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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.
The Oakmark Select Fund closed to new investors as of 5/4/01.
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.
The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund closed to new investors as of 5/10/02.
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. | 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. |
| 2. | Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual stocks. |
| 3. | During the period since inception (8/4/99 - 12/31/03), IPO's contributed an annualized 1.93% 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. |
| 4. | The quoted passages are taken from "In an Uncertain World-Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington" written by Robert Rubin and published in 2003 by Random House. |
| 5. | The S&P 500 Index is a broad market-weighted average of U.S. blue-chip companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 6. | The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged index that includes only 30 big companies. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 7. | The Lipper Large Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest U.S. large-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 8. | NAV stands for Net Asset Value. NAV is the dollar value of a single mutual fund share, based on the value of the underlying assets of the fund minus its liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. |
| 9. | EPS refers to Earnings Per Share and is calculated by dividing total earnings by the number of shares outstanding. |
| 10. | The S&P MidCap 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. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 11. | The Lipper Mid Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest U.S. mid-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 12. | The Price-Earnings Ratio ("P/E") is the most common measure of how expensive a stock is. |
| 13. | 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. |
| 14. | The S&P Small Cap 600 Index measures the performance of selected U.S. stocks with small market capitalizations. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 15. | The Lipper Small Cap Value Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest U.S. small-cap value funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 16. | The Lipper Balanced Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest U.S. balanced funds tracked by Lipper. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 17. | The Lehman Govt./Corp. Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes the Lehman Government and Lehman Corporate indices. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 18. | 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. |
| 19. | The Lipper Global Fund Index measures the performance of the 30 largest mutual funds that invest in securities throughout the world. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 20. | 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. |
| 21. | Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East Index ("EAFE") is an unmanaged index of companies throughout the world in proportion to world stock market capitalizations, excluding the U.S. and Canada. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 22. | The Lipper International Fund Index reflects the net asset value weighted total return of the 30 largest international equity funds. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |
| 23. | The Lipper International Small Cap Average includes 109 mutual funds that invest in securities whose primary markets are outside of the U.S. This index is unmanaged and investors cannot actually make investments in this index. |