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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)

 

 

211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Jonathan de St. Paer

Laudus Trust

211 Main Street, San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 636-7000

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2023

 

 

Item 1: Report(s) to Shareholders.

 

 

 


(CHARLES SCHWAB ASSET MANAGMENT LOGO)
Annual Report | March 31, 2023
Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
(formerly Laudus® U.S. Large Cap Growth Fund)
Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
Subadviser
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

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In This Report
Fund investment adviser: Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset ManagementTM
Distributor: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab)
The industry/sector classification of the fund’s portfolio holdings uses the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by Schwab. The Industry classifications used in the Portfolio Holdings are sub-categories of Sector classifications.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Performance at a Glance
The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment 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.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Total Return for the 12 Months Ended March 31, 2023
Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund (Ticker Symbol: LGILX)
-15.94%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
-10.90%
Performance Details
pages 4-6
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 cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Fund expenses may have been partially absorbed by the investment adviser. Without these reductions, the fund’s return would have been lower. This return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
The Investment Environment
For the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, U.S. equity markets lost ground as inflation spiked, interest rates rose, and global economic growth slowed. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine along with the continuing, albeit uneven, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on economies and markets around the world. In addition, in early March 2023, the rapid failure of two U.S. regional banks roiled the financial system, raising concerns about the stability of other regional banks and prompting the federal government to step in to provide support. For the reporting period, the S&P 500® Index, a bellwether for the overall U.S. stock market, returned -7.73%. Among U.S. stocks, large-cap stocks outperformed small-cap stocks, with the Russell 1000® Index and Russell 2000® Index returning -8.39% and -11.61%, respectively. Among U.S. large-cap stocks, growth stocks underperformed value stocks, with the Russell 1000® Growth Index and Russell 1000® Value Index returning -10.90% and -5.91%, respectively.
In the United States, amid fading government stimuli, ongoing supply chain disruptions, and persisting inflation, gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in the second quarter of 2022—decreasing at an annualized rate of -0.6%—but expanded in the third and fourth quarters of 2022—at an annualized rate of 3.2% and 2.6%, respectively—primarily due to increases in consumer spending, exports, private inventory investment, and nonresidential fixed investment. Inflation rose steadily in the first half of 2022 due to imbalances in the labor market, supply chain bottlenecks, and soaring energy costs, hitting a 40-year high in June 2022, before declining through the end of the reporting period, as certain consumer and energy prices receded. The unemployment rate remained near pre-pandemic lows throughout the reporting period despite inflationary pressures.
After maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 0.00% to 0.25% from mid-March 2020 through mid-March 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) shifted its stance as inflation continued to rise and indicators of economic activity and employment continued to strengthen. After issuing successively stronger signals that interest rates could begin to rise sooner in 2022 than previously anticipated, the Fed raised the federal funds rate once in mid-March 2022 and eight times during the reporting period in its effort to achieve a return to price stability. The federal funds rate ended the reporting period in a range of 4.75% to 5.00%. The Fed wrapped up its bond-buying program in March 2022, and in June 2022 began to reduce the $9 trillion in assets held on its balance sheet, vowing to do so more aggressively than during its last round of quantitative tightening between 2017 and 2019. While its efforts were effective through early March 2023, the Fed’s support for banks after the failure of two U.S. regional banks caused its balance sheet to spike near the end of the reporting period.
Among the 11 sectors in the Russell 1000® Growth Index, most lost ground for the reporting period. The weakest sectors were the communication services and the consumer discretionary sectors—both impacted by inflationary pressures and rising interest rates that led to decreased demand as consumers and businesses alike reduced spending or shifted it toward more essential items. The utilities and energy sectors posted gains. The utilities sector was supported by generally stable revenues and gains in price momentum. The energy sector benefitted from higher oil and gas prices and ongoing supply-and-demand disruptions. Despite the negative returns over the reporting period, performance for the first quarter of 2023 was positive, with the information technology sector leading sector performance for the quarter.
Index figures assume dividends and distributions were reinvested. Index figures do not include trading and management costs, which would lower performance. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly. Performance results less than one year are not annualized. Past performance is not an indication of future results.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
Nothing in this report represents a recommendation of a security by the investment adviser.
Management views may have changed since the report date.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund as of March 31, 2023
The Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund (the fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. large-capitalization companies. For more information concerning the fund’s investment objective, strategies, and risks, please see the prospectus.
Market Highlights. For the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023, U.S. equity markets lost ground as inflation spiked, interest rates rose, and global economic growth slowed. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine along with the continuing, albeit uneven, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on economies and markets around the world. In addition, in early March 2023, the rapid failure of two U.S. regional banks roiled the financial system, raising concerns about the stability of other regional banks and prompting the federal government to step in to provide support. Among U.S. stocks, large-cap stocks outperformed small-cap stocks and among U.S. large-cap stocks, growth stocks underperformed value stocks.
Performance. The fund returned -15.94% for the 12-month reporting period ended March 31, 2023. For performance comparisons, the fund uses the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the index), which returned -10.90% for the same period.
Positioning and Strategies. Over the reporting period, stock selection in the communication services and information technology sectors, as well as allocation in the consumer staples sector detracted from relative performance, while allocation in the energy sector was the largest contributor to relative returns.
The largest detractor from relative performance over the reporting period was the communication services sector, where stock selection drove the underperformance. Most notably, an overweight position in Match Group, Inc. detracted from relative performance. Match struggled during the reporting period as the company posted disappointing earnings amid volatile macroeconomic conditions. While the current environment is presenting some unique challenges for Match, including foreign exchange headwinds and weakness in the Asia Pacific region, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (BlackRock) believes the overall market opportunity remains substantial and that the company is competitively well-positioned. Additionally, the fund’s position in Snap, Inc. detracted from relative performance. Snap underperformed significantly, reflecting a more rapid deterioration in the macroenvironment during the reporting period. The fund sold its position in Snap during the reporting period because BlackRock expects ad budgets to remain under pressure in an uncertain macroenvironment. A second key detractor from relative returns was stock selection in the information technology sector, driven by the fund’s position in Marvell Technology, Inc. Marvell Technology underperformed during the reporting period as the company failed to offer solid guidance due to declining demand post pandemic. Lastly, an underweight allocation to the consumer staples sector weighed on relative performance as a result of BlackRock’s decision to not invest in beverages retailing companies given the limited growth and mounting competitive threat.
The energy sector contributed to relative performance, driven by an overweight to the oil & gas exploration & production sub-industry. Specifically, an overweight position in Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and the fund’s position in EQT Corp. contributed to relative performance. Pioneer Natural Resources is an oil and gas exploration and production company while EQT is a low-cost natural gas producer, and both companies performed well during the tightly supplied oil and gas environment. There were also notable stock-level contributors to relative performance during the reporting period. The fund’s position in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE and Evolution AB within the consumer discretionary sector contributed to relative performance. LVMH is the largest luxury conglomerate in the world with 75 distinguished brands across different sectors. LVMH outperformed during the reporting period as the company posted better than expected earnings even amidst an economic slowdown. Similarly, Evolution AB, a provider of online casino technology, posted strong revenue growth given new game launches and increased take rates from existing customers. As a result, the stock outperformed during the period.
Due to a combination of portfolio trading activity and market movements during the reporting period, the largest increases in active sector weights were in the financials and health care sectors. These moves were driven by increasing the fund’s active overweight to the financials services sub-industry in the financials sector and a shift from being underweight to overweight in the health care equipment & supplies sub-industry within the health care sector. Conversely, the largest reductions in active sector weights were in the materials and energy sectors. These changes were primarily driven by reducing exposure to the chemicals and oil, gas & consumable fuels, respectively. At the end of the reporting period the largest sector overweight relative to the index was to the financials sector, followed by the consumer discretionary and health care sectors. The largest sector underweights relative to the index were the consumer staples, industrials, and information technology sectors.
Fund Characteristics
 
Number of Holdings
45
Weighted Average Market Cap
(millions)
$723,389
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
37.12
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
9.09
Portfolio Turnover Rate
(One-year trailing)
49%
Fund Overview
 
 
Fund
Inception Date
10/14/97*
Ticker Symbol
LGILX
Cusip
51855Q549
Net Asset Value (NAV)
$19.87
Management views and portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
*
Inception date is that of the fund’s predecessor fund, the Class Y Shares of the UBS U.S. Large Cap Growth Fund.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Performance and Fund Facts as of March 31, 2023
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 of an investment 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.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus.
Performance of Hypothetical Investment (March 31, 2013 – March 31, 2023)1
Average Annual Total Returns
Fund and Inception Date
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund (10/14/97)1
-15.94%
9.09%
12.50%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
-10.90%
13.66%
14.59%
Fund Expense Ratio2: 0.71%
Total returns include change in share price and reinvestment of distributions. Total returns may reflect the waiver of a portion of the 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. Performance results less than one year are not annualized.
For index definitions, please see the Glossary.
1
Inception date is that of the fund’s predecessor fund, the Class Y Shares of the UBS U.S. Large Cap Growth Fund.
2
As stated in the prospectus. Reflects the total annual fund operating expenses without contractual fee waivers. For actual expense ratios during the period, refer to the Financial Highlights section of the Financial Statements.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Performance and Fund Facts as of March 31, 2023 (continued)
Sector Weightings % of Investments1
Top Equity Holdings % of Net Assets2
Portfolio holdings may have changed since the report date.
1
The percentage may differ from the Portfolio Holdings because the above calculation is based on a percentage of total investments, whereas the calculation in the Portfolio Holdings is based on a percentage of net assets.
2
This list is not a recommendation of any security by the investment adviser or subadviser.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
Examples for a $1,000 Investment
As a fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including 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 the 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 the period beginning October 1, 2022 and held through March 31, 2023.
The Actual Return line 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The Hypothetical Return line in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the fund’s 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. Therefore, the hypothetical return line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
EXPENSE RATIO
(ANNUALIZED) 1
BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
AT 10/1/22
ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
(NET OF EXPENSES)
AT 3/31/23
EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD
10/1/22-3/31/23 2
Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Actual Return
0.75%
$1,000.00
$1,183.60
$4.08
Hypothetical 5% Return
0.75%
$1,000.00
$1,021.19
$3.78
1
Based on the most recent six-month expense ratio.
2
Expenses for the fund are equal to its annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 182 days in the period, and divided
by the 365 days in the fiscal year.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
4/1/22–
3/31/23
4/1/21–
3/31/22
4/1/20–
3/31/21
4/1/19–
3/31/20
4/1/18–
3/31/19
 
Per-Share Data
Net asset value at beginning of period
$26.64
$29.23
$19.61
$21.31
$20.47
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)1
0.01
(0.09
)
(0.07
)
(0.04
)
0.02
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
(4.48
)
1.69
11.21
0.23
2.35
Total from investment operations
(4.47
)
1.60
11.14
0.19
2.37
Less distributions:
Distributions from net investment income
(0.02
)
Distributions from net realized gains
(2.30
)
(4.19
)
(1.52
)
(1.87
)
(1.53
)
Total distributions
(2.30
)
(4.19
)
(1.52
)
(1.89
)
(1.53
)
Net asset value at end of period
$19.87
$26.64
$29.23
$19.61
$21.31
Total return
(15.94
%)
3.88
%
56.98
%
(0.06
%)
12.78
%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Ratios to average net assets:
Net operating expenses
0.75
%2
0.71
%
0.72
%
0.74
%
0.75
%
Gross operating expenses
0.75
%2
0.71
%
0.72
%
0.74
%
0.75
%
Net investment income (loss)
0.03
%
(0.28
%)
(0.25
%)
(0.18
%)
0.07
%
Portfolio turnover rate
49
%
50
%
37
%
40
%
53
%
Net assets, end of period (x 1,000,000)
$1,876
$2,926
$2,943
$1,981
$2,251
1
Calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.
2
Ratio includes less than 0.005% of non-routine proxy expenses.
See financial notes
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Portfolio Holdings  as of March 31, 2023
This section shows all the securities in the fund’s portfolio and their values as of the report date.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F. The fund’s Form N-PORT Part F is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You can also obtain this information at no cost on the fund’s website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, by calling 1-866-414-6349, or by sending an email request to orders@mysummaryprospectus.com. The fund also makes available its complete schedule of portfolio holdings 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter on the fund’s website.
SECURITY
NUMBER
OF SHARES
VALUE ($)
COMMON STOCKS 100.2% OF NET ASSETS
 
Automobiles & Components 2.7%
Tesla, Inc. *
244,021
50,624,596
 
Capital Goods 2.4%
TransDigm Group, Inc.
62,066
45,745,745
 
Commercial & Professional Services 2.2%
Cintas Corp.
47,349
21,907,435
Waste Connections, Inc.
134,793
18,745,663
 
40,653,098
 
Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail 7.7%
Amazon.com, Inc. *
1,310,295
135,340,370
Ross Stores, Inc.
88,851
9,429,757
 
144,770,127
 
Consumer Durables & Apparel 4.3%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE,
ADR
203,497
37,388,504
NIKE, Inc., Class B
350,946
43,040,017
 
80,428,521
 
Consumer Services 3.4%
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. *
15,410
26,324,749
Evolution AB, ADR
287,158
38,295,391
 
64,620,140
 
Energy 1.4%
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
143,014
22,539,006
EQT Corp.
110,360
3,521,588
 
26,060,594
 
Financial Services 12.5%
Adyen N.V. *
804,076
12,736,564
Blackstone, Inc.
262,556
23,062,919
Mastercard, Inc., Class A
127,679
46,399,825
MSCI, Inc.
54,828
30,686,683
S&P Global, Inc.
107,193
36,956,931
Visa, Inc., Class A
375,183
84,588,759
 
234,431,681
 
Health Care Equipment & Services 7.8%
Boston Scientific Corp. *
551,110
27,572,033
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. *
56,129
28,068,991
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. *
134,541
34,371,189
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
119,683
56,560,989
 
146,573,202
 
SECURITY
NUMBER
OF SHARES
VALUE ($)
Materials 1.1%
The Sherwin-Williams Co.
92,695
20,835,055
 
Media & Entertainment 7.8%
Alphabet, Inc., Class A *
873,843
90,643,734
Match Group, Inc. *
716,502
27,506,512
Netflix, Inc. *
82,243
28,413,312
 
146,563,558
 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences 7.4%
AstraZeneca plc, ADR
170,626
11,843,151
Danaher Corp.
152,040
38,320,162
Eli Lilly & Co.
32,574
11,186,563
Lonza Group AG, ADR
362,046
21,688,293
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
43,760
25,221,951
Zoetis, Inc.
182,534
30,380,959
 
138,641,079
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 12.0%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. *
442,854
43,404,120
ASML Holding N.V. NY Registry Shares
94,062
64,028,944
KLA Corp.
91,382
36,476,953
NVIDIA Corp.
293,867
81,627,437
 
225,537,454
 
Software & Services 18.4%
Bill.com Holdings, Inc. *
73,610
5,972,715
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. *
186,463
39,174,012
Intuit, Inc.
175,876
78,410,797
Microsoft Corp.
588,520
169,670,316
MongoDB, Inc. *
15,890
3,704,277
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. *
48,945
9,776,274
ServiceNow, Inc. *
80,877
37,585,160
 
344,293,551
 
Technology Hardware & Equipment 9.1%
Apple Inc.
1,031,223
170,048,673
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,253,078,217)
1,879,827,074
See financial notes
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Portfolio Holdings  as of March 31, 2023 (continued)
SECURITY
NUMBER
OF SHARES
VALUE ($)
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.0% OF NET ASSETS
 
Money Market Funds 0.0%
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money Market
Fund, Premier Class 4.70% (a)
430,719
430,719
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $430,719)
430,719
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $1,253,508,936)
1,880,257,793
*
Non-income producing security.
(a)
The rate shown is the annualized 7-day yield.
ADR —
American Depositary Receipt

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2023 (see financial note 2(a) for additional information):
DESCRIPTION
QUOTED PRICES IN
ACTIVE MARKETS FOR
IDENTICAL ASSETS
(LEVEL 1)
OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
TOTAL
Assets
Common Stocks1
$1,879,827,074
$
$
$1,879,827,074
Short-Term Investments1
430,719
430,719
Total
$1,880,257,793
$—
$—
$1,880,257,793
1
As categorized in the Portfolio Holdings.
Fund investments in mutual funds are classified as Level 1, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying
securities held by the mutual funds, which could be Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
See financial notes
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
Assets
Investments in securities, at value - unaffiliated (cost $1,253,508,936)
 
$1,880,257,793
Cash
 
13,500
Receivables:
 
Investments sold
 
3,774,096
Fund shares sold
 
797,718
Dividends
 
189,892
Foreign tax reclaims
 
12,961
Prepaid expenses
+
19,913
Total assets
 
1,885,065,873
 
Liabilities
Payables:
 
Investments bought
 
3,819,462
Fund shares redeemed
 
3,788,213
Investment adviser fees
 
1,040,443
Sub-accounting and sub-transfer agent fees
 
136,785
Independent trustees’ fees
 
384
Accrued expenses
+
94,691
Total liabilities
 
8,879,978
Net assets
 
$1,876,185,895
 
Net Assets by Source
Capital received from investors
 
$1,255,922,363
Total distributable earnings
+
620,263,532
Net assets
 
$1,876,185,895
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Assets
÷
Shares
Outstanding
=
NAV
$1,876,185,895
 
94,446,037
$19.87
 
 
 
 
See financial notes
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Statement of Operations
For the period April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023
Investment Income
Dividends received from securities - unaffiliated (net of foreign withholding tax of $395,278)
 
$16,486,866
 
Expenses
Investment adviser fees
 
13,256,969
Sub-accounting and sub-transfer agent fees
 
1,957,051
Shareholder reports
 
126,182
Proxy fees1
 
94,146
Accounting and administration fees
 
89,386
Independent trustees’ fees
 
74,367
Professional fees
 
58,266
Registration fees
 
54,839
Custodian fees
 
49,116
Transfer agent fees
 
21,034
Other expenses
+
26,661
Total expenses
15,808,017
Net investment income
 
678,849
 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES)
Net realized gains on sales of securities - unaffiliated
 
321,598
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities - unaffiliated
+
(502,671,436
)
Net realized and unrealized losses
 
(502,349,838
)
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations
 
($501,670,989
)
1
Proxy fees are non-routine expenses (see financial note 4 for additional information).
See financial notes
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the current and prior report periods
OPERATIONS
 
4/1/22-3/31/23
4/1/21-3/31/22
Net investment income (loss)
 
$678,849
($8,917,784)
Net realized gains
 
321,598
414,266,125
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
+
(502,671,436
)
(288,057,571
)
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
($501,670,989
)
$117,290,770
 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
Total distributions
 
($219,998,276
)
($413,156,206
)
TRANSACTIONS IN FUND SHARES
 
4/1/22-3/31/23
4/1/21-3/31/22
 
 
SHARES
VALUE
SHARES
VALUE
Shares sold
 
11,457,148
$234,521,827
17,230,277
$533,578,230
Shares reinvested
 
10,018,932
181,843,602
11,156,502
334,471,940
Shares redeemed
+
(36,885,487
)
(744,859,725
)
(19,204,653
)
(588,640,294
)
Net transactions in fund shares
 
(15,409,407
)
($328,494,296
)
9,182,126
$279,409,876
 
SHARES OUTSTANDING AND NET ASSETS
 
4/1/22-3/31/23
4/1/21-3/31/22
 
 
SHARES
NET ASSETS
SHARES
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period
 
109,855,444
$2,926,349,456
100,673,318
$2,942,805,016
Total increase (decrease)
+
(15,409,407
)
(1,050,163,561
)
9,182,126
(16,455,560
)
End of period
 
94,446,037
$1,876,185,895
109,855,444
$2,926,349,456
See financial notes
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Financial Notes
1. Business Structure of the Fund:
Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund is the only series of Laudus Trust (the trust), a no-load, open-end management investment company organized April 1, 1988. The trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act).
The Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund offers one share class. Shares are bought and sold at closing net asset value per share (NAV), which is the price for all outstanding shares of the fund.
The fund maintains its own account for purposes of holding assets and accounting, and is considered a separate entity for tax purposes. Within its account, the fund may also keep certain assets in segregated accounts, as required by securities law. The "Fund Complex" includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust.


2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies the fund uses in its preparation of financial statements. The fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accounting policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
The fund may invest in certain mutual funds, which are referred to as "underlying funds". For more information about the underlying funds’ operations and policies, please refer to those funds’ semiannual and annual reports, which are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
(a) Security Valuation:
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated authority to a Valuation Designee, the fund’s investment adviser, to make fair valuation determinations under adopted procedures, subject to Board oversight. The investment adviser has formed a Pricing Committee to administer the pricing and valuation of portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities as well as to ensure that prices used for internal purposes or provided by third parties reasonably reflect fair value. The Valuation Designee may utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.
Securities held in the fund’s portfolio are valued every business day. The following valuation policies and procedures are used by the Valuation Designee to value various types of securities:
• Securities traded on an exchange or over-the-counter: Traded securities are valued at the closing value for the day, or, on days when no closing value has been reported, at the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotes. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges are valued at the official closing price or the last sales price on the exchange where the securities are principally traded with these values then translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate, unless these securities are fair valued as discussed below.
• Foreign equity security fair valuation: The Valuation Designee has adopted procedures to fair value foreign equity securities that are traded in markets that close prior to the valuation of a fund’s holdings. By fair valuing securities whose prices may have been affected by events occurring after the close of trading, the Valuation Designee seeks to establish prices that investors might expect to realize upon the current sales of these securities. This methodology is designed to deter “arbitrage” market timers, who seek to exploit delays between the change in the value of the fund’s portfolio holdings and the NAV of the fund’s shares and seeks to help ensure that the prices at which the fund’s shares are purchased and redeemed are fair and do not result in dilution of shareholder interest or other harm to shareholders. When fair value pricing is used at the open or close of a reporting period, it may cause a temporary divergence between the return of the fund and that of its comparative index or benchmark.
• Mutual funds: Mutual funds are valued at their respective NAVs.
• Securities for which no quoted value is available: The Valuation Designee has adopted procedures to fair value the fund’s securities when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. For example, a security may be fair valued when it’s de-listed or its trading is halted or suspended; when a security’s primary pricing source is unable or unwilling to provide a price; or when a security’s primary trading market is closed during regular market hours. Fair value determinations are made in good faith in accordance with adopted valuation procedures. The Valuation Designee considers a number of factors, including unobservable market inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Valuation Designee may employ methods such as the review of
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
related or comparable assets or liabilities, related market activities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, transactional back-testing, disposition analysis and other relevant information. Due to the subjective and variable nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that a fund could obtain the fair value assigned to the security upon the sale of such security.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the significant inputs to valuation methods used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurements). If inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. If it is determined that either the volume and/or level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased (from normal conditions for that asset or liability) or price quotations or observable inputs are not associated with orderly transactions, increased analysis and the Valuation Designee’s judgment will be required to estimate fair value.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments — Investments whose values are based on quoted market prices in active markets. These generally include active listed equities, mutual funds,exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and futures contracts. Mutual funds and ETFs are classified as Level 1 prices, without consideration to the classification level of the underlying securities held.
• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) — Investments that trade in markets that are not considered to be active, but whose values are based on quoted market prices, dealer quotations or valuations provided by alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified as Level 2 prices. These generally include U.S. government and sovereign obligations, most government agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds, certain mortgage products, less liquid listed equities, and state, municipal and provincial obligations. In addition, international securities whose markets close hours before the valuation of a fund’s holdings may require fair valuations due to significant movement in the U.S. markets occurring after the daily close of the foreign markets. The Valuation Designee has approved a vendor that calculates fair valuations of international equity securities based on a number of factors that appear to correlate to the movements in the U.S. markets.
• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Designee’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) — Investments whose values are classified as Level 3 prices have significant unobservable inputs, as they may trade infrequently or not at all.  When observable prices are not readily available for these securities, one or more valuation methods are used for which sufficient and reliable data is available. The inputs used in estimating the value of Level 3 prices may include the original transaction price, quoted prices for similar securities or assets in active markets, completed or pending third-party transactions in the underlying investment or comparable issuers, and changes in financial ratios or cash flows. Level 3 prices may also be adjusted to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability, with the amount of such discount estimated in the absence of market information.  Assumptions used due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a fund’s results of operations.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The levels associated with valuing the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2023, are disclosed in the fund’s Portfolio Holdings.
(b) 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.
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. Realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the differences between the recorded amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange appreciation or depreciation arises from changes in foreign exchange rates on foreign denominated assets and liabilities other than
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2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
investments in securities held at the end of the reporting period. These realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses are reported in foreign currency transactions or translations in the fund’s Statement of Operations. The fund does not isolate the portion of the fluctuations 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.
Gains realized by the fund on the sale of securities in certain foreign countries may be subject to non-U.S. taxes. In those instances, the fund records a liability based on unrealized appreciation to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities.
(c) Investment Income:
Interest income is recorded as it accrues. Dividends and distributions from portfolio securities and underlying funds are recorded on the date they are effective (the ex-dividend date), although the fund records certain foreign security dividends on the date the ex-dividend date is confirmed. Any distributions from underlying funds are recorded in accordance with the character of the distributions as designated by the underlying funds.
Income received from foreign sources may result in withholding tax. Withholding taxes are accrued at the same time as the related income if the tax rate is fixed and known, unless a tax withheld is reclaimable from the local tax authorities in which case it is recorded as receivable. If the tax rate is not known or estimable, such expense or reclaim receivable is recorded when the net proceeds are received.
(d) Expenses:
Expenses that are specific to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Expenses that are common to more than one fund in the Fund Complex generally are allocated among those funds in proportion to their average daily net assets.
(e) Distributions to Shareholders:
The fund makes distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, once a year. To receive a distribution, you must be a registered shareholder on the record date. Distributions are paid to shareholders on the payable date.
(f) Accounting Estimates:
The accounting policies described in this report conform to GAAP. 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’s possible that once the results are known, they may turn out to be different from these estimates and these differences may be material.
(g) Federal Income Taxes:
The fund intends to meet federal income and excise tax requirements for regulated investment companies under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Accordingly, the fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, to its shareholders each year. As long as the fund meets the tax requirements, it is not required to pay federal income tax.
(h) Foreign Taxes:
The fund may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, corporate events, foreign currency exchanges and capital gains on investments. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in foreign markets in which the fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the fund and are disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations. Foreign taxes accrued as of March 31, 2023, if any, are reflected in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(i) Indemnification:
Under the fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business the fund enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund. However, based on experience, the fund expects the risk of loss attributable to these arrangements to be remote.
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Financial Notes (continued)
2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued):
(j) Regulatory Update:
Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information deemed important for retail investors to assess and monitor their fund investments. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these rule and form amendment changes on the content of the current shareholder report and the newly created annual and semiannual streamlined shareholder reports.


3. Risk Factors:
Investing in the fund may involve certain risks, as discussed in the fund’s prospectus, including, but not limited to, those described below. Any of these risks could cause an investor to lose money.
Market Risk. Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory and other conditions, including economic sanctions and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
Management Risk. As with all actively managed funds, the fund is subject to the risk that its subadviser will select investments or allocate assets in a manner that could cause the fund to underperform or otherwise not meet its investment objective. The fund’s subadviser applies its own investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that they will produce the desired results.
Equity Risk. The prices of equity securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
Market Capitalization Risk. Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types of investments, the fund’s performance could be impacted.
Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies.
Growth Investing Risk. Growth stocks can be volatile. Growth companies usually invest a high portion of earnings in their businesses and may lack the dividends of value stocks that can cushion stock prices in a falling market. The prices of growth stocks are based largely on projections of the issuer’s future earnings and revenues. If a company’s earnings or revenues fall short of expectations, its stock price may fall dramatically. Growth stocks may also be more expensive relative to their earnings or assets compared to value or other stocks.
Foreign Investment Risk. The fund’s investments in securities of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions; differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity of the fund’s investments, and could impair the fund’s ability to meet its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of the fund’s investment being adversely affected. Foreign securities also include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) which may be less liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market and GDRs, many of which are issued by companies in emerging markets, may be more volatile. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets or securities of issuers that conduct their business in emerging markets.
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Financial Notes (continued)
3. Risk Factors (continued):
Derivatives Risk. The fund may, but is not required to, use derivatives to earn income and enhance returns, to manage or adjust the risk profile of the fund, to replace more traditional direct investments, or to obtain exposure to certain markets. A future is an agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a specific price on a specific day. An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an instrument at a specific price on or before a specific date. A forward currency agreement involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. The fund’s use of derivatives involves risks different from or possibly greater than the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Certain of these risks, such as leverage risk, market risk, liquidity risk and management risk, are discussed elsewhere in this section. The fund’s use of derivatives is also subject to credit risk, lack of availability risk, valuation risk, correlation risk and tax risk. Credit risk is the risk that the counterparty to a derivative may not fulfill its contractual obligations. Lack of availability risk is the risk that suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances for risk management or other purposes. Valuation risk is the risk that a particular derivative may be valued incorrectly. Correlation risk is the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Tax risk is the risk that the use of derivatives may cause the fund to realize higher amounts of short-term capital gains. The fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the fund’s performance, increase the fund’s volatility, and could cause the fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. However, these risks are less severe when the fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security. The use of derivatives that are subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could cause the fund to become a commodity pool, which would require the fund to comply with certain CFTC rules.
Leverage Risk. Certain fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose the fund to greater risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately large impact on the fund.
Liquidity Risk. The fund may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or price, or the fund may have to sell them at a loss.
Please refer to the fund’s prospectus for a more complete description of the principal risks of investing in the fund.


4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions:
Investment Adviser
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., dba Schwab Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the fund’s investment adviser pursuant to the Management Contract (Advisory Agreement) between the investment adviser and the trust. BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (BlackRock), the fund’s subadviser, provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the fund, subject to the supervision of the investment adviser.
For its advisory services to the fund, the investment adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, payable monthly, based on a percentage of the fund’s average daily net assets described as follows:
% OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
 
First $500 million
0.700
%
$500 million to $1 billion
0.650
%
$1 billion to $1.5 billion
0.600
%
$1.5 billion to $2 billion
0.575
%
Over $2 billion
0.550
%
For the period ended March 31, 2023, the aggregate net advisory fee paid to the investment adviser was 0.63% (annualized) for the fund, as a percentage of the fund’s average daily net assets.
The investment adviser (not the fund) pays a portion of the advisory fees it receives to BlackRock in return for its portfolio management services.
Shareholder Servicing
The trustees have authorized the fund to reimburse, out of the assets of the fund, financial intermediaries, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (a broker-dealer affiliate of the investment adviser, Schwab) (together, “service providers”) that provide sub-accounting and sub-transfer agency services in connection with the fund’s shares in an amount of up to 0.10% of the average
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4. Affiliates and Affiliated Transactions (continued):
daily net assets of the fund on an annual basis. The sub-accounting and sub-transfer agency fee paid to a particular service provider is made pursuant to its written agreement with Schwab, as distributor of the fund (or, in the case of payments made to Schwab acting as a service provider, pursuant to Schwab’s written agreement with the fund), and the fund will pay no more than 0.10% of the average annual daily net asset value of the fund shares owned by shareholders holding shares through such service provider. Payments are made as described above without regard to whether the fee is more or less than the service provider’s actual cost of providing the services, and if more, such excess may be retained as profit by the service provider.
Expense Limitation
The investment adviser has contractually agreed, until at least July 30, 2024, to limit the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses) of the fund to 0.77%. Acquired fund fees and expenses are indirect expenses incurred by a fund through its investments in underlying funds.
Investments from Affiliates
Certain funds in the Fund Complex may own shares of other funds in the Fund Complex. The table below reflects the percentage of shares of the fund that are owned by other funds in the Fund Complex as of March 31, 2023:
Schwab Balanced Fund
5.1
%
Schwab Target 2010 Fund
0.1
%
Schwab Target 2015 Fund
0.1
%
Schwab Target 2020 Fund
0.4
%
Schwab Target 2025 Fund
0.6
%
Schwab Target 2030 Fund
1.8
%
Schwab Target 2035 Fund
1.2
%
Schwab Target 2040 Fund
2.9
%
Schwab Target 2045 Fund
0.9
%
Schwab Target 2050 Fund
1.0
%
Schwab Target 2055 Fund
0.8
%
Schwab Target 2060 Fund
0.2
%
Schwab Target 2065 Fund
0.1
%
Interfund Transactions
The fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser may engage in transactions with certain other funds they manage in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. When a fund is seeking to sell a security that another is seeking to buy, an interfund transaction can allow both funds to benefit by reducing transaction costs. This practice is limited to funds that share the same investment adviser, sub-adviser, trustees and/or officers. For the period ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not have any purchases and sales of securities with other funds managed by the investment adviser or sub-adviser.
Interfund Borrowing and Lending
Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the fund may enter into interfund borrowing and lending transactions with other funds in the Fund Complex. All loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. All loans are subject to numerous conditions designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all participating funds. The interfund lending facility is subject to the oversight and periodic review by the Board. The fund had no interfund borrowing or lending activity during the period.


5. Board of Trustees:
The Board may include people who are officers and/or directors of the investment adviser or its affiliates. Federal securities law limits the percentage of such “interested persons” who may serve on a trust’s board, and the trust was in compliance with these limitations throughout the report period. The fund did not pay any of these interested persons for their services as trustees, but it did pay non-interested persons (independent trustees), as noted in the fund’s Statement of Operations. For information regarding the trustees, please refer to Trustees and Officers table at the end of this report.
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6. Borrowing from Banks:
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, syndicated, committed $850 million line of credit (the Syndicated Credit Facility), which matured on September 29, 2022. On September 29, 2022, the Syndicated Credit Facility was amended to run for a new 364 day period with the line of credit amount increasing to $1 billion, maturing on September 28, 2023. Under the terms of the Syndicated Credit Facility, in addition to the interest charged on any borrowings by the fund, the fund paid a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum on its proportionate share of the unused portion of the Syndicated Credit Facility.
During the period, the fund was a participant with other funds in the Fund Complex in a joint, unsecured, uncommitted $400 million line of credit (the Uncommitted Credit Facility), with State Street Bank and Trust Company which matured on September 29, 2022. On September 29, 2022, the Uncommitted Credit Facility was amended to run for a new 364 day period with the line of credit amount remaining unchanged, maturing on September 28, 2023. Under the terms of the Uncommitted Credit Facility, the fund pays interest on the amount it borrows. There were no borrowings by the fund from either line of credit during the period.
The fund also has access to custodian overdraft facilities. The fund may have utilized the overdraft facility and incurred an interest expense, which is disclosed in the fund’s Statement of Operations, if any. The interest expense is determined based on a negotiated rate above the current Federal Funds Rate.


7. Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities:
For the period ended March 31, 2023, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term obligations) were as follows:
PURCHASES
OF SECURITIES
SALES
OF SECURITIES
$1,028,087,755
$1,553,603,413


8. Federal Income Taxes:
As of March 31, 2023, the tax basis cost of the fund’s investments and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
TAX COST
GROSS UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
GROSS UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
$1,264,849,353
$700,002,431
($84,593,991)
$615,408,440
As of March 31, 2023, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
UNDISTRIBUTED
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS
NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
ON INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL LOSS
CARRYFORWARDS AND OTHER LOSSES
TOTAL
$5,643,041
$615,408,440
($787,949)
$620,263,532
The primary difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation or unrealized depreciation of investments is the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. The tax cost of the fund’s investments, disclosed above, have been adjusted from its book amounts to reflect these unrealized appreciation or depreciation differences, as applicable.
For tax purposes, late-year ordinary losses may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following fiscal year. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, the fund had late-year ordinary losses deferred of $787,949.
The tax basis components of distributions paid during the current and prior fiscal years were as follows:
 
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS
PRIOR FISCAL YEAR END DISTRIBUTIONS
 
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL
GAINS
ORDINARY
INCOME
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL
GAINS
 
$219,998,276
$14,751,631
$398,404,575
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8. Federal Income Taxes (continued):
Distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax basis, which may differ from net investment income and net realized gains for financial reporting purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements. The fund may also designate a portion of the amount paid to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences may result in reclassifications between components of net assets as required. The adjustments will have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.
As of March 31, 2023, management has reviewed the tax positions for open periods (for federal purposes, three years from the date of filing and for state purposes, four years from the date of filing) as applicable to the fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.  The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the fund’s Statement of Operations.  During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.


9. Subsequent Events:
Management has determined there are no subsequent events or transactions through the date the financial statements were issued that would have materially impacted the financial statements as presented.
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Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Laudus Trust and Shareholders of Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio holdings, of Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”), the fund constituting Laudus Trust, as of March 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The financial highlights for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2020 were audited by other auditors, whose report, dated May 18, 2020, expressed an unqualified opinion on such financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2023 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Denver, Colorado
May 17, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Schwab Funds Complex since 2020.
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Other Federal Tax Information (unaudited)
Under section 852(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund designates $219,998,276 as long-term capital gain dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.
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Trustees and Officers
The tables below give information about the trustees and officers of Laudus Trust, which includes the fund covered in this report. The “Fund Complex” includes The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Investments, Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust. The Fund Complex includes 105 funds.
The address for all trustees and officers is 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. You can find more information about the trustees and officers in the Statement of Additional Information, which is available free by calling 1-877-824-5615.
Independent Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Michael J. Beer
1961
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2022)
Retired. Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Dec. 2016 – Sept. 2019), Principal Funds (investment management).
105
Director (2016 – 2019),
Principal Funds, Inc.
Robert W. Burns
1959
Trustee
(Trustee of Schwab Strategic Trust
since 2009; The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios and
Laudus Trust since 2016)
Retired/Private Investor.
105
None
Nancy F. Heller
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2018)
Retired.
105
None
David L. Mahoney
1954
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios and
Laudus Trust since 2011; Schwab
Strategic Trust since 2016)
Private Investor.
105
Director
(2004 – present),
Corcept Therapeutics
Incorporated
Director (2009 – 2021),
Adamas
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director (2003 – 2019),
Symantec Corporation
Jane P. Moncreiff
1961
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2019)
Consultant (2018 – present), Fulham Advisers LLC (management
consulting); Chief Investment Officer (2009 – 2017), CareGroup
Healthcare System, Inc. (healthcare).
105
None
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Independent Trustees (continued)
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Kimberly S. Patmore
1956
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2016)
Consultant (2008 – present), Patmore Management Consulting
(management consulting).
105
None
J. Derek Penn
1957
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2021)
Head of Equity Sales and Trading (2006 – 2018), BNY Mellon (financial
services).
105
None
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Interested Trustees
Name, Year of Birth, and
Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and
length of Time Served1)
Principal Occupations
During the Past Five Years
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
the Trustee
Other Directorships
Walter W. Bettinger II2
1960
Chairman and Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust
and Schwab Annuity Portfolios since
2008; Schwab Strategic Trust since
2009; Laudus Trust since 2010)
Co-Chairman of the Board (July 2022 – present), Director and Chief
Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – present) and President
(Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2021), The Charles Schwab Corporation; President and
Chief Executive Officer (Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2021) and Director
(May 2008 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Director
(Apr. 2006 – present), Charles Schwab Bank, SSB; Director
(Nov. 2017 – present), Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB; Director
(July 2019 – present), Charles Schwab Trust Bank; Director
(May 2008 – present), Chief Executive Officer (Aug. 2017 – present) and
President (Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2021), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director
(Oct. 2020 – present), TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation; Director
(July 2016 – Oct. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
105
Director
(2008 – present), The
Charles Schwab
Corporation
Richard A. Wurster2
1973
Trustee
(Trustee of The Charles Schwab
Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust,
Schwab Annuity Portfolios, Schwab
Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust
since 2022)
President (Oct. 2021 – present) and Executive Vice President – Schwab
Asset Management Solutions (Apr. 2019 – Oct. 2021), The Charles
Schwab Corporation; President, Director (Oct. 2021 – present), Executive
Vice President – Schwab Asset Management Solutions
(July 2019 – Oct. 2021) and Senior Vice President – Advisory
(May 2016 – July 2019), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; President
(Nov. 2021 – present), Schwab Holdings, Inc.; Director
(Oct. 2021 – present) and Chief Executive Officer (Nov. 2019 – Jan. 2022),
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Director, Chief Executive
Officer and President (Mar. 2018 – Oct. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment
Advisory, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (July 2016 – Apr. 2018) and
President (Mar. 2017 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc.; Chief Executive
Officer (July 2016 – Apr. 2018), Windhaven Investment Management, Inc.
105
None
Officers of the Trust
Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and length of Time Served3)
Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Jonathan de St. Paer
1973
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2018)
Director (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Oct. 2018 – present), Chief Operating Officer
(Jan. 2021 – present), and Chief Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – Nov. 2019), Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.; Senior Vice President (June 2020 – Mar. 2022) and Chief
Operating Officer (Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Chief
Executive Officer (Apr. 2019 – present), President (Nov. 2018 – present) and Trustee
(Apr. 2019 – Dec. 2020), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Managing Director
(May 2022 – present), Senior Vice President (Apr. 2019 – May 2022) and Senior Vice
President – Strategy and Product Development (CSIM) (Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019), Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc.
Mark Fischer
1970
Chief Operating Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2013)
Chief Operating Officer (Dec. 2020 – present) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2022), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Chief Financial
Officer (Mar. 2020 – present) and Vice President (Oct. 2013 – present), Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.
Dana Smith
1965
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2023)
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Jan. 2023 – present) and Assistant Treasurer
(Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2022), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Vice President
(Mar. 2022 – present) and Director (Oct. 2015 – Mar. 2022), Charles Schwab Investment
Management, Inc.
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Officers of the Trust (continued)
Name, Year of Birth, and Position(s) with the trust
(Terms of office, and length of Time Served3)
Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years
Omar Aguilar
1970
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2011)
Chief Executive Officer (Jan. 2022 – present), Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present)
and Senior Vice President (Apr. 2011 – Dec. 2021), Charles Schwab Investment
Management, Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President (Oct. 2022 – present),
Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs.
Brett Wander
1961
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2011)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Apr. 2011 – present), Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(June 2011 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs.
William P. McMahon, Jr.
1972
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios, Schwab Strategic Trust and Laudus Trust since
2021)
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (Jan. 2020 – present), Charles Schwab
Investment Management, Inc.; Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(June 2021 – present), Schwab Funds, Laudus Trust and Schwab ETFs; Senior Vice President
and Chief Investment Officer – ThomasPartners Strategies (Apr. 2018 – Dec. 2019), Charles
Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
(May 2001 – Apr. 2018), ThomasPartners, Inc.
Catherine MacGregor
1964
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Schwab Funds and
Schwab ETFs
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Clerk, Laudus Trust
(Officer of The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab
Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity
Portfolios and Laudus Trust since 2005; Schwab Strategic
Trust since 2009)
Chief Legal Officer (Mar. 2022 – present) and Vice President (Sept. 2005 – present), Charles
Schwab Investment Management, Inc.; Managing Director (May 2022 – present) and Vice
President (July 2005 – May 2022), Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Vice President
(Dec. 2005 – present) and Chief Legal Officer and Clerk (Mar. 2007 – present), Laudus Trust;
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President
(Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2021) and Assistant Secretary (June 2007 – Oct. 2021), Schwab Funds;
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary (Oct. 2021 – present), Vice President and Assistant
Secretary (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2021), Schwab ETFs.
1
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. The retirement policy requires that each independent trustee retire by December 31 of the year in which the Trustee turns 74 or the Trustee’s twentieth year of service as an independent trustee on any trust in the Fund Complex, whichever occurs first.
2
Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Wurster are Interested Trustees. Mr. Bettinger and Mr. Wurster are Interested Trustees because each owns stock of The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC), the parent company of Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc., the investment adviser for the trusts in the Fund Complex, and is an employee of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), the principal underwriter for The Charles Schwab Family of Funds, Schwab Investments, Schwab Capital Trust, Schwab Annuity Portfolios and Laudus Trust.
3
The President, Treasurer and Secretary/Clerk hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualified or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each of the other officers serves at the pleasure of the Board.
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Glossary
dividend yield An expression of a stock’s market value in relationship to its dividend amount as a percentage. It is calculated by dividing the stock’s annual dividends by the market price of the stock.
price to earnings ratio 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.
Russell 1000 Growth Index An index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Russell 1000 Index An index that 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. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
Russell 1000 Value Index An index that measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.
Russell 2000 Index An index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
S&P 500 Index An index that is designed to measure the performance of 500 leading publicly traded companies from a broad range of industries.
sovereign debt Debt issued by a national government within a given country and denominated in a foreign currency.
trading activity 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.
weighted average market cap A measure of the size of the companies in which a fund invests, based upon the market value of a fund’s securities each weighted according to its percent of the portfolio.
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Notes

Notes

Notes

Schwab Select Large Cap Growth Fund
Schwab Asset Management
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A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies on behalf of the funds is available without charge, upon request, by visiting the Schwab Funds’ website at www.schwabassetmanagement.com/schwabfunds_prospectus, the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Schwab Funds at 1-877-824-5615.
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²
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MFR55508-13
00285364


Item 2: Code of Ethics.

 

(a)

Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and any other persons who perform a similar function, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by Registrant or a third party.

 

(c)

During the period covered by the report, no amendments were made to the provisions of this code of ethics.

 

(d)

During the period covered by the report, Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of this code of ethics.

 

(f)(1)

Registrant has filed this code of ethics as an exhibit pursuant to Item 13(a)(1) of Form N-CSR.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Kimberly S. Patmore, Michael J. Beer and J. Derek Penn, each currently serving on its audit, compliance and valuation committee, are each an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Each member of Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee is “independent” under the standards set forth in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

The designation of each of Ms. Patmore, Mr. Beer and Mr. Penn as an “audit committee financial expert” pursuant to Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not (i) impose upon such individual any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed upon such individual as a member of Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee or Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation; and (ii) affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee or Board of Trustees.


Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Registrant is composed of one series which has a fiscal year-end of March 31, whose annual financial statements are reported in Item 1. Principal accountant fees disclosed in Items 4(a)-(d) and 4(g) include fees billed for services rendered to the operational series during 2023 and 2022 fiscal years, as applicable.

The following table presents fees billed by the principal accountant in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Funds:

 

(a) Audit Fees1     (b)Audit-Related Fees     (c) Tax Fees2     (d) All Other Fees  
                                           
Fiscal Year
2023
  Fiscal Year
2022
    Fiscal Year
2023
    Fiscal Year
2022
    Fiscal Year
2023
    Fiscal Year
2022
    Fiscal Year
2023
    Fiscal Year
2022
 
$31,080   $ 31,080     $ 0     $ 0     $ 3,100     $ 3,100     $ 0     $ 0  

 

1

The nature of the services includes audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and normally provided services in connection with regulatory filings for those fiscal years.

2

The nature of the services includes tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

(e)(1)   Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee does not have pre-approval policies and procedures as described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(2) There were no services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) above (including services required to be approved by Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X) that were approved by Registrant’s audit, compliance and valuation committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) Below are the aggregate non-audit fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years by Registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to Registrant, to Registrant’s investment adviser, and to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant.

 

2023: $3,136,515

   2022: $ 2,320,631  

(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by Registrant’s principal accountant to either Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to Registrant were pre-approved. Included in the audit, compliance and valuation committee’s pre-approval was the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) Not applicable.

(j) Not applicable.

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 Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9: Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

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, Jonathan de St. Paer and Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, Dana Smith, 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 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: Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13: Exhibits.

 

(a) (1)   Registrant’s code of ethics (that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2(a)) is attached.
     (2)   Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.
(b)   A certification for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, 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/ Jonathan de St. Paer

 

Jonathan de St. Paer

Chief Executive Officer

Date:   May 17, 2023

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/ Jonathan de St. Paer

 

Jonathan de St. Paer

Chief Executive Officer

Date:   May 17, 2023
By:  

/s/ Dana Smith

 

Dana Smith

Chief Financial Officer

Date:   May 17, 2023