N-Q 1 d66219dnq.htm SIT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC. Sit Large Cap Growth 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- 03343

SIT LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

3300 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Kelly K. Boston, Esq.

3300 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 612-332-3223

Date of fiscal year end:    June 30, 2015            

Date of reporting period:    September 30, 2015


Item 1. Schedule of Investments

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

The fund’s schedule of investments as of the date on the cover of this report has not been audited. This report is provided for the general information of the fund’s shareholders. For more information regarding the fund and its holdings, please see the fund’s most recent prospectus and annual report.


 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2015

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund

       
    Quantity      Name of Issuer    Fair Value ($)  

Common Stocks - 99.1%

  
    Commercial Services - 2.4%   
    16,800       Equifax, Inc.      1,632,624   
    7,400       Nielsen Holdings, PLC      329,078   
    23,200       Robert Half International, Inc.      1,186,912   
       

 

 

 
          3,148,614   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Communications - 2.9%

  
    11,500       SBA Communications Corp.   *      1,204,510   
    59,900       Verizon Communications, Inc.      2,606,249   
       

 

 

 
          3,810,759   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Consumer Durables - 1.6%

  
    10,600       Polaris Industries, Inc.      1,270,622   
    5,500       Whirlpool Corp.      809,930   
       

 

 

 
          2,080,552   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Consumer Non-Durables - 6.3%

  
    14,500       Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. -Class A      1,169,860   
    19,800       NIKE, Inc.      2,434,806   
    31,700       PepsiCo, Inc.      2,989,310   
    24,800       Procter & Gamble Co.      1,784,112   
       

 

 

 
          8,378,088   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Consumer Services - 8.6%

  
    1,050       Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.   *      756,262   
    30,900       H&R Block, Inc.      1,118,580   
    53,000       Starbucks Corp.      3,012,520   
    19,075       Time Warner, Inc.      1,311,406   
    53,700       Visa, Inc.      3,740,742   
    14,600       Walt Disney Co.      1,492,120   
       

 

 

 
          11,431,630   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Electronic Technology - 10.6%

  
    63,975       Apple, Inc.      7,056,442   
    91,900       Applied Materials, Inc.      1,350,011   
    19,600       Avago Technologies, Ltd.      2,450,196   
    57,500       Ciena Corp.   *      1,191,400   
    37,900       Intel Corp.      1,142,306   
    11,800       Skyworks Solutions, Inc.      993,678   
       

 

 

 
          14,184,033   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Energy Minerals - 1.7%

  
    16,500       Continental Resources, Inc.   *      478,005   
    5,400       EOG Resources, Inc.      393,120   
    12,000       Gulfport Energy Corp.   *      356,160   
    22,860       Marathon Petroleum Corp.      1,059,104   
       

 

 

 
          2,286,389   
       

 

 

 
       
    Quantity      Name of Issuer    Fair Value ($)  
    Finance - 2.6%   
    7,600       Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      829,388   
    6,700       Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.      1,164,192   
    25,300       JPMorgan Chase & Co.      1,542,541   
       

 

 

 
       

 

 

 

3,536,121

 

  

       

 

 

 
 

 

Health Services - 4.2%

  
    15,100       Express Scripts Holding Co.   *      1,222,496   
    5,300       Humana, Inc.      948,700   
    9,600       McKesson Corp.      1,776,288   
    14,000       UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      1,624,140   
       

 

 

 
       

 

 

 

5,571,624

 

  

       

 

 

 
 

 

Health Technology - 15.9%

  
    25,900       AbbVie, Inc.      1,409,219   
    5,800       Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   *      907,062   
    9,600       Allergan, PLC   *      2,609,376   
    2,300       Biogen, Inc.   *      671,163   
    17,750       Celgene Corp.   *      1,920,018   
    35,500       Gilead Sciences, Inc.      3,485,745   
    9,100       Incyte Corp.   *      1,004,003   
    13,300       Johnson & Johnson      1,241,555   
    57,900       Medtronic, PLC      3,875,826   
    13,800       Mylan NV   *      555,588   
    43,100       Pfizer, Inc.      1,353,771   
    9,000       Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      1,100,520   
    11,075       Zimmer Holdings, Inc.      1,040,275   
       

 

 

 
          21,174,121   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Industrial Services - 0.8%

  
    15,400       Schlumberger, Ltd.      1,062,138   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Process Industries - 2.3%

  
    22,800       Ecolab, Inc.      2,501,616   
    6,300       Praxair, Inc.      641,718   
       

 

 

 
          3,143,334   
       

 

 

 
 

 

Producer Manufacturing - 6.9%

  
    13,800       3M Co.      1,956,426   
    4,800       Caterpillar, Inc.      313,728   
    3,888       Danaher Corp.      331,296   
    13,700       Delphi Automotive, PLC      1,041,748   
    6,900       General Dynamics Corp.      951,855   
    21,075       Honeywell International, Inc.      1,995,592   
    12,900       Illinois Tool Works, Inc.      1,061,799   
    14,800       Raytheon Co.      1,617,048   
       

 

 

 
          9,269,492   
       

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

   

 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2015

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund (Continued)

 

     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  
 

 

 

 

Retail Trade - 9.2%

 

  

    33,200       CVS Health Corp.      3,203,136   
    14,900       Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.      739,189   
    29,900       Home Depot, Inc.      3,453,151   
    13,600       Macy’s, Inc.      697,952   
    15,300       Target Corp.      1,203,498   
    27,400       TJX Cos., Inc.      1,956,908   
    16,400       Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.      1,063,376   
       

 

 

 
       

 

 

 

12,317,210

 

  

       

 

 

 
 

 

Technology Services - 19.1%

  
    21,400       Accenture, PLC      2,102,764   
    35,600       Adobe Systems, Inc.   *      2,927,032   
    12,200       ANSYS, Inc.   *      1,075,308   
    33,000       Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.   *      2,066,130   
    29,300       Facebook, Inc.   *      2,634,070   
    5,050       Google, Inc.-Class A   *      3,223,768   
    5,966       Google, Inc.-Class C   *      3,629,834   
    78,500       Microsoft Corp.      3,474,410   
    54,100       Oracle Corp.      1,954,092   
    1,925       priceline.com, Inc.   *      2,380,956   
       

 

 

 
       

 

 

 

25,468,364

 

  

       

 

 

 
     Quantity     

 

Name of Issuer

   Fair Value ($)  
 

 

 

 

Transportation - 4.0%

 

  

    36,200       Delta Air Lines, Inc.      1,624,294   
    7,100       FedEx Corp.      1,022,258   
    12,100       Ryder System, Inc.      895,884   
    9,700       Union Pacific Corp.      857,577   
    10,000       United Parcel Service, Inc.      986,900   
       

 

 

 
          5,386,913   
       

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks   
    (cost: $94,974,331)      132,249,382   
       

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities - 99.1%   
    (cost: $94,974,331)      132,249,382   
Other Assets and Liabilities, net - 0.9%      1,153,823   
       

 

 

 
Total Net Assets - 100.0%    $ 133,403,205   
       

 

 

 

 

*    Non-income producing security.

Numeric footnotes not disclosed are not applicable to this Schedule of Investments.

      PLC — Public Limited Company

 

 

A summary of the levels for the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015 is as follows (see notes to Schedule of Investments):

 

     Investment in Securities  
    

Level 1
Quoted

Price ($)

     Level 2
Other significant
observable inputs ($)
  

Level 3

Significant
unobservable inputs ($)

   Total ($)  

Common Stocks **

     132,249,382               132,249,382   

Total:

     132,249,382               132,249,382   

 

** For equity securities categorized in a single level, refer to the Schedule of Investments for further breakdown.

For the reporting period, there were no transfers between levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to schedule of investments.

 

   

 

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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2015

Securities Valuation:

Investments in Securities

Investments in securities traded on national or international securities exchanges are valued at the last reported sales price prior to the time when assets are valued. Securities traded on the over-the-counter market are valued at the last reported sales price or if the last sales price is not available at the last reported bid price. The sale and bid prices or prices deemed best to reflect fair value quoted by dealers who make markets in these securities are obtained from independent pricing services. Consistent with the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, debt securities maturing in more than 60 days are priced by an independent pricing service. The pricing service may use models that price securities based on current yields and relative security characteristics, such as coupon rate, maturity date, issuer credit quality, and prepayment speeds as applicable. When market quotations are not readily available, or when the Advisor becomes aware that a significant event impacting the value of a security or group of securities has occurred after the closing of the exchange on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the calculation of the daily net asset value, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith using procedures established by the Board of Directors. The procedures consider, among others, the following factors to determine a security’s fair value: the nature and pricing history (if any) of the security; whether any dealer quotations for the security are available; and possible valuation methodologies that could be used to determine the fair value of the security. Debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Fair Value Measurements

The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s net assets are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

•  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. An active market for the security is a market in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. A quoted price in an active market provides the most reliable evidence of fair value.

•  Level 2 – debt securities are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, U.S. government and government agency obligations, and municipal securities the pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type as well as dealer supplied prices. For asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities, the pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed assumptions, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type as well as dealer supplied prices. All of these inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. An adjustment to any observable input that is significant to the fair value may render the measurement a Level 3 measurement.

•  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs, including the Adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

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

A summary of the levels for the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2015 is included with the Fund’s schedule of investments.

At September 30, 2015, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and cost of securities on a tax basis for federal income tax purposes are identical to book and are as follows:

 

     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Cost of
Securities on a
Tax Basis
 

Large Cap Growth

     $41,076,607         ($3,801,556)         $37,275,051         $94,974,331   

 

 

 

     
 

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Vice President and Treasurer and the Chairman have concluded that the Sit Large Cap Growth Fund’s (the “Fund”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Fund is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) There was no change in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the Fund’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 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.

Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/Paul E. Rasmussen
  Paul Rasmussen
  Vice President and Treasurer
Date:   October 19, 2015

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/Paul E. Rasmussen
  Paul Rasmussen
  Vice President and Treasurer
Date:   October 19, 2015
By:   /s/Roger J. Sit
  Roger J. Sit
  Chairman
Date:   October 19, 2015