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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-2008

 

Waddell & Reed Advisors Continental Income Fund, Inc.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 
 

6300 Lamar Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas           66202

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(Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip code)

 
 

Kristen A. Richards

6300 Lamar Avenue

Overland Park, Kansas 66202

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(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 913-236-2000

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2005

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under that 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 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. ss. 3507.




ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

The Investments of Waddell & Reed Advisors Continental Income Fund
      September 30, 2005        
COMMON STOCKS  


Shares
 
Value

         
Aircraft - 1.14%        
Boeing Company (The)
 
85,200
 
$
5,789,340
         
Banks - 3.63%        
Citigroup Inc.
 
171,500
 
7,806,680
Northern Trust Corporation
 
139,200
 
7,037,256
Wachovia Corporation
 
73,600
 
3,502,624
       




18,346,560
Beverages - 1.63%        
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
 
84,300
 
3,628,272
Brown-Forman Corporation, Class B
 
78,000
 
4,644,120
       




8,272,392
Business Equipment and Services - 1.36%        
Cintas Corporation
 
167,700
 


6,884,923
         
Capital Equipment - 1.91%        
Caterpillar Inc.
 
69,800
 
4,100,750
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, Class A
 
146,000
 
5,581,580
       




9,682,330
Chemicals - Specialty - 0.85%        
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
 
77,700
 


4,284,378
         
Communications Equipment - 1.72%        
Nokia Corporation, Series A, ADR
 
289,700
 
4,898,827
Plantronics, Inc.
 
123,200
 
3,795,792
       




8,694,619
Computers - Micro - 1.94%        
Apple Computer, Inc.*
 
92,200
 
4,943,303
Dell Inc.*
 
143,100
 
4,893,304
       




9,836,607
Computers - Peripherals - 6.84%        
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.*
 
193,100
 
4,688,468
EMC Corporation*
 
423,000
 
5,473,620
Electronic Arts Inc.*
 
61,000
 
3,470,595
Microsoft Corporation
 
372,000
 
9,569,700
Oracle Corporation*
 
421,300
 
5,222,013
Symantec Corporation*
 
272,700
 
6,175,292
       




34,599,688
Defense - 1.64%        
General Dynamics Corporation
 
69,400
 


8,296,770
         
Electrical Equipment - 1.13%        
Emerson Electric Co.
 
79,300
 


5,693,740
         
Electronic Instruments - 1.73%        
Lam Research Corporation*
 
138,000
 
4,204,170
Novellus Systems, Inc.
 
181,200
 
4,545,402
       




8,749,572
Finance Companies - 2.13%        
SLM Corporation
 
201,100
 


10,787,004
         
Food and Related - 2.02%        
Campbell Soup Company
 
215,300
 
6,405,175
Kellogg Company
 
82,500
 
3,805,725
       




10,210,900
Furniture and Furnishings - 0.88%        
Masco Corporation
 
145,600
 


4,467,008
         
Health Care - Drugs - 3.98%        
Allergan, Inc.
 
67,100
 
6,147,702
Amgen Inc.*
 
75,000
 
5,973,750
Gilead Sciences, Inc.*
 
80,000
 
3,896,800
Novartis AG, ADR
 
80,400
 
4,100,400
       




20,118,652
Health Care - General - 3.24%        
Biomet, Inc.
 
137,500
 
4,771,938
Boston Scientific Corporation*
 
126,000
 
2,944,620
Johnson & Johnson
 
137,500
 
8,701,000
       




16,417,558
Hospital Supply and Management - 3.27%        
Medtronic, Inc.
 
109,300
 
5,860,666
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
 
125,000
 
7,025,000
WellPoint, Inc.*
 
48,200
 
3,654,524
       




16,540,190
Household - General Products - 1.52%        
Colgate-Palmolive Company
 
145,900
 


7,702,061
         
Insurance - Property and Casualty - 3.46%        
Allstate Corporation (The)
 
106,900
 
5,910,501
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B*
 
2,000
 
5,462,000
Chubb Corporation (The)
 
68,600
 
6,143,130
       




17,515,631
Motion Pictures - 1.81%        
News Corporation Limited, Class A
 
338,500
 
5,277,215
News Corporation Limited, Class B
 
236,000
 
3,894,000
       




9,171,215
Multiple Industry - 3.51%        
General Electric Company
 
273,300
 
9,202,011
Las Vegas Sands, Inc.*
 
113,700
 
3,741,867
NRG Energy, Inc.*
 
113,600
 
4,839,360
       




17,783,238
Non Residential Construction - 0.77%        
Fluor Corporation
 
60,500
 


3,894,990
         
Petroleum - International - 4.00%        
BP p.l.c., ADR
 
95,000
 
6,730,750
ChevronTexaco Corporation
 
70,100
 
4,537,573
Exxon Mobil Corporation
 
141,338
 
8,980,617
       




20,248,940
Petroleum - Services - 3.05%        
Nabors Industries Ltd.*
 
63,100
 
4,532,473
Schlumberger Limited
 
128,900
 
10,876,582
       




15,409,055
Publishing - 1.01%        
Meredith Corporation
 
102,500
 


5,113,725
         
Retail - Food Stores - 1.14%        
Walgreen Co.
 
132,600
 


5,761,470
         
Retail - General Merchandise - 1.85%        
Kohl's Corporation*
 
70,400
 
3,532,672
Target Corporation
 
112,400
 
5,836,932
       




9,369,604
Security and Commodity Brokers - 1.99%        
American Express Company
 
93,000
 
5,341,920
Franklin Resources, Inc.
 
56,500
 
4,743,740
       




10,085,660
Timesharing and Software - 1.86%        
eBay Inc.*
 
118,200
 
4,869,249
Paychex, Inc.
 
122,500
 
4,540,462
       




9,409,711
Tobacco - 1.18%        
Altria Group, Inc.
 
80,700
 


5,948,397
         
Trucking and Shipping - 1.00%        
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
 
88,800
 


5,041,620
         
Utilities - Electric - 3.35%        
Dominion Resources, Inc.
 
76,000
 
6,546,640
Exelon Corporation
 
134,200
 
7,171,648
PPL Corporation
 
99,400
 
3,213,602
       




16,931,890
Utilities - Telephone - 1.17%        
Vodafone Group Plc, ADR
 
228,100
 


5,923,757
         
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - 73.71%      
$
372,983,195

(Cost: $322,286,424)
       
         
         
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES  
Principal Amount in Thousands
 

         
Air Transportation - 0.69%        
Southwest Airlines Co.,
       
      7.875%, 9-1-07  
$3,300
 


3,476,656
         
Beverages - 0.45%        
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.,
       
      6.7%, 10-15-36  
2,000
 


2,299,164
         
Communications Equipment - 0.00%        
Corning Incorporated, Convertible,
       
      0%, 11-8-15  
33
 


26,730
         
Finance Companies - 0.12%        
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank,
      Special Purpose Trust SCE-1,
       
      6.38%, 9-25-08  
583
 


590,553
         
Multiple Industry - 1.45%        
General Electric Capital Corporation,
       
      8.3%, 9-20-09  
6,500
 


7,337,551
         
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 2.71%      
$
13,730,654

(Cost: $12,578,630)
       
         

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
      GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
       

         
Agency Obligations - 3.00%        
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
       
      6.625%, 9-15-09  
5,000
 
5,379,030
Federal National Mortgage Association:
       
      6.625%, 9-15-09  
4,000
 
4,298,488
      7.25%, 1-15-10  
5,000
 
5,523,045
       




15,200,563
Mortgage-Backed Obligations - 1.61%        
Federal National Mortgage Association Fixed Rate
      Pass-Through Certificates:
       
      8.25%, 6-1-08  
36
 
37,074
      4.5%, 7-1-18  
3,655
 
3,585,306
Government National Mortgage Association Fixed Rate
      Pass-Through Certificates:
       
      9.0%, 7-15-16  
1
 
1,353
      9.0%, 8-15-16  
41
 
44,375
      9.0%, 10-15-16  
16
 
16,940
      9.0%, 10-15-16  
15
 
16,208
      9.0%, 11-15-16  
15
 
15,888
      9.0%, 1-15-17  
3
 
3,541
      9.0%, 1-15-17  
3
 
3,284
      9.0%, 3-15-17  
16
 
17,656
      9.0%, 4-15-17  
22
 
23,931
      4.0%, 9-15-18  
3,759
 
3,631,085
      6.5%, 8-15-28  
694
 
723,639
       




8,120,280
Treasury Inflation Protected Obligations - 0.70%        
United States Treasury Notes
       
      3.0%, 7-15-12 (A)  
3,000
 


3,547,846
         
Treasury Obligations - 11.05%        
United States Treasury Bonds:
       
      7.25%, 5-15-16  
8,500
 
10,515,095
      6.25%, 8-15-23  
5,000
 
5,978,710
United States Treasury Notes:
      2.75%, 7-31-06  
10,000
 
9,892,580
      3.0%, 12-31-06  
10,000
 
9,858,590
      3.25%, 8-15-07  
5,000
 
4,918,750
      2.625%, 5-15-08  
5,000
 
4,808,205
      4.25%, 11-15-14  
10,000
 
9,928,520
       




55,900,450
         
TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
      GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS- 16.36%
     
$
82,769,139

(Cost: $79,828,937)
       
         

SHORT-TERM SECURITIES        

         
Aircraft - 0.99%        
United Technologies Corporation,
       
      3.77%, 10-3-05  
5,000
 


4,998,953
         
Capital Equipment - 1.58%        
Deere (John) Capital Corporation,
       
      3.7%, 10-5-05  
8,000
 


7,996,711
         
Finance Companies - 1.18%        
Prudential Funding LLC,
       
      3.7%, 10-13-05  
6,000
 


5,992,600
         
Publishing - 1.69%        
Tribune Co.,
       
      3.91%, 10-3-05  
8,550
 


8,548,143
         
Utilities - Telephone - 1.78%        
SBC Communications Inc.,
       
      3.8%, 10-3-05  
6,000
 
5,998,733
Verizon Global Funding, Inc.,
       
      3.63%, 10-11-05  
3,000
 
2,996,975
       




8,995,708
         
TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES - 7.22%      
$
36,532,115
(Cost: $36,532,115)
   
         
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES - 100.00%      
$
506,015,103
(Cost: $451,226,106)
       
         
Notes to Schedule of Investments
      *No dividends were paid during the preceding 12 months.
      (A)The interest rate for this security is a stated rate, but the interest payments are determined by multiplying the inflation-adjusted principal by one half of the stated rate for each semiannual interest payment date.

ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective and adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in its reports that it files or submits is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
   
(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) 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 separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.







SIGNATURES

 

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

Waddell & Reed Advisors Continental Income Fund, Inc.
(Registrant)

   

By

/s/Kristen A. Richards
 

Kristen A. Richards, Vice President and Secretary

 

Date: November 29, 2005

 

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/Henry J. Herrmann
 

Henry J. Herrmann, President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: November 29, 2005

 

By

/s/Theodore W. Howard
 

Theodore W. Howard, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: November 29, 2005