N-Q 1 aasgard-ast_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 2/22/17



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)


(414) 765-6611
Registrant's telephone number, including area code




Date of fiscal year end:  March 31, 2017


Date of reporting period:  December 31, 2016


 
Item 1. Schedules of Investments.
 
Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
at December 31, 2016 (Unaudited)
 
           
Shares
 
COMMON STOCKS - 86.98%
 
Value
 
   
Administrative and Support Services - 4.02%
     
 
7,545
 
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
 
$
500,233
 
 
6,025
 
ManpowerGroup, Inc.
   
535,442
 
           
1,035,675
 
     
Ambulatory Health Care Services - 1.81%
       
 
5,075
 
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
   
466,392
 
     
Apparel Manufacturing - 4.01%
       
 
4,169
 
Cintas Corp.
   
481,770
 
 
17,650
 
Weyco Group, Inc.
   
552,445
 
           
1,034,215
 
     
Chemical Manufacturing - 5.83%
       
 
4,805
 
Bio-Techne Corp.
   
494,098
 
 
11,295
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
   
499,126
 
 
6,490
 
Sensient Technologies Corp.
   
509,984
 
           
1,503,208
 
     
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing - 14.14%
       
 
14,575
 
FLIR Systems, Inc.
   
527,469
 
 
5,235
 
Harris Corp.
   
536,431
 
 
3,205
 
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
   
487,513
 
 
4,348
 
Lam Research Corp.
   
459,714
 
 
10,690
 
Plantronics, Inc.
   
585,384
 
 
8,085
 
ResMed, Inc.
   
501,674
 
 
9,070
 
Xilinx, Inc.
   
547,556
 
           
3,645,741
 
     
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities - 4.22%
       
 
14,580
 
Synovus Financial Corp.
   
598,947
 
 
26,085
 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.
   
489,876
 
           
1,088,823
 
     
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing - 1.79%
       
 
6,400
 
Crane Co.
   
461,568
 
     
Food and Beverage Stores - 1.88%
       
 
15,720
 
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
   
483,547
 
     
Food Services and Drinking Places - 1.90%
       
 
9,905
 
Brinker International, Inc.
   
490,595
 
     
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores - 1.92%
       
 
10,235
 
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
   
495,272
 
     
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - 6.21%
       
 
31,049
 
Maiden Holdings Ltd.
   
541,805
 
 
4,450
 
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
   
559,944
 
 
6,759
 
Safety Insurance Group, Inc.
   
498,138
 
           
1,599,887
 
     
Management of Companies and Enterprises - 3.90%
       
 
13,279
 
Arrow Financial Corp.
   
537,799
 
 
5,295
 
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
   
467,178
 
           
1,004,977
 
 

 
     
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods - 5.73%
       
 
9,885
 
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
   
483,179
 
 
6,665
 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
   
530,134
 
 
3,130
 
Watsco, Inc.
   
463,615
 
           
1,476,928
 
     
Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 5.69%
       
 
6,530
 
Dover Corp.
   
489,293
 
 
6,395
 
Hasbro, Inc.
   
497,467
 
 
8,550
 
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
   
479,997
 
           
1,466,757
 
     
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities - 2.15%
       
 
7,310
 
National Healthcare Corp.
   
554,025
 
     
Pipeline Transportation - 5.92%
       
 
14,200
 
New Jersey Resources Corp.
   
504,100
 
 
9,506
 
Targa Resources Corp.
   
533,001
 
 
15,732
 
Williams Cos., Inc.
   
489,895
 
           
1,526,996
 
     
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services - 4.17%
       
 
5,585
 
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
   
495,836
 
 
11,350
 
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
   
580,439
 
           
1,076,275
 
     
Rental and Leasing Services - 1.88%
       
 
6,518
 
Ryder System, Inc.
   
485,200
 
     
Securities and Commodity Contracts, Intermediation and Brokerage - 1.86%
       
 
6,918
 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
   
479,210
 
     
Telecommunications - 2.15%
       
 
6,930
 
ATN International, Inc.
   
555,301
 
     
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing - 3.98%
       
 
6,410
 
Polaris Industries, Inc.
   
528,120
 
 
9,363
 
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
   
498,299
 
           
1,026,419
 
     
Utilities - 1.82%
       
 
11,765
 
Avista Corp.
   
470,482
 
               
     
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $19,771,279)
   
22,427,493
 
               
     
REITS - 9.86%
       
 
5,500
 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
   
540,430
 
 
7,080
 
EPR Properties
   
508,131
 
 
6,450
 
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
   
498,198
 
 
10,655
 
LTC Properties, Inc.
   
500,572
 
 
6,675
 
National Health Investors, Inc.
   
495,085
 
     
TOTAL REITS (Cost $2,467,552)
   
2,542,416
 
               
     
CLOSED-END FUNDS - 1.92%
       
 
13,450
 
Main Street Capital Corp.
   
494,557
 
     
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS (Cost $419,392)
   
494,557
 
 

 
               
Shares
 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 2.65%
 
Value
 
 
683,275
 
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I, 0.39% (a)
   
683,275
 
     
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $683,275)
   
683,275
 
               
     
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (Cost $23,341,498) - 101.41%
   
26,147,741
 
     
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (1.41)%
   
(364,634
)
     
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
 
$
25,783,107
 
   
               
REIT -
 
 Real Estate Investment Trust
       
(a)
 
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of December 31, 2016.
       
 

Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap Fund
Notes to Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Securities Valuation

       The Aasgard Dividend Growth Small & Mid-Cap 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, real estate investment trusts, and exchange-traded funds, 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 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 the 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 December 31, 2016:
 

 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
                       
  Accommodation and Food Services
 
$
490,595
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
490,595
 
  Administrative Support and Waste
     Management
   
535,442
     
-
     
-
     
535,442
 
  Finance and Insurance
   
3,167,919
     
-
     
-
     
3,167,919
 
  Health Care and Social Assistance
   
1,020,417
     
-
     
-
     
1,020,417
 
  Information
   
555,301
     
-
     
-
     
555,301
 
  Management of Companies and
     Enterprises
   
1,004,977
     
-
     
-
     
1,004,977
 
  Manufacturing
   
9,137,908
     
-
     
-
     
9,137,908
 
  Professional, Scientific, and
     Technical Services
   
1,576,509
     
-
     
-
     
1,576,509
 
  Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
   
485,200
     
-
     
-
     
485,200
 
  Retail Trade
   
978,819
     
-
     
-
     
978,819
 
  Transportation and Warehousing
   
1,526,996
     
-
     
-
     
1,526,996
 
  Utilities
   
470,482
     
-
     
-
     
470,482
 
  Wholesale Trade
   
1,476,928
     
-
     
-
     
1,476,928
 
Total Common Stocks
   
22,427,493
     
-
     
-
     
22,427,493
 
REITs
   
2,542,416
     
-
     
-
     
2,542,416
 
Closed-End Funds
   
494,557
     
-
     
-
     
494,557
 
Money Market Funds
   
683,275
     
-
     
-
     
683,275
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
26,147,741
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
26,147,741
 

Refer to the Fund’s schedule of investments for a detailed break-out of securities by industry classification. Transfers between levels are recognized at December 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 December 31, 2016.
 
Note 2 – Federal Income Taxes

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

Cost of investments
 
$
23,341,498
 
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
3,037,441
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(231,198
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
2,806,243
 
 
*Because tax adjustments are calculated annually at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments for the current fiscal year.  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, as amended, (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-- 2/16/2017                                                                                              


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-- 2/16/2017                                                                                              
 

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

Date-- 2/16/2017                                                                                              

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