N-Q 1 chase-grmc_123110nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS chase-grmc_123110nq.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2011



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 Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Douglas G. Hess, President
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 5th Floor
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:  September 30, 2011



Date of reporting period:  December 31, 2010
 
 

 

 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.

Chase Growth Fund
     
Schedule of Investments
     
at December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)
     
           
Shares
     
Value
 
   
COMMON STOCKS - 98.2%
     
   
Auto/Auto Parts - 1.6%
     
  94,590  
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.*
  $ 5,715,128  
     
Beverage - 4.6%
       
  141,800  
Coca-Cola Co.
    9,326,186  
  229,250  
Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - ADR
    7,113,628  
            16,439,814  
     
Broadcast Media - 1.8%
       
  164,550  
DIRECTV - Class A*
    6,570,482  
     
Chemicals - Specialty - 1.9%
       
  71,800  
Praxair, Inc.
    6,854,746  
     
Computer Hardware - 7.6%
       
  62,270  
Apple Inc.*
    20,085,811  
  49,630  
International Business Machines Corp.
    7,283,699  
            27,369,510  
     
Computer - Semiconductors - 2.8%
       
  279,290  
Altera Corp.
    9,937,138  
     
Computer - Storage - 7.6%
       
  622,180  
EMC Corp.*
    14,247,922  
  235,540  
NetApp, Inc.*
    12,945,278  
            27,193,200  
     
Computer Software - Desktop/Small Business - 2.5%
       
  182,880  
Intuit Inc.*
    9,015,984  
     
Computer Software - Enterprise - 3.8%
       
  437,300  
Oracle Corp.
    13,687,490  
     
Containers - 1.0%
       
  53,700  
Ball Corp.
    3,654,285  
     
Drugs - Generic - 1.7%
       
  118,700  
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
    6,130,855  
     
Drugs - Proprietary - 3.2%
       
  55,080  
Novo Nordisk A/S - ADR
    6,200,356  
  74,430  
Shire PLC - ADR
    5,387,243  
            11,587,599  
     
Electrical Instruments - 0.9%
       
  43,480  
Waters Corp.*
    3,378,831  
     
Electronics - 1.0%
       
  69,450  
Amphenol Corp. - Class A
    3,665,571  
     
Energy/Integrated - 2.6%
       
  101,740  
Chevron Corp.
    9,283,775  
     
Energy/Oil Service - 3.6%
       
  84,800  
Cameron International Corp.*
    4,301,904  
  118,600  
Halliburton Co.
    4,842,438  
  44,100  
Schlumberger Ltd.
    3,682,350  
            12,826,692  
     
Finance/Banks - 1.9%
       
  328,020  
Banco Bradesco S.A. - ADR
    6,655,526  
     
Footwear - 2.7%
       
  111,160  
NIKE, Inc. - Class B
    9,495,287  
     
Health Care Distribution - 2.2%
       
  230,250  
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
    7,856,130  
     
Industrial Distributors - 2.5%
       
  65,170  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    9,000,629  
     
Machinery - 7.6%
       
  37,750  
Cummins Inc.
    4,152,877  
  166,630  
Danaher Corp.
    7,859,937  
  185,390  
Deere & Co.
    15,396,640  
            27,409,454  
     
Metals - 3.9%
       
  79,760  
BHP Billiton Ltd. - ADR
    7,411,299  
  56,000  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
    6,725,040  
            14,136,339  
     
Metals - Precious - 3.4%
       
  79,530  
Barrick Gold Corp.+
    4,229,405  
  131,500  
Newmont Mining Corp.
    8,078,045  
            12,307,450  
     
Railroad - 4.2%
       
  164,440  
Union Pacific Corp.
    15,237,010  
     
Restaurants - 8.7%
       
  143,270  
McDonald's Corp.
    10,997,405  
  332,650  
Starbucks Corp.
    10,688,044  
  196,910  
Yum! Brands, Inc.
    9,658,435  
            31,343,884  
     
Retail - Discount - 4.0%
       
  153,600  
Dollar Tree, Inc.*
    8,613,888  
  91,900  
Ross Stores, Inc.
    5,812,675  
            14,426,563  
     
Service Companies - 3.7%
       
  179,010  
Cognizant Technology Solutions - Class A*
    13,119,643  
     
Telecommunication Equipment - 2.2%
       
  152,890  
American Tower Corp. - Class A*
    7,895,240  
     
Tobacco - 3.0%
       
  181,760  
Philip Morris International Inc.
    10,638,413  
               
               
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $272,869,688)
    352,832,668  
               
     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.3%
       
  4,570,838  
AIM STIT Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.04%#
    4,570,838  
     
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $4,570,838)
    4,570,838  
     
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $277,440,526) - 99.5%
    357,403,506  
     
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.5%
    1,741,869  
     
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
  $ 359,145,375  
               
 
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
     
* Non-income producing security.
     
+ U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
     
# Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2010.
     
         
The cost basis of investments for federal tax purposes at December 31, 2010 was as follows**:
         
Cost of investments
$276,803,655
   
Gross unrealized appreciation
$80,679,011
   
Gross unrealized depreciation
(79,160
)  
Net unrealized appreciation
$80,599,851
   
         
**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.
         
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor
Financial Services LLC (“S&P”).  GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.
         
 
Summary of Fair Value Exposure at December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for majority security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed 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 valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily 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 December 31, 2010:

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity
                       
  Consumer Discretionary
  $ 67,551,344     $ -     $ -     $ 67,551,344  
  Consumer Staples
    27,078,226       -       -       27,078,226  
  Energy
    22,110,467       -       -       22,110,467  
  Financials
    6,655,526       -       -       6,655,526  
  Health Care
    28,953,415       -       -       28,953,415  
  Industrials
    51,647,093       -       -       51,647,093  
  Information Technology
    103,988,536       -       -       103,988,536  
  Materials
    36,952,821       -       -       36,952,821  
  Telecommunication Services
    7,895,240       -       -       7,895,240  
Total Equity
    352,832,668       -       -       352,832,668  
Short-Term Investments
    4,570,838       -       -       4,570,838  
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 357,403,506     $ -     $ -     $ 357,403,506  

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.  During the period ended December 31, 2010, the Fund recognized no significant transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2.

 
 
 

 
 
Chase Mid-Cap Growth Fund
     
Schedule of Investments
     
at December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)
     
           
Shares
     
Value
 
   
COMMON STOCKS - 98.4%
     
   
Auto/Auto Parts - 4.1%
     
  9,500  
LKQ Corp.*
  $ 215,840  
  3,900  
O'Reilly Automotive Inc.*
    235,638  
            451,478  
     
Chemicals - 5.0%
       
  5,900  
Albemarle Corp.
    329,102  
  2,800  
FMC Corp.
    223,692  
            552,794  
     
Chemicals - Specialty - 3.8%
       
  2,000  
Lubrizol Corp.
    213,760  
  1,670  
NewMarket Corp.
    206,028  
            419,788  
     
Computer - Networking - 2.5%
       
  7,600  
ADTRAN, Inc.
    275,196  
     
Computer - Semiconductors - 2.5%
       
  7,900  
Altera Corp.
    281,082  
     
Computer - Storage - 6.4%
       
  6,000  
Informatica Corp.*
    264,180  
  4,200  
NetApp, Inc.*
    230,832  
  5,200  
Teradata Corp.*
    214,032  
            709,044  
     
Computer Software - Enterprise - 7.7%
       
  10,800  
CommVault Systems, Inc.*
    309,096  
  6,300  
Solera Holdings, Inc.
    323,316  
  10,900  
TIBCO Software Inc.*
    214,839  
            847,251  
     
Drugs - Generic - 3.9%
       
  3,500  
Perrigo Co.
    221,655  
  4,100  
Watson Pharmaceucticals, Inc.*
    211,765  
            433,420  
     
Electrical Equipment - 4.7%
       
  6,150  
AMETEK, Inc.
    241,388  
  4,700  
Cooper Industries PLC
    273,963  
            515,351  
     
Electrical Instruments - 4.3%
       
  18,500  
Bruker Corp.*
    307,100  
  2,100  
Waters Corp.*
    163,191  
            470,291  
     
Electronics - 2.5%
       
  5,300  
Amphenol Corp. - Class A
    279,734  
     
Energy/Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 1.3%
       
  1,700  
Concho Resources Inc.*
    149,039  
     
Energy/Oil Service - 2.2%
       
  2,300  
CARBO Ceramics Inc.
    238,142  
     
Finance/Information Systems - 2.2%
       
  5,400  
Wright Express Corp.*
    248,400  
     
Food - 2.4%
       
  5,800  
McCormick & Co., Inc.
    269,874  
     
Footwear - 4.0%
       
  2,810  
Deckers Outdoor Corp.*
    224,069  
  11,500  
Iconix Brand Group, Inc.*
    222,065  
            446,134  
     
Industrial Distributors - 2.9%
       
  2,300  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    317,653  
     
Luxury Goods - 1.9%
       
  3,010  
Fossil, Inc.*
    212,145  
     
Media & Advertising - 1.9%
       
  4,000  
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. - Class A
    207,000  
     
Personal Care - 4.0%
       
  9,200  
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. - Class A
    278,392  
  4,800  
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.*
    163,200  
            441,592  
     
Railroad - 2.8%
       
  5,800  
Genesee & Wyoming Inc.*
    307,110  
     
Restaurants - 2.2%
       
  2,400  
Panera Bread Co. - Class A*
    242,904  
     
Retail - Discount - 5.2%
       
  6,310  
Dollar Tree, Inc.*
    353,865  
  3,570  
Ross Stores, Inc.
    225,802  
            579,667  
     
Retail - Specialty - 6.3%
       
  4,300  
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.*
    161,250  
  5,600  
PetSmart, Inc.
    222,992  
  6,500  
Tractor Supply Co.
    315,185  
            699,427  
     
Semiconductors - 3.0%
       
  11,500  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*
    329,245  
     
Service Companies - 1.2%
       
  6,700  
iGATE Corp.
    132,057  
     
Telecommunication Services - 5.2%
       
  9,400  
MasTec Inc.*
    137,146  
  18,400  
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.*
    232,392  
  7,800  
NeuStar, Inc. - Class A*
    203,190  
            572,728  
     
Waste Disposal - 2.3%
       
  9,400  
Waste Connections, Inc.
    258,782  
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $8,295,929)
    10,887,328  
               
     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.9%
       
  207,866  
AIM STIT Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.04%#
    207,866  
     
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $207,866)
    207,866  
     
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $8,503,795) - 100.3%
    11,095,194  
     
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.3%)
    (35,814 )
     
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
  $ 11,059,380  
               
 
* Non-income producing security.
       
# Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2010.
       
           
           
The cost basis of investments for federal tax purposes at December 31, 2010 was as follows**:
           
Cost of investments
$8,503,795
     
Gross unrealized appreciation
$2,604,216
     
Gross unrealized depreciation
(12,817
)    
Net unrealized appreciation
$2,591,399
     
           
**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.
           
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor
Financial Services LLC (“S&P”).  GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC.
           
 
Summary of Fair Value Exposure at December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for majority security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed 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 valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily 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 December 31, 2010:

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity
                       
  Consumer Discretionary
  $ 3,001,956     $ -     $ -     $ 3,001,956  
  Consumer Staples
    548,266       -       -       548,266  
  Energy
    387,181       -       -       387,181  
  Health Care
    903,711       -       -       903,711  
  Industrials
    1,536,041       -       -       1,536,041  
  Information Technology
    3,305,199       -       -       3,305,199  
  Materials
    972,582       -       -       972,582  
  Telecommunication Services
    232,392       -       -       232,392  
Total Equity
    10,887,328       -       -       10,887,328  
Short-Term Investments
    207,866       -       -       207,866  
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 11,095,194     $ -     $ -     $ 11,095,194  

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.  During the period ended December 31, 2010, the Fund recognized no significant transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2.

 
 
 

 
 
 
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    2/21/2011                                                                



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    2/21/2011                                                                

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

Date    2/21/2011                                                                


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