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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)

 

227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL

 

60606

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Mary C. Moynihan

Perkins Coie LLP

700 13th Street, NW

Suite 600

Washington, DC 20005

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

312-634-9200

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2013

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Columbia Acorn Fund

 

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Equities: 97.0%

 

 

 

Information 27.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 6.5%

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

Ansys (a)

 

$

203,322,000

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

175,365,000

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

134,838,000

 

 

 

Information Systems for Hotels, Restaurants & Retailers

 

 

 

4,162,000

 

Hexagon (Sweden)

 

125,506,963

 

 

 

Design, Measurement & Visualization Software & Equipment

 

 

 

700,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

77,350,000

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

800,000

 

Tyler Technologies (a)

 

69,976,000

 

 

 

Financial, Tax, Court & Document Management Systems for Local Governments

 

 

 

900,000

 

SPS Commerce (a)(b)

 

60,228,000

 

 

 

Supply Chain Management Software Delivered Via the Web

 

 

 

550,000

 

NetSuite (a)

 

59,367,000

 

 

 

End-to-end IT Systems Solution Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

DemandWare (a)

 

50,963,000

 

 

 

E-Commerce Website Solution for Retailers & Apparel Manufacturers

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

RealPage (a)

 

46,320,000

 

 

 

Software for Managing Rental Properties Delivered Via the Web

 

 

 

1,725,971

 

Tangoe (a)

 

41,181,668

 

 

 

Software Solution for Managing Communication Expense & Devices

 

 

 

750,000

 

Jack Henry & Associates

 

38,707,500

 

 

 

IT Systems & Outsourced IT Solutions for Financial Institutions

 

 

 

697,000

 

Solera Holdings

 

36,850,390

 

 

 

Software for Automotive Insurance Claims Processing

 

 

 

900,000

 

Blackbaud

 

35,136,000

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

700,000

 

Red Hat (a)

 

32,298,000

 

 

 

Maintenance & Support for Opensource Operating System & Middleware

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Constant Contact (a)

 

28,428,000

 

 

 

Email & Other Marketing Campaign Management Systems Delivered Over Web

 

 

 

3,200,000

 

InContact (a)(b)

 

26,464,000

 

 

 

Call Center Systems Delivered Via the Web & Telco Services

 

 

 

801,748

 

Webgroup.com (a)

 

25,928,531

 

 

 

Website Creation & Management for Small Businesses

 

 

 

610,000

 

Envestnet (a)

 

18,910,000

 

 

 

Technology Platform for Investment Advisors

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Exa (a)(b)

 

15,490,000

 

 

 

Simulation Software

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Bazaarvoice (a)(c)

 

15,436,000

 

 

 

Platform for Managing Consumer Interaction Via the Web

 

 

 

610,000

 

E2Open (a)(c)

 

13,664,000

 

 

 

Supply Chain Management Software & Supplier/Partner Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,331,730,052

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 2.9%

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

277,514,000

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

3,400,000

 

SBA Communications (a)

 

273,564,000

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

22,100,000

 

Globalstar (a)(b)(c)

 

24,089,000

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

9,662,000

 

Far EasTone Telecom (Taiwan)

 

24,072,658

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Third Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

599,239,658

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 2.9%

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Mettler-Toledo International (a)(b)

 

384,144,000

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

4,070,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

120,919,700

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

1,620,000

 

IPG Photonics (c)

 

91,222,200

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

596,285,900

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 2.6%

 

 

 

3,415,000

 

Amphenol

 

264,252,700

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

4,550,000

 

II-VI (a)(b)

 

85,631,000

 

 

 

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

 

 

 

1,365,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

62,148,450

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

310,000

 

Stratasys (a)(c)

 

31,390,600

 

 

 

Rapid Prototyping & Direct Digital Manufacturing Systems

 

 

 

280,000

 

Gemalto (France)

 

30,065,207

 

 

 

Digital Security Solutions

 

 

 

900,000

 

Netgear (a)

 

27,774,000

 

 

 

Networking Products for Small Business & Home

 

 

 

400,000

 

Rogers (a)

 

23,792,000

 

 

 

Printed Circuit Materials & High-performance Foams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

525,053,957

 

 

 

> Telephone & Data Services 2.1%

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

tw telecom (a)(b)

 

283,717,500

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Cogent Communications

 

70,950,000

 

 

 

Internet Data Pipelines

 

 

 

3,500,000

 

Windstream (c)

 

28,000,000

 

 

 

Business & Rural Telecom Services

 

 

 

2,271,214

 

Boingo Wireless (a)(b)

 

15,898,498

 

 

 

Wholesale & Retail Wi-Fi Networks

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

General Communications (a)

 

14,280,000

 

 

 

Commercial Communication & Consumer CATV, Web & Phone in Alaska

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Towerstream (a)(c)

 

8,580,000

 

 

 

High Speed Wireless, Rooftop Antenna Space & Wi-Fi Offload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

421,425,998

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Computer Services 2.0%

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

iGATE (a)(b)

 

$

124,920,000

 

 

 

IT & Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

3,419,000

 

Genpact (a)

 

64,550,720

 

 

 

Business Process Outsourcing

 

 

 

2,125,000

 

Virtusa (a)(b)

 

61,752,500

 

 

 

Offshore IT Outsourcing

 

 

 

1,618,000

 

ExlService Holdings (a)

 

46,080,640

 

 

 

Business Process Outsourcing

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

 

42,440,000

 

 

 

Offshore Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

430,000

 

Syntel

 

34,443,000

 

 

 

Offshore IT Services

 

 

 

3,849,207

 

Hackett Group (b)

 

27,444,846

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Telecity (United Kingdom)

 

14,780,566

 

 

 

European Data Center Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

416,412,272

 

 

 

> Internet Related 1.3%

 

 

 

1,325,000

 

TripAdvisor (a)

 

100,488,000

 

 

 

Online Travel Research

 

 

 

2,555,000

 

Pandora Media (a)(c)

 

64,207,150

 

 

 

Streaming Music

 

 

 

1,344,707

 

RetailMeNot (a)

 

47,831,228

 

 

 

Digital Coupon Marketplace

 

 

 

175,000

 

Equinix (a)

 

32,138,750

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

727,000

 

Yandex (Russia) (a)

 

26,477,340

 

 

 

Search Engine for Russian & Turkish Languages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

271,142,468

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 1.3%

 

 

 

3,537,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)(b)

 

254,876,220

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services 1.2%

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Verisk Analytics (a)

 

123,424,000

 

 

 

Risk & Decision Analytics

 

 

 

4,025,000

 

Navigant Consulting (a)(b)

 

62,226,500

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

2,561,123

 

RPX (a)

 

44,896,486

 

 

 

Patent Aggregation & Defensive Patent Consulting

 

 

 

200,000

 

Bankrate (a)

 

4,114,000

 

 

 

Internet Advertising for the Insurance, Credit Card & Banking Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

234,660,986

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 1.0%

 

 

 

5,390,000

 

Atmel (a)

 

40,101,600

 

 

 

Microcontrollers, Radio Frequency & Memory Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,240,000

 

Monolithic Power Systems

 

37,547,200

 

 

 

High Performance Analog & Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits

 

 

 

420,000

 

Littelfuse

 

32,852,400

 

 

 

Little Fuses

 

 

 

469,000

 

Cree (a)

 

28,229,110

 

 

 

LED Lighting, Components & Chips

 

 

 

400,000

 

Hittite Microwave (a)

 

26,140,000

 

 

 

Radio Frequency, Microwave & Millimeterwave Semiconductors

 

 

 

615,000

 

Ultratech (a)

 

18,634,500

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

2,430,000

 

ON Semiconductor (a)

 

17,739,000

 

 

 

Mixed Signal & Power Management Semiconductors

 

 

 

360,000

 

Semtech (a)

 

10,796,400

 

 

 

Analog Semiconductors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

212,040,210

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 0.8%

 

 

 

640,000

 

F5 Networks (a)

 

54,886,400

 

 

 

Internet Traffic Management Equipment

 

 

 

2,025,000

 

Finisar (a)

 

45,825,750

 

 

 

Optical Subsystems & Components

 

 

 

2,030,000

 

Ixia (a)

 

31,810,100

 

 

 

Telecom Network Test Equipment

 

 

 

1,925,000

 

Infinera (a)

 

21,771,750

 

 

 

Optical Networking Equipment

 

 

 

910,000

 

CalAmp (a)

 

16,043,300

 

 

 

Machine-to-machine Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,337,300

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 0.7%

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Global Payments

 

86,836,000

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

900,000

 

Liquidity Services (a)(c)

 

30,204,000

 

 

 

E-Auctions for Surplus & Salvage Goods

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Singapore Exchange (Singapore)

 

28,962,413

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

146,002,413

 

 

 

> Electronics Distribution 0.6%

 

 

 

3,125,000

 

Avnet

 

130,343,750

 

 

 

Electronic Components Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 0.5%

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

66,462,000

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

960,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

35,712,000

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,174,000

 

 

 

> CATV 0.5%

 

 

 

800,000

 

Liberty Global Series A (a)

 

63,480,000

 

 

 

Cable TV Franchises Outside the U.S.

 

 

 

400,000

 

Discovery Series C (a)

 

31,248,000

 

 

 

Cable TV Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

94,728,000

 

 

 

> Advertising 0.2%

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Lamar Advertising (a)

 

47,030,000

 

 

 

Outdoor Advertising

 

 

 

100,000

 

Tree.com

 

2,626,000

 

 

 

Internet Advertising for Mortgage, Education & Auto Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,656,000

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Entertainment Programming 0.2%

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

IMAX (Canada) (a)(c)

 

$

33,264,000

 

 

 

IMAX Movies, Theatre Equipment & Theatre Joint Ventures

 

 

 

Information: Total

 

5,589,373,184

 

Industrial Goods & Services 20.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 12.2%

 

 

 

9,900,000

 

Ametek

 

455,598,000

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

8,400,000

 

Donaldson (b)

 

320,292,000

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

3,400,000

 

Nordson (b)

 

250,342,000

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

3,230,000

 

Moog (a)(b)

 

189,504,100

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

3,725,000

 

Kennametal

 

169,860,000

 

 

 

Consumable Cutting Tools

 

 

 

3,063,000

 

HEICO (b)

 

153,578,820

 

 

 

FAA Approved Aircraft Replacement Parts

 

 

 

3,200,000

 

Generac

 

136,448,000

 

 

 

Standby Power Generators

 

 

 

1,660,000

 

Pall

 

127,886,400

 

 

 

Life Science, Water & Industrial Filtration

 

 

 

2,185,000

 

Oshkosh Corporation (a)

 

107,021,300

 

 

 

Specialty Truck Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,610,000

 

Toro

 

87,503,500

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

1,570,000

 

Clarcor

 

87,182,100

 

 

 

Mobile Equipment & Industrial Filters

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

ESCO Technologies (b)

 

76,429,000

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Wabtec

 

75,444,000

 

 

 

Freight & Transit Component Supplier

 

 

 

750,000

 

WABCO Holdings (a)

 

63,195,000

 

 

 

Truck & Bus Component Supplier

 

 

 

435,000

 

Valmont Industries

 

60,425,850

 

 

 

Center Pivot Irrigation Systems & Utility Poles

 

 

 

247,000

 

Middleby (a)

 

51,600,770

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Cooking Equipment

 

 

 

600,000

 

Neopost (France) (c)

 

43,694,364

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Polypore International (a)(c)

 

40,970,000

 

 

 

Battery Separators & Filtration Media

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

Marel (Iceland)

 

10,633,879

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Poultry & Fish Processing Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,507,609,083

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 1.8%

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

LKQ (a)

 

86,022,000

 

 

 

Alternative Auto Parts Distribution

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

79,308,000

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Forward Air

 

60,525,000

 

 

 

Freight Transportation Between Airports

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Mobile Mini (a)

 

54,496,000

 

 

 

Portable Storage Units Leasing

 

 

 

1,375,000

 

KAR Auction Services

 

38,788,750

 

 

 

Auto Auctions

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

CAE (Canada) (c)

 

26,282,220

 

 

 

Flight Simulator Equipment & Training Centers

 

 

 

700,000

 

Echo Global Logistics (a)

 

14,658,000

 

 

 

Third Party Logistics

 

 

 

1,520,957

 

Acorn Energy (b)(c)

 

8,973,646

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Oil Well Monitoring & Evaluation

 

 

 

70,313

 

TrueBlue (a)

 

1,688,215

 

 

 

Temporary Industrial Labor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

370,741,831

 

 

 

> Construction 1.5%

 

 

 

2,680,000

 

Chicago Bridge & Iron

 

181,623,600

 

 

 

Engineering & Construction for Liquefied Natural Gas & Petrochemicals

 

 

 

99,000

 

NVR (a)

 

90,999,810

 

 

 

Homebuilder

 

 

 

930,000

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security

 

38,715,900

 

 

 

Home Building Supplies & Small Locks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

311,339,310

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.5%

 

 

 

1,880,000

 

Drew Industries (b)

 

85,615,200

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

FMC Corporation

 

75,306,000

 

 

 

Niche Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

1,288,000

 

Novozymes (Denmark)

 

49,271,589

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

1,200,000

 

Polyone

 

36,852,000

 

 

 

Intermediate Stage Chemicals Producer

 

 

 

2,218,700

 

Kansai Paint (Japan)

 

29,484,776

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

673,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR (Chile)

 

20,560,150

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

400,000

 

Owens-Illinois (a)

 

12,008,000

 

 

 

Glass Packaging for Food & Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

309,097,715

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 1.2%

 

 

 

1,620,000

 

WESCO International (a)

 

123,978,600

 

 

 

Industrial Distributor

 

 

 

2,320,000

 

MRC Global (a)

 

62,176,000

 

 

 

Industrial Distributor

 

 

 

405,841

 

Airgas

 

43,039,438

 

 

 

Industrial Gas Distributor

 

 

 

965,000

 

Titan Machinery (a)(c)

 

15,507,550

 

 

 

Agriculture & Construction Dealerships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

244,701,588

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 1.0%

 

 

 

1,765,000

 

Acuity Brands

 

$

162,415,300

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

1,065,000

 

Thermon (a)

 

24,612,150

 

 

 

Global Engineered Thermal Solutions

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Ushio (Japan)

 

18,681,853

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

205,709,303

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 0.7%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

82,530,000

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Insperity (b)

 

52,640,000

 

 

 

Professional Employer Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

135,170,000

 

 

 

> Conglomerates 0.4%

 

 

 

2,747,253

 

Aalberts Industries (Netherlands)

 

73,198,880

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.3%

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Waste Connections

 

68,115,000

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

4,225,682,710

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 15.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Retail 4.5%

 

 

 

1,385,000

 

ULTA (a)

 

165,452,100

 

 

 

Specialty Beauty Product Retailer

 

 

 

7,185,000

 

Pier 1 Imports (b)

 

140,251,200

 

 

 

Home Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

1,975,000

 

Shutterfly (a)(b)

 

110,363,000

 

 

 

Internet Photo-centric Retailer

 

 

 

822,845

 

Fossil (a)

 

95,647,503

 

 

 

Watch Designer & Retailer

 

 

 

1,675,000

 

Williams-Sonoma

 

94,135,000

 

 

 

Home Goods & Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

754,000

 

Casey’s General Stores

 

55,419,000

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Convenience Stores

 

 

 

525,000

 

DSW

 

44,793,000

 

 

 

Branded Footwear Retailer

 

 

 

865,000

 

GameStop

 

42,947,250

 

 

 

Video Game Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

36,770,000

 

 

 

Multi-channel Apparel & Accessory Retailer

 

 

 

474,000

 

Restoration Hardware Holdings (a)

 

30,027,900

 

 

 

Specialty Home Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

725,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

25,643,250

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Fifth & Pacific Companies (a)

 

25,130,000

 

 

 

Global Lifestyle Brand

 

 

 

450,000

 

Five Below (a)

 

19,687,500

 

 

 

Specialty Retailer Targeting Pre-teen & Teen

 

 

 

546,000

 

Tile Shop Holdings (a)

 

16,101,540

 

 

 

Specialty Retailer of Tiles & Related Accessories

 

 

 

852,000

 

Massmart Holdings (South Africa)

 

14,266,402

 

 

 

General Merchandise, Food & Home Improvement Stores; Wal-Mart Subsidiary

 

 

 

1,371,366

 

Gaiam (a)(b)

 

6,870,543

 

 

 

Healthy Living Catalogs & E-Commerce, Non-theatrical Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

923,505,188

 

 

 

> Travel 3.0%

 

 

 

4,400,000

 

Avis Budget Group (a)

 

126,852,000

 

 

 

Second Largest Car Rental Company

 

 

 

4,600,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

101,936,000

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

1,430,000

 

Vail Resorts

 

99,213,400

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

1,893,000

 

Choice Hotels

 

81,758,670

 

 

 

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

 

 

 

2,030,000

 

Ryman Hospitality Properties (c)

 

70,055,300

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Expedia

 

56,969,000

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

HomeAway (a)

 

44,800,000

 

 

 

Vacation Rental Online Marketplace

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Localiza Rent A Car (Brazil)

 

31,457,835

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

613,042,205

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 1.2%

 

 

 

2,305,000

 

GNC Holdings

 

125,922,150

 

 

 

Specialty Retailer of Health & Wellness Products

 

 

 

2,015,000

 

Pool

 

113,101,950

 

 

 

Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment Distributor

 

 

 

250,000

 

United Natural Foods (a)

 

16,805,000

 

 

 

Natural/Organic Food Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

255,829,100

 

 

 

> Casinos & Gaming 1.2%

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Melco Crown Entertainment - ADR (Hong Kong) (a)

 

79,575,000

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Melco International (Hong Kong)

 

53,751,121

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

850,000

 

Penn National Gaming (a)

 

47,056,000

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

12,000,000

 

MGM China Holdings (Hong Kong)

 

39,910,949

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

40,000,000

 

Nagacorp (Cambodia)

 

33,748,852

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex in Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

254,041,922

 

 

 

> Apparel 1.2%

 

 

 

1,296,000

 

PVH

 

153,822,240

 

 

 

Apparel Wholesaler & Retailer

 

 

 

710,000

 

Deckers Outdoor (a)

 

46,803,200

 

 

 

Fashion Footwear Wholesaler

 

 

 

600,000

 

Steven Madden (a)

 

32,298,000

 

 

 

Wholesaler/Retailer of Fashion Footwear

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Apparel—continued

 

 

 

2,620,000

 

Quiksilver (a)

 

$

18,418,600

 

 

 

Action Sports Lifestyle Branded Apparel & Footwear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

251,342,040

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 1.0%

 

 

 

3,669,000

 

Knoll (b)

 

62,152,860

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

1,765,000

 

Herman Miller

 

51,502,700

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

2,325,000

 

Interface

 

46,128,000

 

 

 

Modular Carpet

 

 

 

812,360

 

Caesarstone (Israel) (a)

 

37,108,605

 

 

 

Quartz Countertops

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

196,892,165

 

 

 

> Restaurants 0.9%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

AFC Enterprises (a)(b)

 

87,180,000

 

 

 

Popeye’s Restaurants

 

 

 

968,000

 

Domino’s Pizza

 

65,775,600

 

 

 

Franchisor of Pizza Restaurants

 

 

 

625,000

 

Fiesta Restaurant Group (a)

 

23,537,500

 

 

 

Owns/Operates Two Restaurant Chains: Pollo Tropical & Taco Cabana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,493,100

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 0.8%

 

 

 

2,280,000

 

Lifetime Fitness (a)(b)

 

117,351,600

 

 

 

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

Lifestyle International (Hong Kong)

 

36,176,179

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

800,000

 

Blackhawk Network (a)(b)

 

19,224,000

 

 

 

Third Party Distributer of Prepaid Content, Mostly Gift Cards

 

 

 

450,000

 

IFM Investments (Century 21 China RE) - ADR (China) (a)

 

810,000

 

 

 

Real Estate Services in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,561,779

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.5%

 

 

 

2,886,552

 

Boulder Brands (a)

 

46,300,294

 

 

 

Healthy Food Products

 

 

 

1,325,000

 

B&G Foods

 

45,778,750

 

 

 

Acquirer of Small Food Brands

 

 

 

1,665,270

 

GLG Life Tech (Canada) (a)(b)

 

1,358,019

 

 

 

Produce an All-natural Sweetener Extracted from the Stevia Plant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,437,063

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods 0.4%

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Select Comfort (a)

 

26,785,000

 

 

 

Specialty Mattresses

 

 

 

460,000

 

Cavco Industries (a)(b)

 

26,197,000

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

472,500

 

Jarden (a)

 

22,869,000

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,851,000

 

 

 

> Educational Services 0.3%

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

DeVry

 

39,728,000

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

500,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)(c)

 

15,500,000

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,228,000

 

 

 

> Nondurables 0.2%

 

 

 

1,170,000

 

Helen of Troy (a)

 

51,714,000

 

 

 

Personal Care, Housewares, Healthcare & Home Environment Products

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

3,120,937,562

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 11.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Banks 4.0%

 

 

 

2,638,000

 

BOK Financial

 

167,117,300

 

 

 

Tulsa-based Southwest Bank

 

 

 

9,000,000

 

Associated Banc-Corp (b)

 

139,410,000

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

1,348,000

 

City National

 

89,857,680

 

 

 

Bank & Asset Manager

 

 

 

985,000

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

85,074,450

 

 

 

Bank to Venture Capitalists

 

 

 

2,860,000

 

MB Financial (b)

 

80,766,400

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Hancock Holding

 

59,622,000

 

 

 

Gulf Coast Bank

 

 

 

5,323,500

 

Valley National Bancorp (c)

 

52,968,825

 

 

 

New Jersey/New York Bank

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

TCF Financial

 

31,416,000

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

1,162,000

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp

 

27,028,120

 

 

 

Baltimore & Washington, D.C. Bank

 

 

 

4,841,882

 

First Busey (b)

 

25,226,205

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

First Commonwealth

 

18,975,000

 

 

 

Western Pennsylvania Bank

 

 

 

811,295

 

Hudson Valley

 

15,236,120

 

 

 

Metro New York City Bank

 

 

 

900,000

 

OFG Bancorp

 

14,571,000

 

 

 

Puerto Rican Bank

 

 

 

2,136,500

 

TrustCo Bank

 

12,733,540

 

 

 

New York State Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

820,002,640

 

 

 

> Insurance 2.4%

 

 

 

8,900,000

 

CNO Financial Group

 

128,160,000

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

833,000

 

Allied World Holdings

 

82,791,870

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

2,625,000

 

Selective Insurance Group

 

64,312,500

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

HCC Insurance Holdings

 

48,202,000

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Brown & Brown

 

48,150,000

 

 

 

Insurance Broker

 

 

 

400,000

 

RLI

 

34,968,000

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

250,000

 

Enstar Group (a)

 

34,150,000

 

 

 

Insurance/Reinsurance & Related Services

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Insurance—continued

 

 

 

10,837,000

 

Rand Merchant Insurance (South Africa)

 

$

28,883,556

 

 

 

Directly Sold Property & Casualty Insurance; Holdings in Other Insurers

 

 

 

500,000

 

The Hanover Insurance Group

 

27,660,000

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

497,277,926

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 1.7%

 

 

 

7,275,000

 

SEI Investments

 

224,870,250

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

3,052,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

118,509,160

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

343,379,410

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 1.7%

 

 

 

3,382,621

 

H & E Equipment Services (a)(b)

 

89,842,414

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

945,000

 

World Acceptance (a)(b)(c)

 

84,974,400

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

2,150,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp (b)

 

76,755,000

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

CAI International (a)(b)

 

34,905,000

 

 

 

International Container Leasing

 

 

 

1,091,000

 

Marlin Business Services (b)

 

27,231,360

 

 

 

Small Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

450,000

 

Onex Capital (Canada)

 

23,634,775

 

 

 

Private Equity

 

 

 

100,000

 

Green Dot (a)

 

2,633,000

 

 

 

Provider of Reloadable Prepaid Debt Cards & Online Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

339,975,949

 

 

 

> Credit Cards 0.8%

 

 

 

550,000

 

Alliance Data Systems (a)

 

116,308,500

 

 

 

Diversified Credit Card Provider

 

 

 

500,000

 

WEX (a)

 

43,875,000

 

 

 

Pay Card Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

160,183,500

 

 

 

> Diversified Financial Companies 0.4%

 

 

 

2,820,000

 

Leucadia National

 

76,816,800

 

 

 

Holding Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans —%

 

 

 

452,146

 

Simplicity Bancorp (b)

 

7,030,870

 

 

 

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

 

 

 

Finance: Total

 

2,244,667,095

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 9.5%

 

 

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 4.3%

 

 

 

5,590,000

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

245,009,700

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

2,392,000

 

Synageva Biopharma (a)(b)

 

151,437,520

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

1,954,268

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (a)

 

141,137,235

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

3,283,000

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

104,432,230

 

 

 

Orphan Drugs & Healthy Royalties

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

73,600,000

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Cancer

 

 

 

908,681

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

58,164,671

 

 

 

Biotech Developing Drugs for Rare Diseases

 

 

 

1,040,000

 

Sarepta Therapeutics (a)(c)

 

49,119,200

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

 

 

 

2,025,000

 

InterMune (a)

 

31,124,250

 

 

 

Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis & Hepatitis C

 

 

 

3,610,890

 

Ultragenyx (a)(d)(e)

 

14,371,342

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on “Ultra-Orphan” Drugs

 

 

 

1,370,000

 

Coronado Biosciences (a)(c)

 

9,617,400

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech

 

 

 

187,909

 

Ophthotech (a)

 

5,582,776

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Ophthalmic Drugs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

883,596,324

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 2.1%

 

 

 

6,170,000

 

Cepheid (a)(b)

 

240,876,800

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

950,000

 

Henry Schein (a)

 

98,515,000

 

 

 

Largest Distributor of Healthcare Products

 

 

 

1,676,000

 

Patterson Companies

 

67,375,200

 

 

 

Dental/Vet/Med Distributor

 

 

 

383,212

 

Techne

 

30,679,953

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & Other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

437,446,953

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 1.6%

 

 

 

9,905,000

 

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (a)(b)

 

147,287,350

 

 

 

Health Care IT

 

 

 

2,650,000

 

HealthSouth

 

91,372,000

 

 

 

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

 

 

 

665,000

 

Mednax (a)

 

66,766,000

 

 

 

Physician Management for Pediatric & Anesthesia Practices

 

 

 

1,004,000

 

Envision Healthcare Holdings (a)

 

26,134,120

 

 

 

Provider of Health Care Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

331,559,470

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 0.8%

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

Sirona Dental Systems (a)

 

103,741,500

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Dental Equipment

 

 

 

925,000

 

PerkinElmer

 

34,918,750

 

 

 

Analytical Instruments for Life Sciences

 

 

 

429,290

 

Haemonetics (a)

 

17,120,085

 

 

 

Blood & Plasma Collection Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,780,335

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 0.7%

 

 

 

6,312,644

 

Akorn (a)(b)

 

124,232,834

 

 

 

Develops, Manufactures & Sells Specialty Generic Drugs

 

 

 

2,040,000

 

Alimera Sciences (a)(b)(c)

 

7,670,400

 

 

 

Ophthalmology-focused Pharmaceutical Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131,903,234

 

Health Care: Total

 

1,940,286,316

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 3.6%

 

 

 

4,635,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

256,871,700

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Oil Services—continued

 

 

 

2,400,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

$

132,096,000

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

1,031,106

 

Fugro (Netherlands)

 

62,897,494

 

 

 

Subsea Oilfield Services

 

 

 

1,334,000

 

ShawCor (Canada)

 

56,258,395

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

661,000

 

Hornbeck Offshore (a)

 

37,967,840

 

 

 

Supply Vessel Operator in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

 

 

 

1,008,000

 

Rowan (a)

 

37,013,760

 

 

 

Contract Offshore Driller

 

 

 

268,000

 

Chart Industries (a)

 

32,974,720

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Natural Gas Processing/Storage Equipment

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Superior Energy Services (a)

 

28,796,000

 

 

 

Diversified Oil Service Provider

 

 

 

511,000

 

Gulfmark Offshore

 

26,004,790

 

 

 

Operator of Offshore Supply Vessels

 

 

 

400,000

 

Dresser-Rand Group (a)

 

24,960,000

 

 

 

Manufactures & Services Compressors

 

 

 

2,601,900

 

Horizon North Logistics (Canada) (c)

 

18,338,716

 

 

 

Provides Diversified Oil Service Offering in Northern Canada

 

 

 

596,600

 

Black Diamond Group (Canada) (c)

 

14,259,785

 

 

 

Provides Accommodations/Equipment for Oil Sands Development

 

 

 

16,500

 

Frank’s International (Netherlands) (a)

 

493,845

 

 

 

Global Provider of Casing Running Services Post Drilling of Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

728,933,045

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 2.5%

 

 

 

1,120,000

 

SM Energy

 

86,452,800

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,153,600

 

Rosetta Resources (a)

 

62,825,056

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer Exploring in Texas

 

 

 

695,000

 

Range Resources

 

52,743,550

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

2,160,000

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Colombia)

 

42,652,687

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

1,550,834

 

Bill Barrett Corporation (a)(c)

 

38,941,442

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S. Rockies

 

 

 

1,159,000

 

Laredo Petroleum (a)

 

34,399,120

 

 

 

Permian Basin Oil Producer

 

 

 

886,000

 

Cabot Oil and Gas

 

33,065,520

 

 

 

Large Natural Gas Producer in Appalachia & Gulf Coast

 

 

 

743,000

 

Baytex (Canada) (c)

 

30,663,492

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

 

 

 

1,477,000

 

Denbury Resources (a)

 

27,191,570

 

 

 

Oil Producer Using Co2 Injection

 

 

 

3,095,000

 

Athabasca Oil Sands (Canada) (a)

 

23,586,962

 

 

 

Oil Sands & Unconventional Oil Development

 

 

 

340,000

 

PDC Energy (a)

 

20,243,600

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S.

 

 

 

850,000

 

Tullow Oil (United Kingdom)

 

14,090,914

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

27,000,000

 

Shamaran Petroleum (Iraq) (a)

 

10,091,743

 

 

 

Oil Exploration & Production in Kurdistan

 

 

 

797,647

 

DeeThree Exploration (Canada) (a)

 

7,077,805

 

 

 

Canadian Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

181,160

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

6,759,080

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Petroamerica Oil (Colombia) (a)

 

6,310,373

 

 

 

Oil Exploration & Production in Colombia

 

 

 

11,000,000

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum (United Kingdom) (a)

 

3,363,914

 

8,400,000

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum (United Kingdom) (a)(d)

 

2,440,367

 

4,200,000

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum - Warrants (United Kingdom) (a)(d)(e)

 

4,188

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration/Production in the North Sea

 

 

 

37,500,000

 

Petromanas (Canada) (a)(b)

 

4,914,810

 

 

 

Exploring for Oil in Albania

 

 

 

1,198,100

 

Pan Orient (Canada) (a)

 

2,407,715

 

 

 

Growth-oriented, Return-focused Asian Explorer

 

 

 

511,600

 

Canacol (Colombia) (a)

 

2,190,336

 

 

 

Oil Producer in South America

 

 

 

26,000,000

 

Petrodorado Energy (Colombia) (a)(b)

 

1,009,660

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production in Colombia, Peru & Paraguay

 

 

 

61,091

 

Matador Resources (a)

 

997,616

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in Texas & Louisiana

 

 

 

50,000,000

 

Gulf United Energy (Colombia) (a)(b)

 

115,000

 

 

 

Prospecting for Oil Alongside Large Producers in Colombia

 

 

 

4,110,000

 

Santa Maria Petroleum (Colombia) (a)(b)(d)

 

44,889

 

 

 

Explores for Oil & Gas in Latin America

 

 

 

890,000

 

Santa Maria Petroleum (Colombia) (a)(b)

 

12,960

 

 

 

Explores for Oil & Gas in Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

514,597,169

 

 

 

> Mining 0.8%

 

 

 

387,000

 

Core Labs (Netherlands)

 

65,484,270

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Alamos Gold (Canada)

 

24,853,162

 

500,000

 

Alamos Gold (Canada) (f)

 

7,765,000

 

 

 

Gold Mining

 

 

 

6,044,000

 

Northam Platinum (South Africa) (a)

 

25,523,827

 

 

 

Platinum Mining in South Africa

 

 

 

4,900,000

 

Kirkland Lake Gold (Canada) (a)(b)

 

16,506,966

 

 

 

Gold Mining

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

Duluth Metals (Canada) (a)(b)

 

8,591,816

 

 

 

Copper & Nickel Miner

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Allied Nevada Gold (a)(c)

 

8,360,000

 

 

 

Gold & Silver Mining

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Mining—continued

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Turquoise Hill Resources (Mongolia) (a)

 

$

5,079,850

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

Alexco Resource (a)(c)

 

2,931,500

 

 

 

Mining, Exploration & Environmental Services

 

 

 

13,459,000

 

Mongolian Mining (Mongolia) (a)

 

2,413,867

 

 

 

Coking Coal Mining in Mongolia

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Kaminak Gold (a)(c)

 

2,300,859

 

 

 

Exploration Stage Canadian Gold Miner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

169,811,117

 

 

 

> Alternative Energy 0.1%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

GT Advanced Technologies (a)(c)

 

17,020,000

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Furnaces & Reactors to Produce & Cast Polysilicon

 

 

 

2,600,000

 

Real Goods Solar (a)(b)(c)

 

7,280,000

 

 

 

Residential Solar Energy Installer

 

 

 

1,210,300

 

Synthesis Energy Systems (China) (a)

 

898,043

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Gasification Plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,198,043

 

 

 

> Agricultural Commodities 0.1%

 

 

 

1,306,818

 

Union Agriculture Group (Uruguay) (a)(d)(e)

 

14,009,089

 

 

 

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

1,452,548,463

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 4.2%

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Extra Space Storage

 

96,075,000

 

 

 

Self Storage Facilities

 

 

 

3,625,000

 

Dupont Fabros Technology (b)

 

93,416,250

 

 

 

Data Centers

 

 

 

1,760,000

 

Post Properties

 

79,235,200

 

 

 

Multifamily Properties

 

 

 

750,000

 

Federal Realty

 

76,087,500

 

 

 

Shopping Centers

 

 

 

7,350,000

 

EdR (b)

 

66,885,000

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Associated Estates Realty (b)

 

44,730,000

 

 

 

Multifamily Properties

 

 

 

1,170,000

 

Coresite Realty (b)

 

39,709,800

 

 

 

Data Centers

 

 

 

1,900,000

 

Biomed Realty Trust

 

35,321,000

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

St. Joe (a)(c)

 

35,316,000

 

 

 

Florida Panhandle Landowner

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

Ascendas REIT (Singapore)

 

30,931,341

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

325,000

 

Jones Lang LaSalle

 

28,372,500

 

 

 

Real Estate Services

 

 

 

33,000,000

 

Mapletree Logistics Trust (Singapore)

 

28,171,591

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

Terreno Realty (b)

 

27,528,000

 

 

 

Industrial Properties

 

 

 

3,750,000

 

DCT Industrial Trust

 

26,962,500

 

 

 

Industrial Properties

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

Summit Hotel Properties

 

26,191,500

 

 

 

Owner of Select Service Hotels

 

 

 

1,300,000

 

Hudson Pacific Properties

 

25,285,000

 

 

 

West Coast Office Buildings & Production Studios

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Kite Realty Group

 

23,720,000

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Mapletree Commercial Trust (Singapore)

 

19,382,057

 

 

 

Retail & Office Property Landlord

 

 

 

14,000

 

Orix JREIT (Japan)

 

17,786,709

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

24,664,000

 

Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (Hong Kong) (a)

 

17,601,904

 

 

 

Retail & Office Property Landlord

 

 

 

950,000

 

American Residential Properties (a)

 

16,729,500

 

 

 

Single-family Rental Properties

 

 

 

11,917,000

 

CDL Hospitality Trust (Singapore)

 

15,469,160

 

 

 

Hotel Owner/Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

870,907,512

 

 

 

> Transportation 1.4%

 

 

 

1,155,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

84,234,150

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)(b)

 

82,181,000

 

 

 

Truck Sales & Service

 

 

 

846,000

 

Kirby (a)

 

73,221,300

 

 

 

Largest Operator of U.S. (Jones Act) Liquid Tank Barges

 

 

 

300,000

 

Genesee & Wyoming (a)

 

27,891,000

 

 

 

Short-line Operator

 

 

 

550,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class B (a)(b)

 

12,523,500

 

 

 

Truck Sales & Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

280,050,950

 

 

 

> Regulated Utilities 0.7%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Northeast Utilities

 

82,500,000

 

 

 

Regulated Electric Utility

 

 

 

2,200,000

 

Pepco Holdings

 

40,612,000

 

 

 

Regulated Utility

 

 

 

700,000

 

Wisconsin Energy

 

28,266,000

 

 

 

Wisconsin Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

151,378,000

 

Other Industries: Total

 

1,302,336,462

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 97.0%
(Cost: $10,592,648,676)

 

19,875,831,792

(g)

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Short-Term Investments 3.2%

 

 

 

 

499,118,598

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

$

499,118,593

 

160,411,074

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

160,411,074

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 3.2%
(Cost: $659,529,667)

 

659,529,667

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 2.0%

 

 

 

399,899,875

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (h)

 

399,899,875

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $399,899,875)

 

399,899,875

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 102.2%
(Cost: $11,652,078,218)(i)

 

20,935,261,334

(j)

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (2.0)%

 

(399,899,875

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.2)%

 

(51,483,264

)

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

20,483,878,195

 

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)         Non-income producing security.

(b)         An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2013, are as follows:

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Mettler-Toledo International

 

1,600,000

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

$

384,144,000

 

$

 

Donaldson

 

8,400,000

 

 

 

8,400,000

 

320,292,000

 

3,024,000

 

tw telecom

 

9,500,000

 

 

 

9,500,000

 

283,717,500

 

 

Bally Technologies

 

3,725,000

 

 

188,000

 

3,537,000

 

254,876,220

 

 

Nordson

 

3,125,000

 

275,000

 

 

3,400,000

 

250,342,000

 

1,590,750

 

Seattle Genetics (1)

 

6,550,000

 

 

960,000

 

5,590,000

 

245,009,700

 

 

Cepheid

 

4,970,000

 

1,200,000

 

 

6,170,000

 

240,876,800

 

 

Moog

 

3,230,000

 

 

 

3,230,000

 

189,504,100

 

 

HEICO

 

3,063,000

 

 

 

3,063,000

 

153,578,820

 

214,410

 

Synageva Biopharma

 

1,165,000

 

1,227,000

 

 

2,392,000

 

151,437,520

 

 

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

 

 

9,905,000

 

 

9,905,000

 

147,287,350

 

 

Pier 1 Imports

 

7,185,000

 

 

 

7,185,000

 

140,251,200

 

1,077,750

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

7,756,800

 

1,243,200

 

 

9,000,000

 

139,410,000

 

2,058,544

 

iGATE

 

3,700,000

 

800,000

 

 

4,500,000

 

124,920,000

 

 

Akorn

 

4,000,000

 

2,312,644

 

 

6,312,644

 

124,232,834

 

 

Lifetime Fitness

 

2,280,000

 

 

 

2,280,000

 

117,351,600

 

 

Shutterfly

 

2,835,000

 

 

860,000

 

1,975,000

 

110,363,000

 

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals (1)

 

6,000,000

 

 

2,717,000

 

3,283,000

 

104,432,230

 

 

Rush Enterprises

 

3,650,000

 

 

 

3,650,000

 

94,704,500

 

 

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Dupont Fabros Technology

 

3,625,000

 

 

 

3,625,000

 

$

93,416,250

 

$

1,631,250

 

IPG Photonics (1)

 

2,780,000

 

 

1,160,000

 

1,620,000

 

91,222,200

 

 

H & E Equipment Services

 

3,400,000

 

22,749

 

40,128

 

3,382,621

 

89,842,414

 

 

AFC Enterprises

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

87,180,000

 

 

II-VI

 

4,550,000

 

 

 

4,550,000

 

85,631,000

 

 

Drew Industries

 

1,880,000

 

 

 

1,880,000

 

85,615,200

 

 

World Acceptance

 

1,285,000

 

 

340,000

 

945,000

 

84,974,400

 

 

MB Financial

 

2,860,000

 

 

 

2,860,000

 

80,766,400

 

915,200

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

2,150,000

 

 

 

2,150,000

 

76,755,000

 

1,537,250

 

ESCO Technologies

 

2,200,000

 

100,000

 

 

2,300,000

 

76,429,000

 

536,000

 

Ryman Hospitality Properties (1)

 

4,520,690

 

 

2,490,690

 

2,030,000

 

70,055,300

 

4,628,845

 

EdR

 

5,744,300

 

1,605,700

 

 

7,350,000

 

66,885,000

 

1,880,360

 

Navigant Consulting

 

3,704,600

 

320,400

 

 

4,025,000

 

62,226,500

 

 

Knoll

 

4,200,000

 

 

531,000

 

3,669,000

 

62,152,860

 

1,365,137

 

Virtusa

 

2,125,000

 

 

 

2,125,000

 

61,752,500

 

 

Forward Air (1)

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

60,525,000

 

450,000

 

SPS Commerce

 

900,000

 

 

 

900,000

 

60,228,000

 

 

Insperity

 

1,800,000

 

 

400,000

 

1,400,000

 

52,640,000

 

742,733

 

Helen of Troy (1)

 

1,600,000

 

 

430,000

 

1,170,000

 

51,714,000

 

 

ExlService Holdings (1)

 

1,618,000

 

 

 

1,618,000

 

46,080,640

 

 

Associated Estates Realty

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

44,730,000

 

1,710,000

 

Coresite Realty

 

 

1,170,000

 

 

1,170,000

 

39,709,800

 

666,436

 

CAI International

 

1,397,834

 

102,166

 

 

1,500,000

 

34,905,000

 

 

Terreno Realty

 

358,151

 

1,191,849

 

 

1,550,000

 

27,528,000

 

230,820

 

Hackett Group

 

3,849,207

 

 

 

3,849,207

 

27,444,846

 

 

Marlin Business Services

 

1,091,000

 

 

 

1,091,000

 

27,231,360

 

2,520,210

 

InContact

 

2,200,000

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

3,200,000

 

26,464,000

 

 

Cavco Industries

 

460,000

 

 

 

460,000

 

26,197,000

 

 

Summit Hotel Properties (1)

 

2,850,000

 

 

 

2,850,000

 

26,191,500

 

961,875

 

First Busey

 

4,299,507

 

542,375

 

 

4,841,882

 

25,226,205

 

353,400

 

Globalstar

 

1,200,000

 

21,189,746

 

289,746

 

22,100,000

 

24,089,000

 

 

Kite Realty Group (1)

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

23,720,000

 

720,000

 

Blackhawk Network

 

 

800,000

 

 

800,000

 

19,224,000

 

 

Kirkland Lake Gold

 

1,900,000

 

3,000,000

 

 

4,900,000

 

16,506,966

 

 

Boingo Wireless

 

1,900,000

 

371,214

 

 

2,271,214

 

15,898,498

 

 

Exa

 

872,060

 

127,940

 

 

1,000,000

 

15,490,000

 

 

Acorn Energy

 

1,512,352

 

8,605

 

 

1,520,957

 

8,973,646

 

52,932

 

Duluth Metals

 

7,500,000

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

8,591,816

 

 

Alimera Sciences

 

2,040,000

 

 

 

2,040,000

 

7,670,400

 

 

Real Goods Solar

 

 

2,600,000

 

 

2,600,000

 

7,280,000

 

 

Simplicity Bancorp

 

452,146

 

 

 

452,146

 

7,030,870

 

108,515

 

Gaiam

 

1,371,366

 

 

 

1,371,366

 

6,870,543

 

 

Petromanas

 

37,500,000

 

 

 

37,500,000

 

4,914,810

 

 

GLG Life Tech

 

1,665,270

 

 

 

1,665,270

 

1,358,019

 

 

Petrodorado Energy

 

26,000,000

 

 

 

26,000,000

 

1,009,660

 

 

Gulf United Energy

 

50,000,000

 

 

 

50,000,000

 

115,000

 

 

Santa Maria Petroleum

 

5,000,000

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

57,849

 

 

Chelsea Therapeutics International (1)

 

4,949,000

 

 

4,949,000

 

 

 

 

Pericom Semiconductor (1)

 

1,765,000

 

 

1,765,000

 

 

 

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (1)

 

3,950,000

 

 

3,950,000

 

 

 

 

Raptor Pharmaceutical (1)

 

3,000,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

 

Tower Group (1)(2)

 

3,300,000

 

438,900

 

3,738,900

 

 

 

1,840,746

 

TriCo Bancshares (1)

 

1,350,000

 

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

270,000

 

Wolverine Minerals (1)(2)

 

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

321,910,283

 

51,554,488

 

33,159,464

 

340,305,307

 

$

5,497,251,826

 

$

31,087,163

 

 


(1) At September 30, 2013, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

(2) Includes the effects of a stock split.

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2013, was $2,582,351,359 and $4,778,301,256, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 23.33% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2013.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(c)     All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $388,206,936.

(d)    Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of these securities amounted to $30,869,875, which represented 0.15% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Ultragenyx

 

12/19/12

 

3,610,890

 

$

9,999,999

 

$

14,371,342

 

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

 

1,306,818

 

15,000,000

 

14,009,089

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

 

11/24/10

 

8,400,000

 

3,591,152

 

2,440,367

 

Santa Maria Petroleum

 

1/14/11

 

4,110,000

 

5,193,292

 

44,889

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum - Warrants

 

11/24/10

 

4,200,000

 

525,688

 

4,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

34,310,131

 

$

30,869,875

 

 

(e)     Illiquid security.

(f)      Security is traded on a U.S. exchange.

(g)     On September 30, 2013, the market value of foreign securities represented 7.72% of total net assets. The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

Country

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Canada

 

$

299,763,638

 

1.46

 

Hong Kong

 

227,015,153

 

1.11

 

Netherlands

 

202,074,489

 

0.99

 

Sweden

 

125,506,963

 

0.61

 

Singapore

 

122,916,563

 

0.60

 

France

 

73,759,571

 

0.36

 

South Africa

 

68,673,784

 

0.33

 

Japan

 

65,953,338

 

0.32

 

Colombia

 

52,335,905

 

0.26

 

Denmark

 

49,271,589

 

0.24

 

India

 

42,440,000

 

0.21

 

Israel

 

37,108,605

 

0.18

 

United Kingdom

 

34,679,949

 

0.17

 

Cambodia

 

33,748,852

 

0.16

 

Brazil

 

31,457,835

 

0.15

 

Russia

 

26,477,340

 

0.13

 

Taiwan

 

24,072,658

 

0.12

 

Chile

 

20,560,150

 

0.10

 

Uruguay

 

14,009,089

 

0.07

 

Iceland

 

10,633,879

 

0.05

 

Iraq

 

10,091,743

 

0.05

 

Mongolia

 

7,493,717

 

0.04

 

China

 

1,708,043

 

0.01

 

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

1,581,752,853

 

7.72

 

 

(h)    Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(i)        At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $11,652,078,218 and net unrealized appreciation was $9,283,183,116 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $9,585,831,787 and gross unrealized depreciation of $302,648,671.

(j)       Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·                  Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information

 

$

5,365,985,377

 

$

223,387,807

 

$

 

$

5,589,373,184

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

4,000,717,369

 

224,965,341

 

 

4,225,682,710

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

2,943,084,059

 

177,853,503

 

 

3,120,937,562

 

Finance

 

2,215,783,539

 

28,883,556

 

 

2,244,667,095

 

Health Care

 

1,925,914,974

 

 

14,371,342

 

1,940,286,316

 

Energy & Minerals

 

1,331,123,828

 

107,415,546

 

14,009,089

 

1,452,548,463

 

Other Industries

 

1,172,993,700

 

129,342,762

 

 

1,302,336,462

 

Total Equities

 

18,955,602,846

 

891,848,515

 

28,380,431

 

19,875,831,792

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

659,529,667

 

 

 

659,529,667

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

399,899,875

 

 

 

399,899,875

 

Total Investments

 

$

20,015,032,388

 

$

891,848,515

 

$

28,380,431

 

$

20,935,261,334

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager’s experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price. Warrants which do not trade are valued as a percentage of the actively trading common stock using a model, based on Black Scholes.

 

The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

Transfers In

 

Transfers Out

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

$

434,636

 

$

 

$

 

$

434,636

 

 

Financial assets were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 as trading resumed during the period.

 

The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Acorn International

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Equities: 95.9%

 

 

 

Asia 44.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 19.8%

 

 

 

4,784,600

 

Kansai Paint

 

$

63,583,566

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

2,570,000

 

NGK Spark Plug

 

57,038,561

 

 

 

Automobile Parts

 

 

 

5,800,000

 

Wacom

 

55,792,813

 

 

 

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

 

 

 

36,500

 

Orix JREIT

 

46,372,490

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

1,276,300

 

Hoshizaki Electric

 

44,103,172

 

 

 

Commercial Kitchen Equipment

 

 

 

1,480,000

 

Start Today (a)

 

41,805,032

 

 

 

Online Japanese Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

2,300,000

 

Park24

 

40,927,880

 

 

 

Parking Lot Operator

 

 

 

270,000

 

Nakanishi

 

37,690,294

 

 

 

Dental Tools & Machinery

 

 

 

1,610,000

 

Japan Airport Terminal

 

37,260,949

 

 

 

Airport Terminal Operator at Haneda

 

 

 

501,000

 

Rinnai

 

37,231,295

 

 

 

Gas Appliances for Household & Commercial Use

 

 

 

1,456,000

 

Ariake Japan

 

36,104,566

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Soup/Sauce Extracts

 

 

 

10,560,000

 

Seven Bank

 

35,374,781

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

229,400

 

Hirose Electric

 

35,311,565

 

 

 

Electrical Connectors

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Glory

 

35,274,704

 

 

 

Currency Handling Systems & Related Equipment

 

 

 

2,260,000

 

NGK Insulators

 

34,432,046

 

 

 

Ceramic Products for Auto, Power & Electronics

 

 

 

2,329,000

 

Nippon Kayaku

 

33,613,596

 

 

 

Functional Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Auto Safety Systems

 

 

 

6,700

 

Kenedix Realty Investment

 

32,955,096

 

 

 

Tokyo Mid-size Office REIT

 

 

 

905,000

 

Omron

 

32,782,560

 

 

 

Electric Components for Factory Automation

 

 

 

879,000

 

Kintetsu World Express

 

31,630,968

 

 

 

Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

1,680,000

 

Daiseki

 

31,031,153

 

 

 

Waste Disposal & Recycling

 

 

 

1,268,000

 

Nabtesco

 

30,990,044

 

 

 

Machinery Components

 

 

 

1,040,900

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

 

30,561,748

 

 

 

Instant Noodle Manufacturer

 

 

 

3,000

 

Nippon Prologis REIT (a)

 

30,062,068

 

 

 

Logistics REIT in Japan

 

 

 

2,350,000

 

Ushio

 

29,268,237

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

581,600

 

Santen Pharmaceutical

 

28,243,596

 

 

 

Specialty Pharma (Ophthalmic Medicine)

 

 

 

1,401,000

 

Aica Kogyo

 

27,957,774

 

 

 

Laminated Sheets, Building Materials & Chemical Adhesives

 

 

 

603,706

 

Miraca Holdings

 

26,980,905

 

 

 

Outsourced Lab Testing, Diagnostic Equipment & Reagents

 

 

 

709,500

 

Hamamatsu Photonics

 

26,796,557

 

 

 

Optical Sensors for Medical & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

730,000

 

Benesse

 

26,551,430

 

 

 

Education Service Provider

 

 

 

1,530,000

 

Suruga Bank

 

26,375,257

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

458,400

 

Disco

 

26,333,047

 

 

 

Semiconductor Dicing & Grinding Equipment

 

 

 

3,700

 

Mori Hills REIT Investment

 

25,616,394

 

 

 

Tokyo-centric Diversified REIT

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

OSG

 

25,400,144

 

 

 

Consumable Cutting Tools

 

 

 

2,580

 

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund

 

24,492,850

 

 

 

Industrial REIT in Japan

 

 

 

2,010,100

 

Kuraray

 

24,160,310

 

 

 

Special Resin, Fine Chemical, Fibers & Textures

 

 

 

569,292

 

Ain Pharmaciez

 

24,120,080

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

314,800

 

FP Corporation

 

23,674,027

 

 

 

Disposable Food Trays & Containers

 

 

 

382,000

 

Sanrio

 

23,545,928

 

 

 

Character Goods & Licensing

 

 

 

804,600

 

Misumi Group

 

23,391,013

 

 

 

Industrial Components Distributor

 

 

 

3,850

 

Global One Real Estate

 

23,058,651

 

 

 

Office REIT

 

 

 

532,000

 

FamilyMart

 

23,042,795

 

 

 

Convenience Store Operator

 

 

 

1,122,080

 

Nihon Parkerizing

 

23,001,290

 

 

 

Metal Surface Treatment Agents & Processing Service

 

 

 

1,600,000

 

Doshisha

 

22,899,376

 

 

 

Wholesaler of Household Products

 

 

 

7,210,000

 

Aozora Bank

 

21,411,967

 

 

 

Commercial Bank

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

Asahi Diamond Industrial

 

20,869,580

 

 

 

Consumable Diamond Tools

 

 

 

1,297,000

 

Nippon Paint

 

20,764,419

 

 

 

Paints for Automotive, Decorative & Industrial Usage

 

 

 

835,000

 

Icom (b)

 

19,786,268

 

 

 

Two Way Radio Communication Equipment

 

 

 

475,900

 

Milbon

 

19,523,701

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Hair Products

 

 

 

503,000

 

Itochu Techno-Science

 

17,899,825

 

 

 

IT Network Equipment Sales & Services

 

 

 

172,000

 

Shimano

 

15,382,092

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Bicycle Components & Fishing Tackle

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Japan—continued

 

 

 

1,628,300

 

Sintokogio

 

$

12,246,587

 

 

 

Automated Casting Machines, Surface Treatment System & Consumables

 

 

 

1,575,000

 

Lifenet Insurance (a)(c)

 

10,444,905

 

 

 

Online Life Insurance Company in Japan

 

 

 

350,000

 

MonotaRO

 

10,282,552

 

 

 

Online MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) Goods Distributor in Japan

 

 

 

234,400

 

JIN

 

8,837,444

 

 

 

Eyeglasses Retailer

 

 

 

926,000

 

NOF

 

5,965,989

 

 

 

Specialty Chemicals, Life Science & Rocket Fuels

 

 

 

135,300

 

OBIC

 

4,376,230

 

 

 

Computer Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,584,632,167

 

 

 

> Taiwan 6.3%

 

 

 

39,877,000

 

Far EasTone Telecom

 

99,352,659

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Third Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

2,199,000

 

St. Shine Optical

 

60,597,313

 

 

 

World’s Leading Disposable Contact Lens OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)

 

 

 

15,600,000

 

Taiwan Mobile

 

55,331,886

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Second Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

7,306,000

 

Delta Electronics

 

35,478,009

 

 

 

Industrial Automation, Switching Power Supplies & Passive Components

 

 

 

1,868,000

 

Ginko International

 

34,561,660

 

 

 

Largest Contact Lens Maker in China

 

 

 

21,218,000

 

CTCI Corp

 

34,294,332

 

 

 

International Engineering Firm

 

 

 

5,219,000

 

Advantech

 

29,216,813

 

 

 

Industrial PC & Components

 

 

 

14,019,253

 

Lite-On Technology

 

23,896,368

 

 

 

Mobile Device, LED & PC Server Component Supplier

 

 

 

11,158,183

 

Chipbond

 

23,040,368

 

 

 

Semiconductor Back-end Packaging Services

 

 

 

6,089,262

 

Flexium Interconnect

 

20,991,894

 

 

 

Flexible Printed Circuit for Mobile Electronics

 

 

 

2,673,000

 

President Chain Store

 

19,307,273

 

 

 

Convenience Chain Store Operator

 

 

 

8,366,000

 

Taiwan Hon Chuan

 

18,163,853

 

 

 

Beverage Packaging (Bottles, Caps, Labels) Manufacturer

 

 

 

7,568,000

 

Chroma Ate

 

17,024,602

 

 

 

Automatic Test Systems, Testing & Measurement Instruments

 

 

 

4,043,000

 

Radiant Opto-Electronics

 

14,419,804

 

 

 

LCD Back Light Units & Modules

 

 

 

2,027,000

 

PC Home

 

11,662,680

 

 

 

Taiwanese Internet Retail Company

 

 

 

2,933,000

 

Lung Yen

 

8,916,166

 

 

 

Funeral Services & Columbaria

 

 

 

269,866

 

CHC Healthcare

 

867,297

 

 

 

Medical Device Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

507,122,977

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 4.7%

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

Melco Crown Entertainment - ADR (c)

 

95,490,000

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Melco International

 

53,751,121

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

30,000,000

 

Sa Sa International

 

33,873,508

 

 

 

Cosmetics Retailer

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

MGM China Holdings

 

33,259,124

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

14,000,000

 

Lifestyle International

 

29,792,148

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Vitasoy International

 

25,255,284

 

 

 

Hong Kong Soy Food Brand

 

 

 

9,215,750

 

L’Occitane International

 

24,093,593

 

 

 

Skin Care & Cosmetics Producer

 

 

 

8,866,000

 

Kingboard Chemicals

 

22,828,244

 

 

 

Paper & Glass Laminates, PCB, Specialty Chemicals & Properties

 

 

 

30,000,000

 

Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (c)

 

21,410,035

 

 

 

Retail & Office Property Landlord

 

 

 

4,687,000

 

AAC Technologies

 

21,369,083

 

 

 

Miniature Acoustic Components

 

 

 

1,799,800

 

ASM Pacific

 

18,283,391

 

 

 

Semi Back-end & Surface Mounting Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

379,405,531

 

 

 

> Korea 3.4%

 

 

 

682,580

 

Coway

 

37,850,155

 

 

 

Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

1,424,261

 

Paradise Co

 

32,461,146

 

 

 

Korean ‘Foreigner Only’ Casino Operator

 

 

 

74,400

 

KCC

 

31,265,943

 

 

 

Paint & Housing Material Manufacturer

 

 

 

510,998

 

LS Industrial Systems

 

30,910,439

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Electrical & Automation Equipment

 

 

 

246,300

 

CJ Corp

 

26,595,716

 

 

 

Holding Company of Korean Consumer Conglomerate

 

 

 

16,200

 

Lotte Chilsung Beverage

 

25,574,788

 

 

 

Beverages & Liquor Manufacturer

 

 

 

545,000

 

Samsung Securities

 

23,851,271

 

 

 

Brokerage & Wealth Management

 

 

 

465,540

 

Kepco Plant Service & Engineering

 

23,548,798

 

 

 

Power Plant & Grid Maintenance

 

 

 

563,431

 

Handsome

 

15,090,328

 

 

 

High-end Apparel Company

 

 

 

502,644

 

iMarketKorea

 

11,730,619

 

 

 

Procurement, Distribution of MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) Goods

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Korea—continued

 

 

 

704,000

 

Nexen Tire

 

$

10,479,212

 

 

 

Tire Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

269,358,415

 

 

 

> Singapore 2.4%

 

 

 

40,000,000

 

Mapletree Commercial Trust

 

38,764,114

 

 

 

Retail & Office Property Landlord

 

 

 

13,500,000

 

Ascendas REIT

 

24,563,124

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

18,784,000

 

CDL Hospitality Trust

 

24,383,041

 

 

 

Hotel Owner/Operator

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

Super Group

 

23,674,401

 

 

 

Instant Food & Beverages in Southeast Asia

 

 

 

3,800,000

 

Singapore Exchange

 

22,011,434

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Mapletree Industrial Trust

 

21,513,467

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

25,000,000

 

Mapletree Logistics Trust

 

21,342,115

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

4,772,000

 

Petra Foods

 

13,173,656

 

 

 

Cocoa Processor & Chocolate Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,191,000

 

Goodpack Limited

 

1,642,366

 

 

 

International Bulk Container Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

191,067,718

 

 

 

> China 1.7%

 

 

 

2,357,000

 

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR (c)

 

64,581,800

 

 

 

Largest Contract Research Organization Business in China

 

 

 

4,524,000

 

Biostime (a)

 

34,202,467

 

 

 

Pediatric Nutrition & Baby Care Products Provider

 

 

 

11,020,000

 

Want Want

 

16,757,865

 

 

 

Chinese Branded Consumer Food Company

 

 

 

35,119,000

 

AMVIG Holdings

 

15,138,010

 

 

 

Chinese Tobacco Packaging Material Supplier

 

 

 

4,561,300

 

Digital China

 

5,594,465

 

 

 

IT Distribution & Systems Integration Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

136,274,607

 

 

 

> Indonesia 1.5%

 

 

 

31,764,600

 

Archipelago Resources (b)(d)(e)(f)

 

29,093,548

 

 

 

Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam & the Philippines

 

 

 

48,636,500

 

Tower Bersama Infrastructure (c)

 

24,568,405

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

250,000,000

 

Ace Indonesia

 

15,128,143

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retailer

 

 

 

4,800,000

 

Mayora Indah

 

13,110,747

 

 

 

Consumer Branded Food Manufacturer

 

 

 

58,000,000

 

Surya Citra Media

 

12,774,860

 

 

 

Free to Air TV Station in Indonesia

 

 

 

10,917,000

 

Matahari Department Store (c)

 

9,902,031

 

 

 

Largest Department Store Chain in Indonesia

 

 

 

49,000,000

 

MNC Skyvision (c)

 

7,573,203

 

 

 

Largest Satellite Pay TV Operator in Indonesia

 

 

 

69,428,000

 

Arwana Citramulia

 

5,100,117

 

 

 

Ceramic Tiles for Home Decoration

 

 

 

1,721,000

 

Mitra Adiperkasa

 

921,457

 

 

 

Operator of Department Store & Specialty Retail Stores

 

 

 

4,412,508

 

Southern Arc Minerals (c)

 

385,540

 

 

 

Gold & Copper Exploration in Indonesia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

118,558,051

 

 

 

> India 1.5%

 

 

 

3,423,265

 

Asian Paints

 

25,133,577

 

 

 

India’s Largest Paint Company

 

 

 

1,655,000

 

United Breweries

 

22,747,753

 

 

 

India’s Largest Brewer

 

 

 

920,000

 

Colgate Palmolive India

 

18,223,762

 

 

 

Consumer Products in Oral Care

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone

 

16,554,286

 

 

 

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

 

 

 

85,000

 

Bosch

 

12,284,715

 

 

 

Automotive Parts

 

 

 

13,195,000

 

Redington India

 

11,534,909

 

 

 

Supply Chain Solutions for IT & Mobile Handsets in Emerging Markets

 

 

 

125,000

 

TTK Prestige

 

6,649,957

 

 

 

Branded Cooking Equipment

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

SKIL Ports and Logistics (c)

 

2,297,220

 

 

 

Indian Container Port Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115,426,179

 

 

 

> Thailand 1.2%

 

 

 

100,000,000

 

Home Product Center

 

39,115,802

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retailer

 

 

 

4,500,000

 

Airports of Thailand

 

27,163,056

 

 

 

Airport Operator of Thailand

 

 

 

16,000,000

 

Robinson’s Department Store

 

24,350,665

 

 

 

Department Store Operator in Thailand

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

Samui Airport Property Fund

 

5,398,731

 

 

 

Thai Airport Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,028,254

 

 

 

> Philippines 0.8%

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

Int’l Container Terminal

 

15,609,043

 

 

 

Container Handling Terminals & Port Management

 

 

 

42,000,000

 

SM Prime Holdings

 

15,432,774

 

 

 

Shopping Mall Operator

 

 

 

60,000,000

 

Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts (c)

 

15,158,475

 

 

 

Integrated Resort Operator in Manila

 

 

 

4,859,370

 

Security Bank

 

14,646,711

 

 

 

Commercial Bank in Philippines

 

 

 

4,530,200

 

Puregold Price Club

 

4,344,084

 

 

 

Supermarket Operator in Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,191,087

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Cambodia 0.6%

 

 

 

60,000,000

 

Nagacorp

 

$

50,623,278

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex in Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Mongolia 0.3%

 

 

 

62,976,200

 

Mongolian Mining (c)

 

11,294,760

 

 

 

Coking Coal Mining in Mongolia

 

 

 

1,049,943

 

Turquoise Hill Resources (c)

 

4,637,872

 

914,678

 

Turquoise Hill Resources (a)(c)(g)

 

4,042,877

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,975,509

 

 

 

> Malaysia 0.1%

 

 

 

1,918,200

 

Aeon

 

9,062,825

 

 

 

Shopping Center & Department Store Operator

 

 

 

Asia: Total

 

 

 

3,542,726,598

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 32.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 9.1%

 

 

 

4,561,000

 

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

 

69,776,980

 

 

 

International Business Insurance Broker

 

 

 

1,214,089

 

Spirax Sarco

 

59,259,520

 

 

 

Steam Systems for Manufacturing & Process Industries

 

 

 

3,937,000

 

Telecity

 

52,900,990

 

 

 

European Data Center Provider

 

 

 

2,257,802

 

Babcock International

 

43,715,688

 

 

 

Public Sector Outsourcer

 

 

 

3,186,211

 

WH Smith (a)

 

42,657,984

 

 

 

Newsprint, Books & General Stationery Retailer

 

 

 

960,100

 

Croda

 

41,266,847

 

 

 

Oleochemicals & Industrial Chemicals

 

 

 

10,944,000

 

Smiths News (b)

 

36,320,368

 

 

 

Newspaper & Magazine Distributor

 

 

 

3,565,000

 

Shaftesbury

 

34,051,154

 

 

 

London Prime Retail REIT

 

 

 

3,583,000

 

Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland

 

33,875,050

 

 

 

Pizza Delivery in UK, Ireland & Germany

 

 

 

2,709,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

33,812,998

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

3,850,000

 

Abcam

 

31,537,810

 

 

 

Online Sales of Antibodies

 

 

 

7,760,000

 

Elementis

 

30,112,724

 

 

 

Clay-based Additives

 

 

 

4,577,000

 

Halford’s

 

29,164,618

 

 

 

The UK’s Leading Retailer for Leisure Goods & Auto Parts

 

 

 

646,000

 

Rightmove

 

24,775,240

 

 

 

Internet Real Estate Listings

 

 

 

584,273

 

AVEVA

 

24,573,966

 

 

 

Engineering Software

 

 

 

708,000

 

Fidessa Group

 

22,786,096

 

 

 

Software for Financial Trading Systems

 

 

 

875,000

 

Aggreko

 

22,721,275

 

 

 

Temporary Power & Temperature Control Services

 

 

 

34,752,000

 

Cable and Wireless

 

22,295,857

 

 

 

Leading Telecoms Service Provider in the Caribbean

 

 

 

464,002

 

Whitbread

 

22,264,777

 

 

 

The UK’s Leading Hotelier & Coffee Shop

 

 

 

3,100,000

 

PureCircle (a)(c)

 

17,063,216

 

 

 

Natural Sweeteners

 

 

 

1,864,319

 

Ocado (c)

 

11,951,866

 

 

 

Online Grocery Retailer

 

 

 

160,000

 

Intertek Group

 

8,560,748

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection, Certification Services

 

 

 

382,581

 

Tullow Oil

 

6,342,254

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,364,000

 

Foxtons (c)

 

5,962,089

 

 

 

London-centric Residential Real Estate Broker

 

 

 

58,508

 

Telecom Plus

 

1,199,138

 

 

 

UK Multi Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

728,949,253

 

 

 

> France 3.5%

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

Neopost (a)

 

80,106,334

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

314,000

 

Eurofins Scientific

 

79,139,317

 

 

 

Food, Pharmaceuticals & Materials Screening & Testing

 

 

 

531,700

 

Gemalto

 

57,091,681

 

 

 

Digital Security Solutions

 

 

 

308,400

 

Norbert Dentressangle

 

32,960,307

 

 

 

Leading European Logistics & Transport Group

 

 

 

1,002,314

 

Saft

 

27,648,452

 

 

 

Niche Battery Manufacturer

 

 

 

1,831,204

 

Hi-Media (a)(c)

 

4,459,221

 

 

 

Online Advertiser in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

281,405,312

 

 

 

> Netherlands 3.4%

 

 

 

2,971,770

 

Aalberts Industries

 

79,180,998

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

1,514,545

 

UNIT4 (b)

 

59,317,186

 

 

 

Business Software Development

 

 

 

1,178,288

 

TKH Group

 

35,292,211

 

 

 

Dutch Industrial Conglomerate

 

 

 

520,900

 

Fugro

 

31,774,914

 

 

 

Subsea Oilfield Services

 

 

 

1,068,478

 

Arcadis

 

30,557,679

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

143,395

 

Core Labs

 

24,263,868

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

266,124

 

Vopak

 

15,248,900

 

 

 

World’s Largest Operator of Petroleum & Chemical Storage Terminals

 

 

 

19,500

 

Frank’s International (c)

 

583,635

 

 

 

Global Provider of Casing Running Services Post Drilling of Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

276,219,391

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Germany 3.0%

 

 

 

1,663,000

 

Wirecard

 

$

56,885,948

 

 

 

Online Payment Processing & Risk Management

 

 

 

148,295

 

Rational

 

44,236,921

 

 

 

Commercial Ovens

 

 

 

727,453

 

NORMA Group

 

35,045,052

 

 

 

Clamps for Automotive & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

2,580,000

 

TAG Immobilien

 

32,017,019

 

 

 

Owner of Residential Properties in Germany

 

 

 

595,000

 

Elringklinger

 

26,772,505

 

 

 

Automobile Components

 

 

 

795,000

 

Aurelius

 

25,758,611

 

 

 

European Turnaround Investor

 

 

 

90,000

 

Bertrandt

 

11,330,664

 

 

 

Outsourced Engineering

 

 

 

260,000

 

Deutsche Beteiligungs

 

6,735,842

 

 

 

Private Equity Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

238,782,562

 

 

 

> Switzerland 2.6%

 

 

 

302,300

 

Partners Group

 

74,108,376

 

 

 

Private Markets Asset Management

 

 

 

179,000

 

Geberit

 

48,335,047

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

16,300

 

Sika

 

47,511,251

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

54,886

 

INFICON

 

17,600,420

 

 

 

Gas Detection Instruments

 

 

 

380,000

 

Zehnder

 

16,933,710

 

 

 

Radiators & Heat Recovery Ventilation Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,488,804

 

 

 

> Sweden 2.0%

 

 

 

2,747,522

 

Hexagon

 

82,852,749

 

 

 

Design, Measurement & Visualization Software & Equipment

 

 

 

3,255,024

 

Sweco

 

42,038,214

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

868,700

 

Unibet

 

34,873,979

 

 

 

European Online Gaming Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,764,942

 

 

 

> Denmark 1.8%

 

 

 

1,702,063

 

SimCorp

 

57,269,537

 

 

 

Software for Investment Managers

 

 

 

1,315,800

 

Novozymes

 

50,335,060

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

788,000

 

Jyske Bank (c)

 

39,134,861

 

 

 

Danish Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

146,739,458

 

 

 

> Finland 1.4%

 

 

 

582,500

 

Vacon

 

45,863,660

 

 

 

Leading Independent Manufacturer of Variable Speed Alternating Current Drives

 

 

 

1,472,689

 

Tikkurila

 

39,248,861

 

 

 

Decorative & Industrial Paint in Scandinavia & Central & Eastern Europe

 

 

 

761,000

 

Konecranes

 

25,624,733

 

 

 

Manufacture & Service of Industrial Cranes & Port Handling Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,737,254

 

 

 

> Spain 1.3%

 

 

 

6,064,000

 

Dia

 

52,577,418

 

 

 

Leading Hard Discounter in Spain, Latin America & the Eastern Mediterranean

 

 

 

570,000

 

Viscofan

 

32,595,444

 

 

 

Sausage Casings Maker

 

 

 

700,745

 

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

 

22,235,415

 

 

 

Spanish Stock Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107,408,277

 

 

 

> Norway 1.0%

 

 

 

3,281,864

 

Atea

 

34,520,085

 

 

 

Leading Nordic IT Hardware/Software Reseller & Installation Company

 

 

 

1,321,000

 

Subsea 7

 

27,460,192

 

 

 

Offshore Subsea Contractor

 

 

 

2,876,245

 

Orkla

 

20,950,323

 

 

 

Food & Brands, Aluminum, Chemicals Conglomerate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82,930,600

 

 

 

> Russia 0.8%

 

 

 

1,167,000

 

Yandex (c)

 

42,502,140

 

 

 

Search Engine for Russian & Turkish Languages

 

 

 

400,000

 

QIWI - ADR

 

12,504,000

 

 

 

Electronic Payments Network Serving Russia & the Commonwealth of Independent States

 

 

 

4,260,219

 

Moscow Exchange

 

8,158,469

 

 

 

Russia’s Main Exchange for Stocks, Bonds, Derivatives, Currencies & Repo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,164,609

 

 

 

> Italy 0.6%

 

 

 

2,984,000

 

Pirelli

 

38,855,218

 

 

 

Global Tire Supplier

 

 

 

4,567,745

 

Geox (a)

 

12,482,541

 

 

 

Apparel & Shoe Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,337,759

 

 

 

> Kazakhstan 0.5%

 

 

 

5,143,000

 

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan - GDR

 

40,629,700

 

 

 

Largest Retail Bank & Insurer in Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Iceland 0.4%

 

 

 

28,312,499

 

Marel (h)

 

20,698,752

 

7,670,000

 

Marel (h)

 

8,156,185

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Poultry & Fish Processing Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,854,937

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Belgium 0.4%

 

 

 

437,465

 

EVS Broadcast Equipment

 

$

28,224,121

 

 

 

Digital Live Mobile Production Software & Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Turkey 0.3%

 

 

 

1,785,000

 

Bizim Toptan

 

23,063,043

 

 

 

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Portugal 0.2%

 

 

 

4,123,318

 

Redes Energéticas Nacionais

 

12,327,894

 

 

 

Portuguese Power Transmission & Gas Transportation

 

 

 

Europe: Total

 

 

 

2,585,027,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 14.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> South Africa 4.1%

 

 

 

13,888,359

 

Coronation Fund Managers

 

94,892,202

 

 

 

South African Fund Manager

 

 

 

777,188

 

Naspers

 

71,867,974

 

 

 

Media in Africa, China, Russia & Other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

19,098,300

 

Rand Merchant Insurance

 

50,902,169

 

 

 

Directly Sold Property & Casualty Insurance; Holdings in Other Insurers

 

 

 

2,230,504

 

Massmart Holdings

 

37,348,904

 

 

 

General Merchandise, Food & Home Improvement Stores; Wal-Mart Subsidiary

 

 

 

8,679,940

 

Northam Platinum (c)

 

36,655,408

 

 

 

Platinum Mining in South Africa

 

 

 

2,644,083

 

Mr. Price

 

36,618,584

 

 

 

South African Retailer of Apparel, Household & Sporting Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,285,241

 

 

 

> Canada 3.9%

 

 

 

1,303,772

 

CCL Industries

 

86,487,783

 

 

 

Largest Global Label Converter

 

 

 

1,084,597

 

ShawCor

 

45,740,395

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

3,188,000

 

CAE

 

34,911,548

 

 

 

Flight Simulator Equipment & Training Centers

 

 

 

653,200

 

Onex Capital

 

34,307,189

 

 

 

Private Equity

 

 

 

1,853,324

 

DeeThree Exploration (c)

 

16,445,203

 

1,130,000

 

DeeThree Exploration (c)(e)

 

9,826,354

 

 

 

Canadian Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

600,249

 

AG Growth (a)

 

22,639,361

 

 

 

Leading Manufacturer of Augers & Grain Handling Equipment

 

 

 

709,576

 

Black Diamond Group (a)

 

16,960,110

 

 

 

Provides Accommodations/Equipment for Oil Sands Development

 

 

 

1,901,514

 

Horizon North Logistics (a)

 

13,402,254

 

 

 

Provides Diversified Oil Service Offering in Northern Canada

 

 

 

858,539

 

Alliance Grain Traders

 

12,385,699

 

 

 

Global Leader in Pulse Processing & Distribution

 

 

 

263,857

 

Baytex (a)

 

10,889,336

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

 

 

 

450,000

 

Athabasca Oil Sands (c)

 

3,429,445

 

 

 

Oil Sands & Unconventional Oil Development

 

 

 

1,607,306

 

Pan Orient (c)

 

3,230,060

 

 

 

Growth-oriented, Return-focused Asian Explorer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310,654,737

 

 

 

> Australia 2.9%

 

 

 

10,200,000

 

IAG

 

55,914,855

 

 

 

General Insurance Provider

 

 

 

10,653,000

 

Challenger Financial

 

54,711,195

 

 

 

Largest Annuity Provider

 

 

 

3,493,775

 

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises

 

44,457,979

 

 

 

Domino’s Pizza Operator in Australia/New Zealand & France/Benelux

 

 

 

9,863,787

 

SAI Global

 

40,894,284

 

 

 

Publishing, Certification, Compliance Services

 

 

 

24,418,249

 

Commonwealth Property Office Fund

 

26,010,943

 

 

 

Australia Prime Office REIT

 

 

 

1,166,443

 

Austbrokers

 

12,176,678

 

 

 

Local Australian Small Business Insurance Broker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

234,165,934

 

 

 

> United States 2.5%

 

 

 

952,080

 

Atwood Oceanics (c)

 

52,402,483

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

1,272,297

 

Textainer Group Holdings (a)

 

48,181,887

 

 

 

Top International Container Leaser

 

 

 

1,052,900

 

Rowan (c)

 

38,662,488

 

 

 

Contract Offshore Driller

 

 

 

601,213

 

FMC Technologies (c)

 

33,319,225

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Well Head Manufacturer

 

 

 

439,500

 

Hornbeck Offshore (c)

 

25,244,880

 

 

 

Supply Vessel Operator in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

197,810,963

 

 

 

> New Zealand 0.5%

 

 

 

12,000,000

 

Auckland International Airport

 

33,033,451

 

 

 

Auckland Airport

 

 

 

1,622,847

 

Sky City Entertainment

 

5,404,807

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,438,258

 

 

 

> Israel 0.4%

 

 

 

791,000

 

Caesarstone (c)

 

36,132,880

 

 

 

Quartz Countertops

 

 

 

Other Countries: Total

 

1,145,488,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

> Brazil 1.9%

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Localiza Rent A Car

 

59,919,686

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

55,632,340

 

Beadell Resources (b)(c)

 

48,219,857

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Brazil

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Brazil—continued

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

Odontoprev

 

$

26,503,632

 

 

 

Dental Insurance

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Linx

 

16,807,291

 

 

 

Retail Management Software in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

151,450,466

 

 

 

> Mexico 1.7%

 

 

 

18,255,800

 

Genomma Lab Internacional (c)

 

41,701,243

 

 

 

Develops, Markets & Distributes Consumer Products

 

 

 

6,090,000

 

Gruma (c)

 

33,963,864

 

 

 

Tortilla Producer & Distributor

 

 

 

13,782,000

 

Qualitas

 

33,535,025

 

 

 

Leading Auto Insurer in Mexico & Central America

 

 

 

200,000

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste - ADR

 

21,772,000

 

 

 

Mexican Airport Operator

 

 

 

2,975,535

 

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores

 

7,112,914

 

 

 

Mexico’s Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

138,085,046

 

 

 

> Chile 0.6%

 

 

 

814,000

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR

 

24,867,700

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

23,280,000

 

Empresas Hites (b)

 

21,310,597

 

 

 

Mass Retailer for the Lower Income Strata

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,178,297

 

 

 

> Guatemala 0.3%

 

 

 

1,626,600

 

Tahoe Resources (c)

 

29,277,379

 

 

 

Silver Project in Guatemala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Colombia 0.3%

 

 

 

14,729,000

 

Isagen (c)

 

22,561,457

 

 

 

Colombian Electricity Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Uruguay 0.2%

 

 

 

1,306,818

 

Union Agriculture Group (c)(d)(e)

 

14,009,089

 

 

 

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

 

 

 

Latin America: Total

 

401,561,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 95.9%
(Cost: $5,616,699,084)

 

7,674,804,261

(i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 4.3%

 

 

 

217,164,551

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

217,164,551

 

132,103,807

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

132,103,807

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 4.3%
(Cost: $349,268,358)

 

349,268,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.9%

 

 

 

71,916,853

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (j)

 

71,916,853

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $71,916,853)

 

71,916,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 101.1%
(Cost: $6,037,884,295) (k)

 

8,095,989,472

(l)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (0.9)%

 

(71,916,853

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.2)%

 

(19,021,227

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

8,005,051,392

 

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipts

GDR - Global Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)         All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $68,545,290.

(b)         An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2013, are as follows:

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

UNIT4

 

1,574,145

 

 

59,600

 

1,514,545

 

$

59,317,186

 

$

881,545

 

Wacom (1)(2)

 

21,500

 

6,687,400

 

908,900

 

5,800,000

 

55,792,813

 

881,792

 

Beadell Resources

 

17,793,303

 

37,839,037

 

 

55,632,340

 

48,219,857

 

 

Sweco (1)

 

4,150,024

 

 

895,000

 

3,255,024

 

42,038,214

 

2,061,879

 

Nakanishi (1)

 

295,762

 

25,400

 

51,162

 

270,000

 

37,690,294

 

(40

)

Smiths News

 

 

10,944,000

 

 

 

10,944,000

 

36,320,368

 

425,393

 

Archipelago Resources

 

31,764,600

 

 

 

31,764,600

 

29,093,548

 

1,483,018

 

Empresas Hites

 

 

23,280,000

 

 

23,280,000

 

21,310,597

 

474,018

 

Icom

 

732,108

 

102,892

 

 

835,000

 

19,786,268

 

232,865

 

Southern Arc Minerals (1)

 

6,217,500

 

 

1,804,992

 

4,412,508

 

385,540

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

62,548,942

 

78,878,729

 

3,719,654

 

137,708,017

 

$

349,954,685

 

$

6,440,470

 

 


(1) At September 30, 2013, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

(2) Includes the effects of a stock split.

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2013, was $172,679,804 and $214,047,824, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 2.67% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2013.

 

(c)          Non-income producing security.

(d)         Illiquid security.

(e)          Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of these securities amounted to $52,928,991, which represented 0.66% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

2/30/10-9/26/13

 

31,764,600

 

$

18,376,857

 

$

29,093,548

 

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

 

1,306,818

 

15,000,000

 

14,009,089

 

DeeThree Exploration

 

9/7/10

 

1,130,000

 

2,950,812

 

9,826,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

36,327,669

 

$

52,928,991

 

 

(f)           Units represent shares of security and related put options received through company restructuring. Additional information on the purchased options received is as follows:

 

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date (1)

 

Archipelago Resources

 

31,764,600

 

GBP

0.58

 

October 31, 2014

 

 


GBP - British Pound

 

(1)         Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement.

 

(g)          Security is traded on a U.S. exchange.

(h)         The common stock equity holdings of Marel are stated separately on the Statement of Investments due to the application of the onshore or offshore foreign currency exchange rate. The appropriate exchange rate is applied to each purchased security lot based on the applicable registration obtained from Marel’s regulatory governing body, the Icelandic Central Bank.

(i)             On September 30, 2013, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage of
Net Assets

 

Japanese Yen

 

$

1,584,632,167

 

19.8

 

Euro

 

1,081,595,067

 

13.5

 

British Pound

 

760,340,022

 

9.5

 

United States Dollar

 

587,349,120

 

7.3

 

Taiwan Dollar

 

507,122,977

 

6.4

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

3,153,764,908

 

39.4

 

Total Equities

 

$

7,674,804,261

 

95.9

 

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(j)            Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(k)         At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $6,037,884,295 and net unrealized appreciation was $2,058,105,177 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $2,315,145,667 and gross unrealized depreciation of $257,040,490.

(l)             Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·          Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

169,138,089

 

$

3,344,494,961

 

$

29,093,548

 

$

3,542,726,598

 

Europe

 

79,853,643

 

2,505,174,273

 

 

2,585,027,916

 

Other Countries

 

534,772,226

 

610,715,787

 

 

1,145,488,013

 

Latin America

 

339,332,788

 

48,219,857

 

14,009,089

 

401,561,734

 

Total Equities

 

1,123,096,746

 

6,508,604,878

 

43,102,637

 

7,674,804,261

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

349,268,358

 

 

 

349,268,358

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

71,916,853

 

 

 

71,916,853

 

Total Investments

 

$

1,544,281,957

 

$

6,508,604,878

 

$

43,102,637

 

$

8,095,989,472

 

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager’s experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 

The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Acorn USA

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Equities: 99.5%

 

 

 

Information 28.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 9.0%

 

 

 

745,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

$

29,032,650

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

299,000

 

Ansys (a)

 

25,869,480

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

178,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

19,669,000

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

290,000

 

SPS Commerce (a)

 

19,406,800

 

 

 

Supply Chain Management Software Delivered Via the Web

 

 

 

170,000

 

NetSuite (a)

 

18,349,800

 

 

 

End-to-end IT Systems Solution Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

335,000

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

16,729,900

 

 

 

Information Systems for Hotels, Restaurants & Retailers

 

 

 

330,000

 

RealPage (a)(b)

 

7,642,800

 

 

 

Software for Managing Rental Properties Delivered Via the Web

 

 

 

310,000

 

Exa (a)

 

4,801,900

 

 

 

Simulation Software

 

 

 

72,000

 

DemandWare (a)

 

3,335,760

 

 

 

E-Commerce Website Solution for Retailers & Apparel Manufacturers

 

 

 

126,000

 

E2Open (a)(b)

 

2,822,400

 

 

 

Supply Chain Management Software & Supplier/Partner Network

 

 

 

81,192

 

Webgroup.com (a)

 

2,625,749

 

 

 

Website Creation & Management for Small Businesses

 

 

 

82,000

 

Envestnet (a)

 

2,542,000

 

 

 

Technology Platform for Investment Advisors

 

 

 

286,000

 

InContact (a)

 

2,365,220

 

 

 

Call Center Systems Delivered Via the Web & Telco Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

155,193,459

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 4.2%

 

 

 

164,000

 

Mettler-Toledo International (a)

 

39,374,760

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

427,000

 

IPG Photonics (b)

 

24,044,370

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

274,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

8,140,540

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,559,670

 

 

 

> Telephone & Data Services 2.4%

 

 

 

1,325,000

 

tw telecom (a)

 

39,571,125

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

364,000

 

Boingo Wireless (a)

 

2,548,000

 

 

 

Wholesale & Retail Wi-Fi Networks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,119,125

 

 

 

> Gaming Equipment & Services 2.3%

 

 

 

555,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)

 

39,993,300

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Computer Services 2.0%

 

 

 

506,000

 

ExlService Holdings (a)

 

14,410,880

 

 

 

Business Process Outsourcing

 

 

 

327,000

 

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

 

6,938,940

 

 

 

Offshore Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

175,000

 

Virtusa (a)

 

5,085,500

 

 

 

Offshore IT Outsourcing

 

 

 

706,766

 

Hackett Group

 

5,039,242

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

582,000

 

RCM Technologies

 

3,509,460

 

 

 

Technology & Engineering Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,984,022

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 2.0%

 

 

 

666,000

 

Finisar (a)

 

15,071,580

 

 

 

Optical Subsystems & Components

 

 

 

740,000

 

Ixia (a)

 

11,595,800

 

 

 

Telecom Network Test Equipment

 

 

 

281,000

 

CalAmp (a)

 

4,954,030

 

 

 

Machine-to-machine Communications

 

 

 

294,278

 

Infinera (a)

 

3,328,284

 

 

 

Optical Networking Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,949,694

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 1.8%

 

 

 

383,000

 

Monolithic Power Systems

 

11,597,240

 

 

 

High Performance Analog & Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

Atmel (a)

 

8,556,000

 

 

 

Microcontrollers, Radio Frequency & Memory Semiconductors

 

 

 

238,000

 

Ultratech (a)

 

7,211,400

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

45,000

 

Hittite Microwave (a)

 

2,940,750

 

 

 

Radio Frequency, Microwave & Millimeterwave Semiconductors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,305,390

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 1.6%

 

 

 

1,242,000

 

II-VI (a)

 

23,374,440

 

 

 

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

 

 

 

83,000

 

Rogers (a)

 

4,936,840

 

 

 

Printed Circuit Materials & High-performance Foams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,311,280

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 1.3%

 

 

 

273,000

 

SBA Communications (a)

 

21,965,580

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Financial Processors 0.7%

 

 

 

139,000

 

Global Payments

 

7,100,120

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Financial Processors—continued

 

 

 

153,000

 

Liquidity Services (a)(b)

 

$

5,134,680

 

 

 

E-Auctions for Surplus & Salvage Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,234,800

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 0.5%

 

 

 

215,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

7,998,000

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Internet Related 0.3%

 

 

 

141,831

 

RetailMeNot (a)

 

5,044,929

 

 

 

Digital Coupon Marketplace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Information & Marketing Services 0.2%

 

 

 

228,294

 

RPX (a)

 

4,001,994

 

 

 

Patent Aggregation & Defensive Patent Consulting

 

 

 

Information: Total

 

488,661,243

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 20.3%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 14.8%

 

 

 

675,200

 

Nordson

 

49,714,976

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

871,000

 

Ametek

 

40,083,420

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

855,000

 

Donaldson

 

32,601,150

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

606,000

 

HEICO

 

30,384,840

 

 

 

FAA Approved Aircraft Replacement Parts

 

 

 

436,000

 

Moog (a)

 

25,580,120

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

760,000

 

ESCO Technologies

 

25,254,800

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

237,000

 

Toro

 

12,880,950

 

 

 

Turf Maintenance Equipment

 

 

 

264,000

 

Kennametal

 

12,038,400

 

 

 

Consumable Cutting Tools

 

 

 

245,000

 

Generac

 

10,446,800

 

 

 

Standby Power Generators

 

 

 

46,000

 

Middleby (a)

 

9,609,860

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Cooking Equipment

 

 

 

97,000

 

Dorman Products

 

4,806,350

 

 

 

Aftermarket Auto Parts Distributor

 

 

 

65,000

 

Polypore International (a)(b)

 

2,663,050

 

 

 

Battery Separators & Filtration Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

256,064,716

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 2.0%

 

 

 

539,000

 

Drew Industries

 

24,546,060

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

290,000

 

Polyone

 

8,905,900

 

 

 

Intermediate Stage Chemicals Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,451,960

 

 

 

> Electrical Components 1.5%

 

 

 

190,000

 

Acuity Brands

 

17,483,800

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

386,000

 

Thermon (a)

 

8,920,460

 

 

 

Global Engineered Thermal Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,404,260

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 0.9%

 

 

 

188,000

 

Forward Air

 

7,585,800

 

 

 

Freight Transportation Between Airports

 

 

 

151,000

 

KAR Auction Services

 

4,259,710

 

 

 

Auto Auctions

 

 

 

496,643

 

Acorn Energy (b)

 

2,930,194

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Oil Well Monitoring & Evaluation

 

 

 

10,616

 

TrueBlue (a)

 

254,890

 

 

 

Temporary Industrial Labor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,030,594

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 0.7%

 

 

 

90,000

 

WESCO International (a)

 

6,887,700

 

 

 

Industrial Distributor

 

 

 

217,000

 

MRC Global (a)

 

5,815,600

 

 

 

Industrial Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,703,300

 

 

 

> Waste Management 0.2%

 

 

 

82,000

 

Waste Connections

 

3,723,620

 

 

 

Solid Waste Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Construction 0.2%

 

 

 

86,000

 

Fortune Brands Home & Security

 

3,580,180

 

 

 

Home Building Supplies & Small Locks

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

350,958,630

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 14.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Travel 4.4%

 

 

 

1,183,950

 

Avis Budget Group (a)

 

34,133,278

 

 

 

Second Largest Car Rental Company

 

 

 

427,000

 

Ryman Hospitality Properties (b)

 

14,735,770

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

614,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

13,606,240

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

173,000

 

Choice Hotels

 

7,471,870

 

 

 

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

 

 

 

135,000

 

HomeAway (a)

 

3,780,000

 

 

 

Vacation Rental Online Marketplace

 

 

 

29,000

 

Vail Resorts

 

2,012,020

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,739,178

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Retail 2.9%

 

 

 

805,000

 

Pier 1 Imports

 

$

15,713,600

 

 

 

Home Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

224,000

 

Shutterfly (a)

 

12,517,120

 

 

 

Internet Photo-centric Retailer

 

 

 

138,000

 

Casey’s General Stores

 

10,143,000

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Convenience Stores

 

 

 

145,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

5,128,650

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

135,000

 

Fifth & Pacific Companies (a)

 

3,392,550

 

 

 

Global Lifestyle Brand

 

 

 

46,400

 

Restoration Hardware Holdings (a)

 

2,939,440

 

 

 

Specialty Home Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,834,360

 

 

 

> Furniture & Textiles 2.3%

 

 

 

333,814

 

Caesarstone (Israel) (a)

 

15,248,624

 

 

 

Quartz Countertops

 

 

 

688,000

 

Interface

 

13,649,920

 

 

 

Modular Carpet

 

 

 

657,000

 

Knoll

 

11,129,580

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,028,124

 

 

 

> Consumer Goods Distribution 1.5%

 

 

 

358,000

 

Pool

 

20,094,540

 

 

 

Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment Distributor

 

 

 

54,000

 

United Natural Foods (a)

 

3,629,880

 

 

 

Natural/Organic Food Distributor

 

 

 

127,000

 

The Chefs’ Warehouse (a)

 

2,933,700

 

 

 

Distributor of Specialty Foods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,658,120

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 1.2%

 

 

 

293,000

 

Lifetime Fitness (a)

 

15,080,710

 

 

 

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

 

 

 

252,000

 

Blackhawk Network (a)

 

6,055,560

 

 

 

Third Party Distributer of Prepaid Content, Mostly Gift Cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,136,270

 

 

 

> Other Durable Goods 1.0%

 

 

 

187,000

 

Cavco Industries (a)

 

10,649,650

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

297,000

 

Select Comfort (a)

 

7,231,950

 

 

 

Specialty Mattresses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,881,600

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.5%

 

 

 

269,723

 

Boulder Brands (a)

 

4,326,357

 

 

 

Healthy Food Products

 

 

 

100,000

 

B&G Foods

 

3,455,000

 

 

 

Acquirer of Small Food Brands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,781,357

 

 

 

> Nondurables 0.5%

 

 

 

175,000

 

Helen of Troy (a)

 

7,735,000

 

 

 

Personal Care, Housewares,  Healthcare & Home Environment Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Restaurants 0.2%

 

 

 

92,000

 

Fiesta Restaurant Group (a)

 

3,464,720

 

 

 

Owns/Operates Two Restaurant Chains: Pollo Tropical & Taco Cabana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Apparel 0.2%

 

 

 

475,000

 

Quiksilver (a)

 

3,339,250

 

 

 

Action Sports Lifestyle Branded Apparel & Footwear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Educational Services 0.1%

 

 

 

34,350

 

ITT Educational Services (a)(b)

 

1,064,850

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

254,662,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 12.9%

 

 

 

 

 

> Banks 7.1%

 

 

 

801,000

 

MB Financial

 

22,620,240

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

993,000

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

15,381,570

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

164,000

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

14,164,680

 

 

 

Bank to Venture Capitalists

 

 

 

392,597

 

Lakeland Financial

 

12,818,292

 

 

 

Indiana Bank

 

 

 

173,000

 

City National

 

11,532,180

 

 

 

Bank & Asset Manager

 

 

 

1,615,986

 

First Busey

 

8,419,287

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

228,000

 

Hancock Holding

 

7,154,640

 

 

 

Gulf Coast Bank

 

 

 

487,000

 

TCF Financial

 

6,954,360

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

566,750

 

Valley National Bancorp (b)

 

5,639,162

 

 

 

New Jersey/New York Bank

 

 

 

738,000

 

First Commonwealth

 

5,601,420

 

 

 

Western Pennsylvania Bank

 

 

 

695,000

 

TrustCo Bank

 

4,142,200

 

 

 

New York State Bank

 

 

 

171,826

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp

 

3,996,673

 

 

 

Baltimore & Washington, D.C. Bank

 

 

 

154,849

 

Guaranty Bancorp

 

2,119,883

 

 

 

Colorado Bank

 

 

 

89,700

 

Hudson Valley

 

1,684,566

 

 

 

Metro New York City Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

122,229,153

 

 

 

> Finance Companies 4.0%

 

 

 

211,000

 

World Acceptance (a)(b)

 

18,973,120

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

673,208

 

CAI International (a)

 

15,665,550

 

 

 

International Container Leasing

 

 

 

389,000

 

Textainer Group Holdings (b)

 

14,731,430

 

 

 

Top International Container Leaser

 

 

 

315,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

11,245,500

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Finance Companies—continued

 

 

 

264,072

 

H & E Equipment Services (a)

 

$

7,013,753

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

91,000

 

Marlin Business Services

 

2,271,360

 

 

 

Small Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

69,900,713

 

 

 

> Savings & Loans 0.8%

 

 

 

393,487

 

ViewPoint Financial

 

8,133,376

 

 

 

Texas Thrift

 

 

 

128,000

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

 

3,214,080

 

 

 

Northeast Thrift

 

 

 

157,073

 

Simplicity Bancorp

 

2,442,485

 

 

 

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,789,941

 

 

 

> Insurance 0.5%

 

 

 

35,000

 

Enstar Group (a)

 

4,781,000

 

 

 

Insurance/Reinsurance & Related Services

 

 

 

45,000

 

Allied World Holdings

 

4,472,550

 

 

 

Commercial Lines Insurance/Reinsurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,253,550

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 0.5%

 

 

 

139,000

 

SEI Investments

 

4,296,490

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

200,000

 

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

 

3,712,000

 

 

 

Global Distressed Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,008,490

 

Finance: Total

 

223,181,847

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 11.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 6.4%

 

 

 

604,000

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

26,473,320

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

321,100

 

Synageva Biopharma (a)

 

20,328,841

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

550,000

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

17,495,500

 

 

 

Orphan Drugs & Healthy Royalties

 

 

 

167,338

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical (a)

 

12,085,150

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

160,377

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

10,265,731

 

 

 

Biotech Developing Drugs for Rare Diseases

 

 

 

476,000

 

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

8,758,400

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Cancer

 

 

 

151,000

 

Sarepta Therapeutics (a)(b)

 

7,131,730

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

 

 

 

364,000

 

InterMune (a)

 

5,594,680

 

 

 

Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis & Hepatitis C

 

 

 

250,000

 

Coronado Biosciences (a)(b)

 

1,755,000

 

 

 

Development-stage Biotech

 

 

 

27,318

 

Ophthotech (a)

 

811,618

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Ophthalmic Drugs

 

 

 

18,181

 

CymaBay Therapeutics (a)(c)(d)

 

3,091

 

 

 

Diabetes Drug Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,703,061

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 1.8%

 

 

 

612,600

 

Cepheid (a)

 

23,915,904

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

87,000

 

Techne

 

6,965,220

 

 

 

Cytokines, Antibodies & Other Reagents for Life Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,881,124

 

 

 

> Health Care Services 1.4%

 

 

 

960,000

 

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (a)

 

14,275,200

 

 

 

Health Care IT

 

 

 

183,000

 

HealthSouth

 

6,309,840

 

 

 

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

 

 

 

112,000

 

Envision Healthcare Holdings (a)

 

2,915,360

 

 

 

Provider of Health Care Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,500,400

 

 

 

> Pharmaceuticals 0.9%

 

 

 

742,000

 

Akorn (a)

 

14,602,560

 

 

 

Develops, Manufactures & Sells Specialty Generic Drugs

 

 

 

331,180

 

Alimera Sciences (a)(b)

 

1,245,237

 

 

 

Ophthalmology-focused Pharmaceutical Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,847,797

 

 

 

> Medical Equipment & Devices 0.7%

 

 

 

183,000

 

Sirona Dental Systems (a)

 

12,248,190

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Dental Equipment

 

 

 

Health Care: Total

 

193,180,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 5.3%

 

 

 

832,000

 

Extra Space Storage

 

38,064,000

 

 

 

Self Storage Facilities

 

 

 

986,800

 

EdR

 

8,979,880

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

223,000

 

Coresite Realty

 

7,568,620

 

 

 

Data Centers

 

 

 

1,255,000

 

Kite Realty Group

 

7,442,150

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

491,000

 

Associated Estates Realty (b)

 

7,320,810

 

 

 

Multifamily Properties

 

 

 

356,000

 

St. Joe (a)(b)

 

6,984,720

 

 

 

Florida Panhandle Landowner

 

 

 

871,000

 

DCT Industrial Trust

 

6,262,490

 

 

 

Industrial Properties

 

 

 

91,000

 

Post Properties

 

4,096,820

 

 

 

Multifamily Properties

 

 

 

196,200

 

Biomed Realty Trust

 

3,647,358

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Real Estate—continued

 

 

 

90,000

 

American Residential Properties (a)

 

$

1,584,900

 

 

 

Single-family Rental Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,951,748

 

 

 

> Transportation 0.9%

 

 

 

468,091

 

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)

 

12,409,092

 

105,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class B (a)

 

2,390,850

 

 

 

Truck Sales & Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,799,942

 

Other Industries: Total

 

106,751,690

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 2.6%

 

 

 

464,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

25,538,560

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

182,000

 

Hornbeck Offshore (a)

 

10,454,080

 

 

 

Supply Vessel Operator in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

 

 

 

153,000

 

Gulfmark Offshore

 

7,786,170

 

 

 

Operator of Offshore Supply Vessels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,778,810

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 2.5%

 

 

 

166,000

 

PDC Energy (a)

 

9,883,640

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S.

 

 

 

180,000

 

Rosetta Resources (a)

 

9,802,800

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer Exploring in Texas

 

 

 

116,000

 

SM Energy

 

8,954,040

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

159,000

 

Laredo Petroleum (a)

 

4,719,120

 

 

 

Permian Basin Oil Producer

 

 

 

158,000

 

Approach Resources (a)

 

4,152,240

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in West Texas Permian

 

 

 

130,832

 

Bill Barrett Corporation (a)(b)

 

3,285,191

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in U.S. Rockies

 

 

 

41,576

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

1,551,201

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

464,000

 

Quicksilver Resources (a)(b)

 

914,080

 

 

 

Natural Gas & Coal Seam Gas Producer

 

 

 

19,548

 

Matador Resources (a)

 

319,219

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in Texas & Louisiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,581,531

 

 

 

> Mining 0.7%

 

 

 

70,000

 

Core Labs (Netherlands)

 

11,844,700

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

546,000

 

Alexco Resource (a)(b)

 

780,780

 

 

 

Mining, Exploration & Environmental Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,625,480

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

99,985,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 99.5%

(Cost: $938,460,570)

 

1,717,382,632

(e)(f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 0.7%

 

 

 

12,638,003

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

12,638,003

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 0.7%

(Cost: $12,638,003)

 

12,638,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 3.1%

 

 

 

54,163,158

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)

 

54,163,158

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:

(Cost: $54,163,158)

 

54,163,158

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 103.3%

(Cost: $1,005,261,731)(h)

 

1,784,183,793

(i)

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (3.1)%

 

(54,163,158

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (0.2)%

 

(3,204,264

)

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,726,816,371

 

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipts

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)         Non-income producing security.

(b)         All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $52,758,000.

(c)          Illiquid security.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(d)         Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. This security is valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of this security amounted to $3,091, which represented less than 0.01% of total net assets. Additional information on this security is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

CymaBay Therapeutics

 

2/11/00

 

18,181

 

$

1,999,910

 

$

3,091

 

 

(e)          An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2013, are as follows:

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

RCM Technologies (1)

 

640,000

 

 

58,000

 

582,000

 

$

3,509,460

 

$

 

 


(1)         At September 30, 2013, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

(f)           On September 30, 2013, the market value of foreign securities represented 1.97% of total net assets. The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

Country

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Israel

 

$

15,248,624

 

0.88

 

Netherlands

 

11,844,700

 

0.69

 

India

 

6,938,940

 

0.40

 

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

34,032,264

 

1.97

 

 

(g)          Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(h)         At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $1,005,261,731 and net unrealized appreciation was $778,922,062 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $801,292,045 and gross unrealized depreciation of $22,369,983.

(i)             Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information

 

$

488,661,243

 

$

 

$

 

$

488,661,243

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

350,958,630

 

 

 

350,958,630

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

254,662,829

 

 

 

254,662,829

 

Finance

 

223,181,847

 

 

 

223,181,847

 

Health Care

 

193,177,481

 

 

3,091

 

193,180,572

 

Other Industries

 

106,751,690

 

 

 

106,751,690

 

Energy & Minerals

 

99,985,821

 

 

 

99,985,821

 

Total Equities

 

1,717,379,541

 

 

3,091

 

1,717,382,632

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

12,638,003

 

 

 

12,638,003

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

54,163,158

 

 

 

54,163,158

 

Total Investments

 

$

1,784,180,702

 

$

 

$

3,091

 

$

1,784,183,793

 

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 

The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Acorn International Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Equities: 96.3%

 

 

 

Asia 48.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 21.1%

 

 

 

759,000

 

NGK Spark Plug

 

$

16,845,240

 

 

 

Automobile Parts

 

 

 

375,000

 

Start Today

 

10,592,491

 

 

 

Online Japanese Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

122,000

 

Rinnai

 

9,066,303

 

 

 

Gas Appliances for Household & Commercial Use

 

 

 

2,535,000

 

Seven Bank

 

8,491,957

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

164,000

 

Dentsu

 

6,256,161

 

 

 

Advertising Agency

 

 

 

600

 

Nippon Prologis REIT (a)

 

6,012,414

 

 

 

Logistics REIT in Japan

 

 

 

154,800

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha

 

4,545,065

 

 

 

Instant Noodle Manufacturer

 

 

 

414,000

 

Wacom

 

3,982,453

 

 

 

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

 

 

 

3,125

 

Orix JREIT

 

3,970,247

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

91,000

 

FamilyMart

 

3,941,531

 

 

 

Convenience Store Operator

 

 

 

206,000

 

Park24

 

3,665,715

 

 

 

Parking Lot Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77,369,577

 

 

 

> Taiwan 9.4%

 

 

 

9,640,000

 

Far EasTone Telecom

 

24,017,846

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Third Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

2,950,000

 

Taiwan Mobile

 

10,463,401

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Second Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,481,247

 

 

 

> Singapore 9.0%

 

 

 

9,514,000

 

Ascendas REIT

 

17,310,634

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

10,847,000

 

Mapletree Logistics Trust

 

9,259,917

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

5,869,000

 

Mapletree Industrial Trust

 

6,313,127

 

 

 

Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,883,678

 

 

 

> Korea 4.1%

 

 

 

142,919

 

Kepco Plant Service & Engineering

 

7,229,391

 

 

 

Power Plant & Grid Maintenance

 

 

 

38,000

 

CJ Corp

 

4,103,277

 

 

 

Holding Company of Korean Consumer Conglomerate

 

 

 

66,800

 

Coway

 

3,704,167

 

 

 

Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,036,835

 

 

 

> Indonesia 3.0%

 

 

 

11,903,000

 

Archipelago Resources (a)(b)(c)(d)

 

10,902,089

 

 

 

Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam & the Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 1.8%

 

 

 

2,391,000

 

Melco International

 

6,425,947

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

Asia: Total

 

177,099,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 22.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 9.4%

 

 

 

900,000

 

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

 

13,768,753

 

 

 

International Business Insurance Broker

 

 

 

416,504

 

Babcock International

 

8,064,374

 

 

 

Public Sector Outsourcer

 

 

 

439,000

 

Smith & Nephew

 

5,479,478

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

270,000

 

Telecity

 

3,627,957

 

 

 

European Data Center Provider

 

 

 

70,000

 

Whitbread

 

3,358,896

 

 

 

The UK’s Leading Hotelier & Coffee Shop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,299,458

 

 

 

> Denmark 3.3%

 

 

 

131,474

 

SimCorp

 

4,423,723

 

 

 

Software for Investment Managers

 

 

 

109,000

 

Novozymes

 

4,169,723

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

73,000

 

Jyske Bank (e)

 

3,625,437

 

 

 

Danish Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,218,883

 

 

 

> France 3.1%

 

 

 

153,000

 

Neopost (a)

 

11,142,063

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Switzerland 2.0%

 

 

 

30,500

 

Partners Group

 

7,477,028

 

 

 

Private Markets Asset Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Norway 1.8%

 

 

 

171,000

 

Subsea 7

 

3,554,650

 

 

 

Offshore Subsea Contractor

 

 

 

433,032

 

Orkla

 

3,154,168

 

 

 

Food & Brands, Aluminum, Chemicals Conglomerate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,708,818

 

 

 

> Spain 1.0%

 

 

 

66,000

 

Viscofan

 

3,774,209

 

 

 

Sausage Casings Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Germany 1.0%

 

 

 

107,400

 

Wirecard

 

3,673,813

 

 

 

Online Payment Processing & Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Sweden 1.0%

 

 

 

115,000

 

Hexagon

 

3,467,876

 

 

 

Design, Measurement & Visualization Software & Equipment

 

 

 

Europe: Total

 

82,762,148

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Other Countries 18.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Australia 7.1%

 

 

 

1,976,000

 

IAG

 

$

10,832,133

 

 

 

General Insurance Provider

 

 

 

1,674,000

 

Challenger Financial

 

8,597,253

 

 

 

Largest Annuity Provider

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

Regis Resources (e)

 

6,433,704

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,863,090

 

 

 

> Canada 5.6%

 

 

 

202,000

 

CCL Industries

 

13,399,990

 

 

 

Largest Global Label Converter

 

 

 

271,000

 

Goldcorp

 

7,048,710

 

 

 

Gold Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,448,700

 

 

 

> South Africa 2.8%

 

 

 

846,448

 

Coronation Fund Managers

 

5,783,356

 

 

 

South African Fund Manager

 

 

 

50,000

 

Naspers

 

4,623,590

 

 

 

Media in Africa, China, Russia & Other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,406,946

 

 

 

> United States 2.6%

 

 

 

66,000

 

SM Energy

 

5,094,540

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

82,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (e)

 

4,513,280

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,607,820

 

Other Countries: Total

 

66,326,556

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 7.2%

 

 

 

 

 

> Guatemala 2.9%

 

 

 

588,000

 

Tahoe Resources (e)

 

10,583,486

 

 

 

Silver Project in Guatemala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Brazil 2.7%

 

 

 

11,561,000

 

Beadell Resources (e)

 

10,020,606

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Mexico 1.0%

 

 

 

243,000

 

Fresnillo

 

3,827,713

 

 

 

Silver & Metal Byproduct Mining in Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Uruguay 0.6%

 

 

 

191,666

 

Union Agriculture Group (b)(c)(e)

 

2,054,660

 

 

 

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

 

 

 

Latin America: Total

 

26,486,465

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 96.3%
(Cost: $280,991,953)

 

352,674,542

(f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 6.0%

 

 

 

11,075,902

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

11,075,902

 

10,858,531

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

10,858,531

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 6.0%
(Cost: $21,934,433)

 

21,934,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 1.6%

 

 

 

6,025,639

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)

 

6,025,639

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $6,025,639)

 

6,025,639

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 103.9%
(Cost: $308,952,025)(h)

 

380,634,614

(i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (1.6)%

 

(6,025,639

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (2.3)%

 

(8,345,276

)

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

 366,263,699

 

 


REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)         All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $5,729,059.

(b)         Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of these securities amounted to $12,956,749, which represented 3.54% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

12/20/10-9/26/13

 

11,903,000

 

$

12,066,977

 

$

10,902,089

 

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

 

191,666

 

2,200,000

 

2,054,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,266,977

 

$

 12,956,749

 

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(c)          Illiquid security.

(d)         Units represent shares of security and related put options received through company restructuring. Additional information on the purchased options received is as follows:

 

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date (1)

 

Archipelago Resources

 

11,903,000

 

GBP

0.58

 

October 31, 2014

 

 


GBP - British Pound

 

(1)         Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement.

 

(e)          Non-income producing security.

(f)           On September 30, 2013, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Japanese Yen

 

$

 77,369,577

 

21.1

 

British Pound

 

49,029,260

 

13.4

 

Australian Dollar

 

35,883,696

 

9.8

 

Taiwan Dollar

 

34,481,247

 

9.4

 

Singapore Dollar

 

32,883,678

 

9.0

 

Canadian Dollar

 

23,983,477

 

6.5

 

United States Dollar

 

18,711,189

 

5.1

 

Euro

 

18,590,085

 

5.1

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

61,742,333

 

16.9

 

Total Equities

 

$

 352,674,542

 

96.3

 

 

(g)          Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(h)         At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $308,952,025 and net unrealized appreciation was $71,682,589 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $77,883,776 and gross unrealized depreciation of $6,201,187.

(i)             Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

At September 30, 2013, the Fund had entered into the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Exchange
Contracts to Buy

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Exchange
Contracts to Sell

 

Principal Amount
in Foreign Currency

 

Principal Amount
in U.S. Dollar

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

USD

 

ZAR

 

90,012,600

 

$

9,000,000

 

10/15/13

 

$

53,102

 

 

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

 

USD - United States Dollar

ZAR - South African Rand

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

 

$

166,197,284

 

$

10,902,089

 

$

177,099,373

 

Europe

 

 

82,762,148

 

 

82,762,148

 

Other Countries

 

30,056,520

 

36,270,036

 

 

66,326,556

 

Latin America

 

10,583,486

 

13,848,319

 

2,054,660

 

26,486,465

 

Total Equities

 

40,640,006

 

299,077,787

 

12,956,749

 

352,674,542

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

21,934,433

 

 

 

21,934,433

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

6,025,639

 

 

 

6,025,639

 

Total Investments

 

$

68,600,078

 

$

299,077,787

 

$

12,956,749

 

$

380,634,614

 

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

 

53,102

 

 

53,102

 

Total

 

$

68,600,078

 

$

299,130,889

 

$

12,956,749

 

$

380,687,716

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies.

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the period ending September 30, 2013, in which significant observable and/or unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as
of December 31,
2012

 

Realized
Gain/(Loss)

 

Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Transfers
into
Level 3

 

Transfers
out of
Level 3

 

Balance as
of September 30,
2013

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

 

$

 

$

(693,511

)

$

741,091

 

$

 

$

10,854,509

 

$

 

$

10,902,089

 

Latin America

 

1,962,660

 

 

92,000

 

 

 

 

 

2,054,660

 

 

 

$

1,962,660

 

$

 

$

(601,511

)

$

741,091

 

$

 

$

10,854,509

 

$

 

$

12,956,749

 

 

The information in the above reconciliation table represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

 

The change in unrealized depreciation attributed to securities owned at September 30, 2013, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), amounted to $601,511.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

Quantitative information pertaining to Level 3 unobservable fair value measurements

 

 

 

Fair Value at
9/30/13

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input(s)

 

Range (Weighted
Average)

 

Equities

 

$

10,902,089

 

Discounted cash flow

 

Enterprise valuation and illiquid discount

 

5% - 22.7%

 

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Acorn Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Equities: 98.1%

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 24.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Machinery 18.5%

 

 

 

1,130,000

 

Ametek

 

$

52,002,600

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

920,000

 

Donaldson

 

35,079,600

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

375,000

 

Pall

 

28,890,000

 

 

 

Life Science, Water & Industrial Filtration

 

 

 

587,000

 

Kennametal

 

26,767,200

 

 

 

Consumable Cutting Tools

 

 

 

288,000

 

Nordson

 

21,205,440

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,944,840

 

 

 

> Outsourcing Services 2.5%

 

 

 

790,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

21,732,900

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 2.1%

 

 

 

265,000

 

FMC Corporation

 

19,005,800

 

 

 

Niche Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Industrial Distribution 1.1%

 

 

 

94,064

 

Airgas

 

9,975,487

 

 

 

Industrial Gas Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Other Industrial Services 0.5%

 

 

 

107,000

 

Forward Air

 

4,317,450

 

 

 

Freight Transportation Between Airports

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services: Total

 

218,976,477

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information 23.9%

 

 

 

 

 

> Mobile Communications 5.4%

 

 

 

350,000

 

SBA Communications (a)

 

28,161,000

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

265,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

19,352,950

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47,513,950

 

 

 

> Computer Services 4.9%

 

 

 

2,055,960

 

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

 

43,627,471

 

 

 

Offshore Business Process Outsourcing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Instrumentation 4.5%

 

 

 

107,000

 

Mettler-Toledo International (a)

 

25,689,630

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

490,000

 

Trimble Navigation (a)

 

14,557,900

 

 

 

GPS-based Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,247,530

 

 

 

> Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 3.9%

 

 

 

445,000

 

Amphenol

 

34,434,100

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Telecommunications Equipment 1.9%

 

 

 

195,000

 

F5 Networks (a)

 

16,723,200

 

 

 

Internet Traffic Management Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Contract Manufacturing 1.5%

 

 

 

740,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

12,942,600

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Business Software 1.3%

 

 

 

138,000

 

Ansys (a)

 

11,939,760

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Semiconductors & Related Equipment 0.5%

 

 

 

575,000

 

Atmel (a)

 

4,278,000

 

 

 

Microcontrollers, Radio Frequency & Memory Semiconductors

 

 

 

Information: Total

 

211,706,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Banks 5.2%

 

 

 

445,000

 

City National

 

29,663,700

 

 

 

Bank & Asset Manager

 

 

 

1,043,000

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

16,156,070

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45,819,770

 

 

 

> Insurance 4.8%

 

 

 

2,970,000

 

CNO Financial Group

 

42,768,000

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Credit Cards 3.9%

 

 

 

678,000

 

Discover Financial Services

 

34,266,120

 

 

 

Credit Card Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Brokerage & Money Management 2.5%

 

 

 

725,000

 

SEI Investments

 

22,409,750

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

Finance: Total

 

145,263,640

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 16.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Travel 7.1%

 

 

 

1,643,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

36,408,880

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

238,000

 

Vail Resorts

 

16,512,440

 

 

 

Ski Resort Operator & Developer

 

 

 

220,000

 

Choice Hotels

 

9,501,800

 

 

 

Franchisor of Budget Hotel Brands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,423,120

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Retail 4.0%

 

 

 

129,000

 

ULTA (a)

 

$

15,410,340

 

 

 

Specialty Beauty Product Retailer

 

 

 

164,000

 

Casey’s General Stores

 

12,054,000

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Convenience Stores

 

 

 

215,000

 

Best Buy

 

8,062,500

 

 

 

Consumer Electronic Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,526,840

 

 

 

> Other Consumer Services 3.0%

 

 

 

275,000

 

Lifetime Fitness (a)

 

14,154,250

 

 

 

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

 

 

 

435,000

 

Blackhawk Network (a)

 

10,453,050

 

 

 

Third Party Distributer of Prepaid Content, Mostly Gift Cards

 

 

 

1,109,335

 

IFM Investments (Century 21 China RE) - ADR (China) (a)(b)

 

1,996,803

 

 

 

Real Estate Services in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,604,103

 

 

 

> Apparel 1.2%

 

 

 

89,000

 

PVH

 

10,563,410

 

 

 

Apparel Wholesaler & Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Educational Services 0.7%

 

 

 

198,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)(c)

 

6,138,000

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Food & Beverage 0.1%

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

GLG Life Tech (Canada) (a)

 

1,223,242

 

 

 

Produce an All-natural Sweetener Extracted from the Stevia Plant

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services: Total

 

142,478,715

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 8.6%

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil & Gas Producers 4.6%

 

 

 

3,600,000

 

Canacol (Colombia) (a)

 

15,412,844

 

 

 

Oil Producer in South America

 

 

 

410,000

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Colombia)

 

8,096,112

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

20,600,000

 

Shamaran Petroleum (Iraq) (a)

 

7,699,626

 

 

 

Oil Exploration & Production in Kurdistan

 

 

 

24,000,000

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum (United Kingdom) (a)(b)(d)

 

6,972,477

 

12,000,000

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum - Warrants (United Kingdom) (a)(d)(e)

 

11,965

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration/Production in the North Sea

 

 

 

12,000,000

 

Petromanas (Canada) (a)

 

1,572,739

 

 

 

Exploring for Oil in Albania

 

 

 

33,700,000

 

Petrodorado Energy (Colombia) (a)(b)

 

1,308,674

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production in Colombia, Peru & Paraguay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,074,437

 

 

 

> Agricultural Commodities 2.1%

 

 

 

1,742,424

 

Union Agriculture Group (Uruguay) (a)(d)(e)

 

18,678,786

 

 

 

Farmland Operator in Uruguay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Oil Services 1.1%

 

 

 

260,000

 

Rowan (a)

 

9,547,200

 

 

 

Contract Offshore Driller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Mining 0.6%

 

 

 

1,550,000

 

Kirkland Lake Gold (Canada) (a)

 

5,221,591

 

 

 

Gold Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Alternative Energy 0.2%

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Synthesis Energy Systems (China) (a)

 

1,484,000

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Gasification Plants

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals: Total

 

76,006,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 5.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Medical Supplies 3.9%

 

 

 

464,000

 

Cepheid (a)

 

18,114,560

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

163,000

 

Henry Schein (a)

 

16,903,100

 

 

 

Largest Distributor of Healthcare Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,017,660

 

 

 

> Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 1.8%

 

 

 

363,000

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

15,910,290

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

Health Care: Total

 

50,927,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> Real Estate 2.7%

 

 

 

430,000

 

Post Properties

 

19,358,600

 

 

 

Multifamily Properties

 

 

 

235,000

 

Biomed Realty Trust

 

4,368,650

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,727,250

 

Other Industries: Total

 

23,727,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 98.1%
(Cost: $559,809,911)

 

869,086,657

(f)

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 1.8%

 

 

 

16,171,524

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

16,171,524

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 1.8%
(Cost: $16,171,524)

 

16,171,524

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.5%

 

 

 

4,714,875

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)

 

$

4,714,875

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $4,714,875)

 

4,714,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 100.4%
(Cost: $580,696,310)(h)

 

889,973,056

(i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (0.5)%

 

(4,714,875

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.1%

 

972,659

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

 886,230,840

 

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipts

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

(b)   An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2013, are as follows:

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

WNS - ADR (1)

 

3,034,100

 

 

978,140

 

2,055,960

 

$

43,627,471

 

$

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

 

24,000,000

 

 

 

24,000,000

 

6,972,477

 

 

IFM Investments (Century 21 China RE) - ADR

 

1,300,000

 

 

190,665

 

1,109,335

 

1,966,803

 

 

Petrodorado Energy

 

33,700,000

 

 

 

33,700,000

 

1,308,674

 

 

Globalstar (1)

 

19,000,000

 

 

19,000,000

 

 

 

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

81,034,100

 

 

20,168,805

 

60,865,295

 

$

53,875,425

 

$

 

 


(1)   At September 30, 2013, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2013, was $34,380,342 and $10,247,954, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 1.16% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2013.

 

(c)   All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $4,603,500.

(d)   Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of these securities amounted to $25,663,228, which represented 2.90% of total net assets. Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Union Agriculture Group

 

12/8/10-6/27/12

 

1,742,424

 

$

20,000,000

 

$

18,678,786

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum

 

11/24/10

 

24,000,000

 

10,260,435

 

6,972,477

 

Canadian Overseas Petroleum - Warrants

 

11/24/10

 

12,000,000

 

1,501,964

 

11,965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,762,399

 

$

25,663,228

 

 

(e)   Illiquid security.

(f)    On September 30, 2013, the market value of foreign securities represented 12.79% of total net assets. The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

Country

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

India

 

$

43,627,471

 

4.92

 

Colombia

 

24,817,630

 

2.80

 

Uruguay

 

18,678,786

 

2.11

 

Canada

 

8,017,572

 

0.91

 

Iraq

 

7,699,626

 

0.87

 

United Kingdom

 

6,984,442

 

0.79

 

China

 

3,480,803

 

0.39

 

Total Foreign Portfolio

 

$

113,306,330

 

12.79

 

 

(g)   Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(h)   At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $580,696,310 and net unrealized appreciation was $309,276,746 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $364,856,347 and gross unrealized depreciation of $55,579,601.

(i)    Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·      Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

$

218,976,477

 

$

 

$

 

$

218,976,477

 

Information

 

211,706,611

 

 

 

211,706,611

 

Finance

 

145,263,640

 

 

 

145,263,640

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

142,478,715

 

 

 

142,478,715

 

Energy & Minerals

 

50,342,786

 

6,984,442

 

18,678,786

 

76,006,014

 

Health Care

 

50,927,950

 

 

 

50,927,950

 

Other Industries

 

23,727,250

 

 

 

23,727,250

 

Total Equities

 

843,423,429

 

6,984,442

 

18,678,786

 

869,086,657

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

16,171,524

 

 

 

16,171,524

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

4,714,875

 

 

 

4,714,875

 

Total Investments

 

$

864,309,828

 

$

6,984,442

 

$

18,678,786

 

$

889,973,056

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Securities acquired via private placement that have a holding period or an extended settlement period are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the investment manager’s experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price. Warrants which do not trade are valued as a percentage of the actively trading common stock using a model, based on Black Scholes.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

Transfers In

 

Transfers Out

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

$

391,500

 

$

 

$

 

$

391,500

 

 

Financial assets were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 as trading resumed during the period.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the period ending September 30, 2013, in which significant observable and/or unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as
of December 31,
2012

 

Realized
Gain/(Loss)

 

Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Transfers
into
Level 3

 

Transfers
out of
Level 3

 

Balance as
of September 30,
2013

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals

 

$

17,842,422

 

$

 

$

836,364

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

18,678,786

 

 

 

$

17,842,422

 

$

 

$

836,364

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

18,678,786

 

 

The information in the above reconciliation table represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

 

The change in unrealized appreciation attributed to securities owned at September 30, 2013, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), amounted to $836,364.

 

Quantitative information pertaining to Level 3 unobservable fair value measurements

 

 

 

Fair Value
at 9/30/13

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input(s)

 

Range (Weighted
Average)

 

Equities

 

$

18,678,786

 

Market comparable companies

 

Discount for lack of marketability

 

0% to 5% (-8%)

 

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Thermostat Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Affiliated Bond Funds 74.0%

 

 

 

39,372,265

 

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Class I (a)

 

$

392,147,758

 

32,524,483

 

Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund, Class I (a)

 

294,997,064

 

29,805,667

 

Columbia Income Opportunities Fund, Class I (a)

 

294,181,932

 

Total Affiliated Bond Funds:
(Cost: $989,392,907)

 

981,326,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Affiliated Stock Funds 25.4%

 

 

 

1,478,284

 

Columbia Acorn International, Class I (a)

 

68,917,625

 

3,871,358

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class I (a)

 

66,238,933

 

1,394,130

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class I (a)

 

51,192,466

 

2,506,612

 

Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Class I (a)

 

49,781,306

 

1,870,110

 

Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Class I (a)(b)

 

34,223,015

 

1,136,915

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class I (a)

 

33,800,475

 

1,962,502

 

Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Class I (a)

 

33,284,043

 

Total Affiliated Stock Funds:
(Cost: $281,885,821)

 

337,437,863

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Short-Term Investments 0.4%

 

 

 

6,382,740

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

6,382,740

 

Total Short-Term Investments:
(Cost: $6,382,740)

 

6,382,740

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.8%
(Cost: $1,277,661,468)(c)

 

1,325,147,357

(d)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.2%

 

2,078,855

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

 1,327,226,212

 

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 


(a)   An affiliated person of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2013, are as follows:

 

Security

 

Balance of
Shares Held
12/31/12

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares Held
9/30/13

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund, Class I

 

18,877,615

 

33,384,185

 

12,889,535

 

39,372,265

 

$

392,147,758

 

$

2,408,442

 

Columbia Intermediate Bond Fund, Class I

 

14,950,850

 

27,802,311

 

10,228,678

 

32,524,483

 

294,997,064

 

5,098,030

 

Columbia Income Opportunities Fund, Class I

 

14,098,807

 

24,991,896

 

9,285,036

 

29,805,667

 

294,181,932

 

9,845,884

 

Columbia Acorn International, Class I

 

1,899,103

 

1,896,973

 

2,317,792

 

1,478,284

 

68,917,625

 

523,989

 

Columbia Dividend Income Fund, Class I

 

5,273,173

 

4,788,613

 

6,190,428

 

3,871,358

 

66,238,933

 

1,150,582

 

Columbia Acorn Fund, Class I

 

1,924,624

 

1,879,574

 

2,410,068

 

1,394,130

 

51,192,466

 

44,505

 

Columbia Contrarian Core Fund, Class I

 

3,628,435

 

3,235,475

 

4,357,298

 

2,506,612

 

49,781,306

 

 

Columbia Select Large Cap Growth Fund, Class I

 

2,813,972

 

2,574,905

 

3,518,767

 

1,870,110

 

34,223,015

 

 

Columbia Acorn Select, Class I

 

1,523,738

 

1,538,803

 

1,925,626

 

1,136,915

 

33,800,475

 

134,566

 

Columbia Large Cap Enhanced Core Fund, Class I

 

2,773,358

 

2,516,623

 

3,327,479

 

1,962,502

 

33,284,043

 

117,711

 

Total of Affiliated Transactions

 

67,763,675

 

104,609,358

 

56,450,707

 

115,922,326

 

$

1,318,764,617

 

$

19,323,709

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at September 30, 2013, was $1,271,278,728 and $1,318,764,617, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 99.36% of the Fund’s total net assets at September 30, 2013.

 

(b)   Non-income producing security.

(c)   At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $1,277,661,468 and net unrealized appreciation was $47,485,889 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $55,552,042 and gross unrealized depreciation of $8,066,153.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(d)   Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·      Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Total Affiliated Bond Funds

 

$

981,326,754

 

$

 

$

 

$

981,326,754

 

Total Affiliated Stock Funds

 

337,437,863

 

 

 

337,437,863

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

6,382,740

 

 

 

6,382,740

 

Total Investments

 

$

1,325,147,357

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,325,147,357

 

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 



 

Columbia Acorn Emerging Markets Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Equities: 96.8%

 

 

 

Asia 56.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Taiwan 14.8%

 

 

 

2,311,000

 

Far EasTone Telecom

 

$

5,757,805

 

 

 

Taiwan’s Third Largest Mobile Operator

 

 

 

146,000

 

St. Shine Optical

 

4,023,287

 

 

 

World’s Leading Disposable Contact Lens OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)

 

 

 

1,852,000

 

Taiwan Hon Chuan

 

4,020,972

 

 

 

Beverage Packaging (Bottles, Caps, Labels) Manufacturer

 

 

 

2,186,631

 

Lite-On Technology

 

3,727,198

 

 

 

Mobile Device, LED & PC Server Component Supplier

 

 

 

1,709,200

 

Chipbond

 

3,529,302

 

 

 

Semiconductor Back-end Packaging Services

 

 

 

624,169

 

Advantech

 

3,494,200

 

 

 

Industrial PC & Components

 

 

 

2,126,000

 

CTCI Corp

 

3,436,222

 

 

 

International Engineering Firm

 

 

 

1,306,990

 

Chroma Ate

 

2,940,141

 

 

 

Automatic Test Systems, Testing & Measurement Instruments

 

 

 

158,000

 

Ginko International

 

2,923,310

 

 

 

Largest Contact Lens Maker in China

 

 

 

496,000

 

PC Home

 

2,853,818

 

 

 

Taiwanese Internet Retail Company

 

 

 

823,144

 

Flexium Interconnect

 

2,837,677

 

 

 

Flexible Printed Circuit for Mobile Electronics

 

 

 

790,000

 

Radiant Opto-Electronics

 

2,817,622

 

 

 

LCD Back Light Units & Modules

 

 

 

93,500

 

Lung Yen

 

284,235

 

 

 

Funeral Services & Columbaria

 

 

 

56,266

 

CHC Healthcare

 

180,828

 

 

 

Medical Device Distributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,826,617

 

 

 

> Indonesia 8.2%

 

 

 

28,369,500

 

MNC Skyvision (a)

 

4,384,652

 

 

 

Largest Satellite Pay TV Operator in Indonesia

 

 

 

15,853,079

 

Surya Citra Media

 

3,491,739

 

 

 

Free to Air TV Station in Indonesia

 

 

 

6,758,109

 

Tower Bersama Infrastructure (a)

 

3,413,814

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

38,965,000

 

Arwana Citramulia

 

2,862,333

 

 

 

Ceramic Tiles for Home Decoration

 

 

 

1,017,000

 

Mayora Indah

 

2,777,840

 

 

 

Consumer Branded Food Manufacturer

 

 

 

3,022,500

 

Matahari Department Store (a)

 

2,741,494

 

 

 

Largest Department Store Chain in Indonesia

 

 

 

44,302,690

 

Ace Indonesia

 

2,680,871

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retailer

 

 

 

1,591,929

 

Archipelago Resources (b)(c)(d)(e)

 

1,458,065

 

 

 

Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam & the Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,810,808

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 8.2%

 

 

 

3,398,000

 

Melco International

 

9,132,315

 

 

 

Macau Casino Operator

 

 

 

5,023,799

 

Sa Sa International

 

5,672,456

 

 

 

Cosmetics Retailer

 

 

 

350,100

 

ASM Pacific

 

3,556,515

 

 

 

Semi Back-end & Surface Mounting Equipment

 

 

 

2,258,000

 

Vitasoy International

 

2,851,322

 

 

 

Hong Kong Soy Food Brand

 

 

 

979,750

 

L’Occitane International

 

2,561,452

 

 

 

Skin Care & Cosmetics Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,774,060

 

 

 

> India 6.2%

 

 

 

1,617,116

 

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone

 

3,569,360

 

 

 

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

 

 

 

219,155

 

United Breweries

 

3,012,256

 

 

 

India’s Largest Brewer

 

 

 

20,671

 

Bosch

 

2,987,498

 

 

 

Automotive Parts

 

 

 

147,861

 

Colgate Palmolive India

 

2,928,895

 

 

 

Consumer Products in Oral Care

 

 

 

51,731

 

TTK Prestige

 

2,752,072

 

 

 

Branded Cooking Equipment

 

 

 

3,122,282

 

Redington India

 

2,729,461

 

 

 

Supply Chain Solutions for IT & Mobile Handsets in Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,979,542

 

 

 

> Philippines 5.5%

 

 

 

23,367,600

 

Melco Crown Resorts (Philippines) (a)

 

5,903,619

 

 

 

Integrated Resort Operator in Manila

 

 

 

3,047,900

 

Puregold Price Club

 

2,922,682

 

 

 

Supermarket Operator in Philippines

 

 

 

1,228,597

 

Int’l Container Terminal

 

2,739,603

 

 

 

Container Handling Terminals & Port Management

 

 

 

849,560

 

Security Bank

 

2,560,674

 

 

 

Commercial Bank in Philippines

 

 

 

17,031,000

 

RFM Corporation

 

1,898,115

 

 

 

Flour, Bread, Pasta & Ice Cream Manufacturer/Distributor in Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,024,693

 

 

 

> Thailand 4.5%

 

 

 

14,457,900

 

Home Product Center

 

5,655,324

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retailer

 

 

 

2,674,700

 

Robinson’s Department Store

 

4,070,670

 

 

 

Department Store Operator in Thailand

 

 

 

6,008,500

 

Samui Airport Property Fund

 

3,243,827

 

 

 

Thai Airport Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,969,821

 

 

 

> China 3.2%

 

 

 

475,000

 

Biostime (b)

 

3,591,108

 

 

 

Pediatric Nutrition & Baby Care Products Provider

 

 

 

105,365

 

WuXi PharmaTech - ADR (a)

 

2,887,001

 

 

 

Largest Contract Research Organization Business in China

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> China—continued

 

 

 

6,386,000

 

AMVIG Holdings

 

$

2,752,679

 

 

 

Chinese Tobacco Packaging Material Supplier

 

 

 

67,151

 

Digital China

 

82,361

 

 

 

IT Distribution & Systems Integration Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,313,149

 

 

 

> Cambodia 1.9%

 

 

 

6,436,000

 

Nagacorp

 

5,430,190

 

 

 

Casino/Entertainment Complex in Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Japan 1.2%

 

 

 

261,760

 

Kansai Paint

 

3,478,584

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Korea 1.0%

 

 

 

133,884

 

Paradise Co

 

3,051,427

 

 

 

Korean ‘Foreigner Only’ Casino Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Singapore 1.0%

 

 

 

830,000

 

Super Group

 

2,807,108

 

 

 

Instant Food & Beverages in Southeast Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Mongolia 0.5%

 

 

 

7,747,100

 

Mongolian Mining (a)

 

1,389,440

 

 

 

Coking Coal Mining in Mongolia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Malaysia 0.4%

 

 

 

232,900

 

Aeon

 

1,100,371

 

 

 

Shopping Center & Department Store Operator

 

 

 

Asia: Total

 

163,955,810

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 15.1%

 

 

 

 

 

> Russia 3.7%

 

 

 

2,185,581

 

Moscow Exchange

 

4,185,464

 

 

 

Russia’s Main Exchange for Stocks, Bonds, Derivatives, Currencies & Repo

 

 

 

102,420

 

Yandex (a)

 

3,730,137

 

 

 

Search Engine for Russian & Turkish Languages

 

 

 

91,058

 

QIWI - ADR

 

2,846,473

 

 

 

Electronic Payments Network Serving Russia & the Commonwealth of Independent States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,762,074

 

 

 

> Finland 3.2%

 

 

 

65,855

 

Vacon

 

5,185,152

 

 

 

Leading Independent Manufacturer of Variable Speed Alternating Current Drives

 

 

 

154,160

 

Tikkurila

 

4,108,542

 

 

 

Decorative & Industrial Paint in Scandinavia & Central & Eastern Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,293,694

 

 

 

> Sweden 2.0%

 

 

 

189,560

 

Hexagon

 

5,716,266

 

 

 

Design, Measurement & Visualization Software & Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Kazakhstan 1.9%

 

 

 

698,908

 

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan - GDR

 

5,521,373

 

 

 

Largest Retail Bank & Insurer in Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 1.5%

 

 

 

6,749,624

 

Cable and Wireless

 

4,330,359

 

 

 

Leading Telecoms Service Provider in the Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Italy 1.4%

 

 

 

320,827

 

Pirelli

 

4,177,548

 

 

 

Global Tire Supplier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Turkey 1.4%

 

 

 

311,893

 

Bizim Toptan

 

4,029,805

 

 

 

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

 

 

 

Europe: Total

 

43,831,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 13.4%

 

 

 

 

 

> Mexico 5.3%

 

 

 

1,824,000

 

Qualitas

 

4,438,244

 

 

 

Leading Auto Insurer in Mexico & Central America

 

 

 

739,700

 

Gruma (a)

 

4,125,299

 

 

 

Tortilla Producer & Distributor

 

 

 

1,506,700

 

Genomma Lab Internacional (a)

 

3,441,715

 

 

 

Develops, Markets & Distributes Consumer Products

 

 

 

25,190

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste - ADR

 

2,742,184

 

 

 

Mexican Airport Operator

 

 

 

306,161

 

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores

 

731,867

 

 

 

Mexico’s Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,479,309

 

 

 

> Brazil 5.2%

 

 

 

377,870

 

Localiza Rent A Car

 

5,660,463

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

3,975,346

 

Beadell Resources (a)

 

3,445,669

 

 

 

Gold Mining in Brazil

 

 

 

674,200

 

Odontoprev

 

2,978,125

 

 

 

Dental Insurance

 

 

 

172,600

 

Linx

 

2,900,938

 

 

 

Retail Management Software in Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,985,195

 

 

 

> Colombia 1.9%

 

 

 

3,635,863

 

Isagen (a)

 

5,569,310

 

 

 

Colombian Electricity Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Chile 1.0%

 

 

 

3,189,994

 

Empresas Hites

 

2,920,132

 

 

 

Mass Retailer for the Lower Income Strata

 

 

 

Latin America: Total

 

38,953,946

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 11.7%

 

 

 

 

 

> South Africa 6.9%

 

 

 

1,156,120

 

Coronation Fund Managers

 

7,899,189

 

 

 

South African Fund Manager

 

 

 

1,927,792

 

Rand Merchant Insurance

 

5,138,090

 

 

 

Directly Sold Property & Casualty Insurance; Holdings in Other Insurers

 

 

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> South Africa—continued

 

 

 

228,382

 

Massmart Holdings

 

$

3,824,166

 

 

 

General Merchandise, Food & Home Improvement Stores; Wal-Mart Subsidiary

 

 

 

224,031

 

Mr. Price

 

3,102,663

 

 

 

South African Retailer of Apparel, Household & Sporting Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,964,108

 

 

 

> United States 2.8%

 

 

 

120,163

 

Textainer Group Holdings (b)

 

4,550,573

 

 

 

Top International Container Leaser

 

 

 

67,433

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

3,711,512

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,262,085

 

 

 

> Canada 2.0%

 

 

 

315,195

 

CAE

 

3,451,677

 

 

 

Flight Simulator Equipment & Training Centers

 

 

 

153,291

 

Alliance Grain Traders

 

2,211,450

 

 

 

Global Leader in Pulse Processing & Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,663,127

 

Other Countries: Total

 

33,889,320

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 96.8%
(Cost: $274,963,697)

 

280,630,195

(f)

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 4.9%

 

 

 

14,178,170

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

14,178,170

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 4.9%
(Cost: $14,178,170)

 

14,178,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 1.1%

 

 

 

3,140,051

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%) (g)

 

3,140,051

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $3,140,051)

 

3,140,051

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 102.8%
(Cost: $292,281,918)(h)

 

297,948,416

(i)

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (1.1)%

 

(3,140,051

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: (1.7)%

 

(5,065,789

)

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

289,742,576

 

 


ADR — American Depositary Receipts

GDR — Global Depositary Receipts

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)         Non-income producing security.

(b)         All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $3,018,082.

(c)          Illiquid security.

(d)         Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. This security is valued at fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At September 30, 2013, the market value of this security amounted to $1,458,065, which represented 0.50% of total net assets. Additional information on this security is as follows:

 

Security

 

Acquisition
Dates

 

Shares/Units

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Archipelago Resources

 

8/19/11-9/26/13

 

1,591,929

 

$

1,316,810

 

$

1,458,065

 

 

(e)          Units represent shares of security and related put options received through company restructuring. Additional information on the purchased options received is as follows:

 

Security

 

Option Shares

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration Date (1)

 

Archipelago Resources

 

1,591,929

 

GBP

0.58

 

October 31, 2014

 

 


GBP - British Pound

 

(1)         Archipelago Resources is expected to restructure into a new company during 2014. From January 31, 2014, the option is exercisable until the earlier of (i) the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering or (ii) August 13, 2014, subject to extension until the date the company is restructured and prices the shares for its initial public offering (but not later than September 26, 2016). After August 13, 2014, the valuation of the option will fluctuate based upon its fair market value as determined in accordance with the put option agreement.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(f)    On September 30, 2013, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage
of Net Assets

 

Taiwan Dollar

 

$

42,826,617

 

14.8

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

37,019,838

 

12.8

 

United States Dollar

 

30,174,717

 

10.4

 

Indonesian Rupiah

 

22,352,743

 

7.7

 

South African Rand

 

19,964,108

 

6.9

 

Indian Rupee

 

17,979,542

 

6.2

 

Phillipine Peso

 

16,024,693

 

5.5

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

94,287,937

 

32.5

 

Total Equities

 

$

280,630,195

 

96.8

 

 

(g)   Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(h)   At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $292,281,918 and net unrealized appreciation was $5,666,498 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $18,379,488 and gross unrealized depreciation of $12,712,990.

(i)    Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·      Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

2,887,001

 

$

159,610,744

 

$

1,458,065

 

$

163,955,810

 

Europe

 

6,576,610

 

37,254,509

 

 

43,831,119

 

Latin America

 

35,508,277

 

3,445,669

 

 

38,953,946

 

Other Countries

 

13,925,212

 

19,964,108

 

 

33,889,320

 

Total Equities

 

58,897,100

 

220,275,030

 

1,458,065

 

280,630,195

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

14,178,170

 

 

 

14,178,170

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

3,140,051

 

 

 

3,140,051

 

Total Investments

 

$

76,215,321

 

$

220,275,030

 

$

1,458,065

 

$

297,948,416

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 

The Fund does not hold any significant investments categorized as Level 3.

 

Certain common stock classified as Level 3 are valued at fair value, using a market approach, as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value for these securities, for which no market exists, the Committee utilizes the valuation technique it deems most appropriate in the circumstances, using some unobservable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, trades of similar securities, estimated earnings of the company, market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies, and the position of the security within the company’s capital structure. Significant increases or decreases to any of these inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

 



 

Columbia Acorn European Fund

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), September 30, 2013

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Equities: 86.3%

 

 

 

Europe 83.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> United Kingdom 26.0%

 

 

 

22,100

 

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group

 

$

338,099

 

 

 

International Business Insurance Broker

 

 

 

520,087

 

Assura

 

303,109

 

 

 

UK Primary Health Care Property Developer

 

 

 

44,512

 

Ocado (a)

 

285,360

 

 

 

Online Grocery Retailer

 

 

 

4,984

 

Spirax Sarco

 

243,268

 

 

 

Steam Systems for Manufacturing & Process Industries

 

 

 

61,500

 

Charles Taylor

 

209,081

 

 

 

Insurance Services

 

 

 

21,262

 

Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland

 

201,019

 

 

 

Pizza Delivery in UK, Ireland & Germany

 

 

 

14,550

 

Telecity

 

195,507

 

 

 

European Data Center Provider

 

 

 

23,431

 

Abcam

 

191,938

 

 

 

Online Sales of Antibodies

 

 

 

4,400

 

Croda

 

189,120

 

 

 

Oleochemicals & Industrial Chemicals

 

 

 

14,012

 

WH Smith (b)

 

187,597

 

 

 

Newsprint, Books & General Stationery Retailer

 

 

 

50,000

 

Smiths News

 

165,937

 

 

 

Newspaper & Magazine Distributor

 

 

 

15,962

 

Shaftesbury

 

152,461

 

 

 

London Prime Retail REIT

 

 

 

2,962

 

Whitbread

 

142,129

 

 

 

The UK’s Leading Hotelier & Coffee Shop

 

 

 

21,850

 

Halford’s

 

139,228

 

 

 

The UK’s Leading Retailer for Leisure Goods & Auto Parts

 

 

 

6,687

 

Babcock International

 

129,474

 

 

 

Public Sector Outsourcer

 

 

 

3,075

 

Rightmove

 

117,932

 

 

 

Internet Real Estate Listings

 

 

 

4,400

 

Aggreko

 

114,256

 

 

 

Temporary Power & Temperature Control Services

 

 

 

174,450

 

Cable and Wireless

 

111,922

 

 

 

Leading Telecoms Service Provider in the Caribbean

 

 

 

28,475

 

Elementis

 

110,498

 

 

 

Clay-based Additives

 

 

 

3,325

 

Fidessa Group

 

107,011

 

 

 

Software for Financial Trading Systems

 

 

 

2,531

 

AVEVA

 

106,452

 

 

 

Engineering Software

 

 

 

146

 

Telecom Plus

 

2,992

 

 

 

UK Multi Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,744,390

 

 

 

> France 12.1%

 

 

 

1,425

 

Eurofins Scientific

 

359,151

 

 

 

Food, Pharmaceuticals & Materials Screening & Testing

 

 

 

3,062

 

Gemalto

 

328,785

 

 

 

Digital Security Solutions

 

 

 

4,050

 

Neopost

 

294,937

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

3,212

 

1000 mercis (a)

 

195,106

 

 

 

Interactive Advertising & Marketing

 

 

 

1,762

 

Norbert Dentressangle

 

188,314

 

 

 

Leading European Logistics & Transport Group

 

 

 

4,912

 

Saft

 

135,496

 

 

 

Niche Battery Manufacturer

 

 

 

4,275

 

AKKA Technologies

 

125,501

 

 

 

Engineering Consultancy

 

 

 

47,637

 

Hi-Media (a)

 

116,002

 

 

 

Online Advertiser in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,743,292

 

 

 

> Germany 9.9%

 

 

 

2,187

 

Bertrandt

 

275,335

 

 

 

Outsourced Engineering

 

 

 

7,880

 

Aurelius

 

255,318

 

 

 

European Turnaround Investor

 

 

 

4,462

 

Elringklinger

 

200,771

 

 

 

Automobile Components

 

 

 

4,157

 

NORMA Group

 

200,263

 

 

 

Clamps for Automotive & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

5,675

 

Wirecard

 

194,124

 

 

 

Online Payment Processing & Risk Management

 

 

 

14,312

 

TAG Immobilien

 

177,608

 

 

 

Owner of Residential Properties in Germany

 

 

 

430

 

Rational

 

128,271

 

 

 

Commercial Ovens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,431,690

 

 

 

> Netherlands 7.0%

 

 

 

9,837

 

Aalberts Industries

 

262,101

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

4,562

 

UNIT4

 

178,671

 

 

 

Business Software Development

 

 

 

5,787

 

Arcadis

 

165,504

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

4,550

 

TKH Group

 

136,282

 

 

 

Dutch Industrial Conglomerate

 

 

 

800

 

Core Labs

 

135,368

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

2,100

 

Fugro

 

128,100

 

 

 

Subsea Oilfield Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,006,026

 

 

 

> Switzerland 5.6%

 

 

 

957

 

Geberit

 

258,417

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

1,028

 

Partners Group

 

252,012

 

 

 

Private Markets Asset Management

 

 

 

66

 

Sika

 

192,377

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

303

 

INFICON

 

97,164

 

 

 

Gas Detection Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

799,970

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

> Sweden 4.2%

 

 

 

5,250

 

Hexagon

 

$

158,316

 

 

 

Design, Measurement & Visualization Software & Equipment

 

 

 

42,000

 

Eniro (a)

 

153,578

 

 

 

Leading Provider of Local Search Services in Nordics

 

 

 

3,737

 

Unibet

 

150,022

 

 

 

European Online Gaming Operator

 

 

 

11,512

 

Sweco

 

148,676

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

610,592

 

 

 

> Finland 3.7%

 

 

 

3,043

 

Vacon

 

239,594

 

 

 

Leading Independent Manufacturer of Variable Speed Alternating Current Drives

 

 

 

5,853

 

Tikkurila

 

155,989

 

 

 

Decorative & Industrial Paint in Scandinavia & Central & Eastern Europe

 

 

 

4,012

 

Konecranes

 

135,094

 

 

 

Manufacture & Service of Industrial Cranes & Port Handling Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

530,677

 

 

 

> Russia 3.5%

 

 

 

6,900

 

QIWI - ADR

 

215,694

 

 

 

Electronic Payments Network Serving Russia & the Commonwealth of Independent States

 

 

 

4,562

 

Yandex (a)

 

166,148

 

 

 

Search Engine for Russian & Turkish Languages

 

 

 

65,000

 

Moscow Exchange

 

124,477

 

 

 

Russia’s Main Exchange for Stocks, Bonds, Derivatives, Currencies & Repo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

506,319

 

 

 

> Norway 3.3%

 

 

 

9,200

 

Subsea 7

 

191,244

 

 

 

Offshore Subsea Contractor

 

 

 

16,962

 

Atea

 

178,414

 

 

 

Leading Nordic IT Hardware/Software Reseller & Installation Company

 

 

 

15,054

 

Orkla

 

109,652

 

 

 

Food & Brands, Aluminum, Chemicals Conglomerate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

479,310

 

 

 

> Spain 3.0%

 

 

 

20,100

 

Dia

 

174,275

 

 

 

Leading Hard Discounter in Spain, Latin America & the Eastern Mediterranean

 

 

 

2,700

 

Viscofan

 

154,400

 

 

 

Sausage Casings Maker

 

 

 

3,152

 

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles

 

100,016

 

 

 

Spanish Stock Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

428,691

 

 

 

> Denmark 1.9%

 

 

 

2,912

 

Jyske Bank (a)

 

144,620

 

 

 

Danish Bank

 

 

 

3,962

 

SimCorp

 

133,310

 

 

 

Software for Investment Managers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

277,930

 

 

 

> Belgium 1.2%

 

 

 

2,687

 

EVS Broadcast Equipment

 

173,358

 

 

 

Digital Live Mobile Production Software & Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Italy 1.1%

 

 

 

9,150

 

Pirelli

 

119,144

 

 

 

Global Tire Supplier

 

 

 

16,449

 

Geox

 

44,951

 

 

 

Apparel & Shoe Maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

164,095

 

 

 

> Turkey 0.9%

 

 

 

10,000

 

Bizim Toptan

 

129,205

 

 

 

Cash & Carry Stores in Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Portugal 0.3%

 

 

 

12,679

 

Redes Energéticas Nacionais

 

37,908

 

 

 

Portuguese Power Transmission & Gas Transportation

 

 

 

Europe: Total

 

12,063,453

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> United States 1.0%

 

 

 

2,937

 

Gulfmark Offshore

 

149,464

 

 

 

Operator of Offshore Supply Vessels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Canada 0.8%

 

 

 

7,691

 

Alliance Grain Traders

 

110,954

 

 

 

Global Leader in Pulse Processing & Distribution

 

 

 

Other Countries: Total

 

260,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

> Hong Kong 0.8%

 

 

 

45,200

 

L’Occitane International

 

118,170

 

 

 

Skin Care & Cosmetics Producer

 

 

 

Asia: Total

 

118,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 86.3%
(Cost: $10,903,292)

 

12,442,041

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments 5.2%

 

 

 

754,982

 

JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (7 day yield of 0.01%)

 

754,982

 

Total Short-Term Investments: 5.2%
(Cost: $754,982)

 

754,982

 

 



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.2%

 

 

 

22,828

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares (7 day yield of 0.01)% (d)

 

$

22,828

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $22,828)

 

22,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 91.7%
(Cost: $11,681,102)(e)

 

13,219,851

(f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (0.2)%

 

(22,828

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 8.5%

 

1,225,742

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

14,422,765

 

 


ADR - American Depositary Receipts

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

(b)   All or a portion of this security was on loan at September 30, 2013. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2013 was $21,682.

(c)   On September 30, 2013, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Percentage 
of Net Assets

 

Euro

 

$

5,380,368

 

37.3

 

British Pound

 

3,744,390

 

26.0

 

Swiss Franc

 

799,970

 

5.5

 

United States Dollar

 

791,151

 

5.5

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

1,726,162

 

12.0

 

Total Equities

 

$

12,442,041

 

86.3

 

 

(d)   Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

(e)   At September 30, 2013, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $11,681,102 and net unrealized appreciation was $1,538,749 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $1,601,001 and gross unrealized depreciation of $62,252.

(f)    Securities are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments, following the input prioritization hierarchy established by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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

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

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable (including management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment)

 

The inputs or methodology 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 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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee (the Committee) of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the Board) that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in Level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 



 

> Notes to Statement of Investments

 

Under the direction of the Board, the Committee is responsible for carrying out the valuation procedures approved by the Board.

 

The Committee meets as necessary, and no less frequently than quarterly, to determine fair values for securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the investment manager believes that available market quotations are unreliable, to review the appropriateness of the Trust’s Portfolio Pricing Policy and the pricing procedures of the investment manager (the Policies), and to review the continuing appropriateness of the current value of any security subject to the Policies. The Policies address, among other things: circumstances under which market quotations will be deemed readily available; selection of third party pricing vendors; appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require fair valuation and fair value techniques; and circumstances under which securities will be deemed to pose a potential for stale pricing, including when securities are illiquid, restricted, or in default. The Committee may also meet to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include review of back-testing results, review of time-sensitive information or approval of other valuation related actions, and to review the appropriateness of the Policies.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Funds’ securities may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions. The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value. Significant changes in any of these factors could result in lower or higher fair value measurements. Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring (which may occur as often as daily), however the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required with the same frequency.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of September 30, 2013, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other 
Significant 
Observable 
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

$

517,210

 

$

11,546,243

 

$

 

$

12,063,453

 

Other Countries

 

260,418

 

 

 

260,418

 

Asia

 

 

118,170

 

 

118,170

 

Total Equities

 

777,628

 

11,664,413

 

 

12,442,041

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

754,982

 

 

 

754,982

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

22,828

 

 

 

22,828

 

Total Investments

 

$

1,555,438

 

$

11,664,413

 

$

 

$

13,219,851

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using a market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from observable market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sale price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade. The Fund may use a statistical fair valuation model, in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board, provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation. These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 



 

Item  2. Controls and Procedures.

 

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

 

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

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

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

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

(registrant)

 

Columbia Acorn Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 25, 2013

 

 

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

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 25, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 25, 2013

 

 


EX-99.CERT 2 a13-22416_2ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

I, Bruce H. Lauer, certify that:

 

1.                                      I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Columbia Acorn Trust;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Date:      November 25, 2013

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 



 

I, Charles P. McQuaid, certify that:

 

1.                                      I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Columbia Acorn Trust;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Date:      November 25, 2013

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President