N-Q 1 fortpitt_n-q.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2016 



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:  October 31, 2016



Date of reporting period:  January 31, 2016
 

 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
Fort Pitt Capital Total Return Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
at January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
 
   
COMMON STOCKS - 87.50%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Administrative and Support Services - 1.86%
           
Synchrony Financial*
   
36,000
   
$
1,023,120
 
                 
Apparel Manufacturing - 3.09%
               
VF Corp.
   
27,200
     
1,702,720
 
                 
Chemical Manufacturing - 6.98%
               
Abbott Laboratories
   
26,600
     
1,006,810
 
Allergan PLC*#
   
4,091
     
1,163,603
 
Inter Parfums, Inc.
   
23,050
     
618,892
 
Pfizer, Inc.
   
23,964
     
730,662
 
Zoetis, Inc.
   
7,553
     
325,157
 
             
3,845,124
 
                 
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores - 2.11%
               
Urban Outfitters, Inc.*
   
50,800
     
1,162,304
 
                 
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 12.84%
               
Halyard Health, Inc.*
   
1,806
     
44,789
 
Intel Corp.
   
49,100
     
1,523,082
 
SanDisk Corp.*
   
28,350
     
2,004,345
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
   
35,100
     
1,857,843
 
Xilinx, Inc.
   
32,600
     
1,638,802
 
             
7,068,861
 
                 
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 5.12%
               
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
   
16,300
     
590,386
 
F.N.B. Corp.
   
33,700
     
406,085
 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
   
21,000
     
1,819,650
 
             
2,816,121
 
                 
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing - 1.77%
               
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
   
10,000
     
971,600
 
                 
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - 6.45%
               
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
   
41,300
     
1,554,532
 
Erie Indemnity Co. - Class A
   
6,800
     
653,548
 
Loews Corp.
   
36,350
     
1,345,314
 
             
3,553,394
 
                 
Machinery Manufacturing - 2.84%
               
General Electric Co.
   
22,884
     
665,924
 
II-VI, Inc.*
   
43,150
     
897,520
 
             
1,563,444
 
                 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 6.52%
               
Medtronic PLC#
   
27,100
     
2,057,432
 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
   
16,050
     
1,533,898
 
             
3,591,330
 
                 
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing - 2.59%
               
Headwaters, Inc.*
   
89,300
     
1,426,121
 
                 
Paper Manufacturing - 3.37%
               
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   
14,450
     
1,855,669
 
                 
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing - 1.94%
               
BP PLC - ADR
   
33,000
     
1,068,210
 

 
                 
Primary Metal Manufacturing - 1.18%
               
Matthews International Corp. - Class A
   
13,000
     
648,830
 
                 
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 4.33%
               
Amgen, Inc.
   
8,150
     
1,244,750
 
NetScout Systems, Inc.*
   
52,900
     
1,139,995
 
             
2,384,745
 
Publishing Industries (except Internet) - 7.25%
               
CA, Inc.
   
56,900
     
1,634,737
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
42,800
     
2,357,852
 
             
3,992,589
 
                 
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities - 1.86%
               
The Charles Schwab Corp.
   
40,000
     
1,021,200
 
                 
Telecommunications - 7.07%
               
AT&T, Inc.
   
55,000
     
1,983,300
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
   
38,250
     
1,911,352
 
             
3,894,652
 
                 
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 6.70%
               
The Boeing Co.
   
15,000
     
1,801,950
 
Honeywell International, Inc.
   
18,300
     
1,888,560
 
             
3,690,510
 
                 
Utilities - 1.63%
               
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
   
54,400
     
894,880
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $34,134,396)
           
48,175,424
 
                 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 1.25%
               
iShares MSCI Japan ETF
   
60,000
     
690,000
 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $743,483)
           
690,000
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 14.62%
               
Money Market Funds - 9.18%
               
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Funds – Prime Obligations Fund - Institutional Class, 0.35%†
   
2,378,207
     
2,378,207
 
Invesco STIC - Liquid Assets Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.38%†
   
2,673,240
     
2,673,240
 
             
5,051,447
 
U.S. Treasury Bills - 5.44%
 
Principal Amount
         
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.389%, due 7/21/16 +
 
$
3,000,000
     
2,994,450
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $8,047,029)
           
8,045,897
 
                 
Total Investments (Cost $42,924,908) - 103.37%
           
56,911,321
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (3.37)%
           
(1,853,908
)
Net Assets - 100.00%
         
$
55,057,413
 
* Non-income producing security.
 
# U.S. traded security of a foreign issuer.
 
† Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield at January 31, 2016.
 
+ Rate shown is the discount rate at January 31, 2016.
 
ADR - American Depository Receipt
 
ETF - Exchange - Traded Fund  
 

Fort Pitt Capital Total Return Fund
Notes to Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Securities Valuation

The Fort Pitt Capital Total Return Fund’s (the “Fund”) investments in securities are carried at their fair value. The Fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value per share as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (4:00 pm EST).

Equity securities, including common stocks and exchange-traded funds, 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. 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 debt securities, including those securities having a maturity of 60 days or less, are valued at the evaluated mean between the bid and asked prices.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Board of Trustees (“Board”) has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee of Advisors Series Trust which is comprised of representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available or the closing price does not represent fair value by following procedures approved by the Board.  These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are subsequently reviewed and ratified by the Board.

Depending on the relative significance of the valuation inputs, fair valued securities may be classified in either level 2 or level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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 January 31, 2016:

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
                       
  Administrative Support, Waste Management
 
$
1,023,120
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,023,120
 
  Finance and Insurance
   
7,390,715
                     
7,390,715
 
  Information
   
7,887,241
     
-
     
-
     
7,887,241
 
  Manufacturing
   
27,432,419
     
-
     
-
     
27,432,419
 
  Professional, Scientific, and  Technical Services
   
2,384,745
     
-
     
-
     
2,384,745
 
  Retail Trade
   
1,162,304
     
-
     
-
     
1,162,304
 
  Utilities
   
894,880
     
-
     
-
     
894,880
 
Total Common Stocks
   
48,175,424
     
-
     
-
     
48,175,424
 
Exchange-Traded Funds
   
690,000
     
-
     
-
     
690,000
 
Short-Term Investments
                               
  Money Market Funds
   
5,051,447
     
-
     
-
     
5,051,447
 
  U.S. Treasury Bills
   
-
     
2,994,450
     
-
     
2,994,450
 
Total Short-Term Investments
   
5,051,447
     
2,994,450
     
-
     
8,045,897
 
Total Investments
 
$
53,916,871
   
$
2,994,450
   
$
-
   
$
56,911,321
 

Refer to the Fund’s schedule of investments for a detailed break-out of securities by industry classification.  Transfers between levels are recognized at January 31, 2016, the end of the reporting period.  The Fund recognized no transfers to/from Level 1 or Level 2.  There were no Level 3 securities held in the Fund during the period ended January 31, 2016.

Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at January 31, 2016 was as follows*:

Cost of investments
 
$
42,924,920
 
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
15,958,425
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(1,972,024
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
13,986,401
 
         

* 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.
 

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”)), as amended, (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 3/21/2016                                                                                   



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_3/21/2016                                                                                 

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

Date_3/21/2016 _________________________________

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