UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number
811-01494
GENERAL ELECTRIC S&S PROGRAM MUTUAL FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
3001 SUMMER STREET, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06905
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
GE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
3001 SUMMER STREET, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06905
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-242-0134
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: 09/30/10
Item 1. | Schedule of Investments. |
S&S Program Mutual
Schedule of Investments (dollars in thousands)—September 30, 2010 (unaudited)
The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics are presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Funds current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.
Common Stock—97.8% † |
Number of Shares | Value | ||||||
Advertising—1.6% |
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Omnicom Group Inc. |
1,444,526 | $ | 57,030 | |||||
Aerospace & Defense—4.0% |
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CAE Inc. |
1,823,305 | 18,876 | ||||||
Hexcel Corp. |
598,250 | 10,643 | (a) | |||||
Honeywell International Inc. |
1,417,314 | 62,277 | ||||||
ITT Corp. |
89,722 | 4,202 | ||||||
Rockwell Collins Inc. |
256,655 | 14,950 | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. |
474,195 | 33,777 | ||||||
144,725 | ||||||||
Agricultural Products—0.7% |
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Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
759,981 | 24,259 | ||||||
Asset Management & Custody Banks—3.4% |
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Ameriprise Financial Inc. |
484,500 | 22,931 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. |
579,477 | 12,302 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
1,762,110 | 66,361 | (e) | |||||
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. |
753,668 | 19,693 | ||||||
121,287 | ||||||||
Automotive Retail—0.1% |
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O’Reilly Automotive Inc. |
82,302 | 4,379 | (a) | |||||
Biotechnology—4.4% |
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Amgen Inc. |
1,732,721 | 95,490 | (a) | |||||
Gilead Sciences Inc. |
1,781,285 | 63,432 | (a) | |||||
158,922 | ||||||||
Brewers—0.2% |
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Molson Coors Brewing Co. |
121,125 | 5,719 | ||||||
Cable & Satellite—1.2% |
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DIRECTV |
646,040 | 26,895 | (a) | |||||
Liberty Global Inc. |
512,790 | 15,671 | (a) | |||||
42,566 | ||||||||
Coal & Consumable Fuels—0.1% |
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Peabody Energy Corp. |
112,152 | 5,497 | ||||||
Communications Equipment—5.4% |
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Cisco Systems Inc. |
3,854,977 | 84,424 | (a) | |||||
QUALCOMM Inc. |
2,011,418 | 90,755 | ||||||
Research In Motion Ltd. |
392,405 | 19,106 | (a) | |||||
194,285 |
Computer Hardware—2.7% |
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Apple Inc. |
296,491 | 84,129 | (a) | |||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
314,031 | 13,211 | ||||||
97,340 | ||||||||
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks—1.5% |
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Cummins Inc. |
305,469 | 27,669 | ||||||
Deere & Co. |
292,900 | 20,439 | ||||||
Navistar International Corp. |
123,048 | 5,370 | (a) | |||||
53,478 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance—0.3% |
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Capital One Financial Corp. |
246,257 | 9,739 | ||||||
Data Processing & Outsourced Services—3.0% |
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The Western Union Co. |
3,099,337 | 54,765 | ||||||
Visa Inc. |
700,055 | 51,986 | ||||||
106,751 | ||||||||
Department Stores—0.2% |
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Macy’s Inc. |
345,428 | 7,976 | ||||||
Diversified Banks—1.1% |
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US Bancorp |
269,170 | 5,819 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
1,335,680 | 33,566 | ||||||
39,385 | ||||||||
Diversified Metals & Mining—0.3% |
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. |
142,695 | 12,185 | ||||||
Diversified Support Services—0.4% |
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Iron Mountain Inc. |
639,934 | 14,296 | ||||||
Electric Utilities—1.7% |
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Edison International |
201,878 | 6,943 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. |
201,875 | 15,449 | ||||||
ITC Holdings Corp. |
104,578 | 6,510 | ||||||
NextEra Energy Inc. |
335,616 | 18,254 | ||||||
Northeast Utilities |
507,420 | 15,004 | ||||||
62,160 | ||||||||
Electrical Components & Equipment—0.2% |
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Cooper Industries PLC |
123,099 | 6,023 | ||||||
Electronic Components—0.3% |
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Corning Inc. |
583,194 | 10,661 | ||||||
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—1.5% |
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Monsanto Co. |
670,288 | 32,127 | ||||||
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. |
152,380 | 21,949 | ||||||
54,076 | ||||||||
General Merchandise Stores—1.1% |
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Target Corp. |
729,014 | 38,958 |
Gold—0.3% |
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Barrick Gold Corp. |
225,307 | 10,429 | ||||||
Healthcare Distributors—0.3% |
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Cardinal Health Inc. |
323,001 | 10,672 | ||||||
Healthcare Equipment—2.8% |
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Becton Dickinson and Co. |
76,264 | 5,651 | ||||||
Covidien PLC |
1,287,402 | 51,741 | ||||||
Hospira Inc. |
269,164 | 15,345 | (a) | |||||
ResMed Inc. |
822,388 | 26,982 | (a) | |||||
99,719 | ||||||||
Healthcare Services—1.8% |
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Express Scripts Inc. |
1,065,916 | 51,910 | (a) | |||||
Omnicare Inc. |
605,622 | 14,462 | ||||||
66,372 | ||||||||
Home Improvement Retail—1.6% |
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Lowe’s Companies Inc. |
2,566,345 | 57,204 | ||||||
Home Building—0.1% |
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MDC Holdings Inc. |
90,727 | 2,634 | ||||||
Home Furnishing Retail—0.3% |
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. |
257,253 | 11,167 | (a) | |||||
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines—0.5% |
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Carnival Corp. |
512,404 | 19,579 | ||||||
Household Products—2.1% |
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Clorox Co. |
421,400 | 28,133 | ||||||
The Procter & Gamble Co. |
813,099 | 48,761 | ||||||
76,894 | ||||||||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders—0.1% |
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Calpine Corp. |
376,834 | 4,692 | (a) | |||||
Industrial Gases—1.2% |
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Praxair Inc. |
479,278 | 43,260 | ||||||
Industrial Machinery—0.2% |
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Eaton Corp. |
76,264 | 6,291 | ||||||
Integrated Oil & Gas—5.3% |
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Chevron Corp. |
430,667 | 34,905 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
1,251,978 | 77,360 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. |
538,338 | 17,819 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
199,216 | 15,599 | ||||||
Suncor Energy Inc. |
1,346,034 | 43,813 | ||||||
189,496 | ||||||||
Integrated Telecommunication Services—1.2% |
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AT&T Inc. |
1,000,404 | 28,611 | ||||||
Verizon Communications Inc. |
403,751 | 13,158 | ||||||
41,769 |
Internet Software & Services—2.4% |
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Baidu Inc. ADR |
498,050 | 51,110 | (a) | |||||
Google Inc. |
65,855 | 34,626 | (a) | |||||
85,736 | ||||||||
Investment Banking & Brokerage—2.2% |
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Morgan Stanley |
330,451 | 8,156 | ||||||
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
499,891 | 72,274 | ||||||
80,430 | ||||||||
IT Consulting & Other Services—2.0% |
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. |
38,130 | 2,458 | (a) | |||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
511,342 | 68,591 | ||||||
71,049 | ||||||||
Life & Health Insurance—2.2% |
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Aflac Inc. |
375,425 | 19,413 | ||||||
MetLife Inc. |
318,513 | 12,247 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group Inc. |
538,334 | 13,954 | ||||||
Prudential Financial Inc. |
645,523 | 34,974 | ||||||
80,588 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.2% |
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Life Technologies Corp. |
430,839 | 20,116 | (a) | |||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
489,116 | 23,419 | (a) | |||||
43,535 | ||||||||
Movies & Entertainment—2.3% |
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News Corp. |
1,345,834 | 17,577 | ||||||
The Walt Disney Co. |
538,335 | 17,824 | ||||||
Time Warner Inc. |
1,500,482 | 45,990 | ||||||
81,391 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities—0.5% |
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Dominion Resources Inc. |
448,612 | 19,586 | ||||||
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—2.7% |
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Halliburton Co. |
134,584 | 4,451 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco Inc. |
161,499 | 7,182 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. |
1,295,453 | 79,813 | ||||||
Weatherford International Ltd. |
439,640 | 7,518 | (a) | |||||
98,964 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production—1.6% |
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Apache Corp. |
340,715 | 33,308 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. |
236,573 | 15,316 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co. |
309,192 | 10,339 | (a) | |||||
58,963 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation—0.7% |
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El Paso Corp. |
1,390,697 | 17,217 | ||||||
Spectra Energy Corp. |
291,598 | 6,576 | ||||||
23,793 | ||||||||
Other Diversified Financial Services—3.8% |
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Bank of America Corp. |
5,707,472 | 74,825 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1,672,002 | 63,653 | ||||||
138,478 |
Packaged Foods & Meats—1.7% |
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Kraft Foods Inc. |
1,524,395 | 47,043 | ||||||
McCormick & Company Inc. |
157,015 | 6,601 | ||||||
Nestle S.A. ADR |
134,584 | 7,191 | ||||||
60,835 | ||||||||
Personal Products—0.3% |
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Avon Products Inc. |
384,119 | 12,334 | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals—2.4% |
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Abbott Laboratories |
93,878 | 4,904 | (h) | |||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
997,805 | 27,051 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
542,821 | 33,633 | ||||||
Novartis AG ADR |
67,290 | 3,881 | ||||||
Pfizer Inc. |
938,781 | 16,119 | ||||||
85,588 | ||||||||
Property & Casualty Insurance—0.6% |
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ACE Ltd. |
358,890 | 20,905 | ||||||
Railroads—0.9% |
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Union Pacific Corp. |
418,447 | 34,229 | ||||||
Real Estate Services—0.4% |
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CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. |
727,272 | 13,295 | (a) | |||||
Regional Banks—0.1% |
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Regions Financial Corp. |
753,059 | 5,475 | ||||||
Reinsurance—0.4% |
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PartnerRe Ltd. |
175,014 | 14,033 | ||||||
Security & Alarm Services—0.5% |
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Corrections Corporation of America |
686,363 | 16,939 | (a) | |||||
Semiconductor Equipment—0.4% |
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KLA-Tencor Corp. |
423,527 | 14,921 | ||||||
Semiconductors—2.4% |
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Intel Corp. |
2,773,863 | 53,341 | ||||||
Microchip Technology Inc. |
206,532 | 6,495 | ||||||
Texas Instruments Inc. |
953,161 | 25,869 | ||||||
85,705 | ||||||||
Soft Drinks—3.2% |
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PepsiCo Inc. |
1,714,353 | 113,902 | ||||||
Specialized Finance—1.5% |
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CME Group Inc. |
213,920 | 55,716 | ||||||
Steel—1.4% |
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Allegheny Technologies Inc. |
1,075,626 | 49,963 | ||||||
Systems Software—4.1% |
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Microsoft Corp. |
4,893,883 | 119,851 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. |
994,226 | 26,695 | ||||||
146,546 |
Tobacco—0.4% |
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Philip Morris International Inc. |
260,196 | 14,576 | ||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services—2.3% |
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American Tower Corp. |
388,029 | 19,890 | (a) | |||||
NII Holdings Inc. |
1,525,098 | 62,682 | (a) | |||||
82,572 | ||||||||
Total Common Stock |
3,521,922 | |||||||
(Cost $3,282,404) |
Principal Amount |
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Short-Term Investments—2.3% |
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Time Deposit—2.3% |
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State Street Corp. |
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0.01% |
10/1/2010 | $ | 80,496 | 80,496 | (e) | |||||||
(Cost $80,496) |
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Total Investments |
3,602,418 | |||||||||||
(Cost $3,362,900) |
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets , net—(0.1)% |
(2,691 | ) | ||||||||||
NET ASSETS —100.0% |
$ | 3,599,727 | ||||||||||
Notes to Schedules of Investments (dollars in thousands)—September 30, 2010 (unaudited)
The views expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice. The securities cited may not represent current or future holdings and should not be considered as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. See the supplemental disclosure for complete descriptions of investment objectives, policies, risks and permissible investments.
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2010, these securities amounted to $226,402 or 8.49% of the net assets of the GE S&S Income Fund. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by the Board of Trustees. |
(c) | Settlement is on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis with final maturity to be announced (TBA) in the future. |
(d) | Coupon amount represents effective yield. |
(e) | State Street Corp. is the parent company of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Fund’s custodian and accounting agent. |
(f) | Principal only securities represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. No payments of interest on the pool are passed through to the “principal only” holder. |
(g) | Interest only securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding. |
(h) | At September 30, 2010, all or a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for futures, options, forward foreign currency contracts and/or TBA’s. |
(i) | Variable or floating rate security. The stated rate represents the rate at September 30, 2010. |
(j) | Step coupon bond. Security becomes interest bearing at a future date. |
(k) | GEAM, the investment adviser of the Fund, also serves as investment adviser of the GEI Investment Fund and the GE Funds-GE Money Market Fund. |
(l) | Securities at default. |
(m) | Illiquid Securities at September 30, 2010, these securities amounted to $12,707; or 0.48% of net assets for the GE S&S Income Fund. These securities have been determined to be illiquid using procedures established by the Board of Trustees. |
(n) | Coupon amount represents the coupon of the underlying mortgage securities on which monthly interest payments are based. |
† | Percentages are based on net assets as of September 30, 2010. |
* | Less than 0.05% |
** | Par value is less than $0.50. |
Abbreviations:
ADR | American Depository Receipt | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
REMIC | Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit | |
STRIPS | Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Security | |
TBA | To be announced |
Income Taxes Disclosure
As September 30, 2010, information on the tax cost of investments is as follows:
Cost of Investment for Tax Purposes |
Gross Tax Unrealized Appreciation |
Gross Tax Unrealized Depreciation |
Net Tax Appreciation / (Depreciation) on Investments |
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GE S&S Program Mutual Fund |
3,477,800 | 355,352 | (230,674 | ) | 124,678 |
Security Valuation and Transactions
A Fund’s portfolio securities are valued generally on the basis of market quotations. Equity securities generally are valued at the last reported sales price on the primary market in which they are traded. Portfolio securities listed on NASDAQ are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. Level 1 securities primarily include publicly-traded equity securities. If no sales occurred on the exchange or NASDAQ that day, the portfolio security generally is valued using the last reported bid price. In those circumstances the Fund classifies the investment securities in Level 2.
Debt securities (other than short-term securities described below) generally are valued at an evaluated bid as reported by an independent pricing service. Values obtained from pricing services are based on various factors such as market transactions, dealer supplied valuations, security characteristics and other market data. These securities are included in Level 2. In the absence of a reliable price from such a pricing service, debt securities may be valued based on dealer supplied valuations or quotations and would be classified in Level 3. A Fund’s written or purchased options are valued at the last sales price, or if no sales occurred that day, at the last reported bid price and are included in Level 2. Short-term investments of sufficient quality with remaining maturities of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued on the basis of amortized costs, which approximates market value and these are also included in Level 2.
All assets and liabilities of the Funds initially expressed in foreign currency values will be converted into U.S. dollars at the WM/Reuter exchange rate computed at 11:00 a.m., Eastern time.
If prices are not readily available for a portfolio security, or if it is believed that a price for a portfolio security does not represent its fair value, the security may be valued using procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees that are designed to establish its “fair” value. These securities would be classified in Level 3.
Foreign securities may be valued with the assistance of an independent fair value pricing service in circumstances where it is believed that they have been or would be materially affected by events occurring after the close of the portfolio security's primary market and before the close of regular trading on the NYSE. In those circumstances the Fund classifies the investment securities in Level 2. This independent fair value pricing service uses a computerized system to appraise affected securities and portfolios taking into consideration various factors and the fair value of such securities may be something other than the last available quotation or other market price.
GEAM may also separately monitor portfolio securities and, consistent with the Funds’ fair value procedures, apply a different value to a portfolio security than would be applied had it been priced using market quotations or by an independent fair value pricing service. In those circumstances the Fund classifies the investment securities in Level 3.
Determining the fair value of securities involves the application of both subjective and objective considerations. Security values may differ depending on the methodology used to determine their values, and may differ from the last quoted sale or closing price. No assurance can be given that use of these fair value procedures will always better represent the price at which a Fund could sell the affected portfolio security.
Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are recorded on the basis of identified cost for both financial statement and federal tax purposes.
Fair Value Disclosure
The Funds adopted ASC 820, Fair Valuation Measurements and Disclosures effective October 2008, for all financial instruments accounted for at fair value.
For financial assets and liabilities, fair value is the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with a market participant at the measurement date. In the absence of active markets for the identical assets or liabilities, such measurements involve developing assumptions based on market observable data and, in the absence of such data internal information that is consistent with what market participants would use in a hypothetical transaction that occurs at the measurement date.
Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. Preference is given to observable inputs. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1—Quoted prices for identical investments in active markets.
Level 2—Quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar investments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.
Level 3—Significant inputs to the valuation model are unobservable.
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments that are not reflected in Total Investments, such as futures, forwards, swaps, and written options contracts, which are valued based on the unrealized appreciation/depreciation of the instrument.
The following tables present the Funds’ investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2010:
GE S&S Program Mutual Fund
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
Investments in Securities |
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Common Stock |
$ | 3,521,922 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,521,922 | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
— | 80,496 | $ | — | 80,496 | |||||||||||
Total Investments in Securities |
$ | 3,521,922 | $ | 80,496 | $ | — | $ | 3,602,418 | ||||||||
ITEM 2. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) The officers providing the certifications in this report in accordance with Rule 30a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in such rule), that such controls and procedures are adequate and reasonably designed to achieve the purpose described in paragraph (c) of such rule.
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their last evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
ITEM 3. | EXHIBITS. |
Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached: EX-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.
General Electric S&S Program Mutual Fund
By: | /S/ JAMES W. IRELAND | |
James W. Ireland | ||
Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
GE Asset Management Incorporated |
Date: November 24, 2010
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/ JAMES W. IRELAND | |
James W. Ireland | ||
Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
GE Asset Management Incorporated |
Date: November 24, 2010
By: | /S/ EUNICE TSANG | |
EUNICE TSANG | ||
Treasurer, S&S Funds |
Date: November 24, 2010