N-Q 1 ata_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ata_nq.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2009



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: February 28, 2010

 
Date of reporting period:  May 31, 2009

 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.

 American Trust Allegiance Fund
     
 Schedule of Investments at May 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
             
 Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 95.90%
 
Value
             
   
Agricultural Products - 1.47%
     
               6,700
 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
$
184,384
             
   
Chemicals - 4.91%
     
               3,500
 
Monsanto Co.
   
287,525
               4,500
 
Praxair, Inc.
     
329,400
           
616,925
             
   
Commercial Services & Supplies - 3.77%
   
               9,400
 
Iron Mountain, Inc.*
   
256,150
               7,900
 
Waste Management, Inc.
   
217,961
           
474,111
             
   
Communications Equipment - 1.53%
   
               2,450
 
Research In Motion Ltd.*#
   
192,668
             
   
Computer Hardware - 5.95%
     
               3,000
 
Apple, Inc.*
     
407,430
               3,200
 
International Business Machines Corp.
 
340,096
           
747,526
             
   
Computer Software - 4.00%
     
               8,200
 
Citrix Systems, Inc.*
   
257,562
             11,700
 
Microsoft Corp.
     
244,413
           
501,975
             
   
Computers & Peripherals - 2.69%
     
               9,840
 
Hewlett-Packard Co.
   
338,004
             
   
Construction & Engineering - 3.15%
   
               7,100
 
ABB Ltd. - ADR
   
116,866
             10,500
 
Foster Wheeler Ltd.*#
   
278,460
           
395,326
             
   
Diversified Financial Services - 2.88%
   
               7,800
 
State Street Corp.
   
362,310
             
   
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.54%
   
               7,800
 
AT&T, Inc.
     
193,362
             
   
Electrical Equipment - 0.89%
     
               3,500
 
Emerson Electric Co.
   
112,315
             
   
Energy Equipment & Services - 6.47%
   
               4,800
 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
 
404,544
             11,900
 
Noble Corp.#
     
409,003
           
813,547
             
   
Food Products - 2.20%
     
               5,400
 
General Mills, Inc.
   
276,372
             
   
Household Durables - 2.83%
     
             14,600
 
Tupperware Brands Corp.
   
355,072
             
   
Household Products - 9.29%
     
             10,500
 
Avon Products, Inc.
   
278,880
               7,527
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
   
378,382
               3,800
 
Clorox Co.
     
199,272
               4,705
 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
   
310,295
           
1,166,829
             
   
Independent Power Producer - 2.01%
   
             11,200
 
NRG Energy, Inc.*
   
252,000
             
   
Insurance - 6.57%
     
                    74
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B*
 
219,928
             13,620
 
Loews Corp.
     
368,421
               8,900
 
Willis Group Holdings Ltd.#
   
237,007
           
825,356
             
   
Internet Services - 2.99%
     
                  900
 
Google, Inc. - Class A*
   
375,507
             
   
IT Services - 2.31%
     
               9,700
 
Accenture Ltd. - Class A#
   
290,321
             
   
Machinery - 1.26%
     
               5,500
 
AGCO Corp.*
     
158,730
             
   
Metals & Mining - 2.21%
     
               5,100
 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
277,593
             
   
Networking Equipment - 1.81%
     
             12,320
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.*
   
227,920
             
   
Oil & Gas - 10.56%
     
               6,200
 
Devon Energy Corp.
   
392,088
               4,271
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
   
296,194
               4,819
 
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC*
 
216,325
               9,600
 
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras - ADR
 
422,688
           
1,327,295
             
   
Personal Products - 1.53%
     
               8,300
 
Alberto-Culver Co.
   
192,892
             
   
Renewable Energy - 3.33%
     
               2,200
 
First Solar, Inc.*
   
418,000
             
   
Semiconductors - 0.83%
     
               6,600
 
Intel Corp.
     
103,752
             
   
Specialty Retail - 5.04%
     
               9,300
 
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
 
137,733
               6,520
 
Nike, Inc. - Class B
   
371,966
               6,025
 
Staples, Inc.
     
123,211
           
632,910
             
   
Utilities - Pipelines - 1.88%
     
             14,700
 
Spectra Energy Corp.
   
235,935
             
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $11,629,789)
 
12,048,937
             
 Shares
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.00%
 
Value
             
           432,385
 
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Government Portfolio - Class I
432,385
           161,832
 
Reserve Primary Fund - Class 45+‡
 
69,588
   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $594,217)
501,973
             
   
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $12,224,006) - 99.90%
12,550,910
   
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.10%
 
12,539
   
Net Assets - 100.00%
 
$
12,563,449
             
* Non-income producing security.
     
# U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
     
+ Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
‡ Illiquid security.  As of May 31, 2009, the security had a value of $69,588 or 0.55% of net assets.
   The security was acquired between April 21, 2008 and October 22, 2008, and has a cost of $161,832.
ADR - American Depository Receipt
     
 

 
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at May 31, 2009 was as follows**:

Cost of investments
$
12,308,846
     
Gross unrealized appreciation
$
1,579,149
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
   (1,337,085)
Net unrealized appreciation
$
242,064
     

**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 report.
 
 

 
FAS 157 – Summary of Fair Value Exposure at May 31, 2009

The Fund has adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”).  SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s securities as of May 31, 2009:

       
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
       
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical Assets
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Description
 
Total
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
               
 
Investments in Securities
 
$12,550,910
 
$12,481,322
 
$       -
 
$69,588
                 
Total
 
$12,550,910
 
$12,481,322
 
$       -
 
$69,588


The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

   
Investments
 
   
in Securities
 
Balance as of 2/28/09
  $ 100,723  
     Realized gain/(loss)
    -  
     Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
    41,271  
     Net purchases/(sales)
    (72,406 )
Balance as of 5/31/09
  $ 69,588  

 

 
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”)) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) 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 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(d)).

(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) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))  that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or are 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 1940 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 7/13/2009                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
 
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 7/13/2009                                                                                                                                                                      
 
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Cheryl L. King                                                                                                                                               
                                                                   Cheryl L. King, Treasurer
 
Date 7/13/2009                                                                                       

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