-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JSZgsJE7wNMa/l66HPQhyhksarpHDU069Wi8pcZEKh9go5VX6z2KxIcqQlP2kIXy mYE490bosESgq8ZbZWSkug== 0000084237-07-000004.txt : 20070308 0000084237-07-000004.hdr.sgml : 20070308 20070308143328 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000084237-07-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070308 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070308 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070308 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000084237 IRS NUMBER: 366063092 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSR SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01533 FILM NUMBER: 07680388 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2949 E. ELVIRA ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 101 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 BUSINESS PHONE: (520)806-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2949 E. ELVIRA ROAD STREET 2: SUITE 101 CITY: TUCSON STATE: AZ ZIP: 85706 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BAUM ADLER & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19671029 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SECURITY SUPERVISORS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19671026 0000084237 S000003449 SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES INC C000009553 Class S SLSSX C000009554 Class D SLSDX N-CSR 1 sss_ncsr1206.htm CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANANGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-01533


SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, AZ 85706

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Thomas D. Tays

Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, AZ 85706

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 520-806-7600

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2006

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2006

 

____________________

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

 

 



Table of Contents

 

Shareholder Letter

2

 

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis:

 

Selected American Shares

3

Selected Special Shares

4

 

 

Fund Performance and Supplementary Information:

 

Selected American Shares

7

Selected Special Shares

11

Selected Daily Government Fund

16

 

 

Schedule of Investments:

 

Selected American Shares

18

Selected Special Shares

23

Selected Daily Government Fund

28

 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

31

 

 

Statements of Operations

33

 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

34

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

36

 

 

Financial Highlights

45

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

49

 

 

Fund Information

50

 

 

Directors and Officers

51

 

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

 

Dear Fellow Shareholder,

 

As stewards of our customers’ savings, the management team and Directors of the Selected Funds recognize the importance of candid, thorough, and regular communication with our shareholders. In our Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, we include all of the required quantitative information, such as audited financial statements, detailed footnotes, performance reports, fund holdings, and performance attribution. Also included is a list of positions opened and closed.

 

In addition, we produce a Research Report for certain funds, which is published semi-annually. In this report, we give a more qualitative perspective on fund performance, discuss our thoughts on individual holdings, and share our investment outlook. You may obtain a copy of the current Research Report either at our website, SelectedFunds.com, or by calling 1-800-243-1575.

 

We thank you for your continued trust. We will do our best to earn it in the years ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 



James J. McMonagle

Chairman

Christopher C. Davis

President

 

February 2, 2007

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis

 

Market Environment

During the year ended December 31, 2006, the stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index1, increased by 15.79%. U.S. economic activity, as measured by the gross domestic product (“GDP”), increased between 2.0% and 5.6% over the four calendar quarters of 2006. Interest rates, as measured by the 10-year Treasury bond, began 2006 a little above 4.4%, peaked in June at about 5.1%, and ended the year just below 4.6%.

 

Selected American Shares

 

Performance Overview

 

Selected American Shares’ Class S shares returned 15.19% for the year ended December 31, 20062, compared to its benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index1, which returned 15.79%. The Fund’s Class D shares returned 15.59% over the same period.

 

The Fund’s largest investments were in diversified financial companies, and they were also the most important contributors3 to the Fund’s performance over the year. The Fund benefited from its substantial investment in this sector, which out-performed the S&P 500® Index. JPMorgan Chase4, Julius Baer, and American Express were among the top contributors to performance.

 

Consumer discretionary and consumer staple companies also made important contributions to performance. The Fund benefited from careful stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector as the Fund’s companies included in this sector out-performed the Index. Two consumer discretionary companies, Comcast and Harley-Davidson, and one consumer staples company, Altria, were among the top contributors to performance. Two consumer discretionary companies, Apollo Group and H&R Block, and one consumer staples company, Hershey, were among the top detractors from performance.

 

The Fund also has a large investment in insurance companies. While insurance companies made a positive contribution to performance, they under-performed the Index. Berkshire Hathaway and Loews were among the top contributors to performance. Progressive, Transatlantic Holdings, and Marsh & McLennan were among the top detractors from performance. The Fund no longer owns Marsh & McLennan.

 

The Fund’s investments in telecommunication service and energy companies also contributed to the Fund under-performing the Index over the year. Telecommunication service companies were the strongest performing sector of the Index, but the telecommunication service companies owned by the Fund did not perform as well. While energy companies made positive contributions to the Fund’s performance, they under-performed the Index. One energy company, ConocoPhillips, was among the top contributors to performance. Sprint Nextel, a telecommunication services company, and EOG Resources, an energy company, were among the top detractors from performance.

 

Another individual company making important contributions to performance included Golden West Financial, a banking company. Other individual companies detracting from performance included Cardinal Health, a health care company, and Dell, an information technology company. Golden West Financial was acquired by Wachovia in October 2006.

 

The Fund had approximately 10% of its assets invested in foreign companies at December 31, 2006. As a group, the foreign companies owned by the Fund out-performed the S&P 500® Index over the year.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis – (Continued)

 

Selected Special Shares

 

Performance Overview

 

Selected Special Shares’ Class S shares returned 17.74% for the year ended December 31, 20062, compared to its benchmark, the Russell 3000® Index1, which returned 15.72%. In early 2006, the Board of Directors approved a change in benchmarks from the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index1, which returned 15.88%. Experience has demonstrated that Selected Special Shares does not often invest in companies with small market capitalizations. Thus, the Board determined that the Russell 3000® Index more closely approximates the companies which the Fund invests in. The Fund’s Class D shares returned 18.19% over the same period.

 

Consumer discretionary companies were the most important contributors3 to performance and the Fund had more invested in consumer discretionary companies than in any other single sector. The Fund benefited from its substantial investment in this sector, as the consumer discretionary companies included in the Russell 3000® Index out-performed the overall Russell 3000® Index. Garmin4, Hunter Douglas, Harley-Davidson, and DIRECTV were among the top contributors to performance. Advance Auto Parts, Apollo Group, Lear, Blount International, and Mohawk Industries were among the top detractors from performance. The Fund no longer owns Lear and DIRECTV.

 

Diversified financial and insurance companies also made important contributions to performance. The Fund holds significant investments in these companies and the diversified financial sector out-performed the Russell 3000® Index while the insurance sector under-performed the Russell 3000® Index. Two diversified financial companies, First Marblehead and Pargesa, and one insurance company, Markel, were among the top contributors to performance. One insurance company, Brown & Brown, was among the top detractors from performance. The Fund no longer owns First Marblehead.

 

The Fund also has significant holdings in information technology companies and overall this sector under-performed the Russell 3000® Index. Microsoft was among the top contributors while Convera and Texas Instruments were among the top detractors from performance.

 

Other individual companies making important contributions to performance included Level 3 Communications, a telecommunication services company, and Zimmer Holdings, a health care company. Another individual company detracting from performance included Sprint Nextel, a telecommunication services company.

 

The Fund had approximately 19% of its assets invested in foreign companies at December 31, 2006. As a group, the foreign companies owned by the Fund out-performed the Russell 3000® Index over the year.

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis – (Continued)

 

This Annual Report is authorized for use by existing shareholders. Prospective shareholders must receive a current Selected Funds prospectus, which contains more information about investment strategies, risks, fees, and expenses. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

 

Selected American Shares’ investment objective is to achieve both capital growth and income. In the current market environment, we expect that income will be low. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objective. The primary risks of an investment in Selected American Shares are: (1) market risk, (2) company risk, (3) foreign country risk, (4) financial services risk, (5) headline risk, and (6) selection risk. See the prospectus for a full description of each risk.

 

Selected Special Shares’ investment objective is capital growth. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objective. The primary risks of an investment in Selected Special Shares are: (1) market risk, (2) company risk, (3) small and medium capitalization risk, (4) foreign country risk, (5) headline risk, and (6) selection risk. See the prospectus for a full description of each risk.

 

1       The definitions of indices quoted in this report appear below. Investments cannot be made directly in the indices.

 

I.      The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is adjusted for dividends, weighted towards stocks with large market capitalization, and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

 

II. The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

III.   The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index measures the performance of all U.S. headquartered equity securities with readily available price data. Over 5,000 capitalization weighted security returns are used to adjust the Index. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 is a broad measure of the entire U.S. stock market.

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis – (Continued)

 

2          Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will vary so that, when redeemed, an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than when purchased. The following tables list the average annual total returns for the periods ended December 31, 2006.

 

Fund Name

1-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Selected American Shares S

15.19%

9.00%

11.12%

Selected Special Shares S

17.74%

10.61%

9.97%

 

 

 

Inception

Fund Name

1-Year

(May 3, 2004)

Selected American Shares D

15.59%

13.16%

Selected Special Shares D

18.19%

13.51%

 

 

Benchmark Index

 

1-Year

 

5-Year

 

10-Year

Class D

Inception

(May 3, 2004)

Standard & Poor’s 500® Index

15.79%

6.19%

8.42%

11.41%

Russell 3000® Index

15.72%

7.17%

8.64%

12.62%

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index

15.88%

7.65%

8.67%

12.53%

 

Fund performance changes over time and current performance may be higher or lower than stated. For more current information please call Selected Funds Shareholder Services at 1-800-243-1575.

 

3          A company’s or sector’s contribution to the Fund’s performance is a product both of its appreciation or depreciation and its weighting within the Fund. For example, a 5% holding that rises 20% has twice as much impact as a 1% holding that rises 50%.

 

4       This Management Discussion & Analysis discusses a number of individual companies. The information provided in this report does not provide information reasonably sufficient upon which to base an investment decision and should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. The Schedule of Investments lists each Fund’s holdings of each company discussed.

 

Shares of the Selected Funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

FUND OVERVIEW

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.

At December 31, 2006

 

 

Portfolio Composition

 

Sector Weightings

(% of Fund’s Net Assets)

 

(% of Long Term Portfolio)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund

S&P 500®

Common Stock

97.80%

 

Diversified Financials

16.09%

10.50%

Convertible Bonds

0.29%

 

Insurance

14.58%

4.86%

Short Term Investments

1.87%

 

Energy

11.92%

9.94%

Other Assets & Liabilities

0.04%

 

Banks

8.22%

5.65%

 

100.00%

 

Media

7.26%

3.72%

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

7.04%

4.72%

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing

5.47%

2.18%

 

 

 

Technology

5.00%

15.11%

 

 

 

Capital Goods

4.22%

8.59%

 

 

 

Materials

4.16%

2.96%

 

 

 

Other

3.87%

10.64%

 

 

 

Health Care

3.61%

12.01%

 

 

 

Retailing

2.89%

3.37%

 

 

 

Automobiles & Components

2.00%

0.55%

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services

1.93%

3.51%

 

 

 

Transportation

1.74%

1.69%

 

 

 

 

100.00%

100.00%

 

 

 

Top 10 Holdings

 

 

% of Fund’s

Security

Industry

Net Assets

American Express Co.

Consumer Finance

4.48%

ConocoPhillips

Energy

4.44%

American International Group, Inc.

Multi-Line Insurance

4.37%

Altria Group, Inc.

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

4.34%

Tyco International Ltd.

Capital Goods

4.14%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Diversified Financial Services

4.06%

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Food & Staples Retailing

3.59%

Comcast Corp., Special Class A

Media

3.32%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A

Property & Casualty Insurance

3.23%

HSBC Holdings PLC

Commercial Banks

2.68%

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.

January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006

 

New Positions Added (01/01/06 - 12/31/06)

(Highlighted positions are those greater than 0.50% of 12/31/06 total net assets)

 

 

 

% of 12/31/06

 

 

Date of 1st

Fund

Security

Industry

Purchase

Net Assets

Amazon.com, Inc.

Retailing

07/27/06

0.65%

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

Property & Casualty Insurance

12/19/06

0.06%

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A

Consumer Services

03/09/06

0.25%

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Retailing

06/16/06

0.51%

BHP Billiton PLC

Materials

01/13/06

0.21%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Energy

11/03/06

0.39%

CarMax, Inc.

Retailing

07/17/06

0.29%

China Coal Energy Co., Shares H

Energy

12/13/06

0.22%

Express Scripts, Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

11/14/06

0.37%

Liberty Media Corp. –

 

 

 

Capital, Series A

Media

01/26/06

0.28%

Liberty Media Corp. –

 

 

 

Interactive, Series A

Retailing

01/26/06

0.31%

Lowe’s Cos, Inc.

Retailing

07/17/06

0.49%

Mellon Financial Corp.

Capital Markets

12/04/06

0.45%

News Corp., Class A

Media

01/26/06

1.69%

Procter & Gamble Co.

Household & Personal Products

04/12/06

1.07%

Rio Tinto PLC

Materials

01/13/06

0.21%

Sears Holdings Corp.

Retailing

12/05/06

0.24%

Sprint Nextel Corp.

Telecommunication Services

03/09/06

1.09%

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

10/19/06

1.04%

 

Positions Closed (01/01/06 - 12/31/06)

(Gains and losses greater than $20,000,000 are highlighted)

 

 

Date of

Realized

Security

Industry

Final Sale

Gain (Loss)

Centerpoint Properties Trust

Real Estate

03/09/06

$

119,119,412

 

Embarq Corp.

Telecommunication Services

06/14/06

 

(1,995,049

)

Fifth Third Bancorp

Commercial Banks

06/29/06

 

(35,684,972

)

Golden West Financial Corp.

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

10/02/06

 

87,246,117

 

HCA, Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

09/19/06

 

24,972,855

 

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A

Technology Hardware & Equipment

06/15/06

 

(14,874,013

)

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

Commercial Banks

09/21/06

 

3,763,357

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc.

Insurance Brokers

06/29/06

 

(20,706,808

)

Telewest Global, Inc.

Telecommunication Services

03/06/06

 

(4,540,423

)

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.

CLASS S FUND PERFORMANCE

 

Average Annual Total Return

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

for the periods ended

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Beginning

 

Ending

 

Expenses Paid

 

 

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

 

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

One-Year

15.19%

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,114.51

$4.80

Five-Year

9.00%

Hypothetical (5% return

 

 

 

Ten-Year

11.12%

before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,020.67

$4.58

 

*Expenses are equal to the Class’s annualized expense ratio (0.90%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). See Notes to Performance on page 17 for a description of the “Expense Example”.

 

$10,000 invested over ten years. Let’s say you invested $10,000 in Selected American Shares, Class S on December 31, 1996. As the chart shows, by December 31, 2006, the value of your investment would have grown to $28,693 - a 186.93% increase on your initial investment. For comparison, the Standard & Poor’s 500® Stock Index is presented on the chart below.

 

The Standard & Poor’s 500® Stock Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is adjusted for dividends, weighted towards stocks with large market capitalizations, and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

 

The performance data for Selected American Shares, contained in this report, represents past performance and assumes that all distributions were reinvested, and should not be considered as an indication of future performance from an investment in the Fund today. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.

CLASS D FUND PERFORMANCE

 

Average Annual Total Return

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

for the periods ended

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Beginning

 

Ending

 

Expenses Paid

 

 

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

 

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

One-Year

15.59%

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,116.46

$3.09

Life of Class (May 3, 2004 through

 

Hypothetical (5% return

 

 

 

December 31, 2006)

13.16%

before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,022.28

$2.96

 

*Expenses are equal to the Class’s annualized expense ratio (0.58%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). See Notes to Performance on page 17 for a description of the “Expense Example”.

 

$10,000 invested at inception. Let’s say you invested $10,000 in Selected American Shares, Class D on May 3, 2004 (inception of class). As the chart shows, by December 31, 2006, the value of your investment would have grown to $13,892 - a 38.92% increase on your initial investment. For comparison, the Standard & Poor’s 500® Stock Index is presented on the chart below.

 

The Standard & Poor’s 500® Stock Index is an unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is adjusted for dividends, weighted towards stocks with large market capitalizations, and represents approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all domestic common stocks.

 

The performance data for Selected American Shares, contained in this report, represents past performance and assumes that all distributions were reinvested, and should not be considered as an indication of future performance from an investment in the Fund today. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

FUND OVERVIEW

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

At December 31, 2006

 

Portfolio Composition

 

Sector Weightings

(% of Fund’s Net Assets)

 

(% of Long Term Portfolio)

 

 

 

 

Fund

Russell 3000®

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

97.20%

 

Retailing

14.88%

3.75%

Convertible Bonds

1.34%

 

Insurance

13.67%

4.21%

Short Term Investments

1.92%

 

Technology

11.24%

15.32%

Other Assets & Liabilities

(0.46)%

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel

8.22%

1.53%

 

100.00%

 

Diversified Financials

7.31%

9.38%

 

 

 

Health Care

6.69%

12.15%

 

 

 

Media

6.69%

3.75%

 

 

 

Capital Goods

5.63%

8.08%

 

 

 

Banks

4.99%

6.09%

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services

4.94%

3.35%

 

 

 

Other

4.43%

15.60%

 

 

 

Energy

3.30%

8.62%

 

 

 

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

3.08%

4.20%

 

 

 

Automobiles & Components

2.48%

0.61%

 

 

 

Materials

2.45%

3.36%

 

 

 

 

100.00%

100.00%

 

 

Top 10 Holdings

 

 

% of Fund’s

Security

Industry

Net Assets

Garmin Ltd.

Consumer Durables & Apparel

3.81%

Markel Corp.

Property & Casualty Insurance

3.61%

Netflix Inc.

Retailing

3.07%

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

Capital Markets

3.01%

Lagardere S.C.A.

Media

2.98%

Hunter Douglas NV

Consumer Durables & Apparel

2.91%

Tiffany & Co.

Retailing

2.62%

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Automobiles & Components

2.44%

Molex Inc., Class A

Technology Hardware & Equipment

2.44%

Microsoft Corp.

Software & Services

2.26%

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006

 

 

New Positions Added (01/01/06 - 12/31/06)

(Highlighted positions are those greater than 1.00% of 12/31/06 total net assets)

 

 

 

 

% of 12/31/06

 

 

Date of 1st

Fund

Security

Industry

Purchase

Net Assets

American Tower Corp., Class A

Telecommunication Services

06/13/06

0.74%

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC

Commercial Banks

01/19/06

1.63%

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A

Consumer Services

01/17/06

1.21%

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Retailing

09/11/06

0.72%

CarMax, Inc.

Retailing

12/04/06

0.54%

Convera Corp., Class A

Software & Services

02/24/06

0.53%

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

Media

04/12/06

First Data Corp.

Software & Services

09/21/06

0.27%

Fiserv, Inc.

Software & Services

03/01/06

1.54%

Lowe’s Cos, Inc.

Retailing

09/11/06

0.93%

MBIA Inc.

Property & Casualty Insurance

08/17/06

1.03%

Microsoft Corp.

Software & Services

05/30/06

2.26%

Netflix Inc.

Retailing

02/02/06

3.07%

Nymex Holdings Inc.

Diversified Financial Services

11/16/06

0.12%

Omnicare, Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

12/21/06

1.88%

RadioShack Corp.

Retailing

07/07/06

0.07%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

Reinsurance

09/28/06

0.48%

Sears Holdings Corp.

Retailing

03/16/06

1.71%

Sprint Nextel Corp.

Telecommunication Services

05/18/06

1.87%

Target Corp.

Retailing

09/11/06

0.48%

Texas Instruments Inc.

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

10/11/06

1.10%

Toll Brothers, Inc.

Consumer Durables & Apparel

06/15/06

0.43%

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

11/27/06

0.43%

Yum! Brands, Inc.

Consumer Services

12/13/06

1.06%

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY - (Continued)

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006

 

 

Positions Closed (01/01/06 - 12/31/06)

(Gains and losses greater than $500,000 are highlighted)

 

 

 

Date of

Realized

Security

Industry

Final Sale

Gain (Loss)

99 Cents Only Stores

Retailing

06/15/06

$

(698,191

)

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

Health Care Equipment & Services

02/02/06

 

483,275

 

Autoliv, Inc.

Automobiles & Components

06/29/06

 

330,569

 

AutoNation, Inc.

Retailing

08/04/06

 

1,554,997

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Property & Casualty Insurance

12/08/06

 

100,781

 

DIRECTV Group, Inc.

Media

12/26/06

 

767,731

 

EchoStar Communications Corp., Class A

Media

04/18/06

 

32,834

 

First Marblehead Corp.

Consumer Finance

11/28/06

 

1,950,754

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

Thrift & Mortgage Finance

10/02/06

 

762,625

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A.

Diversified Financial Services

06/02/06

 

1,968,978

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

STRIP VVPR

Diversified Financial Services

07/10/06

 

19

 

Hughes Supply, Inc.

Capital Goods

01/04/06

 

688,801

 

Huntsman Corp.

Materials

01/20/06

 

(235,034

)

Lear Corp.

Automobiles & Components

03/09/06

 

(951,969

)

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A

Technology Hardware & Equipment

10/12/06

 

601,585

 

Lincare Holdings Inc.

Health Care Equipment & Services

07/26/06

 

277,806

 

Reynolds & Reynolds Co., Class A

Software & Services

03/10/06

 

4,608

 

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

Capital Goods

04/18/06

 

(225,329

)

Sempra Energy

Utilities

08/07/06

 

1,084,486

 

ServiceMaster Co.

Consumer Services

06/22/06

 

(367,330

)

Telewest Global, Inc.

Telecommunication Services

03/06/06

 

25,612

 

 

 

13

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

CLASS S FUND PERFORMANCE

 

Average Annual Total Return

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

for the periods ended

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Beginning

 

Ending

 

Expenses Paid

 

 

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

 

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

One-Year

17.74%

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,113.93

$6.29

Five-Year

10.61%

Hypothetical (5% return

 

 

 

Ten-Year

9.97%

before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,019.26

$6.01

 

*Expenses are equal to the Class’s annualized expense ratio (1.18%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). See Notes to Performance on page 17 for a description of the “Expense Example”.

 

$10,000 invested over ten years. Let’s say you invested $10,000 in Selected Special Shares, Class S on December 31, 1996. As the chart shows, by December 31, 2006, the value of your investment would have grown to $25,878 - a 158.78% increase on your initial investment. For comparison, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Stock Index and the Russell 3000® Stock Index are also presented on the chart below.

 

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Stock Index measures the performance of all U.S. headquartered equity securities with readily available price data. Over 5,000 capitalization weighted security returns are used to adjust the Index. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 is a broad measure of the entire U.S. stock market.

 

The Russell 3000® Stock Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

The performance data for Selected Special Shares, contained in this report, represents past performance and assumes that all distributions were reinvested, and should not be considered as an indication of future performance from an investment in the Fund today. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

CLASS D FUND PERFORMANCE

 

Average Annual Total Return

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

for the periods ended

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Beginning

 

Ending

 

Expenses Paid

 

 

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

 

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

One-Year

18.19%

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,115.66

$4.37

Life of Class (May 3, 2004 through

 

Hypothetical (5% return

 

 

 

December 31, 2006)

13.51%

before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,021.07

$4.18

 

*Expenses are equal to the Class’s annualized expense ratio (0.82%), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). See Notes to Performance on page 17 for a description of the “Expense Example”.

 

$10,000 invested at inception. Let’s say you invested $10,000 in Selected Special Shares, Class D on May 3, 2004 (inception of class). As the chart shows, by December 31, 2006, the value of your investment would have grown to $14,009 - a 40.09% increase on your initial investment. For comparison, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Stock Index and the Russell 3000® Stock Index are also presented on the chart below.

 

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Stock Index measures the performance of all U.S. headquartered equity securities with readily available price data. Over 5,000 capitalization weighted security returns are used to adjust the Index. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 is a broad measure of the entire U.S. stock market.

 

The Russell 3000® Stock Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

 

The performance data for Selected Special Shares, contained in this report, represents past performance and assumes that all distributions were reinvested, and should not be considered as an indication of future performance from an investment in the Fund today. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

 

15

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

FUND OVERVIEW

SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST –

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

At December 31, 2006

 

Portfolio Composition

 

Maturity Diversification

 

(% of Fund’s Net Assets)

 

(% of Portfolio Holdings)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

62.76%

 

0-30 Days

72.86%

 

Federal Home Loan Bank

18.00%

 

31-90 Days

11.65%

 

Freddie Mac

12.67%

 

91-180 Days

8.90%

 

Fannie Mae

5.38%

 

181-391 Days

6.59%

 

Federal Farm Credit Bank

0.99%

 

 

100.00%

 

Other Assets & Liabilities

0.20%

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The maturity dates of floating rate securities used in the Maturity Diversification table are considered to be the effective maturities, based on the reset dates of the securities’ variable rates. See the Fund’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of the floating rate securities.

 

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

Class S

Beginning

Ending

Expenses Paid

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,023.02

$3.77

 

 

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,021.48

$3.77

 

 

Expense Example

 

 

 

Class D

Beginning

Ending

Expenses Paid

 

Account Value

Account Value

During Period*

 

(07/01/06)

(12/31/06)

(07/01/06-12/31/06)

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,024.89

$1.99

 

 

 

 

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,023.24

$1.99

 

*Expenses are equal to the Class’s annualized expense ratio (0.74% and 0.39% for Class S and D, respectively), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). See Notes to Performance on page 17 for a description of the “Expense Example”.

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO PERFORMANCE

 

The following disclosure provides important information regarding the Funds’ Expense Example, which appears in each Class’s Fund Performance section in this Annual Report. Please refer to this information when reviewing the Expense Example for each Class.

 

Example

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs only, including advisory and administrative fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. The Expense Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period indicated, which for each class is from 07/01/06 to 12/31/06. Please note that the Expense Example is general and does not reflect certain account specific costs, which may increase your total costs of investing in the Fund. If these account specific costs were included in the Expense Example, the expenses would have been higher.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The information represented in the row entitled “Actual” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this row, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid for on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The information represented in the row entitled “Hypothetical” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the information in the row entitled “Hypothetical” is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

17

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC.

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (97.80%)

 

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS – (1.96%)

 

 

 

 

3,321,500

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

$

234,066,105

 

CAPITAL GOODS – (4.14%)

 

 

 

 

16,222,264

 

Tyco International Ltd.

 

493,156,826

 

CAPITAL MARKETS – (3.73%)

 

 

 

 

2,494,060

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

135,926,270

 

 

1,339,355

 

Julius Baer Holding, Ltd. AG (Switzerland)

 

147,510,415

 

 

1,275,000

 

Mellon Financial Corp.

 

53,741,250

 

 

1,039,864

 

Morgan Stanley

 

84,676,126

 

 

330,000

 

State Street Corp.

 

22,255,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

444,109,261

 

COMMERCIAL BANKS – (8.07%)

 

 

 

 

1,942,500

 

Commerce Bancorp, Inc.

 

68,511,975

 

 

17,514,274

 

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

 

319,267,494

 

 

4,923,748

 

Wachovia Corp.

 

280,407,449

 

 

8,237,120

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

292,911,987

 

 

 

 

 

 

961,098,905

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES – (0.86%)

 

 

 

 

1,241,000

 

D&B Corp.*

 

102,742,390

 

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL – (0.22%)

 

 

 

 

328,596

 

Hunter Douglas NV (Netherlands)

 

26,416,178

 

CONSUMER FINANCE – (4.48%)

 

 

 

 

8,807,800

 

American Express Co.

 

534,369,226

 

CONSUMER SERVICES – (1.26%)

 

 

 

 

762,500

 

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A*

 

29,691,750

 

 

5,211,000

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

120,061,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

149,753,190

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – (7.57%)

 

 

 

 

4,704,189

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

262,023,327

 

 

10,010,740

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

483,518,742

 

 

2,265,600

 

Moody’s Corp.

 

156,462,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

902,004,405

 

ENERGY – (11.69%)

 

 

 

 

865,000

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada)

 

46,043,950

 

 

40,540,200

 

China Coal Energy Co., Shares H* (China)

 

26,424,645

 

 

7,350,660

 

ConocoPhillips

 

528,879,987

 

 

3,720,842

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

249,594,081

 

 

3,176,200

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

198,353,690

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

ENERGY – (Continued)

 

 

 

 

5,081,600

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

$

248,134,528

 

 

1,188,000

 

Transocean Inc.*

 

96,097,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,393,528,201

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING – (5.36%)

 

 

 

 

8,095,500

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

427,766,220

 

 

4,573,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

211,181,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

638,947,360

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE, & TOBACCO – (6.91%)

 

 

 

 

6,027,500

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

517,280,050

 

 

7,651,635

 

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)

 

150,193,628

 

 

2,232,650

 

Heineken Holding NV (Netherlands)

 

90,774,064

 

 

1,304,800

 

Hershey Co.

 

64,979,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

823,226,782

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES – (3.54%)

 

 

 

 

1,610,000

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

103,732,300

 

 

2,633,500

 

Caremark Rx, Inc.

 

150,399,185

 

 

615,000

 

Express Scripts, Inc.*

 

44,034,000

 

 

2,302,000

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

 

123,686,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

421,851,945

 

HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS – (1.45%)

 

 

 

 

1,379,000

 

Avon Products, Inc.

 

45,562,160

 

 

1,987,000

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

 

127,704,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,266,650

 

INSURANCE BROKERS – (0.63%)

 

 

 

 

2,112,700

 

Aon Corp.

 

74,662,818

 

LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE – (0.47%)

 

 

 

 

658,000

 

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

 

38,624,600

 

 

400,000

 

Sun Life Financial Inc. (Canada)

 

16,940,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,564,600

 

MATERIALS – (4.08%)

 

 

 

 

1,339,500

 

BHP Billiton PLC (United Kingdom)

 

24,509,526

 

 

930,600

 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

 

96,698,646

 

 

477,500

 

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom)

 

25,411,817

 

 

3,941,700

 

Sealed Air Corp.

 

255,895,164

 

 

924,100

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

 

83,048,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

485,564,020

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

MEDIA – (7.12%)

 

 

 

 

9,448,000

 

Comcast Corp., Special Class A*

$

395,682,240

 

 

483,300

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

 

29,220,318

 

 

1,282,459

 

Lagardere S.C.A. (France)

 

103,267,519

 

 

346,450

 

Liberty Media Corp. – Capital, Series A*

 

33,934,777

 

 

9,362,500

 

News Corp., Class A

 

201,106,500

 

 

2,171,643

 

NTL Inc.

 

54,833,986

 

 

2,235,400

 

WPP Group PLC (United Kingdom)

 

30,222,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

848,267,939

 

MULTI-LINE INSURANCE – (6.41%)

 

 

 

 

7,265,325

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

520,633,190

 

 

5,874,000

 

Loews Corp.

 

243,594,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

764,227,970

 

PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE – (5.91%)

 

 

 

 

83,200

 

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

 

7,410,624

 

 

3,497

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A*

 

384,635,030

 

 

6,366

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B*

 

23,337,756

 

 

576,800

 

Chubb Corp.

 

30,518,488

 

 

21,700

 

Markel Corp.*

 

10,418,170

 

 

10,212,800

 

Progressive Corp. (Ohio)

 

247,354,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

703,674,084

 

REINSURANCE – (0.89%)

 

 

 

 

1,708,400

 

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.

 

106,091,640

 

RETAILING – (2.84%)

 

 

 

 

1,956,000

 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

 

77,193,540

 

 

1,608,000

 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.*

 

61,272,840

 

 

635,000

 

CarMax, Inc.*

 

34,055,050

 

 

722,500

 

Expedia, Inc.*

 

15,165,275

 

 

722,500

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp*

 

26,833,650

 

 

1,732,250

 

Liberty Media Corp. – Interactive, Series A*

 

37,347,310

 

 

1,856,000

 

Lowe’s Cos, Inc.

 

57,814,400

 

 

168,000

 

Sears Holdings Corp.*

 

28,212,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

337,894,305

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES – (3.42%)

 

 

 

 

3,575,500

 

Iron Mountain Inc.*

 

147,811,170

 

 

8,718,000

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

260,232,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

408,043,470

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares/Principal

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT – (1.48%)

 

 

 

 

2,924,000

 

Dell Inc.*

$

73,246,200

 

 

1,850,000

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

76,201,500

 

 

1,325,000

 

Nokia Oyj, ADR (Finland)

 

26,924,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,371,700

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES – (1.60%)

 

 

 

 

2,321,000

 

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)

 

61,460,080

 

 

6,853,000

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

129,453,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

190,913,250

 

TRANSPORTATION – (1.71%)

 

 

 

19,174,729

 

China Merchants Holdings International Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

 

78,638,501

 

13,529,500

 

Cosco Pacific Ltd. (Hong Kong)

 

31,622,117

 

521,910

 

Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Registered (Switzerland)

 

37,970,719

 

740,500

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

 

55,522,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

203,754,027

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stock – (identified cost $7,153,720,295)

 

11,653,567,247

 

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS – (0.29%)

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES – (0.29%)

 

 

 

$

19,200,000

 

Level 3 Communications, Inc., Conv. Sr. Notes, 10.00%, 05/01/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

(identified cost $19,200,000)

 

34,896,000

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS – (1.87%)

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER – (0.20%)

 

 

 

 

24,000,000

 

Three Pillars Funding Corp., 5.35%, 01/02/07, 144A (b)

 

23,996,433

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – (1.67%)

 

 

 

 

71,321,000

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.33%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $71,363,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

cash account, 4.00%-7.00%, 07/01/19-12/01/36, total market

 

 

 

 

 

 

value $72,747,420)

 

71,321,000

 

 

76,416,000

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc. Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.35%

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $76,461,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

cash account, 5.39%-6.493%, 02/01/34-09/01/36, total market

 

 

 

 

 

 

value $77,944,320)

 

76,416,000

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

 

Principal

 

Security

(Note 1

)

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS – (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – (Continued)

 

 

 

$

51,302,000

 

UBS Securities LLC Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.32%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $51,332,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

cash account, 4.50%-7.50%, 03/01/08-12/01/36, total market

 

 

 

 

 

 

value $52,328,040)

$

51,302,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

199,039,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short Term Investments – (identified cost $223,035,433)

 

223,035,433

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments – (99.96%) – (identified cost $7,395,955,728) – (a)

 

11,911,498,680

 

 

 

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – (0.04%)

 

4,738,293

 

 

 

 

Net Assets – (100.00%)

$

11,916,236,973

 

 

*Non-Income Producing Security.

 

ADR: American Depositary Receipt

 

(a)     Aggregate cost for Federal Income Tax purposes is $7,400,156,145. At December 31, 2006, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities for Federal Income Tax purposes is as follows:

 

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

$

4,576,924,763

 

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation

 

(65,582,228

)

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$

4,511,342,535

 

 

(b)    These securities are subject to Rule 144A. These securities amounted to $23,996,433 or 0.20% of the Fund’s net assets as of December 31, 2006.

 

(c)    Affiliated company. Represents ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer and is an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, at or during the year ended December 31, 2006. The Fund did not hold any affiliated companies as of December 31, 2006. Transactions during the period in which the issuers were affiliates are as follows:

 

 

Shares

Gross

Gross

Shares

 

Dividend

Security

December 31, 2005

Additions

Reductions

December 31, 2006

 

Income

 

Centerpoint Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust (d)

 

2,938,388

 

 

2,938,388

 

 

$

530,808

 

 

(d)

Not an affiliate as of December 31, 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

22

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (97.20%)

 

 

AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS – (2.44%)

 

 

 

 

51,900

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

$

3,657,393

 

CAPITAL GOODS – (5.55%)

 

 

 

 

57,500

 

American Standard Cos, Inc.

 

2,636,375

 

 

138,700

 

Blount International, Inc.*

 

1,866,902

 

 

29,200

 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

 

1,498,836

 

 

600

 

Tae Young Corp. (South Korea)

 

48,387

 

 

74,300

 

Tyco International Ltd.

 

2,258,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,309,220

 

CAPITAL MARKETS – (4.89%)

 

 

 

 

201,000

 

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

 

4,506,420

 

 

5,600

 

Julius Baer Holding, Ltd. AG (Switzerland)

 

616,758

 

 

23,100

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

2,195,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,318,833

 

COMMERCIAL BANKS – (4.92%)

 

 

 

 

118,420

 

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC (Ireland)

 

2,446,413

 

 

69,900

 

Commerce Bancorp, Inc.

 

2,465,373

 

 

42,987

 

Wachovia Corp.

 

2,448,110

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,359,896

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES – (0.44%)

 

 

 

 

7,900

 

D&B Corp.*

 

654,041

 

CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL – (8.10%)

 

 

 

 

102,400

 

Garmin Ltd.

 

5,699,584

 

 

54,177

 

Hunter Douglas NV (Netherlands)

 

4,355,346

 

 

19,000

 

Mohawk Industries, Inc.*

 

1,422,340

 

 

19,950

 

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

 

642,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,120,258

 

CONSUMER SERVICES – (2.27%)

 

 

 

 

46,700

 

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A*

 

1,817,564

 

 

26,900

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

1,581,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,399,284

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – (2.31%)

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

Nymex Holdings Inc.*

 

186,015

 

 

28,713

 

Pargesa Holding S.A., Bearer Shares (Switzerland)

 

3,270,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,456,729

 

ENERGY – (3.25%)

 

 

 

 

32,600

 

Tenaris S.A., ADR (Luxembourg)

 

1,626,414

 

 

40,000

 

Transocean Inc.*

 

3,235,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,862,014

 

 

 

23

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING – (0.72%)

 

 

 

 

20,500

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

$

1,083,220

 

FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO – (3.04%)

 

 

 

 

23,625

 

Heineken Holding NV (Netherlands)

 

960,534

 

 

900

 

Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

 

1,354,839

 

 

1,200

 

Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

 

1,561,290

 

 

6,970

 

Nong Shim Holdings Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

 

667,022

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,543,685

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES – (5.48%)

 

 

 

 

26,200

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

1,688,066

 

 

20,500

 

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

 

1,624,625

 

 

72,700

 

Omnicare, Inc.

 

2,808,401

 

 

12,000

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

 

644,760

 

 

18,400

 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.*

 

1,442,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,208,044

 

HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS – (0.93%)

 

 

 

 

7,638

 

Pacific Corp. (South Korea)

 

1,396,224

 

INSURANCE BROKERS – (2.60%)

 

 

 

 

101,200

 

Brown & Brown, Inc.

 

2,854,852

 

 

33,700

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc.

 

1,033,242

 

 

 

3,888,094

 

LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE – (2.11%)

 

 

 

 

14,500

 

AFLAC Inc.

 

667,000

 

 

82,300

 

Power Corp. of Canada (Canada)

 

2,490,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,157,560

 

MATERIALS – (2.42%)

 

 

 

 

16,800

 

Sealed Air Corp.

 

1,090,656

 

 

32,500

 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

 

2,524,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,615,256

 

MEDIA – (6.59%)

 

 

 

 

55,400

 

Lagardere S.C.A. (France)

 

4,460,977

 

 

103,002

 

NTL Inc.

 

2,600,801

 

 

41,300

 

WPP Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)

 

2,797,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,859,440

 

PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES – (1.11%)

 

 

 

 

36,760

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.*

 

1,664,860

 

 

 

24

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE – (6.87%)

 

 

 

 

37,400

 

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

$

3,331,218

 

 

11,255

 

Markel Corp.*

 

5,403,526

 

 

21,200

 

MBIA Inc.

 

1,548,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,283,616

 

REINSURANCE – (1.89%)

 

 

 

 

7,200

 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

 

706,392

 

 

11,900

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

 

714,000

 

 

22,775

 

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.

 

1,414,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,834,720

 

RETAILING – (14.66%)

 

 

 

 

66,650

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

 

2,370,074

 

 

28,200

 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.*

 

1,074,561

 

 

15,000

 

CarMax, Inc.*

 

804,450

 

 

139,700

 

Expedia, Inc.*

 

2,932,303

 

 

44,700

 

Lowe’s Cos, Inc.

 

1,392,405

 

 

177,500

 

Netflix Inc.*

 

4,588,375

 

 

38,800

 

Office Depot, Inc.*

 

1,480,996

 

 

6,300

 

RadioShack Corp.

 

105,714

 

 

15,200

 

Sears Holdings Corp.*

 

2,552,536

 

 

12,500

 

Target Corp.

 

713,125

 

 

100,000

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

3,924,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,938,539

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT – (1.20%)

 

 

 

 

57,000

 

Texas Instruments Inc.

 

1,641,600

 

 

8,227

 

Verigy Ltd.* (Singapore)

 

146,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,787,629

 

SOFTWARE & SERVICES – (5.88%)

 

 

 

 

174,773

 

Convera Corp., Class A*

 

798,713

 

 

15,900

 

First Data Corp.

 

405,768

 

 

43,900

 

Fiserv, Inc.*

 

2,299,043

 

 

37,700

 

Iron Mountain Inc.*

 

1,558,518

 

 

113,500

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

3,387,975

 

 

15,900

 

Western Union Co.

 

356,478

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,806,495

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT – (4.00%)

 

 

 

 

67,200

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.*

 

2,341,920

 

 

131,600

 

Molex Inc., Class A

 

3,645,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,987,240

 

 

 

25

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Value

 

Shares/Principal

 

Security

(Note 1

)

COMMON STOCK – (Continued)

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES – (3.53%)

 

 

 

 

29,600

 

American Tower Corp., Class A*

$

1,103,488

 

 

547,700

 

Covad Communications Group, Inc.*

 

755,826

 

 

23,500

 

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)

 

622,280

 

 

148,300

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

2,801,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,282,981

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stock – (identified cost $104,939,293)

 

145,475,271

 

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS – (1.34%)

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES – (1.34%)

 

 

 

$

1,100,000

 

Level 3 Communications, Inc., Conv. Sr. Notes, 10.00%, 05/01/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

(identified cost $1,100,000)

 

1,999,250

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS – (1.92%)

 

 

1,030,000

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.33%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $1,030,610

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

in a pooled cash account, 4.00%-7.00%, 07/01/19-12/01/36,

 

 

 

 

 

 

total market value $1,050,600)

 

1,030,000

 

 

1,104,000

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc. Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.35%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $1,104,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

in a pooled cash account, 5.39%-6.493%, 02/01/34-09/01/36,

 

 

 

 

 

 

total market value $1,126,080)

 

1,104,000

 

 

741,000

 

UBS Securities LLC Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.32%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $741,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

 

in a pooled cash account, 4.50%-7.50%, 03/01/08-12/01/36,

 

 

 

 

 

 

total market value $755,820)

 

741,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short Term Investments – (identified cost $2,875,000)

 

2,875,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments – (100.46%) – (identified cost $108,914,293) – (a)

 

150,349,521

 

 

 

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets – (0.46%)

 

(681,777

)

 

 

 

Net Assets – (100.00%)

$

149,667,744

 

 

 

26

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Non-Income Producing Security.

 

ADR: American Depositary Receipt

 

(a)    Aggregate cost for Federal Income Tax purposes is $110,729,423. At December 31, 2006, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities for Federal Income Tax purposes is as follows:

 

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

$

41,895,696

 

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation

 

(2,275,598

)

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

$

39,620,098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

27

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST –

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

December 31, 2006

 

 

Value

 

Principal

Security

(Note 1

)

FANNIE MAE – (5.38%)

 

$

1,000,000

 

Principal-Only Strip, 5.2904%, 03/15/07 (b)

$

989,467

 

 

500,000

 

3.51%, 01/05/07

 

499,930

 

 

100,000

 

2.54%, 01/12/07

 

99,912

 

 

500,000

 

3.20%, 02/23/07

 

498,393

 

 

200,000

 

4.00%, 02/28/07

 

199,572

 

 

20,000

 

7.125%, 03/15/07

 

20,071

 

 

15,000

 

5.25%, 04/15/07

 

14,996

 

 

400,000

 

4.00%, 05/09/07

 

398,174

 

 

250,000

 

3.375%, 05/15/07

 

248,264

 

 

2,000,000

 

3.30%, 07/30/07

 

1,977,389

 

 

580,000

 

3.31%, 07/30/07

 

573,416

 

 

250,000

 

3.45%, 09/14/07

 

246,956

 

 

125,000

 

4.30%, 11/28/07 (d)

 

123,895

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fannie Mae – (identified cost $5,890,435)

 

5,890,435

 

 

FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANK – (0.99%)

 

 

 

 

600,000

 

3.625%, 04/19/07

 

597,015

 

 

500,000

 

2.39%, 06/18/07

 

493,502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Federal Farm Credit Bank – (identified cost $1,090,517)

 

1,090,517

 

 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK – (18.00%)

 

1,000,000

 

2.365%, 01/16/07

 

998,782

 

 

100,000

 

2.50%, 01/19/07

 

99,846

 

 

800,000

 

4.25%, 01/26/07 (d)

 

799,555

 

 

1,000,000

 

2.74%, 02/02/07

 

997,561

 

 

225,000

 

5.20%, 02/05/07

 

224,967

 

 

500,000

 

3.125%, 02/14/07

 

498,537

 

 

300,000

 

3.375%, 02/23/07

 

299,145

 

 

1,000,000

 

4.80%, 02/26/07

 

999,698

 

 

100,000

 

3.00%, 03/26/07

 

99,449

 

 

150,000

 

4.25%, 04/16/07

 

149,537

 

 

1,000,000

 

2.70%, 05/04/07

 

991,408

 

 

150,000

 

5.26%, 05/04/07

 

149,967

 

 

500,000

 

3.12%, 05/07/07

 

496,343

 

 

500,000

 

4.00%, 05/10/07 (d)

 

497,812

 

 

150,000

 

3.11%, 05/11/07

 

148,842

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST –

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

Value

 

Principal

Security

(Note 1

)

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK – (Continued)

 

$

120,000

 

3.50%, 05/15/07

$

119,216

 

 

1,000,000

 

3.125%, 05/21/07

 

991,860

 

 

7,000,000

 

5.174%, 07/05/07 (c)

 

7,000,000

 

 

120,000

 

4.625%, 07/11/07

 

119,586

 

 

160,000

 

4.625%, 07/18/07

 

159,434

 

 

450,000

 

3.30%, 08/10/07

 

444,645

 

 

710,000

 

5.45%, 08/17/07

 

710,746

 

 

700,000

 

4.875%, 08/22/07

 

698,295

 

 

500,000

 

3.375%, 08/27/07

 

493,852

 

 

400,000

 

3.375%, 09/14/07

 

394,687

 

 

250,000

 

3.625%, 10/26/07

 

246,648

 

 

500,000

 

3.40%, 11/09/07

 

492,362

 

 

200,000

 

5.31%, 11/09/07

 

199,998

 

 

200,000

 

5.00%, 11/26/07 (d)

 

199,571

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Federal Home Loan Bank – (identified cost $19,722,349)

 

19,722,349

 

 

FREDDIE MAC – (12.67%)

 

100,000

 

6.704%, 01/09/07

 

100,027

 

 

1,000,000

 

4.72%, 01/12/07

 

999,852

 

 

300,000

 

2.75%, 01/30/07

 

299,386

 

 

3,716,000

 

2.375%, 02/15/07

 

3,701,652

 

 

562,000

 

3.75%, 03/15/07

 

560,278

 

 

1,260,000

 

4.875%, 03/15/07

 

1,258,925

 

 

2,000,000

 

5.05%, 03/15/07

 

1,998,696

 

 

400,000

 

2.70%, 03/16/07

 

397,909

 

 

1,600,000

 

4.125%, 04/02/07

 

1,595,327

 

 

300,000

 

3.75%, 04/15/07

 

298,661

 

 

2,550,000

 

4.50%, 04/18/07

 

2,543,992

 

 

125,000

 

3.30%, 09/14/07

 

123,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Freddie Mac – (identified cost $13,878,029)

 

13,878,029

 

 

 

29

 



 

 

SELECTED FUNDS

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SELECTED CAPITAL PRESERVATION TRUST –

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

 

Value

 

Principal

Security

(Note 1

)

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – (62.76%)

 

 

$

24,643,000

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co. Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.33%,

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $24,657,594

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

cash account, 4.00%-7.00%, 07/01/19-12/01/36, total market

 

 

 

 

 

 

value $25,135,860)

$

24,643,000

 

 

26,403,000

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc. Joint Repurchase Agreement,

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.35%, 01/02/07, dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $26,418,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

(collateralized by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

cash account, 5.39%-6.493%, 02/01/34-09/01/36, total market

 

 

 

 

 

 

value $26,931,060)

 

26,403,000

 

 

17,726,000

 

UBS Securities LLC Joint Repurchase Agreement, 5.32%, 01/02/07,

 

 

 

 

 

 

dated 12/29/06, repurchase value of $17,736,478 (collateralized

 

 

 

 

 

 

by: U.S. Government agency mortgages in a pooled cash account,

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%-7.50%, 03/01/08-12/01/36, total market value $18,080,520)

 

17,726,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements – (identified cost $68,772,000)

 

68,772,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments – (99.80%) – (identified cost $109,353,330) – (a)

 

109,353,330

 

 

 

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – (0.20%)

 

215,929

 

 

 

 

Net Assets – (100%)

$

109,569,259

 

 

(a)

Aggregate cost for Federal Income Tax purposes is $109,353,330.

 

(b)

Zero coupon bonds reflect effective yield on the date of purchase.

(c)    The interest rates on floating rate securities, shown as of December 31, 2006, may change daily or less frequently and are based on indices of market rates. For purposes of amortized cost valuation, the maturity dates of these securities are considered to be the effective maturities, based on the reset dates of the securities’ variable rates.

(d)    Represents a step-up bond: a bond that pays one coupon rate for an initial period followed by a higher coupon rate. Step-up bonds reflect the current effective yield on the security.

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At December 31, 2006

 

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in securities, at value* (see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accompanying Schedules of Investments)

$

11,911,498,680

 

$

150,349,521

 

$

109,353,330

 

Cash

 

87,794

 

 

3,574

 

 

3,508

 

CashForeign currencies**

 

 

 

11,848

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and interest

 

14,243,431

 

 

108,805

 

 

500,367

 

Capital stock sold

 

18,554,259

 

 

250,749

 

 

18,481

 

Prepaid expenses

 

168,441

 

 

3,278

 

 

3,070

 

Total assets

 

11,944,552,605

 

 

150,727,775

 

 

109,878,756

 

LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock redeemed

 

16,397,137

 

 

26,186

 

 

29,588

 

Investment securities purchased

 

2,987,009

 

 

885,115

 

 

 

Accrued expenses

 

3,479,416

 

 

59,878

 

 

28,868

 

Accrued management fees

 

5,452,070

 

 

88,852

 

 

29,970

 

Distributions payable

 

 

 

 

 

221,071

 

Total liabilities

 

28,315,632

 

 

1,060,031

 

 

309,497

 

NET ASSETS

$

11,916,236,973

 

$

149,667,744

 

$

109,569,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value of shares of capital stock

$

323,366,332

 

$

2,676,970

 

$

10,956,926

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

7,527,372,402

 

 

105,337,896

 

 

98,612,333

 

Overdistributed net investment income

 

(2,278,064

)

 

(877,708

)

 

 

Accumulated net realized gains (losses) from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments and foreign currency transactions

 

(447,778,727

)

 

1,094,815

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and foreign currency transactions

 

4,515,555,030

 

 

41,435,771

 

 

 

Net Assets

$

11,916,236,973

 

$

149,667,744

 

$

109,569,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Including:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of investments

$

7,395,955,728

 

$

108,914,293

 

$

109,353,330

 

Market value of repurchase agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(if greater than 10% of Fund’s net assets)

 

 

 

 

 

68,772,000

 

 

**Cost of cash – Foreign currencies

 

 

 

11,909

 

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES – (Continued)

At December 31, 2006

 

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

CLASS S SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets

$

7,509,158,313

 

$

55,013,614

 

$

5,916,008

 

Shares outstanding

 

163,028,491

 

 

3,936,390

 

 

5,916,008

 

Net asset value, offering, and redemption price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

per share (Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

$

46.06

 

$

13.98

 

$

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLASS D SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets

$

4,407,078,660

 

$

94,654,130

 

$

103,653,251

 

Shares outstanding

 

95,664,575

 

 

6,771,492

 

 

103,653,251

 

Net asset value, offering, and redemption price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

per share (Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

$

46.07

 

$

13.98

 

$

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2006

 

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated companies*

$

158,845,837

 

$

1,074,773

 

$

 

Affiliated companies

 

530,808

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

12,420,644

 

 

218,791

 

 

5,635,045

 

Security lending fees

 

248,765

 

 

 

 

 

Total income

 

172,046,054

 

 

1,293,564

 

 

5,635,045

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management fees (Note 2)

 

56,296,368

 

 

922,419

 

 

341,411

 

Custodian fees

 

1,236,388

 

 

45,883

 

 

19,884

 

Transfer agent fees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

6,643,775

 

 

71,152

 

 

11,536

 

Class D

 

754,458

 

 

27,310

 

 

7,018

 

Audit fees

 

55,200

 

 

15,600

 

 

13,200

 

Legal fees

 

99,000

 

 

6,783

 

 

6,680

 

Reports to shareholders

 

903,394

 

 

10,069

 

 

5,700

 

Directors’ fees and expenses

 

453,334

 

 

5,772

 

 

4,997

 

Registration and filing fees

 

320,000

 

 

46,658

 

 

39,683

 

Miscellaneous

 

235,315

 

 

11,586

 

 

7,752

 

Payments under distribution plan– Class S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 3)

 

18,445,236

 

 

145,308

 

 

92,329

 

Total expenses

 

85,442,468

 

 

1,308,540

 

 

550,190

 

Expenses paid indirectly (Note 6)

 

(15,195

)

 

(302

)

 

(89

)

Net expenses

 

85,427,273

 

 

1,308,238

 

 

550,101

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

86,618,781

 

 

(14,674

)

 

5,084,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REALIZED & UNREALIZED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated companies

 

40,673,928

 

 

9,871,723

 

 

 

Affiliated companies

 

119,119,412

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

(142,633

)

 

(2,857

)

 

 

Net increase in unrealized appreciation on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments and foreign currency transactions

 

1,312,883,479

 

 

12,628,672

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and foreign currency

 

1,472,534,186

 

 

22,497,538

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operations

$

1,559,152,967

 

$

22,482,864

 

$

5,084,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Net of foreign taxes withheld as follows

$

960,660

 

$

61,544

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the year ended December 31, 2006

 

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

OPERATIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$

86,618,781

 

$

(14,674

)

$

5,084,944

 

Net realized gain from investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and foreign currency transactions

 

159,650,707

 

 

9,868,866

 

 

 

Net increase in unrealized appreciation on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments and foreign currency transactions

 

1,312,883,479

 

 

12,628,672

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operations

 

1,559,152,967

 

 

22,482,864

 

 

5,084,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

(46,346,470

)

 

(421,560

)

 

(1,448,108

)

Class D

 

(39,367,825

)

 

(988,026

)

 

(3,636,836

)

Realized gains from investment transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

 

 

(2,172,364

)

 

 

Class D

 

 

 

(3,646,136

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

capital share transactions (Note 5):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

(1,483,016,768

)

 

(21,080,094

)

 

(94,467,080

)

Class D

 

2,273,236,483

 

 

32,060,894

 

 

92,214,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

2,263,658,387

 

 

26,235,578

 

 

(2,252,892

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

9,652,578,586

 

 

123,432,166

 

 

111,822,151

 

End of year*

$

11,916,236,973

 

$

149,667,744

 

$

109,569,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Including overdistributed net investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

income of

$

(2,278,064

)

$

(877,708

)

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the year ended December 31, 2005

 

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

OPERATIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

$

70,809,993

 

$

191,790

 

$

2,826,197

 

Net realized gain (loss) from investments,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

options, and foreign currency transactions

 

(44,730,687

)

 

8,812,175

 

 

 

Net increase in unrealized appreciation on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments and foreign currency transactions

 

806,940,785

 

 

569,617

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operations

 

833,020,091

 

 

9,573,582

 

 

2,826,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

(54,763,884

)

 

(638,705

)

 

(2,650,082

)

Class D

 

(15,470,036

)

 

(647,142

)

 

(176,115

)

Realized gains from investment transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

 

 

(4,541,272

)

 

 

Class D

 

 

 

(3,564,881

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

capital share transactions (Note 5):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class S

 

658,189,804

 

 

(23,574,361

)

 

(6,260,347

)

Class D

 

890,627,211

 

 

36,784,362

 

 

6,475,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

 

2,311,603,186

 

 

13,391,583

 

 

215,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

7,340,975,400

 

 

110,040,583

 

 

111,606,535

 

End of year*

$

9,652,578,586

 

$

123,432,166

 

$

111,822,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Including overdistributed net investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

income of

$

(3,039,917

)

$

(1,419,589

)

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Selected Funds (“Funds”) consist of Selected American Shares, Inc. (a Maryland corporation) (“Selected American Shares”), Selected Special Shares, Inc. (a Maryland corporation) (“Selected Special Shares”), and the Selected Capital Preservation Trust (a Ohio corporation) (“Trust”). The Trust consists of the Selected Daily Government Fund. The Funds and Trust are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as diversified, open-end management investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of financial statements.

Selected American Shares and Selected Special Shares are diversified, professionally managed stock-oriented funds.

Selected Daily Government Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income from short-term money market securities consistent with prudent investment management, preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity. It invests in U.S. Government Securities and repurchase agreements in respect thereto.

An investment in any of the Funds, as with any mutual fund, includes risks that vary depending upon the fund's investment objectives and policies. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. A fund's return and net asset value will fluctuate, although Selected Daily Government Fund seeks to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share.

The Class S and Class D shares are sold at net asset value. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class) and gains and losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets represented by each class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class. All classes have identical rights with respect to voting (exclusive of each Class’ distribution arrangement), liquidation and distributions.

A. VALUATION OF SECURITIES - The Funds calculate the net asset value of their shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for business. Securities listed on the Exchange (and other national exchanges) are valued at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market (e.g. NASDAQ) and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are stated at the last quoted bid price. Securities traded on foreign exchanges are valued based upon the last sales price on the principal exchange on which the security is traded prior to the time when the Funds’ assets are valued. Securities (including restricted securities) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value. Foreign and domestic securities whose values have been materially affected by what the Adviser identifies as a significant event occurring before the Funds’ assets are valued but after the close of their respective exchanges will be fair valued. Fair value is determined in good faith using consistently applied procedures under the supervision of the Board of Directors/Trustees. Short-term securities purchased within 60 days to maturity are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. For Selected Daily Government Fund, in compliance with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. These valuation procedures are reviewed and subject to approval by the Board of Directors/Trustees.

B. MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - The Funds, along with other affiliated funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more master repurchase agreement accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements, secured by U.S. Government securities. A custodian bank holds securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Continued)

C.    CURRENCY TRANSLATION - The market values of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recorded in the financial statements after translation to the U.S. Dollar based upon the mean between the bid and offered quotations of the currencies against U.S. Dollars on the date of valuation. The cost basis of such assets and liabilities is determined based upon historical exchange rates. Income and expenses are translated at average exchange rates in effect as accrued or incurred.

D.    FOREIGN CURRENCY - The Funds may enter into forward purchases or sales of foreign currencies to hedge certain foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities against declines in market value relative to the U.S. Dollar. Forward currency contracts are marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. When the forward currency contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the forward currency contract at the time it was opened and value at the time it was closed. Investments in forward currency contracts may expose the Funds to risks resulting from unanticipated movements in foreign currency exchange rates or failure of the counter-party to the agreement to perform in accordance with the terms of the contract.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from the sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books, and the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at fiscal year end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. The Funds include foreign currency gains and losses realized on the sale of investments together with market gains and losses on such investments in the statement of operations.

E. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES - It is each Fund's policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments not offset by loss carryovers, to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is required. At December 31, 2006, Selected American Shares had available for federal income tax purposes unused capital loss carryforwards as follows:

 

 

SELECTED

 

 

AMERICAN

 

 

SHARES

 

Expiring:

 

 

 

12/31/2010

 

201,762,000

 

12/31/2011

 

109,428,000

 

12/31/2012

 

63,796,000

 

12/31/2013

 

69,420,000

 

Total

$

444,406,000

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Continued)

F.     USE OF ESTIMATES IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes 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, as well as the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

G.    INDEMNIFICATION - Under the Funds’ organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, some of the Funds’ contracts with its service providers contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Funds cannot be determined and the Funds have no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.

H.    SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED INVESTMENT INCOME - Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) with realized gain or loss on the sale of securities being determined based upon identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend income from REIT securities may include returns of capital. Upon notification from the issuer, the amount of the return of capital is reclassified to adjust dividend income, reduce the cost basis, and/or adjust realized gain. Interest income, which includes accretion of discount and amortization of premium, is accrued as earned.

I.      DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES FEES AND EXPENSES - The Funds set up a Rabbi Trust to provide for the deferred compensation plan for independent Directors/Trustees that enables them to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of annual fees they are entitled to receive. The value of an eligible Director’s/Trustee’s account is based upon years of service and fees paid to each Director/Trustee during the years of service. The amount paid to the Director/Trustee under the plan will be determined based upon the performance of the Selected Funds.

J.     DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS - Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net investment income (loss), net realized gains (losses), and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments may differ for financial statement and tax purposes primarily due to differing treatments of wash sales, foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment company shares, distributions from real estate investment trusts, and distributions in connection with redemption of Fund shares. The character of dividends and distributions made during the fiscal year from net investment income and net realized securities gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for Federal Income Tax purposes. Also, due to the timing of dividends and distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which income or realized gain was recorded by the Funds. The Funds adjust the classification of distributions to shareholders to reflect the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2006, for Selected American Shares, amounts have been reclassified to reflect an increase in overdistributed net investment income of $142,633 and a corresponding decrease in accumulated net realized loss; for Selected Special Shares, amounts have been reclassified to reflect a decrease in overdistributed net investment income of $1,966,141 and a corresponding decrease in accumulated net realized gain.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Continued)

 

J.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS - (Continued)

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, was as follows:

 

 

ORDINARY INCOME

 

LONG-TERM

CAPITAL GAIN

 

TOTAL

 

Selected American Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

$

85,714,295

 

$

 

$

85,714,295

 

2005

 

70,233,920

 

 

 

 

70,233,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Special Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

1,409,586

 

 

5,818,500

 

 

7,228,086

 

2005

 

2,459,874

 

 

6,932,126

 

 

9,392,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Daily Government Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

5,084,944

 

 

 

 

5,084,944

 

2005

 

2,826,197

 

 

 

 

2,826,197

 

 

As of December 31, 2006 the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

 

SELECTED

AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED

SPECIAL SHARES

 

Undistributed net investment income

$

1,008,548

 

$

972,687

 

Accumulated net realized gains (losses) from investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

and foreign currency transactions

 

(444,406,467

)

 

1,100,608

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

 

4,511,354,532

 

 

39,620,644

 

Total

$

4,067,956,613

 

$

41,693,939

 

 

K.    NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT - In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. This standard defines the threshold for recognizing the benefits of tax-return positions in the financial statements as “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the taxing authority and requires measurement of a tax position meeting the more-likely-than-not criterion, based on the largest benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized. FIN 48 is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Funds are required to record any change in NAV related to the implementation of FIN 48 no later than the last business day of the semi-annual reporting period, and the effects of FIN 48 would be reflected in the Funds’ Semi-Annual Report. The Funds do not believe the impact from adopting FIN 48 will materially impact the financial statement amounts.

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal periods. As of December 31, 2006, the Manager does not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will materially impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional disclosures may be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements and the effect of certain measurements on changes in net assets for the period.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES

Advisory fees are paid monthly to Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. (the “Adviser”), the Fund’s investment adviser. The rate for Selected American Shares is 0.65% on the first $500 million of average net assets, 0.60% on the next $500 million, 0.55% on the next $2 billion, 0.54% on the next $1 billion, 0.53% on the next $1 billion, 0.52% on the next $1 billion, 0.51% on the next $1 billion, 0.50% on the next $3 billion, and 0.485% of the average net assets in excess of $10 billion. The rate for Selected Special Shares is 0.70% on the first $50 million, 0.675% on the next $100 million, 0.65% on the next $100 million, and 0.60% of average net assets in excess of $250 million. Advisory fees paid during the year ended December 31, 2006, approximated 0.53% and 0.68% of average net assets for Selected American Shares and Selected Special Shares, respectively. The rate for the Selected Daily Government Fund is 0.30% of average net assets.

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. ("BFDS") is the Funds’ primary transfer agent. The Adviser is also paid for certain transfer agent services. The fee paid to the Adviser for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $179,305, $9,169, and $2,311 for Selected American Shares, Selected Special Shares, and Selected Daily Government Fund, respectively. State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”) is the Funds’ primary accounting provider. Fees for such services are included in the custodian fee as State Street Bank also serves as the Funds’ custodian. Certain Directors/Trustees and officers of the Funds are also Directors/Trustees and officers of the general partner of the Adviser.

Davis Selected Advisers – NY, Inc. (“DSA-NY”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, acts as sub-adviser to the Funds. The Funds pay no fees directly to DSA-NY.

NOTE 3 - DISTRIBUTION

 

For services under the distribution agreement, the Funds’ Class S shares pay a fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2006, Selected American Shares, Selected Special Shares, and Selected Daily Government Fund incurred distribution services fees totaling $18,445,236, $145,308, and $92,329, respectively.

 

 

There are no distribution service fees for the Funds’ Class D shares.

 

NOTE 4 - PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

 

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) during the year ended December 31, 2006 were as follows:

 

 

SELECTED

AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED

SPECIAL SHARES

 

Cost of purchases

$

1,639,303,909

 

$

56,323,807

 

Proceeds of sales

$

937,804,904

 

$

54,962,329

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 5 - CAPITAL STOCK

 

At December 31, 2006, there were 600 million shares of capital stock of Selected American Shares ($1.25 par value per share) authorized. At December 31, 2006, there were 50 million shares of capital stock of Selected Special Shares ($0.25 par value per share) authorized. At December 31, 2006, there were unlimited shares of capital stock of Selected Capital Preservation Trust ($0.10 par value per share) authorized. Transactions in capital stock were as follows:

 

CLASS S

Year ended December 31, 2006

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Shares sold

 

43,688,600

 

 

705,364

 

 

4,042,222

 

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

 

989,836

 

 

182,150

 

 

1,433,529

 

 

 

44,678,436

 

 

887,514

 

 

5,475,751

 

Shares redeemed/transferred out

 

(79,902,662

)

 

(2,424,921

)

 

(99,942,831

)

Net decrease

 

(35,224,226

)

 

(1,537,407

)

 

(94,467,080

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold

$

1,841,769,757

 

$

9,444,040

 

$

4,042,222

 

Proceeds from shares issued in reinvestment of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distributions

 

44,542,529

 

 

2,479,056

 

 

1,433,529

 

 

 

1,886,312,286

 

 

11,923,096

 

 

5,475,751

 

Cost of shares redeemed/transferred out

 

(3,369,329,054

)

 

(33,003,190

)

 

(99,942,831

)

Net decrease

$

(1,483,016,768

)

$

(21,080,094

)

$

(94,467,080

)

 

CLASS S

Year ended December 31, 2005

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Shares sold

 

50,344,813

 

 

725,762

 

 

2,938,196

 

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

 

1,311,849

 

 

406,161

 

 

2,535,651

 

 

 

51,656,662

 

 

1,131,923

 

 

5,473,847

 

Shares redeemed/transferred out

 

(34,021,468

)

 

(2,938,463

)

 

(11,734,194

)

Net increase (decrease)

 

17,635,194

 

 

(1,806,540

)

 

(6,260,347

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold

$

1,903,337,984

 

$

9,179,552

 

$

2,938,196

 

Proceeds from shares issued in reinvestment of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distributions

 

53,050,957

 

 

5,028,076

 

 

2,535,651

 

 

 

1,956,388,941

 

 

14,207,628

 

 

5,473,847

 

Cost of shares redeemed/transferred out

 

(1,298,199,137

)

 

(37,781,989

)

 

(11,734,194

)

Net increase (decrease)

$

658,189,804

 

$

(23,574,361

)

$

(6,260,347

)

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 5 - CAPITAL STOCK - (Continued)

 

CLASS D

Year ended December 31, 2006

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Shares sold/transferred in

 

58,874,984

 

 

2,445,242

 

 

100,812,780

 

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

 

769,051

 

 

327,052

 

 

3,447,609

 

 

 

59,644,035

 

 

2,772,294

 

 

104,260,389

 

Shares redeemed

 

(5,614,688

)

 

(429,576

)

 

(12,046,201

)

Net increase

 

54,029,347

 

 

2,342,718

 

 

92,214,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold/transferred in

$

2,475,853,448

 

$

33,302,435

 

$

100,812,780

 

Proceeds from shares issued in reinvestment of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distributions

 

34,599,727

 

 

4,451,174

 

 

3,447,609

 

 

 

2,510,453,175

 

 

37,753,609

 

 

104,260,389

 

Cost of shares redeemed

 

(237,216,692

)

 

(5,692,715

)

 

(12,046,201

)

Net increase

$

2,273,236,483

 

$

32,060,894

 

$

92,214,188

 

 

 

 

CLASS D

Year ended December 31, 2005

 

SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES

 

SELECTED SPECIAL

SHARES

 

SELECTED DAILY GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Shares sold/transferred in

 

24,704,407

 

 

2,675,227

 

 

10,821,010

 

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

 

343,854

 

 

319,160

 

 

156,929

 

 

 

25,048,261

 

 

2,994,387

 

 

10,977,939

 

Shares redeemed

 

(1,894,711

)

 

(135,822

)

 

(4,501,976

)

Net increase

 

23,153,550

 

 

2,858,565

 

 

6,475,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from shares sold/transferred in

$

949,229,022

 

$

34,569,196

 

$

10,821,010

 

Proceeds from shares issued in reinvestment of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distributions

 

13,902,140

 

 

3,948,216

 

 

156,929

 

 

 

963,131,162

 

 

38,517,412

 

 

10,977,939

 

Cost of shares redeemed

 

(72,503,951

)

 

(1,733,050

)

 

(4,501,976

)

Net increase

$

890,627,211

 

$

36,784,362

 

$

6,475,963

 

 

NOTE 6 - EXPENSES PAID INDIRECTLY

 

Under an agreement with the custodian bank, each Fund’s custodian fees are reduced for earnings on cash balances maintained at the custodian by the Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2006, such reductions amounted to $15,195, $302, and $89 for Selected American Shares, Selected Special Shares, and Selected Daily Government Fund, respectively.

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 7 - SECURITIES LOANED

 

Selected American Shares (the “Fund”) has entered into a securities lending arrangement with UBS Securities LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, the Fund receives fee income from lending transactions; in exchange for such fees, UBS Securities LLC is authorized to loan securities on behalf of the Fund, against receipt of collateral at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. As of December 31, 2006, the Fund did not have any securities on loan. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to a borrower due to a loss in an approved investment.

 

NOTE 8 - OPTION ACTIVITY

 

Each Fund may purchase or sell options (including “put options”) to pursue its investment objective or for hedging purposes. When selling a put option, the purchaser receives the right to sell, and the writer (the Fund) the obligation to buy, the underlying investment at the exercise price during the option period.

 

When writing a put option on a security, to secure its obligation to pay for the underlying security, each Fund will deposit, in escrow, liquid assets with a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the underlying securities. Each Fund therefore foregoes the opportunity of investing the segregated assets. The premium each Fund receives from writing a put option represents a profit, as long as the price of the underlying investment remains equal to or above the exercise price of the put. However, each Fund also assumes the obligation, during the option period, to buy the underlying investment from the buyer of the put at the exercise price, even if the value of the investment falls below the exercise price. See the Statement of Additional Information for more information concerning the Funds’ use of options.

 

Options are valued daily based upon the Funds’ valuation procedures (Note 1) and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded. The Funds will realize a gain or loss upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction. Put options written are reported as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are reported in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

There was no written put option activity for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

NOTE 9 - BANK BORROWINGS

 

Each Fund may borrow up to 5% of its assets from a bank to purchase portfolio securities, or for temporary and emergency purposes. The purchase of securities with borrowed funds creates leverage in the Fund. Each Fund has entered into an agreement, which enables it to participate with certain other funds managed by the Adviser in an unsecured line of credit with a bank, which permits borrowings up to $50 million, collectively. Interest is charged based on its borrowings, at a rate equal to the overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 0.75%. The Funds had no borrowings outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)

December 31, 2006

 

NOTE 10 - LITIGATION MATTERS

 

On June 2, 2004, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors in certain mutual funds (“Funds”) managed by Davis Selected Advisers L.P. (“Davis Advisors”) including the Selected Funds. The plaintiffs claim that Davis Advisors and its affiliates, and the individual directors of the Funds (collectively the “Defendants”) used Fund assets to pay brokers to market the Funds and that the Defendants disguised such payments as brokerage commissions and further failed to disclose such payments in public filings or elsewhere. The lawsuit seeks damages of unspecified amounts. Three substantially identical proposed class action lawsuits were filed against the Defendants later in June and July 2004 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. All four suits were consolidated into a single action. In October 2005, the District Court issued an order dismissing the consolidated amended class action complaint. The plaintiffs subsequently sought a motion for reconsideration, which was denied in November 2005. In December 2005, the plaintiffs filed an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Appeal was withdrawn in March 2006.

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

The following financial information represents selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year:

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning

of Period

Net Investment Income (Loss)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)

Total from Investment Operations

Selected American Shares Class S:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

$

40.24

$

0.30

3

$

5.81

 

$

6.11

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

36.87

 

0.31

 

 

3.34

 

 

3.65

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2004

 

33.17

 

0.26

 

 

3.71

 

 

3.97

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2003

 

25.51

 

0.22

 

 

7.65

 

 

7.87

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2002

 

30.99

 

0.17

 

 

(5.45

)

 

(5.28

)

Selected American Shares Class D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

 

40.23

 

0.45

3

 

5.81

 

 

6.26

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

36.86

 

0.41

3

 

3.35

 

 

3.76

 

 

Period from 05/03/20045 to 12/31/2004

 

34.12

 

0.18

 

 

2.91

 

 

3.09

 

Selected Special Shares Class S:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

 

12.47

 

(0.03

)3

 

2.22

 

 

2.19

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

12.44

 

0.02

 

 

1.03

 

 

1.05

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2004

 

11.70

 

0.05

 

 

1.26

 

 

1.31

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2003

 

8.61

 

(0.04

)

 

3.60

 

 

3.56

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2002

 

10.50

 

(0.04

)

 

(1.81

)

 

(1.85

)

Selected Special Shares Class D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

 

12.46

 

0.02

3

 

2.23

 

 

2.25

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

12.42

 

0.05

3

 

1.04

 

 

1.09

 

 

Period from 05/03/20045 to 12/31/2004

 

11.97

 

0.05

 

 

1.00

 

 

1.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dividends and Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

Distributions from Realized Gains

Distributions in Excess of Net Investment Income

Distributions in Excess of Net Realized Gains

Return of Capital

Total Distributions

Net Asset Value, End of Period

Total Return1

Net Assets,

End of Period

(000,000 omitted)

Ratio of Expenses

To Average

Net Assets

Ratio of Net Investment

Income (Loss) to Average

Net Assets

Gross

Net4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.29

)

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

(0.29

)

$

46.06

15.19

%

$

7,509

0.90

%

0.90

%

0.72

%

 

(0.28

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.28

)

 

40.24

9.90

 

 

7,978

0.90

 

0.90

 

0.81

 

 

(0.26

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.27

)

 

36.87

11.97

 

 

6,660

0.92

 

0.92

 

0.76

 

 

(0.20

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.21

)

 

33.17

30.90

 

 

5,978

0.94

 

0.93

 

0.80

 

 

(0.17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

(0.20

)

 

25.51

(17.06

)

 

4,346

0.94

 

0.93

 

0.61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.42

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.42

)

 

46.07

15.59

 

 

4,407

0.58

 

0.58

 

1.04

 

 

(0.39

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.39

)

 

40.23

10.19

 

 

1,675

0.61

 

0.60

 

1.11

 

 

(0.34

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.01

)

 

(0.35

)

 

36.86

9.08

 

 

681

0.65

6

0.65

6

1.10

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.11

)

 

(0.57

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.68

)

 

13.98

17.74

 

 

55

1.16

 

1.16

 

(0.20

)

 

(0.13

)

 

(0.89

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.02

)

 

12.47

8.45

 

 

68

1.16

 

1.12

 

0.11

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.53

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.57

)

 

12.44

11.34

 

 

91

1.17

 

1.17

 

0.37

 

 

 

 

(0.47

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.47

)

 

11.70

41.40

 

 

96

1.21

 

1.21

 

(0.39

)

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

8.61

(17.62

)

 

60

1.21

 

1.17

 

(0.46

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.16

)

 

(0.57

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.73

)

 

13.98

18.19

 

 

95

0.83

 

0.83

 

0.13

 

 

(0.16

)

 

(0.89

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.05

)

 

12.46

8.83

 

 

55

0.87

 

0.86

 

0.37

 

 

(0.07

)

 

(0.53

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.60

)

 

12.42

8.91

 

 

20

0.91

6

0.91

6

0.86

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning

of Period

Net Investment Income (Loss)

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)

Total from Investment Operations

Selected Daily Government Fund Class S:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

$

1.000

$

0.043

 

$

 

$

0.043

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

1.000

 

0.025

 

 

 

 

0.025

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2004

 

1.000

 

0.007

 

 

 

 

0.007

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2003

 

1.000

 

0.005

 

 

 

 

0.005

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2002

 

1.000

 

0.013

 

 

 

 

0.013

 

Selected Daily Government Fund Class D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2006

 

1.000

 

0.045

 

 

 

 

0.045

 

 

Year ended 12/31/2005

 

1.000

 

0.027

 

 

 

 

0.027

 

 

Period from 05/03/20045 to 12/31/2004

 

1.000

 

0.007

 

 

 

 

0.007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Turnover2  

(for all classes of shares)

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

Selected American Shares

 

 

 

9

%

 

4

%

 

3

%

 

8

%

 

19

%

 

Selected Special Shares

 

 

 

41

%

 

53

%

 

30

%

 

46

%

 

46

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dividends and Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

Distributions from Realized Gains

Distributions in Excess of Net Investment Income

Distributions in Excess of Net Realized Gains

Return of Capital

Total Distributions

Net Asset Value, End of Period

Total Return1

Net Assets,

End of Period

(000,000 omitted)

Ratio of Expenses

To Average

Net Assets

Ratio of Net Investment

Income (Loss) to Average

Net Assets

Gross

Net4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.043

)

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

(0.043

)

$

1.000

4.33

%

$

6

0.67

%

0.67

%

4.28

%

 

(0.025

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.025

)

 

1.000

2.57

 

 

100

0.68

 

0.67

 

2.54

 

 

(0.007

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.007

)

 

1.000

0.73

 

 

107

0.68

 

0.68

 

0.72

 

 

(0.005

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.005

)

 

1.000

0.54

 

 

113

0.67

 

0.67

 

0.54

 

 

(0.013

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.013

)

 

1.000

1.32

 

 

116

0.67

 

0.67

 

1.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.045

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.045

)

 

1.000

4.61

 

 

104

0.40

 

0.40

 

4.55

 

 

(0.027

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.027

)

 

1.000

2.75

 

 

11

0.50

 

0.50

 

2.71

 

 

(0.007

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.007

)

 

1.000

0.74

 

 

5

0.44

6

0.44

6

1.21

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1    Assumes hypothetical initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period (or inception of offering), with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Total returns for periods of less than one full year are not annualized.

 

2    The lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities for a period, divided by the monthly average of the market value of portfolio securities owned during the period. Securities with a maturity or expiration date at the time of acquisition of one year or less are excluded from the calculation.

 

3

Per share calculations were based on average shares outstanding for the period.

 

4    The ratios in this column reflect the impact, if any, of the reduction of expenses paid indirectly and of certain reimbursements from the Adviser.

 

 

5

Inception date of class.

 

6

Annualized.

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors/Trustees

of Selected American Shares, Inc., Selected Special Shares, Inc., and Selected Capital Preservation Trust:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Selected American Shares, Inc., Selected Special Shares, Inc., and Selected Daily Government Fund (a series of Selected Capital Preservation Trust), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Selected American Shares, Inc., Selected Special Shares, Inc., and Selected Daily Government Fund as of December 31, 2006, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

 

KPMG LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

February 2, 2007

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

 

Federal Income Tax Information

 

In early 2007, shareholders will receive information regarding all dividends and distributions paid to them by the Funds during calendar year 2006. Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department require the Funds to report this information to the Internal Revenue Service.

 

The information and distributions reported herein may differ from the information reported as distributions taxable to certain shareholders for the calendar year 2006 with their 2006 Form 1099-DIV.

 

 

Selected American Shares, Inc.

Income dividends paid by the Fund during the calendar year 2006 should be multiplied by 100% to arrive at the net amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

 

For the calendar year 2006 certain dividends paid by the Fund constitute qualified dividend income for Federal Income Tax purposes. The Fund designates $85,714,295 as qualified dividend income.

 

Recent tax legislation allows a regulated investment company to designate distributions not designated as capital gain distributions, either as interest related dividends or short-term capital gain dividends, both of which are exempt from the U.S. withholding tax applicable to non U.S. taxpayers. For the calendar year 2006, $6,253,332 or 7% of the ordinary distributions paid by the Fund qualifies as an interest related dividend.

 

 

Selected Special Shares, Inc.

During the calendar year 2006, the Fund declared and paid long-term capital gain distributions in the amount of $5,818,500.

 

Dividends paid by the Fund during the calendar year 2006, which are not designated as capital gain distributions, should be multiplied by 33% to arrive at the net amount eligible for the corporate dividend-received deduction.

 

For the calendar year 2006 certain dividends paid by the Fund constitute qualified dividend income for Federal Income Tax purposes. The Fund designates $657,527 as qualified dividend income.

 

Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Funds has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures under which the Funds vote proxies relating to securities held by the Funds. A description of the Funds’ Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds toll-free at 1-800-243-1575, (ii) on the Funds’ website at www.selectedfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

In addition, the Funds are required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Funds’ Form N-PX filing is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds toll-free at 1-800-243-1575, (ii) on the Funds’ website at www.selectedfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Form N-Q

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-243-1575 or on the Funds’ website at www.selectedfunds.com or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and that information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

DIRECTORS

 

For the purposes of their service as directors to the Selected Funds, the business address for each of the directors is 2949 E. Elvira Road, Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85706. Each Director serves until retirement, resignation, death, or removal. Directors must retire from the Board of Directors and cease being a Director at the close of business on the last day of the calendar year in which the Director attains age 75.

Name

(birthdate)

Position(s) Held With Fund

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Director

Other Directorships Held by Director

Independent Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

William P. Barr

(5/23/50)

Director

Director since 1994

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Verizon (formerly GTE Corporation before it merged with Bell Atlantic) since July 1994; Attorney General of the United States from August 1991 to January 1993; Partner with the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge from 1984 to April 1989 and January 1993 to August 1994.

3

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

Francisco L. Borges

(11/17/51)

Director

Director since 2006

Chairman and Managing Partner, Landmark Partners, Inc. (private equity and real estate investment management) since March 1999; former Managing Director, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company; former Treasurer, State of Connecticut.

3

Director, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Director, University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerome E. Hass (6/1/40)

Director

Director since 1997

Professor of Finance and Business Strategy, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University; Consultant, National Economic Research Associates; former Chief of Division of Economic Research of the Federal Power Commission and Special Assistant to James R. Schlesinger at the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

3

None

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

DIRECTORS - (Continued)

 

Name

(birthdate)

Position(s) Held With Fund

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Director

Other Directorships Held by Director

 

Independent Directors – (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katherine L. MacWilliams

(1/19/56)

Director

Director since 1997

Former Chief Financial Officer, Coors Brewers Limited, former Vice President, International Finance, Coors Brewing Company; former Vice President & Treasurer, Coors Brewing Company and Adolph Coors Company; former Vice President of Capital Markets for UBS Securities in New York; former member of the Board of International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

3

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

James J. McMonagle

(10/1/44)

Director/

Chairman

Director since 1990

Chairman of the Selected Funds Board of Directors since 1990; of Counsel to Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (law firm) since 2002; formerly Senior Vice President and General Counsel of University Hospitals Health System, Inc. and University Hospitals of Cleveland from 1990 to 2002; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, from 1976 to 1990.

 

3

Director, Owens Corning Corporation (building materials).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard O'Brien (9/12/45)

Director

Director since 1996

Retired Corporate Economist for Hewlett-Packard Company; former Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council of the California Chamber of Commerce.

3

Director and past President, Silicon Valley Roundtable; Director, Family Services Agency of San Francisco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

DIRECTORS - (Continued)

 

Name

(birthdate)

Position(s) Held With Fund

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Director

Other Directorships Held by Director

Independent Directors – (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsha Williams

(3/28/51)

Director

Director since 1996

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Equity Office Properties Trust (a real estate investment trust); former Chief Administrative Officer, Crate & Barrel (home furnishings retailer); former Vice President and Treasurer, Amoco Corporation (oil & gas company).

16

Director of the Davis Funds (consisting of 13 portfolios); Director, Modine Manufacturing, Inc.(heat transfer technology). Director, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, N.V. (industrial construction and engineering).

 

Inside Directors*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew A. Davis

(6/25/63)

Director

Director since 1998

President or Vice President of each Selected Fund and Davis Fund; President, Davis Selected Advisers, L.P., and also serves as an executive officer in certain companies affiliated with the Adviser.

16

Director of the Davis Funds (consisting of 13 portfolios).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher C. Davis

(7/13/65)

Director

Director since 1998

President or Vice President of each Selected Fund, Davis Fund and the Clipper Fund; Chairman, Davis Selected Advisers, L.P., and also serves as an executive officer in certain companies affiliated with the Adviser, including sole member of the Adviser’s general partner, Davis Investments, LLC; Employee of Shelby Cullom Davis & Co., a registered broker/dealer.

16

Director of the Davis Funds (consisting of 13 portfolios); Director, Washington Post Co. (newspaper publisher).

 

*   Andrew A. Davis and Christopher C. Davis own partnership units (directly, indirectly or both) of the Adviser and are considered to be “interested persons” of the Funds as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Andrew A. Davis and Christopher C. Davis are brothers.

 

 

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SELECTED FUNDS

2949 East Elvira Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

 

Directors

Officers

 

William P. Barr

James J. McMonagle

 

Francisco L. Borges

Chairman

 

Andrew A. Davis

Christopher C. Davis

 

Christopher C. Davis

President

 

Jerome Hass

Andrew A. Davis

 

James J. McMonagle

Vice President

 

Katherine L. MacWilliams

Kenneth C. Eich

 

Richard O’Brien

Executive Vice President &

 

Marsha Williams

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

Sharra L. Haynes

 

Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer

Investment Adviser

Douglas A. Haines

Davis Selected Advisers, L.P.

Vice President & Principal Accounting Officer

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Thomas D. Tays

Tucson, Arizona 85706

Vice President & Secretary

 

Arthur Don

Distributor

Assistant Secretary

Davis Distributors, LLC

 

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

 

Tucson, Arizona 85706

 

 

 

Custodian

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

c/o The Selected Funds

 

One Lincoln Street

 

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

 

Transfer Agent

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc

c/o The Selected Funds

P.O. Box 8243

Boston, Massachusetts 02266-8243

 

 

 

Counsel

 

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

 

131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 2400

 

Chicago, Illinois 60603-5577

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

KPMG LLP

707 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2700

Denver, Colorado 80202

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about the Selected Funds including management fee, charges and expenses, see the current prospectus, which must precede or accompany this report. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Funds’ Directors and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-243-1575 or on the Funds’ website at www.selectedfunds.com. Quarterly Fact sheets are available on the Funds’ website at www.selectedfunds.com.

 

 

 

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS

 

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.

 

A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

The registrant’s board of directors has determined that independent trustee Katherine MacWilliams qualifies as the “audit committee financial expert”, as defined in Item 3 of form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

 

(a)

Audit Fees. The aggregate Audit Fees billed by KPMP LLP (“KPMG”) for professional services rendered for the audits of the audits of the financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the fiscal year ends December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were $15,600 and $14,400, respectively.

 

 

(b)

Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate Audit-Related Fees billed by KPMG for services rendered for assurance and related services that are not reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the fund financial statements, but not reported as Audit Fees fore fiscal year ends December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

 

(c)

Tax Fees. The aggregate Tax Fees billed by KPMG for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advise and tax planning for the fiscal year ends December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were $5,820 and $5,580, respectively.

 

Fees included in the Tax Fee category comprise all services performed by professional staff in the independent accountant’s tax division except those services related to the audit. These services include preparation of tax returns, tax advice related to mergers and a review of the fund income and capital gain distributions.

 

 

(d)

All Other Fees. The aggregate Other Fees billed by KPMG for all other non-audit services rendered to the fund for the fiscal year ends December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures.

 

The Fund’s Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent accountant relating to the operations or financial reporting of the funds. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

 

The Fund’s Audit Committee has adopted a policy whereby audit and non-audit services performed by the fund independent accountant require pre-approval in advance at regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings. If such a service is required between regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, pre-approval may be authorized by the Audit Committee Chairperson with ratification at the next scheduled audit committee meeting.

 

 



 

 

 

(2)

No services included in (b) – (d) above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of

Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

(f)

Not applicable

 

 

(g)

The Funds’s independent accountant did not provide any services to the investment advisor or any affiliate for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2005 and July 31, 2004. The fund has not paid any fees for non-audit not previously disclosed in items 4 (b) – (d).

 

 

(h)

The registrant’s audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. No such services were rendered.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

 

Not Applicable

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Not Applicable. The complete Schedule of Investments is included in Item 1 of this form N-CSR

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Not Applicable

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Not Applicable

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

 

Not Applicable

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

There have been no changes to the procedure by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCUDURES

 

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-2 (c) under the Investment

 

 



 

Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

(b)

There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed as an exhibit to this form N-CSR.

 

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached.

 

(a)(3) Not applicable

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached.

 

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.

 

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

 

By

/s/ Kenneth C. Eich

 

 

Kenneth C. Eich

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: March 7, 2007

 

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

 

By

/s/ Kenneth C. Eich

 

 

Kenneth C. Eich

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: March 7, 2007

 

By

/s/ Douglas A. Haines

 

 

Douglas A. Haines

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: March 7, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99.CERT 2 cert302.htm 302 CERTIFICATION

 

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

(520) 434-3771

 

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 302

 

I, Kenneth C. Eich, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Selected Special Shares, Inc.;

 

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

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have:

 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures 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) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

 

c) presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) 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):

 

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

 



 

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

 

6. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have indicated in this report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date: February 14, 2007

 

/s/ Kenneth C. Eich

 

Kenneth C. Eich

Principal Executive Officer

Selected Special Shares, Inc.

 

 



 

 

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

(520) 434-3771

 

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 302

 

I, Douglas A. Haines, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Selected Special Shares, Inc.;

 

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

periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act) for the registrant and have:

 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures 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) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

 

c) presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

 

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) 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):

 

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

 

 



 

 

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

 

6. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have indicated in this report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Date: February 14, 2007

 

/s/ Douglas A. Haines

 

Douglas A. Haines

Principal Financial Officer

Selected Special Shares, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99.906CERT 3 cert906.htm 906 CERTIFICATION

 

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

2949 East Elvira Road, Suite 101

Tucson, Arizona 85706

(520) 434-3771

 

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2003

 

 

KENNETH C. EICH, Principal Executive Officer, and DOUGLAS A. HAINES, Principal Financial Officer of Selected Special Shares, Inc. (the "Registrant"), each certify to the best of his or her knowledge that:

 

(1) The Registrant's periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2006 (the "Form N-CSR") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Principal Executive Officer

Principal Financial Officer

 

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC.

 

/s/ Kenneth C. Eich

/s/ Douglas A. Haines

 

Kenneth C. Eich

Douglas A. Haines

 

Principal Executive Officer

Principal Financial Officer

Date: February 14, 2007

Date: February 14, 2007

 

 

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003 has been provided to SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. and will be retained by SELECTED SPECIAL SHARES, INC. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or its staff upon request.

 

This certification is being furnished to the Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR filed with the Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

EX-99.CODE ETH 4 code_ethics.htm CODE OF ETHICS

SARBANES-OXLEY

CODE OF ETHICS

Davis Funds (as amended September 14, 2004)

Selected Funds (as amended (July 30, 2004)

 

 

I.

Covered Officers/Purpose of the Code

 

This Code of Ethics (the “Code”) for the investment companies within each of the Davis Funds (consisting of Davis New York Venture Fund, Inc., Davis Series, Inc. and Davis Variable Account Fund, Inc.) and the Selected Funds (consisting of Selected American Shares, Inc., Selected Special Shares, Inc., and Selected Capital Preservation Trust) (the Davis Funds and the Selected Funds are referred to individually as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds”) applies to each Fund’s Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, and Controller, or persons performing similar functions elected by either the Davis Funds or the Selected Funds (the “Covered Officers”) for the purposes of promoting:

 

 

honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Funds;

 

compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations;

 

the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and

 

accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest.

 

II.

Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of

 

Interest

 

 

Overview. A “conflict of interest” occurs when a Covered Officer’s private interest interferes with the interests of, or his or her service to, the Funds. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of the officer’s family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of a position with the Funds.

 

Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Funds and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Investment Advisers Act”). For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Funds because of their status as “affiliated persons” of the Funds. The Funds’ and the investment adviser’s compliance programs and procedures are designed to prevent, or identify and correct,

 



 

violations of these provisions. This Code does not, and is not intended to, replace these programs and procedures, and such conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this Code (see Section VI below).

 

Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts may arise from the contractual relationships between the Funds and the investment adviser (or advisory affiliates) of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties, be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on the adviser and the Funds. The participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Funds and the adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Funds. Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In addition, it is recognized by each Fund’s Board of Directors (each a “Board” and collectively the “Boards”) that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other codes.

 

Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code, even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. The following list provides examples of conflicts of interest under the Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these examples are not exhaustive. The overarching principle is that the personal interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the Funds.

 

 

Each Covered Officer must:

 

(a)      not use his or her personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by the Funds whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally to the detriment of the Funds;

 

(b)      not cause the Funds to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit the Funds;

 

(c)      not use material non-public knowledge of portfolio transactions made or contemplated for the Funds to trade personally or cause others to trade personally in contemplation of the market effect of such transactions;

 

There are some conflict of interest situations that should always be discussed with the Funds’ Chief Legal Officer, if material. Examples of these conflict of interest situations include:

 

 

service as a director on the board of any public or private company;

 

 

the receipt of any gift, gratuity, favor award or other item or benefit having a market value in excess of $100 per person, per year, from or on behalf of any person or entity that does, or seeks to do, business with or on behalf of the Funds. Business-related

 

 



 

entertainment such as meals, tickets to the theater or a sporting event which are infrequent and of a non-lavish nature are excepted from this prohibition;

 

 

any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with, any of the Funds’ service providers, other than its investment adviser, principal underwriter or any of their affiliates; and

 

 

a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Funds for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or redeeming shares other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer’s employment, such as compensation or equity ownership.

 

III.

Disclosure and Compliance

 

(a)      Each Covered Officer should become familiar with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Funds.

 

(b)      Each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Funds to others, whether within or outside the Funds, including to the Funds’ directors and auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations.

 

(c)      Each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his or her area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Funds and the adviser with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Funds file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds.

 

(d)      It is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

Notwithstanding (a) through (d) above, (i) each Covered Officer is entitled to rely upon procedures adopted by the Funds and their affiliates (including their investment adviser, sub-advisers, principal underwriter, transfer agent and custodian) that are intended to ensure accurate and timely filing of documents with the SEC or communications with the public, and (ii) Covered Officers do not have a duty to ensure the Funds’ compliance in areas outside of their span of control (for example, the Principal Financial Officer shall not have any duties with respect to compliance issues delegated to the adviser’s Legal Department, Compliance Department, Marketing Department, etc.).

 

 



 

 

IV.

Reporting and Accountability

 

 

Each Covered Officer must:

 

(a)      upon adoption of the Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing to the Boards that he or she has received, read, and understands the Code;

 

(b)      annually thereafter affirm to the Boards that he or she has complied with the requirements of the Code;

 

(c)      report at least annually all affiliations or other relationships related to conflicts of interest that are included and described in the Funds’ Directors and Officers Questionnaires.

 

(d)      not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of the Funds or their affiliated persons for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and

 

(e)      notify the Funds’ Chief Legal Officer promptly if he or she knows of any violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of the Code.

 

V.

Enforcement of Code

 

The Funds’ Chief Legal Officer is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. The Chief Legal Officer is authorized to consult, as appropriate, with the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the independent directors (as defined in Rule 0-1(a)(6) of the Investment Company Act). However, any approvals or waivers sought by any Covered Officer will be considered by the Audit Committee of the affected Fund (the “Committee”).

 

 

The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:

 

(a)      the Chief Legal Officer will take all appropriate action to investigate any reported potential violations;

 

(b)      if, after such investigation, the Chief Legal Officer believes that no material violation has occurred, the Chief Legal Officer is not required to take any further action;

 

(c)      any matter that the Chief Legal Officer believes is a material violation will be reported to the Committee;

 

(d)      if the Committee concurs that a material violation has occurred, it will consider appropriate action, which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the investment adviser or its board; monetary sanctions based on making a Fund whole for damage suffered or to deter further actions; or a recommendation to suspend or dismiss the Covered Officer;

 

 



 

 

 

 

(e)

the Committee will be responsible for granting waivers, as appropriate;

 

(f)       all waivers shall be accompanied by a written memorandum, including to whom the waiver was granted, the details of the waiver, the nature and scope of the waiver, reasoning for the waiver and the date of the waiver; and

 

(g)      any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.

 

VI.

Other Policies and Procedures

 

This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Funds, the Funds’ adviser, principal underwriter, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this Code. The Funds’ and their investment adviser’s and principal underwriter’s Code of Ethics under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act and the adviser’s more detailed policies and procedures are separate requirements applying to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.

 

VII.

Amendments

 

(a)    This Code was initially adopted by a majority of both Boards (including a majority of the Independent Directors voting separately).

 

(b)      Any material amendments to this Code, other than amendments to Exhibit A, must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of both Boards, including a majority of Independent Directors voting separately.

 

(c)      A copy of each version of the Code and all waivers under the Code shall be maintained for at least six (6) years following the end of the fiscal year in which the amendment or waiver occurred.

 

VIII.

Confidentiality

 

All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the appropriate Board and its independent counsel.

 

VIII.

Filing

 

Each Fund shall file a copy of this Code as an exhibit to its annual report on Form N-CSR, and shall similarly file and report all material, substantive amendments to this Code.

 

 



 

 

Exhibit A

 

Persons Covered by this Code of Ethics as of:

 

Davis Funds (as amended September 14, 2004)

Selected Funds (as amended (July 30, 2004)

 

Principal Executive Officer – Kenneth Eich

 

Principal Financial Officer – Douglas Haines

 

Principal Accounting Officer – Douglas Haines

 

 

 

 

 

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