N-Q 1 franknq.htm UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549



FORM N-Q


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

 MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number: 811-21532


Frank Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


312 East 22nd Street, #2B, New York, NY  10010

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)


Brian J. Frank, Frank Capital Partners LLC

6 Stacy Court, Parsippany, NJ  07054

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)


With copy to:

JoAnn M. Strasser, Thompson Hine LLP

312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio  45202


Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  973-887-7698


Date of fiscal year end: June 30


Date of reporting period: September 30, 2012


Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number.  Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, and 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609.  The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


Frank Value Fund

Schedule of Investments

September 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

      

Shares

    

Value

      

COMMON STOCKS - 82.12%

   
      

Apparel & Other Finished Prods of Fabrics & Similar Material  - 2.40%

   

16,000

 

True Religion Apparel, Inc.

  

$       341,280

      

Communications Services, NEC - 4.52%

   

10,539

 

Neustar Inc. Class A *

  

421,876

96,725

 

Vonage Holdings Corp. *

  

         220,533

     

642,409

Computer Communications Equipment - 2.70%

   

20,100

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

  

383,810

      

Electronic Computers - 2.69%

   

38,718

 

Dell, Inc.

  

381,566

      

Finance Services - 3.69%

   

9,216

 

American Express Co.

  

524,022

      

Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance - 5.21%

   

8,392

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B *

  

740,174

      

Hospital & Medical Service Plans - 2.62%

   

5,301

 

Humana, Inc.

  

371,865

      

Patent Owners & Lessors - 2.32%

   

29,407

 

RPX Corp. *

  

         329,197

      

Pharmaceutical Preparations - 5.66%

   

32,346

 

Pfizer, Inc.

  

         803,798

      

Semiconductors & Related Devices - 2.13%

   

13,357

 

Intel Corp.

  

302,603

      

Services-Advertising Agencies - 2.59%

   

21,449

 

Valueclick, Inc. *

  

368,065

      

Services-Business Services, NEC - 8.51%

   

8,720

 

eBay, Inc. *

  

421,786

7,614

 

Global Payments, Inc.

  

318,494

25,710

 

Western Union Co.

  

         468,436

     

      1,208,716

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design - 2.59%

   

19,831

 

Quality Systems, Inc.

  

367,468

      

Services-Computer Programming, Date Processing, ETC - 9.10%

   

1,381

 

Google Inc. Class A *

  

1,041,965

10,431

 

Mantech International Corp.

  

         250,344

     

      1,292,309

Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies - 3.37%

   

6,002

 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

  

477,879

      

Services-Educational Services - 0.53%

   

20,058

 

Career Education Corp. *

  

75,418

      

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management - 2.15%

   

25,340

 

SAIC, Inc.

  

305,094

      

Services-Personal Services - 2.79%

   

22,843

 

H.R. Block, Inc.

  

395,869

      

Services-Prepackaged Software - 9.63%

   

10,264

 

BMC Software, Inc. *

  

425,853

11,576

 

CA Technologies, Inc.

  

298,256

21,608

 

Microsoft Corp.

  

         643,054

     

      1,367,163

Telegraph & Other Message Communications - 4.43%

   

19,172

 

J2 Global Communications, Inc.

  

629,225

      

Wholesale-Drugs Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries - 2.50%

   

9,161

 

AmerisouceBergen Corp.

  

         354,622

      

TOTAL FOR COMMON STOCKS (Cost $10,238,878) - 82.12%

  

     11,662,552

      

Underlying Security

   

   Expiration Date/Exercise Price

   
      

PUT OPTIONS - 0.01% *

   

Shares Subject

    

to Put

     
      
  

Euro Bund Future (GBL)

   

65,000

 

December 2012 Put @ $129.00 (Cost $3,524)

  

               835

      

FOREIGN CURRENCY - 0.03% *

   

911

 

Euro

  

1,170

286,629

 

Japanese Yen

  

            3,674

      

TOTAL FOR FOREIGN CURRENCY (Cost $4,783) - 0.03%

  

            4,844

      

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 20.33%

   

2,886,716

 

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio 0.20% (Cost $2,886,716) **

 

      2,886,716

      

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $13,133,901) - 102.49%

  

     14,554,947

      

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - (2.49)%

  

      (353,614)

      

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

  

$   14,201,333

      

* Non-income producing securities during the period.

   

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate shown represents the yield at September 30, 2012.


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    

Frank Value Fund

    

1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

    

At September 30, 2012, the net unrealized appreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $2,886,716 amounted to $1,421,046, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $1,898,374 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $477,328.

       

2. SECURITY VALUATION

    

Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  Securities that are      
traded on any stock exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price.  Lacking a last sale price, an equity security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price.  When market quotations are not readily available, when the adviser determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current market value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review by the Board of Trustees.

       

Fixed income securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices.  If the adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair market value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees.  Short term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method of valuation, which the Board has determined will represent fair value.

       

In accordance with the Trust’s good faith pricing guidelines, the adviser is required to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities for which it has determined other pricing sources are not available or reliable as described above.  No single standard for determining fair value exists since fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case.  As a general principle, the current fair value of an issue of securities being valued by the adviser would appear to be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale.  Methods which are in accord with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings; (ii) a discount from market of a similar freely traded security (including a derivative security or a basket of securities traded on other markets, exchanges or among dealers); or (iii) yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods.

       

In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency  of  inputs  to  the valuation of an asset or liability.  The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:


Valuation Inputs of Assets

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

$11,662,552

$0

$0

$11,662,552

Foreign Currency

4,844

0

0

4,844

Futures Options

835

0

0

835

Cash Equivalents

2,886,716

0

0

2,886,716

Total

  

$14,554,947

$0

$0

$14,554,947



Leigh Baldwin Total Return Fund

Schedule of Investments

September 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

      

Shares

    

Value

      

COMMON STOCKS - 76.24%

   
      

Air Transportation, Scheduled - 1.12%

   

500

 

Fedex Corp.

  

$         42,310

      

Computer Storage Devices - 4.32%

   

6,000

 

EMC Corp. *

  

163,620

      

Electronic Computers - 1.04%

   

4,000

 

Dell, Inc.

  

39,420

      

Finance Services - 2.86%

   

10,000

 

Oneida Financial Corp.

  

         108,300

      

Guided Missles & Space Vehicles & Parts - 2.46%

   

1,000

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

  

93,380

      

Metal Mining - 8.32%

   

2,000

 

BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR

  

137,220

4,500

 

Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc.

  

         178,110

     

315,330

Petroleum Refining - 10.12%

   

4,400

 

BP Plc. ADR

  

186,384

6,000

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

  

         197,100

     

383,484

Pharmaceutical Preparations - 5.01%

   

4,000

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

  

189,640

      

Railroads, Line-Haul Operating - 0.88%

   

500

 

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. *

  

33,430

      

Refuse Systems - 5.08%

   

6,000

 

Waste Management, Inc.

  

192,480

      

Retail-Eating Places - 4.84%

   

2,000

 

McDonalds Corp.

  

         183,500

      

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers - 5.59%

   

7,000

 

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

  

         211,680

      

Semiconductors & Related Devices - 4.78%

   

8,000

 

Intel Corp.

  

         181,240

      

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design - 0.98%

   

2,000

 

Quality Systems, Inc.

  

37,060

      

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing - 1.72%

   

3,000

 

Facebook, Inc. *

  

64,980

      

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management - 4.39%

   

5,000

 

Paychex, Inc.

  

166,450

      

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production - 2.03%

   

4,000

 

Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. *

  

           76,920

      

Services-Packaged Software - 4.71%

   

6,000

 

Microsoft Corp.

  

         178,560

      

Services-Video Tape Rental - 0.72%

   

500

 

Netflix, Inc. *

  

           27,220

      

Soap, Detergents, Cleaning Prepartation - 1.83%

   

1,000

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

  

69,360

      

Steel Works, Blast Furnaces Rolling Mills - 3.43%

   

9,000

 

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) ADR

  

         129,960

      

TOTAL FOR COMMON STOCKS (Cost $2,962,198) - 76.24%

  

      2,888,324

      

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 8.36%

   

10,000

 

Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund

  

77,800

4,000

 

iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures *

  

36,000

7,000

 

The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust

  

100,800

3,000

 

Proshares Short Dow30 *

  

         102,030

      

TOTAL FOR EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $322,378) - 8.36%

  

         316,630

      

Underlying Security

   

   Expiration Date/Exercise Price

   
      

CALL OPTIONS - 0.15% *

   

Shares Subject

    

to Call

     
  

Proshares Short Dow30

   

5,000

 

November 2012 Call @ $35.00

  

            2,000

      
  

Proshares Short Dow30

   

15,000

 

November 2012 Call @ $36.00

  

            3,600

      
  

Total (Premiums Paid $29,030) - 0.15%

  

            5,600

      

PUT OPTIONS - 3.95% *

   

Shares Subject

    

to Put

     
  

ArcelorMittal (luxembourg) ADR

   

8,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $10.00

  

12,160

      
  

BP Plc. ADR

   

2,200

 

January 2014 Put @ $35.00

  

6,600

      
  

EMC Corp.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $20.00

  

6,700

      
  

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

3,500

 

January 2014 Put @ $40.00

  

7,595

      
  

Facebook, Inc.

   

3,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $25.00

  

21,600

      
  

Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc.

   

3,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $30.00

  

10,020

      
  

Intel Corp.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $20.00

  

10,000

      
  

Johnson Controls, Inc.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $25.00

  

16,500

      
  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $30.00

  

10,750

      
  

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

   

6,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $23.00

  

9,600

      
  

McDonald's Corp.

   

2,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $75.00

  

6,300

      
  

Microsoft Corp.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $23.00

  

6,600

      
  

Paychex, Inc.

   

3,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $25.00

  

3,060

      
  

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Brazil)

   

6,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $15.00

  

6,060

      
  

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

4,800

 

January 2014 Put @ $25.00

  

10,176

      
  

Waste Management, Inc.

   

5,000

 

January 2014 Put @ $25.00

  

            5,750

      
  

Total (Premiums Paid $203,158) - 3.95%

  

         149,471

      

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 39.62%

   

1,501,095

 

Fidelity Government Fund Class-I 0.01% (Cost $1,501,095) **

 

      1,501,095

      

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $5,017,859) - 128.31%

  

4,861,120

      

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - (28.31)%

  

    (1,072,518)

      

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

  

$     3,788,602

      

* Non-income producing securities during the period.

   

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate shown represents the yield at September 30, 2012.

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

   
      
      

Leigh Baldwin Total Return Fund

Schedule of Options Written

September 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

      

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN *

   
      

Shares Subject

 

Underlying Security

   

to Call

 

Expiration Date/Exercise Price

  

Value

      
  

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) ADR

   

9,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $16.00

  

$           1,170

      
  

BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR

   

2,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $65.00

  

8,500

      
  

BP Plc. ADR

   

4,400

 

October 2012 Call @ $43.00

  

2,552

      
  

Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc.

   

4,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $20.00

  

2,400

      
  

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

4,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $47.00

  

5,520

      
  

EMC Corp.

   

6,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $27.00

  

4,980

      
  

Facebook, Inc.

   

3,000

 

November 2012 Call @ $26.00

  

1,710

      
  

FedEx Corp.

   

500

 

October 2012 Call @ $87.50

  

295

      
  

Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc.

   

4,500

 

October 2012 Call @ $41.00

  

2,925

      
  

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.

   

500

 

October 2012 Call @ $65.00

  

1,700

      
  

Intel Corp.

   

8,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $24.00

  

960

      
  

iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures

   

4,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $12.00

  

520

      
  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

1,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $92.50

  

1,800

      
  

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

   

7,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $27.00

  

24,150

      
  

MCDonald's Corp.

   

2,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $95.00

  

540

      
  

Microsoft Corp.

   

3,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $31.00

  

600

      
  

Microsoft Corp.

   

9,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $32.00

  

270

      
  

Netflix, Inc.

   

500

 

October 2012 Call @ $57.50

  

770

      
  

Paychex, Inc.

   

5,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $34.00

  

1,000

      
  

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

1,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $70.00

  

490

      
  

Quality Systems, Inc.

   

2,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $17.50

  

4,300

      
  

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

6,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $34.00

  

1,920

      
  

Waste Management, Inc.

   

6,000

 

October 2012 Call @ $34.00

  

               300

      
  

Total (Premiums Paid $56,844)

  

$         69,372


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    

Leigh Baldwin Total Return Fund

    

1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

    

At September 30, 2012, the net unrealized depreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $5,017,859 amounted to $169,291, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $108,509 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $277,800.

       

2. SECURITY VALUATION

    

Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  Securities that are traded on any stock exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price.  Lacking a last sale price, an equity security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price.  When market quotations are not readily available, when the adviser determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current market value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review by the Board of Trustees.

       

Fixed income securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.  A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices.  If the adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair market value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees.  Short term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method of valuation, which the Board has determined will represent fair value.     

In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency  of  inputs  to  the valuation of an asset or liability.  The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:


Valuation Inputs of Assets

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

$      2,888,324

              $0

              $0

$2,888,324

Exchange Traded Funds

316,630

0

0

316,630

Call Options Purchased

5,600

0

0

5,600

Put Options Purchased

149,471

0

0

149,471

Cash Equivalents

1,501,095

0

0

1,501,095

Total

  

$      4,861,120

$0

       $0

$4,861,120

       

Valuation Inputs of Liabilities

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Options Written

$          69,372

       $0

$0

$69,372

Total

  

$          69,372

       $0

       $0

$69,372


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.


    (a)


EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant's management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including the Registrant's principal executive officer and the Registrant's principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

    (b)


CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. There have been no significant changes in the Registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation in connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q.


ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.


Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES


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.



Frank Funds


By /s/Brian J. Frank, President

 Brian J. Frank

 President


Date: November 26, 2012


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/Brian J. Frank, President

Brian J. Frank

President


Date November 26, 2012


By /s/Monique M. Weiss

Monique M. Weiss

Secretary


Date November 26, 2012