N-Q 1 amselect.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS amselect.htm

 
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 811-07838
 
 
American Select Porfolio 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)
 
 
800-677-3863
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
 
 
Date of fiscal year end: 8/31/07
 
 
Date of reporting period: 5/31/07
 

 
Schedule of  INVESTMENTS May 31, 2007 (unaudited)
     
 
American Select Portfolio                                 
     
  Description of Security
Date
Acquired
 
Par Value/
Shares
Cost
 
Value (a)
           
(Percentages of each investment category relate to net assets)
         
             
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (b) – 3.4%
         
   Fixed Rate – 3.4%
         
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
         
 
     5.50%, 1/1/18, #E93231
 
$   2,159,257
$   2,216,713
 
$   2,149,576
 
     7.50%, 12/1/29, #C00896
 
303,606
298,358
 
317,910
 
Federal National Mortgage Association,
         
 
     5.00%, 11/1/17, #657356
 
1,129,945
1,135,088
 
1,105,194
 
     6.50%, 6/1/29, #252497
 
1,099,008
1,092,154
 
1,128,587
 
     7.50%, 5/1/30, #535289
 
75,634
73,284
 
79,113
 
     8.00%, 5/1/30, #538266
 
23,531
23,256
 
24,836
 
 Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
   
4,838,853
 
4,805,216
             
Corporate Note (c) – 3.7%
         
   Fixed Rate – 3.7%
         
 
Stratus II, 6.56%, 12/31/11
12/28/00
5,000,000
5,000,000
 
5,121,500
             
Whole Loans and Participation Mortgages (c) (d) – 92.9%
         
   Commercial Loans – 59.4%
         
 
12000 Aerospace, Clear Lake, TX, 5.43%, 1/1/10 (b)
12/22/04
5,109,814
5,109,814
 
5,063,993
 
ABC Conoco, Aspen, CO, 6.65%, 11/1/11 (b)
10/31/06
4,068,748
4,068,748
 
4,185,945
 
Best Buy, Fullerton, CA, 8.63%, 1/1/11
12/29/00
1,766,749
1,766,749
 
1,837,419
 
Cingular Wireless Building, Richardson, TX, 7.03%, 7/1/11 (b)
06/21/06
6,500,000
6,500,000
 
6,707,863
 
Clear Lake Central I, Webster, TX, 6.70%, 8/1/11 (b)
07/27/06
7,100,000
7,100,000
 
7,310,774
 
Gallery Row, Tucson, AZ, 11.88%, 10/1/11
09/07/06
500,000
500,000
 
505,541
 
George Gee Hummer, Liberty Lake, WA, 7.25%, 7/1/10 (b) (f)
06/30/05
2,125,000
2,125,000
 
2,209,408
 
George Gee Pontiac, Liberty Lake, WA, 7.25%, 7/1/10 (b) (f)
06/30/05
4,675,000
4,675,000
 
4,864,041
 
George Gee Pontiac II, Liberty Lake, WA, 7.78%, 7/1/10 (f)
09/14/06
750,000
750,000
 
787,500
 
George Gee Porsche, Liberty Lake, WA, 7.78%, 7/1/10 (b) (f)
09/14/06
2,500,000
2,500,000
 
2,625,000
 
Highland Park I, Scottsdale, AZ, 6.77%, 3/1/11
02/23/06
9,485,697
9,485,697
 
9,688,846
 
Highland Park II, Scottsdale, AZ, 9.88%, 3/1/11
02/23/06
1,199,270
1,199,270
 
1,042,667
 
Landmark Bank Center, Sarasota, FL, 5.85%, 7/1/09 (b)
10/01/04
4,647,598
4,647,598
 
4,656,717
 
Mandala Agency Building, Bend, OR, 6.38%, 6/1/17
05/23/07
2,175,000
2,175,000
 
2,232,261
 
Northrop Grumman Campus I, Colorado Springs, CO, 8.50%, 12/1/08 (b) (e) (f)
11/15/05
5,700,000
5,700,000
 
5,814,000
 
Northrop Grumman Campus II, Colorado Springs, CO, 14.00%, 12/1/08 (f)
11/15/05
1,100,000
1,100,000
 
1,032,291
 
Oxford Mall, Oxford, MS, 9.25%, 10/1/07 (e) (f)
09/24/04
4,600,000
4,600,000
 
4,600,000
 
Peony Promenade, Plymouth, MN, 6.93%, 6/1/13 (b)
05/12/03
4,923,826
4,923,826
 
5,170,017
 
Point Plaza, Turnwater, WA, 8.43%, 1/1/11 (b)
04/19/04
5,987,947
5,987,947
 
6,029,641
 
Town Square #6, Olympia, WA, 7.40%, 9/1/12 (b)
08/02/02
3,810,657
3,810,657
 
4,001,190
 
Victory Packaging, Phoenix, AZ, 8.53%, 1/1/12 (b)
12/20/01
2,430,305
2,430,305
 
2,551,820
       
81,155,611
 
82,916,934
             
   Multifamily Loans – 33.5%
         
 
Blossom Corners Apartments I, Orlando, FL, 8.72%, 2/1/09 (e) (f)
01/19/06
3,750,000
3,750,000
 
3,825,000
 
Blossom Corners Apartments II, Orlando, FL, 14.88%, 2/1/09 (f)
01/19/06
450,000
450,000
 
407,025
 
Briarhill Apartments I, Eden Prairie, MN, 6.90%, 9/1/15 (b)
08/11/03
4,569,646
4,569,646
 
4,798,128
 
Briarhill Apartments II, Eden Prairie, MN, 6.88%, 9/1/15
08/11/03
609,250
609,250
 
630,025
 
Centre Court, White Oaks and Green Acres Apartments, North Canton and
Massilon, OH, 8.65%, 1/1/09 (b)
12/30/98
3,584,911
3,584,911
 
3,656,609
 
El Conquistador Apartments, Tucson, AZ, 7.65%, 4/1/09 (b)
03/24/99
2,625,162
2,625,162
 
2,677,665
 
Fountain Villas, Phoenix, AZ, 8.70%, 9/1/08 (e) (f)
08/08/05
1,825,000
1,825,000
 
1,825,000
 
Greenwood Residences, Milton, WA, 7.63%, 4/1/08 (b)
03/12/98
2,133,217
2,133,217
 
2,154,549
 
Hunters Meadow, Colorado Springs, CO, 7.80%, 8/1/12 (b)
07/02/02
6,060,280
6,060,280
 
4,511,347
 
Revere Apartments, Revere, MA, 6.28%, 5/1/09
04/22/99
1,696,858
1,696,858
 
1,705,402
 
RP Urban Partners, Oxnard, CA, 8.72%, 3/1/10 (e) (f)
02/23/05
5,000,000
5,000,000
 
5,100,000
 
Sheridan Pond Apartments, Tulsa, OK, 6.43%, 7/1/13 (b)
06/05/03
6,890,382
6,890,382
 
6,897,444
 
Woodstock Apartments I, Dallas, TX, 7.43%, 8/1/07 (e) (f) (g)
12/06/01
8,300,000
8,300,000
 
7,553,000
 
Woodstock Apartments II, Dallas, TX, 11.00%, 8/1/07 (f) (g)
12/06/01
1,000,000
1,000,000
 
910,000
       
48,494,706
 
46,651,194
           
 
 Total Whole Loans and Participation Mortgages
   
129,650,317
 
129,568,128
           
           
Preferred Stocks – 23.1%
         
  Real Estate Investment Trusts – 23.1%
         
 
AMB Property, Series M (b)
 
8,700
222,285
 
216,804
 
AMB Property, Series O (b)
 
55,000
1,375,000
 
1,402,500
 
BRE Properties, Series C (b)
 
68,000
1,713,000
 
1,706,800
 
BRE Properties, Series D (b)
 
3,434
86,548
 
85,987
 
Developers Diversified Realty, Series H
 
13,437
338,536
 
340,628
 
Developers Diversified Realty, Series I
 
52,912
1,356,657
 
1,348,727
 
Duke Realty, Series L (b)
 
71,000
1,787,780
 
1,772,870
 
EastGroup Properties, Series D (h)
 
70,400
1,793,795
 
1,781,120
 
Equity Residential Properties, Series N
 
40,000
1,004,000
 
998,000
 
Health Care Properties, Series E (b)
 
3,510
90,207
 
88,312
 
Health Care Properties, Series F (b)
 
42,800
1,079,840
 
1,077,276
 
Hospitality Properties Trust, Series C (b)
 
120,000
2,964,000
 
2,952,000
 
HRPT Properties Trust, Series C (b)
 
50,000
1,250,000
 
1,268,500
 
PS Business Parks, Series H
 
30,000
744,036
 
751,800
 
PS Business Parks, Series I
 
16,000
388,272
 
397,440
 
PS Business Parks, Series M
 
22,210
554,629
 
561,247
 
Public Storage, Series E (b)
 
65,000
1,627,750
 
1,630,200
 
Public Storage, Series M (b)
 
68,000
1,700,000
 
1,675,520
 
Realty Income, Series D (b)
 
60,000
1,521,000
 
1,538,400
 
Realty Income, Series E (b)
 
49,500
1,247,400
 
1,239,975
 
Regency Centers, Series D (b)
 
5,888
151,779
 
148,142
 
Regency Centers, Series E (b)
 
64,000
1,592,900
 
1,574,003
 
UDR, Series G
 
120,000
3,000,000
 
3,000,000
 
Vornado Realty Trust, Series F (b)
 
60,000
1,491,563
 
1,510,200
 
Vornado Realty Trust, Series I (b)
 
6,000
139,500
 
147,480
 
Weingarten Realty Investors, Series F (b)
 
120,000
3,000,000
 
2,964,000
 
 Total Preferred Stocks
   
32,220,477
 
32,177,931
               
 
 Total Investments in Unaffiliated Securities
   
171,709,647
 
171,672,775
             
 
Short-Term Investment (i) – 3.9%
         
 
First American Prime Obligations Fund, Class Z
 
5,449,836
5,449,836
 
5,449,836
             
 
 Total Investments in Securities (j) – 127.0%
   
$177,159,483
 
$177,122,611
 
      Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – (27.0)%
       
(37,626,175)
 
      Total Net Assets – 100.0%
       
$139,496,436
   
 
    Notes to Schedule of Investments:
 
   
(a)
Security valuations for the fund’s investments (other than whole loans, participation mortgages, and mortgage servicing rights) are furnished by an independent pricing service that has been approved by the fund’s board of directors. Investments in equity securities that are traded on a national securities exchange are stated at the last quoted sales price if readily available for such securities on each business day. For securities traded on Nasdaq national market system, the fund utilizes the Nasdaq Official Closing Price which compares the last trade to the bid/ask price of a security. If the last trade falls within the bid/ask range, then that price will be the closing price. If the last trade is outside the bid/ask range, and falls above the ask, the ask price will be the closing price. If the last trade is below the bid, the bid will be the closing price. Other equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed equity securities for which no sale was reported on that date are stated at the last quoted bid price. Debt obligations exceeding 60 days to maturity are valued by an independent pricing service. 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.  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.  Debt obligations with 60 days or less remaining until maturity may be valued at their amortized cost which approximates market value. Security valuations are performed once a week and at the end of each month.
 
The fund’s investments in whole loans (single family, multifamily, and commercial), participation mortgages, and mortgage servicing rights are generally not traded in any organized market and therefore, market quotations are not readily available.  These investments are valued at fair value according to procedures adopted by the fund’s board of directors.  Pursuant to these procedures, whole loan investments are initially valued at cost and their values are subsequently monitored and adjusted using a FAF Advisors, Inc. (“FAF Advisors”) pricing model designed to incorporate, among other things, the present value of the projected stream of cash flows on such investments.  The pricing model takes into account a number of relevant factors including the projected rate of prepayments, the delinquency profile, the historical payment record, the expected yield at purchase, changes in prevailing interest rates, and changes in the real or perceived liquidity of whole loans, participation mortgages or mortgage servicing rights, as the case may be. The results of the pricing model may be further subject to price ceilings due to the illiquid nature of the loans. Changes in prevailing interest rates, real or perceived liquidity, yield spreads, and creditworthiness are factored into the pricing model each week.
 
Certain mortgage loan information is received once a month.  This information includes, but is not limited to, the projected rate of prepayments, projected rate and severity of defaults, the delinquency profile, and the historical payment record.  Valuations of whole loans, participation mortgages, and mortgage servicing rights are determined no less frequently than weekly.  Although FAF Advisors believes the pricing model to be reasonable and appropriate, the actual values that may be realized upon the sale of whole loans, participation mortgages, and mortgage servicing rights can only be determined in a negotiation between the fund and third parties.
 
In accordance with the valuation procedures adopted by the fund’s board of directors, real estate acquired through foreclosure, if any, is valued at estimated market value, as determined by independent third party appraisals, less estimated selling costs. As material capital improvements are made to the property, new market value appraisals are obtained.
 
As of May 31, 2007, the fund held fair value securities with a value of $134,689,628 or 96.6% of net assets.
 
     
(b)
On May 31, 2007, securities valued at $113,438,336 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
           
 
$  4,677,378
 
5/9/07
 
5.37%
 
6/8/07
 
$  16,047
 
(1)
           
 
11,500,000
 
5/1/07
 
6.20%
 
6/1/07
 
61,348
 
(2)
           
 
2,000,000
 
5/22/07
 
6.20%
 
6/1/07
 
3,442
 
(2)
           
 
4,000,000
 
5/29/07
 
6.20%
 
6/1/07
 
2,065
 
(2)
           
 
4,000,000
 
5/31/07
 
6.20%
 
6/1/07
 
688
 
(2)
           
 
11,435,000
 
5/9/07
 
6.02%
 
6/8/07
 
43,980
 
(3)
           
 
$37,612,378
             
$127,570
               
     
 
*
Interest rate as of May 31, 2007.  Rate is based on the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a spread and reset monthly.
 
       
Name of broker and description of collateral:
 
(1)
 
Morgan Stanley:
 
   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 5.50%, 1/1/18, $2,159,257 par
 
   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 7.50%, 12/1/29, $303,606 par
 
   
Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.00%, 11/1/17, $1,129,945 par
 
   
Federal National Mortgage Association, 6.50%, 6/1/29, $1,099,008 par
 
   
Federal National Mortgage Association, 7.50%, 5/1/30, $75,634 par
 
   
Federal National Mortgage Association, 8.00%, 5/1/30, $23,531 par
 
(2)
 
Morgan Stanley:
 
   
12000 Aerospace, 5.43%, 1/1/10, $5,109,814 par
 
   
ABC Conoco, 6.65%, 11/1/11, $4,068,748 par
 
   
Briarhill Apartments I, 6.90%, 9/1/15, $4,569,646 par
 
   
Centre Court, White Oaks and Green Acres Apartments, 8.65%, 1/1/09, $3,584,911 par
 
   
Cingular Wireless Building, 7.03%, 7/1/11, $6,500,000 par
 
   
Clear Lake Central I, 6.70%, 8/1/11, $7,100,000 par
 
   
El Conquistador Apartments, 7.65%, 4/1/09, $2,625,162 par
 
   
George Gee Hummer, 7.25%, 7/1/10, $2,125,000 par
 
   
George Gee Pontiac, 7.25%, 7/1/10, $4,675,000 par
 
   
George Gee Porsche, 7.78%, 7/1/10, $2,500,000 par
 
   
Greenwood Residences, 7.63%, 4/1/08, $2,133,217 par
 
   
Hunters Meadow, 7.80%, 8/1/12, $6,060,280 par
 
   
Landmark Bank Center, 5.85%, 7/1/09, $4,647,598 par
 
   
Northrop Grumman Campus I, 8.50%, 12/1/08, $5,700,000 par
 
   
Peony Promenade, 6.93%, 6/1/13, $4,923,826 par
 
   
Point Plaza, 8.43%, 1/1/11, $5,987,947 par
 
   
Sheridan Pond Apartments, 6.43%, 7/1/13, $6,890,382 par
 
   
Town Square #6, 7.40%, 9/1/12, $3,810,657 par
 
   
Victory Packaging, 8.53%, 1/1/12, $2,430,305 par
 
(3)
 
Dresdner Bank:
 
   
AMB Property, Series M, 8,700 shares
 
   
AMB Property, Series O, 55,000 shares
 
   
BRE Properties, Series C, 68,000 shares
 
   
BRE Properties, Series D, 3,434 shares
 
   
Duke Realty, Series L, 71,000 shares
 
   
Health Care Properties, Series E, 3,510 shares
 
   
Health Care Properties, Series F, 32,800 shares
 
   
Hospitality Properties, Series C, 120,000 shares
 
   
HRPT Properties Trust, Series C, 50,000 shares
 
   
Public Storage, Series E, 65,000 shares
 
   
Public Storage, Series M, 68,000 shares
 
   
Realty Income, Series D, 60,000 shares
 
   
Realty Income, Series E, 49,500 shares
 
   
Regency Centers, Series D, 5,888 shares
 
   
Regency Centers, Series E, 64,000 shares
 
   
Vornado Realty Trust, Series F, 60,000 shares
 
   
Vornado Realty Trust, Series I, 6,000 shares
 
   
Weingarten Realty Investors, Series F, 120,000 shares
 
       
   
The fund has entered into a lending commitment with Morgan Stanley. The agreement permits the fund to enter into reverse repurchase agreements up to $60,000,000 using whole loans as collateral. The fund pays a fee of 0.15% to Morgan Stanley on any unused portion of the $60,000,000 lending commitment.
 
       
   
The fund has entered into a lending commitment with Dresdner Bank. The agreement permits the fund to enter into reverse repurchase agreements up to $10,000,000 using preferred stock as collateral. The fund pays a fee of 0.25% to Dresdner Bank on any unused portion of the $10,000,000 lending commitment.
 
       
      (c)
 
Securities purchased as part of a private placement which have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 and which are considered to be illiquid. These securities are fair valued in accordance with the board approved valuation procedures.  See note (a) above.
 
       
(d)
 
Interest rates on commercial and multifamily loans are the net coupon rates in effect (after reducing the coupon rate by any mortgage servicing fees paid to mortgage servicers) on May 31, 2007.
 
       
(e)
 
Variable Rate Security – The rate shown is the net coupon rate in effect on May 31, 2007.
 
       
(f)
 
Interest only - Represents securities that entitle holders to receive only interest payments on the mortgage.  Principal balance on the loan is due at maturity. The interest rate disclosed represents the net coupon rate in effect as of May 31, 2007.
 
       
(g)
 
Loan not current on interest and/or principal payments.
 
       
(h)
 
This security has been purchased on a when-issued basis.  On May 31, 2007, the total cost of the security purchased on a when-issued basis was $715,145.
 
       
(i)
 
Investment in affiliated security. This money market fund is advised by FAF Advisors, Inc., which also serves as advisor for the fund.
 
       
(j)
 
On May 31, 2007, the cost of investments in securities was $177,159,483. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments in securities, based on this cost, were as follows:
 
   
Gross unrealized appreciation
$   2,919,855
           
   
Gross unrealized depreciation
 (2,956,727)
           
   
     Net unrealized depreciation
$     (36,872)
           
       



 
Item 2—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-Q 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 last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications 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.
 
 

 
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 Select Portfolio Inc.

By:
/s/ Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.
President

Date: July 24, 2007

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:  July 24, 2007

By:
/s/ Charles D. Gariboldi, Jr.
Charles D. Gariboldi, Jr.
Treasurer

Date:  July 24, 2007