0001162044-11-000463.txt : 20110526 0001162044-11-000463.hdr.sgml : 20110526 20110526140251 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001162044-11-000463 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110526 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110526 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110526 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERTOLET CAPITAL TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001216907 IRS NUMBER: 061680405 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21291 FILM NUMBER: 11873465 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 745 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: STE 2400 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10151 BUSINESS PHONE: 212 605 7100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 745 FIFTH AVE STREET 2: STE 2400 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10151 0001216907 S000004888 Pinnacle Value Fund C000013242 Pinnacle Value Fund PVFIX N-Q 1 pinnaclenq.htm UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549



FORM N-Q


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

 MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number 811-21291


Bertolet Capital Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


745 Fifth Ave., Suite 2400

New York, NY 10151

 (Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)


John E. Deysher

745 Fifth Ave., Suite 2400,

New York, NY 10151

 (Name and address of agent for service)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 605-7100


Date of fiscal year end: December 31


Date of reporting period: March 31, 2011


Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number.  Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, and 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609.  The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.



PINNACLE  VALUE FUND

 

 

 

 

BERTOLET CAPITAL TRUST

 

 

 

 

       
   

Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

   

Shares/Principal Amount

 Basis

 

 Market Value

% of Assets

       

COMMON STOCKS

      

Commercial Banks

      

571,890

 

Preferred Bank *

 $     2,238,309

 

 $      840,678

1.28%

       

Conglomerate

      

10,344

 

Lydall, Inc. *

             21,455

 

           91,958

 

142,049

 

Regency Affiliates, Inc.

           750,235

 

         767,065

 

5,867

 

Wesco Financial Corp.

        1,642,458

 

      2,283,436

 
   

        2,414,148

 

      3,142,459

4.79%

       

Fabricated Metal Products

    

122,100

 

Hardinge, Inc.

           466,665

 

      1,672,770

 

12,150

 

Keystone Consol Industries, Inc. *

             95,170

 

           97,200

 
   

           561,835

 

      1,769,970

2.70%

       

Financial Services

      

33,600

 

Anchor Banc *

           336,000

 

         359,520

 

254,267

 

Asta Funding, Inc.

           368,529

 

      2,176,525

 

330,845

 

BKF Capital Group, Inc. *

        1,200,242

 

         357,313

 

512,840

 

Cadus Corp. *

           828,076

 

         707,719

 

17,000

 

Capital Southwest Corp.

        1,377,233

 

      1,556,010

 

275,570

 

Cosine Communications, Inc. *

           676,414

 

         578,697

 

240,256

 

Harbinger Group, Inc. *

        1,555,857

 

      1,251,734

 

117,200

 

Kent Financial Services, Inc. *

           265,452

 

         158,220

 

135,337

 

MVC Capital, Inc.

        1,163,550

 

      1,856,824

 

1,706

 

Novt Corp. *

           400,420

 

         537,390

 

34,400

 

SWK Holdings Corp. *

             30,960

 

           30,616

 
   

        8,202,733

 

      9,570,568

14.59%

       

Furniture & Fixtures

      

100,510

 

Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

           642,461

 

      1,513,681

 

65,730

 

Stanley Furniture Co., Inc. *

           203,311

 

         362,172

 
   

           845,772

 

      1,875,853

2.86%

Greeting Cards

      

4,900

 

CSS Industries, Inc.

             74,678

 

           92,365

0.14%

       

Industrial

      

159,312

 

Handy & Harman Ltd. *

           611,953

 

      1,914,930

 

50,200

 

Electro Sensors, Inc. *

           199,619

 

         223,390

 
   

           811,572

 

      2,138,320

3.26%

Insurance

      

1,203,327

 

First Acceptance Corp. *

        2,871,484

 

      2,310,388

 

184,700

 

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. *

        1,191,043

 

      1,547,786

 

24,400

 

Independence Holdings Co.

           116,279

 

         197,152

 

97,400

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

        1,301,861

 

      1,721,058

 

900

 

Navigators Group, Inc. *

             33,483

 

           46,350

 

25,400

 

Old Republic International Corp.

           199,354

 

         322,326

 

3,400

 

Penn Millers *

             35,860

 

           48,192

 

47,322

 

Seabright Holdings, Inc.

           339,210

 

         485,051

 
   

        6,088,574

 

      6,678,303

10.18%

       

Mailboxes & Lockers

      

69,700

 

American Locker Group, Inc. *

           400,127

 

         113,611

0.17%

       

Mobile Homes

      

35,150

 

Nobility Homes, Inc. *

           267,036

 

         327,598

0.50%

       

Optical Instruments & Lenses

    

45,700

 

Perceptron, Inc. *

           129,537

 

         290,195

0.44%

       

Security Services

      

1,627,683

 

Sielox, Inc. *

           554,777

 

         130,214

0.20%

       

Trucking

      

69,953

 

P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. *

           267,314

 

         789,179

1.20%

       

Total for Common Stock

 

 $   22,856,412

   

 $ 27,759,313

42.32%

       

Closed-End & Exchange Traded Funds

    

3,400

 

Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc.

             41,007

 

         154,020

 

61,260

 

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.

           390,669

 

         558,079

 

38,559

 

Petroleum & Resources Corp.

           679,413

 

      1,180,291

 

8,760

 

ProShares UltraShort Russell 2000

        1,351,231

 

         343,304

 

7,900

 

ProShares UltraShort Technology

        1,220,690

 

         447,219

 

9,300

 

Singapore Fund, Inc.

             57,195

 

         135,687

 

8,900

 

Turkish Investment Fund, Inc.

             37,943

 

         144,184

 
   

        3,778,148

 

      2,962,784

 
       

Total for Closed-End Mutual Fund

 $     3,778,148

 

 $   2,962,784

4.52%

       

Real Estate Investment Trust

    

731

 

USA Real Estate Investors Trust *

           273,550

 

           88,451

 
       

Total for Real Estate Investment Trust

 $        273,550

 

 $        88,451

0.13%

       

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

    

Money Market Fund

      

35,122,578

 

First American Government Obligation Fund Class Z 0.02% **

      35,122,578

 

    35,122,578

 
       

Total for Short Term Investments

 $   35,122,578

 

 $ 35,122,578

53.55%

       
  

Total Investments

 $   62,030,688

 

 $ 65,933,126

100.52%

       

 

 

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets

  

       (339,657)

-0.52%

     

   

 
  

Net Assets

  

 $ 65,593,469

100.00%

       

* Non-Income producing securities.

    

** Dividend Yield

      


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     

Pinnacle Value Fund

     

1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

     

At March 31, 2011, the net unrealized appreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $62,030,688 amounted to $3,902,434, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $10,193,771 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $6,291,337.

        

2. SECURITY VALUATION

     

The Fund will primarily invest in equities and convertible securities.  Investments in securities are carried at market value. Securities traded on any exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sale price.  Lacking a last sale price, a security is valued at its last bid price except when, in Adviser’s opinion, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the security.  When market quotations are not readily available, when Adviser determines the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value or when restricted securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees.

        

Fixed income securities are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  A pricing service uses electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading lots of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices.  When prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith by Adviser, subject to review of the Board of Trustees.  Short term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method.

        

Valuation Inputs of Assets

Level 1

 

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

$27,759,313

 

$0

$0

$27,759,313

Closed End & Exchange Traded Funds

$2,962,784

 

$0

$0

$2,962,784

Real Estate Investment Trusts

$88,451

 

$0

$0

$88,451

Preferred Stocks

$0

 

$0

$0

$0

Cash Equivalents

$35,122,578

 

$0

$0

$35,122,578

Total

$65,933,126

 

$0

$0

$65,933,126





ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.


    (a)

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant's management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including the Registrant's principal executive officer and the Registrant's principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

    (b)

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. There have been no significant changes in the Registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation in connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q.


ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.


Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Bertolet Capital Trust


By /s/John E. Deysher President

*John E. Deysher President


Date May 26, 2011


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By /s/John E. Deysher Treasurer

*John E. Deysher Treasurer


Date May 26, 2011


* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.



EX-99.CERT 2 pinnaclenqcertrev.htm CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATIONS

I, John E. Deysher, certify that:


1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Bertolet Capital Trust;


2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;


4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:


(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and


(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and


(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: May 26, 2011

/s/ John E. Deysher

John E. Deysher

President and Treasurer