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The discussion of investments and investment strategy of the funds represents the investments of the funds and the views of fund managers and Harris Associates L.P., the funds' investment adviser, at the time of this article, and are subject to change without notice.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost.
Investing in value stocks presents the risk that value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during given periods.
Because the Oakmark Select Fund is non-diversified, the performance of each holding will have a greater impact on the Fund's total return, and may make the Fund's return more volatile than a more diversified fund.
Investing in foreign securities represents risks which in some way may be greater than in 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 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. 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.
The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund invests in medium and lower-quality debt securities which have higher yield potential but present greater investment and credit risk than higher-quality securities.
| 1. | The S&P 500 Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. |
| 2. | The NASDAQ Composite Index is a market value weighted index of all common stocks listed on NASDAQ. |
| 3. | Total return includes change in share prices and in each
case includes reinvestment of any dividends and capital gain distributions. The performance information for The Oakmark Select Fund, The Oakmark Small Cap Fund, The Oakmark Global Fund, The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held by an investor less than 90 days. The purpose of this redemption fee is to deter market timers. |
| 4. | Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual stocks. |
| 5. | During the period since inception (8/4/99-6/30/02), IPOs contributed an annualized 2.94% to the performance of The Oakmark Global Fund. As the IPO environment changes and the total net assets of the Fund grow, the impact of IPOs on performance is expected to diminish. "IPO" stands for Initial Public Offering, which is the first sale of stock by a company to the public. |
| 6. | The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged index that includes only 30 big companies. |
| 7. | The Lipper Large Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the thirty largest U.S. large-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. |
| 8. | The S&P Mid Cap 400 is an unmanaged broad market-weighted index of 400 stocks that are in the next tier down from the S&P 500 and that are chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. |
| 9. | The Lipper Mid Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the thirty largest U.S. mid-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. |
| 10. | EPS refers to Earnings Per Share and is calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of shares outstanding. |
| 11. | The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged, market-weighted index, with dividends reinvested, of 2,000 small companies, formed by taking the largest 3,000 small companies and eliminating the largest 1,000 of those companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 12. | The S&P Small Cap 600 Index measures the performance of selected U.S. stocks with small market capitalizations. |
| 13. | The Lipper Small Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the thirty largest U.S. small-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. |
| 14. | The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the performance of the thirty largest U.S. balanced funds tracked by Lipper. |
| 15. | The Lehman Govt./Corp. Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes the Lehman Government and Lehman Corporate indices. |
| 16. | The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 17. | The MSCI World Index is made up of 20 country sub-indexes, including the stock exchanges of the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and the Far East. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 18. | The Lipper Global Fund Index is an unmanaged index that includes 30 mutual funds that invest in securities throughout the world. |
| 19. | The Morgan Stanley World Ex U.S. Index is made up of 19 country sub-indexes, excluding the U.S. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 20. | The Lipper International Fund Index reflects the net asset value weighted total return of the 30 largest international equity funds. |
| 21. | The Morgan Stanley Small Cap World Ex US Index includes stocks having market capitalizations between $200-$800 million across 23 developed markets. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make an investment in this index. |
| 22. | The Lipper International Small Cap Average includes 100 mutual funds that invest in securities whose primary markets are outside of the U.S. |
| 23. | The MSCI EAFE Index is the Morgan Stanley Europe, Australia, and Far East Index, which is an unmanaged, market-value weighted index designed to measure the overall condition of overseas markets. |