N-Q 1 d788670dnq.htm NEW ALTERNATIVES FUND, INC. New Alternatives Fund, Inc.

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        811-03287            

                                                 New Alternatives Fund, Inc.                                                 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

150 Broadhollow Road, Suite PH2

                                         Melville, New York 11747                                        

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

David J. Schoenwald, President

New Alternatives Fund, Inc.

150 Broadhollow Road, Suite PH2

                                         Melville, New York 11747                                        

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  631-423-7373

Date of fiscal year end: December 31        

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2014

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 the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Schedule(s) of Investments is attached herewith.


NEW ALTERNATIVES FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

         Shares              Value      

COMMON STOCKS – 96.5%

     

Alternate Energy — 67.0%

     

Fuel Cells — 0.4%

     

FuelCell Energy, Inc.*

     400,000         $ 836,000   
     

 

 

 
        836,000   
     

 

 

 

Geothermal — 1.7%

     

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

     125,000         3,283,750   
     

 

 

 
        3,283,750   
     

 

 

 

Renewable Energy Power Producers & Developers — 51.2%

     

Abengoa SA (Spain) - B Shares

     1,500,001         7,923,159   

Abengoa Yield PLC (Great Britain)*

     115,000         4,091,700   

Acciona SA (Spain)*

     110,000         8,233,362   

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (Canada)

     500,000         3,955,000   

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP (Canada/Bermuda)

     300,000         9,141,000   

EDP Renovaveis SA (Spain/Portugal)

     1,250,000         8,667,728   

Elecnor SA (Spain)

     125,000         1,506,195   

Enel Green Power SPA (Italy)

     3,000,000         7,676,860   

Hafslund ASA, (Norway) Class A

     328,074         2,553,204   

Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. (Canada)

     500,000         4,676,000   

Nextera Energy Partners LP

     250,000         8,672,500   

Northland Power, Inc. (Canada)

     250,000         3,858,250   

NRG Yield, Inc., Class A

     170,000         7,998,500   

Pattern Energy Group, Inc.

     270,000         8,348,400   

Terraform Power, Inc. Class A*

     140,000         4,040,400   

TransAlta Renewables, Inc. (Canada)

     500,000         5,153,700   

TrustPower Ltd. (New Zealand)

     500,000         2,853,284   
     

 

 

 
        99,349,242   
     

 

 

 

Solar Photovoltaic — 5.6%

     

Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)*

     150,000         5,365,500   

Kyocera Corp. (Japan) SP ADR

     80,000         3,735,200   

SunPower Corp.*

     50,000         1,694,000   
     

 

 

 
        10,794,700   
     

 

 

 

Wind Turbines — 8.1%

     

Gamesa Corporaction Tecnologica SA (Spain)*

     725,000         7,992,371   

Vestas Wind Systems AS (Denmark)*

     200,000         7,818,717   
     

 

 

 
        15,811,088   
     

 

 

 

Total Alternate Energy

        130,074,780   
     

 

 

 

Energy Conservation — 17.7%

     

EnerNOC, Inc.*

     15,000         254,400   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     175,000         7,700,000   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (Netherlands)

     265,000         8,403,150   

Owens Corning, Inc

     250,000         7,937,500   

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Schedule of Investments.

 

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NEW ALTERNATIVES FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

September 30, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

         Shares              Value      

Energy Conservation (Continued)

     

Panasonic Corp. (Japan) SP ADR

     500,000         $ 5,990,000   

Cree, Inc.*

     100,000         4,095,000   
     

 

 

 
        34,380,050   
     

 

 

 

Water — 6.6%

     

Water Related — 2.3%

     

Hyflux Ltd. (Singapore)

     1,000,000         826,997   

Veolia Environnement SA (France) ADR

     50,000         877,500   

Xylem, Inc.

     75,000         2,661,750   
     

 

 

 
        4,366,247   
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities — 4.3%

     

American Water Works Co., Inc.

     175,000         8,440,250   
     

 

 

 
        8,440,250   
     

 

 

 

Total Water

        12,806,497   
     

 

 

 

Sustainable Energy Financial Services — 4.2%

     

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

     600,000         8,292,000   
     

 

 

 
        8,292,000   
     

 

 

 

Electric Transmission — 0.9%

     

ITC Holdings Corp.

     50,000         1,781,500   
     

 

 

 
        1,781,500   
     

 

 

 

Natural Food — 0.1%

     

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     5,000         190,550   
     

 

 

 
        190,550   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $182,799,658)

        187,525,377   
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Schedule of Investments.

 

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NEW ALTERNATIVES FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Concluded)

September 30, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

           Par                Value      

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT – 0.3%

     

Socially Concerned Banks — 0.3%

     

Alternatives Federal Credit Union savings account 0.30% due 01/14/15

   $ 100,000       $ 100,000   

Carver Federal Savings Bank 0.25% due 12/22/14

     100,000         100,000   

People’s United Bank 0.35% due 12/02/14

     100,000         100,000   

Self Help Credit Union 0.25% due 06/30/14

     100,000         100,000   

Urban Partnership Bank 0.35% due 01/28/15

     100,000         100,000   
     

 

 

 

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $500,000)

        500,000   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost $183,299,658) — 96.8%

        188,025,377   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 3.2%

        6,195,952   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 194,221,329   
     

 

 

 

 

*   Non-income producing security     
**   The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:       
              
 

Aggregate Cost

   $ 183,299,658     
    

 

 

   
 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 15,685,951     
 

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (10,960,232  
    

 

 

   
 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,725,719     
    

 

 

   

 

ADR

   -American Depositary Receipts

SP ADR

   -Sponsored American Depositary Receipts

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Schedule of Investments.

 

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NEW ALTERNATIVES FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2014

(Unaudited)

1. PORTFOLIO VALUATION – The New Alternatives Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued based on the official closing price or the last reported sale price on a national securities exchange or on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued. That is normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. If there were no sales on that day or the securities are traded on other over-the-counter markets, the mean of the last bid and asked prices prior to the market close is used. Short-term debt securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are amortized based on their cost.

Non-U.S. equity securities are valued based on their most recent closing market prices on their primary market and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates on the day of valuation.

If the market price of a security held by the Fund is unavailable at the time the Fund prices its shares at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, the Fund will use the “fair value” of such security as determined in good faith by Accrued Equities, Inc., the Fund’s investment advisor under methods established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors. The Fund may use fair value pricing if the value of a security it holds has been materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the close of the primary markets or exchange on which the security is traded. This most commonly occurs with foreign securities, but may occur in other cases as well. Certain foreign securities are fair valued by utilizing an external pricing service in the event of any significant market movements between the time the fund valued such foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets. The Fund does not invest in unlisted securities.

2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS – The inputs and valuations techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s net assets are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

    l

 

Level 1

    -     

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

    l

 

Level 2

    -     

Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

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    l

 

Level 3

    -     

Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of September 30, 2014, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

    Total
Value at
9/30/2014
    Level 1 –
Quoted
Price
    Level 2 –
Significant
Observable
Inputs
    Level 3 –
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 

Common Stocks*

      $ 187,525,377          $ 187,525,377              $        $—   

Certificates of Deposit

    500,000               500,000          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

      $ 188,025,377          $ 187,525,377              $ 500,000        $—   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
*See Schedule of Investments for sector diversification.   

At the end of each calendar quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1 and Level 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a readily available market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

The Fund utilizes an external pricing service to fair value certain foreign securities in the event of any significant market movements between the time the Fund valued certain foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Transfers in and out between Levels are based on values at the end of the period. As a result, for the period January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014, there were no transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 and Level 1 to Level 2. The Fund did not hold any Level 3 categorized securities during period ended September 30, 2014.

 

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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”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

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.

 

(Registrant)  

    New Alternatives Fund, Inc.

  

By (Signature and Title)*

 

      /s/ David J. Schoenwald

  
 

      David J. Schoenwald, President and Treasurer

  
 

      (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

  

Date

 

      11-18-2014

  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

      /s/ David J. Schoenwald

  
 

      David J. Schoenwald, President and Treasurer

  
 

      (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

  

Date

 

      11-18-2014

  

 

* 

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