N-Q 1 encompassnq22912.htm Encompass Funds Form N-Q

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: 811-21885


ENCOMPASS FUNDS

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


1700 California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, CA            94109

                                (Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip code)


Malcolm H. Gissen
Encompass Funds
1700 California Street, Suite 335
San Francisco, CA 94109

(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 749-6565


Date of fiscal year end: May 31


Date of reporting period: February 29, 2012


Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 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, 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. § 3507.




Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


Encompass Fund

      
   

Schedule of Investments

  

February 29, 2012 (Unaudited)

      

 Shares/Principal Amount

 

 Fair Value

 

% of Net Assets

      

 COMMON STOCKS  

    

 Agricultural Chemicals

    

      620,500

BioExx Specialty Proteins Ltd. * (Canada)

 

 $        172,955

  

      500,000

Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. * (Canada)

           245,794

  
   

           418,749

 

2.57%

      

 Amusement & Recreation Services

    

         9,000

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. *

 

             83,880

 

0.52%

      

 Coal Mining & Processing

    

       35,700

Forbes & Manhattan Coal Corp. * (Canada)

 

             68,751

  

       30,515

L & L Energy, Inc. *

 

             71,100

  

       25,000

SouthGobi Resources Ltd * (Canada)

 

           191,314

  
   

           331,165

 

2.04%

      

 Copper Mining & Processing

    

      750,000

Boxxer Gold Corp. * (Canada)

 

           117,829

  

      800,000

Excelsior Mining Corp. * (Canada)

 

           567,606

  

       11,000

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

 

           468,160

  

   1,000,000

International PBX Ventures Ltd. * (Canada)

 

           177,377

  

   1,000,000

Redhawk Resources, Inc. * (Canada)

 

           587,878

  
   

        1,918,850

 

11.80%

      

 Drug Delivery Systems

    

      100,000

Delcath Systems, Inc. *

 

           436,000

 

2.68%

      

 Gold Exploration & Mining

    

      800,000

Aguila American Gold Ltd. * (Canada)

 

           283,803

  

       90,000

Atacama Pacific Gold Corp. * (Canada)

 

           360,328

  

      502,500

Avion Gold Corp. * (Canada)

 

           855,666

  

      400,833

Brazil Resources Inc. * (Canada)

 

           564,725

  

      249,167

Brazil Resources Inc. * (Restricted) (Canada)

           315,942

  

   1,000,000

Canarc Resource Corp. * (Canada)

 

           101,358

  

      337,000

Caza Gold Corp. * (Canada)

 

             88,810

  

       40,000

Claude Resources Inc. * (Canada)

 

             50,000

  

         4,765

Comstock Mining, Inc. *

 

               9,578

  

   1,000,000

Corex Gold Corp. * (Canada)

 

           182,445

  

       68,000

Extorre Gold Mines Limited * (Canada)

 

           514,080

  

      150,000

Gold Standard Ventures Corp. * (Canada)

 

           307,115

  

      273,500

Nortec Minerals Corp. * (Canada)

 

             21,880

  

   3,000,000

Soho Resources Corp. * (Canada)

 

           121,630

  
   

        3,777,360

 

23.22%

      

 Industrial Metals & Minerals

    

      175,000

American Vanadium Corp. * (Canada)

 

           120,616

  

      239,500

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. * (Canada)

 

           653,835

  

      790,000

Aztec Metals Corp. * (Restricted) (Canada)

             31,600

  

      550,000

Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. * (Canada)

 

           267,586

  

      375,000

Goldbrook Ventures * (Canada)

 

           146,336

  

      400,000

Standard Graphite Corp. *

 

           214,879

  

      547,850

United States Antimony Corp. *

 

        1,731,206

  

       75,000

United States Antimony Corp. * (Restricted)

           213,300

  
   

        3,379,358

 

20.77%

      

 Industrial Processing

    

      200,000

EnWave Corp. * (Canada)

 

           330,428

 

2.03%

      

 Insurance (Private Mortgage)

    

       23,000

MGIC Investment Corp. *

 

           103,730

 

0.64%

      

 Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

    

   1,000,000

Border Petroleum Corp. * (Canada)

 

           380,093

  

   1,400,000

Continental Energy Corp. * (Canada)

 

             84,000

  

      460,000

Dejour Energy Inc. * (Canada)

 

           211,462

  

   2,378,046

GeoPetro Resources Company *

 

           520,792

  

       77,724

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. *

 

           537,850

  

      100,000

NiMin Energy Corp. * (Canada)

 

             80,073

  

      400,000

Petrodorado Energy Ltd. * (Canada)

 

             95,277

  

      600,000

Zodiac Exploration Inc. * (Canada)

 

             72,978

  
   

        1,982,525

 

12.18%

      

 Oil & Gas Field Services

    

      500,000

Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. * (Canada)

             68,417

 

0.42%

      

 Real Estate Development

    

   1,500,000

360 VOX Corporation * (Canada)

 

           197,649

 

1.22%

      

 Silver Mining and Processing

    

       41,000

Endeavour Silver Corp. * (Canada)

 

           425,990

  

      200,000

Oremex Silver Inc. * (Canada)

 

             35,475

  

         7,000

Silver Wheaton Corp. (Canada)

 

           268,590

  

       50,000

South American Silver Corp. * (Canada)

 

             93,756

  
   

           823,811

 

5.07%

      

 Uranium Mining & Exploration

    

      240,000

Crosshair Energy Corporation * (Canada)

 

           160,560

  

      250,000

Strateco Resources Inc. * (Canada)

 

           126,698

  

   2,000,000

Tournigan Energy Ltd. * (Canada)

 

           182,445

  

      247,615

Uranium Energy Corp. *

 

           928,556

  
   

        1,398,259

 

8.60%

      

 Total for Common Stocks (Cost - $13,498,123)

 

      15,250,181

 

93.76%

      

 CONVERTIBLE NOTES

    

      250,000

Continental Energy Corp., 10%, 9/16/2012 (Restricted)

           250,000

  

 Total for Convertible Notes Securities (Cost - $250,000)

           250,000

 

1.54%

      

 CORPORATE BONDS

    

      156,000

Claude Resources, 12.0%, 5/23/2013 (Canada)

           174,089

  

 Total for Corporate Bonds (Cost - $141,228)

 

           174,089

 

1.07%

      

 PREFERRED STOCK

    

            100

Comstock Mining Inc., 7.5% Series B Convertible Preferred

           121,818

  

 Total for Preferred Stock (Cost - $100,000)

 

           121,818

 

0.75%

      

 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

    

       16,800

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.

 

           141,792

  

 Total for Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost - $119,474)

           141,792

 

0.87%

      

 WARRANTS

    

      400,000

Aguila American Gold Ltd. * (expires 5-19-2013) (a)

 $                   -

  

       87,500

American Vanadium Corp. * (expires 9-1-2012) (b)

                      -

  

      245,000

Aztec Metals Corp. (Restricted) * (expires 1-28-2013) (c)

                      -

  

      340,000

Border Petroleum Corp. * (expires 8-2-2012) (d)

               8,615

  

      142,500

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited * (expires 12-1-2013) (e)

                      -

  

      500,000

Canarc Resource Corp. * (expires 6-13-2012) (f)

                      -

  

       70,000

Caza Gold Corp. * (expires 4-2-2012) (g)

 

                      -

  

   1,562,500

Continental Energy Corp. * (Restricted) (expires 9-21-2013) (h)

                      -

  

       75,000

Corex Gold Corp. * (expires 7-15-2012) (i)

 

                      -

  

      350,000

Corex Gold Corp. * (expires 8-11-2012) (j)

 

                      -

  

      150,000

Crosshair Energy Corporation * (expires 11-23-2012) (k)

                      -

  

       83,000

EnWave Corp. * (expires 8-9-2012) (l)

 

                      -

  

       25,000

Estrella Intl. Energy Svs. Ltd. * (expires 3-3-2015)  (m)

                      -

  

      400,000

Excelsior Mining Corp. * (expires 2-28-2013)  (n)

                      -

  

      262,500

GeoPetro Resources Company * ** (expires 9-30-2013)  (o)

                      -

  

       62,500

GeoPetro Resources Company * ** (expires 12-23-2013)  (p)

                      -

  

      116,700

GeoPetro Resources Company * ** (expires 12-31-2013)  (q)

   

      575,000

GeoPetro Resources Company * ** (expires 3-2-2014)  (r)

                      -

  

      227,273

GeoPetro Resources Company * ** (expires 4-28-2014)  (s)

                      -

  

      150,000

Gold Standard Ventures Corporation * (expires 9-24-2012)  (t)

           155,078

  

      400,000

International PBX Ventures Ltd. * (expires 2-10-2014)  (u)

                      -

  

         7,772

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. * (expires 10-14-2013) (v)

                      -

  

      800,000

Nortec Minerals Corp. * (expires 7-7-2012) (w)

                      -

  

      100,000

Oremex Silver Inc. * (expires 12-22-2012) (x)

                  507

  

      300,000

Petrodorado Energy Ltd. * (expires 12-3-2012) (y)

                      -

  

      500,000

Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. * (expires 7-28-2016) (z)

                      -

  

   1,500,000

Soho Resources Corp. * (expires 8-9-2013) (aa)

                      -

  

      500,000

Tournigan Energy Ltd. * (expires 7-14-2012) (bb)

                      -

  

      500,000

Tournigan Energy Ltd. * (expires 12-30-2012) (cc)

                      -

  

       75,000

United States Antimony Corp. * (Restricted) (expires 1-18-2014) (dd)

            44,550

  

 Total for Warrants (Cost - $0)

 

           208,750

 

1.28%

      

 MONEY MARKET FUNDS

    

      186,619

Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio 0.26% ***

           186,619

  

 Total for Money Market Funds (Cost - $186,619)

 

           186,619

 

1.15%

      
 

Total Investments

 

      16,333,249

 

100.42%

 

          (Cost - $14,295,444)

    
      

   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets  

 

           (68,770)

 

-0.42%

   

   

  
 

Net Assets

 

 $   16,264,479

 

100.00%

      
      

 * Non-Income producing securities during the period.

   

 ** Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. This security represents

 0.00% of the portfolio at February 29, 2012, and is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from  

 registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.  

    

 *** Variable rate security; the coupon rate shown represents the rate at February 29, 2012.

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

(a) Aguila American Gold Ltd. warrants expire May 19, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.65 Canadian.

  

(b) American Vanadium Corp. warrants expire September 1, 2012, with an exercise price of $1.95 Canadian.

(c) Aztec Metals Corp. warrants expire January 28, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.075 Canadian.

  

(d) Border Petroleum Corp. warrants expire August 2, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.35 Canadian.

  

(e) Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited warrants expire December 1, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.65 Canadian.

(f) Canarc Resource Corp. warrants expire June 13, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.22 Canadian.

  

(g) Caza Gold Corp. warrants expire April 2, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.30 Canadian.

  

(h) Continental Energy Corp. warrants expire September 21, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.12 Canadian.

(i) Corex Gold Corp. warrants expire July 15, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.90 Canadian.

  

(j) Corex Gold Corp. warrants expire August 11, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.45 Canadian.

  

(k) Crosshair Energy Corporation. warrants expire November 23, 2012, with an exercise price of $1.00 Canadian.

(l) EnWave Corp. warrants expire August 9, 2012, with an exercise price of $2.25 Canadian.

  

(m) Estrella Intl. Energy Svs. Ltd. warrants expire March 3, 2015, with a exercise price of $1.50 Canadian.

 

(n) Excelsior Mining Corp. warrants expire February 28, 2013, with an exercise price of $1.00 Canadian.

  

(o) GeoPetro Resources Company warrants expire September 30, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.75.

  

(p) GeoPetro Resources Company warrants expire December 23, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.50.

  

(q) GeoPetro Resources Company warrants expire December 31, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.75.

  

(r) GeoPetro Resources Company warrants expire March 2, 2014, with an exercise price of $0.75.

  

(s) GeoPetro Resources Company warrants expire April 28, 2014, with an exercise price of $1.00.

  

(t) Gold Standard Ventures Corporation warrants expire September 24, 2012, with a exercise price of $1.00 Canadian.

(u) International PBX Ventures Ltd. warrants expire February 10, 2014, with a exercise price of $0.25 Canadian.

(v) Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. warrants expire October 14, 2013, with an exercise price of $10.50.

  

(w) Nortec Minerals Corp. warrants expire July 7, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.20 Canadian.

  

(x) Oremex Silver Inc. warrants expire December 22, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.17 Canadian.

  

(y) Petrodorado Energy Ltd. warrants expire December 3, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.35 Canadian.

  

(z) Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. warrants expire July 28, 2016, with an exercise price of $0.85 Canadian.

(aa) Soho Resources Corp. warrants expire August 9, 2013, with an exercise price of $0.13 Canadian.

  

(bb) Tournigan Energy Ltd. warrants expire July 14, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.20 Canadian.

  

(cc) Tournigan Energy Ltd. warrants expire December 30, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.40 Canadian.

 

(dd) United States Antimony Corp. warrants expire January 18, 2014, with an exercise price of $2.50.

  



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ENCOMPASS FUND

(Unaudited)


1.) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS


For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of total investment securities owned at February 29, 2012 was $14,295,444. At February 29, 2012, the composition of gross unrealized appreciation (the excess of value over tax cost) and depreciation (the excess of tax cost over value) of investments (including open positions in written options) on a tax basis was as follows:


     Appreciation                 (Depreciation)               Net Appreciation (Depreciation)

      $5,678,082                   ($3,640,277)                               $2,037,805


2.) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


SECURITY VALUATION: All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in note 3.


SHARE VALUATION: The net asset value (the “NAV”) is generally calculated as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) every day the Exchange is open. The NAV is calculated by taking the total value of the Fund’s assets, subtracting its liabilities, and then dividing by the total number of shares outstanding, rounded to the nearest cent. The offering price and redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value per share, except that shares of each fund are subject to a redemption fee of 2% if redeemed within 90 days of purchase. To discourage large and frequent short-term trades by investors, and to compensate the Fund for costs that may be incurred by such trades, the Fund imposed the redemption fee.


FOREIGN CURRENCY: Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at 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 on the respective dates of such transactions.


The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.


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.


SHORT SALES: The Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security.  When the Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale.


OPTION WRITING: When the 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 Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from investments. 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 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 whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund as a writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.


RESTRICTED SECURITIES: The Fund held the following Restricted Securities at February 29, 2012, the sale of which are restricted. The investments have been valued by the Adviser pursuant to the Fund’s Good Faith Pricing Guidelines at the following unit prices, after considering various pertinent factors, including the discount to the trading price of the common stock at which the Units were purchased; the restrictions on the sale of the Units; and the market price of the stock relative to the exercise price of the warrant. It is possible that the estimated value may differ significantly from the amount that might ultimately be realized and the difference could be material.


                                                                        Acquisition

  Restricted Security                                                Date

            Cost       

       Units          Fair Value per Unit       Fair Value

  Aztec Metals Corp.

  3/11/2010     $39,085        790,000

                      0.040

             $31,600

  Aztec Metals Corp. – Warrants

  3/11/2010

       0        245,000                  0.000

           0

  Brazil Resources, Inc.

                                      8/16/2010       75,987

     249,167                  1.268

             315,942

  Continental Energy Corp. *.

                          9/19/2011     250,000

     250,000                  1.000

             250,000

  Continental Energy Corp. - Warrant

              9/28/2011    

       0

  1,562,500                  0.000

                       0

  United States Antimony Corp.                            1/17/2012      150,000

                  75,000                   2.844    

                         213,300

  United States Antimony Corp. -- Warrants           1/27/2012               0

                  75,000                   0.594         

                           44,550

                                                                                                                                  

      

                        $855,392

* Convertible Note 10% 9/16/2012


The restricted securities represented 5.26% of the Fund’s net assets at February 29, 2012. The Fund has no right to require registration of unregistered securities. Securities exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 have been identified on the Schedule of Investments.


SECURITY LOANS: The Fund may make long and short term loans of its portfolio securities to parties such as broker-dealers, banks or institutional investors. The Fund would receive compensation in the form of fees, or it would retain a portion of interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal, at all times, to the fair value of the securities loaned plus accrued interest. Gain or loss in the fair value of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan will be for the account of the Fund. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.


SECURITY TRANSACTION TIMING: Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.


FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: The Fund’s policy is to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Also, it is the Fund's 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, it is the Fund's policy to distribute annually, after the end of the fiscal year, any remaining net investment income and net realized capital gains. Therefore, no federal income tax or excise provision is required.


The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of certain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years (2008-2010), or expected to be taken on the Fund’s 2011 tax return. The Fund identifies its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and State tax authorities; however the Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.


DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.


USE OF ESTIMATES: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


3.) SECURITIES VALUATIONS

The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis. As required by the fair value topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The topic 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:


Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund 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 relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuating the asset or liability, and 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 Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows.


Equity securities (common stock including ADRs, real estate investment trusts, warrants, convertible bonds and subscription rights). Equity securities that are traded on any exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, a security is valued at its last bid price except when, in the Adviser's opinion, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the security. All other securities for which over-the-counter market quotations are not readily available are valued at their last bid price. Generally, if the security is traded in an active market and is valued at the last sale price, the security is categorized as a level 1 security. When the security position is not considered to be part of an active market or when the security is valued at the bid price, the position is generally categorized as a level 2. When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value or when restricted 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 of the Board of Trustees and are generally categorized in level 2 or level 3, as appropriate, of the fair value hierarchy.


Money market funds. Shares of money market funds are valued at a net asset value of $1.00 and are classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.  

Options. Option positions that are traded on any exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sale price. To the extent these option positions are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Lacking a last sale price, an option position, is valued at its last bid price except when, in the Adviser’s opinion, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the option position. When a bid price is used for valuation or when the security is not actively traded, those securities are valued at their last bid price and are generally categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


Fixed income securities. 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 of Trustees 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.  There is no single standard for determining fair value controls, 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 accordance 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.


The following tables summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s assets measured at fair value as of February 29, 2012:


Valuation Inputs of Assets

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

$14,689,339

$529,242

$31,600

$15,250,181

Convertible Notes

$0

$0

$250,000

$250,000

Corporate Bonds

$174,089

$0

$0

$174,089

Preferred Stock

$0

$121,818

$0

$121,818

Real Estate Investment Trusts

$141,792

$0

$0

$141,792

Warrants

$0

$208,750

$0

$208,750

Money Market Funds

$186,619

              $0

            $0

  $186,619

Total

$15,191,839

$859,810

$281,600

$16,333,249


Refer to the Fund’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of securities by industry. It is the Fund’s policy to consider transfers into or out of the levels as of the end of the reporting period.


The Fund’s assets assigned to level 3 input category are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. To determine fair value, management will utilize the valuation technique that they deem the most appropriate in the circumstances. Securities valued at level 3 have been valued based upon a market approach in which management assesses quantitative factors, such as the last trade price and financial condition of the underlying issuer, as well as qualitative factors, such as reputation of the underlying issuer. Management reviews the subsequent trading activity to determine if the valuation techniques used were reasonable.


The following is a reconciliation of assets for which level 3 inputs were used in determining value during the three month period ended February 29, 2012:


 

Preferred Stock

Beginning balance at November 30, 2011

$          281,600

Total Realized gain (loss)

0

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

0

Purchases

0

Sales

0

Net transfers in/out of level 3

0

Ending balance at February 29, 2012

   $          281,600


The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) attributable to level 3 investments still held at February 29, 2012 includes $0.


The following table shows transfers between level 1 and level 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the three month period ended February 29, 2012:


Transfers In

Transfers Out

Level 1

      Level 2

 Level 1  

        Level 2

          $425,200

          $-

                 $-

                  $425,200


Financial assets were transferred from level 2 to level 1 when the underlying positions were no longer restricted securities.

 


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.


(a) The certifying officers, whose certifications are included herewith, have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report. In their opinion, based on their evaluation, the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed, and are operating effectively to ensure, that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.


(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 3. Exhibits.


(a) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17CFR 270.30a-2(a)), are filed herewith.  




SIGNATURES


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


ENCOMPASS FUNDS



By: /s/Malcolm H. Gissen                                  

 

       Malcolm H. Gissen

       President



Date:               4/25/12                                      



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/Malcolm H. Gissen                                  

       Malcolm H. Gissen

       President



Date:               4/25/12                                      




By: /s/Malcolm H. Gissen                                  

       Malcolm H. Gissen

       Chief Financial Officer



Date:               4/25/12