THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Report from Bill Nygren and Henry Berghoef, Portfolio Managers

William C. Nygren photo Henry R. Berghoef photo

THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/96) TO PRESENT (9/30/06) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR'S 500 INDEX2 (UNAUDITED)
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Average Annual Total Returns
(as of 9/30/06)
(Unaudited) Total Return
Last 3 Months*
1-year 5-year Since
Inception
(11/1/96)

Oakmark Select Fund (Class I) 3.02% 9.58% 8.07% 17.83%
S&P 500 5.67% 10.79% 6.97% 8.39%
S&P MidCap 4007 -1.08% 6.56% 13.08% 13.46%
Lipper Mid Cap Value Index8 2.61% 9.20% 13.64% 10.91%

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 most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com.
* Not annualized

The Oakmark Select Fund gained 3% for the quarter, bringing the fiscal year gain to 10%. Though good on an absolute basis, the Fund's returns fell short of the S&P 500's 6% for the quarter and 11% for the fiscal year. Despite underperforming for the quarter, we believe the month of September, when oil prices fell by more than 10%, finally demonstrated the positive relative performance we expect to see if commodity prices fall. In September, Oakmark Select gained 5% while the S&P gained only 3%. We continue to believe that most of the attractive stocks today are in businesses that are less economically sensitive and would benefit from declining prices for energy and other basic materials.

During the quarter, the strongest contributor to our positive performance was McDonald's. In addition to achieving good results at its restaurants, McDonald's announced a creative approach for spinning-off their ownership in Chipotle. Chipotle is a restaurant chain that is a small, marginally profitable, but rapidly growing business—characteristics that often appeal to different investors than those who own McDonald's. By requiring shareholders to exchange their McDonald's shares to obtain Chipotle shares, McDonald's is effectively using its Chipotle ownership to fund a share repurchase. Good things happen to per-share-value when earnings are increasing while shares outstanding are decreasing! We much prefer investing with managements who evaluate their success using per-share metrics, thinking like shareholders, than with those who use corporate metrics, thinking like professional managers.

For the fiscal year, the Fund's largest holding, Washington Mutual, was also the largest contributor to our return. Increasing 15%, Washington Mutual was not our best performer (another bank, JP Morgan was), but because of our large weighting, its performance helped the Fund the most. We continue to believe that retail banking has good growth prospects, and with both Washington Mutual and JP Morgan selling at below average P/E9 multiples, we believe they will continue to be good long-term performers.

Best wishes,

William C. Nygren, CFA
Portfolio Manager
bnygren@oakmark.com

Henry R. Berghoef, CFA
Portfolio Manager
berghoef@oakmark.com

THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND

Schedule of Investments—September 30, 2006

Name

Shares Held

Market Value


Common Stocks—95.6%
Apparel Retail—7.0%
Limited Brands

9,280,981

$245,853,187

The Gap, Inc.

8,560,000

162,212,000

   
 

 

408,065,187

     
Broadcasting & Cable TV—2.7%    
Discovery Holding Company, Class A (a) 10,809,500 $156,305,370
     
Catalog Retail—4.6%    
Liberty Media Holding Corporation - Interactive, Class A (a) 13,050,000 $265,959,000
     
Homebuilding—2.8%    
Pulte Homes, Inc. 5,224,200 $166,443,012
     
Leisure Products—2.4%    
Mattel, Inc. 7,070,900 $139,296,730
     
Movies & Entertainment—8.6%    
Time Warner, Inc. 15,340,000 $279,648,200
Viacom, Inc., Class B (a) 5,975,000 222,150,500
   
    501,798,700
     
Restaurants—13.1%    
Yum! Brands, Inc. 8,557,000 $445,391,850
McDonald's Corporation 8,200,000 320,784,000
   
    766,175,850
     
Specialized Consumer Services—5.7%    
H&R Block, Inc. (b) 15,419,600 $335,222,104
     
Other Diversified Financial Services—4.4%    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5,500,000 $258,280,000
     
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—15.0%    
Washington Mutual, Inc. 20,167,400 $876,676,878
     
Health Care Technology—3.8%    
IMS Health Incorporated 8,303,441 $221,203,668
     
Pharmaceuticals—3.6%    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 8,490,200 $211,575,784
     
Diversified Commercial and Professional Services—4.2%    
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (a)(b) 3,284,900 $246,334,651
     
Computer Hardware—3.5%    
Dell Inc. (a) 9,000,000 $205,560,000
     
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—5.4%    
First Data Corporation (c) 7,015,400 $294,646,800
Western Union Company, When Issued (a)(d) 1,100,000 21,043,000
   
    315,689,800
     
Office Electronics—4.4%    
Xerox Corporation (a) 16,446,400 $255,905,984
     
Semiconductors—4.4%    
Intel Corp. 12,500,000 $257,125,000
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,912,760,962)

 

5,587,617,718

  Shares Held/
Par Value
 

Short Term Investments—4.9%
U.S. Government Agencies—2.1%
Fannie Mae, 5.08% due 10/26/2006 $25,000,000

$24,911,806

Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.14% due 10/18/2006 100,000,000

99,757,278

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost: $124,669,084)  

124,669,084

     
Repurchase Agreement—2.8%
IBT Repurchase Agreement, 5.16% dated 9/29/2006
due 10/2/2006, repurchase price $162,245,766,
collateralized by Government National Mortgage
Association Bonds with a rate of 6.400%, with
maturities from 5/20/2034 - 10/20/2034, and with an
aggregate market value plus accrued interest of
$52,934,905, and by Small Business Administration
Bonds, with rates of 7.650% - 8.500%, with maturities
from 3/25/2023 - 9/25/2030, and with an aggregate
market value plus accrued interest of $117,349,926

$162,176,030

$162,176,030

Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $162,176,030)

 

162,176,030

Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $286,845,114)

 

286,845,114

Total Investments (Cost $4,199,606,076)—100.5%

 

$5,874,462,832

     
Common Stocks Sold Short—(0.4%)

 

 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services—(0.4%)
First Data Corporation, When Issued (e)

(950,000)

$(21,840,500)
Total Common Stocks Sold Short (Proceeds Received: $(21,737,301))

 

(21,840,500)
Other Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets—(0.1%)

 

(7,928,046)
   
Total Net Assets—100%

 

$5,844,694,286
   

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) See footnote number five in the Notes to Financial Statements regarding investments in affiliated issuers.
(c) A portion of this security is designated as collateral in connection with common stocks sold short.
(d) Security purchased on a when issued or delayed delivery basis.
(e) Security sold on a when issued or delayed delivery basis.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.