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

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2013
 
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, Wisconsin 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, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and address of agent for service)


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




Date of fiscal year end:  April 30, 2014



Date of reporting period:  July 31, 2013

 
 
 

 
 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
Logan Capital Large Cap Growth Fund
         
Schedule of Investments
         
July 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
         
           
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%
         
Consumer Discretionary - 26.8%
         
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
1,409     $ 424,419  
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)
2,477       189,416  
Home Depot, Inc.
3,018       238,513  
Netflix, Inc. (a)
1,196       292,087  
Polaris Industries, Inc.
2,213       248,166  
Priceline.com, Inc. (a)
543       475,490  
Ralph Lauren Corp.
2,045       372,313  
Starbucks Corp.
5,605       399,300  
Tiffany & Co.
2,187       173,888  
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
1,196       159,223  
          2,972,815  
Consumer Staples - 4.5%
           
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
4,354       285,840  
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
3,441       209,867  
          495,707  
Energy - 2.8%
           
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)
3,459       184,365  
Halliburton Co.
2,787       125,945  
          310,310  
Financials - 1.7%
           
CBRE Group, Inc. (a)
8,163       189,137  
             
Health Care - 13.1%
           
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
3,809       170,377  
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
4,108       239,373  
Celgene Corp. (a)
1,524       223,815  
Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)
2,742       179,738  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)
815       179,789  
Perrigo Co.
1,990       247,536  
Waters Corp. (a)
2,160       218,030  
          1,458,658  
Industrials - 13.2%
           
Cummins, Inc.
2,562       310,489  
Deere & Co.
2,868       238,244  
Flowserve Corp.
5,862       332,258  
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)
3,536       209,331  
Precision Castparts Corp.
1,713       379,806  
          1,470,128  
Information Technology - 32.3%
           
Accenture PLC (c)
2,911       214,861  
Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)
957       189,275  
Amphenol Corp.
4,522       355,248  
Apple, Inc.
902       408,155  
Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)
4,358       313,863  
Cognizant Technology Solutions (a)
2,811       203,488  
F5 Networks, Inc. (a)
1,627       142,786  
Google, Inc. (a)
294       260,954  
Intuit, Inc.
2,393       152,961  
Mastercard, Inc.
543       331,561  
NetApp, Inc. (a)
5,550       228,216  
Oracle Corp.
5,572       180,254  
Qualcomm, Inc.
2,749       177,448  
Teradata Corp. (a)
2,297       135,799  
3D Systems Corp. (a)
3,400       160,582  
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)
4,680       133,567  
          3,589,018  
Materials - 4.1%
           
Airgas, Inc.
1,741       179,689  
Sherwin-Williams Co.
1,589       276,756  
          456,445  
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $9,803,759)
        10,942,218  
             
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.3%
           
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 2.3%
           
Fidelity Government Portfolio - Class I, 0.01% (b)
257,052       257,052  
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $257,052)
        257,052  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $10,060,811) - 100.8%
        11,199,270  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.8)%
        (88,727 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%
      $ 11,110,543  
 
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
   
(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
The rate shown represents the fund's 7-day yield as of July 31, 2013.
(c)
U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer or corporation.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at July 31, 2013 was as follows*:
 
Cost of investments
$
10,067,177
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
1,252,920
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
(120,827
)
Net unrealized appreciation
$
1,132,093
 
 
* 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.
 
 
Summary of Fair Value Measurements at July 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
The Funds have adopted authoritative fair valuation 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 major 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.
 
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds' major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
 
Equity Securities - Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, foreign issued common stocks, exchange-traded funds, closed-end mutual funds and real estate investment trusts (REITs), that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale 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. 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.
 
 
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.
 
Investment Companies – Investments in open-end mutual funds, including money market funds, are generally priced at their net asset value per share provided by the service agent of the Funds and will be classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes – Investments in exchange-traded notes are actively traded on a national securities exchange and are valued based on the last sales price from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Derivative Instruments – Listed derivatives, including options, rights, warrants and futures that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-Term Debt Securities - Short-term securities having a maturity of less than 60 days are valued at 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.
 
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 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 fair valuation hierarchy of the Large Cap Growth Fund's securities as of July 31, 2013 (Unaudited):
               
Common Stock
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Consumer Discretionary
$ 2,972,815   $ -   $ -   $ 2,972,815
Consumer Staples
  495,707     -     -     495,707
Energy
  310,310     -     -     310,310
Financials
  189,137     -     -     189,137
Health Care
  1,458,658     -     -     1,458,658
Industrials
  1,470,128     -     -     1,470,128
Information Technology
  3,589,018     -     -     3,589,018
Materials
  456,445     -     -     456,445
Total Common Stock
  10,942,218     -     -     10,942,218
Short-Term Investments
  257,052     -     -     257,052
Total Investments in Securities
$ 11,199,270   $ -   $ -   $ 11,199,270
                       
Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the period ended July 31, 2013, the Fund recognized no transfers between levels. There were no level 3 securities held in the Fund during the period ended July 31, 2013.

 
 
 
 

 
 
Logan Capital Long/Short Fund
         
Schedule of Investments
         
July 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
         
           
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%
         
Consumer Discretionary - 22.4%
         
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)(d)
815     $ 62,323  
DIRECTV (a)(d)
1,297       82,062  
Homeaway, Inc. (a)(d)
1,900       57,209  
Home Depot, Inc. (d)
932       73,655  
McDonald's Corp. (d)
1,622       159,085  
Nike, Inc. (d)
1,142       71,855  
PetSmart, Inc. (d)
522       38,221  
Priceline.com, Inc. (a)(d)
83       72,680  
Ralph Lauren Corp. (d)
391       71,185  
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (d)
711       50,317  
Starbucks Corp. (d)
828       58,987  
Tractor Supply Co. (d)
615       74,495  
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)(d)
529       53,376  
          925,450  
Consumer Staples - 4.6%
           
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)(d)
456       27,811  
Philip Morris International, Inc. (d)
1,796       160,167  
          187,978  
Energy - 9.7%
           
Chevron Corp. (d)
1,342       168,944  
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)(d)
1,111       59,216  
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR (c)(d)
2,400       170,089  
          398,249  
Financials - 5.7%
           
Affiliated Managers Group (a)(d)
446       80,436  
CBRE Group, Inc. (a)(d)
3,451       79,960  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (d)
987       74,262  
          234,658  
Health Care - 8.1%
           
GlaxoSmithKline PLC - ADR (c)(d)
1,611       82,097  
Johnson & Johnson (d)
949       88,731  
Merck & Co., Inc. (d)
1,686       81,215  
Pfizer, Inc. (d)
2,749       80,353  
          332,396  
Industrials - 13.6%
           
Caterpillar, Inc. (d)
620       51,404  
CSX Corp. (d)
2,495       61,901  
Cummins, Inc. (d)
626       75,865  
Deere & Co. (d)
725       60,226  
General Electric Co. (d)
6,705       163,401  
Middleby Corp. (a)(d)
396       70,861  
Precision Castparts Corp. (d)
352       78,045  
          561,703  
Information Technology - 19.9%
           
Apple, Inc. (d)
186       84,165  
Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)(d)
540       38,891  
Cognizant Technology Solutions (a)(d)
838       60,663  
F5 Networks, Inc. (a)(d)
384       33,700  
Fiserv, Inc. (a)(d)
772       74,297  
Google, Inc. (a)(d)
62       55,031  
Intel Corp. (d)
6,533       152,219  
IPG Photonics Corp. (d)
1,115       67,904  
Mastercard, Inc. (d)
124       75,716  
Oracle Corp. (d)
1,882       60,883  
Qualcomm, Inc. (d)
724       46,734  
3D Systems Corp. (a)(d)
1,484       70,089  
          820,292  
Materials - 9.6%
           
Airgas, Inc. (d)
670       69,151  
Ecolab, Inc. (d)
924       85,137  
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (d)
3,008       173,532  
Sherwin-Williams Co. (d)
403       70,191  
          398,011  
Telecommunication Services - 3.9%
           
AT&T, Inc. (d)
4,569       161,148  
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,498,489)
        4,019,885  
             
REITS - 3.0%
           
American Tower Corp. (d)
985       69,728  
Public Storage (d)
351       55,886  
TOTAL REITS (Cost $122,132)
        125,614  
             
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 33.6%
           
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 33.6%
           
Fidelity Government Portfolio - Class I, 0.01% (b)(d)
1,385,366       1,385,366  
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,385,366)
        1,385,366  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $5,005,987) - 134.1%
        5,530,865  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (34.1)%
        (1,406,311 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%
      $ 4,124,554  
 
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
 
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
(a)
Non-income producing security.
(b)
The rate shown represents the fund's 7-day yield as of July 31, 2013.
(c)
U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer or corporation.
(d)
All or a portion of the security has been segregated for open short positions.

 

 
 

 
 
Logan Capital Long/Short Fund
     
Schedule of Securities Sold Short
     
July 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
     
       
 
Shares
 
Value
COMMON STOCKS - 35.0%
     
Consumer Discretionary - 3.9%
     
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.
2,300   $ 160,011
         
Health Care - 10.8%
       
Amedisys, Inc.
11,078     138,586
Athenahealth, Inc.
2,112     236,438
PerkinElmer, Inc.
2,011     68,555
        443,579
Industrials - 3.6%
       
Robert Half International, Inc.
4,024     149,854
         
Information Technology - 16.7%
       
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
4,500     148,005
Faro Technologies, Inc.
1,400     51,422
International Business Machines Corp.
1,139     222,150
Plexus Corp.
4,000     139,880
Vistaprint NV (a)
2,500     127,450
        688,907
         
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (Proceeds $1,315,391)
    $ 1,442,351
 
(a)
U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer or corporation.
 

 
 
 

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at July 31, 2013 was as follows*:
 
Cost of investments
$ 5,009,055  
Gross unrealized appreciation
  549,010  
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (27,200 )
Net unrealized appreciation
$ 521,810  
 
*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.
 
 
Summary of Fair Value Measurements at July 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
The Funds have adopted authoritative fair valuation 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 major 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.
 
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds' major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
 
Equity Securities - Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, foreign issued common stocks, exchange-traded funds,closed-end mutual funds and real estate investment trusts (REITs), that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale 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. 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.
 
 
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.
 
Investment Companies – Investments in open-end mutual funds, including money market funds, are generally priced at their net asset value per share provided by the service agent of the Funds and will be classified in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Exchange-Traded Notes – Investments in exchange-traded notes are actively traded on a national securities exchange and are valued based on the last sales price from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Derivative Instruments – Listed derivatives, including options, rights, warrants and futures that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-Term Debt Securities - Short-term securities having a maturity of less than 60 days are valued at 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.
 
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 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 fair valuation hierarchy of the Long/Short Fund's net assets as of July 31, 2013 (Unaudited):
 
Common Stock
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Consumer Discretionary
$ 925,450   $ -   $ -   $ 925,450
Consumer Staples
  187,978     -     -     187,978
Energy
  398,249     -     -     398,249
Financials
  234,658     -     -     234,658
Health Care
  332,396     -     -     332,396
Industrials
  561,703     -     -     561,703
Information Technology
  820,292     -     -     820,292
Materials
  398,011     -     -     398,011
Telecommunication Services
  161,148     -     -     161,148
Total Common Stock
  4,019,885     -     -     4,019,885
REITs
  125,614     -     -     125,614
Short-Term Investments
  1,385,366     -     -     1,385,366
Total Investments in Securities
$ 5,530,865   $ -   $ -   $ 5,530,865
Total Securities Sold Short
$ 1,442,351   $ -   $ -   $ 1,442,351
 
Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the period ended July 31, 2013, the Fund recognized no transfers between levels. There were no level 3 securities held in the Fund during the period ended July 31, 2013.

 
 
 
 

 
 
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  9/9/2013                                                                           


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  9/9/2013                                                                                                                                                                

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

Date  9/9/2013                                                                            

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