N-Q 1 d258514dnq.htm FORM N-Q FOR ELFUN TRUSTS Form N-Q for Elfun Trusts

 

 

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

811-00483

 

 

ELFUN TRUSTS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1600 SUMMER STREET, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06905

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

GE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.

1600 SUMMER STREET, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06905

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-242-0134

 

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

Date of reporting period: 09/30/11

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Elfun Trusts

Schedule of Investments (dollars in thousands)—September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

Common Stock—97.7% †

  

Number of
Shares

    

Fair Value

 

Air Freight & Logistics—0.5%

     

United Parcel Service Inc.

     130,000       $ 8,209   

Application Software—1.5%

     

Intuit Inc.

     430,000         20,399   

SuccessFactors Inc.

     100,000         2,299 (a) 
        22,698   

Asset Management & Custody Banks—2.4%

     

State Street Corp.

     1,140,000         36,662 (e) 

Automotive Retail—0.4%

     

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.

     100,000         6,663 (a) 

Biotechnology—4.4%

     

Amgen Inc.

     1,050,000         57,697   

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     250,000         9,700 (a) 
        67,397   

Broadcasting—1.3%

     

Discovery Communications Inc. (Class C)

     570,000         20,036 (a) 

Cable & Satellite—9.6%

     

Comcast Corp. (Special Class A)

     1,250,000         25,863   

DIRECTV

     1,430,000         60,417 (a) 

Liberty Global Inc.

     1,590,000         55,030 (a) 

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

     3,000,000         4,530 (a) 
        145,840   

Communications Equipment—6.3%

     

Cisco Systems Inc.

     1,350,000         20,912   

QUALCOMM Inc.

     1,530,000         74,404   
        95,316   

Computer Hardware—5.3%

     

Apple Inc.

     210,000         80,048 (a) 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services—11.2%

     

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

     225,000         10,609   

Paychex Inc.

     1,500,000         39,555   

The Western Union Co.

     3,730,000         57,032   

Visa Inc.

     740,000         63,433   
        170,629   

Diversified Financial Services—1.4%

     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     700,000         21,084   


Electronic Manufacturing Services—0.9%

     

Molex Inc. (Class A)

     780,000         13,166   

Environmental & Facilities Services—0.2%

     

Stericycle Inc.

     45,000         3,632 (a) 

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals—2.6%

     

Monsanto Co.

     650,000         39,026   

Healthcare Equipment—2.2%

     

Covidien PLC

     750,000         33,075   

Healthcare Facilities—0.1%

     

VCA Antech Inc.

     45,000         719 (a) 

Healthcare Services—4.3%

     

Express Scripts Inc.

     1,250,000         46,337 (a) 

Lincare Holdings Inc.

     850,000         19,125   
        65,462   

Healthcare Supplies—0.1%

     

DENTSPLY International Inc.

     60,000         1,841   

Home Building—0.1%

     

MDC Holdings Inc.

     60,000         1,016   

Home Furnishing Retail—2.9%

     

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

     780,000         44,702 (a) 

Home Improvement Retail—1.7%

     

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

     1,350,000         26,109   

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines—1.7%

     

Carnival Corp.

     830,000         25,149   

Industrial Gases—0.9%

     

Praxair Inc.

     150,000         14,022   

Industrial Machinery—3.0%

     

Dover Corp.

     990,000         46,134   

Integrated Oil & Gas—2.0%

     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     300,000         21,789   

Suncor Energy Inc.

     325,000         8,268   
        30,057   

Internet Retail—1.4%

     

Amazon.com Inc.

     100,000         21,623 (a) 

Internet Software & Services—5.8%

     

Baidu Inc. ADR

     400,000         42,764 (a) 

eBay Inc.

     1,530,000         45,120 (a) 
        87,884   

Investment Banking & Brokerage—2.0%

     

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

     320,000         30,256   


Oil & Gas Equipment & Services—4.9%

     

Halliburton Co.

     475,000         14,497   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     1,000,000         59,730   
        74,227   

Pharmaceuticals—2.1%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     500,000         31,855   

Property & Casualty Insurance—0.6%

     

Alleghany Corp.

     30,000         8,655 (a) 

Real Estate Services—0.8%

     

CBRE Group Inc. (REIT)

     925,000         12,451 (a) 

Soft Drinks—4.3%

     

PepsiCo Inc.

     1,050,000         64,995   

Specialized Finance—3.9%

     

CME Group Inc.

     240,000         59,136   

Specialty Stores—0.2%

     

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

     100,000         3,346 (a) 

Systems Software—2.2%

     

Microsoft Corp.

     1,350,000         33,602   

Wireless Telecommunication Services—2.5%

     

American Tower Corp.

     700,000         37,660 (a) 

Total Common Stock

        1,484,382   

(Cost $1,292,153)

     

Other Investments—0.0%*

     

GEI Investment Fund

        377 (k) 

(Cost $388)

     

Total Investments in Securities

        1,484,759   

(Cost $1,292,541)

     

Short-Term Investments—2.1%

     

GE Institutional Money Market Fund Investment Class

     

0.09%

        31,640 (d,k) 

(Cost $31,640)

     

Total Investments

        1,516,399   

(Cost $1,324,181)

     

Other Assets and Liabilities, net—0.2%

        2,965   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS —100.0%

      $ 1,519,364   
     

 

 

 


Notes to Schedules of Investments (dollars in thousands)September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

The views expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice. The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics are presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Funds have bought and the diversity of areas in which the Funds may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Funds’ current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. See the Fund’s summary prospectus and statutory prospectus for complete descriptions of investment objectives, policies, risks and permissible investments.

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) Pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, these securities amounted to $5,972, $9,157 and $29,817 or 2.96%, 4.92% and 8.23% of the net assets of the Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun Money Market Fund and Elfun Income Fund respectively. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

 

(c) Settlement is on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis with final maturity to be announced (TBA) in the future.

 

(d) Coupon amount represents effective yield.

 

(e) State Street Corp. is the parent company of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Fund’s custodian and accounting agent.

 

(f) Principal only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. No payments of interest on the pool are passed through to the “principal only” holder.

 

(g) Interest only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.

 

(h) At September 30, 2011, all or a portion of this security is reserved and/or pledged to cover collateral requirements for futures, options, forward foreign currency contracts and/or TBA’s.

 

(i) Variable or floating rate security. The stated rate represents the rate at September 30, 2011.

 

(j) Step coupon bond. Security becomes interest bearing at a future date.

 

(k) GE Asset Management, the investment adviser of the Fund, also serves as investment adviser of the GEI Investment Fund and the GE Institutional Money Market Fund.

 

(l) Escrowed to maturity Bonds are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities which are held in escrow by a trustee and used to pay principal and interest on such bonds.

 

(m) Pre refunded Bonds are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and interest on the tax-exempt issue and to retire the bonds at the earliest refunding date.

 

(n) The security is insured by AMBAC, AGC, AGMC, MBIA, FSA or FGIC. The Elfun Tax-Exempt Fund had insurance concentrations of 5% or greater as of September 30, 2011 (as a percentage of net assets) as follows:

 

AMBAC

   7.67%

FSA

   7.34%

 

(o) Securities in default.


(p) Sponsored by SSGA Funds Management, Inc., an affiliate of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Fund’s custodian and accounting agent.

 

(q) Illiquid Securities. At September 30, 2011, these securities amounted to $404 and $64 or 0.11% and 0.03% of net assets for the Elfun Income and Elfun Diversified Fund respectively. These securities have been determined to be illiquid using procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(r) Coupon amount represents the coupon of the underlying mortgage securities on which monthly interest payments are based.

 

Percentages are based on net assets as of September 30, 2011.
†† Security traded on different exchanges.
* Less than 0.05%
** Amount is less than $500.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt
AGC    Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGMC    Assured Guaranty Municipal Company
AMBAC    AMBAC Indemnity Corporation
FGIC    Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FSA    Financial Security Assurance
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
MBIA    Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corporation
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SPDR    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipts
STRIPS    Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Security
TBA    To be announced


Securities Valuation

The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value and providing related disclosures. Broadly, the framework requires fair value to be determined based on the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In the absence of active markets for the identical assets or liabilities, such measurements involve developing assumptions based on market observable data and, in the absence of such data, internal information that is consistent with what market participants would use in a hypothetical transaction that occurs at the measurement date. It also establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy based upon observable and non-observable inputs.

Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect our market assumptions. Preference is given to observable inputs. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1—Quoted prices for identical investments in active markets.

Level 2—Quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar investments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.

Level 3—Significant inputs to the valuation model are unobservable.

Policies and procedures are maintained to value investments using the best and most relevant data available. In addition, pricing vendors are utilized to assist in valuing investments. GEAM performs periodic reviews of the methodologies used by independent pricing services including price validation of individual securities.


Fair Value Measurement

The following section describes the valuation methodologies the Funds use to measure different financial investments at fair value.

A Fund’s portfolio securities are valued generally on the basis of market quotations. Equity securities generally are valued at the last reported sales price on the primary market in which they are traded. Portfolio securities listed on NASDAQ are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, Level 1 securities primarily include publicly-traded equity securities which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If no sales occurred on the exchange or NASDAQ that day, the portfolio security generally is valued using the last reported bid price. In those circumstances the Fund classifies the investment securities in Level 2.

Debt securities (other than short-term securities described below) generally are valued at an evaluated bid as reported by an independent pricing service. Municipal obligations are valued at the quoted bid prices, when available. The pricing vendor uses various pricing models for each asset class that are consistent with what other market participants would use. The inputs and assumptions to the model of the pricing vendor are derived from market observable sources including: benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and other market related data. Since many fixed income securities do not trade on a daily basis, the methodology of the pricing vendor uses available information as applicable such as benchmark curves, benchmarking of like securities, sector groupings, and matrix pricing. The pricing vendor considers all available market observable inputs in determining the evaluation for a security. Thus, certain securities may not be priced using quoted prices, but rather determined from market observable information. These investments are included in Level 2 and primarily comprise our portfolio of corporate fixed income, government, mortgage and asset-backed securities.

In the absence of a reliable price from such a pricing service, debt securities may be valued based on dealer supplied valuations or quotations. In these infrequent circumstances, pricing vendors may provide the Funds with valuations that are based on significant unobservable inputs, and in those circumstances we classify the investment securities in Level 3.

The Funds use non-binding broker quotes as the primary basis for valuation when there is limited, or no, relevant market activity for a specific investment or for other investments that share similar characteristics. The Funds have not adjusted the prices obtained. Investment securities priced using non-binding broker quotes are included in Level 3. As is the case with the primary pricing vendor, third-party brokers do not provide access to their proprietary valuation models, inputs and assumptions. Accordingly, GEAM conducts internal reviews of pricing for all such investment securities periodically to ensure reasonableness of valuations used in the Funds’ financial statements. These reviews are designed to identify prices that appear stale, those that have changed significantly from prior valuations, and other anomalies that may indicate that a price may not be accurate. Based on the information available, GEAM believes that the fair values provided by the brokers are representative of prices that would be received to sell the assets at the measurement date (exit prices).

All portfolio securities of the Money Market Fund and any short-term securities of sufficient credit quality held by any other Fund with remaining maturities of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued on the basis of amortized cost which approximates market value and these are included in Level 2.

A Fund’s written or purchased options are valued at the last sales price, or if no sales occurred that day, at the last reported bid price and those are also included in Level 2.

If prices are not readily available for a portfolio security, or if it is believed that a price for a portfolio security does not represent its fair value, the security may be valued using procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees that are designed to establish its “fair” value. These securities would be classified in Level 3. Those procedures require that the fair value of a security be established by the fair valuation committee. The fair valuation committee follows different protocols for different types of investments and circumstances. The fair value procedures may be used to value any investment of any Fund in the appropriate circumstances.

Foreign securities may be valued with the assistance of an independent fair value pricing service in circumstances where it is believed that they have been or would be materially affected by events occurring after the close of the portfolio security’s primary market and before the close of regular trading on the NYSE. In these circumstances the Fund classifies the investment securities in Level 2. This independent fair value pricing service uses a model to identify affected securities and portfolios taking into consideration various factors and the fair value of such securities may be something other than the last available quotation or other market price.

Portfolio securities may be valued using techniques other than market quotations, under the circumstances described above. The value established for a portfolio security may be different than what would be produced through the use of another methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. Portfolio securities that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including “fair valued” securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their value from one day to the next than would be the case if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Funds could sell a portfolio security for the value established for it at any time and it is possible that the Funds would incur a loss because a portfolio security is sold at a discount to its established value.

Other financial investments are derivative instruments that are not reflected in Total Investments, such as futures, forwards, swaps, and written options contracts, which are valued based on fair value as discussed above.

The Funds use closing prices for derivatives included in Level 1, which are traded either on exchanges or liquid over-the counter markets. Derivative assets and liabilities included in Level 2 primarily represent interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and foreign currency and commodity forward and option contracts. Derivative assets and liabilities included in Level 3 primarily represent interest rate products that contain embedded optionality or prepayment features.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Fair value determinations are required for securities whose value is affected by a significant event that will materially affect the value of a domestic or foreign security and which occurs subsequent to the time of the close of the principal market on which such domestic or foreign security trades but prior to the calculation of the Fund’s NAV.


The following tables present the Funds’ investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2011:

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

Fund

  

Investments

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Elfun Trusts

   Investments in Securities †            
   Common Stock    $ 1,484,382       $ —         $ —         $ 1,484,382   
   Other Investments      —           377         —           377   
   Short- Term Investments      31,640         —           —           31,640   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities    $ 1,516,022       $ 377       $ —         $ 1,516,399   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for Industry Classification


INCOME TAXES

At September 30, 2011, information on the tax components of capital is as follows (Dollars in Thousands):

 

Fund

   Cost of investment for Tax
purposes
     Gross Tax appreciation      Gross Tax depreciation     Net Tax appreciation /
(depreciation)
 

Elfun Trusts

   $ 1,324,611       $ 328,057       $ (136,269   $ 191,788   


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The officers providing the certifications in this report in accordance with Rule 30a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in such rule), that such controls and procedures are adequate and reasonably designed to achieve the purpose described in paragraph (c) of such rule.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their last evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached: EX-99 CERT


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.

Elfun Trusts

By:   /S/    DMITRI L. STOCKTON        
  Dmitri L. Stockton
  Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
  GE Asset Management Incorporated

Date: November 22, 2011

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/    DMITRI L. STOCKTON        
  Dmitri L. Stockton
  Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
  GE Asset Management Incorporated

Date: November 22, 2011

By:   /S/    ARTHUR A. JENSEN        
  Arthur A. Jensen
  Treasurer, Elfun Funds

Date: November 22, 2011