N-Q 1 d693869dnq.htm FORM N-Q FOR ISHARES INC. Form N-Q for iShares Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09102

 

 

iShares, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Incorporated

351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: April 30, 2014

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2014

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedules of Investments.


Schedule of Investments  (Unaudited)

iSHARES® ASIA/PACIFIC DIVIDEND ETF

January 31, 2014

 

    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

COMMON STOCKS — 99.81%

  

AUSTRALIA — 52.74%

  

 

Amcor Ltd.

    96,781      $ 904,367   

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    50,813        1,335,794   

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    151,470        1,533,028   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    19,295        1,249,653   

David Jones Ltd.

    629,272        1,641,629   

Metcash Ltd.

    852,635        2,246,650   

Monadelphous Group Ltd.

    153,986        2,146,957   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

    51,068        1,481,514   

SP AusNet

    1,776,534        1,922,032   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

    98,022        1,041,685   

Sydney Airport

    412,947        1,419,567   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    331,415        1,486,280   

UGL Ltd.

    275,247        1,683,472   

Westpac Banking Corp.

    52,207        1,406,147   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

    110,551        1,586,697   
   

 

 

 
      23,085,472   

HONG KONG — 15.87%

  

 

Giordano International Ltd.

    1,784,000        1,282,032   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    71,400        1,117,234   

PCCW Ltd.

    3,859,000        1,759,332   

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

    952,000        1,265,279   

VTech Holdings Ltd.a

    125,800        1,521,304   
   

 

 

 
      6,945,181   

JAPAN — 10.19%

  

 

Accordia Golf Co. Ltd.

    110,500        1,459,465   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    26,100        1,009,092   

NTT DOCOMO Inc.

    62,900        1,025,667   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.

    110,000        966,417   
   

 

 

 
      4,460,641   

NEW ZEALAND — 10.13%

  

 

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd.

    620,075        1,940,749   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

    1,310,887        2,491,423   
   

 

 

 
      4,432,172   

SINGAPORE — 10.88%

  

 

SATS Ltd.

    391,000        957,463   

Singapore Post Ltd.

    1,241,000        1,296,147   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.a

    435,000        1,201,338   

StarHub Ltd.a

    391,582        1,308,133   
   

 

 

 
      4,763,081   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $45,188,225)

  

    43,686,547   
   

 

 

 
    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 6.40%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 6.40%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   

0.13%b,c,d

    2,624,775      $ 2,624,775   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Prime,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.12%b,c,d

    147,745        147,745   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

   

0.00%b,c

    27,060        27,060   
   

 

 

 
      2,799,580   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $2,799,580)

  

    2,799,580   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 106.21%

   

 

(Cost: $47,987,805)

      46,486,127   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (6.21)%

  

    (2,715,960
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 43,770,167   
   

 

 

 

 

a 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 1.

b 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

d 

All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 1.

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ETF

January 31, 2014

 

    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

COMMON STOCKS 89.82%

  

BRAZIL 5.87%

  

 

Banco do Brasil SA

    197,500      $ 1,703,599   

CCR SA

    181,700        1,165,917   

CPFL Energia SA

    197,500        1,476,887   

Light SA

    331,800        2,612,695   

Souza Cruz SA

    165,900        1,447,463   

Tractebel Energia SA

    142,200        2,025,725   
   

 

 

 
      10,432,286   

CHILE 2.03%

  

 

CAP SA

    78,210        1,140,810   

CorpBanca SA

    79,854,069        876,812   

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA

    132,246        1,588,925   
   

 

 

 
      3,606,547   

CHINA 7.11%

  

 

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

    790,000        1,153,745   

China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd.a

    7,347,000        2,422,254   

Dongyue Group Ltd.

    2,844,000        1,007,238   

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,327,200        1,760,530   

PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,264,000        1,222,522   

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

    5,214,000        1,866,747   

Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.

    4,898,000        1,349,902   

Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,054,000        1,846,399   
   

 

 

 
      12,629,337   

CZECH REPUBLIC 4.02%

  

 

CEZ AS

    100,646        2,535,598   

Komercni Banka AS

    7,979        1,726,012   

Telefonica Czech Republic AS

    199,396        2,886,277   
      7,147,887   

EGYPT 0.62%

  

 

Commercial International Bank (Egypt) SAE SP GDR

    248,400        1,102,896   
   

 

 

 
      1,102,896   

HUNGARY 3.30%

  

 

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications PLC

    4,371,386        5,853,960   
   

 

 

 
      5,853,960   

INDIA 0.44%

  

 

Reliance Industries Ltd. SP GDR(a)(b)

    29,546        777,060   
   

 

 

 
      777,060   

INDONESIA 3.95%

  

 

PT AKR Corporindo Tbk

    2,144,500        772,793   

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

    9,796,000        826,362   

PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk

    1,224,500        2,687,682   
    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

PT Matahari Putra Prima Tbk

    16,629,500      $ 2,730,725   
   

 

 

 
      7,017,562   

MALAYSIA 5.47%

  

 

Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd

    1,098,188        1,329,049   

British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd

    79,000        1,435,291   

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd

    142,200        995,166   

Malayan Banking Bhd

    632,000        1,818,664   

PPB Group Bhd

    126,400        581,671   

Public Bank Bhd

    173,800        990,917   

Sime Darby Bhd

    434,500        1,167,236   

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

    845,300        1,391,783   
   

 

 

 
      9,709,777   

PHILIPPINES 0.82%

  

 

Globe Telecom Inc.

    38,735        1,461,537   
   

 

 

 
      1,461,537   

POLAND 5.11%

  

 

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

    71,416        2,480,784   

Orange Polska SA

    541,624        1,804,125   

Synthos SA

    2,980,729        4,794,130   
   

 

 

 
      9,079,039   

RUSSIA 2.25%

  

 

Gazprom Neft OAO SP ADR

    134,063        2,728,182   

Mobile Telesystems OJSC

    155,630        1,272,382   
   

 

 

 
      4,000,564   

SOUTH AFRICA 9.33%

  

 

African Bank Investments Ltd.a

    1,758,066        1,684,280   

Barloworld Ltd.

    107,756        1,006,575   

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

    71,100        954,005   

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

    162,345        1,347,455   

Grindrod Ltd.

    205,874        466,356   

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

    69,915        2,808,431   

Lewis Group Ltd.a

    386,310        2,062,165   

Nampak Ltd.

    372,959        1,158,406   

PPC Ltd.

    517,371        1,380,891   

RMB Holdings Ltd.

    259,041        991,749   

Tiger Brands Ltd.

    32,153        765,770   

Truworths International Ltd.

    175,933        1,149,915   

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

    148,362        803,662   
   

 

 

 
      16,579,660   

SOUTH KOREA 2.34%

  

 

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

    42,840        1,244,756   

Korea Gas Corp.

    13,904        865,144   

KT Corp.

    39,140        1,126,278   

KT Corp. SP ADR

    65,096        921,108   
   

 

 

 
      4,157,286   

TAIWAN 26.18%

  

 

AmTRAN Technology Co. Ltd.

    7,189,000        4,626,966   

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

    316,000        2,941,233   

China Bills Finance Corp.

    5,925,000        2,288,060   
 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ETF

January 31, 2014

 

    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

China Steel Corp.

    632,538      $ 543,861   

Chong Hong Construction Co.

    1,185,000        3,199,373   

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

    553,000        1,677,389   

Dynapack International
Technology Corp.

    994,000        2,683,693   

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

    711,000        1,400,997   

Farglory Land Development
Co. Ltd.

    1,264,263        2,027,995   

Feng Hsin Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

    1,063,000        1,817,424   

Formosa Plastics Corp.

    158,840        408,929   

Formosan Rubber Group Inc.

    2,291,000        2,109,709   

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.

    1,580,000        2,075,551   

Highwealth Construction Corp.

    790,000        1,587,953   

Huaku Development Co. Ltd.

    632,000        1,554,056   

Inventec Corp.

    1,264,475        1,166,501   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

    948,518        1,404,110   

Novatek Microelectronics
Corp. Ltd.

    395,000        1,584,042   

Oriental Union Chemical Corp.

    1,264,000        1,259,932   

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

    553,000        1,620,807   

TSRC Corp.

    1,106,500        1,572,236   

U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.

    1,027,000        1,705,028   

UPC Technology Corp.

    3,950,980        1,832,206   

Wistron NeWeb Corp.

    395,664        1,013,401   

WPG Holdings Co. Ltd.

    2,054,000        2,393,141   
   

 

 

 
      46,494,593   

THAILAND 6.47%

  

 

Advanced Information Service
PCL NVDR

    252,800        1,600,581   

Charoen Pokphand Foods
PCL NVDR

    1,240,300        1,070,844   

Land and Houses PCL NVDRa

    4,052,700        1,055,838   

PTT Global Chemical
PCL NVDR

    695,200        1,500,545   

Sansiri PCL NVDR

    43,315,700        2,375,081   

Shin Corp. PCL NVDRa

    742,600        1,585,983   

Siam Cement PCL NVDR (The)

    79,000        971,645   

Thai Oil PCL NVDR

    837,400        1,338,166   
   

 

 

 
      11,498,683   

TURKEY 4.51%

  

 

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS

    117,710        1,028,251   

Tofas Turk Otomobil
Fabrikasi AS

    364,427        1,708,579   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

    729,723        1,807,443   

Turk Traktor ve Ziraat
Makineleri AS

    60,119        1,382,718   

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

    126,005        2,076,026   
   

 

 

 
      8,003,017   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $176,822,499)

  

    159,551,691   
   

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 10.03%

  

BRAZIL 10.03%

  

 

AES Tiete SA

    474,000        3,695,235   

Companhia Energetica de
Minas Gerais

    991,464        5,702,820   

Oi SA

    3,152,100        5,427,474   

Telefonica Brasil SA

    158,000        2,992,592   
   

 

 

 
      17,818,121   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $19,295,312)

  

    17,818,121   
   

 

 

 
    
Security
  Shares     Value  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.26%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS 2.26%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.13%c,d,e

    3,542,228      $ 3,542,228   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Prime,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.12%c,d,e

    199,387        199,387   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.00%c,d

    275,396        275,396   
   

 

 

 
      4,017,011   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $4,017,011)

      4,017,011   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES
102.11%

   

 

(Cost: $200,134,822)

      181,386,823   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities  (2.11)%

  

    (3,753,712
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS 100.00%

  

  $ 177,633,111   
   

 

 

 

NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipts

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depositary Receipts

SP GDR — Sponsored Global Depositary Receipts

 

a 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 1.

b 

This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

c 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

d 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

e 

All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 1.

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.

 

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments  (Unaudited)

iSHARES® INC.

 

iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 1, 1994 pursuant to amended and restated Articles of Incorporation.

These schedules of investments relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares ETF

Asia/Pacific Dividend

Emerging Markets Dividend

 

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SECURITY VALUATION

Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting date end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) define fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Funds. The investments of each Fund are valued pursuant to policies and procedures developed by the Global Valuation Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last reported trade price or the official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

Open-end U.S. mutual funds are valued at that day’s published net asset value (NAV).

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the fair value of such investment or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued based upon other available factors deemed relevant by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board. These factors include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other factors, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or default rates. Valuations based on such factors are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.

The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Company’s pricing vendors, a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices, reviews of large movements in market values, and reviews of market related activity.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments   (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® INC.

 

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s net asset value and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s underlying index.

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes. The level of a value determined for a financial instrument within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The categorization of a value determined for a financial instrument within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in the instrument. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Company’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

As of January 31, 2014, the value of each of the Funds’ investments was classified as Level 1. The breakdown of each Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in its respective schedule of investments.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the investment adviser. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments   (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® INC.

 

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

As of January 31, 2014, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF    Tax Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Asia/Pacific Dividend

   $ 48,173,119       $ 1,299,494       $ (2,986,486   $ (1,686,992

Emerging Markets Dividend

     201,381,294         5,307,416         (25,301,887     (19,994,471

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments   (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® INC.

 

LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

Each Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Funds and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. Any securities lending cash collateral may be reinvested in certain short-term instruments either directly on behalf of a fund or through one or more joint accounts or money market funds, including those managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment advisor, or its affiliates.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent. Each Fund could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

As of January 31, 2014, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash. The cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BFA.

 

2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BFA or an affiliate. BFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by BlackRock.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that, based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in Section 4(a) of the certifications filed with this Form N-Q.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

  (a) Certifications of the President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are filed with this Form N-Q as exhibits.


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.

 

iShares, Inc.

By: /s/ Manish Mehta

Manish Mehta, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 24, 2014

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

 

By: /s/ Manish Mehta

Manish Mehta, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 24, 2014

 

By: /s/ Jack Gee

Jack Gee, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:   March 24, 2014