PRIMECAP ODYSSEY FUNDS SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 13, 2014 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2013

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1 PRIMECAP ODYSSEY FUNDS SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 13, 2014 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information that affects information contained in the Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus. Effective January 20, 2014, the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund (the Aggressive Growth Fund or Fund ) will be closed to most new investors. PRIMECAP Management Company ( PRIMECAP ), the Fund s investment advisor, believes that it is in the best interest of the shareholders of the Aggressive Growth Fund to reduce the amount and pace of investments into the Fund. In addition, in most cases you will not be permitted to exchange shares of another PRIMECAP Odyssey Fund into the Aggressive Growth Fund unless you are already a shareholder of the Aggressive Growth Fund. You may continue to purchase shares of the Aggressive Growth Fund, or open a new account to do so, only if: - You are an existing shareholder of the Aggressive Growth Fund (either directly or through a financial intermediary) and you: o Add to your account through the purchase of additional shares; o o Add to your account through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions; Open a new account that is registered in your name or has the same taxpayer identification or social security number assigned to it as an existing Fund account (this includes UGMA/UTMA accounts with you as custodian). This applies only to individuals or organizations opening accounts for their own benefit. It does not apply to institutions opening accounts on behalf of their clients, except as follows: institutions that maintain omnibus account arrangements with the Aggressive Growth Fund may purchase shares of the Aggressive Growth Fund in their omnibus accounts for clients who currently own shares of the Aggressive Growth Fund through such accounts. - You are a separately managed account client of PRIMECAP. - You are a participant in a qualified defined contribution retirement plan (for example, 401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, and money purchase plans), 403(b) plan, or 457 plan that invests through existing accounts in the Fund (each, a Plan ). A Plan may open new participant accounts within the Plan. IRA transfers and rollovers from a Plan can be used to open new accounts in the Aggressive Growth Fund. PRIMECAP also may selectively allow new retirement plan accounts to invest in the Fund, but it reserves the right without further notice to restrict purchases by retirement plans that did not previously own shares of the Fund. - You are a current trustee or officer of the Aggressive Growth Fund, or an employee of PRIMECAP, or a member of the immediate family (spouse or child) of any of these persons. - You are a client of an investment advisor that invests client assets in the Funds. Once you close an account with the Fund, the Fund will not accept additional investments from you unless you meet one of the specified criteria above. PRIMECAP reserves the right to: (i) make additional exceptions that, in its judgment, do not adversely affect its ability to manage the Aggressive Growth Fund; (ii) reject any investment or refuse any exception, including those detailed above, that it believes will adversely affect its ability to manage the Aggressive Growth Fund; and (iii) close and re-open the Fund to new or existing shareholders at any time. You may be required to demonstrate eligibility to buy shares of the Aggressive Growth Fund before an investment is accepted. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund and PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund remain open to all investors, and you may purchase shares of those Funds at any time. * * * * * Please retain this supplement for future reference.

2 PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund (POSKX) PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund (POGRX) SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 17, 2013 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 28, 2013 This supplement provides new and additional information that affects information contained in the Prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus. Effective January 1, 2014, Mitchell J. Milias will relinquish his portfolio management responsibilities for the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund and the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund (together the Funds ). The portions of the Funds now managed by Mr. Milias will be assumed by the Funds co-managers, Joel P. Fried, Theo A. Kolokotrones, Alfred W. Mordecai, and M. Mohsin Ansari. A portion will also be allocated to analysts in PRIMECAP Management Company s research department. * * * * * Please retain this supplement for future reference. 1

3 PROSPECTUS February 28, 2013 PRIMECAP ODYSSEY STOCK (POSKX) PRIMECAP ODYSSEY GROWTH (POGRX) PRIMECAP ODYSSEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH (POAGX) The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved of these securities. Further, it has not determined that this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

4 Table of Contents PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds Summary Section... 2 PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund... 2 PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund... 7 PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Investment Objectives, Principal Strategies, and Principal Risks Fund Management Shareholder Information Pricing of Shares Fair Value Purchasing and Adding to Your Shares Selling Your Shares Dividends, Distributions, and Taxes Other Information Inactivity Period Household Mailings Index Description Financial Highlights Privacy Notice

5 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund Investment Objective The PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. Fees and Expenses of the Fund This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) Maximum sales charge on purchases or reinvested dividends Redemption or exchange fees None None Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Management fees 0.55% Other expenses % Total annual fund operating expenses 0.67% 1 Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not included in the Financial Highlights section of this prospectus which reflects only the operating expenses of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund. Example The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years $68 $214 $373 $835 Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund s portfolio turnover rate was 11% of the average value of its portfolio. Primary Investment Strategies The Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in stocks (the Fund will provide its shareholders with at least 60 days prior 2

6 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund notice of any change in this non-fundamental investment policy). The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations, though it has historically invested primarily in large- and mid-capitalization companies. Because of the Advisor s bottom-up selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. PRIMECAP Management Company (the Advisor ), through its fundamental research, seeks to identify stocks with attractive growth prospects that are trading at reasonable valuations. The Advisor looks for companies that, in its judgment, will grow faster and/or will be more profitable than their current market valuations suggest and for companies with asset values that are not adequately reflected in their stock prices. The Advisor may sell a stock if its market price appears to have risen above its fundamental value, if other securities appear to be more favorably priced, or if the reasons for which the stock was purchased no longer hold true. The Advisor maintains a long-term focus and attempts to identify stocks that it believes will outperform the S&P 500 Index, a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market, over a three- to five-year time frame. Primary Risks You may lose money by investing in the Fund. You should expect the Fund s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund s performance could be hurt by: Stock Market Risk. The chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. Investment Style Risk. The chance that returns from the mix of small-, mid-, and large-cap stocks in the Fund s portfolio will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically, small- and mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the overall market, and they often perform quite differently. Additionally, from time to time, growth stocks may be more volatile than the overall stock market. Sector-Focus Risk. The chance that investing a significant portion of the Fund s assets in one sector of the market exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if those assets were spread among various sectors. Small- and Mid-Cap Stocks Risk. The chance that small- and mid-cap stocks may trade less frequently or in more limited volume than those of larger, more established companies; may fluctuate in value more; and, as a group, may suffer more severe price declines during periods of generally declining stock prices. Manager Risk. The chance that, as a result of poor security selection by the Advisor, the Fund may underperform relative benchmarks or other funds with similar investment objectives. 3

7 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund Foreign Securities Risk. The chance that the value of foreign securities will be adversely affected by the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Fund invests. Investing in foreign securities involves: country risk, which is the chance that domestic events such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters will weaken a country s securities markets; and currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates. Fund Performance The following performance information indicates some of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund s performance over time. The bar chart illustrates the Fund s total return for the calendar years shown below. The table illustrates the Fund s average annual return over time compared with a domestic broad-based securities market index. The Fund s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Unlike the Fund s returns, the index returns do not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes. For additional information on the index, please see Index Description. Updated performance is available on the Fund s website at 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% -20% -30% -40% Calendar Year Total Return 37.86% 11.05% 14.01% 11.82% 13.62% 4.18% 2.07% % During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund s highest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, and the lowest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended December 31,

8 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, Year 5 Year Annualized Since Inception (11/1/2004) PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund Return Before Taxes 13.62% 3.59% 6.85% Return After Taxes on Distributions 13.37% 3.44% 6.71% Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 9.20% 3.06% 5.99% S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 16.00% 1.66% 5.06% After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown may not be relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ( IRAs ). Investment Advisor PRIMECAP Management Company is the investment advisor for the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund. Portfolio Managers Mitchell J. Milias, Chairman, Theo A. Kolokotrones, Vice Chairman, Joel P. Fried, President, Alfred W. Mordecai, Executive Vice President, and M. Mohsin Ansari, Senior Vice President, each independently manages a portion of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund. Each of Messrs. Milias, Kolokotrones, Fried, and Mordecai has managed his respective portion of the Fund since its inception in Mr. Ansari has managed his respective portion of the Fund since April Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares Investors may purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request or telephone. Shares may also be purchased or redeemed by wire transfer. You may conduct transactions by mail at PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI (for regular mail) or 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd floor, Milwaukee, WI (for overnight mail), or by telephone at Redemptions by telephone are only permitted if the Fund has previously received appropriate authorization. Investors who wish to purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact the broker-dealer directly. The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,000 for regular accounts and $1,000 for retirement accounts; subsequent investments must be at least $150. 5

9 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund Tax Information The Fund s distributions will normally be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, capital gains, or a combination of the three, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. Distributions on investments made through taxdeferred arrangements may be taxed upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts. Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the brokerdealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary s website for more information. 6

10 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund Investment Objective The PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. Fees and Expenses of the Fund This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) Maximum sales charge on purchases or reinvested dividends Redemption or exchange fees None None Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Management fees 0.55% Other expenses 0.12% Total annual fund operating expenses 0.67% Example The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years $68 $214 $373 $835 Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund s portfolio turnover rate was 12% of the average value of its portfolio. Primary Investment Strategies The Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies, emphasizing those companies with the potential for above average earnings growth. The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations. Although it has historically invested primarily in large- and mid-capitalization companies, it has also invested a significant portion of its assets in 7

11 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund small-cap stocks. Because of the Advisor s bottom-up stock selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. PRIMECAP Management Company (the Advisor ), through its fundamental research, seeks to identify stocks that have above average growth aspects or attributes that may contribute to accelerated earnings growth in the foreseeable future. Catalysts for growth may include new products, new markets, new management, restructuring, a structural shift in demand or supply, or other changes in industry dynamics. These stocks typically provide little current income. The Advisor looks for companies that, in its judgment, will grow faster and/or will be more profitable than their current market valuations suggest and for companies with asset values that are not adequately reflected in their stock prices. The Advisor may sell a stock if its market price appears to have risen above its fundamental value, if other securities appear to be more favorably priced, or if the reasons for which the stock was purchased no longer hold true. The Advisor maintains a long-term focus and attempts to identify stocks that it believes will outperform the S&P 500 Index, a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market, over a three- to five-year time frame. Primary Risks You may lose money by investing in the Fund. You should expect the Fund s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund s performance could be hurt by: 8 Stock Market Risk. The chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. Investment Style Risk. The chance that returns from mid- and large-cap stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically, mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the overall stock market, and they often perform quite differently. Additionally, from time to time, growth stocks may be more volatile than the overall stock market. Manager Risk. The chance that, as a result of poor security selection by the Advisor, the Fund may underperform relative benchmarks or other funds with similar investment objectives. Foreign Securities Risk. The chance that the value of foreign securities will be adversely affected by the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Fund invests. Investing in foreign securities involves: country risk, which is the chance that domestic events such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters will weaken a country s securities markets; and currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates.

12 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund Sector-Focus Risk. The chance that investing a significant portion of the Fund s assets in one sector of the market exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if those assets were spread among various sectors. Small- and Mid-Cap Stocks Risk. The chance that small- and mid-cap stocks may trade less frequently or in more limited volume than those of larger, more established companies; may fluctuate in value more; and, as a group, may suffer more severe price declines during periods of generally declining stock prices. Fund Performance The following performance information indicates some of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund s performance over time. The bar chart illustrates the Fund s total return for the calendar years shown below. The table illustrates the Fund s average annual return over time compared with a domestic broad-based securities market index. The Fund s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Unlike the Fund s returns, the index returns do not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes. For additional information on the index, please see Index Description. Updated performance is available on the Fund s website at Calendar Year Total Return 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% -20% -30% -40% 40.95% 11.75% 14.85% 15.37% 16.76% 4.88% -2.22% % During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund s highest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, and the lowest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended December 31,

13 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, Year 5 Year Annualized Since Inception (11/1/2004) PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund Return Before Taxes 16.76% 4.07% 7.47% Return After Taxes on Distributions 16.66% 4.00% 7.38% Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.04% 3.48% 6.54% S&P 500 Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes) 16.00% 1.66% 5.06% After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown may not be relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ( IRAs ). Investment Advisor PRIMECAP Management Company is the investment advisor for the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund. Portfolio Managers Mitchell J. Milias, Chairman, Theo A. Kolokotrones, Vice Chairman, Joel P. Fried, President, Alfred W. Mordecai, Executive Vice President, and M. Mohsin Ansari, Senior Vice President, each independently manages a portion of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund. Each of Messrs. Milias, Kolokotrones, Fried, and Mordecai has managed his respective portion of the Fund since its inception in Mr. Ansari has managed his respective portion of the Fund since April Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares Investors may purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request or telephone. Shares may also be purchased or redeemed by wire transfer. You may conduct transactions by mail at PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI (for regular mail) or 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd Floor, Milwaukee, WI (for overnight mail), or by telephone at Redemptions by telephone are only permitted if the Fund has previously received appropriate authorization. Investors who wish to purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact the broker-dealer directly. The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,000 for regular accounts and $1,000 for retirement accounts; subsequent investments must be at least $

14 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund Tax Information The Fund s distributions will normally be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, capital gains, or a combination of the three, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. Distributions on investments made through taxdeferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts. Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the brokerdealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary s website for more information. 11

15 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Investment Objective The PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. Fees and Expenses of the Fund This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment) Maximum sales charge on purchases or reinvested dividends Redemption or exchange fees None None Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Management fees 0.55% Other expenses 0.13% Total annual fund operating expenses 0.68% Example The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years $69 $218 $379 $847 Portfolio Turnover The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund s portfolio turnover rate was 14% of the average value of its portfolio. Primary Investment Strategies The Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies, emphasizing those companies with prospects for rapid earnings growth. The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations and has historically invested significant portions of its assets in 12

16 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund mid- and small-capitalization companies. Because of the Advisor s bottom-up stock selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. PRIMECAP Management Company (the Advisor ), through its fundamental research, seeks to identify stocks that are poised for rapid earnings growth. Catalysts for the desired growth may include new products, new markets, new management, restructuring, a structural shift in demand or supply, or other changes in industry dynamics. These stocks typically provide little or no current income. The Advisor looks for companies that, in its judgment, will grow faster and/or will be more profitable than their current market valuations suggest and for companies with asset values that are not adequately reflected in their stock prices. The Advisor may sell a stock if its market price appears to have risen above its fundamental value, if other securities appear to be more favorably priced, or if the reasons for which the stock was purchased no longer hold true. The Advisor maintains a long-term focus and attempts to identify stocks that it believes will outperform the S&P 500 Index, a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market, over a three- to five-year time frame. Primary Risks You may lose money by investing in the Fund. You should expect the Fund s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund s performance could be hurt by: Stock Market Risk. The chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. Investment Style Risk. The chance that returns from small- and mid-cap stocks will trail returns from the overall stock market. Historically, these stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the overall market, and they often perform quite differently. Small- and mid-cap companies may have less access to resources than larger cap companies, and their stocks may be less liquid. Additionally, from time to time, growth stocks may be more volatile than the overall stock market. Manager Risk. The chance that, as a result of poor security selection by the Advisor, the Fund may underperform relative benchmarks or other funds with similar investment objectives. Foreign Securities Risk. The chance that the value of foreign securities will be adversely affected by the political and economic environments and other overall economic conditions in the countries where the Fund invests. Investing in foreign securities involves: country risk, which is the chance that domestic events such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters will weaken a country s securities markets; and currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates. 13

17 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Sector-Focus Risk. The chance that investing a significant portion of the Fund s assets in one sector of the market exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if those assets were spread among various sectors. Small- and Mid-Cap Stocks Risk. The chance that small- and mid-cap stocks may trade less frequently or in more limited volume than those of larger, more established companies; may fluctuate in value more; and, as a group, may suffer more severe price declines during periods of generally declining stock prices. Fund Performance The following performance information indicates some of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund s performance over time. The bar chart illustrates the Fund s total return for the calendar years shown below. The table illustrates the Fund s average annual return over time compared with a domestic broad-based securities market index. The Fund s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Unlike the Fund s returns, the index returns do not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes. For additional information on the index, please see Index Description. Updated performance is available on the Fund s website at Calendar Year Total Return 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% -10% -20% -30% -40% 21.57% 7.94% -0.19% 50.43% 21.57% 21.22% -0.45% % During the period shown in the bar chart, the Fund s highest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, and the lowest quarterly return was % for the quarter ended December 31,

18 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, Year 5 Year Annualized Since Inception (11/1/2004) PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Return Before Taxes 21.22% 7.61% 9.48% Return After Taxes on Distributions 21.22% 7.41% 9.29% Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 13.79% 6.54% 8.31% S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 16.00% 1.66% 5.06% After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown may not be relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts ( IRAs ). Investment Advisor PRIMECAP Management Company is the investment advisor for the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund. Portfolio Managers Theo A. Kolokotrones, Vice Chairman, Joel P. Fried, President, Alfred W. Mordecai, Executive Vice President, and M. Mohsin Ansari, Senior Vice President, each independently manages a portion of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund. Each of Messrs. Kolokotrones, Fried, and Mordecai has managed his respective portion of the Fund since its inception in Mr. Ansari has managed his respective portion of the Fund since April Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares Investors may purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares on any business day by written request or telephone. Shares may also be purchased or redeemed by wire transfer. You may conduct transactions by mail at PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI (for regular mail) or 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI (for overnight mail), or by telephone at Redemptions by telephone are only permitted if the Fund has previously received appropriate authorization. Investors who wish to purchase, exchange, or redeem Fund shares through a broker-dealer should contact the broker-dealer directly. The minimum initial investment in the Fund is $2,000 for regular accounts and $1,000 for retirement accounts; subsequent investments must be at least $

19 Summary Section PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund Tax Information The Fund s distributions will normally be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, capital gains, or a combination of the three, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA. Distributions on investments made through taxdeferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of assets from those accounts. Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the brokerdealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary s website for more information. 16

20 Investment Objectives, Principal Strategies, and Principal Risks Investment Objectives Each Fund s fundamental investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. The following sections explain the principal investment strategies that the Advisor uses in pursuit of each Fund s objective and the major risks to which investment in the Funds is subject. PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds Board of Trustees, which oversees management of the Funds, may change investment strategies or policies in the interest of shareholders without a shareholder vote, unless those strategies or policies are designated as fundamental. Principal Strategies (All Funds) Stocks of publicly traded companies are often classified according to the total market value of the companies outstanding stock or market capitalization as small-cap, mid-cap, or large-cap stocks. Market capitalization ranges change over time, interpretations of size vary, and there are no official definitions of small-, mid-, and large-cap stocks. The Advisor currently defines smallcap stocks as stocks of companies with market capitalizations less than $1 billion, mid-cap stocks as stocks of companies with market capitalizations ranging from $1 billion to $15 billion, and large-cap stocks as stocks of companies with market capitalizations above $15 billion. The Advisor selects common stocks of companies that it believes will have better future financial results than are reflected in the current market prices. Stocks selected for a Fund generally are issued by companies that have strong positions within their industries, improving returns on equity, good long-term prospects for well-above-average growth in sales or earnings, and capable management teams. Through careful analysis, the Advisor attempts to quantify a company s fundamental value. The Advisor compares the fundamental value with the market price of the company s stock. The Advisor then decides whether to purchase the stock mainly on the basis of how attractive this comparison is in relation to the comparison for other potential investments. Because a Fund s selections are determined by an analysis of each individual stock, a Fund s makeup may differ substantially from the overall market s characteristics. For example, the proportion of a Fund s assets invested in a particular industry may be significantly greater or less than that industry s proportion of the overall stock market. The Advisor does not try to make investment decisions based on short-term trends in the stock market. If attractively priced stocks cannot be found, a Fund s cash levels will increase. Although each Fund invests with a horizon of three to five years, the Advisor may sell a stock if its market price appears to have risen above its fundamental value, if other securities appear to be more favorably priced, if the reasons for which the stock was purchased no longer hold true, or for other reasons. Although the Funds invest mainly in U.S. stocks, each may invest substantial assets in foreign securities traded on U.S. or foreign exchanges. 17

21 Investment Objectives, Principal Strategies, and Principal Risks Any Fund may temporarily depart from its normal investment policies for instance, by allocating substantial assets to cash investments in response to extraordinary market, economic, political, or other conditions. In doing so, the Fund may succeed in avoiding losses but may fail to achieve its investment objective. The following sections further discuss the primary investment strategies for each Fund. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in stocks (the Fund will provide its shareholders with at least 60 days prior notice of any change in this non-fundamental investment policy). The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations, though it has historically invested primarily in large- and mid-capitalization companies. Because of the Advisor s bottomup selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies, emphasizing those companies with the potential for above average earnings growth. The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations. Although it has historically invested primarily in large- and mid-capitalization companies, it has also invested a significant portion of its assets in small-cap stocks. Because of the Advisor s bottom-up stock selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund invests primarily in the common stocks of U.S. companies, emphasizing those companies with prospects for rapid earnings growth. The Fund may invest in stocks across all market sectors and market capitalizations and has historically invested significant portions of its assets in mid- and small-capitalization companies. Because of the Advisor s bottom-up stock selection process, the Fund may maintain a significantly overweight or underweight position in a particular sector relative to the S&P 500 Index at any time. The Fund may also invest in foreign securities through depository receipts or stocks traded on a foreign exchange. Principal Risks As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose all or a portion of your investment in a Fund. The Funds are subject to the following risks: Stock Market Risk. The prices of each of the stocks held by a Fund may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the companies issuing the securities owned by the Fund; conditions affecting the general economy; political, social, or economic instability at the local, regional, or global level; and currency and interest rate fluctuations. 18

22 Investment Objectives, Principal Strategies, and Principal Risks Investment Style Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that returns from the mix of small-, mid-, and large-cap stocks in the Fund s portfolio will trail returns from the overall stock market. In addition, the Advisor primarily uses a growth style to select investments for each Fund, and there is risk that this style may fall out of favor, may underperform other styles, and may increase the volatility of a Fund s portfolio. Growth Stocks Risk. Growth stocks are likely to be more volatile in price than the stock market as a whole. Historically, growth funds have tended to outperform the market as a whole in rising markets and underperform the market as a whole in declining markets. Of course, there is no guarantee that this pattern will continue in the future. Sector-Focus Risk. A Fund may invest more than 25% of its assets in any of the following sectors: consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, materials, technology, and telecommunications services. Investing a significant portion of a Fund s assets in one sector of the market exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential monetary losses than if those assets were spread among various sectors. If a Fund s portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative development affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. Small- and Mid-Cap Stocks Risk. Small- and mid-cap stocks may present more opportunities for capital appreciation than stocks of larger and more established companies because of higher potential earnings growth. However, they also involve greater risk. Such companies may have limited product lines, markets, or financial resources, or may depend on a small group of key managers. Their stocks may trade less frequently or in limited volume, or only in the over-the-counter market or on a regional stock exchange. As a result, these stocks may fluctuate in value more than mid-cap stocks and stocks of larger, more established companies and, as a group, may suffer more severe price declines during periods of generally declining stock prices. Manager Risk. A Fund s performance depends on the Advisor s investment decisions in making appropriate investments. A Fund may underperform other funds with similar investment objectives as a result of poor security selection by the Advisor. In addition, it is possible that the Advisor s stock selection could cause a Fund to underperform relative to the overall stock market. Foreign Securities Risk. To the extent that it owns foreign stocks, a Fund is subject to the following additional risks: country risk, which is the chance that domestic events such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters will weaken a country s securities markets; and currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates. 19

23 Fund Management PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds The Funds The Funds are series of PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the Trust ). The Board of Trustees of the Trust decides matters of general policy and reviews the activities of the Advisor and the Funds distributor and administrator. The Trust s officers conduct and supervise its daily business operations. Portfolio Holdings The Funds portfolio holdings are disclosed quarterly within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, in the Annual Report and Semiannual Report to Fund shareholders, and in the quarterly holdings reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) on Form N-Q. The Annual and Semiannual Reports are available by contacting the Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin or calling In addition, the Funds may choose to disclose their calendar quarter-end holdings and certain other portfolio characteristics on the Funds website at approximately 30 calendar days after the calendar quarter-end. The calendar quarter-end holdings for the Funds will remain posted on the website at least until the date of the next required regulatory filing with the SEC. Additionally, the Funds may choose to disclose end-of-month holdings approximately 30 calendar days after the month-end. Portfolio holdings information posted on the Funds website may be separately provided to any person commencing the day after it is first published on the website. A more detailed description of the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Funds portfolio holdings is available in the Funds Statement of Additional Information ( SAI ). Fund Expenses In addition to management fees, the Funds incur other expenses such as custodian and transfer agency fees, interest expense, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (i.e., indirect fees that a Fund incurs from investing in the shares of other investment companies). Each Fund invests a portion of its cash balance and daily inflows into an interest-bearing money market fund. The ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets for each Fund found within the Financial Highlights section of this prospectus does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. It should be noted that some of these expenses are for fixed amounts, rather than a percentage of a Fund s assets. As a result, these fixed expenses will comprise a larger percentage of a Fund s assets in the event that the Fund s portfolio decreases in size (i.e., if the Fund s portfolio loses value or there are net redemptions out of the Fund). The Advisor PRIMECAP Management Company, 225 South Lake Avenue, Suite 400, Pasadena, California 91101, investment advisor to all three Funds, is an investment advisory firm founded in The Advisor also provides investment advisory services to other mutual funds as well as to institutional clients such as endowment funds, foundations, employee benefit plans, and sovereign 20

24 Fund Management PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds wealth funds. As of December 31, 2012, the Advisor managed approximately $64 billion in assets. For its services to the Funds, the Advisor receives a fee paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.60% of the first $100 million of each Fund s average daily net assets and 0.55% of each Fund s average daily net assets in excess of $100 million. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, the Advisor received advisory fees of 0.55% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The Advisor is authorized to choose broker-dealers to handle the purchase and sale of each Fund s securities and seeks to obtain the best available price and most favorable execution for all transactions. In seeking to obtain better execution of a transaction, the Advisor may at times choose brokers which charge higher commissions. If, in the Advisor s judgment, more than one broker can obtain the best available price and most favorable execution, the Advisor is authorized to choose a broker that has provided value-added research services to the Advisor. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees approval of the Trust s investment advisory agreement with the Advisor is in the Annual Report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended October 31, The portfolio managers primarily responsible for overseeing the Funds investments are: Mitchell J. Milias, Chairman and Co-Founder of PRIMECAP Management Company. Mr. Milias co-founded PRIMECAP Management Company in September Previously, he was a portfolio manager, Senior Vice President, and Director of Capital Guardian Trust Company. He has been a portfolio manager since A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts, and a Past President of the Denver Society of Security Analysts. Theo A. Kolokotrones, Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of PRIMECAP Management Company. Mr. Kolokotrones co-founded PRIMECAP Management Company in September Previously, he spent six years at Capital Research Company, most recently as Senior Vice President. He has held portfolio management responsibilities since From 1970 to 1977, he was Vice President and Senior Financial Analyst at Smith Barney, Harris Upham and Company in New York. Mr. Kolokotrones is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Joel P. Fried, President of PRIMECAP Management Company. Mr. Fried joined PRIMECAP Management Company in June Prior to joining PRIMECAP, he spent one year as a financial analyst with Hughes Investment Management Company, a whollyowned subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft. Mr. Fried received his undergraduate degree in Economic Systems/Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a graduate of UCLA Anderson School of Management. 21