-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IHxD7wMlIsY9zQtTCLIxigXA5CpYpG7TY9LA88Vati4NuJg3NovQk+pGegN0tx46 f2foQw49SiW1ZijCD9spkw== 0000894189-08-001650.txt : 20080529 0000894189-08-001650.hdr.sgml : 20080529 20080529132624 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000894189-08-001650 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080529 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080529 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080529 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVISORS SERIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001027596 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07959 FILM NUMBER: 08865773 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: U.S BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC STREET 2: 615 E MICHIGAN STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 414-765-5340 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 615 E MICHIGAN STREET STREET 2: MK-WI-LC2 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 0001027596 S000005078 McCarthy Multi-Cap Stock Fund C000013865 Institutional Class MGAMX N-Q 1 mccarthy_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS mccarthy_nq.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2008



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)



Jeanine M. Bajczyk
Advisors Series Trust
615 East Michigan St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202

(Name and address of agent for service)


(414) 765-6609
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: June 30, 2008



Date of reporting period:  March 31, 2008

 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.

McCarthy Multi-Cap Stock Fund
     
Schedule of Investments
     
at March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)
     
           
 Shares
     
Value
 
   
COMMON STOCKS - 97.33%
     
   
Biotechnology - 6.94%
     
             25,000
 
Amgen, Inc.*
$
1,044,500
 
             18,760
 
Genentech, Inc.*
 
1,522,937
 
       
2,567,437
 
   
Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.00%
     
             15,755
 
FirstService Corp.*#
 
341,411
 
               8,700
 
ITT Educational Services, Inc.*
 
399,591
 
       
741,002
 
   
Consumer Finance - 2.46%
     
             20,840
 
American Express Co.
 
911,125
 
   
Energy Equipment & Services - 5.60%
     
             15,000
 
ENSCO International, Inc.
 
939,300
 
             16,200
 
Hercules Offshore, Inc.*
 
406,944
 
               8,600
 
Noble Corp.
 
427,162
 
               8,600
 
Pride International, Inc.*
 
300,570
 
       
2,073,976
 
   
Food & Staples Retailing - 2.65%
     
             24,191
 
CVS Caremark Corp.
 
979,977
 
   
Food Products - 1.04%
     
             14,000
 
J & J Snack Foods Corp.
 
384,580
 
   
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 5.37%
     
             34,700
 
Covidien Ltd.
 
1,535,475
 
             29,890
 
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.*
 
451,339
 
       
1,986,814
 
   
Health Care Providers & Services - 10.48%
     
             24,500
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
 
1,286,495
 
             14,183
 
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings*
 
1,045,003
 
             32,400
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
1,113,264
 
               9,800
 
WellPoint, Inc.*
 
432,474
 
       
3,877,236
 
   
Healthcare Services - 0.46%
     
             18,121
 
Nighthawk Radiology Holdings, Inc.*
 
169,613
 
   
Household & Personal Care Products - 3.54%
     
             18,700
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
1,310,309
 
   
Insurance - 21.35%
     
             34,000
 
AEGON N.V. - ADR
 
497,760
 
             17,730
 
American International Group, Inc.
 
766,823
 
             14,906
 
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.*
 
529,461
 
                  394
 
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Class B*
 
1,762,323
 
               5,700
 
Everest Re Group, Ltd.
 
510,321
 
               5,900
 
FBL Financial Group, Inc. - Class A
 
168,091
 
               3,108
 
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
 
127,863
 
             27,015
 
Horace Mann Educators Corp.
 
472,222
 
             23,000
 
Lincoln National Corp.
 
1,196,000
 
             22,300
 
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.
 
357,915
 
             10,000
 
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
 
519,100
 
               9,500
 
Torchmark Corp.
 
571,045
 
             84,000
 
Triad Guaranty, Inc.*
 
420,000
 
       
7,898,924
 
   
IT Services - 4.00%
     
             69,628
 
Western Union Co.
 
1,480,988
 
   
Leisure Equipment & Products - 1.35%
     
             26,500
 
Pool Corp.
 
500,585
 
   
Machinery - 4.55%
     
             12,000
 
Actuant Corp. - Class A
 
362,520
 
             12,230
 
Kaydon Corp.
 
537,019
 
             20,800
 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.
 
783,328
 
       
1,682,867
 
   
Media - 2.70%
     
             27,000
 
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
 
997,650
 
   
Metals & Mining - 3.46%
     
             13,300
 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
 
1,279,726
 
   
Mortgage REITs - 1.15%
     
             11,683
 
Redwood Trust, Inc.
 
424,677
 
   
Oil & Gas - 3.50%
     
               5,400
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
 
340,362
 
               4,000
 
Apache Corp.
 
483,280
 
               4,506
 
Devon Energy Corp.
 
470,111
 
       
1,293,753
 
   
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 3.15%
     
             25,300
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
 
1,167,595
 
   
Pharmaceuticals - 8.94%
     
             20,346
 
Johnson & Johnson
 
1,319,845
 
           110,400
 
Mylan, Inc.
 
1,280,640
 
             16,580
 
Schering-Plough Corp.
 
238,918
 
             36,440
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International*
 
467,525
 
       
3,306,928
 
   
Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.43%
     
             57,200
 
Micrel, Inc.
 
530,244
 
   
Software - 1.21%
     
               8,350
 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
 
449,814
 
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $34,774,198)
 
36,015,820
 
           
   
PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.75%
     
   
Pharmaceuticals - 1.75%
     
               4,225
 
Schering-Plough Corp. (Cost $887,260)
 
647,186
 
           
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.08%
     
           401,371
 
Federated Cash Trust Treasury Money Market Fund (Cost $401,371)
 
401,371
 
   
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $36,062,829) - 100.16%
 
37,064,377
 
   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.16)%
 
(60,926
)
   
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
$
37,003,451
 
           
   
* Non-income producing security.
     
   
# U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
     
   
ADR - American Depository Receipt
     
 
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at March 31, 2008 was as follows**:

Cost of investments
$
36,062,829
 
       
Gross unrealized appreciation
$
4,639,807
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
(3,638,259
Net unrealized appreciation
$
1,001,548
 
       

**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 annual or semi-annual report.
 

 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)  
The Registrant’s President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal 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 1940 Act) 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.
 
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/ Douglas G. Hess              
Douglas G. Hess, President

Date   5/27/2008                                                                     



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/ Douglas G. Hess              
Douglas G. Hess, President

Date   5/27/2008                                                                     

By (Signature and Title)*   /s/ Cheryl L. King                  
Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

Date   5/27/2008                                                                     

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



EX-99.CERT 2 certs.htm OFFICER CERTIFICATIONS Unassociated Document

 
CERTIFICATION
 
I, Douglas G. Hess, certify that:

1.  
I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Advisors Series Trust;

2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  
Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation;

(d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:   5/27/2008                 
/s/ Douglas G. Hess                      
 
Douglas G. Hess, President
 
 
 

 
 
CERTIFICATION
 
I, Cheryl L. King, certify that:

1.  
I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Advisors Series Trust;

2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  
Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation;

(d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:   5/27/2008               
/s/ Cheryl L. King               
 
Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

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