-----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, StxD3hXzGxaLIaDXK38rKhUnJ/5bQ/IZBf2oD7munxtIVZykc5t7Po6XDwTCmI4l VLOTuzWoJa0I0b29YuoQmg== 0001104659-04-032626.txt : 20041029 0001104659-04-032626.hdr.sgml : 20041029 20041029145404 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-032626 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040831 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041029 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041029 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20041029 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN STRATEGIC INCOME PORTFOLIO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000878930 IRS NUMBER: 411705401 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06404 FILM NUMBER: 041105891 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 NICOLLET AVE STREET 2: US BANK CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123033381 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 NICOLLET AVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 N-Q 1 a04-11611_1nq.htm N-Q

 

 

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FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-6404

 

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

800 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN

55402

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Joseph M. Ulrey III 800 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

800-677-3863

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

11/30/04

 

 

Date of reporting period:

8/31/04

 

 

 



 

Schedule of INVESTMENTS

American Strategic Income Portfolio

August 31, 2004

 

Description of Security

 

Date
Acquired

 

Par Value

 

Cost

 

Value(a)

 

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities —25.6%:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate —25.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FHLMC, 5.50%, 1/1/18

 

 

 

$

1,384,426

 

$

1,429,800

 

$

1,433,310

 

FHLMC, 9.00%, 7/1/30

 

 

 

377,784

 

387,877

 

411,196

 

FNMA, 6.00%, 10/1/16

 

 

 

872,930

(b)

890,822

 

918,488

 

FNMA, 5.00%, 7/1/18

 

 

 

3,429,645

(b)

3,424,552

 

3,496,112

 

FNMA, 6.50%, 6/1/29

 

 

 

411,218

(b)

408,403

 

432,935

 

FNMA, 7.50%, 3/1/30

 

 

 

1,194,123

 

1,174,539

 

1,277,742

 

FNMA, 7.50%, 5/1/30

 

 

 

107,432

(b)

103,792

 

115,187

 

FNMA, 8.00%, 5/1/30

 

 

 

28,435

(b)

28,073

 

30,772

 

FNMA, 6.00%, 5/1/31

 

 

 

770,313

(b)

774,716

 

801,519

 

FNMA, 6.50%, 11/1/31

 

 

 

522,925

(b)

534,565

 

549,725

 

FNMA, 5.50%, 7/1/33

 

 

 

4,249,714

 

4,198,659

 

4,322,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

 

13,355,798

 

13,789,752

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whole Loans and Participation Mortgages
(c)(d)(e) —71.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Loans —32.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance Self Storage, 9.13%, 12/1/05

 

11/29/00

 

1,227,505

 

1,227,505

 

1,252,055

 

Buca Restaurant, 8.63%, 1/1/11

 

12/27/00

 

910,278

 

910,278

 

955,792

 

Dixie Highway, 6.93%, 9/1/11

 

08/31/04

 

850,000

 

850,000

 

850,000

 

Hampden Medical Office, 7.38%, 10/1/12

 

09/09/02

 

1,755,717

 

1,755,717

 

1,843,503

 

Integrity Plaza Shopping Center, 7.88%, 7/1/12

 

05/11/04

 

2,094,874

 

2,094,874

 

2,189,081

 

Metro Center, 5.20%, 5/1/09

 

04/07/04

 

2,637,964

 

2,637,964

 

2,715,960

 

Orchard Commons, 8.75%, 4/1/11

 

03/28/01

 

997,959

 

997,959

 

1,047,857

 

Pacific Periodicals Building, 8.03%, 1/1/08

 

12/09/97

 

1,232,595

 

1,232,595

 

1,281,899

 

Rockwood Galleria, 7.25%, 2/1/11

 

01/06/03

 

1,579,264

 

1,579,264

 

1,550,790

 

Schendel Office Building, 8.20%, 10/1/07

 

09/30/97

 

1,027,330

 

1,027,330

 

779,174

 

Stephens Center, 6.38%, 9/1/10

 

08/21/03

 

1,380,156

 

1,380,156

 

1,449,163

 

Voit Office Building, 8.13%, 9/1/08

 

08/17/01

 

1,520,153

 

1,520,152

 

1,596,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,213,794

 

17,511,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multifamily Loans —36.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1500 Geneva I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

740,000

 

740,000

 

754,800

 

1500 Geneva II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

50,000

 

50,000

 

48,540

 

3715 California I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

1,485,000

 

1,485,000

 

1,514,700

 

3715 California II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

100,000

 

100,000

 

97,080

 

437 Hyde I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

950,000

 

950,000

 

969,000

 



 

Description of Security

 

Date
Acquired

 

Par Value

 

Cost

 

Value(a)

 

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

437 Hyde II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

$

50,000

 

$

50,000

 

$

48,540

 

500 Bartlett I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

555,000

 

555,000

 

566,100

 

500 Bartlett II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

25,000

 

25,000

 

24,270

 

825 Jones I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

1,750,000

 

1,750,000

 

1,785,000

 

825 Jones II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

100,000

 

100,000

 

97,080

 

839 Jones I, 5.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

1,415,000

 

1,415,000

 

1,443,300

 

839 Jones II, 13.38%, 10/1/06

 

09/03/03

 

100,000

 

100,000

 

97,080

 

Applewood Manor, 8.63%, 1/1/08

 

12/23/93

 

622,993

 

619,878

 

647,913

 

Charleston Plaza Apartments, 7.38%, 7/1/08

 

04/01/04

 

1,431,940

 

1,431,940

 

1,489,217

 

Franklin Woods Apartments, 6.00%, 3/1/10

 

02/24/95

 

1,029,336

 

1,026,553

 

1,080,803

 

Hunt Club Apartments, 5.68%, 7/1/11

 

06/03/04

 

1,238,906

 

1,238,906

 

1,300,852

 

Park Hollywood, 7.38%, 6/1/12

 

05/31/02

 

1,154,593

 

1,154,593

 

1,212,323

 

Rush Oaks Apartments, 7.78%, 12/1/07

 

11/26/97

 

492,802

 

492,802

 

512,514

 

Upland Apartments, 5.38%, 6/1/06

 

05/23/03

 

1,200,000

 

1,200,000

 

1,224,000

 

Vanderbilt Condominiums, 8.04%, 10/1/09

 

09/29/99

 

1,144,811

 

1,144,811

 

1,202,051

 

Villa Bonita, Chez Royalle, Fitzhugh Apartments I, 7.25%, 3/1/06

 

02/21/03

 

1,900,000

 

1,900,000

 

1,938,000

 

Villa Bonita, Chez Royalle, Fitzhugh Apartments II, 9.88%, 3/1/06

 

02/21/03

 

350,000

 

350,000

 

287,441

 

Woodland Garden Apartments, 7.38%, 9/1/08

 

08/26/98

 

994,638

 

994,638

 

1,017,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,874,121

 

19,357,727

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single Family Loans —3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aegis, 10.00%, 3/26/10

 

10/26/95

 

48,525

 

45,841

 

49,980

 

Aegis II, 9.66%, 1/28/14

 

12/28/95

 

39,094

 

35,820

 

40,267

 

American Portfolio, 4.88%, 10/18/15

 

07/18/95

 

27,185

 

25,896

 

28,001

 

Anivan, 5.19%, 4/14/12

 

06/14/96

 

117,517

 

118,277

 

118,121

 

Bank of New Mexico, 6.23%, 3/31/10

 

03/01/04

 

80,795

 

79,294

 

83,218

 

Bluebonnet Savings and Loan, 6.66%, 8/31/10

 

05/22/92

 

207,008

 

189,655

 

213,218

 

Bluebonnet Savings and Loan II, 11.50%, 8/31/10

 

05/22/92

 

9,716

 

9,520

 

9,705

 

CLSI Allison Williams, 9.38%, 8/1/17

 

02/28/92

 

61,177

 

56,268

 

62,940

 

Cross Roads Savings and Loan, 6.25%, 1/1/21

 

01/07/92

 

41,914

 

39,639

 

42,953

 

Cross Roads Savings and Loan II, 8.34%, 1/1/21

 

01/07/92

 

61,782

 

58,103

 

63,636

 

Fairbanks, Utah, 5.50%, 9/23/15

 

05/21/92

 

23,896

 

20,281

 

24,613

 

First Boston Mortgage Pool, 9.04%, 11/5/07

 

06/23/92

 

76,788

 

62,760

 

76,783

 

Huntington MEWS, 9.00%, 8/1/17

 

01/22/92

 

126,129

 

108,889

 

129,913

 

Knutson Mortgage Portfolio I, 9.37%, 8/1/17

 

02/26/92

 

189,754

 

181,068

 

195,447

 

McClemore, Matrix Funding Corporation, 10.50%, 9/30/12

 

09/09/92

 

49,822

 

47,331

 

51,317

 

Nomura III, 8.20%, 4/29/17

 

09/29/95

 

395,671

 

357,665

 

403,686

 

Rand Mortgage Corporation, 9.50%, 8/1/17

 

07/01/02

 

71,217

 

58,421

 

73,352

 

Salomon II, 9.34%, 11/23/14

 

12/23/94

 

80,193

 

69,803

 

82,598

 

Valley Bank of Commerce, N.M., 9.01%, 8/31/10

 

05/07/92

 

35,699

 

30,368

 

36,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,594,899

 

1,786,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Whole Loans and Participation Mortgages

 

 

 

 

 

37,682,814

 

38,655,679

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Servicing Rights (e)(f) —0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matrix Servicing Rights, 0.12%, 7/10/22

 

07/10/92

 

4,847,912

 

40,601

 

38,536

 

 



 

Description of Security

 

Date
Acquired

 

Par Value/
Shares

 

Cost

 

Value(a)

 

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks —5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts —5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRE Properties, Series B

 

01/28/03

 

$

20,500

 

$

539,150

 

$

548,375

 

Developers Divers Realty

 

01/08/03

 

13,000

 

338,650

 

347,100

 

Equity Residential Properties, Series D

 

08/15/02

 

1,600

 

42,553

 

44,640

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust

 

01/21/03

 

22,000

 

580,483

 

618,200

 

HRPT Properties Trust, Series A

 

01/09/03

 

8,400

 

225,120

 

227,724

 

HRPT Properties Trust, Series B

 

01/08/03

 

14,000

 

364,477

 

383,040

 

PS Business Park, Series D

 

01/29/03

 

11,500

 

308,161

 

314,525

 

PS Business Park, Series F

 

01/21/03

 

10,500

 

276,103

 

279,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

2,674,697

 

2,763,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Money Market Fund (g) —8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First American Prime Obligations Fund, Class Z

 

 

 

4,715,167

 

4,715,167

 

4,715,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities (h) —111.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,469,077

 

$

59,962,563

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of INVESTMENTS

 



 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)       Securities are valued in accordance with procedures described in note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements in the recent report dated May 31, 2004.

(b)       On August 31, 2004, securities valued at $6,344,738 were pledged as collateral for the following outstanding reverse repurchase agreements:

 

Amount

 

Acquisition
Date

 

Rate

 

Due

 

Accrued
Interest

 

Name of Broker
and Description
of Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,140,217

 

8/10/2004

 

1.56%*

 

9/9/2004

 

$

5,854

 

(1)

 

 

*Interest rate as of August 31, 2004, Rate is based on the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and reset monthly.

 

Name of broker and description of collateral:

(1)       Morgan Stanley;

FNMA, 6.00%, 10/1/16, $872,930 par

FNMA, 5.00%, 7/1/18, $3,429,645 par

FNMA, 6.50%, 6/1/29, $411,218 par

FNMA, 7.50%, 5/1/30, $107,432 par

FNMA, 8.00%, 5/1/30, $28,435 par

FNMA, 6.00%, 5/1/31, $770,313 par

FNMA, 6.50%, 11/1/31, $522,925 par

 

The Fund has entered into a lending commitment with Morgan Stanley.  The agreement permits the Fund to enter into reverse repurchase agreements up to $10,000,000 using whole loans as collateral.  The Fund pays a fee of 0.15% to Morgan Stanley on any unused portion of the $10,000,000 lending commitment.

 

(c)        Interest rates on commercial and multifamily loans are the rates in effect on August 31, 2004.  Interest rates and maturity dates disclosed on single family loans represent the weighted average coupon and weighted average maturity for the underlying mortgage loans as of August 31, 2004.

(d)       Commercial and multifamily loans are described by the name of the mortgaged property.  Pools of single family loans are described by the name of the institution from which the loans were purchased.  The geographical location of the mortgaged properties and, in the case of single family, the number of loans, is presented below.

 

Commercial Loans:

Advance Self Storage - Lincoln, NE

Buca Restaurant – Maple Grove, MN

Dixie Highway – Pompano Beach, FL

Hampden Medical Office – Englewood, CO

Integrity Plaza Shopping Center – Albuquerque, NM

Metro Center – Albuquerque, NM

Orchard Commons – Englewood, CO

Pacific Periodicals Building – Lakewood, WA

Rockwood Galleria – Gresham, OR

Schendel Office Building – Beaverton, OR

Stephens Center – Missoula, MT

Voit Office Building – Orange, CA

 

Multifamily Loans:

1500 Geneva I – San Francisco, CA

1500 Geneva II – San Francisco, CA

3715 California I – San Francisco, CA

3715 California II – San Francisco, CA

437 Hyde I – San Francisco, CA

437 Hyde II – San Francisco, CA

 



 

500 Bartlett I – San Francisco, CA

500 Bartlett II – San Francisco, CA

825 Jones I – San Francisco, CA

825 Jones II – San Francisco, CA

839 Jones I – San Francisco, CA

839 Jones II – San Francisco, CA

Applewood Manor – Duluth, MN

Charleston Plaza Apartments – Las Vegas, NV

Franklin Woods Apartments – Franklin, NH

Park Hollywood – Portland, OR

Rush Oaks Apartments – LaPorte, TX

Upland Apartments – Upland, CA

Vanderbilt Condominiums – Austin, TX

Villa Bonita, Chez Royalle, Fitzhugh Apartments I – Dallas, TX

Villa Bonita, Chez Royalle, Fitzhugh Apartments II – Dallas, TX

Woodland Garden Apartments – Arlington, WA

 

Single Family Loans:

Aegis – 1 loan, midwestern United States

Aegis II – 2 loans, midwestern United States

American Portfolio – 1 loan, California

Anivan – 1 loan, Maryland

Bank of New Mexico – 2 loans,  New Mexico

Bluebonnet Savings and Loan – 7 loans, Texas

Bluebonnet Savings and Loan II – 1 loan, Texas

CLSI Allison Williams – 5 loans, Texas

Cross Roads Savings and Loan – 1 loan, Oklahoma

Cross Roads Savings and Loan II – 3 loans, Oklahoma

Fairbanks, Utah – 1 loan, Utah

First Boston Mortgage Pool – 5 loans, United States

Huntington MEWS – 1 loan, New Jersey

Knutson Mortgage Portfolio I – 3 loans, midwestern United States

McClemore, Matrix Funding Corporation – 1 loan, North Carolina

Nomura III – 7 loans,  midwestern United States

Rand Mortgage Corporation – 2 loans, Texas

Salomon II – 2 loans,  midwestern United States

Valley Bank of Commerce, N.M. – 4 loans, New Mexico

 

(e)        Securities purchased as part of a private placement which have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 and are considered to be illiquid.  On August 31, 2004, the total value of fair valued securities was $38,694,215  or 71.9% of net assets.

 (f)        Interest rate disclosed represents the current yield based on the current cost basis and estimated future cash flows.

(g)       Investment in affiliated security.  This money market fund is advised by U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc.,  which also serves as the advisor for the Fund. See note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(h)       On August 31, 2004, the cost of investments in securities was $58,469,077.  The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments in securities, based on this cost were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,847,306

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(353,820

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,493,486

 

 

Abbreviations:

FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association

 



 

Item 2—Controls and Procedures

 

(a)   Disclose the conclusions of the registrant’s principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, about the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph.

 

Response: The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the date of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported timely.

 

(b)   Disclose any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Response: There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are filed as exhibits hereto.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

 

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

 

(Registrant)

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.

 

By  (Signature and Title)*

/s/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr., President

 

Date

10/29/04

 

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.

 

(Registrant)

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.

 

By  (Signature and Title)*

/s/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr., President

 

Date

10/29/04

 

(Registrant)

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc.

 

By  (Signature and Title)*

/s/ Joseph M. Ulrey III, Treasurer

 

Date

10/29/04


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

 


EX-99.CERT 2 a04-11611_1ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Thomas S. Schreier, Jr, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of American Strategic Income Portfolio 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 schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

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-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)         Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)          Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed 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 and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b)         Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:  10/29/04

 

 

/s/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

 

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

 

President

 

 



 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Joseph M. Ulrey III, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of American Strategic Income Portfolio 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 schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

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-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)         Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)          Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed 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 and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b)         Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:  10/29/04

 

 

/s/ Joseph M. Ulrey III

 

 

Joseph M. Ulrey III

 

 

Treasurer

 

 


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