-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OwDDOhO2eYuAF66XZpWM0xLrf8igIEXywYtBoJgmK+Gdtkn4BTCzQvGkr7plhnjU ExdZW9c/H4jTI/AEJPRFYQ== 0001398344-10-000414.txt : 20100317 0001398344-10-000414.hdr.sgml : 20100317 20100317164715 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398344-10-000414 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100317 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100317 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20100317 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000007426 IRS NUMBER: 751254405 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q/A SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01548 FILM NUMBER: 10689224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 750 N ST PAUL STREET 2: STE 1300 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 BUSINESS PHONE: 2147209101 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 750 N ST PAUL STREET 2: STE 1300 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75201 0000007426 S000005701 ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATES INC C000015665 ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATES INC ARMSX N-Q/A 1 fp0001496_nq-a.htm fp0001496_nq-a.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM N-Q
 
Amendment No.1
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number: 811-1548
 
Armstrong Associates, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Armstrong Associates, Inc.
750 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75201

 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
C. K. Lawson
Armstrong Associates, Inc.
750 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75201

 (Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant's telephone number: 214-720-9101
 
Date of fiscal year end: June 30
 
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2009
 

 
ITEM 1.  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
ARMSTRONG ASSOCIATES, INC.
UNAUDITED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
 
Shares
 
Industry & Issue
 
Market Value
 
% of Assets
 
               
   
AEROSPACE,  INDUSTRIAL
         
   
   PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS
         
               
  5,000  
The Boeing  Company
  $ 270,750     2.1 %
  4,000  
Caterpillar, Inc.
  $ 205,320     1.6 %
  15,000  
General Electric Company
  $ 246,300     1.9 %
  10,000  
Praxair,  Inc.
  $ 816,900     6.3 %
  3,000  
SPX Corporation
  $ 183,810     1.4 %
  8,000  
United Technologies Corporation
  $ 487,440     3.8 %
                     
     
BUSINESS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
             
                     
  10,000  
Avery Dennison Corporation
  $ 360,100     2.8 %
  15,750  
Iron Mountain, Inc.
  $ 419,895     3.2 %
  13,500  
Staples, Inc.
  $ 313,470     2.4 %
                     
     
COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED
             
                     
  12,000  
Corning, Inc.
  $ 183,720     1.4 %
                     
     
COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE AND RELATED
       
                     
  10,000  
Cisco Systems, Inc.
  $ 235,400     1.8 %
  10,000  
Dell, Inc.
  $ 152,600     1.2 %
  12,000  
Intel Corporation
  $ 234,840     1.8 %
                     
     
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
             
                     
  6,000  
Best Buy Company
  $ 225,120     1.7 %
  8,000  
The Directv Group
  $ 220,640     1.7 %
  6,000  
GameStop Corporation
  $ 158,820     1.2 %
  15,000  
Pepsico, Inc.
  $ 879,900     6.8 %
                     
     
CONSUMER STAPLES
             
                     
  8,000  
CVS Caremark Corporation
  $ 285,920     2.2 %
  6,000  
Kimberly Clark Corporation
  $ 353,880     2.7 %
  7,051  
Procter & Gamble Company
  $ 408,394     3.2 %
  10,000  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  $ 490,900     3.8 %
                     
     
ENERGY AND RELATED
             
                     
  11,000  
Halliburton Company
  $ 298,320     2.3 %
  4,000  
Hess Corporation
  $ 213,840     1.7 %
  20,000  
Weatherford International, Inc.
  $ 414,600     3.2 %
                     
     
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
             
                     
  4,500  
Stericycle, Inc.
  $ 217,980     1.7 %
  18,000  
Waste Connection, Inc.
  $ 519,480     4.0 %
  10,000  
Waste Management, Inc.
  $ 298,200     2.3 %
                     
     
INTERNET RELATED
             
                     
  7,500  
Yahoo, Inc.
  $ 133,575     1.0 %
                     
     
MEDICAL AND RELATED
             
                     
  10,000  
Abbott Laboratories
  $ 494,700     3.8 %
  2,500  
Coviden Ltd.
  $ 108,150     0.8 %
  20,000  
Medtronics, Inc.
  $ 736,000     5.7 %
                     
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  $ 10,568,964     81.7 %
     
(Cost $6,219,313)
             
                     
     
TEMPORARY CASH EQUIVALENT INVESTMENTS
       
                     
  850,000  
U. S. Treasury Bills due 10/22/09
  $ 849,917     6.6 %
  750,000  
U. S. Treasury Bills due 11/27/09
  $ 749,848     5.8 %
  700,000  
U. S. Treasury Bills due 12/17/09
  $ 699,915     5.4 %
                     
                     
     
TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH EQUIVALENT INVESTMENTS
  $ 2,299,680     17.8 %
     
(Cost $2,299,681)
             
                     
     
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
  $ 12,868,644     99.5 %
     
(Cost $8,518,994)
             
                     
     
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABLITIES -NET
  $ 65,838     0.5 %
                     
     
NET ASSETS
  $ 12,934,482     100.0 %
 
On September 30, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,518,994.  Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $4,349,651, consisting of unrealized gains of $4,803,301 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $453,650 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
 

 
ITEM 2.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
(a)
The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
(b)
There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
ITEM 3.  EXHIBITS.
 
(a)
Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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.
 
Registrant: Armstrong Associates, Inc.
 
/s/ C. K. Lawson                        
C. K. Lawson
President (CEO) and
Treasurer (CFO),
Armstrong Associates, Inc.
 
Date: March 17, 2010
 
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.
 
/s/ C. K. Lawson                        
C. K. Lawson
President (CEO) and
Treasurer (CFO),
Armstrong Associates, Inc.
 
Date: March 17, 2010
 
EX-99.CERT 2 fp0001496_ex99cert.htm fp0001496_ex99cert.htm
 
EXHIBIT 99.302CERT

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002:

I, C. K. Lawson, certify that:

1.         I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Armstrong Associates, Inc.

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) 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)        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

c)        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

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: March 17, 2010 /s/ C. K. Lawson   
 
C. K. Lawson
 
President (CEO) and
 
Treasurer (CFO),
 
Armstrong Associates, Inc.

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