THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Report from David G. Herro and Michael J. Welsh, Portfolio Managers

David G. Herro photo Michael J. Welsh photo 

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (9/30/92) TO PRESENT (9/30/05) AS COMPARED TO THE MSCI WORLD EX U.S. INDEX13
Oakmark International Fund Chart
  Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 09/30/05)
  Total Return
Last 3 Months*
1-year 5-year 10-year Since
Inception
(9/30/92)

Oakmark International Fund (Class I) 9.04% 25.85% 11.27% 11.62% 12.56%
MSCI World ex U.S. 10.92% 26.82% 3.37% 6.23% 7.87%
MSCI EAFE14 10.38% 25.79% 3.12% 5.83% 7.58%
Lipper International Fund Index15 11.15% 26.32% 3.51% 7.43% 8.87%

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.
The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain current month end performance data, call 1-800-OAKMARK or visit www.oakmark.com.
* Not annualized

The Oakmark International Fund performed satisfactorily over the past twelve months, returning 26%. This compares with 27% for the MSCI World ex U.S. Index and 26% for the Lipper International Fund Index. Most importantly, since inception, The Oakmark International Fund has returned annually 13%, as compared to the MSCI World ex U.S. Index, which returned 8%, and the Lipper International Fund Index, which returned 9%.

Impact Players

European exchange operator Euronext was not only the top contributing stock of the quarter, but also year to date. As you may recall, both Euronext and another holding, Deutsche Boerse, expressed interest in bidding for The London Stock Exchange. When shareholders prevented Deutsche Boerse from bidding, it ended the possibility of a value-destructive bidding war, and shares of Euronext and Deutsche Boerse rose strongly.

Corporate activity also propelled the share price of long-term holding Aegis Plc. Aegis is the world's last large, independent media-buying company, and it has been the interest of French businessman Vincent Bollore who, as of this writing, has amassed an 11% stake. One of our Fund's holdings, Publicis, has also expressed interest in the company.

On the negative side, UK-based jewelry retailer Signet Plc has been the worst contributing stock of the quarter and second worst year to date. As a result of the extremely weak UK retail environment, the stock is down just under 8% in sterling terms for the year. We remain extremely confident that Signet will continue to build shareholder value over time in both sales and profitability, particularly because it continues to outperform its peers in the U.S. market, which provides two-thirds of its total sales. We have been adding to our holding as a result of the recent price weakness.

New Additions

During the quarter, we added three new names: global brewer InBev, and media stocks TF1 (Societe Television Francaise 1), a French television station operator, and Johnston Press, a Scottish based owner of regional newspapers. In addition to—and even in spite of—the Fund's relatively healthy annual return, we have been able to identify good new ideas and have plenty of prospects on our research list. As long-term international equity investors, we are still finding acceptable investment opportunities, and we remain enthused about future prospects.

David G. Herro signature
Michael J. Welsh signature
David G. Herro, CFA
Portfolio Manager
dherro@oakmark.com
Michael J. Welsh, CFA, CPA
Portfolio Manager
mwelsh@oakmark.com

THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

International Diversification—September 30, 2005

 

Oakmark International Fund Pie Chart

THE OAKMARK INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2005

Name Description
Shares Held
Market Value

Common Stocks—94.5%    
Advertising—3.9%    
Publicis Groupe (France) Advertising & Media Services 3,965,400 $126,225,058
Aegis Group plc (Great Britain)
Media Services
44,006,600 108,703,343
     
      234,928,401
Apparel Retail—0.7%    
Giordano International Limited
(Hong Kong)
Pacific Rim Clothing Retailer & Manufacturer
61,424,300 $42,362,405
       
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods—1.9%    
Swatch Group AG, Bearer
Shares (Switzerland)
Watch Manufacturer
823,000 $113,379,100
Swatch Group AG, Registered Shares(Switzerland)
Watch Manufacturer
24,700 698,489
     
      114,077,589
Automobile Manufacturers—5.2%    
Bayerische Motoren Werke
(BMW) AG (Germany)
Luxury Automobile Manufacturer
4,220,700 $198,178,858
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Automobile & Motorcycle Manufacturer
2,025,000 114,556,990
     
      312,735,848
Broadcasting & Cable TV—2.4%    
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Great Britain)
Television Production & Broadcasting
8,813,000 $87,155,829
Grupo Televisa S.A.
(Mexico) (b)
Television Production & Broadcasting
763,000 54,714,730
Societe Television Francaise 1
(France)
Television Production & Broadcasting
282,600 7,497,476
     
      149,368,035
Consumer Electronics—0.8%    
Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics N.V. (Netherlands)
Electronics Manufacturer
1,787,000 $47,495,656
       
Movies & Entertainment—1.5%    
Vivendi Universal SA (France)
Music, Games, Television, Film, & Telecommunications
2,789,300 $91,067,956
       
Publishing—0.3%    
Johnston Press plc
(Great Britain)
Newspaper Publisher
1,805,000 $15,828,168
       
Specialty Stores—1.9%    
Signet Group plc (Great Britain)
Jewelry Retailer
63,619,000 $115,055,598
       
Textiles—0.3%    
Chargeurs SA
(France)  (c)
Wool, Textile Production & Trading 790,182 $20,802,323
       
Brewers—1.7%    
Heineken Holding NV (Netherlands)
Brewer
2,594,600 $76,508,301
Heineken NV (Netherlands) Brewer 497,500 15,973,775
InBev NV (Belgium) Brewer 132,000 5,222,067
     
      97,704,143
Distillers & Vintners—3.4%    
Diageo plc (Great Britain) Beverages, Wines, & Spirits Manufacturer 12,023,000 $172,889,057
Pernod-Ricard SA (France) Wines, Spirits, & Fruit Juice Manufacturer 157,000 27,724,393
     
      200,613,450
Household Products—3.0%    
Henkel KGaA (Germany) Consumer Chemical Products Manufacturer 1,228,200 $104,855,293
Uni-Charm Corporation (Japan)
Toiletry Product Manufacturer
1,550,000 66,925,144
KAO Corp. (Japan) Household & Chemical Products Manufacturer 575,000 14,161,563
     
      185,942,000
Packaged Foods & Meats—4.9%    
Nestle SA (Switzerland) Food & Beverage Manufacturer 575,100 $168,408,654
Cadbury Schweppes plc
(Great Britain)
Beverage & Confectionary Manufacturer
12,390,400 125,048,476
     
      293,457,130
Personal Products—1.4%    
L'Oreal SA (France) Health & Beauty Aid Manufacturer 1,077,000 $83,440,947
     
Soft Drinks—1.3%    
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd.
(Korea) (c)
Soft Drinks, Juices & Sports Drinks Manufacturer
84,327 $80,165,198
       
Tobacco—0.9%    
KT&G Corporation (Korea) Tobacco Products Manufacturer 1,242,600 $53,824,169
       
Integrated Oil & Gas—1.8%    
BP p.l.c. (Great Britain) Oil & Natural Gas Exploration & Production 6,294,100 $74,794,263
Total SA (France) Oil & Natural Gas Exploration & Production 126,000 34,397,611
     
      109,191,874
Diversified Banks—14.6%    
Bank of Ireland (Ireland) Commercial Bank 10,462,900 $165,393,495
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
(Australia)
Commercial Bank
7,348,800 134,518,314
Kookmin Bank (Korea) Commercial Banking 2,159,700 127,284,667
Lloyds TSB Group plc
(Great Britain)
Commercial Bank
12,952,600 106,726,160
BNP Paribas SA (France) Commercial Banking 1,156,000 87,893,946
UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. (Italy)
Banking Services
13,556,700 76,349,145
United Overseas Bank Limited, Foreign Shares (Singapore)
Commercial Banking
8,395,368 69,957,265
Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara Scrl (Italy)
Commercial Bank
2,938,400 55,293,852
Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A. (Italy) Banking Services 2,947,000 45,805,672
     
      869,222,516
Diversified Capital Markets—1.9%    
Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland)
Investment Services & Insurance
2,609,000 $115,507,591
       
Investment Banking & Brokerage—2.0%    
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
(Japan)
Stock Broker
15,043,000 $117,576,252
       
Real Estate Management & Development—0.0%    
United Overseas Land Limited
(Singapore)
Real Estate Investor
839,536 $1,160,992
     
Reinsurance—0.4%    
Hannover Rueckversicherung AG (Germany)
Reinsurance
626,400 $21,686,269
       
Specialized Finance—5.5%    
Euronext NV (Netherlands) Stock Exchange 4,167,000 $183,435,099
Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany)
Electronic Trading Systems
1,485,900 142,002,931
     
      325,438,030
Pharmaceuticals—9.9%    
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(Great Britain)
Pharmaceuticals
8,470,000 $215,499,229
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Japan)
Pharmaceuticals & Food Supplements
2,876,800 171,363,334
Novartis AG (Switzerland) Pharmaceuticals 3,089,000 156,687,541
Sanofi-Aventis (France) Pharmaceuticals 588,508 48,636,876
     
      592,186,980
Diversified Commercial and Professional Services—1.3%    
Meitec Corporation
(Japan) (c)
Software Engineering Services
2,483,800 $79,448,332
       
Environmental & Facilities Services—0.2%    
Rentokil Initial plc
(Great Britain)
Global Business Services
3,400,000
$9,913,281
       
Human Resource & Employment Services—1.7%    
Michael Page International plc
(Great Britain) (c)
Recruitment Consultancy Services
24,271,000 $105,346,431
       
Industrial Machinery—1.3%    
Enodis plc
(Great Britain) (a)(c)
Food Processing Equipment
33,585,320 $76,146,451
       
Marine Ports & Services—1.9%    
Associated British Ports Holdings plc (Great Britain)
Port Operator
12,131,399 $112,427,874
       
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers—0.5%    
Orbotech, Ltd.
(Israel)  (a)
Optical Inspection Systems 1,237,700 $30,967,254
       
Semiconductors—1.0%    
Rohm Company Limited (Japan)
Integrated Circuits & Semi-Conductor Devices Manufacturer
705,000 $61,190,906
       
Diversified Chemicals—2.3%    
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Netherlands)
Chemical Producer
3,182,200 $138,744,451
       
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—1.6%    
Syngenta AG
(Switzerland) (a)
Crop Protection Products
932,400 $97,616,535
       
Specialty Chemicals—3.4%    
Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares (Switzerland)
Industrial Organic Chemicals
1,797,700 $106,118,818
Givaudan (Switzerland) Fragrance & Flavor Compound Manufacturer 151,100 96,783,388
     
      202,902,206
Wireless Telecommunication Services—7.7%    
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (Korea) Mobile Telecommunications 981,700 $190,507,187
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) Mobile Telecommunications 93,050 165,626,294
Vodafone Group Plc
(Great Britain)
Mobile Telecommunications
32,142,800 83,651,316
Vodafone Group Plc
(Great Britain) (b)
Mobile Telecommunications
606,000 15,737,820
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (Korea) (b)
Mobile Telecommunications
43,500 950,040
     
      456,472,657
       
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $4,141,768,525)   5,662,015,898
       
Name
Par Value
Market Value

Short Term Investments—4.0%    
U.S. Government Agencies—0.9%    
Federal Home Loan Bank, 3.55% - 3.62% due 10/7/2005 - 11/2/2005 $40,000,000 $39,923,811
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.64% due 10/18/2005 20,000,000 19,965,622
     
Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost: $59,889,433)   59,889,433
       
Repurchase Agreements—3.1%    
IBT Repurchase Agreement, 3.51% dated 9/30/2005 due 10/3/2005, repurchase price $176,551,626, collateralized by Small Business Administration Bonds, with rates of 5.875% -7.125%, with maturities from 9/25/2015 - 9/25/2030, and with an aggregate market value plus accrued interest of $185,325,000 $176,500,000 $176,500,000
IBT Repurchase Agreement, 2.75% dated 9/30/2005 due 10/3/2005, repurchase price $2,791,391, collateralized by a Small Business Administration Bond, with a rate of
6.645%, with a maturity date of 6/25/2024, and with a market value plus accrued interest of $2,930,289
2,790,752 2,790,752
   
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost: $179,290,752)   179,290,752
     
       
Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $239,180,185)   239,180,185
Total Investments (Cost $4,380,948,710)—98.5%   $5,901,196,083
Foreign Currencies (Cost $521,777)—0.0%   $522,325
Other Assets In Excess Of Other Liabilities—1.5%   88,531,106
     
Total Net Assets—100%   $5,990,249,514
     
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents an American Depository Receipt.
(c) See footnote number five in the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.