-----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, O4s1ix5bk/lMtSKkKiwcsT+ekOMRbembf/RJMKyKfu2KxA2CSama06/W9s5dOHZA LzMdaDs28jv+bpKnPoMJRA== 0001104659-07-084978.txt : 20071126 0001104659-07-084978.hdr.sgml : 20071126 20071126151443 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-084978 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071126 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071126 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20071126 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA ACORN TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002110 IRS NUMBER: 362692100 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01829 FILM NUMBER: 071266142 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 W MONROE STE 3000 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126349200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 227 W MONROE STE 3000 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIBERTY ACORN TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010424 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACORN INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACORN FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000002110 S000009184 Columbia Acorn Fund C000024954 Columbia Acorn Fund Class A LACAX C000024955 Columbia Acorn Fund Class B LACBX C000024956 Columbia Acorn Fund Class C LIACX C000024957 Columbia Acorn Fund Class Z ACRNX 0000002110 S000009185 Columbia Acorn International C000024958 Columbia Acorn International Class A LAIAX C000024959 Columbia Acorn International Class B LIABX C000024960 Columbia Acorn International Class C LAICX C000024961 Columbia Acorn International Class Z ACINX 0000002110 S000009186 Columbia Acorn USA C000024962 Columbia Acorn USA Class A LAUAX C000024963 Columbia Acorn USA Class B LAUBX C000024964 Columbia Acorn USA Class C LAUCX C000024965 Columbia Acorn USA Class Z AUSAX 0000002110 S000009187 Columbia Acorn Select C000024966 Columbia Acorn Select Class A LTFAX C000024967 Columbia Acorn Select Class B LTFBX C000024968 Columbia Acorn Select Class C LTFCX C000024969 Columbia Acorn Select Class Z ACTWX 0000002110 S000009188 Columbia Acorn International Select C000024970 Columbia Acorn International Select Class A LAFAX C000024971 Columbia Acorn International Select Class B LFFBX C000024972 Columbia Acorn International Select Class C LFFCX C000024973 Columbia Acorn International Select Class Z ACFFX 0000002110 S000009189 Columbia Thermostat Fund C000024974 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class A CTFAX C000024975 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class B CTFBX C000024976 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class C CTFDX C000024977 Columbia Thermostat Fund Class Z COTZX N-Q 1 a07-26297_3nq.htm N-Q

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-01829

 

 

Columbia Acorn Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02111

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

James R. Bordewick, Jr., Esq.
Columbia Management Advisors, LLC
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

1-617-426-3750

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

12/31/07

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

9/30/07

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



Columbia Acorn Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

Equities: 94.9%

 

 

 

Information 25.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 3.1%

 

 

 

12,400,000

 

Novell (a)

 

$

94,736

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

91,098

 

 

 

Information Systems for Restaurants & Hotels

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

62,800

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

1,868,000

 

Kenexa (a)(b)

 

57,497

 

 

 

Recruiting & Workforce Management Solutions

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Avid Technology (a)

 

48,744

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

44,128

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Radiant Systems (a)(b)

 

39,575

 

 

 

Point of Sale Systems: Convenient Stores & Restaurants

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Epicor (a)

 

34,425

 

 

 

Software Systems to Run Small Businesses

 

 

 

1,007,000

 

ANSYS (a)

 

34,409

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

5,306,000

 

Actuate (a)(b)

 

34,224

 

 

 

Information Delivery Software & Solutions

 

 

 

1,326,000

 

Blackbaud

 

33,468

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Red Hat (a)

 

31,792

 

 

 

Maintenance & Support for Opensource

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Parametric Technology (a)

 

31,356

 

 

 

Engineering Software & Services

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Cadence Design Systems (a)

 

22,190

 

 

 

Electronic Design Automation Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

660,442

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 3.1%

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

Amphenol

 

151,088

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

2,180,000

 

Belden CDT

 

102,264

 

 

 

Specialty Cable

 

 

 

2,257,000

 

II-VI (a)(b)

 

77,934

 

 

 

Laser Components

 

 

 

1,426,000

 

Nice Systems (Israel) (a)

 

51,108

 

 

 

Audio & Video Recording Solutions

 

 

 

570,000

 

Wincor Nixdorf (Germany)

 

47,118

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

945,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

34,483

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

924,000

 

Dolby Laboratories (a)

 

32,174

 

 

 

Audio Technology for Consumer Electronics

 

 

 

1,027,000

 

Avocent (a)

 

29,906

 

 

 

Computer Control Switches

 

 

 

932,000

 

Netgear (a)

 

28,351

 

 

 

Networking Products for Small Business & Home

 

 

 

503,000

 

Rogers (a)

 

20,719

 

 

 

PCB Laminates & High-performance Foams

 

 

 

735,000

 

Excel Technology (a)(b)

 

18,338

 

 

 

Laser Systems & Electro-optical Components

 

 

 

650,000

 

Stratasys (a)

 

17,914

 

 

 

Rapid Prototyping Systems

 

 

 

1,310,000

 

CTS

 

16,899

 

 

 

Electronic Components, Sensors & Electronics Manufacturing Solutions

 

 

 

500,000

 

Intermec (a)

 

13,060

 

 

 

Bar Code & Wireless LAN Systems

 

 

 

225,000

 

Diebold

 

10,220

 

 

 

Automated Teller Machines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

651,576

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 2.4%

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Flir Systems (a)

 

155,092

 

 

 

Infrared Cameras

 

 

 

3,070,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

120,375

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

750,000

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

76,500

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

800,000

 

Varian (a)

 

50,888

 

 

 

Analytical Instruments

 

 

 

600,000

 

Dionex (a)

 

47,676

 

 

 

Ion & Liquid Chromatography

 

 

 

860,000

 

FARO Technologies (a)(b)

 

37,969

 

 

 

Precision Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

1,237,000

 

IPG Photonics (a)

 

24,319

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

512,819

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 2.1%

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

182,835

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

152,390

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Mexico

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Dobson Communications (a)

 

51,160

 

 

 

Rural & Small City Cellular Telephone Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

Telephone & Data Systems

 

40,050

 

 

 

Cellular & Wireline Telephone Services

 

 

 

175,000

 

MetroPCS Communications (a)

 

4,774

 

 

 

Discount Cellular Telephone Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

Globalstar (a)

 

4,398

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

435,607

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 1.8%

 

 

 

2,750,000

 

International Game Technology

 

118,525

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Progressive Slots

 

 

 

3,150,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)(b)

 

111,604

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Scientific Games (a)

 

107,160

 

 

 

Lottery Services Provider

 

 

 

2,430,000

 

Shuffle Master (a)(b)

 

36,329

 

 

 

Card Shufflers & Casino Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

373,618

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 1.7%

 

 

 

6,500,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (Hong Kong)

 

198,696

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

2,774,000

 

Global Payments

 

122,666

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Financial Processors—continued

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Singapore Exchange (Singapore)

 

$

43,213

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

364,575

 

 

 

> CATV 1.7%

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Discovery Holding (a)

 

129,825

 

 

 

CATV Programming

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

Liberty Global Series C (a)

 

79,253

 

1,500,000

 

Liberty Global Series A (a)

 

61,530

 

 

 

Cable TV Franchises outside the USA

 

 

 

70,000

 

Jupiter Telecommunications (Japan) (a)

 

54,241

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

130,000

 

Liberty Media Corp - Capital (a)

 

16,228

 

 

 

CATV Holding Company

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Mediacom Communications (a)

 

8,812

 

 

 

Cable Television Franchises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,889

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 1.6%

 

 

 

4,800,000

 

Integrated Device Technology (a)

 

74,304

 

 

 

Communications Semiconductors

 

 

 

2,250,000

 

Microsemi (a)

 

62,730

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed Signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,420,000

 

Littelfuse (a)(b)

 

50,680

 

 

 

Little Fuses

 

 

 

820,000

 

Supertex (a)(b)

 

32,702

 

 

 

Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

3,355,000

 

AMIS Holdings (a)

 

32,577

 

 

 

Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

6,591,494

 

Everlight Electronics (Taiwan)

 

28,688

 

 

 

Led Packager

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Entegris (a)

 

26,040

 

 

 

Semiconductor Wafer Shipping & Handling Products

 

 

 

1,905,000

 

IXYS (a)(b)

 

19,869

 

 

 

Power Semiconductors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

327,590

 

 

 

> Internet Related 1.3%

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

SkillSoft (a)(b)

 

85,405

 

 

 

Web-based Learning Solutions (E-Learning)

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

ValueClick (a)

 

67,380

 

 

 

Internet Advertising

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

CNET Networks (a)

 

29,800

 

 

 

Internet Advertising on Niche Websites

 

 

 

700,000

 

Sohu.com (China) (a)

 

26,397

 

 

 

Advertising on Chinese Internet Portal

 

 

 

225,000

 

Equinix (a)

 

19,955

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

TheStreet.com

 

16,954

 

 

 

Financial Information Website Publisher

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Marchex (b)

 

16,167

 

 

 

Internet Advertising

 

 

 

900,000

 

Switch & Data Facilities (a)

 

14,661

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

276,719

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services 1.0%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Ceridian (a)

 

 

104,220

 

 

 

HR Services & Payment Processing

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Navigant Consulting (a)(b)

 

31,650

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

420,000

 

FTI Consulting (a)

 

21,130

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

461,000

 

Viad

 

16,596

 

 

 

Trade Show Services, Travel & Tours

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Voyager Learning (a)(b)

 

16,460

 

 

 

Education Services for the K-12 Market

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Taylor Nelson Sofres (United Kingdom)

 

11,549

 

 

 

Market Research

 

 

 

800,000

 

infoUSA

 

7,432

 

 

 

Business Data for Sales Leads

 

 

 

250,000

 

Getty Images (a)

 

6,960

 

 

 

Photographs for Publications & Electronic Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

215,997

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 1.0%

 

 

 

15,600,000

 

Tellabs (a)

 

148,512

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

1,665,000

 

Polycom (a)

 

44,722

 

 

 

Video Conferencing Equipment

 

 

 

370,000

 

Ciena (a)

 

14,089

 

 

 

Optical Transport & Broadband Access Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

207,323

 

 

 

> Telephone Services 1.0%

 

 

 

6,500,000

 

Time Warner Telecom (a)

 

142,805

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Cogent Communications (a)

 

46,680

 

 

 

Internet Data Pipelines

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Windstream

 

14,120

 

 

 

Rural Telephone Franchises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

203,605

 

 

 

> Publishing 0.6%

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

NAVTEQ (a)

 

93,564

 

 

 

Map Data for Electronic Devices

 

 

 

800,000

 

Prisa (Spain)

 

15,818

 

 

 

Leading Spanish-speaking Publisher

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Informa Group (United Kingdom)

 

13,302

 

 

 

Global Publisher & Event Organizer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

122,684

 

 

 

> Electronics Distribution 0.5%

 

 

 

2,490,000

 

Avnet (a)

 

99,251

 

 

 

Electronic Components Distribution

 

 

 

710,000

 

Agilysys

 

11,999

 

 

 

IT Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

111,250

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 0.5%

 

 

 

26,000,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

55,120

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

1,415,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

38,771

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

690,000

 

Jabil Circuit

 

15,760

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

109,651

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Computer Services 0.4%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

iGate (a)(b)

 

$

42,850

 

 

 

IT & Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

SRA International (a)

 

29,484

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

4,600,000

 

AnswerThink (a)(b)

 

15,134

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87,468

 

 

 

> Consumer Software 0.3%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

THQ (a)

 

49,960

 

 

 

Entertainment Software

 

 

 

750,000

 

Activision (a)

 

16,192

 

 

 

Entertainment Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66,152

 

 

 

> Satellite Broadcasting & Services 0.3%

 

 

 

2,755,000

 

SES Global (France)

 

65,001

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,001

 

 

 

> Radio 0.2%

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Cumulus Media (a)

 

15,330

 

 

 

Radio Stations in Small Cities

 

 

 

1,541,000

 

Salem Communications (b)

 

12,328

 

 

 

Radio Stations for Religious Programming

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Saga Communications (a)(b)

 

10,276

 

 

 

Radio Stations in Small- & Mid-sized Cities

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Spanish Broadcasting System (a)(b)

 

6,192

 

 

 

Spanish Language Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,126

 

 

 

> Television Programming 0.2%

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Lions Gate Entertainment (a)

 

41,240

 

 

 

Film & TV Studio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,240

 

 

 

> TV Broadcasting 0.2%

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Entravision Communications (a)

 

23,050

 

 

 

Spanish Language TV, Radio & Outdoor

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Gray Television

 

14,858

 

 

 

Mid Market Affiliated TV Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,908

 

Information: Total

 

5,265,240

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 17.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 5.4%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Ametek

 

216,100

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

4,200,000

 

Donaldson (b)

 

175,392

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

Clarcor (b)

 

119,735

 

 

 

Mobile & Industrial Filters

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Pentair

 

94,563

 

 

 

Pumps & Water Treatment

 

 

 

2,250,000

 

Pall

 

87,525

 

 

 

Filtration & Fluids Clarification

 

 

 

1,814,000

 

Mine Safety Appliances (b)

 

85,458

 

 

 

Safety Equipment

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

ESCO Technologies (a)(b)

 

73,128

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Kaydon

 

 

67,587

 

 

 

Specialized Friction & Motion Control Products

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

Goodman Global (a)

 

64,476

 

 

 

HVAC Equipment Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Nordson

 

62,763

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

833,000

 

Toro

 

49,005

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

112,000

 

Neopost (France)

 

15,805

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

360,000

 

Union Tool (Japan)

 

15,485

 

 

 

Precision Drill Bit Manufacturer

 

 

 

196,000

 

MOOG (a)

 

8,612

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,135,634

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 3.0%

 

 

 

5,500,000

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

260,150

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

UTI Worldwide

 

62,046

 

 

 

Global Logistics & Freight Forwarding

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Forward Air (b)

 

56,582

 

 

 

Freight Transportation Between Airports

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)

 

47,460

 

 

 

Operator/Builder of Inland Barges

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

Labor Ready (a)

 

42,573

 

 

 

Temporary Manual Labor

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Mobile Mini (a)

 

42,280

 

 

 

Portable Storage Units Leasing

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

American Reprographics (a)

 

37,440

 

 

 

Document Management & Logistics

 

 

 

374,000

 

Imtech (Netherlands)

 

30,731

 

 

 

Engineering & Technical Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

G&K Services

 

24,120

 

 

 

Uniform Rental

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Intertek Testing (United Kingdom)

 

21,275

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection, Certification Services

 

 

 

615,000

 

TAL International Group

 

15,418

 

 

 

Intermodal Freight Containers Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640,075

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.9%

 

 

 

530,000

 

Novozymes (Denmark)

 

66,832

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

1,378,000

 

Drew Industries (a)(b)

 

56,057

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

28,000

 

Sika (Switzerland)

 

54,446

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Albany International

 

39,364

 

 

 

Paper Machine Clothing & Advanced Textiles

 

 

 

195,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (Chile)

 

33,819

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium, & Iodine

 

 

 

400,000

 

Carbone Lorraine (France)

 

31,030

 

 

 

Advanced Industrial Materials

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals—continued

 

 

 

400,000

 

Cytec Industries

 

$

27,356

 

 

 

Aerospace Composites & Specialty Chemical

 

 

 

400,000

 

Greif

 

24,272

 

 

 

Industrial Packaging

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Kansai Paint (Japan)

 

21,808

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Spartech

 

17,913

 

 

 

Plastics Distribution & Compounding

 

 

 

441,384

 

Koninklijke TenCate (Netherlands)

 

17,870

 

 

 

Advanced Textiles & Industrial Fabrics

 

 

 

611,460

 

Wavin (Netherlands)

 

10,921

 

 

 

Largest European Plastic Pipe Systems Company

 

 

 

146,000

 

Aptargroup

 

5,529

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Consumer Products & Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

407,217

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 1.7%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

WW Grainger

 

118,547

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

2,375,000

 

Watsco (b)

 

110,271

 

 

 

HVAC Distribution

 

 

 

1,925,000

 

Airgas

 

99,388

 

 

 

Industrial Gas Distributor

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Interline Brands (a)

 

27,588

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

355,794

 

 

 

> Construction 1.6%

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Florida Rock

 

118,731

 

 

 

Aggregates & Concrete

 

 

 

650,000

 

Martin Marietta Materials

 

86,808

 

 

 

Aggregates

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Simpson Manufacturing

 

70,070

 

 

 

Wall Joint Maker

 

 

 

325,000

 

Vulcan Materials

 

28,974

 

 

 

Aggregates, Concrete & Asphalt

 

 

 

170,000

 

Geberit (Switzerland)

 

22,238

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

444,400

 

Kingspan Group (Ireland)

 

9,743

 

 

 

Building Insulation & Environmental Containers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

336,564

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 1.1%

 

 

 

2,600,000

 

Genlyte Group (a)(b)

 

167,076

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

700,000

 

Legrand (France)

 

23,525

 

 

 

Electrical Components

 

 

 

1,125,000

 

Ushio (Japan)

 

20,389

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

500,000

 

Zumtobel (Austria)

 

19,017

 

 

 

Lighting Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

230,007

 

 

 

> Conglomerates 1.0%

 

 

 

4,845,000

 

Hexagon (Sweden)

 

98,313

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment & Polymers

 

 

 

2,758,309

 

Aalberts Industries (Netherlands)

 

65,770

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

600,000

 

Ibiden (Japan)

 

 

50,519

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

214,602

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 0.7%

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Administaff (b)

 

68,970

 

 

 

Professional Employer Organization

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

60,835

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

750,000

 

USG People (Netherlands)

 

21,381

 

 

 

Temporary Staffing Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

GP Strategies (a)

 

6,660

 

 

 

Training Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

157,846

 

 

 

> Steel 0.5%

 

 

 

2,860,000

 

Gibraltar Industries (b)

 

52,910

 

 

 

Steel Processing & Building Products

 

 

 

135,000

 

Vallourec (France)

 

38,889

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Industrial Seamless Tubes

 

 

 

320,000

 

Worthington Industries

 

7,539

 

 

 

Steel Processing & Manufactured Metal Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99,338

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.4%

 

 

 

2,550,000

 

Waste Connections (a)

 

80,988

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,988

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

3,658,065

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 3.6%

 

 

 

3,140,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

253,398

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

9,130,000

 

Chico’s FAS (a)(b)

 

128,276

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

4,850,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

105,730

 

 

 

Apparel & Home Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

1,975,000

 

J Crew Group (a)

 

81,963

 

 

 

Multi-channel Branded Retailer

 

 

 

3,743,000

 

Christopher & Banks (b)

 

45,365

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

1,223,000

 

AnnTaylor Stores (a)

 

38,732

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

775,000

 

Genesco (a)

 

35,751

 

 

 

Multi-concept Branded Footwear Retailer

 

 

 

1,564,000

 

RONA (Canada) (a)

 

34,247

 

 

 

Leading Canadian Do-it-yourself Retailer

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Gaiam (a)(b)

 

28,836

 

 

 

Healthy Living Catalogs & E-Commerce

 

 

 

30,000

 

Lululemon Athletica (a)

 

1,261

 

 

 

Premium Active Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

753,559

 

 

 

> Apparel 2.2%

 

 

 

7,330,000

 

Coach (a)

 

346,489

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Billabong International (Australia)

 

39,769

 

 

 

Action Sports Apparel Brand Manager

 

 

 

1,069,000

 

Oxford Industries (b)

 

38,612

 

 

 

Branded & Private Label Apparel

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Apparel—continued

 

 

 

918,000

 

Carter’s (a)

 

$

18,314

 

 

 

Children’s Branded Apparel

 

 

 

900,000

 

True Religion Apparel (a)

 

15,840

 

 

 

Premium Denim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

459,024

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 2.1%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

243,380

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

1,275,000

 

Weight Watchers International

 

73,389

 

 

 

Weight Loss Programs

 

 

 

1,120,000

 

NutriSystem (a)

 

52,517

 

 

 

Weight Loss Programs

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Universal Technical Institute (a)(b)

 

27,000

 

 

 

Vocational Training

 

 

 

2,550,000

 

Princeton Review (a)(b)

 

20,324

 

 

 

College Preparation Courses

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Park24 (Japan)

 

18,892

 

 

 

Parking Lot Operator

 

 

 

110,000

 

Pierre & Vacances (France)

 

15,262

 

 

 

Vacation Apartment Lets

 

 

 

100,000

 

Lincoln Technical Institute (a)

 

1,304

 

 

 

Vocational Training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

452,068

 

 

 

> Nondurables 1.5%

 

 

 

2,860,000

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro

 

122,265

 

 

 

Consumer Lawn & Garden Products

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Jarden (a)

 

77,350

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

Chattem (a)(b)

 

71,225

 

 

 

Personal Care Products

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Helen of Troy (a)(b)

 

36,689

 

 

 

Hair Dryers & Curling Irons

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Natura Cosmeticos (Brazil)

 

13,203

 

 

 

Direct Retailer of Cosmetics

 

 

 

126,000

 

Church & Dwight

 

5,927

 

 

 

Branded Household & Personal Care Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

326,659

 

 

 

> Travel 1.5%

 

 

 

2,390,000

 

Vail Resorts (a)(b)

 

148,873

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Expedia (a)

 

127,520

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

601,000

 

Ambassadors Group

 

22,898

 

 

 

Educational Student Travel Services

 

 

 

425,000

 

Choice Hotels

 

16,010

 

 

 

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

315,301

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 1.4%

 

 

 

3,850,000

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (a)(b)

 

104,835

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Penn National Gaming (a)

 

100,334

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

1,190,000

 

Intralot (Greece)

 

49,229

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

400,000

 

Station Casinos

 

34,992

 

 

 

Las Vegas Locals Casinos

 

 

 

226,000

 

Lakes Entertainment (a)

 

 

2,154

 

 

 

Native American Casinos Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

291,544

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 1.3%

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Herman Miller (b)

 

108,560

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

HNI

 

72,000

 

 

 

Office Furniture & Fireplaces

 

 

 

3,400,000

 

Knoll (b)

 

60,316

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

2,960,000

 

Nobia (Sweden)

 

28,476

 

 

 

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing & Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

269,352

 

 

 

> Leisure Products 0.9%

 

 

 

1,416,000

 

Speedway Motorsports

 

52,392

 

 

 

Motorsport Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

1,025,000

 

International Speedway

 

47,007

 

 

 

Largest Motorsports Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

800,000

 

Harley-Davidson

 

36,968

 

 

 

Motorcycles & Related Merchandise

 

 

 

785,000

 

Thor Industries

 

35,317

 

 

 

RV & Bus Manufacturer

 

 

 

390,000

 

Winnebago

 

9,313

 

 

 

Premier Motorhome Maker

 

 

 

765,000

 

Fleetwood Enterprises (a)

 

6,541

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

187,538

 

 

 

> Restaurants 0.7%

 

 

 

2,145,000

 

Sonic (a)

 

50,193

 

 

 

Quick Service Restaurant

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (a)(b)

 

42,900

 

 

 

Casual Dining Restaurant

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

AFC Enterprises (a)(b)

 

27,090

 

 

 

Popeyes Restaurants

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Cheesecake Factory (a)

 

26,990

 

 

 

Casual Dining Restaurants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

147,173

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.6%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Hansen Natural (a)

 

102,024

 

 

 

Alternative Beverages

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

IAWS Group (Ireland)

 

22,229

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

124,253

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 0.3%

 

 

 

2,890,000

 

Pool (b)

 

72,192

 

 

 

Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,192

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods 0.1%

 

 

 

5,410,390

 

Ducati Motor (Italy) (a)

 

13,277

 

 

 

Motorcycles & Related Merchandise

 

 

 

900,000

 

Champion Enterprises (a)

 

9,882

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

172,000

 

Cavco Industries (a)

 

5,762

 

 

 

Higher End Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,921

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Cruise Lines 0.1%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Carnival

 

$

19,372

 

 

 

Largest Cruise Line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,372

 

 

 

> Other Entertainment 0.1%

 

 

 

435,000

 

CTS Eventim (Germany)

 

17,210

 

 

 

Event Ticket Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,210

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

3,464,166

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 12.9%

 

 

 

 

 

> Insurance 4.0%

 

 

 

3,965,000

 

HCC Insurance Holdings

 

113,558

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

2,390,000

 

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding (a)

 

98,803

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

5,950,000

 

Conseco (a)

 

95,200

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care, & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

1,748,000

 

Leucadia National

 

84,288

 

 

 

Insurance Holding Company

 

 

 

149,000

 

Markel (a)

 

72,116

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Assurant

 

64,200

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

995,000

 

Protective Life

 

42,228

 

 

 

Life Insurance

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings

 

41,550

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Delphi Financial Group

 

40,420

 

 

 

Group Employee Benefit Products & Services

 

 

 

740,000

 

Stancorp Financial Group

 

36,637

 

 

 

Group Life & Disability Insurance

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

United America Indemnity (a)(b)

 

33,340

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

600,000

 

National Financial Partners

 

31,788

 

 

 

Distributor of Life Insurance, Group Benefits & Investment Advisory Services

 

 

 

1,420,000

 

Selective Insurance Group

 

30,218

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Aspen Insurance

 

27,910

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group (a)(b)

 

18,020

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance Products & Services

 

 

 

280,000

 

April Group (France)

 

17,259

 

 

 

Insurance Policy Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

847,535

 

 

 

> Banks 3.1%

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

BOK Financial (b)

 

179,935

 

 

 

Tulsa Based S.W. Bank

 

 

 

3,511,000

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

104,031

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

4,246,000

 

Glacier Bancorp (b)

 

95,620

 

 

 

Mountain States Bank

 

 

 

2,156,000

 

TCF Financial

 

56,444

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

1,222,000

 

Chittenden

 

42,966

 

 

 

New England Bank

 

 

 

1,437,000

 

West Coast Bancorp (b)

 

40,825

 

 

 

Portland Small Business Bank

 

 

 

920,000

 

MB Financial

 

31,786

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

530,000

 

First Financial Bankshares

 

21,295

 

 

 

West Texas Bank

 

 

 

1,312,000

 

West Bancorporation (b)

 

20,362

 

 

 

Des Moines Commercial Bank

 

 

 

636,000

 

Great Southern Bancorp

 

15,798

 

 

 

Missouri Real Estate Lender

 

 

 

650,000

 

TriCo Bancshares

 

14,475

 

 

 

California Central Valley Community Bank

 

 

 

400,000

 

First Mutual Bancshares (b)

 

10,676

 

 

 

Seattle Community Bank

 

 

 

450,000

 

First Busey

 

9,860

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

150,000

 

Greene County Bancshares

 

5,468

 

 

 

Tennessee Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

649,541

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 2.3%

 

 

 

5,250,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

209,790

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

6,168,000

 

SEI Investments

 

168,263

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

1,303,000

 

Nuveen Investments

 

80,708

 

 

 

Money Management

 

 

 

450,000

 

Investment Technology Group (a)

 

19,341

 

 

 

Electronic Trading

 

 

 

350,000

 

KBW (a)

 

10,073

 

 

 

Investment Bank to Financial Industry

 

 

 

100,000

 

Cohen & Steers

 

3,703

 

 

 

Top REIT Fund Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

491,878

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans 2.0%

 

 

 

11,585,000

 

People’s United

 

200,189

 

 

 

Connecticut Savings & Loan

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Housing Development Finance (India)

 

107,800

 

 

 

Indian Mortgage Lender

 

 

 

2,725,000

 

Washington Federal

 

71,558

 

 

 

Traditional Thrift

 

 

 

774,000

 

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin

 

20,898

 

 

 

Wisconsin Thrift

 

 

 

200,000

 

Downey Financial

 

11,560

 

 

 

Option Arm Lender

 

 

 

360,000

 

Provident New York Bancorp

 

4,720

 

 

 

New York State Thrift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

416,725

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 1.5%

 

 

 

7,235,000

 

AmeriCredit (a)(b)

 

127,192

 

 

 

Auto Lending

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp (b)

 

56,508

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

1,675,000

 

World Acceptance (a)(b)

 

55,409

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

520,000

 

GATX

 

22,230

 

 

 

Rail Car Lessor

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

CAI International (a)(b)

 

16,920

 

 

 

International Container Leasing & Management

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Finance Companies—continued

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Marlin Business Services (a)(b)

 

$

15,763

 

 

 

Small Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

922,000

 

Electro Rent

 

12,917

 

 

 

Test & Measurement Rentals

 

 

 

500,000

 

Rent-A-Center (a)

 

9,065

 

 

 

Rent to Own

 

 

 

300,000

 

H & E Equipment Services (a)

 

5,394

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

321,398

 

Finance: Total

 

2,727,077

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 10.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 5.0%

 

 

 

5,640,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

325,203

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

3,900,000

 

Fugro (Netherlands) (b)

 

316,382

 

 

 

Oilfield Services

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

91,872

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

1,448,000

 

Dresser-Rand Group (a)

 

61,844

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Compressors

 

 

 

1,640,000

 

Tesco (a)

 

44,526

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

1,183,100

 

ShawCor (Canada)

 

42,583

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

1,161,000

 

Rowan

 

42,469

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

1,988,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)

 

42,026

 

 

 

U.S.-based Services Company with Life of Field Approach

 

 

 

750,000

 

CARBO Ceramics

 

38,048

 

 

 

Natural Gas Well Stimulants

 

 

 

550,000

 

SBM Offshore (Netherlands)

 

21,610

 

 

 

Builds & Leases Offshore Vessels to Process & Store Crude Oil

 

 

 

195,000

 

Exterran Holdings (a)

 

15,666

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compressor Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

1,580,000

 

Enerflex Systems (Canada)

 

15,138

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compresser Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

170,000

 

Key Energy Services (a)

 

2,890

 

 

 

Well Workover Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,060,257

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 4.3%

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

Ultra Petroleum (a)

 

167,508

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

XTO Energy

 

154,600

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Equitable Resources

 

124,488

 

 

 

Natural Gas Producer & Utility

 

 

 

9,315,000

 

Tullow Oil (United Kingdom)

 

113,476

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

4,900,000

 

Talisman Energy (Canada)

 

96,212

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

75,330

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Range Resources

 

60,990

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

 

58,318

 

 

 

Explores for Natural Gas & Crude Oil

 

 

 

700,000

 

Denbury Resources (a)

 

31,283

 

 

 

Oil Producer Using Co2 Injection

 

 

 

2,750,000

 

Vaalco Energy (a)

 

12,567

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

300,000

 

St. Mary Land & Exploration

 

10,701

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

905,473

 

 

 

> Mining 0.8%

 

 

 

7,725,000

 

Uranium One (South Africa) (a)

 

102,130

 

 

 

Uranium Mines in South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia & the U.S.

 

 

 

2,900,000

 

Jubilee Mines (Australia)

 

44,336

 

 

 

Nickel Mining in Australia

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Ivanhoe Mines (Canada) (a)

 

12,990

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,456

 

 

 

> Agricultural Commodities 0.2%

 

 

 

550,000

 

Aracruz Celulose (Brazil)

 

40,475

 

 

 

Brazilian Hardwood Pulp Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,475

 

 

 

> Oil Refining, Marketing & Distribution 0.1%

 

 

 

435,000

 

Oneok

 

20,619

 

 

 

Natural Gas Distribution, Pipeline Processing & Trading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,619

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

2,186,280

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 8.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 2.2%

 

 

 

2,102,000

 

Cytyc (a)

 

100,160

 

 

 

Consumables Related to Women’s Health

 

 

 

929,000

 

Henry Schein (a)

 

56,520

 

 

 

Largest Distributor of Healthcare Products

 

 

 

1,025,000

 

Polymedica

 

53,833

 

 

 

Diabetes Supply Distributor

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

ICU Medical (a)(b)

 

48,438

 

 

 

Intravenous Therapy Products

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Owens & Minor

 

45,708

 

 

 

Distribution of Medical Supplies

 

 

 

905,000

 

Arrow International

 

41,168

 

 

 

Disposable Catheters

 

 

 

700,000

 

Cooper

 

36,694

 

 

 

Contact Lens Manufacturer

 

 

 

486,000

 

Techne (a)

 

30,657

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

24,263

 

 

 

Life Science Company; DNA/RNA Purification

 

 

 

790,000

 

Meridian Biosciences

 

23,953

 

 

 

Niche Diagnostics/Life Science Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

461,394

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 1.9%

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

99,600

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

2,550,000

 

PDL BioPharma (a)

 

55,105

 

 

 

Proprietary Monoclonal Antibodies

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery—continued

 

 

 

865,000

 

Amylin (a)

 

$

43,250

 

 

 

Biotech Company Focused on Diabetes & Obesity

 

 

 

3,720,000

 

Seattle Genetics (a)(b)

 

41,813

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

650,000

 

Myriad Genetics (a)

 

33,897

 

 

 

Drugs/Diagnostics Hybrid

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Medarex (a)

 

28,320

 

 

 

Humanized Antibodies

 

 

 

2,160,000

 

Array Biopharma (a)

 

24,257

 

 

 

Drugs for Cancer & Inflammatory Diseases

 

 

 

2,020,000

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

22,119

 

 

 

Novel Drug Targeting Technology

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

14,570

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Technologies

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Lexicon Genetics (a)

 

10,726

 

 

 

Drug Discovery

 

 

 

2,190,000

 

Neurogen (a)(b)

 

9,724

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Neurology

 

 

 

2,520,000

 

Decode Genetics (a)

 

8,744

 

 

 

Drugs for Heart Attack, Asthma & Vascular Disease

 

 

 

825,000

 

Pharmacopeia (a)

 

4,719

 

 

 

Biotech Company with Broad Early-stage Pipeline

 

 

 

1,025,000

 

Nuvelo (a)

 

2,101

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Cardiovascular/Cancer

 

 

 

359,000

 

La Jolla Pharmaceutical (a)

 

1,590

 

 

 

Lupus Treatment

 

 

 

216,000

 

Genitope (a)

 

968

 

 

 

Cancer Vaccine

 

 

 

187,500

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1, Pfd. (a)(c)

 

488

 

96,644

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1, Pfd. (a)(c)

 

251

 

 

 

High Throughput Rational Drug Design

 

 

 

1,249,999

 

Perlegen Sciences (a)(c)

 

400

 

 

 

Large Scale Gene Sequencing

 

 

 

359,944

 

MicroDose Technologies (a)(c)

 

360

 

 

 

Drug Inhaler Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

403,002

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 1.9%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum (Germany)

 

64,117

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

1,085,000

 

Charles River Laboratories (a)

 

60,923

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Research

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Lincare Holdings (a)

 

47,645

 

 

 

Home Health Care Services

 

 

 

2,250,000

 

PSS World Medical (a)

 

43,042

 

 

 

Medical Supplies

 

 

 

1,177,000

 

OPG Groep (Netherlands)

 

38,327

 

 

 

Health Care Supplies & Pharmacies

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Eresearch Technology (a)(b)

 

34,170

 

 

 

Clinical Research Services

 

 

 

1,125,000

 

LCA-Vision (b)

 

33,064

 

 

 

Lasik Surgery Centers

 

 

 

500,000

 

Coventry Health Care (a)

 

31,105

 

 

 

HMO

 

 

 

900,000

 

Omnicare

 

29,817

 

 

 

Pharmacy Services for Nursing Homes

 

 

 

600,000

 

Healthcare Services Group

 

 

12,162

 

 

 

Outsourced Services to Long-term Care Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

394,372

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 1.4%

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Edwards Lifesciences (a)

 

49,310

 

 

 

Heart Valves

 

 

 

943,000

 

Orthofix International (a)(b)

 

46,179

 

 

 

Bone Fixation & Stimulation Devices

 

 

 

870,000

 

Vital Signs (b)

 

45,362

 

 

 

Anesthesia, Respiratory & Sleep Products

 

 

 

550,000

 

Dade Behring

 

41,992

 

 

 

Clinical Diagnostics Supplier

 

 

 

315,000

 

Synthes (Switzerland)

 

35,266

 

 

 

Products for Orthopedic Surgery

 

 

 

578,000

 

Haemonetics (a)

 

28,565

 

 

 

Blood & Plasma Collection Equipment

 

 

 

75,000

 

Nobel Biocare Holding (Switzerland)

 

20,288

 

 

 

Dental Implants & Ceramic Crowns

 

 

 

552,000

 

Advanced Medical Optics (a)

 

16,886

 

 

 

Medical Devices for Eye Care

 

 

 

225,000

 

Illumina (a)

 

11,673

 

 

 

Leading Tools & Service Provider for Genetic Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

295,521

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 1.1%

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

76,713

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Endo Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

40,313

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain Management

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical

 

30,510

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

MGI Pharma (a)

 

28,058

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Oncology & Acute Care

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

QLT (a)(b)

 

22,760

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Ophthalmology & Dermatology

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

United Drug (Ireland)

 

14,492

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Collagenex Pharmaceuticals (a)(b)

 

10,776

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

1,780,000

 

Barrier Therapeutics (a)(b)

 

10,751

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

234,373

 

Health Care: Total

 

1,788,662

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 3.3%

 

 

 

2,180,000

 

Gaylord Entertainment (a)(b)

 

116,020

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

DiamondRock Hospitality

 

78,345

 

 

 

Hotel Owner

 

 

 

1,398,000

 

Forest City Enterprises, Class B (b)

 

76,918

 

 

 

Commercial & Residential Property Developer

 

 

 

650,000

 

SL Green Realty

 

75,900

 

 

 

Manhattan Office Buildings

 

 

 

1,320,000

 

General Growth Properties

 

70,778

 

 

 

Regional Shopping Malls

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares
or Principal Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate—continued

 

 

 

635,000

 

Macerich Company

 

$

55,613

 

 

 

Regional Shopping Malls

 

 

 

575,000

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust

 

50,945

 

 

 

Shopping Centers

 

 

 

850,000

 

Digital Realty Trust

 

33,482

 

 

 

Technology-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

1,720,000

 

Kite Realty Group (b)

 

32,336

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

628,000

 

Parkway Properties

 

27,720

 

 

 

Office Buildings

 

 

 

900,000

 

American Campus Communities

 

26,361

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

1,020,000

 

Brandywine Realty

 

25,816

 

 

 

Office Buildings

 

 

 

8,200

 

Kenedix (Japan)

 

14,234

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Management

 

 

 

37,407

 

Security Capital European Realty (Luxembourg) (a)(c)(d)

 

 

 

 

Self Storage Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

684,468

 

 

 

> Transportation 0.9%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

52,600

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

14,120,000

 

China Shipping Development (China)

 

45,764

 

 

 

China’s Dominant Shipper for Oil & Coal

 

 

 

826,200

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Surest (Mexico)

 

40,996

 

 

 

Cancun & Cozumel Airport Operator

 

 

 

2,264,000

 

Heartland Express

 

32,330

 

 

 

Regional Trucker

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway (China)

 

25,613

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

197,303

 

 

 

> Regulated Utilities 0.2%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Northeast Utilities

 

51,426

 

 

 

Regulated Electric Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,426

 

Other Industries: Total

 

933,197

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.9%
(Cost: $11,869,880)

 

20,022,687

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 5.2%

 

 

 

$

150,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 3.50% Due 10/11/07-11/23/07

 

149,508

 

100,000

 

Toyota Motor Credit 4.70% Due 10/03/07 – 10/04/07

 

99,968

 

100,000

 

Chevron Funding Corp. 4.70% Due 10/10/07-10/12/07

 

99,869

 

50,000

 

Cargill Global Funding (e) 5.00% Due 10/01/07

 

50,000

 

50,000

 

AT&T, Inc. (e) 4.70% Due 10/05/07

 

49,974

 

50,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 2.20% Due 10/18/07

 

49,948

 

50,000

 

General Electric Capital 4.73% Due 10/09/07

 

49,948

 

50,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 2.60% Due 10/18/07

 

49,939

 

50,000

 

General Electric Capital 4.72% Due 10/15/07

 

49,908

 

50,000

 

Walmart Stores (e) 4.65% Due 10/16/07

 

49,903

 

50,000

 

IBM International (e) 4.72% Due 10/17/07

 

49,895

 

50,000

 

Nestle Finance France (e) 4.80% Due 10/19/07

 

49,880

 

50,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 3.75% Due 10/25/07

 

49,875

 

50,000

 

Hershey Foods (e) 4.72% Due 10/22/07

 

49,862

 

50,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 4.05% Due 11/01/07

 

49,826

 

50,000

 

U. S. Treasury Bills 3.65% Due 11/15/07

 

49,772

 

47,495

 

IBM International (e) 4.98% Due 10/02/07

 

47,489

 

42,290

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 10/09/09, market value of $43,140 (repurchase proceeds $42,307)

 

42,290

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost: $1,087,853)

 

1,087,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $12,957,733)(f)(g)

 

21,110,541

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.1)%

 

(23,602

)

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

21,086,939

 

 



 


> 

Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. A security traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Trust has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

An affiliate may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Transactions in affiliated companies during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
12/31/06

 

Purchases/ 
Additions

 

Sales/ 
Reductions

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
9/30/07

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Actuate

 

6,000,000

 

 

694,000

 

5,306,000

 

$

34,224

 

$

 

Administaff

 

1,670,000

 

230,000

 

 

1,900,000

 

68,970

 

616

 

AFC Enterprises

 

1,600,000

 

200,000

 

 

1,800,000

 

27,090

 

 

Agile Software*

 

3,500,000

 

 

3,500,000

 

 

 

 

AmeriCredit

 

6,500,000

 

735,000

 

 

7,235,000

 

127,192

 

 

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin*

 

1,178,000

 

 

404,000

 

774,000

 

20,898

 

541

 

AnswerThink

 

4,600,000

 

 

 

4,600,000

 

15,134

 

 

Bally Technologies

 

3,500,000

 

 

350,000

 

3,150,000

 

111,604

 

 

Barrier Therapeutics

 

1,321,000

 

459,000

 

 

1,780,000

 

10,751

 

 

BOK Financial

 

2,605,000

 

895,000

 

 

3,500,000

 

179,935

 

 

CAI International

 

200,000

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,200,000

 

16,920

 

 

Chattem

 

1,010,000

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

71,225

 

 

Chico’s FAS

 

7,080,000

 

2,050,000

 

 

9,130,000

 

128,276

 

 

Christopher & Banks

 

3,743,000

 

 

 

3,743,000

 

45,365

 

674

 

Clarcor

 

3,500,000

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

119,735

 

761

 

Collagenex Pharmaceuticals

 

830,000

 

370,000

 

 

1,200,000

 

10,776

 

 

Concur Technologies*

 

2,131,000

 

 

731,000

 

1,400,000

 

44,128

 

 

Cytokinetics*

 

486,000

 

 

486,000

 

 

 

 

Dobson Communications*

 

8,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

4,000,000

 

51,160

 

1,086

 

Donaldson

 

3,600,000

 

600,000

 

 

4,200,000

 

175,392

 

 

Drew Industries

 

1,228,000

 

150,000

 

 

1,378,000

 

56,057

 

 

Enerflex Systems*

 

2,280,000

 

8,100

 

708,100

 

1,580,000

 

15,138

 

974

 

Eresearch Technology

 

2,300,000

 

700,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

34,170

 

 

ESCO Technologies

 

2,200,000

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

73,128

 

 

Excel Technology

 

625,000

 

110,000

 

 

735,000

 

18,338

 

 

FARO Technologies

 

 

860,000

 

 

860,000

 

37,969

 

 

First Mutual Bancshares

 

400,000

 

 

 

400,000

 

10,676

 

108

 

Fleetwood Enterprises*

 

4,690,000

 

 

3,925,000

 

765,000

 

6,541

 

 

Forest City Enterprises, Class B

 

1,398,000

 

 

 

1,398,000

 

76,918

 

308

 

Forward Air

 

1,900,000

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

56,582

 

399

 

Fugro

 

2,928,301

 

971,699

 

 

3,900,000

 

316,382

 

3,860

 

Gaiam

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

28,836

 

 

Gaylord Entertainment

 

1,760,000

 

420,000

 

 

2,180,000

 

116,020

 

 

Genlyte Group

 

1,963,000

 

637,000

 

 

2,600,000

 

167,076

 

 

Gibraltar Industries

 

2,860,000

 

 

 

2,860,000

 

52,910

 

572

 

Glacier Bancorp

 

4,080,000

 

166,000

 

 

4,246,000

 

95,620

 

1,469

 

Helen of Troy

 

1,800,000

 

100,000

 

 

1,900,000

 

36,689

 

 

Herman Miller

 

2,068,000

 

1,932,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

108,560

 

834

 

Highland Hospitality*

 

5,850,000

 

 

5,850,000

 

 

 

1,346

 

HNI*

 

2,550,000

 

 

550,000

 

2,000,000

 

72,000

 

1,368

 

ICU Medical

 

1,083,000

 

167,000

 

 

1,250,000

 

48,438

 

 

iGate

 

5,000,000

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

42,850

 

 

II-VI

 

2,025,000

 

232,000

 

 

2,257,000

 

77,934

 

 

Indus International (merged into Vista Equity)*

 

5,600,000

 

 

5,600,000

 

 

 

 

ITT Educational Services*

 

2,250,000

 

 

250,000

 

2,000,000

 

243,380

 

 

IXYS

 

1,905,000

 

 

 

1,905,000

 

19,869

 

 

JDA Software*

 

1,490,000

 

 

1,490,000

 

 

 

 

Kenexa

 

828,000

 

1,040,000

 

 

1,868,000

 

57,497

 

 

Kite Realty Group

 

1,720,000

 

 

 

1,720,000

 

32,336

 

1,006

 

Knoll

 

 

3,400,000

 

 

3,400,000

 

60,316

 

 

Kronos (merged into Helman & Friedman)*

 

2,750,000

 

 

2,750,000

 

 

 

 

LCA-Vision

 

1,125,000

 

 

 

1,125,000

 

33,064

 

608

 

Littelfuse

 

1,135,000

 

285,000

 

 

1,420,000

 

50,680

 

 

Marchex

 

 

1,700,000

 

 

1,700,000

 

16,167

 

25

 

Marlin Business Services

 

685,000

 

415,000

 

 

1,100,000

 

15,763

 

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

1,212,000

 

488,000

 

 

1,700,000

 

56,508

 

632

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

2,000,000

 

18,020

 

 

 

Mine Safety Appliances

 

1,900,000

 

 

86,000

 

1,814,000

 

85,458

 

1,159

 

Navigant Consulting

 

1,900,000

 

600,000

 

 

2,500,000

 

31,650

 

 

Neurogen

 

655,000

 

1,535,000

 

 

2,190,000

 

9,724

 

 

Orthofix International

 

942,500

 

500

 

 

943,000

 

46,179

 

 

Oxford Industries

 

919,000

 

150,000

 

 

1,069,000

 

38,612

 

550

 

Pinnacle Entertainment

 

3,200,000

 

650,000

 

 

3,850,000

 

104,835

 

 

Pool

 

2,500,000

 

390,000

 

 

2,890,000

 

72,192

 

982

 

Princeton Review

 

2,550,000

 

 

 

2,550,000

 

20,324

 

 

ProQuest*

 

2,000,000

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

QLT

 

2,500,000

 

1,500,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

22,760

 

 

Radiant Systems

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

39,575

 

 

 



 

Affiliates

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
12/31/06

 

Purchases/ 
Additions

 

Sales/ 
Reductions

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
9/30/07

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

$

42,900

 

$

 

Saga Communications

 

1,400,000

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

10,276

 

 

Salem Communications

 

1,541,000

 

 

 

1,541,000

 

12,328

 

647

 

Seachange International*

 

1,875,000

 

 

1,875,000

 

 

 

 

Seattle Genetics

 

2,300,000

 

1,420,000

 

 

3,720,000

 

41,813

 

 

Shuffle Master

 

2,430,000

 

 

 

2,430,000

 

36,329

 

 

SkillSoft

 

9,500,000

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

85,405

 

 

Spanish Broadcasting System

 

2,400,000

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

6,192

 

 

Spartech*

 

2,700,000

 

 

1,650,000

 

1,050,000

 

17,913

 

905

 

Supertex

 

690,000

 

260,000

 

130,000

 

820,000

 

32,702

 

 

Tumbleweed Communications*

 

3,500,000

 

 

3,500,000

 

 

 

 

United America Indemnity

 

1,550,000

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

33,340

 

 

Universal Technical Institute

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

27,000

 

 

Vaalco Energy*

 

3,200,000

 

 

450,000

 

2,750,000

 

12,567

 

 

Vail Resorts

 

2,390,000

 

 

 

2,390,000

 

148,873

 

 

Vital Signs

 

870,000

 

 

 

870,000

 

45,362

 

252

 

Voyager Learning

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

2,000,000

 

16,460

 

 

Watsco

 

2,375,000

 

 

 

2,375,000

 

110,271

 

2,161

 

West Bancorporation

 

949,000

 

363,000

 

 

1,312,000

 

20,362

 

530

 

West Coast Bancorp

 

1,320,000

 

117,000

 

 

1,437,000

 

40,825

 

475

 

Witness Systems*

 

2,500,000

 

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

 

World Acceptance

 

1,500,000

 

175,000

 

 

1,675,000

 

55,409

 

 

TOTAL OF AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

 

204,998,801

 

31,481,299

 

43,479,100

 

193,001,000

 

$

4,678,843

 

$

24,848

 

 


*

At September 30, 2007, the Fund owned less than five percent or more of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2007, was $3,096,691 and $4,678,843 respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 22.2% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2007.

 

 

(c)

Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities, are valued in good faith by the board of trustees. At September 30, 2007, these securities amounted to $1,499 which represented 0.01% of total net assets.

 

 

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition 
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Perlegen Sciences

 

3/30/01

 

1,249,999

 

$

4,500

 

$

400

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1 Pfd.

 

9/5/01

 

187,500

 

7,500

 

488

 

MicroDose Technologies

 

11/24/00

 

359,944

 

2,005

 

360

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1 Pfd.

 

2/8/07

 

96,644

 

280

 

251

 

Security Capital European Reality

 

8/20/98 - 11/12/99

 

37,407

 

205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,490

 

$

1,499

 

 

(d)

Security has no value.

 

 

(e)

Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in exempt transactions to qualified buyers. Private resales of these securities to qualified instutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At September 30, 2007, these securities had an aggregate value of $347,003, which represented 1.6% of net assets.

 

 

(f)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $12,957,733 and net unrealized appreciation was $8,152,808 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $8,782,314 and gross unrealized depreciation of $629,506.

 

 

(g)

On September 30, 2007, the market value of foreign securities represented 12.93% of total net assets. The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

 

 

Value

 

Percent

 

Netherlands

 

$

522,992

 

2.48

%

France

 

206,771

 

0.98

 

Canada

 

201,170

 

0.95

 

Hong Kong

 

198,696

 

0.94

 

Japan

 

195,568

 

0.93

 

United Kingdom

 

159,602

 

0.76

 

Switzerland

 

132,238

 

0.63

 

Germany

 

128,445

 

0.61

 

Sweden

 

126,789

 

0.60

 

India

 

107,800

 

0.51

 

South Africa

 

102,130

 

0.48

 

China

 

97,774

 

0.46

 

Australia

 

84,105

 

0.40

 

Denmark

 

66,832

 

0.32

%

Brazil

 

53,678

 

0.26

 

Israel

 

51,108

 

0.24

 

Greece

 

49,229

 

0.23

 

Ireland

 

46,464

 

0.22

 

Singapore

 

43,213

 

0.21

 

Mexico

 

40,996

 

0.19

 

Chile

 

33,819

 

0.16

 

Taiwan

 

28,688

 

0.14

 

Austria

 

19,017

 

0.09

 

Spain

 

15,818

 

0.08

 

Italy

 

13,277

 

0.06

 

Luxembourg

 

 

 

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

2,726,219

 

12.93

%

 



 

Columbia Acorn International

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

Equities: 92.3%

 

Europe 48.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> France 8.2%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

SES Global

 

$

70,782

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

Carbone Lorraine

 

46,545

 

 

 

Advanced Industrial Materials

 

 

 

500,000

 

Iliad

 

46,299

 

 

 

Alternative Internet & Telecoms Provider

 

 

 

375,000

 

Norbert Dentressangle

 

40,154

 

 

 

Transport

 

 

 

380,000

 

Rubis

 

35,744

 

 

 

Tank Storage & LPG Supplier

 

 

 

656,700

 

Trigano

 

29,683

 

 

 

Leisure Vehicles & Camping Equipment

 

 

 

206,000

 

Pierre & Vacances

 

28,582

 

 

 

Vacation Apartment Lets

 

 

 

190,000

 

Bacou Dalloz

 

23,692

 

 

 

Safety Equipment

 

 

 

700,000

 

Legrand

 

23,524

 

 

 

Electrical Components

 

 

 

251,000

 

Imerys

 

22,898

 

 

 

Industrial Minerals Producer

 

 

 

160,000

 

Neopost

 

22,578

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

240,000

 

Eurofins Scientific

 

22,000

 

 

 

Food Screening & Testing

 

 

 

350,000

 

April Group

 

21,574

 

 

 

Insurance Policy Construction

 

 

 

410,000

 

Meetic (a)

 

18,266

 

 

 

Dating Services

 

 

 

100,000

 

Ciments Francais

 

17,577

 

 

 

Leading French & Emerging Markets Cement Producer

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Hi-Media

 

11,036

 

 

 

Leading Online Advertiser in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

480,934

 

 

 

> Netherlands 7.7%

 

 

 

1,406,155

 

Fugro

 

114,072

 

 

 

Oilfield Services

 

 

 

686,800

 

Smit Internationale

 

59,908

 

 

 

Harbor & Offshore Towage & Marine Services

 

 

 

1,947,042

 

Aalberts Industries

 

46,426

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

1,096,000

 

Koninklijke TenCate

 

44,372

 

 

 

Advanced Textiles & Industrial Fabrics

 

 

 

1,385,000

 

Unit 4 Agresso (b)

 

40,822

 

 

 

Business & Security Software

 

 

 

479,000

 

Imtech

 

39,359

 

 

 

Engineering & Technical Services

 

 

 

833,000

 

OPG Groep

 

27,126

 

 

 

Health Care Supplies & Pharmacies

 

 

 

489,000

 

Boskalis Westminster

 

24,625

 

 

 

Dredging & Maritime Contractor

 

 

 

1,182,536

 

Wavin

 

21,121

 

 

 

Largest European Plastic Pipe Systems Company

 

 

 

705,000

 

USG People

 

20,098

 

 

 

Temporary Staffing Services

 

 

 

450,000

 

SBM Offshore

 

17,681

 

 

 

Builds & Leases Offshore Vessels to Process & Store Crude Oil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

455,610

 

 

 

> Germany 6.1%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum

 

57,705

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

500,000

 

Wincor Nixdorf

 

41,332

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

310,987

 

Elringklinger

 

35,242

 

 

 

Automobile Components

 

 

 

250,000

 

Deutsche Boerse

 

34,021

 

 

 

Trading, Clearing, Settlement Services for Financial Markets

 

 

 

15,000

 

Porsche

 

31,845

 

 

 

Specialty Automobile Manufacturer

 

 

 

750,000

 

CTS Eventim

 

29,673

 

 

 

Event Ticket Sales

 

 

 

330,000

 

MPC Muechmeyer Petersen Capital

 

28,207

 

 

 

Alternative Asset Manager

 

 

 

250,000

 

Vossloh

 

26,981

 

 

 

Rail Infrastructure & Diesel Locomotives

 

 

 

140,000

 

Rational

 

26,932

 

 

 

Commercial Oven Manufacturer

 

 

 

525,000

 

GFK

 

21,230

 

 

 

Market Research Services

 

 

 

918,000

 

Takkt

 

15,548

 

 

 

Mail Order Retailer of Office & Warehouse Durables

 

 

 

354,500

 

Deutsche Beteiligungs

 

12,406

 

 

 

Private Equity Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

361,122

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 6.0%

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Northgate

 

47,316

 

 

 

Light Commercial Vehicle Rental Specialist

 

 

 

3,255,691

 

Tullow Oil

 

39,661

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,970,714

 

Expro International Group

 

39,603

 

 

 

Offshore Oilfield Services

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

36,693

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

Taylor Nelson Sofres

 

32,337

 

 

 

Market Research

 

 

 

4,230,000

 

RPS Group

 

29,319

 

 

 

Environmental Consulting & Planning

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Informa Group

 

24,557

 

 

 

Global Publisher & Event Organizer

 

 

 

640,000

 

Randgold Resources

 

21,273

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Western Africa

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Intertek Testing

 

19,341

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection, Certification Services

 

 

 

900,000

 

Rotork

 

18,586

 

 

 

Valve Actuators for Oil & Water Pipelines

 

 

 

2,375,000

 

Detica

 

15,070

 

 

 

UK IT Services Company

 

 

 

3,007,000

 

BBA Group

 

14,059

 

 

 

Aviation Support Services

 

 

 

650,000

 

Keller Group

 

13,078

 

 

 

International Ground Engineering Specialist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

350,893

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Switzerland 5.4%

 

 

 

600,000

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

$

59,060

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

24,000

 

Sika

 

46,668

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

165,000

 

Nobel Biocare Holding

 

44,633

 

 

 

Dental Implants & Ceramic Crowns

 

 

 

360,000

 

Synthes

 

40,305

 

 

 

Products for Orthopedic Surgery

 

 

 

250,000

 

Geberit

 

32,703

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

140,000

 

Burckhardt Compression

 

30,785

 

 

 

Gas Compression Pumps

 

 

 

450,000

 

Schindler

 

28,351

 

 

 

Elevator Manufacturer & Service Provider

 

 

 

25,000

 

Givaudan

 

23,090

 

 

 

Fragrances & Flavors

 

 

 

400,000

 

Logitech International (a)

 

11,908

 

 

 

Branded Peripheral Computer Devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

317,503

 

 

 

> Sweden 2.8%

 

 

 

3,960,000

 

Hexagon

 

80,355

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment & Polymers

 

 

 

8,900,000

 

Securitas Systems

 

32,828

 

 

 

Commercial Security Installation & Service

 

 

 

3,135,000

 

SWECO

 

31,258

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

2,265,000

 

Nobia

 

21,790

 

 

 

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing & Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166,231

 

 

 

> Italy 2.2%

 

 

 

9,100,000

 

CIR

 

35,506

 

 

 

Italian Holding Company

 

 

 

12,531,048

 

Ducati Motor (a)

 

30,750

 

 

 

Motorcycles & Related Merchandise

 

 

 

3,750,000

 

Amplifon

 

29,688

 

 

 

Hearing Aid Retailer

 

 

 

1,243,000

 

GranitiFiandre

 

17,473

 

 

 

Innovative Stoneware

 

 

 

375,000

 

Sabaf

 

14,437

 

 

 

Supplier to White Goods Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

127,854

 

 

 

> Ireland 2.1%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

IAWS Group

 

40,013

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

8,416,000

 

United Drug

 

39,345

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

600,000

 

Paddy Power

 

21,028

 

 

 

Irish Betting Services

 

 

 

665,000

 

Kingspan Group

 

14,580

 

 

 

Building Insulation & Environmental Containers

 

 

 

1,040,000

 

Grafton Group

 

11,648

 

 

 

Builders Materials Wholesaling & Do-it-yourself Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,614

 

 

 

> Greece 1.3%

 

 

 

1,890,000

 

Intralot

 

78,187

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,187

 

 

 

> Austria 1.1%

 

 

 

1,052,000

 

Zumtobel

 

40,012

 

 

 

Lighting Systems

 

 

 

400,000

 

Wienerberger

 

25,046

 

400,000

 

Wienerberger - Rights (a)(c)

 

 

 

 

Bricks & Clay Roofing Tiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,058

 

 

 

> Spain 1.1%

 

 

 

600,000

 

Sogecable (a)

 

21,791

 

 

 

Spain’s Main Pay-TV

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Prisa

 

20,761

 

 

 

Leading Spanish-speaking Publisher

 

 

 

400,000

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

20,715

 

 

 

Spanish Power Grid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,267

 

 

 

> Finland 1.0%

 

 

 

1,756,000

 

Poyry

 

43,982

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

305,000

 

Stockmann

 

14,722

 

 

 

Department Stores in Finland, Baltics & Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,704

 

 

 

> Poland 0.9%

 

 

 

1,125,500

 

Central European Distribution (a)

 

53,923

 

 

 

Vodka Production & Alcohol Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,923

 

 

 

> Czech Republic 0.7%

 

 

 

183,000

 

Komercni Banka

 

42,532

 

 

 

Leading Czech Universal Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,532

 

 

 

> Russia 0.7%

 

 

 

775,000

 

Novolipetsk Steel

 

26,311

 

 

 

Vertically Integrated Steel Producer

 

 

 

486,000

 

RosBusinessConsulting (a)

 

15,300

 

 

 

Financial Information, Media & IT Services in Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,611

 

 

 

> Denmark 0.6%

 

 

 

265,000

 

Novozymes

 

33,416

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,416

 

 

 

> Norway 0.3%

 

 

 

2,774,800

 

Kongsberg Automotive (b)

 

18,615

 

 

 

Automotive Seating & Component Supplier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,615

 

Europe: Total

 

2,842,074

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Asia 28.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 12.4%

 

 

 

730,000

 

Ibiden

 

$

61,465

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

45,912

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

1,080,000

 

Hoya

 

36,732

 

 

 

Opto-electrical Components & Eyeglass Lenses

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Park24

 

35,985

 

 

 

Parking Lot Operator

 

 

 

43,500

 

Jupiter Telecommunications (a)

 

33,707

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Ushio

 

30,810

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

430,000

 

USS

 

28,230

 

 

 

Used Car Auctioneer

 

 

 

816,200

 

Kintetsu World Express

 

27,855

 

 

 

Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

16,000

 

Kenedix

 

27,773

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Management

 

 

 

1,344,000

 

Yusen Air & Sea Service

 

27,616

 

 

 

Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

885,000

 

Aeon Mall

 

27,015

 

 

 

Suburban Shopping Mall Developer, Owner & Operator

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Cosel

 

23,744

 

 

 

Industrial Standard Switching Power Supply System

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Topcon

 

23,099

 

 

 

Positioning & Medical Instrument

 

 

 

500,000

 

Union Tool

 

21,507

 

 

 

Precision Drill Bit Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

FCC

 

20,655

 

 

 

Auto/Motorcycle Clutches

 

 

 

10,000

 

Risa Partners

 

18,679

 

 

 

NPL & Real Estate Related Investment

 

 

 

145,000

 

Nakanishi

 

18,642

 

 

 

Dental Tools & Machinery

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

Kansai Urban Banking

 

18,394

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

965,000

 

T. Hasegawa

 

18,160

 

 

 

Industrial Flavors & Fragrances

 

 

 

718,000

 

Ito En

 

17,469

 

215,400

 

Ito En, Pfd. (a)

 

4,285

 

 

 

Bottled Tea & Other Beverages

 

 

 

700,000

 

As One

 

17,060

 

 

 

Scientific Supplies Distributor

 

 

 

440,000

 

SYSMEX

 

16,928

 

 

 

In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Equipment & Reagent Manufacturer

 

 

 

380,000

 

Takata

 

14,778

 

 

 

Safety Related Auto Parts

 

 

 

329,300

 

Unicharm PetCare

 

14,624

 

 

 

Pet Food & Pet Toiletries

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

Bank of Fukuoka

 

13,414

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

643,000

 

Ain Pharmaciez (b)

 

11,750

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

2,400

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

10,590

 

 

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

 

 

1,230,000

 

Kamigumi

 

10,302

 

 

 

Port Cargo Handling & Logistics

 

 

 

252,100

 

Aeon Delight

 

8,977

 

 

 

Facility Maintenance & Management

 

 

 

14,000

 

FullCast (b)

 

8,845

 

 

 

Employment Outsourcing

 

 

 

72,000

 

Hirose Electric

 

8,735

 

 

 

Electrical Connectors

 

 

 

4,000

 

Wacom

 

8,291

 

 

 

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

 

 

 

200,000

 

Point

 

6,873

 

 

 

Apparel Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

1,650

 

Japan Pure Chemical

 

5,940

 

 

 

Precious Metal Plating Chemicals for Electronics

 

 

 

3,300

 

Message

 

5,649

 

 

 

Nursing Care Facility Operator

 

 

 

123,900

 

Nagaileben

 

2,297

 

 

 

Medical/Health Care Related Clothes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

732,787

 

 

 

> China 5.0%

 

 

 

23,547,000

 

China Shipping Development

 

76,317

 

 

 

China’s Dominant Shipper for Oil & Coal

 

 

 

48,430,000

 

Lenovo Group

 

37,024

 

 

 

Third Largest PC Vendor Globally

 

 

 

26,508,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway

 

33,948

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

29,648,000

 

China Green

 

31,922

 

 

 

Agricultural Grower & Processor in China

 

 

 

25,000,000

 

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure

 

23,768

 

 

 

Guangdong Tollroad Leading to Hong Kong & Macau

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

Fu Ji Food & Catering Services

 

23,422

 

 

 

Food Catering Service Provider in China

 

 

 

20,910,000

 

Travelsky Technology

 

22,391

 

 

 

Online Air Travel Bookings in China

 

 

 

30,890,000

 

Xinyu Hengdeli

 

16,292

 

 

 

A High-end Watch Retailer in China

 

 

 

21,750,000

 

TPV Technology

 

15,527

 

 

 

Original Design Manufacturer for LCD Monitor & Flat TV

 

 

 

400,000

 

Sohu.com (a)

 

15,084

 

 

 

Advertising on Chinese Internet Portal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

295,695

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 2.8%

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

122,274

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

Lifestyle International (a)

 

28,171

 

 

 

Mid to High-end Department Store Operator in Hong Kong & China

 

 

 

46,000,000

 

Global Digital Creations (a)

 

16,792

 

 

 

Digital Cinema Solution Provider/ Network Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

167,237

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> South Korea 2.8%

 

 

 

444,000

 

Taewoong

 

$

52,384

 

 

 

A Player in the Niche Customized Forging Market

 

 

 

160,000

 

MegaStudy

 

48,453

 

 

 

Online Education Service Provider

 

 

 

977,000

 

Woongjin Coway

 

31,920

 

 

 

South Korean Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

915,000

 

Sung Kwang Bend

 

28,282

 

 

 

A Large Customized Industrial Pipe Fitting Manufacturer

 

 

 

262,000

 

YBM Sisa.com

 

5,274

 

 

 

Online Language Educator & Tester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166,313

 

 

 

> India 2.5%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Housing Development Finance

 

82,436

 

 

 

Indian Mortgage Lender

 

 

 

4,450,000

 

United Phosphorus

 

44,338

 

 

 

Off-patent Crop Protection Chemicals

 

 

 

700,000

 

Asian Paints

 

17,556

 

 

 

India’s Largest Paint Company

 

 

 

40,705

 

JSW Steel

 

872

 

 

 

Flat Steel Producer in India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

145,202

 

 

 

> Singapore 1.6%

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

Singapore Exchange

 

60,498

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

ComfortDelGro

 

22,149

 

 

 

Taxi & Mass Transit Service

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

OLAM

 

8,420

 

 

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,067

 

 

 

> Taiwan 1.0%

 

 

 

7,306,757

 

Advantech

 

21,618

 

 

 

Embedded Computers

 

 

 

7,501,588

 

Wah Lee Industrial

 

17,393

 

 

 

Distributor of Chemicals, Materials & Equipment

 

 

 

3,604,723

 

Everlight Electronics

 

15,689

 

 

 

Led Packager

 

 

 

795,826

 

Formosa International Hotels

 

6,236

 

 

 

Hotel, Food & Beverage Operation & Hospitality Management Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,936

 

 

 

> Indonesia 0.4%

 

 

 

15,000,000

 

Perusahaan Gas Negara

 

19,856

 

 

 

Gas Pipeline Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,856

 

Asia: Total

 

1,679,093

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 11.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Australia 3.0%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Billabong International

 

39,769

 

 

 

Action Sports Apparel Brand Manager

 

 

 

5,480,000

 

Sino Gold (a)

 

36,567

 

 

 

Gold Mining in The People’s Republic of China

 

 

 

750,000

 

Australian Stock Exchange

 

 

35,623

 

 

 

Australian Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

475,000

 

Perpetual Trustees

 

30,735

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Management

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Jubilee Mines

 

30,577

 

 

 

Nickel Mining in Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,271

 

 

 

> United States 2.9%

 

 

 

865,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

66,225

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

758,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

43,706

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

500,000

 

Dresser-Rand Group (a)

 

21,355

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Compressors

 

 

 

800,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

15,440

 

 

 

Life Science Company; DNA/RNA Purification

 

 

 

600,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

14,940

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

379,239

 

Tesco (a)

 

10,296

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

17,000

 

Lululemon Athletica (a)

 

715

 

 

 

Premium Active Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172,677

 

 

 

> South Africa 2.8%

 

 

 

4,299,000

 

Uranium One (a)

 

56,836

 

 

 

Uranium Mines in South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia & the U.S.

 

 

 

1,440,000

 

Impala Platinum Holdings

 

50,055

 

 

 

Platinum Group Metals Mining & Refining

 

 

 

1,560,000

 

Naspers

 

43,183

 

 

 

Media & Education in Africa & other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

4,460,000

 

Mr. Price

 

16,955

 

 

 

South African Retailer of Apparel, Household Goods & Sporting Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

167,029

 

 

 

> Canada 2.1%

 

 

 

1,860,000

 

ShawCor

 

66,946

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

1,333,000

 

RONA (a)

 

29,189

 

 

 

Leading Canadian Do-it-yourself Retailer

 

 

 

865,000

 

Talisman Energy

 

16,984

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

850,000

 

Ivanhoe Mines (a)

 

11,041

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

124,160

 

 

 

> New Zealand 0.4%

 

 

 

5,773,789

 

Sky City Entertainment

 

22,780

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,780

 

Other Countries: Total

 

659,917

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Brazil 2.7%

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

Suzano

 

$

69,203

 

 

 

Brazilian Pulp & Paper Producer

 

 

 

800,000

 

Porto Seguro

 

30,726

 

 

 

Auto & Life Insurance

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Natura Cosmeticos

 

30,005

 

 

 

Direct Retailer of Cosmetics

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Localiza Rent A Car

 

20,404

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

520,800

 

Redecard (a)

 

9,717

 

 

 

Credit/Debit Card Acquirer/Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

160,055

 

 

 

> Mexico 1.2%

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos (a)

 

25,152

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Builder

 

 

 

500,000

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Surest

 

24,810

 

 

 

Cancun & Cozumel Airport Operator

 

 

 

18,000,000

 

Consorcio ARA

 

24,110

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,072

 

 

 

> Chile 0.5%

 

 

 

160,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile

 

27,749

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium, & Iodine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,749

 

Latin America: Total

 

261,876

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 92.3%
(Cost: $3,291,877)

 

5,442,960

 

 

Principal Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 7.2%

 

 

 

$

50,000

 

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.20% Due 10/18/07

 

$

49,948

 

50,000

 

U.S. Treasury Bills 3.85% Due 11/01/07

 

49,834

 

28,800

 

Novartis Finance (d) 4.66% Due 10/11/07

 

28,763

 

28,600

 

IBM Corporation (d) 4.70% Due 10/04/07

 

28,589

 

28,600

 

General Electric Capital 4.68% Due 10/05/07

 

28,585

 

28,600

 

Chevron Funding 4.70% Due 10/01/07

 

28,570

 

28,600

 

Avon Capital (d) 4.83% Due 10/10/07

 

28,565

 

28,200

 

Nestle Capital (d) 4.77% Due 10/03/07

 

28,193

 

27,600

 

Toyota Motor Credit 5.15% Due 10/02/07

 

27,596

 

127,507

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations with maturities to 9/27/11, market value of $130,058 (repurchase proceeds $127,557)

 

127,507

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost: $426,150)

 

426,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.5%
(Cost: $3,718,027)(e)(f)

 

5,869,110

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.5%

 

29,603

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

5,898,713

 

 



 


Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. A security traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Trust has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

An affiliate may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Transactions in these affiliated companies during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
12/31/06

 

Purchases/ 
Additions

 

Sales/ 
Reductions

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
9/30/07

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

AIN Pharmaciez

 

643,000

 

 

 

643,000

 

$

11,750

 

$

90

 

FullCast

 

 

14,000

 

 

14,000

 

8,845

 

339

 

Kongsberg Automotive

 

2,065,000

 

709,800

 

 

2,774,800

 

18,615

 

386

 

Unit 4 Agresso

 

1,385,000

 

 

 

1,385,000

 

40,822

 

1,194

 

Van Houtte*

 

950,000

 

 

950,000

 

 

 

245

 

TOTAL OF AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

 

5,043,000

 

723,800

 

950,000

 

4,816,800

 

$

80,032

 

$

2,254

 

 

 

*  At September 30, 2007, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2007, was $89,822 and $80,032 respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 1.4% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2007.

 

 

(c)

Security has no value.

 

 

(d)

Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in exempt transactions to qualified buyers. Private resales of these securities to qualified instutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At September 30, 2007, these securities had an aggregate value of $114,110, which represented 1.9% of net assets.

 

 

(e)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $3,718,027 and net unrealized appreciation was $2,151,083 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $2,284,248 and gross unrealized depreciation of $133,165.

 

 

(f)

On September 30, 2007, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

% of 
Total 
Net 
Assets

 

Euro

 

$

1,832,791

 

31.1

%

US Dollar

 

767,837

 

13.0

 

Japanese Yen

 

732,787

 

12.4

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

447,848

 

7.6

 

British Pound

 

329,620

 

5.6

 

Swiss Franc

 

317,503

 

5.4

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

1,440,724

 

24.4

 

 

 

$

5,869,110

 

99.5

%

 



 

Columbia Acorn USA

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

Equities: 96.1%

 

 

Information 30.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 5.3%

 

 

 

340,700

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

$

22,169

 

 

 

Information Systems for Restaurants & Hotels

 

 

 

779,900

 

Avid Technology (a)

 

21,120

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Novell (a)

 

16,044

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

386,406

 

Blackbaud

 

9,753

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

215,100

 

ANSYS (a)

 

7,350

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

230,400

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

7,262

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

370,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

5,809

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,507

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 4.0%

 

 

 

1,298,490

 

Integrated Device Technology (a)

 

20,101

 

 

 

Communications Semiconductors

 

 

 

710,000

 

Microsemi (a)

 

19,795

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed Signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

189,296

 

Supertex (a)

 

7,549

 

 

 

Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

762,300

 

AMIS Holdings (a)

 

7,402

 

 

 

Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

190,000

 

Littelfuse (a)

 

6,781

 

 

 

Little Fuses

 

 

 

725,000

 

Entegris (a)

 

6,293

 

 

 

Semiconductor Wafer Shipping & Handling Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,921

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 3.7%

 

 

 

1,005,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

40,833

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

506,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

22,031

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Mexico

 

 

 

88,000

 

Globalstar (a)

 

645

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,509

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 3.6%

 

 

 

505,000

 

II-VI (a)

 

17,438

 

 

 

Laser Components

 

 

 

433,581

 

Nice Systems (a)

 

15,539

 

 

 

Audio & Video Recording Solutions

 

 

 

295,600

 

Amphenol

 

11,753

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

160,000

 

Belden CDT

 

7,506

 

 

 

Specialty Cable

 

 

 

99,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

3,612

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

97,300

 

Netgear (a)

 

2,960

 

 

 

Networking Products for Small Business & Home

 

 

 

65,000

 

Intermec (a)

 

1,698

 

 

 

Bar Code & Wireless LAN Systems

 

 

 

32,700

 

Rogers (a)

 

1,347

 

 

 

PCB Laminates & High-performance Foams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,853

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 3.5%

 

 

 

430,000

 

Flir Systems (a)

 

23,818

 

 

 

Infrared Cameras

 

 

 

368,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

14,429

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

140,000

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

14,280

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

192,906

 

IPG Photonics (a)

 

3,793

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

60,000

 

FARO Technologies (a)

 

2,649

 

 

 

Precision Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,969

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 2.5%

 

 

 

2,688,200

 

Tellabs (a)

 

25,592

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

525,000

 

Polycom (a)

 

14,101

 

 

 

Video Conferencing Equipment

 

 

 

85,000

 

Ciena (a)

 

3,237

 

 

 

Optical Transport & Broadband Access Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,930

 

 

 

> Telephone Services 2.1%

 

 

 

1,486,000

 

Time Warner Telecom (a)

 

32,647

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

240,000

 

Windstream

 

3,389

 

 

 

Rural Telephone Franchises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,036

 

 

 

> Internet Related 1.5%

 

 

 

460,000

 

ValueClick (a)

 

10,332

 

 

 

Internet Advertising

 

 

 

650,000

 

TheStreet.com

 

7,871

 

 

 

Financial Information Website Publisher

 

 

 

980,000

 

CNET Networks (a)

 

7,301

 

 

 

Internet Advertising on Niche Websites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,504

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 1.0%

 

 

 

393,280

 

Global Payments

 

17,391

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,391

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services 0.8%

 

 

 

350,000

 

Ceridian (a)

 

12,159

 

 

 

HR Services & Payment Processing

 

 

 

98,300

 

Navigant Consulting (a)

 

1,244

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,403

 

 

 

> Computer Services 0.8%

 

 

 

786,000

 

RCM Technologies (a)(b)

 

5,148

 

 

 

Technology & Engineering Services

 

 

 

1,005,500

 

AnswerThink (a)

 

3,308

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

95,000

 

SRA International (a)

 

2,668

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

235,000

 

iGate (a)

 

2,014

 

 

 

IT & Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,138

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> TV Broadcasting 0.6%

 

 

 

1,125,000

 

Entravision Communications (a)

 

$

10,372

 

 

 

Spanish Language TV, Radio & Outdoor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,372

 

 

 

> Radio 0.5%

 

 

 

511,100

 

Salem Communications

 

4,089

 

 

 

Radio Stations for Religious Programming

 

 

 

300,000

 

Saga Communications (a)

 

2,202

 

 

 

Radio Stations in Small- & Mid-sized Cities

 

 

 

705,500

 

Spanish Broadcasting System (a)

 

1,820

 

 

 

Spanish Language Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,111

 

 

 

> Television Programming 0.4%

 

 

 

750,000

 

Lions Gate Entertainment (a)

 

7,733

 

 

 

Film & TV Studio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,733

 

 

 

> CATV 0.4%

 

 

 

240,000

 

Discovery Holding (a)

 

6,924

 

 

 

CATV Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,924

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 0.1%

 

 

 

98,500

 

Shuffle Master (a)

 

1,473

 

 

 

Card Shufflers & Casino Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,473

 

Information: Total

 

524,774

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 19.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 4.4%

 

 

 

398,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

32,119

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

540,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

11,772

 

 

 

Apparel & Home Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

175,000

 

J Crew Group (a)

 

7,262

 

 

 

Multi-channel Branded Retailer

 

 

 

224,500

 

AnnTaylor Stores (a)

 

7,110

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

486,250

 

Christopher & Banks

 

5,893

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

418,000

 

Chico’s FAS (a)

 

5,873

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

95,000

 

Genesco (a)

 

4,382

 

 

 

Multi-concept Branded Footwear Retailer

 

 

 

3,800

 

Lululemon Athletica (a)

 

160

 

 

 

Premium Active Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,571

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 3.6%

 

 

 

366,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

44,538

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

149,000

 

NutriSystem (a)

 

6,987

 

 

 

Weight Loss Programs

 

 

 

310,000

 

Universal Technical Institute (a)

 

5,580

 

 

 

Vocational Training

 

 

 

60,000

 

Weight Watchers International

 

3,454

 

 

 

Weight Loss Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,559

 

 

 

> Apparel 2.9%

 

 

 

634,200

 

Oxford Industries

 

22,907

 

 

 

Branded & Private Label Apparel

 

 

 

885,200

 

True Religion Apparel (a)

 

15,580

 

 

 

Premium Denim

 

 

 

222,200

 

Coach (a)

 

10,503

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,990

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods 1.9%

 

 

 

2,078,300

 

Champion Enterprises (a)

 

22,820

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

287,900

 

Cavco Industries (a)

 

9,644

 

 

 

Higher End Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,464

 

 

 

> Nondurables 1.5%

 

 

 

531,400

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro

 

22,717

 

 

 

Consumer Lawn & Garden Products

 

 

 

108,000

 

Jarden (a)

 

3,342

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,059

 

 

 

> Leisure Products 1.4%

 

 

 

301,300

 

International Speedway

 

13,818

 

 

 

Largest Motorsports Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

195,500

 

Speedway Motorsports

 

7,233

 

 

 

Motorsport Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

80,000

 

Thor Industries

 

3,599

 

 

 

RV & Bus Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,650

 

 

 

> Restaurants 0.9%

 

 

 

337,500

 

Sonic (a)

 

7,898

 

 

 

Quick Service Restaurant

 

 

 

163,800

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (a)

 

7,027

 

 

 

Casual Dining Restaurant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,925

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 0.8%

 

 

 

523,500

 

Pool

 

13,077

 

 

 

Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,077

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 0.7%

 

 

 

455,000

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (a)

 

12,390

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,390

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 0.4%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Knoll

 

7,096

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,096

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.3%

 

 

 

90,000

 

Hansen Natural (a)

 

5,101

 

 

 

Alternative Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,101

 

 

 

> Travel 0.2%

 

 

 

45,000

 

Vail Resorts (a)

 

2,803

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,803

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

322,685

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 13.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 7.0%

 

 

 

697,500

 

Ametek

 

$

30,146

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

673,600

 

Pentair

 

22,350

 

 

 

Pumps & Water Treatment

 

 

 

650,300

 

ESCO Technologies (a)

 

21,616

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

373,600

 

Nordson

 

18,758

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

319,800

 

Donaldson

 

13,355

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

272,000

 

Goodman Global (a)

 

6,495

 

 

 

HVAC Equipment Manufacturer

 

 

 

71,800

 

Toro

 

4,224

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

50,000

 

Kaydon

 

2,600

 

 

 

Specialized Friction & Motion Control Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

119,544

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 1.9%

 

 

 

500,000

 

Genlyte Group (a)

 

32,130

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,130

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 1.4%

 

 

 

415,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)

 

9,848

 

 

 

Operator/Builder of Inland Barges

 

 

 

350,000

 

Labor Ready (a)

 

6,478

 

 

 

Temporary Manual Labor

 

 

 

196,000

 

American Reprographics (a)

 

3,669

 

 

 

Document Management & Logistics

 

 

 

89,000

 

G&K Services

 

3,578

 

 

 

Uniform Rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,573

 

 

 

> Construction 1.1%

 

 

 

204,050

 

Florida Rock

 

12,751

 

 

 

Aggregates & Concrete

 

 

 

100,000

 

Simpson Manufacturing

 

3,185

 

 

 

Wall Joint Maker

 

 

 

140,000

 

M/I Homes

 

1,945

 

 

 

Home Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,881

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 0.9%

 

 

 

350,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

9,257

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

175,000

 

Administaff

 

6,353

 

 

 

Professional Employer Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,610

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.5%

 

 

 

280,875

 

Waste Connections (a)

 

8,921

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,921

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 0.5%

 

 

 

225,000

 

Interline Brands (a)

 

5,173

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

70,000

 

Watsco

 

3,250

 

 

 

HVAC Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,423

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 0.4%

 

 

 

155,000

 

Drew Industries (a)

 

6,305

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,305

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

232,387

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 12.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 4.9%

 

 

 

885,000

 

PDL BioPharma (a)

 

19,125

 

 

 

Proprietary Monoclonal Antibodies

 

 

 

700,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

17,430

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

125,000

 

Myriad Genetics (a)

 

6,519

 

 

 

Drugs/Diagnostics Hybrid

 

 

 

545,000

 

Array Biopharma (a)

 

6,120

 

 

 

Drugs for Cancer & Inflammatory Diseases

 

 

 

400,000

 

Medarex (a)

 

5,664

 

 

 

Humanized Antibodies

 

 

 

580,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

5,121

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Technologies

 

 

 

421,400

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

4,737

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

3,690,300

 

Medicure (a)

 

4,133

 

738,060

 

Medicure - Warrants (a)(c)

 

295

 

 

 

Cardiovascular Biotech Company

 

 

 

1,135,000

 

Decode Genetics (a)

 

3,939

 

 

 

Drugs for Heart Attack, Asthma & Vascular Disease

 

 

 

301,000

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

3,296

 

 

 

Novel Drug Targeting Technology

 

 

 

500,000

 

IsoRay (a)

 

1,775

 

100,000

 

IsoRay - Warrants (a)(c)

 

50

 

 

 

Radiology Cancer Company

 

 

 

386,425

 

Neurogen (a)

 

1,716

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Neurology

 

 

 

220,000

 

Pharmacopeia (a)

 

1,258

 

 

 

Biotech Company with Broad Early-stage Pipeline

 

 

 

211,999

 

La Jolla Pharmaceutical (a)

 

939

 

 

 

Lupus Treatment

 

 

 

273,500

 

Nuvelo (a)

 

561

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Cardiovascular/Cancer

 

 

 

55,800

 

Genitope (a)

 

250

 

 

 

Cancer Vaccine

 

 

 

37,500

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1, Pfd. (a)(c)

 

98

 

19,329

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1, Pfd. (a)(c)

 

50

 

 

 

High Throughput Rational Drug Design

 

 

 

18,181

 

Metabolex, Series F (a)(c)

 

64

 

 

 

Diabetes Drug Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,140

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 2.3%

 

 

 

577,400

 

Edwards Lifesciences (a)

 

28,471

 

 

 

Heart Valves

 

 

 

105,000

 

Vital Signs

 

5,475

 

 

 

Anesthesia, Respiratory & Sleep Products

 

 

 

94,171

 

Advanced Medical Optics (a)

 

2,881

 

 

 

Medical Devices for Eye Care

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices—continued

 

 

 

55,000

 

Illumina (a)

 

$

2,853

 

 

 

Leading Tools & Service Provider for Genetic Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,680

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 2.0%

 

 

 

291,800

 

Lincare Holdings (a)

 

10,694

 

 

 

Home Health Care Services

 

 

 

470,000

 

PSS World Medical (a)

 

8,991

 

 

 

Medical Supplies

 

 

 

137,000

 

Charles River Laboratories (a)

 

7,693

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Research

 

 

 

210,000

 

LCA-Vision

 

6,172

 

 

 

Lasik Surgery Centers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,550

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 1.9%

 

 

 

305,000

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical

 

9,305

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

270,000

 

MGI Pharma (a)

 

7,501

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Oncology & Acute Care

 

 

 

1,040,000

 

QLT (a)

 

5,918

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Ophthalmology & Dermatology

 

 

 

50,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

3,653

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

505,000

 

Barrier Therapeutics (a)

 

3,050

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

300,000

 

Collagenex Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

2,694

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Dermatology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,121

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 1.4%

 

 

 

270,700

 

ICU Medical (a)

 

10,490

 

 

 

Intravenous Therapy Products

 

 

 

158,300

 

Techne (a)

 

9,985

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

200,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

3,882

 

 

 

Life Science Company; DNA/RNA Purification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,357

 

Health Care: Total

 

212,848

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 9.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 5.5%

 

 

 

803,400

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

46,324

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

367,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

28,098

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

115,375

 

Exterran Holdings (a)

 

9,269

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compressor Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

67,500

 

CARBO Ceramics

 

3,424

 

 

 

Natural Gas Well Stimulants

 

 

 

120,500

 

Tesco (a)

 

3,272

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

151,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)

 

3,192

 

 

 

U.S.-based Services Company with Life of Field Approach

 

 

 

11,000

 

Key Energy Services (a)

 

187

 

 

 

Well Workover Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,766

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 2.9%

 

 

 

525,000

 

Quicksilver Resources (a)

 

24,701

 

 

 

Natural Gas & Coal Seam Gas Producer

 

 

 

245,000

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

10,991

 

 

 

Explores for Natural Gas & Crude Oil

 

 

 

138,400

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

5,792

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

111,200

 

Equitable Resources

 

5,768

 

 

 

Natural Gas Producer & Utility

 

 

 

450,000

 

Vaalco Energy (a)

 

2,056

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,308

 

 

 

> Other Resources 0.7%

 

 

 

218,000

 

Layne Christensen (a)

 

12,095

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Production/Engineering & Construction/Contract Drilling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,095

 

 

 

> Oil Refining, Marketing & Distribution 0.2%

 

 

 

50,250

 

Oneok

 

2,382

 

 

 

Natural Gas Distribution, Pipeline Processing & Trading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,382

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

157,551

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Banks 2.9%

 

 

 

212,756

 

Chittenden

 

7,480

 

 

 

New England Bank

 

 

 

280,777

 

Glacier Bancorp

 

6,323

 

 

 

Mountain States Bank

 

 

 

341,299

 

Pacific Continental

 

5,338

 

 

 

Niche Pacific N.W. Bank

 

 

 

145,000

 

Greene County Bancshares

 

5,285

 

 

 

Tennessee Bank

 

 

 

215,000

 

First Busey

 

4,711

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

179,500

 

TCF Financial

 

4,699

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

135,000

 

Old Second Bancorp

 

3,847

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

164,388

 

Lakeland Financial

 

3,799

 

 

 

Indiana Bank

 

 

 

105,000

 

MB Financial

 

3,628

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

98,600

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

2,922

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

20,000

 

First Financial Bankshares

 

804

 

 

 

West Texas Bank

 

 

 

31,500

 

West Bancorporation

 

489

 

 

 

Des Moines Commercial Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,325

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Insurance 2.6%

 

 

 

714,500

 

HCC Insurance Holdings

 

$

20,463

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

14,000

 

Markel (a)

 

6,776

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

105,000

 

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding (a)

 

4,341

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

87,000

 

Delphi Financial Group

 

3,517

 

 

 

Group Employee Benefit Products & Services

 

 

 

75,000

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings

 

3,116

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

177,743

 

Eastern Insurance Holdings

 

2,746

 

 

 

Workers Comp & Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

91,000

 

United America Indemnity (a)

 

1,957

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

200,000

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group (a)

 

1,802

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance Products & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,718

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 2.6%

 

 

 

1,136,500

 

AmeriCredit (a)

 

19,980

 

 

 

Auto Lending

 

 

 

482,900

 

World Acceptance (a)

 

15,974

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

130,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

4,321

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

140,000

 

Aaron Rents

 

3,122

 

 

 

Rent-to-own

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,397

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 0.4%

 

 

 

150,000

 

SEI Investments

 

4,092

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

189,523

 

Thomas Weisel Partners Group (a)

 

2,750

 

 

 

Boutique Bay Area Investment Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,842

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans 0.3%

 

 

 

258,000

 

People’s United

 

4,458

 

 

 

Connecticut Savings & Loan

 

 

 

46,200

 

Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin

 

1,248

 

 

 

Wisconsin Thrift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,706

 

Finance: Total

 

149,988

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 1.4%

 

 

 

560,000

 

DiamondRock Hospitality

 

9,750

 

 

 

Hotel Owner

 

 

 

77,500

 

Gaylord Entertainment (a)

 

4,124

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

100,000

 

Digital Realty Trust

 

3,939

 

 

 

Technology-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

150,000

 

Kite Realty Group

 

2,820

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

90,000

 

American Campus Communities

 

2,636

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,269

 

 

Number of Shares
or Principal Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Transportation 0.4%

 

 

 

524,720

 

Heartland Express

 

$

7,493

 

 

 

Regional Trucker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,493

 

 

 

> Regulated Utilities 0.2%

 

 

 

97,500

 

Northeast Utilities

 

2,786

 

 

 

Regulated Electric Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,786

 

Other Industries: Total

 

33,548

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 96.1%
(Cost: $1,183,018)

 

1,633,781

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 2.3%

 

 

 

$

8,200

 

Toyota Motor Credit 5.15% Due 10/02/07

 

8,199

 

8,200

 

General Electric Capital 4.68% Due 10/05/07

 

8,198

 

8,200

 

Chevron Funding 4.70% Due 10/01/07

 

8,197

 

14,883

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 7/15/36, market value of $15,184 (repurchase proceeds $14,889)

 

14,883

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost: $39,477)

 

39,477

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 98.4%
(Cost: $1,222,495)(d)

 

1,673,258

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 1.6%

 

27,118

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

1,700,376

 

 



 


> 

Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. A security traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Trust has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

An affiliate may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. On September 30, 2007, the Fund held five percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the following companies:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
12/31/06

 

Purchases/ 
Additions

 

Sales/ 
Reductions

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
9/30/07

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

RCM Technologies

 

786,000

 

 

 

786,000

 

$

5,148

 

$

 

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2007, was $5,636 and $5,148 respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 0.3% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2007.

 

 

(c)

Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued in good faith by the board of trustees. At September 30, 2007, these securities amounted to $557 which represented 0.03% of the Fund’s total net assets.

 

 

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition 
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1 Pfd.

 

9/5/01

 

37,500

 

$

1,500

 

$

98

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1 Pfd.

 

2/8/07

 

19,329

 

56

 

50

 

Metabolex, Series F

 

5/11/00

 

18,181

 

2,000

 

64

 

IsoRay - Warrants

 

3/21/07

 

100,000

 

 

50

 

Medicure - Warrants

 

12/22/06

 

738,060

 

 

295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,556

 

$

557

 

 

(d)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $1,222,495 and net unrealized appreciation was $450,763 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $550,554 and gross unrealized depreciation of $99,791.

 



 

Columbia Acorn International Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

Equities: 92.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 49.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Switzerland 10.0%

 

 

 

72,500

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

$

7,136

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

23,000

 

Nobel Biocare Holding

 

6,221

 

 

 

Dental Implants & Ceramic Crowns

 

 

 

50,000

 

Synthes

 

5,598

 

 

 

Products for Orthopedic Surgery

 

 

 

20,500

 

Geberit

 

2,682

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

7,500

 

Swatch Group

 

2,459

 

 

 

Watch & Electronics Manufacturer

 

 

 

26,000

 

Schindler

 

1,638

 

 

 

Elevator Manufacturer & Service Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,734

 

 

 

> Netherlands 9.0%

 

 

 

143,500

 

Fugro

 

11,641

 

 

 

Oilfield Services

 

 

 

87,000

 

SBM Offshore

 

3,418

 

 

 

Builds & Leases Offshore Vessels to Process & Store Crude Oil

 

 

 

117,633

 

Aalberts Industries

 

2,805

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

76,700

 

OPG Groep

 

2,498

 

 

 

Health Care Supplies & Pharmacies

 

 

 

23,100

 

Boskalis Westminster

 

1,163

 

 

 

Dredging & Maritime Contractor

 

 

 

29,000

 

USG People

 

827

 

 

 

Temporary Staffing Services

 

 

 

44,936

 

Wavin

 

803

 

 

 

Largest European Plastic Pipe Systems Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,155

 

 

 

> Ireland 5.5%

 

 

 

132,037

 

CRH

 

5,234

 

 

 

Global Building Materials

 

 

 

205,000

 

IAWS Group

 

4,557

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

959,600

 

United Drug

 

4,486

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,277

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 5.3%

 

 

 

600,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

7,338

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

370,000

 

Informa Group

 

3,786

 

 

 

Global Publisher & Event Organizer

 

 

 

135,000

 

Intertek Testing

 

2,611

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection, Certification Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,735

 

 

 

> Sweden 4.1%

 

 

 

360,000

 

Hexagon

 

7,305

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment & Polymers

 

 

 

857,000

 

Securitas Systems

 

3,161

 

 

 

Commercial Security Installation & Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,466

 

 

 

> Germany 3.4%

 

 

 

40,000

 

Wincor Nixdorf

 

 

3,306

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

1,250

 

Porsche

 

2,654

 

 

 

Specialty Automobile Manufacturer

 

 

 

19,500

 

Deutsche Boerse

 

2,654

 

 

 

Trading, Clearing, Settlement Services for Financial Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,614

 

 

 

> France 3.1%

 

 

 

343,000

 

SES Global

 

8,093

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,093

 

 

 

> Austria 2.8%

 

 

 

89,500

 

Zumtobel

 

7,208

 

 

 

Lighting Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,208

 

 

 

> Greece 2.3%

 

 

 

145,000

 

Intralot

 

5,999

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,999

 

 

 

> Spain 2.0%

 

 

 

55,000

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

2,848

 

 

 

Spanish Power Grid

 

 

 

110,000

 

Prisa

 

2,175

 

 

 

Leading Spanish-speaking Publisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,023

 

 

 

> Denmark 1.5%

 

 

 

31,000

 

Novozymes

 

3,909

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,909

 

Europe: Total

 

126,213

 

 

 

 

 

Asia 27.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 16.2%

 

 

 

20,000

 

Nintendo

 

10,353

 

 

 

Entertainment Software & Hardware

 

 

 

188,000

 

Hoya

 

6,394

 

 

 

Opto-electrical Components & Eyeglass Lenses

 

 

 

8,150

 

Jupiter Telecommunications (a)

 

6,315

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

70,000

 

Ibiden

 

5,894

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

2,430

 

Kenedix

 

4,218

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Management

 

 

 

540,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

4,132

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

350,000

 

Park24

 

3,149

 

 

 

Parking Lot Operator

 

 

 

76,500

 

Ushio

 

1,387

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,842

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> China 5.0%

 

 

 

7,300,000

 

Lenovo Group

 

$

5,580

 

 

 

Third Largest PC Vendor Globally

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

China Shipping Development

 

4,051

 

 

 

China’s Dominant Shipper for Oil & Coal

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway

 

3,202

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,833

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 3.5%

 

 

 

299,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

9,140

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,140

 

 

 

> South Korea 1.3%

 

 

 

105,200

 

Sung Kwang Bend

 

3,252

 

 

 

A Large Customized Industrial Pipe Fitting Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,252

 

 

 

> Singapore 1.2%

 

 

 

364,000

 

Singapore Exchange

 

3,146

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,146

 

Asia: Total

 

 

 

70,213

 

 

 

Other Countries 16.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Canada 5.7%

 

 

 

90,000

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

 

9,513

 

 

 

World’s Largest Producer of Potash

 

 

 

137,000

 

RONA (a)

 

3,000

 

 

 

Leading Canadian Do-it-yourself Retailer

 

 

 

1,656,800

 

Petro Rubiales Energy (a)(b)

 

1,874

 

828,400

 

Petro Rubiales Energy - Warrants (a)(b)

 

375

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,762

 

 

 

> South Africa 4.9%

 

 

 

203,000

 

Impala Platinum Holdings

 

7,056

 

 

 

Platinum Group Metals Mining & Refining

 

 

 

198,000

 

Naspers

 

5,481

 

 

 

Media & Education in Africa & other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,537

 

 

 

> United States 4.8%

 

 

 

55,000

 

Diamond Offshore

 

6,231

 

 

 

Contract Driller

 

 

 

45,500

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

3,483

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

135,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

2,606

 

 

 

Life Science Company; DNA/RNA Purification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,320

 

 

Number of Shares or
Principal Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Australia 0.8%

 

 

 

303,259

 

Sino Gold (a)

 

$

2,023

 

 

 

Gold Mining in The People’s Republic of China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,023

 

Other Countries: Total

 

41,642

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 92.4%
(Cost: $179,925)

 

238,068

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation 4.7%

 

 

 

$

12,297

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 1/05/27, market value of $12,544 (repurchase proceeds $12,302)

 

$

12,297

 

 

 

(Cost: $12,297)

 

12,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 97.1%
(Cost: $192,222)(c)(d)

 

250,365

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 2.9%

 

7,353

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

257,718

 

 



 


Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. A security traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Trust has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued in good faith by the board of trustees. At September 30, 2007, these securities amounted to $2,249 which represented 0.87% of the Fund’s total net assets.

 

 

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition 
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Petro Rubiales Energy

 

7/12/17

 

1,656,800

 

$

1,109

 

$

1,874

 

Petro Rubiales Energy-Warrants

 

7/12/07

 

828,400

 

236

 

375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,345

 

$

2,249

 

 

(c)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $192,222 and net unrealized appreciation was $58,143 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $65,251 and gross unrealized depreciation of $7,108.

 

 

(d)

On September 30, 2007, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

% of
Net
Assets

 

Euro

 

$

74,973

 

29.1

%

Japanese Yen

 

41,842

 

16.2

 

US Dollar

 

31,524

 

12.2

 

Swiss Franc

 

25,734

 

10.0

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

21,974

 

8.5

 

British Pound

 

13,735

 

5.3

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

40,583

 

15.8

 

 

 

$

250,365

 

97.1

%

 



 

Columbia Acorn Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

Equities: 94.3%

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 26.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 10.6%

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

$

133,155

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

3,550,000

 

Safeway

 

117,540

 

 

 

Supermarkets

 

 

 

850,000

 

Costco Wholesale

 

52,165

 

 

 

Warehouse Superstores

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Chico’s FAS (a)

 

43,555

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

346,415

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 5.7%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

158,197

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Universal Technical Institute (a)(b)

 

27,000

 

 

 

Vocational Training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

185,197

 

 

 

> Travel 4.8%

 

 

 

3,550,000

 

Expedia (a)

 

113,174

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

45,440

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,614

 

 

 

> Apparel 2.2%

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

Coach (a)

 

73,269

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,269

 

 

 

> Leisure Products 2.2%

 

 

 

800,000

 

Harley-Davidson

 

36,968

 

 

 

Motorcycles & Related Merchandise

 

 

 

750,000

 

International Speedway

 

34,395

 

 

 

Largest Motorsports Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,363

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 0.7%

 

 

 

850,000

 

Herman Miller

 

23,069

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,069

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

857,927

 

 

 

 

 

Information 24.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> CATV 6.9%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Liberty Global Series C (a)

 

115,980

 

600,000

 

Liberty Global Series A (a)

 

24,612

 

 

 

Cable TV Franchises outside the USA

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Discovery Holding (a)

 

86,550

 

 

 

CATV Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

227,142

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 4.4%

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

100,142

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Mexico

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

Globalstar (a)(b)

 

43,980

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

144,122

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 4.4%

 

 

 

15,000,000

 

Tellabs (a)

 

142,800

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

142,800

 

 

 

> Business Software 3.6%

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

Avid Technology (a)(b)

 

63,638

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

6,900,000

 

Novell (a)

 

52,716

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

116,354

 

 

 

> Internet Related 2.6%

 

 

 

9,600,000

 

SkillSoft (a)(b)

 

86,304

 

 

 

Web-based Learning Solutions (E-Learning)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86,304

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 1.8%

 

 

 

27,500,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)(b)

 

58,300

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,300

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 0.8%

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

Canadian Solar (a)(b)

 

25,488

 

 

 

Solar Cell & Module Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,488

 

 

 

> Computer Services 0.1%

 

 

 

1,367,000

 

AnswerThink (a)

 

4,497

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,497

 

Information: Total

 

805,007

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 20.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Mining 11.6%

 

 

 

17,215,800

 

Uranium One (South Africa) (a)

 

227,606

 

 

 

Uranium Mines in South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia & the U.S.

 

 

 

1,440,000

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (Canada)

 

152,208

 

 

 

World’s Largest Producer of Potash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379,814

 

 

 

> Oil Services 6.5%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)(b)

 

105,700

 

 

 

U.S. Based Service Company with Life of Field Approach

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

69,192

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

300,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

22,968

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

125,000

 

Diamond Offshore

 

14,161

 

 

 

Contract Driller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

212,021

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 1.9%

 

 

 

50,000,000

 

Petro Rubiales Energy (Canada) (a)(b)(c)

 

$

56,565

 

17,212,500

 

Perto Rubiales Energy - Warrants (Canada) (a)(b)(c)

 

7,787

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,352

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

656,187

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

> Insurance 7.0%

 

 

 

8,300,000

 

Conseco (a)

 

132,800

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care, & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

112,000

 

Markel (a)

 

54,208

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Montpelier Re

 

42,480

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

229,488

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 4.9%

 

 

 

4,100,000

 

Janus Capital Group

 

115,948

 

 

 

Manages Mutual Funds

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

SEI Investments

 

43,648

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,596

 

Finance: Total

 

389,084

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 9.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 3.8%

 

 

 

1,425,000

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

67,402

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

2,450,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)

 

58,139

 

 

 

Operator/Builder of Inland Barges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,541

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 2.3%

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

74,060

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,060

 

 

 

> Waste Management 1.7%

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Waste Management

 

56,610

 

 

 

U.S. Garbage Collection & Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,610

 

 

 

> Steel 1.7%

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

Worthington Industries

 

55,366

 

 

 

Steel Processing & Manufactured Metal Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,366

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

311,577

 

 

Number of Shares
or Principal Amount (000)

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 1.1%

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Lincare Holdings (a)

 

$

36,650

 

 

 

Home Health Care Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,650

 

Health Care: Total

 

36,650

 

 

 

Other Industries 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Transportation 1.0%

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

32,875

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,875

 

Other Industries: Total

 

32,875

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.3%
(Cost: $2,099,303)

 

3,089,307

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 4.9%

 

 

 

$

16,100

 

Novartis Finance (d) 4.66% Due 10/11/07

 

16,079

 

15,900

 

Chevron Funding 4.70% Due 10/01/07

 

15,900

 

15,900

 

Nestle Capital (d) 4.77% Due 10/03/07

 

15,896

 

15,900

 

IBM Corporation (d) 4.70% Due 10/04/07

 

15,894

 

15,900

 

General Electric Capital 4.68% Due 10/05/07

 

15,891

 

15,900

 

Avon Capital (d) 4.83% Due 10/10/07

 

15,881

 

15,400

 

Toyota Motor Credit 5.15% Due 10/02/07

 

15,398

 

51,031

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 11/15/30, market value of $52,056 (repurchase proceeds $51,051)

 

51,031

 

 

 

(Amortized Cost: $161,970)

 

161,970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.2%
(Cost: $2,261,273)(e)

 

3,251,277

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.8%

 

25,255

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

3,276,532

 

 



 


Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. A security traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Trust has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign exchange and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

An affiliate may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Transactions in affiliated companies during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
12/31/06

 

Purchases/ 
Additions

 

Sales/ 
Reductions

 

Balance of 
Shares Held 
9/30/07

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Avid Technology

 

2,200,000

 

150,000

 

 

2,350,000

 

$

63,638

 

$

 

Canadian Solar

 

550,000

 

2,150,000

 

 

2,700,000

 

25,488

 

 

Globalstar

 

1,600,000

 

4,400,000

 

 

6,000,000

 

43,980

 

 

Petro Rubiales Energy

 

 

67,212,500

 

 

67,212,500

 

64,352

 

 

Sanmina-SCI

 

10,330,000

 

17,170,000

 

 

27,500,000

 

58,300

 

 

SkillSoft

 

9,600,000

 

 

 

9,600,000

 

86,304

 

 

Tetra Technologies

 

 

5,000,000

 

 

5,000,000

 

105,700

 

 

Universal Technical Institute

 

1,350,000

 

150,000

 

 

1,500,000

 

27,000

 

 

UrAsia Energy (merged into Uranium One)*

 

30,050,000

 

2,000,000

 

32,050,000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL OF AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

 

55,680,000

 

98,232,500

 

32,050,000

 

121,862,500

 

$

474,762

 

$

 

 

*

At September 30, 2007, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares. The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2007, was $526,638 and $474,762 respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 14.5% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2007.

 

 

(c)

Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued in good faith by the board of trustees. At September 30, 2007, these securities amounted to $64,226 which represented 1.96% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

 

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition 
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Petro Rubiales Energy

 

7/12/07

 

49,900,000

 

$

37,653

 

$

56,439

 

Petro Rubiales Energy-Warrants

 

7/12/07

 

17,212,500

 

4,910

 

7,787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

42,563

 

$

64,226

 

 

(d)

Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in exempt transactions to qualified buyers. Private resales of these securities to qualified instutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At September 30, 2007, these securities had an aggregate value of $63,750, which represented 1.9% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

 

(e)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $2,261,273 and net unrealized appreciation was $990,004 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $1,154,627 and gross unrealized depreciation of $164,623.

 



 

Columbia Thermostat Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2007

 

Number of Shares
or Principal Amount (000)

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Bond Funds: 69.5%

 

 

 

7,347,475

 

Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund, Class Z

 

$

64,290

 

3,730,402

 

Columbia Federal Securities Fund, Class Z

 

38,460

 

3,131,524

 

Columbia Conservative High Yield Fund, Class Z

 

25,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Bond Funds (Cost: $128,931)

 

128,648

 

 

 

> Stock Funds: 30.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

888,989

 

Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Class Z

 

13,744

 

716,817

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class Z

 

11,010

 

179,019

 

Columbia Acorn International, Class Z

 

8,568

 

357,281

 

Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Class Z

 

8,382

 

254,857

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class Z

 

8,329

 

183,803

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class Z

 

5,599

 

Total Stock Funds (Cost: $44,363)

 

55,632

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation: 0.5%

 

 

 

$

955

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 9/28/07, due 10/01/07 at 4.750%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 9/15/10 market value of $955 (repurchase proceeds $955)

 

955

 

 

 

(Cost: $955)

 

955

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $174,249)(a)

 

185,235

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.1)%

 

(177

)

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

185,058

 

 


Notes to Statements of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

 

*Security Valuation:

 

 

Investments in portfolio funds are valued at their net asset value as reported by the underlying funds. A short-term debt obligation having a maturity of 60 days or less from the valuation date is valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

 

(a)

At September 30, 2007, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $174,249 and net unrealized appreciation was $10,986, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $11,663 and gross unrealized depreciation of $677.

 



 

Item  2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)          The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)         There was no change 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 control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) 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)

 

Columbia Acorn Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 26, 2007

 

 

 

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 (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 26, 2007

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

 

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 26, 2007

 

 


EX-99.CERT 2 a07-26297_3ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

I, Bruce H. Lauer, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Columbia Acorn 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:     November 26, 2007

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

 

 

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 



 

I, Charles P. McQuaid, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Columbia Acorn 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:     November 26, 2007

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 


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