ITEM 1.
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REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
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Annual
Report
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September 30, 2012
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TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
A tax-free income investment
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Serving Oregon Investors For Over 25 Years
Tax-Free Trust of Oregon
“Research Matters”
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Diana P. Herrmann, Vice Chair and President
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Serving Oregon Investors For Over 25 Years
Tax-Free Trust of Oregon
ANNUAL REPORT
Management Discussion
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Average Annual Total Return
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for periods ended September 30, 2012
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Since
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Class and Inception Date
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1 Year
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5 Years
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10 Years
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inception
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Class A (commenced operations
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on 6/16/86)
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With Maximum Sales Charge
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2.88 | % | 4.47 | % | 3.88 | % | 5.66 | % | ||||||||
Without Sales Charge
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7.14 | 5.34 | 4.30 | 5.82 | ||||||||||||
Class C (commenced operations
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on 4/5/96)
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With CDSC**
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5.21 | 4.43 | 3.42 | 4.15 | ||||||||||||
Without CDSC
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6.24 | 4.43 | 3.42 | 4.15 | ||||||||||||
Class Y (commenced operations
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on 4/5/96)
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No Sales Charge
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7.30 | 5.48 | 4.46 | 5.20 | ||||||||||||
Barclays Capital Index
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5.66 | 5.79 | 4.52 |
5.87
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* (Class A) | |||||||||||
5.22
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(Class C & Y) |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
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Rating
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Moody’s/S&P
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Principal
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and Fitch
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Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (49.2%)
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(unaudited)
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Value
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City & County (6.4%)
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Bend, Oregon
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$ | 2,435,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/24
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Aa2/NR/NR
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$ | 2,826,037 | ||||
Canby, Oregon
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1,060,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/27
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A2/NR/NR
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1,228,487 | ||||||
Clackamas County, Oregon Refunding
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1,135,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/24
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Aa2/NR/NR
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1,301,277 | ||||||
Clackamas County, Oregon Tax
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Allocation
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705,000 |
6.500%, 05/01/20
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NR/NR/NR*
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706,481 | ||||||
Deschutes County, Oregon
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2,260,000 |
5.000%, 12/01/16 AGMC Insured
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Aa2/NR/NR
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2,276,747 | ||||||
Hillsboro, Oregon
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380,000 |
3.500%, 06/01/15 Series B
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Aa3/NR/NR
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405,813 | ||||||
390,000 |
3.500%, 06/01/16 Series B
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Aa3/NR/NR
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426,582 | ||||||
345,000 |
3.500%, 06/01/17 Series B
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Aa3/NR/NR
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379,707 | ||||||
Hillsboro, Oregon Refunding
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1,305,000 |
4.500%, 06/01/22
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Aa3/NR/NR
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1,583,905 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon
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6,335,000 |
4.350%, 06/01/23
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Aa1/NR/NR
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6,439,718 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Public Safety
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2,130,000 |
4.125%, 06/01/26 Series A
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Aaa/NR/NR
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2,384,109 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Revenue Limited Tax,
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Improvement
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1,165,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/22 Series A
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Aa1/NR/NR
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1,258,491 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Revenue Refunding
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Limited Tax, Oregon Convention
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Center
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4,765,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/27
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Aa1/NR/NR
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5,745,018 | ||||||
Redmond, Oregon Refunding
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735,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/23 Series A
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A1/NR/NR
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893,231 | ||||||
City of Salem, Oregon
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1,585,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/17
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Aa2/AA-/NR
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1,803,334 | ||||||
1,750,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/29
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Aa2/AA-/NR
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2,020,340 | ||||||
Washington County, Oregon
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2,465,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/23
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Aa1/NR/NR
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2,811,185 | ||||||
Total City & County
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34,490,462 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Rating
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Principal
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and Fitch
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Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
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Value
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Community College (5.9%)
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Central Oregon Community College
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District School Bond Guaranty
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Program
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$ | 1,850,000 |
4.750%, 06/15/22
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NR/AA+/NR
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$ | 2,246,658 | ||||
2,195,000 |
4.750%, 06/15/23
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,644,580 | ||||||
2,175,000 |
4.750%, 06/15/26
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,567,500 | ||||||
Chemeketa, Oregon Community
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College District
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1,385,000 |
5.500%, 06/01/14 ETM FGIC Insured
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NR/NR/NR*
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1,502,310 | ||||||
Chemeketa, Oregon Community College
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District School Bond Guaranty Program
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1,010,000 |
5.500%, 06/15/24
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NR/AA+/NR
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1,205,516 | ||||||
1,235,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/25
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NR/AA+/NR
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1,428,574 | ||||||
1,540,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/26
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NR/AA+/NR
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1,775,112 | ||||||
Clackamas, Oregon Community
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College District
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1,535,000 |
5.000%, 05/01/25 NPFG Insured
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Aa3/AA/NR
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1,686,520 | ||||||
Columbia Gorge, Oregon Community
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College District, Refunding, School
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Board Guaranty Program
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1,000,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/24
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Aa1/NR/NR
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1,147,020 | ||||||
Lane, Oregon Community College
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School Bond Guaranty Program
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1,840,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/24
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,278,693 | ||||||
Oregon Coast Community College
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District State School Bond Guaranty
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Program
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1,590,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/17 NPFG Insured
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(pre-refunded)
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Aa1/NR/NR
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1,722,495 | |||||||
1,770,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/25
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Aa1/NR/NR
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2,188,516 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Community College
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District
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7,915,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/28
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Aa1/AA/NR
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9,528,868 | ||||||
Total Community College
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31,922,362 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Rating
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Moody’s/S&P
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Principal
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and Fitch
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Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
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Value
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Higher Education (1.8%)
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State of Oregon Board of Higher
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Education
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$ | 820,000 |
zero coupon, 08/01/16
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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$ | 781,509 | ||||
1,125,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/21 Series A
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(pre-refunded)
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Aa1/NR/NR
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1,268,662 | |||||||
875,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/21 Series A
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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972,335 | ||||||
500,000 |
5.750%, 08/01/29 Series A
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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604,785 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/34
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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1,155,890 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/38
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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1,143,510 | ||||||
Oregon State, Oregon University System
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1,170,000 |
4.000%, 08/01/25 Series B
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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1,348,484 | ||||||
Oregon State, Oregon University
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System Projects
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2,365,000 |
4.000%, 08/01/26 Series H
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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2,678,433 | ||||||
Total Higher Education
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9,953,608 | ||||||||
Housing (0.2%)
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State of Oregon Veterans’ Welfare
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550,000 |
4.800%, 12/01/22
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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592,499 | ||||||
400,000 |
4.900%, 12/01/26
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Aa1/AA+/AA+
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429,032 | ||||||
Total Housing
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1,021,531 | ||||||||
Puerto Rico (0.3%)
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Puerto Rico Commonwealth
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1,270,000 |
6.000%, 07/01/28 NPFG Insured
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Baa1/BBB/NR
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1,384,833 | ||||||
Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency
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500,000 |
5.250%, 08/01/16 AGMC Insured
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Aa3/AA-/NR
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501,355 | ||||||
Total Puerto Rico
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1,886,188 | ||||||||
School District (22.8%)
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Benton & Linn Counties, Oregon School
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District #509J Corvallis
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4,670,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/21 (pre-refunded)
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AGMC Insured
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Aa1/NR/NR
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4,815,471 | |||||||
Clackamas County, Oregon School
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District #12 (North Clackamas)
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8,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/27 Series B AGMC
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Insured
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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9,125,280 | |||||||
9,250,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/29 AGMC Insured
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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10,501,987 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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Rating
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Moody’s/S&P
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Principal
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and Fitch
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Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
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Value
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School District (continued)
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Clackamas County, Oregon School
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District #46 (Oregon Trail) School
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Bond Guaranty Program
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$ | 1,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/22
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NR/AA+/NR
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$ | 1,186,520 | ||||
1,865,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/28 Series A
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,168,417 | ||||||
1,800,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/29 Series A
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,086,794 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
4.500%, 06/15/30 AGMC Insured
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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2,178,120 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/32 Series A
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NR/AA+/NR
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2,284,080 | ||||||
3,780,000 |
4.750%, 06/15/32 Series A
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NR/AA+/NR
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4,259,304 | ||||||
Clackamas County, Oregon School
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District #86 (Canby)
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2,240,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
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(pre-refunded)
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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2,516,416 | |||||||
1,800,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/24
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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2,255,886 | ||||||
1,110,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/25 Series A
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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1,383,404 | ||||||
Clackamas & Washington Counties,
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Oregon School District No. 003
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(West Linn-Wilsonville)
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1,110,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/26
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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1,310,932 | ||||||
500,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/34
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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571,020 | ||||||
Clackamas & Washington Counties,
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Oregon School District #3J (West
|
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Linn - Wilsonville) School Bond
|
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Guaranty Program
|
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2,850,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/27
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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3,352,284 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
4.500%, 06/15/29
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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2,229,600 | ||||||
1,965,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/30
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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2,282,033 | ||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/33
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Aa1/AA+/NR
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3,441,990 | ||||||
Columbia County, Oregon School
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District #502
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2,070,000 |
zero coupon, 06/01/15 NPFG FGIC
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Insured
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Aa3/BBB/NR
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1,982,998 | |||||||
Columbia & Washington Counties,
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Oregon School District #47J (Vernonia)
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State School Bond Guaranty Program
|
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3,430,000 |
5.00%, 06/15/27
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NR/AA+/NR
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4,090,652 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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Rating
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Moody’s/S&P
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Principal
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and Fitch
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Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
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Value
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School District (continued)
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Deschutes County, Oregon Administrative
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School District #1 Refunding
|
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$ | 400,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/13 AGMC Insured
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Aa1/NR/NR
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$ | 413,392 | ||||
Deschutes County, Oregon School
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|||||||||
District #6 (Sisters)
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|||||||||
1,735,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
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Aa3/AA+/NR
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2,140,747 | ||||||
1,030,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/21 AGMC Insured
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Aa3/AA+/NR
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1,291,383 | ||||||
Deschutes and Jefferson Counties, Oregon
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School District #02J (Redmond)
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|||||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/21 NPFG FGIC Insured
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Aa1/NR/NR
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1,070,760 | ||||||
1,025,000 |
zero coupon, 06/15/23
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Aa1/NR/NR
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779,113 | ||||||
5,000,000 |
6.000%, 06/15/31
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Aa1/NR/NR
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6,027,300 | ||||||
Hood River County, Oregon School
|
|||||||||
District Refunding School Bond
|
|||||||||
Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
365,000 |
3.000%, 06/15/14
|
NR/AA+/NR
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380,301 | ||||||
385,000 |
3.000%, 06/15/15
|
NR/AA+/NR
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407,469 | ||||||
250,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/16
|
NR/AA+/NR
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278,717 | ||||||
Jackson County, Oregon School District
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|||||||||
#9 (Eagle Point)
|
|||||||||
2,080,000 |
5.500%, 06/15/15 NPFG Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
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2,325,149 | ||||||
1,445,000 |
5.500%, 06/15/16 NPFG Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,672,602 | ||||||
Jackson County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#549C (Medford) School Board
|
|||||||||
Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.625%, 06/15/27
|
Aa1/AA+/NR
|
1,117,280 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
4.750%, 12/15/29 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/AA+/NR
|
2,226,340 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/33
|
Aa1/AA+/NR
|
1,126,910 | ||||||
Jefferson County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#509J School Board Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
1,215,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/14 NPFG/ FGIC Insured
|
NR/AA+/NR
|
1,219,289 | ||||||
1,025,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/17 NPFG/ FGIC Insured
|
NR/AA+/NR
|
1,028,721 | ||||||
Lane County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#4J (Eugene) Refunding School Board
|
|||||||||
Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 07/01/15
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,117,830 | ||||||
1,130,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/23
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,288,302 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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Rating
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Moody’s/S&P
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Principal
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and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
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General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
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Value
|
||||||
School District (continued)
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|||||||||
Lane County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#19 (Springfield)
|
|||||||||
$ | 3,425,000 |
zero coupon, 06/15/29 AGMC
|
|||||||
Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
$ | 1,672,804 | ||||||
Lincoln County, Oregon School District,
|
|||||||||
School Board Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
2,370,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/24 Series A
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
2,685,968 | ||||||
Linn County, Oregon School District #9
|
|||||||||
(Lebanon) School Board Guaranty
|
|||||||||
Program
|
|||||||||
3,000,000 |
5.600%, 06/15/30 FGIC Insured
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
NR/AA+/NR
|
3,111,510 | |||||||
Morrow County, Oregon School
|
|||||||||
District #1
|
|||||||||
1,710,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA+/NR
|
2,109,901 | ||||||
Multnomah County, Oregon School
|
|||||||||
District #7 (Reynolds) Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,165,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/29
|
Aa3/NR/NR
|
1,387,457 | ||||||
Multnomah County, Oregon School
|
|||||||||
District #40 (David Douglas) School
|
|||||||||
Bond Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
1,420,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/23 Series A
|
NR/AA+/NR
|
1,646,163 | ||||||
Multnomah and Clackamas Counties,
|
|||||||||
Oregon School District #10
|
|||||||||
(Gresham-Barlow)
|
|||||||||
4,275,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/AA+/NR
|
5,320,921 | ||||||
Multnomah and Clackamas Counties,
|
|||||||||
Oregon School District #28JT
|
|||||||||
(Centennial)
|
|||||||||
2,680,000 |
5.250%, 12/15/18 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
3,272,816 | ||||||
Polk, Marion & Benton Counties,
|
|||||||||
Oregon School District #13J (Central)
|
|||||||||
1,520,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/21 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA+/NR
|
1,730,870 | ||||||
Salem-Keizer, Oregon School District #24J
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/AA+/NR
|
1,075,010 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
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|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
General Obligation Bonds (continued)
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(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
School District (continued)
|
|||||||||
Wasco County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#12 (The Dalles)
|
|||||||||
$ | 1,400,000 |
5.500%, 06/15/17 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
$ | 1,676,416 | ||||
1,790,000 |
5.500%, 06/15/20 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
2,245,143 | ||||||
Washington County, Oregon School
|
|||||||||
District #48J (Beaverton)
|
|||||||||
1,280,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/31 AGC Insured
|
Aa2/AA-/NR
|
1,487,974 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.125%, 06/01/36 AGC Insured
|
Aa2/AA-/NR
|
1,152,160 | ||||||
Yamhill County, Oregon School District
|
|||||||||
#40 (McMinnville) School Bond
|
|||||||||
Guaranty Program
|
|||||||||
1,205,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,416,044 | ||||||
1,375,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/22 AGMC Insured
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,575,750 | ||||||
Total School Districts
|
123,501,700 | ||||||||
Special District (1.8%)
|
|||||||||
Metro, Oregon
|
|||||||||
1,100,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/18
|
Aaa/AAA/NR
|
1,308,175 | ||||||
4,000,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/26 Series A
|
Aaa/AAA/NR
|
4,552,520 | ||||||
Tualatin Hills, Oregon Park &
|
|||||||||
Recreational District
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.250%, 06/01/24
|
Aa1/AA/NR
|
1,126,350 | ||||||
Tualatin Valley, Oregon Fire & Rescue
|
|||||||||
Rural Fire Protection District
|
|||||||||
1,235,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/26
|
Aaa/NR/NR
|
1,394,846 | ||||||
1,170,000 |
4.000%, 06/01/27
|
Aaa/NR/NR
|
1,314,600 | ||||||
Total Special District
|
9,696,491 | ||||||||
State (9.0%)
|
|||||||||
Oregon State Alternative Energy Project
|
|||||||||
1,255,000 |
4.750%, 04/01/29 Series B
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
1,423,308 | ||||||
500,000 |
6.000%, 10/01/29 Series B
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
617,865 | ||||||
Oregon State Department of
|
|||||||||
Administrative Services
|
|||||||||
3,270,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/27 Series C
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
3,772,010 | ||||||
2,155,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/28 Series C
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
2,478,336 | ||||||
5,000,000 |
5.125%, 05/01/33
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
5,664,950 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
General Obligation Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
State (continued)
|
|||||||||
Oregon State Department of
|
|||||||||
Administrative Services (continued)
|
|||||||||
$ | 2,000,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/20 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
|||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
$ | 2,281,140 | ||||||
2,660,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/23 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
2,957,707 | ||||||
2,945,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/24 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
3,264,886 | ||||||
1,475,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/26 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
1,632,781 | ||||||
3,880,000 |
5.000%, 11/01/27 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
4,283,869 | ||||||
Oregon State Department of
|
|||||||||
Administrative Services, Oregon
|
|||||||||
Opportunity Refunding
|
|||||||||
6,210,000 |
5.000%, 12/01/19
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
7,873,286 | ||||||
Oregon State Refunding
|
|||||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 05/01/23 Series L
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
3,727,500 | ||||||
1,125,000 |
5.000%, 05/01/24 Series L
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
1,393,796 | ||||||
2,630,000 |
5.000%, 05/01/26 Series L
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
3,239,713 | ||||||
Oregon State Refunding Various Projects
|
|||||||||
2,125,000 |
4.000%, 05/01/25 Series O
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
2,410,047 | ||||||
Oregon State Various Projects
|
|||||||||
1,470,000 |
4.000%, 11/01/26 Series M
|
Aa1/AA+/AA+
|
1,669,788 | ||||||
Total State
|
48,690,982 | ||||||||
Water & Sewer (0.8%)
|
|||||||||
Gearheart, Oregon
|
|||||||||
1,060,000 |
4.500%, 03/01/26 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/NR/NR
|
1,221,639 | ||||||
Pacific City, Oregon Joint Water -
|
|||||||||
Sanitary Authority
|
|||||||||
1,830,000 |
4.800%, 07/01/27
|
NR/NR/NR*
|
1,948,730 | ||||||
Rockwood, Oregon Water Peoples
|
|||||||||
Utility District Water Revenue
|
|||||||||
Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,270,000 |
4.250%, 08/15/26
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,398,994 | ||||||
Total Water & Sewer
|
4,569,363 | ||||||||
Total General Obligation Bonds
|
265,732,687 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (49.4%)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
City & County (3.8%)
|
|||||||||
Newport, Oregon Urban Renewal
|
|||||||||
Obligations, Refunding
|
|||||||||
$ | 565,000 |
4.500%, 06/15/22 Series B
|
NR/A+/NR
|
$ | 651,807 | ||||
Portland, Oregon
|
|||||||||
2,975,000 |
zero coupon, 06/01/15
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
2,887,892 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Revenue Refunding
|
|||||||||
Limited Tax, Oregon Convention
|
|||||||||
Center
|
|||||||||
2,825,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/24
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
3,458,082 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Revenue Refunding
|
|||||||||
Limited Tax
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.000%, 04/01/22 Series A
|
Aa1/NR/NR
|
1,118,010 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon River District Urban
|
|||||||||
Renewal and Redevelopment
|
|||||||||
1,915,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/20 AMBAC Insured
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,978,846 | |||||||
1,600,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/22 Series B
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,910,624 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/23 Series B
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,182,910 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Urban Renewal and
|
|||||||||
Redevelopment, Refunding, North
|
|||||||||
Macadam
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.000%, 06/15/25 Series B
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,052,780 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Urban Renewal Tax
|
|||||||||
Allocation (Interstate Corridor)
|
|||||||||
1,890,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/20 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
A1/NR/NR
|
2,018,180 | ||||||
1,810,000 |
5.250%, 06/15/21 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,924,464 | ||||||
2,030,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/23 NPFG FGIC Insured
|
A1/NR/NR
|
2,127,460 | ||||||
Total City & County
|
20,311,055 | ||||||||
Electric (2.2%)
|
|||||||||
Emerald Peoples Utility District, Oregon
|
|||||||||
1,455,000 |
5.250%, 11/01/22 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/NR/NR
|
1,516,139 | ||||||
Eugene, Oregon Electric Utility
|
|||||||||
5,635,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/30
|
Aa3/AA-/AA-
|
6,384,568 | ||||||
Eugene, Oregon Electric Utility
|
|||||||||
Refunding System
|
|||||||||
2,000,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/27 Series A
|
Aa3/AA-/AA-
|
2,409,640 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Electric (continued)
|
|||||||||
Northern Wasco County, Oregon
|
|||||||||
Peoples Utility District, McNary Dam
|
|||||||||
Fishway Hydroelectric Project,
|
|||||||||
Refunding
|
|||||||||
$ | 1,585,000 |
5.000%, 12/01/21 Series A
|
NR/AA-/NR
|
$ | 1,951,357 | ||||
Total Electric
|
12,261,704 | ||||||||
Higher Education (7.4%)
|
|||||||||
Forest Grove, Oregon Campus
|
|||||||||
Improvement (Pacific University
|
|||||||||
Project)
|
|||||||||
1,500,000 |
6.000%, 05/01/30
|
NR/BBB/NR
|
1,541,670 | ||||||
Forest Grove, Oregon (Pacific University)
|
|||||||||
4,000,000 |
5.000%, 05/01/22 Radian Insured
|
NR/BBB/NR
|
4,151,560 | ||||||
Forest Grove, Oregon Student Housing
|
|||||||||
(Oak Tree Foundation)
|
|||||||||
5,750,000 |
5.500%, 03/01/37
|
NR/NR/NR*
|
5,891,967 | ||||||
Oregon Health Sciences University
|
|||||||||
2,890,000 |
5.250%, 07/01/22 NPFG Insured
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
A1/A+/A+
|
2,925,576 | |||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority (Lewis
|
|||||||||
& Clark College Project)
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
5.250%, 10/01/24 Series A
|
A3/A-/NR
|
1,193,610 | ||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/27 Series A
|
A3/A-/NR
|
3,441,900 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority (Linfield
|
|||||||||
College Project)
|
|||||||||
2,830,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/20 Series A 2005
|
Baa1/NR/NR
|
3,044,769 | ||||||
2,115,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/25 Series A 2005
|
Baa1/NR/NR
|
2,229,062 | ||||||
1,220,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/31 Series A 2010
|
Baa1/NR/NR
|
1,346,648 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority Revenue
|
|||||||||
Refunding (Reed College Project)
|
|||||||||
1,500,000 |
5.000%, 07/01/29 Series A
|
Aa2/AA-/NR
|
1,760,190 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority
|
|||||||||
(University of Portland)
|
|||||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/32
|
NR/BBB+/NR
|
3,223,170 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority
|
|||||||||
(Willamette University)
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.000%, 10/01/24
|
NR/A/NR
|
1,108,420 | ||||||
2,500,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/32
|
NR/A/NR
|
2,697,800 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Higher Education (continued)
|
|||||||||
Portland, Oregon Economic
|
|||||||||
Development (Broadway Project)
|
|||||||||
$ | 5,000,000 |
6.500%, 04/01/35
|
A1/A+/NR
|
$ | 5,616,350 | ||||
Total Higher Education
|
40,172,692 | ||||||||
Hospital (11.3%)
|
|||||||||
Deschutes County, Oregon Hospital
|
|||||||||
Facilities Authority (Cascade Health)
|
|||||||||
3,500,000 |
8.000%, 01/01/28
|
A3/NR/NR
|
4,468,905 | ||||||
3,250,000 |
5.375%, 01/01/35 AMBAC Insured
|
A3/NR/NR
|
3,511,982 | ||||||
Medford, Oregon Hospital Facilities
|
|||||||||
Authority Revenue Refunding, Asante
|
|||||||||
Health Systems
|
|||||||||
9,000,000 |
5.500%, 08/15/28 AGMC Insured
|
NR/AA-/NR
|
10,422,450 | ||||||
Multnomah County, Oregon Hospital
|
|||||||||
Facilities Authority (Adventist
|
|||||||||
Health/West)
|
|||||||||
500,000 |
5.000%, 09/01/21
|
NR/A/A
|
570,020 | ||||||
Multnomah County, Oregon Hospital
|
|||||||||
Facilities Authority (Providence
|
|||||||||
Health System)
|
|||||||||
1,390,000 |
5.250%, 10/01/22
|
Aa2/AA/AA
|
1,492,610 | ||||||
Oregon Health Sciences University
|
|||||||||
11,550,000 |
zero coupon, 07/01/21 NPFG Insured
|
A1/A+/A+
|
8,907,822 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
5.000%, 07/01/23 Series A
|
A1/A+/A+
|
2,405,040 | ||||||
4,500,000 |
5.750%, 07/01/39 Series A
|
A1/A+/A+
|
5,271,255 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority
|
|||||||||
Revenue Refunding, Legacy Health
|
|||||||||
Systems
|
|||||||||
2,000,000 |
4.250%, 03/15/17
|
A2/A+/NR
|
2,237,720 | ||||||
3,000,000 |
4.500%, 03/15/18
|
A2/A+/NR
|
3,443,880 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
4.750%, 03/15/24
|
A2/A+/NR
|
1,098,530 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 03/15/30
|
A2/A+/NR
|
1,090,750 | ||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority
|
|||||||||
Revenue Refunding, Samaritan
|
|||||||||
Health Services
|
|||||||||
1,500,000 |
4.375%, 10/01/20
|
NR/A-/NR
|
1,638,945 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
4.500%, 10/01/21
|
NR/A-/NR
|
2,174,760 | ||||||
1,520,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/23
|
NR/A-/NR
|
1,703,677 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Hospital (continued)
|
|||||||||
Oregon State Facilities Authority
|
|||||||||
Revenue Refunding, Samaritan
|
|||||||||
Health Services (continued)
|
|||||||||
$ | 1,795,000 |
4.875%, 10/01/25
|
NR/A-/NR
|
$ | 1,981,626 | ||||
2,000,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/30
|
NR/A-/NR
|
2,204,700 | ||||||
Salem, Oregon Hospital Facility
|
|||||||||
Authority (Salem Hospital)
|
|||||||||
2,000,000 |
5.750%, 08/15/23
|
NR/A/A+
|
2,303,060 | ||||||
1,075,000 |
5.000%, 08/15/27 Series A
|
NR/A/A+
|
1,159,431 | ||||||
State of Oregon Health Housing
|
|||||||||
Educational and Cultural Facilities
|
|||||||||
Authority (Peacehealth)
|
|||||||||
1,835,000 |
5.250%, 11/15/17 AMBAC Insured
|
NR/A+/AA-
|
1,844,267 | ||||||
1,430,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/32 AMBAC Insured
|
NR/A+/AA-
|
1,432,860 | ||||||
Total Hospital
|
61,364,290 | ||||||||
Housing (1.0%)
|
|||||||||
Portland, Oregon Urban Renewal and
|
|||||||||
Redevelopment, Interstate Corridor
|
|||||||||
1,390,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/27 Series B
|
A1/NR/NR
|
1,544,054 | ||||||
State of Oregon Housing and
|
|||||||||
Community Services
|
|||||||||
1,950,000 |
4.650%, 07/01/25
|
Aa2/NR/NR
|
2,077,569 | ||||||
1,580,000 |
5.350%, 07/01/30
|
Aa2/NR/NR
|
1,689,936 | ||||||
Total Housing
|
5,311,559 | ||||||||
Lottery (4.0%)
|
|||||||||
Oregon State Department of
|
|||||||||
Administration Services (Lottery
|
|||||||||
Revenue)
|
|||||||||
2,700,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/19 AGMC Insured
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa2/AAA/AA-
|
2,890,755 | |||||||
1,195,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/24 Series A
|
Aa2/AAA/NR
|
1,486,078 | ||||||
1,500,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/25 Series B
|
Aa2/AAA/NR
|
1,847,985 | ||||||
7,300,000 |
5.250%, 04/01/26
|
Aa2/AAA/NR
|
8,991,045 | ||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/27 AGMC Insured
|
Aa2/AAA/AA-
|
3,453,300 | ||||||
2,500,000 |
5.000%, 04/01/29
|
Aa2/AAA/NR
|
2,918,175 | ||||||
Total Lottery
|
21,587,338 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Transportation (6.9%)
|
|||||||||
Jackson County, Oregon Airport Revenue
|
|||||||||
$ | 750,000 |
5.250%, 12/01/32 Syncora Guarantee,
|
|||||||
Inc. Insured
|
Baa1/NR/NR
|
$ | 779,452 | ||||||
Oregon State Department Transportation
|
|||||||||
Highway Usertax
|
|||||||||
3,025,000 |
5.500%, 11/15/18 Series A
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
3,043,785 | |||||||
1,200,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/22 Series A
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
1,319,448 | |||||||
1,260,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/23 Series A
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
1,385,420 | |||||||
4,545,000 |
5.125%, 11/15/26 Series A
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
4,571,270 | |||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/29 Series A
|
||||||||
(pre-refunded)
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
1,099,540 | |||||||
Oregon State Department Transportation
|
|||||||||
Highway Usertax, Senior Lien
|
|||||||||
1,865,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/23 Series A
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
2,213,904 | ||||||
2,000,000 |
4.625%, 11/15/25 Series A
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
2,301,080 | ||||||
3,540,000 |
4.625%, 11/15/26 Series A
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
3,899,487 | ||||||
2,155,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/28 Series A
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
2,458,683 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/24 Series N
|
Aa1/AAA/AA+
|
1,273,510 | ||||||
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
|
|||||||||
District, Oregon
|
|||||||||
1,775,000 |
5.000%, 09/01/16
|
Aa1/AAA/NR
|
1,807,465 | ||||||
1,010,000 |
5.000%, 09/01/24
|
Aa1/AAA/NR
|
1,275,994 | ||||||
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
|
|||||||||
District, Oregon Capital Grant Receipt
|
|||||||||
1,685,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/24 Series A
|
A1/A/NR
|
2,022,438 | ||||||
3,480,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/26 Series A
|
A1/A/NR
|
4,133,718 | ||||||
3,000,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/27 Series A
|
A1/A/NR
|
3,545,100 | ||||||
Total Transportation
|
37,130,294 | ||||||||
Water and Sewer (12.8%)
|
|||||||||
Ashland, Oregon Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,025,000 |
4.000%, 05/01/17 AGMC Insured
|
NR/AA-/NR
|
1,176,126 | ||||||
Klamath Falls, Oregon Water
|
|||||||||
1,575,000 |
5.500%, 07/01/16 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
1,723,034 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Water and Sewer (continued
|
|||||||||
Lane County, Oregon Metropolitan
|
|||||||||
Wastewater
|
|||||||||
$ | 2,500,000 |
5.250%, 11/01/28
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
$ | 2,876,250 | ||||
Portland, Oregon Sewer System,
|
|||||||||
Second Lien
|
|||||||||
3,005,000 |
5.000%, 03/01/28 Series A
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
3,632,234 | ||||||
Portland Oregon Sewer System Revenue
|
|||||||||
Refunding Second Lien
|
|||||||||
5,000,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/33 Series B
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
5,634,550 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Sewer System
|
|||||||||
2,760,000 |
5.250%, 06/01/17 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
2,847,906 | ||||||
4,595,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/17 AGMC Insured
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
5,131,788 | ||||||
3,470,000 |
5.000%, 06/01/21 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
3,562,371 | ||||||
4,410,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/25 NPFG Insured
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
4,901,098 | ||||||
4,630,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/26 NPFG Insured
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
5,133,374 | ||||||
1,610,000 |
5.000%, 06/15/27 NPFG Insured
|
Aa3/AA/NR
|
1,780,773 | ||||||
Portland, Oregon Water System
|
|||||||||
Revenue Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,920,000 |
4.000%, 05/01/14 Series A
|
Aaa/NR/NR
|
2,030,784 | ||||||
1,275,000 |
4.000%, 05/01/25 Series A
|
Aaa/NR/NR
|
1,432,475 | ||||||
Prineville, Oregon Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,255,000 |
4.400%, 06/01/29 AGMC Insured
|
NR/AA-/NR
|
1,428,102 | ||||||
Salem, Oregon Water & Sewer
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
5.375%, 06/01/15 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
1,121,340 | ||||||
Seaside, Oregon Wastewater System
|
|||||||||
1,000,000 |
4.250%, 07/01/26
|
A3/NR/NR
|
1,100,330 | ||||||
Sunrise Water Authority, Oregon
|
|||||||||
2,630,000 |
5.000%, 03/01/19 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
2,761,421 | ||||||
1,350,000 |
5.250%, 03/01/24 AGMC Insured
|
Aa3/AA-/NR
|
1,408,793 | ||||||
1,000,000 |
5.000%, 09/01/25 Syncora Guarantee,
|
||||||||
Inc.
|
NR/NR/NR*
|
1,044,810 | |||||||
Tigard, Oregon Water System Revenue
|
|||||||||
Refunding
|
|||||||||
2,025,000 |
4.000%, 08/01/21
|
A1/AA-/NR
|
2,342,339 | ||||||
1,105,000 |
5.000%, 08/01/24
|
A1/AA-/NR
|
1,382,620 | ||||||
Washington County, Oregon Clean
|
|||||||||
Water Services
|
|||||||||
2,235,000 |
5.250%, 10/01/15 NPFG Insured
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
2,549,420 | ||||||
4,000,000 |
5.000%, 10/01/28
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
4,621,400 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
|||
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
|
|||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Rating
|
|||||||||
Moody’s/S&P
|
|||||||||
Principal
|
and Fitch
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Revenue Bonds (continued)
|
(unaudited)
|
Value
|
||||||
Water and Sewer (continued
|
|||||||||
Washington County, Oregon Clean
|
|||||||||
Water Services Sewer Revenue
|
|||||||||
Senior Lien
|
|||||||||
$ | 2,850,000 |
4.000%, 10/01/26 Series B
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
$ | 3,194,879 | ||||
2,745,000 |
4.000%, 10/01/28 Series B
|
Aa2/AA/NR
|
3,037,507 | ||||||
Woodburn, Oregon Wastewater
|
|||||||||
Revenue Refunding
|
|||||||||
1,090,000 |
5.000%, 03/01/21 Series A
|
A2/NR/NR
|
1,300,087 | ||||||
Total Water and Sewer
|
69,155,811 | ||||||||
Total Revenue Bonds
|
267,294,743 | ||||||||
Total Investments (cost $487,051,513-
|
|||||||||
note 4)
|
98.6%
|
533,027,430 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities
|
1.4
|
7,467,098 | |||||||
Net Assets
|
100.0%
|
$ | 540,494,528 | ||||||
* |
Any security not rated (“NR”) by any of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSRO” or “Credit Rating Agency”) has been determined by the Investment Sub-Adviser to have sufficient quality to be ranked in the top four credit ratings if a credit rating were to be assigned by a NRSRO.
|
Percent of
|
||||
Portfolio Distribution by Quality Rating (unaudited)
|
Portfolio†
|
|||
Aaa of Moody’s or AAA of S&P
|
9.0 | % | ||
Pre-refunded bonds †† / Escrowed to Maturity bonds
|
6.9 | |||
Aa of Moody’s, AA of S&P or Fitch
|
62.4 | |||
A of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch
|
16.6 | |||
Baa of Moody’s or BBB of S&P
|
3.3 | |||
Not rated*
|
1.8 | |||
100.0 | % |
† | Where applicable, calculated using the highest rating of the three NRSROs. |
†† | Pre-refunded bonds are bonds for which U.S. Government Obligations have been placed in escrow to retire the bonds at their earliest call date. |
PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:
|
|
AGC
|
Assured Guaranty Insurance
|
AGMC
|
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
|
AMBAC
|
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
|
ETM
|
Escrowed to Maturity
|
FGIC
|
Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
|
NPFG
|
National Public Finance Guarantee
|
NR
|
Not Rated
|
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|
YEAR SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
ASSETS
|
||||
Investments at value (cost $487,051,513)
|
$ | 533,027,430 | ||
Cash
|
645,453 | |||
Interest receivable
|
7,347,747 | |||
Receivable for Trust shares sold
|
876,947 | |||
Other assets
|
25,325 | |||
Total assets
|
541,922,902 | |||
LiABiLiTiES
|
||||
Payable for Trust shares redeemed
|
760,138 | |||
Dividends payable
|
327,800 | |||
Management fees payable
|
173,704 | |||
Distribution and service fees payable
|
13,714 | |||
Accrued expenses
|
153,018 | |||
Total liabilities
|
1,428,374 | |||
NET ASSETS
|
$ | 540,494,528 | ||
Net Assets consist of:
|
||||
Capital Stock - Authorized an unlimited number of shares, par
|
||||
value $0.01 per share
|
$ | 468,752 | ||
Additional paid-in capital
|
491,626,980 | |||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments (note 4)
|
45,975,917 | |||
Undistributed net investment income
|
230,091 | |||
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
|
2,192,788 | |||
$ | 540,494,528 | |||
CLASS A
|
||||
Net Assets
|
$ | 419,237,487 | ||
Capital shares outstanding
|
36,352,574 | |||
Net asset value and redemption price per share
|
$ | 11.53 | ||
Maximum offering price per share (100/96 of $11.53 adjusted
|
||||
to nearest cent)
|
$ | 12.01 | ||
CLASS C
|
||||
Net Assets
|
$ | 37,705,285 | ||
Capital shares outstanding
|
3,272,472 | |||
Net asset value and offering price per share
|
$ | 11.52 | ||
Redemption price per share (* a charge of 1% is imposed on the
|
||||
redemption proceeds of the shares, or on the original price,
|
||||
whichever is lower, if redeemed during the first 12 months
|
||||
after purchase)
|
$ | 11.52 | * | |
CLASS Y
|
||||
Net Assets
|
$ | 83,551,756 | ||
Capital shares outstanding
|
7,250,121 | |||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share
|
$ | 11.52 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
||
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
|
||
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
Investment Income:
|
||||||||
Interest income
|
$ | 20,441,131 | ||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||
Management fees (note 3)
|
$ | 2,030,450 | ||||||
Distribution and service fees (note 3)
|
918,321 | |||||||
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees
|
294,286 | |||||||
Trustees’ fees and expenses (note 7)
|
255,863 | |||||||
Legal fees
|
218,330 | |||||||
Shareholders’ reports and proxy statements
|
69,563 | |||||||
Custodian fees (note 6)
|
36,576 | |||||||
Registration fees and dues
|
28,882 | |||||||
Auditing and tax fees
|
25,903 | |||||||
Insurance
|
20,088 | |||||||
Chief compliance officer services (note 3)
|
5,194 | |||||||
Miscellaneous
|
37,469 | |||||||
Total expenses
|
3,940,925 | |||||||
Management fees waived (note 3)
|
(21,466 | ) | ||||||
Expenses paid indirectly (note 6)
|
(1,008 | ) | ||||||
Net expenses
|
3,918,451 | |||||||
Net investment income
|
16,522,680 | |||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:
|
||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from securities
|
||||||||
transactions
|
2,522,836 | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation on
|
||||||||
investments
|
16,001,761 | |||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
|
||||||||
investments
|
18,524,597 | |||||||
Net change in net assets resulting from
|
||||||||
operations
|
$ | 35,047,277 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
||
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
September 30, 2012
|
September 30, 2011
|
|||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$ | 16,522,680 | $ | 16,847,144 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) from securities
|
||||||||
transactions
|
2,522,836 | (213,603 | ) | |||||
Change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||
(depreciation) on investments
|
16,001,761 | (5,092,691 | ) | |||||
Change in net assets resulting from
|
||||||||
operations
|
35,047,277 | 11,540,850 | ||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (note 10):
|
||||||||
Class A Shares:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
(13,021,908 | ) | (13,260,251 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
(778,958 | ) | (713,975 | ) | ||||
Class Y Shares:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
(2,679,809 | ) | (2,852,438 | ) | ||||
Change in net assets from distributions
|
(16,480,675 | ) | (16,826,664 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (note 8):
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
84,694,490 | 51,950,817 | ||||||
Reinvested dividends and distributions
|
10,296,809 | 10,362,686 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed
|
(52,022,893 | ) | (103,034,039 | ) | ||||
Change in net assets from capital share
|
||||||||
transactions
|
42,968,406 | (40,720,536 | ) | |||||
Change in net assets
|
61,535,008 | (46,006,350 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
478,959,520 | 524,965,870 | ||||||
End of period*
|
$ | 540,494,528 | $ | 478,959,520 | ||||
* Includes undistributed net investment
|
||||||||
income of:
|
$ | 230,091 | $ | 245,539 |
a)
|
Portfolio valuation: Municipal securities which have remaining maturities of more than 60 days are valued each business day based upon information provided by a nationally prominent independent pricing service and periodically verified through other pricing services. In the case of securities for which market quotations are readily available, securities are valued by the pricing service at the mean of bid and asked quotations. If a market quotation or a valuation from the pricing service is not readily available, the security is valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Securities which mature in 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost if their term to maturity at purchase is 60 days or less, or by amortizing their unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the 61st day prior to maturity, if their term to maturity at purchase exceeds 60 days.
|
b)
|
Fair value measurements: The Trust follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Trust’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Trust’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:
|
Valuation Inputs
|
|
Investments in Securities
|
|||
Level 1 – Quoted Prices
|
$ | – | |||
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs –Municipal Bonds*
|
533,027,430 | ||||
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs
|
– | ||||
Total
|
$ | 533,027,430 |
c)
|
Subsequent events: In preparing these financial statements, the Trust has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date these financial statements were issued.
|
d)
|
Securities transactions and related investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are reported on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded daily on the accrual basis and is adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of original issue and market discount.
|
e)
|
Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the Trust to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to certain investment companies. The Trust intends to make distributions of income and securities profits sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, Federal income and excise taxes.
|
f)
|
Multiple class allocations: All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses), and realized and unrealized gains or losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class. Class-specific expenses, which include distribution and service fees and any other items that are specifically attributed to a particular class, are also charged directly to such class on a daily basis.
|
g)
|
Use of 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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
h)
|
Reclassification of capital accounts: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. On September 30, 2012, the Trust decreased undistributed net investment income by $57,453 and increased paid-in capital by $57,453 due primarily to differing book/tax treatment of distributions and bond amortization. These reclassifications had no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
|
i)
|
Accounting pronouncements: In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). ASU No. 2011-04 clarifies existing requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosure about fair value measurements in converged guidance of the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board. The amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.
|
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
||||
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
|
||||
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
|
8. Capital Share Transactions
|
Transactions in Capital Shares of the Trust were as follows:
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September 30, 2012
|
September 30, 2011
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Class A Shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
4,298,384 | $ | 48,821,795 | 2,898,388 | $ | 31,437,611 | ||||||||||
Reinvested dividends and
|
||||||||||||||||
distributions
|
733,155 | 8,316,442 | 787,415 | 8,515,528 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed
|
(2,893,087 | ) | (32,761,551 | ) | (5,278,453 | ) | (56,779,136 | ) | ||||||||
Net change
|
2,138,452 | 24,376,686 | (1,592,650 | ) | (16,825,997 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C Shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
1,283,173 | 14,532,028 | 549,608 | 5,952,506 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested dividends
|
||||||||||||||||
and distributions
|
49,403 | 560,212 | 47,902 | 517,523 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed
|
(517,711 | ) | (5,849,065 | ) | (758,285 | ) | (8,101,298 | ) | ||||||||
Net change
|
814,865 | 9,243,175 | (160,775 | ) | (1,631,269 | ) | ||||||||||
Class Y Shares:
|
||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
1,888,049 | 21,340,667 | 1,352,255 | 14,560,700 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested dividends and
|
||||||||||||||||
distributions
|
125,029 | 1,420,155 | 123,185 | 1,329,635 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed
|
(1,186,848 | ) | (13,412,277 | ) | (3,577,404 | ) | (38,153,605 | )) | ||||||||
Net change
|
826,230 | 9,348,545 | (2,101,964 | ) | (22,263,270 | ) | ||||||||||
Total transactions in Trust
|
||||||||||||||||
shares
|
3,779,547 | $ | 42,968,406 | (3,855,389 | ) | $ | (40,720,536 | ) |
Year Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2012
|
2011
|
|||||||
Net tax-exempt income
|
$ | 16,425,024 | $ | 16,826,664 | ||||
Ordinary income
|
55,651 | – | ||||||
Capital gain
|
– | – | ||||||
$ | 16,480,675 | $ | 16,826,664 |
Unrealized appreciation
|
$ | 46,206,008 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income
|
327,800 | |||
Accumulated net gain on investments
|
2,192,788 | |||
Other temporary differences
|
(327,800 | ) | ||
$ | 48,398,796 |
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
For a share outstanding throughout each period
|
Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
$ | 11.12 | $ | 11.18 | $ | 11.05 | $ | 10.11 | $ | 10.68 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.37 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.42 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
|
||||||||||||||||||||
realized and unrealized)
|
0.41 | (0.06 | ) | 0.13 | 0.94 | (0.58 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
0.78 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 1.36 | (0.16 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Less distributions (note 10):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.37 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (0.41 | ) | ||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains
|
– | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.37 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (0.41 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period
|
$ | 11.53 | $ | 11.12 | $ | 11.18 | $ | 11.05 | $ | 10.11 | ||||||||||
Total return (not reflecting sales charge)
|
7.14 | % | 3.05 | % | 4.95 | % | 13.74 | % | (1.58 | )% | ||||||||||
Ratios/supplemental data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions)
|
$ | 419 | $ | 380 | $ | 400 | $ | 370 | $ | 324 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.74 | % | 0.76 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.76 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
3.29 | % | 3.55 | % | 3.65 | % | 4.02 | % | 3.89 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
8 | % | 15 | % | 9 | % | 15 | % | 15 | % | ||||||||||
The expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of
|
||||||||||||||||||||
management fees were (note 3):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.75 | % | 0.76 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
3.28 | % | 3.55 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
The expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense
|
||||||||||||||||||||
offset for uninvested cash balances were:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.74 | % | 0.76 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.74 | % |
(1)
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.
|
Note:
|
On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.
|
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
|
For a share outstanding throughout each period
|
Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
$ | 11.11 | $ | 11.17 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 10.10 | $ | 10.68 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.27 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
|
||||||||||||||||||||
realized and unrealized)
|
0.42 | (0.06 | ) | 0.14 | 0.94 | (0.59 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
0.69 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 1.27 | (0.26 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Less distributions (note 10):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.28 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.32 | ) | ||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains
|
– | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.28 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.32 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period
|
$ | 11.52 | $ | 11.11 | $ | 11.17 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 10.10 | ||||||||||
Total return (not reflecting CDSC)
|
6.24 | % | 2.18 | % | 4.07 | % | 12.79 | % | (2.51 | )% | ||||||||||
Ratios/supplemental data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions)
|
$ | 38 | $ | 27 | $ | 29 | $ | 22 | $ | 18 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
1.59 | % | 1.61 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.61 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
2.42 | % | 2.70 | % | 2.78 | % | 3.15 | % | 3.04 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
8 | % | 15 | % | 9 | % | 15 | % | 15 | % | ||||||||||
The expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of
|
||||||||||||||||||||
management fees were (note 3):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
1.59 | % | 1.61 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
2.42 | % | 2.70 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
The expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense
|
||||||||||||||||||||
offset for uninvested cash balances were:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
1.59 | % | 1.61 | % | 1.57 | % | 1.58 | % | 1.59 | % |
(1)
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.
|
Note:
|
On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.
|
TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
|
For a share outstanding throughout each period
|
Class Y | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
$ | 11.11 | $ | 11.18 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 10.10 | $ | 10.68 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.39 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.43 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
|
||||||||||||||||||||
realized and unrealized)
|
0.41 | (0.07 | ) | 0.14 | 0.93 | (0.58 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
0.80 | 0.33 | 0.56 | 1.37 | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Less distributions (note 10):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.39 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.43 | ) | ||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains
|
– | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.39 | ) | (0.40 | ) | (0.42 | ) | (0.43 | ) | (0.43 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period
|
$ | 11.52 | $ | 11.11 | $ | 11.18 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 10.10 | ||||||||||
Total return
|
7.30 | % | 3.11 | % | 5.21 | % | 13.92 | % | (1.52 | )% | ||||||||||
Ratios/supplemental data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions)
|
$ | 84 | $ | 71 | $ | 95 | $ | 85 | $ | 58 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.59 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.57 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
3.44 | % | 3.70 | % | 3.80 | % | 4.16 | % | 4.04 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
|
8 | % | 15 | % | 9 | % | 15 | % | 15 | % | ||||||||||
The expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of
|
||||||||||||||||||||
management fees were (note 3):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.60 | % | 0.61 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average
|
||||||||||||||||||||
net assets
|
3.43 | % | 3.70 | % | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
The expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense
|
||||||||||||||||||||
offset for uninvested cash balances were:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
|
0.59 | % | 0.61 | % | 0.57 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.59 | % |
(1)
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.
|
Note:
|
On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.
|
Additional Information (unaudited)
|
Trustees(1)
|
and Officers
|
Number of
|
||||||||
Positions
|
Portfolios
|
|||||||
Held with
|
in Fund
|
|||||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
Principal
|
Complex(4)
|
Other Directorships
|
||||
Address(2)
|
Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
Overseen
|
Held by Trustee
|
||||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(3)
|
During Past 5 Years
|
by Trustee
|
During Past 5 Years
|
||||
Interested Trustee(5)
|
||||||||
Diana P. Herrmann
New York, NY
(1958)
|
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees since 2003, President since 1998 and Trustee since 1994
|
Vice Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila Management Corporation, Founder and Sponsor of the Aquila Group of Funds(6) and parent of Aquila Investment Management LLC, Manager, since 2004, President since 1997, Chief Operating Officer, 1997-2008, a Director since 1984, Secretary since 1986 and previously its Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, 1986-1997; Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair since 2004, President and Manager since 2003, and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2008), of the Manager; Chair, Vice Chair, President, Executive Vice President and/or Senior Vice President of funds in the Aquila Group of Funds since 1986; Director of the Distributor since 1997; Governor, Investment Company Institute (the U .S . mutual fund industry trade organization dedicated to protecting shareholder interests and educating the public about investing) for various periods since 2004, and head of its Small Funds Committee, 2004-2009; active in charitable and volunteer organizations.
|
11 |
ICI Mutual Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group (2006-2009 and since 2010); Vice Chair and Trustee of Pacific Capital Funds of Cash Assets Trust (three Aquila money-market funds) 2004-2012
|
||||
James A. Gardner
Terrebonne, OR
(1943)
|
Chair of the Board of Trustees since 2005 and Trustee since 1986
|
President, Gardner Associates, an investment and real estate firm, since 1989; Owner and Developer of Vandevert Ranch, Sunriver, Oregon since 1989; Founding Partner, Chairman Emeritus and previously Chairman (1991-2010), Ranch at the Canyons, Terrebonne, Oregon; President Emeritus and previously President (1981-1989), Lewis and Clark College and Law School; director, Oregon High Desert Museum, 1989-2003; active in civic, business and educational organizations in Oregon; writer on Native American and settlement history of Oregon.
|
1 | None |
Number of
|
||||||||
Positions
|
Portfolios
|
|||||||
Held with
|
in Fund
|
|||||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
Principal
|
Complex(4)
|
Other Directorships
|
||||
Address(2)
|
Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
Overseen
|
Held by Trustee
|
||||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(3)
|
During Past 5 Years
|
by Trustee
|
During Past 5 Years
|
||||
Gary C. Cornia
Orem, UT
(1948)
|
Trustee since 2002
|
Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, since 2008; Director, Romney Institute of Public Management, Marriott School of Management, 2004-2008; Professor, Marriott School of Management, 1980-present; Past President, National Tax Association; Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2002-present; Associate Dean, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1991-2000; member, Utah Governor’s Tax Review Committee, 1993-2009.
|
5 |
Utah Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT; formerly director, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA
|
||||
Edmund P. Jensen
Portland, OR
(1937)
|
Trustee since 2003
|
President and CEO, VISA International, 1994-1999; Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, US Bancorp, 1974-1994.
|
1 |
Five Cubits, Inc. (formerly BMG Seltec), a software company; Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
|
||||
John W. Mitchell
Lake Oswego, OR
(1944)
|
Trustee since 1999
|
Principal of M & H Economic Consultants; Economist, Western Region, for U .S . Bancorp 1998-2007; Chief Economist, U .S . Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, 1983-1998; member, Oregon Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors, 1984-1998; Chairman, Oregon Governor’s Technical Advisory Committee for Tax Review in 1998.
|
1 |
Oregon Mutual Insurance; Western Capital Corporation; Northwest Bank.
|
||||
Ralph R. Shaw
Portland, OR
(1938)
|
Trustee since 2000
|
President, Shaw Management Company, an investment counseling firm, 1980-present; General Partner, Shaw Venture Partners, 1983-2005; Shaw Venture Partners II, 1987-2005; and Shaw Venture Partners III, 1994-2005.
|
1 |
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Telestream, Inc., Five Cubits, Inc. (formerly BMG Seltec), a software company, Rentrak Corporation, One-to-One Interactive, Optimum Energy Co.
|
Number of
|
||||||||
Positions
|
Portfolios
|
|||||||
Held with
|
in Fund
|
|||||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
Principal
|
Complex(4)
|
Other Directorships
|
||||
Address(2)
|
Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
Overseen
|
Held by Trustee
|
||||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(3)
|
During Past 5 Years
|
by Trustee
|
During Past 5 Years
|
||||
Nancy Wilgenbusch
Marylhurst, OR
(1947)
|
Trustee since 2002
|
President Emerita since 2008 and President 1984-2008, Marylhurst University; member, former Chair, Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; active board member of a number of civic organizations.
|
1 | West Coast Bank; Cascade Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of lift truck attachments |
Positions
|
||||
Held with
|
||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
|||
Address(1)
|
Length of
|
|||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(2)
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
||
Trustees Emeritus(7)
|
||||
Vernon R. Alden
Boston, MA
(1923)
|
Trustee Emeritus since 2006
|
Retired; former director or trustee of various Fortune 500 companies, including Colgate-Palmolive and McGraw Hill; formerly President of Ohio University and Associate Dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration; Trustee, Aquila Narragansett Tax-Free Income Fund, 1992-2006, Tax-Free Trust of Oregon, 1988-2001, Hawaiian Tax-Free Trust, 1989-2001, and Pacific Capital Funds of Cash Assets Trust (three Aquila money-market funds, consisting of Pacific Capital Cash Assets Trust, Pacific Capital Tax-Free Cash Assets Trust and Pacific Capital U .S . Government Securities Cash Assets Trust), 1989-2001; Trustee Emeritus, Aquila Narragansett Tax-Free Income Fund since 2006; member of several Japan-related advisory councils, including Chairman of the Japan Society of Boston; trustee of various cultural, educational and civic organizations.
|
||
David B. Frohnmayer
Eugene, OR
(1940)
|
Trustee Emeritus since 2003
|
President Emeritus and formerly President (1994-2009), University of Oregon; former Dean of the University of Oregon Law School and former Attorney General of the State of Oregon; Trustee, Tax-Free Trust of Oregon, 1997-2003.
|
||
Patricia L. Moss
Bend, OR
(1953)
|
Trustee Emerita since 2005
|
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Bancorp and Bank of the Cascades since 1998; Director, Cascade Bancorp; Director, MDU Resources; Trustee, Tax-Free Trust of Oregon, 2002-2005; active in community and educational organizations.
|
Positions
|
||||
Held with
|
||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
|||
Address(1)
|
Length of
|
|||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(2)
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
||
Officers
|
||||
Charles E. Childs, III
New York, NY
(1957)
|
Executive Vice President since 2003 and Secretary since 2011
|
Executive Vice President of all funds in the Aquila Group of Funds and the Manager and the Manager’s parent since 2003; Chief Operating Officer of the Manager and the Manager’s parent since 2008; Secretary of all funds in the Aquila Group of Funds since 2011; formerly Senior Vice President, corporate development, Vice President, Assistant Vice President and Associate of the Manager’s parent since 1987; Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President or Assistant Vice President of the Aquila money-market funds, 1988-2012.
|
||
Marie E. Aro
Denver, CO
(1955)
|
Senior Vice President since 2010
|
Co-President of the Distributor since 2010, Vice President, 1993-1997; Senior Vice President, Aquila Three Peaks Opportunity Growth Fund since 2004; Senior Vice President, Tax-Free Trust of Arizona since 2010 and Vice President, 2004-2010; Senior Vice President, Aquila Three Peaks High Income Fund since 2006; Senior Vice President, Churchill Tax-Free Fund of Kentucky, Hawaiian Tax-Free Trust, Aquila Narragansett Tax-Free Income Fund, Tax-Free Fund For Utah, Tax-Free Fund of Colorado and Tax-Free Trust of Oregon since 2010; Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, 1998-2003.
|
||
Paul G. O’Brien
Charlotte, NC
(1959)
|
Senior Vice President since 2010
|
Co-President, Aquila Distributors, Inc. since 2010, Managing Director, 2009-2010; Senior Vice President of Aquila Three Peaks High Income Fund, Aquila Three Peaks Opportunity Growth Fund, and each of the Aquila Municipal Bond Funds since 2010; held various positions to Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Evergreen Investments Services, Inc ., 1997-2008; Mergers and Acquisitions Coordinator for Wachovia Corporation, 1994-1997.
|
||
Christine L. Neimeth
Portland, OR
(1964)
|
Vice President since 1998
|
Vice President of Aquila Three Peaks Opportunity Growth Fund and Tax-Free Trust of Oregon.
|
||
Randall S. Fillmore
New York, NY
(1960)
|
Chief Compliance Officer since 2012
|
Chief Compliance Officer of each fund in the Aquila Group of Funds, the Manager and the Distributor since 2012; Managing Director, Fillmore & Associates, 2009-2012; Fund and Adviser Chief Compliance Officer (2002-2009), Senior Vice President - Broker Dealer Compliance (2004-2009), Schwab Funds Anti Money Laundering Officer and Identity Theft Prevention Officer (2004-2009), Vice President - Internal Audit (2000-2002), Charles Schwab Corporation; National Director, Information Systems Risk Management - Consulting Services (1999-2000), National Director, Investment Management Audit and Business Advisory Services (1992-1999), Senior Manager, Manager, Senior and Staff Roles (1983-1992), PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
|
Positions
|
||||
Held with
|
||||
Name,
|
Trust and
|
|||
Address(1)
|
Length of
|
|||
and Year of Birth
|
Service(2)
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
||
Joseph P. DiMaggio
New York, NY
(1956)
|
Chief Financial Officer since 2003 and Treasurer since 2000
|
Chief Financial Officer of each fund in the Aquila Group of Funds since 2003 and Treasurer since 2000.
|
||
Yolonda S. Reynolds
New York, NY
(1960)
|
Assistant Treasurer since 2010
|
Assistant Treasurer of each fund in the Aquila Group of Funds since 2010; Director of Fund Accounting for the Aquila Group of Funds since 2007; Investment Accountant, TIAA-CREF, 2007; Senior Fund Accountant, JP Morgan Chase, 2003-2006.
|
||
Lori A. Vindigni
New York, NY
(1966)
|
Assistant Treasurer since 2000
|
Assistant Treasurer of each fund in the Aquila Group of Funds since 2000; Assistant Vice President of the Manager or its predecessor and current parent since 1998; Fund Accountant for the Aquila Group of Funds, 1995-1998.
|
Actual
|
||||
Total Return
|
Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses
|
|
Without
|
Account
|
Account
|
Paid During
|
|
Sales charges(1)
|
Value
|
Value
|
the Period(2)
|
|
Class A
|
3.95%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,039.50
|
$3.72
|
Class C
|
3.52%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,035.20
|
$8.04
|
Class Y
|
3.94%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,039.40
|
$2.96
|
(1)
|
Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charges with respect to Class A shares or the applicable CDSC with respect to Class C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year.
|
(2)
|
Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.73%, 1.58% and 0.58% for the Trust’s Class A, C and Y shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Hypothetical
|
||||
Annualized
|
Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses
|
|
Total
|
Account
|
Account
|
Paid During
|
|
Return
|
Value
|
Value
|
the Period(1)
|
|
Class A
|
5.00%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,021.35
|
$3.69
|
Class C
|
5.00%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,017.10
|
$7.97
|
Class Y
|
5.00%
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,022.10
|
$2.93
|
(1)
|
Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.73%, 1.58% and 0.58% for the Trust’s Class A, C and Y shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Dollar Amount of Votes: | |||
Trustee
|
For
|
Withheld
|
|
Gary C. Cornia
|
$448,086,491
|
$3,267,874
|
|
James A. Gardner
|
$446,528,626
|
$4,825,740
|
|
Diana P. Herrmann
|
$448,441,529
|
$2,912,837
|
|
Edmund P. Jensen
|
$447,688,663
|
$3,665,703
|
|
John W. Mitchell
|
$448,074,358
|
$3,280,008
|
|
Ralph R. Shaw
|
$446,416,758
|
$4,937,607
|
|
Nancy Wilgenbusch
|
$448,364,831
|
$2,989,535
|
Dollar Amount of Votes:
|
|||
For
|
Against
|
Abstain
|
|
$445,094,000
|
$200,977
|
$6,059,390
|
ITEM 2.
|
CODE OF ETHICS.
|
ITEM 3.
|
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
|
ITEM 4.
|
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
|
ITEM 5.
|
AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
|
ITEM 6.
|
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
|
ITEM 7.
|
DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
|
ITEM 8.
|
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
|
ITEM 9.
|
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENTCOMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
|
ITEM 10.
|
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
|
ITEM 11.
|
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
|
ITEM 12.
|
EXHIBITS.
|
By:
|
/s/ Diana P. Herrmann | |
Vice Chair, President and Trustee
December 7, 2012
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio | |
Chief Financial Officer
December 7, 2012
|
By:
|
/s/ Diana P. Herrmann | |
Diana P. Herrmann
Vice Chair, President and Trustee
December 7, 2012 |
||
By:
|
/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio | |
Joseph P. DiMaggio
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
December 7, 2012
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Tax-Free Trust of Oregon;
|
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 officers 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 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.
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The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a)
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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
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b)
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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.
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/s/ Diana P. Herrmann
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Title: Vice Chair, President and Trustee
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I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Tax-Free Trust of Oregon;
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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;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, 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;
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The registrant's other certifying officers 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:
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a)
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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;
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b)
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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;
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c)
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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)
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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
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The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions)
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a)
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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
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b)
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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.
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/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio
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Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Dated: December 7, 2012
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/s/ Diana P. Herrmann | ||
Vice Chair, President and Trustee | |||
Tax-Free Trust of Oregon | |||
Dated: December 7, 2012
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/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio | ||
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||
Tax-Free Trust of Oregon | |||
Chair, Vice Chair and/or Trustee and/or President
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Diana P. Herrmann
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Joseph P. DiMaggio
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