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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2009

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Columbia Acorn Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Equities: 94.5%

 

 

 

Information 24.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 4.4%

 

 

 

5,500,000

 

Informatica (a)(b)

 

$

72,930

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Red Hat (a)

 

53,520

 

 

 

Maintenance & Support for Open Source & Middleware

 

 

 

12,300,000

 

Novell (a)

 

52,398

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Quality Systems

 

52,037

 

 

 

IT Systems for Medical Groups & Ambulatory Care Centers

 

 

 

2,480,544

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

46,510

 

 

 

Information Systems for Restaurants & Hotels

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

38,380

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

1,525,000

 

ANSYS (a)

 

38,277

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Blackbaud

 

20,898

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

3,050,000

 

Radiant Systems (a)(b)

 

13,451

 

 

 

IT Systems for Restaurants, Convenience Stores & Retail Stores

 

 

 

2,425,000

 

Kenexa (a)(b)

 

13,071

 

 

 

Recruiting & Workforce Management Solutions

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

NetSuite (a)

 

11,260

 

 

 

End to End IT Systems Solution Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Actuate (a)(b)

 

7,650

 

 

 

Information Delivery Software & Solutions

 

 

 

700,000

 

Avid Technology (a)

 

6,398

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

426,780

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 3.4%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Flir Systems (a)

 

102,400

 

 

 

Infrared Cameras

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

66,729

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

2,840,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

43,395

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

6,100,000

 

Hexagon (Sweden)

 

29,686

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

500,000

 

Dionex (a)

 

23,625

 

 

 

Ion & Liquid Chromatography

 

 

 

2,750,000

 

IPG Photonics (a)(b)

 

23,155

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

FARO Technologies (a)(b)

 

15,456

 

 

 

Precision Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

540,897

 

Varian (a)

 

12,841

 

 

 

Analytical Instruments

 

 

 

400,000

 

Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)

 

7,464

 

 

 

Optical Sensors for Medical & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

324,751

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 3.3%

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

Amphenol

 

108,262

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

1,340,000

 

Dolby Laboratories (a)

 

45,708

 

 

 

Audio Technology for Consumer Electronics

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

II-VI (a)(b)

 

41,232

 

 

 

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

26,628

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

1,615,000

 

Teradata (a)

 

26,195

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Warehouse Systems

 

 

 

800,000

 

Nice Systems - ADR (Israel) (a)

 

19,888

 

 

 

Audio & Video Recording Solutions

 

 

 

870,000

 

Netgear (a)

 

10,484

 

 

 

Networking Products for Small Business & Home

 

 

 

1,180,000

 

Stratasys (a)

 

9,759

 

 

 

Rapid Prototyping Systems

 

 

 

740,000

 

Belden CDT

 

9,257

 

 

 

Specialty Cable

 

 

 

470,000

 

Rofin-Sinar Technologies (a)

 

7,576

 

 

 

Laser System

 

 

 

280,000

 

Rogers (a)

 

5,286

 

 

 

Printed Circuit Board Laminates & High-performance Foams

 

 

 

500,000

 

Intermec (a)

 

5,200

 

 

 

Bar Code & Wireless LAN Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

315,475

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 2.3%

 

 

 

6,575,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

134,196

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

2,250,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

68,467

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Latin America

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

MetroPCS Communications (a)

 

20,496

 

 

 

Discount Cellular Telephone Services

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Globalstar (a)

 

525

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

223,684

 

 

 

> Internet Related 1.6%

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

SkillSoft - ADR (a)(b)

 

63,555

 

 

 

Web-based Learning Solutions (E-Learning)

 

 

 

450,000

 

Equinix (a)

 

25,267

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Switch & Data Facilities (a)(b)

 

21,925

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

188,000

 

NHN (South Korea) (a)

 

20,523

 

 

 

Google-ing in South Korea

 

 

 

800,000

 

Akamai (a)

 

15,520

 

 

 

Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Better Delivery of Online Content

 

 

 

700,000

 

Vasco Data Security International (a)

 

4,039

 

 

 

Online Banking Security & Enterprise Network Security

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

TheStreet. com

 

1,970

 

 

 

Advertising on Financial Information Websites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

152,799

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> CATV 1.5%

 

 

 

61,550

 

Jupiter Telecommunications (Japan)

 

$

40,915

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

2,250,000

 

Discovery Communications (a)

 

36,045

 

2,250,000

 

Discovery Communications, Series C (a)

 

32,962

 

 

 

CATV Programming

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Liberty Global, Series C (a)

 

17,663

 

 

 

CATV Franchises Outside the USA

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Mediacom Communications (a)(b)

 

16,120

 

 

 

CATV Franchises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

143,705

 

 

 

> Telephone Services 1.4%

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

TW Telecom (a)(b)

 

83,125

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

Cogent Communications (a)(b)

 

30,960

 

 

 

Internet Data Pipelines

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

General Communications (a)

 

13,360

 

 

 

CATV, Web, Phone & Commercial Communications Provider in Alaska

 

 

 

8,165,000

 

PAETEC Holding (a)(b)

 

11,758

 

 

 

Telephone/Data Services for Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,203

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 1.3%

 

 

 

2,919,000

 

Global Payments

 

97,524

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

2,125,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (Hong Kong)

 

20,028

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

3,400,000

 

Singapore Exchange (Singapore)

 

11,401

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128,953

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 1.2%

 

 

 

2,255,000

 

Microsemi (a)

 

26,158

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,035,000

 

Supertex (a)(b)

 

23,908

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

2,035,000

 

IXYS (b)

 

16,402

 

 

 

Power Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,765,000

 

Pericom Semiconductor (a)(b)

 

12,902

 

 

 

Interface Integrated Circuits (ICs) & Frequency Control Products

 

 

 

2,914,000

 

ON Semiconductor (a)

 

11,365

 

 

 

Mixed-signal & Power Management Semiconductors

 

 

 

2,110,000

 

Integrated Device Technology (a)

 

9,600

 

 

 

Communications Semiconductors

 

 

 

500,000

 

Littelfuse (a)

 

5,495

 

 

 

Little Fuses

 

 

 

315,000

 

Monolithic Power Systems (a)

 

4,883

 

 

 

High Performance Analog & Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits (ICs)

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Entegris (a)

 

2,580

 

 

 

Semiconductor Wafer Shipping & Handling Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,293

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 0.9%

 

 

 

4,025,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)(b)

 

74,141

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Scientific Games (a)

 

12,110

 

 

 

Lottery Services Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86,251

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services 0.7%

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Navigant Consulting (a)(b)

 

32,675

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

540,000

 

FTI Consulting (a)

 

26,719

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

1,240,000

 

InfoGROUP (a)

 

5,159

 

 

 

Business Data for Sales Leads

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Voyager Learning (a)(b)

 

2,320

 

 

 

Education Services for the K-12 Market

 

 

 

124,674

 

Viad

 

1,760

 

 

 

Trade Show Services, Travel & Tours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,633

 

 

 

> Computer Services 0.7%

 

 

 

1,520,000

 

SRA International (a)

 

22,344

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

iGate (b)

 

16,200

 

 

 

IT & Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Hackett Group (a)(b)

 

9,090

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

Virtusa (a)(b)

 

8,990

 

 

 

Offshore IT Outsourcing

 

 

 

180,000

 

ManTech International (a)

 

7,542

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

39,325

 

WNS - ADR (a)

 

205

 

 

 

Offshore BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,371

 

 

 

> Electronics Distribution 0.6%

 

 

 

3,465,000

 

Avnet (a)

 

60,672

 

 

 

Electronic Components Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,672

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 0.4%

 

 

 

1,380,000

 

Polycom (a)

 

21,238

 

 

 

Video Conferencing Equipment

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Tellabs (a)

 

12,824

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,062

 

 

 

> Satellite Broadcasting & Services 0.3%

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

SES Global (France)

 

23,882

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,882

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 0.2%

 

 

 

1,275,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

17,620

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

18,300,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

5,582

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,202

 

 

 

> Advertising 0.1%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

VisionChina Media - ADR (China) (a)

 

12,900

 

 

 

Advertising on Digital Screens in China’s Mass Transit System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,900

 

 

 

> Consumer Software 0.1%

 

 

 

3,200,000

 

THQ (a)

 

9,728

 

 

 

Entertainment Software

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Consumer Software—continued

 

 

 

300,000

 

Activision Blizzard (a)

 

$

3,138

 

 

 

Entertainment Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,866

 

 

 

> Radio —%

 

 

 

1,541,000

 

Salem Communications (a)(b)

 

863

 

 

 

Radio Stations for Religious Programming

 

 

 

164,991

 

Saga Communications (a)

 

620

 

 

 

Radio Stations in Small & Mid-sized Cities

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Spanish Broadcasting System (a)(b)

 

360

 

 

 

Spanish Language Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,843

 

 

 

> TV Broadcasting —%

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Entravision Communications (a)(b)

 

650

 

 

 

Spanish Language TV & Radio Stations

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Gray Television

 

560

 

 

 

Mid-market Affiliated TV Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,210

 

Information: Total

 

2,358,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 18.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 7.7%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Ametek

 

156,350

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

4,200,000

 

Donaldson (b)

 

112,728

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

ESCO Technologies (a)(b)

 

85,140

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Clarcor (b)

 

75,570

 

 

 

Mobile & Industrial Filters

 

 

 

2,600,000

 

Pentair

 

56,342

 

 

 

Pumps & Water Treatment

 

 

 

1,975,000

 

Mine Safety Appliances (b)

 

39,539

 

 

 

Safety Equipment

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Kaydon

 

35,529

 

 

 

Specialized Friction & Motion Control Products

 

 

 

1,520,000

 

MOOG (a)

 

34,762

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

1,350,000

 

Toro

 

32,643

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Nordson

 

31,273

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

1,375,000

 

Pall

 

28,091

 

 

 

Filtration & Fluids Clarification

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

Oshkosh Truck

 

23,590

 

 

 

Specialty Truck Manufacturer

 

 

 

850,000

 

HEICO (b)

 

17,536

 

 

 

FAA Approved Aircraft Replacement Parts

 

 

 

350,000

 

Lincoln Electric

 

11,092

 

 

 

Welding Equipment & Consumables

 

 

 

130,700

 

Union Tool (Japan)

 

2,740

 

 

 

Precision Drill Bit Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

742,925

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 2.7%

 

 

 

5,300,000

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

149,937

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

Forward Air (b)

 

26,779

 

 

 

Freight Transportation Between Airports

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

UTI Worldwide

 

25,095

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding & Logistics

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Mobile Mini (a)

 

20,160

 

 

 

Portable Storage Units Leasing

 

 

 

1,041,000

 

Imtech (Netherlands)

 

14,329

 

 

 

Engineering & Technical Services

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

TrueBlue (a)

 

9,900

 

 

 

Temporary Manual Labor

 

 

 

600,000

 

Intertek Testing (United Kingdom)

 

7,623

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection & Certification Services

 

 

 

615,000

 

TAL International Group

 

4,502

 

 

 

Intermodal Freight Containers Leasing

 

 

 

900,000

 

American Reprographics (a)

 

3,186

 

 

 

Document Management & Logistics

 

 

 

400,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)

 

1,268

 

 

 

Operator/Builder of Inland Barges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,779

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 2.2%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR (Chile)

 

47,808

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

1,350,000

 

Albemarle

 

29,390

 

 

 

Refinery Catalysts & Other Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Nalco Holding Company

 

28,754

 

 

 

Provider of Water Treatment & Process Chemicals & Services

 

 

 

600,000

 

Greif

 

19,974

 

 

 

Industrial Packaging

 

 

 

255,000

 

Novozymes (Denmark)

 

18,421

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

500,000

 

Aptargroup

 

15,570

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Consumer Products & Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

1,324,000

 

Drew Industries (a)(b)

 

11,492

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

15,000

 

Sika (Switzerland)

 

11,135

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Kansai Paint (Japan)

 

11,052

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

743,100

 

Albany International

 

6,725

 

 

 

Paper Machine Clothing & Advanced Textiles

 

 

 

350,000

 

Koppers Holdings

 

5,082

 

 

 

Integrated Provider of Carbon Compounds

 

 

 

189,580

 

Carbone Lorraine (France)

 

4,378

 

 

 

Advanced Industrial Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209,781

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 2.2%

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

WW Grainger

 

84,216

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution—continued

 

 

 

2,275,000

 

Airgas

 

$

76,918

 

 

 

Industrial Gas Distributor

 

 

 

900,000

 

Watsco

 

30,627

 

 

 

HVAC Distribution

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Interline Brands (a)(b)

 

16,860

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

208,621

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 1.2%

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

49,335

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

2,025,000

 

Administaff (b)

 

42,788

 

 

 

Professional Employer Organization

 

 

 

15,200,000

 

OLAM (Singapore)

 

14,591

 

 

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

 

 

 

607,259

 

Serco (United Kingdom)

 

3,187

 

 

 

Facilities Management

 

 

 

600,000

 

GP Strategies (a)

 

2,136

 

 

 

Training Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

112,037

 

 

 

> Construction 1.1%

 

 

 

850,000

 

Martin Marietta Materials

 

67,405

 

 

 

Aggregates

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Simpson Manufacturing

 

36,040

 

 

 

Wall Joint Maker

 

 

 

200,000

 

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers

 

3,718

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Exchange

 

 

 

484,000

 

M/I Homes

 

3,383

 

 

 

Columbus-based Home Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,546

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.8%

 

 

 

1,850,000

 

Waste Connections (a)

 

47,545

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

1,858,500

 

Republic Services

 

31,873

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,418

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 0.5%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Acuity Brands

 

29,302

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Ushio (Japan)

 

13,982

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,284

 

 

 

> Conglomerates 0.3%

 

 

 

2,777,000

 

Aalberts Industries (Netherlands)

 

14,979

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

600,000

 

Ibiden (Japan)

 

14,336

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,315

 

 

 

> Steel 0.1%

 

 

 

390,000

 

Haynes International (a)

 

6,950

 

 

 

Producer of High Performance Alloys

 

 

 

450,000

 

Commercial Metals

 

5,197

 

 

 

Vertically Integrated Steelmaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,147

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

1,810,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 13.9%

 

 

 

 

 

> Insurance 3.7%

 

 

 

2,365,000

 

HCC Insurance Holdings

 

59,574

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Assurant

 

52,272

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings

 

32,422

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

100,000

 

Markel (a)

 

28,388

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

575,000

 

Navigators Group (a)

 

27,129

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

1,748,000

 

Leucadia National (a)

 

26,028

 

 

 

Insurance Holding Company

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Aspen Insurance

 

22,460

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

900,000

 

Tower Group

 

22,167

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

Delphi Financial Group

 

19,517

 

 

 

Workers Compensation & Group Employee Benefit Products & Services

 

 

 

832,000

 

Willis Group

 

18,304

 

 

 

Insurance Broker

 

 

 

1,420,000

 

Selective Insurance Group

 

17,267

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

SeaBright Insurance Holdings (a)(b)

 

12,552

 

 

 

Workers Compensation Insurance

 

 

 

9,420,000

 

Conseco (a)(b)

 

8,666

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

995,000

 

Protective Life

 

5,224

 

 

 

Life Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

351,970

 

 

 

> Banks 3.5%

 

 

 

3,260,000

 

BOK Financial

 

112,633

 

 

 

Tulsa-based Southwest Bank

 

 

 

3,337,900

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

51,537

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

3,722,100

 

Valley National Bancorp

 

46,042

 

 

 

New Jersey/New York Bank

 

 

 

3,550,000

 

TCF Financial

 

41,748

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

2,020,000

 

MB Financial (b)

 

27,472

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

1,160,000

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

23,212

 

 

 

Bank to Venture Capitalists

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

TriCo Bancshares (b)

 

20,088

 

 

 

California Central Valley Community Bank

 

 

 

170,000

 

City National

 

5,741

 

 

 

Beverly Hills Bank

 

 

 

341,296

 

Green Bankshares

 

3,004

 

 

 

Tennessee Bank

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

West Coast Bancorp (b)

 

2,220

 

 

 

Portland Community Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

333,697

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans 2.7%

 

 

 

12,063,899

 

People’s United

 

216,788

 

 

 

Connecticut Savings & Loan

 

 

 

1,989,000

 

Washington Federal

 

26,434

 

 

 

Traditional Thrift

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans—continued

 

 

 

450,000

 

Housing Development Finance (India)

 

$

12,480

 

 

 

Indian Mortgage Lender

 

 

 

660,000

 

Provident New York Bancorp

 

5,643

 

 

 

New York State Thrift

 

 

 

100,000

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

 

2,292

 

 

 

Northeast Thrift

 

 

 

15,090

 

ViewPoint Financial

 

181

 

 

 

Texas Thrift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

263,818

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 2.2%

 

 

 

4,235,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

96,770

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

6,448,000

 

SEI Investments

 

78,730

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

647,502

 

Investment Technology Group (a)

 

16,524

 

 

 

Electronic Trading

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Cohen & Steers

 

12,834

 

 

 

Top REIT Fund Manager

 

 

 

230,000

 

Affiliated Managers Group (a)

 

9,593

 

 

 

Asset Manager Holding Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

214,451

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 1.8%

 

 

 

7,235,000

 

AmeriCredit (a)(b)

 

42,397

 

 

 

Auto Lending

 

 

 

2,090,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp (b)

 

32,938

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

1,330,000

 

GATX

 

26,906

 

 

 

Rail Car Lessor

 

 

 

1,545,000

 

World Acceptance (a)(b)

 

26,419

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

H&E Equipment Services (a)(b)

 

21,615

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

655,000

 

Aaron Rents

 

17,462

 

 

 

Rent to Own

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

CAI International (a)(b)

 

4,670

 

 

 

International Container Leasing & Management

 

 

 

1,091,000

 

Marlin Business Services (a)(b)

 

4,277

 

 

 

Small Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,684

 

Finance: Total

 

1,340,620

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 13.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 4.0%

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

107,331

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Illumina (a)

 

78,204

 

 

 

Leading Tools & Service Provider for Genetic Analysis

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Edwards Lifesciences (a)

 

60,630

 

 

 

Heart Valves

 

 

 

700,000

 

Haemonetics (a)

 

38,556

 

 

 

Blood & Plasma Collection Equipment

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Hologic (a)

 

36,652

 

 

 

Diagnostic & Medical Imaging Equipment for Women’s Health

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Kinetic Concepts (a)

 

27,456

 

 

 

Wound Healing & Tissue Repair

 

 

 

2,020,200

 

American Medical Systems (a)

 

22,525

 

 

 

Medical Devices to Treat Urological Conditions

 

 

 

600,000

 

Orthofix International (a)

 

11,112

 

 

 

Bone Fixation & Stimulation Devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

382,466

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 3.6%

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Myriad Genetics (a)

 

100,034

 

 

 

Genetic Diagnostics

 

 

 

1,660,000

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

46,015

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Niche Disease Areas

 

 

 

4,400,000

 

Seattle Genetics (a)(b)

 

43,384

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

37,050

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

5,325,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)(b)

 

28,702

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Technologies

 

 

 

400,000

 

United Therapeutics (a)

 

26,436

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

InterMune (a)

 

26,304

 

 

 

Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis & Hepatits C

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

Medarex (a)

 

22,059

 

 

 

Humanized Antibodies

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals (a)(b)

 

14,850

 

 

 

Biotech Company Focused on Niche Disease Areas

 

 

 

1,509,185

 

Array Biopharma (a)

 

3,984

 

 

 

Drugs for Cancer & Inflammatory Diseases

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Neurogen (a)

 

616

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Neurology

 

 

 

359,944

 

MicroDose Technologies (a)(c)

 

209

 

 

 

Drug Inhaler Development

 

 

 

1,249,999

 

Perlegen Sciences (a)(c)

 

62

 

 

 

Large Scale Gene Sequencing

 

 

 

187,500

 

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

 

19

 

96,644

 

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

 

10

 

 

 

High Throughput Rational Drug Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,734

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 2.7%

 

 

 

1,090,000

 

Henry Schein (a)

 

43,611

 

 

 

Largest Distributor of Healthcare Products

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

ICU Medical (a)(b)

 

40,150

 

 

 

Intravenous Therapy Products

 

 

 

1,675,000

 

QIAGEN (Netherlands) (a)

 

26,733

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

486,000

 

Techne

 

26,589

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & Other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

665,000

 

Idexx Laboratories (a)

 

22,996

 

 

 

Diagnostic Equipment & Services for Veterinarians

 

 

 

900,000

 

Immucor (a)

 

22,635

 

 

 

Automated Blood Typing

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies—continued

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Cepheid (a)(b)

 

$

21,390

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

1,142,100

 

Luminex (a)

 

20,695

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

700,000

 

Cooper

 

18,508

 

 

 

Contact Lens Manufacturer

 

 

 

790,000

 

Meridian Biosciences

 

14,315

 

 

 

Niche Diagnostics/Life Science Company

 

 

 

150,000

 

Owens & Minor

 

4,969

 

 

 

Distribution of Medical Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,591

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 2.1%

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Psychiatric Solutions (a)

 

34,606

 

 

 

Behavioral Health Services

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum (Germany)

 

30,691

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Charles River Laboratories (a)

 

28,570

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Research

 

 

 

1,847,035

 

PSS World Medical (a)

 

26,505

 

 

 

Medical Supplies

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Lincare Holdings (a)

 

25,070

 

 

 

Home Health Care Services

 

 

 

4,250,000

 

eResearch Technology (a)(b)

 

22,355

 

 

 

Clinical Research Services

 

 

 

700,000

 

MEDNAX (a)

 

20,629

 

 

 

Physician Management for Pediatric & Anesthesia Practices

 

 

 

850,000

 

Healthcare Services Group

 

12,725

 

 

 

Outsourced Services to Long-term Care Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,151

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 0.8%

 

 

 

1,115,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

75,931

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

2,450,000

 

United Drug (Ireland)

 

4,860

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,791

 

Health Care: Total

 

1,276,733

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 13.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 2.9%

 

 

 

3,950,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

64,661

 

 

 

Apparel & Home Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

2,625,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

62,475

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

GameStop (a)

 

40,629

 

 

 

Video Game Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

1,987,000

 

Hot Topic (a)

 

22,235

 

 

 

Music Inspired Retailer of Apparel, Accessories & Gifts

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Nordstrom

 

20,100

 

 

 

Department Store Retailer

 

 

 

1,950,000

 

Macy’s

 

17,355

 

 

 

Department Store Retailer

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Chico’s FAS (a)

 

15,304

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

4,250,000

 

Talbots (b)

 

14,918

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

800,000

 

J Crew Group (a)

 

10,544

 

 

 

Multi-channel Branded Retailer

 

 

 

264,835

 

Hibbett Sports (a)

 

5,090

 

 

 

Sporting Goods Retailer

 

 

 

1,371,366

 

Gaiam (a)(b)

 

4,498

 

 

 

Healthy Living Catalogs & E-Commerce

 

 

 

200,000

 

Children’s Place Retail Store (a)

 

4,378

 

 

 

Specialty Children’s Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

282,187

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 2.9%

 

 

 

1,442,303

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

175,124

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Career Education (a)

 

40,732

 

 

 

Post-secondary Education

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Life Time Fitness (a)

 

23,864

 

 

 

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

 

 

 

1,750,301

 

Universal Technical Institute (a)(b)

 

21,004

 

 

 

Vocational Training

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Princeton Review (a)(b)

 

12,180

 

 

 

College Preparation Courses

 

 

 

110,000

 

Pierre & Vacances (France)

 

5,690

 

 

 

Vacation Apartment Lets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

278,594

 

 

 

> Travel 1.4%

 

 

 

2,265,690

 

Vail Resorts (a)(b)

 

46,288

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Expedia (a)

 

45,400

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Choice Hotels

 

43,894

 

 

 

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

135,582

 

 

 

> Nondurables 1.4%

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

Chattem (a)(b)

 

56,610

 

 

 

Personal Care Products

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Jarden (a)

 

31,675

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Helen of Troy (a)(b)

 

23,375

 

 

 

Hair Dryers & Curling Irons

 

 

 

450,000

 

Energizer Holdings (a)

 

22,361

 

 

 

Household & Personal Care Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134,021

 

 

 

> Apparel 1.3%

 

 

 

6,730,000

 

Coach (a)

 

112,391

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

True Religion Apparel (a)

 

13,581

 

 

 

Premium Denim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,972

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.8%

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Hansen Natural (a)

 

57,600

 

 

 

Alternative Beverages

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Smart Balance (a)

 

15,100

 

 

 

Healthy Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,700

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 0.7%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Herman Miller (b)

 

31,980

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

Knoll (b)

 

20,229

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles—continued

 

 

 

975,000

 

HNI

 

$

10,140

 

 

 

Office Furniture & Fireplaces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,349

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 0.6%

 

 

 

4,050,000

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (a)(b)

 

28,512

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

875,000

 

Penn National Gaming (a)

 

21,131

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

2,380,000

 

Intralot (Greece)

 

11,700

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,343

 

 

 

> Leisure Products 0.4%

 

 

 

1,390,000

 

Thor Industries

 

21,712

 

 

 

RV & Bus Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,416,000

 

Speedway Motorsports

 

16,737

 

 

 

Motorsports Racetrack Owner & Operator

 

 

 

570,000

 

Winnebago

 

3,027

 

 

 

Premier Motor Home Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,476

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 0.4%

 

 

 

2,600,000

 

Pool (b)

 

34,840

 

 

 

Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment

 

 

 

110,010

 

Central European Distribution (Poland) (a)

 

1,184

 

 

 

Vodka Production & Alcohol Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,024

 

 

 

> Restaurants 0.2%

 

 

 

550,000

 

P. F. Chang’s China Bistro (a)

 

12,584

 

 

 

Mandarin Style Restaurants

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

AFC Enterprises (a)(b)

 

9,020

 

 

 

Popeye’s Restaurants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,604

 

 

 

> Other Entertainment 0.1%

 

 

 

435,000

 

CTS Eventim (Germany)

 

12,657

 

 

 

Event Ticket Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,657

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods —%

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Champion Enterprises (a)(b)

 

2,160

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,160

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

1,266,669

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 3.6%

 

 

 

3,600,000

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

106,884

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,850,000

 

XTO Energy

 

56,647

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Ultra Petroleum (a)

 

46,657

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Range Resources

 

45,276

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Tullow Oil (United Kingdom)

 

27,652

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Denbury Resources (a)

 

20,804

 

 

 

Oil Producer Using Co2 Injection

 

 

 

5,110,550

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Canada) (a)

 

19,821

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

10,656

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Vaalco Energy (a)

 

7,935

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

342,332

 

 

 

> Oil Services 3.4%

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

97,247

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

2,665,488

 

Fugro (Netherlands)

 

84,816

 

 

 

Oilfield Services

 

 

 

3,200,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

53,088

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

36,870

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

1,055,000

 

Exterran Holdings (a)

 

16,901

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compressor Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

1,070,000

 

ShawCor (Canada)

 

16,439

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Tesco (a)

 

13,685

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

375,000

 

Bristow (a)

 

8,036

 

 

 

Largest Provider of Helicopter Services to Offshore Oil & Gas Producers

 

 

 

1,038,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)

 

3,374

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

2,983,500

 

Horizon North Logistics (Canada) (a)

 

1,656

 

 

 

Provides Diversified Oil Service Offering in Northern Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

332,112

 

 

 

> Mining 0.3%

 

 

 

7,725,000

 

Uranium One (South Africa) (a)

 

15,624

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Silver Wheaton (a)

 

8,230

 

 

 

Silver Mining Royalty Company

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Ivanhoe Mines (Canada) (a)

 

6,171

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,025

 

 

 

> Oil Refining, Marketing & Distribution 0.1%

 

 

 

435,000

 

Oneok

 

9,844

 

 

 

Natural Gas Distribution, Pipeline Processing & Trading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,844

 

 

 

> Alternative Energy —%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Synthesis Energy Systems (a)

 

1,320

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Gasification Plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,320

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

715,633

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 1.9%

 

 

 

675,000

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust

 

31,050

 

 

 

Shopping Centers

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate—continued

 

 

 

3,700,000

 

Gaylord Entertainment (a)(b)

 

$

30,821

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

850,000

 

Digital Realty Trust

 

28,203

 

 

 

Technology-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

715,000

 

Corporate Office Properties

 

17,754

 

 

 

Office Buildings

 

 

 

900,000

 

American Campus Communities

 

15,624

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

2,800

 

Orix JREIT (Japan)

 

11,428

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

40,000,000

 

Mapletree Logistics (Singapore)

 

9,862

 

 

 

Asian Logistics Landlord

 

 

 

1,360,000

 

BioMed Realty Trust

 

9,207

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

750,000

 

SL Green Realty

 

8,100

 

 

 

Manhattan Office Buildings

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Extra Space Storage

 

7,714

 

 

 

Self Storage Facilities

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Kite Realty Group (b)

 

4,655

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

1,158,000

 

Forest City Enterprises, Class B (b)

 

4,273

 

 

 

Commercial & Residential Property Developer

 

 

 

635,000

 

Macerich Company

 

3,975

 

 

 

Regional Shopping Malls

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

General Growth Properties

 

1,562

 

 

 

Regional Shopping Malls

 

 

 

37,407

 

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

 

 

 

 

Self Storage Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

184,228

 

 

 

> Transportation 1.4%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

48,220

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

2,480,000

 

Heartland Express

 

36,729

 

 

 

Regional Trucker

 

 

 

34,804,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway (China)

 

23,620

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)(b)

 

22,300

 

500,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class B (a)(b)

 

3,915

 

 

 

Truck Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134,784

 

 

 

> Regulated Utilities 0.4%

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Northeast Utilities

 

38,862

 

 

 

Regulated Electric Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,862

 

Other Industries: Total

 

357,874

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.5%
(Cost: $10,411,651)

 

9,126,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement 5.0%

 

 

 

$

485,317

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by U. S. Treasury Obligations with various maturities to 12/03/13, market value $495,024 (repurchase proceeds $485,319)

 

485,317

 

 

 

 

 

485,317

 

 

 

> Commercial Paper 0.4%

 

 

 

40,300

 

Emerson Electric (e) 0.25% Due 4/08/09

 

40,298

 

 

 

 

 

40,298

 

Total Short-Term Obligations:
(Amortized Cost: $525,615)

 

525,615

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.9%
(Cost: $10,937,266)(f)(g)

 

9,652,532

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.1%

 

7,900

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

9,660,432

 

 


*

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 good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an 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. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systematic methodology 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 fair value, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

 

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

 

·

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

·

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

 

·

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

8,606,512

 

$

 

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

1,045,720

 

 

 

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

300

 

 

 

Total

 

$

9,652,532

 

$

 

 



 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three month period ended March 31, 2009 in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

(in thousands)

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

$

426

 

$

 

Accretion of discounts/Amortization of premium

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Change in unrealized depreciation

 

(126

)

 

Net purchase (sales)

 

 

 

Transfers into and/or out of Level 3

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2009

 

$

300

 

$

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(a)          Non-income producing security.

(b)         An affiliated person of the Fund 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 three months ended March 31, 2009, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/08

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/09

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Actuate

 

1,683,760

 

816,240

 

 

2,500,000

 

$

7,650

 

$

 

Administaff

 

2,025,000

 

 

 

2,025,000

 

42,788

 

263

 

AFC Enterprises

 

1,800,000

 

200,000

 

 

2,000,000

 

9,020

 

 

AmeriCredit

 

7,235,000

 

 

 

7,235,000

 

42,397

 

 

Array Biopharma*

 

2,910,000

 

 

1,400,815

 

1,509,185

 

3,984

 

 

Bally Technologies

 

3,750,000

 

275,000

 

 

4,025,000

 

74,141

 

 

CAI International

 

1,500,000

 

150,000

 

 

1,650,000

 

4,670

 

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas*

 

2,525,000

 

 

1,325,000

 

1,200,000

 

10,656

 

 

Cepheid

 

3,100,000

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

21,390

 

 

Champion Enterprises

 

4,500,000

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

2,160

 

 

Chattem

 

1,010,000

 

 

 

1,010,000

 

56,610

 

 

Clarcor

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

75,570

 

270

 

Cogent Communications

 

4,300,000

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

30,960

 

 

Conseco

 

9,420,000

 

 

 

9,420,000

 

8,666

 

 

Donaldson

 

4,200,000

 

 

 

4,200,000

 

112,728

 

483

 

Drew Industries

 

1,324,000

 

 

 

1,324,000

 

11,492

 

 

Entravision Communications

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

650

 

 

eResearch Technology

 

3,935,901

 

314,099

 

 

4,250,000

 

22,355

 

 

ESCO Technologies

 

2,200,000

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

85,140

 

 

FARO Technologies

 

1,275,000

 

 

125,000

 

1,150,000

 

15,456

 

 

Forest City Enterprises, Class B

 

1,158,000

 

 

 

1,158,000

 

4,273

 

 

Forward Air

 

1,900,000

 

 

250,000

 

1,650,000

 

26,779

 

116

 

Gaiam

 

1,200,000

 

171,366

 

 

1,371,366

 

4,498

 

 

Gaylord Entertainment

 

3,300,000

 

400,000

 

 

3,700,000

 

30,821

 

 

H&E Equipment Services

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

21,615

 

 

Hackett Group

 

4,600,000

 

 

100,000

 

4,500,000

 

9,090

 

 

HEICO

 

850,000

 

 

 

850,000

 

17,536

 

51

 

Helen of Troy

 

1,900,000

 

 

200,000

 

1,700,000

 

23,375

 

 

Herman Miller

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

31,980

 

264

 

ICU Medical

 

1,250,000

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

40,150

 

 

iGate

 

5,000,000

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

16,200

 

550

 

II-VI

 

2,400,000

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

41,232

 

 

Informatica

 

5,500,000

 

 

 

5,500,000

 

72,930

 

 

Interline Brands

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

16,860

 

 

IPG Photonics

 

2,750,000

 

 

 

2,750,000

 

23,155

 

 

ITT Educational Services*

 

2,150,000

 

 

707,697

 

1,442,303

 

175,124

 

 

IXYS

 

2,035,000

 

 

 

2,035,000

 

16,402

 

 

Kenexa

 

2,425,000

 

 

 

2,425,000

 

13,071

 

 

Kite Realty Group

 

1,900,000

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

4,655

 

390

 

Knoll

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

20,229

 

396

 

Marlin Business Services

 

1,091,000

 

 

 

1,091,000

 

4,277

 

 

MB Financial

 

2,020,000

 

 

 

2,020,000

 

27,472

 

242

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

1,890,000

 

200,000

 

 

2,090,000

 

32,938

 

378

 

Mediacom Communications

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

16,120

 

 

Mine Safety Appliances

 

1,975,000

 

 

 

1,975,000

 

39,539

 

474

 

Mobile Mini*

 

1,750,000

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

20,160

 

 

Navigant Consulting

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

32,675

 

 

Nektar Therapeutics

 

5,325,000

 

 

 

5,325,000

 

28,702

 

 

PAETEC Holdings

 

8,000,000

 

165,000

 

 

8,165,000

 

11,758

 

 

Pericom Semiconductor

 

915,000

 

850,000

 

 

1,765,000

 

12,902

 

 

Pinnacle Entertainment

 

4,050,000

 

 

 

4,050,000

 

28,512

 

 

Pool

 

2,600,000

 

 

 

2,600,000

 

34,840

 

338

 

Princeton Review

 

2,550,000

 

250,000

 

 

2,800,000

 

12,180

 

 

Quality Systems*

 

1,850,000

 

 

700,000

 

1,150,000

 

52,037

 

420

 

Radiant Systems

 

3,050,000

 

 

 

3,050,000

 

13,451

 

 

Rush Enterprises

 

2,750,000

 

250,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

26,215

 

 

Salem Communications

 

1,541,000

 

 

 

1,541,000

 

863

 

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals

 

1,416,941

 

1,583,059

 

 

3,000,000

 

14,850

 

 

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/08

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/09

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

SeaBright Insurance Holdings

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

$

12,552

 

$

 

Seattle Genetics

 

4,400,000

 

 

 

4,400,000

 

43,384

 

 

SkillSoft - ADR

 

9,500,000

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

63,555

 

 

Smart Balance*

 

5,000,000

 

 

2,500,000

 

2,500,000

 

15,100

 

 

Spanish Broadcasting System

 

2,400,000

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

360

 

 

Stewart Information Services*

 

909,420

 

 

909,420

 

 

 

 

Stratasys*

 

1,180,000

 

 

 

1,180,000

 

9,759

 

 

Supertex

 

1,035,000

 

 

 

1,035,000

 

23,908

 

 

Switch & Data Facilities

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

21,925

 

 

Talbots

 

4,250,000

 

 

 

4,250,000

 

14,918

 

 

TriCo Bancshares

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

20,088

 

156

 

TW Telecom

 

9,500,000

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

83,125

 

 

Universal Technical Institute

 

1,500,000

 

250,301

 

 

1,750,301

 

21,004

 

 

Vail Resorts

 

2,390,000

 

 

124,310

 

2,265,690

 

46,288

 

 

Viad*

 

1,032,075

 

 

907,401

 

124,674

 

1,760

 

23

 

Virtusa

 

1,000,000

 

450,000

 

 

1,450,000

 

8,990

 

 

Voyager Learning

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

2,320

 

 

West Coast Bancorp

 

837,000

 

163,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

2,220

 

8

 

World Acceptance

 

1,545,000

 

 

 

1,545,000

 

26,419

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

218,764,097

 

6,488,065

 

9,249,643

 

216,002,519

 

$

2,075,624

 

$

4,822

 

 


*  At March 31, 2009, 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 March 31, 2009, was $2,978,299 and $2,075,624, respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 21.5% of the Fund’s total net assets at March 31, 2009.

 

(c)          Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the board of trustees. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $300, which represented less than 0.01% of total net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

MicroDose Technologies

 

11/24/00

 

359,944

 

$

2,005

 

$

209

 

Perlegen Sciences

 

3/30/01

 

1,249,999

 

4,500

 

62

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1, Pfd.

 

9/05/01

 

187,500

 

7,500

 

19

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1, Pfd.

 

2/08/07

 

96,644

 

280

 

10

 

Security Capital European Realty

 

8/20/98-7/20/99

 

37,407

 

205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,490

 

$

300

 

 

(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 institutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2009, this security had an aggregate value of $40,298, which represented 0.4% of net assets.

(f)            At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $10,937,266 and net unrealized depreciation was $1,284,734 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $2,272,085 and gross unrealized depreciation of $3,556,819.

(g)         On March 31, 2009, the market value of foreign securities represented 7.13% of total net assets. The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

 

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Netherlands

 

$

140,857

 

1.46

 

Japan

 

101,917

 

1.05

 

Chile

 

47,808

 

0.49

 

Canada

 

44,087

 

0.46

 

Germany

 

43,348

 

0.45

 

United Kingdom

 

38,462

 

0.40

 

China

 

36,520

 

0.38

 

Singapore

 

35,854

 

0.37

 

France

 

33,950

 

0.35

 

Sweden

 

29,686

 

0.31

 

South Korea

 

20,523

 

0.21

 

Hong Kong

 

20,028

 

0.21

 

Israel

 

19,888

 

0.21

 

Denmark

 

18,421

 

0.19

 

South Africa

 

15,624

 

0.16

 

India

 

12,480

 

0.13

 

Greece

 

11,700

 

0.12

 

Switzerland

 

11,135

 

0.12

 

Ireland

 

4,860

 

0.05

 

Poland

 

1,184

 

0.01

 

Luxembourg

 

 

 

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$688,332

 

7.13

 

 



 

Columbia Acorn International

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Equities: 94.5%

 

 

 

Asia 41.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 20.6%

 

 

 

6,550,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

$

36,196

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

43,500

 

Jupiter Telecommunications

 

28,917

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Kamigumi

 

19,851

 

 

 

Port Cargo Handling & Logistics

 

 

 

418,760

 

Point

 

18,911

 

 

 

Apparel Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

4,127

 

Orix JREIT

 

16,844

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

922,200

 

Glory

 

16,276

 

 

 

Currency Handling Systems & Related Equipment

 

 

 

1,900

 

Nippon Building Fund

 

16,239

 

 

 

Office REIT

 

 

 

6,070

 

Seven Bank

 

16,091

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

640,000

 

Ibiden

 

15,291

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

Suruga Bank

 

14,320

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

554,300

 

Unicharm

 

14,000

 

 

 

PetCare Pet Food & Pet Toiletries

 

 

 

4,300

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

13,684

 

 

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

 

 

737,000

 

Kintetsu World Express

 

13,521

 

 

 

Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

1,066,100

 

Aeon Delight

 

13,334

 

 

 

Facility Maintenance & Management

 

 

 

950,000

 

Ushio

 

13,283

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

587,800

 

Miura

 

13,124

 

 

 

Industrial Boiler

 

 

 

755,700

 

Daiseki

 

12,757

 

 

 

Waste Disposal & Recycling

 

 

 

540,000

 

Makita

 

12,002

 

 

 

Power Tools

 

 

 

1,748,100

 

Asics

 

11,974

 

 

 

Footwear & Apparel

 

 

 

11,321

 

Wacom

 

11,803

 

 

 

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

 

 

 

3,050

 

Fukuoka

 

11,801

 

 

 

Diversified REIT in Fukuoka

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Rohto Pharmaceutical

 

11,264

 

 

 

Health & Beauty Products

 

 

 

288,000

 

Ryohin Keikaku

 

11,202

 

 

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

880,000

 

Aeon Mall

 

11,157

 

 

 

Suburban Shopping Mall Developer, Owner & Operator

 

 

 

193,000

 

Nakanishi

 

10,880

 

 

 

Dental Tools & Machinery

 

 

 

580,000

 

Hamamatsu Photonics

 

10,822

 

 

 

Optical Sensors for Medical & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

643,000

 

Ain Pharmaciez (a)

 

10,621

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

286,900

 

Benesse

 

10,492

 

 

 

Education Service Provider

 

 

 

690,000

 

NGK Insulators

 

10,491

 

 

 

Ceramic, Power & Electronics Parts

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Chuo Mitsui

 

9,395

 

 

 

Trust Holdings Trust Bank

 

 

 

785,000

 

Tamron

 

8,081

 

 

 

Camera Lens Maker

 

 

 

480,000

 

Olympus

 

7,662

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Cameras

 

 

 

231,000

 

SYSMEX

 

7,328

 

 

 

In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Equipment & Reagent Manufacturer

 

 

 

451,500

 

As One

 

7,325

 

 

 

Scientific Supplies Distributor

 

 

 

882,000

 

Cosel

 

6,790

 

 

 

Industrial Standard Switching Power Supply System

 

 

 

600,000

 

Zenrin

 

6,401

 

 

 

Map Content Publisher

 

 

 

8,012

 

Nippon

 

5,933

 

 

 

Residential Investment Residential REIT

 

 

 

614,400

 

Yusen Air & Sea Service

 

5,921

 

 

 

Air & Sea Service Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

538,000

 

T. Hasegawa

 

5,794

 

 

 

Industrial Flavors & Fragrances

 

 

 

247,200

 

Union Tool

 

5,182

 

 

 

Precision Drill Bit Manufacturer

 

 

 

116,300

 

Toyo Tanso

 

4,300

 

 

 

Carbon & Graphite Products for Industrial Use

 

 

 

115,000

 

Tsumura

 

2,963

 

 

 

Traditional Chinese/Japanese Herbal Rx Drugs (Kampo)

 

 

 

230

 

Nippon Accommodations Fund

 

925

 

 

 

Residential REIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

511,148

 

 

 

> China 5.6%

 

 

 

28,896,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway

 

19,610

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

14,182,000

 

China Yurun Food

 

18,078

 

 

 

Meat Processor in China

 

 

 

29,166,400

 

China Green

 

17,160

 

 

 

Agricultural Grower & Processor in China

 

 

 

17,662,000

 

China Shipping Development

 

16,681

 

 

 

China’s Dominant Shipper for Oil & Coal

 

 

 

797,000

 

Mindray - ADR

 

14,752

 

 

 

Medical Device Manufacturer

 

 

 

223,000

 

New Oriental Education & Technology - ADR (b)

 

11,206

 

 

 

China’s Largest Private Education Service Provider

 

 

 

17,098,900

 

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure

 

9,553

 

 

 

Guangdong Tollroad Leading to Hong Kong & Macau

 

 

 

15,300,000

 

Fu Ji Food & Catering Services

 

6,751

 

 

 

Food Catering Service Provider in China

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

VisionChina Media - ADR (b)

 

6,450

 

 

 

Advertising on Digital Screens in China’s Mass Transit System

 

 

 

34,508,800

 

Sinotrans

 

5,343

 

 

 

Largest Integrated Logistics Player in China

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> China—continued

 

 

 

151,000,000

 

RexCapital Finance (b)

 

$

4,734

 

 

 

Chinese Lottery

 

 

 

2,625,000

 

Shandong Weigao

 

4,674

 

 

 

Vertical Integrated Hospital Consumable Manufacturer

 

 

 

282,500

 

ZhongDe Waste Technology

 

4,455

 

 

 

Solid Municipal Waste & Medical Waste Incinerator Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,447

 

 

 

> Singapore 3.7%

 

 

 

27,500,000

 

OLAM

 

26,398

 

 

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

 

 

 

6,900,000

 

Singapore Exchange

 

23,137

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

70,000,000

 

Mapletree Logistics

 

17,259

 

 

 

Asian Logistics Landlord

 

 

 

18,060,000

 

ComfortDelGro

 

16,149

 

 

 

Taxi & Mass Transit Service

 

 

 

30,000,000

 

CDL Hospitality Trust

 

10,256

 

 

 

Singapore Hotel Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,199

 

 

 

> South Korea 3.5%

 

 

 

1,112,000

 

Woongjin Coway

 

24,037

 

 

 

South Korean Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

360,000

 

Taewoong

 

22,044

 

 

 

Player in the Niche Customized Forging Market

 

 

 

151,791

 

MegaStudy

 

21,782

 

 

 

Online Education Service Provider

 

 

 

94,000

 

NHN (b)

 

10,261

 

 

 

Google-ing in South Korea

 

 

 

785,000

 

Sung Kwang Bend

 

9,563

 

 

 

Large Customized Industrial Pipe Fitting Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87,687

 

 

 

> India 3.3%

 

 

 

8,900,000

 

United Phosphorus

 

17,533

 

 

 

Off-patent Crop Protection Chemicals

 

 

 

1,008,727

 

Asian Paints

 

15,608

 

 

 

India’s Largest Paint Company

 

 

 

450,000

 

Housing Development Finance

 

12,479

 

 

 

Indian Mortgage Lender

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Jain Irrigation Systems

 

11,443

 

 

 

Agricultural Micro-irrigation Systems & Food Processing

 

 

 

250,000

 

Educomp Solutions

 

10,231

 

 

 

Multimedia Educational Content

 

 

 

1,350,000

 

Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone

 

8,608

 

 

 

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Shriram Transport Finance

 

5,793

 

 

 

Truck Financing in India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,695

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 2.2%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

28,275

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

19,000,000

 

Lifestyle International

 

15,125

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

709,100

 

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering

 

6,153

 

 

 

Aircraft Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Operator

 

 

 

60,000,000

 

NagaCorp

 

5,419

 

 

 

Monopoly Casino in Central Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,972

 

 

 

> Taiwan 1.8%

 

 

 

1,851,000

 

Formosa International Hotels

 

18,449

 

 

 

Hotel, Food & Beverage Operation & Hospitality Management Services

 

 

 

6,996,000

 

President Chain Store

 

16,029

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Number One Convenience Chain Store Operator

 

 

 

5,844,793

 

Everlight Electronics

 

10,755

 

 

 

LED Packager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,233

 

 

 

> Indonesia 0.6%

 

 

 

75,000,000

 

Perusahaan Gas Negara

 

13,955

 

 

 

Gas Pipeline Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,955

 

Asia: Total

 

 

 

1,027,336

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 35.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 7.3%

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Capita Group

 

30,180

 

 

 

White Collar, Back Office Outsourcing

 

 

 

2,185,600

 

Intertek Testing

 

27,769

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection & Certification Services

 

 

 

5,100,000

 

Serco

 

26,765

 

 

 

Facilities Management

 

 

 

400,000

 

Randgold Resources - ADR

 

21,740

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Western Africa

 

 

 

2,950,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

18,286

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

1,117,000

 

Rotork

 

13,655

 

 

 

Valve Actuators for Oil & Water Pipelines

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

RPS Group

 

8,939

 

 

 

Environmental Consulting & Planning

 

 

 

690,000

 

Tullow Oil

 

7,950

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

3,050,000

 

Cobham

 

7,518

 

 

 

Aerospace Components

 

 

 

275,000

 

Chemring

 

7,485

 

 

 

Defense Manufacturer of Countermeasures & Energetics

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Keller Group

 

7,056

 

 

 

International Ground Engineering Specialist

 

 

 

900,000

 

Intermediate Capital

 

3,884

 

 

 

European Provider of Mezzanine Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

181,227

 

 

 

> Netherlands 6.1%

 

 

 

2,025,000

 

Imtech

 

27,873

 

 

 

Engineering & Technical Services

 

 

 

1,294,533

 

Koninklijke TenCate (a)

 

22,359

 

 

 

Advanced Textiles & Industrial Fabrics

 

 

 

628,000

 

Fugro

 

19,983

 

 

 

Oilfield Services

 

 

 

1,385,000

 

Unit 4 Agresso (a)

 

15,641

 

 

 

Business & Security Software

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Netherlands—continued

 

 

 

372,000

 

Vopak

 

$

14,891

 

 

 

World’s Largest Operator of Petroleum & Chemical Storage Terminals

 

 

 

850,000

 

QIAGEN (b)

 

13,597

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

1,088,187

 

Arcadis

 

13,133

 

 

 

Engineering Consultant

 

 

 

228,993

 

Smit Internationale

 

13,073

 

 

 

Harbor & Offshore Towage & Marine Services

 

 

 

1,992,322

 

Aalberts Industries

 

10,747

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

151,297

 

 

 

> Germany 5.4%

 

 

 

1,607,845

 

Rhoen-Klinikum

 

29,907

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

524,000

 

Wincor Nixdorf

 

23,747

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

200,000

 

Vossloh

 

21,228

 

 

 

Rail Infrastructure & Diesel Locomotives

 

 

 

700,000

 

CTS Eventim

 

20,367

 

 

 

Event Ticket Sales

 

 

 

175,143

 

Rational

 

13,962

 

 

 

Commercial Oven Manufacturer

 

 

 

942,764

 

Elringklinger

 

9,394

 

 

 

Automobile Components

 

 

 

700,000

 

Takkt

 

6,045

 

 

 

Mail Order Retailer of Office & Warehouse Durables

 

 

 

656,900

 

Tognum

 

5,725

 

 

 

Diesel Engines for Drive & Power Generation Systems

 

 

 

354,500

 

Deutsche Beteiligungs

 

4,409

 

 

 

Private Equity Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134,784

 

 

 

> France 4.7%

 

 

 

1,447,000

 

SES Global

 

27,645

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

250,000

 

Iliad

 

23,317

 

 

 

Alternative Internet & Telecoms Provider

 

 

 

198,000

 

Neopost

 

15,364

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

171,700

 

Pierre & Vacances

 

8,881

 

 

 

Vacation Apartment Lets

 

 

 

322,000

 

SAFT (b)

 

8,684

 

 

 

Niche Battery Manufacturer

 

 

 

139,900

 

Rubis

 

8,123

 

 

 

Tank Storage & Liquefied Petroleum Gas Supplier

 

 

 

190,000

 

Eurofins Scientific

 

8,078

 

 

 

Food Screening & Testing

 

 

 

309,390

 

Carbone Lorraine

 

7,144

 

 

 

Advanced Industrial Materials

 

 

 

216,215

 

Norbert Dentressangle

 

6,575

 

 

 

Transport

 

 

 

725,898

 

Hi-Media (b)

 

2,122

 

 

 

Leading Online Advertiser in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115,933

 

 

 

> Switzerland 2.4%

 

 

 

317,000

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

18,506

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

200,000

 

Geberit

 

17,974

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

20,500

 

Sika

 

15,218

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

85,000

 

Burckhardt Compression

 

7,915

 

 

 

Gas Compression Pumps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59,613

 

 

 

> Sweden 1.9%

 

 

 

4,733,000

 

Hexagon

 

23,034

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

3,235,000

 

SWECO

 

14,956

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

4,572,226

 

Nobia

 

10,569

 

 

 

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing & Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,559

 

 

 

> Finland 1.9%

 

 

 

1,756,000

 

Poyry

 

22,770

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

1,310,000

 

Stockmann

 

18,066

 

 

 

Department Stores in Finland, Baltics & Russia

 

 

 

2,170,000

 

Ramirent

 

6,920

 

 

 

Largest Equipment Rental Company in Scandinavia & Central Eastern Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47,756

 

 

 

> Ireland 1.6%

 

 

 

792,200

 

Aryzta (b)

 

18,535

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

8,100,000

 

United Drug

 

16,067

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

286,000

 

Paddy Power

 

4,613

 

 

 

Irish Betting Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,215

 

 

 

> Greece 1.0%

 

 

 

5,090,000

 

Intralot

 

25,022

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,022

 

 

 

> Italy 1.0%

 

 

 

12,866,000

 

CIR

 

13,316

 

 

 

Italian Holding Company

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Credito Emiliano

 

6,178

 

 

 

Italian Regional Bank

 

 

 

1,335,568

 

GranitiFiandre

 

3,735

 

 

 

Innovative Stoneware

 

 

 

115,295

 

Sabaf

 

1,292

 

 

 

Supplier to White Goods Original Equipment Manufacturer

 

 

 

110,527

 

Cobra Automotive (b)

 

178

 

 

 

Electronic Car Theft Protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,699

 

 

 

> Spain 0.7%

 

 

 

440,000

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

17,187

 

 

 

Spanish Power Grid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,187

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Poland 0.5%

 

 

 

975,900

 

Central European Distribution (b)

 

$

10,501

 

 

 

Vodka Production & Alcohol Distribution

 

 

 

44,162

 

ING Bank Slaski

 

2,691

 

 

 

Polish Universal Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,192

 

 

 

> Czech Republic 0.5%

 

 

 

114,000

 

Komercni Banka

 

11,402

 

 

 

Leading Czech Universal Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,402

 

 

 

> Denmark 0.4%

 

 

 

130,000

 

Novozymes

 

9,391

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,391

 

 

 

> Russia 0.4%

 

 

 

775,000

 

Novolipetsk Steel - GDR

 

9,222

 

 

 

Vertically Integrated Steel Producer, Mini Mill Operator & Scrap Collector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,222

 

Europe: Total

 

 

 

888,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 12.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> United States 3.4%

 

 

 

1,290,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (b)

 

21,401

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

350,000

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (b)

 

13,181

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

410,000

 

FMC Technologies (b)

 

12,862

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

180,000

 

Cephalon (b)

 

12,258

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain,

 

 

 

 

 

Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

275,000

 

Oceaneering International (b)

 

10,139

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

300,000

 

Bristow (b)

 

6,429

 

 

 

Largest Provider of Helicopter Services to Offshore Oil & Gas Producers

 

 

 

460,000

 

BioMarin (b)

 

5,681

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

324,000

 

Tesco (b)

 

2,534

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

84,485

 

 

 

> South Africa 2.9%

 

 

 

1,723,000

 

Naspers

 

29,103

 

 

 

Media & Education in Africa & other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

1,440,000

 

Impala Platinum Holdings

 

24,057

 

 

 

Platinum Group Metals Mining & Refining

 

 

 

4,600,000

 

Mr. Price

 

11,776

 

 

 

South African Retailer of Apparel, Household Goods & Sporting Goods

 

 

 

3,049,000

 

Uranium One (b)

 

6,167

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,103

 

 

 

> Australia 2.6%

 

 

 

7,140,000

 

Sino Gold (b)

 

 

26,264

 

 

 

Gold Mining in The People’s Republic of China

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Billabong International

 

14,776

 

 

 

Action Sports Apparel Brand Manager

 

 

 

624,735

 

Perpetual Trustees

 

11,703

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Management

 

 

 

536,000

 

Australian Stock Exchange

 

10,939

 

 

 

Australian Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,682

 

 

 

> Canada 1.9%

 

 

 

1,710,000

 

ShawCor

 

26,271

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

819,000

 

CCL

 

13,577

 

 

 

Leading Global Label Manufacturer

 

 

 

850,000

 

Ivanhoe Mines (b)

 

5,245

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

2,262,100

 

Horizon North Logistics (b)

 

1,256

 

 

 

Provides Diversified Oil Service Offering in Northern Canada

 

 

 

328,100

 

Xtreme Coil Drilling (b)

 

364

 

 

 

Land Driller with New Generation Drilling Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,713

 

 

 

> Israel 0.9%

 

 

 

2,890,000

 

Israel Chemicals

 

23,438

 

 

 

Producer of Potash, Phosphates, Bromine & Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,438

 

 

 

> New Zealand 0.4%

 

 

 

6,320,612

 

Sky City Entertainment

 

10,132

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,132

 

 

 

> Kazakhstan 0.1%

 

 

 

1,770,000

 

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan - GDR

 

3,575

 

 

 

Largest Retail Bank in Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,575

 

Other Countries: Total

 

303,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Brazil 2.6%

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

Suzano (b)

 

19,463

 

 

 

Brazilian Pulp & Paper Producer

 

 

 

5,156,000

 

Localiza Rent A Car

 

18,026

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Natura Cosmeticos

 

14,646

 

 

 

Direct Retailer of Cosmetics

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Porto Seguro

 

12,836

 

 

 

Auto & Life Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,971

 

 

 

> Mexico 1.4%

 

 

 

600,000

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste - ADR

 

17,268

 

 

 

Cancun & Cozumel Airport Operator

 

 

 

18,000,000

 

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos (b)

 

15,808

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,076

 

 



 

Number of Shares
or Principal
Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Chile 1.2%

 

 

 

1,129,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR

 

$

29,986

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,986

 

Latin America: Total

 

128,033

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 789 94.5%
(Cost: $2,943,254)

 

2,346,996

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement 3.9%

 

 

 

$

96,836

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Obligations with various maturities to 4/26/11, market value $98,773 (repurchase proceeds $96,836)

 

96,836

 

 

 

 

 

96,836

 

 

 

> Commercial Paper 0.9%

 

 

 

11,300

 

Netjets (c) 0.28% Due 4/08/09

 

11,299

 

11,100

 

Hewlett Packard (c) 0.28% Due 4/02/09

 

11,100

 

 

 

 

 

22,399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligations:
(Amortized Cost: $119,235)

 

119,235

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.3%
(Cost: $3,062,489)(d)(e)

 

2,466,231

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.7%

 

18,104

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

2,484,335

 

 


*                 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 good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an 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. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systematic methodology 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 fair value, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

·                  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

·                  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

·                  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments*

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

 339,268

 

$

 —

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

2,126,963

 

(6,782

)

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 2,466,231

 

$

 (6,782

)

 


*                 Other financial instruments consist of forward foreign currency exchange contracts which are not included in the investment portfolio.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three month period ended March 31, 2009 in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

(in thousands)

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

$

312

 

$

 

Accretion of discounts/Amortization of premium

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

 

 

Net purchase (sales)

 

 

 

Transfers into and/or out of Level 3

 

(312

)

 

Balance as of March 31, 2009

 

$

0

 

$

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

GDR = Global Depositary Receipts.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(a)          An affiliated person of the Fund 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 three months ended March 31, 2009, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/08

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/09

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Ain Pharmaciez

 

643,000

 

 

 

643,000

 

$

 10,621

 

$

 —

 

Koninklijke TenCate

 

1,556,239

 

 

261,706

 

1,294,533

 

22,359

 

 

Unit 4 Aggresso

 

1,385,000

 

 

 

1,385,000

 

15,641

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

3,584,239

 

 

261,706

 

3,322,533

 

$

 48,621

 

$

 —

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2009, was $58,819 and $48,621, respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 2.0% of total net assets at March 31, 2009.

 

(b)         Non-income producing security.

(c)          Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may only be resold in exempt transactions to qualified buyers. Private resales of this security to qualified institutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2009, this security had an aggregate value of $22,399, which represented 0.9% of net assets.

(d)         At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $3,062,489, and net unrealized depreciation was $596,258 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $366,676 and gross unrealized depreciation of $962,934.

(e)          On March 31, 2009, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage of
Net Assets

 

Euro

 

$

560,347

 

22.6

 

Japanese Yen

 

511,147

 

20.6

 

U.S. Dollar

 

328,421

 

13.2

 

British Pound

 

159,487

 

6.4

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

157,556

 

6.3

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

749,273

 

30.2

 

 

 

$

 2,466,231

 

99.3

 

 

At March 31, 2009, the Fund had entered into the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts to Buy

 

Principal Amount in
Foreign Currency

 

Principal
Amount in U.S. Dollar

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

AUD

 

7,107

 

$

5,000

 

4/15/2009

 

$

(63

)

AUD

 

15,367

 

10,000

 

5/15/2009

 

653

 

AUD

 

15,852

 

10,000

 

6/15/2009

 

969

 

CAD

 

23,708

 

20,000

 

4/15/2009

 

(1,196

)

CAD

 

30,938

 

25,000

 

5/15/2009

 

(456

)

CAD

 

25,926

 

20,000

 

6/15/2009

 

580

 

JPY

 

909,550

 

10,000

 

4/15/2009

 

(810

)

JPY

 

893,850

 

10,000

 

4/15/2009

 

(968

)

JPY

 

1,803,900

 

20,000

 

5/15/2009

 

(1,766

)

JPY

 

1,970,300

 

20,000

 

6/15/2009

 

(72

)

 

 

 

 

$

 150,000

 

 

 

$

(3,129

)

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts to Sell

 

Principal Amount in
Foreign Currency

 

Principal
Amount in U.S. Dollar

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

EUR

 

25,639

 

$

35,000

 

4/15/2009

 

$

937

 

EUR

 

7,749

 

10,000

 

4/15/2009

 

(295

)

EUR

 

42,700

 

55,000

 

5/15/2009

 

(1,729

)

EUR

 

39,562

 

50,000

 

6/15/2009

 

(2,566

)

 

 

 

 

$

 150,000

 

 

 

$

(3,653

)

 

The counterparty for all forward foreign currency exchange contracts is State Street Bank and Trust Company.

AUD = Australian Dollar

CAD = Canadian Dollar

EUR = Euro

JPY = Japanese Yen

 



 

Columbia Acorn USA

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

Equities: 96.1%

 

 

 

Information 30.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 7.0%

 

 

 

695,100

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

$

13,033

 

 

 

Information Systems for Restaurants & Hotels

 

 

 

943,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

12,504

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Novell (a)

 

8,946

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

305,000

 

ANSYS (a)

 

7,656

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

525,000

 

Blackbaud

 

6,095

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

288,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

5,527

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

100,000

 

Quality Systems

 

4,525

 

 

 

IT Systems for Medical Groups & Ambulatory Care Centers

 

 

 

150,000

 

NetSuite (a)

 

1,689

 

 

 

End to End IT Systems Solution Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

100,000

 

Avid Technology (a)

 

914

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,889

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 4.2%

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

25,512

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

376,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

11,442

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Latin America

 

 

 

88,000

 

Globalstar (a)

 

31

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,985

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 4.1%

 

 

 

700,000

 

Flir Systems (a)

 

14,336

 

 

 

Infrared Cameras

 

 

 

180,000

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

9,239

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

775,000

 

IPG Photonics (a)

 

6,526

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

268,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

4,095

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

60,000

 

FARO Technologies (a)

 

806

 

 

 

Precision Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

21,900

 

Varian (a)

 

520

 

 

 

Analytical Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,522

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 3.2%

 

 

 

505,000

 

II-VI (a)

 

8,676

 

 

 

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

 

 

 

295,600

 

Amphenol

 

8,421

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

280,000

 

Nice Systems - ADR (Israel) (a)

 

6,961

 

 

 

Audio & Video Recording Solutions

 

 

 

184,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

3,500

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,558

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 3.0%

 

 

 

760,000

 

Microsemi (a)

 

8,816

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,168,000

 

Integrated Device Technology (a)

 

5,314

 

 

 

Communications Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,179,750

 

ON Semiconductor (a)

 

4,601

 

 

 

Mixed-signal & Power Management Semiconductors

 

 

 

189,296

 

Supertex (a)

 

4,373

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

225,000

 

Pericom Semiconductor (a)

 

1,645

 

 

 

Interface Integrated Circuits (ICs) & Frequency Control Products

 

 

 

100,000

 

Monolithic Power Systems (a)

 

1,550

 

 

 

High Performance Analog & Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits (ICs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,299

 

 

 

> Telephone Services 2.1%

 

 

 

1,736,000

 

TW Telecom (a)

 

15,190

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

240,000

 

Cogent Communications (a)

 

1,728

 

 

 

Internet Data Pipelines

 

 

 

800,000

 

PAETEC Holding (a)

 

1,152

 

 

 

Telephone/Data Services for Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,070

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 2.1%

 

 

 

538,280

 

Global Payments

 

17,984

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,984

 

 

 

> Internet Related 1.3%

 

 

 

870,500

 

Switch & Data Facilities (a)

 

7,634

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

60,000

 

Equinix (a)

 

3,369

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

381,740

 

TheStreet.com

 

752

 

 

 

Advertising on Financial Information Websites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,755

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 1.2%

 

 

 

525,000

 

Polycom (a)

 

8,080

 

 

 

Video Conferencing Equipment

 

 

 

528,000

 

Tellabs (a)

 

2,418

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,498

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 1.0%

 

 

 

410,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)

 

7,552

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

100,000

 

Scientific Games (a)

 

1,211

 

 

 

Lottery Services Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,763

 

 

 

> Computer Services 0.9%

 

 

 

275,000

 

SRA International (a)

 

4,043

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

1,005,500

 

Hackett Group (a)

 

2,031

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

786,000

 

RCM Technologies (a)(b)

 

810

 

 

 

Technology & Engineering Services

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Computer Services—continued

 

 

 

235,000

 

iGate

 

$

761

 

 

 

IT & Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,645

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 0.2%

 

 

 

115,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

1,589

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,589

 

 

 

> CATV 0.1%

 

 

 

335,000

 

Mediacom Communications (a)

 

1,350

 

 

 

CATV Franchises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,350

 

 

 

> Radio 0.1%

 

 

 

511,100

 

Salem Communications (a)

 

286

 

 

 

Radio Stations for Religious Programming

 

 

 

705,500

 

Spanish Broadcasting System (a)

 

106

 

 

 

Spanish Language Radio Stations

 

 

 

18,750

 

Saga Communications (a)

 

71

 

 

 

Radio Stations in Small & Mid-sized Cities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

463

 

 

 

> TV Broadcasting —%

 

 

 

975,000

 

Entravision Communications (a)

 

253

 

 

 

Spanish Language TV & Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services —%

 

 

 

9,118

 

Viad

 

129

 

 

 

Trade Show Services, Travel & Tours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

129

 

Information: Total

 

265,752

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 16.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Banks 5.8%

 

 

 

890,650

 

Valley National Bancorp

 

11,017

 

 

 

New Jersey/New York Bank

 

 

 

414,088

 

Lakeland Financial

 

7,946

 

 

 

Indiana Bank

 

 

 

659,800

 

TCF Financial

 

7,759

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

468,025

 

MB Financial

 

6,365

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

508,000

 

Pacific Continental Niche

 

5,913

 

 

 

Pacific N.W. Bank

 

 

 

213,600

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

3,298

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

103,000

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

2,061

 

 

 

Bank to Venture Capitalists

 

 

 

46,000

 

BOK Financial

 

1,589

 

 

 

Tulsa-based Southwest Bank

 

 

 

90,000

 

TriCo Bancshares

 

1,507

 

 

 

California Central Valley Community Bank

 

 

 

849,046

 

Guaranty Bancorp (a)

 

1,486

 

 

 

Colorado Bank

 

 

 

166,527

 

Green Bankshares

 

1,466

 

 

 

Tennessee Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,407

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 4.0%

 

 

 

335,000

 

Aaron Rents

 

8,931

 

 

 

Rent to Own

 

 

 

407,900

 

World Acceptance (a)

 

6,975

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

1,136,500

 

AmeriCredit (a)

 

6,660

 

 

 

Auto Lending

 

 

 

205,000

 

GATX

 

4,147

 

 

 

Rail Car Lessor

 

 

 

220,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

3,467

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

514,396

 

H&E Equipment Services (a)

 

3,369

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

230,000

 

CAI International (a)

 

651

 

 

 

International Container Leasing & Management

 

 

 

99,200

 

Marlin Business Services (a)

 

389

 

 

 

Small Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,589

 

 

 

> Insurance 2.8%

 

 

 

714,500

 

HCC Insurance Holdings

 

17,998

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

120,000

 

Tower Group

 

2,956

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

7,000

 

Markel (a)

 

1,987

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

75,000

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings

 

1,871

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,812

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans 2.3%

 

 

 

407,040

 

People’s United

 

7,315

 

 

 

Connecticut Savings & Loan

 

 

 

600,000

 

ViewPoint Financial

 

7,218

 

 

 

Texas Thrift

 

 

 

238,090

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

 

5,457

 

 

 

Northeast Thrift

 

 

 

42,231

 

K-Fed Bancorp

 

333

 

 

 

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,323

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 1.4%

 

 

 

280,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

6,398

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

139,200

 

Investment Technology Group (a)

 

3,552

 

 

 

Electronic Trading

 

 

 

150,000

 

SEI Investments

 

1,832

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,782

 

Finance: Total

 

141,913

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 15.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 10.7%

 

 

 

650,300

 

ESCO Technologies (a)

 

25,167

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

697,500

 

Ametek

 

21,811

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

445,000

 

Donaldson

 

11,944

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery—continued

 

 

 

533,600

 

Pentair

 

$

11,563

 

 

 

Pumps & Water Treatment

 

 

 

373,600

 

Nordson

 

10,621

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

195,000

 

MOOG (a)

 

4,460

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

155,000

 

Mine Safety Appliances

 

3,103

 

 

 

Safety Equipment

 

 

 

71,800

 

Toro

 

1,736

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

60,000

 

Clarcor

 

1,511

 

 

 

Mobile & Industrial Filters

 

 

 

50,000

 

Kaydon

 

1,367

 

 

 

Specialized Friction & Motion Control Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,283

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 1.3%

 

 

 

350,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

7,507

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

175,000

 

Administaff

 

3,698

 

 

 

Professional Employer Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,205

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.0%

 

 

 

163,000

 

Nalco Holding Company

 

2,130

 

 

 

Provider of Water Treatment & Process Chemicals & Services

 

 

 

238,889

 

Drew Industries (a)

 

2,074

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

50,000

 

Greif

 

1,664

 

 

 

Industrial Packaging

 

 

 

60,000

 

Albemarle

 

1,306

 

 

 

Refinery Catalysts & Other Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

65,000

 

Koppers Holdings

 

944

 

 

 

Integrated Provider of Carbon Compounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,118

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.8%

 

 

 

280,875

 

Waste Connections (a)

 

7,218

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,218

 

 

 

> Construction 0.5%

 

 

 

195,000

 

Simpson Manufacturing

 

3,514

 

 

 

Wall Joint Maker

 

 

 

140,000

 

M/I Homes

 

979

 

 

 

Columbus-based Home Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,493

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 0.4%

 

 

 

265,000

 

TrueBlue (a)

 

2,186

 

 

 

Temporary Manual Labor

 

 

 

396,000

 

American Reprographics (a)

 

1,402

 

 

 

Document Management & Logistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,588

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 0.4%

 

 

 

145,000

 

Acuity Brands

 

3,268

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,268

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 0.2%

 

 

 

225,000

 

Interline Brands (a)

 

1,897

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,897

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

133,070

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 12.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 3.5%

 

 

 

540,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

8,840

 

 

 

Apparel & Home Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

357,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

8,497

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

607,000

 

Chico’s FAS (a)

 

3,260

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

284,200

 

Hot Topic (a)

 

3,180

 

 

 

Music Inspired Retailer of Apparel, Accessories & Gifts

 

 

 

154,000

 

J Crew Group (a)

 

2,030

 

 

 

Multi-channel Branded Retailer

 

 

 

480,000

 

Talbots

 

1,685

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

60,000

 

Children’s Place Retail Store (a)

 

1,313

 

 

 

Specialty Children’s Retailer

 

 

 

66,774

 

Hibbett Sports (a)

 

1,283

 

 

 

Sporting Goods Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,088

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 3.2%

 

 

 

232,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

28,169

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,169

 

 

 

> Apparel 1.2%

 

 

 

600,213

 

True Religion Apparel (a)

 

7,088

 

 

 

Premium Denim

 

 

 

222,200

 

Coach (a)

 

3,711

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,799

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods 0.9%

 

 

 

306,672

 

Cavco Industries (a)

 

7,237

 

 

 

Higher End Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

2,078,300

 

Champion Enterprises (a)

 

998

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,235

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 0.8%

 

 

 

523,500

 

Pool

 

7,015

 

 

 

Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,015

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 0.8%

 

 

 

580,000

 

Knoll

 

3,556

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

285,000

 

Herman Miller

 

3,038

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,594

 

 

 

> Nondurables 0.4%

 

 

 

298,000

 

Jarden (a)

 

3,776

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,776

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Travel 0.4%

 

 

 

178,700

 

Vail Resorts (a)

 

$

3,651

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,651

 

 

 

> Leisure Products 0.4%

 

 

 

180,000

 

Thor Industries

 

2,812

 

 

 

RV & Bus Manufacturer

 

 

 

150,000

 

Winnebago

 

796

 

 

 

Premier Motor Home Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,608

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.4%

 

 

 

90,000

 

Hansen Natural (a)

 

3,240

 

 

 

Alternative Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,240

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 0.4%

 

 

 

455,000

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (a)

 

3,203

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,203

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

108,378

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 12.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 4.3%

 

 

 

270,000

 

Myriad Genetics (a)

 

12,277

 

 

 

Genetic Diagnostics

 

 

 

551,400

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

5,437

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

125,000

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

3,465

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Niche Disease Areas

 

 

 

270,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

3,334

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

580,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

3,126

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Technologies

 

 

 

43,000

 

United Therapeutics (a)

 

2,842

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

 

 

 

140,000

 

InterMune (a)

 

2,301

 

 

 

Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis & Hepatits C

 

 

 

400,000

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

1,980

 

 

 

Biotech Company Focused on Niche Disease Areas

 

 

 

320,000

 

Medarex (a)

 

1,642

 

 

 

Humanized Antibodies

 

 

 

283,000

 

Array Biopharma (a)

 

747

 

 

 

Drugs for Cancer & Inflammatory Diseases

 

 

 

400,000

 

Neurogen (a)

 

88

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech Focused on Neurology

 

 

 

500,000

 

IsoRay (a)

 

85

 

100,000

 

IsoRay - Warrants (a)(c)

 

5

 

 

 

Radiology Cancer Company

 

 

 

18,181

 

Metabolex, Series A-1 (a)(c)

 

24

 

 

 

Diabetes Drug Development

 

 

 

738,060

 

Medicure - Warrants (a)(c)

 

15

 

 

 

Cardiovascular Biotech Company

 

 

 

37,500

 

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

 

4

 

19,329

 

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

 

2

 

 

 

High Throughput Rational Drug Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,374

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 2.8%

 

 

 

158,300

 

Techne

 

8,660

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & Other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

260,100

 

Luminex (a)

 

4,713

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

180,000

 

Immucor (a)

 

4,527

 

 

 

Automated Blood Typing

 

 

 

345,900

 

Cepheid (a)

 

2,387

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

105,000

 

Meridian Biosciences

 

1,903

 

 

 

Niche Diagnostics/Life Science Company

 

 

 

53,000

 

Idexx Laboratories (a)

 

1,833

 

 

 

Diagnostic Equipment & Services for Veterinarians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,023

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 2.1%

 

 

 

606,300

 

PSS World Medical (a)

 

8,700

 

 

 

Medical Supplies

 

 

 

242,000

 

Psychiatric Solutions (a)

 

3,807

 

 

 

Behavioral Health Services

 

 

 

126,800

 

Lincare Holdings (a)

 

2,764

 

 

 

Home Health Care Services

 

 

 

67,000

 

Charles River Laboratories (a)

 

1,823

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Research

 

 

 

283,000

 

eResearch Technology (a)

 

1,489

 

 

 

Clinical Research Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,583

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 2.0%

 

 

 

235,000

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

8,850

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

169,000

 

Illumina (a)

 

6,294

 

 

 

Leading Tools & Service Provider for Genetic Analysis

 

 

 

75,000

 

Kinetic Concepts (a)

 

1,584

 

 

 

Wound Healing & Tissue Repair

 

 

 

33,398

 

American Medical Systems (a)

 

372

 

 

 

Medical Devices to Treat Urological Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,100

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 1.1%

 

 

 

145,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

9,874

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,874

 

Health Care: Total

 

106,954

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 3.9%

 

 

 

598,400

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

18,772

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

555,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

9,208

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

75,111

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

2,769

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

115,375

 

Exterran Holdings (a)

 

1,848

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compressor Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

 



 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services—continued

 

 

 

106,000

 

Tesco (a)

 

$

829

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

120,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)

 

390

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,816

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 2.2%

 

 

 

276,800

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

8,218

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

925,000

 

Quicksilver Resources (a)

 

5,125

 

 

 

Natural Gas & Coal Seam Gas Producer

 

 

 

111,200

 

Equitable Resources

 

3,484

 

 

 

Natural Gas Producer & Utility

 

 

 

315,000

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

2,797

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,624

 

 

 

> Other Resources 0.4%

 

 

 

218,000

 

Layne Christensen (a)

 

3,503

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Production/Engineering & Construction/Contract Drilling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,503

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

56,943

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 1.7%

 

 

 

411,000

 

Gaylord Entertainment (a)

 

3,424

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

100,000

 

Digital Realty Trust

 

3,318

 

 

 

Technology-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

113,100

 

Corporate Office Properties

 

2,808

 

 

 

Office Buildings

 

 

 

90,000

 

American Campus Communities

 

1,562

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

110,000

 

SL Green Realty

 

1,188

 

 

 

Manhattan Office Buildings

 

 

 

196,000

 

Extra Space Storage

 

1,080

 

 

 

Self Storage Facilities

 

 

 

120,000

 

BioMed Realty Trust

 

812

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

150,000

 

Kite Realty Group

 

368

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,560

 

 

 

> Transportation 1.1%

 

 

 

524,720

 

Heartland Express

 

7,771

 

 

 

Regional Trucker

 

 

 

180,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)

 

1,606

 

 

 

Truck Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,377

 

Other Industries: Total

 

23,937

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 96.1%
(Cost: $1,057,249)

 

836,947

 

 

Principal Amount
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement 4.6%

 

 

 

$

39,814

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 4/26/11, market value $40,611 (repurchase proceeds $39,814)

 

 

39,814

 

 

 

 

 

39,814

 

 

 

> Commercial Paper 0.4%

 

 

 

3,800

 

Hewlett Packard (d) 0.28% Due 4/02/09

 

3,800

 

 

 

 

 

3,800

 

Total Short-Term Obligations:
(Amortized Cost: $43,614)

 

43,614

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 101.1%
(Cost: $1,100,863)(e)

 

880,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (1.1)%

 

(9,244

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

871,317

 

 


*

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 good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an 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. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systematic methodology 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 fair value, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

 

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

 

·  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

·  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

 

·  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 



 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

836,897

 

$

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

43,634

 

 

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

30

 

 

Total

 

$

880,561

 

$

 

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three month period ended March 31, 2009 in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

(in thousands)

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

$

41

 

$

 

Accretion of discounts/Amortization of premium

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Change in unrealized depreciation

 

(11

)

 

Net purchase (sales)

 

 

 

Transfers into and/or out of Level 3

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2009

 

$

30

 

$

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(a)          Non-income producing security.

(b)         An affiliated person of the Fund may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Transactions in this affiliated company during the three months ended March 31, 2009, are as follows:

 

Affiliate

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/08

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/09

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

RCM Technologies

 

786,000

 

 

 

786,000

 

$

810

 

$

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of this company at March 31, 2009, was $5,636 and $810, respectively. Investments in the affiliate company represented 0.1% of total net assets at March 31, 2009.

 

(c)          Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the board of trustees. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $50, which represented less than 0.01% of total net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Metabolex, Series A-1, Pfd.

 

2/11/00

 

18,181

 

$

2,000

 

$

24

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1, Pfd.

 

9/05/01

 

37,500

 

1,500

 

4

 

IsoRay - Warrants

 

3/21/07

 

100,000

 

 

5

 

Medicure - Warrants

 

12/22/06

 

738,060

 

 

15

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1, Pfd.

 

2/08/07

 

19,329

 

56

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,556

 

$

50

 

 

(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 institutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2009, this security had an aggregate value of $3,800, which represented 0.4% of net assets.

(e)          At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $1,100,863 and net unrealized depreciation was $220,302 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $161,160 and gross unrealized depreciation of $381,462.

 



 

Columbia Acorn International Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities: 94.6%

 

 

 

Europe 41.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 16.0%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Serco

 

$

10,496

 

 

 

Facilities Management

 

 

 

950,000

 

Capita Group

 

9,249

 

 

 

White Collar, Back Office Outsourcing

 

 

 

561,600

 

Intertek Testing

 

7,136

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection & Certification Services

 

 

 

896,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

5,554

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

1,035,000

 

Cobham

 

2,551

 

 

 

Aerospace Components

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

RPS Group

 

2,458

 

 

 

Environmental Consulting & Planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,444

 

 

 

> Germany 5.3%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum

 

7,440

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

110,000

 

Wincor Nixdorf

 

4,985

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,425

 

 

 

> France 4.8%

 

 

 

471,000

 

SES Global

 

8,999

 

 

 

Satellite Broadcasting Services

 

 

 

29,500

 

Neopost

 

2,289

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,288

 

 

 

> Switzerland 4.0%

 

 

 

42,000

 

Synthes

 

4,679

 

 

 

Products for Orthopedic Surgery

 

 

 

39,700

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

2,317

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

18,200

 

Swatch Group

 

2,198

 

 

 

Watch & Electronics Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,194

 

 

 

> Spain 2.9%

 

 

 

175,000

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

6,836

 

 

 

Spanish Power Grid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,836

 

 

 

> Ireland 2.8%

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

United Drug

 

4,364

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

96,000

 

Aryzta (a)

 

2,246

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,610

 

 

 

> Sweden 1.9%

 

 

 

893,000

 

Hexagon

 

4,346

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,346

 

 

 

> Greece 1.4%

 

 

 

654,000

 

Intralot

 

3,215

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,215

 

 

 

> Netherlands 1.0%

 

 

 

150,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

2,399

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,399

 

 

 

> Denmark 0.9%

 

 

 

29,000

 

Novozymes

 

2,095

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,095

 

Europe: Total

 

95,852

 

 

 

 

 

Asia 30.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 23.9%

 

 

 

15,600

 

Jupiter Telecommunications

 

10,370

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

1,277,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

7,057

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

22,500

 

Nintendo

 

6,467

 

 

 

Entertainment Software & Hardware

 

 

 

144,300

 

Benesse

 

5,277

 

 

 

Education Service Provider

 

 

 

1,920

 

Seven Bank

 

5,090

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

502,200

 

Rohto Pharmaceutical

 

4,525

 

 

 

Health & Beauty Products

 

 

 

782

 

Orix JREIT

 

3,192

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

435,000

 

Kamigumi

 

2,878

 

 

 

Port Cargo Handling & Logistics

 

 

 

70,000

 

Ryohin Keikaku

 

2,723

 

 

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

300

 

Nippon Building Fund

 

2,564

 

 

 

Office REIT

 

 

 

182,000

 

Aeon Mall

 

2,307

 

 

 

Suburban Shopping Mall Developer, Owner & Operator

 

 

 

279,000

 

Suruga Bank

 

2,283

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

67,000

 

Ain Pharmaciez

 

1,107

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,840

 

 

 

> South Korea 3.7%

 

 

 

256,000

 

Woongjin Coway

 

5,534

 

 

 

South Korean Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

29,000

 

NHN (a)

 

3,166

 

 

 

Google-ing in South Korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,700

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 1.8%

 

 

 

370,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

3,487

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

7,798,800

 

NagaCorp

 

705

 

 

 

Monopoly Casino in Central Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,192

 

 

 

> Singapore 0.6%

 

 

 

1,680,000

 

ComfortDelGro

 

1,502

 

 

 

Taxi & Mass Transit Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,502

 

Asia: Total

 

70,234

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 22.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> United States 11.0%

 

 

 

155,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

$

10,555

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

78,000

 

Diamond Offshore

 

4,903

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

107,600

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

4,052

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

98,000

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

3,613

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

110,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

1,359

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

55,000

 

Bristow (a)

 

1,179

 

 

 

Largest Provider of Helicopter Services to Offshore Oil & Gas Producers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,661

 

 

 

> Canada 4.6%

 

 

 

95,400

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

 

7,710

 

 

 

World’s Largest Producer of Potash

 

 

 

473,867

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (a)

 

1,838

 

276,133

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (a)(b)

 

1,060

 

138,067

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy-Warrants (a)(b)

 

117

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,725

 

 

 

> South Africa 3.0%

 

 

 

421,000

 

Naspers

 

7,111

 

 

 

Media & Education in Africa & Other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,111

 

 

 

> Israel 2.1%

 

 

 

620,000

 

Israel Chemicals

 

5,028

 

 

 

Producer of Potash, Phosphates, Bromine & Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,028

 

 

 

> Australia 1.9%

 

 

 

1,205,000

 

Sino Gold (a)

 

4,432

 

 

 

Gold Mining in The People’s Republic of China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,432

 

Other Countries: Total

 

52,957

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Chile 1.0%

 

 

 

90,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR

 

2,390

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,390

 

Latin America: Total

 

2,390

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.6%
(Cost: $278,044)

 

221,433

 

 

Principal Amount
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement 5.0%

 

 

 

$

11,778

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Obligation, maturing 4/15/11, market value $12,015 (repurchase proceeds $11,778)

 

11,778

 

 

 

 

 

11,778

 

 

 

> Commercial Paper 1.4%

 

 

 

1,100

 

Hewlett Packard (c) 0.28% Due 4/02/09

 

1,100

 

1,100

 

Toyota Motor Credit 0.30% Due 4/08/09

 

1,100

 

1,100

 

Chevron Funding 0.28% Due 4/09/09

 

1,100

 

 

 

 

 

3,300

 

Total Short-Term Obligations:
(Amortized Cost: $15,078)

 

15,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 101.0%
(Cost: $293,122)(d)(e)

 

236,511

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (1.0)%

 

(2,446

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

234,065

 

 


*

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 good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an 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. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systematic methodology 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 fair value, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

 

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

 

·  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

·  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

 

·  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

 

 

Investments in

 

Other Financial

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Securities

 

Instruments

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

37,599

 

$

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

198,912

 

 

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

236,511

 

$

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(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 at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the board of trustees. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $1,177, which represented 0.50% of total net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy

 

7/12/07

 

276,133

 

$

1,109

 

$

1,060

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy-Warrants

 

7/12/07

 

138,067

 

236

 

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 1,345

 

$

1,177

 

 

(c)          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 institutional buyers are also exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. At March 31, 2009, this security had an aggregate value of $1,100, which represented 0.5% of net assets.

(d)         At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $293,122 and net unrealized depreciation was $56,611 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $10,380 and gross unrealized depreciation of $66,991.

(e)          On March 31, 2009, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Japanese Yen

 

$

55,840

 

23.9

 

U.S. Dollar

 

50,839

 

21.7

 

Euro

 

42,773

 

18.3

 

British Pound

 

37,444

 

16.0

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

49,615

 

21.1

 

 

 

$

 236,511

 

101.0

 

 



 

Columbia Acorn Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities: 93.6%

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 27.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 11.2%

 

 

 

775,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

$

94,100

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Career Education (a)

 

40,732

 

 

 

Post-secondary Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

134,832

 

 

 

> Retail 7.3%

 

 

 

3,350,000

 

Safeway

 

67,637

 

 

 

Supermarkets

 

 

 

863,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

20,539

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,176

 

 

 

> Travel 4.6%

 

 

 

3,250,000

 

Expedia (a)

 

29,510

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

6,500,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

25,545

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,055

 

 

 

> Apparel 2.2%

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Coach (a)

 

26,720

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,720

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 1.4%

 

 

 

325,000,000

 

RexCapital Finance (China) (a)

 

10,190

 

 

 

Chinese Lottery

 

 

 

74,000,000

 

NagaCorp (Hong Kong)

 

6,683

 

 

 

Monopoly Casino in Central Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,873

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.7%

 

 

 

17,500,000

 

Fu Ji Food & Catering Services (China)

 

7,722

 

 

 

Food Catering Service Provider in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,722

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 0.2%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Knoll

 

2,452

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,452

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

331,830

 

 

 

 

 

Information 25.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 6.5%

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

42,602

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Latin America

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

31,635

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

11,000,000

 

Globalstar (a)(b)

 

3,850

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,087

 

 

 

> Internet Related 5.3%

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

SkillSoft - ADR (a)(b)

 

63,555

 

 

 

Web-based Learning Solutions (E-Learning)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,555

 

 

 

> Business Software 2.8%

 

 

 

8,000,000

 

Novell (a)

 

34,080

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,080

 

 

 

> CATV 2.5%

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Discovery Communications, Series C (a)

 

18,313

 

700,000

 

Discovery Communications (a)

 

11,214

 

 

 

CATV Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,527

 

 

 

> Advertising 2.1%

 

 

 

3,300,000

 

VisionChina Media - ADR (China) (a)

 

21,285

 

 

 

Advertising on Digital Screens in China’s Mass Transit System

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

China Mass Media - ADR (China) (a)(b)

 

4,348

 

 

 

Media Planning Agency in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,633

 

 

 

> Computer Services 1.9%

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

WNS - ADR (a)(b)

 

19,760

 

 

 

Offshore BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Services

 

 

 

1,334,442

 

Hackett Group (a)

 

2,696

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,456

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 1.7%

 

 

 

725,000

 

Amphenol

 

20,655

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,655

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 1.3%

 

 

 

50,200,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)(b)

 

15,311

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,311

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 1.1%

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Tellabs (a)

 

12,824

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,824

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 0.5%

 

 

 

3,700,000

 

CardTronics (a)(b)

 

6,549

 

 

 

Operates the World’s Largest Network of ATMs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,549

 

Information: Total

 

308,677

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 16.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 5.5%

 

 

 

1,425,000

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

40,313

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)(b)

 

14,265

 

 

 

Operator/Builder of Inland Barges

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

Mobile Mini (a)

 

12,096

 

 

 

Portable Storage Units Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66,674

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 5.0%

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

$

60,060

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,060

 

 

 

> Waste Management 3.2%

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Waste Management

 

38,400

 

 

 

U.S. Garbage Collection & Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,400

 

 

 

> Machinery 1.9%

 

 

 

525,000

 

Ametek

 

16,417

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

225,000

 

Donaldson

 

6,039

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,456

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.1%

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Nalco Holding Company

 

13,070

 

 

 

Provider of Water Treatment & Process Chemicals & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,070

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

200,660

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 11.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 3.9%

 

 

 

800,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

25,096

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

6,700,000

 

Tetra Technologies (a)(b)

 

21,775

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,871

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 3.3%

 

 

 

8,122,166

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Canada) (a)(c)

 

31,187

 

1,483,334

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Canada) (a)

 

5,753

 

2,868,750

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy-Warrants (Canada) (a)(c)

 

2,433

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,373

 

 

 

> Mining 3.0%

 

 

 

18,050,000

 

Uranium One (South Africa) (a)

 

36,506

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,506

 

 

 

> Alternative Energy 1.2%

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Canadian Solar (a)

 

9,568

 

 

 

Solar Cell & Module Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,480,000

 

Real Goods Solar (a)(b)

 

2,960

 

 

 

Residential Solar Energy Installer

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

Synthesis Energy Systems (a)(b)

 

1,848

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Gasification Plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,376

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

137,126

 

 

Number of Shares
or Principal
Amount (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 6.2%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

29,705

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

6,015,300

 

MF Global (a)

 

25,445

 

 

 

Futures Broker

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

SEI Investments

 

18,925

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,075

 

 

 

> Insurance 1.1%

 

 

 

14,950,000

 

Conseco (a)(b)

 

13,754

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,754

 

Finance: Total

 

87,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> Transportation 2.6%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

31,343

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,343

 

Other Industries: Total

 

31,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 2.3%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Cephalon (a)

 

27,240

 

 

 

Specialty Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Central Nervous System & Oncology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,240

 

Health Care: Total

 

27,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 93.6%
(Cost: $1,733,523)

 

1,124,705

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement 6.5%

 

 

 

$

78,566

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, maturing 1/15/13, market value $80,141 (repurchase proceeds $78,566)

 

78,566

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligation
(Cost: $78,566)

 

78,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $1,812,089)(d)

 

1,203,271

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.1)%

 

(1,800

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,201,471

 

 



 


*

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 good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an 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. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systematic methodology 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 fair value, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

 

 

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

 

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

 

·  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

·  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

 

·  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

1,066,491

 

$

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

136,780

 

 

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,203,271

 

$

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(a)          Non-income producing security.

(b)         An affiliated person of the Fund may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Transactions in affiliated companies during the three months ended March 31, 2009, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/08

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
3/31/09

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

American Commercial Lines

 

3,803,849

 

696,151

 

 

4,500,000

 

$

14,265

 

$

 

Canadian Solar*

 

1,825,000

 

 

225,000

 

1,600,000

 

9,568

 

 

CardTronics

 

3,560,000

 

140,000

 

 

3,700,000

 

6,549

 

 

China Mass Media - ADR

 

2,350,000

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

4,348

 

 

Conseco

 

14,950,000

 

 

 

14,950,000

 

13,754

 

 

Globalstar

 

10,000,000

 

1,000,000

 

 

11,000,000

 

3,850

 

 

Real Goods Solar

 

1,500,000

 

 

20,000

 

1,480,000

 

2,960

 

 

Sanmina-SCI

 

50,200,000

 

 

 

50,200,000

 

15,311

 

 

SkillSoft - ADR

 

9,500,000

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

63,555

 

 

Synthesis Energy Systems

 

2,800,000

 

 

 

2,800,000

 

1,848

 

 

Tetra Technologies

 

6,150,000

 

750,000

 

200,000

 

6,700,000

 

21,775

 

 

WNS-ADR

 

3,100,000

 

700,000

 

 

3,800,000

 

19,760

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

109,738,849

 

3,286,151

 

445,000

 

112,580,000

 

$

177,543

 

$

 

 


*                 At March 31, 2009, 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 March 31, 2009, was $752,061 and $177,543, respectively. Investments in affiliate companies represented 14.8% of total net assets at March 31, 2009.

 

(c)          Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by the board of trustees. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $33,620, which represented 2.80% of net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy

 

7/12/07-8/22/07

 

8,122,166

 

$

36,476

 

$

31,187

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy-Warrants

 

7/12/07

 

2,868,750

 

4,910

 

2,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

41,386

 

$

33,620

 

 

(d)         At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $1,812,089 and net unrealized depreciation was $608,818 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $199,592 and gross unrealized depreciation of $808,410.

 



 

Columbia Thermostat Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2009

 

Number of Shares
or Principal
Amount (000)

 

 

 

Value (000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Stock Funds: 99.4%

 

 

 

3,554,868

 

Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Class Z

 

$

27,657

 

2,465,735

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class Z

 

22,216

 

1,033,616

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class Z

 

16,621

 

774,604

 

Columbia Acorn International, Class Z

 

16,305

 

1,356,555

 

Columbia Marsico Growth Fund, Class Z

 

16,604

 

813,542

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class Z

 

11,113

 

Total Stock Funds (Cost: $167,247)

 

110,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation: 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Repurchase Agreement: 0.7%

 

 

 

$

773

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/09, due 4/01/09 at 0.120%, collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Obligation, maturing 1/15/13 market value $792 (repurchase proceeds $773)

 

773

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligation
(Cost: $773)

 

773

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $168,020)(a)

 

111,289

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.1)%

 

(161

)

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

111,128

 

 


*

Security Valuation:

 

 

 

Investments in portfolio funds are valued at their net asset value as reported by the portfolio funds. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

 

 

On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). Under SFAS 157, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

 

 

 

These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

 

 

·  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

·  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

 

·  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including management’s own assumptions in determining the value of investments)

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this SFAS 157 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2009, in valuing each Fund’s assets:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 – Quoted Prices

 

$

110,516

 

$

 

Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

773

 

 

Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

111,289

 

$

 

 

> Notes to Statements of Investments (dollar values in thousands)

 

(a)          At March 31, 2009, for federal income tax purposes cost of investments was $168,020 and net unrealized depreciation was $56,731, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $103 and gross unrealized depreciation of $56,834.

 



 

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

 

May 21, 2009

 

 

 

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

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

May 21, 2009

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

 

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

May 21, 2009

 

 


 

EX-99.CERT 2 a09-9230_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:

May 21, 2009

 

/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:

May 21, 2009

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

 

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 


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