N-Q 1 devoymutualfundsiii_nq.htm QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number:       811-04547
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Voyageur Mutual Funds III
 
Address of principal executive offices: 2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Name and address of agent for service: David F. Connor, Esq.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (800) 523-1918
 
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
 
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2016



Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of investments
Delaware Select Growth Fund January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

            Number of shares       Value (U.S. $)
Common Stock – 100.62%
Consumer Discretionary – 23.33%
DineEquity 128,316 $ 10,896,595
Discovery Communications Class A † 335,480 9,255,893
Discovery Communications Class C † 113,795 3,096,362
Dunkin’ Brands Group 309,140 12,167,750
eBay †   572,684 13,435,167
  Grupo Televisa ADR 63,722 1,687,359
L Brands 48,953 4,706,831
Liberty Global Class C † 109,063 3,632,888
Liberty Interactive QVC Group Class A † 588,913 15,347,073
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Class A † 447,306 9,988,343
Nielsen Holdings 231,039 11,126,838
Outfront Media 615,059 13,377,533
Pandora Media † 947,198 9,206,765
Quotient Technology † 689,630 4,186,054
Restoration Hardware Holdings † 7,128 439,227
Sally Beauty Holdings † 729,441 20,103,394
Shutterstock † 442,377 12,780,271
Start Today 118,298 3,767,731
TripAdvisor † 172,401 11,509,491
170,711,565
Consumer Staples – 1.92%
Walgreens Boots Alliance 175,808 14,015,414
14,015,414
Energy – 0.54%
Core Laboratories 23,132 2,276,189
EOG Resources 10,878 772,556
Kinder Morgan 27,669 455,155
Williams 21,509 415,124
3,919,024
Financial Services – 16.66%
Affiliated Managers Group † 58,019 7,785,570
Crown Castle International 139,293 12,007,057
Equinix 42,176 13,098,600
Equity Commonwealth † 563,067 15,140,872
Intercontinental Exchange 38,843 10,246,783
MasterCard Class A 141,685 12,614,216
MSCI Class A 140,076 9,642,832
PayPal Holdings † 680,306 24,586,259
Visa Class A 199,112 14,831,853
WisdomTree Investments 162,141 1,945,692
121,899,734

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Schedule of investments
Delaware Select Growth Fund (Unaudited)

            Number of shares       Value (U.S. $)
Common Stock(continued)
Healthcare – 21.34%
ABIOMED † 125,119 $ 10,676,404
Allergan † 116,562 33,153,730
athenahealth † 37,769 5,355,644
Biogen † 102,676 28,036,708
Celgene † 349,021 35,013,787
DENTSPLY International 21,433 1,262,189
Novo Nordisk ADR 181,353 10,132,192
Roche Holding 19,889 5,151,735
Sirona Dental Systems † 42,544 4,522,002
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International † 252,643 22,793,451
156,097,842
Producer Durables – 5.92%
Expeditors International of Washington 174,627 7,879,170
Experian 97,576 1,664,536
Localiza Rent a Car 118,350 648,886
Zebra Technologies † 548,228 33,112,971
43,305,563
Technology – 29.44%
Alphabet Class A † 23,487 17,881,827
Alphabet Class C † 21,188 15,741,625
Arista Networks † 77,254 4,637,558
ARM Holdings 476,664 6,799,792
Baidu ADR † 41,392 6,758,072
Electronic Arts † 189,107 12,205,911
Ellie Mae † 42,656 2,978,668
Facebook Class A † 117,446 13,178,616
Intuit 54,750 5,229,173
LendingClub † 1,478,763 10,913,271
Logitech International Class R 656,041 10,409,516
Microsoft 646,319 35,605,714
NIC 106,961 2,116,758
NXP Semiconductors † 170,980 12,785,884
QUALCOMM 790,752 35,852,696
Tencent Holdings 358,660 6,738,038
VeriFone Systems † 483,620 11,311,872
Yelp † 202,010 4,232,109
215,377,100

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(Unaudited)

            Number of shares       Value (U.S. $)
Common Stock(continued)
Utilities – 1.47%
j2 Global 148,446 $ 10,763,819
10,763,819
Total Common Stock (cost $727,753,229) 736,090,061
 
  Principal amount°
Short-Term Investments – 0.28%
Discount Notes – 0.28%≠
Federal Home Loan Bank
     0.14% 2/18/16 686,643 686,562
     0.154% 2/3/16 158,128 158,125
     0.18% 3/7/16 125,399 125,364
     0.18% 2/26/16 635,571 635,460
     0.295% 3/2/16 437,033 436,928
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $2,042,517) 2,042,439
 
Total Value of Securities – 100.90%
(cost $729,795,746) 738,132,500
 
Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets – (0.90%) (6,577,988 )
Net Assets Applicable to 20,559,392 Shares Outstanding – 100.00% $ 731,554,512

Narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes for diversification whereas broad sectors are used for financial reporting.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
° Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
Non-income-producing security.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at Jan. 31, 2016:

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized
Contracts to Appreciation
Counterparty       Receive (Deliver)       In Exchange For       Settlement Date       (Depreciation)
BNYM CHF       (459,110 ) USD       448,783 2/2/16 $ 516
BNYM GBP 247,634 USD (356,028 ) 2/1/16 (3,173 )
BNYM   JPY (132,621,142 ) USD 1,095,464 2/3/16 (77 )
$       (2,734 )

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Schedule of investments
Delaware Select Growth Fund (Unaudited)

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts disclosed in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

Summary of abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
BNYM – BNY Mellon
CHF – Swiss Franc
GBP – British Pound Sterling
JPY – Japanese Yen
USD – United States Dollar

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Notes
Delaware Select Growth Fund January 31, 2016 (Unaudited)

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are consistently followed by Voyageur Mutual Funds III (Trust) – Delaware Select Growth Fund (Fund). This report covers the period of time since the Fund’s last fiscal year end.

Security Valuation — Equity securities, except those traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If, on a particular day, an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices will be used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are normally valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. Whenever such a significant event occurs, the Fund may frequently value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (international fair value pricing).

2. Investments

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available under the circumstances. The Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

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(Unaudited)

Level 1 – 

Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. (Examples: equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, exchange-traded options contracts)

 
Level 2 –

Other observable inputs, including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates), or other market-corroborated inputs. (Examples: debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)

 
Level 3 –

Significant unobservable inputs, including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments. (Examples: broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs. The Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity, and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of Jan. 31, 2016:

Securities         Level 1       Level 2       Total
Common Stock $ 701,558,713 $ 34,531,348 $ 736,090,061
Short-Term Investments 2,042,439 2,042,439
Total Value of Securities $ 701,558,713 $ 36,573,787 $ 738,132,500
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts $ $ (2,734 ) $ (2,734 )

During the period ended Jan. 31, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments, or Level 3 investments that had a significant impact to the Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments due to the Fund utilizing international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair valuation procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing of securities occurs when market volatility exceeds an established rolling threshold. If the threshold is exceeded on a given date, then prices of international securities (those that traded on exchanges that close at a different time than the time that the Fund’s net asset value is determined) are established using a separate pricing feed from a third party vendor designed to establish a price for each such security as of the time that the Fund’s net asset value is determined. Further, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded, causing a change in classification between levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the beginning of the reporting period.

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(Unaudited)

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning, interim, or end of the period in relation to net assets. At Jan. 31, 2016, there were no Level 3 investments.

3. Subsequent Events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to Jan. 31, 2016 that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’s “Schedule of investments.”

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing of this report and have concluded that they are effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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.

File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), exactly as set forth below: