N-Q 1 ast-davidson_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS ast-davidson_nq.htm

 
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2012
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
615 East Michigan Street
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, 2013



Date of reporting period:  September 30, 2012

 
 
 

 
 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
September 30, 2012 (Unaudited)
           
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 98.48%
 
Value
 
   
Aerospace and Defense - 2.16%
     
13,395  
United Technologies Corp.
  $ 1,048,695  
   
Air Freight and Logistics - 1.74%
       
9,980  
FedEx Corp.
    844,508  
   
Automobiles - 1.69%
       
83,060  
Ford Motor Co.
    818,972  
   
Beverages - 2.18%
       
14,945  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    1,057,658  
   
Biotechnology - 4.42%
       
11,780  
Amgen, Inc.
    993,290  
17,300  
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)
    1,147,509  
          2,140,799  
   
Capital Markets - 3.73%
       
47,175  
Morgan Stanley
    789,710  
24,245  
State Street Corp.
    1,017,320  
          1,807,030  
   
Chemicals - 3.33%
       
17,905  
E.I. du pont de Nemours & Co.
    900,084  
6,855  
Praxair, Inc.
    712,097  
          1,612,181  
   
Commercial Banks - 2.51%
       
35,195  
Wells Fargo & Co.
    1,215,283  
   
Communications Equipment - 4.45%
       
52,750  
Cisco Systems, Inc.
    1,006,997  
18,370  
QUALCOMM, Inc.
    1,147,941  
          2,154,938  
   
Computers and Peripherals - 5.90%
       
2,870  
Apple, Inc.
    1,915,036  
4,560  
International Business Machines Corp.
    945,972  
          2,861,008  
   
Diversifed Financial Services - 2.19%
       
26,260  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    1,063,005  
   
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.94%
       
10,000  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    455,700  
   
Electric Utilities - 1.56%
       
21,250  
Black Hills Corp.
    755,862  
   
Electrical Equipment - 2.24%
       
14,430  
Cooper Industries PLC (b)
    1,083,116  
   
Energy Equipment and Services - 3.65%
       
19,065  
Baker Hughes, Inc.
    862,310  
16,613  
Ensco PLC (b)
    906,405  
          1,768,715  
   
Food Products - 3.70%
       
29,960  
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
    814,313  
24,530  
General Mills, Inc.
    977,520  
          1,791,833  
   
Health Care Equipment and Supplies - 1.83%
       
11,260  
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    884,586  
   
Health Care Providers and Services - 4.13%
       
16,482  
Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)
    1,032,927  
10,455  
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)
    966,774  
          1,999,701  
   
Health Care Technology - 1.34%
       
8,375  
Cerner Corp. (a)
    648,309  
   
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure - 2.03%
       
11,460  
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)
    982,580  
   
Household Durables - 1.78%
       
41,820  
D.R. Horton, Inc.
    863,165  
   
Household Products - 3.55%
       
14,280  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    770,977  
12,715  
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (a)
    948,666  
          1,719,643  
   
Industrial Conglomerates - 3.99%
       
10,450  
3M Co.
    965,789  
42,515  
General Electric Co.
    965,516  
          1,931,305  
   
Insurance - 1.93%
       
34,670  
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
    934,010  
   
Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.79%
       
23,375  
Blue Nile, Inc. (a)
    866,979  
   
Internet Software & Services - 2.64%
       
1,695  
Google, Inc. - Class A (a)
    1,278,878  
   
IT Services - 2.25%
       
14,755  
Fiserv, Inc. (a)
    1,092,313  
   
Machinery - 1.87%
       
22,670  
PACCAR, Inc.
    907,367  
   
Media - 4.54%
       
20,170  
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    1,101,080  
11,585  
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
    1,101,270  
          2,202,350  
   
Multi-Utilities - 1.30%
       
9,790  
Sempra Energy
    631,357  
   
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels - 7.70%
       
8,810  
Chevron Corp.
    1,026,894  
14,710  
Devon Energy Corp.
    889,955  
11,710  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    1,070,879  
25,090  
Marathon Oil Corp.
    741,911  
          3,729,639  
   
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 4.11%
       
68,095  
Redwood Trust, Inc.
    984,654  
43,315  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
    1,007,940  
          1,992,594  
   
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment - 1.42%
       
136,185  
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)
    689,096  
   
Software - 3.89%
       
15,940  
Intuit
    938,547  
19,245  
MICRO Systems, Inc. (a)
    945,314  
          1,883,861  
             
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $39,190,595)
    47,717,036  
             
   
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $39,190,595) - 98.48%
    47,717,036  
   
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.52%
    737,828  
   
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
  $ 48,454,864  
     
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
 
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.
 

 
 
 

 
 
Davidson Small/Mid Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
September 30, 2012 (Unaudited)
     
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 93.03%
 
Value
 
   
Building Products - 1.59%
     
1,125  
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  $ 32,197  
   
Capital Markets - 2.73%
       
1,945  
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
    55,510  
   
Chemicals - 2.33%
       
575  
Airgas, Inc.
    47,323  
   
Commercial Banks - 5.08%
       
6,630  
CoBiz Financial, Inc.
    46,410  
940  
SVB Financial Group (a)
    56,832  
          103,242  
   
Commerical Services and Supplies - 7.38%
       
1,425  
GeoEye, Inc. (a)
    37,663  
6,495  
InnerWorkings, Inc. (a)
    84,565  
1,440  
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.
    27,691  
          149,919  
   
Consumer Finance - 5.97%
       
1,685  
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a)
    77,527  
3,570  
Green Dot Corp. - Class A (a)
    43,661  
          121,188  
   
Diversified Consumer Services - 3.88%
       
2,250  
Capella Education Co. (a)
    78,885  
   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.71%
       
1,740  
FLIR Systems, Inc.
    34,757  
   
Energy Equipment and Services - 3.15%
       
3,115  
Superior Energy Services, Inc. (a)
    63,920  
   
Health Care Equipment and Supplies - 4.98%
       
4,185  
Masimo Corp. (a)
    101,193  
   
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.58%
       
1,900  
U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.
    52,497  
   
Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.29%
       
1,800  
Blue Nile, Inc. (a)
    66,762  
   
Internet Software & Services - 2.78%
       
6,700  
Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)
    56,414  
   
IT Services - 6.22%
       
575  
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)
    81,621  
4,360  
ServiceSource International, Inc. (a)
    44,734  
          126,355  
   
Machinery - 3.83%
       
660  
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
    25,773  
1,530  
Woodward, Inc.
    51,989  
          77,762  
   
Media - 5.46%
       
3,635  
Imax Corp. (a)(b)
    72,373  
3,065  
ReachLocal, Inc. (a)
    38,435  
          110,808  
   
Metals and Mining - 2.45%
       
1,560  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
    49,764  
   
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels - 3.58%
       
1,535  
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)
    72,728  
   
Personal Products - 4.44%
       
1,900  
Herbalife Ltd. (b)
    90,060  
   
Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) - 1.55%
       
1,990  
Terreno Realty Corp.
    31,442  
   
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment - 5.01%
       
715  
NVE Corp. (a)
    42,321  
15,035  
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
    59,388  
          101,709  
   
Software - 8.14%
       
1,530  
Fortinet, Inc. (a)
    36,934  
420  
MICROS Systems, Inc. (a)
    20,631  
4,770  
RealPage, Inc. (a)
    107,802  
          165,367  
   
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.10%
       
2,950  
True Religion Apparel, Inc.
    62,924  
   
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.80%
       
3,400  
Houston Wire & Cable Co.
    36,584  
             
   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $1,891,605)
    1,889,310  
             
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.02%
       
142,564  
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I, 0.01% (c)
    142,564  
   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $142,564)
    142,564  
             
   
Total Investments in Securities (Cost $2,034,169) - 100.05%
    2,031,874  
   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.05)%
    (984 )
   
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
  $ 2,030,890  
     
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
(c) Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of September 30, 2012.
 
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.
 
Note 1 – Securities Valuation

The Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund and the Davidson Small/Mid Equity Fund’s (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) investments in securities are carried at their fair value. Equity Securities that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sales price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale price on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. Over-the-counter securities which are not traded in the NASDAQ Global Market System shall be valued at the most recent sales price. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-term securities having a maturity of 60 days or less are valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees ("Board"). These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events. Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, these securities may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee which is comprised of one or more trustees and representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are reviewed and ratified by the Board of Trustees.
 
The Funds have 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 Funds have 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 Funds’ 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 Funds’ securities as of September 30, 2012:
Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
Common Stocks
                     
  Consumer Discretionary
  $ 5,734,045     $ -     $ -     $ 5,734,045
  Consumer Staples
    4,569,134       -       -       4,569,134
  Energy
    5,498,355       -       -       5,498,355
  Financials
    7,011,922       -       -       7,011,922
  Health Care
    5,673,394       -       -       5,673,394
  Industrials
    5,814,989       -       -       5,814,989
  Information Technology
    9,960,095       -       -       9,960,095
  Materials
    1,612,182       -       -       1,612,182
  Telecommunication Services
    455,700       -       -       455,700
  Utilities
    1,387,220       -       -       1,387,220
Total Common Stocks
    47,717,036       -       -       47,717,036
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 47,717,036     $ -     $ -     $ 47,717,036
 
 
Davidson Small/Mid Equity Fund

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
Common Stocks
                     
  Consumer Discretionary
  $ 319,379     $ -     $ -     $ 319,379
  Consumer Staples
    90,060       -       -       90,060
  Energy
    136,648       -       -       136,648
  Financials
    311,382       -       -       311,382
  Health Care
    153,690       -       -       153,690
  Industrials
    296,462       -       -       296,462
  Information Technology
    484,602       -       -       484,602
  Materials
    97,087       -       -       97,087
Total Common Stocks
    1,889,310       -       -       1,889,310
Short-Term Investments
    142,564       -       -       142,564
Total Investments in Securities
  $ 2,031,874     $ -     $ -     $ 2,031,874

Refer to the Funds’ Schedule of Investments for a detailed break-out of common stocks by industry classification. Transfers between levels are recognized at September 30, 2012, the end of the reporting period. The Funds recognized no transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2. There were no Level 3 securities held in the Funds during the period ended September 30, 2012.
 

 
 
 

 
 
Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2012 was as follows*:

Davidson Multi-Cap Equity Fund

Cost of investments
  $ 39,211,723  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 10,432,677  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (1,927,364 )
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 8,505,313  
 
Davidson Small/Mid Equity Fund

Cost of investments
  $ 2,034,169  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 93,100  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (95,395 )
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (2,295 )
 
Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table reflects the tax adjustments outstanding at the Funds’ 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 Funds’ most recent 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”)) (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 11/26/12                                                                                                                                                                         



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 11/26/12                                                                                                                                                                         
 
 
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Cheryl L. King                                                                                                                      
   Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

Date 11/23/12                                                                         

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