-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AiYRvtstAPX+U3PI+EHPO/tazgXEX3mKD7EjbFWK/Vivvu+BTtQ0xkp7cW+V+CdZ 9TC3G65sURBRw7fcQMZW9A== 0001188112-07-003153.txt : 20071030 0001188112-07-003153.hdr.sgml : 20071030 20071030162606 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001188112-07-003153 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070831 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071030 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071030 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20071030 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NRM INVESTMENT CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000313038 IRS NUMBER: 231922688 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSR SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-02955 FILM NUMBER: 071199882 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 919 CONESTOGA RD STREET 2: ROSEMONT BUSINESS CAMPUS STE 112 BLDG 1 CITY: ROSEMONT STATE: PA ZIP: 19010 BUSINESS PHONE: 6105277009 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 919 CONESTOGA ROAD STREET 2: ROSEMONT BUSINESS CAMPUS STE 112 BLDG 1 CITY: ROSEMONT STATE: PA ZIP: 19010 0000313038 S000013161 NRM INVESTMENT CO C000035428 NRM INVESTMENT CO N-CSR 1 t15465_ncsr.htm FORM N-CSR t15465_ncsr.htm


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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811 02995

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: NRM Investment Company

Address of principal executive offices: NRM Investment Company, Rosemont Business Campus, Suite 112, Building 3 - 919 Conestoga Road, Rosemont, Pennsylvania 19010

Name and address of agent for service: John H. McCoy, President, NRM Investment Company, Rosemont Business Campus, Suite 112, Building 3 - 919 Conestoga Road, Rosemont, Pennsylvania 19010

Registrant's Telephone Number:   (610) 527-7009

Date of fiscal year end:  August 31, 2007
ITEM 1 – REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS

A copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act is attached hereto.

ITEM 2  CODE OF ETHICS:

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics. It is incorporated by reference to Exhibit to Item 11 (a)(1) to registrant’s N-CSR filed for its fiscal year ending August 31, 2005. The code of ethics is available, without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund’s assistant secretary, Edward Fackenthal, collect at 610 279 3370 or contacting him at his email address: edwardfackental@cs.com. The code of ethics is also available on the EDGAR Database on the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov.



ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT:

The Board of Directors does not have an audit committee and accordingly the entire board oversees the Registrant’s accounting and financial reporting processes including the audits of its financial statements. The board employs an outside accountant responsible for normal bookkeeping, tax preparation and recordkeeping, and employs a firm of independent auditors to report on internal controls and certify its financial records on an annual basis. The bookkeeper and outside auditor both qualify as financial experts. The outside accountant and auditor are engaged on behalf of the Registrant by the Company’s president and their engagements are ratified yearly by the shareholders. The outside auditor provides no services for the Registrant’s investment adviser. Note: four members of the five-member board of directors own 91.6% of its shares. Registrant has no salaried employees to otherwise fulfill the role of financial expert.

ITEM 4. ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
 
   
2006
 
2007
 
           
(a)  Audit fees:
 
16,000
 
17,000
 
           
(b)  Related fees
 
         0
 
         0
 
           
(c) (d) Tax & other fees
 
6,400
 
  6,800
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ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

See Item 3.

ITEM 6 – SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

The information is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this report and attached hereto.

ITEMS 7, 8

Not applicable to Registrant


_______________________
 
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ITEM 9 – SUBMISSION OF MATTER TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

ITEM – 10 CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Fund operates through its five-member board of directors sitting as an executive committee of the whole. It has no employees other than its officers none of whom receives compensation other than nominal director’s fees. It engages independent contractors to provide investment, financial and custodial services.

Portfolio Procedures

1. The Investment Advisor and those authorized to execute investment transactions do not have discretion to change the Fund’s portfolio outside of the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

2. Any significant inflows or outflows of cash will be brought to the President’s attention to confirm that a related purchase or sale of securities or other disbursement was authorized by him.

Investment Custody and Shareholder Services

1. All transactions with shareholders and the custody of the Fund’s Securities are performed by an independent corporate custodian.  Any changes to these functions must be authorized by the Board of Directors.

Accounting and Reporting

1. The recording, summarizing and reporting of all financial data will be performed by a CPA who is independent of the buying and selling of securities as well as the disbursement of the Fund’s cash and transfer of the Fund’s assets.

2. Upon discovery, the CPA will bring any unusual transaction directly to the President and/or Board’s attention.
 
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3. The CPA will provide directly to the Board of Directors a Statement of Net Assets and a Statement of Operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles within ten business days of each month end.
 
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CERTIFICATIONS

I, John H. McCoy, President and Treasurer of the Fund certify that:

1.           I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of NRM Investment Company;

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 financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

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
 
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(d)           Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report 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:           10/30/07           

      /s/ John H. McCoy                                                                                                             
John H. McCoy, President and Treasurer


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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: NRM Investment Company

By:                 /s/ John H. McCoy                                                                                                          
John H. McCoy, President and Treasurer

Date:           10/30/07           
 

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:                 /s/ John H. McCoy                                                                                                          
John H. McCoy, President and Treasurer

Date:           10/30/07           


By:                     /s/ Edward Fackenthal                                                                             
Edward Fackenthal, Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Date:           10/30/07           
 
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EXHIBITS
 
 
Financial Report

 
August 31, 2007




 
Table of Contents
August 31, 2007
 

   
  Page 
Financial Statements
   
     
 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
1
     
 Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
2
     
Schedule of Investments
 
3
     
Statement of Operations                                                            
 
6
     
Statements of Changes in Net Assets                                                                                            
 
7
     
Financial Highlights
 
8
     
Notes to Financial Statements
 
9
     
 
 

 
 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Shareholders and Board of Directors
NRM Investment Company
 
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of NRM Investment Company (the Fund), including the schedule of investments, as of August 31, 2007, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended.  These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.  The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights.  Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2007, by correspondence with the custodian.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NRM Investment Company as of August 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
             As discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements, the Fund has been identified as a potentially responsible party by the Environmental Protection Agency in remedial activities relating to an environmental matter. The Fund has recorded a liability of $1,150,000 as of August 31, 2007 as its best estimate of its remaining exposure in this matter. Due to the uncertainties in settling the environmental matter, it is at least reasonably possible that the Fund’s estimate of remaining exposure will change in the near term.
 
 
Beard Miller Company LLP
Reading, Pennsylvania
October 26, 2007

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NRM Investment Company

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007


   
2007
 
Assets
     
         
Investments at fair value (cost $13,916,355)
  $
13,836,254
 
Interest and dividends receivable
   
148,721
 
Prepaid expenses
   
4,469
 
         
Total Assets
   
13,989,444
 
         
Liabilities
       
         
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
1,174,426
 
         
  $
12,815,018
 
         
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company

Schedule of Investments
August 31, 2007


   
Principal
Amount
or Shares
   
Fair
Value
 
Municipal Bonds - 56.0%
           
             
General Obligation Bonds - 8.0%
           
                 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 5.00%, due 6/15/11, callable 6/15/09 at 100
   
100,000
    $
102,315
 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5.00%, due 9/1/12, callable 3/1/12 at 100 (AMBAC)
   
250,000
     
262,813
 
Pennsylvania State, First Series, 5.00%, due 7/1/13
   
300,000
     
318,468
 
Berks County, Pennsylvania, 5.00%, due 11/15/14, callable 11/15/08 at 100 (AMBAC)
   
100,000
     
101,371
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania School District, 5.625%, due 8/1/15, callable 8/1/12 at 100 (FGIC)
   
300,000
     
325,821
 
                 
Total General Obligation Bonds
           
1,110,788
 
                 
Housing Finance Agency Bonds - .9%
               
                 
Odessa, Texas Housing Finance Corporation, Home Mortgage Revenue Refunding, 8.45%, due 11/1/11, callable 11/1/05 at 103
   
16,518
     
16,637
 
California Housing Finance Agency, Home Mortgage, 10.25%, due 2/1/14, callable 2/1/99 at 100
   
40,000
     
40,935
 
Minnesota State Housing Finance Agency, Single-Family Mortgage, 5.95%, due 1/1/17, callable 1/1/07 at 101.50
   
60,000
     
60,586
 
                 
Total Housing Finance Agency Bonds
           
118,158
 
                 
Other Revenue Bonds - 47.1%
               
                 
Parkland, Pennsylvania School District, 5.375%, due 9/1/15 (FGIC)
   
170,000
     
186,703
 
Grand Rapids, Michigan Downtown Development Authority, 6.60%, due 6/1/08, callable 6/1/06 at 100
   
365,000
     
365,785
 
Faulkey Gully Municipal Utility District, Texas, 4.50%, due 3/1/09 (FSA)
   
70,000
     
70,292
 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, 5.00%, due 11/1/10
   
500,000
     
519,015
 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, 5.00%, due 11/1/11 (MBIA)
   
100,000
     
104,757
 
Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority, 5.25%, due 1/1/12, callable 7/1/08 at 100 (MBIA)
   
175,000
     
177,097
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gas Works, 18th Series, 5.00%, due 8/1/11 (CIFG)
   
300,000
     
313,164
 
Montgomery County Pennsylvania Higher Educational Authority, 5.00%, due 4/1/12 (Radian)
   
225,000
     
230,810
 
                 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
August 31, 2007


   
Principal
Amount
or Shares
   
Fair
Value
 
             
Municipal Bonds - 56.0% (Continued)
           
             
Other Revenue Bonds - 47.1% (Continued)
           
                 
Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority, 5.375%, due 7/1/12, callable 7/1/09 at 100 (AMBAC)
   
100,000
    $
103,027
 
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, 5.00%, due 9/1/12
   
500,000
     
528,430
 
Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority, 5.50%, prerefunded 1/01/13
   
350,000
     
377,881
 
Jackson, Mississippi Redevelopment Authority, Jackson Street Area Project, 5.70%, due 4/1/13, callable 10/1/05 at 100 (MBIA)
   
100,000
     
100,127
 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Recovery Facilities, 5.00%, due 9/1/13, callable 9/1/08 at 101 (FSA)
   
100,000
     
102,293
 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Recovery Facilities, 5.00%, mandatory put 12/1/13
   
425,000
     
450,887
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wastewater, 5.25%, due 11/1/14, callable 11/1/12 at 100 (FGIC)
   
250,000
     
266,695
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wastewater, 5.00%, due 7/1/14
   
250,000
     
267,093
 
Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission, 5.25%, due 12/1/14, callable 12/1/08 at 101 (AMBAC)
   
230,000
     
236,596
 
Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission, 5.25%, due 12/1/15, callable 12/1/08 at 101 (AMBAC)
   
200,000
     
205,737
 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Higher Educational Building Authority, 5.50%, due 3/15/16, callable 6/15/12 at 100 (AMBAC)
   
150,000
     
166,173
 
Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority, 5.00%, due 6/15/16, callable 6/15/12 at 100 (AMBAC)
   
100,000
     
104,260
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gas Works, Fourth Series,  5.25%, due 8/1/16, callable 8/1/13
   
250,000
     
269,280
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Lease Revenue, 5.40%, due 2/15/17, callable 2/15/07 at 102 (MBIA)
   
100,000
     
101,722
 
Chester County, Pennsylvania Health and Educational Authority (Devereux), 5.00%, due 11/1/18
   
405,000
     
418,608
 
Michigan Municipal Bond Authority, LOC Government Loans, 6.125%, due 12/1/18, callable 12/1/04 at 102, callable 12/1/06 at 100 (FGIC)
   
100,000
     
100,000
 
Tobacco Settlement Financial Corporation, New Jersey,  5.00%, due 6/1/19 , callable 6/1/17
   
200,000
     
199,032
 
Volusia County Florida Educational Facilities Authority, 5%, due 10/15/25, callable 10/15/15
   
310,000
     
296,112
 
                 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
August 31, 2007


   
Principal
Amount
or Shares
   
Fair
Value
 
             
Municipal Bonds - 56.0% (Continued)
           
             
Other Revenue Bonds - 47.1% (Continued)
           
                 
North Carolina Medical Care Community Mortgage Revenue (Chatham Hospital), 5.25%, due 8/1/26, callable 2/1/17 at 100 (MBIA)
   
250,000
    $
261,581
 
                 
Total Other Revenue Bonds
           
6,523,157
 
                 
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $7,810,569)
           
7,752,103
 
                 
Preferred Stock – 43.4%
               
                 
ABN Amro Capital Trust VI, 6.25%
   
20,000
     
483,000
 
Aegon NV , 6.50%
   
15,000
     
366,000
 
Aegon NV, 6.875%
   
10,000
     
248,200
 
Barclays Bank, PLC ADR
   
20,000
     
493,400
 
Deutsche Bank Contingent Cap Tr, 6.55%
   
15,000
     
360,150
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 6.42%
   
5,000
     
271,250
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 1/1000 B
   
15,000
     
365,850
 
HSBC USA, Inc., 1/40 Series H
   
20,000
     
526,200
 
ING Group NV, 7.05%
   
10,000
     
247,700
 
ING Group NV, Perpetual Debt Security
   
16,000
     
371,520
 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. C Dep. 1/10
   
10,000
     
455,000
 
Metlife, Inc., 6.50%
   
17,500
     
441,175
 
Prudential PLC, 6.50%
   
12,500
     
309,375
 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC ADR Series R
   
10,000
     
232,500
 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC ADR Series Q
   
20,000
     
500,400
 
Santander Financial SA, 6.41%
   
14,000
     
334,040
 
                 
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $6,027,395)
           
6,005,760
 
                 
Short-Term Investments - at Cost Approximating Fair Value - 0.6%
               
                 
Federated Pennsylvania Municipal Cash Trust #8 – (Cost $78,391)
   
78,391
     
78,391
 
                 
Total Investments - 100% (Cost $13,916,355)
          $ 13,836,254  
                 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
Statement of Operations
Year Ended August 31, 2007
 

   
2007
 
       
Investment Income
     
       
      Interest
  $
326,914
 
      Dividends
   
388,774
 
     
715,688
 
         
Expenses
       
         
      Investment advisory fees
   
43,075
 
Custodian fees
   
20,325
 
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
   
1,925
 
Legal and professional fees
   
88,706
 
Directors’ fees
   
6,400
 
Insurance
   
1,200
 
Capital stock tax
   
3,131
 
Provision for environmental claims and related costs
   
1,021,372
 
Miscellaneous
   
3,434
 
         
Total Expenses
   
1,189,568
 
         
Net Investment Income (Loss)
    (473,880 )
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
       
         
Net realized gain from investment transactions
   
22,720
 
Net unrealized depreciation of investments
    (336,446 )
         
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
    (313,726 )
         
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (787,606 )
         
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Years Ended August 31, 2007 and 2006
 

   
2007
   
2006
 
             
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
           
             
Net investment (loss) income
  $ (473,880 )   $
399,194
 
Net realized gain from investment transactions
   
22,720
     
141,159
 
Net unrealized (depreciation) appreciation of investments
    (336,446 )    
72,712
 
                 
Net (Decrease) Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
    (787,606 )    
613,065
 
                 
Distributions to Shareholders
    (606,212 )     (477,046 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions
   
64
      (1,324,319 )
                 
Total Decrease in Net Assets
    (1,393,754 )     (1,188,300 )
                 
Net Assets - Beginning of Year
   
14,208,772
     
15,397,072
 
                 
Net Assets - End of Year
  $
12,815,018
    $
14,208,772
 
                 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
Financial Highlights
Years Ended August 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003

 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
   
2004
   
2003
 
Per Share Data (for a share outstanding throughout the
indicated year)
                             
                               
Net asset value, beginning of year
  $
3.938
    $
3.900
    $
3.931
    $
3.834
    $
3.842
 
Net investment income (loss)
    (.131 )    
.110
     
.070
     
.119
     
.146
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    (.088 )    
.059
     
.097
     
.096
     
.006
 
                                         
Total from Investment Operations
    (.219 )    
.169
     
.167
     
.215
     
.152
 
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
                                         
Dividends from capital gains
    (.025 )     (.021 )     (.130 )     (.009 )    
-
 
Dividends from net tax-exempt income
    (.064 )     (.086 )     (.061 )     (.103 )     (.146 )
Dividends from net taxable income
    (.079 )     (.024 )     (.007 )     (.006 )    
-
 
Distribution in excess of net investment Income
           
-
     
-
     
-
      (.014 )
                                         
Total Distributions
    (.168 )     (.131 )     (.198 )     (.118 )     (.160 )
                                         
Net Asset Value, End of Year
  $
3.551
    $
3.938
    $
3.900
    $
3.931
    $
3.834
 
                                         
Total Return (Loss)
    (5.79 %)     4.40 %     3.76 %     5.59 %     3.96 %
                                         
Ratios/Supplemental Data
                                       
                                         
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)
  $
12,815
    $
14,209
    $
15,397
    $
15,579
    $
15,198
 
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    8.62 %     1.05 %     1.23 %     .67 %     1.07 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
    (3.43 %)     2.77 %     1.75 %     3.04 %     3.78 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    18.00 %     88.85 %     56.38 %     47.45 %     37.90 %
                                         
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company

Notes to Financial Statements
August 31, 2007

 
 
Note 1 - Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies
 
 
Nature of Business
 
NRM Investment Company (the Fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company.  The investment objective of the Fund is to maximize and distribute income and gains on a current basis.  Its secondary objective is preservation of capital.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
 
 
Valuation of Investments
 
Investments in securities (other than debt securities maturing in 60 days or less) traded in the over-the-counter market, and listed securities for which no sale was reported on the last business day of the year, are valued based on prices furnished by a pricing service.  This service determines the valuations using a matrix pricing system based on common bond features such as coupon rate, quality and expected maturity dates.  Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued by the investment advisor under the supervision and responsibility of the Fund’s Board of Directors.  Investments in securities that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the closing prices.  Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
 
 
Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income
 
Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date).  Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are reported on the basis of identified cost for both financial and federal income tax purposes.  Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis for both financial and income tax reporting. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date.  In computing investment income, the Fund amortizes premiums over the life of the security, unless said premium is in excess of any call price, in which case the excess is amortized to the earliest call date.  Discounts are accreted over the life of the security.
 
 
Transactions with Shareholders
 
Fund shares are sold and redeemed at the net asset value.  Transactions of these shares are recorded on the trade date.  Dividends and distributions are recorded by the Fund on the ex-dividend date.
 
 
Federal Income Taxes
 
It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute substantially all of its net investment income and realized net gain from investment transactions to its shareholders and, accordingly, no provision has been made for federal income taxes.
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
 
 
Note 1 - Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
 
 
Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 

 
Note 2 - Investment Advisor and Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The Fund has an investment advisory agreement which provides that the Fund pays to the investment advisor, as compensation for services provided and expenses assumed, a fee at the annual rate of .30% of the Fund’s net asset value.  The chief executive officer of the investment advisor is on the Board of Directors of the Fund.  Furthermore, the Fund’s president and chairman of the Board owns 78.1% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of August 31, 2007.
 

 
Note 3 - Cost, Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities
 
Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of investment securities, other than short-term investments, aggregated $2,553,509 and $2,530,685, respectively, during the year ended August 31, 2007.
 
At August 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities owned is the same for financial reporting and federal income tax purposes.  Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities is $80,101 (aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $71,595, less aggregate unrealized depreciation of $151,696).
 

 
Note 4 - Environmental Liability
 
The Fund has been identified as a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in remedial activities related to an environmental matter.
 
The claim is divided into two parts: the first relates to groundwater contamination (OU-1), and the second (OU-2) relates to drummed waste, soil cleanup, and past costs incurred by the EPA.
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
 
The Fund has joined a group (OU-1 Group) of defendants to share the costs of the OU-1 matter and has declined to join a group (OU-2 Group) to share the costs of the OU-2 matter as the Fund believed its linkage to this portion of the claim to be weak.
 
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
 
 
Note 4 - Environmental Liability (Continued)
 
The Fund has accrued $150,000 at August 31, 2007 as its estimate of the remaining commitment to the OU-1 Group.  The Fund’s share of the costs is subject to reallocation after all available evidence is analyzed.
 
The OU-2 Group has begun a cost recovery suit against the Fund and others for the OU-1 and OU-2 work as well as past EPA costs.  The total amounts asserted to date for the OU-1 and OU-2 matters are $3,700,000 and $2,500,000 respectively; in addition OU-2 includes past EPA costs of $7,500,000.  There will be ongoing OU-1 operation and maintenance expenses for cleaning ground water for the indefinite future and for indefinite amounts.  Of the amounts the Fund has already paid or will pay because of its OU-1 contract commitment, it will seek contribution or reimbursement from the other defendants.
 
In April 2007, Counsel for the Fund advised that, with minor exceptions, lengthy discovery proceedings have been concluded, the developed facts have been analyzed, and that the Fund has begun settlement negotiations. After considering the facts and plaintiffs’ contentions, Counsel believes that a payment by the Fund either by settlement or by recovery following further litigation is probable and that, in addition to the OU-1 costs the Fund has already incurred, there will be additional exposure estimated to be between $750,000 and $1,500,000 and that $1,000,000 is the present best estimate of the Fund’s liability. This amount has been charged to the Fund in April 2007. There has been no changes to this estimate as of August 31, 2007.
 
In addition, the EPA has made an inquiry about another site which may lead to a future claim and whose materiality is unknown. No amounts have been accrued for any claim associated with this inquiry.
 
 
 
Note 5 - Transactions in Capital Stock and Components of Net Assets
 
Transactions in fund shares were as follows:
 
   
Years Ended August 31,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
 
                         
Shares issued
   
191,368
    $
690,808
     
-
    $
-
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends
   
24
     
94
     
11
     
45
 
Shares redeemed
    (191,368 )     (690,838 )     (340,065 )     (1,324,364 )
                                 
Net Increase (Decrease)
   
24
    $
64
      (340,054 )   $ (1,324,319 )
                                 
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
 
 
Note 5 – Transactions in Capital Stock and Components of Net Assets (Continued)
 
The components of net assets at August 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
                 
Capital shares, par value $.01 per share, 3,608,416 shares and 3,608,392 shares issued and outstanding at August 31, 2007 and 2006 (10,000,000 full and fractional shares authorized); and capital paid-in
  $
13,999,571
    $
13,999,508
 
Unrealized (depreciation) appreciation of investments
    (80,101 )    
256,345
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
8,976
     
66,347
 
Overdistributed net investment income*
    (1,113,428 )     (113,428 )
                 
Net Assets
  $
12,815,018
    $
14,208,772
 
                 
                 
*  For federal income tax purposes, there is no undistributed net investment income.  The book/tax difference arises from amounts reserved for environmental litigation described in Note 4 and not deducted for federal income tax purposes.
       
 

 
Note 6 - Distributions to Shareholders
 
The tax character of distributions paid during 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
             
Distributions paid from:
           
Tax-exempt interest dividends
  $
231,348
    $
316,754
 
Taxable qualified dividends
   
285,798
     
67,700
 
Taxable ordinary dividends
   
-
     
17,779
 
Long-term capital gains
   
89,066
     
74,813
 
                 
    $
606,212
    $
477,046
 

 
Note 7 – New Accounting Pronouncements
 
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” The Statement defines fair value, establishing a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. The Statement establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participation assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and is to be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which this Statement is initially applied.
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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NRM Investment Company
 
 
Note 7 – New Accounting Pronouncements (Continued)
 
      Management is evaluating the application of the Statement to the Fund, and is not in a position at this time to evaluate the significance of its impact, if any, on the Fund’s financial statements.
 
 
 
 
See notes to financial statements.

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