N-Q 1 formnq.htm EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC NQ 3-31-2010 formnq.htm


United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-Q

Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of Registered
Management Investment Company
Investment Company Act file number: 811-05807
Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
205 E. Wisconsin Ave, Suite 120, Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Luke E. Sims, President
Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
205 E. Wisconsin Ave
Suite 120
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 765-1107
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(414) 765-1107

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2010

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2010
 


 
 

 

ITEM 1.   SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.
Portfolio of Investments (as of March 31, 2010) (unaudited)

Common Stock (81.2% OF Total Investments)
                       
Industry
 
Shares
   
Cost
   
Market Value
       
Consumer
                       
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    12,000       417,940       1,023,120        
PepsiCo Inc.
    15,000       467,651       992,400        
                    $ 2,015,520       (9.1 %)
Data Processing
                               
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    24,000       882,292       1,067,280          
Paychex Inc.
    34,000       907,967       1,044,480          
Total Systems Services, Inc.
    13,065       177,851       204,598          
                    $ 2,316,358       (10.4 %)
Drug/Medical Device
                               
Alcon Inc.
    5,000       767,416       807,800          
Johnson & Johnson
    15,000       614,274       978,000          
Medtronic, Inc.
    17,000       850,214       765,510          
Pfizer Inc.
    38,737       522,042       664,340          
Stryker Corp.
    22,000       180,012       1,258,840          
                    $ 4,474,490       (20.1 %)
Industrial
                               
General Electric Co.
    35,000       677,544       637,000          
Graco Inc.
    13,750       349,686       440,000          
Manitowoc Company Inc.
    75,000       462,150       975,000          
Sigma Aldrich Corp.
    16,000       498,184       858,560          
Waters Corp.*
    6,000       302,341       405,240          
                    $ 3,315,800       (14.9 %)
Mutual Fund Managers
                               
Eaton Vance Corp.
    25,000       601,064       838,500          
                    $ 838,500       (3.8 %)
Insurance
                               
AFLAC Inc.
    16,500       79,484       895,785          
                    $ 895,785       (4.0 %)
Retail/Distribution
                               
Cabela's Inc.*
    30,000       390,195       524,700          
The Home Depot, Inc.
    32,500       1,071,197       1,051,375          
Lowe's Companies Inc.
    35,000       708,771       848,400          
Sysco Corp.
    27,000       309,199       796,500          
                    $ 3,220,975       (14.5 %)
Closed-End Fund
                               
Claymore Dividend Income Fund
    68,000       934,658       954,040          
                    $ 954,040       (4.3 %)
                                 
Total common stock investments
                  $ 18,031,468          
                                 
Cash and cash equivalents (18.8% of total investments)
                    4,175,250          
                                 
Total investments
                  $ 22,206,718          
                                 
All other assets less liabilities
                    542,816          
                                 
Total net assets
                  $ 22,749,534          

*Non-dividend paying security

 
 

 

Footnote:

The following information is based upon federal income tax cost of portfolio investments as of March 31, 2010:

Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 6,289,068  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    ( 429,733 )
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 5,859,335  
         
Federal income tax basis
  $ 12,172,133  


ITEM 2.  VALUATION HIERARCHY

The standard establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements.  The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.  The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets in which the Fund can participate.

Level 2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset of liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement, and include inputs that are available in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the related asset or liability.

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.

Assets

Common Stock Investments

All of the Fund’s common stock investments are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy as quoted prices are available in an active market.

The following table presents the financial instruments carried at fair value as of March 31, 2010, as identified in Item 1., Schedule of Investments and by the standard hierarchy (as described above):

Assets measure at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2010:

   
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
Level 1
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
Level 2
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
   
Balance at March 31,
2010
 
                         
Common Stock
                       
Investments
  $ 22,749,534     $ ---     $ ---     $ 22,749,534  

 
 

 

ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(i)  As of April 1, 2010, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) was performed by management with the participation of the registrant's President and Chief Executive Officer (who is the principal executive officer of the registrant) and the registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (who is the principal financial officer of the registrant).  Based on that evaluation, the registrant's President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission's rules and forms, and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(ii)  There has been no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 3. EXHIBITS

99.1 Certification of principal executive officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act.

99.2 Certification of principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act.


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.

EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.

By:
/s/  Luke E. Sims
 
 
Luke E. Sims
 
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: April 1, 2010

 
 

 

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

By:
/s/ Luke E. Sims
 
 
Luke E. Sims
 
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: April 1, 2010


By:
/s/ David C. Sims
 
 
David C. Sims
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: April 1, 2010