
    7,000       99,551  
Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.
    448,000       168,343  
Noble Group Ltd.
    3,000       2,855  
NWS Holdings Ltd.
    116,000       208,147  
Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.
    215,000       491,462  
                 
              1,177,485  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.4%
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd.
    459,500       1,255,202  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.
    40,000       61,996  
Star Cruises Ltd. *
    189,000       22,077  
The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd.
    196,000       191,634  
                 
              275,707  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.2%
Allied Properties (H.K.) Ltd.
    572,000       74,304  
Guoco Group Ltd.
    58,000       487,524  
                 
              561,828  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.3%
Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.
    227,700       1,145,706  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Shougang Concord International Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    142,000       20,470  
                 
 
Media 0.1%
Television Broadcasts Ltd.
    66,000       280,270  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.1%
China Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.
    606,000       197,772  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.2%
Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd.
    220,000       272,616  
Emperor International Holdings Ltd.
    559,000       115,002  
Kowloon Development Co., Ltd.
    171,000       153,128  
New World China Land Ltd.
    177,200       41,480  
SEA Holdings Ltd.
    36,000       19,936  
Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Ltd.
    972,000       93,708  
SRE Group Ltd.
    828,000       63,986  
Wheelock & Co., Ltd.
    19,000       34,463  
                 
              794,319  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.
    48,000       27,621  
Esprit Holdings Ltd.
    30,500       189,056  
Wing On Co. International Ltd.
    29,000       40,529  
                 
              257,206  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.
    3,100       17,918  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.3%
Lenovo Group Ltd.
    646,000       285,116  
VTech Holdings Ltd.
    110,000       643,372  
                 
              928,488  
                 
 
Transportation 0.5%
Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.
    612,500       426,212  
Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.
    1,191,000       990,201  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Transport International Holdings Ltd.
    43,600       121,738  
                 
              1,538,151  
                 
 
Utilities 0.5%
Guangdong Investment Ltd.
    1,766,000       417,064  
Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.
    214,500       1,347,268  
                 
              1,764,332  
                 
              10,613,467  
                 
 
Hungary 0.8%
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.4%
Richter Gedeon Nyrt.
    6,400       1,171,488  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.4%
Magyar Telekom Telecommunications plc
    260,000       1,219,492  
                 
              2,390,980  
                 
 
India 2.0%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
Hero Honda Motors Ltd.
    1,700       31,945  
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
    18,680       205,695  
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
    6,780       101,904  
                 
              339,544  
                 
 
Banks 0.4%
Bank of India
    79,030       487,459  
Bank of Maharashtra Ltd.
    237,160       155,262  
Corporation Bank
    11,060       65,734  
Dena Bank Ltd.
    177,760       160,579  
Indian Bank
    40,230       115,032  
Syndicate Bank
    230,390       326,016  
                 
              1,310,082  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Bharat Electronics Ltd.
    7,110       140,234  
SKF India Ltd.
    24,194       103,690  
Tata Motors Ltd.
    98       725  
                 
              244,649  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Indian Hotels Co., Ltd.
    15,868       22,993  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
JM Financial Ltd.
    256,625       201,067  
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (BRP)
    48,220       50,894  
The Great Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd.
    94,400       612,255  
                 
              663,149  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
    30,000       164,630  
                 
 
Materials 0.7%
Birla Corp., Ltd.
    37,050       102,967  
Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd.
    2,280       7,027  
Grasim Industries Ltd.
    2,050       75,005  
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.
    45,500       109,467  
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
    2,200       7,197  
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co., Ltd.
    80,930       158,973  
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.
    37,210       94,510  
Hindalco Industries Ltd.
    137,510       291,623  
Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
    38,310       358,577  
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
    750       20,756  
JSL Ltd.
    48,660       113,789  
National Aluminium Co., Ltd.
    6,740       54,127  
Pidilite Industries Ltd.
    20,270       56,943  
Sesa Goa Ltd.
    94,240       244,200  
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
    39,790       108,912  
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd.
    17,150       158,783  
Tata Chemicals Ltd.
    17,930       87,933  
Tata Steel Ltd.
    7,542       69,601  
Ultra Tech Cement Ltd.
    14,940       170,456  
                 
              2,290,846  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.1%
Ipca Laboratories Ltd.
    6,072       73,624  
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
    2,090       67,783  
Wockhardt Ltd.
    5,390       18,029  
                 
              159,436  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.1%
HCL Technologies Ltd.
    51,400       219,006  
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
    44,674       283,245  
                 
              502,251  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Container Corp. of India Ltd.
    3,550       63,129  
Shipping Corp. of India Ltd.
    71,394       227,588  
                 
              290,717  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Gail India Ltd.
    45       398  
                 
              6,189,762  
                 
 
Indonesia 0.9%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
PT Astra International Tbk
    82,000       146,269  
PT Astra Otoparts Tbk
    1,000       428  
                 
              146,697  
                 
 
Banks 0.4%
PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
    5,523,000       557,963  
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia
    1,216,000       687,033  
                 
              1,244,996  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.0%
PT United Tractors Tbk
    140,000       138,042  
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Tbk
    421,000       412,663  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk
    116,000       157,229  
PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk
    23,000       24,937  
                 
              182,166  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk
    341,000       269,482  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Corp. Tbk *
    1,846,000       304,748  
PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk (INCO)
    226,000       72,413  
                 
              377,161  
                 
              2,771,207  
                 
 
Ireland 0.4%
                 
 
Banks 0.3%
Anglo Irish Bank Corp. plc
    160,000       907,629  
                 
 
Insurance 0.1%
Irish Life & Permanent plc
    71,213       499,870  
                 
              1,407,499  
                 
 
Israel 0.8%
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
First International Bank of Israel Ltd. (FIBI) *
    10,250       86,398  
Israel Discount Bank, Class A
    338,000       494,084  
                 
              580,482  
                 
 
Insurance 0.2%
Migdal Insurance & Financial Ltd. Holdings
    704,000       749,793  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.4%
Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.
    637,000       1,129,201  
                 
              2,459,476  
                 
 
Italy 2.9%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.4%
Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
    1,888,000       1,113,969  
                 
 
Banks 0.9%
Banca Carige S.p.A. (Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia)
    265,000       875,417  
Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna Scrl
    55,000       788,477  
Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl
    132,000       1,121,838  
Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa
    7,864       122,163  
                 
              2,907,895  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.0%
Finmeccanica S.p.A.
    5,463       118,425  
                 
 
Insurance 0.8%
Fondiaria - Sai S.p.A.
    36,600       863,900  
Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A.
    175,197       776,315  
Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A.
    472,000       1,012,840  
                 
              2,653,055  
                 
 
Materials 0.4%
Buzzi Unicem S.p.A.
    61,000       937,309  
Italcementi S.p.A.
    18,000       222,963  
                 
              1,160,272  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Autostrada Torino-Milano S.p.A.
    17,499       191,243  
                 
 
Utilities 0.3%
ACEA S.p.A.
    63,000       902,282  
                 
              9,047,141  
                 
 
Japan 22.2%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 2.0%
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
    234,000       1,185,296  
Mazda Motor Corp.
    288,000       1,172,885  
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    53,000       515,965  
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    88,700       790,226  
Toyota Industries Corp.
    55,000       1,388,010  
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
    103,500       1,413,612  
                 
              6,465,994  
                 
 
Banks 4.9%
Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
    409,000       2,208,074  
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.
    485,000       1,784,797  
Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.
    295       1,476,745  
The 77 Bank Ltd.
    311,000       1,568,168  
The Bank of Kyoto Ltd.
    176,000       1,796,300  
The Chiba Bank Ltd.
    230,000       1,205,914  
The Gunma Bank Ltd.
    202,000       1,151,886  
The Hachijuni Bank Ltd.
    304,000       1,612,683  
The Joyo Bank Ltd.
    247,000       1,124,452  
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.
    643,000       1,605,571  
                 
              15,534,590  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.7%
Amada Co., Ltd.
    205,000       1,125,824  
Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.
    85,000       205,322  
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.
    220,000       1,010,504  
Hino Motors, Ltd.
    21,000       84,908  
Hitachi Cable Ltd.
    29,000       99,025  
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    4,100       101,339  
JS Group Corp.
    80,200       1,009,634  
JTEKT Corp.
    24,000       273,834  
Kinden Corp.
    45,000       428,691  
Sojitz Corp.
    428,300       992,678  
                 
              5,331,759  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.7%
Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    42,900       402,786  
Makita Corp.
    40,500       829,661  
Sankyo Co., Ltd.
    21,200       1,076,103  
                 
              2,308,550  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.2%
Hitachi Capital Corp.
    58,700       714,761  
SBI Holdings, Inc.
    288       43,114  
                 
              757,875  
                 
 
Energy 0.5%
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    28,100       1,442,454  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.5%
Aeon Co., Ltd.
    142,300       1,453,855  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.9%
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    127,000       1,210,411  
Asahi Breweries Ltd.
    84,800       1,486,250  
                 
              2,696,661  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.7%
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    103,000       2,306,522  
                 
 
Insurance 0.5%
Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc.
    174,000       1,476,856  
The Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
    7,000       16,204  
                 
              1,493,060  
                 
 
Materials 4.7%
Asahi Kasei Corp.
    333,000       1,401,068  
Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    173,000       455,129  
DIC Corp.
    263,000       498,101  
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    18,500       248,258  
Kaneka Corp.
    272,000       1,502,606  
Kobe Steel Ltd.
    671,000       1,350,239  
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    108,000       1,073,545  
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.
    143,500       758,504  
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
    148,000       715,763  
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    267,000       661,238  
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    375,000       1,653,210  
Nippon Paper Group, Inc.
    99       289,315  
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
    753,000       1,456,634  
Pacific Metals Co., Ltd.
    4,000       29,002  
Teijin Ltd.
    411,000       1,234,996  
Tosoh Corp.
    254,000       749,514  
Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.
    61,100       937,921  
                 
              15,015,043  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.4%
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
    145,000       1,187,833  
                 
 
Retailing 0.4%
Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd.
    8,400       112,242  
Marui Group Co., Ltd.
    144,000       1,075,377  
                 
              1,187,619  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%
Rohm Co., Ltd.
    18,000       990,065  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.2%
Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    17,200       134,640  
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    5,800       234,150  
NEC Corp.
    335,000       1,431,830  
OMRON Corp.
    109,800       1,704,349  
Yokogawa Electric Corp.
    52,900       335,882  
                 
              3,840,851  
                 
 
Transportation 1.8%
Japan Airlines Corp. *
    26,000       53,537  
Kamigumi Co., Ltd.
    203,000       1,524,947  
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
    264,000       1,633,278  
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
    22,000       121,126  
West Japan Railway Co.
    522       2,235,452  
                 
              5,568,340  
                 
 
Utilities 0.8%
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.
    60,000       1,252,817  
The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
    70,300       1,441,263  
                 
              2,694,080  
                 
              70,275,151  
                 
 
Luxembourg 0.4%
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.2%
Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. SDR
    12,400       574,440  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
COLT Telecom Group S.A. *
    383,561       693,679  
                 
              1,268,119  
                 
 
Malaysia 0.6%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
UMW Holdings Berhad
    146,000       247,217  
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Hong Leong Bank Berhad
    259,000       425,497  
Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad
    4,000       5,138  
                 
              430,635  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Boustead Holdings Berhad
    61,500       81,819  
Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad
    334,100       240,691  
Ranhill Berhad
    275,000       57,916  
                 
              380,426  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad
    19,000       36,575  
                 
 
Energy 0.0%
Petronas Dagangan Berhad
    27,000       51,576  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Asiatic Development Berhad
    67,000       90,339  
JT International Berhad
    164,000       208,734  
Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad
    24,000       18,648  
                 
              317,721  
                 
 
Materials 0.1%
Lion Industries Corp. Berhad
    440,000       162,071  
Southern Steel Berhad
    212,500       119,746  
Titan Chemicals Corp. Berhad
    69,000       20,754  
                 
              302,571  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Malaysian Airline System Berhad
    80,000       80,609  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
    20,000       39,894  
                 
              1,887,224  
                 
 
Mauritius 0.0%
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.
    502,000       111,926  
                 
 
Mexico 1.6%
                 
 
Banks 0.0%
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V., Class O
    33,600       107,223  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.5%
Alfa S.A.B., Class A
    89,500       402,633  
Grupo Carso S.A.B. de C.V., Series A1
    135,900       519,419  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Mexichem S.A. de C.V.
    264,400       481,101  
                 
              1,403,153  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Consorcio ARA, S.A. de C.V.
    202,100       112,724  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
    138,700       320,228  
Grupo Gigante S.A. de C.V., Class B
    71,800       95,195  
                 
              415,423  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.4%
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. (Femsa), Series L
    123,200       626,336  
Gruma S.A.B., Class B *
    35,300       72,624  
Grupo Continental, S.A.B.
    176,500       377,966  
                 
              1,076,926  
                 
 
Materials 0.2%
Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., Series B
    435,301       457,730  
Industrias CH S.A., Series B *
    75,700       279,639  
                 
              737,369  
                 
 
Retailing 0.3%
Grupo Elektra, S.A. de C.V.
    23,000       799,159  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A. de C.V., Class B
    120,600       306,118  
                 
              4,958,095  
                 
 
Netherlands 1.5%
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.4%
Randstad Holding N.V.
    44,000       1,156,960  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.2%
SNS Reaal
    50,404       575,226  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Nutreco Holding N.V.
    16,800       790,820  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Akzo Nobel N.V.
    9,314       447,153  
Koninklijke DSM N.V.
    13,200       624,355  
                 
              1,071,508  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%
STMicroelectronics N.V.
    22,000       222,855  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.3%
Gemalto N.V. *
    23,089       832,944  
                 
              4,650,313  
                 
 
New Zealand 0.7%
                 
 
Materials 0.5%
Fletcher Building Ltd.
    76,000       343,339  
Nufarm Ltd.
    90,400       1,106,519  
                 
              1,449,858  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Air New Zealand Ltd.
    29,400       18,978  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
Contact Energy Ltd.
    58,200       308,117  
TrustPower Ltd.
    23,931       126,641  
Vector Ltd.
    159,000       224,565  
                 
              659,323  
                 
              2,128,159  
                 
 
Norway 0.2%
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Bonheur A.S.A.
    25,500       703,111  
                 
 
Philippines 0.3%
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
Petron Corp.
    1,985,000       252,636  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
San Miguel Corp., Class B
    57,000       71,371  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Philex Mining Corp.
    603,800       94,353  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Globe Telecom, Inc.
    10,000       220,881  
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
    1,000       57,566  
Pilipino Telephone Corp.
    763,000       141,172  
                 
              419,619  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Aboitiz Power Corp.
    85,000       9,118  
                 
              847,097  
                 
 
Poland 1.4%
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.
    22,085       585,828  
                 
 
Energy 1.0%
Grupa Lotos S.A. *
    82,000       925,866  
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A.
    106,000       1,530,411  
Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo S.A.
    576,000       794,375  
                 
              3,250,652  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.
    63,000       600,921  
                 
              4,437,401  
                 
 
Portugal 0.9%
                 
 
Banks 0.3%
Banco Espirito Santo, S.A. Reg’d
    78,000       967,173  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%
Jeronimo Martins, SGPS, S.A.
    144,000       1,228,100  
                 
 
Materials 0.2%
Semapa - Sociedade de Investimento e Gestao, SGPS, S.A.
    71,126       703,045  
                 
              2,898,318  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 4.4%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
    16,130       226,328  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.0%
Doosan Corp. *
    2,450       246,536  
Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.
    5,740       94,291  
LG Corp.
    32,250       1,679,303  
LS Corp.
    3,320       224,993  
Samho International Co., Ltd.
    6,560       41,618  
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    15,010       399,677  
SK Holdings Co., Ltd.
    1,090       101,497  
SK Networks Co., Ltd. *
    47,010       475,330  
                 
              3,263,245  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.0%
S1 Corp.
    1,810       92,209  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Youngone Corp.
    15,880       120,715  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
Shinyoung Securities Co., Ltd.
    5,860       199,472  
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
SK Energy Co., Ltd.
    2,669       202,224  
SK Gas Co., Ltd.
    1,581       85,256  
                 
              287,480  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd.
    2,100       168,275  
KT&G Corp.
    5,100       380,649  
Ottogi Corp.
    1,500       195,783  
                 
              744,707  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.6%
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.
    7,450       1,245,907  
Pacific Corp.
    4,980       511,840  
                 
              1,757,747  
                 
 
Insurance 0.3%
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (HDMF)
    55,460       899,033  
                 
 
Materials 0.8%
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.
    7,710       238,102  
Hanwha Chemical Corp.
    20,540       190,381  
Hanwha Corp.
    1,590       60,670  
Hyosung Corp.
    5,310       281,225  
Korea Petrochemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    460       11,261  
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
    2,330       188,458  
LG Chem Ltd.
    20,340       1,595,897  
SeAH Holdings Corp.
    450       37,081  
                 
              2,603,075  
                 
 
Retailing 0.3%
GS Home Shopping, Inc.
    980       52,513  
Hyundai Department Store Co., Ltd.
    11,500       894,211  
                 
              946,724  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
Daou Technology, Inc.
    16,170       67,276  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.9%
KT Corp.
    10,560       364,636  
KT Freetel Co., Ltd. *
    43,120       1,068,577  
LG Dacom Corp.
    28,030       497,868  
LG Telecom Ltd.
    102,760       857,516  
                 
              2,788,597  
                 
              13,996,608  
                 
 
Russia 0.2%
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Tatneft GDR - Reg’d
    8,800       623,040  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.0%
Comstar United Telesystems OJSC GDR
    6,587       32,935  
                 
              655,975  
                 
 
Singapore 1.5%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.8%
Fraser & Neave Ltd.
    210,000       526,728  
Haw Par Corp., Ltd.
    124,000       404,935  
Keppel Corp., Ltd.
    62,000       342,600  
SembCorp Industries Ltd.
    406,000       930,112  
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.
    187,000       355,114  
United Engineers Ltd.
    11,000       13,201  
                 
              2,572,690  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Hotel Plaza Ltd.
    8,000       7,579  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd.
    192,000       168,769  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Asia Food & Properties Ltd. *
    8,000       1,740  
People’s Food Holdings Ltd.
    7,000       2,341  
                 
              4,081  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.1%
Singapore Land Ltd.
    7,000       23,613  
UOL Group Ltd.
    119,000       210,467  
                 
              234,080  
                 
 
Retailing 0.3%
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.
    84,000       923,992  
Metro Holdings Ltd.
    203,000       70,907  
                 
              994,899  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. *
    147,000       90,290  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Venture Corp., Ltd.
    46,000       250,262  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.
    507,000       533,743  
Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.
    17,000       21,681  
                 
              555,424  
                 
              4,878,074  
                 
 
South Africa 2.7%
                 
 
Banks 0.4%
Nedbank Group Ltd.
    112,000       1,418,134  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.4%
Aveng Ltd.
    189,000       1,443,351  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.3%
Investec Ltd.
    164,000       959,562  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.1%
Medi-Clinic Corp., Ltd.
    75,779       166,747  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Insurance 0.0%
Sanlam Ltd.
    19,474       41,922  
                 
 
Materials 1.2%
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.
    48,000       922,102  
ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.
    33,000       665,946  
Assore Ltd.
    13,800       1,015,366  
Exxaro Resources Ltd.
    92,000       964,770  
Harmony Gold Mining Co., Ltd. *
    16,000       156,642  
                 
              3,724,826  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.3%
Telkom South Africa Ltd.
    68,000       870,059  
                 
              8,624,601  
                 
 
Spain 1.5%
                 
 
Banks 0.5%
Bankinter S.A.
    118,000       1,483,271  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Sacyr Vallehermoso S.A.
    27,134       450,313  
                 
 
Insurance 0.3%
Grupo Catalana Occidente S.A.
    43,400       915,251  
Mapfre S.A.
    39,444       172,426  
                 
              1,087,677  
                 
 
Transportation 0.4%
Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte S.A.
    103,000       1,210,551  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
Enagas
    26,284       566,785  
                 
              4,798,597  
                 
 
Sweden 3.1%
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.5%
AB SKF, B Shares
    130,000       1,660,800  
Alfa Laval AB
    50,900       526,715  
Hexagon AB, Class B
    7,000       80,133  
Saab AB, Class B
    16,200       249,516  
Skanska AB, B Shares
    110,000       1,252,043  
Trelleborg AB, B Shares
    68,000       948,022  
                 
              4,717,229  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.5%
Securitas AB, B Shares
    136,515       1,537,697  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.5%
Swedish Match AB
    85,000       1,485,833  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.4%
Getinge AB, Class B
    65,000       1,339,751  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Tele2 AB, B Shares
    56,000       639,091  
                 
              9,719,601  
                 
 
Switzerland 3.2%
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.0%
Bobst Group AG - Reg’d
    7,500       386,064  
Bucher Industries AG - Reg’d
    5,680       762,943  
Schindler Holding AG - Reg’d
    13,306       814,189  
Sulzer AG - Reg’d
    10,800       1,149,090  
                 
              3,112,286  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.2%
Adecco S.A. - Reg’d
    16,400       712,441  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Forbo Holding AG - Reg’d *
    900       359,129  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.3%
Kuoni Reisen Holding AG - Reg’d
    2,200       849,892  
                 
 
Insurance 1.0%
Baloise Holding AG - Reg’d
    11,600       791,987  
Helvetia Holding AG
    3,468       869,357  
Swiss Life Holding - Reg’d *
    7,200       1,045,332  
Swiss Re - Reg’d
    10,200       566,156  
                 
              3,272,832  
                 
 
Materials 0.4%
Clariant AG - Reg’d *
    92,000       895,918  
Givaudan S.A. - Reg’d
    274       228,860  
                 
              1,124,778  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
Elektrizitaets-Gesellschaft Laufenburg AG
    569       632,672  
Energiedienst Holding AG - Reg’d *
    600       31,819  
Romande Energie Holding S.A.
    52       117,938  
                 
              782,429  
                 
              10,213,787  
                 
 
Taiwan 3.5%
                 
 
Banks 0.7%
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank
    874,000       446,157  
China Development Financial Holding Corp.
    1,510,173       457,890  
Taichung Commercial Bank *
    817,000       221,977  
Taiwan Cooperative Bank
    1,905,278       1,060,493  
                 
              2,186,517  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
CTCI Corp.
    328,420       223,915  
Far Eastern Textile Ltd.
    91       64  
Teco Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
    449,000       157,541  
Walsin Lihwa Corp.
    1,076,000       292,493  
                 
              674,013  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Asia Optical Co., Inc.
    90,000       118,630  
Pou Chen Corp.
    74,799       46,257  
                 
              164,887  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.
    558,000       403,786  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
China Steel Corp.
    445,093       444,852  
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.
    59,730       103,655  
Formosa Plastics Corp.
    155,000       251,799  
                 
              800,306  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    683,209       348,199  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    154,691       45,373  
                 
              393,572  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.7%
Acer, Inc.
    156,382       266,272  
Asustek Computer, Inc.
    130,864       258,997  
AU Optronics Corp.
    349,163       394,926  
Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    788,970       519,484  
Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.
    2,676,000       425,661  
Compal Electronics, Inc.
    1,618,847       1,185,784  
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    421,000       211,775  
Inventec Co., Ltd.
    217,455       106,811  
Lite-On Technology Corp.
    551,397       481,711  
Quanta Computer, Inc.
    1,054,836       1,321,176  
Wistron Corp.
    158,710       197,209  
Yageo Corp.
    897,000       181,509  
                 
              5,551,315  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.2%
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
    608,544       779,931  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.
    151,000       217,630  
                 
              11,171,957  
                 
 
Thailand 0.7%
                 
 
Banks 0.5%
Bangkok Bank Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    362,000       1,105,788  
Krung Thai Bank Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    2,114,000       382,932  
                 
              1,488,720  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
Thanachart Capital Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    530,000       168,028  
                 
 
Energy 0.0%
Banpu Public Co., Ltd. - Reg’d
    7,000       62,710  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Thai Bevergae Public Co., Ltd.
    3,041,000       475,946  
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    36,000       20,943  
                 
              496,889  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Thai Rayon Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    53,000       70,778  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.0%
Shin Corporation Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    69,000       38,897  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Co., Ltd. NVDR
    46,000       47,789  
                 
              2,373,811  
                 
 
Turkey 0.7%
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.3%
Turk Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS (Sisecam) *
    630,000       770,290  
                 
 
Materials 0.4%
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S. (Erdemir)
    275,000       1,383,153  
                 
              2,153,443  
                 
 
United Kingdom 8.6%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.4%
Bodycote plc
    192,099       546,938  
Qinetiq plc
    189,000       703,058  
                 
              1,249,996  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.4%
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
    16,395       71,992  
Thomas Cook Group plc
    276,000       1,095,148  
                 
              1,167,140  
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Venture Production plc
    66,925       733,141  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.7%
Premier Foods plc
    735,000       986,808  
Tate & Lyle plc
    173,000       1,188,507  
                 
              2,175,315  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.3%
PZ Cussons plc
    255,000       812,722  
                 
 
Insurance 1.1%
Brit Insurance Holdings plc
    198,064       647,632  
Friends Provident plc
    51,040       86,809  
Hiscox Ltd.
    136,888       601,816  
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc
    89,476       713,931  
Legal & General Group plc
    395,000       712,869  
Old Mutual plc
    522,000       730,654  
                 
              3,493,711  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp.
    67,500       614,660  
Kazakhmys plc
    16,800       176,432  
                 
              791,092  
                 
 
Media 0.5%
Aegis Group plc
    610,000       1,022,164  
WPP Group plc
    82,000       663,262  
                 
              1,685,426  
                 
 
Real Estate 2.0%
Atrium European Real Estate Ltd. *
    74,306       559,828  
British Land Co. plc
    61,600       830,902  
Hammerson plc
    91,000       1,604,320  
Land Securities Group plc
    29,600       668,532  
Liberty International plc
    88,800       1,535,503  
Segro plc
    162,000       1,221,414  
                 
              6,420,499  
                 
 
Retailing 0.9%
GAME GROUP plc
    210,000       773,173  
Home Retail Group plc
    316,000       1,331,713  
WH Smith plc *
    127,000       864,775  
                 
              2,969,661  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.3%
Logica plc
    230,662       451,295  
The Sage Group plc
    124,000       434,328  
                 
              885,623  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.5%
Spectris plc
    69,190       827,445  
Spirent Communications plc
    532,138       648,299  
                 
              1,475,744  
                 
 
Transportation 0.5%
Arriva plc
    107,200       1,331,038  
FirstGroup plc
    17,256       164,739  
                 
              1,495,777  
                 
 
Utilities 0.5%
Centrica plc
    62,943       354,165  
Tanjong plc
    188,000       719,122  
United Utilities Group plc
    53,134       659,391  
                 
              1,732,678  
                 
              27,088,525  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $390,541,706)
    319,854,584  
         
                 
                 
 
 Preferred Stock 1.8% of net assets
                 
 
Brazil 1.8%
AES Tiete S.A.
    33,376       270,109  
All America Latina Logistica
    80,000       101,739  
Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A.
    43,000       422,566  
Brasil Telecom S.A.
    37,700       311,839  
Centrais Eletricas de Santa Catarina S.A., Class B
    7,200       167,618  
Companhia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista
    12,000       313,984  
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais
    28,000       553,261  
Companhia Paranaense de Energia-Copel, Class B
    46,000       638,184  
Confab Industrial S.A.
    86,900       241,579  
Eletropaulo Metropolitana S.A., Class B
    4,466       62,194  
Fertilizantes Fosfatados S.A.
    46,000       368,648  
Sadia S.A.
    136,600       409,175  
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A.
    31,900       544,826  
Telemar Norte Leste S.A., Class A
    15,000       461,138  
Telemig Celular Participacoes S.A.
    15,000       283,699  
Vivo Participacoes S.A. *
    130,500       534,235  
                 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $6,913,638)
    5,684,794  
         
                 
                 
 
 Rights 0.0% of net assets
                 
 
Brazil 0.0%
EDP - Energias do Brasil S.A. *
    6,324,034       33,234  
                 
 
India 0.0%
Tata Motors1 Ltd. (a) *
    16       1  
Tata Motors2 Ltd. (a) *
    16       13  
                 
              14  
                 
Total Rights
(Cost $—)
    33,248  
         
 
End of Investments.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $399,039,255 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $2,280,649 and ($75,747,278), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($73,466,629).
 
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $282,820,575 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s board of trustees.
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) Fair-valued by Management.
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
Reg’d — Registered
SDR — Special drawing rights
 
                                         
    Currency
  Amount of
  Currency
  Amount of
   
Expiration
  to be
  Currency to be
  to be
  Currency to be
  Unrealized
Date   Received   Received   Delivered   Delivered   Gains / Losses
 
 
 Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                         
10/06/2008
    IDR       3,251,169,293       USD       344,586       (3,505 )
10/03/2008
    USD       21,761       PHP       1,023,845       (242 )
                                         
Net unrealized gain on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
                                    (3,747 )
                                         
 
 
 
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Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value (cost $397,455,344)
        $325,572,626  
Foreign currency (cost $18,795,120)
        18,718,030  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        1,141,511  
Fund shares sold
        2,414,100  
Dividends
        1,013,288  
Due from manager
        55,673  
Foreign tax reclaims
        75,340  
Prepaid expenses
  +     15,590  
     
     
Total assets
        349,006,158  
             
 
Liabilities
Investments bought
        22,958,910  
Payable to custodian
        8,088,539  
Fund shares redeemed
        849,949  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        14,075  
Foreign capital gains tax expense
        5,300  
Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts
        3,747  
Accrued expenses
  +     302,233  
     
     
Total liabilities
        32,222,753  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        349,006,158  
Total liabilities
      32,222,753  
     
     
Net assets
        $316,783,405  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        409,924,736  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        4,332,695  
Net realized capital losses
        (25,597,251 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (71,876,775 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $92,511,922       10,574,262         $8.75  
Select Shares
  $224,271,483       25,528,031         $8.79  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $673,697)
        $6,059,493  
Interest
  +     59,363  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        6,118,856  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (16,929,574 )
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (77,019 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (17,006,593 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (65,597,397 )
Net unrealized losses on foreign currency translations
  +     (7,504 )
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (65,604,901 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        1,454,999  
Transfer agent fees
        220,969  
Custodian fees
        188,278  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        151,845  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        61,678  
Accounting and administration fees
        55,008  
Shareholder reports
        29,991  
Registration fees
        21,421  
Professional fees
        20,023  
Trustees’ fees
        6,350  
Interest expense
        327  
Other expenses
  +     15,257  
     
     
Total expenses
        2,226,146  
Expense reduction by adviser
      80,731  
Custody credits
      432  
     
     
Net expenses
        2,144,983  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        6,118,856  
Net expenses
      2,144,983  
     
     
Net investment income
        3,973,873  
Net realized losses
        (17,006,593 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (65,604,901 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($78,637,621 )
 
 
 
 
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Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $3,973,873       $1,728,062  
Net realized losses
        (17,006,593 )     (2,339,694 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (65,604,901 )     (14,507,335 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (78,637,621 )     (15,118,967 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              (1,224,195 )
Select Shares
  +           (720,949 )
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              (1,945,144 )
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              (5,727,789 )
Select Shares
  +           (2,753,798 )
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              (8,481,587 )
                     
Total distributions
        $-       ($10,426,731 )
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        1,810,670       $20,332,882       11,324,623       $144,113,465  
Select Shares
  +     16,921,175       170,968,573       11,862,466       145,518,579  
     
     
Total shares sold
        18,731,845       $191,301,455       23,187,089       $289,632,044  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
              $-       545,156       $6,361,968  
Select Shares
  +                 203,036       2,373,494  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
              $-       748,192       $8,735,462  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (1,907,107 )     ($20,513,100 )     (5,484,170 )     ($64,769,656 )
Select Shares
  +     (3,584,393 )     (36,940,522 )     (1,465,877 )     (17,223,557 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (5,491,500 )     ($57,453,622 )     (6,950,047 )     ($81,993,213 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        13,240,345       $133,847,833       16,985,234       $216,374,293  
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        22,861,948       $261,573,193       5,876,714       $70,744,598  
Total increase
  +     13,240,345       55,210,212       16,985,234       190,828,595  
     
     
End of period
        36,102,293       $316,783,405       22,861,948       $261,573,193  
     
     
Net investment income not yet distributed
                $4,332,695               $358,822  
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 
Financial Statements
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Investor Shares   9/30/08*   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    16.74       22.38       20.74       16.73       13.83       7.87      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.24       0.36       0.20       0.08       0.03 1     0.03 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (4.20 )     (2.60 )     3.82       4.89       3.51       6.01      
   
Total from investment operations
    (3.96 )     (2.24 )     4.02       4.97       3.54       6.04      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.63 )     (0.30 )     (0.04 )     (0.02 )     (0.08 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.77 )     (2.08 )     (0.92 )     (0.62 )          
   
Total distributions
          (3.40 )     (2.38 )     (0.96 )     (0.64 )     (0.08 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    12.78       16.74       22.38       20.74       16.73       13.83      
   
Total return (%)
    (23.66 )2     (10.27 )     20.35       30.48       26.16       76.91      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.46 3     1.45       1.47       1.60       1.83       1.75      
Gross operating expenses
    1.46 3     1.45       1.47       1.60       1.88       2.18      
Net investment income (loss)
    2.56 3     1.55       0.87       0.42       0.20       0.28      
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 2     105       92       102       60       103      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    321,341       523,709       882,163       804,340       355,766       82,780      
 
                                                     
    4/1/08-
  4/1/07-
  4/1/06-
  4/1/05-
  4/1/04-
  4/1/03-
   
 Select Shares   9/30/08*,4   3/31/08   3/31/07   3/31/06   3/31/05   3/31/04    
 
                                                     
Per—Share Data ($)
                                                   
Net asset value at beginning of period
    16.97       22.67       20.97       16.89       13.94       7.92      
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                                   
Net investment income (loss)
    0.24       0.34       0.26       0.13       0.08 1     0.07 1    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (4.23 )     (2.55 )     3.90       4.95       3.53       6.04      
   
Total from investment operations
    (3.99 )     (2.21 )     4.16       5.08       3.61       6.11      
Less distributions:
                                                   
Distributions from net investment income
          (0.73 )     (0.38 )     (0.08 )     (0.04 )     (0.09 )    
Distributions from net realized gains
          (2.76 )     (2.08 )     (0.92 )     (0.62 )          
   
Total distributions
          (3.49 )     (2.46 )     (1.00 )     (0.66 )     (0.09 )    
   
Net asset value at end of period
    12.98       16.97       22.67       20.97       16.89       13.94      
   
Total return (%)
    (23.51 )2     (9.97 )     20.82       30.90       26.52       77.37      
                                                     
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)
                                                   
Ratios to average net assets:
                                                   
Net operating expenses
    1.11 3     1.09       1.10       1.25       1.49       1.47      
Gross operating expenses
    1.11 3     1.09       1.10       1.25       1.55       1.94      
Net investment income (loss)
    2.90 3     1.87       1.21       0.85       0.50       0.65      
Portfolio turnover rate
    38 2     105       92       102       60       103      
Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)
    404,198       612,703       1,048,829       698,064       270,646       70,382      
* Unaudited
1 Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings as of September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
 
 
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their value as of the report date.
 
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be viewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The schedule of portfolio holdings filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.laudus.com.
 
                         
    Cost
  Value
Holdings by Category   ($)   ($)
 
  97 .0%   Common Stock     884,691,879       703,909,467  
  0 .3%   Preferred Stock     3,233,345       2,204,089  
  —%   Rights            
  —%   Warrants           14,297  
  1 .4%   Short-Term Investment     10,328,000       10,328,000  
  98 .7%   Total Investments     898,253,224       716,455,853  
  8 .1%   Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan     58,476,568       58,476,568  
  (6 .8)%   Other Assets and Liabilities, Net             (49,393,233 )
  100 .0%   Net Assets             725,539,188  
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
                 
                 
 
 Common Stock 97.0% of net assets
                 
 
Australia 4.1%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.5%
AJ Lucas Group Ltd.
    142,596       645,057  
Austal Ltd.
    213,333       406,171  
Bradken Ltd.
    177,559       1,252,031  
Emeco Holdings Ltd.
    201,940       130,380  
Macmahon Holdings Ltd. (a)
    835,200       1,086,542  
Monadelphous Group Ltd.
    35,148       337,781  
                 
              3,857,962  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.4%
Campbell Brothers Ltd.
    33,227       848,042  
Downer EDI Ltd.
    365,500       1,862,183  
                 
              2,710,225  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.2%
Flight Centre Ltd. (a)
    67,316       1,039,716  
Navitas Ltd.
    79,987       144,273  
                 
              1,183,989  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
    13,673       117,840  
                 
 
Energy 0.8%
Aquila Resources Ltd. *
    45,464       333,339  
Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd. (a) *
    378,103       772,813  
Beach Petroleum Ltd.
    940,300       680,023  
Centennial Coal Co., Ltd. (a)
    240,100       710,680  
Felix Resources Ltd.
    144,900       1,980,301  
New Hope Corp., Ltd.
    316,900       1,100,489  
Queensland Gas Co., Ltd. (a) *
    34,500       112,393  
                 
              5,690,038  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.0%
Metcash Ltd.
    21,000       67,223  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.4%
Goodman Fielder Ltd.
    943,759       1,070,594  
Lion Nathan Ltd.
    261,900       1,960,805  
                 
              3,031,399  
                 
 
Insurance 0.0%
Tower Australia Group Ltd.
    83,100       193,237  
                 
 
Materials 1.5%
Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd.
    170,153       157,108  
Ausdrill Ltd.
    556,300       779,603  
Coal of Africa Ltd. *
    23,133       46,026  
Great Southern Ltd. (a)
    179,372       60,871  
Incitec Pivot Ltd.
    734,000       2,940,821  
Macarthur Coal Ltd.
    81,000       685,783  
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. (a) *
    875,300       1,166,061  
National Can Industries Ltd.
    7,925       8,611  
OM Holdings Ltd.
    484,600       770,940  
OneSteel Ltd. (a)
    94,400       349,195  
Portman Ltd. *
    116,500       1,965,586  
Sims Group Ltd.
    3,241       78,525  
Straits Resources Ltd.
    306,951       598,510  
TFS Corp., Ltd.
    747,416       694,235  
Western Areas NL (a) *
    45,100       272,369  
                 
              10,574,244  
                 
 
Media 0.1%
Amalgamated Holdings Ltd.
    118,887       468,511  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
JB Hi-Fi Ltd. (a)
    80,800       799,116  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
Data#3 Ltd.
    34,002       157,038  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.1%
iiNET Ltd.
    429,275       472,346  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
AGL Energy Ltd.
    1,100       12,131  
Energy Developments Ltd.
    41,300       82,409  
                 
              94,540  
                 
              29,417,708  
                 
 
Austria 0.0%
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Linz Textil Holding AG
    158       34,466  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Wiener Privatbank Immobillieninvest AG
    425       10,821  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
S&T System Integration & Technology Distribution AG *
    4,341       200,472  
                 
              245,759  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Belgium 2.6%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.0%
Moury Construct S.A.
    224       21,602  
Societe Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautques
    681       19,174  
                 
              40,776  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Jensen Group N.V.
    12,000       133,095  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.1%
Banque Nationale de Belgique
    219       847,168  
Cie Auxiliaire des Mines
    17       11,966  
                 
              859,134  
                 
 
Energy 0.2%
Euronav S.A.
    47,998       1,327,117  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%
Delhaize Group
    45,132       2,621,459  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Pinguin N.V. *
    313       5,565  
Sipef N.V.
    323       128,231  
                 
              133,796  
                 
 
Materials 1.6%
Recticel S.A.
    49,772       534,888  
Solvay S.A.
    4,258       522,668  
Tessenderlo Chemie N.V.
    66,754       3,342,964  
Umicore
    238,280       7,358,574  
                 
              11,759,094  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Immobel
    2,752       141,005  
                 
 
Retailing 0.2%
S.A. D’Ieteren N.V.
    7,336       1,658,065  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Barco N.V.
    4,577       208,053  
Integrated Production & Test Engineering *
    642       3,390  
Punch International N.V. *
    980       74,076  
                 
              285,519  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Compagnie Maritime Belge S.A.
    3,689       148,654  
                 
              19,107,714  
                 
 
Canada 6.9%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.3%
Linamar Corp.
    100,100       940,568  
Martinrea International, Inc. *
    197,760       1,129,792  
                 
              2,070,360  
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Laurentian Bank Of Canada (a)
    45,400       1,621,048  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Russel Metals, Inc.
    130       2,809  
Toromont Industries Ltd.
    38,500       953,592  
                 
              956,401  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Dundee Corp., Class A *
    3,900       38,221  
                 
 
Energy 2.1%
Addax Petroleum Corp.
    30,880       838,265  
AltaGas Income Trust
    86,100       1,925,469  
Daylight Resources Trust
    93,810       899,095  
Ensign Energy Services, Inc.
    33,700       528,180  
Flint Energy Services Ltd. *
    94,000       949,495  
Freehold Royalty Trust (a)
    94,800       1,523,214  
Keyera Facilities Income Fund
    43,830       838,505  
Mullen Group Income Fund
    91,770       1,465,043  
Penn West Energy Trust
    50,677       1,205,201  
Precision Drilling Trust
    300       4,933  
Progress Energy Trust
    74,700       845,793  
Provident Energy Trust
    176,965       1,579,673  
Savanna Energy Services Corp.
    109,710       1,594,751  
Tanganyika Oil Co., Ltd. (a) *
    4,904       129,898  
Trinidad Drilling Ltd.
    12,600       116,617  
Vermilion Energy Trust
    34,990       1,119,811  
                 
              15,563,943  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.0%
Empire Co., Ltd., Class A
    7,800       312,806  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Viterra, Inc. *
    127,160       1,215,144  
                 
 
Insurance 0.3%
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.
    58,700       1,864,280  
                 
 
Materials 1.5%
Agrium, Inc.
    16,092       899,670  
Canfor Corp. (a) *
    200,750       1,539,225  
IAMGOLD Corp.
    368,500       2,032,506  
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund
    22,700       964,097  
Methanex Corp.
    47,880       938,030  
West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.
    39,500       1,294,954  
Yamana Gold, Inc.
    348,620       2,866,267  
                 
              10,534,749  
                 
 
Media 0.2%
Quebecor, Inc., Class B
    62,390       1,474,380  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.2%
MDS, Inc. *
    121,800       1,454,619  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.4%
BPO Properties Ltd.
    400       17,853  
Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust
    66,920       1,173,340  
MI Developments, Inc., Class A
    83,640       1,545,090  
                 
              2,736,283  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
Leon’s Furniture Ltd.
    59,000       650,289  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.4%
CGI Group, Inc., Class A *
    91,450       800,000  
Open Text Corp. (a) *
    60,700       2,013,922  
                 
              2,813,922  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.2%
Celestica, Inc. (a) *
    260,300       1,628,939  
                 
 
Utilities 0.7%
ATCO Ltd., Class I
    49,800       1,806,230  
Emera, Inc. (a)
    95,960       1,908,831  
Energy Savings Income Fund
    101,620       1,264,222  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Fortis, Inc.
    15,400       347,866  
                 
              5,327,149  
                 
              50,262,533  
                 
 
China 0.3%
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Weiqiao Textile Co., Ltd., Class H
    927,000       454,789  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.0%
China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.
    18,000       12,834  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Digital China Holdings Ltd.
    119,000       39,516  
Great Wall Technology Co., Ltd., Class H *
    2,008,000       223,322  
                 
              262,838  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
Sichuan Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H
    6,015,000       1,302,944  
                 
              2,033,405  
                 
 
Denmark 0.8%
                 
 
Banks 0.1%
Aktieselskabet Ringkjoebing Bank
    175       11,685  
Amagerbanken A/S (a)
    68,184       1,105,740  
Ostjydsk Bank A/S
    658       66,421  
                 
              1,183,846  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
DLH A/S, Class B
    34,332       294,657  
Monberg & Thorsen A/S, Class B
    5,835       293,559  
Ove Arkil Holding A/S, Class B
    899       140,127  
Per Aarsleff A/S, Class B
    7,416       699,655  
                 
              1,427,998  
                 
 
Materials 0.4%
Auriga Industries A/S, Class B
    106,963       2,722,371  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
TK Development A/S *
    5,670       29,955  
Tower Group A/S *
    14,274       193,848  
                 
              223,803  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
DFDS A/S (a)
    5,770       373,603  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Renewagy A/S *
    1,470       2,163  
                 
              5,933,784  
                 
 
Finland 1.2%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
KCI Konecranes Oyj
    10,965       262,206  
Larox Oyj
    24,816       292,892  
Raute Oyj
    3,604       58,574  
                 
              613,672  
                 
 
Materials 0.5%
Kemira Oyj (a)
    266,797       3,159,512  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%
Okmetic Oyj
    60,000       257,655  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.6%
Digia plc
    73,761       296,799  
TietoEnator Oyj
    271,918       4,002,526  
                 
              4,299,325  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Elektrobit Corp.
    9,282       9,267  
Scanfil Oyj
    21,541       63,266  
                 
              72,533  
                 
              8,402,697  
                 
 
France 8.4%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 1.5%
PSA Peugeot Citroen
    169,930       6,395,517  
Valeo S.A. (a)
    155,202       4,696,686  
                 
              11,092,203  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.5%
Compagnie Industrielle et Financiere d’ Entreprises
    2,392       200,364  
Ginger (Groupe Ingenierie Europe)
    8,835       185,750  
Haulotte Group (a)
    83,484       1,058,875  
Securidev S.A.
    356       9,522  
Thales S.A. (a)
    190,500       9,613,523  
                 
              11,068,034  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.1%
Assystem
    77,028       1,059,568  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.3%
Thomson *
    641,860       2,293,932  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Compagnie des Alpes
    4,130       159,891  
Pierre & Vacances
    3,129       211,524  
                 
              371,415  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Sucriere de Pithiviers Le Vieil
    266       186,015  
Vranken - Pommery Monopole
    3,746       219,798  
                 
              405,813  
                 
 
Insurance 0.1%
CNP Assurances
    4,835       546,114  
                 
 
Materials 0.9%
Arkema
    97,287       3,591,573  
Gascogne
    1,016       78,368  
Gevelot
    3,516       216,344  
Guillin Emballages
    60       4,223  
Rougier S.A.
    2,620       142,899  
Sequana (a)
    150,169       2,119,901  
Societe Anonyme d’Explosifs et de Produits Chimiques
    450       188,026  
                 
              6,341,334  
                 
 
Media 0.6%
Havas S.A. (a)
    283,516       890,456  
Publicis Groupe (a)
    108,809       3,427,153  
                 
              4,317,609  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Acanthe Developpement S.A.
    37,981       101,148  
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 

 
Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Software & Services 3.1%
Altran Technologies S.A. *
    425,503       3,036,167  
Atos Origin S.A.
    138,685       6,103,333  
Aubay
    29,439       145,884  
Ausy *
    617       15,707  
Cap Gemini S.A.
    208,500       9,849,718  
CS Communication & Systemes
    15,959       302,104  
ESI Group *
    9,000       100,907  
GFI Informatique
    37,935       202,361  
Groupe Steria S.C.A. (a)
    84,021       1,876,894  
Jet Multimedia
    15,000       103,262  
Linedata Services
    2,952       34,987  
Tessi S.A.
    3,864       165,730  
Valtech *
    562,207       248,045  
                 
              22,185,099  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Bigben Interactive *
    988       9,251  
HF Co.
    1,890       26,765  
                 
              36,016  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Norbert Dentressangle
    8,807       717,873  
Touax
    8,674       391,793  
                 
              1,109,666  
                 
              60,927,951  
                 
 
Germany 8.5%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.0%
Bertrandt AG
    251       7,201  
Ruecker AG
    25,855       254,791  
                 
              261,992  
                 
 
Capital Goods 2.7%
Bilfinger Berger AG
    14,486       754,520  
Demag Cranes AG
    11,408       451,555  
Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG *
    33,609       33,120  
Deutz AG (a)
    374,212       2,105,038  
Duerr AG
    51,356       1,413,826  
Gesco AG
    8,232       488,185  
Gildemeister AG
    170,000       2,871,033  
Indus Holding AG
    1,990       47,021  
Krones AG
    65,000       3,232,460  
KSB AG
    1,360       734,177  
KUKA AG (a)
    39,064       957,672  
Muehlbauer Holding AG & Co.
    5,460       162,956  
Rheinmetall AG
    111,000       5,974,146  
Tognum AG
    7,047       141,173  
Westag & Getalit AG
    2,631       50,373  
                 
              19,417,255  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
IFA Hotel & Touristik AG *
    5,170       50,948  
TUI AG (a)
    36,358       600,578  
                 
              651,526  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
ADCapital AG
    498       6,448  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.0%
Wasgau Produktions & Handels AG
    1,500       11,910  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Frosta AG
    4,880       112,326  
Sektkellerei Schloss Wachenheim AG
    21,039       160,532  
                 
              272,858  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.3%
Fresenius SE
    32,365       2,375,821  
                 
 
Materials 4.2%
Altana AG
    203,669       3,017,774  
K & S AG
    178,800       12,397,302  
Lanxess
    242,596       6,681,125  
Norddeutsche Affinerie AG (a)
    6,344       268,134  
Salzgitter AG
    80,960       8,187,123  
                 
              30,551,458  
                 
 
Retailing 0.0%
Essanelle Hair Group AG
    2,496       28,562  
Hornbach Baumarkt Aktiengesellschaft AG
    2,542       135,988  
                 
              164,550  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.0%
ELMOS Semiconductor AG *
    33,286       199,649  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.2%
Bechtle AG
    15,839       329,812  
Cancom IT Systeme AG *
    42,071       180,822  
Integralis AG *
    33,677       216,267  
PC- Ware AG
    16,089       347,629  
REALTECH AG
    13,166       217,563  
syzygy AG
    53,528       236,501  
USU Software AG
    24,000       109,174  
                 
              1,637,768  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.2%
Augusta Technologie AG *
    21,207       411,628  
Euromicron AG
    25,107       466,562  
Funkwerk AG
    16,891       167,754  
Hyrican Informationssystems AG
    6,000       59,803  
                 
              1,105,747  
                 
 
Transportation 0.2%
D. Logistics AG *
    150,322       217,179  
Deutsche Lufthansa AG - Reg’d
    60,270       1,178,178  
                 
              1,395,357  
                 
 
Utilities 0.5%
MVV Energie AG
    78,000       3,667,280  
                 
              61,719,619  
                 
 
Greece 0.0%
                 
 
Banks 0.0%
Bank of Greece
    86       6,932  
                 
 
Hong Kong 2.5%
                 
 
Banks 0.3%
Hongkong Chinese Ltd.
    180,000       15,462  
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd.
    1,093,000       1,989,425  
                 
              2,004,887  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.4%
Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd.
    426,000       107,887  
Chevalier International Holdings Ltd.
    356,000       258,585  
Miramar Hotel & Investment Co., Ltd.
    326,000       356,944  
Noble Group Ltd.
    1,938,800       1,845,046  
                 
              2,568,462  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
High Fashion International Ltd.
    60,000       15,392  
Texwinca Holdings Ltd.
    156,000       129,226  
The Grande Holdings Ltd.
    6,000       894  
Truly International Holdings Ltd.
    492,000       400,344  
USI Holdings Ltd.
    514,727       107,736  
                 
              653,592  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Associated International Hotels Ltd. *
    2,000       3,953  
Mandarin Oriental International Ltd. (a)
    152,000       235,587  
Star Cruises Ltd. *
    271,000       31,655  
                 
              271,195  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.3%
Allied Group Ltd.
    207,600       368,054  
Allied Properties (H.K.) Ltd.
    2,760,000       358,529  
Asia Financial Holdings Ltd.
    526,000       158,185  
COL Capital Ltd.
    1,346,000       214,528  
Guoco Group Ltd.
    137,000       1,151,567  
Lippo Ltd.
    100,000       46,211  
                 
              2,297,074  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Minmetals Resources Ltd.
    68,000       10,520  
                 
 
Media 0.0%
I-Cable Communications Ltd.
    53,000       6,231  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.6%
China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.
    4,000       28,970  
Emperor International Holdings Ltd.
    16,000       3,291  
Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.
    3,000       6,672  
Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Co., Ltd.
    258,280       203,769  
Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
    306,000       1,111,287  
Melbourne Enterprises Ltd.
    2,000       16,798  
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd. *
    4,308,000       1,342,014  
Soundwill Holdings Ltd.
    580,000       235,301  
Tai Cheung Holdings Ltd.
    1,203,520       490,357  
Tai Sang Land Developement Ltd.
    101,000       37,414  
Wheelock Properties Ltd.
    1,639,000       851,920  
                 
              4,327,793  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.
    144,000       82,862  
Goldlion Holdings Ltd.
    300,000       49,398  
Tan Chong International Ltd.
    1,254,000       209,872  
Wing On Co. International Ltd.
    276,500       386,424  
                 
              728,556  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
SUNeVision Holdings Ltd.
    1,050,280       98,406  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.3%
CCT Telecom Holdings Ltd.
    404,000       31,218  
Champion Technology Holdings Ltd.
    4,363,582       368,764  
Proview International Holdings Ltd.
    254,000       10,299  
VTech Holdings Ltd.
    344,000       2,012,000  
                 
              2,422,281  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.1%
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd.
    457,500       640,571  
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd.
    512,500       372,505  
                 
              1,013,076  
                 
 
Transportation 0.3%
Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.
    182,500       126,994  
Road King Infrastructure Ltd.
    62,000       36,060  
Safety Godown Co., Ltd.
    8,000       4,101  
Transport International Holdings Ltd.
    651,200       1,818,245  
                 
              1,985,400  
                 
              18,387,473  
                 
 
Ireland 0.8%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.7%
DCC plc
    251,302       4,938,130  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Abbey plc
    15,931       73,450  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%
Total Produce plc (a)
    1,415,780       818,040  
Total Produce plc
    192,602       107,930  
                 
              925,970  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
Donegal Creameries plc
    8,185       63,817  
                 
              6,001,367  
                 
 
Italy 3.5%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.6%
Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
    7,482,000       4,414,575  
                 
 
Banks 0.0%
Banco di Sardegna S.p.A.
    3,288       59,353  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.2%
Astaldi S.p.A. (a)
    315,378       2,131,129  
Biesse S.p.A.
    24,261       208,638  
C.I.R. S.p.A. - Compagnie Industriali Riunite (a)
    631,044       1,093,902  
Cofide S.p.A. - Compagnia Finanziaria De Benedetti
    1,827,172       1,356,388  
Danieli S.p.A. - Officine Meccaniche Danieli & C. (a)
    135,752       2,988,359  
Gruppo Ceramiche Ricchetti S.p.A.
    8,816       17,272  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Vianini Lavori S.p.A.
    118,000       1,164,656  
                 
              8,960,344  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Safilo Group S.p.A. (a)
    707,096       990,038  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.0%
La Doria S.p.A. *
    25,955       42,534  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.0%
El.En. S.p.A.
    210       6,418  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
Mirato S.p.A.
    51,665       510,875  
                 
 
Insurance 0.9%
Ergo Previdenza S.p.A.
    5,407       33,600  
Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A. (a)
    2,850,028       6,115,723  
                 
              6,149,323  
                 
 
Materials 0.2%
Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. (a)
    5,120       78,672  
Italcementi S.p.A. (a)
    63,438       785,796  
KME Group
    402,068       380,255  
                 
              1,244,723  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.1%
Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
    29,038       785,423  
Reply S.p.A.
    4,268       116,631  
                 
              902,054  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Gefran S.p.A.
    39,000       217,665  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Autostrade Meridionali S.p.A.
    216       3,634  
                 
 
Utilities 0.3%
ACEA S.p.A.
    26,526       379,904  
Iride S.p.A.
    795,689       1,756,360  
                 
              2,136,264  
                 
              25,637,800  
                 
 
Japan 18.2%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 1.0%
Ahresty Corp.
    5,500       48,458  
Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
    45,500       274,642  
Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    133,000       232,886  
Calsonic Kansei Corp.
    23,000       65,961  
HI-LEX Corp.
    73,000       779,386  
Ichishin Co., Ltd.
    30,000       85,698  
Mikuni Corp.
    28,000       44,825  
Murakami Corp.
    2,000       12,315  
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (a)
    63,000       613,317  
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    56,000       310,583  
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    10,600       46,415  
Nittan Valve Co., Ltd. (a)
    5,100       22,553  
Piolax, Inc.
    100       1,694  
Showa Corp.
    40,600       248,109  
SOFT99 Corp.
    29,500       139,703  
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    260,000       2,316,332  
Suncall Corp.
    27,000       106,365  
Tigers Polymer Corp.
    8,300       31,528  
Topre Corp.
    129,200       883,467  
TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    72,300       696,675  
Univance Corp.
    9,600       37,495  
                 
              6,998,407  
                 
 
Banks 2.0%
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.
    185,000       680,799  
Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.
    219       1,096,295  
The Aichi Bank Ltd.
    26,600       1,842,965  
The Akita Bank Ltd.
    1,000       3,827  
The Biwako Bank Ltd.
    3,000       3,862  
The Chiba Kogyo Bank Ltd. *
    11,100       126,563  
The Daishi Bank Ltd.
    14,000       55,278  
The Ehime Bank Ltd.
    92,000       256,919  
The Eighteenth Bank Ltd.
    403,000       1,057,470  
The Higashi-Nippon Bank Ltd.
    367,000       999,940  
The Higo Bank Ltd.
    51,000       293,171  
The Hokuetsu Bank Ltd.
    11,000       22,749  
The Hyakugo Bank Ltd.
    314,000       1,779,754  
The Hyakujushi Bank Ltd.
    26,000       145,604  
The Kagawa Bank Ltd.
    43,000       201,469  
The Keiyo Bank Ltd.
    141,000       677,786  
The Kita-Nippon Bank Ltd.
    5,100       132,510  
The Mie Bank Ltd. (a)
    81,000       329,728  
The Minato Bank Ltd.
    13,000       18,298  
The Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.
    454,000       1,133,638  
The San-in Godo Bank Ltd.
    210,000       1,626,785  
The Taiko Bank Ltd.
    63,000       132,745  
The Tochigi Bank Ltd.
    62,000       330,433  
The Toho Bank Ltd.
    44,000       171,222  
The Yachiyo Bank Ltd.
    144       316,733  
The Yamanashi Chuo Bank Ltd.
    158,000       782,965  
                 
              14,219,508  
                 
 
Capital Goods 4.4%
Aichi Electric Co., Ltd.
    3,000       5,853  
Aida Engineering Ltd.
    210,400       872,432  
Amada Co., Ltd.
    274,000       1,504,760  
Amano Corp. (a)
    73,800       591,464  
C-Cube Corp.
    85,000       238,113  
Chodai Co., Ltd.
    23,000       62,839  
Chudenko Corp. (a)
    92,500       1,390,333  
CKD Corp. (a)
    13,000       56,579  
CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.
    44,100       256,186  
Daiichi Kensetu Corp.
    10,000       65,388  
Denkyosha Co., Ltd.
    20,000       96,225  
Ebara Corp. (a)
    29,000       76,653  
Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)
    592,000       1,430,009  
Fuji Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    121,600       1,474,345  
Furusato Industries Ltd.
    24,000       206,723  
Futaba Corp. (a)
    89,600       1,575,983  
Inabata & Co., Ltd.
    18,900       67,285  
Ishikawajima Transportation Machinery Co., Ltd.
    43,000       131,748  
Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd.
    247,000       813,616  
Kamei Corp.
    93,000       359,342  
Kanaden Corp.
    106,000       499,890  
Kanematsu Corp. *
    44,000       42,577  
Kioritz Corp.
    211,000       399,026  
Koatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    25,000       67,698  
Komori Corp.
    110,800       1,488,693  
Kowa Spinning Co., Ltd.
    12,000       35,329  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Kuroda Electric Co., Ltd. (a)
    1,900       17,856  
Maeda Corp. (a)
    140,000       434,861  
Maeda Road Construction Co., Ltd.
    93,000       601,646  
Marufuji Sheet Piling Co., Ltd.
    29,000       53,994  
Minebea Co., Ltd.
    133,000       498,830  
Mitani Corp.
    28,100       159,820  
Miyachi Corp. (a)
    33,200       282,925  
Musashi Co., Ltd.
    500       7,554  
Nagase & Co., Ltd.
    157,000       1,461,277  
Nakano Refrigerators Co., Ltd.
    1,800       13,915  
Nichireki Co., Ltd.
    11,000       27,872  
Nihon Decoluxe Co., Ltd.
    2,000       8,556  
Nippo Corp.
    244,000       1,377,218  
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    208,000       881,136  
Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd. (a)
    753,000       1,733,467  
Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    74,600       257,762  
Nitto Kogyo Corp.
    114,200       841,493  
Noritake Co., Ltd.
    16,000       52,347  
Ohmoto Gumi Co., Ltd.
    34,000       113,004  
Okaya & Co., Ltd.
    500       5,210  
Oki Wintech Co., Ltd.
    34,000       175,507  
Original Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.
    7,500       13,328  
Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.
    2,000       5,832  
Sankyo Rikagaku Co., Ltd.
    17,000       185,574  
Sanso Electric Co., Ltd. *
    30,000       80,955  
Sanwa Holdings Corp. (a)
    447,000       1,688,307  
Seibu Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    66,000       289,807  
ShinMaywa Industries Ltd.
    301,000       893,635  
Sintokogio Ltd.
    33,400       209,600  
Sojitz Corp.
    679,400       1,574,656  
Sugimoto & Co., Ltd.
    3,100       31,714  
Taisei Oncho Co., Ltd.
    44,000       139,970  
Taisei Rotec Corp.
    257,000       416,617  
Takeuchi Mfg Co., Ltd. (a)
    43,900       578,458  
The Nippon Road Co., Ltd.
    213,000       237,086  
Toenec Corp.
    25,000       126,996  
Totech Corp.
    42,000       123,633  
Trinity Industrial Corp.
    1,000       4,547  
Trusco Nakayama Corp. (a)
    93,500       1,241,432  
Tsurumi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    14,000       89,043  
Tsuzuki Denki Co., Ltd.
    5,000       13,771  
Uehara Sei Shoji Co., Ltd.
    51,000       160,746  
Wakita & Co., Ltd.
    49,000       204,779  
Yondenko Corp.
    124,000       612,642  
Yurtec Corp.
    9,000       37,294  
                 
              31,775,761  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.0%
EJ Holdings, Inc.
    110       14,518  
FujiStaff Holdings, Inc.
    40       6,288  
Kawanishi Warehouse Co., Ltd.
    7,000       44,624  
Kimura Unity Co., Ltd.
    2,500       18,376  
Wesco, Inc.
    51,300       84,837  
                 
              168,643  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.8%
Charle Co., Ltd.
    500       3,713  
Corona Corp.
    44,900       470,209  
Fuji Corp.
    16,000       102,299  
Fujishoji Co., Ltd.
    84       84,193  
Fujix Ltd.
    11,000       40,960  
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd. (a)
    115,200       1,174,757  
Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    79,000       229,554  
Jichodo Co., Ltd.
    16,000       117,031  
Kurabo Industries Ltd.
    720,000       1,264,809  
Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.
    2,000       9,408  
Maruzen Co., Ltd.
    3,000       11,899  
Mitsui Home Co., Ltd.
    3,000       14,333  
Miyuki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    12,000       27,697  
Onward Holdings Co., Ltd.
    3,000       31,375  
PanaHome Corp.
    1,000       5,594  
Roland Corp.
    66,400       857,142  
SRI Sports Ltd.
    459       439,411  
Tachikawa Corp.
    60,300       256,163  
Tokyo Style Co., Ltd.
    83,000       701,447  
Toso Co., Ltd.
    39,000       78,473  
                 
              5,920,467  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Daisyo Corp. (a)
    32,100       331,287  
Eikoh, Inc.
    11,700       39,676  
Johnan Academic Preparatory Institute, Inc.
    14,000       17,244  
Nippon Game Card Corp.
    11       12,338  
Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)
    10,900       96,974  
Shidax Corp.
    1,063       402,003  
Shingakukai Co., Ltd.
    44,600       158,060  
                 
              1,057,582  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.3%
Daiko Clearing Services Corp.
    41,300       279,424  
Hitachi Capital Corp.
    78,800       959,509  
SFCG Co., Ltd. (a)
    3,210       146,169  
Takagi Securities Co., Ltd.
    67,000       127,072  
Takefuji Corp. (a)
    48,200       627,234  
                 
              2,139,408  
                 
 
Energy 0.3%
Itochu Enex Co., Ltd.
    500       3,230  
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.
    31,600       1,622,119  
Kanto Natural Gas Development Co., Ltd. (a)
    22,000       121,579  
Sinanen Co., Ltd.
    29,000       110,245  
                 
              1,857,173  
                 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.3%
Cawachi Ltd.
    66,800       1,265,953  
Heiwado Co., Ltd.
    15,100       216,030  
Itochu-Shokuhin Co., Ltd. (a)
    2,400       78,291  
Kasumi Co., Ltd. (a)
    67,000       363,359  
Marukyo Corp.
    8,000       39,765  
Maxvalu Nishinihon Co., Ltd.
    1,400       18,695  
Okuwa Co., Ltd.
    2,000       29,888  
Poplar Co., Ltd.
    1,900       11,041  
Tokan Co., Ltd.
    1,000       14,614  
Universe Co., Ltd.
    5,300       58,159  
Uny Co., Ltd.
    27,000       274,755  
                 
              2,370,550  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.0%
Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd.
    205       1,216,206  
Marudai Food Co., Ltd.
    3,000       6,467  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. (a)
    333,000       1,522,353  
Mercian Corp.
    222,000       431,569  
Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
    130,100       1,137,956  
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    85,000       243,226  
Nichiwa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    57,000       108,079  
Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (a)
    325,000       663,236  
Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
    36,000       179,336  
Nissin Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    115,000       259,723  
Q.P. Corp. (a)
    134,100       1,246,830  
Sonton Food Industry Co., Ltd.
    31,000       209,152  
Tokatsu Foods Co., Ltd.
    60,000       302,948  
Yonekyu Corp.
    10,000       100,624  
                 
              7,627,705  
                 
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 0.2%
Aloka Co., Ltd.
    2,600       25,939  
BML, Inc.
    300       5,165  
Create Medic Co., Ltd.
    6,000       49,948  
Fukuda Denshi Co., Ltd.
    12,700       242,514  
Hitachi Medical Corp.
    102,000       829,128  
JMS Co., Ltd.
    20,000       53,170  
Kawasumi Laboratories, Inc.
    2,000       9,027  
N.I.C. Corp. (a)
    43,600       160,169  
Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    3,700       25,017  
Tokiwa Yakuhin Co., Ltd.
    11,000       36,762  
                 
              1,436,839  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.2%
Kose Corp.
    46,800       1,302,273  
Lion Corp. (a)
    25,000       133,765  
Mandom Corp.
    6,900       182,913  
                 
              1,618,951  
                 
 
Insurance 0.0%
The Fuji Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
    29,000       67,130  
                 
 
Materials 3.5%
Arakawa Chemical Industrial Ltd.
    17,500       158,658  
Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.
    205       234,810  
Atomix Co., Ltd.
    3,000       9,590  
Chubu Steel Plate Co., Ltd.
    105,300       816,951  
Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    539,000       1,418,001  
DIC Corp.
    475,000       899,612  
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
    15,100       202,632  
Kaneka Corp.
    217,000       1,198,770  
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (a)
    17,000       105,444  
Kyoei Steel Ltd. (a)
    69,500       1,338,422  
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
    278,000       1,344,475  
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. (a)
    388,000       960,900  
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    88,000       387,953  
Mory Industries, Inc.
    120,000       302,670  
N.E. Chemcat Corp. (a)
    41,000       658,465  
Nichia Steel Works Ltd.
    126,000       422,068  
Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.
    235,000       404,746  
Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    28,000       57,921  
Nippon Kodoshi Corp.
    1,000       6,593  
Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
    274,000       321,678  
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (a)
    74,000       474,384  
Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. (a)
    758,000       1,466,306  
Nitto FC Co., Ltd.
    5,000       21,907  
Osaka Steel Co., Ltd.
    109,900       1,428,307  
Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (a)
    80,000       580,039  
Sakai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    293,000       793,195  
SK Kaken Co., Ltd.
    2,000       44,756  
Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    100       798  
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    174,000       527,530  
Teijin Ltd.
    145,000       435,704  
Tokuyama Corp.
    217,000       1,259,080  
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    18,200       288,457  
Tokyo Tekko Co., Ltd.
    142,000       342,341  
Topy Industries Ltd.
    572,000       1,583,649  
Tosoh Corp. (a)
    674,000       1,988,869  
Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    318,000       939,156  
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd.
    375,000       1,680,461  
                 
              25,105,298  
                 
 
Media 0.3%
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
    800       4,684  
Daiichikosho Co., Ltd.
    28,000       288,369  
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corp.
    37,000       277,965  
Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc. (a)
    2,552       978,412  
TV Asahi Corp.
    405       566,917  
                 
              2,116,347  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.5%
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (a)
    70,000       573,437  
Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd.
    157,000       1,494,519  
Seikagaku Corp.
    20,200       196,033  
Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    77,900       1,089,731  
                 
              3,353,720  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.1%
Hosoda Corp.
    51,600       113,049  
Leopalace21 Corp.
    19,100       147,691  
Nisshin Fudosan Co., Ltd.
    68,700       224,804  
Sankyo Frontier Co., Ltd.
    64,000       122,890  
Yuraku Real Estate Co., Ltd.
    66,000       80,436  
                 
              688,870  
                 
 
Retailing 0.9%
AOKl Holdings, Inc.
    80,200       816,957  
Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd. (a)
    102,500       1,369,613  
AT-Group Co., Ltd.
    20,000       173,425  
Belluna Co., Ltd. (a)
    120,300       542,414  
Daiwa Co., Ltd.
    89,000       117,155  
Felissimo Corp.
    2,200       42,971  
Fujitsu Business Systems Ltd.
    76,900       1,007,476  
H2O Retailing Corp.
    64,000       389,729  
Haruyama Trading Co., Ltd. (a)
    21,900       93,713  
Hikari Furniture Co., Ltd.
    1,000       3,958  
Kato Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    200       2,389  
King Co., Ltd.
    64,000       130,175  
Kitamura Co., Ltd.
    2,100       9,742  
Ku Co., Ltd.
    57,600       168,659  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Mac House Co., Ltd.
    8,900       55,698  
Nafco Co., Ltd.
    40,100       545,325  
Nagahori Corp.
    52,000       114,409  
Sazaby League, Ltd. (a)
    45,800       603,653  
Senshukai Co., Ltd. (a)
    82,700       544,308  
Shichie Co., Ltd.
    24,000       128,121  
                 
              6,859,890  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%
Aoi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    3,000       25,544  
Micronics Japan Co., Ltd.
    100       1,417  
Mimasu Semiconductor Industry Co., Ltd.
    1,300       17,276  
Mitsui High-tec, Inc. (a)
    143,800       895,647  
                 
              939,884  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.2%
Argo Graphics, Inc.
    1,500       17,623  
Atlus Co., Ltd.
    4,100       18,782  
Computer Engineering & Consulting Ltd.
    1,000       8,490  
Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd.
    14       5,179  
Hitachi System & Services Ltd.
    400       5,343  
Information Services International-Dentsu Ltd.
    5,800       37,291  
Japan Process Development Co., Ltd.
    16,700       115,442  
NEC Fielding Ltd.
    102,900       981,393  
Nifty Corp.
    33       26,963  
                 
              1,216,506  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 1.2%
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (a)
    1,600       12,525  
Canon Electronics, Inc.
    500       8,080  
Daishinku Corp.
    113,000       375,483  
Fujitsu Frontech Ltd.
    2,000       18,292  
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
    42,200       366,533  
Hagiwara Electric Co., Ltd.
    700       4,850  
Hakuto Co., Ltd.
    64,300       505,794  
Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
    143,300       1,537,212  
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. (a)
    17,000       80,058  
Japan Digital Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    106,200       1,155,763  
Katsuragawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    3,000       16,447  
Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    9,700       116,379  
Macnica, Inc.
    1,100       14,351  
Nichicon Corp.
    200,000       1,369,647  
Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd.
    3,200       18,368  
Riso Kagaku Corp.
    51,600       600,101  
Roland DG Corp. (a)
    3,200       58,931  
Ryoden Trading Co., Ltd.
    40,000       212,537  
Ryoyo Electro Corp. (a)
    85,400       726,695  
Sun-Wa Technos Corp.
    400       2,586  
Tachibana Eletech Co., Ltd.
    1,100       7,964  
Toshiba Tec Corp.
    209,000       823,264  
Tsuzuki Densan Co., Ltd.
    31,700       100,584  
Yokogawa Electric Corp.
    106,000       673,033  
                 
              8,805,477  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.0%
Acca Networks Co., Ltd. (a)
    42       34,751  
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co.
    35       53,433  
                 
              88,184  
                 
 
Transportation 0.8%
Alps Logistics Co., Ltd.
    5,500       53,605  
i-Logistics Corp.
    2,000       4,061  
Isewan Terminal Service Co., Ltd.
    80,000       372,266  
Kamigumi Co., Ltd.
    218,000       1,637,628  
Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
    5,000       15,516  
Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
    362,000       1,993,069  
Meiko Trans Co., Ltd.
    25,000       240,427  
Nippon Konpo Unyu Soko Co., Ltd.
    3,000       28,050  
Seino Holdings Co., Ltd.
    247,000       1,164,972  
Tokyo Kisen Co., Ltd.
    1,000       5,646  
                 
              5,515,240  
                 
 
Utilities 0.0%
Hokuriku Gas Co., Ltd.
    5,000       14,404  
Keiyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    49,000       180,550  
Otaki Gas Co., Ltd.
    16,000       106,639  
The Chubu Gas Co., Ltd.
    1,000       2,418  
                 
              304,011  
                 
              132,251,551  
                 
 
Liechtenstein 0.0%
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Verwaltungs-und Privat-Bank AG
    296       47,752  
                 
 
Luxembourg 0.4%
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. SDR (a)
    9,241       428,097  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.3%
COLT Telecom Group S.A. *
    1,149,000       2,077,992  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Logwin AG *
    4,768       7,015  
                 
              2,513,104  
                 
 
Malaysia 0.0%
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Rekapacific Berhad (b)(c)(d) *
    24,000        
                 
 
Netherlands 3.0%
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.0%
Teleplan International N.V. *
    6,975       10,212  
                 
 
Materials 2.1%
Crown Van Gelder N.V. CVA
    6,200       77,180  
Koninklijke DSM N.V.
    324,002       15,325,178  
                 
              15,402,358  
                 
 
Media 0.0%
DOCdata N.V.
    26,000       219,666  
                 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (a) *
    68,723       282,292  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
ICT Automatisering N.V.
    8,463       87,260  
Lycos Europe N.V. *
    46,366       21,541  
                 
              108,801  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.8%
Gemalto N.V. *
    154,000       5,555,604  
                 
              21,578,933  
                 
 
New Zealand 0.6%
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Millennium & Capthorne Hotels New Zealand Ltd.
    1,145,922       468,606  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Nufarm Ltd.
    156,600       1,916,824  
                 
 
Retailing 0.0%
Hallenstein Glasson Holdings Ltd.
    52,084       88,890  
The Warehouse Group Ltd.
    16,100       32,500  
                 
              121,390  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Air New Zealand Ltd. (a)
    1,052,114       679,158  
Tourism Holdings Ltd.
    217,789       176,836  
                 
              855,994  
                 
 
Utilities 0.1%
Vector Ltd. (a)
    823,300       1,162,799  
                 
              4,525,613  
                 
 
Norway 0.0%
                 
 
Energy 0.0%
Farstad Shipping A.S.A.
    1,065       21,575  
                 
 
Transportation 0.0%
Fosen AB
    187       15,119  
                 
              36,694  
                 
 
Papua New Guinea 0.1%
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
Oil Search Ltd.
    86,500       387,112  
                 
 
Portugal 0.5%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.2%
Grupo Soares da Costa, SGPS S.A. *
    585,317       1,080,903  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.0%
Ibersol - SGPS, S.A.
    4,941       40,840  
                 
 
Materials 0.3%
Corticeira Amorim S.A.
    3,256       6,044  
Semapa - Sociedade de Investimento e Gestao, SGPS, S.A.
    249,825       2,469,396  
                 
              2,475,440  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
Novabase, SGPS, S.A. *
    25,210       176,418  
Reditus - Sociedade Gestora de Participacoes Socials, S.A. *
    4,648       52,206  
                 
              228,624  
                 
              3,825,807  
                 
 
Republic of Korea 3.6%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.1%
Dong-Il Corp.
    3,543       186,178  
Global & Yuasa Battery Co., Ltd.
    27,510       363,801  
Halla Climate Control Corp.
    6,520       57,408  
Motonic Corp.
    4,200       26,064  
                 
              633,451  
                 
 
Banks 0.1%
Cheju Bank Ltd. *
    1,530       9,465  
Jinheung Mutual Savings Bank Co., Ltd.
    153,170       469,537  
Korea Mutual Savings Bank
    1,780       29,088  
                 
              508,090  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.6%
Daesang Holdings Co., Ltd.
    47,150       154,586  
Doosan Corp. *
    19,770       1,989,393  
Hanil Construction Industry Co.
    34,893       185,932  
Hanshin Construction Co., Ltd.
    10,500       123,828  
KCC Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    13,224       378,572  
Kunsul Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    1,530       18,698  
Kyeryong Construction Industrial Co., Ltd.
    27,870       430,610  
Sambu Construction Co., Ltd.
    3,921       78,721  
Samho International Co., Ltd.
    45,330       287,582  
Samwhan Corp.
    34,370       402,328  
Shinsegae Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
    6,390       93,072  
                 
              4,143,322  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.3%
Cheil Industries, Inc.
    25,010       1,098,649  
Shinwon Corp.
    185,700       287,459  
Youngone Corp.
    135,220       1,027,905  
                 
              2,414,013  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Shinyoung Securities Co., Ltd.
    893       30,397  
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
SK Gas Co., Ltd.
    13,456       725,620  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.3%
Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd.
    3,021       242,076  
Jinro Distillers Co., Ltd.
    241       2,859  
Muhak Co., Ltd.
    19,835       101,949  
Namyang Dairy Products Co., Ltd.
    1,804       872,891  
Nong Shim Holdings Co., Ltd.
    790       44,529  
Ottogi Corp.
    1,444       188,473  
Samyang Corp.
    7,269       225,025  
TS Corp.
    7,400       391,006  
                 
              2,068,808  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.1%
Pacific Corp.
    9,690       995,930  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Materials 0.9%
Asia Cement Co., Ltd.
    3,198       133,013  
Hanwha Chemical Corp.
    64,310       596,075  
Hanwha Corp.
    20,172       769,709  
Honam Petrochemical Corp.
    4,780       275,474  
Huchems Fine Chemical Corp.
    3,180       64,746  
Hyosung Corp.
    18,270       967,602  
Kisco Corp. *
    13,062       524,883  
Kisco Holdings Co., Ltd.
    3,957       154,910  
Korea Petrochemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
    13,010       318,487  
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
    16,510       1,335,381  
KP Chemical Corp. *
    52,020       246,071  
KPX Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
    143       7,015  
LG Chem Ltd.
    10,450       819,918  
SeAH Holdings Corp.
    270       22,249  
Taekwang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    106       84,487  
Young Poong Corp.
    139       49,694  
                 
              6,369,714  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.2%
Choongwae Holdings Co., Ltd. *
    3,439       20,723  
Daewoong Co., Ltd.
    39,000       759,352  
Green Cross Holdings Corp.
    246       16,142  
Il Dong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    20,763       500,722  
                 
              1,296,939  
                 
 
Retailing 0.3%
Daegu Department Store Co., Ltd.
    36,860       327,885  
FnC Kolon Corp.
    1,950       23,809  
GS Home Shopping, Inc.
    15,100       809,136  
Hyundai Department Store Co., Ltd.
    9,090       706,816  
                 
              1,867,646  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.1%
Daou Technology, Inc.
    115,270       479,588  
Shinsegae Information & Communication Co., Ltd.
    44       1,818  
                 
              481,406  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.2%
People & Telecommunication
    24,708       103,633  
SFA Engineering Corp.
    29,719       1,325,087  
Sindo Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    960       46,133  
                 
              1,474,853  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.1%
LG Dacom Corp.
    27,700       492,006  
LG Telecom Ltd.
    52,220       435,768  
                 
              927,774  
                 
 
Utilities 0.2%
KyungDong City Gas Co., Ltd.
    410       17,034  
Samchully Co., Ltd.
    7,900       1,011,956  
Seoul City Gas Co., Ltd.
    8,359       566,524  
YESCO Co., Ltd.
    7,350       177,372  
                 
              1,772,886  
                 
              25,710,849  
                 
 
Singapore 1.0%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.1%
Haw Par Corp., Ltd.
    321,000       1,048,260  
Hong Leong Asia Ltd.
    15,000       9,835  
United Engineers Ltd.
    81,000       97,211  
                 
              1,155,306  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.1%
Hotel Plaza Ltd.
    746,000       706,786  
Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd.
    6,000       49,483  
                 
              756,269  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.4%
G.K. Goh Holdings Ltd.
    463,500       222,898  
K1 Ventures Ltd.
    3,930,000       615,362  
Kim Eng Holdings Ltd.
    1,117,513       948,571  
UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd.
    1,505,850       1,323,646  
                 
              3,110,477  
                 
 
Energy 0.1%
Singapore Petroleum Co., Ltd.
    123,000       399,702  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.1%
Cerebos Pacific Ltd.
    35,000       78,461  
People’s Food Holdings Ltd.
    911,000       304,615  
QAF Ltd.
    37,000       6,496  
                 
              389,572  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
Broadway Industrial Group Ltd.
    6,000       2,302  
Kingboard Copper Foil Holdings Ltd.
    1,111,000       184,843  
                 
              187,145  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
MCL Land Ltd.
    19,000       13,216  
                 
 
Retailing 0.2%
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.
    58,000       637,994  
Metro Holdings Ltd.
    1,784,000       623,138  
                 
              1,261,132  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.0%
Singapore Computer Systems Ltd.
    21,000       21,631  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.0%
Elec & Eltek International Co., Ltd.
    37,000       54,145  
                 
              7,348,595  
                 
 
Spain 2.8%
                 
 
Banks 1.2%
Banco de Sabadell S.A. (a)
    120,723       938,269  
Bankinter S.A. (a)
    638,000       8,019,722  
                 
              8,957,991  
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.5%
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.
    9,692       3,422,057  
Nicolas Correa S.A.
    18,963       157,541  
Tecnocom, Telecomunicaciones y Energia S.A. *
    17,337       73,654  
                 
              3,653,252  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.1%
Befesa Medio Ambiente S.A. *
    29,309       857,216  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.0%
Tavex Algodonera S.A. *
    94,146       152,836  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Campofrio Alimentacion S.A.
    50,179       557,575  
Pescanova S.A.
    17,100       725,815  
                 
              1,283,390  
                 
 
Insurance 0.0%
Grupo Catalana Occidente S.A.
    833       17,567  
Mapfre S.A. (a)
    15,026       65,685  
                 
              83,252  
                 
 
Materials 0.4%
Cementos Portland Valderrivas S.A. (a)
    52,365       2,522,102  
                 
 
Media 0.0%
Promotora de Informaciones S.A. (Prisa) (a)
    2,094       14,140  
                 
 
Transportation 0.3%
Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte S.A.
    174,530       2,051,238  
                 
 
Utilities 0.1%
Enagas (a)
    46,578       1,004,402  
                 
              20,579,819  
                 
 
Sweden 1.9%
                 
 
Capital Goods 0.5%
Addtech AB, B Shares
    19,445       321,570  
Consilium AB
    6,710       39,540  
OEM International AB, B Shares
    9,820       55,085  
Saab AB, Class B (a)
    83,373       1,284,131  
Trelleborg AB, B Shares (a)
    133,524       1,861,525  
                 
              3,561,851  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.0%
AF AB
    4,900       109,301  
Semcon AB *
    20,860       119,294  
                 
              228,595  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
AB Traction, B Shares
    10,017       88,189  
                 
 
Energy 0.3%
PA Resources AB (a) *
    385,845       1,985,869  
                 
 
Materials 0.0%
ProfilGruppen AB, B Shares
    3,615       29,445  
                 
 
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 0.0%
BioInvent International AB *
    43,145       138,881  
Biotage AB *
    83,362       87,302  
                 
              226,183  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.0%
Din Bostad AB
    57,764       324,536  
                 
 
Software & Services 0.1%
Acando AB
    258,525       430,498  
Addnode AB
    34,730       122,544  
Know IT AB
    5,079       35,658  
ProAct IT Group AB
    14,097       73,266  
                 
              661,966  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.1%
Nolato AB, Class B
    79,021       574,206  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.8%
Tele2 AB, B Shares
    510,000       5,820,289  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
Rederi AB Transatlantic
    65,778       344,661  
                 
              13,845,790  
                 
 
Switzerland 10.6%
                 
 
Banks 0.2%
Banque Cantonale de Geneve
    6,697       1,462,368  
Graubuendner Kantonalbank
    78       66,690  
                 
              1,529,058  
                 
 
Capital Goods 2.4%
Bobst Group AG - Reg’d
    60,400       3,109,101  
Bucher Industries AG - Reg’d
    27,848       3,740,571  
Carlo Gavazzi Holding AG
    1,170       155,487  
Conzzeta AG
    1,075       2,314,090  
Daetwyler Holding AG *
    44,500       2,468,044  
Feintool International Holding AG - Reg’d
    1,932       533,875  
Georg Fischer AG - Reg’d *
    10,590       3,808,612  
Harwanne Compagnie de participations industielles et financieres S.A.
    171,000       454,803  
Kardex AG *
    822       36,678  
Tornos S.A. - Reg’d *
    51,473       360,097  
Walter Meier AG, Class A - Reg’d
    4,831       561,920  
                 
              17,543,278  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 1.4%
Adecco S.A. - Reg’d
    228,071       9,907,754  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.4%
Forbo Holding AG - Reg’d *
    7,335       2,926,901  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.6%
Kuoni Reisen Holding AG - Reg’d
    11,100       4,288,092  
MCH Messe Schweiz Holding AG - Reg’d
    2,700       144,448  
                 
              4,432,540  
                 
 
Diversified Financials 0.0%
Valartis Group AG
    11,876       362,564  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 0.2%
Emmi AG - Reg’d
    13,172       1,470,709  
                 
 
Insurance 2.8%
Baloise Holding AG - Reg’d
    149,200       10,186,591  
Schweizerische Naional-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft - Reg’d
    3,206       1,958,980  
Swiss Life Holding - Reg’d *
    54,055       7,847,974  
                 
              19,993,545  
                 
 
Materials 1.1%
Clariant AG - Reg’d (a) *
    518,000       5,044,406  
CPH Chemie & Papier Holding AG - Reg’d
    102       192,038  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
Industrieholding Cham AG - Reg’d *
    1,986       546,166  
Siegfried Holding AG - Reg’d
    9,738       1,287,071  
Swissmetal Holding AG *
    18,631       285,050  
Vetropack Holding AG
    546       936,375  
                 
              8,291,106  
                 
 
Real Estate 0.1%
LO Holding Lausanne-Ouchy S.A. - Reg’d
    77       88,959  
PAX-Anlage AG - Reg’d
    60       44,877  
Zueblin Immobilien Holding AG - Reg’d *
    71,646       489,227  
                 
              623,063  
                 
 
Retailing 0.1%
Bossard Holding AG
    3,123       179,484  
Metraux Services Holding AG - Reg’d
    1,503       188,935  
                 
              368,419  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.4%
Also Holding - Reg’d
    15,459       734,309  
Inficon Holding AG - Reg’d
    8,287       917,837  
Phoenix Mecano AG
    3,672       1,368,026  
                 
              3,020,172  
                 
 
Transportation 0.1%
The Jungfraubahn Holding AG - Reg’d
    21,324       858,171  
                 
 
Utilities 0.8%
Elektrizitaets-Gesellschaft Laufenburg AG
    2,535       2,818,671  
Energiedienst Holding AG - Reg’d *
    49,560       2,628,212  
                 
              5,446,883  
                 
              76,774,163  
                 
 
United Kingdom 14.7%
                 
 
Automobiles & Components 0.0%
Avon Rubber plc
    126,000       158,252  
                 
 
Capital Goods 1.5%
Carr’s Milling Industries plc
    27,358       289,329  
Castings plc
    97,863       407,462  
Cookson Group plc
    121,176       1,020,225  
Galliford Try plc
    391,387       316,264  
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) plc
    17,591       170,088  
Keller Group plc
    184,222       2,202,835  
Molins plc
    5,909       7,607  
MS International plc
    19,986       62,633  
Qinetiq plc
    1,598,309       5,945,524  
Renold plc *
    5,392       6,471  
Trifast plc
    275,125       176,087  
Waterman Group plc
    90,625       157,357  
XP Power Ltd.
    25,792       98,920  
                 
              10,860,802  
                 
 
Commercial & Professional Supplies 0.3%
Communisis plc
    409,580       346,659  
Harvey Nash Group plc
    189,717       107,010  
Management Consulting Group plc
    707,895       425,006  
Office2office plc
    170,636       357,971  
OPD Group plc
    138,258       309,320  
Tribal Group plc
    169,542       387,183  
                 
              1,933,149  
                 
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 0.1%
Pace Micro Technology plc *
    235,623       351,258  
                 
 
Consumer Services 0.2%
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc
    270,143       1,186,228  
Sportech plc *
    13,089       18,558  
                 
              1,204,786  
                 
 
Energy 0.9%
Anglo Pacific Group plc
    53,250       135,283  
Hunting plc
    112,688       1,240,007  
John Wood Group plc
    194,868       1,184,978  
UK Coal plc *
    9,806       60,244  
Venture Production plc (a)
    357,600       3,917,387  
                 
              6,537,899  
                 
 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco 1.0%
Britvic plc
    284,902       1,037,317  
Tate & Lyle plc
    887,617       6,097,915  
                 
              7,135,232  
                 
 
Household & Personal Products 0.2%
McBride plc
    464,424       831,673  
PZ Cussons plc
    294,070       937,244  
                 
              1,768,917  
                 
 
Insurance 0.8%
Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd.
    21,884       99,461  
Old Mutual plc
    4,101,000       5,740,249  
                 
              5,839,710  
                 
 
Materials 0.8%
Delta plc
    57,303       109,202  
Elementis plc
    288,664       341,146  
Hochschild Mining plc
    11,469       52,072  
Mondi plc
    1,126,336       5,256,786  
                 
              5,759,206  
                 
 
Media 0.5%
Aegis Group plc
    1,933,363       3,239,696  
Chime Communications plc
    19,646       29,689  
Creston plc
    165,488       146,527  
Next Fifteen Communications plc
    109,722       83,717  
                 
              3,499,629  
                 
 
Real Estate 3.4%
Hammerson plc
    527,400       9,298,001  
Liberty International plc (a)
    545,179       9,427,075  
Segro plc
    823,894       6,211,826  
                 
              24,936,902  
                 
 
Retailing 0.2%
Clinton Cards plc
    81,584       51,128  
Inchcape plc
    142,228       480,443  
JD Sports Fashion plc
    106,888       585,158  
Moss Bros Group plc
    15,415       5,509  
Woolworths Group plc (a)
    4,324,480       307,393  
                 
              1,429,631  
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
                 
 
Software & Services 1.4%
Computacenter plc
    486,681       857,210  
Intec Telecom Systems plc *
    1,089,775       871,856  
Logica plc
    4,085,000       7,992,395  
Microgen plc
    353,853       244,669  
Morse plc (a)
    425,406       331,127  
                 
              10,297,257  
                 
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 0.7%
Acal plc
    64,850       150,775  
Oxford Instruments plc
    69,597       286,755  
Psion plc
    37,934       45,803  
Spectris plc
    295,381       3,532,467  
TT electronics plc
    480,007       757,530  
Vislink plc
    263,135       146,870  
                 
              4,920,200  
                 
 
Telecommunication Services 0.5%
Cable & Wireless
    1,232,877       3,661,216  
                 
 
Transportation 2.2%
Accident Exchange Group plc
    71,902       40,732  
Arriva plc
    559,076       6,941,712  
Braemar Shipping Services plc
    64,440       395,248  
Clarkson plc
    14,765       201,229  
FirstGroup plc
    893,074       8,525,976  
                 
              16,104,897  
                 
              106,398,943  
                 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $884,691,879)
    703,909,467  
         
                 
                 
 
 Preferred Stock 0.3% of net assets
                 
 
Austria 0.0%
MIBA AG
    747       129,302  
                 
 
Canada 0.0%
FirstService Corp.
    9,735       177,664  
                 
 
Germany 0.3%
Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGAA
    11,938       642,129  
Einhell Germany AG
    4,600       144,560  
Jungheinrich AG
    47,379       827,437  
Sanacorp Pharmaholding AG
    884       16,054  
Sto AG
    4,145       228,200  
Villeroy & Boch AG
    4,091       38,743  
                 
              1,897,123  
                 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $3,233,345)
    2,204,089  
         
                 
                 
 
 Rights 0.0% of net assets
                 
 
Belgium 0.0%
Carrieres Unies de Porphyre S.A. (b)(d) *
    11        
                 
Total Rights
(Cost $—)
     
         
                 
                 
 
 Warrants 0.0% of net assets
                 
 
Australia 0.0%
Beach Petroleum Ltd. *
    161,322       8,924  
                 
 
Bermuda 0.0%
Champion Technology Holdings Ltd. *
    699,944       901  
Col Capital Ltd. (d) *
    280,000       4,472  
                 
              5,373  
                 
Total Warrants
(Cost $—)
    14,297  
         
                 
                 
Security
  Face Amount
  Value
    Rate, Maturity Date   ($)   ($)
 
 
 Short-Term Investment 1.4% of net assets
                 
 
Repurchase Agreement 1.4%
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. dated 09/30/08, due 10/01/08 at 1.20%, with a maturity value of $10,328,344 (fully collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Corp. with a value of $10,535,234)
    10,328,000       10,328,000  
                 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $10,328,000)
    10,328,000  
         
 
End of Investments.
                 
                 
 
 
 
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Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited) continued
 
                 
    Number
  Value
Security   of Shares   ($)
 
 
 Collateral Invested for Securities on Loan 8.1% of net assets
State Street Navigator Security Lending Prime Portfolio
    58,476,568       58,476,568  
 

End of collateral invested for securities on loan.
 
At 09/30/08, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments was $899,476,802 and the unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $41,216,387 and ($224,237,336), respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of ($183,020,949).
 
At 09/30/08, the prices of certain foreign securities held by the fund aggregating $632,478,222 were adjusted from their closing market prices following the guidelines adopted by the fund’s board of trustees.
 
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(b) Fair-valued by Management.
(c) Bankrupt security/delisted.
(d) Illiquid security. At the period end, the value of these amounted to $4,472 or 0.0% of net assets.
CVA — Dutch Certificate
Reg’d — Registered
SDR — Special drawing rights
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 

 
Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
As of September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Assets
Investments, at value including $55,311,103 of securities on loan (cost $898,253,224)
        $716,455,853  
Collateral invested for securities on loan
        58,476,568  
Cash
        6  
Foreign currency, at value (cost $9,971,386)
        9,730,793  
Receivables:
           
Investments sold
        2,607,318  
Fund shares sold
        547,486  
Dividends
        2,130,899  
Interest
        344  
Foreign tax reclaims
        604,662  
Income from securities on loan
        92,212  
Prepaid expenses
  +     54,746  
     
     
Total assets
        790,700,887  
             
 
Liabilities
Collateral held for securities on loan
        58,476,568  
Payables:
           
Investments bought
        3,409,119  
Investment adviser fees
        59,645  
Fund shares redeemed
        2,392,160  
Distribution and shareholder services fees
        320,795  
Accrued expenses
  +     503,412  
     
     
Total liabilities
        65,161,699  
             
 
Net Assets
Total assets
        790,700,887  
Total liabilities
      65,161,699  
     
     
Net assets
        $725,539,188  
Net Assets by Source
           
Capital received from investors
        993,620,558  
Net investment income not yet distributed
        9,280,728  
Net realized capital losses
        (95,309,195 )
Net unrealized capital losses
        (182,052,903 )
 
Net Asset Value (NAV) by Shares Class
 
                         
            Shares
         
Share Class   Net Assets   ¸   Outstanding   =   NAV  
 
Investor Shares
  $321,340,904       25,144,789         $12.78  
Select Shares
  $404,198,284       31,135,290         $12.98  
 
 
 
 
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Statement of
Operations
For April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008; unaudited.
 
             
             
 
Investment Income
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,210,720)
        $19,693,356  
Interest
        181,627  
Securities on loan
  +     680,566  
     
     
Total Investment Income
        20,555,549  
             
 
Net Realized Gains and Losses
Net realized losses on investments
        (16,031,858 )
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions
  +     (1,375,035 )
     
     
Net realized losses
        (17,406,893 )
             
 
Net Unrealized Gains and Losses
Net unrealized losses on investments
        (226,830,615 )
Net unrealized losses on foreign currency translations
  +     (251,063 )
     
     
Net unrealized losses
        (227,081,678 )
             
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
        4,991,056  
Distribution and shareholder services fees (Investor Shares)
        590,703  
Custodian fees
        284,794  
Sub-Accounting fees (Investor Shares)
        255,091  
Transfer agent fees
        118,475  
Shareholder reports
        80,400  
Accounting and administration fees
        74,468  
Professional fees
        35,463  
Trustees’ fees
        13,471  
Registration fees
        12,168  
Interest expense
        1,442  
Other expenses
  +     48,821  
     
     
Total expenses
        6,506,352  
Custody credits
      1,306  
     
     
Net expenses
        6,505,046  
             
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations
Total investment income
        20,555,549  
Net expenses
      6,505,046  
     
     
Net investment income
        14,050,503  
Net realized losses
        (17,406,893 )
Net unrealized losses
  +     (227,081,678 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        ($230,438,068 )
 
 
 
 
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 Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
 

 
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods.
Figures for the current period are unaudited.
 
                     
                     
 
Operations
                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
Net investment income
        $14,050,503       $31,943,187  
Net realized gains (losses)
        (17,406,893 )     54,346,298  
Net unrealized losses
  +     (227,081,678 )     (298,240,524 )
     
     
Decrease in net assets from operations
        (230,438,068 )     (211,951,039 )
                     
 
Distributions to Shareholders1
Distributions from net investment income
                   
Investor Shares
              21,597,431  
Select Shares
  +           34,839,457  
     
     
Total distributions from net investment income
              56,436,888  
                     
                     
Distributions from net realized gains
Investor Shares
              94,400,404  
Select Shares
  +           131,923,248  
     
     
Total distributions from net realized gains
              226,323,652  
                     
Total distributions
        $-       $282,760,540  
                                     
                                     
 
Transactions in Fund Shares1
                                     
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     VALUE     SHARES     VALUE  
                                     
                                     
Shares Sold
Investor Shares
        273,376       $4,609,879       3,984,585       $92,413,634  
Select Shares
  +     2,927,469       48,045,929       13,114,742       300,629,366  
     
     
Total shares sold
        3,200,845       $52,655,808       17,099,327       $393,043,000  
                                     
                                     
Shares Reinvested
Investor Shares
        -       $-       5,729,048       $97,508,406  
Select Shares
  +     -       -       8,381,438       144,495,987  
     
     
Total shares reinvested
        -       $-       14,110,486       $242,004,393  
                                     
                                     
Shares Redeemed
Investor Shares
        (6,419,991 )     ($101,557,226 )     (17,838,760 )     ($349,737,839 )
Select Shares
  +     (7,896,226 )     (131,533,675 )     (31,657,552 )     (585,177,294 )
     
     
Total shares redeemed
        (14,316,217 )     ($233,090,901 )     (49,496,312 )     ($934,915,133 )
                                     
Net transactions in fund shares
        (11,115,372 )     ($180,435,093 )     (18,286,499 )     ($299,867,740 )
                                     
 
Shares Outstanding and Net Assets
        4/1/08-9/30/08     4/1/07-3/31/08  
        SHARES     NET ASSETS     SHARES     NET ASSETS  
Beginning of period
        67,395,451       $1,136,412,349       85,681,950       $1,930,991,668  
Total decrease
  +     (11,115,372 )     (410,873,161 )     (18,286,499 )     (794,579,319 )
     
     
End of period
        56,280,079       $725,539,188       67,395,451       $1,136,412,349  
                                     
Net investment income not yet distributed/Distribution in excess of net investment income
                $9,280,728               ($4,769,775 )
 
 
1  Effective July 31, 2008, the Institutional Shares became Select Shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited
 
 
1. Business Structure of the Funds:
 
Each of the Laudus Rosenberg Funds in this report is a series of Laudus Trust, (the “Trust”) an open- end management investment company. The Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended. The list below shows all the funds in the Trust including the funds discussed in this report, which are highlighted (individually each such highlighted portfolio, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
 
     
 
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Growth Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large Capitalization Value Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
Laudus Rosenberg Long/Short Equity Fund
  Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Global Equity Fund
Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund
Laudus Mondrian International Fixed Income Fund
     
 
As of May 31, 2007, the Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund closed to all investors, except the Fund will continue to offer shares to certain qualified retirement plans and through reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
 
The Institutional Shares name changed to Select Shares effective July 31, 2008, for all Laudus Rosenberg Funds.
 
Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Select Shares and Investor Shares of no par value. Each class of shares generally has identical rights and preferences, except that each class is subject to different eligibility conditions, bear different distribution and sub-transfer agent expenses, and separate voting rights on matters pertaining solely to that class of shares.
 
Each Fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, each Fund also keeps certain assets in segregated accounts, as may be required by securities law.
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
 
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the Funds used in the preparation of financial statements. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
(a) Security Valuation
 
The Funds value the securities in their portfolios every business day. The Funds use the following policies to value various types of securities:
 
  •  Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, halfway between the most recent bid and asked quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the closing values of such securities on their respective exchanges with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the fluctuation on investments resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
 
  •  Securities for which no quoted value is available or when a significant event has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time the Funds calculate net asset value: valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Funds’ investment adviser using guidelines adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees and the Pricing Committee. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued at fair value include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price, or certain foreign securities closing market prices adjusted for changes in value that may occur between the close of foreign exchange and the time at which Fund shares are priced. The Board of Trustees regularly reviews fair value determinations, made by the Funds, pursuant to the procedures.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
  •  Short-term debt securities (60 days or less to maturity): valued at amortized cost (which approximates market value).
 
  •  Mutual Funds: valued at their respective net asset values as determined by those funds, in accordance with the 1940 Act for a given day.
 
(b) Portfolio Investments:
 
Foreign Currency Transactions: The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. All monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars based upon the prevailing exchange rate at the close of each business day. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses from currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Further, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not segregated in the financial statements from the effects of changes in market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized gain or loss and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments.
 
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts: The Funds may invest in forward currency contracts in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio securities to minimize the uncertainty of changes in future foreign currency exchange rates. “Forwards”, as they are known, are contracts to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. Forwards are similar to futures except that they are not publicly traded, but are agreements directly between two parties.
 
As with futures, forwards involve certain risks that are not fully reflected in the Fund’s financial statements. If counter-parties to the contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably, the Funds could sustain a loss.
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts: Certain Funds may own shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Certain distributions received from REITs during the year, which are known to be a return of capital, are recorded as a reduction to the cost of the individual REIT.
 
Repurchase Agreements: The Funds may enter into repurchase agreement. In a repurchase agreement, a Fund buys a security from another party (usually a financial institution) with the agreement that it be sold back in the future. The date, price and other conditions are all specified when the agreement is created.
 
The Funds’ repurchase agreements will be fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or U.S. Government Agency securities. All collateral is held by the Funds’ custodian (or, with tri-party agreements, the agent’s bank) and is monitored daily to ensure that its market value is at least equal to the repurchase price under the agreement.
 
Securities Lending: Under the Securities Lending Program, securities held by the Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund are loaned by State Street Corporation, as agent, to certain brokers (the “Borrowers”). The Borrowers provide cash or U.S. Government securities as collateral against loans in an amount at least equal to 100% of the market value of the loaned securities.
 
The cash collateral of securities loaned is invested in high quality, short-term investments such as money market funds and U.S. government securities. The investments of collateral are marked-to-market daily and the value of the collateral must be at least 100% of the market value of the loan securities each day.
 
(c) Security Transactions:
 
Security transactions are recorded as of the date the order to buy or sell the security is executed. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are based on the identified costs of the securities involved.
 
If a fund sells securities short, it records the proceeds received as an asset and the obligation to buy back the securities as a liability. At the time a short sale is initiated, the asset and liability are of equal value and effectively cancel each other out. Subsequently, the fund values the liability side of the transaction according to the market price of the securities sold short, and values the asset side according to the value of the proceeds. When the fund closes out a short position (buys the security), it records the outcome as a realized gain or loss. Interest and dividends accrued on securities sold short are recorded as an expense on the fund’s records.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are reported in U.S. dollars. For assets and liabilities held on a given date, the dollar value is based on market exchange rates in effect on that date. Transactions involving foreign currencies, including purchases, sales, income receipts and expense payments, are calculated using exchange rates in effect on the transaction date.
 
(d) Investment Income:
 
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying mutual funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the Funds record certain foreign security dividends on the day they learn of the ex-dividend date.
 
(e) Expenses:
 
Expenses that are specific to a Fund or a class within the Trust are charged directly to that Fund or class. Expenses that are common to all Funds within the trust generally are allocated among the Funds in proportion to their average daily net assets.
 
For Funds offering multiple share classes, the net investment income, other than class specific expenses, and the realized and unrealized gains or losses, are allocated daily to each class in proportion to its net assets.
 
(f) Distributions to Shareholders:
 
The Funds make distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains once a year.
 
(g) Custody Credit
 
Each fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank under which the fund receives a credit for its uninvested cash balance to offset its custody fees and accounting fees. The credit amounts are disclosed in the Statement of Operations as a reduction to the Funds’ operating expenses.
 
(h) Accounting Estimates:
 
The accounting policies described in this report conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Notwithstanding this, shareholders should understand that in order to follow these principles, fund management has to make estimates and assumptions that affect the information reported in the financial statements. It is possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates.
 
(i) Federal Income Taxes:
 
The Funds intend to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Funds distribute substantially all of their net investment income and realized net capital gains (if any) to their respective shareholders each year. As long as a Fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
 
(j) Indemnification:
 
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
(k) New Accounting Standards
 
The funds adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements, effective April 1, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management has concluded that the adoption of FAS 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the fund’s financial statements.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to establish a classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
  •  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
  •  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2008:
 
                         
    Investment in Securities  
          Laudus
    Laudus
 
    Laudus
    Rosenberg
    Rosenberg
 
    Rosenberg
    International
    International
 
    International
    Discovery
    Small
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Equity Fund
   
Fund*
   
Capitalization Fund
 
 
Level 1 — Quoted prices
    $692,597       $43,310,273       $68,548,930  
Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs
    82,723,070       281,855,300       647,879,919  
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs
          407,053       27,004  
Total
    $83,415,667       $325,572,626       $716,455,853  
 
*   Other financial instruments include forward contracts of ($3,747).
 
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
 
                 
    Investment in Securities  
    Laudus Rosenberg
    Laudus Rosenberg
 
    International
    International Small
 
Valuation Inputs
 
Discovery Fund
   
Capitalization Fund
 
 
Balance as of 03/31/08
    $203       $796,628  
Accrued discount/premiums
           
Realized gain (loss)
          (935,904 )
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    (288,594 )     671,525  
Net purchase (sales)
    401,208       (166,675 )
Transfer in and/or out of Level 3
    294,236       (338,570 )
Balance as of 09/30/08
    $407,053       $27,004  
 
In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards board (“FASB”) issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about Funds’ derivative and hedging activities. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of SFAS 161 on the funds’ financial statement disclosures.
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees oversees the general conduct of the Trust and the Funds.
 
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (“CSIM” or the “Manager”) is the investment adviser of the Funds and manages the Funds’ business, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees. AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC (“AXA Rosenberg”), the Funds’ sub-adviser, provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds, subject to the supervision of CSIM.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
3. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
 
The Funds pay CSIM an advisory fee for these services on a monthly basis. CSIM — and not the Funds — pays a portion of the advisory fees it receives to AXA Rosenberg in return for its services.
 
The table below sets forth the advisory fee payable to CSIM by each Fund.
 
         
   
Agreement Rate*
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
    1st $1 billion-0.85%  
      $1 billion to $2 billion-0.80%
Over $2 billion-0.775%
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    1st $1billion-1.00%  
      Over $1 billion-0.95%  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
    1st $500 million-1.00%  
      Over $500 million-0.95%  
         
 
*   The advisory fee payable to CSIM varies based on fund assets.
 
The Funds may, from time to time, execute portfolio trades with affiliated brokers/dealers. For the period ended September 30, 2008, the Funds paid no brokerage fees on the execution of portfolio trades with affiliated brokers/dealers.
 
CSIM has contractually agreed, until at least July 30, 2010, to waive a portion of its management fee and bear certain expenses of each Fund. As such, CSIM further agrees to reimburse the Funds to limit the annual expenses, exclusive of nonrecurring account fees, fees on securities transactions such as exchange fees, dividends and interest on securities sold short, service fees, interest (overdraft charges), taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business as follows:
 
                 
   
Investor Shares
 
Select Shares
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund*
    1.40%       1.12%  
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    1.65%       1.35%  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
    1.79%       1.49%  
 
*   Prior to January 1, 2008, the expense waivers for the Investor Shares and Select Shares were 1.64% and 1.34%, respectively.
 
Any amounts waived or reimbursed in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment through the next two fiscal years, to the extent that the repayment will not cause the Funds’ net expenses to exceed the current limit (as stated in CSIM’s contractual undertaking) during the respective year. As of September 30, 2008, the balance of recoupable expenses is as follows:
 
                         
    Expires
  Expires
  Expires
   
3/31/09
 
3/31/10
 
3/31/11
 
                         
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
    $31,150       $—       $36,497  
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    167,471       196,269       80,731  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
                 
 
4. Other Shareholders Services:
 
The trust has a Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan with respect to its Investor Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Investor Shares of the Funds are sold on a continuous basis by the Trust’s distributor — ALPS Distributors, Inc. Under the Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds pay distribution and shareholder servicing fees in connection with the sale and servicing of the Investor Shares. The annual Distribution and Shareholder Service Fee consists of up to 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of the Investor Shares. In addition, the Trustees have authorized each Fund to pay up to 0.15% of its average daily net assets attributable to Investor Shares for sub-transfer agent and sub-accounting services in connection with such shares.
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
5. Board of Trustees:
 
The Board of Trustees may include people who are officers and/or directors of other fund families affiliated to the investment adviser. Federal securities law limits the percentage of the “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the Laudus Funds are in compliance with these limitations. The Funds did not pay any of the interested persons for their services as trustees, but did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted in each Fund’s Statement of Operations.
 
A retirement plan was instituted for certain Independent Trustees of the Trust. In September 2006, the Trustees voted to close the Retirement Plan to new participants as of June 26, 2006 and to discontinue making contributions to the Retirement Plan after the plan year ending March 31, 2007. All other terms of the Retirement Plan, including without limitation provisions relating to vesting and payment upon termination of service, remain in effect. Under the terms of the Retirement Plan, upon retirement or other termination from service from the Trust (other than termination for cause), a retiring Independent Trustee who has served as Independent Trustee for at least five years shall be paid a lump sum cash payment (the “Retirement Payment”). The Retirement Payment shall be equal to $10,000 for each year that the Trustee has served as an Independent Trustee of the Trust, including years of service prior to the adoption of the Retirement Plan and including a final one-half year credit for service during the plan year ending March 31, 2007. Beginning April 1, 2005, each Independent Trustee was permitted to make a one-time election to have the $10,000 attributable to service for the coming year and previously accrued benefits adjusted up or down at the end of each subsequent year based on the unweighted average performance of share class with the lowest OER of each fund of the Trust. After the closure of the Retirement Plan, the previously accrued benefits that an Independent Trustee had elected to have adjusted by the performance of the Funds would continue to be adjusted for performance as provided under the Retirement Plan. As a result, the amount of the Retirement Payment payable to any Independent Trustee may increase or decrease based upon performance of the funds. The portion of the total Retirement Payment owed to an Independent Trustee upon his or her retirement that is payable by any fund will be determined based on the relative net assets of the funds of the Trust. The Trust did not pay any pension or retirement benefits for its Trustees.
 
6. Borrowing from Banks:
 
The Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund, Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund and Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund has access to custodian overdraft facilities and to an uncommitted line of credit up to a maximum of $100,000,000, as established by State Street Corporation. Interest is calculated based on the market rates at the time of borrowing. There were no borrowings from the line of credit for the period ended September 30, 2008.
 
7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
 
For the period ended September 30, 2008, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities) were as follows:
 
                 
   
Purchases
 
Sales
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
    $67,311,531       $71,374,097  
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    330,818,101       179,130,873  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
    368,190,999       511,073,222  
 
8. Redemption Fee:
 
Certain Fund shares purchased that were redeemed or exchanged in less than 30 days, are assessed a fee of 2% of the current net asset value of the shares. The fee, which is applied to shares redeemed or exchanged in the order in which they are purchased, is retained by the Fund and is intended to limit short-term trading in the Funds, or to the extent short-term trading persists, to impose the costs of that activity on the shareholders who engage in it. Such amounts are net of the value of shares redeemed on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. For the current and prior period, redemption fees assessed were as follows:
 
                 
    Current Period
  Prior Period
   
(4/1/08-9/30/08)
 
(4/1/07-3/31/08)
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
    $1,571       $1,697  
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    9,695       66,859  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
    12,168       32,882  
 
 
 
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Financial Notes, unaudited (continued)
 
9. Federal Income Taxes:
 
Net capital losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first business day of the Funds’ next taxable year. For the year ended March 31, 2008, the Funds deferred to April 1, 2008 post October capital losses of:
 
         
   
Capital Losses
 
Laudus Rosenberg International Equity Fund
    $1,443,588  
Laudus Rosenberg International Discovery Fund
    7,099,349  
Laudus Rosenberg International Small Capitalization Fund
    75,298,406  
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 48 — Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of SFAS No. 109, was issued in July 2006 and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. This Interpretation provides new requirements for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure in the financial statements of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return when there is uncertainty about whether that tax position will ultimately be sustained. As of September 30, 2008, management has reviewed the tax positions for open tax years (March 31, 2005 through March 31, 2008), and determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.
 
 
 
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) requires that initial approval of, as well as the continuation of, a fund’s investment advisory agreements must be specifically approved (1) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of the fund, and (2) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the investment advisory agreement or “interested persons” of any party (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In connection with such approvals, the Fund’s Trustees must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment advisory agreements.
 
The Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”, as appropriate) calls and holds one or more meetings each year that are dedicated, in whole or in part, to considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreements between Laudus Trust (the “Trust”) and CSIM, and the sub-advisory agreements among the Trust, CSIM and AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC (“AXA Rosenberg”) with respect to existing funds in the Trust operating as of March 31 of the previous year (such investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, collectively, the “Agreements”). In preparation for the meeting(s), the Board requests and reviews a wide variety of materials provided by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, including information about their affiliates, personnel and operations. The Board also receives extensive data provided by third parties. This information is in addition to the detailed information about the Funds that the Board reviews during the course of each year, including information that relates to fund operations and fund performance. The Independent Trustees receive advice from independent counsel to the Independent Trustees, including a memorandum regarding the responsibilities of trustees for the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, the Independent Trustees meet in executive session outside the presence of fund management and participate in question and answer sessions with representatives of CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, as appropriate.
 
As part of the renewal process and ongoing oversight of the advisory and sub-advisory relationships, Independent Trustees’ legal counsel sent an information request letter to CSIM and CSIM sent an information request letter to AXA Rosenberg seeking certain relevant information. The responses by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg were provided to the Trustees for their review prior to their meeting, and the Trustees were provided with the opportunity to request any additional materials.
 
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered information specifically relating to its consideration of the continuance of the Agreements at a meeting held on September 15, 2008, and approved the renewal of the Agreements for an additional one year term.
 
The Board’s approval of the Agreements with respect to the Funds was based on consideration and evaluation of a variety of specific factors discussed at that meeting and at prior meetings, including:
 
1. the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements, including the resources of CSIM and its affiliates, and AXA Rosenberg, dedicated to the Funds;
 
2. each Fund’s investment performance and how it compared to that of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
3. each Fund’s expenses and how those expenses compared to those of certain other comparable mutual funds;
 
4. the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), with respect to each Fund, including both direct and indirect benefits accruing to CSIM and its affiliates, as well as the profitability of AXA Rosenberg; and
 
5. the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow, and whether fee levels in the Agreements reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by CSIM to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates dedicated to the Funds. In this regard, the Trustees evaluated, among other things, CSIM’s personnel, experience, and compliance program. The information considered by the Trustees included specific information concerning changes in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM since the Trustees had last considered approval of the Agreement. The Trustees also considered investments in CSIM’s mutual fund infrastructure. The Trustees also considered Schwab’s excellent reputation in connection with the OneSource mutual fund offering and its overall financial condition. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of the sub-advisory services provided by AXA Rosenberg to the Funds and the resources it dedicates to the Funds. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg to the Funds and the resources of CSIM and its affiliates and the resources of AXA Rosenberg dedicated to
 
 
 
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the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Performance. The Board considered Fund performance in determining whether to renew the Agreements. Specifically, the Trustees considered each Fund’s performance relative to a peer group and peer category of other mutual funds and appropriate indices/benchmarks, in light of total return and market trends. As part of this review, the Trustees considered the composition of the peer group and peer category, selection criteria and the reputation of the third party who prepared the peer group and peer category analysis. In evaluating the performance of each Fund, the Trustees considered both risk and shareholder risk expectations for such Fund, whether, irrespective of relative performance, AXA Rosenberg’s absolute performance was consistent with expectations for its unique quantitative investment methodology and the appropriateness of the benchmark used to compare the performance of each Fund. The Trustees further considered the level of Fund performance in the context of its review of Fund expenses and adviser profitability discussed below. In the case of each Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant peer group for certain (although not necessarily all) periods considered, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the performance of the Funds supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Fund Expenses. With respect to the Funds’ expenses, the Trustees considered the rate of compensation called for by the Agreements, and each Fund’s net operating expense ratio, in each case, in comparison to those of other comparable mutual funds, such peer groups and comparisons having been selected and calculated by an independent third party. The Trustees considered the effects of CSIM’s contractual and voluntary waivers of management and other fees to prevent total Fund expenses from exceeding a specified cap. The Trustees also considered fees charged by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg to other mutual funds and to other types of accounts, such as separate accounts and wrap accounts, but, with respect to such other types of accounts, accorded less weight to such comparisons due to the different legal, regulatory, compliance and operating features of mutual funds as compared to these other types of accounts. Following such evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the expenses of the Funds are reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Profitability. With regard to profitability, the Trustees considered the compensation flowing to CSIM and its affiliates, directly or indirectly and the compensation flowing to AXA Rosenberg, directly or indirectly. In this connection, with respect to the profitability of CSIM and its affiliates, the Trustees reviewed management’s profitability analyses, together with certain commentary thereon from an independent accounting firm. The Trustees also considered any other benefits derived by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg from their relationships with the Funds, such as whether, by virtue of their management of the Funds, CSIM or AXA Rosenberg obtains investment information or other research resources that aid it in providing advisory services to other clients. With respect to CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, and their respective affiliates, the Trustees considered whether the varied levels of compensation and profitability under the Agreements and other service agreements were reasonable and justified in light of the quality of all services rendered to each Fund by CSIM and AXA Rosenberg, and their respective affiliates. The Board also considered information relating to changes to CSIM’s business operations and how these changes affected CSIM’s profitability under the Agreements. With respect to the profitability of AXA Rosenberg, the Board also considered that AXA Rosenberg is compensated by CSIM, and not by the Funds directly, and such compensation reflects an arms-length negotiation between the parties. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations, that the profitability of CSIM and AXA Rosenberg is reasonable and supported renewal of the Agreements with respect to the Funds.
 
Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale and whether those are passed along to a Fund’s shareholders through a graduated investment advisory fee schedule or other means, including any fee waivers by CSIM and its affiliates. In this regard, and consistent with their consideration of Fund expenses, the Trustees considered that CSIM has previously committed resources to minimize the effects on shareholders of diseconomies of scale during periods when Fund assets were relatively small through contractual expense waivers. For example, such diseconomies of scale may particularly affect newer funds or funds with investment strategies that are from time to time out of favor, but shareholders may benefit from the continued availability of such funds at subsidized expense levels. The Trustees also considered existing contractual investment advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels, and AXA Rosenberg’s agreement to contractual sub-advisory fee schedules that, for all Funds, include lower fees at higher graduated asset levels as measured on a complex wide basis. The Board also considered certain existing commitments by CSIM that are designed to pass along potential economies of scale to Fund shareholders. Based on this evaluation, the Board concluded, within the context of its full deliberations,
 
 
 
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that the Funds obtain reasonable benefit from economies of scale.
 
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information or factor that was all important or controlling. Based on the Trustees’ deliberation and their evaluation of the information described above, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Funds and concluded that the compensation under the Agreements with respect to the Funds is fair and reasonable in light of such services and expenses and such other matters as the Trustees have considered to be relevant in the exercise of their reasonable judgment.
 
 
 
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Trustees and Officers
 
The tables below provide information about the trustees and officers for the Laudus Trust, which includes the funds covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes the Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Laudus Trust, and Laudus Institutional Trust. As of September 30, 2008, the Fund Complex included 84 funds.
 
At a meeting of the Board held on September 28-29, 2006, the Trustees voted to adopt a retirement policy for all independent trustees that requires an independent trustee to retire no later than December 31st of the year in which he or she reaches age seventy-two.
 
The address for all trustees and officers is 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-866-452-8387.
 
                 
Independent Trustees
 
Name, Address1
  Principal
  Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Occupation(s)
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office, and
  During the
  Fund Complex
   
Length of Time Served2)
  Past Five Years   Overseen   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
                 
Mariann Byerwalter3
1960
(1/04-present)
  Chairman of JDN Corporate Advisory LLC.     84     Board 1–Director, Redwood Trust, Inc. (mortgage finance).
Board 2–Director, PMI Group, Inc. (mortgage insurance).
 
William A. Hasler3
1941
(1/04-present)
  Retired. Dean Emeritus of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Until February 2004, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Aphton Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).     84     Board 1–Director, Mission West Properties (commercial real estate).
Board 2–Director, TOUSA (home building).
Board 3–Director, Harris-Stratex Networks (a network equipment corporation).
Board 4–Director, Genitope Corp. (bio-pharmaceuticals).
Board 5 –Director, Ditech Networks (voice communication technology).
Board 6–Rubicon Limited (manufacturing).
 
Nils H. Hakansson3
1937
(3/90-present)
  Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Finance and Accounting, Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (since 2003). Mr. Hakansson was also a Professor of Finance and Accounting, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (July 1969 to January 2003).     15     None
 
 
 
 
 
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Interested Trustees
 
Name, Address1
      Number of
   
and Year of Birth;
  Principal
  Portfolios in
   
(Term of Office,
  Occupation(s)
  Fund Complex
   
and Length of Time
  During the
  Overseen by
   
Served2)   Past Five Years   the Trustee   Other Directorships Held by Trustee
 
                 
Randall W. Merk
1954
Trustee
(6/06-present)
  Executive Vice President and President, Investment Management Services, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.; Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.(2002-present); President and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (2007-present); Director, Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Limited and Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds PLC. From September 2002 to July 2004, Chief Executive Officer and President, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. and Executive Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.     15     None
 
 
         
Officers
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
         
Jeffrey Mortimer
1963
(3/08-present, President and CEO) (6/04-present, CIO)
  President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer-Equities, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., and Schwab Funds. Prior to May 2004, Vice President and Sr. Portfolio Manager, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
George Pereira
1964
(6/06-present)
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, Schwab Funds; Director, Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds, PLC and Charles Schwab Asset Management (Ireland) Ltd. Through June 2007, Chief Financial Officer, Mutual Fund Division, UST Advisers, Inc., and Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc., and Excelsior Trust Inc.; From 12/99 to 11/04: Senior Vice President, Financial Reporting, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Catherine MacGregor
1964
(12/05-present)
  Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk   Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until July 2005, Senior Associate, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP.
 
Randall Fillmore
1960
(9/04-present)
  Chief Compliance Officer   Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Schwab Funds. From June 2006 to June 2007, Chief Compliance Officer, Excelsior Funds. From 2002 to 2003, Vice President, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
 
Daniel Kern
1961
(3/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Investment Management Services. Until September 2005, Assistant Treasurer, Laudus Trust and Laudus Variable Insurance Trust. Until December 2004, Vice President, Internal Audit, Charles Schwab Corporation.
 
 
 
 
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Officers continued
 
Name, Address4
       
and Year of Birth;
       
(Term of Office5,
       
and Length of Time
       
Served)   Position with the Trust   Principal Occupation During Past Five Years
 
Michael Haydel
1972
(6/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Asset Management Client Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Until March 2004, Director Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
Cathy Sabo
1964
(12/05-present)
  Vice President   Vice President, Compliance, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President, Schwab Funds; until September 2004, Vice President, Client, Sales & Services Controls, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
 
 
1  The mailing address of each of the Trustees is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
2  Each Trustee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she dies, resigns or is removed.
 
3  Member of the Audit Committee.
 
4  The mailing address of each of the Officers is c/o Laudus Trust, 101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104.
 
5  There is no stated term of office for the officers of the Trust.
 
 
 
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Glossary
 
90 Day T-bill is a short-term discounted, government debt instrument of 90 days or less, issued in $10,000 denominations that pay its face value at maturity. The government issues Treasury bills weekly.
 
Alpha is a measure of a fund’s risk adjusted return. Alpha can be used to directly measure the value added or subtracted by a fund’s manager. It is calculated by measuring the difference between a fund’s actual returns and its expected performance given its level of market risk as measured by beta.
 
Beta is a measure of the volatility of a stock relative to the overall market. A beta of less than one indicates lower historical risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher historical risk than the market.
 
GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
 
Modified Duration expresses the measurable change in the value of a security in response to a change in interest rates. The formula calculates the effect that a 1% change in interest rates will have on the price of a bond.
 
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
 
The S&P/Citigroup Global ex US Broad Market Index (BMI) $2-$10 Billion Cap Range is an absolute size benchmark that divides the investable region into capitalization bands of between $2 billion and $10 billion. It is a subset of the Broad Market Index (BMI), which includes companies in approximately 52 developed and emerging markets with more than $100 million of free float capitalization.
 
The S&P/Citigroup World ex US Extended Market Index (EMI) is a float-adjusted index which measures the performance of small companies (approximately the bottom 20% by market capitalization) in 25 developed equity markets.
 
The Standard & Poor’s 500® (S&P 500) Index is an unmanaged index measuring large-cap U.S. stock market performance, and includes a representative sample of leading companies in leading industries.
 
The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
 
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower valuation ratios such as price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios.
 
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 2500tm Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, and represents approximately 16% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.
 
The Russell 3000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
The Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000 Value or the Russell 2000 Value indexes.
 
Price to earnings ratio is the price of a stock divided by its historical earnings per share.
 
Price to book ratio compares the stock’s market value to the value of the total assets less the total liabilities.
 
Price to cash flow ratio is the price of a stock divided by its reported cash flow per share.
 
Relative strength is the rate that a stock falls relative to other stocks in a falling market or rises relative to other stocks in a rising market.
 
Return on equity represents the amount earned on a company’s common stock investment for a given period, calculated by dividing common stock equity into net income for the period after preferred stock dividends but before common stock dividends.
 
Trading Activity is one of several risk factors commonly used to attribute a portfolio’s return relative to its benchmark. Specifically, trading activity measures a stock’s trailing 12 month trading volume relative to its total shares outstanding. It measures how actively traded a stock has been in the last 12 months.
 
 
 
Proxy Voting
 
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Laudus Funds at 866.452.8387.
 
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by visiting www.laudus.com, or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings
 
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. The information filed on a fund’s most recent Form N-Q is also available at www.laudus.com.
 
 
 
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(LAUDUS FUNDS LOGO)
 
For More Information about the Funds:
 
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
 
Shareholder Services
1.866.452.8387 Investment Professionals
1.800.447.3332 Individual Investors
www.laudus.com
 
 
This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
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Item 2: Code of Ethics.
     Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.
     Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
     Not applicable to this semi-annual report.
Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
     Not applicable.
Item 6: Schedule of Investments.
The schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 


 

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 Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
     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.
     Not applicable.
Item 11: Controls and Procedures.
(a)   Based on their evaluation of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date, Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Mortimer and Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer, George Pereira, have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are: (i) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately communicated to Registrant’s officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosures required in this report; (ii) reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner; and (iii) are effective in achieving the goals described in (i) and (ii) above.
(b)   During the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that the above officers believe to have materially affected, or to be reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

Item 12: Exhibits.
(a) (1)   Code of ethics — not applicable to this semi-annual report.
  (2)   Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, are attached.
 
  (3)   Not applicable.
(b)   A certification for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, is attached. This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant ) Laudus Trust
         
By:
  /s/ Jeffrey Mortimer    
 
 
 
Jeffrey Mortimer
   
 
  President and Chief Executive Officer    
Date: 11/14/08
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/ Jeffrey Mortimer    
 
 
 
Jeffrey Mortimer
   
 
  President and Chief Executive Officer    
Date: 11/14/08
         
By:
  /s/ George Pereira    
 
 
 
George Pereira
   
 
  Principal Financial Officer    
Date: 11/14/08