N-CSRS 1 frankncsrs.htm N-CSRS Filing

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES


Investment Company Act file number: 811-21532


Frank Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


739 Crandon Blvd. Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)


Brian J. Frank, Frank Capital Partners LLC

739 Crandon Blvd. Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

 (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: December 31, 2014


Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection and policymaking roles.


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Item 1.  Reports to Stockholders.










FRANK FUNDS


SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT




FRANK VALUE FUND

Class C – FNKCX

Institutional Class – FNKIX

Investor Class – FRNKX


LEIGH BALDWIN TOTAL RETURN FUND – LEBOX



December 31, 2014


(UNAUDITED)











FRANK VALUE FUND

           PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS

             DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)



The following chart gives a visual breakdown of the Frank Value Fund (the “Value Fund”) by the industry sectors, while the underlying securities represent a percentage of the portfolio of investments.



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Sectors are based on Morningstar® classifications.




LEIGH BALDWIN TOTAL RETURN FUND

           PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS

              DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)



The following chart gives a visual breakdown of the Leigh Baldwin Total Return Fund (the “Baldwin Fund”) by the industry sectors, while the underlying securities represent a percentage of the portfolio of investments.

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Sectors are based on Morningstar® classifications.

Excludes Written Options.




 

 

Value Fund

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS - 64.29%

 

 

 

 

 

Arrangement of Transportation - 2.78%

 

64,363

 

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. *

$     1,502,876

 

 

 

 

Electronic Computers - 2.98%

 

36,923

 

Teradata Corp. *

1,612,797

 

 

 

 

Consumer Electronics - 4.51%

 

22,110

 

Apple, Inc.

2,440,502

 

 

 

 

Finance Services - 10.59%

 

90,384

 

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. Class A *

3,506,899

127,107

 

Xoom Corp. *

2,225,644

 

 

 

5,732,543

Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance - 11.10%

 

22,102

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B *

3,318,615

82,331

 

Greenlight Capital Reinsurance, Ltd. Class A *

      2,688,107

 

 

 

6,006,722

Gold and Silver Ores - 2.36%

 

68,832

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

1,274,769

 

 

 

 

Leather & Leather Products - 2.50%

 

66,299

 

Vera Bradley, Inc. *

      1,351,174

 

 

 

 

Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores - 2.40%

 

77,776

 

Francesca's Holding Corp. *

1,298,859

 

 

 

 

Retail-Food Stores - 2.84%

 

31,667

 

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. *

1,538,383

 

 

 

 

Services-Business Services, NEC - 2.43%

 

95,329

 

RPX Corp. *

1,313,634

 

 

 

 

Services-Computer Programming, Date Processing, ETC - 1.58%

 

28,240

 

Mantech International Corp. Class A

         853,695

 

 

 

 

Services-Educational Services - 3.02%

 

44,400

 

American Public Education, Inc. *

1,637,028

 

 

 

 

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management - 3.91%

 

42,694

 

Science Applications International Corp.

2,114,634

 

 

 

 

Services-Miscellaneous Business - 1.82%

 

148,330

 

Performant Financial Corp. *

986,395

 

 

 

 

Services-Miscellaneous Health & Allied Services, NEC - 3.48%

 

41,072

 

IPC Healthcare, Inc. *

      1,884,794

 

 

 

 

Services-Prepackaged Software - 5.99%

 

69,832

 

Microsoft Corp.

      3,243,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOR COMMON STOCKS (Cost $29,659,067) - 64.29%

     34,792,501

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS - 6.47%

 

250,000

 

Bank Baroda New York NY 0.40%, 2/26/15

         249,982

250,000

 

Bank of China Ltd. New York NY 0.30%, 2/18/15

         249,955

250,000

 

Bank of India, New York NY 0.35%, 2/25/15

         249,966

250,000

 

Beal Bank Las Vegas NV 0.30%, 2/18/15

         249,956

250,000

 

Citizen's Bank NA Providence RI 0.30%, 2/26/15

         249,947

250,000

 

Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania 0.30%, 2/26/15

         249,947

250,000

 

First Capital Bank Louisville KY  0.15%, 1/26/15

         249,959

250,000

 

Homestreet Bank Seattle WA  0.15%, 1/20/15

         249,971

250,000

 

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. Los Angeles CA  0.25%, 2/19/15

         249,940

250,000

 

Pacific Western Bank 0.30%, 3/05/15

         249,938

250,000

 

People's United Bank Bridgeport CT 0.20%, 2/19/15

         249,925

250,000

 

Santander Bank NA 0.30%, 3/03/15

         249,942

250,000

 

State Bank of India Chicago IL 0.30%, 2/17/15

         249,957

250,000

 

Western Alliance Bank 0.15%, 2/13/15

         249,922

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOR CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $3,500,000) - 6.47%

      3,499,307

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS - 0.00% *

 

Shares Subject

 

   Underlying Security

 

to Put

 

   Expiration Date/Exercise Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency Shares Japanese Yen ETF (FXY)

 

20,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $70.00

                        -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 10 Year Bond Future (JBF)

 

3,000,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $140.50

                        -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 10 Year Bond Future (JBG)

 

3,000,000

 

February 2015 Put @ $141.50

                        -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 10 Year Bond Future (JBH)

 

10,000,000

 

March 2015 Put @ $140.50

                        -

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total (Premiums Paid $2,444) - 0.00%

                        -

 

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 28.69%

 

15,528,946

 

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio 0.09% **

     15,528,946

TOTAL FOR SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $15,528,946) - 28.69%

     15,528,946

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $48,690,457) - 99.45%

53,820,754

 

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES - 0.55%

297,320

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

$   54,118,074

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing securities during the period.

 

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate shown represents the yield at December 31, 2014.

 


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

 





 

 

Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS - 88.13%

 

 

 

 

 

Apparel Stores - 0.81%

 

 

500

 

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (Canada) *

$          27,895

 

 

 

 

Beverages - 4.66%

 

 

 

3,800

 

Coca Cola Co.

160,436

 

 

 

 

Dolls & Stuffed Toys - 4.86%

 

5,400

 

Mattel, Inc.

167,103

 

 

 

 

Drilling Oil & Gas Wells - 0.32%

 

600

 

Transocean Ltd.

10,998

 

 

 

 

Electronic Computers - 0.93%

 

200

 

International Business Machines, Inc.

32,088

 

 

 

 

Engines & Turbines - 4.61%

 

1,100

 

Cummins, Inc.

158,587

 

 

 

 

Farm Machinery & Equipment - 0.77%

 

300

 

Deer & Co.

26,541

 

 

 

 

Finance Services - 3.38%

 

1,000

 

Lendingclub Corp. *

25,300

7,000

 

Oneida Financial Corp.

91,000

 

 

 

116,300

Investment Advice - 3.71%

 

4,000

 

Apollo Global Management, LLC

94,320

600

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

33,222

 

 

 

127,542

Laboratory Analytical Instruments - 4.83%

 

900

 

Ilumina, Inc. *

166,122

 

 

 

 

Life Insurance - 0.79%

 

 

 

300

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

27,138

 

 

 

 

Metal Mining - 5.85%

 

 

 

400

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

18,928

7,800

 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

182,208

 

 

 

201,136

Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories - 1.06%

 

1,000

 

Gentherm, Inc. *

36,620

 

 

 

 

Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies - 5.08%

 

5,000

 

General Motors Co.

174,550

 

 

 

 

National Commercial Banks - 5.30%

 

2,600

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

162,708

2,000

 

Valley National Bank

19,420

 

 

 

182,128

Oil & Gas Field Services, NEC - 1.74%

 

700

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

59,787

 

 

 

 

Patent Owners & Lessors - 1.60%

 

4,000

 

RPX Corp. *

55,120

 

 

 

 

Petroleum Refining - 1.08%

 

400

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

36,980

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Preparations - 6.53%

 

3,000

 

Bristol Myers Squibb Co.

177,090

2,000

 

Mankind Corp. *

10,430

1,000

 

Synta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

2,650

600

 

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

34,506

 

 

 

224,676

Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses - 4.51%

 

500

 

Amazon.com, Inc. *

          155,175

 

 

 

 

Retail-Eating Places - 4.93%

 

1,700

 

McDonald's Corp.

          159,290

800

 

Potbelly Corp. *

            10,296

 

 

 

          169,586

Retail-Grocery Stores - 0.99%

 

1,000

 

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. *

            33,980

 

 

 

 

Securities Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies - 1.13%

 

200

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

            38,766

 

 

 

 

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. - 2.26%

 

100

 

Google, Inc. *

            52,640

700

 

Twitter, Inc. *

            25,109

 

 

 

77,749

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Productions - 0.65%

 

1,000

 

Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. *

            22,330

 

 

 

 

Services-Prepackaged Software - 0.96%

 

1,000

 

3D Systems Corp. *

32,870

 

 

 

 

Services-Video Tape Rental - 3.97%

 

400

 

Netflix, Inc. *

136,644

 

 

 

 

Specialty Cleaning, Polishing - 0.91%

 

300

 

Clorox Co.

31,263

 

 

 

 

Telephone Communications (No Radio Telephone) - 8.96%

 

5,000

 

AT&T Corp.

167,950

3,000

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

140,340

 

 

 

308,290

Tobacco Products - 0.95%

 

400

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

32,580

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOR COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,071,664) - 88.13%

        3,030,980

 

 

 

 

CLOSED END MUTUAL FUND - 0.42%

 

1,000

 

Royce Value Trust, Inc.

14,330

TOTAL FOR CLOSED END MUTUAL FUND (Cost $14,573) - 0.42%

            14,330

 

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 6.15%

 

12,000

 

Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund

66,600

8,000

 

The Gamco Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust

56,000

500

 

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

88,940

TOTAL FOR EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost $275,342) - 6.15%

          211,540

 

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 0.26%

 

1,000

 

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

9,050

TOTAL FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (Cost $7,855) - 0.26%

              9,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS - 1.60% *

 

Shares Subject

 

   Underlying Security

 

to Put

 

   Expiration Date/Exercise Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

200

 

February 2015 Put @ $290.00

1,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

200

 

February 2015 Put @ $310.00

3,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

 

1,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $9.00

350

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Global Management, LLC

 

3,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $22.50

450

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

4,000

 

February 2015 Put @ $32.00

1,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

1,500

 

February 2015 Put @ $62.50

6,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

1,000

 

February 2015 Put @ $57.50

1,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Co.

 

3,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $42.50

1,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

900

 

January 2015 Put @ $140.00

945

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

 

3,500

 

February 2015 Put @ $20.00

1,540

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

 

3,500

 

February 2015 Put @ $22.00

3,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

4,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $32.00

320

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illumina, Inc.

 

400

 

February 2015 Put @ $175.00

2,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illumina, Inc.

 

400

 

February 2015 Put @ $190.00

5,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

900

 

February 2015 Put @ $62.50

1,719

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

1,300

 

February 2015 Put @ $65.00

3,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luluemon Athletica, Inc.

 

2,000

 

January 2015 Put @ $42.50

160

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

4,500

 

January 2015 Put @ $30.00

1,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

McDonald's Corp.

 

1,400

 

February 2015 Put @ $92.50

3,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix, Inc.

 

100

 

February 2015 Put @ $335.00

1,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix, Inc.

 

200

 

February 2015 Put @ $350.00

5,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

400

 

January 2015 Put @ $82.50

584

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

1,500

 

February 2015 Put @ $45.00

1,035

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

1,500

 

February 2015 Put @ $49.00

4,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

2,800

 

January 2015 Put @ $47.00

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total (Premiums Paid $80,163) - 1.60%

54,901

 

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 14.05%

 

483,091

 

Fidelity Government Fund Class-I 0.01% **

          483,091

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOR SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - (Cost $483,091) 14.05%

          483,091

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $3,932,688) - 110.61%

3,803,892

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS - (10.61)%

        (364,908)

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

$      3,438,984

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing securities during the period.

 

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate shown represents the yield at December 31, 2014.

 

ADR - American Depository Receipt.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 





Baldwin Fund

Schedule of Call Options Written

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underlying Security

Shares Subject

 

 

Expiration Date/Exercise Price

to Call

Value

 

 

 

 

 

3D Systems Corp.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $32.00

1,000

$      1,900

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $290.00

100

3,035

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $290.00

200

4,800

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $305.00

200

2,070

 

 

 

 

 

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $9.00

1,000

400

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Global Management, LLC

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $22.50

4,000

6,200

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $34.00

4,000

600

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $32.00

1,000

1,740

 

 

 

 

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $47.50

400

512

 

 

 

 

 

Bristol Myers Squibb Co.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $60.00

1,500

2,805

 

 

 

 

 

Bristol Myers Squibb Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $62.50

1,500

420

 

 

 

 

 

Clorox Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $97.50

300

2,460

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $42.50

800

368

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $43.50

3,000

240

 

 

 

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $140.00

200

1,160

 

 

 

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $145.00

900

2,025

 

 

 

 

 

Deer & Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $90.00

300

183

 

 

 

 

 

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $23.00

1,000

570

 

 

 

 

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $90.00

400

1,360

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $55.00

600

0

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoran, Inc.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $20.00

800

3,056

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoran, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $20.00

3,500

12,425

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoran, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $23.00

3,500

3,080

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $32.00

1,000

3,070

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $34.00

4,000

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

Gentherm, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $40.00

1,000

300

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $185.00

200

2,020

 

 

 

 

 

Google, Inc.

 

 

 

 January 2015 Call @ $525.00

100

360

 

 

 

 

 

Illumina, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $175.00

400

5,920

 

 

 

 

 

Illumina, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $182.50

100

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

Illumina, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $190.00

400

2,720

 

 

 

 

 

International Business Machines, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $155.00

200

1,300

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $62.50

1,300

2,275

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $64.00

1,300

1,001

 

 

 

 

 

LendingClub Corp.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $28.00

1,000

940

 

 

 

 

 

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $42.50

500

7,200

 

 

 

 

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $30.00

900

1,125

 

 

 

 

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $31.00

4,500

2,925

 

 

 

 

 

McDonald's Corp.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $92.50

300

1,107

 

 

 

 

 

McDonald's Corp.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $96.00

1,400

1,820

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix, Inc.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $335.00

200

5,406

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $350.00

200

900

 

 

 

 

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $82.50

400

288

 

 

 

 

 

Potbelly Corp.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $12.50

800

600

 

 

 

 

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $82.50

300

2,505

 

 

 

 

 

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corp.

 

 

 

February 2015 Call @ $15.00

4,000

1,200

 

 

 

 

 

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

 

 

 

December 2014 Call @ $174.00

500

2,750

 

 

 

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $85.00

400

1,120

 

 

 

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $87.00

200

190

 

 

 

 

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $95.00

100

15

 

 

 

 

 

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $32.50

1,000

1,700

 

 

 

 

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $57.50

600

756

 

 

 

 

 

Transocean Ltd.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $20.00

600

18

 

 

 

 

 

Twitter, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $39.00

700

217

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $44.00

1,500

4,095

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

 

January 2015 Call @ $48.00

1,500

          150

 

 

 

 

 

Total (Premiums Received $90,804)

 

$  113,402

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing securities during the period.

 

 

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

 





Frank Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Fund

 

Baldwin Fund

Assets:

 

 

 

 

       Investments in Securities, at Value (Cost $48,690,457 and $3,932,688, respectively)

$  53,820,754

 

$       3,803,892

       Cash Denominated in Foreign Currencies (Cost $1,366 and $0, respectively)

              1,367

 

                        -

       Cash

 

            15,576

 

                        -

       Receivables:

 

 

 

               Dividends and Interest

              2,313

 

                 5,944

               Due from Adviser

                     -

 

               10,579

               Shareholder Subscriptions

         103,355

 

                        -

               Portfolio Securities Sold

                     -

 

            256,747

               Prepaid Expenses

                     -

 

                 6,874

                     Total Assets

    53,943,365

 

         4,084,036

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

        Covered Call Options Written at Fair Market Value

 

 

 

               (premiums received $0 and $90,804)

                     -

 

113,402

       Payables:

 

 

 

 

              Advisory Fees

            44,910

 

                        -

              Administrative Fees

            11,341

 

                 5,408

              Shareholder Redemptions

              8,485

 

                        -

              Portfolio Securities Purchased

                     -

 

            514,485

              Distribution Fees

            26,170

 

                 3,118

              Accrued Expenses

                     -

 

                 8,639

                     Total Liabilities

            90,906

 

            645,052

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$  53,852,459

 

$       3,438,984

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

 

 

 

    Paid In Capital

$  48,187,247

 

$       4,196,108

    Undistributed Net Investment Income (Loss)

      (202,575)

 

               14,743

    Accumulated Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

         737,489

 

         (620,473)

    Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) in Value of Investments and Foreign Currency

      5,130,298

 

         (151,394)

Net Assets, for 3,693,439 and 469,698 Shares Outstanding, respectively

$  53,852,459

 

$       3,438,984

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share

 

 

$                 7.32

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Price Per Share ($7.32 x 0.98) *

 

 

 

$                 7.17

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$  23,980,220

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value)

      1,643,530

 

 

Net Asset Value

$            14.59

 

 

Redemption Price Per Share ($14.59 x 0.98) *

$            14.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class C:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$    3,776,560

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value)

         267,937

 

 

Net Asset Value

$            14.09

 

 

Redemption Price Per Share ($14.09 x 0.98) *

$            13.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$  26,095,679

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value)

      1,781,972

 

 

Net Asset Value

$            14.64

 

 

Redemption Price Per Share ($14.64 x 0.98) *

$            14.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The Funds will impose a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 5 business days of purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 





Frank Funds

Statements of Operations

For the six months ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Value Fund

Baldwin Fund

Investment Income:

 

 

       Dividends (a)

$       157,993

$            89,706

       Interest

 

             7,471

                      16

            Total Investment Income

         165,464

              89,722

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

       Advisory Fees

         256,193

                7,902

       Administration Fees

           64,695

              30,246

       Transfer Agent Fees

                     -

                6,033

       Audit Fees

                     -

                5,596

       Distribution Fees (Class C - $17,368 and Investor Class - $29,783)

           47,151

              17,561

       Legal Fees

                     -

                4,033

       Custody Fees

                     -

                5,520

       Printing and Mailing Expense

                     -

                    313

       Registration Fees

                     -

                1,260

            Total Expenses

         368,039

              78,464

                 Fees Waived and Reimbursed by the Advisor

                     -

           (47,733)

            Net Expenses

         368,039

              30,731

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

      (202,575)

              58,991

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

   Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

      1,323,110

           (65,066)

   Realized Gain (Loss) on Options

          (3,352)

                5,103

   Realized Loss on Foreign Currency Transactions

              (140)

                        -

          Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Options and Foreign Currency Transactions

      1,319,618

           (59,963)

 

 

 

 

   Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

       Investments

         447,320

           (73,369)

       Options

 

          (2,401)

           (12,869)

       Foreign Currency Transactions

                     1

                        -

           Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Options and Foreign Currency Transactions

         444,920

           (86,238)

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Options and Foreign Currency Transactions

      1,764,538

         (146,201)

 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

$   1,561,963

 $        (87,210)

 

 

 

 

(a) net of foreign withholding taxes of $3,044 and $1,169 respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 





Value Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

                  Ended

Year Ended

 

 

12/31/2014

6/30/2014

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

 

 

    Net Investment Loss

 $  (202,575)

 $   (196,691)

    Net Realized Gain on Investments, Options, and Foreign Currency Transactions

     1,319,618

      4,213,144

    Unrealized Appreciation on Investments, Options, and Foreign Currency Transactions

        444,920

      1,131,645

    Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,561,963

      5,148,098

 

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

 

    Net Investment Income

                    -

           (5,591)

    Realized Gains

  (2,136,520)

   (2,848,696)

    Total Distributions Paid to Shareholders

  (2,136,520)

   (2,854,287)

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions

     2,943,896

    30,828,442

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     2,369,339

    33,122,253

 

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

  51,483,120

    18,360,867

 

 

 

 

End of Period (Including Undistributed Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

 

   of $(202,575) and $0, respectively)

$53,852,459

$  51,483,120

 

 

 

 

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

 

 





Baldwin Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

                  Ended

Year Ended

 

 

12/31/2014

6/30/2014

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

 

 

    Net Investment Income

$        58,991

$          63,313

    Net Realized Loss on Investments and Options

       (59,963)

       (143,760)

    Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Options

       (86,238)

          233,268

    Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

       (87,210)

          152,821

 

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

 

    Net Investment Income

       (59,347)

          (61,376)

    Realized Gains

                    -

                      -

    Total Distributions Paid to Shareholders

       (59,347)

          (61,376)

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions

         90,614

       (131,910)

 

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Net Assets

       (55,943)

          (40,465)

 

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

     3,494,927

       3,535,392

 

 

 

 

End of Period (Including Undistributed Net Investment Income of $14,743 and $15,099, respectively)

$   3,438,984

$     3,494,927

 

 

 

 

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

 

 





Value Fund - Institutional Class

 

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Period

 

 

 

               Ended

 

Years Ended

Ended

 

 

 

12/31/2014

 

6/30/2014

6/30/2013

6/30/2012

6/30/2011

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at Beginning of Period

$         14.79

 

$         13.38

$         11.70

$         11.58

$         10.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income (Loss) *

          (0.04)

 

          (0.05)

            0.05

            0.03

            0.02

 

  Net Gain on Securities (Realized and Unrealized)

             0.49

 

            2.42

            2.60

            0.22

            1.50

 

     Total from Investment Operations

             0.45

 

            2.37

            2.65

            0.25

            1.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income

 -

 

 -

          (0.03)

          (0.02)

          (0.03)

 

  Realized Gains

          (0.60)

 

          (0.96)

          (0.94)

          (0.11)

                   -

 

     Total from Distributions

          (0.60)

 

          (0.96)

          (0.97)

          (0.13)

          (0.03)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees ****

                     -

 

                     -

                     -

                     -

                     -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at End of Period

$         14.64

 

$         14.79

$         13.38

$         11.70

$         11.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return **

3.03%

(b)

17.83%

24.40%

2.28%

15.07%

(b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Assets at End of Period (Thousands)

$       26,096

 

$       23,630

$         4,893

$         2,132

$            329

 

  Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

1.24%

(a)

1.23%

1.23%

1.23%

1.22%

(a)

  Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets

       (0.60)%

(a)

       (0.31)%

0.42%

0.22%

0.26%

(a)

  Portfolio Turnover

19.61%

(b)

81.29%

73.76%

43.48%

52.38%

(b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of average shares outstanding during the period.

 

 

 

 

** Assumes reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** For the Period November 3, 2010 (commencement of investment operations) through June 30, 2011.

 

 

 

 

**** The Fund will impose a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 5 business days of purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Not Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 





Value Fund - Class C

 

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Period

 

 

 

         Ended

 

Years Ended

Ended

 

 

 

12/31/2014

 

6/30/2014

6/30/2013

6/30/2012

6/30/2011

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at Beginning of Period

$           14.33

 

$         13.11

$         11.57

$         11.52

$           9.32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Loss *

            (0.12)

 

          (0.18)

          (0.07)

          (0.09)

          (0.07)

 

  Net Gain on Securities (Realized and Unrealized)

              0.48

 

            2.36

            2.54

            0.24

            2.27

 

     Total from Investment Operations

              0.36

 

            2.18

            2.47

            0.15

            2.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income

                       -

 

                     -

                     -

                     -

                     -

(a)

  Realized Gains

            (0.60)

 

          (0.96)

          (0.93)

          (0.11)

                     -

 

     Total from Distributions

            (0.60)

 

          (0.96)

          (0.93)

          (0.11)

                     -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees ****

                       -

 

                     -

                     -

                     -

                     -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at End of Period

$           14.09

 

$         14.33

$         13.11

$         11.57

$         11.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return **

2.49%

(c)

16.69%

23.06%

1.50%

23.66%

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Assets at End of Period (Thousands)

$           3,777

 

$         3,281

$         1,458

$         1,908

$         3,102

 

  Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

2.24%

(b)

2.24%

2.24%

2.24%

2.22%

(b)

  Ratio of Net Investment Loss to Average Net Assets

         (1.60)%

(b)

       (1.30)%

       (0.62)%

       (0.77)%

       (0.80)%

(b)

  Portfolio Turnover

19.61%

(c)

81.29%

73.76%

43.48%

52.38%

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of average shares outstanding during the period.

 

 

 

** Assumes reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** For the Period September 23, 2010 (commencement of investment operations) through June 30, 2011.

 

 

 

 

**** The Fund will impose a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 5 business days of purchase.

 

 

 

 

(a) Amount calculated is less than $0.005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Not Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 





Value Fund - Investor Class

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              Ended

 

Years Ended

 

 

12/31/2014

 

6/30/2014

 

6/30/2013

6/30/2012

 

6/30/2011

6/30/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at Beginning of Period

$          14.76

 

$        13.38

 

$        11.71

$        11.59

 

$          8.40

$          7.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income (Loss) *

           (0.06)

 

         (0.08)

 

           0.02

           0.00

(a)

         (0.01)

         (0.06)

  Net Gain on Securities (Realized and Unrealized)

             0.49

 

           2.42

 

           2.59

           0.23

 

           3.20

           1.06

     Total from Investment Operations

             0.43

 

           2.34

 

           2.61

           0.23

 

           3.19

           1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income

                      -

 

                    -

 

         (0.01)

                    -

 

                    -

                    -

  Realized Gains

           (0.60)

 

         (0.96)

 

         (0.93)

         (0.11)

 

                    -

                    -

     Total from Distributions

           (0.60)

 

         (0.96)

 

         (0.94)

         (0.11)

 

                    -

                    -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees ***

                      -

 

                    -

(a)

                    -

                    -

 

                    -

                    -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at End of Period

$          14.59

 

$        14.76

 

$        13.38

$        11.71

 

$        11.59

$          8.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return **

2.90%

(c)

17.60%

 

24.00%

2.10%

 

37.98%

13.51%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Assets at End of Period (Thousands)

$        23,980

 

$      24,572

 

$      12,010

$        8,703

 

$        9,008

$        4,307

  Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

1.49%

(b)

1.49%

 

1.49%

1.49%

 

1.49%

1.50%

  Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets

        (0.85)%

(b)

      (0.54)%

 

0.17%

      (0.02)%

 

      (0.07)%

      (0.68)%

  Portfolio Turnover

19.61%

(c)

81.29%

 

73.76%

43.48%

 

52.38%

58.68%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of average shares outstanding during the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

** Assumes reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** The Fund will impose a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 5 business days of purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)  Amount calculated is less that $0.005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Not Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Baldwin Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              Ended

 

Years Ended

 

 

12/31/2014

 

6/30/2014

6/30/2013

6/30/2012

6/30/2011

6/30/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at Beginning of Period

$            7.64

 

$          7.44

$          7.78

$          8.48

$          8.53

$          8.94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income *

              0.13

 

            0.14

            0.13

            0.06

            0.15

            0.20

  Net Gain (Loss) on Securities (Realized and Unrealized)

           (0.32)

 

            0.19

          (0.37)

          (0.57)

            0.44

          (0.11)

     Total from Investment Operations

           (0.19)

 

            0.33

          (0.24)

          (0.51)

            0.59

            0.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Investment Income

           (0.13)

 

          (0.13)

          (0.10)

          (0.09)

          (0.12)

          (0.20)

  Realized Gains

                       -

 

                     -

                     -

          (0.10)

          (0.52)

          (0.30)

     Total from Distributions

           (0.13)

 

          (0.13)

          (0.10)

          (0.19)

          (0.64)

          (0.50)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption Fees ***

                       -

 

                     -

                     -

                     -

                     -

                     -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, at End of Period

$            7.32

 

$          7.64

$          7.44

$          7.78

$          8.48

$          8.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return **

        (2.53)%

(b)

         4.51%

       (3.07)%

       (6.08)%

         7.10%

         0.82%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Assets at End of Period (Thousands)

$          3,439

 

$         3,495

$         3,535

$         3,807

$         4,038

$         3,324

Before Reimbursement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

4.47%

(a)

4.17%

4.27%

4.23%

4.47%

5.94%

  Ratio of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets

0.64%

(a)

       (0.62)%

       (0.85)%

       (1.76)%

       (0.99)%

       (1.94)%

After Reimbursement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

1.75%

(a)

1.75%

1.75%

1.75%

1.75%

1.75%

  Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

3.36%

(a)

1.80%

1.67%

0.72%

1.73%

2.25%

  Portfolio Turnover

390.23%

(b)

650.16%

463.44%

684.25%

759.21%

417.96%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Per share net investment income has been determined on the basis of average shares outstanding during the period.

 

 

 

 

** Assumes reinvestment of dividends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** The Fund will impose a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed within 5 business days of purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Not Annualized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





FRANK FUNDS

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)


Note 1. Organization

Frank Funds (the “Trust”), is an open-end regulated investment company that was organized as an Ohio business trust on February 12, 2004. The Trust is permitted to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of separate series, each series representing a distinct fund with its own investment objective and policies.  At present, there are two series authorized by the Trust, the Frank Value Fund (the “Value Fund”) and the Leigh Baldwin Total Return Fund (the “Baldwin Fund”) (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”).  Frank Capital Partners LLC (“FCP” or “Frank Capital”) is the adviser to the Value Fund and Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC (“LBC”) is the adviser to the Baldwin Fund.  The Value Fund’s investment objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation. The Value Fund’s principal investment strategy is value investing.  The Value Fund commenced operations on July 21, 2004.  The Baldwin Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return.  The Baldwin Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by purchasing equity securities (including common stock, shares of other investment companies and exchange traded funds) and selling covered calls to generate income to the Baldwin Fund.  The Baldwin Fund also utilizes put options in conjunction with the covered calls to limit the risk of ownership of the underlying equity securities.  The Baldwin Fund commenced operations on August 1, 2008.


The Value Fund currently has 3 classes of shares; Investor Class shares, Class C shares, and Institutional Class shares.  The share classes vary in distribution (12b-1) fee accruals.


Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of its financial statements.  These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


Security Valuation - All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.


Share Valuation - The price (net asset value) of the shares of each Fund is normally determined as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern time on each day the Funds are open for business and on any other day on which there is sufficient trading in the Funds’ securities to materially affect the net asset value. The Funds are normally open for business on every day except Saturdays, Sundays and the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.


Redemption Fee - To discourage short-term trades by investors, the Funds will impose a redemption fee of 2.00% of the total redemption amount (calculated at market value) if shares are redeemed within five business days of purchase. There were no redemptions fees collected for the Value Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2014.


Security Transaction Timing - Security transactions are recorded on the dates transactions are entered into (the trade dates).  Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recognized on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.  The Funds use the identified cost basis in computing gain or loss on sale of investment securities.  Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities.  Withholding taxes on foreign dividends are provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.


Income Taxes - The Funds intend to continue to qualify each year as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. By so qualifying, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent that they distribute substantially all of their net investment income and any realized capital gains. It is the Funds’ policy to distribute annually, prior to the end of the calendar year, dividends sufficient to satisfy excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Service.  This Internal Revenue Service requirement may cause an excess of distributions over the book year-end accumulated income.


In addition, GAAP requires management of the Funds to analyze all open tax years, fiscal years 2011-2013, as defined by IRS statue of limitations for all major industries, including federal tax authorities and certain tax authorities.  As of and during the six months ended December 31, 2014, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits.  The Funds have no examination in progress and is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total tax amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.


Distributions to Shareholders - The Funds intend to distribute to their shareholders substantially all of their net realized capital gains and net investment income, if any, at year-end. Distributions will be recorded on ex-dividend date.


Foreign Currency - Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based on the exchange rate of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the exchange rate in effect on the respective dates of such transactions.


Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.


Option Writing - The Funds may invest in put and call options.  When a fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written.  Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Funds on the expiration date as realized gains.  The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or, if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss.  If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining if the fund has a realized gain or loss.  If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the fund.  The Fund(s) as writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.


Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.


Subsequent events: Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the issuance date of these financial statements and has noted no such events requiring disclosure.


Note 3. Fair Value of Investments


Processes and Structure

The Funds' Board of Trustees has adopted guidelines for valuing securities including in circumstances in which market quotes are not readily available and has delegated to each Fund's adviser the responsibility for determining fair value prices, subject to review by the Board of Trustees.


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.


Hierarchy of Fair Value Inputs

The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of most of their investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs are as follows:


·

Level 1. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the company has the ability to access.


·

Level 2. Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data.


·

Level 3. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the company's own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.


The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.


The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.


Fair Value Measurements

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the company's major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.


Equity securities (common and preferred stock). Securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded, and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, Exchange Traded Funds, and the movement of the certain indexes of securities based on a statistical analysis of the historical relationship and that are categorized in level 2. Preferred stock and other equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are also categorized in level 2.


Fixed income securities (corporate bonds). The fair value of fixed income securities is estimated using various techniques, which may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (when observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. Although most fixed income securities are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances when lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they are categorized in level 3.


Derivative Instruments (equity options) – Listed derivatives that are actively traded, and valuations adjustments are not applied, are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.


The following tables summarize the inputs used to value each Fund’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2014:


Value Fund

 

 

 

 

Financial Instruments - Assets

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

 

 

 

 

 

    Common Stocks

 $  34,792,501

-

-

 $  34,792,501

    Corporate Bonds

-

3,499,307

-

3,499,307

    Put Options

           -

-

-

           -

    Short-Term Investments

15,528,946

-

-

15,528,946

        Total

 $  50,321,447

3,499,307

-

 $  53,820,754


Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

 

Financial Instruments - Assets

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

   

 

 

 

 

    Common Stocks

$ 3,030,980

-

-

$ 3,030,980

    Closed End Mutual Fund

14,330

-

-

14,330

    Exchange Traded Funds

211,540

-

-

211,540

    Real Estate Investment Trusts

9,050

-

-

9,050

    Put Options

54,901

-

-

54,901

    Short-Term Investments

483,091

-

-

483,091

        Total

 $ 3,803,892

-

-

 $ 3,803,892

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Sold Short - Liabilities

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

    

 

 

 

 

    Call Options

 $   113,402

-

-

 $   113,402

        Total

 $   113,402

-

-

 $   113,402


The Funds did not hold any Level 3 assets during the six months ended December 31, 2014. There were no significant transfers into or out of Level 1 or Level 2 during the period. It is the Funds policy to recognize transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 at the end of the reporting period.


Note 4. Investment Management and Administrative Agreements


Value Fund

The Trust has a Management Agreement with Frank Capital, with respect to the Value Fund. Under the terms of the Management Agreement, Frank Capital manages the investment portfolio of the Value Fund, subject to policies adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Under the Management Agreement, Frank Capital, at its own expense and without reimbursement from the Trust, furnishes office space and all necessary office facilities, and pays fees and expenses incurred by the Value Fund, including but not limited to, legal, auditing, accounting, and expenses of the custodian, along with equipment and executive personnel necessary for managing the assets of the Value Fund. Frank Capital also pays the salaries and fees of all its officers and employees that serve as officers and trustees of the Trust.  Frank Capital pays all ordinary operating expenses of the Value Fund except brokerage fees and commissions, taxes, borrowing costs (such as (a) interest and (b) dividend expenses on securities sold short), acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses. For its services and the payment of Value Fund ordinary operating expenses, Frank Capital receives an annual investment management fee of 0.99% of the average daily net assets of the Value Fund.  For the six months ended December 31, 2014, Frank Capital earned management fees of $256,193 from the Value Fund.  As of December 31, 2014, the Value Fund owed Frank Capital $44,910 for management fees.


FCP also provides administrative services to the Value Fund under an Administration Agreement and receives a fee equal to 0.25% of the Value Fund’s average daily net assets for those services.  Under the Administration Agreement, FCP pays all of the operating expenses of the Value Fund except management fees, Rule 12b-1 fees, brokerage, taxes, borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense of securities sold short), and extraordinary expenses.  For the six months ended December 31, 2014 the Value Fund accrued $64,695 in administrative fees.  At December 31, 2014, the Value Fund owed $11,341 in administrative fees.  


Baldwin Fund

The Trust has a Management Agreement with LBC with respect to the Baldwin Fund.  Under the terms of the Management Agreement, LBC manages the investment portfolio of the Baldwin Fund, subject to policies adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees.  Under the terms of the Management Agreement LBC pays all of the expenses of the Baldwin Fund except administrative fees, 12b-1 fees, brokerage fees and commissions, taxes, borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense of securities sold short) acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses. As compensation for its management services, the Baldwin Fund is obligated to pay LBC a fee computed and accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.45% of the average daily net assets of the Baldwin Fund. For the six months ended December 31, 2014, LBC earned a fee of $7,902 from the Baldwin Fund.


LBC has contractually agreed to defer its fees and to reimburse expenses, exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividend expense on securities sold short, underlying fund fees, 12b-1 fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation, at least until October 31, 2019,  so that the total annual operating expenses will not exceed 1.75%, subject to possible recoupment from the Baldwin Fund in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been deferred  or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the foregoing expense limits.  LBC reimbursed the Baldwin Fund $47,733 for expenses during the six months ended December 31, 2014.  At June 30, 2014, the amount subject to future recoupment is as follows:


                      Fiscal Year Ended                     Recoverable Through                        Amount

                          June 30, 2012                              June 30, 2015                             $  97,004

                          June 30, 2013                              June 30, 2016                             $  93,594

                          June 30, 2014                              June 30, 2017                             $  84,975


Note 5. Related Party Transactions

Brian J. Frank and Monique Weiss are the control persons of Frank Capital.  Brian Frank also serves as a trustee of the Trust, and both Mr. Frank and Ms. Weiss serve as officers of the Trust. Mr. Frank and Ms. Weiss receive benefits from Frank Capital resulting from management fees paid to Frank Capital by the Value Fund.


The Baldwin Fund pays LBC brokerage commissions for executing securities transactions, which are separate from, and in addition to, the fees paid by the Baldwin Fund to LBC for advisory services.  For the six months ended December 31, 2014, LBC was paid $20,750 in brokerage commissions.  Frank Capital receives administration fees from the Baldwin Fund of $5,000 per month.  Administrative fees paid to Frank Capital for the six months ended December 31, 2014, were $30,246.  At December 31, 2014, the Baldwin Fund owed $5,408 in administrative fees to Frank Capital.  LBC acts as the distributor of the Baldwin Fund.  At December 31, 2014, the Adviser owed the Fund $10,579.


Note 6. Capital Share Transactions

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of separate series.  The total paid-in capital as of December 31, 2014, was $48,187,247 and $4,196,108 for the Value Fund and the Baldwin Fund, respectively.  Transactions in capital were as follows:


Value Fund – Investor Class

July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares sold

167,944

$   2,462,012

1,244,216

$ 18,126,927

Shares reinvested

55,354

813,153

71,633

1,040,833

Redemption Fees

-

-

-

73

Shares redeemed

   (244,995)

 (3,591,949)

   (548,070)

  (8,037,537)

    Net Increase (Decrease)

     (21,697)

$   (316,784)

      767,779

$ 11,130,150


Value Fund – Class C

July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares sold

39,234

$   561,287

163,003

$  2,291,685

Shares reinvested

10,252

145,569

9,523

134,937

Shares redeemed

  (10,526)

  (149,279)

   (54,752)

   (809,132)

    Net Increase

     38,960

$   557,577

    117,774

$  1,617,490


Value Fund – Institutional Class

July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares sold

224,378

$   3,288,492

1,396,859

$  20,470,500

Shares reinvested

65,554

966,926    

89,521

1,302,531    

Shares redeemed

  (105,744)

  (1,552,315)

  (254,366)

   (3,692,229)

    Net Increase

     184,188

$   2,703,103

  1,232,014   

$  18,080,802


Baldwin Fund

July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares sold

11,029

$    83,069

23,765

$    179,363

Shares reinvested

6,722

49,944

6,783

    51,450

Shares redeemed

  (5,646)

   (42,399)

  (47,913)

  (362,723)

    Net Decrease

   12,105

$    90,614

  (17,365)

$ (131,910)


Note 7. Options


Value Fund


As of December 31, 2014, the Value Fund held put options valued at $0.


Transactions in put options purchased during the six months ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:


 

Number of

 

Premiums

Paid

 

Contracts

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2014

100,000

 

        $           1,030

Options purchased

390,200

 

4,766

Options expired

(330,000)

 

(3,352)

Options terminated

                   -

 

                    -

Options outstanding at December 31, 2014  

       160,200

 

$          2,444


The location on the statement of assets and liabilities of the Value Fund’s derivative positions, which are not accounted for as hedging instruments under GAAP, is as follows:


 

Liability

Derivatives

 

Asset

Derivatives

Call options written

$        -

Investments in Securities

$       -


Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives contracts entered into during the six months ended December 31, 2014, by the Value Fund are recorded in the following locations in the Statement of Operations:


 

Realized

Unrealized

 

Location

Gain/(Loss)

Location

Gain/(Loss)

Options

Realized Gain

 

Change in Unrealized

 

Written and

(Loss) on Options

$    (3,352)

Appreciation/(Depreciation)

$(2,401)

Purchased

 

 

on Options

 


Baldwin Fund


As of December 31, 2014, the Baldwin Fund had outstanding written call options valued at $113,402.


Transactions in written call options during the six months ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:


 

Number of

 

Premiums

Received

 

Contracts

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2014

363

 

$        17,635

Options written

3,989

 

352,890

Options exercised

(1,062)

 

(103,300)

Options expired

(1,783)

 

(105,935)

Options terminated in closing purchase transaction

           (889)

 

           (70,486)

Options outstanding at December 31, 2014

             618

 

$        90,804


As of December 31, 2014, the Baldwin Fund held put options valued at $54,901.


Transactions in call and put options purchased during the six months ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:


 

Number of

 

Premiums

Paid

 

Contracts

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2014

 333

 

$      21,447

Options purchased

2,030

 

257,574

Options exercised

(675)

 

(63,584)

Options expired

(687)

 

(63,045)

Options terminated

         (569)

 

    (72,229)

Options outstanding at December 31, 2014  

            432

 

$     80,163


The location on the statement of assets and liabilities of the Baldwin Fund’s derivative positions, which are not accounted for as hedging instruments under GAAP, is as follows:


 

Liability

Derivatives

 

Asset

Derivatives

Call options written

$113,402

Investments in Securities

$54,901


Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives contracts entered into during the six months ended December 31, 2014, by the Baldwin Fund are recorded in the following locations in the Statement of Operations:


 

Realized

Unrealized

 

Location

Gain/(Loss)

Location

Gain/(Loss)

Options

Realized Gain

 

Change in Unrealized

 

Written and

(Loss) on Options

$5,103

Appreciation/(Depreciation)

$(12,869)

Purchased

 

 

on Options

 


The selling of written call options may tend to reduce the volatility of the Funds because the premiums received from selling the options will reduce any losses on the underlying securities, but only by the amount of the premiums. However, selling the options may also limit the Funds’ gain on the underlying securities.  Written call options expose the Funds to minimal counterparty risk since they are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearing house guarantees the options against default.


The Funds engage in option transactions involving individual securities and stock indexes. An option involves either: (a) the right or the obligation to buy or sell a specific instrument at a specific price until the expiration date of the option; or (b) the right to receive payments or the obligation to make payments representing the difference between the closing price of a stock index and the exercise price of the option expressed in dollars times a specified multiple until the expiration date of the option. The Funds may purchase and write options. Options are sold (written) on securities and stock indexes. The purchaser of an option on a security pays the seller (the writer) a premium for the right granted but is not obligated to buy or sell the underlying security. The purchaser of an option on a stock index pays the seller a premium for the right granted, and in return the seller of such an option is obligated to make the payment. A writer of an option may terminate the obligation prior to expiration of the option by making an offsetting purchase of an identical option. Options are traded on organized exchanges and in the over-the-counter market. To cover the potential obligations involved in writing options, a Fund will either: (a) own the underlying security, or in the case of an option on a market index, will hold a portfolio of stocks substantially replicating the movement of the index; or (b) the Fund will segregate with the custodian high grade liquid assets sufficient to purchase the underlying security or equal to the market value of the stock index option, marked to market daily.


The purchase of options limits a Fund's potential loss to the amount of the premium paid and can afford the Fund the opportunity to profit from favorable movements in the price of an underlying security to a greater extent than if transactions were effected in the security directly. However, the purchase of an option could result in the Fund losing a greater percentage of its investment than if the transaction were effected directly. When a Fund writes a call option, it will receive a premium, but it will give up the opportunity to profit from a price increase in the underlying security above the exercise price as long as its obligation as a writer continues, and it will retain the risk of loss should the price of the security decline. When a Fund writes a put option, it will assume the risk that the price of the underlying security or instrument will fall below the exercise price, in which case a Fund may be required to purchase the security or instrument at a higher price than the market price of the security or instrument. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Fund can affect a closing transaction on a particular option it has written. Further, the total premium paid for any option may be lost if a Fund does not exercise the option.


The Funds engage in option transactions involving securities and stock indices in order to gain exposure to particular securities or markets, in connection with hedging transactions, or to try to enhance returns. Options require additional skills and techniques beyond normal portfolio management. The Funds’ use of options involves risk that such instruments may not work as intended due to unanticipated developments, especially in abnormal market conditions, or if the Adviser makes an error in judgment, or other causes. The use of options may magnify the increase or decrease in the performance of the Funds, and may also subject the Funds to higher price volatility.


The premiums paid for the options represent the cost of the investment and the options are valued daily at their closing price. The Funds recognize a realized gain or loss when the option is sold or expired. Option holdings within the Funds, which may include put options and call options, are subject to loss of value with the passage of time, and may experience a total loss of value upon expiration. With options, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Funds since they are exchange traded.


Note 8. Investment Transactions

For the six months ended December 31, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities other than U.S. Government obligations and short-term investments for the Value Fund aggregated $7,032,595 and $12,680,174, respectively.  Purchases and sales of options for the Value Fund aggregated $4,765 and $0, respectively.   


For the six months ended December 31, 2014, purchases and sales of investment securities other than U.S. Government obligations, short-term investments and for the Baldwin Fund aggregated $13,990,646 and $12,557,725, respectively.  Purchases and sales of options for the Baldwin Fund aggregated $436,288 and $454,907, respectively.   


Note 9. Tax Matters

Each Funds' tax basis capital gains and losses and undistributed ordinary income are determined only at the end of each fiscal year.  For tax purposes, at June 30, 2014, the following represents the tax basis capital gains and losses and undistributed ordinary income:



Value Fund

Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income

$                  -

$         15,099

 

 

 

Undistributed realized capital gain (loss)

  $   1,689,547

$                   -

 

 

 

Short-term capital loss carryforward no expiration +

$                  -

$     (314,635)

Long-term capital loss carryforward no expiration +

                   -

         (13,709)

       Total

$                  -

$     (328,344)

 

 

 

Post-October capital loss deferrals realized between 11/1/2013 and 6/30/2014 *

$                  -

$        230,151




As of December 31, 2014, the tax basis components of distributable earnings, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investment securities were as follows:



Value Fund

Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation on investment securities

$   6,362,427

$          65,038

Gross unrealized depreciation on investment securities

  (1,232,129)

       (216,432)

Net unrealized depreciation on investment securities

$   5,130,298

$     (151,394)

 

 

 

Cost of investment securities, including Short Term investments **

$ 48,690,457

$     3,932,688


*These deferrals are considered incurred in the subsequent year.

** The difference between book and tax cost represents disallowed wash sales for tax purposes.

+ The capital loss carryforward will be used to offset any capital gains realized by the Baldwin Fund in future years through the expiration date.  The Baldwin Fund will not make distributions from capital gains while a capital loss carry forward remains.


The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2010. The Act makes changes to several tax rules impacting the Fund. In general, some provisions of the Act, not including the changes to capital loss carryforwards, are effective for the Fund’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. Although the Act provides several benefits, including the unlimited carryover of future capital losses, there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of the Fund’s pre-enactment capital loss carryovers may expire without being utilized due to the fact that post-enactment capital losses get utilized before pre-enactment capital loss carryovers.


The Funds paid the following distributions for the six months ended December 31, 2014 and year ended June 30, 2014 were as follows:


Value Fund

 

 

 

 

Periods Ended

 

$ Amount

 

Tax Character

 

 

Institutional Class

 

 

12/31/2014

 

$          136,532

 

Short-term capital gain

12/31/2014

 

$          896,546

 

Long-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$          571,129

 

Short-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$          846,260

 

Long-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$              3,006

 

Ordinary income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class C

 

 

12/31/2014

 

$            20,498

 

Short-term capital gain

12/31/2014

 

$          134,604

 

Long-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$            54,842

 

Short-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$            81,264

 

Long-term capital gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Class

 

 

12/31/2014

 

$          125,332

 

Short-term capital gain

12/31/2014

 

$          823,008

 

Long-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$          521,894

 

Short-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$          773,307

 

Long-term capital gain

6/30/2014

 

$              2,585

 

Ordinary income

 

 

 

 

 

Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

 

Periods Ended

 

$ Amount

 

Tax Character

12/31/2014

 

$            59,347

 

Ordinary income

6/30/2014

 

$            61,376

 

Ordinary income


For the six months ended December 31, 2014, the tax character of the distributions paid were as follows:


 

Value Fund

Baldwin Fund

Distributions paid from:

 

 

     Ordinary Income

$               -

$59,347

     Realized Gains

$2,136,520

$          -

          Total Distributions Paid

$2,136,520

$59,347


Permanent book and tax differences relating to shareholder distributions may result in reclassifications to paid in capital and may affect the per-share allocation between net investment income and realized and unrealized gain/loss.  Undistributed net investment income and accumulated undistributed net realized gain/loss on investment transactions may include temporary book and tax differences which reverse in subsequent periods.  Any taxable income or gain remaining at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.


Note 10. Control and Ownership

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of the fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  As of December 31, 2014, NFS, LLC owned approximately 88.31% of the Baldwin Fund, for the benefit of others, and may be deemed to control the Baldwin Fund.  As of December 31, 2014, NFS, LLC owned approximately 75.84% of the Value Fund, for the benefit of others, and may be deemed to control the Value Fund.


Note 11. Distribution and Service Fees

The Value Fund has adopted plans under Rule 12b-1 that allow the Value Fund to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of its Investor Class and Class C shares as well as shareholder services. Investor Class and Class C shareholders of the Fund may pay annual 12b-1 expenses of up to 0.25% and 1.00%, respectively.  For the six months ended December 31, 2014, the Investor Class accrued $29,783 in distribution fees and Class C accrued $17,368 in distribution fees.  At December 31, 2014, the Value Fund owed $26,170 in distribution fees.


The Baldwin Fund has adopted a plan under Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act that allows the Baldwin Fund to pay distribution and service fees annually for the sale and distribution of shares and servicing of shareholders (“12b-1 fees”). The Fund pays distribution fees of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets to Leigh Baldwin, as the Fund’s distributor.  For the six months ended December 31, 2014, the Baldwin Fund accrued $17,561 in 12b-1 fees. At December 31, 2014, the Baldwin Fund owed $3,118 in distribution fees.


Note 12. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860), Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures. The ASU changes the accounting for certain repurchase agreements and expands disclosure requirements related to repurchase agreements, securities lending, repurchase-to-maturity and similar transactions. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this position.




Frank Funds

Expense Illustration

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)


Expense Example


As a shareholder of the Value Fund or Baldwin Fund, you typically incur two types of costs: (1) transactions costs, including, deferred sales, charges (loads) and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs,  including management fees and distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees.  This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.


With respect to the Funds the Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period of July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.


Actual Expenses


The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.


Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes


The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in these Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.


Value Fund - Investor Class

 

 

 

Beginning

Account Value

Ending

Account Value

Expenses Paid

During the Period *

 

July 1, 2014

December 31, 2014

July 1, 2014 to

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,028.99

$7.62

Hypothetical (5% Annual

 

 

 

   Return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,017.69

$7.58

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 1.49%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

 

 

Value Fund - Class C

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Account Value

Ending

Account Value

Expenses Paid

During the Period *

 

July 1, 2014

December 31, 2014

July 1, 2014 to

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,024.94

$11.43

Hypothetical (5% Annual

 

 

 

   Return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,013.91

$11.37

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 2.24%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

 

 

Value Fund - Institutional Class

 

 

 

Beginning

Account Value

Ending

Account Value

Expenses Paid

During the Period *

 

July 1, 2014

December 31, 2014

July 1, 2014 to

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

Actual

$1,000.00

$1,030.26

$6.35

Hypothetical (5% Annual

 

 

 

   Return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,018.95

$6.31

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 1.24%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

 

 

Baldwin Fund

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Account Value

Ending

Account Value

Expenses Paid

During the Period *

 

July 1, 2014

December 31, 2014

July 1, 2014 to

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

Actual

$1,000.00

$974.69

$8.71

Hypothetical (5% Annual

 

 

 

   Return before expenses)

$1,000.00

$1,016.38

$8.89

 

 

 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 1.75%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).



FRANK  FUNDS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)


TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS


The following table provides information regarding each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Each Trustee has an indefinite term.


Name, Address and Age

Position & Length of Time Served with the Trust

Principal Occupations During Past 5 Years and Current Directorships

Jason W. Frey,

739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Age: 35

Trustee since June 2004.

Software Developer, Red Hat Inc., an enterprise software company, December 2012 to present; ManageIQ, Inc., a virtualization software company, October 2007 to December 2012.

Hemanshu Patel

739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Age: 30

Trustee since January 2010.

Associate , J. W. Childs Associates, private equity firm, November 2007 to present.

Andrea Goncalves

739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149

Age: 32

Trustee since January 2010.

Senior Accountant, Security Atlantic Mortgage / REMM, mortgage company, May 2006 to present.





The following table provides information regarding each Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, and each officer of the Trust. Each Trustee and Officer of the Trust has an indefinite term.


Name, Address and Age

Position(s) Held with the Fund

Term of Office and Length of  Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Director

Other Directorships Held by Director

Brian J. Frank1


739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149


Age: 33

President,

Treasurer, Chief Compliance Officer, and

Trustee

Indefinite/

Treasurer, Secretary

and Chief Compliance Officer, June 2004 – present;

President, September 2009 – present

Chief Financial Officer of Frank Capital Partners LLC since June 2003

2

None

Monique M. Weiss1


739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149


Age: 45

Secretary

Indefinite/

September 2009 – present

Self-employed, Consultant to mutual fund industry, 2006 – present.

2

None


1 Brian J. Frank is considered an “Interested” Trustee, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, because he is affiliated with the Adviser.  Brian Frank and Monique Weiss are married.


Additional information regarding the Trustees and Officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information.


FRANK FUNDS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

DECEMBER 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED)


Each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") includes additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request.  You may call toll-free (888) 217-5426 to request a copy of the SAI or to make shareholder inquiries.


A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how each Fund voted proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available without charge upon request by (1) calling (888) 217-5426 and (2) from the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.


Each Fund files a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.  The Funds’ first and third fiscal quarters end on September 30 and March 31. The Form N-Q filing must be made within 60 days of the end of the quarter. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://sec.gov, or they may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room).  You may also obtain copies by calling (888) 217-5426.





Board of Trustees

Brian J. Frank

Jason W. Frey

Andrea Goncalves

Hemanshu Patel


Investment Advisers

Frank Capital Partners, LLC

739 Crandon Blvd., Unit 202

Key Biscayne, FL 33149


Leigh Baldwin & Co., LLC

112 Albany Street, P.O. Box 660

Cazenovia, NY 13035


Dividend Paying Agent,

Shareholders’ Servicing Agent,

Transfer Agent

Mutual Shareholder Services, LLC


Custodian

Huntington National Bank


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Sanville & Company


Legal Counsel

Thompson Hine LLP



This report is provided for the general information of the shareholders of the Value Fund and the Baldwin Fund. This report is not intended for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds, unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.




Item 2. Code of Ethics.  Not applicable.


Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.  Not applicable.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.  Not applicable.


Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Companies.  Not applicable.


Item 6.  Schedule of Investments.  Not applicable – schedule filed with Item 1.


Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Funds.  Not applicable.


Item 8.  Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Funds.  Not applicable.


Item 9.  Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Funds.  Not applicable.


Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.  


The registrant has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's board of trustees.


Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.  


(a)

Disclosure Controls & Procedures.  Principal executive and financial officers have concluded that Registrant’s disclosure controls & procedures are effective based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.



(b)

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal half-year that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.



Item 12.  Exhibits.  


(a)(1)

EX-99.CODE ETH.  Not applicable.


(a)(2)

EX-99.CERT.  Filed herewith.


(a)(3)

Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable.


(b)

EX-99.906CERT.  Filed herewith.



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 & Treasurer

     Brian J. Frank

     President & Treasurer


Date: March 3, 2015


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 & Treasurer

     Brian J. Frank

     President & Treasurer


Date March 3, 2015