NPORT-EX 2 fbpnportex1.htm FBP SOI 1
FBP EQUITY & DIVIDEND PLUS FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.8% Shares Value
Communications - 4.6%
AT&T, Inc. 16,000   $ 460,160  
ViacomCBS, Inc. - Class B (a) 19,500   726,570  
    1,186,730  
Consumer Discretionary - 6.5%
Genuine Parts Company 5,500   552,365  
Kohl's Corporation (a) 8,500   345,865  
Tapestry, Inc. (a) 25,000   777,000  
    1,675,230  
Consumer Staples - 9.6%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (a) 12,500   630,125  
J.M. Smucker Company (The) (a) 5,200   601,120  
Kellogg Company (a) 9,500   591,185  
Philip Morris International, Inc. 5,300   438,787  
Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A 3,600   231,984  
    2,493,201  
Energy - 7.0%
Chevron Corporation 4,800   405,360  
ConocoPhillips 8,500   339,915  
Devon Energy Corporation 26,000   411,060  
Exxon Mobil Corporation 8,000   329,760  
Royal Dutch Shell plc - Class B - ADR 10,000   336,100  
    1,822,195  
Financials - 18.9%
JPMorgan Chase & Company (a) 6,500   825,955  
KeyCorp 30,200   495,582  
Lincoln National Corporation 9,500   477,945  
MetLife, Inc. 10,200   478,890  
People's United Financial, Inc. 25,000   323,250  
Prudential Financial, Inc. 6,000   468,420  
Truist Financial Corporation 15,500   742,915  
U.S. Bancorp 14,200   661,578  
Wells Fargo & Company 13,500   407,430  
    4,881,965  
Health Care - 13.0%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 7,800   483,834  
CVS Health Corporation 9,000   614,700  
Johnson & Johnson 4,100   645,258  
Medtronic plc 2,000   234,280  
Merck & Company, Inc. (a) 9,400   768,920  
Pfizer, Inc. 17,000   625,770  
    3,372,762  

FBP EQUITY & DIVIDEND PLUS FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.8% (Continued) Shares Value
Industrials - 9.2%
Eaton Corporation plc (a) 4,800   $ 576,672  
Emerson Electric Company (a) 7,000   562,590  
Raytheon Technologies Corporation 9,200   657,892  
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B (a) 3,500   589,400  
    2,386,554  
Materials - 5.6%
Compass Minerals International, Inc. (a) 4,000   246,880  
Dow, Inc. (a) 10,600   588,300  
Nucor Corporation 11,500   611,685  
    1,446,865  
Real Estate - 3.9%
Public Storage (a) 1,500   346,395  
Simon Property Group, Inc. 3,800   324,064  
Ventas, Inc. (a) 6,900   338,376  
    1,008,835  
Technology - 15.2%
Amdocs Ltd. 4,000   283,720  
Broadcom, Inc. (a) 2,800   1,225,980  
Cisco Systems, Inc. 15,000   671,250  
HP, Inc. (a) 29,500   725,405  
Intel Corporation 7,000   348,740  
International Business Machines Corporation 5,500   692,340  
    3,947,435  
Utilities - 4.3%
Duke Energy Corporation (a) 7,000   640,920  
National Fuel Gas Company 5,500   226,215  
PPL Corporation 8,500   239,700  
    1,106,835  
     
Total Common Stocks (Cost $20,517,194) $ 25,328,607  

 

 

FBP EQUITY & DIVIDEND PLUS FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 3.7% Shares Value

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Government Portfolio -

Class I, 0.01% (b) (Cost $962,987)

962,987   $ 962,987  
     
Total Investments at Value - 101.5% (Cost $21,480,181) $ 26,291,594  
   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (1.5%)     (387,574 )
   
Net Assets - 100.0% $ 25,904,020  
 

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
 

(a) Security covers a written call option.
(b) The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020.

 

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.
 

 

FBP EQUITY & DIVIDEND PLUS FUND    
SCHEDULE OF OPEN OPTION CONTRACTS
December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)    
     
COVERED WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS Contracts Notional Value Strike Price Expiration Date Value of Options
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 65   $ 327,665   $ 55 .00 03/19/21 $ 4,485  
Broadcom, Inc. 14   612,990   430 .00 03/19/21 40,782  
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 40   246,880   70 .00 03/19/21 4,800  
Dow, Inc. 35   194,250   60 .00 06/18/21 10,990  
Duke Energy Corporation 35   320,460   100 .00 04/16/21 2,975  
Eaton Corporation plc 48   576,672   100 .00 01/15/21 96,000  
Emerson Electric Company 35   281,295   75 .00 03/19/21 28,175  
HP, Inc. 90   221,310   22 .00 04/16/21 32,400  
J.M. Smucker Company (The) 25   289,000   130 .00 04/16/21 4,125  
JPMorgan Chase & Company 10   127,070   130 .00 03/19/21 5,300  
Kellogg Company 45   280,035   75 .00 01/15/21 225  
Kohl's Corporation 45   183,105   47 .50 07/16/21 22,275  
Kohl's Corporation 40   162,760   37 .50 04/16/21 29,280  
Merck & Company, Inc. 45   368,100   90 .00 01/15/21 360  
Public Storage 15   346,395   240 .00 03/19/21 6,945  
Tapestry, Inc. 100   310,800   25 .00 02/19/21 68,000  
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B 35   589,400   155 .00 01/15/21 46,725  
Ventas, Inc. 29   142,216   60 .00 05/21/21 3,190  
ViacomCBS, Inc. - Class B 75   279,450   42 .00 06/18/21 18,450  
Total Covered Written Call Options (Premiums received $231,655) $ 5,859,853       $ 425,482  
 
The average monthly notional value of written option contracts during the period ended December 31, 2020 was $5,382,412.  
 

 

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.
 

 

FBP APPRECIATION & INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
 
COMMON STOCKS - 75.1% Shares Value
Communications - 2.7%
AT&T, Inc. 5,000   $ 143,800  
CenturyLink, Inc. 15,000   146,250  
ViacomCBS, Inc. - Class B 15,000   558,900  
    848,950  
Consumer Discretionary - 5.1%
Carnival Corporation 8,500   184,110  
Ford Motor Company 26,000   228,540  
Kohl's Corporation (a) 10,000   406,900  
Tapestry, Inc. 17,000   528,360  
TJX Companies, Inc. (The) 4,000   273,160  
    1,621,070  
Consumer Staples - 6.2%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (a) 9,000   453,690  
Kellogg Company 8,500   528,955  
Philip Morris International, Inc. 3,300   273,207  
Target Corporation 1,500   264,795  
Walmart, Inc. (a) 3,100   446,865  
    1,967,512  
Energy - 4.8%
Chevron Corporation 4,000   337,800  
ConocoPhillips 6,000   239,940  
Devon Energy Corporation 32,000   505,920  
Royal Dutch Shell plc - Class B - ADR 13,000   436,930  
    1,520,590  
Financials - 17.7%
Bank of America Corporation 38,000   1,151,780  
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (The) 6,000   254,640  
Capital One Financial Corporation 6,000   593,100  
JPMorgan Chase & Company 10,000   1,270,700  
KeyCorp 16,320   267,811  
Lincoln National Corporation 12,500   628,875  
MetLife, Inc. 12,000   563,400  
Travelers Companies, Inc. (The) 3,600   505,332  
Wells Fargo & Company 13,000   392,340  
    5,627,978  
Health Care - 8.8%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 8,000   496,240  
CVS Health Corporation 7,500   512,250  
Johnson & Johnson 4,000   629,520  
Merck & Company, Inc. (a) 8,000   654,400  

 

FBP APPRECIATION & INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
COMMON STOCKS - 75.1% (Continued) Shares Value
Health Care - 8.8% (Continued)
Pfizer, Inc. 13,500   $ 496,935  
    2,789,345  
Industrials - 7.4%
Eaton Corporation plc 6,500   780,910  
FedEx Corporation 2,500   649,050  
General Electric Company (a) 25,000   270,000  
Raytheon Technologies Corporation 4,000   286,040  
Trane Technologies plc 2,400   348,384  
    2,334,384  
Materials - 3.8%
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 5,000   308,600  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 8,000   208,160  
Mosaic Company (The) 11,000   253,110  
Nucor Corporation 8,500   452,115  
    1,221,985  
Real Estate - 0.6%
Simon Property Group, Inc. 2,200   187,616  
   
Technology - 17.2%
Apple, Inc. 6,000   796,140  
Broadcom, Inc. (a) 2,400   1,050,840  
Cisco Systems, Inc. 17,000   760,750  
HP, Inc. 28,000   688,520  
Intel Corporation 4,500   224,190  
International Business Machines Corporation 5,200   654,576  
Microsoft Corporation 3,500   778,470  
Nokia Corporation - ADR (b) 87,000   340,170  
Western Union Company (The) 7,000   153,580  
    5,447,236  
Utilities - 0.8%
PPL Corporation 9,000   253,800  
   
Total Common Stocks (Cost $14,584,224) $ 23,820,466  
     
     
CORPORATE BONDS - 13.1% Par Value Value
Consumer Staples - 1.6%    
Kroger Company (The), 2.60%, due 02/01/2021 $ 500,000   $ 500,791  
   

 

 

FBP APPRECIATION & INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
CORPORATE BONDS - 13.1%(Continued) Par Value Value
Energy - 1.6%    
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, 3.95%, due 07/15/2022 $ 500,000   $ 518,631  
   
Financials - 6.6%    

America Express Company, 3.40%,

due 02/27/2023

500,000   531,780  
Citigroup, Inc., 2.90%, due 12/08/2021 500,000   510,806  
UNUM Group, 4.00%, due 03/15/2024 500,000   544,934  

Wells Fargo & Company, 3.50%,

due 03/08/2022

500,000   518,380  
    2,105,900  
Industrials - 1.7%    

Norfolk Sothern Corporation, 3.85%,

due 01/15/2024

500,000   545,624  
   
Utilities - 1.6%    
PSEG Power, LLC, 3.00%, due 06/15/2021 500,000   504,738  
   
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,041,626) $ 4,175,684  
     
     
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 1.6% Par Value Value
U.S. Treasury Notes - 1.6%  
2.125%, due 05/15/2022 (Cost $505,547) $ 500,000   $ 513,672  
   

 

 

FBP APPRECIATION & INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

   
     
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 10.3% Shares Value

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Government

Portfolio - Class I, 0.01% (c)

3,085,441   $ 3,085,441  

First American Government Obligations Fund -

Class Z, 0.03% (c)

183,299   183,299  
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $3,268,740) $ 3,268,740  
     
Total Investments at Value - 100.1% (Cost $22,400,137) $ 31,778,562  
   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.1%)     (46,057 )
   
Net Assets - 100.0% $ 31,732,505  
 

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.
 

(a) Security covers a written call option.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of December 31, 2020.

  

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.
 

 

 

 

FBP APPRECIATION & INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND    
SCHEDULE OF OPEN OPTION CONTRACTS
December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)    
     
COVERED WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS Contracts Notional Value Strike Price Expiration Date Value of Options
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 45   $ 226,845   $ 55 .00 03/19/21 $ 3,105  
Broadcom, Inc. 10   437,850   430 .00 03/19/21 29,130  
General Electric Company 100   108,000   12 .00 03/19/21 5,000  
Kohl's Corporation 25   101,725   47 .50 07/16/21 12,375  
Kohl's Corporation 50   203,450   37 .50 04/16/21 36,600  
Merck & Company, Inc. 18   147,240   90 .00 01/15/21 144  
Walmart, Inc. 1   14,415   125 .00 01/15/21 1,860  
Total Covered Written Call Options (Premiums received $51,399) $ 1,239,525       $ 88,214  
 
The average monthly notional value of written option contracts during the period ended December 31, 2020 was $1,223,218.  
 

  

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.
 

 

 

THE FLIPPIN, BRUCE & PORTER FUNDS

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

1. Securities Valuation

Portfolio securities of FBP Equity & Dividend Plus Fund and FBP Appreciation & Income Opportunities Fund (individually, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) are valued as of the close of business of the regular session of the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time). Securities traded on a national stock exchange, including common stocks are valued based upon the closing price on the principal exchange where the security is traded, if available, otherwise, at the last quoted bid price. Securities which are quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Covered call options written by the Funds are valued at the last quoted sale price or, in the absence of a sale, at the ask price on the principal exchanges on which they are traded. Investments representing shares of money market funds and other open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value as reported by such companies. When using a quoted price and when the market is considered active, securities will be classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy (see below).

Fixed income securities, including U.S. treasury obligations, U.S. government agency obligations and corporate bonds, if any, are typically valued on the basis of prices provided by an independent pricing service. The prices provided by the pricing service are determined with consideration given to institutional bid and last sale prices and take into account securities prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings, institutional trading in similar groups of securities, and developments related to specific securities. Given the inputs used by the pricing service, these securities are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations are not readily available, if a pricing service cannot provide a price, or the investment adviser believes the price received from the pricing service is not indicative of market value, securities will be valued in good faith at fair value using methods consistent with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees and will be classified as Level 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy, depending on the inputs used. Such methods of fair valuation may include, but are not limited to: multiple of earnings, multiple of book value, discount from market of a similar freely traded security, purchase price of the security, subsequent private transactions in the security or related securities, or a combination of these and other factors.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establish a single authoritative definition of fair value, set out a framework for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

  • Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
  • Level 2 – other significant observable inputs
  • Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

THE FLIPPIN, BRUCE & PORTER FUNDS

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

The following is a summary of each Fund’s investments and other financial instruments and the inputs used to value the investments and other financial instruments as of December 31, 2020 by security type:

               
FBP Equity & Dividend Plus Fund: Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Investments in Securities:              
  Common Stocks  $25,328,607     $-       $-       $25,328,607 
  Money Market Funds  962,987     -       -       962,987 
Total  $26,291,594     $-       $-       $26,291,594 
               
Other Financial Instruments:              
  Covered Written Call Options  $(292,557)    $(132,925)    $-       $(425,482)
Total  $(292,557)    $(132,925)    $-       $(425,482)
               
               
FBP Appreciation & Income Opportunities Fund: Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Investments in Securities:              
  Common Stocks  $23,820,466     $-       $-       $23,820,466 
  Corporate Bonds  -       4,175,684     -       4,175,684 
  U.S. Treasury Obligations  -       513,672     -       513,672 
  Money Market Funds  3,268,740     -       -       3,268,740 
Total  $27,089,206     $4,689,356     $-       $31,778,562 
               
Other Financial Instruments:              
  Covered Written Call Options  $(88,214)    $-       $-       $(88,214)
Total  $(88,214)    $-       $-       $(88,214)

 

Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of the common stocks and corporate bonds by sector type. There were no Level 3 investments held by the Funds as of or during the period ended December 31, 2020.

 

2. Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on a specific identification basis.

 

THE FLIPPIN, BRUCE & PORTER FUNDS

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 

3. Federal Income Tax

The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of December 31, 2020:

        FBP
    FBP   Appreciation
    Equity &   & Income
    Dividend Plus   Opportunities
    Fund   Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments and written options contracts    $21,248,532     $22,420,089 
Gross unrealized appreciation    $6,000,542     $10,183,152 
Gross unrealized depreciation    (1,382,962)    (912,893)
Net unrealized appreciation    $4,617,580     $9,270,259 

The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the Schedule of Investments cost of portfolio investments is due to certain differences in the recognition of capital gains and losses under income tax regulations and GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are temporary in nature and are due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.