N-Q 1 conestoganq.htm SEC Filing

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549



FORM N-Q


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

 MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number 811-21120


Conestoga Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Conestoga Capital Advisors

259 N. Radnor-Chester Road

Radnor Court, Suite 120

Radnor, PA 19087

 (Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)


Conestoga Capital Advisors

259 N. Radnor-Chester Road

Radnor Court, Suite 120

Radnor, PA 19087

 (Name and address of agent for service)


With Copy To:

Carl Frischling, Esq.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 320-7790


Date of fiscal year end: September 30


Date of reporting period: December 31, 2009


Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number.  Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, and 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609.  The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.



ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.



CONESTOGA SMALL CAP FUND

 

 

 
      
    

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

Decmeber 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

 Shares

  

 Market Value

% of Total Net Assets

 

 COMMON STOCKS

   
      

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

   
      

Educational Services

    

32,300

 

Capella Education Co. *

2,432,190

3.10%

 

Textiles Apparel & Shoes

   

84,250

 

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. *

1,067,448

1.36%

 
      

                    CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SECTOR TOTAL

3,499,638

4.46%

 
      

ENERGY

     
      

Oil:  Crude Producers

   

29,275

 

St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.

1,002,376

1.28%

 

Oil Well Equipment & Services

   

42,501

 

Carbo Ceramics, Inc.

           2,897,293

3.69%

 

14,850

 

Core Laboratories NV

           1,754,082

2.23%

 

90,875

 

Tesco Corp. *

1,173,196

1.49%

 

             Oil Well Equipment & Services Industry Total

           5,824,571

7.41%

 
      

                    ENERGY SECTOR TOTAL

6,826,947

8.69%

 
      

FINANCIAL SERVICES

   
      

Asset Management & Custodian

   

51,018

 

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.

1,853,994

2.36%

 

Banks:  Diversified

    

28,750

 

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

257,887

0.33%

 

Financial Data & Systems

   

56,150

 

Advent Software, Inc. *

2,286,989

2.91%

 

24,225

 

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

1,595,701

2.03%

 

35,000

 

Morningstar, Inc. *

1,691,900

2.15%

 

             Financial Data & Systems Industry Total

5,574,590

7.09%

 

Security Brokerage & Services

   

10,000

 

TMX Group, Inc. (Canada)

314,859

0.40%

 
      

 

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR TOTAL

8,001,330

10.18%

 
      

HEALTHCARE

     
      

Biotechnology

     

19,375

 

Kensey Nash Corp. *

494,062

0.63%

 

Health Care Servies

    

95,000

 

Phase Forward, Inc. *

1,457,300

1.86%

 

37,600

 

Quality Systems, Inc.

2,361,280

3.01%

 

            Health Care Services Industry Total

3,818,580

4.87%

 

Medical Equipment

 

 

  

67,125

 

Abaxis, Inc. *

1,715,044

2.18%

 

135,300

 

Somanetrics Corp. *

2,374,515

3.02%

 

            Medical Equipment Industry Total

4,089,559

5.20%

 

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies

   

37,350

 

Integra Lifesciences Holdings Co. *

           1,377,094

1.75%

 

32,050

 

Landauer, Inc.

1,967,870

2.50%

 

75,000

 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

1,616,250

2.06%

 

59,701

 

Neogen Corp. *

1,409,541

1.79%

 

43,425

 

Surmodics, Inc. *

984,010

1.25%

 

24,225

 

TECHNE Corp.

1,660,866

2.11%

 

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies Industry Total

9,015,631

11.46%

 
      

 

 

HEALTHCARE SECTOR TOTAL

17,417,832

22.16%

 
      

MATERIALS & PROCESSING

   
      

Building Materials

    

79,000

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. *

           2,124,310

2.70%

 
      

                        MATERIALS & PROCESSING SECTOR TOTAL

           2,124,310

2.70%

 
      

PRODUCER DURABLES

   
      

Aerospace

     

78,500

 

Aerovironment, Inc. *

           2,282,780

2.91%

 

              Aerospace Industry Total

   

Commercial Services

    

53,750

 

The Advisory Board Co. *

1,647,437

2.10%

 

59,450

 

Costar Group, Inc. *

2,483,227

3.16%

 

81,800

 

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

1,834,774

2.34%

 

109,551

 

Rollins, Inc.

2,112,143

2.69%

 

60,000

 

Tetra Tech, Inc. *

1,630,200

2.08%

 

              Commercial Services Total

9,707,781

12.37%

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

   

59,000

 

Raven Industries, Inc.

1,869,710

2.38%

 

Machinery:  Specialty

   

13,809

 

K-Tron International, Inc. *

1,501,729

1.91%

 

Scientific Instruments:  Control & Filter

   

23,975

 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

              696,474

0.89%

 

85,000

 

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

2,231,250

2.84%

 

              Electrical Equipment & Componets Total

2,927,724

3.73%

 
      

                       PRODUCER DURABLES SECTOR TOTAL

18,289,724

23.30%

 
      

TECHNOLOGY

     
      

Communications Technology

   

53,000

 

EMS Technologies, Inc. *

              768,500

0.98%

 

Computer Services Software & Systems

   

36,300

 

Ansys, Inc. *

1,577,598

2.01%

 

80,525

 

Blackbaud, Inc.

1,902,806

2.42%

 

64,125

 

Blackboard, Inc. *

2,910,634

3.71%

 

60,500

 

Micros Systems, Inc. *

1,877,315

2.39%

 

123,500

 

Tyler Technologies, Inc. *

2,458,885

3.13%

 

              Computer Services Software & Systems Total

10,727,238

13.66%

 

Computer Technology

   

28,825

 

Rimage Corp. *

              499,825

0.64%

 

Electronics

     

37,275

 

Hittite Microwave, Inc. *

1,519,702

1.92%

 

Electronic Components

   

59,000

 

NVE Corp. *

2,435,520

3.10%

 

Electronics

     

53,525

 

II-VI, Inc. *

1,702,095

2.17%

 

Information Technology

   

87,000

 

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. *

1,528,590

1.95%

 

90,000

 

Comscore, Inc. *

1,579,500

2.01%

 

              Computer Information Technology Total

3,108,090

3.96%

 
      

 

 

TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TOTAL

20,760,970

26.43%

 
      

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

 

 

(Cost $65,777,083)

         76,920,751

97.92%

 
      
      

 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  

   

          4,065,141

 

UMB Bank Money Market Fiduciary (Cost $4,065,141) 0.03% **

4,065,141

5.17%

 
      

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   

 

 

(Cost $69,842,224)

80,985,892

103.09%

 
      
  

Liabilities in excess other assets

(2,427,330)

-3.09%

 
  

 

 

 

 
  

TOTAL NET ASSETS

$78,558,562

100.00%

 

* Non-income producing.

 

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate represents the rate at December 31, 2009

 

(a) Purchased with cash colateral from securities on loan.

 

 

 

 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   

Conestoga Small Cap Fund

   

1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

   

At December 31, 2009 the net unrealized appreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $69,842,224 amounted to $11,143,669 which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $15,386,208 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $4,242,539.

 
 
 
      

2.  SECURITY VALUATION

   

Securities that are traded on any exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price.  Securities which are quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.  Lacking a last sale price, a security is valued at its last bid price except when, in the opinion of the Fund’s Adviser, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the security.  All other securities for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available are valued at their last bid price.  When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value or when restricted securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.   

 

Short-term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method of valuation, which the Board has determined will represent fair value.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America define fair value  as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability.  The three-tier hierarchy seeks to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed

 

based on the best information available in the circumstances.  The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

 

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not applied to Level 1 securities.  Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.

 

Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

 

Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

The following table presents information about the Fund’s assets measured at fair value as of December 31, 2009 by major security type:

 
      

Valuation Inputs of Assets

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

 

$76,920,751

              $0

              $0

$76,920,751

Exchange Traded Funds

 

              $0

              $0

              $0

              $0

Convertible Bonds

 

              $0

              $0

              $0

              $0

Cash Equivalents

 

$4,065,141

              $0

              $0

$4,065,141

Total

 

$80,985,892

       $0

       $0

$80,985,892

      
      

 INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS LARGECAP FUND

 

 

 
      
    

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

 Shares

  

 Market Value

% of Total Net Assets

 

 COMMON STOCKS

   
      

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

   
      

Hotel Restaurants & Leisure

   

17,206

 

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

603,414

2.94%

 

Media

     

11,014

 

McGraw-Hill Co., Inc.

369,079

1.80%

 

Specialty Retail

     

22,184

 

Staples, Inc.

545,505

2.66%

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

   

5,134

 

VF Corp.

376,014

1.83%

 
      

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SECTOR TOTAL

1,894,012

9.23%

 
      

CONSUMER STAPLES

   
      

Beverages

     

13,503

 

Pepsi Co.

820,982

4.00%

 

Food Products

     

6,596

 

General Mills, Inc.

467,063

2.28%

 

21,282

 

McCormick & Co.

768,919

3.75%

 
   

1,235,982

6.03%

 

Food & Staples Retailing

   

26,291

 

Walgreen Co.

965,406

4.70%

 
      

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES SECTOR TOTAL

3,022,370

14.73%

 
      

ENERGY

     
      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   

8,774

 

Chevron Corp.

675,510

3.29%

 

10,299

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

702,289

3.42%

 

9,845

 

Nicor, Inc.

414,475

2.02%

 

9,801

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

797,311

3.88%

 
      

 

 

ENERGY SECTOR TOTAL

           2,589,585

12.61%

 
      

FINANCIALS

     
      

Capital Markets

     

7,716

 

T Rowe Price Group

410,877

2.00%

 

Insurance

     

10,859

 

Aflac, Inc.

502,229

2.45%

 
      

 

 

FINANCIALS SECTOR TOTAL

913,106

4.45%

 
      

HEALTH CARE

     
      

Biotechnology

     

9,054

 

Amgen, Inc. *

              512,185

2.50%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

   

11,948

 

Stryker Corp.

601,821

2.93%

 

Health Care Providers & Services

   

4,760

 

Laboratory Corp of America *

356,238

1.74%

 

Pharmaceuticals

     

11,761

 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. *

377,646

1.84%

 

13,223

 

Johnson & Johnson

851,693

4.15%

 

12,632

 

Pfizer, Inc.

229,776

1.12%

 

       Pharmaceutical Total

1,459,115

7.11%

 

Wholesale-Drugs, Propritaries

   

8,152

 

McKesson Corp.

              509,500

2.48%

 
      

 

 

HEALTH CARE SECTOR TOTAL

3,438,859

16.76%

 
      

INDUSTRIALS

     
      

Aerospace & Defense

   

11,201

 

United Technologies Corp.

777,461

3.79%

 

Air Freight & Logistics

   

7,561

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

444,058

2.16%

 

Industrial Conglomerates

   

16,615

 

General Electric Co.

251,385

1.22%

 

Machinery

     

11,450

 

Danaher Corp.

              861,040

4.20%

 
      

 

 

INDUSTRIALS SECTOR TOTAL

           2,333,944

11.37%

 
      

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

   
      

Communications Equipment

   

9,863

 

Qualcom, Inc.

              456,262

2.22%

 

Computers & Peripherals

   

3,547

 

Apple, Inc. *

747,466

3.64%

 

15,992

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

823,748

4.01%

 

4,947

 

International Business Machines, Inc.

647,562

3.16%

 

      Computers & Peripherals Total

2,218,776

10.81%

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor

   

20,006

 

Altera Corp.

452,736

2.21%

 

 Software

     

17,206

 

Intuit, Inc. *

528,740

2.58%

 

22,641

 

Microsoft Corp.

690,098

3.36%

 

26,944

 

Oracle Corp.

660,936

3.22%

 

       Software Total

 

           1,879,774

9.16%

 
      

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TOTAL

5,007,548

24.40%

 
      

MATERIALS

     
      

Chemicals

     

12,508

 

Sigma Aldrich Corp.

              632,279

3.08%

 
      

 

 

MATERIALS SECTOR TOTAL

632,279

3.08%

 
      

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

   
      

Diversified Telecommunication

   

16,117

 

AT&T, Inc.

              451,760

2.20%

 
      

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TOTAL

451,760

2.20%

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

 

 

(Cost $16,698,662)

         20,283,463

98.83%

 
      
      

 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  

   

             590,642

 

UMB Bank Money Market Fiduciary 0.03% (Cost $590,642) **

590,642

2.88%

 
      
      

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   

 

 

(Cost $17,289,304)

20,874,105

101.71%

 
      
  

Liabilities In Excess of Other Assets

(350,013)

(1.71)

 
  

 

 

 

 
  

TOTAL NET ASSETS

20,524,092

100%

 

* Non-income producing.

 

** Variable rate security; the coupon rate represents the rate at December 31, 2009

 

(a) Purchased with cash colateral from securities on loan.

 

 

 

 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   

Institutional Advisors LargeCap Fund

   

1. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS

   

At December 31, 2009 the net unrealized appreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $17,289,304 amounted to $3,584,801 which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $3,755,220 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $170,419.

 
 
 
      

2. SECURITY VALUATIONS

   

Securities that are traded on any exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price.  Securities which are quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Lacking a last sale price, a security is valued at its last bid price except when, in the opinion of the Fund’s Adviser, the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value of the security.  All other securities for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available are valued at their last bid price.  When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines the last bid price does not accurately reflect the current value or when restricted securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board.   

 

Short term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method of valuation, which the Board has determined will represent fair value.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America define fair value  as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability.  The three-tier hierarchy seeks to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed

 

based on the best information available in the circumstances.  The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

 

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not applied to Level 1 securities.  Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.

 

Level 2 - Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

 

Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

  

The following table presents information about the Fund’s assets measured at fair value as of December 31, 2009 by major security type:

 
      

Valuation Inputs of Assets

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Common Stock

 

$20,283,463

              $0

              $0

$20,283,463

Exchange Traded Funds

 

              $0

              $0

              $0

              $0

Convertible Bonds

 

              $0

              $0

              $0

              $0

Cash Equivalents

 

$590,642

              $0

              $0

$590,642

Total

 

$20,874,105

       $0

       $0

$20,874,105

      
      





ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.


(a)

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant's management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including the Registrant's principal executive officer and the Registrant's principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(b)

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. There have been no significant changes in the Registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation in connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q.


ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.


Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


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.


Conestoga Funds


By /s/W. Christopher Maxwell

* W. Christopher Maxwell

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date February 25, 2010


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 /s/W. Christopher Maxwell

* W. Christopher Maxwell

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date February 25, 2010


By /s/Robert M. Mitchell

* Robert M. Mitchell

  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer


Date February 25, 2010


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