N-Q 1 dnq.htm FORM NQ Form NQ

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-22208

 

 

Valued Advisers Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

Huntington Asset Services, Inc. 2960 N. Meridian Street, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46208

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Capitol Services, Inc.

615 S. Dupont Hwy.

Dover, DE 19901

(Name and address of agent for service)

With a copy to:

John H. Lively, Esq.

The Law Offices of John H. Lively & Associates, Inc.

A member firm of The 1940 Act Law Group

2041 W. 141st Terrace

Suite 119

Leawood, KS 66224

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 317-917-7000

Date of fiscal year end: 5/31

Date of reporting period: 2/28/2011

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


LS Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

Common Stocks - Long - Domestic - 72.52%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 23.69%

     

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. / The (a)

     15,737       $ 223,151   

Liberty Global, Inc. - Class A (a)

     4,353         183,261   

Liberty Media Corp. - Capital - Series A (a)

     21,880         1,587,613   

Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive - Class A (a)

     19,560         314,134   

Liberty Media-Starz - Series A (a)

     3,430         240,786   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     5,345         213,159   

Tiffany & Co.

     1,013         62,350   

Time Warner, Inc.

     9,057         345,977   

Visteon Corp. (a)

     2,195         162,320   
           
        3,332,751   
           

Energy - 11.15%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     6,657         544,742   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     4,589         326,049   

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

     10,975         113,921   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

     4,055         205,629   

EQT Corp.

     3,161         155,837   

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (a)

     3,527         107,574   

RigNet, Inc. (a)

     3,682         54,125   

Williams Companies, Inc. / The

     2,013         61,115   
           
        1,568,992   
           

Financials - 3.14%

     

Citigroup, Inc. (a)

     67,835         317,468   

Discover Financial Services

     5,712         124,236   
           
        441,704   
           

Health Care - 5.77%

     

Affymax, Inc. (a)

     15,151         96,663   

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,464         59,190   

Baxter International, Inc.

     4,576         243,214   

Complete Genomics, Inc. (a)

     3,442         25,127   

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

     3,129         192,872   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     4,578         194,931   
           
        811,997   
           

Industrials - 9.05%

     

Crane Co.

     1,564         73,883   

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

     8,593         277,382   

Eaton Corp.

     3,311         366,793   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     2,861         226,477   

Navistar International Corp. (a)

     3,804         235,772   

SeaCube Container Leasing, Ltd.

     6,206         93,214   
           
        1,273,521   
           

Information Technology - 8.01%

     

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (a)

     1,008         19,807   

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

     5,249         115,793   

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

     3,307         116,737   

Finisar Corp. (a)

     4,017         164,777   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     10,208         113,819   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     9,043         538,782   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     3,051         56,840   
           
        1,126,555   
           

Materials - 10.14%

     

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

     2,136         207,342   

Innospec, Inc. (a)

     5,038         135,069   

Monsanto Co.

     2,024         145,505   

Mosaic Co. / The

     5,047         433,285   

Rock-Tenn Co. - Class A

     4,083         280,298   

Solutia, Inc. (a)

     9,682         224,719   
           
        1,426,218   
           

Telecommunication Services - 1.57%

     

American Tower Corp. - Class A (a)

     4,095         220,966   
           

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - LONG - DOMESTIC

        10,202,704   
           

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements.


LS Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

Common Stocks - Long - International - 9.69%

     

Consumer Staples - 0.43%

     
     

Adecoagro S.A. (a)

     5,032       $ 61,290   
           

Energy - 1.74%

     

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (b)

     2,195         87,427   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     2,195         103,209   

Teekay Tankers, Ltd. - Class A

     5,054         54,027   
           
        244,663   
           

Health Care - 1.56%

     

Nordion, Inc. (a)

     2,013         23,129   

Warner Chilcott PLC - Class A

     8,275         195,952   
           
        219,081   
           

Information Technology - 3.35%

     

Alcatel-Lucent (a) (b)

     30,373         148,828   

Allot Communications, Ltd. (a)

     4,134         65,875   

Avago Technologies, Ltd.

     4,661         158,427   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     3,071         98,118   
           
        471,248   
           

Materials - 2.61%

     

AbitibiBowater, Inc. (a)

     4,047         113,276   

Lynas Corp. Ltd. (a)

     127,766         253,703   
           
        366,979   
           

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - LONG - INTERNATIONAL

        1,363,261   
           

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS - LONG - DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL (Cost $10,246,151)

        11,565,965   
           

Master Limited Partnerships - 3.58%

     

Williams Partners LP

     9,727         504,442   
           

TOTAL MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (Cost $428,450)

        504,442   
           

Investment Companies - 0.94%

     

ETFS Palladium Trust (a)

     1,660         131,870   
           

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $135,816)

        131,870   
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - LONG - (Cost $10,810,417) - 86.73%

      $ 12,202,277   
           

Other assets less liabilities - 13.27%

        1,867,091   
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100%

      $ 14,069,368   
           

 

(a) Non-income producing
(b) American Depositary Receipt.

 

Tax Related (Excludes Short Securities)

     

Unrealized appreciation

        1,454,829   

Unrealized depreciation

        (62,969
           

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

        1,391,860   
           

Aggregate cost of securities for income tax purposes

        10,810,417   
           

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements.


LS Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Securities Sold Short

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

Securities Sold Short - Domestic - (7.87%)

     

Consumer Discretionary

     

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     695       $ 19,634   

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. - Class A (a)

     1,780         49,164   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     1,419         32,722   

McDonald’s Corp.

     1,091         82,567   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

     548         31,844   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (a)

     57,657         104,359   

Whirlpool Corp.

     960         79,200   
           
        399,490   
           

Consumer Staples

     

Energizer Holdings, Inc. (a)

     817         54,600   

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

     935         38,662   
           
        93,262   
           

Energy

     

Marathon Oil Corp.

     818         40,573   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     1,202         88,383   

Sunoco, Inc.

     818         34,242   
           
        163,198   
           

Financials

     

Federated Investors, Inc. - Class B

     961         26,485   
           

Health Care

     

Johnson & Johnson

     1,190         73,114   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     1,249         38,969   

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a)

     521         24,946   
           
        137,029   
           

Industrials

     

Corporate Executive Board Co. / The

     544         21,798   

Fastenal Co.

     576         35,787   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     543         14,118   
           
        71,703   
           

Information Technology

     

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     1,676         62,900   

Cree, Inc. (a)

     515         27,125   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     832         26,874   

GSI Commerce, Inc. (a)

     1,372         28,524   

Intel Corp.

     1,092         23,445   

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     1,099         8,242   

Tellabs, Inc.

     2,224         11,987   
           
        189,097   
           

Materials

     

Ecolab, Inc.

     551         26,801   
           

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - DOMESTIC

        1,107,065   
           

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements.


LS Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Securities Sold Short

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

Securities Sold Short - International - (1.10%)

     

Consumer Staples

     

Diageo plc (b)

     382       $ 29,895   
           
     

Information Technology

     

Nokia Corp. (b)

     2,320         20,022   

Logitech International S.A (a)

     546         10,303   

Wipro, Ltd. (b)

     575         7,567   
           
        37,892   
           
     

Materials

     

ArcelorMittal (c)

     402         14,741   

Vale SA (b)

     2,091         71,575   
           
        86,316   
           

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - INTERNATIONAL

        154,103   
           

Investment Companies - (12.80%)

     

iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund

     844         77,986   

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     822         37,639   

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

     548         45,084   

Powershares QQQ Trust, Series 1

     8,029         463,835   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     8,833         1,176,114   
           

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

        1,800,658   
           

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL, &INVESTMENT COMPANIES (PROCEEDS RECEIVED $2,828,987) - (21.77%)

        3,061,826   
           

 

(a) Non-income producing.
(b) American Depositary Receipt.
(c) New York Registered

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of these financial statements.


LS Opportunity Fund

Related Notes to the Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

Security Transactions and Related Income - The Fund follows industry practice and records security transactions on the trade date. The specific identification method is used for determining gains or losses for financial statements and income tax purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Distributions from Limited Partnerships are recognized on the ex-date. Income or loss from Limited Partnerships is reclassified in the components of net assets upon receipt of K-1’s. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized or accreted using the effective interest method. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in a specific country or region.

Short Sales - The Fund may make short sales as part of its overall portfolio management strategies or to offset a potential decline in value of a security. The Fund may engage in short sales with respect to various types of securities, including ETFs. A short sale involves the sale of a security that is borrowed from a broker or other institution to complete the sale. The Fund may engage in short sales with respect to securities it owns, as well as securities that it does not own. Short sales expose the Fund to the risk that it will be required to acquire, convert or exchange securities to replace the borrowed securities (also known as “covering” the short position) at a time when the securities sold short have appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. The Fund’s investment performance may also suffer if the Fund is required to close out a short position earlier than it had intended. The Fund must segregate assets determined to be liquid in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees, or otherwise cover its position in a permissible manner. The Fund will be required to pledge its liquid assets to the broker in order to secure its performance on short sales. As a result, the assets pledged may not be available to meet the Fund’s needs for immediate cash or other liquidity. In addition, the Fund may be subject to expenses related to short sales that are not typically associated with investing in securities directly, such as costs of borrowing and margin account maintenance costs associated with the Fund’s open short positions. These types of short sales expenses are sometimes referred to as the “negative cost of carry,” and will tend to cause the Fund to lose money on a short sale even in instances where the price of the underlying security sold short does not change over the duration of the short sale. Dividend expenses on securities sold short are not covered under the Advisor’s expense limitation agreement with the Fund and, therefore, these expenses will be borne by the shareholders of the Fund.

Securities Valuation and Fair Value Measurements - Fair value is defined as the price that a Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) establishes a three-tier hierarchy 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, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. 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 reporting entity’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.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for an identical security in an inactive market, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments based on the best information available)


LS Opportunity Fund

Related Notes to the Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Equity securities, including common stocks, exchange-traded funds, American Depositary Receipts, and limited partnerships are generally valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Fund believes such prices more accurately reflect the fair value of such securities. Securities that are traded on any stock exchange are generally valued by the pricing service at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, an exchange traded security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price. Securities traded in the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are generally valued by the pricing service at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. When using the market quotations or close prices provided by the pricing service and when the market is considered active, the security is classified as a Level 1 security. Sometimes, an equity security owned by the Fund will be valued by the pricing service with factors other than market quotations or when the market is considered inactive. When this happens, the security is classified as a Level 2 security. When market quotations are not readily available, when the Fund determines that the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current fair value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Fund, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review by the Board. These securities are categorized as Level 3 securities.

Investments in mutual funds, including money market mutual funds, are generally priced at the ending net asset value (NAV) provided by the service agent of the funds. These securities are categorized as Level 1 securities.

Fixed income securities that are valued using market quotations in an active market will be categorized as Level 1 securities. However, they may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Fund believes such prices more accurately reflect the fair value of such securities. A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices. These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2 securities. If the Fund decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board. These securities will be categorized as Level 3 securities.

Short-term investments in fixed income securities (those 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. These securities will be classified as Level 2 securities.

In accordance with the Trust’s good faith pricing guidelines, the Fund is required to consider all appropriate factors relevant to the value of securities for which it has determined other pricing sources are not available or reliable as described above. No single standard exists for determining fair value, because fair value depends upon the circumstances of each individual case. As a general principle, the current fair value of an issue of securities being valued by the Fund would appear to be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive for them upon their current sale. Methods which are in accordance with this principle may, for example, be based on (i) a multiple of earnings; (ii) a discount from market of a similar freely traded security (including a derivative security or a basket of securities traded on other markets, exchanges or among dealers); or (iii) yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods. Good faith pricing is permitted if, in the Fund’s opinion, the validity of market quotations appears to be questionable based on factors such as evidence of a thin market in the security based on a small number of quotations, a significant event occurs after the close of a market but before a Fund’s NAV calculation that may affect a security’s value, or the Fund is aware of any other data that calls into question the reliability of market quotations. Good faith pricing may also be used in instances when the bonds the Fund invest in may default or otherwise cease to have market quotations readily available. Any fair valuation pricing done outside the Fund’s approved pricing methods must be approved by the Pricing Committee of the Board.


LS Opportunity Fund

Related Notes to the Schedule of Investments

February 28, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of February 28, 2011:

 

     Valuation Inputs  

Investments

   Level 1 - Quoted
Prices in Active
Markets
     Level 2 - Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Common Stocks - Long*

   $ 11,565,965       $ —         $ —         $ 11,565,965   

Master Limited Partnerships

     504,442         —           —           504,442   

Investment Companies

     131,870         —           —           131,870   
                                   

Total

     $12,202,277       $ —         $ —         $ 12,202,277   
                                   

 

* Refer to the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.

 

     Valuation Inputs  

Liabilities

   Level 1 - Quoted
Prices in Active
Markets
     Level 2 - Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Securities Sold Short

   $ 3,061,826       $ —         $ —         $ 3,061,826   
                                   

Total

   $ 3,061,826       $ —         $ —         $ 3,061,826   
                                   

The Fund did not hold any investments at any time during the reporting period in which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value; therefore, no reconciliation of Level 3 securities is included for this reporting period. The Fund did not hold any derivative instruments during the reporting period. There were no significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the reporting period.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of April 27, 2011, the disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the information required in filings on Forms N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2a under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are 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  

Valued Advisers Trust

By  

/s/ R. Jeffrey Young

  R. Jeffrey Young, President and Principal Executive Officer
Date  

4/21/11

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/ R. Jeffrey Young

   R. Jeffrey Young, President and Principal Executive Officer
Date   

4/21/11

By   

/s/ William J. Murphy

   William J. Murphy, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date   

4/25/11