N-Q 1 dnq.htm JENNISON NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. Jennison Natural Resources, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM N-Q

 


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:    811-05206
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Jennison Natural Resources Fund
Address of principal executive offices:    Gateway Center 3,
   100 Mulberry Street,
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Deborah A. Docs
   Gateway Center 3,
   100 Mulberry Street,
   Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    973-367-7521
Date of fiscal year end:    5/31/2006
Date of reporting period:    2/28/2006

 



Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments

as of February 28, 2006 (Unaudited)

 

Shares   

Description

   Value
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 95.4%   
COMMON STOCKS 95.1%   
Aluminum 1.9%   
728,200    Alcoa, Inc.    $ 21,350,824
52,400    Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (China) (ADR)(b)      5,391,436
         
        26,742,260
Coal & Consumable Fuels 6.0%   
544,000    Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(a)      11,625,280
866,800    Cameco Corp. (Canada)      32,382,432
425,700    CONSOL Energy, Inc.(a)      27,253,314
2,227,120    SXR Uranium One, Inc. (Canada)(a)(b)      15,739,784
         
        87,000,810
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks 0.1%   
62,800    Railpower Technologies Corp. (Canada)(a)      226,565
442,700    Railpower Technologies Corp. (Canada)(a)(h)      1,597,140
         
        1,823,705
Construction Materials 0.3%   
3,130,000    Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. (China)      4,464,947
Diversified Metals & Mining 9.4%   
559,200    Falconbridge Ltd.      18,028,608
587,000    First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Canada)      18,692,886
14,200    FNX Mining Co., Inc. (Canada)(a)      167,434
447,600    FNX Mining Co., Inc. (Canada)(a)(h)      5,277,698
335,400    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (Class “B” Stock)      16,981,302
345,000    Inco Ltd.(b)      16,670,400
904,700    Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.(a)(b)      5,428,200
808,800    Peru Copper, Inc. (Canada)(a)      2,576,317
251,800    Phelps Dodge Corp.      34,748,400
88,100    Southern Copper Corp.(b)      7,017,165
532,200    Western Silver Corp. (a)(b)      10,308,714
         
        135,897,124
Electronic Components & Equipment 0.4%   
400,800    Evergreen Solar, Inc.(a)(b)      6,248,472
Gold 12.9%   
4,750,000    AXMIN, Inc.
    (Canada) (cost $2,144,749; purchased 12/14/05)(a)
     2,858,903


914,800    AXMIN, Inc. (Canada)(a)    579,573
694,446    Barrick Gold Corp.    19,006,987
3,184,900    Crystallex International Corp.(a)(b)    9,172,512
2,958,500    European Goldfields LTD. (Canada)(a)    9,501,980
872,500    Gabriel Resources Ltd. (Canada)(a)    2,134,322
754,000    Glamis Gold Ltd.(a)(b)    20,516,340
906,400    Gold Fields Ltd. (South Africa) (ADR)    20,149,272
193,800    Gold Reserve, Inc. (Canada)(a)    1,028,302
569,200    Goldcorp, Inc.    14,486,140
1,431,773    Harmony Gold Mining Ltd. (South Africa) (ADR)(a)(b)    20,030,504
1,576,100    Iamgold Corp. (Canada)    14,021,181
559,900    Meridian Gold, Inc.(a)    14,187,866
1,179,700    Nevsun Resources Ltd. (Canada)(a)    2,813,135
1,192,900    Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Australia)    18,732,856
282,400    Newmont Mining Corp.(b)    14,944,608
1,160,300    Orezone Resources, Inc. (Canada)(a)    2,389,108
       
      186,553,589
Integrated Oil & Gas 8.5%   
124,900    Amerada Hess Corp.(b)    17,274,919
96,200    CNX Gas Corp.(a)(h)    2,072,148
284,400    Occidental Petroleum Corp.    26,033,976
265,000    Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazil) (ADR)    23,198,100
727,100    Suncor Energy, Inc.    54,350,725
       
      122,929,868
Oil & Gas Drilling 7.4%   
989,000    GlobalSantaFe Corp.    54,731,261
173,600    Noble Corp.    12,830,776
537,000    Transocean, Inc.(a)    39,834,660
       
      107,396,697
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 17.0%   
460,000    BJ Services Co.    14,402,600
166,800    CARBO Ceramics, Inc.    9,132,300
425,200    Cooper Cameron Corp.(a)(b)    17,220,600
136,800    FMC Technologies, Inc.(a)    6,418,656
493,200    Grant Prideco, Inc.(a)    19,959,804
374,400    Halliburton Co.    25,459,200
118,200    Hydril Co.(a)    7,959,588
774,900    National Oilwell Varco, Inc.(a)    47,175,912
215,300    SEACOR Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)    15,710,441
479,800    Smith International, Inc.(b)    18,582,654
355,900    Technip SA (France) (ADR)    21,446,534
284,400    Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.(a)    12,442,500
693,400    Weatherford International Ltd.(a)    29,899,408
       
      245,810,197
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 21.8%   
197,400    Bill Barrett Corp.(a)(b)    6,537,888
3,600,000    BPI Industries, Inc. (cost $5,475,550; purchased 12/31/04 – 9/23/05)(a)    7,866,000
285,000    Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a)(b)    11,300,250
879,900    Compton Petroleum Corp. (Canada)(a)    11,668,096


211,200    Duvernay Oil Corp. (Canada)(a)    7,342,193
883,900    Endeavour International Corp.(a)(b)    2,722,412
946,400    Gasco Energy, Inc.(a)(b)    5,403,944
292,200    Goodrich Petroleum Corp.(a)(b)    7,065,396
258,200    McMoRan Exploration Co.(a)(b)    4,567,558
332,700    Nexen, Inc.    17,353,632
1,217,918    OPTI Canada, Inc. (Canada)(a)    44,796,491
522,600    Plains Exploration & Production Co.(a)    21,295,950
885,050    Range Resources Corp.    21,179,246
776,800    Sasol Ltd. (South Africa) (ADR)(b)    26,721,920
1,063,000    Southwestern Energy Co.(a)    34,111,670
262,600    Talisman Energy,Inc.    13,791,752
551,694    Trident Resources Corp. (Canada)
    (cost $17,670,540; purchased 12/4/03-1/5/06)(a)(f)(g)
   24,272,691
2,279,200    UTS Energy Corp. (Canada)(a)    13,356,920
1,149,700    Warren Resources, Inc.(a)(b)    16,820,111
581,700    Western Oil Sands, Inc. (Class “A” Stock) (Canada)(a)    16,332,085
       
      314,506,205
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 3.4%   
349,400    Frontier Oil Corp.(b)    16,159,750
367,500    Valero Energy Corp.    19,767,825
278,500    Western Gas Resoures, Inc.    13,175,835
       
      49,103,410
Precious Metals & Minerals 3.3%   
504,100    Apex Silver Mines, Ltd.(a)(b)    11,649,751
1,668,800    Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.(a)(b)    9,245,152
470,200    Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (South Africa) (ADR)(b)    20,006,869
30,700    Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)    5,222,569
69,745    Pan American Silver Corp. (Canada)(a)    1,554,526
       
      47,678,867
Real Estate Investment Trust 1.0%   
385,200    Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc.    14,310,180
Steel 1.7%   
521,100    Cia Vale do Rio Doce (Brazil) (ADR)    24,194,673
       
   Total common stocks
    (cost $934,947,572)
   1,374,661,004
Principal
Amount (000)
         
LINKED NOTE 0.2%     
Precious Metals & Minerals   
$10,882   

USD Palladium Linked Bank Note, zero coupon, 7/13/07
(cost $2,000,001; Purchased 6/30/03-1/9/06)(a)(g)

   3,007,556


Units            
WARRANTS(a) 0.1%         
Diversified Metals & Mining   
404,400    Peru Copper, Inc. (Canada) Expiring 3/18/06 @ CAD$2      480,391  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.1%   
600,000    BPI Industries, Inc. Expiring 12/31/06      544,593  
       (cost $132,099; Purchased 12/31/04)(f)(g)   
Precious Metals & Minerals   
11,922    Pan American Silver Corp. (Canada) Expiring 2/20/08 @ CAD$12      146,868  
           
       Total warrants      1,171,852  
           (cost $196,926)   
           
       Total long-term investments   
           (cost $937,144,499)      1,378,840,412  
           
Shares            
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 22.6%   
Mutual Fund         
326,811,626    Dryden Core Investment Fund - Taxable Money Market Series
(cost $326,811,626; includes $224,962,433 of cash collateral
received for securities on loan)(c)(d)
   $ 326,811,626  
           
   Total Investments(e) 118.0%   
       (cost $1,263,956,125)(i)      1,705,652,038  
   Liabilities in excess of other assets (18.0%)      (260,188,657 )
           
   Net Assets 100%    $ 1,445,463,381  
           

ADR – American Depository Receipt.

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of security is on loan. The aggregate market value of such securities is $211,673,919; cash collateral of $224,962,433(included in liabilities) was received with which the portfolio purchased highly liquid short-term investments.
(c) Prudential Investments LLC, the manager of the Fund, also serves as manager of the Dryden Core Investment Fund-Taxable Money Market Series.
(d) Represents security, or a portion thereof, purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(e) As of February 28,2006, 4 securities representing $26,601,299 and 1.8% of the total market value were fair valued in accordance with the policies adopted by the Board of Directors.
(f) Indicates illiquid securities. The aggregate cost of such securities was $17,802,639. The aggregate value of $24,817,284 is approximately 1.7% of net assets.
(g) Indicates securities restricted to resale. The aggregate cost of such securities was $19,802,640. The aggregate value of $27,824,840 is approximately 1.9% of net assets.
(h) Securities were purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.
(i) The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of February 28, 2006 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis of
Investments
  Gross
Appreciation
  Gross
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
$1,263,956,125   $ 448,621,057   $ (6,925,144 )   $ 441,695,913


Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Securities Valuation: Securities listed on a securities exchange (other than options on securities and indices) are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices, or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. Securities traded via Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price (NOCP) on the day of valuation, or if there was no NOCP, at the last sale price. Securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by Prudential Investments LLC (“PI or Manager”), in consultation with the subadvisers; to be over-the-counter, are valued at market value using prices provided by an independent pricing agent or principal market maker.

Corporate bonds (other than convertible debt securities) and U.S. government securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by an Adviser in consultation with the Manager to be over-the-counter, are valued by an independent pricing agent or more than one principal market maker (if available, otherwise by a principal market maker or a primary market dealer). Convertible debt securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by an Adviser in consultation with the Manager to be over-the-counter, are valued by an independent pricing agent or at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices (or at the last bid price in the absence of an asked price) provided by more than one principal market maker (if available, otherwise by a principal market maker or a primary market dealer).

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring after the close of the security’s foreign market and before the fund’s normal pricing time, are valued at fair value in accordance with the Board of Directors’ approved fair valuation procedures. When determining the fair valuation of securities some of the factors influencing the valuation include, the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities: assessment of the general liquidity of the securities; the issuer’s financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities; any available analyst media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the investment adviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at their net asset value as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of valuation.

Short-term securities which mature in sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. The amortized cost method includes valuing a security at its cost on the date of purchase and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of the difference between the principal amount due at maturity and cost. Short-term securities which mature in more than sixty days are valued at current market quotation.

The Fund may hold up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities including repurchase agreements which have a maturity of longer than seven days, certain securities with legal or contractual restrictions on resale (restricted securities, sometimes referred to as Private Placements) and securities that are not readily marketable. Restricted securities are valued pursuant to the valuation procedures noted above.

The Funds invest in the Taxable Money Market Series (“the Series”), a portfolio of Dryden Core Investment Fund, pursuant to an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Series is a money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and managed by PI.

Other information regarding the Funds is available in the Funds’ most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).


Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

  (a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b) There have been 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 evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 3. Exhibits

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – Attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

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

 

(Registrant)   Jennison Natural Resources Fund             
By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Deborah A. Docs

  Deborah A. Docs
  Secretary of the Fund

Date April 28, 2006

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

 

By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Judy A. Rice

  Judy A. Rice
  President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Date April 28, 2006

 

By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/ Grace C. Torres

  Grace C. Torres
  Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date April 28, 2006

 


* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.