-----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, DVVcwTP6j+3GH4ABm0klPMb/8HhSaFl/0/tr9aadOYHygcWZpoYfUM6+obU0UFrh OSEym/IcY/mv4E0rf2YANA== 0000088053-09-001066.txt : 20090929 0000088053-09-001066.hdr.sgml : 20090929 20090929141535 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000088053-09-001066 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090929 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090929 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090929 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DWS TECHNOLOGY FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096790 IRS NUMBER: 366051878 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00547 FILM NUMBER: 091092432 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154-0004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-454-6778 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154-0004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCUDDER TECHNOLOGY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010625 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KEMPER TECHNOLOGY FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TECHNOLOGY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870120 0000096790 S000006136 DWS Technology Fund C000016884 Class A KTCAX C000016886 Class B KTCBX C000016887 Class C KTCCX C000016888 Class S KTCSX C000016889 Institutional Class KTCIX N-Q 1 nq073109tech.htm N-Q -- DWS TECHNOLOGY FUND

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 811-0547

DWS Technology Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31

Date of reporting period: 7/31/09

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Investment Portfolio

as of July 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

 

DWS Technology Fund

 

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 96.3%

 

Consumer Discretionary 0.8%

 

Internet & Catalog Retail

 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

 

31,100

 

2,667,136

 

Priceline.com, Inc.* (a)

 

17,000

 

2,203,540

 

 

4,870,676

 

Health Care 0.1%

 

Health Care Technology

 

Medidata Solutions, Inc.* (a)

 

31,800

 

586,710

 

Information Technology 95.4%

 

Communications Equipment 18.2%

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

 

581,800

 

4,572,948

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

 

1,392,789

 

30,655,286

 

Comverse Technology, Inc.*

 

383,600

 

3,034,276

 

F5 Networks, Inc.*

 

80,300

 

2,980,736

 

Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. "A"*

 

20,171

 

139,987

 

Juniper Networks, Inc.* (a)

 

272,500

 

7,120,425

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

1,199,400

 

8,587,704

 

Polycom, Inc.* (a)

 

212,100

 

5,037,375

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

726,654

 

33,578,681

 

Research In Motion Ltd.*

 

155,300

 

11,802,800

 

Sonus Networks, Inc.* (a)

 

1,000,100

 

1,900,190

 

 

109,410,408

 

Computers & Peripherals 23.0%

 

Apple, Inc.*

 

274,300

 

44,817,877

 

EMC Corp.* (a)

 

517,200

 

7,789,032

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

848,700

 

36,748,710

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

322,400

 

38,020,632

 

Lexmark International, Inc. "A"* (a)

 

242,900

 

3,517,192

 

SanDisk Corp.* (a)

 

154,300

 

2,749,626

 

Synaptics, Inc.* (a)

 

192,050

 

4,603,438

 

 

138,246,507

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 1.4%

 

Corning, Inc.

 

502,400

 

8,540,800

 

Internet Software & Services 11.2%

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc.*

 

59,500

 

978,180

 

Digital River, Inc.*

 

109,900

 

3,884,965

 

eBay, Inc.*

 

367,200

 

7,803,000

 

Equinix, Inc.* (a)

 

46,200

 

3,775,926

 

Google, Inc. "A"*

 

92,500

 

40,982,125

 

LogMeIn, Inc.*

 

154,800

 

3,020,148

 

Yahoo!, Inc.*

 

489,700

 

7,012,504

 

 

67,456,848

 

IT Services 5.5%

 

Amdocs Ltd.*

 

129,200

 

3,090,464

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. "A"*

 

235,200

 

6,959,568

 

CyberSource Corp.* (a)

 

143,100

 

2,481,354

 

Fiserv, Inc.*

 

93,200

 

4,418,612

 

Global Payments, Inc.

 

193,200

 

8,172,360

 

MasterCard, Inc. "A" (a)

 

16,100

 

3,123,883

 

Visa, Inc. "A"

 

71,800

 

4,700,028

 

 

32,946,269

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 18.3%

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

203,100

 

2,802,780

 

ASML Holding NV (NY Registered Shares) (a)

 

122,300

 

3,181,023

 

Atheros Communications* (a)

 

130,600

 

3,265,000

 

Broadcom Corp. "A"*

 

265,000

 

7,480,950

 

Cymer, Inc.* (a)

 

80,100

 

2,740,221

 

FormFactor, Inc.* (a)

 

89,900

 

2,072,195

 

Intel Corp.

 

1,641,300

 

31,595,025

 

Intersil Corp. "A"

 

165,900

 

2,383,983

 

KLA-Tencor Corp. (a)

 

110,200

 

3,513,176

 

Lam Research Corp.* (a)

 

76,800

 

2,308,608

 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.*

 

454,000

 

6,056,360

 

MediaTek, Inc.

 

205,665

 

2,955,713

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.*

 

61,700

 

1,087,154

 

 

 

Microchip Technology, Inc. (a)

 

71,600

 

1,928,188

 

Microsemi Corp.*

 

124,500

 

1,699,425

 

MKS Instruments, Inc.*

 

85,600

 

1,658,072

 

Monolithic Power Systems* (a)

 

120,000

 

2,662,800

 

National Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

125,000

 

1,882,500

 

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.*

 

125,600

 

4,991,344

 

NVIDIA Corp.*

 

221,600

 

2,865,288

 

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

 

304,800

 

2,225,040

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR)

 

487,590

 

5,105,066

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

459,400

 

11,048,570

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

115,300

 

2,500,857

 

 

110,009,338

 

Software 17.8%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.*

 

382,100

 

4,375,045

 

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

 

151,015

 

4,895,907

 

ANSYS, Inc.* (a)

 

43,300

 

1,353,558

 

ArcSight, Inc.* (a)

 

160,500

 

3,044,685

 

Ariba, Inc.* (a)

 

498,100

 

5,235,031

 

BMC Software, Inc.*

 

131,100

 

4,461,333

 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.*

 

94,800

 

2,530,212

 

Citrix Systems, Inc.* (a)

 

40,500

 

1,441,800

 

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

 

104,700

 

2,247,909

 

Informatica Corp.*

 

186,700

 

3,433,413

 

McAfee, Inc.*

 

124,200

 

5,536,836

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

1,281,900

 

30,150,288

 

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

 

8,800

 

2,379,836

 

Oracle Corp.

 

1,063,900

 

23,544,107

 

Salesforce.com, Inc.* (a)

 

47,600

 

2,062,984

 

Symantec Corp.*

 

371,400

 

5,545,002

 

VanceInfo Technologies, Inc. (ADR)*

 

315,100

 

4,773,765

 

 

107,011,711

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $446,116,140)

 

579,079,267

 

 

Other Investments 1.2%

 

Adams Capital Management III LP (1.2% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

3,578,500

 

Adams Capital Management LP (3.6% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

265,600

 

Alloy Ventures 2000 LP (3.0% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

1,951,500

 

Asset Management Association 1996 LP (2.5% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

83,000

 

Asset Management Association 1998 LP (3.5% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

422,700

 

Crosspoint Venture Partners 1993 LP (2.9% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

61,800

 

GeoCapital III LP (5.0% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

21,800

 

GeoCapital IV LP (2.9% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

493,500

 

Med Venture Associates II LP (6.1% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

45,981

 

Med Venture Associates III LP (2.7% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

214,738

 

Sevin Rosen Fund V (2.8% limited partnership interest)* (b)

 

 

131,100

 

Total Other Investments (Cost $21,925,075)

 

7,270,219

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 10.0%

 

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 0.39% (c) (d)
(Cost $59,802,719)

 

 

59,802,719

 

59,802,719

 

 

Cash Equivalents 1.7%

 

Cash Management QP Trust, 0.27% (c)
(Cost $10,356,953)

 

 

10,356,953

 

10,356,953

 

 

 

 

% of
Net Assets

 

Value ($)

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $538,200,887) †

109.2

 

656,509,158

 

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(9.2)

 

(55,364,037)

 

Net Assets

100.0

 

601,145,121

 

For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

The cost for federal income tax purposes was $548,954,610. At July 31, 2009, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $107,554,548. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $154,959,617 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $47,405,069.

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at July 31, 2009 amounted to $56,296,431 which is 9.4% of net assets.

 

(b)

The Fund may purchase securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale ("restricted securities"). Restricted securities are securities which have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. The Fund may be unable to sell a restricted security and it may be more difficult to determine a market value for a restricted security. Moreover, if adverse market conditions were to develop during the period between the Fund's decision to sell a restricted security and the point at which the Fund is permitted or able to sell such security, the Fund might obtain a price less favorable than the price that prevailed when it decided to sell. This investment practice, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the level of illiquidity of the Fund. The future value of these securities is uncertain and there may be changes in the estimated value of these securities.

 

Schedule of
Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Acquisition Cost ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Value as %
of Net Assets

 

Adams Capital Management III LP**

 

October 1997 to

April 2008

 

4,491,717

 

3,578,500

 

0.60

 

Adams Capital Management LP**

 

August 2000 to November 2000

 

1,863,749

 

265,600

 

0.04

 

Alloy Ventures 2000 LP**

 

April 2000 to

August 2007

 

4,719,304

 

1,951,500

 

0.33

 

Asset Management Association 1996 LP**

 

June 1996 to

July 2000

 

1,121,055

 

83,000

 

0.01

 

Asset Management Association 1998 LP**

 

December 1998 to November 2001

 

2,816,280

 

422,700

 

0.07

 

Crosspoint Venture Partners 1993 LP**

 

April 1993 to November 1998

 

132,184

 

61,800

 

0.01

 

GeoCapital III LP**

 

December 1993 to December 1996

 

341,738

 

21,800

 

0.00

 

GeoCapital IV LP**

 

April 1996 to

March 2000

 

1,660,603

 

493,500

 

0.08

 

Med Venture Associates II LP**

 

May 1996 to

January 2002

 

939,974

 

45,981

 

0.01

 

Med Venture Associates III LP**

 

September 1998 to May 2006

 

1,182,929

 

214,738

 

0.04

 

Sevin Rosen Fund V**

 

April 1996 to

June 2001

 

2,264,216

 

131,100

 

0.02

 

Total Restricted Securities

 

 

 

21,533,749

 

7,270,219

 

1.21

 

**

These securities represent venture capital funds.

 

(c)

Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

(d)

Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.

 

ADR: American Depositary Receipt

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” as amended, establishes a three-tier hierarchy for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund's investments.

 

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

$ 4,870,676

$ —

$ —

$ 4,870,676

 

Health Care

586,710

586,710

 

Information Technology

568,286,332

5,335,549

573,621,881

 

Other Investments

7,270,219

7,270,219

 

Short-Term Investments(e)

59,802,719

10,356,953

70,159,672

 

Total

$ 633,546,437

$ 15,692,502

$ 7,270,219

$ 656,509,158

 

 

(e)

See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the Fund’s Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining value:

 

 

Other Investments

Balance as of October 31, 2008

$ 9,479,230

Realized gains (loss)

(6,995,970)

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

5,712,608

Amortization premium/discount

Net purchases (sales)

(925,649)

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

Balance as of July 31, 2009

$ 7,270,219

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held at July 31, 2009

$ (1,353,522)

 

ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)         There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

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:

DWS Technology Fund

 

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

Michael G. Clark

President

 

 

Date:

September 23, 2009

 

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS Technology Fund

 

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

Michael G. Clark

President

 

 

Date:

September 23, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

September 23, 2009

 

 

 

EX-99.CERT 2 ex99cert.htm CERTIFICATION

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael G. Clark, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of DWS Technology Fund;

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS Technology Fund

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

Michael G. Clark

President

 

 

Date:

September 23, 2009

 

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Paul Schubert, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of DWS Technology Fund;

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS Technology Fund

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

September 23, 2009

 

 

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