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FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-08748

 

 

Wanger Advisors Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

50606 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55474

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Scott R. Plummer

5228 Ameriprise Financial Center

Minneapolis, MN 55474

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-612-671-1947

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2010

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Wanger USA

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2010

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities - 99.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information 32.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Business Software 8.2%

 

 

 

998,000

 

Informatica (a)

 

$

26,806,280

 

 

 

Enterprise Data Integration Software

 

 

 

630,000

 

Micros Systems (a)

 

20,714,400

 

 

 

Information Systems for Restaurants & Hotels

 

 

 

375,000

 

ANSYS (a)

 

16,177,500

 

 

 

Simulation Software for Engineers & Designers

 

 

 

575,000

 

Blackbaud

 

14,484,250

 

 

 

Software & Services for Non-profits

 

 

 

180,000

 

Concur Technologies (a)

 

7,381,800

 

 

 

Web Enabled Cost & Expense Management Software

 

 

 

1,213,000

 

Novell (a)

 

7,265,870

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

90,000

 

Blackboard (a)

 

3,749,400

 

 

 

Education Software

 

 

 

58,000

 

Quality Systems

 

3,563,520

 

 

 

IT Systems for Medical Groups & Ambulatory Care Centers

 

 

 

590,000

 

Art Technology Group (a)

 

2,601,900

 

 

 

Software & Tools to Optimize Websites for E-Commerce

 

 

 

133,104

 

Tyler Technologies (a)

 

2,494,369

 

 

 

Financial, Tax, Court & Document Management Systems for Local Governments

 

 

 

150,000

 

NetSuite (a)

 

2,181,000

 

 

 

End to End IT Systems Solutions Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

57,700

 

Constant Contact (a)

 

1,339,794

 

 

 

E-mail & Other Marketing Campaign Management Systems Delivered Over the Web

 

 

 

90,000

 

Avid Technology (a)

 

1,240,200

 

 

 

Digital Nonlinear Editing Software & Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,000,283

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Related Equipment 4.2%

 

 

 

743,000

 

Microsemi (a)

 

12,883,620

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

478,000

 

Monolithic Power Systems (a)

 

10,659,400

 

 

 

High Performance Analog & Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits (ICs)

 

 

 

1,179,750

 

ON Semiconductor (a)

 

9,438,000

 

 

 

Mixed-signal & Power Management Semiconductors

 

 

 

1,180,000

 

Integrated Device Technology (a)

 

7,233,400

 

 

 

Communications Semiconductors

 

 

 

239,300

 

Supertex (a)

 

6,123,687

 

 

 

Analog/Mixed-signal Semiconductors

 

 

 

750,000

 

Entegris (a)

 

3,780,000

 

 

 

Semiconductor Materials Management Products

 

 

 

345,000

 

Pericom Semiconductor (a)

 

3,694,950

 

 

 

Interface Integrated Circuits (ICs) & Frequency Control Products

 

 

 

490,000

 

Atmel (a)

 

2,464,700

 

 

 

Microcontrollers, RF & Memory Semiconductors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,277,757

 

 

 

Telephone and Data Services 3.8%

 

 

 

2,081,000

 

tw telecom (a)

 

37,770,150

 

 

 

Fiber Optic Telephone/Data Services

 

 

 

2,100,000

 

PAETEC Holding (a)

 

9,828,000

 

 

 

Telephone/Data Services for Business

 

 

 

45,000

 

AboveNet (a)

 

2,282,850

 

 

 

Metropolitan Fiber Communications Services

 

 

 

200,000

 

Cogent Communications (a)

 

2,082,000

 

 

 

Internet Data Pipelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,963,000

 

 

 

Mobile Communications 3.0%

 

 

 

710,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

27,143,300

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

355,000

 

SBA Communications (a)

 

12,804,850

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

88,000

 

Globalstar (a)(b)

 

119,680

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,067,830

 

 

 

Telecommunications Equipment 2.7%

 

 

 

488,000

 

Blue Coat Systems (a)

 

15,147,520

 

 

 

WAN Acceleration & Network Security

 

 

 

405,000

 

Polycom (a)

 

12,384,900

 

 

 

Video Conferencing Equipment

 

 

 

298,000

 

Finisar (a)

 

4,681,580

 

 

 

Optical Sub-systems & Components

 

 

 

138,000

 

CommScope (a)

 

3,866,760

 

 

 

Wireless Infrastructure Equipment & Telecom Cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,080,760

 

 

 

Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 2.2%

 

 

 

305,600

 

Amphenol

 

12,893,264

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

230,000

 

II-VI (a)

 

7,783,200

 

 

 

Laser Optics & Specialty Materials

 

 

 

135,000

 

Netgear (a)

 

3,523,500

 

 

 

Networking Products for Small Business & Home

 

 

 

80,000

 

Nice Systems - ADR (Israel) (a)

 

2,540,000

 

 

 

Audio & Video Recording Solutions

 

 

 

85,000

 

Zebra Technologies (a)

 

2,516,000

 

 

 

Bar Code Printers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,255,964

 

 

 

Instrumentation 2.1%

 

 

 

185,000

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

20,202,000

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

600,000

 

IPG Photonics (a)

 

8,880,000

 

 

 

Fiber Lasers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,082,000

 

 

 

Gaming Equipment & Services 1.4%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Bally Technologies (a)

 

16,216,000

 

 

 

Slot Machines & Software

 

 

 

65,000

 

WMS Industries (a)

 

2,726,100

 

 

 

Slot Machine Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,942,100

 

 

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Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Services 1.3%

 

 

 

275,000

 

SRA International (a)

 

$

5,717,250

 

 

 

Government IT Services

 

 

 

310,000

 

ExlService Holdings (a)

 

5,170,800

 

 

 

BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)

 

 

 

156,000

 

Acxiom (a)

 

2,798,640

 

 

 

Database Marketing Services

 

 

 

753,000

 

RCM Technologies (a)(c)

 

2,371,950

 

 

 

Technology & Engineering Services

 

 

 

634,500

 

Hackett Group (a)

 

1,763,910

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,822,550

 

 

 

Internet Related 1.0%

 

 

 

617,000

 

Switch & Data Facilities (a)

 

10,957,920

 

 

 

Network Neutral Data Centers

 

 

 

875,000

 

TheStreet.com

 

3,237,500

 

 

 

Financial Information Websites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,195,420

 

 

 

Contract Manufacturing 1.0%

 

 

 

251,000

 

Plexus (a)

 

9,043,530

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

250,000

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

4,125,000

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,168,530

 

 

 

Financial Processors 0.6%

 

 

 

180,000

 

Global Payments

 

8,199,000

 

 

 

Credit Card Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Information & Marketing Services 0.4%

 

 

 

443,200

 

Navigant Consulting (a)

 

5,376,016

 

 

 

Financial Consulting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV Broadcasting 0.2%

 

 

 

880,000

 

Entravision Communications (a)

 

2,428,800

 

 

 

Spanish Language TV & Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radio 0.2%

 

 

 

561,900

 

Salem Communications (a)

 

2,011,602

 

 

 

Radio Stations for Religious Programming

 

 

 

515,000

 

Spanish Broadcasting System (a)

 

401,597

 

 

 

Spanish Language Radio Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,413,199

 

 

 

CATV 0.1%

 

 

 

335,000

 

Mediacom Communications (a)

 

1,993,250

 

 

 

Cable TV Franchises

 

 

 

Total Information

 

437,266,459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 16.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Retail 7.3%

 

 

 

420,000

 

lululemon athletica (a)

 

17,430,000

 

 

 

Premium Active Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

360,000

 

Urban Outfitters (a)

 

13,690,800

 

 

 

Apparel & Home Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

270,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

12,322,800

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

223,000

 

J Crew Group (a)

 

10,235,700

 

 

 

Multi-channel Branded Retailer

 

 

 

696,000

 

Chico’s FAS

 

10,036,320

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

800,000

 

Saks (a)

 

6,880,000

 

 

 

Luxury Department Store Retailer

 

 

 

479,000

 

Talbots (a)

 

6,207,840

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

216,000

 

AnnTaylor Stores (a)

 

4,471,200

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

616,000

 

Charming Shoppes (a)

 

3,363,360

 

 

 

Women’s Specialty Plus Size Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

120,000

 

Shutterfly (a)

 

2,890,800

 

 

 

Internet Photo-centric Retailer

 

 

 

381,600

 

Coldwater Creek (a)

 

2,648,304

 

 

 

Women’s Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

440,000

 

Wet Seal (a)

 

2,094,400

 

 

 

Specialty Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

325,000

 

Pier 1 Imports (a)

 

2,070,250

 

 

 

Home Furnishing Retailer

 

 

 

110,000

 

Vitacost.com (a)

 

1,325,500

 

 

 

Online Vitamin Retailer

 

 

 

150,000

 

Gaiam

 

1,245,000

 

 

 

Healthy Living Catalogs & E-Commerce

 

 

 

115,700

 

Bebe Stores

 

1,029,730

 

 

 

Women’s Contemporary Specialty Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97,942,004

 

 

 

Travel 2.9%

 

 

 

750,000

 

Gaylord Entertainment (a)

 

21,967,500

 

 

 

Convention Hotels

 

 

 

797,900

 

Avis Budget Group (a)

 

9,175,850

 

 

 

Second Largest Car Rental Company

 

 

 

750,000

 

Hertz (a)

 

7,492,500

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,635,850

 

 

 

Furniture & Textiles 1.3%

 

 

 

1,065,000

 

Knoll

 

11,981,250

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

310,000

 

Herman Miller

 

5,598,600

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,579,850

 

 

 

Educational Services 1.2%

 

 

 

139,000

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

15,634,720

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Durable Goods 1.0%

 

 

 

242,383

 

Cavco Industries (a)

 

8,274,956

 

 

 

Manufactured Homes

 

 

 

144,000

 

Jarden

 

4,793,760

 

 

 

Branded Household Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,068,716

 

 

 

Consumer Goods Distribution 0.7%

 

 

 

433,500

 

Pool

 

9,814,440

 

 

 

Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies & Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casinos & Gaming 0.6%

 

 

 

555,000

 

Pinnacle Entertainment (a)

 

5,405,700

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

100,000

 

Penn National Gaming (a)

 

2,780,000

 

 

 

Regional Casino Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,185,700

 

 

 

Apparel 0.6%

 

 

 

268,745

 

True Religion Apparel (a)

 

8,159,098

 

 

 

Premium Denim

 

 

 

 

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Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Beverage 0.4%

 

 

 

147,000

 

Diamond Foods

 

$

6,179,880

 

 

 

Culinary Ingredients & Snack Foods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Consumer Services 0.4%

 

 

 

179,000

 

Lifetime Fitness (a)

 

5,029,900

 

 

 

Sport & Fitness Club Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leisure Products 0.3%

 

 

 

140,000

 

Thor Industries

 

4,229,400

 

 

 

RV & Bus Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restaurants 0.1%

 

 

 

40,000

 

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro (a)

 

1,765,200

 

 

 

Mandarin Style Restaurants

 

 

 

Total Consumer Goods & Services

 

226,224,758

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 15.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Banks 5.6%

 

 

 

935,083

 

Valley National Bancorp

 

14,372,226

 

 

 

New Jersey/New York Bank

 

 

 

689,700

 

TCF Financial

 

10,993,818

 

 

 

Great Lakes Bank

 

 

 

478,100

 

MB Financial

 

10,771,593

 

 

 

Chicago Bank

 

 

 

423,079

 

Lakeland Financial

 

8,059,655

 

 

 

Indiana Bank

 

 

 

163,000

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

7,605,580

 

 

 

Bank to Venture Capitalists

 

 

 

395,000

 

Wilmington Trust

 

6,545,150

 

 

 

Delaware Trust Bank

 

 

 

437,000

 

Pacific Continental

 

4,588,500

 

 

 

Pacific Northwest Bank

 

 

 

678,200

 

First Busey

 

2,997,644

 

 

 

Illinois Bank

 

 

 

200,000

 

Whitney Holding

 

2,758,000

 

 

 

Gulf Coast Bank

 

 

 

147,700

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp

 

2,215,500

 

 

 

Baltimore/D.C. Bank

 

 

 

155,600

 

Associated Banc-Corp

 

2,147,280

 

 

 

Midwest Bank

 

 

 

181,582

 

Green Bankshares (a)(b)

 

1,481,709

 

 

 

Tennessee Bank

 

 

 

851,451

 

Guaranty Bancorp (a)

 

1,353,807

 

 

 

Colorado Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,890,462

 

 

 

Finance Companies 4.3%

 

 

 

1,142,400

 

AmeriCredit (a)

 

27,143,424

 

 

 

Auto Lending

 

 

 

359,000

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

8,698,570

 

 

 

Temporary Space & IT Rentals

 

 

 

188,300

 

World Acceptance (a)

 

6,793,864

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

625,000

 

H&E Equipment Services (a)

 

6,737,500

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Leasing

 

 

 

230,000

 

CAI International (a)

 

2,833,600

 

 

 

International Container Leasing

 

 

 

80,000

 

Aaron’s

 

2,667,200

 

 

 

Rent to Own

 

 

 

92,500

 

GATX

 

2,650,125

 

 

 

Rail Car Lessor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,524,283

 

 

 

Brokerage & Money Management 2.4%

 

 

 

642,000

 

SEI Investments

 

14,104,740

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

280,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

9,391,200

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

750,000

 

MF Global (a)

 

6,052,500

 

 

 

Futures Broker

 

 

 

155,000

 

Investment Technology Group (a)

 

2,586,950

 

 

 

Electronic Trading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,135,390

 

 

 

Insurance 1.6%

 

 

 

376,000

 

Leucadia National (a)

 

9,328,560

 

 

 

Insurance Holding Company

 

 

 

18,000

 

Markel (a)

 

6,743,880

 

 

 

Specialty Insurance

 

 

 

110,000

 

Delphi Financial Group

 

2,767,600

 

 

 

Workers Compensation & Group Employee Benefit Products & Services

 

 

 

120,000

 

Tower Group

 

2,660,400

 

 

 

Commercial & Personal Lines Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,500,440

 

 

 

Savings & Loans 1.1%

 

 

 

600,000

 

ViewPoint Financial

 

9,726,000

 

 

 

Texas Thrift

 

 

 

238,079

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

 

4,363,988

 

 

 

Northeast Thrift

 

 

 

60,272

 

Provident New York Bancorp

 

571,378

 

 

 

New York State Thrift

 

 

 

42,455

 

K-Fed Bancorp (b)

 

378,699

 

 

 

Los Angeles Savings & Loan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,040,065

 

Total Finance

 

 

 

202,090,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery 8.6%

 

 

 

640,000

 

Ametek

 

26,534,400

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

365,100

 

Nordson

 

24,797,592

 

 

 

Dispensing Systems for Adhesives & Coatings

 

 

 

442,000

 

Donaldson

 

19,943,040

 

 

 

Industrial Air Filtration

 

 

 

485,000

 

Pentair

 

17,275,700

 

 

 

Pumps & Water Treatment

 

 

 

452,300

 

ESCO Technologies

 

14,387,663

 

 

 

Automatic Electric Meter Readers

 

 

 

195,000

 

MOOG (a)

 

6,906,900

 

 

 

Motion Control Products for Aerospace, Defense & Industrial Markets

 

 

 

168,000

 

Oshkosh (a)

 

6,777,120

 

 

 

Specialty Truck Manufacturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

116,622,415

 

 

 

Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.0%

 

 

 

255,000

 

Drew Industries (a)

 

5,615,100

 

 

 

RV & Manufactured Home Components

 

 

 

250,000

 

Albany International

 

5,382,500

 

 

 

Paper Machine Clothing & Advanced Textiles

 

 

 

 

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Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals — 1.0% (cont)

 

 

 

60,000

 

Albemarle

 

$

2,557,800

 

 

 

Refinery Catalysts & Other Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,555,400

 

 

 

Steel 0.5%

 

 

 

540,000

 

GrafTech International (a)

 

7,381,800

 

 

 

Industrial Graphite Materials Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical Components 0.5%

 

 

 

145,000

 

Acuity Brands

 

6,120,450

 

 

 

Commercial Lighting Fixtures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction 0.3%

 

 

 

240,000

 

M/I Homes (a)

 

3,516,000

 

 

 

Columbus-based Home Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water 0.2%

 

 

 

550,000

 

Mueller Water Products

 

2,629,000

 

 

 

Fire Hydrants, Valves & Ductile Iron Pipes

 

 

 

Total Industrial Goods & Services

 

149,825,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care 9.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology & Drug Delivery 4.7%

 

 

 

228,000

 

Human Genome Sciences (a)

 

6,885,600

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on HCV, Inflammation & Cancer

 

 

 

188,000

 

Acorda Therapeutics (a)

 

6,429,600

 

 

 

Biopharma Company Focused on Nervous Disorder Drugs

 

 

 

244,000

 

BioMarin (a)

 

5,702,280

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

361,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

5,490,810

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Technologies

 

 

 

458,300

 

Seattle Genetics (a)

 

5,472,102

 

 

 

Antibody-based Therapies for Cancer

 

 

 

718,600

 

Allos Therapeutics (a)

 

5,339,198

 

 

 

Cancer Drug Development

 

 

 

157,000

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

4,892,120

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Niche Disease Areas

 

 

 

103,000

 

InterMune (a)

 

4,590,710

 

 

 

Drugs for Pulmonary Fibrosis & Hepatitis C

 

 

 

112,000

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

3,909,920

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Niche Diseases

 

 

 

57,000

 

United Therapeutics (a)

 

3,153,810

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Rare Diseases

 

 

 

385,000

 

Micromet (a)

 

3,110,800

 

 

 

Next-generation Antibody Technology

 

 

 

90,000

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

2,725,200

 

 

 

Commercial-stage Biotech Focused on Cancer

 

 

 

507,000

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

2,555,280

 

 

 

Orphan Drugs & Healthy Royalties

 

 

 

179,700

 

Isis Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

1,962,324

 

 

 

Biotech Pioneer in Anti-sense Drugs

 

 

 

180,000

 

Anthera (a)

 

1,258,200

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Cardiovascular, Cancer & Immunology

 

 

 

40,000

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

540,800

 

 

 

Primary Care Drugs

 

 

 

738,060

 

Medicure - Warrants (a)(d)

 

4,613

 

 

 

Cardiovascular Biotech Company

 

 

 

100,000

 

IsoRay - Warrants (a)(d)

 

3,000

 

 

 

Radiology Cancer Company

 

 

 

25,000

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series A-1, Pfd. (a)(d)

 

1,000

 

12,886

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals, Series B-1, Pfd. (a)(d)

 

515

 

 

 

High Throughput Rational Drug Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,027,882

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Devices 2.7%

 

 

 

235,000

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

12,776,950

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

165,000

 

Orthofix International (a)

 

6,002,700

 

 

 

Bone Fixation & Stimulation Devices

 

 

 

73,000

 

Gen-Probe (a)

 

3,650,000

 

 

 

Molecular In-vitro Diagnostics

 

 

 

80,000

 

Sirona Dental Systems (a)

 

3,042,400

 

 

 

Manufacturer of Dental Equipment

 

 

 

160,000

 

American Medical Systems (a)

 

2,972,800

 

 

 

Medical Devices to Treat Urological Conditions

 

 

 

102,740

 

Vermillion (a)(d)

 

2,658,398

 

 

 

Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Test

 

 

 

63,000

 

Illumina (a)

 

2,450,700

 

 

 

Leading Tools & Service Provider for Genetic Analysis

 

 

 

35,000

 

Kinetic Concepts (a)

 

1,673,350

 

 

 

Wound Healing & Tissue Repair Products

 

 

 

240,000

 

Nanosphere (a)

 

1,149,600

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics Company with Best of Breed Platform

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,376,898

 

 

 

Health Care Services 1.0%

 

 

 

362,465

 

PSS World Medical (a)

 

8,521,552

 

 

 

Distributor of Medical Supplies

 

 

 

40,000

 

Mednax (a)

 

2,327,600

 

 

 

Physician Management for Pediatric & Anesthesia Practices

 

 

 

285,000

 

eResearch Technology (a)

 

1,969,350

 

 

 

Clinical Research Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,818,502

 

 

 

Medical Supplies 0.9%

 

 

 

330,000

 

Cepheid (a)

 

5,768,400

 

 

 

Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

145,000

 

Immucor (a)

 

3,246,550

 

 

 

Automated Blood Typing Reagents

 

 

 

53,000

 

Idexx Laboratories (a)

 

3,050,150

 

 

 

Diagnostic Equipment & Services for Veterinarians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,065,100

 

Total Health Care

 

125,288,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 9.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Services 5.9%

 

 

 

530,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

34,253,900

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

784,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

27,149,920

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

177,000

 

Bristow (a)

 

6,678,210

 

 

 

Largest Provider of Helicopter Services to Offshore Oil & Gas Producers

 

 

 

 

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Number of Shares or
Principal Amount

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Services — 5.9% (cont)

 

 

 

95,000

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

$

6,031,550

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

203,125

 

Exterran Holdings (a)

 

4,909,531

 

 

 

Natural Gas Compressor Rental & Fabrication

 

 

 

108,700

 

Tesco (a)

 

1,268,529

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,291,640

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producers 2.6%

 

 

 

570,000

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas (a)

 

13,081,500

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

230,000

 

Ultra Petroleum (a)

 

10,724,900

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

265,000

 

Quicksilver Resources (a)

 

3,728,550

 

 

 

Natural Gas & Coal Steam Gas Producer

 

 

 

88,000

 

Equitable Resources

 

3,608,000

 

 

 

Natural Gas Producer & Utility

 

 

 

98,000

 

Northern Oil & Gas (a)

 

1,553,300

 

 

 

Small E&P Company in North Dakota Bakken

 

 

 

55,000

 

Rosetta Resources (a)

 

1,295,250

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer Exploring in South Texas & Montana

 

 

 

18,000

 

Southwestern Energy (a)

 

732,960

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,724,460

 

 

 

Mining 0.5%

 

 

 

50,000

 

Core Laboratories (Netherlands)

 

6,540,000

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

Total Energy & Minerals

 

121,556,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate 5.3%

 

 

 

405,000

 

SL Green Realty

 

23,194,350

 

 

 

Manhattan Office Buildings

 

 

 

280,620

 

Macerich

 

10,750,552

 

 

 

Regional Shopping Malls

 

 

 

532,000

 

BioMed Realty Trust

 

8,799,280

 

 

 

Life Science-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

Kite Realty Group

 

6,858,500

 

 

 

Community Shopping Centers

 

 

 

153,000

 

Corporate Office Properties

 

6,139,890

 

 

 

Office Buildings

 

 

 

100,000

 

Digital Realty Trust

 

5,420,000

 

 

 

Technology-focused Office Buildings

 

 

 

427,000

 

Extra Space Storage

 

5,414,360

 

 

 

Self Storage Facilities

 

 

 

517,000

 

DCT Industrial Trust

 

2,703,910

 

 

 

Industrial Properties

 

 

 

90,000

 

American Campus Communities

 

2,489,400

 

 

 

Student Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,770,242

 

 

 

Transportation 0.7%

 

 

 

235,000

 

Heartland Express

 

3,877,500

 

 

 

Regional Trucker

 

 

 

92,500

 

World Fuel Services

 

2,464,200

 

 

 

Global Fuel Broker

 

 

 

180,000

 

Rush Enterprises, Class A (a)

 

2,377,800

 

 

 

Truck Sales & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,719,500

 

Total Other Industries

 

80,489,742

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 99.6%
(Cost: $1,029,745,245)

 

1,342,741,146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral - 0.0%

 

 

 

123,973

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund
(7 day yield of 0.01%)(e)

 

123,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $123,973)

 

123,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation-0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement 0.3%

 

 

 

$

4,295,000

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/10, due 4/01/10 at 0.00%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency obligation maturing 12/10/15, market value $4,380,900 (repurchase proceeds $4,295,000)

 

4,295,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligation:
(Cost: $4,295,000)

 

4,295,000

 

 

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Total Investments: 99.9%
(Cost: $1,034,164,218)(f)

 

1,347,160,119

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (0.0)%

 

(123,973

)

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.1%

 

1,010,038

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,348,046,184

 

 


Notes to Statement of Investments:

 

* Security Valuation:

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds are valued at their closing net asset value as reported to NASDAQ. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued at its fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systemic methodology to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign market and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

·                  Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

·                  Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable, unobservable inputs may be used.  Unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Funds’ Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information

 

$

437,266,459

 

$

 

$

 

$

437,266,459

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

226,224,758

 

 

 

226,224,758

 

Finance

 

202,090,640

 

 

 

202,090,640

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

149,825,065

 

 

 

149,825,065

 

Health Care

 

122,620,856

 

2,666,011

 

1,515

 

125,288,382

 

Energy & Minerals

 

121,556,100

 

 

 

121,556,100

 

Other Industries

 

80,489,742

 

 

 

80,489,742

 

Total Equities

 

 

1,340,073,620

 

 

2,666,011

 

 

1,515

 

 

1,342,741,146

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

123,973

 

 

 

123,973

 

Total Short-Term Obligation

 

 

4,295,000

 

 

4,295,000

 

Total Investments

 

$

1,340,197,593

 

$

6,961,011

 

$

1,515

 

$

1,347,160,119

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets. Securities acquired via private placement, that have a holding period or an extended settlement period, are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the advisors experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price. Warrants which do not trade are valued as a percentage of the actively trading common stock using a model, based on Black Scholes.

 

Certain Short-Term Obligations may be valued using amortized cost, an income approach which converts future cash flows to a present value based upon the discount or premium at purchase.

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 3 input category are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.  To determine fair value, management will utilize the valuation technique that they deem the most appropriate in the circumstances. Securities for which no market exists are valued based upon the market approach using inputs from the investment team but ultimately decided by the Board of Trustees. These may include, but are not limited to, projected earnings, available cash, line of business, multiples, and consideration of the prioritization of the equity in a company’s capital structure.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three month period ending March 31, 2010, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31, 2009

 

Realized
Gain/ (Loss)

 

Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Net Purchases
(Sales)

 

Net Transfers
into (out of)
Level 3

 

Balance as of
March 31, 2010

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care

 

$

1,894

 

$

 

$

(379

)

$

 

$

 

$

1,515

 

 

 

$

1,894

 

$

 

$

(379

)

$

 

$

 

$

1,515

 

 

The information in the above  reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

 

The change in unrealized depreciation attributed to securities owned at March 31, 2010, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) amounted to $379.

 

(a)                                 Non-income producing security.

 

(b)                                 All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2010. The total market value of fund securities on loan at March 31, 2010 was $118,948.

 

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(c)                                  An affiliated person of the fund may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the three months ended March 31, 2010, are as follows:

 

Affiliates

 

Balance of
Shares
Held at
12/31/2009

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares
Held at
3/31/10

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

RCM Technologies

 

753,000

 

 

 

753,000

 

$

2,371,950

 

$

 

Cavco Industries*

 

272,184

 

 

29,801

 

242,383

 

8,274,956

 

 

 

 

1,025,184

 

 

29,801

 

995,383

 

$

10,646,906

 

$

 

 

* At March 31, 2010, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

The aggregate cost and value of these companies at March 31, 2010, were $12,974,742 and $10,646,906, respectively. Investments in affiliated companies represented 0.79% of total net assets at March 31, 2010.

 

(d)                                 Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2010, the market value of these securities amounted to $2,667,526, which represented 0.20% of total net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

 

 

Acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

 

Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Vermillion

 

1/07/10

 

102,740

 

$

1,899,991

 

$

2,658,398

 

Medicure – Warrants

 

12/22/06

 

738,060

 

 

4,613

 

IsoRay – Warrants

 

3/21/07

 

100,000

 

 

3,000

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A-1, Pfd.

 

9/05/01

 

25,000

 

1,000,000

 

1,000

 

Locus Pharmaceuticals,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B-1, Pfd.

 

2/08/07

 

12,886

 

37,369

 

515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,937,360

 

$

2,667,526

 

 

(e)                                  Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

 

(f)                                   At March 31, 2010, for federal income tax purposes, cost of investments was $1,034,164,218, and net unrealized appreciation was $312,995,901, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $449,311,145 and gross unrealized depreciation of $136,315,244.

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

 

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Wanger International

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2010

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities - 94.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia 38.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 15.7%

 

 

 

2,076,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

$

16,920,655

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

8,100

 

Advance Residence Investment (a)

 

10,041,609

 

 

 

Residential REIT

 

 

 

8,332

 

Jupiter Telecommunications

 

9,625,158

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

146,300

 

Point

 

8,763,290

 

 

 

Apparel Specialty Retailer

 

 

 

4,312

 

Seven Bank

 

8,671,045

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

1,003,200

 

Kamigumi

 

8,069,381

 

 

 

Port Cargo Handling & Logistics

 

 

 

564,200

 

Aeon Delight

 

7,929,819

 

 

 

Facility Maintenance & Management

 

 

 

1,750

 

Orix JREIT

 

7,927,318

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

217,300

 

Ibiden

 

7,484,287

 

 

 

Electronic Parts & Ceramics

 

 

 

298,600

 

Glory

 

7,416,293

 

 

 

Currency Handling Systems & Related Equipment

 

 

 

66,700

 

Nakanishi

 

6,956,092

 

 

 

Dental Tools & Machinery

 

 

 

1,280

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

6,695,048

 

 

 

Osaka Securities Exchange

 

 

 

1,230

 

Nippon Accommodations Fund

 

6,328,270

 

 

 

Residential REIT

 

 

 

214,000

 

Ain Pharmaciez

 

6,251,300

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

3,407

 

Start Today

 

6,195,208

 

 

 

Largest Online Japanese Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

630,400

 

Asics

 

6,163,072

 

 

 

Footwear & Apparel

 

 

 

187,000

 

Makita

 

6,160,659

 

 

 

Power Tools

 

 

 

3,865

 

Wacom

 

5,891,138

 

 

 

Computer Graphic Illustration Devices

 

 

 

276,900

 

Aeon Mall

 

5,837,736

 

 

 

Suburban Shopping Mall Developer, Owner & Operator

 

 

 

204,200

 

Hamamatsu Photonics

 

5,772,816

 

 

 

Optical Sensors for Medical & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

1,075

 

Fukuoka

 

5,732,030

 

 

 

Diversified REIT in Fukuoka

 

 

 

219,000

 

Kintetsu World Express

 

5,652,444

 

 

 

Airfreight Logistics

 

 

 

184,000

 

Tsumura

 

5,343,459

 

 

 

Traditional Chinese/Japanese Herbal Rx Drugs (Kampo)

 

 

 

481,000

 

Rohto Pharmaceutical

 

5,283,848

 

 

 

Health & Beauty Products

 

 

 

160,000

 

Olympus

 

5,134,239

 

 

 

Medical Equipment (Endoscopes) & Cameras

 

 

 

194,000

 

Miura

 

5,052,840

 

 

 

Industrial Boiler

 

 

 

240,500

 

Daiseki

 

5,008,594

 

 

 

Waste Disposal & Recycling

 

 

 

296,400

 

Tamron

 

4,971,175

 

 

 

Camera Lens Maker

 

 

 

554,000

 

Suruga Bank

 

4,953,942

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

290,300

 

Ushio

 

4,924,760

 

 

 

Industrial Light Sources

 

 

 

99,400

 

Benesse

 

4,306,022

 

 

 

Education Service Provider

 

 

 

203,900

 

Torishima Pump Manufacturing

 

4,102,427

 

 

 

Industrial Pump for Power Generation & Water Supply Systems

 

 

 

247,100

 

Japan Airport Terminal

 

3,430,696

 

 

 

Airport Terminal Operator at Haneda

 

 

 

102,800

 

Unicharm PetCare

 

3,262,462

 

 

 

Pet Food & Pet Toiletries

 

 

 

262,000

 

Zenrin

 

3,138,731

 

 

 

Map Content Publisher

 

 

 

850

 

Kakaku.com

 

3,082,148

 

 

 

Online Price Comparison Services for Consumers

 

 

 

118,600

 

Icom

 

3,035,724

 

 

 

Two Way Radio Communication Equipment

 

 

 

68,500

 

As One

 

1,203,824

 

 

 

Scientific Supplies Distributor

 

 

 

60,000

 

Hoshizaki Electric

 

897,208

 

 

 

Commercial Kitchen Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

233,616,767

 

 

 

China 6.1%

 

 

 

8,913,100

 

China Green

 

11,238,593

 

 

 

Chinese Fruit & Vegetable Grower & Processor

 

 

 

73,347,900

 

RexLot Holdings

 

10,486,031

 

 

 

Lottery Equipment Supplier in China

 

 

 

2,442,747

 

Shandong Weigao

 

10,193,516

 

 

 

Vertically Integrated Hospital Consumable Manufacturing

 

 

 

116,700

 

New Oriental Education & Technology - ADR (a)(b)

 

9,979,017

 

 

 

China’s Largest Private Education Service Provider

 

 

 

3,088,900

 

China Yurun Food

 

9,428,719

 

 

 

Meat Processor in China

 

 

 

9,776,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway

 

9,166,279

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

4,256,941

 

Zhaojin Mining Industry

 

8,333,774

 

 

 

Gold Mining & Refining in China

 

 

 

215,100

 

Mindray - ADR (b)

 

7,833,942

 

 

 

Medical Device Manufacturer

 

 

 

6,490,000

 

Wasion Group

 

4,614,071

 

 

 

Electronic Power Meter Total Solution Provider

 

 

 

4,822,400

 

Sino Ocean Land

 

4,248,345

 

 

 

Property Developer in China

 

 

 

7,625,165

 

China Communication Services

 

3,849,779

 

 

 

China’s Telecom Infrastructure Service Provider

 

 

 

207,800

 

VisionChina Media - ADR (a)

 

976,660

 

 

 

Advertising on Digital Screens in China’s Mass Transit System

 

 

 

 

1



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China — 6.1% (cont)

 

 

 

100,900

 

IFM Investments (Century 21 China RE) - ADR (a)

 

$

706,300

 

 

 

Provides Real Estate Services in China

 

 

 

4,580,000

 

Fu Ji Food & Catering Services (a)(c)

 

47,191

 

 

 

Food Catering Service Provider in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,102,217

 

 

 

India 4.5%

 

 

 

324,385

 

Asian Paints

 

14,775,973

 

 

 

India’s Largest Paint Company

 

 

 

642,800

 

Jain Irrigation Systems

 

13,857,534

 

 

 

Agricultural Micro-irrigation Systems & Food Processing

 

 

 

517,000

 

Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone

 

9,075,570

 

 

 

Indian West Coast Shipping Port

 

 

 

769,317

 

Shriram Transport Finance

 

8,996,356

 

 

 

Truck Financing in India

 

 

 

143,000

 

Housing Development Finance

 

8,649,438

 

 

 

Indian Mortgage Lender

 

 

 

460,700

 

Educomp Solutions

 

7,675,768

 

 

 

Multimedia Educational Content & Schools

 

 

 

408,000

 

Patel Engineering

 

4,144,069

 

 

 

Civil Engineering & Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,174,708

 

 

 

Singapore 4.2%

 

 

 

11,308,100

 

Olam International

 

20,935,687

 

 

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

 

 

 

21,393,800

 

Mapletree Logistics Trust

 

12,998,842

 

 

 

Asian Logistics Landlord

 

 

 

9,169,000

 

CDL Hospitality Trust

 

11,797,562

 

 

 

Hotel Owner/Operator

 

 

 

6,417,700

 

Ascendas REIT

 

8,808,023

 

 

 

Singapore Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

1,528,100

 

Singapore Exchange

 

8,356,242

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,896,356

 

 

 

South Korea 2.8%

 

 

 

79,000

 

NHN (a)

 

12,567,944

 

 

 

South Korea’s Largest Online Search Engine

 

 

 

59,500

 

MegaStudy

 

9,807,548

 

 

 

Online Education Service Provider

 

 

 

296,000

 

Woongjin Coway

 

9,169,473

 

 

 

South Korean Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

119,000

 

Mirae Asset Securities (a)

 

5,994,962

 

 

 

South Korean Largest Diversified Financial Company

 

 

 

58,000

 

Taewoong

 

3,629,325

 

 

 

Niche Custom Forging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,169,252

 

 

 

Taiwan 2.4%

 

 

 

1,830,000

 

Simplo Technology

 

10,429,813

 

 

 

World’s Largest Notebook Battery Pack Supplier

 

 

 

16,460,000

 

Yuanta Financial Holdings

 

9,873,512

 

 

 

Financial Holding Company in Taiwan

 

 

 

3,048,680

 

Everlight Electronics

 

9,465,327

 

 

 

LED Packager

 

 

 

467,800

 

Formosa International Hotels

 

5,118,726

 

 

 

Hotel, Food & Beverage Operation & Hospitality Management Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,887,378

 

 

 

Hong Kong 1.7%

 

 

 

764,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

12,752,603

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

6,770,300

 

Lifestyle International

 

12,225,213

 

 

 

Mid to High-end Department Store Operator in Hong Kong & China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,977,816

 

 

 

Indonesia 0.7%

 

 

 

21,394,500

 

Perusahaan Gas Negara

 

9,992,486

 

 

 

Gas Distributor & Pipeline Operator

 

 

 

Total Asia

 

 

 

565,816,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe 36.3%

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom 7.8%

 

 

 

2,047,647

 

Serco

 

18,674,887

 

 

 

Facilities Management

 

 

 

577,600

 

Intertek Group

 

12,779,479

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection & Certification Services

 

 

 

1,008,498

 

Capita Group

 

11,577,436

 

 

 

White Collar, Back Office Outsourcing

 

 

 

2,796,900

 

Cobham

 

10,907,833

 

 

 

Aerospace Components

 

 

 

201,700

 

Chemring

 

10,134,294

 

 

 

Defense Manufacturer of Countermeasures & Energetics

 

 

 

3,050,000

 

Charles Taylor (d)

 

10,089,851

 

 

 

Insurance Services

 

 

 

448,000

 

Schroders

 

9,565,343

 

 

 

United Kingdom Top Tier Asset Manager

 

 

 

210,000

 

Rotork

 

4,471,008

 

 

 

Valve Actuators for Oil & Water Pipelines

 

 

 

1,430,000

 

RPS Group

 

4,431,188

 

 

 

Environmental Consulting & Planning

 

 

 

230,000

 

Tullow Oil

 

4,362,810

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer

 

 

 

1,155,000

 

N Brown Group

 

3,834,933

 

 

 

Home Shopping Women’s Clothes Retailer

 

 

 

381,930

 

Smith & Nephew

 

3,804,932

 

 

 

Medical Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

6,648,224

 

Archipelago Resources (a)

 

3,657,144

 

 

 

Gold Mining Projects in Indonesia, Vietnam & the Philippines

 

 

 

339,100

 

Keller Group

 

3,478,587

 

 

 

Ground Engineering

 

 

 

112,600

 

Abcam

 

2,151,258

 

 

 

Online Sales of Antibodies

 

 

 

380,000

 

PureCircle (a)

 

1,409,909

 

 

 

Manufactures Natural Sweetener

 

 

 

886,763

 

Spice Group

 

396,970

 

 

 

United Kingdom Utility Outsourcing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115,727,862

 

 

 

Netherlands 6.2%

 

 

 

571,881

 

Imtech

 

18,313,873

 

 

 

Electromechanical & ICT Installation & Maintenance

 

 

 

233,351

 

Fugro

 

15,251,349

 

 

 

Sub-sea Oilfield Services

 

 

 

 

2



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands — 6.2% (cont)

 

 

 

167,532

 

Vopak (a)

 

$

13,194,222

 

 

 

World’s Largest Operator of Petroleum & Chemical Storage Terminals

 

 

 

419,584

 

Koninklijke TenCate

 

10,982,866

 

 

 

Advanced Textiles & Industrial Fabrics

 

 

 

423,300

 

Unit 4 Agresso (a)

 

10,822,855

 

 

 

Business Software Development

 

 

 

535,100

 

Aalberts Industries

 

8,535,478

 

 

 

Flow Control & Heat Treatment

 

 

 

332,500

 

Arcadis

 

7,032,770

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

209,000

 

QIAGEN (a)

 

4,812,975

 

 

 

Life Science Tools & Molecular Diagnostics

 

 

 

21,000

 

Core Laboratories

 

2,746,800

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,693,188

 

 

 

Germany 4.2%

 

 

 

400,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum

 

10,237,931

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

186,000

 

CTS Eventim

 

9,445,909

 

 

 

Event Ticket Sales

 

 

 

77,600

 

Vossloh

 

8,286,316

 

 

 

Rail Infrastructure & Diesel Locomotives

 

 

 

106,100

 

Wincor Nixdorf

 

7,186,696

 

 

 

Retail POS Systems & ATM Machines

 

 

 

38,800

 

Rational

 

6,802,200

 

 

 

Commercial Oven Manufacturer

 

 

 

249,000

 

Elringklinger

 

6,201,593

 

 

 

Automobile Components

 

 

 

287,000

 

Tognum

 

5,395,903

 

 

 

Diesel Engines for Drive & Power Generation Systems

 

 

 

372,000

 

Wirecard

 

3,517,094

 

 

 

Online Payment Processing & Risk Management

 

 

 

108,300

 

Deutsche Beteiligungs

 

2,496,922

 

 

 

Private Equity Investment Management

 

 

 

213,877

 

Takkt

 

2,484,308

 

 

 

Mail Order Retailer of Office & Warehouse Durables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,054,872

 

 

 

France 3.6%

 

 

 

100,847

 

Neopost

 

8,059,489

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

82,800

 

Pierre & Vacances

 

6,242,566

 

 

 

Vacation Apartment Lets

 

 

 

124,700

 

Zodiac Aerospace

 

6,134,079

 

 

 

Leading Supplier to the Aerospace Industry

 

 

 

168,200

 

Carbone Lorraine

 

6,111,126

 

 

 

Advanced Industrial Materials

 

 

 

240,300

 

SES

 

6,067,674

 

 

 

Fixed Satellite Services

 

 

 

139,300

 

Eurofins Scientific

 

6,038,533

 

 

 

Food, Pharmaceuticals & Materials Screening & Testing

 

 

 

129,700

 

Saft

 

5,140,639

 

 

 

Niche Battery Manufacturer

 

 

 

53,800

 

Rubis

 

4,694,159

 

 

 

Tank Storage & Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distribution

 

 

 

50,574

 

Norbert Dentressangle

 

3,415,390

 

 

 

Leading European Logistics & Transport Group

 

 

 

309,600

 

Hi-Media (a)

 

2,241,345

 

 

 

Online Advertiser in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54,145,000

 

 

 

Switzerland 3.0%

 

 

 

6,300

 

Sika

 

10,635,433

 

 

 

Chemicals for Construction & Industrial Applications

 

 

 

56,500

 

Geberit

 

10,111,485

 

 

 

Plumbing Supplies

 

 

 

99,300

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

10,048,663

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

190,803

 

Bank Sarasin & Cie (a)

 

7,916,949

 

 

 

Private Banking

 

 

 

26,000

 

Burckhardt Compression

 

5,128,983

 

 

 

Manufactures & Services Compressors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,841,513

 

 

 

Sweden 2.4%

 

 

 

1,147,907

 

Hexagon

 

16,374,598

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

1,187,826

 

Sweco

 

9,911,436

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

1,019,900

 

Nobia (a)

 

5,452,198

 

 

 

Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing & Sales

 

 

 

316,000

 

East Capital Explorer (a)

 

3,610,503

 

 

 

Sweden-based RUS/CEE Investment Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,348,735

 

 

 

Italy 2.2%

 

 

 

1,918,000

 

Terna

 

8,296,229

 

 

 

Italian Power Transmission

 

 

 

366,600

 

Ansaldo STS

 

7,501,499

 

 

 

Leading Systems Integrator for the Railway Industry

 

 

 

937,800

 

Credito Emiliano (a)

 

6,485,197

 

 

 

Italian Regional Bank

 

 

 

2,485,000

 

CIR (a)

 

5,991,114

 

 

 

Italian Holding Company

 

 

 

49,700

 

Tod’s

 

3,656,425

 

 

 

Leather Shoes & Bags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,930,464

 

 

 

Ireland 1.5%

 

 

 

3,541,700

 

United Drug

 

12,293,849

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

180,000

 

Paddy Power

 

6,406,135

 

 

 

Irish Betting Services

 

 

 

99,000

 

Aryzta

 

4,299,052

 

 

 

Baked Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,999,036

 

 

 

Finland 1.2%

 

 

 

295,822

 

Stockmann

 

10,763,934

 

 

 

Department Store & Fashion Retailer in Scandinavia & Russia

 

 

 

 

3



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finland — 1.2% (cont)

 

 

 

536,590

 

Poyry

 

$

7,791,015

 

 

 

Engineering Consultants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,554,949

 

 

 

Denmark 0.7%

 

 

 

93,512

 

Novozymes

 

10,349,127

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain 0.7%

 

 

 

185,000

 

Red Eléctrica de Espana

 

9,928,598

 

 

 

Spanish Power Transmission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greece 0.7%

 

 

 

1,493,900

 

Intralot

 

6,759,418

 

 

 

Lottery & Gaming Systems & Services

 

 

 

357,000

 

Bank of Piraeus (a)

 

3,119,719

 

 

 

Commercial Bank in Greece

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,879,137

 

 

 

Poland 0.6%

 

 

 

273,200

 

Central European Distribution (a)

 

9,564,732

 

 

 

Vodka Production & Spirits Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portugal 0.5%

 

 

 

4,105,000

 

Banco Comercial Português

 

4,568,602

 

 

 

Portuguese Bank

 

 

 

840,905

 

Redes Energéticas Nacionais

 

3,475,452

 

 

 

Portuguese Power Transmission & Gas Transportation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,044,054

 

 

 

Czech Republic 0.5%

 

 

 

34,800

 

Komercni Banka

 

7,062,409

 

 

 

Leading Czech Universal Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iceland 0.4%

 

 

 

9,536,321

 

Marel (a)

 

5,879,221

 

 

 

Largest Manufacturer of Poultry & Fish Processing Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway 0.1%

 

 

 

33,700

 

Dockwise (a)

 

819,365

 

 

 

Specialized Transport Entity

 

 

 

Total Europe

 

 

 

537,822,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries 14.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Canada 4.2%

 

 

 

550,000

 

ShawCor

 

15,238,517

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Pipeline Products

 

 

 

793,500

 

Eldorado Gold (a)

 

9,633,097

 

 

 

Gold Miner in Turkey, Greece, China & Brazil

 

 

 

341,400

 

CCL Industries

 

9,489,216

 

 

 

Leading Global Label Manufacturer

 

 

 

148,000

 

Baytex

 

5,005,464

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producer in Canada

 

 

 

227,344

 

Ivanhoe Mines (a)(e)

 

3,958,059

 

219,000

 

Ivanhoe Mines (a)

 

3,827,352

 

 

 

Copper Mine Project in Mongolia

 

 

 

103,600

 

AG Growth

 

3,774,135

 

 

 

Leading Manufacturer of Augers & Grain Handling Equipment

 

 

 

513,300

 

Pan Orient (a)

 

3,183,961

 

 

 

Growth Oriented & Return Focused Asian Explorer

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Eacom Timber - Subscription Receipts (a)(f)

 

2,835,622

 

 

 

Canadian Lumber Producer

 

 

 

436,000

 

Guyana Goldfields (a)(f)

 

2,768,867

 

 

 

Gold Mining Projects in Guyana

 

 

 

725,700

 

Horizon North Logistics (a)

 

1,307,568

 

 

 

Provides Diversified Oil Service Offering in Northern Canada

 

 

 

65,400

 

Black Diamond Group

 

1,268,528

 

 

 

Provides Accommodations/Equipment for Oil Sands Exploitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,290,386

 

 

 

United States 3.7%

 

 

 

431,000

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

14,925,530

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

191,003

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

10,384,833

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

111,000

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

7,047,390

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

246,000

 

World Fuel Services

 

6,553,440

 

 

 

Global Fuel Broker

 

 

 

84,000

 

FMC Technologies (a)

 

5,428,920

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Wellhead Manufacturer

 

 

 

218,000

 

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (b)

 

4,693,540

 

 

 

Heavy Equipment Auctioneer

 

 

 

119,496

 

Bristow (a)

 

4,508,584

 

 

 

Largest Provider of Helicopter Services to Offshore Oil & Gas Producers

 

 

 

100,000

 

Tesco (a)

 

1,167,000

 

 

 

Developing New Well Drilling Technologies

 

 

 

27,400

 

Textainer Group Holdings

 

590,470

 

 

 

Top International Container Leasor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,299,707

 

 

 

Australia 2.8%

 

 

 

665,000

 

UGL

 

9,184,072

 

 

 

Engineering & Facilities Management

 

 

 

213,922

 

Perpetual Trustees

 

6,925,660

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Management

 

 

 

221,700

 

Australian Stock Exchange

 

6,904,856

 

 

 

Australian Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

80,100

 

Cochlear

 

5,354,015

 

 

 

Cochlear Implants for Hearing

 

 

 

480,000

 

Billabong International

 

4,977,334

 

 

 

Action Sports Apparel Brand Manager

 

 

 

1,248,815

 

SAI Global

 

4,560,981

 

 

 

Publishing, Certification & Compliance Services

 

 

 

244,000

 

Seek

 

1,795,731

 

 

 

Online Job Listing & Education

 

 

 

1,283,000

 

Hastie Group

 

1,795,451

 

 

 

Mechanical, Electrical & Hydraulic (MEH) Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,498,100

 

 

 

South Africa 2.3%

 

 

 

603,000

 

Naspers

 

26,202,094

 

 

 

Media in Africa & Other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

4



 

Number of Shares or

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

South Africa — 2.3% (cont)

 

 

 

1,405,700

 

Mr. Price

 

$

7,681,051

 

 

 

South African Retailer of Apparel, Household & Sporting Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,883,145

 

 

 

Israel 0.8%

 

 

 

883,200

 

Israel Chemicals

 

11,948,860

 

 

 

Producer of Potash, Phosphates, Bromine & Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakhstan 0.4%

 

 

 

490,000

 

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan - GDR (a)

 

5,341,000

 

 

 

Largest Retail Bank & Insurer in Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senegal 0.0%

 

 

 

2,361

 

Sonatel

 

680,599

 

 

 

Leading Telecoms Operator in Western Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt 0.0%

 

 

 

12,194

 

Paints & Chemical Industries (Pachin)

 

111,620

 

 

 

Paints & Inks in Egypt

 

 

 

Total Other Countries

 

211,053,417

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil 4.0%

 

 

 

1,314,100

 

Suzano

 

17,956,325

 

 

 

Brazilian Pulp & Paper Producer

 

 

 

1,528,100

 

Localiza Rent A Car

 

16,154,458

 

 

 

Car Rental

 

 

 

611,200

 

Natura

 

12,407,186

 

 

 

Direct Retailer of Cosmetics

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

MRV Engenharia

 

6,978,379

 

 

 

Brazilian Low-income Property Developer

 

 

 

763,900

 

PDG Realty

 

6,361,717

 

 

 

Brazilian Low-income Property Developer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59,858,065

 

 

 

Mexico 1.2%

 

 

 

192,525

 

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste - ADR

 

9,982,421

 

 

 

Mexican Airport Operator

 

 

 

3,206,400

 

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos (a)

 

7,404,123

 

 

 

Affordable Housing Builder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,386,544

 

 

 

Chile 0.7%

 

 

 

263,416

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile - ADR

 

9,849,124

 

 

 

Producer of Specialty Fertilizers, Lithium & Iodine

 

 

 

Total Latin America

 

87,093,733

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.5%
(Cost: $993,781,559)

 

1,401,786,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 0.8%

 

 

 

12,329,475

 

Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund
(7 day yield of 0.01%)(g)

 

12,329,475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral:
(Cost: $12,329,475)

 

12,329,475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement 1.8%

 

 

 

$

26,053,000

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/10, due 4/01/10 at 0.00%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency obligation maturing 12/02/14, market value $26,578,125 (repurchase proceeds $26,053,000)

 

26,053,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Paper 0.4%

 

 

 

7,200,000

 

Toyota Motor Credit
0.23% Due 4/01/10

 

7,200,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligations
(Cost: $33,253,000)

 

33,253,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 97.5%
(Cost: $1,039,364,034)(h)(i)

 

1,447,368,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Collateral for Securities Loaned: (0.8)%

 

(12,329,475

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 3.3%

 

48,505,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

1,483,544,523

 

 

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Notes to Statement of Investments:

 

* Security Valuation:

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds are valued at their closing net asset value as reported to NASDAQ. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued at its fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systemic methodology to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign market and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

·                  Level 2 — prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable, unobservable inputs may be used.  Unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Funds’ Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

19,495,919

 

$

546,273,870

 

$

47,191

 

$

565,816,980

 

Europe

 

12,311,532

 

525,510,730

 

 

537,822,262

 

Other Countries

 

114,754,471

 

96,298,946

 

 

211,053,417

 

Latin America

 

87,093,733

 

 

 

87,093,733

 

Total Equities

 

233,655,655

 

1,168,083,546

 

47,191

 

1,401,786,392

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral

 

12,329,475

 

 

 

12,329,475

 

Total Short-Term Obligations

 

 

33,253,000

 

 

33,253,000

 

Total Investments

 

 

245,985,130

 

 

1,201,336,546

 

 

47,191

 

 

1,447,368,867

 

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

 

3,195,501

 

 

3,195,501

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

 

(831,485

)

 

(831,485

)

Total

 

$

245,985,130

 

$

1,203,700,562

 

$

47,191

 

$

1,449,732,883

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.  Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sales price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade.  The Fund may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation.  These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies. Securities acquired via private placement, that have a holding period or an extended settlement period, are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the advisors experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

 

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Certain Short-Term Obligations may be valued using amortized cost, an income approach which converts future cash flows to a present value based upon the discount or premium at purchase.

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 3 input category are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.  To determine fair value, management will utilize the valuation technique that they deem the most appropriate in the circumstances. Securities for which no market exists are valued based upon the market approach using inputs from the investment team but ultimately decided by the Board of Trustees. These may include, but are not limited to, projected earnings, available cash, line of business, multiples, and consideration of the prioritization of the equity in a company’s capital structure.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three month period ending March 31, 2010, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31, 2009

 

Realized
Gain / (Loss)

 

Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Net
Purchases
(Sales)

 

Net
Transfers
into (out of)
Level 3

 

Balance as of
March 31, 2010

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia

 

$

47,257

 

$

 

$

(66

)

$

 

$

 

$

47,191

 

 

The information in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

 

The change in unrealized depreciation attributed to securities owned at March 31, 2010, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) amounted to $66.

 

The Funds adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820)” (“the Update”), effective March 31, 2010. This Update applies to Funds’ disclosures about transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and the reasons for the transfers as well as to disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for investments that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 fair value hierarchy.

 

The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

Transfers In

 

Transfers Out

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

$

46,517,969

 

$

 

$

 

$

46,517,969

 

 

Financial assets were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 as they resumed trading during the period.

 

(a)                        Non-income producing security.

 

(b)                        All or a portion of this security was on loan at March 31, 2010. The total market value of Fund securities on loan at March 31, 2010 was $11,949,701.

 

(c)                         Illiquid Security.

 

(d)                        An affiliated person of the fund may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares. Holdings and transactions in this affiliated company during the three months ended March 31, 2010, are as follows:

 

Affiliate

 

Balance of
Shares
Held at
12/31/2009

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares
Held at
3/31/10

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Charles Taylor

 

3,000,000

 

50,000

 

 

3,050,000

 

$

10,089,851

 

$

 

 

The aggregate cost and value of this company at March 31, 2010, was $14,952,395 and $10,089,851, respectively.  Investments in the affiliated company represented 0.68% of the total net assets at March 31, 2010.

 

(e)                         Security is traded on a U.S. exchange.

 

(f)                          Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2010, the market value of these securities amounted to $5,604,489, which represented 0.38% of total net assets.

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

 

 

Acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

 

Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Eacom Timber — Subscription Receipts

 

3/17/10

 

4,000,000

 

$

1,980,198

 

$

2,835,622

 

Guyana Goldfields

 

1/19/10

 

436,000

 

2,939,088

 

2,768,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,919,286

 

$

5,604,489

 

 

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(g)                         Investment made with cash collateral received from securities lending activity.

 

(h)                        At March 31, 2010, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $1,039,364,034, and net unrealized appreciation was $408,004,833, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $465,386,578 and gross unrealized depreciation of $57,381,745.

 

(i)                            On March 31, 2010, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Net Assets

 

Euro

 

$

306,482,497

 

20.7

 

Japanese Yen

 

233,616,768

 

15.7

 

U.S. Dollar

 

149,490,763

 

10.1

 

British Pound

 

115,727,862

 

7.8

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

96,584,113

 

6.5

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

533,137,389

 

35.9

 

Cash and other assets less liabilities

 

48,505,131

 

3.3

 

 

 

$

1,483,544,523

 

100.0

 

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

 

GDR = Global Depositary Receipts

 

At March 31, 2010, the Fund had entered into the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

 

Forward
Foreign
Currency
Exchange

 

Forward
Foreign
Currency

Exchange

 

Principal
Amount in

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts to
Buy

 

Contracts
to Sell

 

Foreign
Currency

 

Amount in
U.S. Dollar

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

AUD

 

USD

 

9,648,127

 

$

8,500,000

 

5/14/10

 

$

316,799

 

AUD

 

USD

 

9,383,245

 

8,500,000

 

6/15/10

 

43,283

 

CAD

 

USD

 

8,755,085

 

8,500,000

 

4/15/10

 

120,142

 

CAD

 

USD

 

8,935,455

 

8,500,000

 

5/14/10

 

297,650

 

CAD

 

USD

 

8,665,550

 

8,500,000

 

6/15/10

 

21,555

 

USD

 

EUR

 

17,617,189

 

25,500,000

 

4/15/10

 

1,705,124

 

USD

 

EUR

 

18,677,077

 

25,500,000

 

5/14/10

 

272,957

 

USD

 

EUR

 

18,569,494

 

25,500,000

 

6/15/10

 

417,991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

119,000,000

 

 

 

$

3,195,501

 

 

Forward
Foreign
Currency
Exchange

 

Forward
Foreign
Currency

Exchange

 

Principal
Amount in

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts to
Sell

 

Contracts to
Buy

 

Foreign
Currency

 

Amount in
U.S. Dollar

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

AUD

 

USD

 

9,226,394

 

$

8,500,000

 

4/15/10

 

$

(41,666

)

JPY

 

USD

 

775,701,500

 

8,500,000

 

4/15/10

 

(202,395

)

JPY

 

USD

 

763,011,000

 

8,500,000

 

5/14/10

 

(336,902

)

JPY

 

USD

 

770,950,000

 

8,500,000

 

6/15/10

 

(250,522

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

34,000,000

 

 

 

$

(831,485

)

 

The counterparty for all forward foreign currency exchange contracts is State Street Bank and Trust company.

 

AUD = Australian Dollar

 

CAD = Canadian Dollar

 

EUR = Euro

 

JPY = Japanese Yen

 

USD = United States Dollar

 

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Wanger Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2010

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities - 94.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services 31.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Services 10.7%

 

 

 

121,600

 

ITT Educational Services (a)

 

$

13,677,568

 

 

 

Post-secondary Degree Services

 

 

 

1,074,000

 

SkillSoft - ADR (a)

 

11,083,680

 

 

 

Web-based Learning Solutions (E-Learning)

 

 

 

203,400

 

Career Education (a)

 

6,435,576

 

 

 

Post-secondary Education

 

 

 

102,000

 

Princeton Review (a)

 

355,980

 

 

 

College Preparation Courses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,552,804

 

 

 

Retail 8.4%

 

 

 

501,000

 

Safeway

 

12,454,860

 

 

 

Supermarkets

 

 

 

224,000

 

Abercrombie & Fitch

 

10,223,360

 

 

 

Teen Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

42,000

 

lululemon athletica (a)

 

1,743,000

 

 

 

Premium Active Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

67,500

 

Wet Seal (a)

 

321,300

 

 

 

Specialty Apparel Retailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,742,520

 

 

 

Travel 6.6%

 

 

 

1,083,900

 

Hertz (a)

 

10,828,161

 

 

 

Largest U.S. Rental Car Operator

 

 

 

339,000

 

Expedia

 

8,461,440

 

 

 

Online Travel Services Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,289,601

 

 

 

Casinos & Gaming 2.2%

 

 

 

44,286,000

 

RexLot Holdings (China)

 

6,331,257

 

 

 

Lottery Equipment Supplier in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparel 2.1%

 

 

 

154,000

 

Coach

 

6,086,080

 

 

 

Designer & Retailer of Branded Leather Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furniture & Textiles 0.5%

 

 

 

219,500

 

Steelcase

 

1,420,165

 

 

 

Office Furniture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Beverage 0.3%

 

 

 

103,800

 

GLG Life Tech (Canada) (a)

 

820,020

 

 

 

Produce an All-natural Sweetener Extracted from the Stevia Plant

 

 

 

2,279,000

 

Fu Ji Food & Catering Services (China) (a)(b)

 

23,482

 

 

 

Food Catering Service Provider in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

843,502

 

 

 

Other Consumer Services 0.2%

 

 

 

93,400

 

IFM Investments (Century 21 China RE) - ADR (China) (a)

 

653,800

 

 

 

Provides Real Estate Services in China

 

 

 

Total Consumer Goods & Services

 

90,919,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy & Minerals 20.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Producers 13.0%

 

 

 

16,460,000

 

Canacol Energy (Canada) (a)(c)

 

11,070,572

 

 

 

Oil Producer in South America

 

 

 

430,500

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Colombia) (a)(c)

 

8,321,093

 

381,166

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (Colombia) (a)

 

7,404,524

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

141,000

 

Houston American Energy

 

2,559,150

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration/Production in Colombia

 

 

 

336,000

 

Gran Tierra Energy (Canada) (a)

 

1,984,936

 

 

 

Oil Exploration & Production in Colombia, Peru & Argentina

 

 

 

5,714,000

 

Cap-Link Ventures (Colombia) (a)(c)

 

1,917,325

 

5,714,000

 

Cap-Link Ventures - Warrants (Colombia) (a)(c)

 

1,125,191

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production in Colombia, Peru & Paraguay

 

 

 

3,450,000

 

ShaMaran Petroleum (Canada) (a)(c)

 

1,830,896

 

878,000

 

ShaMaran Petroleum (Canada) (a)

 

475,459

 

 

 

Oil Exploration in Kurdistan

 

 

 

1,347,000

 

Alange Energy (Colombia) (a)

 

755,959

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration/Production in Colombia

 

 

 

1,397,700

 

Petroamerica (Canada) (a)

 

660,558

 

 

 

Oil Exploration & Production in Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,105,663

 

 

 

Oil Services 3.8%

 

 

 

637,100

 

Tetra Technologies (a)

 

7,785,362

 

 

 

U.S.-based Services Company with Life of Field Approach

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Tuscany International Drilling - Special Warrants (Canada) (a)(c)

 

1,500,000

 

2,004,800

 

Tuscany International Drilling (Canada) (a)(c)

 

2,004,800

 

 

 

South America-based Drilling Rig Contractor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,290,162

 

 

 

Alternative Energy 2.8%

 

 

 

298,100

 

Canadian Solar (China) (a)

 

7,249,792

 

 

 

Solar Cell & Module Manufacturer

 

 

 

179,900

 

Real Goods Solar (a)

 

611,660

 

 

 

Residential Solar Energy Installer

 

 

 

410,800

 

Synthesis Energy Systems (China) (a)

 

410,800

 

 

 

Owner/Operator of Gasification Plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,272,252

 

 

 

Agricultural Commodities 1.3%

 

 

 

5,000,000

 

Eacom Timber - Subscription Receipts (Canada) (a)(c)

 

3,544,528

 

 

 

Canadian Lumber Producer

 

 

 

156,100

 

Eacom Timber (Canada) (a)

 

138,325

 

 

 

Canadian Lumber Producer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,682,853

 

Total Energy & Minerals

 

61,350,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information 19.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Communications 6.2%

 

 

 

210,000

 

Crown Castle International (a)

 

8,028,300

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

 

1



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Communications — 1.3% (cont)

 

 

 

121,000

 

American Tower (a)

 

$

5,155,810

 

 

 

Communications Towers in USA & Latin America

 

 

 

68,000

 

SBA Communications (a)

 

2,452,760

 

 

 

Communications Towers

 

 

 

1,800,100

 

Globalstar (a)

 

2,448,136

 

 

 

Satellite Mobile Voice & Data Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,085,006

 

 

 

Contract Manufacturing 4.9%

 

 

 

875,833

 

Sanmina-SCI (a)

 

14,451,245

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Services 2.1%

 

 

 

555,000

 

WNS - ADR (India) (a)

 

5,955,150

 

 

 

Offshore BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Services

 

 

 

131,500

 

Hackett Group (a)

 

365,570

 

 

 

IT Integration & Best Practice Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,320,720

 

 

 

Business Software 1.9%

 

 

 

951,000

 

Novell (a)

 

5,696,490

 

 

 

Directory, Operating System & Identity Management Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Processors 1.5%

 

 

 

345,200

 

CardTronics (a)

 

4,339,164

 

 

 

Operates the World’s Largest Network of ATMs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Hardware & Related Equipment 1.4%

 

 

 

100,500

 

Amphenol

 

4,240,095

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising 0.9%

 

 

 

498,600

 

VisionChina Media - ADR (China) (a)

 

2,343,420

 

 

 

Advertising on Digital Screens in China’s Mass Transit System

 

 

 

60,327

 

China Mass Media - ADR (China) (a)

 

172,535

 

 

 

Media Planning Agency in China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,515,955

 

 

 

Instrumentation 0.5%

 

 

 

13,500

 

Mettler Toledo (a)

 

1,474,200

 

 

 

Laboratory Equipment

 

 

 

Total Information

 

57,122,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance 10.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage & Money Management 5.2%

 

 

 

747,300

 

MF Global (a)

 

6,030,711

 

 

 

Futures Broker

 

 

 

175,000

 

Eaton Vance

 

5,869,500

 

 

 

Specialty Mutual Funds

 

 

 

150,000

 

SEI Investments

 

3,295,500

 

 

 

Mutual Fund Administration & Investment Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,195,711

 

 

 

Insurance 3.7%

 

 

 

1,751,000

 

Conseco (a)

 

10,891,220

 

 

 

Life, Long-term Care & Medical Supplement Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Cards 1.9%

 

 

 

380,000

 

Discover Financial Services

 

5,662,000

 

 

 

Credit Card Company

 

 

 

Total Finance

 

31,748,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Goods & Services 8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Waste Management 2.4%

 

 

 

203,000

 

Waste Management

 

6,989,290

 

 

 

U.S. Garbage Collection & Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery 2.1%

 

 

 

149,000

 

Ametek

 

6,177,540

 

 

 

Aerospace/Industrial Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outsourcing Services 1.6%

 

 

 

251,000

 

Quanta Services (a)

 

4,809,160

 

 

 

Electrical & Telecom Construction Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Materials & Specialty Chemicals 1.3%

 

 

 

134,000

 

Nalco Holding Company

 

3,260,220

 

 

 

Provider of Water Treatment & Process Chemicals & Services

 

 

 

82,300

 

ChemSpec International - ADR (China)

 

628,772

 

 

 

Specialty Chemicals with Focus on Fluorinated Chemical Manufacturing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,888,992

 

 

 

Other Industrial Services 1.0%

 

 

 

81,500

 

Expeditors International of Washington

 

3,008,980

 

 

 

International Freight Forwarder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution 0.5%

 

 

 

12,000

 

WW Grainger

 

1,297,440

 

 

 

Industrial Distribution

 

 

 

Total Industrial Goods & Services

 

26,171,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Industries 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation 3.2%

 

 

 

175,000

 

JB Hunt Transport Services

 

6,279,000

 

 

 

Truck & Intermodal Carrier

 

 

 

122,000

 

American Commercial Lines (a)

 

3,062,200

 

 

 

Operator of Inland Barges/Builder of Barges & Vessels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,341,200

 

Total Other Industries

 

9,341,200

 

 

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Number of Shares
or Principal Amount

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care —%

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology & Drug Delivery —%

 

 

 

20,000

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

$

100,800

 

 

 

Orphan Drugs & Healthy Royalties

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Services —%

 

 

 

2,500

 

Emdeon (a)

 

41,300

 

 

 

Revenue & Payment Cycle Management

 

 

 

Total Health Care

 

142,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 94.2%
(Cost: $210,031,141)

 

276,797,167

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligations 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement 4.8%

 

 

 

$

14,120,000

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/10, due 4/01/10 at 0.00%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency obligation maturing 10/26/12, market value $14,405,925 (repurchase proceeds $14,120,000)

 

14,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Paper 0.5%

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

Toyota Motor Credit 0.23% due 4/01/10

 

1,400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligations:
(Cost: $15,520,000)

 

15,520,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.5%
(Cost: $225,551,141)(d)(e)(f)

 

292,317,167

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.5%

 

1,398,783

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100%

 

$

293,715,950

 

 


Notes to Statement of Investments:

 

* Security Valuation:

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds are valued at their closing net asset value as reported to NASDAQ. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued at its fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systemic methodology to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign market and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

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Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

·                  Level 2 — prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable, unobservable inputs may be used.  Unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Funds’ Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Investment Type

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

$

84,564,990

 

$

6,331,257

 

$

23,482

 

$

90,919,729

 

Energy & Minerals

 

30,036,525

 

27,809,605

 

3,504,800

 

61,350,930

 

Information

 

57,122,875

 

 

 

57,122,875

 

Finance

 

31,748,931

 

 

 

31,748,931

 

Industrial Goods & Services

 

26,171,402

 

 

 

26,171,402

 

Other Industries

 

9,341,200

 

 

 

9,341,200

 

Health Care

 

142,100

 

 

 

142,100

 

Total Equities

 

239,128,023

 

34,140,862

 

3,528,282

 

276,797,167

 

Total Short-Term Obligations

 

 

15,520,000

 

 

15,520,000

 

Total Investments

 

$

239,128,023

 

$

49,660,862

 

$

3,528,282

 

$

292,317,167

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sales price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade.  The Fund may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation.  These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements. Securities acquired via private placement, that have a holding period or an extended settlement period, are valued at a discount to the same shares that are trading freely on the market. These discounts are determined by the advisors experience with similar securities or situations. Factors may include, but are not limited to, trade volume, shares outstanding and stock price.

 

Certain Short-Term Obligations may be valued using amortized cost, an income approach which converts future cash flows to a present value based upon the discount or premium at purchase.

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 3 input category are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.  To determine fair value, management will utilize the valuation technique that they deem the most appropriate in the circumstances. Securities acquired via private placement but are not yet trading are valued using the market approach for which management has determined that the original transaction price is the best representation of fair value. Securities for which no markets exist are valued based upon the market approach using inputs from the investment team but ultimately decided by the Board of Trustees. These may include, but are not limited to, projected earnings, available cash, line of business, multiples, and consideration of the prioritization of the equity in a company’s capital structure.

 

The following table reconciles asset balances for the three-month period ending March 31, 2010, in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
December 31, 2009

 

Realized
Gain/ (Loss)

 

Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Net Purchases
(Sales)

 

Net Transfers
into (out of)
Level 3

 

Balance as of
March 31, 2010

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Goods & Services

 

$

23,515

 

$

 

$

(33

)

$

 

$

 

$

23,482

 

Energy & Minerals

 

 

 

 

3,504,800

 

 

3,504,800

 

 

 

$

23,515

 

$

 

$

(33

)

$

3,504,800

 

$

 

$

3,528,282

               

 

The information in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period.

 

The change in unrealized depreciation attributed to securities owned at March 31, 2010, which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) amounted to $33.

 

(a)

 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

 

Illiquid Security.

(c)

 

Denotes a restricted security, which is subject to restrictions on resale under federal securities laws. These securities are valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At March 31, 2010, the market value of these securities amounted to $31,314,405 which represented 10.7% of total net assets.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional information on these securities is as follows:

 

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Acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

 

Dates

 

Shares

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Canacol Energy

 

9/23/09

 

16,460,000

 

$

4,287,256

 

$

11,070,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy

 

7/12/07

 

430,500

 

1,728,466

 

8,321,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eacom Timber - Subscription Receipts

 

3/17/10

 

5,000,000

 

2,475,248

 

3,544,528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuscany International Drilling

 

3/18/10-3/23/10

 

2,004,800

 

2,004,800

 

2,004,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuscany International Drilling — Special Warrants

 

2/12/10

 

1,000,000

 

1,500,000

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cap-Link Ventures

 

11/20/09

 

5,714,000

 

1,202,115

 

1,917,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cap-Link Ventures - Warrants

 

11/20/09

 

5,714,000

 

706,004

 

1,125,191

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ShaMaran Petroleum

 

9/15/09

 

3,450,000

 

2,414,839

 

1,830,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,318,728

 

$

31,314,405

 

 

(d)                                 An affiliated person of the fund may include any company in which the Fund owns five percent or more of its outstanding voting shares.  Transactions in this affiliated company during the three months ended March 31, 2010 are as follows:

 

Affiliate

 

Balance of
Shares
Held
12/31/2009

 

Purchases/
Additions

 

Sales/
Reductions

 

Balance of
Shares
Held
3/31/10

 

Value

 

Dividend

 

Canacol Energy*

 

16,460,000

 

 

 

16,460,000

 

$

11,070,572

 

$

 

 

* At March 31, 2010, the Fund owned less than five percent of the company’s outstanding voting shares.

 

The aggregate cost and value of this company at March 31, 2010, was $4,287,256 and $11,070,572, respectively.

 

(e)                                  On March 31, 2010, the market value of foreign securities represents 15.3% of total net assets.  The Fund’s foreign portfolio was diversified as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Net Assets

 

Canadian Dollar

 

$

38,526,734

 

$

19,969,952

 

13.1

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

6,354,739

 

5,016,089

 

2.2

 

 

 

$

44,881,473

 

$

24,986,041

 

15.3

 

 

(f)                                    At March 31, 2010, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $225,551,141 and net unrealized appreciation was $66,766,026 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $97,838,632 and gross unrealized depreciation of $31,072,606.

 

ADR = American Depositary Receipts.

 

5



 

Wanger International Select

Statement of Investments (Unaudited), March 31, 2010

 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equities - 97.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe - 37.5%

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom 15.6%

 

 

 

172,000

 

Serco

 

$

1,568,669

 

 

 

Facilities Management

 

 

 

81,000

 

Capita Group

 

929,870

 

 

 

White Collar, Back Office Outsourcing

 

 

 

40,000

 

Intertek Group

 

885,005

 

 

 

Testing, Inspection & Certification Services

 

 

 

221,400

 

Cobham

 

863,454

 

 

 

Aerospace Components

 

 

 

22,000

 

Schroders

 

469,727

 

 

 

United Kingdom Top Tier Asset Manager

 

 

 

66,900

 

Spice Group

 

29,949

 

 

 

United Kingdom Utility Outsourcing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,746,674

 

 

 

Netherlands 6.2%

 

 

 

13,540

 

Fugro

 

884,947

 

 

 

Sub-sea Oilfield Services

 

 

 

19,100

 

Imtech

 

611,657

 

 

 

Electromechanical & ICT Installation & Maintenance

 

 

 

3,000

 

Core Laboratories

 

392,400

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Reservoir Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,889,004

 

 

 

France 3.2%

 

 

 

7,000

 

Neopost

 

559,426

 

 

 

Postage Meter Machines

 

 

 

8,000

 

Zodiac Aerospace

 

393,525

 

 

 

Leading Supplier to the Aerospace Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

952,951

 

 

 

Spain 2.7%

 

 

 

15,400

 

Red Eléctrica de Espana

 

826,489

 

 

 

Spanish Power Transmission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switzerland 2.6%

 

 

 

9,300

 

Bank Sarasin & Cie (a)

 

385,883

 

 

 

Private Banking

 

 

 

3,800

 

Kuehne & Nagel

 

384,541

 

 

 

Freight Forwarding/Logistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

770,424

 

 

 

Sweden 2.5%

 

 

 

53,300

 

Hexagon

 

760,311

 

 

 

Measurement Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany 2.1%

 

 

 

14,000

 

Rhoen-Klinikum

 

358,327

 

 

 

Health Care Services

 

 

 

30,000

 

Wirecard

 

283,637

 

 

 

Online Payment Processing & Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

641,964

 

 

 

Ireland 1.8%

 

 

 

160,000

 

United Drug

 

555,387

 

 

 

Irish Pharmaceutical Wholesaler & Outsourcer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denmark 0.8%

 

 

 

2,200

 

Novozymes

 

243,478

 

 

 

Industrial Enzymes

 

 

 

Total Europe

 

 

 

11,386,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia - 35.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 15.7%

 

 

 

104,000

 

Kansai Paint

 

847,663

 

 

 

Paint Producer in Japan, India, China & Southeast Asia

 

 

 

617

 

Jupiter Telecommunications

 

712,761

 

 

 

Largest Cable Service Provider in Japan

 

 

 

335

 

Seven Bank

 

673,655

 

 

 

ATM Processing Services

 

 

 

13,900

 

Benesse

 

602,150

 

 

 

Education Service Provider

 

 

 

47,900

 

Rohto Pharmaceutical

 

526,188

 

 

 

Health & Beauty Products

 

 

 

12,000

 

Ain Pharmaciez

 

350,540

 

 

 

Dispensing Pharmacy/Drugstore Operator

 

 

 

42,000

 

Nomura Holdings

 

309,530

 

 

 

Brokerage, Dealing, Underwriting & Asset Management

 

 

 

66

 

Orix JREIT

 

298,973

 

 

 

Diversified REIT

 

 

 

32,000

 

Kamigumi

 

257,397

 

 

 

Port Cargo Handling & Logistics

 

 

 

23,000

 

Suruga Bank

 

205,669

 

 

 

Regional Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,784,526

 

 

 

Singapore 6.3%

 

 

 

465,000

 

Olam International

 

860,896

 

 

 

Agriculture Supply Chain Manager

 

 

 

570,000

 

Ascendas REIT

 

782,301

 

 

 

Singapore Industrial Property Landlord

 

 

 

50,000

 

Singapore Exchange

 

273,419

 

 

 

Singapore Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,916,616

 

 

 

South Korea 6.1%

 

 

 

5,500

 

NHN (a)

 

874,984

 

 

 

South Korea’s Largest Online Search Engine

 

 

 

3,700

 

MegaStudy

 

609,881

 

 

 

Online Education Service Provider

 

 

 

11,500

 

Woongjin Coway

 

356,246

 

 

 

South Korean Household Appliance Rental Service Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,841,111

 

 

 

China 6.0%

 

 

 

337,000

 

Zhaojin Mining Industry

 

659,742

 

 

 

Gold Mining & Refining in China

 

 

 

631,000

 

Jiangsu Expressway

 

591,645

 

 

 

Chinese Toll Road Operator

 

 

 

 

1



 

Number of Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China — 6.0% (cont)

 

 

 

135,500

 

Shandong Weigao

 

$

565,438

 

 

 

Vertically Integrated Hospital Consumable Manufacturing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,816,825

 

 

 

Hong Kong 1.8%

 

 

 

33,000

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

 

550,832

 

 

 

Hong Kong Equity & Derivatives Market Operator

 

 

 

Total Asia

 

 

 

10,909,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Countries — 21.2%

 

 

 

 

 

South Africa 6.6%

 

 

 

46,000

 

Naspers

 

1,998,833

 

 

 

Media in Africa & Other Emerging Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States 5.5%

 

 

 

7,000

 

Oceaneering International (a)

 

444,430

 

 

 

Provider of Sub-sea Services & Manufactured Products

 

 

 

12,500

 

Atwood Oceanics (a)

 

432,875

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

4,700

 

Diamond Offshore

 

417,407

 

 

 

Offshore Drilling Contractor

 

 

 

7,000

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a)

 

380,590

 

 

 

Biotech Focused on Orphan Diseases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,675,302

 

 

 

Canada 5.4%

 

 

 

50,000

 

Eldorado Gold (a)

 

607,000

 

 

 

Gold Miner in Turkey, Greece, China & Brazil

 

 

 

3,800

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

 

453,530

 

 

 

World’s Largest Producer of Potash

 

 

 

12,900

 

CCL Industries

 

358,556

 

 

 

Leading Global Label Manufacturer

 

 

 

5,900

 

AG Growth

 

214,936

 

 

 

Leading Manufacturer of Augers & Grain Handling Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,634,022

 

 

 

Australia 2.6%

 

 

 

56,000

 

UGL

 

773,396

 

 

 

Engineering & Facilities Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel 1.1%

 

 

 

25,000

 

Israel Chemicals

 

338,226

 

 

 

Producer of Potash, Phosphates, Bromine & Specialty Chemicals

 

 

 

Total Other Countries

 

6,419,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia 3.2%

 

 

 

50,000

 

Pacific Rubiales Energy (a)

 

971,299

 

 

 

Oil Production & Exploration in Colombia

 

 

 

Total Latin America

 

971,299

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equities: 97.8%
(Cost: $22,760,522)

 

29,687,670

 

 

Principal Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Obligation — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement 1.4%

 

 

 

$

431,000

 

Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corp., dated 3/31/10, due 4/01/10 at 0.00%, collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency obligation maturing 5/12/14, market value $441,525 (repurchase proceeds $431,000)

 

 

431,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Obligation
(Cost: $431,000)

 

431,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments: 99.2%
(Cost: $23,191,522)(b)(c)

 

30,118,670

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Other Assets Less Liabilities: 0.8%

 

249,965

 

 

 

 

 

Total Net Assets: 100.0%

 

$

30,368,635

 

 


Notes to Statement of Investments:

 

* Security Valuation:

 

Securities of the Fund are valued at market value or, if a market quotation for a security is not readily available or is deemed not to be reliable because of events or circumstances that have occurred between the market quotation and the time as of which the security is to be valued, the security is valued at a fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees.  A security traded on a securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market in which transaction prices are reported is valued at the last sales price at the time of valuation. A security traded principally on NASDAQ is valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds are valued at their closing net asset value as reported to NASDAQ. A security for which there is no reported sale on the valuation date is valued at the latest bid quotation. Short-term investments maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. A security for which a market quotation is not readily available and any other assets are valued at its fair value determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The Fund has retained an independent statistical fair value pricing service that employs a systemic methodology to assist in the fair valuation process for securities principally traded in a foreign market in order to adjust for possible changes in value that may occur between the close of the foreign market and the time as of which the securities are to be valued. If a security is valued at a “fair value”, that value may be different from the last quoted market price for the security.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

·                  Level 2 — prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others)

·                  Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable or less reliable, unobservable inputs may be used.  Unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities

 

Examples of the types of securities in which the Fund would typically invest and how they are classified within this hierarchy are as follows. Typical Level 1 securities include exchange traded domestic equities, mutual funds whose NAVs are published each day and exchange traded foreign equities that are not statistically fair valued. Typical Level 2 securities include exchange traded foreign equities that are statistically fair valued and short-term investments valued at amortized cost. Additionally, securities fair valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee that rely on significant observable inputs are also included in level 2. Typical Level 3 securities include any security fair valued by the Funds’ Valuation Committee that relies on significant unobservable inputs.

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used, as of March 31, 2010, in valuing the Fund’s assets:

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Equities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe

 

$

392,400

 

$

10,994,282

 

$

 

$

11,386,682

 

Asia

 

 

10,909,910

 

 

10,909,910

 

Other Countries

 

4,280,623

 

3,110,455

 

 

7,391,078

 

Total Equities

 

4,673,023

 

25,014,647

 

 

29,687,670

 

Total Short-Term Obligations

 

 

431,000

 

 

431,000

 

Total Investments

 

$

4,673,023

 

$

25,445,647

 

$

 

$

30,118,670

 

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through its correlation to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets. Foreign equities are generally valued at the last sales price on the foreign exchange or market on which they trade.  The Fund may use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to value securities principally traded in foreign markets in order to adjust for possible stale pricing that may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the time for valuation.  These models take into account available market data including intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

 

Certain Short-Term Obligations may be valued using amortized cost, an income approach which converts future cash flows to a present value based upon the discount or premium at purchase.

 

(a)                                  Non-income producing security.

(b)                                 On March 31, 2010, the Fund’s total investments were denominated in currencies as follows:

 

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Percentage of

 

Currency

 

Value

 

Net Assets

 

Japanese Yen

 

$

4,784,526

 

15.8

 

British Pound

 

4,746,674

 

15.6

 

Euro

 

4,473,396

 

14.7

 

Canadian Dollar

 

2,605,321

 

8.6

 

U.S. Dollar

 

2,498,702

 

8.2

 

Hong Kong Dollar

 

2,367,657

 

7.8

 

South African Rand

 

1,998,833

 

6.6

 

Singapore Dollar

 

1,916,616

 

6.3

 

South Korean Won

 

1,841,111

 

6.1

 

Other currencies less than 5% of total net assets

 

2,885,834

 

9.5

 

Cash and other assets less liabilities

 

249,965

 

0.8

 

 

 

$

30,368,635

 

100.0

 

 

(c)                                  At March 31, 2010, for federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments was $23,191,522 and net unrealized appreciation was $6,927,148 consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $7,802,157 and gross unrealized depreciation of $875,009.

 

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Item  2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)   The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)   There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting 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.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 



 

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)

 

Wanger Advisors Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

May 21, 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 (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Charles P. McQuaid

 

 

Charles P. McQuaid, President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

May 21, 2010

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Bruce H. Lauer

 

 

Bruce H. Lauer, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

May 21, 2010