N-Q 1 ata_nq.htm AMERICAN TRUST ALLEGIANCE QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS American Trust Allegiance Quarterly Notice of Portfolio Holdings

 
 
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 811-07959



Advisors Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Eric M. Banhazl
Advisors Series Trust
2020 East Financial Way, Suite 100
Glendora, CA 91741 

(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 765-5340
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: February 28, 2006



Date of reporting period: November 30, 2005 


 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


American Trust Allegiance Fund
Schedule of Investments at November 30, 2005 (Unaudited)
         
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 96.8%
 
Market Value
         
   
Aerospace & Defense - 2.1%
   
2,400
 
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
 $
 178,800
5,400
 
United Technologies Corp.
 
290,736
       
469,536
         
   
Auto Systems/Building Controls - 0.9%
   
2,800
 
Johnson Controls, Inc.
 
194,460
         
   
Banks - 13.0%
   
9,800
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
449,722
10,200
 
Citigroup, Inc.
 
495,210
8,700
 
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
 
332,775
8,600
 
Marshall & Ilsley Corp.
 
369,628
7,300
 
Wachovia Corp.
 
389,820
5,800
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
364,530
5,700
 
Zions Bancorporation
 
431,091
       
2,832,776
         
   
Broadcasting & Cable - 1.2%
   
9,800
 
Comcast Corp. - Class A*
 
255,192
         
   
Chemicals - Specialty - 1.2%
   
7,700
 
Ecolab, Inc.
 
256,179
         
   
Communications - 2.1%
   
13,308
 
Sprint Nextel Corp.
 
333,232
4,200
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
 
134,316
       
467,548
         
   
Communications Equipment - 1.9%
   
7,500
 
Corning, Inc.*
 
151,875
6,000
 
QUALCOMM, Inc.
 
272,820
       
424,695
         
   
Computer Hardware - 4.6%
   
6,100
 
Apple Computer, Inc.*
 
413,702
9,000
 
Dell, Inc.*
 
271,440
3,500
 
International Business Machines Corp.
 
311,150
       
996,292
       
 
   
Computer Software - 5.2%
   
11,800
 
Adobe Systems, Inc.
 
384,798
7,300
 
Autodesk, Inc.
 
304,556
16,300
 
Microsoft Corp.
 
451,673
       
1,141,027
         
   
Containers & Packaging - 1.0%
   
5,400
 
Ball Corp.
 
222,588
         
   
Diversified Financial Services - 7.5%
   
5,300
 
American Express Co.
 
 272,526
1,060
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
 
44,573
2,000
 
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
166,120
2,700
 
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
348,192
2,925
 
Legg Mason, Inc.
 
358,751
4,600
 
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
 
305,532
2,700
 
State Street Corp.
 
155,763
       
1,651,457
         
   
Electric Utilities - 3.1%
   
1,700
 
Dominion Resources, Inc.
 
129,115
7,700
 
Exelon Corp.
 
400,708
1,400
 
TXU Corp.
 
143,682
       
673,505
         
   
Electrical Equipment - 1.6%
   
4,600
 
Emerson Electric Co.
 
347,806
         
   
Energy Equipment & Services - 4.4%
   
2,250
 
Baker Hughes, Inc.
 
129,037
1,600
 
Cal Dive International, Inc.*
 
116,176
2,500
 
Halliburton Co.
 
159,125
1,900
 
Nabors Industries Ltd.*#
 
133,019
2,000
 
Oceaneering International, Inc.*
 
102,000
1,550
 
Schlumberger Ltd.#
 
148,382
2,600
 
Transocean, Inc.*#
 
165,984
       
953,723
         
   
Food Distributors - 1.1%
   
7,200
 
Sysco Corp.
 
232,704
         
   
Food Products - 5.0%
   
2,600
 
Bunge Ltd.#
 
139,100
2,500
 
General Mills, Inc.
 
118,825
7,100
 
Hershey Foods Corp.
 
384,962
2,700
 
Kellogg Co.
 
118,989
4,700
 
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
 
322,373
       
1,084,249
         
   
Household Products & Personal Care - 1.3%
   
5,300
 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
 
288,956
         
   
Industrial Gases - 0.9%
   
3,600
 
Praxair, Inc.
 
187,200
         
   
Industrial Machinery - 2.7%
   
3,200
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
184,896
2,200
 
Deere & Co.
 
152,570
1,125
 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
 
99,304
3,900
 
Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. - Class A#
 
154,557
       
591,327
         
   
Insurance - Multi-Line - 0.9%
   
2,900
 
American International Group, Inc.
 
 194,706
         
   
Internet Software & Services - 1.5%
   
450
 
Google, Inc. - Class A*
 
182,246
3,500
 
Yahoo!, Inc.*
 
140,805
       
323,051
         
   
Media - 4.7%
   
4,600
 
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
 
244,030
16,400
 
Time Warner, Inc.
 
294,872
10,800
 
The Walt Disney Co.
 
269,244
3,400
 
Tribune Co.
 
108,698
3,800
 
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. - Class A*
 
111,188
       
1,028,032
         
   
Multiline Retail - 1.6%
   
9,600
 
Nordstrom, Inc.
 
354,048
         
   
Networking Equipment - 1.0%
   
13,020
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.*
 
228,371
         
   
Oil & Gas - 8.1%
   
1,850
 
Burlington Resources, Inc.
 
133,662
6,450
 
ChevronTexaco Corp.
 
369,650
4,800
 
ConocoPhillips
 
290,448
12,000
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
696,360
2,625
 
Suncor Energy, Inc.#
 
149,336
1,400
 
Valero Energy Corp.
 
134,680
       
1,774,136
         
   
Real Estate - 0.6%
   
1,900
 
Boston Properties, Inc.
 
142,899
         
   
Retail - Home Improvement - 2.9%
   
8,700
 
Fastenal Co.
 
345,390
3,425
 
Home Depot, Inc.
 
143,096
2,150
 
Lowe's Cos., Inc.
 
145,082
       
633,568
         
   
Semiconductors - 4.1%
   
10,100
 
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
182,911
10,800
 
Intel Corp.
 
288,144
1,900
 
Linear Technology Corp.
 
70,889
3,400
 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.*#
 
188,836
1,700
 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
 
62,135
3,200
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
 
103,936
       
896,851
         
   
Services - Data Processing - 1.8%
   
5,100
 
First Data Corp.
 
220,677
3,850
 
Paychex, Inc.
 
163,279
       
383,956
         
   
Specialty Retail - 6.1%
   
2,650
 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*
 
 113,049
7,650
 
Chico's FAS, Inc.*
 
337,441
8,100
 
Coach, Inc.*
 
278,883
3,800
 
Nike, Inc. - Class B
 
324,140
6,525
 
Staples, Inc.
 
150,727
3,250
 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.*
 
141,018
       
1,345,258
         
   
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.6%
   
1,900
 
Golden West Financial Corp.
 
123,101
         
   
Transportation - 2.1%
   
3,000
 
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
 
213,030
1,300
 
FedEx Corp.
 
126,906
1,600
 
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B
 
124,640
       
464,576
         
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $17,180,361)
 
21,163,773
         
Shares
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.3%
 
 Market Value
         
720,948
 
Federated Cash Trust Treasury Money Market Fund
 
720,948
   
(Cost $720,948)
   
         
   
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $17,901,309) - 100.1%
 
21,884,721
   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.1)%
 
(19,355)
   
Net Assets - 100.0%
$
 21,865,366
         
         
* Non-income producing security.
   
# U.S. security of a foreign issuer.
   
 
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at November 30, 2005 was as follows*:
 
Cost of investments
$18,014,162
Gross unrealized appreciation
4,259,593
Gross unrealized depreciation
 (389,034)
Net unrealized appreciation
$3,870,559
   
   
   
*Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table reflects the tax adjustments outstanding at the Fund’s previous fiscal year end. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
 
 
For additional federal income tax information, as well as information regarding securities valuation and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the footnotes to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual report.


 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)  
The Registrant’s President/Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b)  
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal half-year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 
Item 3. Exhibits.
 
Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)). 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.


(Registrant) Advisors Series Trust                                     

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Eric M. Banhazl                     
Eric M. Banhazl, President

Date 1/18/06                                                                    



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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Eric M. Banhazl                     
Eric M. Banhazl, President

Date 1/18/06                                                                    

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Douglas G. Hess                   
Douglas G. Hess, Treasurer

Date 1/20/06                                                                    

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.