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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 811-06279

 

Harris Associates Investment Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

111 South Wacker Drive, Suite 4600

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4319

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Rana J. Wright

Harris Associates L.P.

111 South Wacker Drive, Suite 4600

Chicago, Illinois 60606-4319

Ndenisarya M. Bregasi, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-1600

 

(Name and address of agents for service)  

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 646-3600

 

Date of fiscal year end: 09/30/23

 

Date of reporting period: 09/30/23

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.

 

(a) Following is a copy of the annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act.

 

 

OAKMARK FUNDS

ANNUAL REPORT | SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

OAKMARK FUND

OAKMARK SELECT FUND

OAKMARK GLOBAL FUND

OAKMARK GLOBAL SELECT FUND

OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

OAKMARK EQUITY AND INCOME FUND

OAKMARK BOND FUND


Oakmark Funds

2023 Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Letter

   

1

   

Expense Example

   

3

   

U.S. Equity Market Commentary

   

4

   

Oakmark Fund

 

Summary Information

   

6

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

7

   

Schedule of Investments

   

9

   

Oakmark Select Fund

 

Summary Information

   

12

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

13

   

Schedule of Investments

   

14

   

Oakmark Global Fund

 

Summary Information

   

16

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

17

   

Schedule of Investments

   

19

   

Oakmark Global Select Fund

 

Summary Information

   

22

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

23

   

Schedule of Investments

   

25

   

International Equity Market Commentary

   

26

   

Oakmark International Fund

 

Summary Information

   

28

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

29

   

Schedule of Investments

   

31

   

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

 

Summary Information

   

34

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

35

   

Schedule of Investments

   

37

   

Fixed Income Market Commentary

   

40

   

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

 

Summary Information

   

42

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

43

   

Schedule of Investments

   

46

   

Oakmark Bond Fund

 

Summary Information

   

54

   

Portfolio Manager Commentary

   

55

   

Schedule of Investments

   

56

   

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   

61

   

Statements of Operations

   

64

   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

67

   

Notes to Financial Statements

   

83

   

Financial Highlights

   

92

   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    100    

Liquidity Risk Management Program Disclosure

   

102

   

Federal Tax Information

    103    

Disclosures and Endnotes

   

103

   

Trustees and Officers

   

106

   

As permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Oakmark Funds' annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on Oakmark.com, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Funds electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you hold your shares directly

 

with the Funds, by calling 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) or visiting Oakmark.com.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you hold your shares directly with the Funds, you can call 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) to let the Funds know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Funds you hold directly or all Funds you hold through your financial intermediary, as applicable.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLOSURE

One of our most important responsibilities as mutual fund managers is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Some of our comments in our letters to shareholders are based on current management expectations and are considered "forward-looking statements." Actual future results, however, may prove to be different from our expectations. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "estimate", "may", "will", "expect", "believe",

"plan" and other similar terms. We cannot promise future returns. Our opinions are a reflection of our best judgment at the time this report is compiled, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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President's Letter

Rana J. Wright
President of Oakmark Funds

Dear Oakmark Funds' Shareholders,

Warm greetings to you from Chicago. We are pleased to report that all eight of the Oakmark Funds (the "Funds") delivered strong absolute performance and outperformed their respective style and broad market benchmarks for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023. And while history demonstrates that markets and performance can be volatile over the short term, our shareholders' patience has been rewarded this fiscal year.

At Oakmark, we are long-term investors with a time horizon for our investments of three to five years. We know it can be frustrating to wait for the market to come around to our intrinsic value estimate of a company and we expect that wait can include periods of underperformance. In fact, many of the holdings that were large detractors from performance last year emerged this year as large contributors. We took advantage of the heightened market volatility over the past several years and when companies traded off due to short-term market concerns or style headwinds, we added them to the Funds' portfolios. We were rewarded for many of those investments this year. As we look forward, traditional value companies, both U.S. and international, seem particularly attractive to us at their current valuations. We continue to find interesting opportunities in undervalued areas of the market and we are confident in how the Funds are currently positioned. Even so, we remain vigilant as we look to the future while the companies in which we invest continue to come around to our intrinsic value estimates.

A Long-Term Approach to Talent Management

At Oakmark, we believe the true value of what we do is found in our people. The strength and depth of our investment teams are a hallmark of the Oakmark name. Just like

we take a long-term view with our investments, we also take a long-term and deliberate approach to preparing for changes in our investment teams. I'd like to highlight a few milestones for our teams and remind you of two investment team transitions for the Funds this year.

Portfolio Manager Clyde McGregor informed us that he will retire at the end of 2023. We celebrate Clyde's 40+ years of service to our firm and its clients. His positive impact has been enormous, and he has set a very high bar for others to follow. During his career, Clyde was instrumental in growing the Oakmark Funds from inception to more than $50 billion in assets today. Since the inception of the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund in 1995, the Fund has delivered 9.31% of annualized performance, outperforming the Lipper Balanced Fund Index1​ return by 273 bps. Since the inception of the Oakmark Global Fund in 1999, the Fund has delivered annualized performance of 9.06%, outperforming the MSCI World benchmark by 360 bps. Clyde has been an integral leader on the investment teams, helping to cultivate and develop many investment analysts who have emerged as the next generation of leaders. In addition to his investment acumen, he's set an example of always putting clients first. We will miss him dearly and wish him some well-deserved relaxation during retirement.

In August 2022, we announced that Clyde would transition his portfolio management responsibilities in anticipation of his eventual retirement. As of December 31, 2023, Clyde's portfolio management responsibilities will cease for the Oakmark Global and Oakmark Equity and Income Funds and he will retire from Harris Associates. Successful investment team transitions are critical for our shareholders and Clyde leaves the Funds in the capable hands of his

1​  The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the equal weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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President's Letter (continued)

co-portfolio managers. We have the upmost confidence in the abilities of David Herro, Tony Coniaris, Jason Long, Colin Hudson and John Sitarz for the Oakmark Global Fund and Colin Hudson, Adam Abbas, Michael Nicolas and Alex Fitch for the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund to continue to deliver excellent investment results for shareholders.

In August 2023, we announced the appointment of Eric Liu as co-portfolio manager of the Oakmark International Fund, alongside David Herro and Mike Manelli. Eric joined Harris Associates in 2009 and has served as a co-portfolio manager for the Oakmark Global Select Fund since 2016. His competitive drive and investment prowess have brought meaningful contributions to the success of the Funds over time, and we are delighted to have his specific talents on the Oakmark International Fund.

In addition to the investment team changes, I would like to recognize four of our portfolio managers who reached important work milestones this year.

•  Bill Nygren celebrates his 40th​ year at the firm. Bill serves as a co-portfolio manager on the Oakmark, Oakmark Select and Oakmark Global Select Funds.

•  Mike Nicolas celebrates his 10th​ year at the firm. Mike serves as a co-portfolio manager on the Oakmark and Oakmark Equity and Income Funds.

•  John Sitarz celebrates his 10th​ year at the firm. John serves as a co-portfolio manager on the Oakmark Global and Oakmark Global Select Funds.

•  Adam Abbas celebrates his 5th​ year at the firm. Adam serves as a co-portfolio manager on the Oakmark Bond and Oakmark Equity and Income Funds.

Across the Funds, the portfolio managers have an average of 24 years of investment experience with an average of 18 years at Harris Associates. We consider this a competitive advantage.

Oakmark Bond Fund Anniversary

This year commemorates the three-year anniversary of the Oakmark Bond Fund, our first solely dedicated fixed income product. We are pleased to announce that the Fund received its first Morningstar rating, and it was awarded the coveted 5 stars. The 5-star rating is reserved for funds per-

forming in the top 10% of their category. Congratulations on this great accomplishment to co-portfolio managers Adam Abbas and Colin Hudson, along with our entire fixed income team.

Personal Investment in the Funds

Each year, we share our level of personal investments in the Funds as a further demonstration of our belief in what we do at Harris Associates. For every holding in our portfolios, we look for management teams that think and act like owners of the business and treat their shareholders like partners. We stand beside you as fellow shareholders and have done so for years. In fact, with Clyde's retirement, we were reminded of an email he sent to his fellow portfolio managers and analysts back in 2005. In the email, Clyde contrasted his experience at our firm with David Swensen's assertion from his book, "Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment2​," that the mutual fund industry was a colossal failure. As part of his argument, Swensen noted that mutual fund managers rarely own a significant stake in the funds that they manage. Clyde stated that this was not the case at Oakmark and how proud he was to work at our firm. At the end of that year, as of December 31, 2005, employees owned in excess of $200 million of Oakmark Funds. Eighteen years later, we are proud to report that as of September 30, 2023, the value of Oakmark Funds owned by Harris Associates' employees, our families, the Funds' officers and our trustees was more than $877 million. This level of investment exemplifies our personal conviction in Harris Associates' investment philosophy and our commitment to managing your Funds with integrity.

As we approach 2024, our focus remains on the consistent application of our value investment philosophy with the goal of achieving positive rates of return for our shareholders. We are excited about the opportunities we see in the market and believe our Funds remain attractive investments for the future. We are thankful for the trust you have placed with us as shareholders of the Oakmark Funds and look forward to continuing to add value for you over the long term.

2​  Swensen, David F. (2005). Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment. Washington DC: Free Press.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Expense Example

A shareholder of each Fund incurs ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees, transfer agent fees and other Fund expenses. The examples below are intended to help shareholders understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The following table provides information about actual account values and actual Fund expenses as well as hypothetical account values and hypothetical fund expenses for shares of each Fund.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The following table shows the expenses a shareholder would have paid on a $1,000 investment in each Fund from April 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023, as well as how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual Fund returns and expenses. A shareholder can estimate expenses incurred for the period by dividing the account value at September 30, 2023, by $1,000 and multiplying the result by the number in the "Actual—Expenses Paid During Period" column shown below.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses for shares of each Fund based on actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Funds' actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balances or actual expenses shareholders paid for the period. Shareholders may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a 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 transaction costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the "Hypothetical—Expenses Paid During Period" column of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If these transaction costs were included, the total costs would have been higher.

       

ACTUAL

  HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return
before expenses)
 

 

  Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/23)
  Ending
Account Value
(09/30/23)
  Expenses
Paid During
Period*
  Ending
Account Value
(09/30/23)
  Expenses
Paid During
Period*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Oakmark Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,072.20

   

$

4.68

   

$

1,020.56

   

$

4.56

     

0.90

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,073.40

   

$

3.64

   

$

1,021.56

   

$

3.55

     

0.70

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,073.50

   

$

3.53

   

$

1,021.66

   

$

3.45

     

0.68

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,073.80

   

$

3.28

   

$

1,021.91

   

$

3.19

     

0.63

%

 

Oakmark Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,125.00

   

$

5.27

   

$

1,020.10

   

$

5.01

     

0.99

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,125.60

   

$

4.69

   

$

1,020.66

   

$

4.46

     

0.88

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,126.20

   

$

4.10

   

$

1,021.21

   

$

3.90

     

0.77

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,126.20

   

$

3.89

   

$

1,021.41

   

$

3.70

     

0.73

%

 

Oakmark Global Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

986.10

   

$

5.63

   

$

1,019.40

   

$

5.72

     

1.13

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

987.00

   

$

4.68

   

$

1,020.36

   

$

4.76

     

0.94

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

987.40

   

$

4.48

   

$

1,020.56

   

$

4.56

     

0.90

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

987.00

   

$

4.33

   

$

1,020.71

   

$

4.41

     

0.87

%

 

Oakmark Global Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,036.50

   

$

5.77

   

$

1,019.40

   

$

5.72

     

1.13

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,037.10

   

$

4.90

   

$

1,020.26

   

$

4.86

     

0.96

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,037.10

   

$

4.60

   

$

1,020.56

   

$

4.56

     

0.90

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,038.10

   

$

4.29

   

$

1,020.86

   

$

4.26

     

0.84

%

 

Oakmark International Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

959.60

   

$

5.16

   

$

1,019.80

   

$

5.32

     

1.05

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

960.20

   

$

4.32

   

$

1,020.66

   

$

4.46

     

0.88

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

960.60

   

$

3.98

   

$

1,021.01

   

$

4.10

     

0.81

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

961.00

   

$

3.69

   

$

1,021.31

   

$

3.80

     

0.75

%

 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,006.20

   

$

6.74

   

$

1,018.35

   

$

6.78

     

1.34

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,006.80

   

$

5.99

   

$

1,019.10

   

$

6.02

     

1.19

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,006.80

   

$

5.53

   

$

1,019.55

   

$

5.57

     

1.10

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,006.80

   

$

5.38

   

$

1,019.70

   

$

5.42

     

1.07

%

 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,033.60

   

$

4.38

   

$

1,020.76

   

$

4.36

     

0.86

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,034.90

   

$

3.16

   

$

1,021.96

   

$

3.14

     

0.62

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,035.20

   

$

3.01

   

$

1,022.11

   

$

2.99

     

0.59

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,035.20

   

$

2.86

   

$

1,022.26

   

$

2.84

     

0.56

%

 

Oakmark Bond Fund

 

Investor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

979.90

   

$

3.67

   

$

1,021.36

   

$

3.75

     

0.74

%

 

Advisor Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

982.00

   

$

2.68

   

$

1,022.36

   

$

2.74

     

0.54

%

 

Institutional Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

980.90

   

$

2.58

   

$

1,022.46

   

$

2.64

     

0.52

%

 

R6 Class

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

980.30

   

$

2.18

   

$

1,022.86

   

$

2.23

     

0.44

%

 

*  The Annualized Expense Ratio is calculated using each class's actual net expenses incurred during the preceding six-month period divided by the average net assets of that class during the period.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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U.S. Equity Market Commentary

William C. Nygren, CFA

Portfolio Manager

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At Oakmark, we are long-term investors. We attempt to identify growing businesses that are managed to benefit their shareholders. We will purchase stock in those businesses only when priced substantially below our estimate of intrinsic value. After purchase, we patiently wait for the gap between stock price and intrinsic value to close.

"There is no such thing as growth stocks or value stocks as Wall Street generally portrays them, as contrasting asset classes. Growth is part of the value equation."

-Warren Buffett

In the decade ending in 2021, the Russell Growth 1000 Index doubled the performance of the Russell 1000 Value Index. That partially reversed last year when the Russell Value outperformed the Russell Growth by 22 percentage points. As a result, value investors thought we might have the wind at our backs for a while. But just as quickly, Russell Growth climbed back in 2023, outperforming the Russell Value Index by 24 percentage points, erasing Value's 2022 gains. This unusually large divergence has made growth versus value a popular discussion topic despite no agreement on what the terms mean. Let's look into our definition of value, and the opportunity we see today for price-sensitive investors.

Oakmark is Value

Oakmark is known as a leading practitioner of value investing. Each Oakmark fund follows a value investing discipline and usually falls in Morningstar's Large Value category. But we often get asked, "Wait a minute, you say you're a value investor, how can you own XYZ?" And, of course, the question never refers to General Motors or Capital One, holdings trading near book value with single-digit P/E ratios. Instead, it is typically about stocks, like Alphabet, that are trading above the S&P 500 P/E1​ ratio. We love the question because it provides us the opportunity to explain what value investing means to us.

History of Value Investing

Benjamin Graham, who co-authored Security Analysis2​ in 1934, is generally viewed as the father of value investing. In that book, Graham encouraged avoiding speculation by investing with a margin of safety, meaning paying such a low price that if you were only partially correct you weren't likely to lose money. Graham understood that owning a stock wasn't just a certificate; it was a fractional interest in a business. Further, business value was closely tied to shareholders' equity, or book value, which was a relatively stable number. Stock prices, however, generally correlated more to earnings than book value, so they were more volatile. He believed that investors could purchase depressed shares when earnings were low and then patiently wait for better times when the price would climb back to book value.

Nearly 90 years later, many still think of value investing as buying below book value and waiting for a reversion to the mean. In fact, Investopedia states that, "A price-to-book ratio under 1.0 typically indicates an undervalued stock." Eugene Fama, professor at the University of Chicago, and Kenneth French, professor at Dartmouth College, showed that, on average, low

price-to-book stocks performed well from 1963-1990.2​ Why did it work so well? The U.S. was primarily an industrial economy, and earnings were tightly tied to physical assets. Earnings rose during good times and fell during bad, but book value acted like an anchor that limited the swings. And just as a boat returns to its anchor when the wind dies down, stock prices usually returned to book value.

Growth investors paid little attention to book value, instead looking for growing earnings. Because companies with above-average earnings growth tended to sell at high price-to-book ratios, growth and value investors lived in separate worlds that rarely overlapped. Investors referred to a "growth versus value" continuum with cheap stocks that didn't grow very much at one end and high-growth businesses that were very expensive at the other. Growth investors owned exciting businesses, but value investors got the last laugh because their boring stocks usually made more money.

The Value of Intangible Assets

In 1988, Warren Buffett shocked his followers by purchasing Coca-Cola. It was an excellent business, the kind that was too expensive for value investors. But Buffett explained that accounting rules prevented Coca-Cola from putting its brand name on its balance sheet and noted that the company's "most valuable asset is on the balance sheet at zero." When he included an estimate of the company's brand value, Buffett could see that he was buying Coca-Cola at less than its true business value.

In the 1990s, Oakmark applied that approach to other intangibles, such as R&D and customer acquisition costs. We adjusted financial statements to reflect the long-term benefit of spending that increased customers or developed new products. That showed us that some cable TV and biotechnology companies were cheap relative to their business value. Over the years, as the U.S. moved from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy, adjusting for intangibles—or, as we say, "income statement investing"—became necessary for more companies. By the early 2000s, value investors were lamenting the failure of low price-to-book investing. At Oakmark, we believed this was a failure of accounting principles, not value investing.

Growth Can Be Cheap or Expensive

The idea that value investing is limited to outdated, competitively disadvantaged companies selling at low P/E ratios couldn't be further from our definition of value. In fact, one of my favorite questions from investors is, "What would you do if 'value' got expensive?" What they are really asking is how we would respond if below-average businesses sold at average prices. Well, then they wouldn't be undervalued. But the better businesses that should be selling at higher P/E ratios would be.

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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U.S. Equity Market Commentary (continued)

Buying great businesses at average prices is just as much value investing as buying average businesses at great prices.

It is simply inaccurate to position value as the opposite of growth. I like what Buffett said, "Growth is part of the value equation." Investors should pay somewhat more for faster growing businesses, though the premium is often more than we can justify. But when the market underprices growth, buying faster growing businesses is value investing.

So, how does Oakmark differ from growth investors? We are willing to pay premium multiples for faster growing businesses as evidenced by our holdings of companies like Alphabet, Amazon and Salesforce. But the big difference is how far into the future we are willing to project above-average growth. Our analysts model financial statements for the next two years and then apply a growth rate for the next five years, giving us a seven-year forecast. If a stock can't grow into a below-market P/E ratio in that time, we aren't likely to consider owning it. I can almost hear you asking, "What about the 'compounders' that we 'know' will keep growing well beyond seven years?" Yes, some will. But the growth graveyard is full of companies that early in my career were considered "compounders:" Pitney Bowes (mailing machines), Yellow Pages, newspapers, cable networks, landline phones, drug companies (before patent cliffs became so steep), TV and radio stations, mainframe computers, and yes, mutual fund managers, just to name a few. It's a humbling list, and it keeps us from using a dim crystal ball to justify the highest P/E stocks.

The Opportunity Today

This idea that, at the right price, growth can be a value is terribly confusing to those who treat growth as the opposite of value. The opposite of cheap isn't growth; it's expensive. So instead of looking at growth versus value, we look at low P/E versus high P/E. A convenient way is to rank order the S&P 500 by P/E ratio, comparing number 50 to number 450. Currently, the 50th​ lowest P/E stock sells just over 8 times earnings, and the 50th​ highest sells at 60. So, the highest priced stocks are about 7 times more expensive than the lowest priced. Over the 30-plus years we have data, the P/E ratio averages about 4, bouncing between 3 and 5. (So, if there are 50 stocks below 10 times earnings, there are 50 over 40.) It was meaningfully higher only one time—when it hit 9 times at the end of the internet and tech bubble in 2000.

When we compare the 50 lowest ranked companies by P/E ratio on the S&P 500 today to the ones that made that list in previous periods, we don't observe any decline in business quality. Therefore, considering both the relatively high price of the higher P/E companies and the solid business quality of the lower P/E companies—we believe that low P/E stocks today present a better hunting ground than they normally do. Last year we bought depressed stocks of high-growth businesses, such as Uber, at a double-digit free cash flow yield; Workday at a low price relative to sales; and Adobe at only a slightly higher than average P/E ratio. This year, after strong outperformance, we sold them and bought much lower P/E stocks. Here's a fun way to think of it: In 2022, we bought a share of Adobe for about three shares of CVS Health. (CVS was just under $100 and Adobe under $300). This year we sold Adobe to buy more than six shares of CVS. (Adobe increased to well over $400 and CVS fell to $70.) We thought Adobe was cheap when we bought it,

despite it being a high-growth business, and that CVS was fully priced when we sold it, despite it having a below-average P/E ratio.

As Benjamin Graham said, "The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists." The optimists who buy exciting businesses regardless of price have been on quite a run, resulting in today's unusually wide spread of P/E ratios. Just as we recommend that investors rebalance their exposure to stocks and bonds after periods of extreme performance—selling what went up to buy what went down—we think investors should do the same for investment styles. Following strong outperformance, selling some high P/E stocks to buy low P/E stocks might both reduce your risk and increase your expected return. That's why the Oakmark Fund today looks more like a traditional value fund than it has in a long time.

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 08/05/91 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

     

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Fund (Investor Class)

   

-1.31

%

   

27.84

%

   

18.74

%

   

9.83

%

   

11.19

%

   

12.40

%

 

08/05/91

 

S&P 500 Index4

   

-3.27

%

   

21.62

%

   

10.15

%

   

9.92

%

   

11.91

%

   

9.96

%

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average5

   

-2.10

%

   

19.18

%

   

8.62

%

   

7.14

%

   

10.79

%

   

10.36

%

 

 

Lipper Large Cap Value Fund Index6

   

-2.14

%

   

17.90

%

   

12.32

%

   

7.20

%

   

9.00

%

   

8.74

%

 

 

Oakmark Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-1.25

%

   

28.10

%

   

18.98

%

   

10.01

%

   

N/A

     

11.45

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-1.24

%

   

28.14

%

   

19.01

%

   

10.06

%

   

N/A

     

11.50

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Fund (R6 Class)

   

-1.23

%

   

28.20

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

12.34

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

3.5

   

ConocoPhillips

   

2.8

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

2.8

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

2.7

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

2.7

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

2.7

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

2.4

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

2.4

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

   

2.4

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

2.4

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKMX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

   

61

   

Net Assets

    $16.9 billion    

Weighted Average Market Cap

    $158.5 billion    

Median Market Cap

    $38.8 billion    

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

   

0.89

%

 

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Financials

   

38.9

   

Communication Services

   

12.9

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

9.7

   

Energy

   

8.3

   

Health Care

   

7.0

   

Industrials

   

5.0

   

Information Technology

   

4.7

   

Consumer Staples

   

4.1

   

Real Estate

   

2.1

   

Materials

   

2.0

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

5.3

   

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

William C. Nygren, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com

Michael A. Nicolas, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com

Robert F. Bierig, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakmx@oakmark.com

The Oakmark Fund ("the Fund") returned –1.31% during the third quarter, 15.91% calendar year to date, and 27.84% for the fiscal year. These returns compared to the S&P 500 Total Return Index's –3.27% in the third quarter, 13.07% for the calendar year, and 21.62% for the fiscal year. We are pleased that the Fund has outperformed despite the large headwind to value as demonstrated by the Russell 1000 Growth Index8​ beating the Russell 1000 Value Index9​ by 2,300 basis points year to date. Amid this backdrop, we are finding cheap stocks on traditional value metrics that we expect to drive attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term.

Our highest contributing securities for the third quarter were ConocoPhillips and Charter Communications, and our largest detractors were General Motors and Capital One Financial. From a sector perspective, energy and communication services contributed the most to our total return for the quarter, while financials and industrials detracted the most. For the fiscal year period, the Fund's highest contributing securities were Meta Platforms and Oracle, while the biggest detractors were Charles Schwab and Bank of America. Our investments within the communications services and financials sectors contributed most to our performance while no individual sector detracted more than 20 basis points from our total return over this fiscal year period. We continue to own each of the investments referenced above given their discounts to our estimate of business value.

We initiated six new holdings and eliminated three others during the third quarter. Specifically, we sold our positions in Booking Holdings, PACCAR and Workday as each investment approached our estimate of intrinsic value. We believe our recent purchases, described below, are more attractive on a risk-adjusted return basis.

Centene Corporation

Centene is one of the largest health insurers in the U.S. The company specializes in three major government-sponsored programs: Medicaid, Marketplace and Medicare Advantage. Each of these benefits from long-term secular tailwinds. In Medicaid, states are steadily outsourcing their programs to managed care companies, like Centene, as it helps states reduce costs and improve care quality. Indeed, Managed Medicaid penetration has increased from 25% of total Medicaid spend in 2010 to 60% today, and we expect further gains over time. In Marketplace, growth is driven by the trend toward more individuals buying health insurance. Centene holds the #1 market share in both of these programs and is well positioned to capitalize on their continued growth. The stock trades for 10x consensus 2024 EPS10​, but this doesn't tell the whole story. Past missteps in Centene's Medicare business will result in that segment losing $0.80 per share next year. We believe Centene can turn Medicare around and generate positive earnings in the next few years. This could increase EPS by more than $1 per share and reduce the P/E ratio

to just 8.5x. We think that's good value for a business that generates healthy returns on capital and is capable of growing EPS at a low double-digit rate.

Cisco Systems

Cisco is the leading networking solutions company. Networking equipment becomes more important as businesses modernize their IT infrastructure, and Cisco is well positioned to capture this demand given its broad portfolio and highly effective go-to-market strategy. Cisco is transitioning away from selling mainly transactional hardware and toward selling more software and subscriptions. This shift is expected to accelerate revenue growth, improve operating margins and build recurring revenue. Despite these notable business improvements, Cisco still trades near a trough valuation relative to the S&P 500 Index. More recently, Cisco announced its intention to acquire Splunk, a leader in security and observability, adding to its already strong position in the increasingly important security market. At a low-teens multiple of our estimate of normalized earnings, Cisco is trading comfortably below our estimate of intrinsic value.

Corteva Inc.

Corteva is a leading provider of seed and crop protection chemicals. We believe the seed and crop protection markets have sizeable barriers to entry due to the duration and magnitude of investment required to compete. Both industries require constant innovation: Farmers expect seed yield improvement each year while nature develops immunity to crop protection chemicals over time. As a result, advantages accrue to the largest players with the most R&D resources. Within this context, we believe Corteva is very well positioned. The company has scale, well-recognized brands, a loyal customer base, and a promising R&D pipeline. In addition, we see idiosyncratic opportunities for Corteva to improve its profitability over time, and we believe the current management team is executing well against this opportunity. More recently, the stock has been pressured by near-term headwinds related to inventory destocking and declining crop prices. We see this weakness as an opportunity to invest in a high-quality and defensible business at a discount to both its own historical trading multiple and private market transactions.

CVS Health

CVS is a diversified health care conglomerate with leading positions across multiple aspects of health services. The company owns the #1 pharmacy benefit manager, #1 retail pharmacy, #1 specialty pharmacy, #3 commercial health insurer and #3 Medicare Advantage organization in the U.S. Managed care and pharmacy benefits management have proven to be good businesses over time, characterized by healthy underlying growth and excellent free cash flow generation. CVS has

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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underperformed the S&P 500 by more than 40 percentage points over the past 12 months, impacted by a cloud of company-specific and legislative concerns. While we are not dismissive of these potential risks and headwinds, we believe the market has become overly pessimistic. This created an attractive opportunity to invest in what we view as a durable, competitively advantaged and well-managed enterprise at a high-single-digit multiple of earnings.

Danaher Corporation

Danaher is a global leader in life sciences tools and diagnostics. We are impressed by Danaher's excellent track record of creating shareholder value through smart capital allocation and world-class operational execution. The company's business mix has shifted dramatically in recent years following a series of transformative acquisitions and divestitures. We believe these portfolio improvements leave the company attractively positioned in some of the industry's fastest growing, most profitable niches within life sciences. Near-term headwinds related to the pandemic are overshadowing this attractive long-term outlook, in our view. More specifically, Danaher sells diagnostic tests and critical inputs needed for manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines. As Covid-19 demand has normalized, Danaher experienced sales headwinds and channel destocking, pressuring its stock price. The shares now trade at a discount to both peers and private market transactions, giving us an attractive opportunity to invest in what we view as a high-quality, resilient business at a discounted valuation.

Phillips 66

Phillips 66 is an integrated downstream energy company that operates refineries, pipelines, chemical manufacturing facilities and retail fuel stations. Like most U.S.-based oil refiners, Phillips 66 is currently enjoying abnormally high margins thanks to today's historically tight market for refined products. Given the market's concern that current refining margins are unsustainable, Phillips 66 trades for just 7x this year's EPS. However, unlike other refiners, the majority of Phillips 66's intrinsic value comes from its non-refining business segments, providing a more stable base of cash flow. Even if refining margins eventually return to historical average levels, we believe we are paying a single-digit multiple of normalized earnings for a collection of advantaged midstream and downstream assets. We think this is an attractive price for a solid business where management is returning the vast majority of free cash flow to shareholders.

We take into consideration the tax efficiency of the Fund to help maximize after-tax returns. As a result, we do not anticipate paying a capital gains distribution this year.

We thank you, our fellow shareholders, for your investment in the Oakmark Fund.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 94.8%

 

FINANCIALS - 38.9%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 24.2%

 

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

7,680

   

$

473,088

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

4,175

     

459,355

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

4,709

     

457,008

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

6,883

     

377,877

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

13,359

     

356,421

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

   

3,150

     

355,824

   

American Express Co.

   

2,158

     

321,922

   

State Street Corp.

   

4,600

     

308,003

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

6,741

     

287,484

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

855

     

276,652

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

2,200

     

253,858

   

Moody's Corp.

   

480

     

151,721

   
         

4,079,213

   

BANKS - 9.4%

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

11,113

     

454,077

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

12,524

     

342,893

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

6,844

     

281,502

   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

   

189

     

260,839

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

8,360

     

239,180

   
         

1,578,491

   

INSURANCE - 5.3%

 

American International Group, Inc.

   

6,793

     

411,643

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

1,655

     

345,829

   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

922

     

133,870

   
         

891,342

   
         

6,549,046

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 12.9%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 12.9%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,544

     

594,602

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

913

     

401,392

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

9,050

     

401,277

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

674

     

202,462

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

2,020

     

184,466

   

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a) (b)

   

12,587

     

136,695

   

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,550

     

122,986

   

Walt Disney Co. (a)

   

1,500

     

121,575

   
         

2,165,455

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.7%

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 5.1%

 

General Motors Co.

   

10,762

     

354,823

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

6,000

     

242,220

   

Magna International, Inc.

   

4,300

     

230,523

   

Phinia, Inc.

   

1,228

     

32,901

   
         

860,467

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 2.8%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

2,195

     

279,028

   

eBay, Inc.

   

4,253

     

187,506

   
         

466,534

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.9%

 

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

   

1,049

   

$

157,554

   

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.9%

 

PulteGroup, Inc. (b)

   

1,954

     

144,694

   
         

1,629,249

   

ENERGY - 8.3%

 

ConocoPhillips

   

3,984

     

477,247

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

3,167

     

401,394

   

APA Corp.

   

8,085

     

332,286

   

Phillips 66

   

1,550

     

186,232

   
         

1,397,159

   

HEALTH CARE - 7.0%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 4.0%

 

Baxter International, Inc.

   

4,690

     

177,000

   

Centene Corp. (a)

   

2,475

     

170,459

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

2,344

     

163,658

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

657

     

161,608

   
         

672,725

   

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 3.0%

 

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,730

     

340,378

   

Danaher Corp.

   

700

     

173,670

   
         

514,048

   
         

1,186,773

   

INDUSTRIALS - 5.1%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 4.1%

 

Masco Corp.

   

5,074

     

271,227

   

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

   

3,655

     

227,164

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

310

     

120,751

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

289

     

74,975

   
         

694,117

   

COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.0%

 

Equifax, Inc.

   

890

     

163,030

   
         

857,147

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 4.7%

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 2.7%

 

Salesforce, Inc. (a)

   

1,420

     

287,948

   

Oracle Corp.

   

1,653

     

175,054

   
         

463,002

   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 2.0%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

3,470

     

186,547

   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

1,214

     

150,020

   
         

336,567

   
         

799,569

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.1%

 

CONSUMER STAPLES DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 2.1%

 

Kroger Co.

   

8,050

     

360,237

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 94.8% (continued)

 

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.1% (continued)

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 2.0%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

8,010

   

$

336,821

   
         

697,058

   

REAL ESTATE - 2.1%

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 2.1%

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,766

     

352,017

   

MATERIALS - 2.0%

 

Celanese Corp.

   

1,532

     

192,296

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

2,867

     

146,691

   
         

338,987

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 94.8%
(COST $13,188,749)
       

15,972,460

   
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS - 0.0% (c)
(COST $5,553)
       

1,550

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.7%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 4.0%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $671,688,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 0.125% due 04/15/26, value
plus accrued interest of $684,819
(Cost: $671,391)
 

$

671,391

     

671,391

   

U.S. GOVERNMENT BILLS - 1.7%

 
U.S. Treasury Bills,
5.34%, due 10/26/23 (d)
   

100,000

     

99,648

   
U.S. Treasury Bills,
5.44%, due 12/28/23 (d)
   

100,000

     

98,714

   
U.S. Treasury Bills,
5.50%, due 01/23/24 (d)
   

100,000

     

98,326

   
Total U.S. Government Bills - 1.7%
(Cost $296,675)
       

296,688

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.7%
(COST $968,066)
       

968,079

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.5%
(COST $14,162,368)
       

16,942,089

   

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets - (0.5)%

       

(88,769

)

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

16,853,320

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this investment is held in connection with one or more options within the Fund.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

(d)  The rate shown represents the annualized yield at the time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(e)  Security is when-issued and has been sold in advance of receipt. Under GAAP, it is deemed to be a short sale. Please refer to the Short Sales section in the Notes to the Financials.

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.1)%

 

INDUSTRIALS - (0.1)%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - (0.1)%

 

Veralto Corp. (a) (e)

   

(233

)

 

$

(19,731

)

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.1%)
(PROCEEDS $(18,714))
       

(19,731

)

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

PURCHASED OPTIONS

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Premiums
Paid
by Fund
  Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
 

CALLS

 

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

 

$

11.50

   

10/13/23

   

100,000

   

$

108,600

   

$

1,550

   

$

5,553

   

$

(4,003

)

 
               

$

108,600

   

$

1,550

   

$

5,553

   

$

(4,003

)

 

WRITTEN OPTIONS

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Premiums
(Received)
by Fund
  Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
 

CALLS

 

Pultegroup, Inc.

 

$

65.00

   

10/20/23

   

(19,500

)

 

$

(144,398

)

 

$

(18,623

)

 

$

(28,645

)

 

$

10,022

   
               

$

(144,398

)

 

$

(18,623

)

 

$

(28,645

)

 

$

10,022

   

PUTS

 

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

 

$

11.00

   

10/13/23

   

(150,000

)

 

$

(162,900

)

 

$

(6,600

)

 

$

(6,921

)

 

$

321

   
               

$

(162,900

)

 

$

(6,600

)

 

$

(6,921

)

 

$

321

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 11/01/96 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

       

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

     

(Unaudited)

  Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Select Fund (Investor Class)

   

0.08

%

   

30.59

%

   

17.82

%

   

7.42

%

   

8.61

%

   

11.35

%

 

11/01/96

 

S&P 500 Index4

   

-3.27

%

   

21.62

%

   

10.15

%

   

9.92

%

   

11.91

%

   

8.95

%

 

 

Lipper Multi-Cap Value Fund Index11

   

-2.15

%

   

17.08

%

   

13.33

%

   

6.13

%

   

7.69

%

   

7.41

%

 

 

Oakmark Select Fund (Advisor Class)

   

0.10

%

   

30.77

%

   

17.96

%

   

7.56

%

   

N/A

     

7.57

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Select Fund (Institutional Class)

   

0.15

%

   

30.90

%

   

18.07

%

   

7.64

%

   

N/A

     

7.63

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Select Fund (R6 Class)

   

0.13

%

   

30.93

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

10.21

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

8.7

   

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

6.9

   

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A

   

6.6

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.

   

6.4

   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

   

6.3

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

5.7

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

5.6

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

   

5.0

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

5.0

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

4.9

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKLX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

21

 

Net Assets

  $5.3 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $215.6 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $52.8 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  0.98%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Financials

   

37.9

   

Communication Services

   

18.8

   

Energy

   

8.4

   

Information Technology

   

7.7

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

6.9

   

Real Estate

   

6.6

   

Health Care

   

6.4

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

7.3

   

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

William C. Nygren, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oaklx@oakmark.com

Anthony P. Coniaris, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oaklx@oakmark.com

Robert F. Bierig, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oaklx@oakmark.com

Alexander E. Fitch, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oaklx@oakmark.com

The Oakmark Select Fund ("the Fund") returned 0.08% in the third quarter, 24.77% in the calendar year to date, and 30.59% in the fiscal year. These returns compare to the S&P 500 Total Return Index's –3.27% in the third quarter, 13.07% in the calendar year to date, and 21.62% in the fiscal year. We are pleased that the Fund has outperformed despite the large headwind to value as demonstrated by the Russell 1000 Growth Index8​ beating the Russell 1000 Value Index9​ by 2,300 basis points year to date. We expect that our disciplined approach to stock selection will continue to drive attractive returns in the long term.

The largest contributors to performance in the third quarter were Charter Communications and Alphabet and in the fiscal year were First Citizens and Oracle. The largest detractors in the third quarter were IQVIA Holdings and Capital One Financial and in the fiscal year were Meta Platforms and IQVIA Holdings. We initiated our position in IQVIA during the quarter amid the decline in the health care sector. We did not eliminate any positions.

IQVIA is a leading provider of clinical trials and related health care technology formed through the merger of Quintiles and IMS Health in 2016. We believe that IQVIA's leading data and digital capabilities enable the company to gain share of addressable clinical trial-related spending as pharma and biotech companies outsource these services to contract research organizations (CROs). In addition, we think that IQVIA has growth opportunities from delivering real-world evidence to biopharma companies and other health care providers using data to meet regulatory and reimbursement mandates. CEO Ari Bousbib has a strong track record on both operations and capital allocation and significant skin in the game through his large equity holdings in the company. We were pleased to be able to add IQVIA to the portfolio near a trough multiple of roughly 15x our estimate of normal earnings despite the company's prospects for sustainable above-average growth.

Finally, we take into consideration tax efficiency of the Fund to help maximize after-tax returns. As a result, we once again anticipate paying no capital gains distribution this year.

We thank you, our fellow shareholders, for your investment in the Oakmark Select Fund.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 92.7%

 

FINANCIALS - 37.9%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 27.6%

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

3,141

   

$

304,863

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

4,859

     

299,296

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

2,411

     

265,253

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

4,790

     

262,968

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

7,000

     

186,762

   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

   

1,396

     

157,727

   
         

1,476,869

   

BANKS - 10.3%

 

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

   

242

     

334,379

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

4,710

     

192,440

   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class B

   

18

     

20,989

   
         

547,808

   
         

2,024,677

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 18.8%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 18.8%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,535

     

462,593

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

604

     

265,607

   

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a)

   

13,499

     

146,599

   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C (a)

   

1,410

     

128,764

   
         

1,003,563

   

ENERGY - 8.4%

 

ConocoPhillips

   

1,548

     

185,440

   

APA Corp.

   

3,220

     

132,334

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

1,042

     

132,043

   
         

449,817

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 7.7%

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 7.7%

 

Salesforce, Inc. (a)

   

1,284

     

260,390

   

Oracle Corp.

   

1,425

     

150,968

   
         

411,358

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.9%

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 6.9%

 

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

1,242

     

366,800

   

REAL ESTATE - 6.6%

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 6.6%

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

   

4,780

     

353,077

   

HEALTH CARE - 6.4%

 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 6.4%

 

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,743

     

342,935

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 92.7%
(COST $3,874,274)
       

4,952,227

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.3%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 7.3%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $391,512,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26,
value plus accrued interest of
$399,166 (Cost: $391,340)
 

$

391,340

   

$

391,340

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.3%
(COST $391,340)
       

391,340

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(COST $4,265,614)
       

5,343,567

   

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets - 0.0% (b)

       

(718

)

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

5,342,849

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Global Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 08/04/99 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

     

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Global Fund (Investor Class)

   

-5.42

%

   

26.88

%

   

11.71

%

   

4.86

%

   

5.60

%

   

9.06

%

 

08/04/99

 

MSCI World Index (Net)12

   

-3.46

%

   

21.95

%

   

8.08

%

   

7.26

%

   

8.26

%

   

5.46

%

 

 

Lipper Global Fund Index13

   

-3.73

%

   

21.44

%

   

5.58

%

   

5.42

%

   

6.88

%

   

5.54

%

 

 

Oakmark Global Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-5.36

%

   

27.17

%

   

11.93

%

   

5.04

%

   

N/A

     

7.43

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Global Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-5.36

%

   

27.21

%

   

11.96

%

   

5.08

%

   

N/A

     

7.48

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Global Fund (R6 Class)

   

-5.39

%

   

27.15

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

3.59

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

4.5

   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

4.1

   

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

   

3.6

   
CNH Industrial NV    

3.3

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

   

3.2

   

Bayer AG

   

3.1

   

Allianz SE

   

2.8

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

2.8

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG

   

2.6

   

General Motors Co.

   

2.6

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKGX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

44

 

Net Assets

  $1.2 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $164.7 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $46.3 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  1.11%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Financials

   

32.3

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

15.9

   

Communication Services

   

11.5

   

Health Care

   

10.4

   

Information Technology

   

10.2

   

Industrials

   

8.7

   

Energy

   

2.4

   

Consumer Staples

   

2.2

   

Materials

   

2.1

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

4.3

   

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 
   

% of Equity

 

North America

   

48.6

   

United States

   

48.6

   

Europe

   

46.9

   

Germany*

   

14.5

   

United Kingdom

   

14.0

   

Switzerland

   

6.7

   

France*

   

4.7

   

Netherlands*

   

2.5

   

Belgium*

   

2.3

   

Ireland*

   

2.2

   
   

% of Equity

 

Asia

   

4.5

   

South Korea

   

2.3

   

China

   

2.2

   

*  Euro currency countries comprise 26.2% of equity investments.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

David G. Herro, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

Clyde S. McGregor, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

Anthony P. Coniaris, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

Jason E. Long, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

M. Colin Hudson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

John A. Sitarz, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakgx@oakmark.com

The Oakmark Global Fund (the "Fund") returned 26.88% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI World Index (net)12​, which returned 21.95%. For the most recent quarter, the Fund returned –5.42%, compared to the benchmark's return of –3.46%. The Fund has returned an average of 9.06% per year since its inception on August 4, 1999, outperforming the MSCI World Index (net)'s annualized gain of 5.46% over the same period.

For the quarter, our highest contributing securities were Charter Communications (U.S.), Alphabet (U.S.), and ConocoPhillips (U.S.), and our largest detractors were St. James's Place (U.K.), Interpublic Group (U.S.) and Prudential (U.K.). From a sector perspective, our strongest contributors were information technology and financials, and our biggest detractors were consumer discretionary and real estate.

Charter Communications (U.S.), a telecommunications and mass media company, was the top contributor to the Fund's performance for the quarter. Second-quarter broadband subscriptions for Charter Communications grew by 77,000 sequentially, beating consensus expectations of 13,000 and roughly doubling its growth year-over-year. Unit growth outperformed peers, even after adjusting for Charter's rural initiative, which contributed 26,000 subscriptions. Charter's mobile net adds were strong at 648,000 and net adds have been over 600,000 each of the last three quarters since Charter launched Spectrum One, which includes one free mobile line for 12 months. Adjusted earnings growth was roughly flat, but we expect it to accelerate over time as the company's financials are no longer negatively impacted by its investments in marketing personnel and the promo roll-off dynamic begins. While faster unit growth does depress adjusted earnings in the near term, we believe Charter's strategy will prove valuable to long-term shareholders.

St. James's Place (U.K.), the largest wealth manager in the U.K., was the Fund's largest detractor for the quarter. St. James's Place released weak first half of 2023 results, and management noted that it will reduce fees on certain products ahead of the new consumer duty regulation. St. James's Place plans to cap annual product management charges at 85 basis points for client bond and pension contributions after a client has been invested for

10 years, which will result in a four basis point impact to the group revenue margin. CEO Andrew Croft also believes this self-directed decision will create goodwill with the regulatory body. Both assets under management and cash earnings were slightly below our expectations, and the relatively low amount of net new money was mainly attributed to weak flows in unit trusts and individual savings accounts. Gross contributions within the unit trusts and individual savings accounts have been concentrated in lower value accounts, and these clients have been most impacted by cost-of-living pressures. Further, clients' decision to allocate more money to cash products instead of traditional investments has put additional pressure on St. James's Place as it does not have a cash management product. Lastly, market performance was lower than our estimates due to a strengthening British pound compared to the U.S. dollar. Despite these near-term headwinds, we continue to believe the company offers an attractive long-term investment. Pension reforms in the U.K. have significantly increased the number of defined contribution participants, which benefits St. James's Place by providing a sustained flow of new clients and assets under management that we believe will continue. We also like that the company's capital-light operating model generates a higher than average return on capital employed and robust cash conversion, the majority of which gets returned to shareholders.

For the first three quarters of 2023, the stocks that contributed most to returns were Alphabet, Amazon (U.S.) and Tenet Healthcare (U.S.). The stocks that detracted most from return were CNH Industrial (U.K.), St. James's Place and Prudential. From a sector perspective, our largest contributors were communication services and information technology, while real estate and consumer staples were the largest detractors.

September 30 ends the Fund's fiscal year. For that 12-month period, Oracle (U.S.) led the positive contributors followed by Alphabet and Allianz (Germany). St. James's Place, Envista Holdings (U.S.) and Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland) detracted most from returns. From a sector perspective, financials and industrials were the largest contributors, and real estate was the only detractor.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary (continued)

Oracle (U.S.), a global software company, was the Fund's top contributor for the fiscal year, with its share price rising primarily after reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter results. More recently, Oracle announced fiscal first-quarter results, which were in line with consensus expectations. The drivers of the core business are performing well, in our view, and management expressed confidence that annual revenue growth will accelerate as planned based on demand trajectory and its strong bookings trends. For the quarter, total revenue increased 8% in constant currency (9% reported), and operating income grew 12% with margins showing improvement. Cloud and support revenue grew 11% in constant currency, powered by Fusion +20% and Netsuite +21%. The "strategic back office cloud" is now up to $6.9 billion in run-rate revenue. Infrastructure cloud and support revenue grew 14% in constant currency, powered by infrastructure cloud services +72% ex-legacy hosting services to $5.6 billion in run-rate revenue. Momentum is continuing to build as Oracle signed several deals for its cloud business greater than $1 billion in total value during the quarter and booked an additional $1.5 billion in the first week of the second quarter. We continue to believe Oracle is an attractive holding and undervalued due to our perception of its intrinsic value.

During the quarter, we initiated new positions in Brunswick and Cisco Systems. We eliminated our positions in Flowserve and Parker-Hannifin.

The Following is a Brief Description of Our New Holdings:

Brunswick (U.S.) is the leading manufacturer of marine engines, boats, and related parts and accessories. The company is commonly viewed as a cyclical boat manufacturer. The business has evolved in recent years, however, and now most of its profits come from its outboard engine business as well as its aftermarket parts and accessories segments. These are high-quality businesses in which Brunswick has material competitive advantages and they generate high returns on invested capital. The Mercury outboard business is the crown jewel. Over the past decade, Mercury has taken advantage of its leading scale to fund large investments in R&D and product development. These investments have driven consistent market share gains and enabled Mercury to carve out a dominant position in the fast-growing, high-horsepower part of the outboard market. Meanwhile, Brunswick has grown its parts and accessories business through attractive acquisitions that benefit from its broad-based distribution. The combination has shifted the business mix toward more resilient and faster growing profit streams that we believe are underappreciated today. Investors' recession fears and erroneous perception that Brunswick is a stale business have provided us with an opportunity to buy this high-quality franchise at a single-digit multiple of our estimate of mid-cycle earnings power. In our view, this is an attractive price for such a strong franchise.

Cisco Systems (U.S.) is the leading networking solutions company. Networking equipment gains importance as businesses modernize their IT infrastructure, and Cisco is well positioned to capture this demand with the broadest portfolio and the most effective go-to-market strategy. Cisco is changing its business from selling mainly transactional hardware to more software and subscriptions. This transition is expected to accelerate growth, improve operating margins and build recurring revenue. Despite these notable business improvements, Cisco still

trades near a trough valuation relative to the S&P 500 Index. More recently, Cisco announced its intention to acquire Splunk, a leader in security and observability, adding to its already strong position in the increasingly important security market. At a low-teens multiple of our estimate of normalized earnings, we think Cisco is trading at an attractive discount to our estimate of its intrinsic value.

We eliminated our positions in Flowserve (U.S.) and Parker-Hannifin (U.S.) as their share prices approached our estimates of intrinsic value.

Geographically, we ended the quarter with 48.5% of the portfolio in the U.S., 33.0% in Europe, 14.0% in the U.K. and 4.5% in Asia as a percent of equity. Over the third quarter, Switzerland and China contributed the most to return and the U.K., U.S. and Germany detracted the most. For the fiscal year, the U.S., Germany and Switzerland contributed the most to the Fund's return, while France and Mexico detracted the most from returns in the period.

We defensively hedge a portion of the Fund's exposure to currencies that we believe to be overvalued versus the U.S. dollar. However, as of quarter end, the Fund's currency exposure is unhedged.

We thank you for being our partners in the Oakmark Global Fund. We invite you to send us your comments or questions.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 95.9%

 

FINANCIALS - 32.3%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 15.6%

 

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (Switzerland)

   

516

   

$

33,174

   

KKR & Co., Inc. (United States)

   

469

     

28,860

   

Capital One Financial Corp. (United States)

   

293

     

28,445

   

Fiserv, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

226

     

25,540

   

St. James's Place PLC (United Kingdom)

   

2,483

     

25,209

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (United States)

   

204

     

22,400

   

Corebridge Financial, Inc. (United States)

   

1,093

     

21,585

   
         

185,213

   

INSURANCE - 9.7%

 

Allianz SE (Germany)

   

139

     

33,198

   

Prudential PLC (United Kingdom)

   

2,783

     

30,176

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC (United States)

   

122

     

25,430

   
American International Group, Inc.
(United States)
   

419

     

25,416

   
         

114,220

   

BANKS - 7.0%

 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

98,554

     

53,353

   

Bank of America Corp. (United States)

   

1,088

     

29,776

   
         

83,129

   
         

382,562

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 15.9%

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 6.2%

 

Prosus NV (Netherlands)

   

976

     

28,817

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China) (a)

   

2,332

     

25,492

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

157

     

19,984

   
         

74,293

   

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 6.2%

 

Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Germany)

   

611

     

42,585

   

General Motors Co. (United States)

   

926

     

30,530

   
         

73,115

   

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 3.5%

 

Kering SA (France)

   

64

     

29,361

   

Brunswick Corp. (United States)

   

150

     

11,850

   
         

41,211

   
         

188,619

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.5%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 11.5%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (United States) (a)

   

372

     

48,719

   
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A
(United States) (a)
   

86

     

37,693

   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (United States)

   

1,059

     

30,350

   

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

964

     

10,473

   
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C
(United States) (a)
   

102

     

9,324

   
         

136,559

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

HEALTH CARE - 10.4%

 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 8.2%

 

Bayer AG (Germany)

   

758

   

$

36,447

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

129

     

25,381

   

Novartis AG (Switzerland)

   

179

     

18,346

   

Danaher Corp. (United States)

   

69

     

17,094

   
         

97,268

   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 2.2%

 

Envista Holdings Corp. (United States) (a)

   

932

     

25,970

   
         

123,238

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 10.2%

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 5.3%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (South Korea)

   

507

     

25,616

   

Cisco Systems, Inc. (United States)

   

369

     

19,859

   

TE Connectivity Ltd. (United States)

   

138

     

17,096

   
         

62,571

   

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 4.9%

 

Capgemini SE (France)

   

139

     

24,348

   

SAP SE (Germany)

   

166

     

21,594

   

Oracle Corp. (United States)

   

109

     

11,505

   
         

57,447

   
         

120,018

   

INDUSTRIALS - 8.9%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 6.8%

 

CNH Industrial NV (United Kingdom)

   

3,237

     

39,489

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG (Germany)

   

891

     

30,925

   

Travis Perkins PLC (United Kingdom)

   

1,041

     

10,724

   
         

81,138

   

TRANSPORTATION - 2.1%

 

Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (Ireland) (a) (b)

   

253

     

24,608

   
         

105,746

   

ENERGY - 2.4%

 

ConocoPhillips (United States)

   

234

     

28,034

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.2%

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 2.2%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (Belgium)

   

468

     

25,998

   

MATERIALS - 2.1%

 

Glencore PLC (Switzerland)

   

4,223

     

24,214

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 95.9%
(COST $923,141)
       

1,134,988

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Global Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 4.0%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 4.0%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $47,563,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26,
value plus accrued interest of
$48,492 (Cost: $47,542)
 

$

47,542

   

$

47,542

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.0%
(COST $47,542)
       

47,542

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%
(COST $970,683)
       

1,182,530

   

Foreign Currencies (Cost $0) (d) - 0.0% (c)

       

0

(d)

 

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

       

694

   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

1,183,224

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.2)%

 

INDUSTRIALS - (0.2)%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - (0.2)%

 

Veralto Corp. (United States) (a) (e)

   

(23

)

   

(1,942

)

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.2)%
(PROCEEDS $(1,909))
       

(1,942

)

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

(c)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

(d)  Amount rounds to less than $1,000.

(e)  Security is when-issued and has been sold in advance of receipt. Under GAAP, it is deemed to be a short sale. Please refer to the Short Sales section in the Notes to the Financials.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Global Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 10/02/06 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

     

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Global Select Fund (Investor Class)

   

-1.92

%

   

27.70

%

   

9.16

%

   

4.65

%

   

6.12

%

   

7.13

%

 

10/02/06

 

MSCI World Index (Net)12

   

-3.46

%

   

21.95

%

   

8.08

%

   

7.26

%

   

8.26

%

   

6.43

%

         

Lipper Global Fund Index13

   

-3.73

%

   

21.44

%

   

5.58

%

   

5.42

%

   

6.88

%

   

5.70

%

         

Oakmark Global Select Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-1.88

%

   

27.89

%

   

9.33

%

   

4.79

%

   

N/A

     

6.28

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Global Select Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-1.92

%

   

27.92

%

   

9.40

%

   

4.86

%

   

N/A

     

6.34

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Global Select Fund (R6 Class)

   

-1.87

%

   

28.04

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

2.42

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

8.2

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

   

6.5

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

5.1

   

ConocoPhillips

   

4.8

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

4.7

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

4.6

   

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

   

4.6

   

Bayer AG

   

4.6

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

4.6

   
CNH Industrial NV    

4.2

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKWX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

23

 

Net Assets

  $1.1 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $265.2 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $68.9 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  1.10%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Financials

   

26.9

   

Communication Services

   

18.7

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

14.1

   

Health Care

   

11.4

   

Information Technology

   

6.3

   

Energy

   

4.8

   

Consumer Staples

   

3.9

   

Industrials

   

3.8

   

Real Estate

   

3.7

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

6.4

   

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 

% of Equity

 

North America

   

54.8

   

United States

   

54.8

   

Europe

   

34.1

   

Germany*

   

12.8

   

United Kingdom

   

9.9

   

France*

   

4.1

   

 

% of Equity

 

Europe (cont'd)

   

34.1

   

Switzerland

   

3.7

   

Netherlands*

   

3.6

   

Asia

   

11.1

   

South Korea

   

8.0

   

China

   

3.1

   

*  Euro currency countries comprise 20.5% of equity investments.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

William C. Nygren, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

David G. Herro, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

Anthony P. Coniaris, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

Eric Liu, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

M. Colin Hudson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

John A. Sitarz, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakwx@oakmark.com

The Oakmark Global Select Fund (the "Fund") returned 27.70% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, outperforming the MSCI World Index (net)12​, which returned 21.95%. For the most recent quarter, the Fund returned –1.92%, compared to the benchmark's return of –3.46%. The Fund has returned an average of 7.13% per year since its inception on October 2, 2006, outperforming the MSCI World Index (net)'s annualized gain of 6.43% over the same period.

Charter Communications (U.S.), a telecommunications and mass media company, was the top contributor to the Fund's performance for the quarter. Second-quarter broadband subscriptions for Charter Communications grew by 77,000 sequentially, beating consensus expectations of 13,000 and roughly doubling its growth year-over-year. Unit growth outperformed peers, even after adjusting for Charter's rural initiative, which contributed 26,000 subscriptions. Charter's mobile net adds were strong at 648,000, and net adds have been over 600,000 each of the last three quarters since Charter launched Spectrum One, which includes one free mobile line for 12 months. Adjusted earnings growth was roughly flat, but we expect it to accelerate over time as the company's financials are no longer negatively impacted by its investments in marketing personnel and the promo roll-off dynamic begins. While faster unit growth does depress adjusted earnings in the near term, we believe Charter's strategy will prove valuable to long-term shareholders.

CNH Industrial (Italy), which designs, manufactures, and distributes agricultural and construction equipment, was the top detractor for the quarter. CNH Industrial's share price fell following its second-quarter results, as agriculture equipment sales rose 5% in local currency, a slowdown from the prior quarter. This performance fell below market expectations due to destocking activity in Brazil and some production ramp-up issues for its new Patriot sprayer. We believe the production issues are temporary while the destocking actions will better position the business for the midterm. Pricing power remains quite strong and increased by roughly 7%, and precision agricultural sales grew by 21%. While the market was overly focused on near-term demand and sales growth, the agriculture equipment division produced its highest quarterly margin ever

at 16.8%—an encouraging development that supports our view of the company's long-term profitability. Further, the much smaller construction business delivered strong results, including its own quarterly margin record. Management maintained guidance for the rest of the company's current fiscal year and indicated it expects to exceed the 2024 targets laid out at a capital markets day in 2022. We recently met with CEO Scott Wine at the company's offices. He expressed confidence in the company's ability to drive much better through-cycle financial performance while avoiding the company's previous mistakes. He also believes the company's share price is materially undervalued, and although he would prefer to invest in the business, he sees an opportunity to increase returns to shareholders via share repurchases. We believe CNH Industrial remains a solid business in an attractive industry that is run by a much-improved management team.

Alphabet (U.S.) was the top contributor for the fiscal year. Alphabet reported multiple strong sets of earnings releases over the past year, and its results generally exceeded consensus estimates across key metrics. Most recently, search revenue growth accelerated from 5% to 6.5% sequentially in the second quarter, a notable development given lingering economic uncertainty and broader advertising weakness. Cloud growth remained at 30%, stable versus the previous quarter, despite continued headwinds from customers optimizing cloud usage. Margin progression also continued, and cloud margins reached 5%. CFO Ruth Porat emphasized that the largest impact from the company's cost-saving initiatives will not be felt until 2024. YouTube continues to prioritize its Shorts segment, which is experiencing strong viewership growth. Although this is a near-term revenue headwind, we believe Shorts' monetization will accelerate over time. Addressing the year's hottest topic, CEO Sundar Pichai said Alphabet is an "AI-first company" that is "extremely well-positioned as AI reaches an inflection point." At Alphabet's annual developer conference in May, it showcased an impressive array of new AI-powered consumer tools to be rolled out over the course of the year. Investors reacted positively to these presentations, which highlighted the company's impressive innovations in AI technologies. Overall, we believe the company is positioned well to reap the benefits of the scale of

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary (continued)

its search business and years of its investment into AI capabilities. We also appreciate that the company is undergoing a transformation on how it views cost discipline and efficiency.

Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland) was the top detractor for the fiscal year. We were shareholders in Credit Suisse for more than two decades. Before the global financial crisis, we sold most of our shares due to significant share price appreciation, and then we rebuilt that position in the wake of the financial crisis. That holding period was troubled and full of controversy. Credit Suisse's investment bank experienced repeated lapses in risk management concurrent with its attempts to compete with more scaled peers. Despite this, we (in hindsight, incorrectly) remained focused on our sum-of-the-parts valuation and gained comfort in the strong performance of the company's wealth management, asset management and Swiss Universal Bank businesses as they continued to generate better than average returns. We believed that the three better businesses represented good value and that the investment bank was repairable. Despite numerous attempts by multiple leadership teams at Credit Suisse, our thesis was proven wrong. Finally, after the last investment banking restructuring plan and capital raise released last October, we determined it was time to reevaluate our investment thesis as we do whenever there is a fundamental change in one of our holdings. The plan provided no insight into the proceeds from the asset sales or into the costs of restructuring the investment bank. As such, we concluded that an accurate business valuation was indeterminable and compounded by inevitable years of cash outflows. In addition, Credit Suisse's key wealth management franchise experienced elevated client withdrawals, and the risk of reputational damage to its wealth franchise brand had intensified. Ultimately, we decided to exit our position in the fall of 2022 and completed our exit in early March of this year.

We did not initiate or eliminate any positions during the quarter.

Geographically, we ended the quarter and fiscal year with 54.7% of the portfolio in the U.S., 34.2% in the U.K. and Europe, and 11.1% in Asia.

We thank you for your continued support.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Global Select Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 90.5%

 

FINANCIALS - 26.9%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 13.2%

 

Capital One Financial Corp. (United States)

   

509

   

$

49,369

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (United States)

   

442

     

48,651

   

Fiserv, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

374

     

42,231

   
         

140,251

   

BANKS - 9.1%

 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

100,103

     

54,192

   

Bank of America Corp. (United States)

   

1,540

     

42,159

   
         

96,351

   

INSURANCE - 4.6%

 
American International Group, Inc.
(United States)
   

810

     

49,082

   
         

285,684

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 18.7%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 18.7%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (United States) (a)

   

668

     

87,369

   
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A
(United States) (a)
   

156

     

68,778

   

NAVER Corp. (South Korea)

   

284

     

42,507

   
         

198,654

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 14.1%

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 9.5%

 

Prosus NV (Netherlands)

   

1,212

     

35,772

   

Amazon.com, Inc. (United States) (a)

   

267

     

33,982

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China) (a)

   

2,821

     

30,831

   
         

100,585

   

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 4.6%

 

Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Germany)

   

705

     

49,077

   
         

149,662

   

HEALTH CARE - 11.4%

 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 11.4%

 

Bayer AG (Germany)

   

1,019

     

48,970

   

Novartis AG (Switzerland)

   

361

     

37,011

   

Danaher Corp. (United States)

   

139

     

34,486

   
         

120,467

   

ENERGY - 4.8%

 

ConocoPhillips (United States)

   

429

     

51,382

   

INDUSTRIALS - 4.2%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 4.2%

 

CNH Industrial NV (United Kingdom)

   

3,624

     

44,213

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.9%

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 3.9%

 

Danone SA (France)

   

749

     

41,367

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

REAL ESTATE - 3.7%

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 3.7%

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (United States) (a)

   

539

   

$

39,787

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 2.8%

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 2.8%

 

SAP SE (Germany)

   

228

     

29,606

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 90.5%
(COST $776,571)
       

960,822

   

PREFERRED STOCKS - 3.5%

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 3.5%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (South Korea)

   

930

     

37,446

   
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS - 3.5%
(COST $45,649)
       

37,446

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.9%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 5.9%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $62,259,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26, value plus
accrued interest of $63,476 (Cost: $62,232)
 

$

62,232

     

62,232

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.9%
(COST $62,232)
       

62,232

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%
(COST $884,452)
       

1,060,500

   

Foreign Currencies (Cost $0) (c) - 0.0% (b)

       

0

(c)

 

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

       

908

   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

1,061,408

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.4)%

 

INDUSTRIALS - (0.4)%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - (0.4)%

 

Veralto Corp. (United States) (a) (d)

   

(46

)

   

(3,918

)

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.4%)
(PROCEEDS $(3,851))
       

(3,918

)

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than $1,000.

(d)  Security is when-issued and has been sold in advance of receipt. Under GAAP, it is deemed to be a short sale. Please refer to the Short Sales section in the Notes to the Financials.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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  September 30, 2023

International Equity Market Commentary

David G. Herro, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com
oakex@oakmark.com
oakgx@oakmark.com
oakwx@oakmark.com

Because we focus on bottom-up stock selection, geographic exposures are simply a result of our process. However, if we had to identify a region of opportunity, it would be Europe. Within Europe, three themes have emerged: blue-chip European banks, agricultural technology and global travel-related businesses. We are having difficulty finding value in Japan, but are seeing pockets of opportunity in China.

While our investment philosophy and process focus on stock selection, we are often asked about our specific geographic exposures and why we may be overweight certain regions and underweight others. Where a company has its headquarters is of little importance to us as we focus on where and how it generates cash flow and how that cash flow is used. In short, country and industry weights are literally a fallout of our stock selection. We search for businesses that meet our value criteria of being low in price using standard valuation metrics while being high in quality—defined by businesses that earn high returns and have good cash flow generation through time. That being said, there are some specific regions and themes of note.

Europe

In the last few years, we have been able to find great value in European businesses as their share prices have been weak, while corporate performance has been more than acceptable. If you look at Germany as an example, despite the less than robust economic situation, most businesses are global in nature and are growing earnings. Meanwhile, Germany's main stock index trades at just over 10x next year's earnings. Keep in mind that at the close of the quarter, the German 10-year bond yielded 2.7%, helped by a relatively strong fiscal situation. If you look at the earning yield of close to 10% less the 10-year bond yield, there is a greater than 7% spread between the two. A similar figure for the U.S. would be around a 1% spread given much higher 10-year rates in the U.S. combined with a significantly lower earnings yield on the S&P 500 Total Return Index of just 5.5%. In short, as value investors, Europe provides a fertile hunting ground.

Within Europe, a theme we like is blue-chip European banks, which are selling at depressed valuations after a decade of near-zero interest rates hurt their profitability. Recent U.S. bank failures spooked investors who believed that European banks could face a wave of insolvency due to shaky loans and investments. But European banks tend to be safer and more conservative than their U.S. counterparts. The rapid rise in European interest rates should improve these banks' profitability and dividend yields. An example is BNP Paribas, which is the largest publicly traded bank in France. With operations in about 80 countries, it plans to become a U.S.-style full-service global investment bank. Last year, it completed the acquisition of Deutsche Bank's global prime brokerage and electronic equities units.

Europe also affords us the opportunity to invest in agricultural technology. CNH Industrial of Italy is a manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment. The company's pioneering technology, Precision Technology Solutions, is helping drive productivity for its customers in key areas of automation,

autonomy and connected platforms. Germany's Bayer spends more than 2 billion euros a year in its crop science division to drive an innovation pipeline to help secure sufficient supply of quality food to meet the demands of a population forecasted by the UN to grow by over 2.2 billion people.

Another theme that fits our value style is driven by the rebound in global travel. International travel reached 80% of pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2023. The return of Chinese tourists to destinations worldwide should top off a robust revival of global tourism. One example is Amadeus IT Group. Although not as well-known as its competitors, Expedia and Booking Holdings (formerly Priceline.com), this Madrid-based travel-software specialist is the leading supplier of booking data to travel agencies and corporations around the world. It also provides specialized commercial software for airlines. Another example is Ryanair Holdings. The Irish airlines uses a no-frills business model for short-haul routes between secondary airports throughout Europe. And when passengers arrive, they often stay at Accor, the franchiser and manager of internationally acclaimed luxury and premium hotels.

China

In the mid-2000s, we were often asked why we didn't own more of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries in our portfolios. I wrote about being unable to find value in any of the BRICs because of poor valuation and/or terrible corporate governance. The presence of economic growth and vibrancy does not necessarily coincide with undervalued securities that meet our rigorous criteria. Today, we exclude Russia completely from our investible universe and we are being asked if China is even investible.

Though we certainly recognize China has issues, most of which have been self-inflicted, we don't believe the market is un-investable given the current situation. It's true foreign companies have cut way back on direct investment as they de-risk supply chains, but China, as the world's second largest economy and is still emerging, is both an important market as well as a large center for manufacturing. Automakers like, Mercedes-Benz Group and Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), generate about a third of their business from Asia, primarily China. Despite this exposure, we are getting the same story in meetings with German automakers: business is holding up and they expect profits will increase over time. The companies are being disciplined to not chase volume over value, a key learning from the pandemic. In addition, the electric vehicles they have been developing over the last decade are in full swing; BMW has a new class coming out in 2024-2025 so there is cautious

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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International Equity Market Commentary (continued)

optimism. Plus, they trade at three times cash flow, have large cash balances and are buying back stock.

Also, the regulatory pressure on Chinese tech companies appears to have peaked removing some of the uncertainty in this important part of the Chinese economy. While the regulation has made it easier for competitors, it also afforded us an opportunity to own shares of Alibaba Group at a fraction of the level of an average business. We always thought Alibaba's 40% market share wasn't sustainable. Now, with the government's help, the market share decline came a bit quicker, but market share and profitability haven't collapsed given its technology and scale advantages. We believe Alibaba's plans to spin off business will help bring visibility into its inherent value.

Besides the geopolitical situation, which we try to reflect by using higher risk premiums for Chinese stocks, there is the financial situation given the debt build up within the public and property sectors. We do believe this is an issue, but especially given the high saving rates, trade surpluses and large stock of foreign reserves in China, the situation can be handled. Given these risks, we are cognizant of the overall weighting of Chinese companies in our portfolios to serve as an additional layer of risk management.

Japan

Meanwhile, we are frequently asked—why the large underweight in Japan? Quite simply, again given valuations, it's a harder geography to find businesses that meet our criteria. The Japanese market trades at around 14x earnings, but the average return on equity (ROE) of a Japanese company is just 8%. The European market on the other hand trades at 11x earnings and 10x next year's, but provides a 15% ROE. It's true, corporate performance is slowly improving in Japan, but at such low levels of economic return prevalent throughout corporate Japan, it's hard to find widespread value. This wasn't always the case. Our allocation to Japanese equities hit an all-time high in 2011. The market became replete with opportunities as the market viewed Japan as a classic value trap given flat economic growth since the 1990s. However, we drew parallels to the Asian economic crisis in the late 1990s, when bleak sentiment overshadowed great businesses that thrived during the powerful emerging markets bull market. In both instances, our conviction was eventually rewarded.

In Summary

We aren't looking at regions or geography as driving factors for investment, but rather the attributes and opportunities of individual stocks per our research and analysis. We happen to be finding value in Europe right now, but overall, given the combination of low company valuation and respectable growth in corporate cash flow streams of our owned investments, we are pleased with our portfolio positioning and are enthused about prospects.

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 09/30/92 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

       

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark International Fund (Investor Class)

   

-6.89

%

   

34.39

%

   

9.74

%

   

1.86

%

   

2.94

%

   

8.40

%

 

09/30/92

 

MSCI World ex U.S. Index (Net)14

   

-4.10

%

   

24.00

%

   

6.07

%

   

3.44

%

   

3.84

%

   

5.67

%

 

 

MSCI EAFE Index (Net)15

   

-4.11

%

   

25.65

%

   

5.75

%

   

3.24

%

   

3.82

%

   

5.53

%

 

 

Lipper International Fund Index16

   

-4.91

%

   

23.26

%

   

4.67

%

   

3.47

%

   

4.13

%

   

6.36

%

 

 

Oakmark International Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-6.89

%

   

34.57

%

   

9.93

%

   

2.00

%

   

N/A

     

4.58

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark International Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-6.86

%

   

34.65

%

   

10.00

%

   

2.07

%

   

N/A

     

4.65

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark International Fund (R6 Class)

   

-6.85

%

   

34.76

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

0.79

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

3.7

   

BNP Paribas SA

   

3.2

   

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

   

2.8

   
CNH Industrial NV    

2.8

   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   

2.7

   

Bayer AG

   

2.6

   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

   

2.4

   

Continental AG

   

2.3

   

Kering SA

   

2.3

   

Prudential PLC

   

2.3

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKIX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

64

 

Net Assets

  $19.3 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $46.4 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $27.9 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  1.04%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Consumer Discretionary

   

21.7

   

Financials

   

21.6

   

Industrials

   

18.5

   

Health Care

   

10.9

   

Information Technology

   

8.0

   

Communication Services

   

6.5

   

Materials

   

4.9

   

Consumer Staples

   

4.9

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

3.0

   

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 

% of Equity

 

Europe

   

88.0

   

Germany*

   

27.0

   

United Kingdom

   

17.8

   

France*

   

16.2

   

Switzerland

   

8.4

   

Netherlands*

   

4.8

   

Sweden

   

4.1

   

Italy*

   

2.8

   

Ireland*

   

1.9

   

Belgium*

   

1.6

   

Spain*

   

1.4

   

Luxembourg*

   

1.2

   

Denmark

   

0.8

   

 

% of Equity

 

Asia

   

10.4

   

South Korea

   

3.7

   

Japan

   

3.5

   

China

   

2.1

   

India

   

0.9

   

Indonesia

   

0.2

   

North America

   

1.6

   

Canada

   

1.6

   

*  Euro currency countries comprise 56.9% of equity investments.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Portfolio Manager Commentary

David G. Herro, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com

Michael L. Manelli, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com

Eric Liu, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakix@oakmark.com

The Oakmark International Fund ("the Fund") increased 34.39% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, outperforming the benchmark, the MSCI World ex U.S. Index (net)14​, which increased 24.00% over the same period. For the most recent quarter, the Fund returned –6.89%, compared to the benchmark's return of –4.10%. However, the Fund has returned an average of 8.40% per year since its inception in September 1992, outperforming the MSCI World ex U.S. Index (net), which has averaged 5.67% per year over the same period. For additional color on our views of the market environment during the most recent quarter end, please see our market commentary.

Fresenius (Germany), a global health care group, was the top contributor to the Fund's performance this quarter. We were impressed by Fresenius' second-quarter results, particularly in the Kabi and Helios segments. The organic growth for Kabi, which supplies drugs, nutritional products and medical devices, once again comfortably surpassed expectations, even outpacing the 4-7% long-term framework. This outperformance also occurred broadly and across all of Kabi's units. Kabi's margins were also encouraging, and it continues to generate significant savings for Fresenius' restructuring program. Hospital operator Helios also performed well, despite the tough macro environment for hospitals. The solid results from both Helios and Kabi reflect well on Fresenius' fundamental outlook as well as on its operational transformation, initiated under new CEO Michael Sen to bring stronger performance management to the business. The company's Vamed segment, however, remained its weak spot due to the previous management team's decision to expand rapidly into new geographies without proper risk control. Now, Vamed is being restructured, and the new management team expects the second quarter to be the trough. Finally, the stock has benefited from news of portfolio divestitures underway that could crystallize value, simplify the business and help de-lever the balance sheet.

Worldline (France), which creates and operates digital transaction processing platforms, was a top detractor for the quarter and fiscal year. Despite the weak share price performance, the business's underlying results have been healthy, and we continue to like its longer term prospects. Share price weakness has largely been driven by multiple compressions, which has continued nearly unabated since November 2021 and currently sits at historically low levels. This is despite the company's continued robust top-line growth (9% organic growth trailing 12 months) and ongoing improvement in margins (90 basis points year-over-year improvement targeted 2023). Valuation has generally been pressured due to higher interest rates, slowing consumer spending concerns, and competitive pressures being experienced in the U.S. payment market that, we believe, are being incorrectly transposed to Europe. European payments are a less competitive market due to a greater variety of

payment methods (more than 200 compared to the four dominant payments in the U.S.), disparate country regulatory schemes, and cultural and language barriers. In addition, the European payment market is at an earlier stage of cash-to-card migration, and more market share is still held by share-losing banks. Both factors provide an attractive backdrop for European payments to deliver GDP+ growth for years. Worldline's underlying execution has generally been in line with our expectations. The cash flow profile of the business is also improving. Worldline has completed over EUR 8 billion in acquisitions since 2019, and the integration and restructuring of those assets have kept cash conversion below normal levels for the past several years. By the end of 2024, the dual running costs of integrating these businesses should fall away, driving both good margin leverage and stronger cash flow. With high-single-digit organic growth, improving operating margins, and strengthening free cash flow conversion, Worldline should compound free cash flow at a mid-teens rate. Given Worldline's market position and operational characteristics, we believe the company is worth much more than the ~8.5x forward EV/EBITDA17​ at which it currently trades.

Intesa Sanpaolo (Italy), the largest bank in Italy, was the Fund's top contributor for the fiscal year. Intesa has generated substantial net profit increases in recent periods thanks to a significant rise in net interest income (NII). This was consistent with our view that Intesa would dramatically benefit from rising rates. This first became evident following the nine-month results released in November 2022. The company's NII leverage to rising interest rates has remained robust. Its NII increased by nearly 69% year over year in the first half of 2023 and by 10% sequentially in the second quarter. The rate sensitivity led Intesa to increase its 2022 guidance to greater than EUR 4 billion of net income and to guide for well above EUR 5.5 billion in 2023. Following an even more impressive NII than expected, guidance was raised to greater than EUR 7 billion of net income this year. Importantly, Intesa's asset quality has also remained rather benign at just 25 basis points in the first half of the year, and non-performing loan formation has continued to decline, reflecting the low-risk business model and strong underwriting of management. Intesa has also been able to keep operating costs well-controlled, thanks to efficiency measures that have largely offset inflationary impacts. Intesa's shareholders are directly benefitting from the company's higher earnings. With one of the highest dividend payout ratios in Europe (70%), Intesa has also been returning capital to shareholders via buybacks while maintaining a robust balance sheet. Intesa remains a strong banking franchise run by an excellent management team, in our view. We believe it remains an attractive holding.

We initiated a new position in Bunzl (U.K.) during the quarter. Bunzl is a leading distributor of not-for-resale items (packaging,

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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cleaning supplies, etc.) to the food service, grocery, safety and retail end markets. Customers benefit from Bunzl's bulk purchasing terms and by the ability to outsource the warehouse and distribution requirements of necessary, but non-core, products. Given the essential nature of these items, Bunzl's top-line trends tend to be highly stable. Organically, Bunzl's business is relatively low growth (in line with GDP), but the business can generate significant value by acquiring smaller distribution businesses to expand its customer base, product offerings and geographies served (after taking into account M&A top line has grown at a high single digit rate over the past decade). We believe Bunzl will likely create significant value via future M&A activity, a potential that the market currently undervalues. As shareholders twice before, we are familiar with the management team and the business model, and we see the recent share price decline as an opportunity to establish a position in a high-quality, defensive compounder at an attractive valuation.

During the quarter, we sold Orica (Australia) to fund other positions we believe offer more attractive opportunities on a risk-to-reward basis.

Geographically, we ended the quarter with approximately 88.0% of our holdings in Europe and the U.K., 6.9% in Asia, 3.5% in Japan, and 1.6% in North America (Canada and the U.S.).

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 95.3%

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 21.7%

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 8.6%

 

Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Germany)

   

7,847

   

$

546,657

   

Continental AG (Germany)

   

6,407

     

452,246

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Germany)

   

4,073

     

415,007

   

Valeo SE (France) (a)

   

14,308

     

247,019

   
         

1,660,929

   

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 5.2%

 

Kering SA (France)

   

954

     

435,621

   

adidas AG (Germany)

   

1,480

     

260,768

   

Swatch Group AG (Switzerland)

   

709

     

182,371

   
Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A
(Switzerland)
   

1,003

     

122,715

   
         

1,001,475

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 4.0%

 

Prosus NV (Netherlands)

   

12,945

     

382,131

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China) (b)

   

29,556

     

323,078

   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR (China) (b) (c)

   

4,370

     

69,966

   
         

775,175

   

CONSUMER SERVICES - 3.9%

 

Accor SA (France) (a)

   

9,908

     

334,581

   

Amadeus IT Group SA (Spain)

   

4,404

     

266,731

   

Compass Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

5,936

     

144,843

   
         

746,155

   
         

4,183,734

   

FINANCIALS - 21.6%

 

BANKS - 10.7%

 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
   

1,330,116

     

720,069

   

BNP Paribas SA (France)

   

9,670

     

617,818

   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Italy)

   

200,547

     

517,349

   

Axis Bank Ltd. (India)

   

13,820

     

172,526

   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT (Indonesia)

   

69,697

     

27,171

   
         

2,054,933

   

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 6.5%

 

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom)

   

72,818

     

361,776

   

Worldline SA (France) (b)

   

12,624

     

355,687

   

EXOR NV (Netherlands)

   

3,950

     

350,588

   

Edenred SE (France)

   

3,021

     

189,337

   
         

1,257,388

   

INSURANCE - 4.4%

 

Prudential PLC (United Kingdom)

   

40,007

     

433,843

   

Allianz SE (Germany)

   

1,774

     

423,243

   
         

857,086

   
         

4,169,407

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

INDUSTRIALS - 18.5%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 14.9%

 

CNH Industrial NV (United Kingdom)

   

44,303

   

$

540,524

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG (Germany)

   

11,417

     

396,145

   

SKF AB, Class B (Sweden)

   

20,080

     

334,774

   

Siemens AG (Germany)

   

2,141

     

307,062

   

Volvo AB, Class B (Sweden)

   

14,349

     

296,297

   

Brenntag SE (Germany)

   

3,034

     

235,663

   

Komatsu Ltd. (Japan)

   

7,256

     

196,314

   

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,006

     

183,430

   

Schindler Holding AG (Switzerland)

   

687

     

137,250

   

Sandvik AB (Sweden)

   

7,203

     

132,909

   

Smiths Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

5,203

     

102,801

   

Bunzl PLC (United Kingdom)

   

333

     

11,884

   
         

2,875,053

   

TRANSPORTATION - 2.6%

 

Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR (Ireland) (b) (c)

   

3,581

     

348,128

   

DSV AS (Denmark)

   

834

     

155,918

   
         

504,046

   

COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.0%

 

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)

   

5,870

     

181,026

   
         

3,560,125

   

HEALTH CARE - 10.9%

 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 6.4%

 

Bayer AG (Germany)

   

10,492

     

504,170

   

Novartis AG (Switzerland)

   

2,461

     

252,368

   

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland)

   

889

     

243,240

   

Eurofins Scientific SE (Luxembourg)

   

4,047

     

228,896

   
         

1,228,674

   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 4.5%

 

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Germany)

   

14,698

     

457,794

   
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
(Germany)
   

9,444

     

407,794

   
         

865,588

   
         

2,094,262

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.5%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 5.4%

 

NAVER Corp. (South Korea)

   

2,530

     

378,266

   

WPP PLC (United Kingdom)

   

34,183

     

305,709

   

Publicis Groupe SA (France)

   

3,101

     

235,260

   

Informa PLC (United Kingdom)

   

13,910

     

127,357

   
         

1,046,592

   

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.1%

 
Liberty Global PLC, Class A
(United Kingdom) (b)
   

11,694

     

200,202

   
         

1,246,794

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 95.3% (continued)

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 6.3%

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 6.3%

 

Capgemini SE (France)

   

2,121

   

$

371,771

   

Open Text Corp. (Canada)

   

8,759

     

307,422

   

SAP SE (Germany)

   

2,101

     

272,857

   

Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)

   

2,274

     

267,827

   
         

1,219,877

   

MATERIALS - 4.9%

 

Glencore PLC (Switzerland)

   

61,254

     

351,186

   

Holcim AG (Switzerland)

   

4,438

     

284,991

   

thyssenkrupp AG (Germany) (a)

   

21,141

     

161,508

   

Akzo Nobel NV (Netherlands)

   

2,181

     

157,935

   
         

955,620

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.9%

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 2.8%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (Belgium)

   

5,355

     

297,273

   

Danone SA (France)

   

4,355

     

240,633

   
         

537,906

   

HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 2.1%

 

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)

   

3,221

     

203,342

   
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
   

2,798

     

197,826

   
         

401,168

   
         

939,074

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 95.3%
(COST $17,510,804)
       

18,368,893

   

PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.7%

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 1.7%

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.7%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (South Korea)

   

8,028

     

323,428

   
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.7%
(COST $424,734)
       

323,428

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.9%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 2.0%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $400,224,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Notes, 0.125% - 0.750% due
03/31/26 - 04/15/2026, aggregate value
plus accrued interest of $408,049
(Cost: $400,048)
 

$

400,048

     

400,048

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.9%

 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 144A,
6.04% - 6.12%, due
10/02/23 - 11/01/23 (d) (e)
(Cost $174,890)
 

$

175,300

   

$

174,827

   
Total Commercial Paper - 0.9%
(Cost $174,890)
       

174,827

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.9%
(COST $574,938)
       

574,875

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.9%
(COST $18,510,476)
       

19,267,196

   

Foreign Currencies (Cost $1) - 0.0% (f)

       

1

   

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

       

12,104

   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

19,279,301

   

(a)  See Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

(d)  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold, normally only to qualified institutional buyers.

(e)  The rate shown represents the annualized yield at the time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(f)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

32 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark International Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

SCHEDULE OF TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED ISSUERS

Purchase and sale transactions and dividend and interest income earned during the period on these securities are set forth below (in thousands). The industry, country or geographic region for each of the below affiliates can be found in the Schedule of Investments.

Affiliates   Shares
Held
  Purchases
(Cost)
  Sales
(Proceeds)
  Realized
Gain/(Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized
  Dividend
Income
  Value
September 30,
2022
  Value
September 30,
2023
  Percent of
Net Assets
 

Accor SA (a)

   

9,908

   

$

6,764

   

$

197,049

   

$

(73,583

)

 

$

272,964

   

$

13,083

   

$

325,485

   

$

334,581

     

1.7

%

 

thyssenkrupp AG (a)

   

21,141

     

0

     

125,602

     

(310,411

)

   

425,664

     

4,274

     

171,857

     

161,508

     

0.8

%

 

Valeo

   

14,308

     

42,662

     

69,271

     

(57,040

)

   

102,956

     

6,806

     

227,712

     

247,019

     

1.3

%

 

TOTAL

   

45,357

   

$

49,426

   

$

391,922

   

$

(441,034

)

 

$

801,584

   

$

24,163

   

$

725,054

   

$

743,108

     

3.8

%

 

(a)  Due to transactions during the period ended September 30, 2023, the company is no longer an affiliate.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since 09/30/12#​ (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

       

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (Investor Class)

   

-3.10

%

   

37.05

%

   

11.24

%

   

4.62

%

   

4.03

%

   

8.34

%

 

11/01/95

 

MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (Net)18

   

-3.48

%

   

17.32

%

   

1.85

%

   

1.28

%

   

4.13

%

   

N/A

   

 

MSCI World ex U.S. Index (Net)14

   

-4.10

%

   

24.00

%

   

6.07

%

   

3.44

%

   

3.84

%

   

5.00

%

 

 

Lipper International Small Cap Fund Index19

   

-4.52

%

   

18.88

%

   

0.78

%

   

1.44

%

   

4.05

%

   

N/A

   

 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-3.04

%

   

37.16

%

   

11.41

%

   

4.77

%

   

N/A

     

6.26

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-3.05

%

   

37.30

%

   

11.50

%

   

4.83

%

   

N/A

     

6.34

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (R6 Class)

   

-3.05

%

   

37.34

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

3.91

%

 

12/15/20

 

# The graph shows only 10 years of performance because the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (Net) was launched on 1/1/2001 and does not have data going back to the Fund's inception.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Prior to December 3, 2018, the Fund imposed a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase; the Fund's performance for periods prior to that date does not reflect the 2% redemption fee. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Konecranes OYJ

   

3.5

   

Azimut Holding SpA

   

3.3

   

Duerr AG

   

3.0

   

Atea ASA

   

3.0

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

2.8

   

Travis Perkins PLC

   

2.8

   

St. James's Place PLC

   

2.7

   

ISS AS

   

2.6

   

DS Smith PLC

   

2.5

   

Nexi SpA

   

2.4

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKEX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

63

 

Net Assets

  $1.3 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $4 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $2.9 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  1.34%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Industrials

   

31.7

   

Financials

   

20.2

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

11.5

   

Information Technology

   

9.0

   

Health Care

   

6.9

   

Communication Services

   

6.5

   

Consumer Staples

   

4.9

   

Materials

   

3.8

   

Real Estate

   

2.6

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

2.9

   

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 
   

% of Equity

 

Europe

   

78.7

   

United Kingdom

   

21.3

   

Switzerland

   

10.8

   

Italy*

   

7.8

   

Sweden

   

7.7

   

Germany*

   

7.6

   

Spain*

   

5.3

   

Finland*

   

5.2

   

Norway

   

4.9

   

Netherlands*

   

4.1

   

Denmark

   

3.6

   

Belgium*

   

0.4

   
   

% of Equity

 

Asia

   

11.2

 

Japan

   

4.8

   

South Korea

   

4.5

   

China

   

1.1

   

Indonesia

   

0.8

   

Australasia

   

3.5

 

Australia

   

3.5

   

Latin America

   

2.7

 

Mexico

   

2.7

   

North America

   

2.7

 

Canada

   

2.7

   

Africa/Middle East

   

1.2

 

Israel

   

1.2

   

*  Euro currency countries comprise 30.4% of equity investments.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

34 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

David G. Herro, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakex@oakmark.com

Michael L. Manelli, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakex@oakmark.com

Justin D. Hance, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakex@oakmark.com

The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund ("the Fund") returned 37.05% for the fiscal year ending September 30, compared to its benchmark, the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (net), which returned 17.32% for the same period. The Fund returned –3.10% for the quarter, compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (net) return of –3.48%. Since the Fund's inception on November 1, 1995, it has returned an average of 8.34% per year. For additional color on our views of the market environment during the most recent quarter end, please see our international market commentary.

Despite a softer final quarter of the fiscal year, the Fund produced strong absolute and relative returns over the previous 12 months. This reflects the benefits of a highly favorable starting point: On September 30, 2022, equity valuations, especially in Europe, were near historical lows as the market was overly concerned about record-high energy prices, the impact rising interest rates might have on economic activity, and other possible disruptions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Twelve months later, energy prices have declined significantly and economic growth has moderated, but to date higher interest rates have not pushed Europe or the global economy into a recession, and disruptions caused by the Russian invasion have been relatively limited. Most of our portfolio companies have been able to grow earnings and cash flow over the past 12 months, and their share prices have recovered meaningfully from one year ago. The biggest driver of the Fund's outperformance over the past 12 months was strong stock selection within our industrial holdings. While our industrial names consist of a diverse group of businesses, one commonality was significant aftermarket exposure. For example, Konecranes, Fluidra and Metso all delivered strong absolute and relative returns because investors underestimated the stability of their earnings streams in a slowing economic environment. Our IT exposure also boosted performance as two businesses, Software AG and SoftwareOne, were subject to private equity bids during the year.

As David Herro discussed in the international equity market commentary letter, despite the strong performance over the past 12 months, we believe the portfolio continues to be attractively valued as it trades at nearly 50 cents of our estimate of intrinsic value. We continue to maintain an overweight exposure to European equities as we believe geographically this is the most attractively valued area of the market. We are also maintaining our significant underweight exposure to Japan since Japanese equities trade at a premium to European equities, even though they typically grow more slowly and generate lower returns. Given the Japanese yen's continued weakness, some modestly improved value opportunities are emerging within domestic-focused Japanese businesses. As a result, we added KATITAS to the portfolio in the quarter. We expect our underweight position toward Japanese equities to remain, however, until

relative valuations improve or Japanese companies aggressively improve their operational and capital allocation performance.

Schibsted (Norway), a global media group, was a top contributor to the Fund's return for the quarter. News broke during the period that a private equity consortium had submitted an indicative bid to take Adevinta private, a boon for Schibsted as it owns 31% of Adevinta's shares. The holding contributes a sizable portion of value for Schibsted, and receiving liquidity for the stake would allow the company to return capital to shareholders and selectively re-invest in its businesses. Meanwhile, the core of Schibsted performed in line with expectations. The classifieds business demonstrated resilient growth on recovering volumes and ongoing pricing power. News media's operating environment remained challenging with advertising revenue down about 10%, but subscription revenues grew 5%, driven by a 14% increase in digital. Despite headwinds, news margins continued to improve sequentially with cost discipline a key focus by management. The classifieds business remains attractive to us because of its sticky network effect, robust long-term pricing power and compelling economics. In addition, we expect that customers' increasing comfort with online transactions will allow Schibsted to extend deeper into transaction monetization, unlocking profit pools previously untapped. We believe today's margins are depressed by the company's investments in these opportunities that offer solid payoff potential.

St. James's Place, the largest wealth manager in the U.K., was the Fund's largest detractor for the quarter. St. James's Place released weak first half of 2023 results, and management noted that it will reduce fees on certain products ahead of the new consumer duty regulation. St. James's Place plans to cap annual product management charges at 85 basis points for client bond and pension contributions after a client has been invested for 10 years, which will result in a four basis point impact to the group revenue margin. CEO Andrew Croft also believes this self-directed decision will create goodwill with the regulatory body. Both assets under management and cash earnings were slightly below our expectations, and the relatively low amount of net new money was mainly attributed to weak flows in unit trusts and individual savings accounts. Gross contributions within the unit trusts and individual savings accounts have been concentrated in lower value accounts, and these clients have been most impacted by cost-of-living pressures. Further, clients' decision to allocate more money to cash products instead of traditional investments has put additional pressure on St. James's Place as it does not have a cash management product. Lastly, market performance was lower than our estimates due to a strengthening British pound, up 5% year-to-date compared to the U.S. dollar. Despite these near-term headwinds, we continue to believe the company offers an attractive long-term investment. Pension reforms in the U.K. have significantly increased the number of defined contribution

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary (continued)

participants, which benefits St. James's Place by providing a sustained flow of new clients and assets under management that we believe will continue. We also like that the company's capital-light operating model generates a higher than average return on capital employed and robust cash conversion, the majority of which gets returned to shareholders.

Konecranes (Finland), an engineering company that specializes in lifting equipment, ranked as a top contributor for the fiscal year. The company's results over the past several quarters have demonstrated impressive growth as well as margin improvement. The flagship service division, which accounts for the clear majority of profit and value, has grown organically by nearly 17% in local currency over the past two quarters, thanks to both spare parts and field service growth as well as price increases of 8%-10% that have more than offset inflationary pressures. As a result, margins have expanded 270 basis points in the first half of the fiscal year, hitting a record of 19.1% and leading to EBITA20​ that significantly surpassed our and market expectations. In the company's industrial equipment business, margins have greatly improved from negative a year ago to 6.2% in the first half, thanks to pricing actions, operating leverage and restructuring initiatives. This uplift is encouraging as the division has faced challenging profitability for some time. Konecranes also held a capital markets day in May and released new financial targets that called for a significant increase in profitability to 12%-15% EBITA margins, which was well ahead of our forecasts. Although these targets are ambitious, we found the strategy and rationale behind them credible. Despite reduced order intakes during the most recent quarter, the order books remain quite high, and we believe that the current management team can deliver higher profitability than in the recent past. We believe Konecranes remains an attractive investment.

Viaplay (Sweden), a media and entertainment company, was the top detractor to the Fund's performance for the fiscal year. The company issued a profit warning in June and replaced its CEO with immediate effect. We believe Viaplay's difficulties are due to a convergence of a tough macro environment, an overpriced sports rights bid by a growth-oriented CEO, and a disappointing internal breakdown of visibility into costs and cash flow. These factors conspired into a perfect storm for Viaplay, compounded by an increasingly levered balance sheet that will force bank refinancing discussions through the end of this year. The board recruited CEO Jorgen Lindemann—the former CEO of Modern Times Group, which previously housed Viaplay—to lead the restructuring and turnaround. His plan is reasonable, aiming to restore Viaplay to its prior focus on the core Nordic business that has a 30-year track record of profitability, strong engagement metrics, and top position in local and sports content. The path to get there is challenging, though, considering the refinancing needs and content choices that may be forced by onerous long-duration contracts. During the quarter, three potential strategic and financial investors took sizable stakes in Viaplay, so future ownership of the business remains unclear. Given the uncertainty around future capital needs and the long-term ownership structure of the business, we exited our holding in Viaplay during the quarter.

We initiated new positions in the following during the quarter:

•  KATITAS (Japan) is the dominant player in Japan's single-family detached home remodeling industry, at around 15 times the size of its largest competitor. In our view, this size gives KATITAS a significant and growing competitive

advantage both in terms of a lower cost structure and higher brand recognition, which in turn helps the company procure and sell properties. We have found that the Japanese attitude toward purchasing existing homes is improving, which helps drive demand for KATITAS' remodeled homes. The large amount of vacant homes in Japan, which is estimated at over 8 million units, provides an ample supply of homes for KATITAS to remodel. Further, we believe impending changes to government policies will create new incentives for owners to sell these homes rather than keep them vacant, providing a tailwind for KATITAS' procurement efforts. Longer term, we expect the maturing of the employee base will lead to a higher gross profit contribution per employee and an improved margin structure of the business.

•  Intermediate Capital Group (U.K.) is a European alternative asset manager that offers clients access to direct lending, mezzanine, collateralized loan obligations, real assets, secondary equities and liquid credit strategies. We believe that Intermediate Capital Group is uniquely poised to benefit from the most attractive sub-segments of the growing private investments industry due to its scale positions and strong performance. As a result, we expect the company to take above-average market share of private assets under management growth in the coming years. In addition, we like that Intermediate Capital Group's long-duration assets with multi-year lock-up periods provide predictable cash flows and downside protection through its management fees. We believe margins will expand as immature strategies reach scale, and the company has substantial opportunities to grow existing client relationships via cross-selling and also expand into underpenetrated client geographies.

•  Essentra (U.K.), a former portfolio holding, recently completed its transition to become a pure-play components distributor, following the sale of its packaging and filters business last year. We have always regarded the distribution business (where it manufactures and distributes protective components typically used in product packaging and shipping applications) as Essentra's highest quality business. The company's share price has been weak year to date as the shareholder base has turned over following disposals and concerns about volume trends driven by soft industrial production. This has provided us with the opportunity to establish a position in this high-quality business at attractive valuation levels (less than 10x EBIT).21​ We believe Essentra is considerably more valuable as a standalone distribution business. Its cash flow can now be invested in M&A for the distribution business and in shareholder returns rather than diverted to support the legacy packaging business.

As mentioned above, we sold Viaplay to fund other positions we believe offer more attractive opportunities on a risk-to-reward basis. In addition, Software AG (Germany) was eliminated from the portfolio following Silver Lake's acquisition of the company.

Geographically, we ended the quarter and fiscal year with approximately 78.7% of our holdings in Europe and the U.K., 6.4% in Asia, and 3.5% in Australasia. The remaining positions are in Japan with 4.8%, 5.4% in the Americas (Latin and Canada), and 1.2% in Africa/Middle East.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%

 

INDUSTRIALS - 31.7%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 18.6%

 

Konecranes OYJ (Finland)

   

1,392

   

$

46,291

   

Duerr AG (Germany)

   

1,466

     

39,819

   

Travis Perkins PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,560

     

36,680

   

Howden Joinery Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,019

     

27,121

   

Fluidra SA (Spain)

   

1,277

     

26,147

   

Metso Oyj (Finland)

   

1,916

     

20,165

   
Babcock International Group PLC
(United Kingdom) (a)
   

3,618

     

18,249

   

Sulzer AG (Switzerland)

   

166

     

15,902

   

dormakaba Holding AG (Switzerland)

   

30

     

14,776

   
         

245,150

   

COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 13.1%

 

ISS AS (Denmark)

   

2,185

     

33,671

   

Loomis AB (Sweden)

   

1,157

     

31,199

   

Hays PLC (United Kingdom)

   

20,397

     

27,176

   

Applus Services SA (Spain)

   

2,361

     

24,715

   

Pagegroup PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,509

     

17,948

   

SThree PLC (United Kingdom)

   

2,909

     

13,273

   

Mitie Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

7,243

     

9,084

   

Randstad NV (Netherlands)

   

143

     

7,930

   

Adecco Group AG (Switzerland)

   

190

     

7,842

   
         

172,838

   
         

417,988

   

FINANCIALS - 20.2%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 15.4%

 

Azimut Holding SpA (Italy)

   

2,006

     

43,858

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (Switzerland)

   

576

     

37,070

   

St. James's Place PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,553

     

36,077

   

Nexi SpA (Italy) (a)

   

5,249

     

32,118

   

EFG International AG (Switzerland)

   

1,854

     

21,068

   

Euronext NV (Netherlands)

   

299

     

20,871

   
Intermediate Capital Group PLC
(United Kingdom)
   

705

     

11,894

   
         

202,956

   

BANKS - 4.3%

 

BNK Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea)

   

6,054

     

30,693

   

DGB Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea)

   

4,520

     

26,321

   
         

57,014

   

INSURANCE - 0.5%

 

Talanx AG (Germany)

   

95

     

6,045

   
         

266,015

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.5%

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 7.7%

 

Dometic Group AB (Sweden)

   

4,993

     

31,653

   

Vitesco Technologies Group AG (Germany) (a)

   

319

     

25,875

   

Pirelli & C SpA (Italy)

   

4,793

     

23,114

   

Autoliv, Inc. (Sweden)

   

215

     

20,705

   
         

101,347

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 2.4%

 

Gildan Activewear, Inc. (Canada)

   

716

   

$

20,054

   

GN Store Nord AS (Denmark) (a)

   

678

     

12,273

   
         

32,327

   

CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.1%

 

Wynn Macau Ltd. (China) (a)

   

14,917

     

14,287

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 0.3%

 

Wickes Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

2,003

     

3,356

   
         

151,317

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 9.0%

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 6.9%

 

Atea ASA (Norway)

   

3,124

     

39,023

   

TeamViewer SE (Germany) (a)

   

1,543

     

26,034

   

BIPROGY, Inc. (Japan)

   

729

     

18,208

   

Sapiens International Corp. NV (Israel)

   

264

     

7,497

   
         

90,762

   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 2.1%

 

Softwareone Holding AG (Switzerland)

   

1,369

     

27,135

   
         

117,897

   

HEALTH CARE - 6.9%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 5.6%

 

ConvaTec Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   

9,443

     

25,094

   

Ansell Ltd. (Australia)

   

1,654

     

23,527

   

Elekta AB, Class B (Sweden)

   

2,279

     

15,526

   

Medmix AG (Switzerland)

   

379

     

9,637

   
         

73,784

   

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 1.3%

 

Grifols SA ADR (Spain) (a) (b)

   

1,809

     

16,534

   
         

90,318

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.5%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 5.7%

 

Schibsted ASA, Class B (Norway)

   

1,145

     

23,890

   

oOh!media Ltd. (Australia)

   

22,867

     

20,804

   

Megacable Holdings SAB de CV (Mexico)

   

9,239

     

20,336

   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   

1,206

     

9,923

   
         

74,953

   

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.8%

 

Sarana Menara Nusantara Tbk PT (Indonesia)

   

172,923

     

10,741

   
         

85,694

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.9%

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 2.4%

 

JDE Peet's NV (Netherlands)

   

840

     

23,450

   

Strauss Group Ltd. (Israel) (a)

   

391

     

8,224

   
         

31,674

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark International Small Cap Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 97.1% (continued)

 

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.9% (continued)

 

CONSUMER STAPLES DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 1.4%

 

Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)

   

481

   

$

19,102

   

HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 1.1%

 
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A
(Mexico)
   

7,208

     

14,351

   
         

65,127

   

MATERIALS - 3.8%

 

DS Smith PLC (United Kingdom)

   

9,346

     

32,740

   

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. (Japan)

   

691

     

9,881

   

Titan Cement International SA (Belgium)

   

311

     

5,657

   

Essentra PLC (United Kingdom)

   

1,126

     

2,223

   
         

50,501

   

REAL ESTATE - 2.6%

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 2.6%

 

Colliers International Group, Inc. (Canada)

   

146

     

13,885

   

LSL Property Services PLC (United Kingdom)

   

3,634

     

11,528

   

IWG PLC (Switzerland) (a)

   

2,881

     

4,973

   

Katitas Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   

309

     

4,505

   
         

34,891

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%
(COST $1,261,532)
       

1,279,748

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 1.7%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.7%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $22,285,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26, value plus
accrued interest of $22,721 (Cost: $22,275)
 

$

22,275

     

22,275

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.7%
(COST $22,275)
       

22,275

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.8%
(COST $1,283,807)
       

1,302,023

   

Foreign Currencies (Cost $30,205) - 2.3%

       

30,389

   

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets - (1.1)%

       

(15,051

)

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

1,317,361

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Sponsored American Depositary Receipt

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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  September 30, 2023

Fixed Income Market Commentary

Adam D. Abbas

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

Today's environment poses distinct challenges in the short run, especially for investors anchored in value investing principles. Currently, the investment landscape is impacted by the effects of a Federal Reserve hike cycle initiated nearly two years ago, which was implemented to offset inflation. Yet, we are now in the midst of the most significant fixed income sell-off since the 1970s.

Fixed Income's Value Proposition

Historically, fixed income assets have served as the bedrock of many investment portfolios. However, the current climate has stoked fear of the potential for additional major losses. Most conversations with anxious investors and the media now center around short-term market variables—oversupply, new bond issuance, interpretations of Federal Reserve guidance, and dot plots, to name a few. The shift away from fundamentals is noticeable.

Although fixed income's immediate future might appear clouded, it's important to note that Oakmark does not engage in near-term forecasting. Instead, we emphasize long-term value investing, and typically, when the investment community leans heavily into short-term concerns, opportunities in long-term value investing emerge.

So, let's step back and evaluate the inherent value proposition of fixed income. Although most people associate value investing predominantly with stocks, it's an equally crucial concept in bond investing. As Howard Marks wisely put it, investing intelligently is about determining an asset's genuine value and securing it for less than that amount. This calls for a consistent approach, especially when temporary factors have created short-term price swings.

We believe that government and high-quality U.S. bonds have stronger long-term value now than they've exhibited in over a decade. Our view surely runs counter to natural instincts to sell and move to cash, especially given the rising rates and lower prices that continue week after week. Yet, the essence of value investing is acquiring assets at or below their true worth, ensuring a sizeable safety net. Real yields now offer that safety net. After averaging negative real returns over the previous decade, U.S. government bonds now guarantee over 2% annual real rates of returns beyond inflation forecasts for every spot on the duration curve (see Figure 1). High-quality corporations, which have historical default rates below 2%, are now providing over 4% yields to investors adjusted for inflation.

Figure 1: Real Yields in U.S. Government Treasurys

What investors are compensated for over inflation expectations

Source: Bloomberg; U.S. Treasurys real rates, H15 index (5 year, 10 year, 30 year); dates depicted 3/31/2010—8/31/2023

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Fixed Income Market Commentary (continued)

Inflation: Don't Fight the Fed

But the significant jump in value vis-a-vis both real and nominal yields (see Figure 2) is mostly being ignored. Instead, the focus seems to be on short-term phenomena like supply imbalances, technical trading levels, structural shifts in the labor

markets, disruptions in the global supply chain, and even the largely theoretical discussions on the potential impacts of quantitative tightening (QT). There's a clear fixation—almost a panic—about the risks of more inflation, and it dominates much of the discourse.

Figure 2: Nominal Yields for High-Quality Fixed Income

Yields are now significantly above the post global financial crisis highs

Source: Bloomberg; LUMSYW Index—Bid Price, LCB1YW Index—Last Price; dates depicted 3/31/2010—9/29/2023

However, despite the persistent "inflation-forever" discussions, it's imperative to recognize the Federal Reserve's unwavering commitment to its 2% inflation target. The well-known mantra, "Don't fight the Fed," is timely. Historically, even though the Federal Reserve might sometimes be delayed in its actions, it inevitably meets its objectives. Those challenging Chairman Jerome Powell's stance on the 2% mandate might want to reconsider; past events reveal that doubting the Fed's eventual victory often results in both one's pride and one's pocketbook taking a hit. Simply put, the Fed will achieve its mandate and either inflation will 1) continue to slow gradually, providing the Fed with a smooth transition (aka "soft landing") or 2) buckle under prolonged restrictive monetary policies. When will this happen? It's hard to pin down. Yet, a significant reduction in policy rates, as aligned with the Fed's intentions, appears inevitable over the medium term one way or the other. If our assessment holds, long-term investors like Oakmark, who focus on the bigger picture rather than timing the market or chasing quarterly trends, have a wealth of opportunities in top-tier fixed income assets.

Driving Income: Yield Counts

Income, too, forms an indispensable part of the value proposition today. Yields have risen across the fixed income landscape, emphasizing that the value isn't solely in potential price returns. Suppressed rates in the post-global financial crisis era have overshadowed this element, but its significance for fixed income's value proposition should not be ignored. Higher yields inherently mean a margin of safety. There is a built-in

cushion with these assets, and that cushion puts them in line with Oakmark's core principles of value investing.

Take leveraged loans as an example. Due to the rate increases over the past two years, our top picks in the high-quality leveraged-loan category now offer yields ranging from 6.5% to 7.5%. We assess their default risk to be in line with many of our investment-grade corporate bonds that produce considerably less recurring income. Though callability caps their price appreciation potential, the steady income they generate in the current rate environment provides substantial intrinsic value.

In the face of a possible extended period of elevated interest rates, the dual pillars of capital appreciation and income will undeniably shape the value narrative for fixed income assets. Past lessons illuminate this dynamic. Reflecting on the bond bear market of the 1970s, those who steadfastly reinvested their income not only preserved their capital but saw it substantially grow by the time Volker initiated his anti-inflation measures—a vivid testament to the enduring power of compounding and reinvested interest, even amid ascending yields.

Though fraught with challenges, the current fixed income landscape unveils unique opportunities for astute investors who are committed to value principles. Amid the cacophony of short-term concerns and the specter of inflation, the true north of value investing endures: pinpointing intrinsic value and harnessing the sustained might of income. As yields ascend and real rates bolster the safety net, bonds emerge not merely as tools for hedging or dampening volatility, but as arenas ripe for genuine value discovery.

OPINION PIECE

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT

Since Inception - 11/01/95 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

     

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (Investor Class)

   

-1.87

%

   

14.40

%

   

9.45

%

   

5.86

%

   

6.42

%

   

9.31

%

 

11/01/95

 

Lipper Balanced Fund Index22

   

-2.79

%

   

11.29

%

   

3.57

%

   

4.90

%

   

6.09

%

   

6.58

%

 

 

S&P 500 Index4

   

-3.27

%

   

21.62

%

   

10.15

%

   

9.92

%

   

11.91

%

   

9.43

%

 

 

Bloomberg U.S. Govt./Credit Index23

   

-3.00

%

   

0.93

%

   

-5.32

%

   

0.41

%

   

1.31

%

   

4.15

%

 

 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-1.81

%

   

14.70

%

   

9.71

%

   

6.06

%

   

N/A

     

6.92

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-1.78

%

   

14.73

%

   

9.74

%

   

6.10

%

   

N/A

     

6.96

%

 

11/30/16

 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (R6 Class)

   

-1.78

%

   

14.77

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

5.23

%

 

12/15/20

 

The graph and table above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN EQUITY HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

   

3.3

   

Glencore PLC

   

2.7

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

   

2.6

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

2.5

   

Fiserv, Inc.

   

2.1

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

1.9

   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

1.8

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

1.7

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

1.6

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

1.6

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OAKBX

 

Number of Equity Holdings

 

49

 

Net Assets

  $6.0 billion  

Weighted Average Market Cap

  $177.2 billion  

Median Market Cap

  $32.2 billion  

Expense Ratio - Investor Class*^

  0.83%  

*  This information is related to the Investor Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Advisor, Institutional and R6 Classes.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Equity Investments

 

Financials

   

18.1

   

Consumer Discretionary

   

10.0

   

Communication Services

   

9.7

   

Industrials

   

4.7

   

Health Care

   

4.7

   

Materials

   

4.2

   

Information Technology

   

2.2

   

Energy

   

1.9

   

Consumer Staples

   

1.3

   

Real Estate

   

1.3

   

Total Equity Investments

   

58.1

   

Preferred Stocks

   

0.1

   

Fixed Income Investments

 

Corporate Bonds

   

16.3

   

Government and Agency Securities

   

9.1

   

Asset Backed Securities

   

4.2

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

4.0

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

3.2

   

Bank Loans

   

1.6

   

Total Fixed Income Investments

   

38.4

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

3.4

   

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

Clyde S. McGregor, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

M. Colin Hudson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

Adam D. Abbas

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

Michael A. Nicolas, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

Alexander E. Fitch, CFA

Portfolio Manager

oakbx@oakmark.com

The purpose of the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund ("the Fund") is to (1) protect capital during market downturns, (2) compound capital at an attractive rate over long time horizons, and (3) deliver a competitive income stream for our shareholders. Over long time horizons, stock and bond returns are not highly correlated with one another. Bonds typically rise in price when investors anticipate economic weakness, and stocks typically outperform when anticipating economic recoveries. This dynamic helps to provide ballast during uncertain or "risk-off" market environments, protecting capital so that the Fund can increase its equity allocation at times when stocks are most undervalued. Every investment we make—no matter where it sits within the capital structure—is evaluated using the same rigorous, value-oriented framework that we've been successfully executing for the past 30+ years at Oakmark.

The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund has the flexibility to fluctuate its equity exposure between 40-75% depending on how fruitful the opportunity set is. There were times, such as during 2007-2008, when we believed fixed income provided a more attractive risk-reward than equities, and we reduced our equity weighting to around 50%. And there were times, like most of the decade following the global financial crisis (GFC), when we saw greater value in equities and correspondingly increased our equity weighting to 65-70%.

This ability to shift across asset classes is an advantage of our balanced strategy—and one that has been easy to overlook for the past 10-15 years. But clients should not mistake the past decade of elevated equity weightings as a sign that we have

abandoned our flexible approach. Rather, we have viewed the past 10-15 years as a highly unusual period, characterized by abnormally low nominal rates, negative real rates and a dividend yield on the S&P 500 Total Return Index that often exceeded the long bond yield. All of this suggested to us that the conventional wisdom on stocks and bonds needed to be inverted: long-duration bonds with negative real yields could pose substantial portfolio risk, and undervalued equities with strong real return potential could provide ballast. As a result, we kept our allocation to fixed income low and our duration short, with duration at less than half the benchmark level. We believe the outperformance of equities over fixed income in the post-GFC era vindicated that decision.

Today, fixed income looks more attractive than it has in more than a decade. Nominal rates have risen well above the zero bound, real rates—adjusted for inflation—are in positive territory, and the yield on our fixed income portfolio is approaching the earnings yield of the S&P 500 Total Return Index. History suggests that higher yields result in increased prospective absolute returns, and we are optimistic about the outlook for our fixed income holdings. We once again see value in its ability to dampen portfolio volatility and provide ballast through a downturn. It follows that fixed income is now competing far better for real estate within our Fund. We've lowered our equity exposure down to around 60%, a roughly neutral state for the Fund, and we have increased our fixed income duration to 5.17. And while spreads don't look exceptionally attractive in many pockets of the fixed income market, we continue to find idiosyncratic issues that meet our undervaluation criteria.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary (continued)

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund Asset Allocation:

As of November 30, 1995-September 30, 2023

It is worth contrasting our flexible approach with one of the more popular balanced products of the last decade: target date funds. In the case of target date funds, investors really should interpret more consistent weightings across asset classes as a permanent lack of flexibility. Our mandate allows us to shift the portfolio based on market conditions. In contrast, target date funds are blind to varying market opportunities. This difference may not have mattered much over the past decade, but we think it will matter more over the next one.

We go where the value leads us. And just as we shift weightings depending on the opportunity set across asset classes, we shift our portfolios to take advantage of the best opportunities within asset classes. The evolution of our equity portfolio holdings over the past two years provides a nice example of this in action. We have long adhered to a broader definition of "value" than many of our peers. To us, a value investment is simply a business that trades below our estimate of its intrinsic value. This can include businesses that are cheap on traditional financial metrics (such as Capital One or Lithia Motors) as well as non-traditional value investments in which particular conditions, such as fast growth or poor accounting, masks a company's underlying profitability (like Alphabet or Amazon).

As is the case with fixed income and equity markets, these two categories of equity investments can perform very differently over short periods of time, creating opportunities for investors with a flexible mandate. This was the case during the second half of last year when we saw unusually attractive values in some faster growing, tech-oriented businesses—our so-called non-traditional value bucket. We responded by meaningfully increasing the weightings of these holdings within our equity portfolio. This year, after the strong performance of faster growers, we're finding greater opportunities in more traditional value sectors, like financials (both banks and non-banks) and energy. Many of our holdings in these areas are deeply out of favor and still trade for single-digit multiples of mid-cycle earnings. Our equity portfolio is once again shifting accordingly. To be clear, we aren't making our investment decisions based on a specific top-down view of markets or sectors. Rather, we're searching for the best risk-adjusted return opportunities in the

market through a bottom-up lens and then allocating capital accordingly. You'll find a more detailed description of our recent additions to the portfolio in the following section.

As always, we encourage our readers to establish an appropriate asset allocation between stocks and bonds based on their personal risk tolerance and objectives. Whether investors delegate the decision to us, manage their own capital or use a third party for investment advice, we believe that they should be using periods of extreme volatility to rebalance their portfolio toward the cheaper opportunity set. Doing so will allow investors to restore their portfolio to its intended asset allocation and capitalize on market dislocations.

Quarterly Review & Transaction Activity:

The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund ("the Fund") returned –1.87% during the quarter, compared to the –2.79% return of the Lipper Balanced Fund Index. For the fiscal year, the Fund's return is 14.40%, compared to an 11.29% return for the Lipper Index. We are proud of the fact that since the inception of the Fund in 1995, our compounded annual return of 9.31% has outperformed the Lipper Index by 273 basis points per annum.

The largest contributors to return in the quarter were Charter Communications and Alphabet, while the largest detractors were General Motors and TE Connectivity. From a sector perspective, energy and communication services contributed the most to our total return for the quarter while consumer discretionary and health care detracted the most. For the fiscal year, the Fund's highest contributing securities were Alphabet and HCA Healthcare, while the biggest detractors were Bank of America and Sealed Air. Our investments in the consumer discretionary and communications sectors were our strongest contributors. No individual sector detracted from our total return over the fiscal year period. We continue to own each of these investments given their discounts to our estimate of business value.

We had one corporate action to report this quarter. Existing portfolio holding BorgWarner spun-off its fuel systems and aftermarket business into a new publicly traded company

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary (continued)

named Phinia. Phinia is a well-managed business that trades for just a mid-single-digit multiple of our estimate of normal earnings. We continue to hold shares in the company given that it trades well below our estimate of intrinsic value.

We initiated five new holdings and eliminated two others during the third quarter. Specifically, we sold our positions in PDC Energy (now Chevron) and Workday as each investment approached our estimate of intrinsic value. We believe our recent purchases, described below, are more attractive on a risk-adjusted return basis.

Corteva Inc.

Corteva is a leading provider of seed and crop protection chemicals. We believe the seed and crop protection markets have sizeable barriers to entry due to the duration and magnitude of investment required to compete. Both industries require constant innovation: Farmers expect seed yield improvement each year, while nature develops immunity to crop protection chemicals over time. As a result, advantages accrue to the largest players with the most R&D resources. Within this context, we believe Corteva is very well positioned. The company has scale, well-recognized brands, a loyal customer base, and a promising R&D pipeline. In addition, we see idiosyncratic opportunities for Corteva to improve its profitability over time, and we believe the current management team is executing well against this opportunity. More recently, the stock has been pressured by near-term headwinds related to inventory destocking and declining crop prices. We see this weakness as an opportunity to invest in a high-quality and defensible business at a discount to both its own historical trading multiple and private market transactions.

Centene Corporation

Centene is one of the largest health insurers in the U.S. The company specializes in three major government-sponsored programs: Medicaid, Marketplace and Medicare Advantage. Each of these benefits from long-term secular tailwinds. In Medicaid, states are steadily outsourcing their programs to managed care companies, like Centene, as it helps states reduce costs and improve care quality. Indeed, Managed Medicaid penetration has increased from 25% of total Medicaid spend in 2010 to 60% today, and we expect further gains over time. In Marketplace, growth is driven by the trend toward more individuals buying health insurance. Centene holds the #1 market share in both of these programs and is well positioned to capitalize on their continued growth. The stock trades for 10x consensus 2024 EPS10​, but this doesn't tell the whole story. Past missteps in Centene's Medicare business will result in that segment losing $0.80 per share next year. We believe Centene can turn Medicare around and generate positive earnings in the next few years. This could increase EPS by more than $1 per share and reduce the P/E ratio1​ to just 8.5x. We think that's too cheap for a business that generates healthy returns on capital and is capable of growing EPS at a low double-digit rate.

Kroger Co.

Kroger is the second-largest grocery retailer in America behind only Walmart. Although the grocery industry is highly competitive, Kroger's scale advantages allow it to offer a more compelling value proposition than smaller peers and earn higher returns on capital. In recent years, the market has

assigned Kroger a lower multiple due to concerns that e-commerce would disrupt traditional brick-and-mortar grocery. However, we believe the company's performance through the pandemic highlighted that its store footprint, distribution infrastructure, technology investments and strong brand all position the company well for a world with higher online grocery adoption. The stock trades for just 10x our estimate of next year's EPS, which we believe is attractive given Kroger's competitive positioning and earnings growth outlook. The pending merger with Albertsons has the potential to drive accelerated earnings growth and further scale advantages. If the merger is not approved, the company will have the capacity to return approximately 25% of its market cap to shareholders.

Brunswick Corporation

Brunswick is the leading manufacturer of marine engines, boats, and related parts and accessories. The company is commonly viewed as a cyclical boat manufacturer, but the business has evolved in recent years such that most of its profits now come from its outboard engine and aftermarket segments. These are high-quality businesses in which Brunswick has material competitive advantages and generates high returns on invested capital. The Mercury outboard business is the crown jewel. Over the past decade, Mercury has taken advantage of its leading scale to fund large investments in R&D and product development. These investments have driven consistent market share gains and enabled Mercury to carve out a dominant position in the fast-growing, high-horsepower part of the outboard market. Meanwhile, Brunswick has grown its parts and accessories business through attractive acquisitions that benefit from its broad-based distribution. The combination has shifted the business mix toward more resilient and faster growing profit streams that we believe are underappreciated today. The combination of recession fears and a stale business perception provided us with an opportunity to buy this high-quality franchise at a single-digit multiple of our estimate of mid-cycle earnings power. In our view, this is an attractive price for such a strong franchise.

Interpublic Group

Interpublic Group (IPG) is one of the largest advertising holding companies in the world. It has led the industry in both organic revenue growth and operating margin expansion for several years. We believe that this outperformance has been driven by the company's collaborative approach across agency teams, focus on maintaining leading creative capabilities, and more transparent media buying relative to competitors. In addition, we think that IPG's "build rather than buy" approach to digital and expertise in data management (further enhanced by its acquisition of Acxiom) has further differentiated the company. Although revenue growth has slowed recently due to reduced spending by tech and telecom clients and related softness at certain specialist agencies, we expect IPG to return to faster growth later this year and into 2024. At only 10x our estimate of normal earnings, the company trades well below our estimate of intrinsic value.

We take into consideration the tax efficiency of the Fund to help maximize after-tax returns. As a result, we do not anticipate paying a capital gains distribution this year.

As always, we thank our fellow shareholders for investing with us in the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 58.2%

 

FINANCIALS - 18.1%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 11.2%

 

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

   

1,094

   

$

123,601

   

KKR & Co., Inc.

   

1,905

     

117,348

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

   

3,768

     

100,528

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

1,018

     

98,748

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

831

     

91,416

   

Corebridge Financial, Inc.

   

2,790

     

55,108

   

State Street Corp.

   

653

     

43,738

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

50

     

32,001

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

181

     

9,953

   
         

672,441

   

INSURANCE - 4.4%

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

736

     

106,874

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

1,562

     

94,681

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

298

     

62,312

   
         

263,867

   

BANKS - 2.5%

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

5,549

     

151,930

   
         

1,088,238

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.0%

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 4.4%

 

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

2,199

     

88,786

   

General Motors Co.

   

2,272

     

74,921

   

Thor Industries, Inc.

   

635

     

60,382

   

Lear Corp.

   

182

     

24,361

   

Phinia, Inc.

   

466

     

12,480

   
         

260,930

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 2.8%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

735

     

93,484

   

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

259

     

76,461

   
         

169,945

   

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 1.5%

 

Carter's, Inc.

   

846

     

58,522

   

Brunswick Corp.

   

402

     

31,734

   
         

90,256

   

CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.3%

 

Wendy's Co.

   

3,922

     

80,044

   
         

601,175

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 9.7%

 

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT - 9.7%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

1,515

     

198,253

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

   

354

     

155,740

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

1,760

     

78,043

   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

1,973

     

56,543

   

Warner Music Group Corp., Class A

   

1,733

     

54,426

   

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (a)

   

3,861

     

41,925

   
         

584,930

   
   

Shares

 

Value

 

INDUSTRIALS - 4.8%

 

CAPITAL GOODS - 3.5%

 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

378

   

$

97,989

   

Masco Corp.

   

1,323

     

70,709

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

110

     

42,652

   
         

211,350

   

COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.3%

 

OPENLANE, Inc. (a)

   

2,924

     

43,626

   

ABM Industries, Inc.

   

841

     

33,632

   
         

77,258

   
         

288,608

   

HEALTH CARE - 4.7%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 2.6%

 

Centene Corp. (a)

   

933

     

64,265

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

1,509

     

56,931

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

130

     

32,027

   
         

153,223

   

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 2.1%

 

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

435

     

85,606

   

Danaher Corp.

   

173

     

42,921

   
         

128,527

   
         

281,750

   

MATERIALS - 4.2%

 

Glencore PLC

   

28,371

     

162,657

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

1,215

     

62,134

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

897

     

29,482

   
         

254,273

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 2.2%

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.6%

 

TE Connectivity Ltd.

   

778

     

96,091

   

SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.6%

 

Oracle Corp.

   

365

     

38,693

   
         

134,784

   

ENERGY - 1.9%

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

619

     

78,401

   

ConocoPhillips

   

305

     

36,551

   
         

114,952

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.3%

 

CONSUMER STAPLES DISTRIBUTION & RETAIL - 1.3%

 

Kroger Co.

   

1,775

     

79,440

   

REAL ESTATE - 1.3%

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 1.3%

 

Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,028

     

76,224

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 58.2%
(COST $2,652,771)
       

3,504,374

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%

 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%

 

Liberty Broadband Corp. (b), 7.00%

   

224

   

$

5,060

   
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%
(COST $6,229)
       

5,060

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 38.4%

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 16.3%

 

FINANCIALS - 4.9%

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap
Global Aviation Trust
3.40%, due 10/29/33
 

$

15,500

     

11,990

   

2.45%, due 10/29/26

   

12,500

     

11,196

   

5.75%, due 06/06/28

   

4,000

     

3,908

   
Ally Financial, Inc.
4.70%(5 yr. CMT + 3.868%) (b) (c)
   

23,750

     

16,298

   
6.992%(SOFR + 3.260%),
due 06/13/29 (c)
   

9,250

     

9,051

   

4.70%(7 yr. CMT + 3.481%) (b) (c)

   

2,000

     

1,252

   
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance,
Inc. REIT, 144A
4.625%, due 06/15/29 (d)
   

20,373

     

15,363

   
Bank Of America Corp.
2.551% (SOFR + 1.050%),
due 02/04/28 (c)
   

13,575

     

12,104

   
Bank of America Corp.
4.45%, due 03/03/26
   

5,000

     

4,816

   
Charles Schwab Corp.
5.853% (SOFR + 2.500%),
due 05/19/34 (c)
   

23,750

     

22,584

   
Citigroup, Inc.
7.625%(5 yr. CMT + 3.211%) (b) (c)
   

14,500

     

14,146

   

3.40%, due 05/01/26

   

15,000

     

14,089

   
3.352%(3 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 1.158%), due 04/24/25 (c)
   

6,360

     

6,247

   
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.25%, due 05/30/25
   

5,895

     

5,777

   
Equitable Financial Life Global Funding, 144A
1.70%, due 11/12/26 (d)
   

15,000

     

13,061

   
First Citizens BancShares, Inc.
3.375% (3 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 2.465%), due 03/15/30 (c)
   

15,000

     

13,992

   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1.948%(SOFR + 0.913%),
due 10/21/27 (c)
   

13,500

     

11,920

   
3.615%(SOFR + 1.846%),
due 03/15/28 (c)
   

7,200

     

6,643

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.47% (SOFR + 0.765%),
due 09/22/27 (c)
   

31,000

     

27,159

   
KKR Group Finance Co. XII LLC, 144A
4.85%, due 05/17/32 (d)
   

9,000

     

8,174

   
Morgan Stanley
5.164% (SOFR + 1.590%),
due 04/20/29 (c)
   

9,350

     

8,995

   
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., 144A
3.25%, due 11/15/30 (d)
   

14,000

     

10,586

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
3.15%, due 06/15/30
 

$

6,900

   

$

5,712

   

3.95%, due 09/15/26

   

4,905

     

4,632

   
Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage
Co-Issuer, Inc., 144A
4.00%, due 10/15/33 (d)
   

7,075

     

5,343

   
Stifel Financial Corp.
4.00%, due 05/15/30
   

12,242

     

10,347

   
Truist Financial Corp.
5.867% (SOFR + 2.361%),
due 06/08/34 (c)
   

9,750

     

9,177

   
Wells Fargo & Co.
2.393% (SOFR + 2.100%),
due 06/02/28 (c)
   

11,000

     

9,647

   
         

294,209

   

INDUSTRIALS - 3.7%

 
AutoNation, Inc.
3.85%, due 03/01/32
   

11,750

     

9,550

   
Bacardi Ltd., 144A
4.45%, due 05/15/25 (d)
   

4,900

     

4,755

   
BAT Capital Corp.
2.259%, due 03/25/28
   

2,975

     

2,516

   

3.557%, due 08/15/27

   

1,835

     

1,679

   
BAT International Finance PLC
1.668%, due 03/25/26
   

4,460

     

4,018

   
Boeing Co.
5.805%, due 05/01/50
   

25,000

     

22,638

   
Carlisle Cos., Inc.
2.20%, due 03/01/32
   

21,055

     

15,949

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd, 144A
4.75%, due 10/20/28 (d)
   

18,081

     

17,183

   
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
4.00%, due 06/15/25
   

13,430

     

12,950

   

5.875%, due 06/01/33

   

10,000

     

9,631

   
GXO Logistics, Inc.
1.65%, due 07/15/26
   

6,750

     

5,931

   
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 144A
3.625%, due 02/15/32 (d)
   

18,500

     

14,915

   

3.75%, due 05/01/29 (d)

   

9,000

     

7,783

   
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
3.00%, due 01/15/29
   

23,560

     

19,943

   
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS
Luxembourg Sarl, 144A
6.75%, due 03/15/34 (d)
   

3,750

     

3,649

   
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS
USA Finance, Inc.
5.75%, due 04/01/33
   

5,000

     

4,573

   
Lennox International, Inc.
1.35%, due 08/01/25
   

2,000

     

1,842

   
MIWD Holdco II LLC/MIWD Finance
Corp., 144A
5.50%, due 02/01/30 (d)
   

8,000

     

6,610

   
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.30%, due 03/15/30
   

31,350

     

25,175

   
United Parcel Service, Inc.
4.875%, due 03/03/33
   

6,350

     

6,117

   
Viterra Finance BV, 144A
5.25%, due 04/21/32 (d)
   

13,150

     

12,117

   

2.00%, due 04/21/26 (d)

   

11,400

     

10,273

   
         

219,797

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Oakmark.com 47


Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 38.4% (continued)

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 16.3% (continued)

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.8%

 
Aramark Services, Inc., 144A
6.375%, due 05/01/25 (d)
 

$

9,900

   

$

10,058

   
AutoNation, Inc.
1.95%, due 08/01/28
   

4,940

     

4,024

   
Booking Holdings, Inc.
3.55%, due 03/15/28
   

9,950

     

9,262

   

4.625%, due 04/13/30

   

4,950

     

4,699

   
Brunswick Corp.
2.40%, due 08/18/31
   

35,813

     

26,217

   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital
Corp., 144A
4.75%, due 03/01/30 (d)
   

2,980

     

2,502

   

5.125%, due 05/01/27 (d)

   

250

     

233

   
Charter Communications Operating LLC/
Charter Communications
Operating Capital
4.20%, due 03/15/28
   

9,950

     

9,133

   
Expedia Group, Inc.
4.625%, due 08/01/27
   

18,526

     

17,666

   

3.25%, due 02/15/30

   

5,860

     

4,956

   

5.00%, due 02/15/26

   

4,334

     

4,244

   
Lear Corp.
2.60%, due 01/15/32
   

6,935

     

5,236

   
Lithia Motors, Inc., 144A
3.875%, due 06/01/29 (d)
   

8,540

     

7,198

   

4.625%, due 12/15/27 (d)

   

2,980

     

2,721

   
M/I Homes, Inc.
3.95%, due 02/15/30
   

7,100

     

5,779

   
Marriott International, Inc.
2.75%, due 10/15/33
   

13,750

     

10,375

   

4.625%, due 06/15/30

   

9,400

     

8,659

   
MGM Resorts International
4.75%, due 10/15/28
   

13,875

     

12,224

   
Thor Industries, Inc., 144A
4.00%, due 10/15/29 (d)
   

17,250

     

14,210

   
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 144A
6.875%, due 04/14/28 (d)
   

9,250

     

9,051

   
         

168,447

   

ENERGY - 1.5%

 
Apache Corp.
5.35%, due 07/01/49
   

10,000

     

7,661

   
Boardwalk Pipelines LP
3.60%, due 09/01/32
   

3,798

     

3,098

   
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
6.75%, due 04/15/29 (d)
   

8,000

     

7,829

   
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 144A
5.875%, due 02/01/29 (d)
   

14,525

     

13,667

   
Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, 144A
2.30%, due 10/01/31 (d)
   

14,750

     

11,245

   
Hess Midstream Operations LP, 144A
4.25%, due 02/15/30 (d)
   

20,000

     

16,865

   
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 144A
4.125%, due 02/15/28 (d)
   

26,312

     

24,148

   
PDC Energy, Inc.
5.75%, due 05/15/26
   

6,215

     

6,194

   
         

90,707

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

REAL ESTATE - 1.1%

 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
4.75%, due 04/15/35
 

$

9,892

   

$

8,697

   
CBRE Services, Inc.
2.50%, due 04/01/31
   

10,750

     

8,333

   
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC, 144A
6.75%, due 05/15/28 (d)
   

15,000

     

13,839

   
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. REIT
4.00%, due 01/15/31
   

9,425

     

7,846

   

5.25%, due 06/01/25

   

4,975

     

4,872

   

5.75%, due 06/01/28

   

4,975

     

4,770

   

5.375%, due 04/15/26

   

3,925

     

3,806

   
Howard Hughes Corp., 144A
4.375%, due 02/01/31 (d)
   

4,250

     

3,261

   

5.375%, due 08/01/28 (d)

   

3,400

     

2,996

   
RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.
REIT, 144A
4.50%, due 02/15/29 (d)
   

10,875

     

9,319

   
         

67,739

   

MATERIALS - 0.6%

 
Anglo American Capital PLC, 144A
2.25%, due 03/17/28 (d)
   

18,750

     

16,003

   

3.875%, due 03/16/29 (d)

   

1,000

     

896

   
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC
6.379%, due 07/15/32
   

4,630

     

4,461

   
Glencore Funding LLC, 144A
2.625%, due 09/23/31 (d)
   

10,000

     

7,718

   

3.875%, due 10/27/27 (d)

   

4,950

     

4,580

   
         

33,658

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.5%

 
Altria Group, Inc.
2.45%, due 02/04/32
   

30,400

     

22,933

   
Dollar General Corp.
5.45%, due 07/05/33
   

3,511

     

3,243

   
Imperial Brands Finance PLC, 144A
6.125%, due 07/27/27 (d)
   

4,000

     

3,989

   
         

30,165

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.4%

 
Charter Communications Operating LLC/
Charter Communications
Operating Capital
2.30%, due 02/01/32
   

8,665

     

6,315

   

4.908%, due 07/23/25

   

2,985

     

2,917

   
Meta Platforms, Inc.
4.95%, due 05/15/33
   

10,000

     

9,583

   
Netflix, Inc., 144A
5.375%, due 11/15/29 (d)
   

4,970

     

4,849

   
         

23,664

   

HEALTH CARE - 0.3%

 
Baxter International, Inc.
2.539%, due 02/01/32
   

6,830

     

5,289

   
Embecta Corp., 144A
5.00%, due 02/15/30 (d)
   

6,602

     

5,150

   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.75%, due 09/15/30
   

3,919

     

3,015

   
Universal Health Services, Inc.
1.65%, due 09/01/26
   

7,750

     

6,831

   
         

20,285

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

48 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Equity and Income Fund  September 30, 2023

Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 38.4% (continued)

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 16.3% (continued)

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.3%

 
Apple, Inc.
2.65%, due 02/08/51
 

$

6,000

   

$

3,639

   
Broadcom, Inc., 144A
3.469%, due 04/15/34 (d)
   

9,955

     

7,819

   
Micron Technology, Inc.
2.703%, due 04/15/32
   

3,500

     

2,673

   
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA, Inc.
2.50%, due 05/11/31
   

3,750

     

2,928

   
         

17,059

   

UTILITIES - 0.2%

 
NRG Energy, Inc., 144A
7.00%, due 03/15/33 (d)
   

2,400

     

2,319

   
Southern Co.
3.75% (5 yr. CMT + 2.915%),
due 09/15/51 (c)
   

13,750

     

11,992

   
         

14,311

   
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $1,111,637)
       

980,041

   

GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES - 9.1%

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT NOTES - 5.3%

 
U.S. Treasury Notes
3.125%, due 08/15/25
   

142,000

     

136,992

   

2.25%, due 11/15/24

   

75,000

     

72,451

   

2.875%, due 05/15/32

   

75,000

     

65,833

   

3.50%, due 02/15/33

   

50,000

     

45,875

   
         

321,151

   

U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS - 3.8%

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
3.625%, due 02/15/53
   

100,000

     

82,703

   

2.75%, due 08/15/42

   

90,000

     

65,981

   

3.875%, due 02/15/43

   

50,000

     

43,516

   

3.00%, due 08/15/52

   

45,000

     

32,790

   
         

224,990

   
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost $605,022)
       

546,141

   

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 4.2%

 
LAD Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-1A-Class A, 144A,
5.21%, due 06/15/27 (d)
   

17,876

     

17,740

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2023-B-Class C,
5.71%, due 12/15/30
   

11,410

     

11,245

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-N2-Class E, 144A,
2.90%, due 03/10/28 (d)
   

11,650

     

10,694

   
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2023-1A-Class B, 144A,
5.73%, due 04/20/28 (d)
   

10,000

     

9,998

   
CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-1-Class B, 144A,
5.99%, due 09/16/30 (d)
   

10,000

     

9,884

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2023-A-Class C,
5.51%, due 09/15/30
 

$

10,000

   

$

9,788

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-3-Class C,
4.49%, due 08/15/29
   

10,000

     

9,663

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2022-1-Class B, 144A,
5.74%, due 07/16/29 (d)
   

9,500

     

9,349

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2023-1-Class D,
6.27%, due 11/15/29
   

8,500

     

8,272

   
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2023-2A-Class-C, 144A,
6.48%, due 01/21/31 (c) (d)
   

8,000

     

8,006

   
CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-1-Class C, 144A,
6.28%, due 09/16/30 (d)
   

8,000

     

7,908

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2022-1-Class C, 144A,
5.98%, due 07/15/30 (d)
   

7,250

     

7,125

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-B-Class E, 144A,
7.14%, due 10/15/29 (d)
   

7,250

     

6,922

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-A-Class E, 144A,
4.88%, due 04/16/29 (d)
   

7,500

     

6,781

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2023-2A-Class C, 144A,
7.30%, due 04/20/40 (d)
   

6,577

     

6,535

   
Carmax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2023-3-Class C,
5.61%, due 02/15/29
   

6,330

     

6,228

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2022-C-Class C,
5.22%, due 03/15/30
   

6,000

     

5,849

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2023-1-Class C,
5.19%, due 01/16/29
   

6,000

     

5,834

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-5-Class C,
4.74%, due 10/16/28
   

5,750

     

5,588

   
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2022-3A-Class-C, 144A,
6.13%, due 08/20/29 (d)
   

5,500

     

5,467

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2022-D-Class C,
6.46%, due 05/15/30
   

5,300

     

5,305

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P2-Class C, 144A,
5.84%, due 07/10/29 (d)
   

4,982

     

4,791

   
CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-1-Class B, 144A,
4.42%, due 07/16/29 (d)
   

5,000

     

4,780

   
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2023-2A-Class-D, 144A,
6.97%, due 07/21/31 (c) (d)
   

4,750

     

4,757

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2022-2-Class D,
4.75%, due 10/16/28
   

5,000

     

4,726

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P4-Class D, 144A,
7.37%, due 10/10/30 (c) (d)
   

4,740

     

4,714

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 38.4% (continued)

 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 4.2% (continued)

 
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-C-Class D, 144A,
6.77%, due 10/15/29 (d)
 

$

4,750

   

$

4,698

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P2-Class D, 144A,
6.72%, due 06/10/30 (d)
   

4,000

     

3,903

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2023-1-Class B, 144A,
5.21%, due 03/15/30 (d)
   

4,000

     

3,859

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-C-Class E, 144A,
9.66%, due 02/18/31 (c) (d)
   

3,750

     

3,713

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2023-2-Class C,
5.57%, due 11/15/28
   

3,750

     

3,654

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2023-2A-Class D, 144A,
9.72%, due 04/20/40 (d)
   

3,629

     

3,634

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2023-2-Class D,
6.55%, due 10/15/29
   

3,610

     

3,524

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-C-Class E, 144A,
9.08%, due 04/15/30 (d)
   

3,000

     

3,009

   
Carmax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2023-3-Class D,
6.44%, due 12/16/30
   

3,000

     

2,956

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2023-1-Class C, 144A,
5.50%, due 03/17/31 (d)
   

3,000

     

2,895

   
CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-1-Class C, 144A,
4.67%, due 07/16/29 (d)
   

3,000

     

2,849

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P3-Class B, 144A,
5.97%, due 09/10/29 (d)
   

2,750

     

2,708

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P3-Class C, 144A,
6.09%, due 11/13/29 (d)
   

2,675

     

2,632

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P4-Class N, 144A,
8.05%, due 10/10/30 (d)
   

1,618

     

1,618

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P3-Class N, 144A,
8.05%, due 08/12/30 (c) (d)
   

1,222

     

1,222

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-N3-Class C,
1.02%, due 06/12/28
   

1,269

     

1,167

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-P1-Class D,
4.80%, due 01/10/29
   

1,247

     

1,155

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-P1-Class D,
1.82%, due 09/08/27
   

1,250

     

1,119

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P3-Class D, 144A,
6.82%, due 08/12/30 (d)
   

1,000

     

985

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2022-2A-Class C, 144A,
6.36%, due 06/20/40 (d)
   

985

     

967

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P2-Class N, 144A,
8.64%, due 06/10/30 (d)
 

$

881

   

$

881

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-P2-Class D,
2.02%, due 05/10/28
   

605

     

521

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2022-2A-Class D, 144A,
9.22%, due 06/20/40 (d)
   

492

     

486

   
Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $254,528)
       

252,104

   

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 4.0%

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass-Through
Certificates, Series K-159-Class A2
4.50%, due 07/25/33 (c)
   

41,800

     

39,349

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-147-Class A2
3.00%, due 06/25/32 (c)
   

40,000

     

33,717

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-155-Class A2
4.25%, due 04/25/33
   

27,000

     

24,945

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-1522-Class A2
2.361%, due 10/25/36
   

32,850

     

23,363

   
Bank, Series 2022-BNK40-Class A4
3.507%, due 03/15/64 (c)
   

26,302

     

21,941

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass-Through
Certificates, Series K-148-Class A2
3.50%, due 07/25/32 (c)
   

20,000

     

17,531

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
STACR REMIC Trust,
Series 2022-DNA5-Class M1A, 144A
8.265% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.950%), due 06/25/42 (c) (d)
   

14,854

     

15,237

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-145-Class A2
2.58%, due 05/25/32
   

15,600

     

12,721

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
STACR REMIC Trust,
Series 2022-DNA6- Class M1A, 144A
7.465% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.150%), due 09/25/42 (c) (d)
   

11,915

     

12,036

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2022-R06-Class 1M1, 144A
8.065% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.750%), due 05/25/42 (c) (d)
   

8,391

     

8,602

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
STACR REMIC Trust,
Series 2022-DNA1-Class M1A, 144A
6.315% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 1.000%), due 01/25/42 (c) (d)
   

7,526

     

7,456

   
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2021-10-Class B1, 144A
2.808%, due 12/25/51 (c) (d)
   

10,103

     

7,386

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 38.4% (continued)

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 4.0% (continued)

 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2022-6-Class B1, 144A
3.304%, due 11/25/52 (c) (d)
 

$

4,639

   

$

3,561

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-1521-Class A2
2.184%, due 08/25/36
   

5,000

     

3,495

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
STACR REMIC Trust,
Series 2022-DNA3-Class M1A, 144A
7.315% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.000%), due 04/25/42 (c) (d)
   

3,461

     

3,486

   
Bank, Series 2022-BNK40-Class AS
3.507%, due 03/15/64 (c)
   

3,500

     

2,746

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-1517-Class A2
1.716%, due 07/25/35
   

4,000

     

2,744

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2022-R03-Class 1M1, 144A
7.415% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.100%), due 03/25/42 (c) (d)
   

1,214

     

1,228

   
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2022-3-Class B1, 144A
3.113%, due 08/25/52 (c) (d)
   

894

     

664

   
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 4.0%
(Cost $259,200)
       

242,208

   

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.2%

 
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool FS3883
4.50%, due 02/01/53
   

40,779

     

37,478

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool CB4555
4.50%, due 09/01/52
   

35,499

     

32,607

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool BW9842
4.50%, due 09/01/52
   

32,755

     

30,164

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool QD3619
2.50%, due 12/01/51
   

29,799

     

23,684

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool RA8038
4.50%, due 10/01/52
   

20,483

     

18,826

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool FS5296
4.50%, due 05/01/53
   

15,405

     

14,151

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool SD1724
4.00%, due 09/01/52
   

9,545

     

8,517

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool MA4700
4.00%, due 08/01/52
   

9,400

     

8,373

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool FM8692
2.50%, due 09/01/51
   

9,022

     

7,163

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool RA7522
4.50%, due 06/01/52
 

$

6,238

   

$

5,740

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool MA4464
1.50%, due 11/01/51
   

7,651

     

5,505

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool SD8149
1.50%, due 06/01/51
   

1,958

     

1,408

   
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities - 3.2%
(Cost $205,219)
       

193,616

   

BANK LOANS - 1.6% (e)

 

INDUSTRIALS - 0.5%

 
Skymiles IP Ltd. 2020 Term Loan B
9.076% (3 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 3.750%), due 10/20/27 (c)
   

11,900

     

12,312

   
Uber Technologies, Inc. 2023 Term Loan B
8.159% (3 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 2.750%), due 03/03/30 (c)
   

15,930

     

15,915

   
         

28,227

   

FINANCIALS - 0.4%

 
GTCR W Merger Sub LLC
0.00%, due 09/20/30 (f)
   

7,500

     

7,495

   
Citadel Securities LP 2023 Term Loan B
7.818% (1 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 2.500%), due 07/28/30 (c)
   

19,925

     

19,862

   
         

27,357

   

HEALTH CARE - 0.4%

 
Medline Borrower LP USD Term Loan B
8.681% (1 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 3.250%), due 10/23/28 (c)
   

22,295

     

22,221

   
Fortrea Holdings, Inc. Term Loan B
9.066% (1 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 3.750%), due 07/01/30 (c)
   

4,988

     

4,967

   
         

27,188

   

ENERGY - 0.3%

 
Championx Corp.
0.00%, due 06/07/29 (f)
   

16,376

     

16,392

   
Total Bank Loans
(Cost $99,062)
       

99,164

   
TOTAL FIXED INCOME - 38.4%
(COST $2,534,668)
       

2,313,274

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.3%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 2.9%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $174,663,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26, value plus
accrued interest of $178,077
(Cost: $174,586)
   

174,586

     

174,586

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (in thousands) (continued)

   

Par Value

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.3% (continued)

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.4%

 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 144A,
5.99%, due 10/06/23 (d) (g)
(Cost $24,680)
 

$

24,700

   

$

24,672

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.3%
(COST $199,266)
       

199,258

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(COST $5,392,934)
       

6,021,966

   

Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities - 0.0% (h)

       

2,682

   

NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

6,024,648

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Security is perpetual and has no stated maturity date.

(c)  Floating Rate Note. Rate shown is as of September 30, 2023.

(d)  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold, normally only to qualified institutional buyers.

(e)  Bank loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of bank loans may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

(f)  This position represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate, which will be adjusted on settlement date.

(g)  The rate shown represents the annualized yield at the time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(h)  Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.

(i)  Security is when-issued and has been sold in advance of receipt. Under GAAP, it is deemed to be a short sale. Please refer to the Short Sales section in the Notes to the Financials.

Abbreviations:

  REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

  SOFR: Secured Overnight Financing Rate

   

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCK SOLD SHORT - (0.1)%

 

INDUSTRIALS - (0.1)%

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - (0.1)%

 

Veralto Corp. (a) (i)

   

(58

)

 

$

(4,876

)

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT - (0.1)%
(PROCEEDS $(4,635))
       

(4,876

)

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Bond Fund  September 30, 2023

Summary Information

VALUE OF A $250,000 INVESTMENT

Since 06/10/20 (Unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

     

Average Annual Total Returns (as of 09/30/2023)

 

 
(Unaudited)   Total Return
Last 3 Months
 

1-year

 

3-year

 

5-year

 

10-year

  Since
Inception
  Inception
Date
 

Oakmark Bond Fund (Institutional Class)

   

-2.21

%

   

2.00

%

   

-2.71

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

-1.86

%

 

06/10/20

 

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index24

   

-3.23

%

   

0.64

%

   

-5.21

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

-4.44

%

 

 

Lipper Core Plus Bond Fund Index25

   

-3.04

%

   

1.46

%

   

-4.28

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

-3.61

%

 

 

Oakmark Bond Fund (Advisor Class)

   

-2.09

%

   

2.10

%

   

-2.71

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

-1.86

%

 

06/10/20

 

Oakmark Bond Fund (R6 Class)

   

-2.18

%

   

2.08

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

-3.58

%

 

12/15/20

 

Oakmark Bond Fund (Investor Class)

   

-2.26

%

   

1.78

%

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

-6.02

%

 

01/28/22

 

The table above does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return includes change in share prices and, in each case, includes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. The investment return and principal value vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, please visit Oakmark.com.

TOP TEN FIXED INCOME HOLDINGS7

  % of Net Assets  

FHMS K1522 A2 2.361% 10/01/2036

   

3.6

   

BANK 2022-BNK40 A4 3.507% 03/01/2064

   

2.9

   

FN CB4555 4.500% 09/01/2052

   

2.8

   

U.S. Treasury Note 3.500% 01/31/2030

   

2.3

   

U.S. Treasury Note 0.625% 08/15/2030

   

2.2

   

FHMS K-159 A2 4.500% 07/01/2033

   

2.0

   

FHMS K-1515 A2 1.940% 02/01/2035

   

1.9

   

U.S. Treasury Note 3.000% 08/15/2052

   

1.8

   

FHMS K-153 A2 3.820% 12/01/2032

   

1.7

   

FR RA8038 4.500% 10/01/2052

   

1.7

   

FUND STATISTICS

 

Ticker*

 

OANCX

 

Number of Fixed Income Holdings

 

129

 

Net Assets

  $107.3 million  

Weighted Average Maturity

 

12.56

 

Effective Duration

 

5.64

 

30-Day SEC Yield-Unsubsidized*@

  4.95%  

30-Day SEC Yield-Subsidized*@

  5.43%  

Gross Expense Ratio - Institutional Class*^

  1.05%  

Net Expense Ratio - Institutional Class*+^

  0.52%  

*  This information is related to the Institutional Class. Please visit Oakmark.com for information related to the Investor, Advisor and R6 Classes.

+  The net expense ratio reflects an expense limitation agreement through January 27, 2024.

@  SEC Yield is an annualization of the Fund's net investment income for the trailing 30-day period. Dividends paid by the Fund may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC Yield.

^  The Expense Ratio is from the Fund's prospectus dated January 28, 2023. The actual Gross and Net Expense Ratios for the year ended September 30, 2023 can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

SECTOR ALLOCATION

  % of Net Assets  

Corporate Bonds

   

40.8

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

16.9

   

Government and Agency Securities

   

13.4

   

Asset Backed Securities

   

9.7

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

7.0

   

Bank Loans

   

7.0

   

Equity Investments - Financials

   

0.9

   

Preferred Stock

   

0.7

   

Short-Term Investments and Other

   

3.6

   

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Oakmark Bond Fund  September 30, 2023

Portfolio Manager Commentary

M. Colin Hudson, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Adam D. Abbas

Portfolio Manager

MARKET OUTLOOK POSITIONING

Positioning

The fixed income investing landscape remained challenged in the third quarter. We maintain our recommendation for focus on individual credit selection over broad-based asset class or rate calls. Credit selection remains paramount, given the heightened uncertainty surrounding how this rate hike cycle will eventually impact the economy. While many areas offer uninviting index-level valuations, the turbulence created by this cycle has led to noticeable disparities at the subsector and individual security levels. This continues to underpin our advocacy for a discerning approach to high-quality leverage loans, non-agency securitized products, and unique narratives within the high-yield and investment-grade sectors. Within these sectors, our focus remains on securities that not only demonstrate promising total returns but also possess robust credit profiles that should prove resilient to potential adverse outcomes from the Fed's policies. If we continue to move higher in yields as we finish the year without a meaningful repricing of credit default risk, our strategy will become further anchored by adding high-quality duration, including extending our positioning with U.S. Treasurys, agency-backed securitized and investment grade corporate bond asset classes.

We have stabilized our exposure to corporate credit overall, following deliberate reductions in exposure during the calendar year's first half, and we have shifted toward securitized and premium duration assets. If we were to get a significant repricing of credit risk in the lower quality sectors of corporates, we would likely shift our stance from protective to proactive, broadening our consideration of individual corporate credits in the lower quality portions of the credit market.

Today, in the realm of junk bonds, our guidance remains consistent: meticulous due diligence is essential. We emphasize investing in entities that are independent of short-term capital market reliance and are well buffered with enough liquidity to weather a potential recession.

Performance

The Oakmark Bond Fund ("the Fund") lost 2.21% in the third quarter ending September 30, 2023, outperforming its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index24​, which returned –3.23%. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, the Oakmark Bond Fund returned 2.00%, beating the benchmark return of 0.64%.

During the quarter, the Fund's outperformance was driven by security selection, asset allocation decisions and its shorter duration profile than its benchmark. Approximately 40bps of the Fund's outperformance during the quarter was a result of security selection, which was primarily driven by credit opportunities within asset-backed securities and strong performance

from select corporate credits. The securities contributing most significantly to this quarter's security selection were CPS Auto Trust ABS, FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through, and BANK 2022-A4 Commercial Mortgage Pass Through. On the other hand, Tenet Healthcare Corporation 6.75% Sr. Secured Note, Parsley Energy LLC 4.125% Sr. Unsecured Notes, and Wells Fargo & Co. 3.9% Jr. Sub Perpetual were the largest detractors from the Fund's security selection performance.

Allocation decisions positively contributed to the Fund's performance for the quarter, accounting for approximately 34bps of outperformance versus the benchmark mainly due to the Fund's overweight to corporate credit and securitized debt.

Furthermore, the Fund's short duration position relative to the benchmark accounted for 42bps of outperformance for the quarter, given the increase in rates across the curve, particularly at the medium and long end. By the end of the quarter, the Fund held an overall duration of roughly 5.6 years in contrast to the benchmark's duration of about 6.1 years. Despite a decrease from the previous quarter, the Fund still maintains a higher proportion of corporate debt compared to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index at 42% versus 26%, respectively.

For the fiscal year, asset allocation decisions and duration positioning accounted for a combined 173bps of outperformance, while security selection accounted for an additional 13bps of outperformance versus the benchmark. The positions that contributed most significantly to positive security selection were CPS Auto Trust ABS, Freddie Mac STACR 2022 Uninsured U.S. Agency Mortgage Pass-through, and the Oceaneering International Inc 6.0% Sr. Unsecured Note. Positions that detracted from security selection during the fiscal year were SVB Financial Group 4.25% Perpetual Preferred bond, Signature Bank New York 4.0% Subordinated bond and SVB Financial Group 4.0% Perpetual Preferred bond.

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We value our relationship with our investors and welcome any questions or concerns. Please don't hesitate to reach out to our team. We hold regular investor calls and meetings where you can interact with us and learn more about our strategies and future plans. You can also email us at aabbas@harrisassoc.com or mhudson@harrisassoc.com.

See accompanying Disclosures and Endnotes on page 103.

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Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS - 0.9%

 

FINANCIALS - 0.9%

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.5%

 

Corebridge Financial, Inc. (a)

   

29

   

$

573

   

BANKS - 0.4%

 

Truist Financial Corp. (a)

   

15

     

429

   
         

1,002

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 0.9%
(COST $976)
       

1,002

   

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.7%

 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.7%

 

Liberty Broadband Corp. (b), 7.00%

   

31

     

693

   
Total Preferred Stocks - 0.7%
(Cost $821)
       

693

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 94.8%

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 40.8%

 

INDUSTRIALS - 8.7%

 
AutoNation, Inc.
3.85%, due 03/01/32
 

$

1,000

     

813

   
BAT Capital Corp.
2.259%, due 03/25/28
   

1,000

     

846

   
Boeing Co.
5.805%, due 05/01/50
   

650

     

589

   

2.70%, due 02/01/27

   

250

     

226

   

3.625%, due 02/01/31

   

200

     

173

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd, 144A
4.75%, due 10/20/28 (c)
   

750

     

713

   
GXO Logistics, Inc.
2.65%, due 07/15/31
   

500

     

379

   
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 144A
3.625%, due 02/15/32 (c)
   

1,000

     

806

   
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
3.00%, due 01/15/29
   

550

     

466

   
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./
JBS Luxembourg Sarl, 144A
6.75%, due 03/15/34 (c)
   

1,000

     

973

   
MIWD Holdco II LLC/MIWD Finance
Corp., 144A
5.50%, due 02/01/30 (c)
   

500

     

413

   
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.30%, due 03/15/30
   

500

     

401

   
Uber Technologies, Inc., 144A
4.50%, due 08/15/29 (c)
   

1,100

     

983

   
United Parcel Service, Inc.
4.875%, due 03/03/33
   

500

     

482

   
Viterra Finance BV, 144A
2.00%, due 04/21/26 (c)
   

1,000

     

901

   

5.25%, due 04/21/32 (c)

   

250

     

230

   
         

9,394

   

FINANCIALS - 7.8%

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global
Aviation Trust
5.75%, due 06/06/28
   

500

     

488

   

3.40%, due 10/29/33

   

500

     

387

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Ally Financial, Inc.
4.70%(7 yr. CMT + 3.481%) (b) (d)
 

$

1,000

   

$

626

   
6.992%(SOFR + 3.260%),
due 06/13/29 (d)
   

500

     

489

   
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
REIT, 144A
4.625%, due 06/15/29 (c)
   

750

     

566

   
Capital One Financial Corp.
3.95% (5 yr. CMT + 3.157%) (b) (d)
   

500

     

375

   
Charles Schwab Corp.
5.853% (SOFR + 2.500%),
due 05/19/34 (d)
   

1,000

     

951

   
Citigroup, Inc.
7.625%(5 yr. CMT + 3.211%) (b) (d)
   

500

     

488

   

4.70%(SOFR + 3.234%) (b) (d)

   

500

     

450

   
KKR Group Finance Co. XII LLC, 144A
4.85%, due 05/17/32 (c)
   

1,000

     

908

   
Morgan Stanley
5.164% (SOFR + 1.590%),
due 04/20/29 (d)
   

500

     

481

   
Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage
Co-Issuer, Inc., 144A
3.875%, due 03/01/31 (c)
   

500

     

399

   

4.00%, due 10/15/33 (c)

   

250

     

189

   
Truist Financial Corp.
5.867% (SOFR + 2.361%),
due 06/08/34 (d)
   

750

     

706

   
Wells Fargo & Co.
3.90% (5 yr. CMT + 3.453%) (b) (d)
   

1,000

     

873

   
         

8,376

   

ENERGY - 6.3%

 
Apache Corp.
5.35%, due 07/01/49
   

250

     

191

   
Boardwalk Pipelines LP
3.60%, due 09/01/32
   

1,000

     

816

   
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 144A
5.875%, due 02/01/29 (c)
   

1,117

     

1,051

   
EQT Corp.
5.70%, due 04/01/28
   

1,000

     

980

   
Hess Midstream Operations LP, 144A
4.25%, due 02/15/30 (c)
   

750

     

632

   
Noble Finance II LLC, 144A
8.00%, due 04/15/30 (c)
   

500

     

507

   
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance
Corp., 144A
4.125%, due 02/15/28 (c)
   

1,500

     

1,377

   
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
7.15%, due 10/01/33
   

900

     

903

   
PDC Energy, Inc.
5.75%, due 05/15/26
   

315

     

314

   
         

6,771

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 4.6%

 
Acushnet Co., 144A
7.375%, due 10/15/28 (c)
   

500

     

504

   
Brunswick Corp.
2.40%, due 08/18/31
   

1,250

     

915

   
Daimler Truck Finance North America
LLC, 144A
5.40%, due 09/20/28 (c)
   

1,000

     

981

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 94.8% (continued)

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 40.8% (continued)

 
Lithia Motors, Inc., 144A
4.375%, due 01/15/31 (c)
 

$

750

   

$

620

   
M/I Homes, Inc.
3.95%, due 02/15/30
   

500

     

407

   
Marriott International, Inc.
2.75%, due 10/15/33
   

1,000

     

755

   

ZF North America Capital, Inc., 144A

 

6.875%, due 04/14/28 (c)

   

750

     

734

   
         

4,916

   

MATERIALS - 3.1%

 
Anglo American Capital PLC, 144A
3.875%, due 03/16/29 (c)
   

1,000

     

896

   
ArcelorMittal SA
6.55%, due 11/29/27
   

1,000

     

1,014

   
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC
6.70%, due 11/15/33
   

450

     

438

   

6.379%, due 07/15/32

   

230

     

222

   
Glencore Funding LLC, 144A
2.625%, due 09/23/31 (c)
   

1,000

     

772

   
         

3,342

   

HEALTH CARE - 3.0%

 
Baxter International, Inc.
2.539%, due 02/01/32
   

685

     

530

   
CVS Health Corp.
5.25%, due 02/21/33
   

500

     

474

   
Embecta Corp., 144A
5.00%, due 02/15/30 (c)
   

330

     

257

   
Fortrea Holdings, Inc., 144A
7.50%, due 07/01/30 (c)
   

200

     

195

   
HCA, Inc.
3.50%, due 09/01/30
   

500

     

423

   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.75%, due 09/15/30
   

500

     

385

   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 144A
6.75%, due 05/15/31 (c)
   

1,000

     

964

   
         

3,228

   

REAL ESTATE - 2.9%

 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
4.75%, due 04/15/35
   

650

     

571

   
CBRE Services, Inc.
2.50%, due 04/01/31
   

1,000

     

775

   
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC, 144A
6.75%, due 05/15/28 (c)
   

1,000

     

923

   
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. REIT
4.00%, due 01/15/31
   

500

     

416

   
Howard Hughes Corp., 144A
4.375%, due 02/01/31 (c)
   

500

     

384

   
         

3,069

   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.0%

 
Altria Group, Inc.
2.45%, due 02/04/32
   

1,250

     

943

   
Dollar General Corp.
5.45%, due 07/05/33
   

500

     

462

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Imperial Brands Finance PLC, 144A
6.125%, due 07/27/27 (c)
 

$

750

   

$

748

   
         

2,153

   

UTILITIES - 1.5%

 
NRG Energy, Inc., 144A
7.00%, due 03/15/33 (c)
   

750

     

725

   
Southern Co.
3.75% (5 yr. CMT + 2.915%),
due 09/15/51 (d)
   

1,000

     

872

   
         

1,597

   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.7%

 
Micron Technology, Inc.
2.703%, due 04/15/32
   

1,000

     

764

   

COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%

 
Charter Communications Operating LLC/
Charter Communications
Operating Capital
2.30%, due 02/01/32
   

270

     

197

   
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $48,513)
       

43,807

   

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 16.9%

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-1522-Class A2
2.361%, due 10/25/36
   

5,200

     

3,698

   
Bank, Series 2022-BNK40-Class A4
3.507%, due 03/15/64 (d)
   

3,600

     

3,003

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass-Through
Certificates, Series K-159-Class A2
4.50%, due 07/25/33 (d)
   

2,200

     

2,071

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass-Through
Certificates, Series K-1515-Class A2
1.94%, due 02/25/35
   

2,700

     

1,933

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-153-Class A2
3.82%, due 12/25/32 (d)
   

2,000

     

1,789

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Multifamily Structured Pass Through
Certificates, Series K-145-Class A2
2.58%, due 05/25/32
   

2,000

     

1,631

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2022-R06-Class 1M1, 144A
8.065% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.750%), due 05/25/42 (c) (d)
   

1,186

     

1,216

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2022-R04-Class 1M1, 144A
7.315% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.000%), due 03/25/42 (c) (d)
   

878

     

884

   
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2022-3-Class B1, 144A
3.113%, due 08/25/52 (c) (d)
   

967

     

718

   
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2022-8-Class B2, 144A
4.673%, due 01/25/53 (c) (d)
   

597

     

492

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 94.8% (continued)

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 16.9% (continued)

 
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2020-5-Class B1, 144A
3.578%, due 12/25/50 (c) (d)
 

$

465

   

$

377

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
STACR REMIC Trust,
Series 2022-DNA3-Class M1A, 144A
7.315% (30 day USD SOFR Average
+ 2.000%), due 04/25/42 (c) (d)
   

348

     

351

   
Total Collateralized Mortgage
Obligations - 16.9%
(Cost $19,416)
       

18,163

   

GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES - 13.4%

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT NOTES - 7.6%

 
U.S. Treasury Notes
3.50%, due 01/31/30
   

2,500

     

2,343

   

0.625%, due 08/15/30

   

3,000

     

2,302

   

4.125%, due 11/15/32

   

1,000

     

965

   

2.875%, due 05/15/32

   

1,000

     

878

   

2.75%, due 08/15/32

   

1,000

     

866

   

1.625%, due 05/15/31

   

1,000

     

812

   
         

8,166

   

U.S. GOVERNMENT BONDS - 5.8%

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
3.00%, due 08/15/52
   

2,500

     

1,822

   

4.375%, due 08/15/43

   

1,500

     

1,399

   

3.625%, due 05/15/53

   

1,500

     

1,242

   

1.875%, due 11/15/51

   

1,250

     

697

   

3.375%, due 08/15/42

   

500

     

405

   

2.00%, due 11/15/41

   

500

     

324

   

2.00%, due 08/15/51

   

500

     

289

   
         

6,178

   
Total Government and Agency Securities
(Cost $16,442)
       

14,344

   

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 9.7%

 
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2022-3A-Class-C, 144A,
6.13%, due 08/20/29 (c)
   

1,000

     

994

   
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2022-C-Class C,
5.22%, due 03/15/30
   

1,000

     

975

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-P1-Class D,
4.80%, due 01/10/29
   

1,000

     

926

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2023-2A-Class D, 144A,
9.72%, due 04/20/40 (c)
   

907

     

908

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-P1-Class D,
1.82%, due 12/10/27
   

880

     

776

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-C-Class E, 144A,
9.08%, due 04/15/30 (c)
   

750

     

752

   
   

Par Value

 

Value

 
Hpefs Equipment Trust,
Series 2023-2A-Class-D, 144A,
6.97%, due 07/21/31 (c)
 

$

500

   

$

501

   
CPS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-C-Class E, 144A,
9.66%, due 02/18/31 (c)
   

500

     

495

   
Carmax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2023-3-Class D,
6.44%, due 12/16/30
   

500

     

493

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2022-1-Class B, 144A,
5.74%, due 07/16/29 (c)
   

500

     

492

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2022-1-Class C, 144A,
5.98%, due 07/15/30 (c)
   

500

     

491

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2023-2-Class D,
6.55%, due 10/15/29
   

500

     

488

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2022-5-Class C,
4.74%, due 10/16/28
   

500

     

486

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust ,
Series 2022-2-Class D,
4.75%, due 10/16/28
   

500

     

473

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2022-1A-Class C, 144A,
3.94%, due 10/20/38 (c)
   

420

     

393

   
Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC,
Series 2022-2A-Class D, 144A,
9.22%, due 06/20/40 (c)
   

369

     

365

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P4-Class N, 144A,
8.05%, due 10/10/30 (c)
   

250

     

250

   
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2023-P2-Class N, 144A,
8.64%, due 06/10/30 (c)
   

105

     

105

   
Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $10,522)
       

10,363

   

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 7.0%

 
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool CB4555
4.50%, due 09/01/52
   

3,126

     

2,871

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool RA8038
4.50%, due 10/01/52
   

1,866

     

1,715

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool RA7522
4.50%, due 06/01/52
   

1,354

     

1,246

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
Pool SD1724
4.00%, due 09/01/52
   

954

     

852

   
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Pool MA4700
4.00%, due 08/01/52
   

940

     

837

   
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities - 7.0%
(Cost $7,922)
       

7,521

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Par Value

 

Value

 

FIXED INCOME - 94.8% (continued)

 

BANK LOANS - 7.0% (e)

 

FINANCIALS - 2.1%

 
Citadel Securities LP 2023 Term Loan B
7.818% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 2.500%), due 07/28/30 (d)
 

$

1,239

   

$

1,236

   
GTCR W Merger Sub LLC
0.00%, due 09/20/30 (f)
   

1,000

     

999

   
         

2,235

   

HEALTH CARE - 1.8%

 
Owens & Minor, Inc. 2022 Term Loan B
8.715% - 9.166% (1 mo. USD Term
SOFR + 3.750%), due 03/29/29 (d)
   

469

     

467

   
Medline Borrower LP USD Term Loan B
8.681% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 3.250%), due 10/23/28 (d)
   

741

     

738

   
Fortrea Holdings, Inc. Term Loan B
9.066% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 3.750%), due 07/01/30 (d)
   

748

     

745

   
         

1,950

   

INDUSTRIALS - 1.3%

 
Skymiles IP Ltd. 2020 Term Loan B
9.076% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 3.750%), due 10/20/27 (d)
   

850

     

880

   
Uber Technologies, Inc. 2023 Term Loan B
8.159% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 2.750%), due 03/03/30 (d)
   

499

     

498

   
         

1,378

   

ENERGY - 0.9%

 
Championx Corp.
0.00%, due 06/07/29 (f)
   

993

     

993

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.9%

 
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. Term Loan B
8.666% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR
+ 3.250%), due 04/30/26 (d)
   

975

     

944

   
Total Bank Loans
(Cost $7,405)
       

7,500

   
TOTAL FIXED INCOME - 94.8%
(COST $110,220)
       

101,698

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 4.8%

 
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. Repurchase
Agreement, 5.30% dated 09/29/23 due
10/02/23, repurchase price $5,174,
collateralized by a United States Treasury
Note, 4.625% due 03/15/26, value plus
accrued interest of $5,275 (Cost: $5,171)
   

5,171

     

5,171

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%
(COST $5,171)
       

5,171

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 101.2%
(COST $117,188)
       

108,564

   

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets - (1.2)%

       

(1,314

)

 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

     

$

107,250

   

(a)  All or a portion of this investment is held in connection with one or more options within the Fund.

(b)  Security is perpetual and has no stated maturity date.

(c)  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold, normally only to qualified institutional buyers.

(d)  Floating Rate Note. Rate shown is as of September 30, 2023.

(e)  Bank loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of bank loans may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

(f)  This position represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate, which will be adjusted on settlement date.

Abbreviations:

  REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

  SOFR: Secured Overnight Financing Rate

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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WRITTEN OPTIONS

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Premiums
(Received)
by Fund
  Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
 

CALLS

 

Truist Financial Corp.

 

$

30.00

   

3/15/24

   

(150

)

 

$

(429

)

 

$

(31

)

 

$

(28

)

 

$

(3

)

 

Corebridge Financial, Inc.

 

$

16.88

   

1/19/24

   

(290

)

 

$

(573

)

 

$

(102

)

 

$

(46

)

 

$

(56

)

 
               

$

(1,002

)

 

$

(133

)

 

$

(74

)

 

$

(59

)

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

60 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities—September 30, 2023

(in thousands except per share amounts)

    Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Global
Fund
 

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (a)

 

$

16,942,089

   

$

5,343,567

   

$

1,182,530

   

Cash

   

0

(b)

   

0

     

28

   

Foreign currency, at value (c)

   

0

     

0

     

0

   

Receivable for:

 

Securities sold

   

18,714

     

0

     

1,909

   

Fund shares sold

   

22,552

     

5,319

     

359

   
Dividends and interest from unaffiliated securities
(Net of foreign tax withheld)
   

16,648

     

1,111

     

537

   

Tax reclaim from unaffiliated securities

   

0

     

0

     

1,286

   

Total receivables

   

57,914

     

6,430

     

4,091

   

Other assets

   

19

     

3

     

0

(b)

 

Total assets

 

$

17,000,022

   

$

5,350,000

   

$

1,186,649

   

Liabilities and net assets

 

Payable for:

 

Securities purchased

 

$

87,380

   

$

2,029

   

$

0

   

Fund shares redeemed

   

7,181

     

2,193

     

357

   

Options written, at value

   

25,223

(d)

   

0

     

0

   

Investment advisory fee

   

2,258

     

852

     

208

   

Other shareholder servicing fees

   

782

     

621

     

36

   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

112

     

58

     

29

   

Trustee fees

   

1

     

1

     

1

   

Deferred trustee compensation

   

1,595

     

691

     

419

   

Securities sold short, at value

   

19,731

(e)

   

0

     

1,942

(e)

 

Other

   

2,439

     

706

     

433

   

Total liabilities

   

146,702

     

7,151

     

3,425

   

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

16,853,320

   

$

5,342,849

   

$

1,183,224

   

Analysis of net assets

 

Paid in capital

 

$

14,235,414

   

$

4,506,996

   

$

925,671

   

Distributable earnings

   

2,617,906

     

835,853

     

257,553

   

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

16,853,320

   

$

5,342,849

   

$

1,183,224

   

Price of shares

 
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Investor Class
 

$

118.59

   

$

61.75

   

$

31.22

   

Investor Class—Net assets

 

$

7,901,356

   

$

1,593,881

   

$

581,029

   
Investor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

66,625

     

25,811

     

18,610

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Advisor Class
 

$

118.70

   

$

61.66

   

$

31.24

(f)

 

Advisor Class—Net assets

 

$

2,026,991

   

$

2,657,644

   

$

135,808

   
Advisor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

17,077

     

43,100

     

4,348

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Institutional Class
 

$

118.72

   

$

61.75

   

$

31.24

   

Institutional Class—Net assets

 

$

4,830,172

   

$

591,618

   

$

356,443

   
Institutional Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

40,686

     

9,581

     

11,410

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: R6 Class
 

$

118.77

   

$

61.75

   

$

31.23

   

R6 Class—Net assets

 

$

2,094,801

   

$

499,706

   

$

109,944

   
R6 Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

17,638

     

8,092

     

3,520

   
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities.  

$

14,162,368

   

$

4,265,614

   

$

970,683

   
(b) Amount rounds to less than $1,000.                          
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency.    

0

     

0

     

0

(b)

 
(d) Written options premiums received of $35,566 (in thousands) for the Oakmark Fund.                          
(e) Identified proceeds of investments from securities sold short.    

18,714

     

0

     

1,909

   
(f) Net assets have been rounded for presentation purposes. The net asset value per share shown is as reported on September 30, 2023.                          

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Oakmark.com 61


Oakmark Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities—September 30, 2023 (continued)

(in thousands except per share amounts)

    Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (a)

 

$

1,060,500

   

$

19,020,177

   

$

1,302,023

   

Investments in affiliated securities, at value

   

0

     

247,019

(b)

   

0

   

Cash

   

0

     

1

     

0

(d)

 

Foreign currency, at value (c)

   

0

(d)

   

1

     

30,389

   

Receivable for:

 

Securities sold

   

3,851

     

38,400

     

1,244

   

Fund shares sold

   

92

     

21,199

     

948

   
Dividends and interest from unaffiliated securities
(Net of foreign tax withheld)
   

644

     

10,883

     

2,831

   

Tax reclaim from unaffiliated securities

   

1,363

     

23,621

     

2,381

   

Total receivables

   

5,950

     

94,103

     

7,404

   

Other assets

   

0

(d)

   

3

     

0

(d)

 

Total assets

 

$

1,066,450

   

$

19,361,304

   

$

1,339,816

   

Liabilities and net assets

 

Payable for:

 

Securities purchased

 

$

0

   

$

46,300

   

$

20,719

   

Fund shares redeemed

   

186

     

20,314

     

497

   

Investment advisory fee

   

180

     

3,089

     

284

   

Other shareholder servicing fees

   

47

     

953

     

52

   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

12

     

59

     

13

   

Trustee fees

   

1

     

2

     

1

   

Deferred trustee compensation

   

340

     

2,344

     

402

   

Securities sold short, at value

   

3,918

(e)

   

0

     

0

   

Other

   

358

     

8,942

     

487

   

Total liabilities

   

5,042

     

82,003

     

22,455

   

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

1,061,408

   

$

19,279,301

   

$

1,317,361

   

Analysis of net assets

 

Paid in capital

 

$

936,869

   

$

22,156,284

   

$

1,343,848

   

Distributable earnings

   

124,539

     

(2,876,983

)

   

(26,487

)

 

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

1,061,408

   

$

19,279,301

   

$

1,317,361

   

Price of shares

 
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Investor Class
 

$

19.88

   

$

25.15

   

$

17.82

   

Investor Class—Net assets

 

$

351,305

   

$

5,865,372

   

$

367,283

   
Investor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

17,674

     

233,259

     

20,615

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Advisor Class
 

$

19.87

   

$

25.12

   

$

17.84

   

Advisor Class—Net assets

 

$

136,729

   

$

2,582,739

   

$

163,546

   
Advisor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

6,881

     

102,809

     

9,169

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Institutional Class
 

$

19.87

   

$

25.13

   

$

17.79

   

Institutional Class—Net assets

 

$

459,483

   

$

8,125,207

   

$

481,601

   
Institutional Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

23,119

     

323,313

     

27,065

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: R6 Class
 

$

19.89

   

$

25.15

   

$

17.79

   

R6 Class—Net assets

 

$

113,891

   

$

2,705,983

   

$

304,931

   
R6 Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

5,727

     

107,605

     

17,138

   
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities.  

$

884,452

   

$

18,094,089

   

$

1,283,807

   
(b) Identified cost of investments in affiliated securities.    

0

     

416,387

     

0

   
(c) Identified cost of foreign currency.    

0

(d)

   

1

     

30,205

   
(d) Amount rounds to less than $1,000.                          
(e) Identified proceeds of investments from securities sold short.    

3,851

     

0

     

0

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

62 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities—September 30, 2023 (continued)

(in thousands except per share amounts)

    Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Bond
Fund
 

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (a)

 

$

6,021,966

   

$

108,564

   

Cash

   

98

     

0

(c)

 

Foreign currency, at value (b)

   

0

     

0

   

Receivable for:

 

Securities sold

   

6,107

     

7

   

Fund shares sold

   

2,232

     

309

   
Dividends and interest from unaffiliated securities
(Net of foreign tax withheld)
   

19,961

     

800

   

Tax reclaim from unaffiliated securities

   

1,836

     

0

   

Total receivables

   

30,136

     

1,116

   

Other assets

   

0

(c)

   

0

(c)

 

Total assets

 

$

6,052,200

   

$

109,680

   

Liabilities and net assets

 

Payable for:

 

Securities purchased

 

$

15,416

   

$

1,967

   

Fund shares redeemed

   

3,380

     

0

   

Options written, at value

   

0

     

133

(d)

 

Investment advisory fee

   

706

     

4

   

Other shareholder servicing fees

   

300

     

0

(c)

 

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

70

     

0

(c)

 

Trustee fees

   

1

     

0

(c)

 

Deferred trustee compensation

   

1,487

     

91

   

Securities sold short, at value

   

4,876

(e)

   

0

   

Other

   

1,316

     

235

   

Total liabilities

   

27,552

     

2,430

   

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

6,024,648

   

$

107,250

   

Analysis of net assets

 

Paid in capital

 

$

5,427,387

   

$

123,998

   

Distributable earnings

   

597,261

     

(16,748

)

 

Net assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding

 

$

6,024,648

   

$

107,250

   

Price of shares

 
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Investor Class
 

$

31.41

   

$

8.40

(f)

 

Investor Class—Net assets

 

$

4,213,345

   

$

1,121

   
Investor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

134,122

     

134

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Advisor Class
 

$

31.43

   

$

8.41

   

Advisor Class—Net assets

 

$

548,998

   

$

782

   
Advisor Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

17,465

     

93

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: Institutional Class
 

$

31.43

(f)

 

$

8.41

(f)

 

Institutional Class—Net assets

 

$

1,029,949

   

$

2,551

   
Institutional Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

32,764

     

303

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption price
per share: R6 Class
 

$

31.45

   

$

8.41

   

R6 Class—Net assets

 

$

232,356

   

$

102,796

   
R6 Class—Shares outstanding (Unlimited
shares authorized)
   

7,389

     

12,221

   
(a) Identified cost of investments in unaffiliated securities.  

$

5,392,934

   

$

117,188

   
(b) Identified cost of foreign currency.    

0

     

0

   
(c) Amount rounds to less than $1,000.                   
(d) Written options premiums received of $74 (in thousands) for the Oakmark Bond Fund.                   
(e) Identified proceeds of investments from securities sold short.    

4,635

     

0

   
(f) Net assets have been rounded for presentation purposes. The net asset value per share shown is as reported on September 30, 2023.                  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Oakmark.com 63


Oakmark Funds

Statements of Operations—For the Year Ended September 30, 2023

(in thousands)

   
Oakmark
Fund
  Oakmark
Select
Fund
  Oakmark
Global
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends from unaffiliated securities

 

$

270,916

   

$

56,390

   

$

30,318

   

Interest income from unaffiliated securities

   

44,284

     

14,598

     

1,857

   

Other income

   

0

     

0

     

143

   

Foreign taxes withheld

   

(683

)

   

0

     

(1,992

)

 

Total investment income

   

314,517

     

70,988

     

30,326

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

97,244

     

35,308

     

9,772

   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

775

     

385

     

182

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Investor Class

   

4,396

     

832

     

311

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Advisor Class

   

1,542

     

3,079

     

78

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Institutional Class

   

2,121

     

197

     

87

   

Service fee—Investor Class

   

15,609

     

2,758

     

1,092

   

Reports to shareholders

   

877

     

444

     

57

   

Custody and accounting fees

   

351

     

177

     

203

   

Registration and blue sky expenses

   

333

     

139

     

71

   

Trustees fees

   

732

     

354

     

231

   

Legal fees

   

346

     

176

     

119

   

Audit and tax services fees

   

51

     

48

     

91

   

Other

   

542

     

257

     

162

   

Total expenses

   

124,919

     

44,154

     

12,456

   

Net expenses

   

124,919

     

44,154

     

12,456

   

Net investment income

   

189,598

     

26,834

     

17,870

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

(150,495

)

   

(238,696

)

   

34,300

(a)

 

Unaffiliated in-kind transactions

   

2,565,802

     

731,285

     

196,435

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

0

     

0

     

13

   

Purchased options

   

(18,696

)

   

(8,588

)

   

0

   

Written options

   

37,143

     

25,608

     

0

   

Net realized gain

   

2,433,754

     

509,609

     

230,748

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

1,109,557

     

756,663

     

26,116

(b)

 

Securities sold short

   

(1,017

)

   

0

     

(33

)

 

Foreign currency translation

   

0

     

0

     

79

   

Written options

   

10,343

     

0

     

0

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

1,118,883

     

756,663

     

26,162

   

Net realized and unrealized gain

   

3,552,637

     

1,266,272

     

256,910

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
 

$

3,742,235

   

$

1,293,106

   

$

274,780

   

(a)  Net of capital gain withholding taxes of $609 (in thousands) for the Oakmark Global Fund.

(b)  Includes net change in capital gain withholding taxes of $(301) (in thousands) for the Oakmark Global Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

64 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Funds

Statements of Operations—For the Year Ended September 30, 2023 (continued)

(in thousands)

    Oakmark
Global Select
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Fund
  Oakmark
International
Small Cap Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends from unaffiliated securities

 

$

20,303

   

$

623,537

   

$

44,908

   

Dividends from affiliated securities

   

0

     

24,163

     

0

   

Interest income from unaffiliated securities

   

1,768

     

28,172

     

1,681

   

Non-cash dividends from unaffiliated securities

   

0

     

0

     

165

   

Other income

   

57

     

0

     

268

   

Reclaim Income

   

0

     

0

     

1,550

   

Foreign taxes withheld

   

(1,543

)

   

(58,011

)

   

(3,885

)

 

Total investment income

   

20,585

     

617,861

     

44,687

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

8,429

     

146,713

     

13,901

   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

69

     

406

     

80

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Investor Class

   

202

     

4,187

     

246

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Advisor Class

   

177

     

3,339

     

186

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Institutional Class

   

238

     

4,648

     

164

   

Service fee—Investor Class

   

803

     

14,052

     

748

   

Reports to shareholders

   

53

     

1,196

     

78

   

Custody and accounting fees

   

153

     

1,887

     

283

   

Registration and blue sky expenses

   

75

     

379

     

86

   

Trustees fees

   

217

     

939

     

233

   

Legal fees

   

118

     

411

     

121

   

Audit and tax services fees

   

65

     

163

     

113

   

Other

   

154

     

623

     

165

   

Total expenses

   

10,753

     

178,943

     

16,404

   

Net expenses

   

10,753

     

178,943

     

16,404

   

Net investment income

   

9,832

     

438,918

     

28,283

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

(5,132

)

   

(1,623,756

)(a)

   

(43,326

)

 

Affiliated investments

   

0

     

(441,034

)

   

0

   

Unaffiliated in-kind transactions

   

141,960

     

0

     

41,757

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

(85

)

   

(2,445

)

   

(262

)

 

Net realized gain (loss)

   

136,743

     

(2,067,235

)

   

(1,831

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

115,284

     

6,383,712

(b)

   

396,516

   

Affiliated investments

   

0

     

801,584

     

0

   

Securities sold short

   

(67

)

   

0

     

0

   

Foreign currency translation

   

92

     

1,581

     

308

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

115,309

     

7,186,877

     

396,824

   

Net realized and unrealized gain

   

252,052

     

5,119,642

     

394,993

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
 

$

261,884

   

$

5,558,560

   

$

423,276

   

(a)  Net of capital gain withholding taxes of $3,895 (in thousands) for the Oakmark International Fund.

(b)  Includes net change in capital gain withholding taxes of $3,029 (in thousands) for the Oakmark International Fund.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Operations—For the Year Ended September 30, 2023 (continued)

(in thousands)

    Oakmark
Equity and
Income Fund
  Oakmark
Bond
Fund
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividends from unaffiliated securities

 

$

75,235

   

$

93

   

Interest income from unaffiliated securities

   

111,504

     

4,558

   

Total investment income

   

186,739

     

4,651

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

33,196

     

367

   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

   

471

     

6

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Investor Class

   

2,962

     

0

   

Other shareholder servicing fees—Advisor Class

   

265

     

0

(a)

 

Other shareholder servicing fees—Institutional Class

   

341

     

0

   

Service fee—Investor Class

   

9,653

     

1

   

Reports to shareholders

   

253

     

1

   

Custody and accounting fees

   

266

     

150

   

Registration and blue sky expenses

   

121

     

59

   

Trustees fees

   

499

     

158

   

Legal fees

   

207

     

102

   

Audit and tax services fees

   

48

     

47

   

Other

   

302

     

79

   

Total expenses

   

48,584

     

970

   

Advisory fee waiver / Expense reimbursement from adviser

   

0

     

(549

)

 

Net expenses

   

48,584

     

421

   

Net investment income

   

138,155

     

4,230

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

(102,367

)

   

(4,754

)

 

Unaffiliated in-kind transactions

   

682,039

     

0

   

Written options

   

0

     

41

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

579,672

     

(4,713

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

115,982

     

2,043

   

Securities sold short

   

(241

)

   

0

   

Written options

   

0

     

(59

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

115,741

     

1,984

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   

695,413

     

(2,729

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

833,568

   

$

1,501

   

(a)  Amount rounds to less than $1,000.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

189,598

   

$

157,365

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

2,433,754

     

3,167,556

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

1,118,883

     

(6,426,311

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

3,742,235

     

(3,101,390

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(61,712

)

   

(129,974

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(28,474

)

   

(45,944

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(44,072

)

   

(82,975

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(820

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(17,750

)

   

(20,064

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(152,008

)

   

(279,777

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

1,108,645

     

1,470,560

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

62,110

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

277,749

     

1,046,183

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

1,581,236

     

1,500,913

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

2,408

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

6,729,283

     

6,506,716

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

60,036

     

122,220

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

27,043

     

43,233

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

38,248

     

70,864

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

711

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

13,612

     

19,842

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(1,433,782

)

   

(2,099,885

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(1,335,581

)

   

(848,943

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(1,328,206

)

   

(1,621,538

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(4,878

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(62,110

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(6,181,816

)

   

(6,092,192

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(443,533

)

   

116,214

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

3,146,694

     

(3,264,953

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

13,706,626

     

16,971,579

   

End of year

 

$

16,853,320

   

$

13,706,626

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

9,677

     

13,016

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

536

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

585

     

1,041

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(12,968

)

   

(18,754

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(2,706

)

   

(4,161

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

2,442

     

9,109

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

264

     

369

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(12,062

)

   

(7,468

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(9,356

)

   

2,010

   

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

13,987

     

13,015

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

373

     

604

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(11,785

)

   

(14,576

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

2,575

     

(957

)

 

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

20

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

0

     

6

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(40

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(538

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(552

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

59,388

     

59,284

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

133

     

169

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(54,330

)

   

(56,352

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

5,191

     

3,101

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

 

Oakmark Select Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

26,834

   

$

16,478

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

509,609

     

974,114

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

756,663

     

(2,290,550

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

1,293,106

     

(1,299,958

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(4,151

)

   

(5,682

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(10,151

)

   

(10,556

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(2,342

)

   

(3,374

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(53

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(1,857

)

   

(1,737

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(18,501

)

   

(21,402

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

73,244

     

86,672

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

21,426

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

563,537

     

731,230

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

270,817

     

122,015

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

664

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

1,798,794

     

1,916,695

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

4,004

     

5,478

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

9,975

     

10,344

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

2,006

     

2,930

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

53

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

1,836

     

1,735

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(186,133

)

   

(348,286

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(694,227

)

   

(394,340

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(281,093

)

   

(143,510

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(5,019

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(21,426

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(1,719,535

)

   

(1,865,285

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(156,775

)

   

121,376

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

1,117,830

     

(1,199,984

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

4,225,019

     

5,425,003

   

End of year

 

$

5,342,849

   

$

4,225,019

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Select Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

1,237

     

1,417

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

344

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

81

     

87

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(3,297

)

   

(5,778

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(1,979

)

   

(3,930

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

10,019

     

12,565

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

202

     

165

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(12,425

)

   

(6,877

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(2,204

)

   

5,853

   

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

4,892

     

2,001

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

41

     

46

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(5,168

)

   

(2,483

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(235

)

   

(436

)

 

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

10

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

0

     

1

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(81

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(349

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(419

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

31,794

     

33,231

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

37

     

28

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(29,960

)

   

(32,356

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

1,871

     

903

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Global Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

17,870

   

$

17,188

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

230,748

     

9,001

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

26,162

     

(389,863

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

274,780

     

(363,674

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(4,349

)

   

(69,039

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(1,648

)

   

(18,838

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(3,213

)

   

(38,791

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(999

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(791

)

   

(8,204

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(10,001

)

   

(135,871

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

18,572

     

36,911

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

11,221

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

6,878

     

28,448

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

84,219

     

65,360

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

491

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

359,157

     

4,775

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

4,240

     

67,452

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

1,554

     

17,655

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

3,101

     

37,386

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

839

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

747

     

8,130

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(91,795

)

   

(146,833

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(64,813

)

   

(35,911

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(89,787

)

   

(108,779

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(420

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(11,221

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(337,177

)

   

(4,694

)

 

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(105,104

)

   

(29,190

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

159,675

     

(528,735

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

1,023,549

     

1,552,284

   

End of year

 

$

1,183,224

   

$

1,023,549

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Global Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

594

     

1,108

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

334

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

147

     

1,980

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(2,985

)

   

(4,528

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(2,244

)

   

(1,106

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

227

     

856

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

54

     

519

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(2,089

)

   

(1,088

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(1,808

)

   

287

   

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

2,699

     

2,015

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

108

     

1,098

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(2,895

)

   

(3,435

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(88

)

   

(322

)

 

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

14

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

0

     

26

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(12

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(346

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(318

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

11,227

     

163

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

26

     

239

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(10,507

)

   

(141

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

746

     

261

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Global Select Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

9,832

   

$

20,053

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

136,743

     

(46,904

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

115,309

     

(428,902

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

261,884

     

(455,753

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(1,201

)

   

(51,810

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(779

)

   

(21,418

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(2,856

)

   

(72,901

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(666

)

   

(11,585

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(5,502

)

   

(157,714

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

16,564

     

46,846

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

9,834

     

53,153

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

45,815

     

135,405

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

297,502

     

8,548

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

1,172

     

50,153

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

757

     

20,925

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

2,309

     

62,435

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

663

     

11,504

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(86,664

)

   

(133,309

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(60,172

)

   

(95,171

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(114,329

)

   

(268,988

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(296,568

)

   

(9,193

)

 

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(183,117

)

   

(117,692

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

73,265

     

(731,159

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

988,143

     

1,719,302

   

End of year

 

$

1,061,408

   

$

988,143

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Global Select Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

877

     

2,133

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

67

     

2,247

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(4,668

)

   

(6,494

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(3,724

)

   

(2,114

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

535

     

2,622

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

43

     

939

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(3,323

)

   

(4,473

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(2,745

)

   

(912

)

 

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

2,427

     

6,177

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

132

     

2,801

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(6,098

)

   

(13,498

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(3,539

)

   

(4,520

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

15,115

     

408

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

38

     

516

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(14,987

)

   

(435

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

166

     

489

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark International Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

438,918

   

$

596,428

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(2,067,235

)

   

347,192

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

7,186,877

     

(8,989,885

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

5,558,560

     

(8,046,265

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(168,264

)

   

(104,445

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(83,923

)

   

(45,714

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(267,697

)

   

(177,875

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(1,306

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(75,355

)

   

(51,583

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(595,239

)

   

(380,923

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

927,733

     

1,324,903

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

132,197

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

552,209

     

821,502

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

1,879,041

     

3,023,153

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

8,998

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

1,227,050

     

1,421,179

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

158,296

     

100,150

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

82,906

     

44,817

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

165,754

     

104,275

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

713

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

69,927

     

51,009

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(1,769,957

)

   

(2,766,495

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(989,684

)

   

(861,186

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(3,317,614

)

   

(3,946,644

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(12,578

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(132,197

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(1,588,542

)

   

(927,289

)

 

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(2,602,881

)

   

(1,613,493

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

2,360,440

     

(10,040,681

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

16,918,861

     

26,959,542

   

End of year

 

$

19,279,301

   

$

16,918,861

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark International Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

37,083

     

52,861

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

4,905

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

6,873

     

3,677

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(71,822

)

   

(111,154

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(27,866

)

   

(49,711

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

22,498

     

31,688

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

3,608

     

1,648

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(39,903

)

   

(34,527

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(13,797

)

   

(1,191

)

 

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

75,119

     

117,578

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

7,213

     

3,835

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(135,163

)

   

(162,047

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(52,831

)

   

(40,634

)

 

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

313

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

0

     

26

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(438

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(4,857

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(4,956

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

47,279

     

53,709

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

3,043

     

1,875

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(66,566

)

   

(38,036

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(16,244

)

   

17,548

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

28,283

   

$

28,502

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(1,831

)

   

4,964

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

396,824

     

(576,958

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

423,276

     

(543,492

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(6,833

)

   

(8,861

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(3,403

)

   

(3,257

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(8,950

)

   

(9,896

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(12

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(10,676

)

   

(6,974

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(29,862

)

   

(29,000

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

52,310

     

51,934

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

787

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

40,251

     

41,536

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

95,863

     

97,160

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

27

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

51,812

     

256,405

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

6,610

     

8,647

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

3,340

     

3,198

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

5,855

     

6,902

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

7

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

6,475

     

2,222

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(101,686

)

   

(150,168

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(57,342

)

   

(36,835

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(62,582

)

   

(130,088

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(13

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class

   

0

     

(787

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(284,698

)

   

(55,470

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(243,792

)

   

95,464

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

149,622

     

(477,028

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

1,167,739

     

1,644,767

   

End of year

 

$

1,317,361

   

$

1,167,739

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

2,966

     

2,908

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

42

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

400

     

454

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(5,896

)

   

(8,369

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(2,530

)

   

(4,965

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

2,291

     

2,346

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

202

     

168

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(3,252

)

   

(2,072

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(759

)

   

442

   

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

5,467

     

5,640

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

355

     

363

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(3,601

)

   

(7,621

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

2,221

     

(1,618

)

 

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

2

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(1

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(42

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(41

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

3,022

     

14,978

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

393

     

117

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(16,498

)

   

(3,339

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(13,083

)

   

11,756

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

138,155

   

$

102,172

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

579,672

     

899,108

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

115,741

     

(2,118,582

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

833,568

     

(1,117,302

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(62,568

)

   

(442,433

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(13,222

)

   

(70,197

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(15,641

)

   

(95,113

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Service Class

   

0

     

(12,652

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(1,576

)

   

(7,171

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(93,007

)

   

(627,566

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

186,138

     

248,295

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

158,931

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

26,600

     

134,328

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

384,625

     

207,511

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Service Class

   

0

     

7,082

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

1,517,989

     

1,604,470

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

59,853

     

422,738

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

12,510

     

65,808

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

13,944

     

84,504

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Service Class

   

0

     

11,875

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

1,537

     

6,936

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(749,496

)

   

(967,667

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(318,053

)

   

(122,056

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(390,328

)

   

(252,172

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class

   

0

     

(10,055

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Service Class converted to Investor Class

   

0

     

(158,931

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(1,395,873

)

   

(1,603,925

)

 

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

(650,554

)

   

(162,328

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

90,007

     

(1,907,196

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

5,934,641

     

7,841,837

   

End of year

 

$

6,024,648

   

$

5,934,641

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

6,025

     

7,483

   

Shares sold—shares converted from Service Class (a)

   

0

     

4,740

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

2,015

     

12,515

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(24,544

)

   

(29,567

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(16,504

)

   

(4,829

)

 

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

858

     

4,070

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

422

     

1,950

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(10,310

)

   

(3,659

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(9,030

)

   

2,361

   

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

12,467

     

6,245

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

470

     

2,504

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(12,862

)

   

(7,692

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

75

     

1,057

   

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Shares sold

   

0

     

194

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

0

     

353

   

Less shares redeemed

   

0

     

(277

)

 

Less shares redeemed—shares converted to Investor Class (a)

   

0

     

(4,761

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

0

     

(4,491

)

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

48,997

     

49,372

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

52

     

205

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(44,921

)

   

(48,740

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

4,128

     

837

   

(a)  Service Class shares were converted into Investor Class shares at the close of business on December 17, 2021.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Bond Fund

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

4,230

   

$

2,346

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(4,713

)

   

(3,407

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

1,984

     

(11,558

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   

1,501

     

(12,619

)

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Distributions to shareholders—Investor Class

   

(44

)

   

(15

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Advisor Class

   

(50

)

   

(72

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—Institutional Class

   

(127

)

   

(140

)

 

Distributions to shareholders—R6 Class

   

(3,974

)

   

(3,880

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(4,195

)

   

(4,107

)

 

From Fund share transactions:

 

Proceeds from shares sold—Investor Class

   

757

     

1,115

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Advisor Class

   

290

     

27

   

Proceeds from shares sold—Institutional Class

   

4,687

     

1,752

   

Proceeds from shares sold—R6 Class

   

30,907

     

33,784

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Investor Class

   

41

     

15

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Advisor Class

   

50

     

73

   

Reinvestment of distributions—Institutional Class

   

127

     

140

   

Reinvestment of distributions—R6 Class

   

3,123

     

2,831

   

Payment for shares redeemed—Investor Class

   

(667

)

   

(5

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Advisor Class

   

(929

)

   

(807

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—Institutional Class

   

(5,246

)

   

(1,511

)

 

Payment for shares redeemed—R6 Class

   

(10,021

)

   

(30,757

)

 

Net increase in net assets from Fund share transactions

   

23,119

     

6,657

   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

20,425

     

(10,069

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

86,825

     

96,894

   

End of year

 

$

107,250

   

$

86,825

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

(in thousands)

   

Oakmark Bond Fund (continued)

 
    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund share transactions—Investor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

86

     

117

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

5

     

2

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(75

)

   

(1

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

16

     

118

   

Fund share transactions—Advisor Class:

 

Shares sold

   

34

     

3

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

6

     

7

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(107

)

   

(80

)

 

Net decrease in shares outstanding

   

(67

)

   

(70

)

 

Fund share transactions—Institutional Class:

 

Shares sold

   

540

     

186

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

14

     

15

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(604

)

   

(162

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

   

(50

)

   

39

   

Fund share transactions—Service Class:

 

Fund share transactions—R6 Class:

 

Shares sold

   

3,560

     

3,664

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

   

360

     

293

   

Less shares redeemed

   

(1,153

)

   

(3,318

)

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

   

2,767

     

639

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Oakmark Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

1.  ORGANIZATION

The following are the significant accounting policies of Oakmark Fund ("Oakmark"), Oakmark Select Fund ("Select"), Oakmark Global Fund ("Global"), Oakmark Global Select Fund ("Global Select"), Oakmark International Fund ("International"), Oakmark International Small Cap Fund ("Int'l Small Cap"), Oakmark Equity and Income Fund ("Equity and Income"), and Oakmark Bond Fund ("Bond") collectively referred to as the "Funds," each a series of Harris Associates Investment Trust (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust, organized on February 1, 1991, which is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946 Financial Services—Investment Companies. Each Fund, other than Select and Global Select, is diversified in accordance with the 1940 Act. The following policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The presentation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

Each Fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Class Shares, Advisor Class Shares, Institutional Class Shares and R6 Class Shares. Shares of each Class are offered for purchase directly from the Funds and through certain intermediaries who have entered into an agreement with the Funds' distributor and/or Harris Associates L.P., investment adviser to the Funds (the "Adviser"). Investor Class Shares are also offered to certain retirement plans, such as 401(k) and profit sharing plans. Investor Class Shares of a Fund pay a service fee not to exceed 0.25% per annum of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Investor Shares. This service fee is paid to third-party intermediaries who provide services for and/or maintain shareholder accounts.

Income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, and expenses of the Funds not directly attributable to a specific class of shares are allocated to each class pro rata based on the relative net assets of each class. Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees, service fees, other shareholder servicing fees, and reports to shareholders expenses are specific to each class.

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Security valuation

A Fund's share price is also called the net asset value (the "NAV") of a share. The NAV per share of each class of each Fund is normally determined by the Funds' custodian as of the close of regular session trading (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on any day on which the NYSE is open for regular trading. If the NYSE is unexpectedly closed on a day it would normally be open for business, or if the NYSE has an unscheduled early closure, the Funds reserve the right to accept purchase and redemption orders and calculate their share price as of the normally scheduled close of regular trading on the NYSE for that day.

The NYSE is closed on Saturdays and Sundays and on New Year's Day, the third Mondays in January and February, Good Friday, the last Monday in May, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If one of these holidays falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the NYSE will be closed on the preceding Friday or the following Monday, respectively. A Fund's NAV will not be calculated on days when the NYSE is closed. The NAV of a class of Fund shares is determined by dividing the value of the assets attributable to that class, less liabilities attributable to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class.

Trading in securities of non-U.S. issuers takes place in various markets on some days and at times when the NYSE is not open for trading. In addition, securities of non-U.S. issuers may not trade on some days when the NYSE is open for trading. The value of the Funds' portfolio holdings may change on days when the NYSE is not open for trading and you cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

Equity securities principally traded on securities exchanges in the United States are valued at the last reported sale price or the official closing price as of the time of valuation on that exchange, or lacking a reported sale price on the principal exchange at the time of valuation, at the most recent bid quotation on the principal exchange. Each over-the-counter security traded on the NASDAQ National Market System shall be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"), or lacking a NOCP at the time of valuation, at the most recent bid quotation. Other over-the-counter securities are valued at the last sales prices at the time of valuation or, lacking any reported sales on that day, at the most recent bid quotations.

Each equity security principally traded on a securities exchange outside the United States shall be valued, depending on local convention or regulation, at the last sale price, the last bid or asked price, the mean between the last bid and asked prices, the official closing price, an auction price, or the pricing convention accepted as the official closing price by MSCI for their index calculations. If there are unexpected disruptions in the primary market or valuations from the primary market are deemed suspect, equity securities may be valued based on a pricing composite or valuations from another exchange as of the close of the regular trading hours on the appropriate exchange or other designated time.

Short-term debt instruments (i.e., debt instruments whose maturities or expiration dates at the time of acquisition are one year or less) or money market instruments are valued at the latest bid quotation or an evaluated price from an independent pricing service. If a bid quotation or evaluated price from a pricing vendor is not available for short-term debt instrument or money market instrument maturing in 60 days or less from date of valuation, such instruments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

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Long-term debt instruments are valued at the latest bid quotation or at an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. The pricing service may use standard inputs, such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and reference data, including market research publications. For certain security types, additional inputs may be used or some of the standard inputs may not be applicable. Additionally, the pricing service monitors market indicators and industry and economic events, which may serve as a trigger to gather and possibly use additional market data.

Options are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked quotations. In the event an option is out of the money and no bid is available, a zero value may be assumed as the bid for purposes of calculating the mean of the most recent bid and ask quotations. In the event that designated pricing vendors are unable to provide valuations or timely valuations for Flexible Exchange ("FLEX") options on a given day, each FLEX option purchased or written may be valued using the Option Valuation ("OVME") function on Bloomberg. The OVME function requires objective inputs (strike price, exercise style and expiration dates) to derive a valuation using Bloomberg's proprietary calculations. If Flex options are valued using the OVME function, they shall be valued at the mid of the buy and sell valuations produced by OVME.

To the extent available, prices for all portfolio investments held by the Funds shall be obtained from one or more pricing vendors designated by the custodian. If values or prices are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, or if an event that is expected to affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the close of the primary market or exchange on which that security is traded and before the close of the NYSE, the security will be valued at a fair value determined in good faith in accordance with the Funds' valuation procedures approved by the Board. As permitted by Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Adviser as the Funds' valuation designee (as defined in the rule). The valuation designee is responsible for determining fair value in good faith for any and all Fund investments, subject to oversight by the Board. The Funds may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent pricing service to value securities of non-U.S. issuers in order to adjust for changes in value that may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the NYSE. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at a current exchange price quoted by an independent pricing service or any major bank or dealer. If such quotations are not available, the rate of exchange will be determined in good faith in accordance with Fund policies and procedures. Although fair valuation may be more commonly used with equity securities of non-U.S. issuers, it also may be used in a range of other circumstances, including thinly-traded domestic securities or fixed-income securities. When fair value pricing is employed, the value of a portfolio security used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security.

Fair value measurement

Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund's investments. These inputs are prioritized into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the assumptions of the Adviser in determining the fair value of investments)

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from independent sources and unobservable inputs reflect the Adviser's own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2023, in valuing each Fund's assets and liabilities. Except for the industries or investment types separately stated below, the total amounts for common stocks, fixed income and short-term investments in the table below are presented by industry or investment type in each Fund's Schedule of Investments. Information on forward foreign currency contracts is presented in each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

(in thousands)

  Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Oakmark

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

15,972,460

   

$

0

   

$

0

   

Call Options Purchased

   

1,550

     

0

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

968,079

     

0

   

Common Stocks Sold Short - Liabilities

   

(19,731

)

   

0

     

0

   

Call Options Written - Liabilities

   

(18,623

)

   

0

     

0

   

Put Options Written - Liabilities

   

(6,600

)

   

0

     

0

   

Total

 

$

15,929,056

   

$

968,079

   

$

0

   

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(in thousands)

  Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Select

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

4,952,227

   

$

0

   

$

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

391,340

     

0

   

Total

 

$

4,952,227

   

$

391,340

   

$

0

   

Global

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

1,109,372

   

$

25,616

   

$

0

   

Common Stocks Sold Short - Liabilities

   

(1,942

)

   

0

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

47,542

     

0

   

Total

 

$

1,107,430

   

$

73,158

   

$

0

   

Global Select

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

918,315

   

$

42,507

   

$

0

   

Preferred Stocks

   

0

     

37,446

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

62,232

     

0

   

Common Stocks Sold Short - Liabilities

   

(3,918

)

   

0

     

0

   

Total

 

$

914,397

   

$

142,185

   

$

0

   

International

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

17,990,627

   

$

378,266

   

$

0

   

Preferred Stocks

   

0

     

323,428

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

574,875

     

0

   

Total

 

$

17,990,627

   

$

1,276,569

   

$

0

   

Int'l Small Cap

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

1,214,510

   

$

65,238

   

$

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

22,275

     

0

   

Total

 

$

1,214,510

   

$

87,513

   

$

0

   

Equity and Income

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

3,504,374

   

$

0

   

$

0

   

Preferred Stocks

   

5,060

     

0

     

0

   

Corporate Bonds

   

0

     

980,041

     

0

   

Government and Agency Securities

   

0

     

546,141

     

0

   

Asset Backed Securities

   

0

     

252,104

     

0

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

0

     

242,208

     

0

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

0

     

193,616

     

0

   

Bank Loans

   

0

     

99,164

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

199,258

     

0

   

Common Stocks Sold Short - Liabilities

   

(4,876

)

   

0

     

0

   

Total

 

$

3,504,558

   

$

2,512,532

   

$

0

   

Bond

                         

Common Stocks

 

$

1,002

   

$

0

   

$

0

   

Preferred Stocks

   

693

     

0

     

0

   

Corporate Bonds

   

0

     

43,807

     

0

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

0

     

18,163

     

0

   

Government and Agency Securities

   

0

     

14,344

     

0

   

Asset Backed Securities

   

0

     

10,363

     

0

   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

0

     

7,521

     

0

   

Bank Loans

   

0

     

7,500

     

0

   

Short-Term Investments

   

0

     

5,171

     

0

   

Call Options Written - Liabilities

   

(133

)

   

0

     

0

   

Total

 

$

1,562

   

$

106,869

   

$

0

   

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Offsetting assets and liabilities

ASC 210 requires entities to disclose gross and net information about instruments and transactions eligible for offset on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and disclose instruments and transactions subject to master netting or similar agreements. This disclosure is limited to derivative instruments, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and lending transactions.

At September 30, 2023, none of the Funds held open forward foreign currency contracts.

At September 30, 2023, each Fund held investments in repurchase agreements. The gross value of these investments and the value of the related collateral are presented in each Fund's Schedule of Investments. The value of the related collateral for each Fund exceeded the value of the repurchase agreements held at period end.

The value of the securities on loan and the value of the related collateral as of period end, if any, are included in the Securities lending section of Note 2 to Financial Statements.

Foreign currency translations

Certain Funds invest in foreign securities, which may involve a number of risk factors and special considerations not present with investments in securities of U.S. corporations. Values of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates obtained by a recognized bank, dealer or independent pricing service on the day of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income are converted at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Statements of Operations. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions arising from the sale of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and tax reclaims recorded and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid are included in net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions in the Statements of Operations. Unrealized gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in exchange rates are included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translation in the Statements of Operations.

Forward foreign currency contracts

Forward foreign currency contracts are agreements to exchange one currency for another at a future date and at a specified price. The Funds' transactions in forward foreign currency contracts are limited to transaction and portfolio hedging. The contractual amounts of forward foreign currency contracts do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered and could exceed the net unrealized value shown in the tables below. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in currency values. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the current day's interpolated foreign exchange rates. Unrealized gain or loss on the contracts, as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the end of the period, if any, is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gains and losses and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts for the period, if any, are included in the Statements of Operations.

At September 30, 2023, none of the Funds engaged in forward foreign currency contracts.

Security transactions and investment income

Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except that certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the information becomes available after the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Discount is accreted on long-term fixed income securities using the yield-to-maturity method. Premium is amortized on long-term fixed income securities using the yield-to-earliest call method. Withholding taxes and tax reclaims on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds' understanding of the applicable country's tax rules and rates. Net realized gains and losses on investments are determined by the specific identification method.

Short sales

Each Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When a Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale. Each Fund may sell shares of when-issued securities. Typically, a Fund sells when-issued securities when a company announces a spin-off or re-organization, and the post spin-off or post reorganization shares begin trading on a when-issued basis prior to the effective date of the corporate action. A sale of a when-issued security is treated as a short sale under the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. After the effective date, when shares of the new company are received, any shares sold on a when-issued basis will be delivered to the counterparty. Short sales outstanding, if any, are listed on each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

When-issued or delayed-delivery securities

Each Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. At September 30, 2023, each Fund qualifies as a limited derivatives user under Rule 18f-4 of the 1940 Act and has adopted policies and procedures to manage its derivatives risk.

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Although the payment and interest terms of these securities are established at the time a Fund enters into the commitment, the securities may be delivered and paid for a month or more after the date of purchase when their value may have changed. A Fund makes such commitments only with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but may sell the securities before the settlement date if the Adviser deems it advisable for investment reasons. When-issued securities outstanding, if any, are listed on each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Accounting for options

When a Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from option transactions. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or a loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. As the writer of a covered call option on a security, a Fund foregoes, during the option's life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the exercise price of the call. Exercise of an option written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current fair value. Options written by the Fund do not give rise to counterparty credit risk, as they obligate the Fund, not its counterparties, to perform.

When a Fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option purchased. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Fund's exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Fund's exposure to the underlying instrument. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options that are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying security to determine the realized gain or loss. The risks associated with purchasing put and call options are potential loss of the premium paid and, in the instances of OTC derivatives, the failure of the counterparty to honor its obligation under the contract.

Oakmark and Select used purchased options for tax management and as an investment strategy in an effort to increase the Funds' returns during the year ended September 30, 2023. Realized gains and losses and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on purchased equity options for the period, if any, are included in each Fund's Statement of Operations. Purchased options outstanding, if any, are listed on each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Oakmark, Select and Bond used options written for tax management purposes and as an investment strategy in an effort to increase the Funds' returns during the year ended September 30, 2023. Realized gains and losses and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written equity options for the period, if any, are included in each Fund's Statement of Operations. Written options outstanding, if any, are listed on each Fund's Schedule of Investments.

For the year ended September 30, 2023, the amount of premiums paid (received) for equity options purchased and written are listed by Fund in the table below (in thousands):

Fund

  Equity Options
Purchased
  Equity Options
Written
 

Oakmark

 

$

71,315

   

$

(218,866

)

 

Select

   

37,052

     

(45,560

)

 

Bond

   

0

     

(167

)

 

Credit facility

The Trust has a $200 million committed unsecured line of credit and a $300 million uncommitted unsecured discretionary demand line of credit (the "Facility") with State Street. Borrowings under the Facility bear interest at 1.35% above the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Overnight Bank Fund Rate, as defined in the credit agreement. To maintain the Facility, an annualized commitment fee of 0.20% on the unused committed portion is charged to the Trust. Fees and interest expense, if any, related to the Facility are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations. There were no borrowings under the Facility during the year ended September 30, 2023.

Expense offset arrangement

State Street serves as custodian of the Funds. State Street's fee may be reduced by credits that are an earnings allowance calculated on the average daily cash balances each Fund maintains with State Street. Credit balances used to reduce the Funds' custodian fees, if any, are reported as a reduction of total expenses in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended September 30, 2023, none of the Funds received an expense offset credit.

Repurchase agreements

Each Fund may invest in repurchase agreements, which are short-term investments whereby the Fund acquires ownership of a debt security and the seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future date at a specified price.

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The Funds' custodian receives delivery of the underlying securities collateralizing repurchase agreements. It is the Funds' policy that the value of the collateral be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. The Adviser is responsible for determining that the value of the collateral is at all times at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities. At September 30, 2023, all of the Funds held repurchase agreements.

Security lending

Each Fund may lend its portfolio securities to broker-dealers and banks. Any such loan must be continuously secured by collateral in cash, cash equivalents, or U.S. Treasury or agency securities maintained on a current basis in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned by a Fund. The Fund would continue to receive the equivalent of the interest or dividends paid by the issuer on the securities loaned and would also receive an additional return that may be in the form of a fixed fee or a percentage of the earnings on the collateral. The Fund has the right to call the loan and attempt to obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice of not more than five business days. In the event of bankruptcy or other default of the borrower, the Fund could experience delays in liquidating the loan collateral or recovering the loaned securities and incur expenses related to enforcing its rights. There could also be a decline in the value of the collateral or in the fair value of the securities loaned while the Fund seeks to enforce its rights thereto and the Fund could experience subnormal levels of income or lack of access to income during that period. A Fund may not exercise proxy voting rights for a security that is on loan if it is unable to recall the security prior to the record date. The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has entered into an agreement with State Street to serve as its agent for the purpose of lending securities and maintaining the collateral account. Security lending income, if any, net of any fees retained by the securities lending agent, is included in the Statement of Operations.

At September 30, 2023, none of the Funds had securities on loan.

Interfund lending

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the Funds may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility that allows the Funds to lend money to, and borrow money from, each other for temporary purposes (an "Interfund Loan"). All Interfund Loans are subject to conditions pursuant to the SEC exemptive order designed to ensure fair and equitable treatment of participating Funds. Any Interfund Loan would consist only of uninvested cash reserves that the lending Fund otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments. There were no interfund loans during the year ended September 30, 2023.

3.  TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Each Fund has an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser. For management services and facilities furnished, the Adviser receives from each Fund a monthly fee based on that Fund's average daily net assets. Annual fee rates are as follows:

The annual rates of fees as a percentage of each Fund's net assets were as follows for the year ended September 30, 2023:

Fund

 

Advisory Fees

 
Oakmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  0.666% up to $250 million;
0.641% on the next $250 million;
0.621% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.606% on the next $10 billion;
0.576% on the next $5 billion;
0.546% on the next $5 billion;
0.516% on the next $10 billion; and
0.496% over $35 billion
 
Select
 
 
 
 
 
  0.758% up to $250 million;
0.733% on the next $250 million;
0.713% on the next $3.5 billion;
0.693% on the next $5 billion;
0.633% on the next $2 billion; and
0.608% over $11 billion
 
Global
 
 
 
 
  0.830% up to $250 million;
0.805% on the next $250 million;
0.785% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.770% on the next $10 billion; and
0.760% over $15 billion
 
Global Select
 
 
 
 
  0.800% up to $250 million;
0.775% on the next $250 million;
0.755% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.740% on the next $10 billion; and
0.730% over $15 billion
 

Fund

 

Advisory Fees

 
International
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  0.785% up to $250 million;
0.760% on the next $250 million;
0.740% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.725% on the next $10 billion;
0.710% on the next $20 billion;
0.700% on the next $5 billion;
0.690% on the next $5 billion; and
0.680% over $45 billion
 
Int'l Small Cap
 
 
 
 
  1.020% up to $250 million;
0.995% on the next $250 million;
0.975% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.960% on the next $10 billion; and
0.950% over $15 billion
 
Equity and Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  0.580% up to $250 million;
0.555% on the next $250 million;
0.535% on the next $4.5 billion;
0.505% on the next $5 billion;
0.475% on the next $3 billion;
0.445% on the next $3.5 billion;
0.415% on the next $10 billion; and
0.385% over $26.5 billion
 

Bond

  0.39% of net assets  

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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through January 27, 2024, to reimburse each Fund Class to the extent, but only to the extent that the annualized expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including fees paid to the Adviser) exceed the percent set forth below of average daily net assets of each Fund Class.

Fund

  Investor
Class
  Advisor
Class
  Institutional
Class
  R6
Class
 

Oakmark

   

1.40

%

   

1.15

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.95

%

 

Select

   

1.50

     

1.25

     

1.20

     

1.05

   

Global

   

1.55

     

1.30

     

1.25

     

1.10

   

Global Select

   

1.55

     

1.30

     

1.25

     

1.10

   

International

   

1.55

     

1.30

     

1.25

     

1.10

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

1.75

     

1.50

     

1.45

     

1.30

   

Equity and Income

   

1.25

     

1.00

     

0.95

     

0.80

   

Bond

   

0.74

     

0.54

     

0.52

     

0.44

   

During the year ended September 30, 2023, Fund Class expenses (in thousands) have been reimbursed as follows@​:

Fund

 

Class

 

Amount

 

Bond

 

Investor

 

$

6

   

Bond

 

Advisor

   

7

   

Bond

 

Institutional

   

15

   

Bond

 

R6

   

520

   

@​  Expenses reimbursed are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2026.

The Adviser is entitled to recoup from assets attributable to any Fund Class amounts reimbursed to that Fund Class, except to the extent that the Fund Class already has paid such recoupment to the Adviser or such recoupment would cause that Class's total operating expenses to exceed the expense limitation or to exceed any lower limit in effect at the time of recoupment. Any such repayment must be made within three fiscal years after the year in which the reimbursement occurred. As of September 30, 2023, the following amounts are subject to recoupment (in thousands).

       

Amount & Expiration Date

     

Fund

 

Class

 

09/30/24

 

09/30/25

 

09/30/26

 

Total

 

Bond

 

Investor

 

$

   

$

4

   

$

6

   

$

10

   

Bond

 

Advisor

   

5

     

9

     

7

     

21

   

Bond

 

Institutional

   

85

     

17

     

16

     

118

   

Bond

 

R6

   

339

     

498

     

520

     

1,357

   

The Adviser and/or the Funds have entered into agreements with financial intermediaries to provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries and have agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Certain of those services would be provided by the Funds if the shares of those customers were registered directly with the Funds' transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds pay the majority of the intermediary fees pursuant to an agreement with the Adviser and the Adviser pays the remainder of the fees. The fees incurred by the Funds are reflected as other shareholder servicing fees in the Statements of Operations.

The Independent Trustees of the Trust may participate in the Trust's Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Trustees. Participants in the plan may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Trust and represent an unfunded obligation of the Trust. The value of a participant's deferral account is determined by reference to the change in value of one or more approved funds as specified by the participant. Benefits would be payable after a stated number of years or retirement from the Board of Trustees. The accrued obligations of the Funds under the plan are reflected as deferred Trustee compensation in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The change in the accrued obligations for the period is included in Trustees' fees in the Statements of Operations. The Trust pays the compensation of any trustee who is not an "interested person" of the Trust, and any other Trustee who has been approved by the Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Trust to receive compensation from the Trust for his or her service as a Trustee of the Trust, and all expenses incurred in connection with their services to the Trust. The Trust does not provide any pension or retirement benefits to its Trustees.

The Funds reimburse the Adviser for the compensation paid to the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"). The CCO expenses incurred by the Funds are included in other expenses in the Statements of Operations.

4.  FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

It is each Fund's policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments, to its

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shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. The Adviser has determined that no income tax provision for uncertain tax positions is required in the Funds' financial statements. Generally, each of the tax years in the four-year period ended September 30, 2023, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.

At September 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and related composition of unrealized gains and losses for each Fund were as follows (in thousands):

Fund

  Cost of Investments
for Federal Income
Tax Purposes
  Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Oakmark

 

$

14,221,281

   

$

2,987,585

   

$

(266,777

)

 

$

2,720,808

   

Select

   

4,278,320

     

1,117,297

     

(52,050

)

   

1,065,247

   

Global

   

971,726

     

236,695

     

(25,891

)

   

210,804

   

Global Select

   

890,835

     

201,273

     

(31,608

)

   

169,665

   

International

   

19,104,581

     

2,255,858

     

(2,093,243

)

   

162,615

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

1,309,549

     

118,242

     

(125,768

)

   

(7,526

)

 

Equity and Income

   

5,392,936

     

908,903

     

(279,873

)

   

629,030

   

Bond

   

117,188

     

368

     

(8,992

)

   

(8,624

)

 

As of September 30, 2023, the short- and long-term capital losses available to offset future capital gains were as follows (in thousands):

Fund CLCF

 

Utilized During the Year

 

Short-Term

 

Long-Term

 

Total at Period End

 

Oakmark

 

$

   

$

247,641

   

$

   

$

247,641

   

Select

   

     

246,782

     

     

246,782

   

Global

   

     

     

     

   

Global Select

   

     

48,461

     

3,220

     

51,681

   

International

   

     

1,731,189

     

1,703,005

     

3,434,194

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

     

     

43,099

     

43,099

   

Equity and Income

   

     

65,625

     

68,885

     

134,510

   

Bond

   

     

3,104

     

5,039

     

8,143

   

At September 30, 2023, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis (excluding unrealized appreciation (depreciation)) were as follows (in thousands):

    Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Undistributed Long-
Term Gain
  Total Distributable
Earnings
 

Oakmark

 

$

136,572

   

$

   

$

136,572

   

Select

   

17,388

     

     

17,388

   

Global

   

14,689

     

32,092

     

46,781

   

Global Select

   

6,596

     

     

6,596

   

International

   

400,770

     

     

400,770

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

24,044

     

     

24,044

   

Equity and Income

   

102,982

     

     

102,982

   

Bond

   

78

     

     

78

   

During the year ended September 30, 2023, and the year ended September 30, 2022, the tax character of distributions paid was as follows (in thousands):

    Year Ended
September 30, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
 

Fund

  Distributions Paid
from Ordinary
Income
  Distributions Paid
from Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Distributions Paid
from Ordinary
Income
  Distributions Paid
from Long-Term
Capital Gain
 

Oakmark

 

$

152,008

   

$

   

$

168,420

   

$

111,358

   

Select

   

18,501

     

     

8,006

     

13,395

   

Global

   

10,001

     

     

15,999

     

119,872

   

Global Select

   

5,502

     

     

24,578

     

133,136

   

International

   

595,239

     

     

380,922

     

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

22,004

     

7,858

     

29,001

     

   

Equity and Income

   

93,007

     

     

81,840

     

545,726

   

Bond

   

4,194

     

     

3,724

     

383

   

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On September 30, 2023, the Funds had temporary book/tax differences in undistributed earnings that were primarily attributable to trustee deferred compensation expenses and deferrals of capital losses on wash sales and straddle adjustments. Temporary differences will reverse over time. The Funds have permanent differences in book/tax undistributed earnings primarily attributable to redemptions in kind and equalization. Permanent differences are recorded in their respective component of the Analysis of Net Assets for the year ended September 30, 2023.

During the year ended September 30, 2023, the following amounts were classified due to permanent differences between book and tax accounting (in thousands):

Fund

 

Paid in Capital

  Distributable
Earnings
 

Oakmark

 

$

2,559,902

   

$

(2,559,902

)

 

Select

   

727,101

     

(727,101

)

 

Global

   

198,433

     

(198,433

)

 

Global Select

   

141,726

     

(141,726

)

 

International

   

29,680

     

(29,680

)

 

Int'l Small Cap

   

38,522

     

(38,522

)

 

Equity and Income

   

684,131

     

(684,131

)

 

Bond

   

17

     

(17

)

 

5.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended September 30, 2023, transactions in investment securities (excluding short-term, in-kind transaction and U.S. government securities) were as follows (in thousands):

   

Oakmark

 

Select

 

Global

  Global
Select
 

International

  Int'l
Small Cap
  Equity and
Income
 

Bond

 

Purchases

 

$

7,859,766

   

$

3,234,813

   

$

553,872

   

$

340,086

   

$

5,313,828

   

$

427,555

   

$

1,898,807

   

$

39,960

   

Proceeds from sales

   

2,602,262

     

1,876,283

     

331,587

     

262,987

     

8,166,021

     

496,984

     

1,325,265

     

34,232

   

During the year ended September 30, 2023, Oakmark, Select, Global, Global Select, Int'l Small Cap, and Equity and Income had in-kind sales transactions (in thousands) of $5,865,988; $1,673,867; $327,983; $288,270; $147,815; and $1,365,233, respectively. These amounts are included in the Portfolio Turnover Rate presented in the Financial Highlights.

Purchases at cost (in thousands) of long-term U.S. government securities for the year ended September 30, 2023, were $777,950 and $50,808, respectively, for Equity and Income and Bond. Proceeds from sales (in thousands) of long-term U.S. government securities for the year ended September 30, 2023, were $637,036 and $34,731, respectively, for Equity and Income and Bond.

During the year ended September 30, 2023, none of the Funds engaged in purchase transactions with funds that have a common investment advisor. None of the Funds engaged in sale transactions with funds that have a common investment advisor.

6.  INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS

A company was considered to be an affiliate of a Fund because that Fund owned 5% or more of the company's voting securities during all or part of the year ended September 30, 2023. Purchase and sale transactions and dividend and interest income earned during the period on these securities are listed after the applicable Fund's Schedule of Investments.

7.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Adviser has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events existing in the Funds' financial statements. The Adviser has determined that there are no material events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the Funds' financial statements through the date of the publication of this report.

8.  RECENT REGULATORY PRONOUNCEMENT

Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted new rules that require funds to transition to a new shareholder report format known as a Tailored Shareholder Report. A Tailored Shareholder Report will only cover the share class of the fund in which a shareholder is invested. Tailored Shareholder Reports are only intended to be three to four pages in length and will highlight key information. Other, more detailed information, including portfolio of investments and financial statements, will no longer appear in the Tailored Shareholder Report but will be available online, delivered free of charge upon request and filed on a semi-annual basis on Form N-CSR. The first Tailored Shareholder Report for the Oakmark Funds will be for the reporting period ended September 30, 2024.

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For a share outstanding throughout each period

       

Income from Investment Operations:

 

Less Distributions:

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income(a)
  Net Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
(Both
Realized and
Unrealized)
  Total from
Investment
Operations
  Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
  Distributions
from
Capital
Gains
  Total
Distributions
  Redemption
Fees
 

Oakmark Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

93.61

     

1.20

     

24.72

     

25.92

     

(0.94

)

   

0.00

     

(0.94

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

115.48

     

0.91

     

(21.04

)

   

(20.13

)

   

(0.62

)

   

(1.12

)

   

(1.74

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

72.67

     

0.43

     

42.53

     

42.96

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

77.89

     

0.58

     

0.86

     

1.44

     

(0.65

)

   

(6.01

)

   

(6.66

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

88.99

     

0.88

     

(6.43

)

   

(5.55

)

   

(0.50

)

   

(5.05

)

   

(5.55

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

93.72

     

1.39

     

24.77

     

26.16

     

(1.18

)

   

0.00

     

(1.18

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

115.58

     

1.15

     

(21.05

)

   

(19.90

)

   

(0.84

)

   

(1.12

)

   

(1.96

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

72.67

     

0.61

     

42.54

     

43.15

     

(0.24

)

   

0.00

     

(0.24

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

77.88

     

0.66

     

0.87

     

1.53

     

(0.73

)

   

(6.01

)

   

(6.74

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

89.07

     

0.96

     

(6.46

)

   

(5.50

)

   

(0.64

)

   

(5.05

)

   

(5.69

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

93.73

     

1.46

     

24.73

     

26.19

     

(1.20

)

   

0.00

     

(1.20

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

115.64

     

1.16

     

(21.05

)

   

(19.89

)

   

(0.90

)

   

(1.12

)

   

(2.02

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

72.72

     

0.70

     

42.52

     

43.22

     

(0.30

)

   

0.00

     

(0.30

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

77.95

     

0.71

     

0.87

     

1.58

     

(0.80

)

   

(6.01

)

   

(6.81

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

89.09

     

1.01

     

(6.44

)

   

(5.43

)

   

(0.66

)

   

(5.05

)

   

(5.71

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

93.77

     

1.54

     

24.71

     

26.25

     

(1.25

)

   

0.00

     

(1.25

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

115.67

     

1.25

     

(21.10

)

   

(19.85

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(1.12

)

   

(2.05

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

88.42

     

0.52

     

26.73

     

27.25

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

Oakmark Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

47.43

     

0.25

     

14.22

     

14.47

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

62.27

     

0.13

     

(14.79

)

   

(14.66

)

   

(0.03

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.18

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

37.98

     

(0.03

)

   

24.32

     

24.29

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

39.20

     

0.05

     

(0.98

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(0.29

)

   

0.00

     

(0.29

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

45.84

     

0.45

     

(5.37

)

   

(4.92

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(1.66

)

   

(1.72

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

47.37

     

0.31

     

14.21

     

14.52

     

(0.23

)

   

0.00

     

(0.23

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

62.21

     

0.20

     

(14.78

)

   

(14.58

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.26

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

37.99

     

0.03

     

24.31

     

24.34

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

39.21

     

0.10

     

(0.97

)

   

(0.87

)

   

(0.35

)

   

0.00

     

(0.35

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

45.90

     

0.52

     

(5.41

)

   

(4.89

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(1.66

)

   

(1.80

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

47.43

     

0.37

     

14.22

     

14.59

     

(0.27

)

   

0.00

     

(0.27

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

62.29

     

0.25

     

(14.79

)

   

(14.54

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.32

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

38.01

     

0.09

     

24.32

     

24.41

     

(0.13

)

   

0.00

     

(0.13

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

39.23

     

0.13

     

(0.98

)

   

(0.85

)

   

(0.37

)

   

0.00

     

(0.37

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

45.91

     

0.54

     

(5.40

)

   

(4.86

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(1.66

)

   

(1.82

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

47.45

     

0.40

     

14.20

     

14.60

     

(0.30

)

   

0.00

     

(0.30

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

62.29

     

0.27

     

(14.78

)

   

(14.51

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.33

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

47.61

     

0.08

     

14.60

     

14.68

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

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Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

           

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

     
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
($million)
  Ratio of
Net
Investment
Income to
Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Gross
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Net
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Oakmark Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

118.59

     

27.84

%

 

$

7,901.4

     

1.06

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

%

   

52

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

93.61

     

-17.73

%

 

$

6,489.9

     

0.81

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.89

%

   

65

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

115.48

     

59.18

%

 

$

8,486.6

     

0.43

%

   

0.92

%

   

0.90

%

   

19

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

72.67

     

1.18

%

 

$

6,153.4

     

0.79

%

   

0.96

%

   

0.92

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

77.89

     

-5.68

%

 

$

9,044.6

     

1.13

%

   

0.92

%

   

0.88

%

   

51

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

118.70

     

28.10

%

 

$

2,027.0

     

1.25

%

   

0.70

%

   

0.70

%

   

52

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

93.72

     

-17.55

%

 

$

2,477.4

     

1.03

%

   

0.70

%

   

0.68

%

   

65

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

115.58

     

59.49

%

 

$

2,822.8

     

0.61

%

   

0.73

%

   

0.70

%

   

19

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

72.67

     

1.30

%

 

$

3,269.5

     

0.90

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.81

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

77.88

     

-5.59

%

 

$

4,786.4

     

1.23

%

   

0.82

%

   

0.78

%

   

51

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

118.72

     

28.14

%

 

$

4,830.2

     

1.30

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.68

%

   

52

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

93.73

     

-17.55

%

 

$

3,572.1

     

1.03

%

   

0.69

%

   

0.67

%

   

65

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

115.64

     

59.56

%

 

$

4,517.7

     

0.68

%

   

0.69

%

   

0.66

%

   

19

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

72.72

     

1.36

%

 

$

1,839.7

     

0.98

%

   

0.79

%

   

0.74

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

77.95

     

-5.51

%

 

$

2,302.3

     

1.29

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.70

%

   

51

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

118.77

     

28.20

%

 

$

2,094.8

     

1.36

%

   

0.63

%

   

0.63

%

   

52

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

93.77

     

-17.52

%

 

$

1,167.2

     

1.13

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.63

%

   

65

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

115.67

     

30.82

%

 

$

1,081.0

     

0.60

%†

   

0.65

%†

   

0.63

%†

   

19

%

 

Oakmark Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

61.75

     

30.59

%

 

$

1,593.9

     

0.44

%

   

1.00

%

   

1.00

%

   

70

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

47.43

     

-23.64

%

 

$

1,318.0

     

0.21

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.98

%

   

60

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

62.27

     

64.01

%

 

$

1,975.3

     

(0.06

%)

   

1.01

%

   

0.98

%

   

20

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

37.98

     

-2.45

%

 

$

1,410.1

     

0.14

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.04

%

   

28

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

39.20

     

-10.34

%

 

$

3,154.9

     

1.14

%

   

1.08

%

   

1.00

%

   

45

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

61.66

     

30.77

%

 

$

2,657.6

     

0.56

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.88

%

   

70

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

47.37

     

-23.55

%

 

$

2,146.2

     

0.34

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.86

%

   

60

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

62.21

     

64.18

%

 

$

2,454.2

     

0.05

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.87

%

   

20

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

37.99

     

-2.31

%

 

$

1,436.2

     

0.27

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.92

%

   

28

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

39.21

     

-10.24

%

 

$

638.5

     

1.31

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.86

%

   

45

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

61.75

     

30.90

%

 

$

591.6

     

0.65

%

   

0.78

%

   

0.78

%

   

70

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

47.43

     

-23.48

%

 

$

465.6

     

0.42

%

   

0.80

%

   

0.78

%

   

60

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

62.29

     

64.35

%

 

$

638.6

     

0.18

%

   

0.79

%

   

0.76

%

   

20

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

38.01

     

-2.27

%

 

$

550.2

     

0.33

%

   

0.93

%

   

0.85

%

   

28

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

39.23

     

-10.18

%

 

$

660.3

     

1.36

%

   

0.90

%

   

0.82

%

   

45

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

61.75

     

30.93

%

 

$

499.7

     

0.69

%

   

0.74

%

   

0.74

%

   

70

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

47.45

     

-23.44

%

 

$

295.2

     

0.47

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.73

%

   

60

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

62.29

     

30.85

%

 

$

331.2

     

0.16

%†

   

0.76

%†

   

0.74

%†

   

20

%

 

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

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Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

       

Income from Investment Operations:

 

Less Distributions:

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income(a)
  Net Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
(Both
Realized and
Unrealized)
  Total from
Investment
Operations
  Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
  Distributions
from
Capital
Gains
  Total
Distributions
  Redemption
Fees
 

Oakmark Global Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

24.79

     

0.41

     

6.24

     

6.65

     

(0.22

)

   

0.00

     

(0.22

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

36.53

     

0.37

     

(8.90

)

   

(8.53

)

   

(0.34

)

   

(2.87

)

   

(3.21

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

24.73

     

0.11

     

11.74

     

11.85

     

(0.05

)

   

0.00

     

(0.05

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

27.52

     

0.02

     

(1.72

)

   

(1.70

)

   

(0.40

)

   

(0.69

)

   

(1.09

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.21

     

0.50

     

(1.71

)

   

(1.21

)

   

(0.29

)

   

(3.19

)

   

(3.48

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

24.80

     

0.42

     

6.29

     

6.71

     

(0.27

)

   

0.00

     

(0.27

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

36.57

     

0.43

     

(8.91

)

   

(8.48

)

   

(0.42

)

   

(2.87

)

   

(3.29

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

24.74

     

0.18

     

11.74

     

11.92

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

27.53

     

0.07

     

(1.73

)

   

(1.66

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(0.69

)

   

(1.13

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.22

     

0.49

     

(1.66

)

   

(1.17

)

   

(0.33

)

   

(3.19

)

   

(3.52

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

24.80

     

0.51

     

6.21

     

6.72

     

(0.28

)

   

0.00

     

(0.28

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

36.58

     

0.44

     

(8.91

)

   

(8.47

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(2.87

)

   

(3.31

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

24.75

     

0.18

     

11.76

     

11.94

     

(0.11

)

   

0.00

     

(0.11

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

27.54

     

0.08

     

(1.73

)

   

(1.65

)

   

(0.45

)

   

(0.69

)

   

(1.14

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.25

     

0.59

     

(1.75

)

   

(1.16

)

   

(0.36

)

   

(3.19

)

   

(3.55

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

24.80

     

0.54

     

6.18

     

6.72

     

(0.29

)

   

0.00

     

(0.29

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

36.58

     

0.44

     

(8.91

)

   

(8.47

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(2.87

)

   

(3.31

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

31.38

     

0.23

     

4.97

     

5.20

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

Oakmark Global Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

15.62

     

0.14

     

4.18

     

4.32

     

(0.06

)

   

0.00

     

(0.06

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

24.45

     

0.26

     

(6.88

)

   

(6.62

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(2.01

)

   

(2.21

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

16.86

     

0.06

     

7.53

     

7.59

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

16.81

     

0.03

     

0.24

     

0.27

     

(0.22

)

   

0.00

     

(0.22

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

18.58

     

0.31

     

(1.31

)

   

(1.00

)

   

(0.22

)

   

(0.55

)

   

(0.77

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

15.62

     

0.16

     

4.18

     

4.34

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

24.44

     

0.29

     

(6.86

)

   

(6.57

)

   

(0.24

)

   

(2.01

)

   

(2.25

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

16.85

     

0.09

     

7.52

     

7.61

     

(0.02

)

   

0.00

     

(0.02

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

16.80

     

0.05

     

0.24

     

0.29

     

(0.24

)

   

0.00

     

(0.24

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

18.60

     

0.37

     

(1.37

)

   

(1.00

)

   

(0.25

)

   

(0.55

)

   

(0.80

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

15.63

     

0.19

     

4.16

     

4.35

     

(0.11

)

   

0.00

     

(0.11

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

24.46

     

0.30

     

(6.86

)

   

(6.56

)

   

(0.26

)

   

(2.01

)

   

(2.27

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

16.86

     

0.11

     

7.53

     

7.64

     

(0.04

)

   

0.00

     

(0.04

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

16.81

     

0.06

     

0.24

     

0.30

     

(0.25

)

   

0.00

     

(0.25

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

18.61

     

0.35

     

(1.34

)

   

(0.99

)

   

(0.26

)

   

(0.55

)

   

(0.81

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

15.64

     

0.21

     

4.16

     

4.37

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

24.47

     

0.31

     

(6.86

)

   

(6.55

)

   

(0.27

)

   

(2.01

)

   

(2.28

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

20.65

     

0.15

     

3.67

     

3.82

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

94 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

           

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

     
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
($million)
  Ratio of
Net
Investment
Income to
Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Gross
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Net
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Oakmark Global Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.22

     

26.88

%

 

$

581.0

     

1.33

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.13

%

   

47

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

24.79

     

-25.74

%

 

$

516.9

     

1.13

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.11

%

   

58

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

36.53

     

47.96

%

 

$

802.1

     

0.31

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.13

%

   

40

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

24.73

     

-6.73

%

 

$

645.2

     

0.10

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.20

%

   

24

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

27.52

     

-2.48

%

 

$

1,077.3

     

1.82

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.17

%

   

20

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.24

     

27.17

%

 

$

135.8

     

1.35

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.94

%

   

47

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

24.80

     

-25.63

%

 

$

152.7

     

1.32

%

   

0.93

%

   

0.91

%

   

58

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

36.57

     

48.25

%

 

$

214.6

     

0.51

%

   

0.96

%

   

0.93

%

   

40

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

24.74

     

-6.61

%

 

$

209.0

     

0.26

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.08

%

   

24

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

27.53

     

-2.35

%

 

$

263.0

     

1.79

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.05

%

   

20

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.24

     

27.21

%

 

$

356.4

     

1.65

%

   

0.90

%

   

0.90

%

   

47

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

24.80

     

-25.61

%

 

$

285.2

     

1.34

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.89

%

   

58

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

36.58

     

48.31

%

 

$

432.4

     

0.53

%

   

0.92

%

   

0.89

%

   

40

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

24.75

     

-6.57

%

 

$

313.4

     

0.33

%

   

1.08

%

   

1.02

%

   

24

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

27.54

     

-2.30

%

 

$

313.8

     

2.17

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.00

%

   

20

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.23

     

27.15

%

 

$

109.9

     

1.73

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.87

%

   

47

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

24.80

     

-25.57

%

 

$

68.8

     

1.37

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.86

%

   

58

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

36.58

     

16.57

%

 

$

91.9

     

0.77

%†

   

0.89

%†

   

0.87

%†

   

40

%

 

Oakmark Global Select Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.88

     

27.70

%

 

$

351.3

     

0.73

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.14

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

15.62

     

-29.77

%

 

$

334.3

     

1.22

%

   

1.12

%

   

1.10

%

   

46

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

24.45

     

45.02

%

 

$

574.8

     

0.27

%

   

1.12

%

   

1.09

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

16.86

     

1.50

%

 

$

483.7

     

0.16

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.19

%

   

33

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

16.81

     

-4.90

%

 

$

798.4

     

1.88

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.18

%

   

21

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.87

     

27.89

%

 

$

136.7

     

0.86

%

   

0.97

%

   

0.97

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

15.62

     

-29.63

%

 

$

150.4

     

1.37

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.93

%

   

46

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

24.44

     

45.21

%

 

$

257.6

     

0.43

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.92

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

16.85

     

1.64

%

 

$

392.7

     

0.29

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.07

%

   

33

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

16.80

     

-4.85

%

 

$

449.0

     

2.25

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.07

%

   

21

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.87

     

27.92

%

 

$

459.5

     

1.00

%

   

0.90

%

   

0.90

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

15.63

     

-29.57

%

 

$

416.6

     

1.44

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.87

%

   

46

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

24.46

     

45.33

%

 

$

762.7

     

0.46

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.86

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

16.86

     

1.70

%

 

$

414.3

     

0.36

%

   

1.07

%

   

1.00

%

   

33

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

16.81

     

-4.79

%

 

$

538.8

     

2.15

%

   

1.07

%

   

1.01

%

   

21

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.89

     

28.04

%

 

$

113.9

     

1.09

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.85

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

15.64

     

-29.54

%

 

$

87.0

     

1.47

%

   

0.84

%

   

0.82

%

   

46

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

24.47

     

18.50

%

 

$

124.1

     

0.76

%†

   

0.84

%†

   

0.82

%†

   

49

%

 

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

Oakmark.com 95


Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

       

Income from Investment Operations:

 

Less Distributions:

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income(a)
  Net Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
(Both
Realized and
Unrealized)
  Total from
Investment
Operations
  Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
  Distributions
from
Capital
Gains
  Total
Distributions
  Redemption
Fees
 

Oakmark International Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.27

     

0.51

     

6.05

     

6.56

     

(0.68

)

   

0.00

     

(0.68

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

28.17

     

0.58

     

(9.13

)

   

(8.55

)

   

(0.35

)

   

0.00

     

(0.35

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

19.91

     

0.27

     

8.08

     

8.35

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

     

(0.09

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

22.88

     

0.08

     

(2.60

)

   

(2.52

)

   

(0.45

)

   

0.00

     

(0.45

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

26.14

     

0.64

     

(2.43

)

   

(1.79

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(1.03

)

   

(1.47

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.27

     

0.53

     

6.06

     

6.59

     

(0.74

)

   

0.00

     

(0.74

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

28.15

     

0.62

     

(9.12

)

   

(8.50

)

   

(0.38

)

   

0.00

     

(0.38

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

19.89

     

0.27

     

8.11

     

8.38

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

     

(0.12

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

22.86

     

0.12

     

(2.61

)

   

(2.49

)

   

(0.48

)

   

0.00

     

(0.48

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

26.17

     

0.76

     

(2.54

)

   

(1.78

)

   

(0.50

)

   

(1.03

)

   

(1.53

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.28

     

0.57

     

6.04

     

6.61

     

(0.76

)

   

0.00

     

(0.76

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

28.19

     

0.64

     

(9.13

)

   

(8.49

)

   

(0.42

)

   

0.00

     

(0.42

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

19.92

     

0.37

     

8.04

     

8.41

     

(0.14

)

   

0.00

     

(0.14

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

22.89

     

0.13

     

(2.60

)

   

(2.47

)

   

(0.50

)

   

0.00

     

(0.50

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

26.19

     

0.73

     

(2.50

)

   

(1.77

)

   

(0.50

)

   

(1.03

)

   

(1.53

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

19.29

     

0.58

     

6.05

     

6.63

     

(0.77

)

   

0.00

     

(0.77

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

28.20

     

0.67

     

(9.15

)

   

(8.48

)

   

(0.43

)

   

0.00

     

(0.43

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

25.83

     

0.38

     

1.99

     

2.37

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

13.25

     

0.33

     

4.55

     

4.88

     

(0.22

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.31

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

19.92

     

0.29

     

(6.64

)

   

(6.35

)

   

(0.32

)

   

0.00

     

(0.32

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

13.67

     

0.22

     

6.35

     

6.57

     

(0.32

)

   

0.00

     

(0.32

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

14.61

     

0.31

     

(1.22

)

   

(0.91

)

   

(0.03

)

   

0.00

     

(0.03

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

16.34

     

0.27

     

(0.89

)

   

(0.62

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(0.91

)

   

(1.11

)

   

0.00

(c)

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

13.28

     

0.35

     

4.56

     

4.91

     

(0.26

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.35

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

19.96

     

0.34

     

(6.67

)

   

(6.33

)

   

(0.35

)

   

0.00

     

(0.35

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

13.69

     

0.23

     

6.38

     

6.61

     

(0.34

)

   

0.00

     

(0.34

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

14.64

     

0.30

     

(1.19

)

   

(0.89

)

   

(0.06

)

   

0.00

     

(0.06

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

16.33

     

0.31

     

(0.90

)

   

(0.59

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.91

)

   

(1.10

)

   

0.00

(c)

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

13.24

     

0.38

     

4.53

     

4.91

     

(0.27

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.36

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

19.91

     

0.34

     

(6.64

)

   

(6.30

)

   

(0.37

)

   

0.00

     

(0.37

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

13.65

     

0.26

     

6.35

     

6.61

     

(0.35

)

   

0.00

     

(0.35

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

14.59

     

0.33

     

(1.21

)

   

(0.88

)

   

(0.06

)

   

0.00

     

(0.06

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

16.36

     

0.29

     

(0.90

)

   

(0.61

)

   

(0.25

)

   

(0.91

)

   

(1.16

)

   

0.00

(c)

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

13.24

     

0.33

     

4.58

     

4.91

     

(0.27

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.36

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

19.91

     

0.37

     

(6.67

)

   

(6.30

)

   

(0.37

)

   

0.00

     

(0.37

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

16.66

     

0.25

     

3.00

     

3.25

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

96 OAKMARK FUNDS


Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

           

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

     
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
($million)
  Ratio of
Net
Investment
Income to
Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Gross
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Net
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Oakmark International Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

25.15

     

34.39

%

 

$

5,865.4

     

2.02

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.05

%

   

27

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

19.27

     

-30.72

%

 

$

5,032.4

     

2.25

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.04

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

28.17

     

41.96

%

 

$

8,756.6

     

0.99

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.02

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

19.91

     

-11.37

%

 

$

7,959.9

     

0.39

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.00

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

22.88

     

-6.41

%

 

$

14,446.5

     

2.84

%

   

1.04

%

   

0.98

%

   

35

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

25.12

     

34.57

%

 

$

2,582.7

     

2.13

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.88

%

   

27

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

19.27

     

-30.59

%

 

$

2,246.8

     

2.44

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.86

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

28.15

     

42.22

%

 

$

3,316.0

     

1.03

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.85

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

19.89

     

-11.28

%

 

$

6,282.8

     

0.59

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.90

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

22.86

     

-6.34

%

 

$

6,701.4

     

3.35

%

   

0.95

%

   

0.90

%

   

35

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

25.13

     

34.65

%

 

$

8,125.2

     

2.26

%

   

0.81

%

   

0.81

%

   

27

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

19.28

     

-30.54

%

 

$

7,250.7

     

2.51

%

   

0.81

%

   

0.79

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

28.19

     

42.30

%

 

$

11,748.6

     

1.34

%

   

0.80

%

   

0.77

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

19.92

     

-11.19

%

 

$

7,233.5

     

0.62

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.82

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

22.89

     

-6.27

%

 

$

9,457.3

     

3.20

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.81

%

   

35

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

25.15

     

34.76

%

 

$

2,706.0

     

2.31

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.75

%

   

27

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

19.29

     

-30.51

%

 

$

2,389.0

     

2.63

%

   

0.77

%

   

0.75

%

   

35

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

28.20

     

9.18

%

 

$

2,997.8

     

1.62

%†

   

0.77

%†

   

0.75

%†

   

42

%

 

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

17.82

     

37.05

%

 

$

367.3

     

1.91

%

   

1.34

%

   

1.34

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

13.25

     

-32.37

%

 

$

306.8

     

1.67

%

   

1.36

%

   

1.34

%

   

37

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

19.92

     

48.51

%

 

$

560.1

     

1.18

%

   

1.37

%

   

1.35

%

   

48

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

13.67

     

-6.23

%

 

$

388.9

     

2.21

%

   

1.45

%

   

1.45

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

14.61

     

-2.91

%

 

$

546.4

     

1.88

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.38

%

   

39

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

17.84

     

37.16

%

 

$

163.5

     

2.02

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.18

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

13.28

     

-32.24

%

 

$

131.8

     

1.96

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.16

%

   

37

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

19.96

     

48.76

%

 

$

189.3

     

1.26

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.19

%

   

48

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

13.69

     

-6.16

%

 

$

155.7

     

2.14

%

   

1.35

%

   

1.35

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

14.64

     

-2.72

%

 

$

142.5

     

2.13

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.26

%

   

39

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

17.79

     

37.30

%

 

$

481.6

     

2.15

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.10

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

13.24

     

-32.20

%

 

$

329.0

     

1.95

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.09

%

   

37

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

19.91

     

48.93

%

 

$

526.9

     

1.41

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.09

%

   

48

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

13.65

     

-6.09

%

 

$

614.2

     

2.37

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.26

%

   

42

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

14.59

     

-2.75

%

 

$

735.8

     

2.03

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.23

%

   

39

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

17.79

     

37.34

%

 

$

304.9

     

1.94

%

   

1.07

%

   

1.07

%

   

32

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

13.24

     

-32.19

%

 

$

400.2

     

2.19

%

   

1.08

%

   

1.06

%

   

37

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

19.91

     

19.51

%

 

$

367.6

     

1.55

%†

   

1.09

%†

   

1.07

%†

   

48

%

 

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

(c)  Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

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Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

       

Income from Investment Operations:

 

Less Distributions:

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income(a)
  Net Gain
(Loss) on
Investments
(Both
Realized and
Unrealized)
  Total from
Investment
Operations
  Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
  Distributions
from
Capital
Gains
  Total
Distributions
  Redemption
Fees
 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

27.85

     

0.66

     

3.33

     

3.99

     

(0.43

)

   

0.00

     

(0.43

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

35.94

     

0.44

     

(5.63

)

   

(5.19

)

   

(0.29

)

   

(2.61

)

   

(2.90

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

27.50

     

0.32

     

9.40

     

9.72

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(1.28

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

30.30

     

0.42

     

(0.56

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.51

)

   

(2.15

)

   

(2.66

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.52

     

0.52

     

(0.04

)

   

0.48

     

(0.50

)

   

(2.20

)

   

(2.70

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

27.87

     

0.71

     

3.36

     

4.07

     

(0.51

)

   

0.00

     

(0.51

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

35.98

     

0.53

     

(5.65

)

   

(5.12

)

   

(0.38

)

   

(2.61

)

   

(2.99

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

27.51

     

0.39

     

9.40

     

9.79

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(1.32

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

30.31

     

0.46

     

(0.56

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.55

)

   

(2.15

)

   

(2.70

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.55

     

0.55

     

(0.03

)

   

0.52

     

(0.56

)

   

(2.20

)

   

(2.76

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

27.87

     

0.75

     

3.32

     

4.07

     

(0.51

)

   

0.00

     

(0.51

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

35.99

     

0.52

     

(5.63

)

   

(5.11

)

   

(0.40

)

   

(2.61

)

   

(3.01

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

27.52

     

0.41

     

9.40

     

9.81

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.93

)

   

(1.34

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20

 

$

30.33

     

0.47

     

(0.56

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.57

)

   

(2.15

)

   

(2.72

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/19

 

$

32.56

     

0.59

     

(0.05

)

   

0.54

     

(0.57

)

   

(2.20

)

   

(2.77

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

27.88

     

0.79

     

3.30

     

4.09

     

(0.52

)

   

0.00

     

(0.52

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

36.00

     

0.57

     

(5.68

)

   

(5.11

)

   

(0.40

)

   

(2.61

)

   

(3.01

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

30.24

     

0.49

     

5.27

     

5.76

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

     

0.00

   

Oakmark Bond Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.60

     

0.36

     

(0.20

)

   

0.16

     

(0.36

)

   

0.00

     

(0.36

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22(c)

 

$

9.89

     

0.17

     

(1.29

)

   

(1.12

)

   

(0.17

)

   

0.00

     

(0.17

)

   

0.00

   

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.61

     

0.38

     

(0.21

)

   

0.17

     

(0.37

)

   

0.00

     

(0.37

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

10.35

     

0.23

     

(1.55

)

   

(1.32

)

   

(0.23

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.42

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

10.16

     

0.16

     

0.24

     

0.40

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.21

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20(d)

 

$

10.00

     

0.04

     

0.15

     

0.19

     

(0.03

)

   

0.00

     

(0.03

)

   

0.00

   

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.61

     

0.39

     

(0.21

)

   

0.18

     

(0.38

)

   

0.00

     

(0.38

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

10.35

     

0.24

     

(1.56

)

   

(1.32

)

   

(0.23

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.42

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21

 

$

10.17

     

0.18

     

0.22

     

0.40

     

(0.17

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.22

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/20(d)

 

$

10.00

     

0.04

     

0.17

     

0.21

     

(0.04

)

   

0.00

     

(0.04

)

   

0.00

   

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.61

     

0.39

     

(0.21

)

   

0.18

     

(0.38

)

   

0.00

     

(0.38

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/22

 

$

10.35

     

0.25

     

(1.56

)

   

(1.31

)

   

(0.24

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.43

)

   

0.00

   

9/30/21(b)

 

$

10.32

     

0.14

     

0.04

     

0.18

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

     

(0.15

)

   

0.00

   

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

(c)  Commenced on 01/28/2022.

(d)  Commenced operations on 6/10/2020.

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Oakmark Funds

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

           

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

     
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
($million)
  Ratio of
Net
Investment
Income to
Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Gross
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Net
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Oakmark Equity and Income Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.41

     

14.40

%

 

$

4,213.3

     

2.13

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

45

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

27.85

     

-15.84

%

 

$

4,194.4

     

1.34

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.83

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

35.94

     

36.19

%

 

$

5,587.1

     

0.97

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.84

%

   

14

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

27.50

     

-0.90

%

 

$

5,492.4

     

1.52

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.84

%

   

15

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

30.30

     

2.29

%

 

$

9,006.7

     

1.74

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.81

%

   

11

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.43

     

14.70

%

 

$

549.0

     

2.33

%

   

0.61

%

   

0.61

%

   

45

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

27.87

     

-15.66

%

 

$

738.4

     

1.61

%

   

0.60

%

   

0.58

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

35.98

     

36.49

%

 

$

868.4

     

1.20

%

   

0.66

%

   

0.62

%

   

14

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

27.51

     

-0.76

%

 

$

951.9

     

1.65

%

   

0.81

%

   

0.71

%

   

15

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

30.31

     

2.41

%

 

$

1,347.6

     

1.86

%

   

0.78

%

   

0.68

%

   

11

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.43

     

14.73

%

 

$

1,029.9

     

2.42

%

   

0.59

%

   

0.59

%

   

45

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

27.87

     

-15.66

%

 

$

911.0

     

1.59

%

   

0.60

%

   

0.58

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

35.99

     

36.57

%

 

$

1,138.5

     

1.22

%

   

0.62

%

   

0.58

%

   

14

%

 

9/30/20

 

$

27.52

     

-0.73

%

 

$

844.3

     

1.72

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.65

%

   

15

%

 

9/30/19

 

$

30.33

     

2.49

%

 

$

1,188.9

     

1.96

%

   

0.72

%

   

0.63

%

   

11

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

31.45

     

14.77

%

 

$

232.4

     

2.54

%

   

0.56

%

   

0.56

%

   

45

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

27.88

     

-15.63

%

 

$

90.9

     

1.75

%

   

0.56

%

   

0.54

%

   

49

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

36.00

     

19.05

%

 

$

87.3

     

1.78

%†

   

0.57

%†

   

0.55

%†

   

14

%

 

 

           

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

     
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
($million)
  Ratio of
Net
Investment
Income to
Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Gross
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Waiver/
Reimbursement
to Average
Net Assets
  Ratio of
Net
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Oakmark Bond Fund

 

Investor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.40

     

1.78

%

 

$

1.1

     

4.18

%

   

1.33

%

   

(0.59

%)

   

0.74

%

   

75

%

 

9/30/22(c)

 

$

8.60

     

-11.43

%

 

$

1.0

     

2.76

%†

   

1.64

%†

   

(0.90

%)†

   

0.74

%†

   

97

%

 

Advisor Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.41

     

2.10

%

 

$

0.8

     

4.31

%

   

1.12

%

   

(0.58

%)

   

0.54

%

   

75

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

8.61

     

-13.11

%

 

$

1.4

     

2.41

%

   

1.06

%

   

(0.52

%)

   

0.54

%

   

97

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

10.35

     

3.81

%

 

$

2.4

     

1.59

%

   

0.93

%

   

(0.37

%)

   

0.57

%

   

112

%

 

9/30/20(d)

 

$

10.16

     

2.04

%

 

$

0.6

     

1.19

%†

   

3.14

%†

   

(2.60

%)†

   

0.54

%†

   

25

%

 

Institutional Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.41

     

2.00

%

 

$

2.6

     

4.41

%

   

1.08

%

   

(0.56

%)

   

0.52

%

   

75

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

8.61

     

-13.10

%

 

$

3.0

     

2.50

%

   

1.05

%

   

(0.53

%)

   

0.52

%

   

97

%

 

9/30/21

 

$

10.35

     

3.88

%

 

$

3.3

     

1.75

%

   

0.89

%

   

(0.43

%)

   

0.46

%

   

112

%

 

9/30/20(d)

 

$

10.17

     

2.07

%

 

$

79.0

     

1.32

%†

   

2.42

%†

   

(1.98

%)†

   

0.44

%†

   

25

%

 

R6 Class

 

9/30/23

 

$

8.41

     

2.08

%

 

$

102.8

     

4.50

%

   

1.02

%

   

(0.58

%)

   

0.44

%

   

75

%

 

9/30/22

 

$

8.61

     

-13.03

%

 

$

81.4

     

2.57

%

   

1.02

%

   

(0.58

%)

   

0.44

%

   

97

%

 

9/30/21(b)

 

$

10.35

     

1.74

%

 

$

91.3

     

1.71

%†

   

0.93

%†

   

(0.49

%)†

   

0.44

%†

   

112

%

 

†  Data has been annualized.

(a)  Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(b)  Commenced on 12/15/2020.

(c)  Commenced on 01/28/2022.

(d)  Commenced operations on 6/10/2020.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Harris Associates Investment Trust:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Harris Associates Investment Trust comprising the Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund, Oakmark Global Fund, Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund, Oakmark International Small Cap Fund, Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, and Oakmark Bond Fund (the "Funds"), including the schedules of investments as of September 30, 2023; the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods listed in the table below in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and the related notes.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2023, and the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods listed in the table below in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Fund Name   Statement of
Operations
  Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
 

Financial Highlights

 
Oakmark Fund,
Oakmark Select Fund,
Oakmark Global Fund,
Oakmark Global Select Fund,
Oakmark International Fund,
Oakmark International Small Cap Fund, and
Oakmark Equity and Income Fund
 

For the year ended September 30, 2023

 

For each of the two years ended September 30, 2023

 

For each of the five years ended September 30, 2023

 

Oakmark Bond Fund

 

For the year ended September 30, 2023

 

For each of the two years ended September 30, 2023

 

For each of the three years ended September 30, 2023, and for the period June 10, 2020 (commencement of operations) through September 30, 2020

 

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. 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 Funds 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 Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their 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 Funds' 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

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financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 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.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
November 22, 2023

We have served as the auditor of one or more Harris Associates Investment Trust investment companies since 2002.

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Liquidity Risk Management Program Disclosure

Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Liquidity Rule"), the Oakmark Funds (the "Funds") have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the "Program") designed to assess and manage each Fund's liquidity risk. Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, liquidity risk is defined as the risk that a Fund is unable to meet investor redemption requests without significantly diluting the remaining investors' interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Funds has designated the Funds' investment adviser, Harris Associates L.P., as the administrator of the Program (the "Program Administrator").

The Program Administrator has established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee to carry out its primary responsibilities under the Program, including (1) classification of the liquidity of each Fund's portfolio investments; (2) assessment, management and periodic review of each Fund's liquidity risk; (3) determination of each Fund's Highly Liquid Investment Minimum ("HLIM"), if applicable, and the response process to shortfalls if a Fund's level of highly liquid investments falls below its HLIM; (4) management of each Fund's liquidity risk by not acquiring an illiquid investment, if immediately after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of such Fund's net assets in illiquid investments; (5) required SEC Reporting via Form N-PORT and Form N-RN (as applicable); (6) performing an annual review and drafting an annual report on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Program to the Board; and (7) recordkeeping. As part of its responsibilities, the Program Administrator has retained a third party service provider ("Service Provider") to perform certain functions, including providing market data and liquidity classification model information.

On April 24, 2023, the Board reviewed the Program Administrator's annual report (the "Report") on the operation of the Program and the adequacy and effectiveness of its implementation for the 12-month period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 (the "Reporting Period"). The Report included a summary of the operation of the Program, information and factors considered by the Program Administrator in assessing whether the Program was adequately and effectively implemented, and the Program Administrator's evaluation of the sufficiency of services provided by the Service Provider. The Report concluded that during the Period, the Funds' Program operated adequately and effectively, even during periods of stressed market conditions, and was adequately and effectively implemented. There were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period.

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(Unaudited)

The below information is reported in regards to distributions paid by the Funds during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023. For Funds other than Bond, note that these amounts have been previously reported to shareholders on the 2022 Form 1099-DIV. For Bond, amounts below include distributions paid in both calendar year 2022 and 2023.

The following percentages of income dividend paid by the Funds qualify for the dividend received deduction available to corporations and are hereby designated as qualified dividend income:

Fund   Qualified
Dividend
Income
  Dividend
Received
Deduction
 

Oakmark

   

100

%

   

100

%

 

Select

   

100

%

   

100

%

 

Global

   

100

%

   

46.1

%

 

Global Select

   

100

%

   

93.1

%

 

International

   

100

%

   

0

%

 

Int'l Small Cap

   

100

%

   

0

%

 

Equity & Income

   

78.8

%

   

63.3

%

 

Bond

   

3.3

%

   

3.3

%

 

The following Funds met the requirements of Section 853 of the Code and elected to pass through to its shareholders credit for foreign taxes paid. The percentage of income distributed by the Funds from sources within foreign countries and possessions of the United States and the amounts of taxes paid to such countries was as follows:

Fund   Foreign Source
Income
  Foreign Taxes
Paid
 

Global

   

100

%

 

$

2,068,628

   

International

   

100

%

   

73,067,143

   

Int'l Small Cap

   

100

%

   

4,132,434

   

The Funds intend to distribute the income and gains earned during the year ended September 30, 2023 prior to December 31, 2023. The amount and character of the distributions will be reported on the 2023 Form 1099-DIV. In addition, the amounts will be made available on the Fund's website and will be included in the Shareholder Tax Guide that is mailed to shareholders shortly after calendar year end.

Disclosures and Endnotes

Reporting to Shareholders. The Funds reduce the number of duplicate prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports your household receives by sending only one copy of each to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. Call the Funds at 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) to request individual copies of these documents. The Funds will begin sending individual copies 30 days after receiving your request.

Before investing in any Oakmark Fund, you should carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, management fees and other expenses. This and other important information is contained in the Funds' prospectus and a Fund's summary prospectus. Please read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing. For more information, please visit www.oakmark.com or call 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275).

The discussion of the Funds' investments and investment strategy (including current investment themes, the portfolio managers' research and investment process, and portfolio characteristics) represents the Funds' investments and the views of the portfolio managers and Harris Associates L.P., the Funds' investment adviser, at the time of this report, and are subject to change without notice.

All Oakmark Funds: Investing in value stocks presents the risk that value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and under-perform growth stocks during given periods.

Oakmark, Oakmark Equity and Income, Oakmark Global, Oakmark International, Oakmark International Small Cap, and Oakmark Bond Funds: The Funds' portfolios tend to be invested in a relatively small number of investments. As a result, the appreciation or depreciation of any one security held will have a greater impact on the Funds' net asset value than it would if the Funds invest in a larger number of securities. Although that strategy has the potential to generate attractive returns over time, it also increases the Funds' volatility.

Because the Oakmark Select and Oakmark Global Select Funds are non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Funds' total return and may make the Funds' returns more volatile than a more diversified fund.

Oakmark Select and Oakmark Equity and Income Funds: The stocks of medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile than those of large companies and have underperformed the stocks of small and large companies during some periods.

Oakmark Global, Oakmark Global Select, Oakmark International, Oakmark International Small Cap and Oakmark Bond Funds: Investing in foreign securities presents risks which in some ways may be greater than U.S. investments. Those risks include: currency fluctuation; different regulation, accounting standards, trading practices and levels of available information; generally higher transaction costs; and political risks.

The percentages of hedge exposure for each foreign currency are calculated by dividing the market value of all same-currency forward contracts by the market value of the underlying equity exposure to that currency.

Oakmark Equity and Income and Oakmark Bond Funds invest in medium- and lower quality debt securities that have higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than higher quality securities. These risks may result in greater share price volatility.

Oakmark International Small Cap Fund: The stocks of smaller companies often involve more risk than the stocks of larger companies. Stocks of small companies tend to be more volatile and have a smaller public market than stocks of larger companies.

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Small companies may have a shorter history of operations than larger companies, may not have as great an ability to raise additional capital and may have a less diversified product line, making them more susceptible to market pressure.

Oakmark Equity and Income and Oakmark Bond Funds: The Funds may be subject to prepayment and extension risk, which may shorten or lengthen the duration of the Funds' investments. The Funds may also be subject to credit risk, which is the risk the issuer or guarantor of a debt security will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal or to otherwise honor its obligations. The Funds' yield and share price will fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates and there is a risk of loss due to changes in interest rates. Investing in when-issued or forward-settling transactions may be less favorable than the price or yield available in the market when the transaction takes place. The Funds' exposure to loan interests may be subject to restrictions on transfer, illiquid and difficult to value.

Endnotes:

1.  The Price-Earnings Ratio ("P/E") is the most common measure of the expensiveness of a stock.

2.  Graham, Benjamin and Dodd, David L., Security Analysis. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1934.

3.  Fama, Eugene F., and Kenneth R. French. "The cross-section of expected stock returns." The Journal of Finance 47, no. 2 (1992): 427-465.

4.  The S&P 500 Total Return Index is a float-adjusted, capitalization-weighted index of 500 U.S. large-capitalization stocks representing all major industries. It is a widely recognized index of broad U.S. equity market performance. Returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

5.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted measure of 30 U.S. blue-chip companies. The index covers all industries except transportation and utilities. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

6.  The Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. large-cap value funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

7.  Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual stocks.

8.  Russell 1000®​ Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000®​ companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

9.  The Russell 1000®​ Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000®​ companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

10.  EPS refers to Earnings Per Share and is calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of shares outstanding.

11.  The Lipper Multi-Cap Value Fund Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. multi-cap value funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

12.  The MSCI World Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the global equity market performance of developed markets. The index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

13.  The Lipper Global Fund Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest global equity funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

14.  The MSCI World ex U.S. Index (Net) is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure international developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. The index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

15.  The MSCI EAFE Index (Net) is designed to represent the performance of large- and mid-cap securities across 21 developed markets, including countries in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each of the 21 countries. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

16.  The Lipper International Fund Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest international equity funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

17.  The EV/EBITDA ratio is a comparison of Enterprise Value and Earnings Before the deduction of payments for Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, which is a measure of operating income.

18.  The MSCI World ex U.S. Small Cap Index (Net) is designed to measure performance of small-cap stocks across 22 of 23 developed markets (excluding the U.S.). The index covers approximately 14% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. This benchmark calculates reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

19.  The Lipper International Small-Cap Fund Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest international small-cap equity funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

20.  EBITA refers to Earnings before the deduction of expenses for Interest, Taxes and Amortization, which is a measure of operating income.

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21.  EBIT is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses.

22.  The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the equal-weighted performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds as defined by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

23.  The Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Index measures the non-securitized component of the U.S. Aggregate Index. It includes investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate Treasurys, government-related and corporate securities. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

24.  The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasurys, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities (agency and non-agency). This index is unmanaged and investors cannot invest directly in this index.

25.  The Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Index is an equally weighted performance index of the largest qualifying funds (based on net assets) in the Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds classification. There are currently 30 funds represented in this index.

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Trustees and Officers

The board of trustees has overall responsibility for the operations of Harris Associates Investment Trust ("Trust") and its series. Each trustee serves until the election and qualification of his or her successor or until he or she sooner retires, dies, or is removed or disqualified. The retirement age for trustees is 75.

The president, any vice president, treasurer and secretary serve until the election and qualification of his or her successor or until he or she dies, resigns, or is removed or disqualified. Each other officer shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees.

The names and ages of the trustees and officers, the position each holds with the Trust, the date each was first elected to office, their principal business occupations during the last five years, and other directorships held by the trustees are shown below.

Trustees Who Are Interested Persons of the Trust

Name, Address†
and Age at
September 30,
2023
  Position(s)
with Trust
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed to
Current
Position
  Principal Occupation(s)
Held During Past Five Years
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
 
Kristi L. Rowsell,
57*
 

Trustee

 

2010

 

Retired since 2021; Director, Harris Associates, Inc. ("HAI") and President, HAI, Harris Associates L.P. ("HALP") and Harris Associates Securities L.P. ("HASLP") from 2010 to 2021.

 

Member, Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute; Independent Director, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) SPDR ETF Trusts (Active Trust, Index Shares, Series Trust)

 
Rana J. Wright,
45*
 

Trustee, Principal Executive Officer, and President

 

2021

 

Chief Administrative Officer for HAI, HALP and HASLP since 2021; General Counsel and Secretary of HAI and HALP since 2018; General Counsel, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Secretary of HASLP since 2018; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation from 2014 to 2018.

 

Member, Board of Governors, Investment Adviser Association

 

Trustees Who Are Not Interested Persons of the Trust

Name and Age†

  Position(s)
with Trust
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed to
Current
Position
  Principal Occupation(s)
Held During Past Five Years
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
 
Thomas H. Hayden,
72
 

Trustee and Chair of the Board

 

Trustee since 1995; Chair of the Board since 2021

 

Lecturer, Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications Program, the Medill School, Northwestern University, and Master of Science in Law Program, Northwestern University School of Law.

 

None

 
Hugh T. Hurley, III,
59
 

Trustee

 

2018

 

Retired since 2017; Managing Director and Global Head of Product Strategy Active Equity, BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2017.

 

Independent Trustee, HSBC Funds (registered mutual funds); Member, Governing Council, Independent Directors Council

 
Patricia Louie,
68
 

Trustee

 

2018

 

Retired since October 2018; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company from 2014 to October 2018; Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC from 2011 to October 2018; Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, AXA Equitable from 2009 to 2014.

 

Member, Governing Council, Independent Directors Council; Member, FINRA National Adjudicatory Council

 
Christine M. Maki,
62
 

Trustee

 

1995

 

Retired since May 2022; Senior Vice President—Tax and Treasurer, RR Donnelley & Sons Company from 2008 to 2022 (global provider of integrated communication services).

 

None

 

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Name and Age†

  Position(s)
with Trust
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed to
Current
Position
  Principal Occupation(s)
Held During Past Five Years
  Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
 
Laurence C. Morse, Ph.D.,
72
 

Trustee

 

2013

 

Managing Partner, Fairview Capital Partners, Inc. (private equity investment management firm).

 

Director, Webster Bank (bank and financial institution); Director, Webster Financial Corporation (bank holding company)

 
Mindy M. Posoff,
67
 

Trustee

 

2016

 

Managing Director, Golden Seeds (angel investment group); Traversent Capital Partners, Founding Partner and President (consulting firm providing strategic solutions to startups and investment firms); Former Chair, Board of Directors, AboutOne (start-up technology company providing tools to manage home and family life) from 2011 to 2017; Former Trustee of the HighMark Mutual Funds from 2010 to 2014.

 

Vice Chair Emeritus, 100 Women in Finance; National Council of Advisers Member, Springboard Enterprises; Impact Advisory Committee Member, Apollo Global Management Inc.; Advisory Member, Women of the World Investment Committee; Director, Mutual Fund Directors Forum

 
Steven S. Rogers,
66
 

Trustee

 

2006

 

Retired since July 2019; MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School from 2012 to 2019; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Clinical Professor of Finance & Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University from 1995 to 2012.

 

None

 

Other Officers of the Trust

Name, Address†
and Age at
September 30,
2023
 

Position(s) with Trust

  Year First
Elected or
Appointed to
Current
Position
  Principal Occupation(s)
Held During Past Five Years#
 
Adam D. Abbas,
42
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Bond Fund)

 

2020

 

Portfolio Manager, HALP since 2020; Analyst, HALP, since 2018; Portfolio Manager, KVK Credit Opportunity Fund LP, prior thereto

 
Joseph J. Allessie,
58
 

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

 

2021

 

Deputy General Counsel, HALP since 2019; Senior Vice President and Managing Counsel, OppenheimerFunds from 2018 to 2019; Managing Director, Head of Americas Compliance and Operational Risk Control, UBS Global Asset Management, prior thereto

 
Robert F. Bierig,
45
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund and Oakmark Select Fund)

 

2022

 

Vice President, HALP since 2021; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP since 2012

 
Anthony P. Coniaris,^
46
 

Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund, Oakmark Global Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund)

 

2013

 

Chairman, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager, HALP

 
Rick J. Dercks,
37
 

Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

 

2019

 

Director of Tax & Fund Administration, HALP since 2019; Tax Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, prior thereto

 
Alexander E. Fitch,
35
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund)

 

2022

 

Vice President and Director of U.S. Research, HAI and HALP since 2021; Associate Director of U.S. Research, HALP from 2019 to 2021; Analyst, HALP from 2013 to 2019

 
Kathleen O. Gerdes,
52
 

Vice President

 

2021

 

Managing Director, Marketing & Client Relations, HALP

 

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Trustees and Officers (continued)

Name, Address†
and Age at
September 30,
2023
 

Position(s) with Trust

  Year First
Elected or
Appointed to
Current
Position
  Principal Occupation(s)
Held During Past Five Years#
 
Justin D. Hance,
39
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)

 

2016

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager and Director of International Research, HALP

 
David G. Herro,
62
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund, Oakmark Global Select Fund, Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)

 

1992

 

Director, HAI; Deputy Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, International Equities, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

 
M. Colin Hudson,
53
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, Oakmark Global Fund, Oakmark Global Select Fund, and Oakmark Bond Fund)

 

2013

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

 
John J. Kane,
52
 

Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

 

2020

 

Senior Director, Operations, HALP from 2019 to 2020; Director, Operations, HALP from 2017 to 2019; Director, Global Investment Services, HALP, prior thereto; Principal Financial Officer, HAIT from 2016 to 2018; Treasurer, HAIT from 2005 to 2018

 
Christopher W. Keller,
57
 

Vice President

 

2015

 

President, HAI, HALP, and HASLP since 2021; Chief Operating Officer, HALP and HASLP, prior thereto

 
Eric Liu,
44
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Select Fund and Oakmark International Fund)

 

2016

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP since 2019; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

 
Jason E. Long,
47
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund)

 

2016

 

Vice President, HALP from 2016 to 2021; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP since 2016; Analyst, HALP, prior thereto

 
Michael L. Manelli,
43
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark International Fund and Oakmark International Small Cap Fund)

 

2011

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

 
Clyde S. McGregor,^
70
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund)

 

1995

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager, HALP

 
Michael J. Neary,
55
 

Vice President

 

2009

 

Client Portfolio Manager, HALP

 
Michael A. Nicolas,
43
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund and Oakmark Equity and Income Fund)

 

2019

 

Portfolio Manager, HALP since 2019; Analyst, HALP

 
William C. Nygren,^
65
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Fund, Oakmark Select Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund)

 

1996

 

Vice President, HAI and HALP; Portfolio Manager and Analyst, HALP

 
Howard M. Reich,
40
 

Vice President

 

2019

 

Assistant Controller, HALP since 2018; Supervisor, Global Investment Services, HALP from 2015 to 2018

 
John A. Sitarz,
33
 

Vice President and Portfolio Manager (Oakmark Global Fund and Oakmark Global Select Fund)

 

2022

 

Portfolio Manager, HALP since 2022; Analyst, HALP since 2018; Research Associate, HALP from 2015 to 2017

 
Zachary D. Weber,
49
 

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, and Treasurer

 

2016

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, HAI and HALP; Principal Financial Officer and Principal Operations Officer, HASLP

 

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†  Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each trustee and officer listed in the tables is 111 South Wacker Drive, Suite 4600, Chicago, Illinois 60606-4319.

*  Indicates a trustee who is an " interested person" of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act. Ms. Rowsell is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that she was an officer of the Adviser and a director of HAI until March 31, 2021. Ms. Wright is an interested person of the Trust by virtue of the fact that she is an officer of the Adviser and a director of HAI.

^  Mr. Coniaris will cease his portfolio management responsibilities for the Oakmark Select Fund as of December 31, 2023. Mr. McGregor will cease his portfolio management responsibilities for the Oakmark Equity and Income Fund and Oakmark Global Fund and will no longer be a Vice President of HAI and HALP as of December 31, 2023. Mr. Nygren will cease his portfolio management responsibilities for the Oakmark Global Select Fund as of December 31, 2023.

#  As used in this table, "HALP," "HAI" and "HASLP" refer to the Adviser, the general partner of the Adviser and the Funds' distributor, respectively.

The Statement of Additional Information (SAI) contains further information about the trustees and is available without charge upon your request by calling 1-800-625-6275.

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To obtain a prospectus, an application or periodic reports, access our website at Oakmark.com or call 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275) or 617-483-8327.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit on Form N-PORT. The Funds' Form N-PORTs are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

A description of the policies and procedures the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free 1-800-625-6275; on the Funds' website at Oakmark.com; and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

No later than August 31 of each year, information regarding how the Adviser, on behalf of the Funds, voted proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities for the 12 months ended the preceding June 30 will be available through a link on the Funds' website at Oakmark.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Funds. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds unless it is accompanied or preceded by a currently effective prospectus of the Funds.

No sales charge to the shareholder or to the new investor is made in offering the shares of the Funds.

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(b) Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

(a)Registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer.

 

(b)No disclosures are required by Item 2(b).

 

(c)During the period covered by the report, there were no material amendments made to the Code.

 

(d)During the period covered by the report, Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of the Code.

 

(e)Not applicable.

 

(f)A copy of the Code is incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR, Investment Company Act file number 811-06279 (filed November 25, 2019). Copies of the Code will also be made available free of charge upon request, by writing or calling The Oakmark Funds, P.O. Box 8510, Boston, MA 02266-8510, 1-800-OAKMARK (1-800-625-6275).

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that each of the following members of the Registrant’s audit committee qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 3(b) of Form N-CSR: Thomas H. Hayden, Hugh T. Hurley, III, Christine M. Maki, Mindy M. Posoff, and Steven S. Rogers. Each of those members of Registrant’s audit committee is “independent” as such term is defined in paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of trustees in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of trustees.

 

 

 

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant were as follows:

 

   Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2023
   Fiscal Year
Ended
September 30,
2022
 
Audit Fees1  $317,108   $301,200 
Audit-Related Fees2  $0   $0 
Tax Fees3  $127,500   $127,500 
All Other Fees4  $63,055   $87,519 

 

During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the Registrant's audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the Registrant. The audit committee has authorized its chair to exercise that authority in the intervals between meetings; and the chair presents any such pre-approvals to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. Under paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount for all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the Registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which such services are provided; 2) such services were not recognized by management at the time of engagement as non-audit services; and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s audit committee by management and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the audit committee or by one or more members of the audit committee who are members of the board of trustees to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the audit committee.

 

No audit-related, tax or non-audit services were approved by waiver pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

1        “Audit Fees” include amounts for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

2        “Audit-Related Fees” include amounts for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements.

3        “Tax Fees” include amounts for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning, specifically distribution consultation.

4        “All Other Fees” include amounts for products and services provided by the principal accountant.

 

 

 

 

Less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the Registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

 

The aggregate non-audit fees billed for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 by the Registrant’s principal accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, its investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were $63,055 and $87,519, respectively. These non-audit services provided to the Registrant by the principal accountant related to clerical and ministerial tasks for the filing of tax reclaims in certain European Union countries.

 

The audit committee of Registrant’s board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered by Registrant’s principal accountant to Registrant's investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

(a) Not applicable.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)The Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the annual report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

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.

 

During the period covered by this report, no material changes were made to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)Based on an evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the “Disclosure Controls”), the Disclosure Controls are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within 90 days prior to the filing of this report, including ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)There were no changes in the Registrant's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)A copy of the Code is incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR, Investment Company Act file number 811-06279 (filed November 25, 2019).

 

(a)(2)Certifications of Rana J. Wright, Principal Executive Officer, and Zachary D. Weber, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer, pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2), attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii), respectively.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(a)(4)Not applicable.

 

(b)Certification of Rana J. Wright, Principal Executive Officer, and Zachary D. Weber, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit (b).

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Harris Associates Investment Trust

 

By: /s/ Rana J. Wright  
  Rana J. Wright  
  Principal Executive Officer  
     
Date: November 22, 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/ Rana J. Wright  
  Rana J. Wright  
  Principal Executive Officer  
     
Date: November 22, 2023  
     
     
By: /s/ Zachary D. Weber  
  Zachary D. Weber  
  Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer  
     
Date: November 22, 2023