N-CSRS 1 a08-9032_9ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number    811-05642

 

American Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN

 

55402

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Charles D. Gariboldi, Jr., 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55402

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   800-677-3863

 

Date of fiscal year end:

August 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

February 29, 2008

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1).  The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR 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. Section 3507.

 

 



 

Item 1. Report to Shareholders

 



Semiannual Report

February 29, 2008

MRF

American Income
Fund



American Income Fund

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Table of Contents

  1     Explanation of Financial Statements  
  2     Fund Overview  
  3     Financial Statements  
  7     Notes to Financial Statements  
  15     Schedule of Investments  
  23     Notice to Shareholders  

 

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Explanation of FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As a shareholder in the fund, you receive shareholder reports semiannually. We strive to present this financial information in an easy-to-understand format; however, for many investors, the information contained in this shareholder report may seem very technical. So, we would like to take this opportunity to explain several sections of the shareholder report.

The Statement of Assets and Liabilities lists the assets and liabilities of the fund on the last day of the reporting period and presents the fund's net asset value ("NAV") and market price per share. The NAV is calculated by dividing the fund's net assets (assets minus liabilities) by the number of shares outstanding. The market price is the closing price on the exchange on which the fund's shares trade. This price, which may be higher or lower than the fund's NAV, is the price an investor pays or receives when shares of the fund are purchased or sold. The investments, as presented in the Schedule of Investments, comprise substantially all of the fund's assets. Other assets include cash and receivables for items such as income earned by the fund but not yet received. Liabilities include payables for items such as fund expenses incurred but not yet paid.

The Statement of Operations details the dividends and interest income earned from investments as well as the expenses incurred by the fund during the reporting period. Fund expenses may be reduced through fee waivers or reimbursements. This statement reflects total expenses before any waivers or reimbursements, the amount of waivers and reimbursements (if any), and the net expenses. This statement also shows the net realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments owned during the period. The Notes to Financial Statements provide additional details on investment income and expenses of the fund.

The Statement of Changes in Net Assets describes how the fund's net assets were affected by its operating results and distributions to shareholders during the reporting period. This statement is important to investors because it shows exactly what caused the fund's net asset size to change during the period.

The Statement of Cash Flows is required when a fund has a substantial amount of illiquid investments, a substantial amount of the fund's securities are internally valued, or the fund carries some amount of debt. When presented, this statement explains the change in cash during the reporting period. It reconciles net cash provided by and used for operating activities to the net increase or decrease in net assets from operations and classifies cash receipts and payments as resulting from operating, investing, and financing activities.

The Notes to Financial Statements disclose the organizational background of the fund, its significant accounting policies, federal tax information, fees and compensation paid to affiliates, and significant risks and contingencies. Included within the notes to financial statements is the Financial Highlights. This table provides a per-share breakdown of the components that affected the fund's NAV for the current and past reporting periods. It also shows total return, expense ratios, net investment income ratios, and portfolio turnover rates. The net investment income ratios summarize the income earned less expenses, divided by the average net assets. The expense ratios represent the percentage of average net assets that were used to cover operating expenses during the period. The portfolio turnover rate represents the percentage of the fund's holdings that have changed over the course of the period, and gives an idea of how long the fund holds onto a particular security. A 100% turnover rate implies that an amount equal to the value of the entire portfolio is turned over in a year through the purchase or sale of securities.

The Schedule of Investments details all of the securities held in the fund and their related dollar values on the last day of the reporting period. Securities are usually presented by type (bonds, common stock, etc.) and by industry classification (healthcare, education, etc.). This information is useful for analyzing how your fund's assets are invested and seeing where your portfolio manager believes the best opportunities exist to meet your objectives. Holdings are subject to change without notice and do not constitute a recommendation of any individual security. The Notes to Financial Statements provide additional details on how the securities are valued.

We hope this guide to your shareholder report will help you get the most out of this important resource.

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Fund OVERVIEW

Portfolio Allocation

As a percentage of total investments on February 29, 2008

CMO – Private Mortgage-Backed Securities     32 %  
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities     29 %  
High Yield Corporate Bonds     17 %  
CMO – U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities     9 %  
Asset-Backed Securities     7 %  
Investment-Grade Corporate Bonds     2 %  
Short-Term Investments     2 %  
Municipal Bonds     1 %  
Preferred Stocks     1 %  
      100 %  

 

CMO: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Statement of Assets and Liabilities February 29, 2008 (unaudited)

Assets:  
Unaffiliated investments, at value (cost: $107,425,486) (note 2)   $ 104,577,196    
Affiliated money market fund, at value (cost: $963,541) (note 3)     963,541    
Receivable for investments sold     2,800,000    
Receivable for accrued interest     918,929    
Prepaid expenses and other assets     15,748    
Total assets     109,275,414    
Liabilities:  
Payable for investments purchased     2,549,499    
Payable for investments purchased on a when issued basis (note 2)     2,045,625    
Bank overdraft     12,782    
Payable for reverse repurchase agreements (note 2)     24,656,000    
Payable for futures variation margin (note 2)     178,656    
Payable for swap agreements     787,569    
Payable for investment advisory fees (note 3)     41,125    
Payable for administrative fees (note 3)     6,327    
Payable for professional fees     22,156    
Payable for transfer agent fees     5,505    
Payable for interest expense     24,145    
Payable for other expenses     15,299    
Total liabilities     30,344,688    
Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock   $ 78,930,726    
Composition of net assets:  
Capital stock and additional paid-in capital   $ 92,529,488    
Undistributed net investment income     177,458    
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts and swap agreements (note 5)     (10,568,143 )  
Net unrealized depreciation of investments     (2,848,290 )  
Net unrealized depreciation of futures contracts     (229,895 )  
Net unrealized depreciation of swap agreements     (129,892 )  
Total–representing net assets applicable to capital stock   $ 78,930,726    
Net asset value and market price of capital stock:  
Net assets outstanding   $ 78,930,726    
Shares outstanding (authorized 200 million shares of $0.01 par value)     9,454,221    
Net asset value per share   $ 8.35    
Market price per share   $ 7.94    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial STATEMENTS continued

Statement of Operations For the Six-Month Period Ended February 29, 2008 (unaudited)

Investment Income:  
Interest from unaffiliated investments   $ 3,344,648    
Dividends from unaffiliated investments     26,764    
Dividends from affiliated money market fund     27,477    
Total investment income     3,398,889    
Expenses (note 3):  
Investment advisory fees     263,750    
Interest expense     597,861    
Administrative fees     40,577    
Custodian fees     2,329    
Professional fees     24,841    
Postage and printing fees     14,704    
Transfer agent fees     9,613    
Listing fees     11,843    
Directors' fees     12,349    
Other expenses     19,301    
Total expenses     997,168    
Less: Fee reimbursements (note 3)     (1,224 )  
Less: Indirect payments from the custodian     (292 )  
Total net expenses     995,652    
Net investment income     2,403,237    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments in securities, futures contracts, and
swap agreements (notes 2 and 4):
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Investments     (353,909 )  
Futures contracts     (1,072,925 )  
Swap agreements     148,828    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of:  
Investments     (1,146,053 )  
Futures contracts     (240,618 )  
Swap agreements     (244,833 )  
Net loss on investments     (2,909,510 )  
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations   $ (506,273 )  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

    Six-Month
Period Ended
2/29/08
(unaudited)
  Year Ended
8/31/07
 
Operations:  
Net investment income   $ 2,403,237     $ 4,744,281    
Net realized gain (loss) on:  
Investments     (353,909 )     506,870    
Futures contracts     (1,072,925 )     (321,329 )  
Swap agreements     148,828       46,349    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of:  
Investments     (1,146,053 )     (1,351,742 )  
Futures contracts     (240,618 )     73,750    
Swap agreements     (244,833 )     114,941    
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (506,273 )     3,813,120    
Distributions to shareholders (note 2):  
From net investment income     (2,410,827 )     (4,868,926 )  
Total decrease in net assets     (2,917,100 )     (1,055,806 )  
Net assets at beginning of period     81,847,826       82,903,632    
Net assets at end of period   $ 78,930,726     $ 81,847,826    
Undistributed net investment income   $ 177,458     $ 185,048    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS concluded

Statement of Cash Flows For the Six-Month Period Ended February 29, 2008 (unaudited)

Cash flows from operating activities:  
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations   $ (506,273 )  
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to
net cash used in operating activities:
 
Purchases of investments     (43,553,839 )  
Proceeds from sales of investments     36,735,922    
Net purchases/sales of short-term investments     (1,096,302 )  
Net amortization of bond discount and premium     (53,293 )  
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments     1,146,053    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of futures contacts     240,618    
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of swap agreements     244,833    
Net realized gain/loss on investments     353,909    
Net realized gain/loss on futures contracts     1,072,925    
Net realized gain/loss on swap agreements     (148,828 )  
Increase in receivable for accrued interest     (4,820 )  
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets     (489 )  
Decrease in receivable for futures variation margin     (1,108,481 )  
Increase in receivable for swap agreements     796,567    
Increase in accrued fees and expenses     2,496    
Net cash used in operating activities     (5,879,002 )  
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Net proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements     8,277,047    
Distributions paid to shareholders     (2,410,827 )  
Net cash provided by financing activities     5,866,220    
Net decrease in cash     (12,782 )  
Cash at beginning of period        
Cash at end of period   $ (12,782 )  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest
  $ 609,367    

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Notes to FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited as to February 29, 2008)

(1) Organization
  American Income Fund, Inc. (the "fund") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as amended) as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund invests in fixed-income securities, primarily in mortgage-backed securities. The fund also invests in other debt securities, such as collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and asset-backed securities, high-yield bonds, corporate bonds, and preferred stock. The fund will invest at least 65% of its total assets in investment-grade securities under normal market conditions. No more than 35% of the fund's total assets may be held in high-yield issues. The fund is authorized to borrow funds or issue senior securities in amounts not exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets. Fund shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MRF.

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
  Security Valuations

Debt obligations exceeding 60 days to maturity are valued by an independent pricing service that has been approved by the fund's board of directors. The pricing service may employ methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-dealer supplied valuations, or other formula-driven valuation techniques. These techniques generally consider such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings, and general market conditions. Securities for which prices are not available from an independent pricing service but where an active market exists are valued using market quotations obtained from one or more dealers that make markets in the securities or from a widely-used quotation system. Debt obligations with 60 days or less remaining until maturity may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value.

The following investment vehicles, when held by the fund, are priced as follows: Exchange listed futures and options on futures are priced at their last sale price on the exchange on which they are principally traded, as determined by FAF Advisors, on the day the valuation is made. If there were no sales on that day, futures and options on futures will be valued at the last reported bid price. Options on securities, indices, and currencies traded on Nasdaq or listed on a stock exchange, whether domestic or foreign, are valued at the last sale price on Nasdaq or on any exchange on the day the valuation is made. If there were no sales that day, the options will be valued at the last sale price on the previous valuation date. Last sale prices are obtained from an independent pricing service. Forward contracts (other than currency forward contracts), swaps, and over-the-counter options on securities, indices, and currencies are valued at the quotations received from an independent pricing service, if available.

When market quotations are not readily available, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by procedures established and approved by the fund's board of directors. Some of the factors which may be considered in determining fair value are fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; the nature and duration of any restrictions on disposition; trading in similar securities of the same issuer or comparable companies; information from broker-dealers; and an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the security is purchased or sold. If events occur that materially affect the value of securities (including non-U.S. securities) between the close of trading in those securities and the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the securities will be valued at fair value.

As of February 29, 2008, the fund held fair valued securities with a total value of $11,386, or 0.01% of net assets.

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Notes to FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

Security Transactions and Investment Income

For financial statement purposes, the fund records security transactions on the trade date of the security purchase or sale. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, including accretion of bond discounts and amortization of bond premiums, is recorded on an accrual basis. Security gains and losses are determined on the basis of identified cost, which is the same basis used for federal income tax purposes.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Reverse repurchase agreements involve the sale of a portfolio-eligible security by the fund coupled with an agreement to repurchase the security at a specified date and price. Reverse repurchase agreements may increase volatility of the fund's net asset value and involve the risk that interest costs on money borrowed may exceed the return on securities purchased with that borrowed money. Reverse repurchase agreements are considered to be borrowings by the fund and are subject to the fund's overall restriction on borrowing, under which it must maintain asset coverage of at least 300%. For the six-month period ended February 29, 2008, the weighted average borrowing's outstanding were $25,213,207. The weighted average interest rate paid by the fund on such borrowings was 4.74%.

Repurchase Agreements

For repurchase agreements entered into with certain broker-dealers, the fund, along with other affiliated registered investment companies, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government or agency obligations. Securities pledged as collateral for all individual and joint repurchase agreements are held by the fund's custodian bank until maturity of the repurchase agreement. All agreements require that the daily market value of the collateral be in excess of the repurchase amount, including accrued interest, to protect the fund in the event of a default. As of February 29, 2008, the fund had no outstanding repurchase agreements.

Futures Transactions

In order to protect against changes in interest rates, the fund may buy and sell interest rate futures contracts. Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit cash or pledge U.S. government securities. The margin required for a futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments, which are dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security or securities, are made or received by the fund each day (daily variation margin) and recorded as unrealized gains (losses) until the contract is closed. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain (loss) equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the fund's basis in the contract.

Risks of entering into futures contracts, in general, include the possiblity that there will not be a perfect price correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities. Second, it is possible that a lack of liquidity for futures contracts could exist in the secondary market, resulting in an inability to close a futures position prior to its maturity date. Third, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the fund could lose more than the original margin deposit required to initiate a futures transaction. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the fund's statement of assets and liabilities. Unrealized gains (losses) on outstanding positions in futures contracts held at the close of the period will be recognized as capital gains (losses) for federal income tax purposes. As of February 29, 2008, the fund had outstanding futures contracts as disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

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Options Transactions

The fund may utilize options in an attempt to manage market or business risk or enhance its yield. When a call or put option is written, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability. The liability is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. When a written option expires, a gain is realized in the amount of the premium originally received. If a closing purchase contract is entered into, a gain or loss is realized in the amount of the original premium less the cost of the closing transaction. If a written call is exercised, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium originally received reduces the cost of the security that is purchased upon exercise of the option.

Purchased options are recorded as investments and marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option contract. If a purchased option expires, a loss is realized in the amount of the cost of the option. If a closing transaction is entered into, a gain or loss is realized to the extent that the proceeds from the sale are greater or less than the cost of the option. If a put option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security by adjusting the proceeds from such sale by the amount of the premium originally paid. If a call option is exercised, the cost of the security purchased upon exercise is increased by the premium originally paid. As of February 29, 2008, the fund had no written or purchased options outstanding.

Swap Agreements

The fund may invest in swap agreements. A swap is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. The fund may enter into interest rate and credit default swap agreements to manage exposure to interest rate and credit risk.

Interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange by the fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to the notional amount of principal). As of February 29, 2008, the fund had no outstanding interest rate swap agreements.

In a credit default swap, one party makes a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a specified reference entity on its obligation (typically corporate issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country). The fund may use credit default swaps to provide a measure of protection against defaults of particular issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the fund owns or has exposure to the issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer's default. As of February 29, 2008, the fund had outstanding credit default swap agreements as disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap agreement is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received by the fund are included as part of miscellaneous income on the Statement of Operations. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market, and documentation risk in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates.

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Notes to FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

Securities Purchased on a When-Issued Basis

Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the fund on a when-issued or forward-commitment basis can take place a month or more after the transaction date. Such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation, and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The fund segregates assets with a market value equal to or greater than the amount of its purchase commitments. The purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward-commitment basis may increase the volatility of the fund's net asset value if the fund makes such purchases while remaining substantially fully invested. As of February 29, 2008, the fund had when-issued or forward-commitment securities outstanding with a total cost of $2,045,625.

In connection with the ability to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, the fund may also enter into dollar rolls in which the fund sells securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis and simultaneously contracts with a counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon, and maturity), but not identical securities on a specified future date. As an inducement for the fund to "rollover" its purchase commitments, the fund receives negotiated amounts in the form of reductions of the purchase price of the commitment. Dollar rolls are considered a form of leverage. As of and for the six-month period ended February 29, 2008, the fund had no dollar roll transactions.

Illiquid Securities and Restricted Securities

A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily available market. Securities are generally considered liquid if they can be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the value at which the security is valued by the fund. Illiquid securities may be valued under methods approved by the fund's board of directors as reflecting fair value. Illiquid securities may include restricted securities, which are often purchased in private placement transactions, are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and may have contractual restrictions on resale.

As of February 29, 2008, the fund held one illiquid security, the value of which was $11,386, which represents 0.01% of net assets. As of February 29, 2008, there were no restricted securities. Information concerning the illiquid security is as follows:

Security   Par   Date
Acquired
  Cost
Basis
 
California Federal Bank Los Angeles, Series 1991-C12, Class A, 6.78%, 7/15/21   $ 11,924       7/93     $ 2,965    

 

Federal Taxes

The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company as provided in Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and to distribute all taxable income, if any, to its shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Net investment income and net realized gains and losses may differ for financial statement and tax purposes because of temporary or permanent book/tax differences. These differences are primarily due to deferred wash sales and post-October losses, paydown gains and losses, and the tax recognition of mark-to-market gains and losses on open futures contracts. To the extent these differences are permanent, reclassifications are made to the appropriate capital accounts in the fiscal period that the differences arise.

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The character of distributions made during the fiscal period from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from its ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. In addition, due to the timing of dividend distributions, the fiscal period in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal period that the income or realized gains or losses were recorded by the fund.

The character of distributions paid during the six-month period ended February 29, 2008 (estimated) and the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007, were as follows:

    2/29/08   8/31/07  
Distributions paid from:  
Ordinary income   $ 2,410,827     $ 4,868,926    

 

At August 31, 2007, the fund's most recently completed fiscal year-end, the components of accumulated deficit on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income   $ 299,988    
Accumulated capital and post-October losses     (9,167,491 )  
Unrealized depreciation     (1,814,159 )  
Accumulated deficit   $ (10,681,662 )  

 

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions from net investment income are declared and paid on a monthly basis. Any net realized capital gains on sales of securities for the fund are distributed to shareholders at least annually. Such distributions are payable in cash or, pursuant to the fund's dividend reinvestment plan, reinvested in additional shares of the fund's capital stock.

Deferred Compensation Plan

Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), non-interested directors of the First American Family of Funds may participate and elect to defer receipt of part or all of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of open-end First American Funds, preselected by each Director. All amounts in the Plan are 100% vested and accounts under the Plan are obligations of the funds. Deferred amounts remain in the funds until distributed in accordance with the Plan.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported results of operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Notes to FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued

(3) Expenses
  Investment Advisory Fees

Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement (the "Agreement"), FAF Advisors, Inc. ("FAF Advisors"), a subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association ("U.S. Bank"), manages the fund's assets and furnishes related office facilities, equipment, research, and personnel. The Agreement provides FAF Advisors with a monthly investment advisory fee in an amount equal to an annualized rate of 0.65% of the fund's average weekly net assets. For its fee, FAF Advisors provides investment advice and, in general, conducts the management and investment activities of the fund.

The fund may invest in related money market funds that are series of First American Funds, Inc., subject to certain limitations. In order to avoid the payment of duplicative investment advisory fees to FAF Advisors, which acts as the investment advisor to both the fund and the related money market funds, FAF Advisors will reimburse the fund an amount equal to the investment advisory fee received from the related money market funds that is attributable to the assets of the fund.

Administrative Fees

FAF Advisors serves as the fund's administrator pursuant to an administration agreement between FAF Advisors and the fund. Under this administration agreement, FAF Advisors receives a monthly administrative fee equal to an annualized rate of 0.10% of the fund's average weekly net assets. For its fee, FAF Advisors provides numerous services to the fund including, but not limited to, handling the general business affairs, financial and regulatory reporting, and various other services.

Custodian Fees

U.S. Bank serves as the fund's custodian pursuant to a custodian agreement with the fund. The custodian fee charged to the fund equals an annual rate of 0.005% of average weekly net assets. These fees are computed weekly and paid monthly.

Under this agreement, interest earned on uninvested cash balances is used to reduce a portion of the fund's custodian expenses. These credits, if any, are disclosed as "Indirect payments from the custodian" in the Statement of Operations. Conversely, the custodian charges a fee for any cash overdrafts incurred, which will increase the fund's custodian expenses. For the six-month period ended February 29, 2008, custodian fees were increased by $245 as a result of overdrafts and reduced by $292 as a result of interest earned.

Other Fees and Expenses

In addition to the investment advisory, administrative, and custodian fees, the fund is responsible for paying most other operating expenses, including: legal, auditing, and accounting services, postage and printing of shareholder reports, transfer agent fees and expenses, listing fees, outside directors' fees and expenses, insurance, interest, taxes, and other miscellaneous expenses. For the six-month period ended February 29, 2008, legal fees and expenses of $3,627 were paid to a law firm of which an Assistant Secretary of the fund is a partner.

Expenses that are directly related to the fund are charged directly to the fund. Other operating expenses of the First American Family of Funds are allocated to the fund on several bases, including evenly across all funds, allocated based on relative net assets of all funds within the First American Family of Funds, or a combination of both methods.

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(4) Investment Security Transactions
  Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than temporary investments in short-term securities, for the six-month period ended February 29, 2008, aggregated $38,756,316 and $34,812,939, respectively.

(5) Capital Loss Carryover
  For federal income tax purposes, the fund had capital loss carryovers at August 31, 2007, which, if not offset by subsequent capital gains, will expire on the fund's fiscal year-ends as follows:

    Capital Loss
Carryover
  Expiration  
    $ 4,931,683       2008    
      662,186       2009    
      3,362,188       2010    
      176,811       2015    
  $ 9,132,868          

 

The fund incurred a loss for tax purposes for the period from November 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007. As permitted by tax regulations, the fund intends to elect to defer and treat this loss of $34,623 as arising in the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008.

(6) Indemnifications
  The fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

(7) New Accounting Pronouncements   On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet a "more-likely-than-not" threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. The fund has adopted FIN 48 and as of February 29, 2008, the fund did not have any tax positions that did not meet the "more-likely-than-not" threshold of being sustained by the applicable taxing authority.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 clarifies the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosure about the use of fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. As of February 29, 2008, the fund does not believe the adoption of FAS 157 will materially impact the amounts reported in the financial statements; however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements of fair value and the effect of certain measurements reported in the Statement of Operations for a fiscal period.

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Notes to FINANCIAL STATEMENTS concluded

(8) Financial Highlights
  Per-share data for a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each period and selected information for each period are as follows:

    Six-Month
Period Ended
2/29/2008
  Year Ended August 31,   Ten-Month
Fiscal
Period Ended
 
    (unaudited)   2007   2006   August 31, 2005  
Per-Share Data  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 8.66     $ 8.77     $ 8.98     $ 9.17    
Operations:  
Net investment income     0.25       0.50       0.52       0.48    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
on investments, futures contracts, and  
swap agreements
    (0.30 )     (0.10 )     (0.21 )     (0.18 )  
Total from operations     (0.05 )     0.40       0.31       0.30    
Distributions to shareholders:  
From net investment income     (0.26 )     (0.51 )     (0.52 )     (0.47 )  
Tax return of capital                       (0.02 )  
Total distributions to shareholders     (0.26 )     (0.51 )     (0.52 )     (0.49 )  
Net asset value, end of period   $ 8.35     $ 8.66     $ 8.77     $ 8.98    
Market value, end of period   $ 7.94     $ 8.00     $ 8.01     $ 8.13    
Selected Information  
Total return, net asset value (a)     (0.69 )% (d)     4.68 %     3.62 %     3.86 % (d)  
Total return, market value (b)     2.50 % (d)     6.32 %     5.23 %     0.85 % (d)  
Net assets at end of period (in millions)   $ 79     $ 82     $ 83     $ 85    
Ratio of expenses to average weekly
net assets excluding interest expense
    0.98 % (e)     0.98 %     0.97 %     0.96 % (e)  
Ratio of expenses to average
weekly net assets
    2.46 % (e)     2.27 %     2.26 %     1.62 % (e)  
Ratio of net investment income to average
weekly net assets
    5.94 % (e)     5.70 %     5.96 %     6.35 % (e)  
Portfolio turnover rate     33 %     107 %     80 %     168 %  
Amount of borrowings outstanding
at end of period (in millions)
  $ 25     $ 16     $ 27     $ 23    
Per-share amount of borrowings outstanding
at end of period
  $ 2.61     $ 1.73     $ 2.90     $ 2.45    
Per-share amount of net assets, excluding
borrowings, at end of period
  $ 10.96     $ 10.39     $ 11.67     $ 11.43    
Asset coverage ratio (c)     420 %     600 %     403 %     467 %  

 

    Year Ended October 31,  
    2004   2003   2002  
Per-Share Data  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.06     $ 8.70     $ 9.19    
Operations:  
Net investment income     0.64       0.67       0.70    
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
on investments, futures contracts, and  
swap agreements
    0.11       0.37       (0.50 )  
Total from operations     0.75       1.04       0.20    
Distributions to shareholders:  
From net investment income     (0.64 )     (0.68 )     (0.69 )  
Tax return of capital                    
Total distributions to shareholders     (0.64 )     (0.68 )     (0.69 )  
Net asset value, end of period   $ 9.17     $ 9.06     $ 8.70    
Market value, end of period   $ 8.55     $ 8.55     $ 8.37    
Selected Information  
Total return, net asset value (a)     9.02 %     12.53 %     2.48 %  
Total return, market value (b)     7.71 %     10.38 %     6.22 %  
Net assets at end of period (in millions)   $ 87     $ 86     $ 82    
Ratio of expenses to average weekly
net assets excluding interest expense
    0.93 %     0.95 %     0.96 %  
Ratio of expenses to average
weekly net assets
    1.23 %     1.48 %     2.00 %  
Ratio of net investment income to average
weekly net assets
    7.00 %     7.49 %     7.88 %  
Portfolio turnover rate     193 % (f)     135 %     54 %  
Amount of borrowings outstanding
at end of period (in millions)
  $ 22     $ 10     $ 33    
Per-share amount of borrowings outstanding
at end of period
  $ 2.28     $ 1.04     $ 3.48    
Per-share amount of net assets, excluding
borrowings, at end of period
  $ 11.45     $ 10.10     $ 12.18    
Asset coverage ratio (c)     502 %     970 %     350 %  

 

(a)  Assumes reinvestment of distributions at net asset value.

(b)  Assumes reinvestment of distributions at actual prices pursuant to the fund's dividend reinvestment plan.

(c)  Represents net assets, excluding borrowings, at end of period divided by borrowings outstanding at end of period.

(d)  Total return has not been annualized.

(e)  Annualized.

(f)  The large turnover is due to increased activity in mortgage dollar roll transactions.

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Schedule of INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

American Income Fund  February 29, 2008

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
(Percentages of each investment category relate to net assets)  
High Yield Corporate Bonds — 22.8%  
Banking — 0.2%  
Washington Mutual Preferred Funding LLC, 9.75%, 10/29/49 (b)   $ 200,000     $ 172,000    
Basic Industry — 3.3%  
Evraz Group, 8.25%, 11/10/15 (b)     250,000       247,000    
FMG Finance Property, 10.00%, 9/1/13 (b)     250,000       271,250    
Georgia Pacific, 7.13%, 1/15/17 (b)     250,000       232,500    
Griffin Coal Mining, 9.50%, 12/1/16 (b)     200,000       156,000    
Hexion, 9.75%, 11/15/14     250,000       258,750    
Ineos Group Holdings, 8.50%, 2/15/16 (b)     150,000       112,500    
Massey Energy, 6.88%, 12/15/13     250,000       242,500    
Momentive Performance Materials, 9.75%, 12/1/14 (b)     250,000       223,750    
Newark Group, 9.75%, 3/15/14     200,000       176,500    
Noble Group, 6.63%, 3/17/15 (b)     250,000       222,157    
Nova Chemicals, 6.50%, 1/15/12     250,000       234,375    
Stone Container, 8.38%, 7/1/12     200,000       188,000    
      2,565,282    
Capital Goods — 0.9%  
Allied Waste North America, 6.13%, 2/15/14     300,000       284,250    
Case New Holland, 7.13%, 3/1/14     200,000       200,000    
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Company, 9.75%, 4/1/17     150,000       148,875    
Ply Gem Industries, 9.00%, 2/15/12     100,000       72,500    
      705,625    
Communications — 3.2%  
CCH I, 11.00%, 10/1/15     150,000       104,250    
CCO Holding LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/13     500,000       438,750    
CSC Holdings, Series B, 7.63%, 4/1/11     250,000       248,437    
Dex Media, 8.00%, 11/15/13     200,000       142,000    
DirecTV Holdings LLC, 8.38%, 3/15/13     250,000       257,500    
Idearc, 8.00%, 11/15/16     250,000       147,500    
Intelsat, 8.63%, 1/15/15     250,000       250,000    
Level 3 Financing, 12.25%, 3/15/13     250,000       232,500    
MetroPCS Wireless, 9.25%, 11/1/14     250,000       220,000    
Panamsat, 9.00%, 6/15/16     250,000       250,000    
UBS Luxembourg SA, 8.25%, 5/23/16 (b)     250,000       247,825    
      2,538,762    
Consumer Cyclical — 4.4%  
Buffalo Thunder Development Authority, 9.38%, 12/15/14 (b)     250,000       190,000    
Denny's Holdings, 10.00%, 10/1/12     100,000       94,500    
Ford Motor Credit, 7.00%, 10/1/13     500,000       410,286    
Galaxy Entertainment, 9.88%, 12/15/12 (b)     250,000       248,750    
General Motors, 8.25%, 7/15/23     250,000       189,063    
General Motors Acceptance Corporation,
5.63%, 5/15/09
    300,000       279,898    
6.88%, 9/15/11     200,000       163,185    
Goodyear Tire & Rubber, 7.86%, 8/15/11     200,000       202,500    
Hanesbrands, 8.73%, 12/15/14 (c)     250,000       220,000    
KB Home, 7.75%, 2/1/10     150,000       143,063    
Michaels Stores, 11.38%, 11/1/14     150,000       124,125    
Mohegan Tribal Gaming, 6.38%, 7/15/09     250,000       247,500    
Neiman Marcus Group, 10.38%, 10/15/15     190,000       189,288    
Rite Aid, 7.50%, 3/1/17     200,000       175,000    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
Sally Holdings LLC, 10.50%, 11/15/16   $ 200,000     $ 182,000    
Shimao Property Holdings Limited, 8.00%, 12/1/16 (b)     250,000       192,500    
Wynn Las Vegas, 6.63%, 12/1/14     250,000       240,000    
      3,491,658    
Consumer Non Cyclical — 3.5%  
Cardinal Health 409, 9.50%, 4/15/15 (b)     250,000       203,750    
Community Health Systems, 8.88%, 7/15/15     250,000       245,313    
Constellation Brands, 7.25%, 5/15/17     200,000       192,500    
Delhaize America, 9.00%, 4/15/31     231,000       280,126    
HCA, 6.50%, 2/15/16     350,000       295,750    
Health Management Associates, 6.13%, 4/15/16     350,000       292,250    
LVB Acquisition Merger, 11.63%, 10/15/17 (b)     150,000       147,563    
Omnicare, 6.75%, 12/15/13     200,000       178,000    
Smithfield Foods, 7.75%, 5/15/13     250,000       245,625    
Stater Brothers Holdings, 7.75%, 4/15/15     250,000       237,500    
Supervalu, 7.50%, 5/15/12     250,000       256,787    
Vitro SAB, 9.13%, 2/1/17     250,000       219,625    
      2,794,789    
Electric — 2.9%  
Aquila, 14.88%, 7/1/12     285,000       350,550    
Ava Capital Trust III, 6.50%, 4/1/34 (c)     300,000       303,967    
Dynegy Holdings, 7.75%, 6/1/19 (b)     500,000       465,000    
ISA Capital do Brasil, 8.80%, 1/30/17 (b)     250,000       262,500    
Mirant Americas Generation LLC, 8.30%, 5/1/11     250,000       251,563    
Reliant Energy, 7.63%, 6/15/14     250,000       246,875    
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, 10.25%, 11/1/15 (b)     450,000       438,750    
      2,319,205    
Energy — 0.6%  
Chesapeake Energy, 7.00%, 8/15/14     250,000       250,625    
Tesoro, 6.63%, 11/1/15     250,000       236,250    
      486,875    
Financial — 0.6%  
Axcan Intermediate Holdings, 9.25%, 3/1/15 (b)     200,000       198,000    
Teco Finance, 6.57%, 11/1/17 (b)     250,000       248,125    
      446,125    
Industrials Other — 1.0%  
Aramark, 8.50%, 2/1/15     200,000       197,000    
Briggs & Stratton, 8.88%, 3/15/11     282,000       296,100    
Chart Industries, 9.13%, 10/15/15     300,000       294,750    
      787,850    
Natural Gas — 1.0%  
El Paso Energy, Series MTN, 7.80%, 8/1/31     100,000       103,152    
SemGroup, 8.75%, 11/15/15 (b)     250,000       232,500    
Southern Union, 7.20%, 11/1/66 (c)     200,000       183,206    
Targa Resources, 8.50%, 11/1/13 (b)     250,000       231,875    
      750,733    
Real Estate — 0.2%  
Greentown China Holdings, 9.00%, 11/8/13 (b)     200,000       150,000    
Sovereign — 0.3%  
Republic of Uruguay, 8.00%, 11/18/22     250,000       270,000    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
Technology — 0.7%  
First Data, 9.88%, 9/24/15 (b)   $ 150,000     $ 130,125    
Lucent Technologies, 6.45%, 3/15/29     250,000       187,500    
NXP BV/NXP Funding, 9.50%, 10/15/15     250,000       207,345    
      524,970    
Total High Yield Corporate Bonds
(cost: $19,184,167)
    18,003,874    
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 38.3%  
Adjustable Rate (c) — 0.8%  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 6.96%, 9/1/18, #605911     164       167    
Federal National Mortgage Association,
6.80%, 7/1/27, #70179
    1,691       1,721    
6.55%, 10/1/32, #725110 (d)     332,272       343,056    
Government National Mortgage Association, 6.13%, 12/20/22, #008096     280,194       280,788    
      625,732    
Fixed Rate — 37.5%  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 6.50%, 8/1/30, #C43641     93,551       98,180    
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Gold,
6.50%, 11/1/28, #C00676 (d)
    270,873       284,276    
5.50%, 10/1/33, #A15120 (d)     1,062,804       1,073,215    
Federal National Mortgage Association,
6.50%, 10/1/08, #735273
    913,265       953,432    
6.00%, 12/1/13, #190179 (d)     284,872       291,934    
7.50%, 5/1/15, #537440     28,227       29,537    
7.00%, 6/1/17, #254384     192,405       202,220    
7.00%, 7/1/17, #254414 (d)     274,229       288,218    
6.00%, 9/1/17, #653368     201,251       208,521    
5.00%, 11/1/18, #750989 (d)     474,539       481,926    
5.00%, 2/1/19, #767182 (d)     767,932       779,887    
5.00%, 2/1/21, #745279 (d)     763,869       773,904    
5.50%, 4/1/21, #840466 (d)     1,134,219       1,160,665    
6.00%, 5/1/29, #323702 (d)     472,536       486,832    
6.50%, 5/1/31, #540814     100,347       104,785    
7.00%, 9/1/31, #596680 (d)     371,077       390,219    
7.00%, 3/1/32, #635970     169,337       180,465    
6.50%, 6/1/32, #596712 (d)     502,128       519,813    
5.50%, 6/1/33, #709700 (d)     722,746       729,801    
5.50%, 11/1/33, #555967 (d)     1,710,377       1,727,072    
5.50%, 12/1/33, #756202 (d)     1,052,646       1,062,921    
6.00%, 1/1/34, #763687 (d)     815,208       835,531    
5.50%, 1/1/34, #766070 (d)     866,364       873,609    
6.00%, 3/1/34, #745324 (d)     948,169       974,617    
6.00%, 11/1/34, #743642 (d)     483,222       495,961    
6.00%, 1/1/35, #810225 (d)     716,128       733,980    
5.50%, 3/1/35, #815979 (d)     1,495,849       1,506,347    
5.00%, 7/1/35, #828346 (d)     1,959,921       1,934,913    
5.50%, 3/1/36, #878059 (d)     1,337,124       1,345,770    
6.00%, 6/1/36, #882685 (d)     3,445,441       3,522,370    
5.00%, 6/1/37, #944244 (d)     1,488,107       1,466,230    
6.00%, 3/1/38 (e)     2,000,000       2,043,124    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
Government National Mortgage Association,
6.50%, 4/15/33, #602233
  $ 313,018     $ 328,062    
5.50%, 8/15/33, #604567     1,109,214       1,136,422    
6.00%, 7/15/34, #631574     554,217       574,769    
      29,599,528    
Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost: $29,735,565)
    30,225,260    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation — Private Mortgage-Backed Securities — 42.6%  
Adjustable Rate (c) — 14.6%  
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Class 2A2, 6.49%, 4/25/37     889,192       913,367    
California Federal Bank Los Angeles, Series 1991-C12, Class A, 6.78%, 7/15/21 (f)     11,924       11,386    
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 3.31%, 10/25/36     1,442,885       1,242,239    
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities,
Series 2005-AR1, Class B1, 4.88%, 1/25/35
    1,464,792       1,397,664    
Series 2003-1, Class B2, 6.97%, 3/25/43     1,827,682       1,955,664    
Series 2003-10, Class 1A1, 4.72%, 10/25/33     1,263,377       1,252,699    
Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 3.36%, 3/19/37 (c)     1,480,898       1,278,184    
IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-AR13, Class A3, 6.11%, 7/25/36     1,500,000       1,101,401    
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-A7, Class 3A4, 5.95%, 1/25/37     871,980       735,190    
Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY2, Class 3A2, 5.94%, 9/25/36     882,114       853,438    
Washington Mutual MCS Mortgage, Series 2003-AR3, Class B1, 5.24%, 6/25/33     649,792       667,895    
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Series 2003-D, Class A1, 4.79%, 2/25/33     95,670       95,450    
      11,504,577    
Fixed Rate — 28.0%  
Banc of America Funding, Series 2007-4, Class 1A2, 5.50%, 6/25/37     982,750       994,271    
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Series 2004-5, Class B3, 5.28%, 8/25/34     1,156,563       803,163    
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corporation,
Series 2003-8, Class DB1, 6.25%, 4/25/33
    1,443,184       1,363,296    
Series 2005-11, Class 6A7, 6.00%, 12/25/35     1,000,000       934,961    
Series 2005-12, Class DB4, 5.84%, 1/25/36     820,874       90,606    
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust,
Series 2004-28CB, Class 2A1, 5.00%, 1/25/35
    447,633       445,894    
Series 2005-7CB, Class 2A4, 5.50%, 4/25/35     750,000       778,699    
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-FA5, 5.50%, Class 3A2, 8/25/35     1,238,355       1,212,101    
GMAC Mortgage Corporation Loan Trust,
Series 2003-J9, Class A15, 5.00%, 1/25/34
    1,325,000       1,321,599    
Series 2004-J5, Class A7, 6.50%, 1/25/35     843,107       856,545    
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities,
Series 2001-2, Class A, 7.50%, 6/19/32 (b)
    279,997       304,429    
Series 2005-4F, Class B1, 5.73%, 5/25/35     1,238,791       975,024    
JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-SI, Class 1A19, 6.50%, 3/25/36     1,055,242       1,068,119    
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-9, Class 1A, 6.15%, 10/25/34     1,114,763       1,141,588    
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation, Series 2004-R2, Class B1, 6.74%, 10/25/34 (b)     1,072,706       1,158,380    
Prime Mortgage Trust,
Series 2004-2, Class B2, 5.04%, 11/25/19
    358,993       343,039    
Series 2004-2, Class B3, 5.04%, 11/25/19     269,037       245,639    
Residential Accredit Loans, Series 2003-QS12, Class M1, 5.00%, 6/25/18     873,183       825,520    
Residential Asset Mortgage Products,
Series 2003-SL1, Class M2, 7.32%, 4/25/31
    992,034       891,669    
Series 2004-SL4, Class A3, 6.50%, 7/25/32     858,239       861,552    
Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage, Series 2003-MS9, Class CB2, 7.46%, 4/25/33     374,866       308,740    
Washington Mutual Mortgage, Series 2004-RA3, Class 2A, 6.38%, 8/25/38     430,147       430,550    
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust,
Series 2003-7, Class A3, 4.50%, 8/25/18
    581,961       591,807    
Series 2004-7, Class 2A2, 5.00%, 7/25/19     668,753       662,693    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
Series 2004-7, Class B2, 4.72%, 7/25/19   $ 602,535     $ 570,567    
Series 2004-7, Class B3, 4.72%, 7/25/19     452,105       409,832    
Series 2005-3, Class A9, 5.50%, 5/25/35     1,714,081       1,395,507    
Series 2007-9, Class 1A4, 5.50%, 7/25/37     1,240,000       1,096,599    
      22,082,389    
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligation — Private Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost: $35,592,480)
    33,586,966    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation — U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 13.2%  
Fixed Rate — 8.6%  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Series 2690, Class OE, 5.00%, 11/15/28
    1,274,000       1,313,607    
Series 2972, Class KA, 4.50%, 6/15/18     710,360       718,644    
Series 3294, Class DB, 4.50%, 3/15/22     1,000,000       971,799    
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Series 2004-27, Class HB, 4.00%, 5/25/19 (d)
    1,923,137       1,820,201    
Series 2004-29, Class WG, 4.50%, 5/25/19     942,115       924,417    
Series 2004-90, Class GA, 4.35%, 3/25/34     654,421       660,256    
Series 2002-WI, Class 2A, 7.50%, 2/25/42     356,726       387,214    
      6,796,138    
Z-Bonds (g) — 4.6%  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Series 2676, Class GZ, 4.50%, 9/15/33     1,841,987       1,551,234    
Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2001-8, Class Z, 6.50%, 3/20/31     1,942,878       2,065,395    
      3,616,629    
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligation — U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost: $9,818,216)
    10,412,767    
Asset-Backed Securities — 9.7%  
Commercial — 1.8%  
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T28, Class D, 6.18%, 9/11/42 (b) (c)     475,000       307,376    
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-LDP5, Class B, 5.50%, 12/15/44 (c)     425,000       353,151    
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-CIP1, Class C, 5.13%, 7/12/38     500,000       395,312    
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2005-HQ6, Class B, 5.15%, 8/13/42     445,000       367,557    
      1,423,396    
Credit Cards — 2.0%  
American Express Issuance Trust, Series 2005-1, Class C, 3.45%, 8/15/11 (c)     435,000       399,309    
Discover Card Master Trust, Series 2007-C1, Class C1, 3.44%, 1/15/13 (c)     370,000       332,835    
Washington Mutual Master Note Trust, Series 2007-C1, Class C1, 6.01%, 5/15/14 (b) (c)     1,000,000       882,347    
      1,614,491    
Home Equity — 3.4%  
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II,
Series 2004-HI2, Class A4, 5.24%, 9/25/18
    543,281       521,799    
Series 2003-HI4, Class M1, 5.53%, 2/25/29 (h)     2,227,920       2,158,521    
      2,680,320    
Manufactured Housing — 1.3%  
Green Tree Financial, Series 1994-2, Class A5, 8.30%, 5/15/19     238,914       249,631    
Origen Manufactured Housing, Series 2005-B, Class M1, 5.99%, 1/15/37     750,000       745,783    
      995,414    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par/
Shares
  Market
Value (a)
 
Other — 1.2%  
Crown Castle Towers LLC, Series 2005-1A, Class D, 5.61%, 6/15/35 (b)   $ 1,000,000     $ 942,020    
Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost: $8,275,736)
    7,655,641    
Investment Grade Corporate Bonds — 3.1%  
Basic Industry — 0.8%  
Southern Copper, 7.50%, 7/27/35     400,000       411,256    
Vale Overseas, 6.25%, 1/11/16     250,000       252,908    
      664,164    
Communications — 0.5%  
Qwest, 8.88%, 3/15/12     400,000       417,500    
Consumer Non Cyclical — 0.7%  
Fisher Scientific International, 6.75%, 8/15/14     500,000       510,170    
Energy — 0.2%  
TNK BP Finance, 6.63%, 3/20/17 (b)     200,000       179,000    
Finance — 0.3%  
Capital One Financial, 6.75%, 9/15/17     200,000       201,096    
Transportation — 0.6%  
American Airlines, Series 99-1, 7.02%, 10/15/09     500,000       500,625    
Total Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
(cost: $2,474,734)
    2,472,555    
Municipal Bond — 0.9%  
Sullivan County, Tennessee, Heath, Educational and Housing Facilities Board,
Hospital Revenue, Welmont Health System, 6.95%, 9/1/16 (cost $695,000)
    695,000       707,725    
Preferred Stocks — 0.9%  
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.7%  
Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series D     5,000       96,000    
Citigroup     5,000       126,150    
Freddie Mac     5,000       128,750    
iStar Financial, Series G     1,000       16,510    
National Retail Properties, Series C     4,000       86,840    
Northstar Realty Finance,
Series A
    4,000       67,800    
Series B     4,000       63,200    
      585,250    
Wireless Communication — 0.2%  
United States Cellular     6,000       135,660    
Total Preferred Stocks
(cost: $852,300)
    720,910    
Convertible Security — 0.1%  
Basic Industry — 0.1%  
Coeur D' Alene Mines, 1.25%, 1/15/24 (cost: $99,040)   $ 100,000       93,250    
Short-Term Investments — 2.1%  
Money Market Fund — 1.2%  
First American Prime Obligations Fund, Class Z (i)     963,541       963,541    

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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American Income Fund (continued)

Description of Security   Par   Market
Value (a)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligation (j) — 0.9%  
U.S. Treasury Bill,
1.00%, 3/20/08
  $ 10,000     $ 9,989    
3.00%, 3/20/08     160,000       159,774    
1.00%, 4/17/08     530,000       528,485    
      698,248    
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost: $1,661,789)
    1,661,789    
Total Investments (k) — 133.7%
(cost: $108,389,027)
    105,540,737    
Other Assets and Liabilities — (33.7)%     (26,610,011 )  
Total Net Assets — 100.0%   $ 78,930,726    

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with procedures described in note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(b)  Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which may be sold only to dealers in that program or other "qualified institutional buyers." As of February 29, 2008, the value of these investments was $8,997,972 or 11.4% of total net assets. See note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(c)  Variable Rate Security – The rate shown is the rate in effect as of February 29, 2008.

(d)  Securities pledged as collateral for outstanding reverse repurchase agreements. On February 29, 2008, securities valued at $25,903,268 were pledged as collateral for the following outstanding reverse repurchase agreements.

Amount   Acquisition
Date
  Rate*   Due   Accrued
Interest
  Name of
Broker
and Description
of Collateral
 
$ 9,709,000     2/15/08     3.30 %   3/14/08   $ 13,350       (1 )  
  14,947,000     2/22/08     3.25 %   3/24/08     10,795       (1 )  
$ 24,656,000           $ 24,145      

 

*  Interest rate as of February 29, 2008. Rate is based on the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and reset monthly.

Name of broker and description of collateral:

(1)  Goldman Sachs:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Gold, 6.50%, 11/1/28, $270,873 par
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Gold, 5.50%, 10/1/33, $1,062,804 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 12/1/13, $284,872 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 7/1/17, $274,229 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 11/1/18, $474,539 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 2/1/19, $767,932 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 5/25/19, $1,923,137 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 2/1/21, $763,869 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 4/1/21, $1,134,219 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 5/1/29, $472,536 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.00%, 9/1/31, $371,077 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.50%, 6/1/32, $502,128 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.549%, 10/1/32, $332,272 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 6/1/33, $722,746 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 11/1/33, $1,710,377 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 12/1/33, $1,052,646 par

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Schedule of INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

American Income Fund (concluded)

Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 1/1/34, $866,364 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 1/1/34, $815,208 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 3/1/34, $948,169 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 11/1/34, $483,222 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 1/1/35, $716,128 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 3/1/35, $1,495,849 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 7/1/35, $1,959,921 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.50%, 3/1/36, $1,337,124 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 6/1/36, $3,445,441 par
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 6/1/37, $1,488,107 par

(e)  Security purchased on a when-issued basis. On February 29, 2008, the total cost of investments on a when-issued basis was $2,045,625 or 2.6% of total net assets. See note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(f)  Security is fair valued and illiquid. As of February 29, 2008, the value of this investment was $11,386 or 0.01% of net assets.

(g)  Z-Bond – Represents securities that pay no interest or principal during their accrual periods, but accrue additional principal at specified rates. Interest rate shown represents the current yield based upon the current cost basis and estimated future cash flows.

(h)  Delayed interest (Step Bonds) – Securities for which the coupon rate of interest will adjust on specified future date(s).

(i)  Investment in affiliated security. This money market fund is advised by FAF Advisors, Inc., which also serves as advisor for the fund.

(j)  Security has been deposited as initial margin on open futures contracts and swap agreements. Yield shown is effective yield as of February 29, 2008.

(k)  On February 29, 2008, the cost of investments in securities was $108,389,027. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments, based on this cost, were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation   $ 1,685,200    
Gross unrealized depreciation     (4,533,490 )  
Net unrealized depreciation   $ (2,848,290 )  

 

Schedule of Open Futures Contracts

Description   Number of
Contracts
Sold
  Notional
Contract
Value
  Settlement
Month
  Unrealized
Depreciation
 
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note Futures     82     $ (9,368,500 )   June 2008   $ (110,048 )  
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note Futures     34       (3,987,564 )   June 2008     (74,157 )  
U.S. Treasury Long Bond Futures     20       (2,372,500 )   June 2008     (45,690 )  
    $ (229,895 )  

 

Credit Default Swap Agreements

Counterparty   Reference Entity   Buy/Sell
Protection
  Pay/Receive
Fixed Rate
  Expiration Date   Notional
Amount
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Deutsche Bank   Dow Jones CDX HY9 Index   Sell     1.40 %   12/20/2012   $ 1,000,000     $ (23,704 )  
JP Morgan   Dow Jones CDX HY9 Index   Sell     3.75 %   12/20/2012     2,178,000       (78,190 )  
JP Morgan   ABX HE A 07-1   Sell     0.64 %   08/25/2037     300,000       (18,119 )  
UBS   ITRAXX ASIA EX Japan HY   Sell     2.50 %   12/20/2012     1,800,000       (19,281 )  
Turkey Government
UBS
  International Bond   Buy     1.48 %   07/20/2012     300,000       9,402    
    $ (129,892 )  

 

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Notice to SHAREHOLDERS (unaudited)

ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS

An annual meeting of the fund's shareholders was held on December 4, 2007. Each matter voted upon at that meeting, as well as the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, and the number of abstentions, are set forth below. There were no broker non-votes.

(1)  The fund's shareholders elected the following directors:

    Shares
Voted "For"
  Shares Withholding
Authority to Vote
 
Benjamin R. Field III     8,340,556       572,262    
Roger A. Gibson     8,349,601       563,217    
Victoria J. Herget     8,348,284       564,534    
John P. Kayser     8,349,401       563,417    
Leonard W. Kedrowski     8,345,214       567,604    
Richard K. Riederer     8,348,793       564,025    
Joseph D. Strauss     8,345,509       567,309    
Virginia L. Stringer     8,344,598       568,220    
James M. Wade     8,349,635       563,183    

 

(2)  The fund's shareholders ratified the selection by the fund's board of directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fund for the fiscal period ending August 31, 2007. The following votes were cast regarding this matter:

Shares
Voted "For"
  Shares
Voted "Against"
  Abstentions  
  8,782,958       71,469       58,391    

 

HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE FUND'S PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROXY VOTING RECORD

A description of the policies and procedures that the fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, as well as information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30, is available (1) without charge upon request by calling 800.677.FUND; (2) at www.firstamericanfunds.com; and (3) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.

FORM N-Q HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The fund is required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. The fund's Forms N-Q are available (1) without charge upon request by calling 800.677.FUND and (2) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you may review and copy the fund's Forms N-Q at the Commissions Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The fund will make portfolio holdings information publicly available by posting the information at firstamericanfunds.com on a quarterly basis. The fund will attempt to post such information within 10 business days of the calendar quarter end.

CERTIFICATIONS

In December 2007, the fund's Chief Executive Officer submitted to the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") his annual certification required under Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE corporate governance rules.

The certifications of the fund's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the 1940 Act were filed with the fund's Form N-CSR filings and are available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Virginia Stringer

Chairperson of American Income Fund, Inc.
Governance Consultant; former Owner and President of Strategic Management Resources, Inc.

Benjamin Field III

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Retired; former Senior Financial Advisor, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
and Treasurer of Bemis Company, Inc.

Roger Gibson

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Director of Charterhouse Group, Inc.

Victoria Herget

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Investment Consultant; former Managing Director of Zurich Scudder Investments

John Kayser

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Retired; former Principal, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer of
William Blair & Company, LLC

Leonard Kedrowski

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Owner and President of Executive and Management Consulting, Inc.

Richard Riederer

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Owner and Chief Executive Officer of RKR Consultants, Inc.

Joseph Strauss

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Owner and President of Strauss Management Company

James Wade

Director of American Income Fund, Inc.
Owner and President of Jim Wade Homes

American Income Fund's Board of Directors is comprised entirely of independent directors.



P.O. Box 1330

Minneapolis, MN 55440-1330

American Income Fund

2008 Semiannual Report

FAF Advisors, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp.

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Item 2—Code of Ethics

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 3—Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 4—Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 5—Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 6—Schedule of Investments

 

The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

Item 7—Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 8—Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable to the semi-annual report.

 

Item 9—Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

 

Neither the registrant nor any “affiliated purchaser,” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, purchased any shares or other units of any class of the registrant’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

Item 10—Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 7(d)(2)(ii)(G) of Schedule 14A, or this item.

 

Item 11—Controls and Procedures

 

(a)

The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the date of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported timely.

 

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12—Exhibits

 

(a)(1)

Not applicable.

 

 

(a)(2)

Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act are filed as exhibits hereto.

 

 

(a)(3)

Not applicable.

 

 

(b)

Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act are filed as exhibits 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.

 

American Income Fund, Inc.

 

By:

 

 

/s/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

 

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

President

 

Date: May 5, 2008

 

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/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

 

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

President

 

Date: May 5, 2008

 

By:

 

 

/s/ Charles D. Gariboldi, Jr.

 

 

Charles D. Gariboldi, Jr.

 

Treasurer

 

Date: May 5, 2008