N-Q 1 holbrook_nq.htm N-Q

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 811-22718

 

Two Roads Shared Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

17605 Wright Street, Suite 2, Omaha, NE 68130

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Richard Malinowski, Gemini Fund Services, LLC

80 Arkay Drive, Suite 110, Hauppauge, NY 11788

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 402-895-1600

 

Date of fiscal year end: 04/30

 

Date of reporting period: 01/31/2018

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§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 Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 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. § 3507.

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

Holbrook Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)
January 31, 2018
                 
Shares               Fair Value
    PREFERRED STOCK -38.4 %          
    BANKS - 2.9 %   Coupon %   Maturity    
 400   Customers Bancorp, Inc.   6.375   7/31/2018    $10,230
 11,816   Customers Bancorp, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 5.300 % 7.000 + 6/15/2020   313,242
890   Morgan Stanley 3 Month LIBOR + 4.320 % 7.125 + 10/15/2023   25,320
                 348,792
    CLOSED END FUNDS - 3.8 %          
516   Eagle Point Credit Co., Inc.   7.000   12/31/2020   13,081
8,300   Eagle Point Credit Co., Inc.   6.750   9/30/2027   211,858
6,402   Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co.   3.500   4/15/2020   161,651
2,800   Oxford Lane Capital Corp.   6.750   6/30/2024   71,260
                457,850
                 
    DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 4.4 %          
200   Ares Management LP   7.000   6/30/2021   5,190
8,550   Cowen, Inc.   7.350   12/15/2027   215,033
3,700   Medley LLC   6.875   8/15/2026   89,836
8,300   Medley LLC   7.250   1/30/2024   208,164
                518,223
    INSURANCE - 1.0 %            
5,500   Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.   6.950       102,025
534   Prudential Financial, Inc. CPI YOY + 2.400 % 4.440 + 4/10/2018   13,350
                115,375
    INVETSMENT COMPANIES - 22.2 %          
7,500   B. Riley Financial, Inc.   7.500   10/31/2021   194,475.00
4,000   Capital Southwest Corp.   5.950   12/15/2022   102,520.00
10,300   Capitala Finance Corp.   6.000   5/31/2022   258,530
6,200   Capitala Finance Corp.   5.750   5/31/2022   154,893
5,000   Gladstone Capital Corp   6.000   9/30/2024   126,700
160   Gladstone Investment Corp   6.500   5/31/2022   4,069
2,934   Gladstone Investment Corp   6.250   9/30/2023   74,553
13,000   Great Elm Capital Corp   6.750   9/18/2022   126,225
5,100   Great Elm Capital Corp   6.500   1/31/2025   326,300
7,000   Harvest Capital Credit Corp   6.125   9/15/2022   177,100
6,500   Horizon Technology Finance Corp   6.250   9/15/2022   166,725
9,400   KCAP Financial Inc   6.125   9/30/2022   235,000
3,100   Main Street Capital Corp   6.125   4/1/2023   81,871
1,012   Medley Capital Corp   6.500   1/30/2021   25,776
5,800   Medley Capital Corp   6.125   3/30/2023   145,754
2,000   MVC Capital Inc   6.250   11/30/2022   51,200
159   Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp   5.875   10/30/2024   3,975
120   Prospect Capital Corp   6.250   6/15/2024   3,074
6,300   RiverNorth Marketplace Lending Corporation 5.875   10/31/2024   158,130
150   THL Credit Inc   6.750   11/15/2021   3,793
8,798   THL Credit Inc   6.750   12/30/2022   226,109
100   Triangle Capital Corp   6.375   12/15/2022   2,510
                2,649,282
    PIPELINES - 2.1 %            
7,211   NGL Energy Partners LP 3 Month LIBOR + 7.123 % 9.000 + 7/1/2022   176,669
2,657   NuStar Logistics LP 3 Month LIBOR + 6.734 % 7.625 + 1/15/2043   67,408
                244,077
                 
    PRIVATE EQUITY - 0.4%          
2,103   Hercules Capital, Inc.   6.250   7/30/2024   53,311
                 
    REITS - 1.6 %            
1,000   Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.   9.000   Perpetual   27,270
1,000   New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 5.695 % 8.000 + Perpetual   24,730
4,600   RAIT Financial Trust   7.125   8/30/2019   108,974
1,630   Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. 8.750   Perpetual   28,525
                189,499
                 
    TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost - $4,557,190)          4,576,409
                 

 

Holbrook Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)
January 31, 2018
                 
Shares               Fair Value
    CORPORATE BONDS - 30.8 %          
    BANKS -16.2 %            
 100,000   Bank of America Corp. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.387 % 5.125 + 12/17/2066    $101,375
 100,000   Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.420 % 4.950 + 12/29/2049    102,400
 5,000   Barclays Bank PLC 4*(USISDA30-USISDA05-.25%) 0.000 + 6/17/2033    2,738
 100,000   Citigroup, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 4.478 % 6.125 + 11/15/2020    106,125
 200,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 1.450 % 3.434 + 5/28/2026    207,052
 5,000   Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 5*(USISDA30-USISDA05) 0.740 + 3/19/2029    3,587
 200,000   Home BancShares, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.575 % 5.625 + 4/15/2022    208,818
 150,000   JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.470 % 7.900 + Perpetual    152,250
 100,000   JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4*(USISDA30-USISDA05-.275%) 0.000 + 9/20/2023    87,125
 75,000   Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 3 Month LIBOR + 1.215 % 2.863 + 12/28/2020    75,032
 100,000   Morgan Stanley 3 Month LIBOR + 3.810 % 5.550 + Perpetual    103,500
 100,000   PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.678 % 6.750 + 8/1/2021    109,250
 100,000   State Street Corp. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.597 % 5.250 + 9/15/2020    104,500
 200,000   UBS AG Jersey Branch 10 YR USISDA Flat 2.600 + 12/30/2019    200,650
 200,000   Union Bankshares Corp. 3 Month LIBOR + 3.175 % 5.000 + 12/15/2021    207,604
 100,000   US Bancorp 3 Month LIBOR + 3.486 % 5.125 + 1/15/2021    103,875
 50,000   Wells Fargo & Co 3 Month LIBOR + 3.770 % 5.895 + Perpetual    50,620
                1,926,501
                 
    CLOSED-END FUNDS - 0.4 %          
 50,000   Nuveen Senior Income Fund   2.000   11/1/2021    49,263
                 
    COMMERICAL SERVICES - 0.3 %          
 30,000   Equifax, Inc.   7.000   7/1/2037    38,402
                 
    INSURANCE- 0.4 %            
 50,000   Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 3 Month LIBOR + 4.603 % 8.125 + 6/15/2038    51,063
                 
    INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 2.5 %          
 200,000   Ares Capital Corp.   3.625   1/19/2022    198,555
 100,000   PennantPark Investment Corp.   4.500   10/1/2019    100,852
                299,407
                 
    OIL & GAS- 2.9 %            
 100,000   Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc   7.875   8/15/2025   106,375
 150,000   Nabors Industries Inc   4.625   9/15/2021   147,375
 100,000   Noble Holding International Ltd   7.750   1/15/2024   93,250
                347,000
    OIL & GAS SERVICES- 0.8 %          
 100,000   ION Geophysical Corp.   9.125   12/15/2021    96,500
                 
    PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.8 %          
 100,000   Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 2.800   7/21/2023    88,587
                 
    PRIVATE EQUITY - 1.3 %          
 150,000   Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.   6.250   2/1/2022    154,500
                 
    RETAIL - 0.8 %            
 100,000   Macy's Retail Holdings, Inc.   3.875   1/15/2022    100,500
                 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 4.4 %          
 300,000   Frontier Communications Corp.   8.125   10/1/2018   306,750
 200,000   Qwest Corp.   6.750   12/1/2021   214,500
                521,250
                 
    TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost - $3,662,796)          3,672,973
                 
    COMMON STOCK - 0.0 %          
    OIL & GAS - 0.0 %            
461   Southwestern Energy Co. **            1,954
    TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost - $3,676)          1,954
                 
    CONVERTIBLE BOND - 0.4 %          
 50,000   Prospect Capital Corp.            50,624
    TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BOND (Cost - $50,488)          50,624
                 
    EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 2.4 %          
 8,000   ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury            288,800
    TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (Cost - $283,258)          288,800

 

Holbrook Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)
January 31, 2018
                 
                 
Principal                
    UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - 24.5 % Coupon %   Maturity   Fair Value
 157,929 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   4/15/2018    $158,200
 313,705 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   4/15/2019    313,525
 312,839 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   4/15/2020    311,534
 309,109 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   4/15/2021    306,371
 403,683 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   4/15/2022    397,894
 263,957 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   1/15/2023    259,799
 257,632 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   7/15/2024    252,130
 260,360 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.250   1/15/2025    255,181
 254,180 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125   7/15/2026    245,204
 184,973 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.500   1/15/2029    221,214
 154,069 ^ United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.125   2/15/2040    198,104
    TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (Cost - $2,932,829)          2,919,156
                 
Shares                
    SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.0 %          
 353,312   Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio, Class I, 1.22% **          
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost - $353,312)          353,312
                 
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.5 % (Cost - $11,843,549) (a)          $11,863,228
    OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES - 0.5 %          62,586
    NET ASSETS - 100.0 %          $11,925,814
                 
+ Variable rate security, rate shown represents the rate at January 31, 2018.  
* Rate shown represents the rate at January 31, 2018, is subject to change and resets daily.  
** Non-income producing security.            
^ Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.
                 
                 
LIBOR/Reference Rates:            
USISDA30 Index - 30 Year ICE Swap Rate          
USISDA05 Index - 5 Year ICE Swap Rate          
USISDA10 Index - 10 Year ICE Swap Rate          
CPI YOY - CPI Year Over Year            
(a) Represents cost for financial purposes. Aggregate cost for federal tax purposes is $11,843,549 and differs from market value by net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as follows:
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as follows:
                 
            Unrealized appreciation:  $65,853
        Unrealized depreciation:  (46,174)
        Net unrealized appreciation:  $19,679

 

 

Holbrook Income Fund
Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)
January 31, 2018
                     
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund and are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 "Financial Services – Investment Companies" including FASB Accounting Standard Update ASU 2013-08.
 
Security Valuation – Securities listed on an exchange are valued at the last reported sale price at the close of the regular trading session of the exchange on the business day the value is being determined, or in the case of securities listed on NASDAQ at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”).  In the absence of a sale such securities shall be valued at the mean between the current bid and ask prices on the day of valuation.  Debt securities (other than short-term obligations) are valued each day by an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) using methods which include current market quotations from a major market maker in the securities and based on methods which include the consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparabl equality, coupon, maturity and type.  Short-term debt obligations, excluding U.S. Treasury Bills, having 60 days or less remaining until maturity, at time of purchase, may be valued at amortized cost.
 
The Fund may hold securities, such as private investments, interests in commodity pools, other non-traded securities or temporarily illiquid securities, for which market quotations are not readily available or are determined to be unreliable.  These securities will be valued using the “fair value” procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).  The Board has delegated execution of these procedures to a fair value team composed of one or more representatives from each of the (i) Trust, (ii) administrator, and (iii) Advisor and/or sub-Advisor.  The team may also enlist third party consultants such as a valuation specialist at a public accounting firm, valuation consultant or financial officer of a security issuer on an as-needed basis to assist in determining a security-specific fair value.  The Board has also engaged a third party valuation firm to attend valuation meetings held by the Trust, review minutes of such meetings and report to the Board on a quarterly basis.  The Board reviews and ratifies the execution of this process and the resultant fair value prices at least quarterly to assure the process produces reliable results.
 
Fair Valuation Process.  As noted above, the fair value team is composed of one or more representative from each of the (i) Trust, (ii) administrator, and (iii) Advisor and/or sub-Advisor.  The applicable investments are valued collectively via inputs from each of these groups.  For example, fair value determinations are required for the following securities:  (i) securities for which market quotations are insufficient or not readily available on a particular business day (including securities for which there is a short and temporary lapse in the provision of a price by the regular pricing source), (ii) securities for which, in the judgment of the Advisor or sub-Advisor, the prices or values available do not represent the fair value of the instrument.  Factors which may cause the Advisor or sub-Advisor to make such a judgment include, but are not limited to, the following: only a bid price or an asked price is available; the spread between bid and asked prices is substantial; the frequency of sales; the thinness of the market; the size of reported trades; and actions of the securities markets, such as the suspension or limitation of trading; (iii) securities determined to be illiquid; (iv) securities with respect to which an event that will affect the value thereof has occurred (a “significant event”) since the closing prices were established on the principal exchange on which they are traded, but prior to a Fund’s calculation of its net asset value.  Specifically, interests in commodity pools or managed futures pools are valued on a daily basis by reference to the closing market prices of each futures contract or other asset held by a pool, as adjusted for pool expenses.  Restricted or illiquid securities, such as private investments or non-traded securities are valued via inputs from the Advisor based upon the current bid for the security from two or more independent dealers or other parties reasonably familiar with the facts and circumstances of the security (who should take into consideration all relevant factors as may be appropriate under the circumstances).  If the Advisor is unable to obtain a current bid from such independent dealers or other independent parties, the fair value team shall determine the fair value of such security using the following factors: (i) the type of security; (ii) the cost at date of purchase; (iii) the size and nature of the Fund's holdings; (iv) the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase and subsequent thereto; (v) information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security; (vi) the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security and the existence of any registration rights; (vii) how the yield of the security compares to similar securities of companies of similar or equal creditworthiness; (viii) the level of recent trades of similar or comparable securities; (ix) the liquidity characteristics of the security; (x) current market conditions; and (xi) the market value of any securities into which the security is convertible or exchangeable.
                     

 

Holbrook Income Fund
Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)
January 31, 2018
                     
The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis.  GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of input are:
 
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and 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 in 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 availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security.  To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.  Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
 
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.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following tables summarize the inputs used as of January 31, 2018, for the Fund’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value:

 

               
Assets * Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Preferred Stock $     4,576,409    $                  -       $                  -      $     4,576,409
Corporate Bonds  -       3,672,973    -       3,672,973
Common Stock  1,954    -       -       1,954
Convertible Bond    50,624    -       -       50,624
Exchange Traded Funds  288,800    -       -       288,800
United States Government Securities  -       2,919,156    -       2,919,156
Short-Term Investments  353,312    -       -       353,312
Total Assets  $    5,271,099    $  6,592,129    $                -       $  11,863,228
                 
The Fund did not hold any Level 3 securities during the period. There were no transfers into or out of Level 1 and Level 2 during the period.  It is the Fund’s policy to recognize transfers into or out of Level 1 and Level 2 at the end of the reporting period.
* Refer to the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.        

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)       The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, 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”)) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(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 required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) (and Item 3 of Form N-Q) 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.

 

Two Roads Shared Trust

 

By

/s/ James Colantino

James Colantino, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: 03/28/2018

 

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/ James Colantino

James Colantino, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: 03/28/2018

 

By

/s/ Laura Szalyga

Laura Szalyga, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: 03/28/2018