ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC Information

200 EAST RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO, Illinois, 60601, (312) 726-0140

Report Date: 03/31/2013

Position Statistics:

Total Positions 141
New Positions 9
Increased Positions 95
Decreased Positions 32
Positions with Activity 127
Sold Out Positions 3
Total Mkt Value
(in $ millions)
6,128

Sector Weighting

Basic Materials 1.62%
Capital Goods 2.52%
Conglomerates
Consumer Cyclical 6.55%
Consumer/Non-Cyclical 3.18%
Energy 4.42%
Financial 19.5%
Healthcare 12.15%
Services 42.41%
Technology 7.64%
Transportation 0.01%
Utilities

Institutional Holdings information is filed by major institutions on form 13-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

141 Positions as of 03/31/2013

Company Class Value of Shares ($1,000s) Change in Value ($1,000s) Change (%) Shares Held
DEVRY INC DEL COM 103,319 -20,726 (16.71) 3,324,295
DUN & BRADSTREET CORP DEL NEW COM 102,180 14,348 16.34 1,033,898
ZIMMER HLDGS INC COM 98,270 -6,113 (5.86) 1,216,061
FAIR ISAAC CORP COM 98,082 10,150 11.54 1,969,524
ANIXTER INTL INC COM 95,847 61,931 182.60 1,263,144
MEREDITH CORP COM 94,697 21,610 29.57 2,220,321
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM 92,975 472 .51 1,071,393
CBRE GROUP INC CL A 92,200 -20,230 (17.99) 3,746,463
SOTHEBYS COM 87,865 7,199 8.93 2,376,009
NORTHERN TR CORP COM 86,378 1,475 1.74 1,483,387
IDEX CORP COM 82,340 -112 (0.14) 1,450,164
BLACKSTONE GROUP L P COM UNIT LTD 79,352 -5,514 (6.5) 3,388,196
LITTELFUSE INC COM 78,990 4,134 5.52 1,053,475
ST JUDE MED INC COM 78,291 15,237 24.17 1,675,741
VIACOM INC NEW CL B 78,286 -1,950 (2.43) 1,134,417
AFLAC INC COM 78,042 15,747 25.28 1,404,130
BRADY CORP CL A 77,077 7,096 10.14 2,208,502
TOWERS WATSON & CO CL A 76,365 23,670 44.92 969,105
SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC COM 74,119 9,715 15.08 2,566,438
FRANKLIN RES INC COM 69,638 1,645 2.42 414,880