N-CSRS 1 d357595dncsrs.htm THE COMMERCE FUNDS The Commerce Funds

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 811-8598

 

 

The Commerce Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

922 Walnut St., Fourth Floor, Mail Code = TB4-1, Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Diana E. McCarthy, Esq.,

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

One Logan Square, Suite 2000

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:1-800-995-6365

 

 

Date of fiscal year end 10/31

 

 

Date of reporting period: 4/30/12


ITEM 1.   REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

The Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1) is filed herewith.


LOGO

 

The Commerce Funds

The Commerce Funds Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2012


LOGO

 

At The Commerce Funds, we’re committed to providing sound investment choices to

help you realize your most important financial goals, no matter where life takes you.

We offer a full range of mutual funds managed by Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc.,

a subsidiary of Commerce Bank. With a choice of 8 portfolios—each targeting

a specific investment goal—we make it easy for you to invest with confidence not

just today, but throughout all the stages of your life.

Behind each of our Funds is a carefully defined investment philosophy

and a commitment to the highest investment standards. This means, whether you

are building a nest egg for retirement, planning for your child’s education, or saving

for a special need, you can find investment options at The Commerce Funds.

 

In general, greater returns are associated with greater risks and increased risks create the potential for greater losses.

Risk/Reward The Commerce Funds

Missouri Tax-Free

Intermediate Bond

MidCap Growth

Growth

Value

Kansas Tax-Free

Intermediate Bond

National Tax-Free

Intermediate Bond

Bond

Short-Term Government

 

The reports concerning the Funds included in this shareholder report may contain certain forward-looking statements

 

about the factors that may affect the performance of the Funds in the future. These statements are based on Fund

 

management’s predictions and expectations concerning certain future events and their expected impact on the Funds,

 

such as performance of the economy as a whole and of specific industry sectors, changes in the levels of interest rates,

 

the impact of developing world events, and other factors that may influence the future performance of the Funds.

 

The Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Commerce”) believes these forward-looking statements

 

to be reasonable, although they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Actual events may cause adjustments

in portfolio management strategies from those currently expected to be employed


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Table of Contents

 

Performance Summaries

     2   

Schedules of Investments

  

Growth

     3   

Value

     5   

MidCap Growth

     7   

Bond

     9   

Short-Term Government

     18   

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     22   

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     30   

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     38   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     42   

Statements of Operations

     44   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     46   

Financial Highlights

     50   

Notes to Financial Statements

     58   

Other Information

     70   

Please note:

The information in this semi-annual report is as of April 30, 2012 and is unaudited. To view more recent information about each Commerce Fund’s performance and portfolio or to obtain a prospectus, please visit our website at www.commercefunds.com. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective shareholders unless accompanied or preceded by a prospectus, which contains more complete information about the Commerce Funds’ investment policies, management and expenses. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing.

You may also receive Commerce Funds information by calling toll free 1-800-995-6365 or by writing to P.O. Box 219525, Kansas City, Missouri, 64121-9525, or you may contact your investment professional. The Commerce Funds publish performance and portfolio information for each Commerce Fund at the end of every calendar quarter. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

 


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Performance Summaries

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

The following is performance information for the Commerce Funds for various time periods. The returns represent past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The Funds’ investment returns and principal values will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Because the Funds are not subject to a sales charge, such a charge is not applied to their Total Returns. In addition to the Adviser’s decisions regarding issuer/industry investment selection and allocation, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover, and subscription and redemption cash flows affecting the Funds. Please visit our website at www.commercefunds.com to obtain the most recent month-end returns.

 

PERFORMANCE REVIEW

     
November 1, 2011 - April 30, 2012   Fund Total  Return(a)     Index Total Return                     Index

Equity Funds:

     

Growth

    15.07     14.13   Russell 1000® Growth(b)

Value

    10.25        11.62      Russell 1000® Value(c)

Mid Cap Growth

    11.06        12.26      Russell Midcap® Growth(d)

Fixed Income Funds:

     

Bond

    3.30        2.44      Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond(e)

Short-Term Government

    1.22        0.62      Citigroup 1-5 Year Treasury/Government Sponsored(f)

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

    6.64        4.86      Barclays 3-15 Year Blend(g)

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

    4.67        4.86      Barclays 3-15 Year Blend(g)

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

    4.85        4.86      Barclays 3-15 Year Blend(g)

 

(a)   

Returns reflect any fee waivers or expense reductions. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

(b)   

The Russell 1000® Growth Index, an unmanaged index, is a market capitalization weighted index of those 1,000 Russell companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

(c)   

The Russell 1000® Value Index is an unmanaged market capitalization weighted index of those 1,000 Russell companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

(d)   

The Russell Midcap® Growth Index, an unmanaged index, measures the performance of those Russell midcap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

(e)   

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index comprised of the Barclays Government/Corporate Bond Index, Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

(f)   

The Citigroup 1-5 Year Treasury/Government Sponsored Index is an unmanaged index comprised of Treasury securities with a minimum principal amount of $1 billion and U.S. Government securities with a minimum principal amount of $100 million. The securities range in maturity from one to five years. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

(g)   

The Barclays 3-15 Year Blend Index is an unmanaged index composed of investment grade municipal securities ranging from 2 to 17 years in maturity. The Index figures do not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes.

 

STANDARDIZED TOTAL RETURNS(h)

              
For the period ended 03/31/2012    One Year      Five Years      Ten Years      Since Inception      Inception Date  

Equity Funds:

              

Growth

     7.66      3.04      3.32      7.18      12/12/94   

Value

     10.30         0.19         3.56         4.71         3/3/97   

Mid Cap Growth

     0.72         3.35         5.84         7.52         12/12/94   

Fixed Income Funds:

              

Bond

     7.35         7.37         5.90         6.59         12/12/94   

Short-Term Government

     2.66         4.29         3.69         4.94         12/12/94   

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     13.30         5.65         5.06         5.11         2/21/95   

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     9.52         4.84         4.54         4.76         2/21/95   

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     10.21         4.98         4.62         4.69         12/26/00   

 

(h)   

The Standardized Total Returns are average annual total returns as of the most recent calendar quarter-end. They assume reinvestment of all distributions at NAV. Current performance may be lower or higher than the total return figures in the above table.

Returns reflect any fee waivers or expense reductions. Absent these waivers and reductions, returns would have been lower. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

EXPENSE RATIOS(i)

     
      Net Expense Ratio (Current)      Gross Expense Ratio (Before Reimbursement)  

Equity Funds:

     

Growth

     1.13      1.16

Value

     0.70         0.74   

Mid Cap Growth

     1.19         1.19   

Fixed Income Funds:

     

Bond

     0.81         0.81   

Short-Term Government

     0.68         0.83   

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     0.70         0.78   

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     0.70         0.79   

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     0.70         0.86   

 

(i)   

The expense ratios of the Fund, both current (net of applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) and before waivers (gross of applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements), are as set forth above according to the most recent publicly available prospectus for the Funds and may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights in this report. The Funds’ waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, will remain in place through at least March 1, 2013. Applicable waivers and expense reimbursements may be modified or terminated in the future, consistent with the terms of the waiver and reimbursement agreement. If this occurs, the expense ratios may change without shareholder approval.

 

2


COMMERCE GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – 99.8%  

 

Commercial Services – 1.8%

 
  25,900      Moody’s Corp.     $    1,060,605   
  28,500      Thomson Reuters Corp.     849,870   
   

 

 

 
      1,910,475   

 

 

 

 

Communications* –  2.6%

 
  28,600      Crown Castle International Corp.     1,619,046   
  21,600      SBA Communications Corp. Class A     1,160,784   
   

 

 

 
      2,779,830   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Durables – 0.5%

 
  22,300      Leggett & Platt, Inc.     485,471   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Durables – 7.7%

 
  7,200      Coach, Inc.     526,752   
  7,300      Colgate-Palmolive Co.     722,262   
  8,400      PepsiCo, Inc.     554,400   
  32,400      Philip Morris International, Inc.     2,900,124   
  7,600      Ralph Lauren Corp.     1,309,252   
  29,100      The Coca-Cola Co.     2,220,912   
   

 

 

 
      8,233,702   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Services – 8.1%

 
  32,400      DIRECTV Class A*     1,596,348   
  26,600      eBay, Inc.*     1,091,930   
  12,400      Expedia, Inc.     528,612   
  33,100      Las Vegas Sands Corp.     1,836,719   
  16,300      McDonald’s Corp.     1,588,435   
  24,700      Starbucks Corp.     1,417,286   
  11,400      Viacom, Inc. Class B     528,846   
   

 

 

 
      8,588,176   

 

 

 

 

Distribution Services – 0.9%

 
  11,000      McKesson Corp.     1,005,510   

 

 

 

 

Electronic Technology – 15.5%

 
  22,000      Agilent Technologies, Inc.     927,960   
  14,300      Apple, Inc.*     8,354,632   
  71,300      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     832,071   
  66,700      Dell, Inc.*     1,091,879   
  6,700      F5 Networks, Inc.*     897,331   
  49,600      Intel Corp.     1,408,640   
  9,900      Lockheed Martin Corp.     896,346   
  20,000      QUALCOMM, Inc.     1,276,800   
  24,000      Texas Instruments, Inc.     766,560   
   

 

 

 
      16,452,219   

 

 

 

 

Energy Minerals – 7.3%

 
  15,700      Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*     253,241   
  16,000      Chevron Corp.     1,704,960   
  50,400      Exxon Mobil Corp.     4,351,536   
  16,400      Occidental Petroleum Corp.     1,496,008   
   

 

 

 
      7,805,745   

 

 

 

 

Finance – 4.4%

 
  20,000      American Express Co.     1,204,200   
  64,800      Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*     998,568   

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – (continued)  

 

Finance – (continued)

 
  7,300      Simon Property Group, Inc.     $    1,135,880   
  13,000      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     820,495   
  37,000      The Charles Schwab Corp.     529,100   
   

 

 

 
      4,688,243   

 

 

 

 

Health Services* – 0.3%

 
  26,800      Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.     296,944   

 

 

 

 

Health Technology – 8.4%

 
  31,500      Abbott Laboratories     1,954,890   
  17,400      Allergan, Inc.     1,670,400   
  14,600      C. R. Bard, Inc.     1,444,816   
  37,100      Gilead Sciences, Inc.*     1,929,571   
  5,500      Johnson & Johnson     357,995   
  22,500      Medtronic, Inc.     859,500   
  13,300      Stryker Corp.     725,781   
   

 

 

 
      8,942,953   

 

 

 

 

Industrial Services – 1.7%

 
  36,900      McDermott International, Inc.*     416,970   
  19,000      Schlumberger Ltd.     1,408,660   
   

 

 

 
      1,825,630   

 

 

 

 

Non-Energy Minerals – 2.7%

 
  7,700      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.     479,402   
  22,300      Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.     854,090   
  27,288      Southern Copper Corp.     897,229   
  47,300      Steel Dynamics, Inc.     604,021   
   

 

 

 
      2,834,742   

 

 

 

 

Process Industries – 3.2%

 
  39,600      International Paper Co.     1,319,076   
  35,500      Packaging Corp. of America     1,036,245   
  18,400      W.R. Grace & Co.*     1,096,824   
   

 

 

 
      3,452,145   

 

 

 

 

Producer Manufacturing – 9.3%

 
  5,300      Cummins, Inc.     613,899   
  14,400      Eaton Corp.     693,792   
  13,600      Gardner Denver, Inc.     885,904   
  89,200      General Electric Co.     1,746,536   
  23,100      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.     1,132,131   
  81,100      Masco Corp.     1,068,898   
  34,800      United Technologies Corp.     2,841,072   
  13,600      WABCO Holdings, Inc.*     857,208   
   

 

 

 
      9,839,440   

 

 

 

 

Retail Trade – 5.2%

 
  4,100      AutoZone, Inc.*     1,624,256   
  11,000      Dollar Tree, Inc.*     1,118,260   
  64,700      Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     2,036,109   
  12,700      Target Corp.     735,838   
   

 

 

 
      5,514,463   

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   3


COMMERCE GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – (continued)  

 

Technology Services – 18.2%

 
  22,900      Adobe Systems, Inc.*     $       768,524   
  7,800      Alliance Data Systems Corp.*     1,002,222   
  24,000      Autodesk, Inc.*     944,880   
  29,000      BMC Software, Inc.*     1,196,540   
  5,400      Google, Inc. Class A*     3,268,242   
  25,600      International Business Machines Corp.     5,301,248   
  103,800      Microsoft Corp.     3,323,676   
  74,400      Oracle Corp.     2,186,616   
  15,200      Rovi Corp.*     434,720   
  22,500      VeriSign, Inc.     924,975   
   

 

 

 
      19,351,643   

 

 

 

 

Transportation – 2.0%

 
  13,300      Union Pacific Corp.     1,495,452   
  7,500      United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B     586,050   
   

 

 

 
      2,081,502   

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.8%  

 

(Cost $85,099,199)

    $106,088,833   

 

 

 

 
 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF
LIABILITIES – 0.2%

    183,716   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%     $106,272,549   

 

 

 
 
 
 
The percentage shown for each investment category
reflects the value of investments in that category as a
percentage of net assets.
  
  
  
  * Non-income producing security.  

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/2012
    AS OF
10/31/2011
 

 

 

Technology Services

    18.2     18.5

Electronic Technology

    15.5        14.9   

Producer Manufacturing

    9.3        7.4   

Health Technology

    8.4        9.1   

Consumer Services

    8.1        7.6   

Consumer Non-Durables

    7.7        10.3   

Energy Minerals

    7.3        10.9   

Retail Trade

    5.2        5.9   

Finance

    4.4        2.4   

Process Industries

    3.2        2.8   

Non-Energy Minerals

    2.7        2.3   

Communications

    2.6        1.1   

Transportation

    2.0        1.9   

Commercial Services

    1.8        0.9   

Industrial Services

    1.7        2.6   

Distribution Services

    0.9        0.0   

Consumer Durables

    0.5        0.9   

Health Services

    0.3        0.0   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     99.8     99.5

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such, its composition may differ over time.

 

 

4   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – 98.4%  

 

Communications – 5.9%

 
  80,500      AT&T, Inc.     $  2,649,255   
  63,000      Verizon Communications, Inc.     2,543,940   
   

 

 

 
      5,193,195   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Durables – 11.7%

 
  56,500      Altria Group, Inc.     1,819,865   
  65,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc.     1,678,300   
  32,500      H.J. Heinz Co.     1,732,575   
  26,000      PepsiCo, Inc.     1,716,000   
  25,000      Procter & Gamble Co.     1,591,000   
  41,500      Reynolds American, Inc.     1,694,445   
   

 

 

 
      10,232,185   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Services – 1.9%

 
  33,000      Darden Restaurants, Inc.     1,652,640   

 

 

 

 

Distribution Services – 4.0%

 
  28,000      Genuine Parts Co.     1,813,840   
  57,000      SYSCO Corp.     1,647,300   
   

 

 

 
      3,461,140   

 

 

 

 

Electronic Technology – 7.9%

 
  61,500      Intel Corp.     1,746,600   
  19,000      Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,720,260   
  46,500      Microchip Technology, Inc.     1,643,310   
  28,000      Northrop Grumman Corp.     1,771,840   
   

 

 

 
      6,882,010   

 

 

 

 

Energy Minerals – 10.0%

 
  39,500      Chevron Corp.     4,209,120   
  50,000      ConocoPhillips     3,581,500   
  11,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp.     1,003,420   
   

 

 

 
      8,794,040   

 

 

 

 

Finance – 19.4%

 
  37,500      AFLAC, Inc.     1,689,000   
  36,000      Bank of Hawaii Corp.     1,760,040   
  9,500      BlackRock, Inc.     1,820,010   
  29,500      Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.     1,739,320   
  43,500      HCP, Inc.     1,803,075   
  58,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,492,840   
  89,000      Kimco Realty Corp.     1,727,490   
  20,000      M&T Bank Corp.     1,725,400   
  66,500      Wells Fargo & Co.     2,223,095   
   

 

 

 
      16,980,270   

 

 

 

 

Health Services – 1.8%

 
  63,500      Lincare Holdings, Inc.     1,549,400   

 

 

 

 

Health Technology – 10.2%

 
  28,500      Abbott Laboratories     1,768,710   
  26,000      Johnson & Johnson     1,692,340   
  68,500      Merck & Co., Inc.     2,687,940   
  122,500      Pfizer, Inc.     2,808,925   
   

 

 

 
      8,957,915   

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – (continued)  

 

Industrial Services – 1.9%

 
  49,500      Waste Management, Inc.     $  1,692,900   

 

 

 

 

Process Industries – 1.9%

 
  51,500      Sonoco Products Co.     1,706,195   

 

 

 

 

Producer Manufacturing – 5.8%

 
  35,000      Eaton Corp.     1,686,300   
  33,000      Emerson Electric Co.     1,733,820   
  86,000      General Electric Co.     1,683,880   
   

 

 

 
      5,104,000   

 

 

 

 

Retail Trade – 2.5%

 
  41,500      The Home Depot, Inc.     2,149,285   

 

 

 

 

Technology Services – 3.4%

 
  40,000      Microsoft Corp.     1,280,800   
  53,500      Paychex, Inc.     1,657,430   
   

 

 

 
      2,938,230   

 

 

 

 

Utilities – 10.1%

 
  34,000      Dominion Resources, Inc.     1,774,460   
  44,000      Exelon Corp.     1,716,440   
  28,500      NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,833,975   
  61,500      PPL Corp.     1,682,025   
  39,000      The Southern Co.     1,791,660   
   

 

 

 
      8,798,560   

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  

 

(Cost $77,818,860)

    $86,091,965   

 

 

 
   
  Exchange Traded Fund – 0.8%  
  10,000      iShares Russell 1000 Value Index Fund  

 

(Cost $696,996)

    $     693,900   

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Short-term Investment(a) – 0.8%        

Repurchase Agreement – 0.8%

 
State Street Bank & Trust Co.  
$   693,000     0.010   05/01/12   $      693,000   

Maturity Value: $693,000

 

(Cost $693,000)

  

   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.0%   

(Cost $79,208,856)

  

    $ 87,478,865   

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (0.0)%

    (40,548)   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 87,438,317   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   5


COMMERCE VALUE FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $695,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $708,222.

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

Finance

    19.4     13.7

Consumer Non-Durables

    11.7        10.7   

Health Technology

    10.2        6.8   

Utilities

    10.1        7.7   

Energy Minerals

    10.0        9.4   

Electronic Technology

    7.9        6.4   

Communications

    5.9        3.4   

Producer Manufacturing

    5.8        5.2   

Distribution Services

    4.0        3.2   

Technology Services

    3.4        3.1   

Retail Trade

    2.5        1.6   

Process Industries

    1.9        3.3   

Industrial Services

    1.9        1.6   

Consumer Services

    1.9        1.5   

Health Services

    1.8        1.7   

Exchange Traded Fund

    0.8        3.1   

Short-term Investment

    0.8        4.1   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.0     86.5

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of exchange traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such, its composition may differ over time.

 

 

6   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE MIDCAP GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks  –  96.0%  

 

Commercial Services – 5.2%

 
  15,200      FTI Consulting, Inc.*     $     552,368   
  19,900      Moody’s Corp.     814,905   
  8,800      The Brink’s Co.     223,520   
  16,600      The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.     816,222   
  16,600      VistaPrint NV*     619,014   
   

 

 

 
      3,026,029   

 

 

 

 

Communications* – 1.9%

 
  14,900      SBA Communications Corp. Class A     800,726   
  13,500      TW Telecom, Inc.     294,030   
   

 

 

 
      1,094,756   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Durables – 2.1%

 
  26,600      Electronic Arts, Inc.*     409,108   
  13,500      Tupperware Brands Corp.     840,915   
   

 

 

 
      1,250,023   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Durables – 3.7%

 
  6,300      Coach, Inc.     460,908   
  15,700      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.     637,106   
  9,300      H.J. Heinz Co.     495,783   
  8,200      The Clorox Co.     574,820   
   

 

 

 
      2,168,617   

 

 

 

 

Consumer Services – 8.4%

 
  900      Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     372,735   
  24,600      DISH Network Corp. Class A     786,462   
  11,200      Expedia, Inc.     477,456   
  26,300      Marriott International, Inc. Class A     1,028,067   
  800      Priceline.com, Inc.*     608,656   
  9,800      Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Class A     492,156   
  8,300      Wynn Resorts Ltd.     1,107,220   
   

 

 

 
      4,872,752   

 

 

 

 

Distribution Services – 1.0%

 
  8,900      Genuine Parts Co.     576,542   

 

 

 

 

Electronic Technology – 12.2%

 
  15,200      Altera Corp.     540,664   
  59,600      Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*     695,532   
  840      Comverse Technology, Inc.*     5,418   
  18,400      Harris Corp.     837,936   
  32,400      JDS Uniphase Corp.*     393,660   
  23,800      Juniper Networks, Inc.*     510,034   
  28,500      Linear Technology Corp.     932,235   
  75,000      LSI Corp.*     603,000   
  33,600      NVIDIA Corp.*     436,800   
  6,800      TransDigm Group, Inc.*     857,616   
  18,000      Xilinx, Inc.     654,840   
  17,000      Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A*     659,430   
   

 

 

 
      7,127,165   

 

 

 

 

Energy Minerals – 3.1%

 
  19,500      Arch Coal, Inc.     190,320   
  8,700      Cimarex Energy Co.     601,257   

 

 

 
Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks  – (continued)  

 

Energy Minerals –  (continued)

 
  3,500      Continental Resources, Inc.*     $     312,375   
  10,700      SM Energy Co.     707,377   
   

 

 

 
      1,811,329   

 

 

 

 

Finance – 6.8%

 
  7,100      Federal Realty Investment Trust     714,686   
  46,600      Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*     718,106   
  3,800      IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.*     505,552   
  10,300      Rayonier, Inc.     467,105   
  17,100      T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.     1,079,267   
  26,400      TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.     496,056   
   

 

 

 
      3,980,772   

 

 

 

 

Health Services* – 3.3%

 
  12,160      Cerner Corp.     986,054   
  10,300      Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings     905,267   
   

 

 

 
      1,891,321   

 

 

 

 

Health Technology – 7.2%

 
  10,000      Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     903,200   
  5,940      Allergan, Inc.     570,240   
  10,180      C. R. Bard, Inc.     1,007,413   
  14,100      DENTSPLY International, Inc.     578,946   
  16,400      Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.     532,180   
  9,000      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*     570,780   
   

 

 

 
      4,162,759   

 

 

 

 

Industrial Services – 3.1%

 
  7,100      Core Laboratories NV     972,558   
  9,100      FMC Technologies, Inc.*     427,700   
  14,000      Superior Energy Services, Inc.*     376,880   
   

 

 

 
      1,777,138   

 

 

 

 

Non-Energy Minerals – 1.5%

 
  14,100      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.     877,866   

 

 

 

 

Process Industries – 7.5%

 
  9,700      Celanese Corp. Series A     470,062   
  22,000      Crown Holdings, Inc.*     813,560   
  18,500      International Paper Co.     616,235   
  15,800      Packaging Corp. of America     461,202   
  9,400      PPG Industries, Inc.     989,256   
  14,536      Sigma-Aldrich Corp.     1,030,602   
   

 

 

 
      4,380,917   

 

 

 

 

Producer Manufacturing – 8.1%

 
  9,000      Avery Dennison Corp.     287,820   
  5,700      Dover Corp.     357,162   
  9,800      Graco, Inc.     522,438   
  4,900      Joy Global, Inc.     346,773   
  10,500      Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.     514,605   
  58,400      Masco Corp.     769,712   
  9,550      Parker Hannifin Corp.     837,439   
  4,800      Roper Industries, Inc.          489,120   
  8,300      The Toro Co.     593,118   
   

 

 

 
      4,718,187   

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   7


COMMERCE MIDCAP GROWTH FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares     Description   Value  
  Common Stocks – (continued)  

 

Retail Trade – 6.9%

 
  2,500      AutoZone, Inc.*     $     990,400   
  6,900      Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*     485,691   
  19,900      Chico’s FAS, Inc.     305,664   
  7,460      Nordstrom, Inc.     416,716   
  10,900      PetSmart, Inc.     635,034   
  15,100      Urban Outfitters, Inc.*     437,296   
  19,200      Williams-Sonoma, Inc.     742,848   
   

 

 

 
      4,013,649   

 

 

 

 

Technology Services – 12.1%

 
  19,300      Akamai Technologies, Inc.*     629,180   
  5,300      Alliance Data Systems Corp.*     680,997   
  12,100      Autodesk, Inc.*     476,377   
  20,600      BMC Software, Inc.*     849,956   
  14,100      MICROS Systems, Inc.*     801,303   
  23,800      Nuance Communications, Inc.*     581,672   
  13,100      Red Hat, Inc.*     780,891   
  16,200      Rovi Corp.*     463,320   
  9,200      Teradata Corp.*     641,976   
  16,700      VeriSign, Inc.     686,537   
  24,400      Western Union Co.          448,472   
   

 

 

 
      7,040,681   

 

 

 

 

Transportation* –  0.8%

 
  6,600      Kirby Corp.     438,042   

 

 

 

 

Utilities – 1.1%

 
  32,100      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     648,741   

 

 

 
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  

 

(Cost $43,931,741)

    $55,857,286   

 

 

 
   
  Exchange Traded Fund – 3.3%        
  30,400      iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund   

 

(Cost $1,693,777)

    $  1,910,640   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
  Value  
  Short-term Investment(a) – 0.9%        

 

Repurchase Agreement – 0.9%

  

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   
  $555,000      0.010%   05/01/12     $    555,000   

 

Maturity Value: $555,000

 

 

(Cost $555,000)

   

 

 

 
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.2%   

 

(Cost $46,180,518)

      $58,322,926   

 

 

 

 
 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
ASSETS – (0.2)%

    (118,423)   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS – 100.0%     $58,204,503   

 

 

 
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $560,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $570,654.
*   Non-income producing security.

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

Electronic Technology

    12.2     12.5

Technology Services

    12.1        10.7   

Consumer Services

    8.4        7.4   

Producer Manufacturing

    8.1        7.0   

Process Industries

    7.5        6.9   

Health Technology

    7.2        8.3   

Retail Trade

    6.9        6.0   

Finance

    6.8        7.8   

Commercial Services

    5.2        3.8   

Consumer Non-Durables

    3.7        5.7   

Exchange Traded Fund

    3.3        0.6   

Health Services

    3.3        3.1   

Energy Minerals

    3.1        6.2   

Industrial Services

    3.1        3.1   

Consumer Durables

    2.1        4.4   

Communications

    1.9        2.0   

Non-Energy Minerals

    1.5        1.5   

Utilities

    1.1        1.3   

Distribution Services

    1.0        0.0   

Transportation

    0.8        1.1   

Short-term Investment

    0.9        0.0   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.2     99.4

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of exchange traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such, its composition may differ over time.

 

 

8   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Asset-Backed Securities – 12.0%   

Auto  –  4.8%

  

   
Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2011-3, Class A2   
$  6,535,000     1.810   05/15/16   $     6,632,029   
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust Series 2011-1, Class A1(a)    
680,638     2.420      07/15/13     680,683   
American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust Series 2012-1, Class A1(a)    
760,318     1.960      01/15/14     760,373   
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2011-5, Class A2    
4,800,000     1.190      08/08/15     4,817,605   
Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2012-1A,
Class A(a)
   
2,830,522     2.020      08/15/16     2,831,787   
Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust Series 2011-B, Class A2   
4,000,000     0.820      01/15/14     4,004,514   
Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2011-2, Class A1    
2,700,000     1.320      09/15/15     2,716,972   
Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust Series 2012-2, Class A    
3,000,000     1.920      01/15/19     3,033,138   
Prestige Auto Receivables Trust Series 2012-1A, Class A2(a)   
4,000,000     1.230      12/15/15     4,002,025   
SMART Trust Series 2011-2USA, Class A2A(a)   
5,686,646     1.220      11/14/13     5,696,149   
     

 

 

 
        35,175,275   

 

 

Commercial – 0.2%

 
Small Business Administration Series 2006-P10B, Class 1   
1,627,555     5.681      08/10/16     1,779,258   

 

 

Credit Card – 0.5%

  

   
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust Series 2004, Class A8   
3,600,000     4.900      12/12/16     3,986,265   

 

 

Home Equity – 3.8%

  

   
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2004-FR1W, Class A6(b)    
2,000,000     5.440      05/25/34     1,941,832   
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-NC5, Class A1(b)   
77,554     0.289      01/25/37     77,373   
Chase Funding Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates
Series 2002-3, Class 1A5
   
3,185,194     5.407      06/25/32     3,114,550   
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-BC5, Class M2(b)    
4,384,481     0.799      10/25/34     4,143,335   
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-SD2, Class M2(a)(b)    
5,730,000     0.969      08/25/35     4,219,801   
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2007-QH1, Class A1(a)(b)    
1,166,512     0.439      02/25/37     723,377   
Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2003-2, Class 2A2   
911,755     3.750      09/25/33     868,460   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Asset-Backed Securities – (continued)   

Home Equity – (continued)

 
Equity One ABS, Inc. Series 2004-2, Class AF5   
$     450,000     5.199   07/25/34   $ 458,849   
Lehman XS Trust Series 2005-1, Class 1A4(b)   
729,951     0.579      07/25/35     625,984   
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2005-3, Class AF3   
592,443     4.814      11/25/35     530,127   
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2005-3, Class AF4   
1,125,000     5.140      11/25/35     818,894   
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. Series 2003-RZ3, Class A6    
1,778,761     3.900      03/25/33     1,752,608   
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. Series 2003-RZ4, Class A6    
3,935,084     5.490      10/25/33     3,502,795   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
Series 2000-HI2, Class AI5
   
590,435     8.350      03/25/25     573,346   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
Series 2000-HI4, Class AI7
   
642,995     7.980      09/25/30     625,415   
SACO I Trust Series 2005-7 Class A(b)   
161,078     0.799      09/25/35     156,201   
Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2006-EQ1, Class A2(b)    
71,766     0.349      10/25/36     71,128   
Southern Pacific Secured Asset Corp. Series 1998-2, Class A7   
3,700,710     6.740      07/25/29     1,944,875   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2005-9XS, Class 1A3A   
1,950,897     5.250      06/25/35     1,740,610   
Terwin Mortgage Trust Series 2005-16HE, Class AF2   
366,434     4.534      09/25/36     339,212   
Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust Series 2004-2, Class AI5(b)   
115,669     4.890      10/25/34     116,000   
     

 

 

 
        28,344,772   

 

 

Manufactured Housing – 1.6%

 
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1993-4, Class A5   
946,928     7.050      01/15/19     956,994   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1995-5, Class M1(b)   
364,118     7.650      09/15/26     372,713   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1996-4, Class A7(b)   
668,701     7.900      06/15/27     710,151   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1996-6, Class A6   
118,376     7.950      09/15/27     122,162   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1997-3, Class A6   
63,569     7.320      03/15/28     69,860   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1998-3, Class A5   
3,375,570     6.220      03/01/30     3,675,092   
Conseco Financial Corp. Series 1998-3, Class A6(b)   
421,618     6.760      03/01/30     460,871   
Lehman Manufactured Housing Contract Series 2001-B, Class A3    
349,313     4.350      04/15/40     357,422   
Mid-State Trust Series 11, Class A1   
349,223     4.864      07/15/38     355,155   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   9


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Asset-Backed Securities – (continued)   

Manufactured Housing – (continued)

 
Newcastle Investment Trust Series 2011-MH1, Class A(a)   
$  2,975,920     2.450   12/10/33   $ 3,005,801   
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 1996- C, Class A6   
667,308     7.650      04/15/27     665,972   
Origen Manufactured Housing Series 2005- B, Class A3   
847,045     5.605      05/15/22     886,720   
     

 

 

 
          11,638,913   

 

 

Other(a) – 0.4%

 
New York City Tax Lien Series 2011-AA, Class A   
3,047,050     1.990      12/10/24     3,046,745   

 

 

Student Loans – 0.7%

 
Northstar Education Finance, Inc. Series 2005- 1, Class A5(b)   
1,896,000     1.216      10/30/45     1,796,422   
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2011-A, Class A2(a)   
2,900,000     4.370      04/17/28     3,028,060   
     

 

 

 
        4,824,482   

 

 
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES   

(Cost $86,899,830)

  $ 88,795,710   

 

 
     
Municipal Bond Obligations – 11.6%        

Alabama – 0.2%

 
Montgomery Alabama Taxable GO Warrants Series 2005 (AGM)    
$  1,295,000     4.790   04/01/15   $ 1,433,889   

 

 

California – 2.5%

 
Anaheim California Public Financing Authority Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds    
4,000,000     5.685      10/01/40     4,593,440   
Hillsborough School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election 2002 C(c)    
10,590,000     0.000      09/01/42     1,439,075   
11,420,000     0.000      09/01/43     1,431,383   
Industry California Sales Tax Revenue Bonds Taxable Series 2005 (NATL-RE)    
3,045,000     5.000      01/01/13     3,088,056   
Napa Valley Unified School District GO Bonds (Build America Bonds-Taxable) Series B    
3,000,000     6.507      08/01/43     3,690,060   
Santa Clara County CA Fremont Union High School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 2008 Series B(c)    
11,005,000     0.000      08/01/37     2,353,860   
12,290,000     0.000      08/01/39     2,228,177   
     

 

 

 
        18,824,051   

 

 

District of Columbia – 0.8%

 
Metropolitan Washington D.C. Airport Authority System Revenue Bonds Series B    
5,000,000     5.250      10/01/25     5,818,250   

 

 

Florida – 0.3%

 
Inland Protection Financing Corp. Florida Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds Series 2010    
2,000,000     4.700      07/01/19     2,257,420   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Idaho – 0.6%

 
Idaho Housing & Finance Association Economic Development Revenue Bonds Taxable (Facilities Project) Series 2011    
$  4,100,000     7.000   01/01/31   $     4,683,471   

 

 

Illinois – 0.3%

 
Will County Community Consolidated School District No. 30-C Troy Township Taxable GO Series 2007 (AGM)    
1,100,000     5.650      10/01/18     1,289,519   
Will County Forest Preservation District GO Bonds Build America Bonds Direct Payment Series 2009    
1,000,000     5.700      12/15/27     1,190,820   
     

 

 

 
        2,480,339   

 

 

Indiana – 1.0%

 
Indiana Bond Bank Revenue Bonds Taxable School Severance Funding Series 2006-11 (XLCA)    
2,190,000     5.650      07/15/13     2,325,298   
Indianapolis Multi-School Building Corp. Revenue Bonds (Refunding First Mortgage)    
5,000,000     3.000      01/15/26     4,867,950   
     

 

 

 
        7,193,248   

 

 

Iowa – 0.3%

 
Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. Revenue Bonds Series A-1 (AMT)    
2,000,000     3.500      12/01/15     2,093,880   

 

 

Maryland – 0.2%

 
Baltimore County Maryland GO Bonds Build America Bonds Consolidated Public Improvement Series B    
1,000,000     5.000      11/01/23     1,131,190   

 

 

Michigan – 0.2%

 
Utica Community Schools GO Bonds (Taxable-Qualified School Construction-Direct Payment)    
1,500,000     5.875      05/01/22     1,691,655   

 

 

Missouri – 1.8%

 
Curators University of Missouri System Facilities Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds    
2,500,000     5.792      11/01/41     3,293,675   
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission Power Project Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds Series 2009    
2,000,000     5.078      01/01/17     2,217,100   
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission Power Project Revenue Bonds Taxable Series B    
1,570,000     4.693      01/01/16     1,704,596   
Missouri State Highways & Transit Commission State Road Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds Series 2010    
2,800,000     4.820      05/01/23     3,302,992   
New Liberty Hospital District Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds Series B    
1,345,000     5.704      12/01/19     1,558,236   
St. Louis Package Revenue Bonds Series 2006 B (NATL-RE)   
1,560,000     5.020      12/15/12     1,586,567   
     

 

 

 
        13,663,166   

 

 
 

 

10   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Nevada – 0.4%

 
Clark County Nevada Sales & Excise Tax Revenue Bonds Build America Bonds Series C    
$  2,525,000     5.100   07/01/21   $     2,809,542   

 

 

New Jersey – 0.1%

 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds Taxable Designated Industry Series 2004-A    
1,000,000     5.200      03/01/14     1,068,320   

 

 

New York – 1.1%

 
New York GO Build America Bonds Series 2010   
2,000,000     4.908      06/01/21     2,309,840   
1,055,000     5.008      06/01/22     1,234,034   
New York State Housing Finance Agency Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds Taxable Economic Development & Housing Series B     
3,925,000     5.220      09/15/15     4,410,797   
     

 

 

 
        7,954,671   

 

 

Ohio – 0.7%

 
Ohio State GO Build America Bonds Series 2010   
2,500,000     3.000      11/01/18     2,667,275   
Ohio State GO Build America Bonds Taxable Conservation Project Direct Payment Series C    
1,960,000     4.471      03/01/19     2,264,898   
     

 

 

 
        4,932,173   

 

 

Pennsylvania – 0.5%

 
State Public School Building Authority Revenue Bonds (Qualified School Construction Bonds)    
3,000,000     6.495      09/15/28     3,675,960   

 

 

Rhode Island – 0.4%

 
Providence Rhode Island GO Bonds Refunding Taxable Series B (AGM)    
710,000     4.960      07/15/14     757,371   
Rhode Island Convention Center Authority Revenue Bonds Taxable Civic Center Series A (AGM)    
2,155,000     5.810      05/15/16     2,470,708   
     

 

 

 
        3,228,079   

 

 

South Carolina – 0.2%

 
South Carolina State Public Service Authority Revenue Bonds Santee Cooper Taxable Series B    
1,150,000     7.308      01/01/14     1,273,843   

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $74,609,231)

  

    $ 86,213,147   

 

 
     
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – 24.9%   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 22.6%

  

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust Series 2004-5, Class 3A1(b)   
$  3,292,389     2.744   04/25/35   $ 2,979,460   
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2004-1, Class 1A1    
3,831,968     6.000      02/25/34     4,033,828   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-10, Class 6A1    
$  2,440,814     5.500   11/25/20   $     2,402,098   
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-3, Class 6A1    
500,479     6.000      04/25/36     499,532   
BCAP LLC Trust Series 2006-RR1, Class PE   
5,000,000     5.000      11/25/36     4,926,735   
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust Series 2005-9, Class 25A1(b)   
3,182,928     5.312      11/25/35     2,355,462   
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust Series 2003-AC7, Class A2    
951,512     5.750      01/25/34     985,787   
Chase Mortgage Finance Corp. Series 2003-S13, Class A1   
917,113     5.500      11/25/33     961,356   
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2004-2, Class A6   
2,207,000     5.000      03/25/34     2,184,628   
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2006-4, Class 3A1   
183,244     5.500      08/25/21     179,703   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2004-NCM2, Class 1CB2    
1,941,338     6.750      08/25/34     2,068,163   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2005- 10, Class 1A5A(b)    
1,651,881     5.479      12/25/35     974,111   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2007- AR5, Class 1A3A(b)    
770,280     5.521      04/25/37     490,700   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2009-3, Class 2A1(a)    
2,344,098     5.750      09/25/21     2,361,665   
Citimortgage Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-A3, Class 2A1   
465,269     5.500      07/25/36     440,578   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2004-18CB, Class 3A1    
933,116     5.250      09/25/19     951,837   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-5R, Class A2   
613,401     4.750      12/25/18     617,387   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-J1, Class 3A1   
277,545     6.500      08/25/32     275,843   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2007-J2, Class 2A1   
752,701     6.000      07/25/37     591,143   
Countrywide Home Loans Trust Series 2003- J6, Class 1A1   
1,937,473     5.500      08/25/33     2,018,876   
Countrywide Home Loans Trust Series 2004- J1, Class 2A4   
979,010     4.750      01/25/19     1,002,488   
Countrywide Home Loans Trust Series 2005- 27, Class 2A1   
2,870,791     5.500      12/25/35     2,584,895   
Countrywide Home Loans Trust Series 2005- 6, Class 2A1   
714,422     5.500      04/25/35     667,522   
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2003-19, Class 1A4    
949,254     5.250      07/25/33     973,598   
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-5, Class 2A9    
9,000,000     5.500      07/25/35     8,909,019   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   11


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 1579, Class PM   
$     345,721     6.700   09/15/23   $        393,498   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2103, Class TE   
276,656     6.000      12/15/28     288,906   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2110, Class PG   
1,413,163     6.000      01/15/29     1,533,791   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2640, Class DR   
6,529     4.000      08/15/17     6,528   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2716, Class DT   
59,843     5.000      02/15/30     59,945   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2760, Class EC   
732,014     4.500      04/15/17     732,733   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2391, Class Z   
3,612,101     6.000      12/15/31     4,006,094   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2508, Class OY   
828,913     4.500      10/15/17     873,638   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2603, Class C   
2,149,798     5.500      04/15/23     2,378,382   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2677, Class BC   
761,740     4.000      09/15/18     805,518   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2840, Class JL   
330,474     4.500      06/15/23     333,565   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2866, Class DH   
1,961,086     4.000      09/15/34     2,078,506   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2890, Class KB   
3,115,000     4.500      02/15/19     3,212,061   
FHLMC REMIC TAC Series 2658, Class A   
421,709     4.500      08/15/18     429,512   
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Series 2004-FA2, Class 1A1    
1,311,525     6.000      01/25/35     1,255,910   
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Series 2006-RE1, Class A1    
4,286,422     5.500      05/25/35     3,645,958   
FNMA REMIC FNIC PAC Series 2001-45, Class WG   
575,743     6.500      09/25/31     663,026   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2003-1, Class PG   
336,232     5.500      09/25/31     339,627   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2003-117, Class KB   
3,000,000     6.000      12/25/33     3,630,231   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2003-14, Class AP   
261,141     4.000      03/25/33     278,575   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2004-53, Class NC   
2,447,933     5.500      07/25/24     2,625,476   
FNMA REMIC Series 2002-73, Class OE   
2,524,700     5.000      11/25/17     2,759,024   
FNMA REMIC Series 2002-82, Class XE   
2,167,657     5.000      12/25/17     2,323,981   
FNMA REMIC Series 2003-83, Class PG   
508,316     5.000      06/25/23     548,618   
FNMA REMIC Series 2003-84, Class PG   
538,763     5.000      03/25/32     565,753   
FNMA Series 2003-W6, Class 2A32   
294,769     6.500      09/25/42     337,651   
GNMA Series 1998-12, Class EB   
568,713     6.500      05/20/28     576,533   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-2F, Class A(b)   
$  1,916,711     5.730   01/25/33   $     1,941,093   
Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-4, Class 1A1(b)   
3,123,940     0.879      09/25/34     2,502,447   
Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-4, Class 2A2   
4,675,679     4.836      09/25/34     4,548,164   
Impac Secured Assets Corp. Series 2004-2, Class A6   
1,121,990     4.935      08/25/34     1,095,040   
JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-S1, Class 1A16   
2,656,659     6.000      03/25/36     1,888,563   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2005-S3, Class 1A20   
3,273,087     5.500      01/25/36     3,223,739   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2007-A2, Class 4A2(b)   
973,457     5.719      04/25/37     812,901   
Master Alternative Loans Trust Series 2004-4, Class 1A1   
531,031     5.500      05/25/34     554,815   
Master Alternative Loans Trust Series 2004-4, Class 8A1   
2,254,698     6.500      05/25/34     2,341,646   
Master Asset Securitization Trust Series 2003-10, Class 3A1   
383,968     5.500      11/25/33     400,821   
Master Asset Securitization Trust Series 2003-7, Class 1A1   
839,731     5.500      09/25/33     873,707   
Master Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-3, Class 5A1   
76,488     6.250      01/25/32     77,603   
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-A8, Class A1C1(b)    
319,361     5.250      08/25/36     323,734   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2011-C3, Class A1   
5,479,002     2.178      07/15/49     5,612,011   
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I Series 2003-HYB1, Class A3(b)    
735,282     1.946      03/25/33     639,771   
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-7,
Class 2A1(b)
   
3,435,093     5.588      11/25/35     2,997,198   
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-12, Class 3A22    
3,263,052     6.000      08/25/37     2,803,862   
PHHMC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2008-CIM1, Class 11A1(b)    
2,654,808     2.491      05/25/38     2,109,773   
RBSGC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-B, Class 2A1(b)    
3,292,703     5.868      11/25/21     3,073,903   
RBSGC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-B, Class 3A1(b)    
222,426     5.263      07/25/35     221,183   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2003-QS7, Class A2   
2,230,359     4.750      04/25/33     2,252,466   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2004-QS2, Class CB   
4,097,895     5.750      02/25/34     4,106,169   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2005-QS11, Class A2(b)   
616,774     0.739      07/25/35     467,712   
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. Series 2004-SL4, Class A2    
1,118,157     6.000      07/25/32     1,117,795   

 

 
 

 

12   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A6, Class A1   
$  2,328,011     5.000   08/25/19   $     2,347,384   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Corp.
Series 2003-RM2, Class AIII
   
577,514     6.000      05/25/33     606,156   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.
Series 2005-S7, Class A5
   
866,377     5.500      11/25/35     796,844   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc. Series 2005-S9, Class A5    
2,071,389     5.750      12/25/35     1,932,626   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc.
Series 2006-S12, Class 1A1
   
1,595,664     5.500      12/25/21     1,658,166   
Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2004-10, Class A1A(b)   
963,762     0.550      11/20/34     870,349   
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2004-14, Class 1A(b)
   
1,984,514     2.848      10/25/34     1,624,706   
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-4, Class 3A4(b)    
650,243     2.807      04/25/34     559,303   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-20, Class 1A1   
2,417,017     5.500      07/25/33     2,514,766   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-31A,
Class 2A7(b)
   
1,183,864     2.776      10/25/33     1,133,442   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-34A,
Class 3A3(b)
   
1,736,570     2.734      11/25/33     1,633,557   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-34A, Class 6A(b)   
956,475     2.698      11/25/33     898,336   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2004-11XS,
Class 1A4B
   
2,883,057     5.710      06/25/34     2,905,758   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2005-6, Class 5A2   
398,788     5.000      05/25/35     398,854   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2005-6, Class 5A4   
418,021     5.000      05/25/35     406,840   
UBS-Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2011-C1, Class A1    
5,990,327     1.524      01/10/45     6,035,081   
Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-4, Class 4A1    
1,780,137     5.500      06/25/20     1,775,986   
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series 2005-1, Class 3A1    
326,147     5.250      01/25/20     337,665   
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust
Series 2005-AR15, Class 1A2(b)
   
1,111,781     5.037      09/25/35     976,559   
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series 2006-12, Class A5    
500,000     6.000      10/25/36     80,773   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series 2007-2, Class 3A5    
$     983,459     5.250   03/25/37   $        952,383   
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2011-C2,
Class A1(a)
   
3,192,412     2.501      02/15/44     3,257,901   
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2011-C4,
Class A1(a)
   
4,732,551     1.607      06/15/44     4,758,968   

 

 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $151,269,130)

  $ 167,567,973   

 

 

Commercial Mortgage Obligations – 0.3%

  

GNMA Series 2003-16, Class B   
$  1,736,859     4.490   08/16/25   $ 1,785,887   
GNMA Series 2003-38, Class JC(b)   
91,577     7.651      08/16/42     99,944   

 

 
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $1,782,461)

  

    $ 1,885,831   

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Obligations – 2.0%

  

FHLMC   
$       15,043     6.000   12/01/13   $ 16,602   
32,835     8.500      02/01/19     36,711   
74,690     8.500      03/01/21     84,581   
517,698     7.000      05/01/26     614,436   
35,013     7.000      10/01/30     41,618   
73,174     7.500      12/01/30     89,242   
144,943     7.500      01/01/31     177,047   
267,278     7.000      08/01/31     315,366   
3,449,725     5.000      05/01/33     3,845,567   
553,788     2.479 (b)    05/01/34     582,215   
940,158     5.231 (b)    01/01/36     1,007,221   
FNMA   
27,448     6.000      12/01/13     28,616   
9,278     6.500      07/01/14     10,455   
38,679     9.000      11/01/21     43,798   
77,599     9.000      02/01/25     90,617   
16,245     6.500      03/01/26     18,693   
25,914     8.000      07/01/28     29,573   
104,611     6.500      10/01/28     120,375   
67,872     2.330 (b)    12/01/28     68,658   
76,742     6.000      07/01/29     86,026   
74,706     7.500      09/01/29     90,936   
69,828     7.000      03/01/31     83,140   
27,976     7.500      03/01/31     34,145   
140,368     7.000      11/01/31     166,316   
201,275     7.000      01/01/32     238,481   
751,944     6.000      12/01/32     844,556   
103,374     5.216 (b)    02/01/33     109,856   
982,671     5.000      07/01/33     1,068,712   
527,560     2.530 (b)    10/01/34     560,147   
1,234,527     5.092 (b)    02/01/35     1,324,916   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   13


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Obligations – (continued)

  

GNMA   
$     164,226     8.000   02/15/22   $        194,748   
76,983     7.500      08/20/25     92,140   
332,076     7.500      07/20/26     398,743   
350,702     6.500      04/15/31     408,122   
291,021     6.500      05/15/31     338,670   
1,420,076     5.500      04/15/33     1,596,892   

 

 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH OBLIGATIONS    

(Cost $13,376,349)

  

    $ 14,857,937   

 

 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $166,427,940)

  

    $ 184,311,741   

 

 
     
Corporate Obligations – 32.8%   

Aerospace/Defense – 0.8%

  

Goodrich Corp.   
$  1,000,000     4.875   03/01/20   $ 1,152,125   
Lockheed Martin Corp.   
1,972,000     6.150      09/01/36     2,430,188   
United Technologies Corp.   
2,000,000     5.700      04/15/40     2,412,486   
     

 

 

 
        5,994,799   

 

 

Auto Manufacturers(a) – 0.4%

  

Daimler Finance NA LLC   
3,000,000     2.300      01/09/15     3,061,428   

 

 

Beverages – 0.6%

  

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.   
1,500,000     5.600      03/01/17     1,769,168   
PepsiCo, Inc.   
2,500,000     4.500      01/15/20     2,852,857   
     

 

 

 
        4,622,025   

 

 

Cable TV – 0.5%

  

Comcast Corp.   
1,500,000     5.700      07/01/19     1,786,327   
1,250,000     6.400      05/15/38     1,515,908   
     

 

 

 
        3,302,235   

 

 

Chemicals – 0.4%

  

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.   
1,000,000     3.250      01/15/15     1,069,804   
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.   
2,000,000     3.375      11/01/20     2,107,304   
     

 

 

 
        3,177,108   

 

 

Commercial Banks – 3.0%

  

Bank of Montreal(a)   
2,000,000     1.950      01/30/17     2,041,398   
Barclays Bank PLC   
2,000,000     2.750      02/23/15     2,016,782   
2,000,000     5.125      01/08/20     2,106,166   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)   

Commercial Banks – (continued)

  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia(a)   
$  3,400,000     2.250   03/16/17   $     3,439,056   
Credit Suisse New York   
1,500,000     5.000      05/15/13     1,556,881   
3,000,000     5.400      01/14/20     3,092,082   
KeyBank NA   
2,540,000     5.800      07/01/14     2,755,354   
Wachovia Bank NA   
2,000,000     5.000      08/15/15     2,181,162   
Wells Fargo Bank NA   
3,125,000     4.750      02/09/15     3,363,150   
     

 

 

 
        22,552,031   

 

 

Communications Equipment – 0.4%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.   
2,500,000     4.450      01/15/20     2,874,388   

 

 

Computers – 0.3%

  

Hewlett-Packard Co.   
2,000,000     2.125      09/13/15     2,019,260   

 

 

Consumer Services – 0.3%

  

eBay, Inc.   
2,000,000     1.625      10/15/15     2,047,220   

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing – 0.9%

  

GE Capital Trust I(b)   
3,525,000     6.375      11/15/67     3,604,312   
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.   
1,000,000     9.500      04/15/14     1,149,343   
Parker-Hannifin Corp.   
2,000,000     3.500      09/15/22     2,105,814   
     

 

 

 
        6,859,469   

 

 

Electric – 2.6%

  

Columbus Southern Power Co.   
2,870,000     5.850      10/01/35     3,399,690   
Duke Energy Corp.   
1,525,000     5.300      10/01/15     1,745,575   
Exelon Generation Co. LLC   
1,470,000     5.350      01/15/14     1,568,153   
PacifiCorp   
2,400,000     5.650      07/15/18     2,891,090   
2,000,000     3.850      06/15/21     2,187,264   
900,000     6.100      08/01/36     1,148,921   
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.   
1,585,000     5.300      11/15/15     1,819,355   
Southern California Edison Co.   
3,000,000     5.500      03/15/40     3,699,966   
The Connecticut Light & Power Co.   
415,000     5.650      05/01/18     493,431   
     

 

 

 
        18,953,445   

 

 
 

 

14   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)   

Financial – 9.6%

  

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co.(a)   
$  6,220,000     7.700   12/01/15   $     7,173,010   
Bank of America Corp.   
2,000,000     3.700      09/01/15     2,013,768   
1,270,000     5.750      12/01/17     1,346,784   
2,000,000     5.700      01/24/22     2,099,540   
Bank One Corp.   
1,000,000     8.530      03/01/19     1,250,244   
BlackRock, Inc.   
5,000,000     4.250      05/24/21     5,507,045   
Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC(a)   
3,000,000     5.875      03/15/21     3,142,062   
Citigroup, Inc.   
2,750,000     6.010      01/15/15     2,975,907   
General Electric Capital Corp.   
2,000,000     5.625      05/01/18     2,318,048   
Hyundai Capital America(a)   
3,250,000     3.750      04/06/16     3,350,393   
Jefferies Group, Inc.   
1,600,000     3.875      11/09/15     1,568,000   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   
2,000,000     4.350      08/15/21     2,094,048   
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.   
2,250,000     6.400      08/28/17     2,432,284   
1,270,000     6.875      04/25/18     1,415,214   
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.(a)   
6,770,000     7.700      11/01/15     7,717,225   
Morgan Stanley & Co.   
2,600,000     6.625      04/01/18     2,717,634   
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.   
1,550,000     5.450      04/10/17     1,811,976   
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.(b)   
2,500,000     6.750      07/29/49     2,620,425   
Royal Bank of Canada   
3,390,000     2.625      12/15/15     3,557,005   
Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.(a)   
3,300,000     6.125      07/11/21     3,304,231   
SunTrust Capital VIII   
2,670,000     6.100      12/15/36     2,655,315   
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.   
2,750,000     4.150      12/01/14     2,937,030   
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   
2,000,000     2.400      01/17/17     2,070,048   
The Toronto-Dominion Bank   
3,000,000     2.500      07/14/16     3,116,463   
     

 

 

 
        71,193,699   

 

 

Food – 0.2%

  

Kraft Foods, Inc.   
1,000,000     6.875      02/01/38     1,294,247   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%

  

Baxter International, Inc.   
$  2,650,000     5.375   06/01/18   $     3,165,936   

 

 

Health Technology – 0.3%

  

Becton, Dickinson & Co.   
2,000,000     3.250      11/12/20       2,109,008   

 

 

Industrial – 0.5%

  

Joy Global, Inc.   
1,800,000     5.125      10/15/21     1,985,580   
Receipts on Corporate Securities Trust NSC-1998-1   
1,757,446     6.375      05/15/17     1,842,735   
     

 

 

 
        3,828,315   

 

 

Insurance – 1.8%

  

Aegon NV   
2,650,000     4.625      12/01/15     2,817,408   
American International Group, Inc.   
1,000,000     3.650      01/15/14     1,021,481   
2,000,000     4.875      09/15/16     2,132,834   
1,000,000     5.450      05/18/17     1,084,058   
Genworth Financial, Inc.   
2,000,000     7.625      09/24/21     1,974,796   
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.   
2,000,000     6.450      11/15/19     2,274,860   
2,100,000     5.000      06/01/21     2,224,837   
     

 

 

 
        13,530,274   

 

 

Metals & Mining – 0.6%

  

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.   
3,000,000     5.200      11/02/40     3,341,061   
Teck Resources Ltd.   
1,000,000     3.150      01/15/17     1,038,048   
     

 

 

 
        4,379,109   

 

 

Multimedia – 0.5%

  

CBS Corp.   
2,600,000     8.200      05/15/14     2,953,072   
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.   
1,000,000     5.375      11/15/12     1,024,452   
     

 

 

 
        3,977,524   

 

 

Oil & Gas – 2.7%

  

Apache Corp.   
1,360,000     7.375      08/15/47     1,898,890   
BG Energy Capital PLC(a)   
3,000,000     2.875      10/15/16     3,142,422   
BP Capital Markets PLC   
3,500,000     1.700      12/05/14     3,552,363   
3,530,000     3.875      03/10/15     3,780,831   
Phillips 66(a)   
1,000,000     2.950      05/01/17     1,026,122   
Tosco Corp.   
2,095,000     8.125      02/15/30     3,040,849   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   15


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Corporate Obligations – (continued)   

Oil & Gas – (continued)

  

Valero Energy Corp.   
$  2,980,000     6.125   06/15/17   $     3,486,198   
     

 

 

 
        19,927,675   

 

 

Pharmaceuticals(a) – 0.4%

  

Express Scripts Holding Co.   
3,025,000     3.500      11/15/16     3,196,321   

 

 

Real Estate – 1.6%

  

Hospitality Properties Trust   
1,240,000     6.300      06/15/16       1,363,940   
Kimco Realty Corp.   
2,000,000     4.300      02/01/18     2,090,890   
ProLogis LP   
2,000,000     6.125      12/01/16     2,248,028   
Simon Property Group LP   
1,000,000     6.750      05/15/14     1,091,844   
2,000,000     4.200      02/01/15     2,145,852   
Ventas Realty LP / Ventas Capital Corp.   
3,000,000     4.750      06/01/21     3,092,898   
     

 

 

 
        12,033,452   

 

 

Retail – 0.2%

  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   
1,250,000     6.200      04/15/38     1,635,885   

 

 

Sovereign Agency – 0.3%

  

Resolution Funding Corp.   
1,500,000     8.125      10/15/19     2,141,900   

 

 

Telecommunications – 0.7%

  

AT&T, Inc.   
2,320,000     2.500      08/15/15     2,422,296   
Telefonica Emisiones SAU   
2,635,000     3.729      04/27/15     2,555,410   
     

 

 

 
        4,977,706   

 

 

Utilities – 1.2%

  

GTE Corp.   
5,310,000     6.840      04/15/18     6,549,890   
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.   
2,000,000     6.350      02/15/38     2,575,938   
     

 

 

 
        9,125,828   

 

 

Yankee – 1.6%

  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.   
750,000     6.750      11/01/13     817,198   
955,000     5.250      12/15/15     1,093,378   
Canadian National Railway Co.   
1,190,000     6.200      06/01/36     1,522,976   
UBS AG   
7,335,000     7.375      06/15/17     8,213,755   
     

 

 

 
        11,647,307   

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $222,167,674)

  $ 243,627,594   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations – 14.2%   
FFCB   
$  5,000,000     2.625   04/17/14   $     5,221,410   
6,135,000     4.500      05/06/14     6,643,610   
2,860,000     5.190      04/22/21     3,562,645   
FHLB   
5,000,000     1.750      08/22/12     5,024,650   
5,000,000     4.500      09/16/13     5,288,610   
7,000,000     3.625      10/18/13     7,337,876   
2,050,000     5.625      06/13/16     2,347,972   
2,650,000     7.125      02/15/30     4,002,724   
FHLMC   
5,000,000     1.625      04/15/13     5,065,815   
6,750,000     1.000      07/30/14     6,843,616   
3,000,000     0.625      12/29/14     3,012,594   
2,860,000     2.875      02/09/15     3,047,464   
5,000,000     1.375      08/24/15     5,013,060   
2,500,000     5.000      02/16/17     2,968,003   
6,500,000     5.500      08/23/17     7,950,793   
3,000,000     4.875      06/13/18     3,621,834   
FNMA   
5,000,000     1.750      02/22/13     5,059,380   
3,000,000     1.750      05/07/13     3,044,067   
4,500,000     5.000      02/13/17     5,332,284   
3,000,000     5.000      05/11/17     3,574,317   
6,000,000     5.375      06/12/17     7,278,150   
Tennessee Valley Authority   
2,326,954     4.929      01/15/21     2,667,364   
1,370,955     5.131      01/15/21     1,571,115   

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $100,962,827)

  $ 105,479,353   

 

 
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 1.2%   
United States Treasury Bonds   
$  3,000,000     3.500   02/15/39   $ 3,256,875   
United States Treasury Notes   
5,000,000     2.750      11/30/16     5,453,125   

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS  

(Cost $7,399,837)

  $ 8,710,000   

 

 
Shares   Description     Rate   Value  
Investment Company – 0.7%   
Vanguard Long-Term Investment Grade Fund Admiral Shares   
506,527     4.620%   $ 5,272,949   

(Cost $3,961,043)

  

   

 

 
 

 

16   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Short-term Investments(d) – 2.4%   

Repurchase Agreement – 2.4%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.   
$17,464,000     0.010   05/01/12   $ 17,464,000   

Maturity Value: $17,464,005

  

(Cost $17,464,000)

  

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.8%  

(Cost $679,892,382)

  $ 739,874,494   

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES – 0.2%

    1,852,348   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 741,726,842   

 

 
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the Investment Adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounted to $78,967,003, which represents approximately 10.6% of net assets as of April 30, 2012.
(b)   Variable rate security. The interest rate shown reflects the rate as of April 30, 2012.
(c)   Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
(d)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $17,485,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $17,817,652.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:
AGM  

—Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMT  

—Alternative Minimum Tax

CMB  

—Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligation

FFCB  

—Federal Farm Credit Bank

FHLB  

—Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC  

—Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNIC  

—Financial Network Investment Corporation

FNMA  

—Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA  

—Government National Mortgage Association

GO  

—General Obligation

NATL-RE  

—Insured by National Reinsurance Corp.

PAC  

—Planned Amortization Class

REMIC  

—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

TAC  

—Targeted Amortization Class

XLCA  

—Insured by XL Capital Assurance, Inc.

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

Corporate Obligations

    32.8     29.7

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    22.6        24.1   

U.S.Government Agency Obligations

    14.2        14.4   

Asset-Backed Securities

    12.0        10.5   

Municipal Bond Obligations

    11.6        12.0   

Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Obligations

    2.0        2.3   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

    1.2        2.1   

Investment Companies

    0.7        0.7   

Commercial Mortgage Obligations

    0.3        0.7   

Government Guarantee Obligations

    0.0        0.4   

Short-term Investment

    2.4        2.5   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     99.8     99.4

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of investment companies held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such its composition may differ over time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   17


COMMERCE SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Asset-Backed Securities – 2.3%   

Commercial — 0.5%

  

Small Business Administration Series 2006-P10B, Class 1   
$   651,022     5.681   08/10/16   $      711,703   

 

 

Home Equity(a) — 1.8%

  

Argent Securities, Inc. Series 2004-W5, Class AV3B   
778,639     0.689      04/25/34     625,220   
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust Series 2004-SD4, Class A1    
1,258,523     1.139      08/25/44     1,196,374   
Lehman XS Trust Series 2005-7N, Class 1A1A   
299,257     0.509      12/25/35     203,827   
Terwin Mortgage Trust Series 2004-7HE, Class A3(b)   
295,461     0.939      07/25/34     248,361   
     

 

 

 
        2,273,782   

 

 
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES   
(Cost $2,604,033)   $ 2,985,485   

 

 

 

 
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – 26.6%   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 23.9%

  

ABN Amro Mortgage Corp. Series 2003-11, Class A9   
$     81,581     6.000   10/25/33   $ 83,187   
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust Series 2004-5, Class 3A1(a)   
471,909     2.744      04/25/35     427,056   
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust Series 2004-3, Class 6A4(c)    
299,968     5.010      10/25/34     300,431   
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2004-1, Class 1A1    
417,883     6.000      02/25/34     439,896   
Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2003-J, Class 2A1(a)    
742,403     2.839      11/25/33     713,082   
Bank of America Funding Corp. Series 2004-A, Class 1A3(a)   
64,890     5.442      09/20/34     65,867   
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust Series 2004-9, Class 24A1(a)    
341,438     5.256      11/25/34     334,975   
Chase Mortgage Finance Corp. Series 2003-S13, Class A1   
356,080     5.500      11/25/33     373,258   
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. Series 2004-5, Class 2A3   
89,936     4.750      08/25/34     93,332   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2004- HYB3, Class 1A(a)    
234,444     2.800      09/25/34     230,382   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2003-21T1, Class A2    
339,706     5.250      12/25/33     340,982   
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2004-29CB, Class A7    
377,344     5.375      01/25/35     376,185   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-5R, Class A2   
$   367,461     4.750   12/25/18   $      369,848   
Countrywide Home Loans Trust Series 2003-J6, Class 1A1   
94,783     5.500      08/25/33     98,766   
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Series 2002-35, Class 3A1   
267,575     5.000      02/25/18     272,972   
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Series 2003-HYB3, Class 7A1(a)    
364,463     2.771      11/19/33     354,616   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 023, Class PK   
328,464     6.000      11/25/23     349,352   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 041, Class F   
52,487     10.000      05/15/20     57,912   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 159, Class H   
24,560     4.500      09/15/21     25,862   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2022, Class PE   
73,872     6.500      01/15/28     84,356   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2109, Class PE   
196,525     6.000      12/15/28     213,304   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2345, Class PQ   
26,242     6.500      08/15/16     27,247   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2522, Class PE   
83,903     5.500      03/15/22     84,906   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2524, Class PD   
96,936     5.500      12/15/31     98,785   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2760, Class EC   
180,744     4.500      04/15/17     180,922   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 2836, Class PX   
432,933     4.000      05/15/18     446,051   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 3028, Class MC   
258,127     5.000      06/15/29     258,834   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 3059, Class CD   
945,000     5.000      04/15/31     962,671   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 3117, Class PC   
263,367     5.000      06/15/31     267,726   
FHLMC REMIC PAC Series 3841, Class ED   
761,246     3.000      07/15/38     776,753   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2642, Class DA   
173,354     5.000      05/15/22     176,579   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2664, Class MA   
26,664     5.000      04/15/30     26,659   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2830, Class DA   
208,983     5.000      07/15/19     211,374   
FHLMC REMIC Series 2972, Class CA   
295,734     4.500      05/15/20     308,713   
FHLMC REMIC Series 3131, Class BA   
117,707     5.500      11/15/24     122,068   
FHLMC REMIC Series 3146, Class GA   
131,891     5.500      11/15/24     137,051   

 

 
 

 

18   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

FHLMC REMIC Series 3634, Class BJ   
$   402,212     3.000   08/15/27   $      411,358   
FHLMC REMIC Series 3816, Class HA   
1,347,197     3.500      11/15/25     1,438,189   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 1992, Class 89 Principal-Only Stripped Security(d)    
27,123     0.000      06/25/22     24,560   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 1992-129, Class L   
156,855     6.000      07/25/22     175,752   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 1993-132, Class A Principal-Only Stripped Security(d)    
1,893     0.000      10/25/22     1,886   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 1998-36, Class J   
53,493     6.000      07/18/28     56,463   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2001-71, Class MB   
148,912     6.000      12/25/16     159,429   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2003-117, Class KB   
556,000     6.000      12/25/33     672,803   
FNMA REMIC PAC Series 2003-14, Class AP   
351,114     4.000      03/25/33     374,555   
FNMA REMIC Series 1991-137, Class H   
68,509     7.000      10/25/21     78,260   
FNMA REMIC Series 1993-182, Class FA(a)   
25,991     1.350      09/25/23     26,526   
FNMA REMIC Series 2003-33, Class LD   
605,757     4.250      09/25/22     616,660   
FNMA REMIC Series 2004-8, Class GC   
376,447     4.500      04/25/29     378,556   
FNMA REMIC Series 2009-65, Class JA   
1,072,200     4.500      06/25/35     1,088,833   
FNMA REMIC Series 2009-83, Class A   
1,323,423     4.500      08/25/35     1,349,974   
FNMA Series 2003-W17, Class 1A6   
30,710     5.310      08/25/33     31,556   
GNMA Series 1998-12, Class EB   
142,178     6.500      05/20/28     144,133   
GNMA Series 2001-53, Class F(a)   
21,136     0.590      10/20/31     21,167   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2003-6F, Class A1   
250,216     3.000      09/25/32     246,961   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-6F, Class 5A1   
656,578     5.500      03/25/19     688,371   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-AR3, Class 2A1(a)   
584,546     0.679      05/25/35     452,892   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR1, Class 2A4(a)   
1,070,000     2.691      01/25/36     706,045   
Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-2F, Class A(a)   
1,186,535     5.730      01/25/33     1,201,629   
Impac CMB Trust Series 2003-8, Class 2A1(a)   
398,794     1.139      10/25/33     354,365   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

Impac CMB Trust Series 2004-7, Class 1A1(a)   
$   213,522     0.979   11/25/34   $      180,807   
Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-2, Class 2A2(a)   
441,948     0.639      04/25/35     377,310   
Impac Secured Assets Corp. Series 2006-1, Class 2A1(a)   
1,708,699     0.589      05/25/36     1,566,516   
Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-AR6,
Class 6A1(a)
   
366,465     2.968      10/25/34     331,751   
Master Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust Series 2004-13,
Class 2A1(a)
   
606,851     2.634      04/21/34     596,504   
Master Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-3, Class 5A1   
36,373     6.250      01/25/32     36,903   
MortgageIT Trust Series 2005-1, Class 1A1(a)   
2,354,843     0.559      02/25/35     1,927,599   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2003-QS4, Class A4(a)   
1,332,328     0.669      03/25/33     1,254,982   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2004-QA4, Class NB21(a)    
84,490     3.374      09/25/34     78,749   
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Series 2004-QS5, Class A5   
312,531     4.750      04/25/34     314,370   
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2003-RM2, Class AII    
100,930     5.000      05/25/18     104,257   
Securitized Asset Sales, Inc. Series 1993-7, Class TA6   
22,452     6.250      12/25/23     23,372   
Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 10, Class 1A(a)   
172,581     1.040      10/20/27     160,508   
Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2003-2, Class A1(a)   
307,447     0.900      06/20/33     272,047   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-20, Class 1A1   
631,720     5.500      07/25/33     657,268   
Structured Asset Securities Corp. Series 2003-31A, Class 2A7(a)    
1,073,970     2.776      10/25/33     1,028,228   
Vendee Mortgage Trust Series 1996-2, Class 1Z   
205,943     6.750      06/15/26     242,240   
Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Series 2003- MS8, Class 2A1    
596,538     5.000      05/25/18     610,956   
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust Series 2003-1, Class 2A1   
512,937     5.750      09/25/18     532,335   

 

 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $29,391,364)

  $ 30,689,585   

 

 

Commercial Mortgage Obligations – 0.5%

  

GNMA Series 2004-20, Class C   
$   22,160     4.430   04/16/34   $ 22,152   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   19


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Mortgage-Backed Obligations – (continued)   

Commercial Mortgage Obligations – (continued)

  

GNMA Series 2009-65, Class AF   
$   639,515     4.000   07/20/39   $      688,186   

 

 
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS   
(Cost $693,383)   $ 710,338   

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Obligations – 2.2%

  

FHLMC      
$     76,976     5.500   08/01/17   $ 83,658   
164,546     5.500      09/01/21     179,034   
64,230     6.000      10/01/23     71,087   
210,321     5.000      05/01/27     226,798   
FNMA      
10,171     6.500      09/01/13     10,500   
87,750     10.500      11/01/15     93,457   
56,854     6.000      07/01/16     62,267   
304,956     5.500      05/01/19     333,625   
304,795     5.500      06/01/20     333,449   
1,657     3.195 (a)    08/01/23     1,749   
2,935     9.000      07/01/24     2,945   
8,032     2.330 (a)    12/01/28     8,125   
42,536     7.000      11/01/31     50,399   
471,791     6.000      07/01/33     530,296   
517,918     2.513 (a)    02/01/34     550,106   
245,998     2.530 (a)    10/01/34     261,193   
GNMA      
6,924     8.000      07/15/17     7,017   
363     2.000 (a)    11/20/24     376   
762     3.000 (a)    12/20/24     797   
13,686     2.375 (a)    04/20/26     14,196   
12,082     1.625 (a)    08/20/26     12,510   
14,835     2.375 (a)    01/20/28     15,403   

 

 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH OBLIGATIONS    

(Cost $2,707,539)

  $ 2,848,987   

 

 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS   
(Cost $32,792,286)   $ 34,248,910   

 

 
     
Government Guarantee Obligations – 2.6%   
Ally Financial, Inc.(e)  
$1,000,000     2.200   12/19/12   $ 1,012,559   
Keybank National Association(e)  
400,000     3.200      06/15/12     401,442   
U.S. Bancorp(e)  
1,000,000     1.800      05/15/12     1,000,581   
U.S. Central Credit Union(f)  
900,000     1.900      10/19/12     907,018   

 

 
TOTAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $3,295,764)

  $ 3,321,600   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations – 54.0%   
FFCB      
$1,000,000     3.875   10/07/13   $     1,050,852   
2,600,000     2.625      04/17/14     2,715,133   
1,170,000     3.000      09/22/14     1,241,217   
150,000     4.700      08/10/15     169,265   
250,000     7.000      09/01/15     303,334   
500,000     6.125      12/29/15     597,278   
FHLB      
1,000,000     3.500      03/08/13     1,027,666   
1,500,000     5.125      08/14/13     1,593,969   
1,000,000     3.625      10/18/13     1,048,268   
1,300,000     1.375      05/28/14     1,329,293   
1,560,000     5.250      06/18/14     1,722,580   
1,000,000     5.250      09/12/14     1,111,638   
2,500,000     5.000      12/21/15     2,888,652   
1,000,000     4.000      03/04/16     1,013,118   
FHLMC      
1,575,000     2.125      09/21/12     1,587,150   
1,500,000     4.625      10/25/12     1,532,401   
1,800,000     1.625      04/15/13     1,823,693   
1,500,000     4.000      06/12/13     1,562,325   
2,000,000     4.500      07/15/13     2,102,728   
1,560,000     2.500      01/07/14     1,618,349   
1,600,000     2.500      04/23/14     1,669,398   
790,000     5.000      07/15/14     870,241   
1,000,000     4.500      01/15/15     1,108,031   
1,200,000     2.875      02/09/15     1,278,656   
2,600,000     1.750      09/10/15     2,695,607   
1,300,000     5.300      12/01/15     1,505,280   
1,250,000     2.500      05/27/16     1,334,338   
FNMA      
2,000,000     3.625      02/12/13     2,052,524   
1,500,000     4.375      03/15/13     1,554,007   
1,600,000     2.500      05/15/14     1,671,925   
1,500,000     0.875      08/28/14     1,516,161   
2,000,000     3.000      09/16/14     2,124,834   
1,250,000     4.625      10/15/14     1,378,513   
2,000,000     2.625      11/20/14     2,112,426   
1,800,000     5.000      04/15/15     2,036,596   
2,450,000     2.375      07/28/15     2,590,003   
1,000,000     4.375      10/15/15     1,126,808   
1,350,000     2.125      10/21/15     1,414,342   
2,000,000     1.625      10/26/15     2,065,956   
1,800,000     5.000      03/15/16     2,089,930   
1,250,000     2.250      06/06/16     1,252,331   
1,500,000     1.250      09/28/16     1,517,817   
1,000,000     2.125      12/13/16     1,022,759   
500,000     2.000 (c)    03/22/27     501,890   
2,000,000     1.125      04/27/17     2,008,502   
Tennessee Valley Authority  
900,000     6.790      05/23/12     903,362   

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $67,271,271)

  

    $ 69,441,146   

 

 
     
 

 

20   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 9.0%   
United States Treasury Notes   
$1,800,000     1.375   09/15/12   $ 1,808,226   
2,400,000     1.375      11/15/12     2,415,468   
1,200,000     1.750      04/15/13     1,217,626   
1,200,000     1.750      03/31/14     1,234,077   
1,700,000     2.375      10/31/14     1,785,665   
1,200,000     2.250      01/31/15     1,261,406   
1,800,000     2.125      05/31/15     1,893,938   

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $11,305,679)

  

    $ 11,616,406   

 

 
     
Short-term Investment(g) – 7.2%   

Repurchase Agreement – 7.2%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.   
$9,288,000     0.010   05/01/12   $ 9,288,000   

Maturity Value: $9,288,003

  

(Cost $9,288,000)

  

   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 101.7%   

(Cost $126,557,033)

  

    $ 130,901,547   

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (1.7)%

    (2,246,178)   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 128,655,369   

 

 
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Variable rate security. The interest rate shown reflects the rate as of April 30, 2012.
(b)   Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the Investment Adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounted to $248,361, which represents approximately 0.2% of net assets as of April 30, 2012.
(c)   Step-up Bond. Coupon rate increases in increments to maturity. Rate disclosed is as of April 30, 2012. Maturity date disclosed is the ultimate maturity.
(d)   Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
(e)   Guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (“FDIC”) Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program and is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Total market value of these securities amounts to $2,414,582, which represents approximately 1.9% of net assets as of April 30, 2012. The expiration date of the FDIC’s guarantee is the earlier of the maturity date of the debt or December 31, 2012.
(f)   Guaranteed by the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) until maturity. Total market value of this security amounts to $907,018, which represents approximately 0.7% of net assets as of April 30, 2012.
(g)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $9,300,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $9,476,933.

 

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:
CMB  

—Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Obligations

FFCB  

—Federal Farm Credit Bank

FHLB  

—Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC  

—Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA  

—Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA  

—Government National Mortgage Association

MSC  

—Mortgage Securities Corp.

PAC  

—Planned Amortization Class

REMIC  

—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

    54.0     53.5

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    23.9        20.9   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

    9.0        12.4   

Government Guarantee Obligations

    2.6        4.0   

Asset-Backed Securities

    2.3        2.4   

Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Obligations

    2.2        2.6   

Commercial Mortgage Obligations

    0.5        1.1   

Short-term Investment

    7.2        2.6   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     101.7     99.5

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such, its composition may differ over time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   21


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – 94.1%   

Alabama – 0.5%

  

Birmingham AL Special Care Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds (Children’s Hospital) Series B (AMBAC) (A/A2)     
$1,005,000     5.000   06/01/16   $     1,053,099   
Cullman AL GO Bonds (Warrants) Series 2007 (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
65,000     4.500      07/01/23     68,733   
     

 

 

 
        1,121,832   

 

 

Alaska – 0.5%

  

Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Greater Fairbanks) Series C (A/NR)    
1,050,000     4.500      04/01/18     1,126,472   

 

 

Arizona – 11.2%

  

Arizona Health Facilities Authority Healthcare & Education Facilities Revenue Bonds (Kirksville College) (A-/NR)    
700,000     4.700      01/01/21     760,403   
750,000     4.750      01/01/22     808,830   
1,000,000     5.000      01/01/25     1,079,750   
Arizona School Facilities Board Certificates of Participation (A+/A1)    
2,810,000     5.125      09/01/21     3,184,601   
Arizona State University Energy Management LLC Revenue Bonds (Tempe Campus II) Series 2009 (AA-/A1)    
2,000,000     5.000      07/01/14     2,156,720   
Glendale AZ Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Midwestern University) (A-/NR)    
1,500,000     5.000      05/15/30     1,603,230   
Glendale AZ Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Midwestern University) (A-/NR)    
1,200,000     5.250      05/15/19     1,382,364   
Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Catholic Healthcare West) Series A (A/A2)     
1,095,000     5.250      07/01/32     1,172,428   
Pinal County AZ Electric District No. 3 Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (A/NR)    
1,165,000     5.000      07/01/19     1,354,848   
Pinal County AZ Unified School District No.1 Florence GO Bonds (School Improvement Project of 2006) Series C (A/NR)    
860,000     5.000      07/01/17     980,907   
335,000     5.000      07/01/18     385,012   
350,000     5.000      07/01/19     398,594   
1,100,000     5.125      07/01/22     1,229,239   
Queen Creek AZ Excise Tax & State Shared Revenue Bonds (NATL-RE) (A+/Baa2)    
1,070,000     5.000      08/01/27     1,132,563   
Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District Excise Tax Revenue Bonds (Sub Lien) Series 2008 (Assured Guaranty) (AA-/Aa3)    
3,475,000     5.750      07/15/18     4,179,487   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Arizona – (continued)

  

Yuma County AZ Library District GO Bonds Series 2007 (XLCA) (A+/Aa3)    
$1,000,000     5.000   07/01/19   $     1,125,470   
500,000     5.000      07/01/20     556,825   
1,000,000     5.000      07/01/21     1,107,030   
     

 

 

 
        24,598,301   

 

 

Arkansas – 0.2%

  

Arkansas State Development Finance Authority Economic Development Revenue Bonds (Taxable) (ADFA-GTD) (A/NR)    
535,000     5.480      09/01/17     570,064   

 

 

California – 6.3%

  

Bonita Unified School District Taxable GO Bonds Election of 2008 Series B-1 (AA-/NR)    
1,000,000     5.560      08/01/25     1,095,390   
Burbank CA Unified School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 1997 Series C (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AA-/WR)(a)     
1,500,000     0.000      07/01/27     798,750   
Fresno CA Unified School District GO Election of 2001 Series G (NR/Aa3)(a)    
1,000,000     0.000      08/01/24     558,450   
Pajaro Valley CA Unified School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 2002 Series B (AGM) (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
3,855,000     0.000      08/01/26     1,980,699   
Port Oakland CA Revenue Bonds Series C (NATL-RE) (A-/A3)   
600,000     5.000      11/01/16     675,900   
Poway Unified School District GO Bonds Election of 2008 Improvement Series 2009- 07-1- A (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
1,355,000     0.000      08/01/25     763,339   
Sacramento County CA Airport System Revenue Bonds (A/A2)   
1,000,000     5.000      07/01/27     1,109,390   
San Juan CA Unified School District GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2001 (AGM) (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
2,000,000     0.000      08/01/24     1,202,260   
San Marcos CA Unified School District GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2011 (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
5,045,000     0.000      08/01/25     2,798,260   
San Mateo CA Unified High School District GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series C (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AA/Aa1)(a)    
880,000     0.000      09/01/23     578,987   
Santa Clara County CA East Side Union High School District GO Bonds (Refunding) Series B (NATL-RE) (A/Baa2)    
800,000     5.250      02/01/23     947,280   
Whittier CA Union High School District GO Bonds (Refunding- Capital Appreciation Bonds) Series 2009 (AA-/NR)(a)    
5,020,000     0.000      08/01/34     1,294,006   
     

 

 

 
        13,802,711   

 

 
 

 

22   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Colorado – 1.5%

  

Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Charter School-High Point Academy) (A/NR)    
$1,000,000     4.500   03/01/20   $     1,062,980   
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Pinnacle Charter High School) (NR/NR)    
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/29     1,020,180   
Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Class I Series A (FHA) (AAA/Aaa)    
405,000     4.350      11/01/19     426,708   
425,000     4.600      11/01/20     450,534   
Westminster CO Certificates of Participation (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (AA-/Baa2)    
250,000     4.500      12/01/23     265,262   
     

 

 

 
        3,225,664   

 

 

District of Columbia – 0.6%

  

District of Columbia Revenue Bonds (Deed Tax) Series B (NR/A1)    
1,165,000     5.000      06/01/25     1,263,955   

 

 

Florida – 9.4%

  

Brevard County FL Health Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Health First, Inc. Project) Series 2005 (A-/A3)    
875,000     5.000      04/01/18     963,559   
Gulf Breeze FL Revenue Bonds (Local Government Loan) Series J (A+/Aa3)    
1,000,000     4.500      12/01/20     1,150,200   
Gulf Breeze FL Revenue Bonds (Local Government Loan) Series L (A+/Aa3)(b)    
1,500,000     3.100      12/01/20     1,499,970   
Jupiter County FL (Community Center Project) GO Bonds Series 2001 (AAA/Aa1)    
50,000     5.500      07/01/21     63,573   
Lake County FL School Board Certificates of Participation Series A (AMBAC) (A/WR)    
1,500,000     5.000      06/01/24     1,568,640   
Miami-Dade County FL Aviation Revenue Bonds (Miami International Airport) Series A (A-/A2)    
1,000,000     5.000      10/01/22     1,138,110   
1,000,000     5.250      10/01/23     1,149,300   
1,000,000     5.500      10/01/25     1,149,320   
Miami-Dade County FL Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-University of Miami) Series B (AMBAC) (A-/A3)     
685,000     5.250      04/01/21     811,780   
Miami-Dade County FL Expressway Authority Toll Systems Revenue Bonds Series B (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A/A3)    
1,000,000     5.250      07/01/14     1,094,690   
Miami-Dade County FL GO Bonds (Refunding- Seaport) Series C (AA-/Aa2)    
4,000,000     4.500      10/01/19     4,599,360   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Florida – (continued)

  

Miami-Dade County FL Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Capital Asset Acquisition) Series A (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
$1,805,000     4.000   04/01/18   $     1,974,706   
1,260,000     4.000      04/01/19     1,375,076   
Orange County FL Tourist Development Tax Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series A (NATL-RE) (A+/A1)    
1,125,000     5.000      10/01/17     1,304,145   
Osceola County FL School Board Certificates of Participation Series A (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A/Aa3)    
465,000     5.000      06/01/15     499,019   
Port St. Lucie FL Lease Revenue Bonds (Taxable-Wyndcrest Project) Series A (A/Aa3)    
200,000     6.090      09/01/20     230,724   
     

 

 

 
        20,572,172   

 

 

Georgia – 0.3%

  

Brunswick GA Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series 1992 (ETM) (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa2)    
90,000     6.100      10/01/19     111,794   
Cherokee County GA Water & Sewer Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series 1993 (NATL-RE)
(BBB/Aa2)
    
55,000     5.500      08/01/23     68,589   
Gainesville & Hall County Hospital Authority Revenue Bonds (Northeast Georgia Healthcare System) Series B (A+/NR)    
500,000     4.000      02/15/20     538,060   
     

 

 

 
        718,443   

 

 

Illinois – 13.7%

  

Chicago IL Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Chicago School Reform) Series B (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (BBB/Aa3)     
1,000,000     5.250      12/01/18     1,193,920   
Chicago IL Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Chicago Trasit Authority) Series 2006 (AMBAC) (A/A1)     
350,000     5.250      03/01/33     380,254   
Cook & Du Page Counties IL High School District No. 210 GO Bonds Series 2006 (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa2)    
1,000,000     5.000      01/01/26     1,100,170   
Cook County IL Community High School District No. 234 Taxable GO Bonds (Ridgewood Build America Bonds - Direct Payment to Issuer) Series B (Assured Guaranty) (AA-/Aa3)     
300,000     6.400      12/01/28     338,502   
Cook County IL School District No. 144 Prairie Hills GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation-Refunding) Series C (AGM) (NR/Aa3)(a)     
2,320,000     0.000      12/01/22     1,525,980   
2,080,000     0.000      12/01/25     1,145,810   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   23


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Illinois – (continued)

  

DeKalb County IL Community Unit School District No. 424 GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2001 (AMBAC) (NR/A1)(a)     
$1,000,000     0.000   01/01/18   $        858,180   
DeKalb County IL Community Unit School District No. 428 GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation-School Building) (AA-/Aa2)(a)     
1,500,000     0.000      01/01/20     1,156,815   
DeKalb, Kane & Lasalle Counties Community College District No. 523 GO Bonds Series A (AA/NR)    
455,000     4.625      02/01/21     511,106   
400,000     5.000      02/01/23     455,832   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Columbia College) (NATL-RE) (BBB+/Baa2)    
2,000,000     5.250      12/01/22     2,176,960   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Poetry Foundation Project) (A+/A1)    
470,000     4.850      01/01/26     509,334   
490,000     4.900      01/01/27     527,872   
1,625,000     5.000      01/01/30     1,743,430   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Columbia College) Series 2011 (BBB+/NR)    
300,000     5.000      12/01/17     342,171   
405,000     4.000      12/01/18     439,328   
420,000     4.250      12/01/19     458,615   
440,000     4.500      12/01/20     485,030   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Swedish Covenant) Series A (BBB+/NR)    
1,210,000     5.500      08/15/24     1,356,930   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (The Carle Foundation) Series A (A+/NR)    
1,000,000     5.375      08/15/26     1,096,750   
Illinois Housing Development Authority Revenue Bonds Homeowner Mortgage Series C-1 (AA/Aa3)    
215,000     3.700      02/01/13     217,298   
Illinois State GO Bonds (A+/A2)   
1,000,000     4.000      04/01/19     1,073,960   
Illinois State GO Bonds (First Series) (NATL-RE) (A+/A2)   
2,000,000     5.500      08/01/17     2,288,880   
Illinois State GO Bonds Series A (A+/A2)   
2,000,000     5.000      03/01/17     2,121,600   
1,000,000     5.000      03/01/28     1,046,920   
Macon & De Witt Counties IL Community Unit School District No. 001 GO Bonds (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (NR/WR)    
435,000     6.150      12/01/12     446,127   
Northern Illinois Municipal Power Agency Revenue Bonds (Prairie State Project) Series A (NATL-RE) (NR/A2)    
1,000,000     5.000      01/01/20     1,117,730   
Peoria County IL Community Unit School District No. 309 GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation-Brimfield School District)
Series A (Assured Guaranty) (AA-/NR)(a)
    
540,000     0.000      04/01/18     468,429   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Illinois – (continued)

  

University of Illinois Board of Trustees Certificates of Participation Series A (AA-/Aa2)    
$1,000,000     5.000   10/01/20   $     1,091,870   
Will County IL Community Unit School District No. 201 Crete- Monee GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2004 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/WR)(a)     
3,000,000     0.000      11/01/19     2,433,870   
     

 

 

 
        30,109,673   

 

 

Indiana – 4.1%

  

Allen County IN War Memorial Revenue Bonds (Refunding- Coliseum Additions Building Corp.) Series A (NR/Aa3)    
600,000     5.000      05/01/16     681,126   
615,000     5.000      11/01/16     704,181   
Evansville IN Redevelopment Authority Revenue Bonds (Build America Bonds-Taxable) Series B (A/Aa3)    
250,000     4.930      02/01/17     271,870   
675,000     6.050      02/01/23     746,833   
Evansville IN Redevelopment Authority Revenue Bonds Lease Rent Tax Allocation (Build America Bonds-Taxable) Series B (A/Aa3)     
3,000,000     6.860      02/01/29     3,338,640   
Indiana Bond Bank Revenue Bonds (Special Project-Hendricks Regional Health) Series A (AA/NR)    
390,000     5.000      02/01/13     401,774   
120,000     5.000      08/01/14     129,816   
Indiana Health & Educational Facilities Financing Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-University of Indianapolis Educational Facilities) (A-/NR)     
1,090,000     5.000      10/01/15     1,191,632   
Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Educational   
Facilities for University of Indianapolis) Series 2011 (A-/NR)   
1,000,000     5.000      10/01/31     1,085,100   
Indiana State University Revenue Bonds (Build America Bonds) (NR/A1)    
530,000     5.310      04/01/25     578,172   
     

 

 

 
        9,129,144   

 

 

Iowa – 0.0%

  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Series A (GNMA/FNMA) (AA+/Aaa)    
105,000     4.300      07/01/16     106,104   

 

 

Kansas – 0.4%

  

Junction City KS GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (A-/NR)   
710,000     5.000      09/01/18     845,291   

 

 

Kentucky – 1.5%

  

Ashland KY Medical Center Revenue Bonds (Ashland Hospital   
Corp.) Series B (A+/A1)   
1,000,000     5.000      02/01/23     1,105,220   
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority Medical Center Revenue Bonds (Ashland Hospital Corp. Kings) Series C (A+/A1)     
1,900,000     6.000      02/01/33     2,147,228   
     

 

 

 
        3,252,448   

 

 
 

 

24   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Louisiana – 6.1%

  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Woman’s Hospital Foundation) Series A (BBB+/A3)     
$  5,000,000     5.500   10/01/25   $     5,695,650   
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Loyola University) Series 2011 (A+/A2)    
3,715,000     5.250      10/01/27     4,184,725   
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds Nineteenth Judicial District Court Series 2007 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (BBB/A2)     
1,000,000     5.000      06/01/16     1,141,770   
Tangipahoa Parish LA Hospital Service District No. 1 Revenue Bonds (Refunding-North Oaks Medical Center Project) Series A (BBB+/NR)     
1,100,000     5.375      02/01/18     1,131,779   
1,245,000     5.000      02/01/30     1,263,662   
     

 

 

 
        13,417,586   

 

 

Maine – 1.0%

  

Maine State Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds Series A (NR/A1)    
1,000,000     5.000      07/01/24     1,125,000   
Maine State Housing Authority Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series A-2 (AA+/Aa1)    
1,000,000     3.600      11/15/26     1,002,400   
     

 

 

 
        2,127,400   

 

 

Massachusetts – 3.8%

  

Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Education Loan Revenue Bonds (Issue I) Series A (AA/NR)    
1,750,000     5.100      01/01/25     1,939,140   
Massachusetts State Devlopment Finance Agency Revenue Bonds (Refunding UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Series H (A-/Baa1)     
3,200,000     5.000      07/01/21     3,640,480   
Massachusetts State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.) Series G (A-/Baa1)     
960,000     5.000      07/01/20     1,090,589   
1,415,000     5.000      07/01/21     1,591,195   
Massachusetts State Water Resources Authority Revenue Bonds Series A (ETM) (Go of Authority) (AA+/Aa1)    
60,000     6.500      07/15/19     73,154   
     

 

 

 
        8,334,558   

 

 

Michigan – 2.4%

  

Grand Valley MI State University Revenue Bonds (A+/NR)   
1,500,000     5.300      12/01/24     1,693,050   
Grand Valley MI State University Revenue Bonds Series 1998 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/WR)    
1,080,000     5.500      02/01/18     1,189,922   
Ingham County MI GO Bonds Series 1998 (AGM) (AA+/Aa3)   
135,000     5.125      11/01/12     138,249   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Michigan – (continued)

  

Michigan State Housing Development Authority Rental Housing Revenue Bonds Series B (Go of Authority) (AA/NR)    
$     690,000     4.500   10/01/19   $        727,764   
Michigan State Housing Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Taxable) Series B2 (Go of Authority) (AA/NR)    
100,000     0.882      10/01/12     99,996   
95,000     1.199      04/01/13     95,059   
90,000     1.521      04/01/14     90,306   
150,000     1.670      10/01/14     150,636   
135,000     1.836      04/01/15     136,133   
Michigan State Housing Development Authority Single Family Home Ownership Revenue Bonds (Non AMT) Series A (Go of Authority) (AA+/NR)     
1,000,000     4.750      12/01/25     1,066,240   
     

 

 

 
        5,387,355   

 

 

Minnesota – 2.2%

  

Minnesota State Housing Finance Agency Revenue Bonds (Residential Housing) Series C (Go of Authority GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC) (AA+/Aa1)     
3,000,000     3.625      07/01/25     3,032,880   
Minnesota State Housing Finance Agency Revenue Bonds (Residential) Series A (AA+/Aa1)    
565,000     3.800      07/01/17     590,854   
St. Paul MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Health Care Revenue Bonds (Allina Health System) Series A-2 (AA-/A1)    
1,000,000     5.000      11/15/19     1,175,940   
     

 

 

 
        4,799,674   

 

 

Missouri – 1.3%

  

Joplin Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Freeman Health Systems ) Series 2011 (BBB+/NR)     
1,490,000     4.250      02/15/21     1,562,310   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series E (AA-/A1)(a)    
110,000     0.000      02/01/14     105,607   
125,000     0.000      02/01/15     116,381   
305,000     0.000      02/01/17     264,569   
Raytown MO Sewer Revenue Bonds (NR/NR)   
275,000     4.625      07/01/24     279,482   
St. Louis County MO Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Ranken Jordan Project) (NR/NR)     
500,000     5.000      11/15/17     518,435   
     

 

 

 
        2,846,784   

 

 

Montana – 0.2%

  

Montana State Board Housing Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Series A-2 (AMT) (AA+/Aa1)    
170,000     4.350      06/01/16     174,143   
180,000     4.350      12/01/16     184,387   
     

 

 

 
        358,530   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   25


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Nebraska – 0.4%

  

Douglas County NE Hospital Authority No. 002 Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (Health Facilities-Children’s Hospital) (NR/A2)     
$     500,000     6.000   08/15/22   $        570,660   
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Revenue Bonds Series F (GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC) (AMT) (AA+/NR)    
110,000     4.300      09/01/14     113,088   
95,000     4.350      03/01/15     97,075   
60,000     4.350      09/01/15     61,548   
     

 

 

 
        842,371   

 

 

Nevada – 0.5%

  

Las Vegas NV Convention & Visitors Authority Revenue Bonds (AMBAC) (A+/A1)    
1,020,000     5.000      07/01/28     1,071,163   
Nye County NV School District GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (PSF-GTD) (NR/Aaa)    
100,000     4.375      05/01/25     103,648   
     

 

 

 
        1,174,811   

 

 

New Hampshire – 0.3%

  

New Hampshire State Housing Finance Authority Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Non AMT) (NR/Aa3)    
660,000     5.300      07/01/28     703,732   

 

 

New Jersey – 2.6%

  

New Jersey State Higher Education Assistance Authority Student Loan Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series 1A (AA/Aa2)    
2,000,000     4.750      12/01/23     2,191,580   
New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency Revenue Bonds Single Family Home Mortgage Series A (NR/Aa1)     
1,000,000     2.500      04/01/16     1,016,070   
New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Transportation System Series C (AMBAC) (A+/A1)(a)     
2,465,000     0.000      12/15/26     1,277,092   
Passaic County NJ GO Bonds (Refunding-Taxable Pension) Series 2003 (AGM) (NR/Aa3)    
100,000     5.750      02/15/21     111,124   
Perth Amboy NJ GO Bonds (Refunding) Series 2011 (A-/NR)   
1,065,000     2.500      02/01/17     1,084,606   
     

 

 

 
        5,680,472   

 

 

New York – 0.2%

  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority NY Revenue Bonds Series 2008C (A/A2)    
150,000     5.500      11/15/18     172,699   
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Bonds (Consolidated City University System) Series A (AA-/Aa3)    
185,000     5.750      07/01/13     190,678   
     

 

 

 
        363,377   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

North Dakota – 0.7%

  

North Dakota State Housing Finance Agency Revenue Bonds (Home Mortgage Finance Program) Series A (NR/Aa1)    
$     285,000     4.100   07/01/19   $        298,349   
North Dakota State Housing Finance Agency Revenue Bonds (Housing Finance Project) Series B (AMT) (NR/Aa1)    
550,000     4.400      07/01/16     575,905   
635,000     4.450      07/01/17     656,857   
     

 

 

 
        1,531,111   

 

 

Ohio – 2.5%

  

Akron OH Certificates of Participation (Parking Facilities Project) Series A (AMBAC) (A+/WR)    
1,250,000     5.000      12/01/16     1,364,362   
Cleveland OH Certificates of Participation (Refunding-Cleveland Stadium Project) Series A (A/A2)    
2,200,000     5.000      11/15/16     2,457,334   
Ohio State Higher Educational Facility Commission Revenue Bonds (Xavier University) Series C (A-/A3)    
430,000     4.250      05/01/14     452,369   
1,000,000     5.000      05/01/18     1,148,570   
     

 

 

 
        5,422,635   

 

 

Oklahoma – 2.7%

  

McClain County OK Economic Development Authority Educational Facilities Lease Revenue Bonds (Blanchard Public Schools Project) (A-/NR)     
1,000,000     4.000      09/01/13     1,047,890   
1,000,000     4.850      09/01/18     1,193,490   
1,000,000     5.000      09/01/19     1,202,000   
Oklahoma County OK Finance Authority Educational Facilities Lease Revenue Bonds (Jones Public School Project) (A-/NR)    
2,000,000     5.000      09/01/18     2,275,820   
Tulsa OK Industrial Authority Student Housing Revenue Bonds (University of Tulsa) Series 2006 (NR/A2)    
150,000     5.250      10/01/26     160,323   
     

 

 

 
        5,879,523   

 

 

Oregon – 0.4%

  

Oregon State Housing & Community Services Department Housing Revenue Bonds Single Family Mortgage Program Series A (FHLMC) (NR/Aa3)     
590,000     5.000      07/01/17     660,682   
Oregon State Housing & Community Services Department Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Series E (AMT) (NR/Aa2)     
325,000     5.050      07/01/17     338,907   
     

 

 

 
        999,589   

 

 

Pennsylvania – 6.3%

  

Delaware County PA Authority University Revenue Bonds (Neumann University) (BBB/NR)    
785,000     3.000      10/01/14     807,121   
1,025,000     5.000      10/01/19     1,137,279   
1,250,000     5.250      10/01/31     1,322,175   

 

 
 

 

26   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Pennsylvania – (continued)

  

Lancaster County PA GO Bonds Series C (AGM) (Refunding) (NR/Aa3)    
$  3,235,000     5.000   11/01/18   $     3,849,359   
Pennsylvania State Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (University of Scranton) Series 2008 (A/NR)    
1,140,000     4.500      05/01/14     1,208,343   
Pennsylvania State Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 113 (AA+/Aa2)    
795,000     4.000      10/01/18     877,616   
Philadelphia PA Airport Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series B (AMT) (A+/A2)    
1,040,000     5.000      06/15/17     1,168,908   
1,445,000     5.000      06/15/18     1,646,924   
Philadelphia PA Authority for Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Mathematics Science & Technology Charter School) (BBB+/NR)     
425,000     5.000      08/01/20     456,425   
St. Mary’s PA Area Water Authority Revenue Bonds (BBB+/NR)    
1,350,000     4.750      02/01/25     1,429,690   
     

 

 

 
        13,903,840   

 

 

Puerto Rico – 0.0%

  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (BBB+/Baa1)    
10,000     5.000      07/01/20     11,222   

 

 

Rhode Island – 1.9%

  

Rhode Island Housing & Mortgage Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds (Multi Family Development) Series 1 (NR/Aa2)    
260,000     5.125      10/01/30     268,780   
Rhode Island Housing & Mortgage Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds (Multi Family Funding) Series A (NR/Aaa)    
500,000     5.250      04/01/35     522,340   
Rhode Island Sate & Providence Plantations Lease Certificate of Participation Energy Conservation Series A (AA-/Aa3)    
750,000     3.000      04/01/15     781,267   
Rhode Island State Health & Educational Building Corp. Public Schools Revenue Bonds (Financing Project) Series A (AMBAC) (NR/A3)     
1,460,000     5.000      05/15/23     1,504,544   
Rhode Island State Housing & Mortgage Finance Corp. Revenue Bonds (Home Funding) Series 4 (NR/Aa2)    
440,000     3.500      04/01/22     453,605   
Rhode Island State Student Loan Authority Revenue Bonds Series 3 (AMBAC) (AMT) (NR/A3)    
180,000     5.700      12/01/12     180,562   
205,000     5.800      12/01/14     205,443   
Rhode Island State Student Loan Authority Revenue Bonds Series 3 (AMBAC) (AMT) (NR/WR)    
190,000     5.750      12/01/13     190,418   
     

 

 

 
        4,106,959   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

South Carolina – 1.4%

  

Fort Mill SC School Facilities Corp. Revenue Bonds (Installment Purchase Revenue) Series 2006 (NR/Aa3)    
$     550,000     5.250   12/01/22   $        606,012   
Greenville County SC Public Facilities Corp. Certificates of Participation (Refunding- University Center Project) (AMBAC) (AA+/Aa1)     
700,000     5.000      04/01/16     785,505   
Kershaw County SC Public School Foundation Installment Power Revenue Bonds (School District Project) (AGC) (AA-/Aa3)     
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/22     1,112,980   
Scago Educational Facilities Corp. for Beaufort School District SC Installment Revenue Bonds (AGM) (AA-/Aa2)    
175,000     5.500      12/01/15     199,489   
Scago Educational Facilities Corp. for Sumter County School District 17 SC Revenue Bonds (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
255,000     5.500      12/01/15     289,731   
     

 

 

 
        2,993,717   

 

 

Tennessee – 0.1%

  

Tennessee Housing Development Agency Revenue Bonds (Homeownership Program) (AMT) (AA+/Aa1)    
220,000     4.250      01/01/14     224,488   

 

 

Texas – 0.7%

  

Canyon TX Regional Water Authority Contract Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Mid Cities Project) (AMBAC) (A/NR)    
220,000     5.000      08/01/22     237,767   
Cash Special Utility District TX Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (NATL-RE) (A/Baa2)    
500,000     5.250      09/01/22     530,190   
Dallas Fort Worth TX International Airport Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (AMT) (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/A1)     
40,000     5.750      11/01/15     40,158   
Houston County TX GO Bonds (Certificates of Obligation) (A/NR)    
235,000     5.000      02/15/20     263,618   
Lower Colorado River Authority Revenue Bonds (Prerefunded- Refunding) (NR/A1e)(c)    
5,000     5.625      05/15/19     6,472   
Texas State Department of Housing & Community Affairs Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series G (AMT) (FHA/VA Mortgages) (AA+/Aa1)     
85,000     4.600      09/01/19     87,184   
Weslaco TX Independent School District GO Bonds (Maintenance Tax Notes) Series A (NR/A1)    
300,000     4.500      02/15/16     331,692   
     

 

 

 
        1,497,081   

 

 

Utah – 0.1%

  

Utah Housing Corporation Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series A (AAA/Aaa)    
320,000     3.850      07/01/16     320,266   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   27


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Vermont – 0.5%

  

Vermont Economic Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Central Vermont Public Service Corp.-Recovery Zone Facility) (NR/Baa1)     
$  1,000,000     5.000   12/15/20   $     1,142,680   

 

 

Virginia – 0.5%

  

Richmond VA Metropolitan Authority Expressway Revenue Bonds (Prerefunded-Refunding) (ETM) Series 1998 (BBB/NR)    
530,000     5.250      07/15/17     613,989   
Richmond VA Metropolitan Authority Expressway Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded-Refunding) Series 1998 (BBB/NR)    
470,000     5.250      07/15/17     532,849   
     

 

 

 
        1,146,838   

 

 

Washington – 2.7%

  

Everett WA Public Facilities District Sales Tax & Interlocal Revenue Bonds Series A (A-/NR)    
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/24     1,067,550   
Puyallup WA Combined Utility Revenue Bonds Series A (AA/NR)    
160,000     4.000      11/01/15     175,114   
Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Catholic Health Initiatives) Series D (AA/Aa2)    
500,000     6.000      10/01/23     608,015   
Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Overlake Hospital Medical Center) (A-/A3)    
2,000,000     4.375      07/01/18     2,179,420   
1,750,000     5.250      07/01/25     1,904,752   
     

 

 

 
        5,934,851   

 

 

West Virginia – 0.5%

  

West Virginia State Hospital Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement-Charleston) Series A (NR/A3)    
1,000,000     5.500      09/01/28     1,041,330   

 

 

Wisconsin – 0.8%

  

Milwaukee County WI Airport Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series B (AMT) (NATL-RE) (NR/A1)    
115,000     5.000      12/01/14     124,530   
350,000     5.000      12/01/15     387,223   
Plymouth WI Combined Utility Revenue Bonds (XLCA) (NR/A2)    
100,000     4.375      05/01/12     100,000   
Wisconsin State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin) (AA-/Aa3)    
1,000,000     5.000      08/15/21     1,139,500   
     

 

 

 
        1,751,253   

 

 

Wyoming – 1.1%

  

Wyoming Community Development Authority Homeownership Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series A (NR/Aa2)    
540,000     1.625      12/01/14     543,408   
500,000     2.125      06/01/16     508,235   
450,000     2.250      12/01/16     458,262   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Wyoming – (continued)

  

Wyoming Community Development Authority Housing Revenue Bonds Series 8 (AMT) (AA+/Aa1)    
$     165,000     4.250   06/01/14   $        169,524   
280,000     4.250      12/01/14     289,458   
385,000     4.300      12/01/15     394,872   
     

 

 

 
        2,363,759   

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $192,049,988)

  $ 206,750,066   

 

 
     
Shares   Description     Rate   Value  
Investment Company – 2.6%   
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund (NR/NR)   
493,274     4.601%   $     5,647,982   

(Cost $5,500,000)

  

   

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Short-term Investment(d) – 3.7%   

Repurchase Agreement – 3.7%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.   
$8,200,000     0.010   05/01/12   $ 8,200,000   

Maturity Value: $8,200,002

 

(Cost $8,200,000)

  

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.4%   

(Cost $205,749,988)

  $ 220,598,048   

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (0.4)%

    (871,127)   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 219,726,921   

 

 
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
(b)   Variable rate security. The interest rate shown reflects the rate as of April 30, 2012.
(c)   Prerefunded security. Maturity date disclosed is prerefunding date.
(d)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $8,210,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $8,366,195.
Security ratings disclosed, if any, are issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services/Moody’s Investors Service and are unaudited. A description of the ratings is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

 

28   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:
ADFA-GTD  

—Guaranteed by Arkansas Development Finance Authority

AGC  

—Insured by Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM  

—Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC  

—Insured by American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT  

—Alternative Minimum Tax

ETM  

—Escrow to Maturity

FGIC  

—Insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHA  

—Insured by Federal Housing Administration

FHLMC  

—Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA  

—Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA  

—Government National Mortgage Association

GO  

—General Obligation

NATL-RE  

—Insured by National Reinsurance Corp.

NR  

—Not Rated

PSF-GTD  

—Guaranteed by Permanent School Fund

VA  

—Veterans Administration

WR  

—Withdrawn Rating

XLCA  

—Insured by XL Capital Assurance, Inc.

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

General Obligations

    21.8     21.4

Hospital

    16.6        15.7   

Education

    14.5        15.2   

General

    11.7        11.7   

Lease

    10.4        10.9   

Single Family Housing

    6.9        7.1   

Transportation

    5.5        8.5   

Investment Companies

    2.6          

Student

    2.1        2.4   

Power

    1.7        0.8   

Water/Sewer

    1.2        1.3   

Multi Family Housing

    0.7        0.8   

Crossover

    0.5        0.6   

Prerefunded/Escrow to Maturity

    0.4        0.1   

Short-term Investments

    3.7        2.4   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.4     98.9

 

 

The percentage shown for each Sector Allocation reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of Investment Companies held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such its composition may differ over time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   29


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – 95.1%   

Arizona – 2.4%

  

Arizona Healthcare & Education Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Kirksville College) (A-/NR)    
$1,000,000     5.000   01/01/25   $     1,079,750   
Arizona School Facilities Board Certificates of Participation (A+/A1)    
3,000,000     5.250      09/01/23     3,384,420   
Pinal City Arizona Unified School District No. 1 Florence School Improvement Project of 2006 GO Bonds Series C (A/NR)     
1,155,000     5.125      07/01/23     1,287,952   
1,215,000     5.150      07/01/24     1,346,475   
     

 

 

 
        7,098,597   

 

 

California – 1.9%

  

Burbank CA Unified School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 1997 Series C (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AA-/WR)(a)     
2,000,000     0.000      07/01/27     1,065,000   
Sacramento County CA Airport System Revenue Bonds (A/A2)   
2,000,000     5.000      07/01/27     2,218,780   
San Juan CA Unified School District GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2001 (AGM) (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
2,000,000     0.000      08/01/24     1,202,260   
Washington CA Unified School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 2004 (Yolo County) Series A (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/WR)(a)     
2,400,000     0.000      08/01/29     947,952   
     

 

 

 
        5,433,992   

 

 

Colorado – 0.2%

  

Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Class I Series A (FHA) (AAA/Aaa)    
610,000     4.350      11/01/19     642,696   

 

 

Florida – 0.4%

  

Gulf Breeze FL Revenue Bonds (Local Government Loan) Series J (A+/Aa3)    
1,000,000     4.500      12/01/20     1,150,200   

 

 

Idaho – 0.2%

  

Idaho Housing & Finance Association Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Series B Class I (NR/Aa2)    
450,000     5.250      07/01/29     479,223   

 

 

Illinois – 2.1%

  

Grundy Kendall & Will Counties IL Community School District No. 201 GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (AA/NR)    
1,500,000     5.250      10/15/27     1,692,825   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Poetry Foundation Project) (A+/A1)    
1,000,000     5.300      01/01/40     1,056,600   
Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Resurrection Health) (BBB+/Baa1)    
1,000,000     5.250      05/15/15     1,100,150   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Illinois – (continued)

  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Swedish Covenant) Series A (BBB+/NR)    
$1,000,000     5.500   08/15/24   $     1,121,430   
Will County IL Community Unit School District No. 201 Crete- Monee GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2004 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/WR)(a)     
1,500,000     0.000      11/01/19     1,216,935   
     

 

 

 
        6,187,940   

 

 

Indiana – 1.0%

  

Evansville IN Redevelopment Authority Revenue Bonds Lease Rent Tax Allocation (Build America Bonds-Taxable) Series B (A/Aa3)     
2,000,000     6.860      02/01/29     2,225,760   
Indiana Bond Bank Revenue Bonds (Special Program-Hendricks Regional Health) Series A (AA/NR)    
500,000     5.500      02/01/29     560,540   
     

 

 

 
        2,786,300   

 

 

Iowa – 0.6%

  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Single Family Mortgage) Series E (GNMA/FNMA) (Go of Authority)
(AA+/Aaa)
    
400,000     5.000      07/01/23     401,060   
Waterloo Community School District Infrastructure Sales & Services Tax Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series A (A/NR)    
1,245,000     5.250      01/01/30     1,338,599   
     

 

 

 
        1,739,659   

 

 

Kentucky – 0.1%

  

Kentucky Housing Corp. Revenue Bonds Series A (FHA) (AAA/Aaa)    
370,000     5.750      07/01/39     385,425   

 

 

Louisiana – 3.3%

  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Independence Stadium Project) (A/NR)     
1,525,000     5.000      03/01/21     1,671,522   
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Woman’s Hospital Foundation) Series A (BBB+/A3)     
7,000,000     5.500      10/01/25     7,973,910   
     

 

 

 
        9,645,432   

 

 

Michigan – 0.4%

  

River Rouge MI School District GO Bonds (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AA-/Aa2)    
1,000,000     5.000      05/01/19     1,016,630   

 

 

Missouri – 79.0%

  

Arnold MO Certificates of Participation (A+/NR)   
200,000     3.000      11/01/17     209,826   
230,000     3.000      11/01/18     240,226   
210,000     3.000      11/01/19     217,663   

 

 
 

 

30   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Arnold MO Certificates of Participation (A+/NR) – (continued)   
$   225,000     3.625   11/01/22   $        234,322   
470,000     3.700      11/01/23     488,156   
225,000     3.800      11/01/24     233,933   
480,000     3.875      11/01/25     496,584   
250,000     4.000      11/01/26     259,710   
Belton MO Certificates of Participation (A/NR)   
500,000     5.125      03/01/25     537,835   
500,000     5.250      03/01/29     534,855   
Belton MO School District No. 124 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (AA+/Aa1)    
150,000     4.000      03/01/17     157,904   
Belton MO School District No. 124 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (Refunding) Series B (AA+/Aa1)    
150,000     4.000      03/01/21     165,900   
Bi-State Development Agency MO Metro District Revenue Bonds (Refunding-St. Clair County Metrolink Project) (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)     
2,000,000     5.250      07/01/20     2,361,600   
Boone County MO Hospital Revenue Bonds (NR/A3)   
2,350,000     5.750      08/01/28     2,623,211   
Branson MO Reorganized School District No. R-4 GO Bonds (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
1,000,000     5.000      03/01/18     1,089,550   
1,250,000     5.000      03/01/19     1,356,162   
Branson MO Reorganized School District No. R-4 GO Bonds School District Direct Deposit Program (AMBAC) (A+/WR)    
300,000     5.500      03/01/14     324,273   
Branson MO Reorganized School District No. R-4 GO Bonds Series 2012 (A+/NR)    
2,000,000     4.000      03/01/27     2,090,960   
3,000,000     4.500      03/01/29     3,252,720   
Camdenton MO Reorganized School District No. RIII GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
500,000     5.250      03/01/17     592,375   
1,000,000     5.250      03/01/21     1,090,620   
Campbell MO Reorganized School District No. 2 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (Refunding) (AA+/NR)    
215,000     1.600      03/01/13     215,174   
215,000     1.900      03/01/14     215,174   
220,000     2.250      03/01/15     220,202   
Cape Girardeau County MO Industrial Development Authority Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds (St. Francis Medical Center) Series A (A+/NR)     
400,000     5.250      06/01/12     401,284   
1,000,000     5.250      06/01/13     1,038,940   
1,550,000     5.500      06/01/16     1,612,108   
Cass County MO Reorganized School District No. R-2 Raymore-Peculiar Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds
(AA+/NR)
    
1,000,000     5.000      03/01/18     1,146,990   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Clay County MO Public School District No. 53 Liberty School Building Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AA+/NR)    
$1,280,000     5.000   03/01/25   $     1,475,750   
Clay County MO Reorganized School District No. R-1 Kearney School Building Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds Series B (AA+/Aa1)     
695,000     5.000      03/01/21     756,431   
650,000     5.000      03/01/22     705,016   
Clayton MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Build America Bonds) Series B (AA+/NR)    
810,000     5.200      12/01/23     916,474   
Clinton MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding & Improvement) (NR/NR)    
400,000     5.000      12/01/12     407,880   
Cole County MO Certificates of Participation (Jail Project)
(NR/Aa3)
   
660,000     4.300      12/01/19     703,204   
1,000,000     4.500      12/01/20     1,068,380   
400,000     4.500      12/01/22     424,532   
Columbia MO School District Certificates of Participation (School District Administration Building Project) Series A
(NR/Aa2)
    
1,045,000     4.840      10/01/36     1,066,673   
Des Peres MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding)
(AA+/NR)
   
390,000     3.000      08/01/14     403,560   
Fenton MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding) (AA-/NR)   
565,000     2.000      01/01/13     569,345   
Florissant MO Certificates of Participation (ETM) (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (NR/A1)    
560,000     5.000      08/01/12     566,608   
Florissant MO Certificates of Participation (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (NR/A1)(b)    
1,435,000     5.000      08/01/12     1,451,933   
Fort Zumwalt MO School District Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds Series A (AA+/Aa1)    
1,080,000     5.000      03/01/19     1,252,865   
Fort Zumwalt MO School District GO Bonds Direct Deposit Program (Refunding) Series A (AA+/Aa1)    
700,000     5.000      03/01/17     779,324   
935,000     5.000      03/01/18     1,038,729   
945,000     5.000      03/01/19     1,040,917   
Franklin County MO Public Water Supply District No. 3 Certificates of Participation (NR/NR)    
610,000     5.875      12/01/30     611,494   
1,300,000     6.250      12/01/35     1,302,392   
Franklin County MO Public Water Supply District No. 3 Certificates of Participation (Refunding) Series C (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (NR/WR)     
395,000     5.000      12/01/15     401,723   
Gladstone MO Certificates of Participation Series A (XLCA) (NR/A1)    
475,000     5.000      06/01/23     511,385   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   31


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Grain Valley MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding) (NR/NR)    
$   200,000     5.000   09/01/20   $        217,724   
Greene County MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding-Law Enforcement) (NR/A3)    
425,000     2.500      07/01/15     437,801   
Greene County MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (NR/A3)    
450,000     2.000      03/01/13     454,144   
280,000     2.500      03/01/15     287,406   
Greenwood MO GO Build America Bonds Taxable Series B (A-/NR)    
500,000     5.625      03/01/25     537,415   
Hannibal MO Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Hannibal Regional Hospital) (BBB+/NR)     
650,000     3.500      09/01/12     655,726   
Hickman Mills MO School District No. C-1 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AGM) (AA+/Aa3)    
2,300,000     5.000      03/01/19     2,381,650   
Higginsville MO Sewage Systems Revenue Bonds (Build America Bonds-Taxable Direct Payment to Issuer) (A-/NR)    
500,000     5.924      10/01/30     530,675   
I-470 & 350 Transportation Development District MO Sales Tax Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (Radian) (NR/WR)     
395,000     4.600      06/01/29     398,030   
Independence MO School District (Direct Deposit Program) Series A (AA+/NR)    
2,000,000     5.250      03/01/30     2,367,080   
Jackson County MO Consolidated School District Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AA+/NR)    
2,365,000     5.000      03/01/25     2,664,575   
Jackson County MO Consolidated School District No. 2 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (NATL-RE) (AA+/Baa2)    
1,250,000     5.000      03/01/22     1,401,225   
Jackson County MO Public Building Corp. Leasehold Revenue Bonds (Capital Improvements Project) Series B (NR/Aa3)    
530,000     4.500      12/01/19     572,713   
555,000     4.500      12/01/20     594,522   
Jackson County MO Public Building Corp. Leasehold Revenue Bonds Series A (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa3)    
500,000     5.000      12/01/20     553,285   
Jackson County MO School District No. C-1 Hickman School Building Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AA+/NR)    
500,000     5.000      03/01/24     568,255   
Jackson County MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Harry S. Truman Sports Complex) (AMBAC) (A+/Aa3)    
1,360,000     5.000      12/01/22     1,482,794   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Jackson County MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Truman Medical Control Project) Series B (NR/Aa3)    
$   900,000     3.500   12/01/18   $        967,275   
920,000     3.850      12/01/20     994,649   
500,000     4.350      12/01/23     541,945   
820,000     4.500      12/01/24     883,452   
Jackson County MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds Series A (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa3)    
890,000     5.500      12/01/12     915,320   
Jefferson County MO Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. C-1 Revenue Bonds (AMBAC) (NR/WR)    
1,000,000     5.250      12/01/15     1,021,660   
Jefferson County MO Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. C-1 Waterworks Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (A+/NR)     
290,000     4.000      12/01/20     315,824   
435,000     4.000      12/01/21     470,887   
425,000     4.000      12/01/22     458,452   
Jefferson County MO Library District Lease Certificates of Participation (Refunding) Series A (A+/NR)    
455,000     5.000      03/01/29     474,574   
Jefferson County MO Library District Lease Certificates of Participation (Refunding) Series B (A+/NR)    
1,270,000     5.000      03/01/29     1,314,221   
Joplin MO Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Freeman Health System Project) (BBB+/NR)    
555,000     5.500      02/15/14     587,640   
2,570,000     5.500      02/15/29     2,697,652   
1,000,000     5.500      02/15/31     1,069,570   
1,500,000     5.750      02/15/35     1,562,085   
Kansas City MO GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (AA/Aa2)    
5,425,000     4.500      02/01/24     6,378,552   
Kansas City MO Industrial Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Dowtown Redevelopment District) Series A (AA-/A1)     
2,130,000     5.500      09/01/29     2,392,459   
Kansas City MO Land Clearance Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series E (XCLA) (AA-/A1)    
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/15     1,119,240   
Kansas City MO Metropolitan Community Leasehold Jr. College Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (NR/Aa2)     
1,075,000     5.000      07/01/17     1,215,062   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation (Prerefunded-Refunding Kansas City MO Project) Series B (ETM) (NR/A1e)    
55,000     3.000      01/01/15     58,660   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation (Unrefunded-Refunding Kansas City MO Project) Series B (AA-/A1)    
445,000     3.000      01/01/15     463,766   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Arena Project) (Refunding & Improvement) Series C (AA-/A1)    
1,575,000     5.500      04/01/23     1,842,545   

 

 
 

 

32   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Kansas City MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Arena Project) (Refunding & Improvement) Series D (AA-/A1)    
$   245,000     6.431   04/01/18   $        252,845   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series E (AA-/A1)(a)    
4,465,000     0.000      02/01/18     3,716,443   
Kansas City MO Special Obligation Tax Allocation (East Village Project) Series A (AA-/A1)    
500,000     5.000      04/15/31     540,470   
Kirkwood MO Certificates of Participation (Build America Bonds- Taxable Direct Payment) (NR/Aa2)    
500,000     6.050      09/01/30     541,075   
Kirkwood MO School District Educational Facilities Authority Leasehold Revenue Bonds for Kirkwood School District R-7 Project Series B (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa2)     
750,000     5.000      02/15/19     803,430   
Ladue MO School District GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (AAA/NR)    
500,000     5.000      03/01/20     578,165   
545,000     5.000      03/01/22     625,284   
500,000     5.000      03/01/23     571,415   
Lee’s Summit MO Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (AMBAC) (NR/Aa2)    
1,000,000     5.250      07/01/12     1,003,580   
Lee’s Summit MO Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds Combination Series A (AMBAC) (NR/Aa2)    
480,000     5.000      07/01/20     481,579   
Mehlville MO School District No. R-9 Certificates of Participation (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
1,620,000     4.750      03/01/16     1,718,480   
850,000     4.750      03/01/17     899,444   
Metropolitan St. Louis MO Sewer District Wastewater System Revenue Bonds Series B (AAA/Aa1)    
1,560,000     5.000      05/01/19     1,928,269   
Missouri Development Finance Board Cultural Facilities Revenue Bonds (Nelson Gallery Foundation) Series A (AA-/NR)     
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/20     1,228,300   
Missouri School Board Association Lease Certificates of Participation for Liberty Public School District No. 53 (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)     
830,000     5.250      03/01/21     945,727   
700,000     5.250      03/01/22     794,850   
Missouri State Board of Public Buildings Special Obligation Revenue Bonds Series A (AA+/Aa1)    
1,000,000     5.000      10/15/20     1,062,820   
Missouri State Development Finance Board Infrastructure Facilities Revenue Bonds (Independence-Events Center) Series F (A-/NR)     
1,000,000     6.125      04/01/29     1,035,140   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Missouri State Development Finance Board Infrastructure Facilities Revenue Bonds (Water System) (Refunding) Series E (A-/NR)     
$   700,000     4.000   11/01/13   $        728,413   
Missouri State Development Finance Board Infrastructure Facilities Tax Allocation (Eastland Center Project) Series A (A-/NR)     
150,000     4.500      04/01/22     157,887   
Missouri State Development Finance Board Infrastructure Facilities Tax Allocation (Independence-Centerpoint Project) (A-/NR)     
935,000     4.750      04/01/28     971,026   
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority Water Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Prerefunded-State Revolving Funds Program) Series B (Go of Authority) (NR/NR)(b)      
705,000     5.000      01/01/13     727,250   
715,000     5.125      01/01/13     738,152   
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority Water Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (State Revolving Funds Program) Series A (NR/Aaa)     
400,000     5.500      01/01/23     482,460   
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority Water Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (State Revolving Funds Program) Series B (NR/Aaa)     
1,115,000     5.000      07/01/17     1,307,772   
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority Water Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded Balance-State Revolving Funds Program) Series A (NR/Aaa)      
420,000     5.200      07/01/12     421,667   
Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority Water Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded Balance-State Revolving Funds Program) Series B (Go of Authority) (NR/Aaa)      
415,000     5.125      01/01/18     425,549   
20,000     5.000      01/01/22     20,416   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds (A.T. Still University of Health Sciences) Series 2011 (A-/NR)     
510,000     3.000      10/01/17     534,959   
525,000     4.000      10/01/18     574,959   
545,000     4.000      10/01/19     589,625   
400,000     3.500      10/01/21     407,720   
1,850,000     5.250      10/01/41     1,953,970   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds (Ranken Technical College) Series A (A-/A3)     
1,000,000     5.125      11/01/31     1,051,070   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (St. Luke’s Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals) Series 2011 (A/NR)     
670,000     3.000      12/01/14     704,894   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   33


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (St. Lukes Episcopal) Series 2011 (A/NR)     
$2,270,000     5.000   12/01/25   $     2,508,032   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Barnes-Jewish, Inc.) Series A (AA/Aa2)    
3,035,000     5.250      05/15/14     3,187,691   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (BJC Health System) Series 2003 (AA/Aa2)    
2,180,000     5.250      05/15/17     2,290,308   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (BJC Health System) Series A (AA/Aa2)    
1,225,000     5.000      05/15/18     1,378,884   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Children’s Mercy Hospital) (A+/NR)    
1,000,000     5.000      05/15/23     1,096,710   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Cox Health System) (NR/A2)    
2,350,000     5.125      11/15/23     2,571,276   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Lake Regional Health System Project) (BBB+/NR)     
510,000     5.000      02/15/14     533,542   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement-Webster University Project) Series 2011 (NR/A2)     
2,000,000     5.000      04/01/22     2,288,820   
2,000,000     5.000      04/01/25     2,229,520   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Lake Regional Health System) (BBB+/NR)     
2,000,000     5.000      02/15/19     2,197,380   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (SSM Health Care) Series B (AA-/NR)    
1,000,000     4.500      06/01/25     1,084,460   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (St. Lukes Health System) Series A (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)     
2,000,000     5.000      11/15/14     2,168,160   
1,000,000     5.000      11/15/19     1,166,950   
Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Washington University) Series A (AAA/Aaa)    
1,050,000     5.000      02/15/17     1,178,877   
1,545,000     5.000      02/15/20     1,718,720   
Missouri State Highways & Transit Commission Road Revenue Bonds (Second Lien) (AAA/Aa1)    
1,165,000     5.250      05/01/18     1,398,699   
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Multi Family Housing Revenue Bonds (Courthouse Apartments LLC) Series 2009-1 (FHA) (AA/NR)     
610,000     5.250      07/01/42     641,793   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Missouri State Housing Development Commission Multi Family Housing Revenue Bonds (Samantha Heights Apartments Project) Series 2 (FHA) (AA/NR)     
$   500,000     4.375   07/01/30   $        508,090   
3,420,000     4.750      07/01/42     3,497,805   
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Special Homeownership Loan Program Market Bonds) Series E-1 (FHLMC) (AA+/NR)     
890,000     3.950      05/01/21     917,385   
1,050,000     3.950      11/01/21     1,082,308   
Missouri State Housing Development Commission Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Special Homeownership Loan Program) (Non-AMT) Series E-4 (GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC) (AA+/NR)      
1,045,000     0.650      11/01/13     1,046,557   
345,000     1.000      05/01/14     345,611   
250,000     1.500      05/01/15     251,243   
315,000     3.600      11/01/23     324,781   
490,000     3.750      05/01/24     504,729   
400,000     3.800      05/01/25     412,404   
Monarch-Chesterfield MO Levee District Special Tax (A-/NR)   
3,425,000     4.000      03/01/19     3,720,577   
Monarch-Chesterfield MO Levee District Special Tax (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa2)    
525,000     5.450      03/01/14     526,722   
Neosho MO Reorganized School District No. R-5 GO Bonds (Building-Direct Deposit Program) (AGM) (AA+/Aa3)    
1,430,000     5.250      03/01/21     1,610,523   
Nixa MO Electric System Revenue Bonds (XLCA) (NR/WR)(b)   
1,000,000     4.750      04/01/13     1,040,740   
North Kansas City MO Hospital Revenue Bonds (North Kansas City Hospital) Series A (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
1,000,000     5.000      11/15/18     1,030,960   
1,000,000     5.000      11/15/19     1,027,620   
North Kansas City MO Levee District (Improvement) Series 2011 (A-/NR)    
275,000     3.000      04/01/18     281,900   
280,000     3.000      04/01/19     284,374   
265,000     3.250      04/01/20     270,266   
275,000     4.000      04/01/21     290,812   
315,000     4.000      04/01/22     329,909   
385,000     4.500      04/01/27     402,186   
405,000     4.500      04/01/28     421,330   
425,000     4.625      04/01/29     443,496   
445,000     4.750      04/01/30     466,333   
North Kansas City MO School District No. 74 Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AA+/Aa1)    
3,000,000     5.500      03/01/28     3,540,960   
Northwest Missouri State University Revenue Bonds (Housing System) (NATL-RE) (NR/A3)    
2,875,000     5.000      06/01/20     2,956,794   

 

 
 

 

34   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

O’Fallon MO Certificates of Participation (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa3)    
$2,130,000     5.250   11/01/17   $     2,438,381   
1,000,000     5.250      11/01/18     1,160,010   
2,000,000     5.250      11/01/19     2,345,420   
O’Fallon MO GO Refunding Bonds Series 2005 (AMBAC) (NR/Aa2)    
1,815,000     5.000      03/01/14     1,967,224   
O’Fallon MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds Series 2012 (AA-/NR)    
1,135,000     4.000      11/01/22     1,236,004   
OTC Public Building Corp. MO Leasehold Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Ozarks Technical Community College) (AGM) (AA-/NR)     
1,500,000     5.000      03/01/19     1,816,710   
Ozark MO Reorganized School District No. R-6 GO Bonds (Direct Deposit Program) (AGM) (AA+/Aa3)    
440,000     5.000      03/01/22     496,769   
Parkville MO GO Notes (Brush Creek Drain Area Neighborhood Temporary Notes) Series A (SP-1+/NR)    
2,210,000     2.000      08/01/12     2,211,856   
Platte County MO GO Bonds for Parkville Neighborhood Improvement Series B (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa2)    
2,720,000     5.000      02/01/22     2,932,976   
Platte County MO Industrial Development Authority Transportation Revenue Bonds (Refunding & Improvement-Zona Rosa Retail Project) (AA-/NR)     
435,000     5.000      12/01/18     502,799   
850,000     5.000      12/01/20     970,912   
Raytown MO Annual Appropriation- Supported Tax Revenue Bonds (Live Redevelopment Plan Project 1) (A+/NR)    
150,000     5.000      12/01/12     152,474   
Raytown MO Sewer Revenue Bonds (NR/NR)   
100,000     4.625      07/01/24     101,630   
100,000     4.700      07/01/27     101,464   
Republic MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (A/NR)   
380,000     2.000      05/01/14     382,972   
175,000     2.500      05/01/15     178,350   
150,000     2.650      05/01/16     154,484   
330,000     2.500      08/01/16     337,626   
125,000     3.000      05/01/17     130,188   
345,000     3.000      08/01/17     359,462   
150,000     3.150      05/01/18     156,246   
360,000     3.000      08/01/18     371,603   
150,000     3.300      05/01/19     156,557   
250,000     3.500      05/01/20     260,015   
300,000     3.750      05/01/21     312,762   
325,000     3.875      05/01/22     338,322   
Ritenour MO School District Direct Deposit Program GO Bonds (AA+/NR)    
1,740,000     4.500      03/01/17     1,963,921   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

Riverside MO Tax Increment Revenue Tax Allocation (L-385 Levee Project) (A/NR)    
$  1,000,000     5.250   05/01/20   $     1,047,310   
Riverside-Quindaro MO Bend Levee District Project Revenue Bonds Series L (Radian) (BBB/NR)    
450,000     5.500      03/01/14     467,968   
500,000     5.500      03/01/15     525,575   
Springfield MO Public Building Corp. Leasehold Revenue Bonds (Taxable Improvement-Branson National Airport) (NR/Aa2)     
540,000     6.750      03/01/28     602,635   
575,000     6.850      03/01/29     641,821   
Springfield MO Public Utility Revenue Certificates of Participation (Lease Purchase for Various Projects) Series A (NATL-RE) (AA/A1)     
1,000,000     5.000      12/01/18     1,088,610   
Springfield MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (College Station Garage Project) Series A (NR/Aa3)    
190,000     4.500      11/01/18     213,758   
530,000     4.500      11/01/19     589,280   
610,000     4.500      11/01/20     669,310   
645,000     4.750      11/01/21     710,713   
685,000     4.750      11/01/22     750,760   
Springfield MO Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Heers Garage Project) Series B (NR/Aa3)    
385,000     4.750      11/01/21     424,224   
405,000     4.750      11/01/22     443,880   
St. Charles County MO Community College GO Bonds (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa1)    
2,585,000     5.000      02/15/17     3,040,270   
St. Charles County MO Public Water Supply District No. 2 Certificates of Participation (AA/NR)    
2,115,000     4.000      12/01/20     2,214,765   
100,000     5.200      12/01/31     105,702   
St. Charles County MO Public Water Supply District No. 2 Certificates of Participation Series B (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (NR/Baa2)     
530,000     5.000      12/01/12     541,215   
St. Charles County MO Water Supply District No. 2 Certificates of Participation (AA/NR)    
650,000     5.375      12/01/36     683,260   
St. Charles MO Certificates of Participation Build America Bonds Series B (NR/Aa3)    
1,250,000     5.650      02/01/30     1,338,225   
St. Charles MO Certificates of Partipation Series 2012 (NR/A1e)   
1,000,000     3.000      05/01/22     1,015,170   
St. Charles MO Certificates of Participation Series B (NR/A1)(b)    
1,000,000     5.500      05/01/13     1,052,420   
St. Charles MO Community College Educational Facilities Authority Leasehold Revenue Bonds (NR/Aa2)    
 100,000     5.250      06/01/19        105,741   
735,000     5.200      06/01/24     774,462   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   35


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Missouri – (continued)

  

St. Louis County MO Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Ranken Jordan Project) (NR/NR)     
$   490,000     5.000   11/15/15   $        511,408   
515,000     5.000      11/15/16     539,416   
St. Louis County MO Parkway School District No. C-2 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (AAA/NR)    
400,000     3.250      03/01/19     444,712   
St. Louis MO Airport Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Lambert International Airport) Series B (AMT) (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
2,000,000     5.000      07/01/24     2,092,320   
St. Louis MO Junior College District Building Corp. Leasehold Revenue Bonds (AA/NR)    
100,000     4.000      04/01/16     109,421   
St. Louis MO Municipal Finance Corp. Leasehold Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Civil Courts Building) (A/NR)    
1,255,000     3.000      08/01/14     1,297,783   
1,345,000     4.000      08/01/14     1,420,441   
St. Louis MO Parking Revenue Bonds (Taxable) Series B (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa2)    
100,000     5.140      12/15/14     106,775   
St. Louis MO Special Administrative Board Transitional School District GO Bonds (Direct Deposit Program) (AA+/NR)    
4,250,000     5.000      04/01/21     4,898,507   
Taney County MO Certificates of Participation (NATL-RE) (NR/A1)    
1,095,000     4.500      04/01/17     1,179,906   
Valley Park MO School District Educational Facilities Authority Leasehold Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (AA-/NR)    
300,000     2.750      03/01/17     311,706   
345,000     3.000      03/01/18     361,557   
360,000     3.000      03/01/19     373,464   
385,000     3.150      03/01/21     396,585   
700,000     3.300      03/01/23     719,061   
Warrensburg MO Certificates of Participation (Refunding & Improvement) (A/NR)    
225,000     3.000      09/01/12     226,393   
West Plains R-VII School District MO Lease Certificates of Participation Howell County (Refunding-GTD Performance) Series A (A-/NR)     
405,000     2.700      04/15/16     407,766   
470,000     3.250      04/15/18     473,196   
Willard MO Certificates of Participation (Parks & Recreation Project) Series B (A/NR)    
625,000     6.625      06/01/28     744,581   
     

 

 

 
        231,613,933   

 

 

Nevada – 0.9%

  

Las Vegas NV Convention & Visitors Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series E (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
2,505,000     5.400      07/01/33     2,759,834   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Pennsylvania – 0.7%

  

Delaware County Authority University Revenue Bonds for Neumann University (BBB/NR)    
$1,000,000     5.000   10/01/25   $ 1,054,710   
St. Mary’s PA Area Water Authority Revenue Bonds (BBB+/NR)    
1,000,000     4.750      02/01/25     1,059,030   
     

 

 

 
        2,113,740   

 

 

Puerto Rico – 1.0%

  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (NATL-RE) (BBB+/Baa1)    
555,000     5.000      07/01/22     617,110   
Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded Balance-Government Facilities) Series l (BBB/Baa1)     
2,320,000     5.250      07/01/33     2,355,775   
     

 

 

 
        2,972,885   

 

 

Washington – 0.9%

  

Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Overlake Hospital Medical Center) (A-/A3)    
2,500,000     5.250      07/01/25     2,721,075   

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $261,351,608)

  $ 278,747,561   

 

 
     
Shares   Description     Rate   Value  
Investment Company – 2.5%   

T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund (NR/NR)

  

627,803     4.601%   $     7,188,341   

(Cost $7,000,000)

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Short-term Investment(c) – 3.2%   

Repurchase Agreement – 3.2%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.   
$9,492,000     0.010   05/01/12   $ 9,492,000   

Maturity Value: $9,492,003

 

(Cost $9,492,000)

  

   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.8%   

(Cost $277,843,608)

  

    $ 295,427,902   

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (0.8)%

    (2,408,765)   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%   $ 293,019,137   

 

 
 

 

36   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
(b)   Prerefunded security. Maturity date disclosed is prerefunding date.
(c)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $9,505,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125% due 11/15/41 with a market value of $9,685,833.
Security ratings disclosed, if any, are issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services/Moody’s Investors Service and are unaudited. A description of the ratings is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:
AGM  

—Insuredby Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC  

—Insuredby American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT  

—AlternativeMinimum Tax

ETM  

—Escrowto Maturity

FGIC  

—Insuredby Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHA  

—Insuredby Federal Housing Administration

FHLMC  

—FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA  

—FederalNational Mortgage Association

GNMA  

—GovernmentNational Mortgage Association

GO  

—GeneralObligation

GTD  

—Guaranteed

NATL-RE  

—Insuredby National Reinsurance Corp.

NR  

—Not Rated

Radian  

—Insuredby Radian Asset Assurance

WR  

—WithdrawnRating

XLCA  

—Insuredby XL Capital Assurance, Inc.

 

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

    AS OF
4/30/12
    AS OF
10/31/11
 

 

 

General Obligations

    23.9     23.4

Lease

    21.3        23.4   

Hospital

    17.6        18.2   

General

    12.4        10.6   

Education

    6.7        6.1   

Water/Sewer

    3.9        4.9   

Transportation

    3.3        5.5   

Investment Companies

    2.5          

Single Family Housing

    2.3        2.1   

Multi Family Housing

    1.6        1.7   

Prerefunded/Escrow to Maturity

    1.5        1.1   

Crossover

    0.4        0.4   

Power

    0.2        0.6   

Short-term Investments

    3.2        0.9   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     100.8     98.9

 

 

The percentage shown for each Sector Allocation reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of Investment Companies held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such its composition may differ over time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   37


COMMERCE KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – 93.5%   

Arizona – 0.5%

  

Arizona Healthcare & Education Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Kirksville College) (A-/NR)    
$   450,000     5.000   01/01/25   $        485,888   

 

 

California – 2.1%

  

Burbank CA Unified School District GO Bonds Capital Appreciation Election of 1997 Series C (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (AA-/WR)(a)     
670,000     0.000      07/01/27     356,775   
Sacramento County CA Airport System Revenue Bonds (A/A2)   
500,000     5.000      07/01/27     554,695   
San Marcos Unified School District GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) (AA-/Aa2)(a)    
2,275,000     0.000      08/01/24     1,341,590   
     

 

 

 
        2,253,060   

 

 

Illinois – 1.3%

  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Poetry Foundation Project) (A+/A1)    
900,000     5.300      01/01/40     950,940   
Will County IL Community Unit School District No. 201 Crete- Monee GO Bonds (Capital Appreciation) Series 2004 (NATL-RE) (FGIC) (A+/WR)(a)     
500,000     0.000      11/01/19     405,645   
     

 

 

 
        1,356,585   

 

 

Indiana – 2.0%

  

Evansville IN Redevelopment Authority Revenue Bonds Lease Rent Tax Allocation (Build America Bonds-Taxable) Series B (A/Aa3)     
1,000,000     6.860      02/01/29     1,112,880   
Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Educational Facilities for Indiana Historical Society, Inc.) (NR/A3)    
1,000,000     5.000      07/01/35     1,051,210   
     

 

 

 
        2,164,090   

 

 

Iowa – 0.2%

  

Iowa Finance Authority Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series E (GNMA/FNMA) (Go of Authority) (AA+/Aaa)    
205,000     5.000      07/01/23     205,543   

 

 

Kansas – 76.2%

  

Allen County KS Public Building Community Revenue Bonds (Allen County Hospital Project) Series 2012 (A/NR)    
1,090,000     5.000      12/01/27     1,192,089   
1,140,000     5.000      12/01/28     1,238,530   
1,195,000     5.000      12/01/29     1,290,779   
Augusta KS Electric Systems Revenue Bonds (AMBAC) (NR/WR)(b)    
1,000,000     4.750      08/01/12     1,011,060   
Burlington KS Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Refunding Gas & Electric) (NATL-RE) (BBB+/A3)    
190,000     4.850      06/01/31     198,561   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Kansas – (continued)

  

Butler County KS Unified School District No. 490 GO Bonds (Refunding-School Building) Series A (AA-/NR)    
$   500,000     5.000   09/01/18   $        615,095   
Chisholm Creek Utility Authority KS Water and Wastewater Facilities Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (AMBAC) (NR/WR)    
1,000,000     5.250      09/01/24     1,158,730   
City of Abilene KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds Series 2011 (A+/NR)    
1,095,000     4.150      12/01/27     1,139,030   
City of Abilene KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds Series 2012 (A+/NR)    
1,750,000     5.025      12/01/35     1,856,855   
Cowley County KS Unified School District No. 470 Arkansas City GO Bonds (Refunding) (A/NR)    
940,000     4.000      09/01/17     1,068,658   
235,000     4.000      09/01/18     264,587   
Dodge City KS Unified School District No. 443 Ford County Certificates of Participation (Lease Purchase Agreement) (NR/A2)     
1,015,000     2.000      12/01/13     1,027,160   
Douglas County KS GO Bonds (Refunding Sales Tax) Series A (AMBAC) (NR/Aa2)    
1,000,000     5.000      08/01/12     1,011,450   
Harvey County KS School District No. 373 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)    
495,000     5.000      09/01/15     550,851   
Johnson County KS GO Bonds (Internal Improvement) Series A (AAA/Aaa)    
1,000,000     5.000      09/01/21     1,015,180   
Johnson County KS Public Building Commission Lease Purchase Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series C (AAA/Aaa)    
750,000     4.000      09/01/18     865,710   
500,000     4.000      09/01/20     578,010   
Johnson County KS Unified School District No. 229 GO Bonds Series A (AA/Aaa)    
945,000     4.000      10/01/23     1,064,854   
Johnson County KS Unified School District No. 231 GO Bonds (Refunding) (A+/NR)    
1,000,000     5.000      10/01/24     1,171,820   
1,185,000     5.000      10/01/25     1,374,849   
Johnson County KS Unified School District No. 231 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (FGIC) (A+/WR)    
500,000     6.000      10/01/16     600,420   
1,770,000     5.000      10/01/18     1,914,379   
Johnson County KS Unified School District No. 231 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series B (AMBAC) (A+/NR)    
925,000     5.000      10/01/22     1,033,299   
975,000     5.000      10/01/23     1,085,672   
Johnson County KS Unified School District No. 232 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (NR/Aa3)    
200,000     5.000      03/01/15     220,300   

 

 
 

 

38   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Kansas – (continued)

  

Johnson County KS Water District No. 001 Revenue Bonds (Refunding) (ADFA-GTD) (AAA/Aaa)    
$   275,000     5.000   12/01/19   $        279,887   
Junction City KS GO Bonds (Refunding Water & Sewer System) Series B (A-/NR)    
825,000     5.500      09/01/36     925,972   
Junction City KS GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (A-/NR)   
600,000     5.000      09/01/33     657,060   
600,000     5.000      09/01/34     653,124   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Hays Medical Center, Inc.) Series Q (NR/A2)    
750,000     5.000      05/15/35     793,688   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Bonds (Adventist Health) (AA-/Aa3)    
1,000,000     5.500      11/15/23     1,174,070   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Bonds (Adventist Health) Series D (AA-/Aa3)    
800,000     5.000      11/15/24     884,880   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Lease Revenue Bonds (Juvenile Justice Authority) Series D (NATL-RE) (AA/Baa2)     
1,270,000     5.250      05/01/13     1,274,623   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Athletic Facilities) Series A-1 (A-/A1)    
500,000     4.875      07/01/27     526,780   
1,425,000     5.250      07/01/31     1,513,336   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Athletic Facilities) Series C (A/Aa3)    
1,375,000     4.750      06/01/25     1,467,331   

Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Board of Regents University Housing) Series A (NATL-RE)

(A/Aa3)

   

  

1,150,000     5.000      04/01/24     1,239,286   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Department of Commerce) Series K (AA/Aa3)    
2,000,000     3.500      06/01/23     2,097,760   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Health Facilities) Series F (NR/A2)    
1,000,000     5.000      11/15/26     1,086,150   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Juvenile Justice Authority) Series D (NATL-RE) (AA/Baa2)    
400,000     5.000      05/01/12     400,000   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Kansas Project) Series M-1 (AA/Aa2)    
500,000     5.000      11/01/16     584,565   
2,000,000     5.000      11/01/27     2,255,240   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Kansas State Projects) Series J (Unrefunded Balance) (AMBAC) (AA/WR)     
1,600,000     5.000      08/01/17     1,678,720   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Kansas – (continued)

  

Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Kansas State Projects) Series K (NATL-RE) (AA/Aa2)    
$1,000,000     5.250   11/01/22   $     1,145,330   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Public Water Supply Revolving Loan-DW) (AAA/Aaa)(b)    
1,500,000     6.000      04/01/13     1,579,575   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding-Wichita State University Housing System-P) (AMBAC) (A+/WR)     
600,000     5.000      06/01/13     602,034   
630,000     5.000      06/01/14     631,770   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth) Series A (AA/Aa3)    
1,750,000     5.250      01/01/25     2,022,825   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Transportation Revolving Fund Trust) (AA+/Aa1)    
1,105,000     5.000      10/01/21     1,233,512   

Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (University of Kansas Athletic Facilities Refunding) Series K

(A/Aa3)

   

  

1,015,000     5.000      06/01/17     1,097,834   
Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds (Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund II) (AAA/Aaa)    
280,000     5.500      05/01/17     342,306   
Lawrence KS Hospital Revenue Bonds (Refunding Lawrence Memorial Hospital) (NR/A1)    
1,000,000     5.375      07/01/14     1,047,270   
455,000     5.375      07/01/15     476,667   
Leavenworth County KS Unified School District No. 453 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (AGM) (NR/Aa3)    
1,455,000     5.250      03/01/23     1,694,857   
Leavenworth County KS Unified School District No. 458 GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (NR/Aa3)    
1,100,000     5.250      09/01/27     1,263,240   
315,000     5.250      09/01/29     355,770   
Leavenworth County KS Unified School District No. 464 Tonganoxie GO Bonds (Improvement) Series A (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa2)     
150,000     5.000      09/01/20     164,160   
Lyons KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (A/NR)   
315,000     5.000      10/01/23     358,177   
Miami County Unified School District No. 416 Louisburg, KS GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa2)     
1,650,000     5.000      09/01/17     1,869,582   
Olathe KS Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Medical Center Project) Series 2008 (A+/NR)    
1,195,000     5.125      09/01/21     1,327,203   
Reno County KS Unified School District No. 308 Hutchinson GO Bonds Series A (NATL-RE) (NR/Aa3)    
500,000     4.500      09/01/22     547,485   

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   39


COMMERCE KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Kansas – (continued)

  

Reno County KS Unified School District No. 308 Hutchinson GO Bonds Series A (NR/Aa3)    
$   400,000     5.500   09/01/15   $        458,480   
Scott County KS Unified School District No. 466 GO Bonds (Refunding) (FGIC) (BBB/WR)(b)    
680,000     5.250      09/01/12     691,200   
Sedgwick County KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (Technical Education Complex Project) Series 2008-1 (NR/Aaa)     
1,000,000     5.250      08/01/26     1,168,740   
Sedgwick County Unified School District No. 261 (Refunding & School Improvement) (AGM) (AA-/NR)    
1,500,000     5.000      11/01/32     1,607,700   
Sedwick & Shawnee County KS Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Mortgage Backed Securities Program) (AMT) Series B-3 (FHLMC/FNMA/GNMA) (NR/Aaa)     
770,000     5.250      12/01/38     795,279   
Shawnee County KS Certificates of Participation Health Agency Parks & Recreation Projects (NR/A1)    
200,000     3.750      09/01/18     213,456   
Shawnee County KS GO Bonds (Refunding & Improvement) (NR/Aa2)    
360,000     3.000      09/01/12     363,337   
Topeka KS GO Bonds (Refunding) Series B (NR/Aa2)   
1,360,000     2.500      08/15/19     1,393,266   
Topeka KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (Refunding 10th & Jackson Project) Series A (NATL-RE)
(AA/Baa2)
    
535,000     5.000      06/01/16     620,065   
1,000,000     5.000      06/01/23     1,197,520   
Topeka KS Public Building Commission Revenue Bonds (Refunding Department of Social and Rehabilitation Project) Series B (NATL-RE) (AA/Baa2)     
300,000     5.000      06/01/23     359,256   
475,000     5.000      06/01/24     564,884   
Topeka KS Sales Tax Revenue Bonds (Refunding Boulevard Bridge) Series 2011 (NR/Aa3)    
2,560,000     3.000      12/15/16     2,762,854   
Wichita KS Water & Sewer Utility Revenue Bonds Series 2003 (FGIC) (BBB/Aa2)(b)    
1,000,000     5.000      10/01/13     1,066,720   
Wyandotte County Kansas City KS Unified Government Utility System Revenue Bonds Series A (BHAC) (AA+/Aa1)    
1,000,000     5.000      09/01/24     1,158,030   
Wyandotte County KS School District No. 204 GO Bonds Bonner Springs (Refunding & Improvement) Series A (FGIC) (NR/A1)     
1,595,000     5.000      09/01/21     1,722,568   
Wyandotte County KS School District No. 500 GO Bonds (Refunding) (AA-/Aa2)    
1,405,000     4.000      09/01/20     1,664,503   

 

 
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

Kansas – (continued)

  

Wyandotte County KS Unified School District No. 202 GO Bonds (Refunding) Series A (AMBAC) (A+/WR)    
$1,000,000     5.250   09/01/17   $     1,198,680   
Wyandotte County KS Unified School District No. 500 GO Bonds (Refunding) (AGM) (AA-/Aa2)    
160,000     5.000      09/01/12     162,520   
     

 

 

 
        80,969,055   

 

 

Louisiana – 2.2%

  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Woman’s Hospital Foundation) Series A (BBB+/A3)     
2,000,000     5.500      10/01/25     2,278,260   

 

 

Massachusetts – 0.4%

  

Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Education Loan Revenue Bonds (Issue I) Series A (AA/NR)    
425,000     5.300      01/01/30     466,710   

 

 

Pennsylvania – 0.6%

  

Delaware County Authority University Revenue Bonds for Neumann University (BBB/NR)    
605,000     5.000      10/01/25     638,100   

 

 

Puerto Rico – 6.7%

  

Puerto Rico Commonwealth GO Bonds (Refunding & Public Improvement) Series A (NATL-RE) (BBB/Baa1)    
475,000     5.500      07/01/16     530,171   
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Highway & Transportation Authority Highway Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series X (AGM) (AA-/Aa3)     
425,000     5.500      07/01/15     469,370   
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Highway & Transportation Authority Highway Revenue Bonds Series Y (BBB+/A3)    
500,000     6.250      07/01/13     528,120   
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Highway & Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded Balance) Series G (FGIC) (BBB/Baa1)(b)     
345,000     5.250      07/01/13     364,737   
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds (Refunding) Series ZZ (BBB+/Baa1)    
1,275,000     5.000      07/01/21     1,413,516   
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds
Series AAA (BBB+/Baa1)
   
1,000,000     5.250      07/01/21     1,126,280   
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Bonds
Series XX (BBB+/Baa1)
   
1,625,000     5.250      07/01/40     1,676,009   
Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority Revenue Bonds (Unrefunded Balance-Government Facilities) Series l (BBB/Baa1)     
1,000,000     5.250      07/01/33     1,015,420   
     

 

 

 
        7,123,623   

 

 
 

 

40   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Municipal Bond Obligations – (continued)   

South Carolina – 0.5%

  

Kershaw County SC Public School Foundation Installment Power Revenue Bonds (School District Project) (AGC) (AA-/Aa3)     
$   500,000     5.000   12/01/28   $ 542,910   

 

 

Washington – 0.8%

  

Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Overlake Hospital Medical Center) (A-/A3)    
750,000     5.250      07/01/25     816,322   

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND OBLIGATIONS   

(Cost $92,991,856)

  

    $ 99,300,146   

 

 
Shares   Description     Rate   Value  
Investment Company – 2.5%   

T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund (NR/NR)

  

233,184     4.601%   $     2,669,955   

(Cost $2,600,000)

  

   

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
  Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Value  
Short-term Investment(c) – 3.2%   

Repurchase Agreement – 3.2%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.  
$3,428,000     0.010   05/01/12   $ 3,428,000   

Maturity Value: $3,428,001

  

(Cost $3,428,000)

  

   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.2%  

(Cost $99,019,856)

  $ 105,398,101   

 

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES – 0.8%

    887,504   

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%        $ 106,285,605   

 

 
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets.
(a)   Issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
(b)   Prerefunded security. Maturity date disclosed is prerefunding date.
(c)   Repurchase agreement was entered into on April 30, 2012. This agreement was fully collateralized by $3,435,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, due 11/15/41 with a market value of $3,500,351.
Security ratings disclosed, if any, are issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services/Moody’s Investors Service and are unaudited. A description of the ratings is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

Investment Abbreviations:
ADFA-GTD  

—Guaranteedby Arkansas Development Finance Authority

AGC  

—Insuredby Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM  

—Insuredby Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC  

—Insuredby American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

AMT  

—AlternativeMinimum Tax

BHAC  

—BerkshireHathaway Assurance Corp.

FGIC  

—Insuredby Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FHLMC  

—FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA  

—FederalNational Mortgage Association

GNMA  

—GovernmentNational Mortgage Association

GO  

—GeneralObligation

NATL-RE  

—Insuredby National Reinsurance Corp.

NR  

—NotRated

WR  

—WithdrawnRating

 

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

   

AS OF

4/30/12

   

AS OF

10/31/11

 

 

 

General Obligations

    32.1     34.4

Hospital

    14.7        11.5   

Lease

    13.6        12.2   

Education

    8.4        12.7   

General

    7.0        7.2   

Transportation

    5.2        5.6   

Prerefunded/Escrow to Maturity

    4.4        4.3   

Power

    4.0        4.1   

Investment Companies

    2.5          

Water/Sewer

    1.7        2.8   

Crossover

    1.0        1.0   

Single Family Housing

    0.9        1.1   

Student

    0.4        0.4   

Short-term Investments

    3.2        1.2   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS     99.2     98.5

 

 

The percentage shown for each Sector Allocation reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. Underlying investment categories of Investment Companies held by the Fund are not reflected in the table above. Consequently, the Fund’s overall investment category allocations may differ from the percentages contained in the table above.

The Fund is actively managed and, as such its composition may differ over time.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   41


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

     Growth Fund     Value Fund         
    
MidCap
Growth Fund
 

Assets:

      

Investments at value (cost $85,099,199, $79,208,856, $46,180,518, $679,892,382, $126,557,033, $205,749,988, $277,843,608 and $99,019,856, respectively)

   $ 106,088,833      $ 87,478,865      $ 58,322,926   

Cash

     290,019        342        838   

Receivables:

      

Fund shares sold

     70,892        93,174        12,171   

Interest and dividends

     62,831        125,295        32,393   

Reimbursement from adviser

     2,107                 

Total Assets

     106,514,682        87,697,676        58,368,328   
      

Liabilities:

      

Payables:

      

Investments purchased

                     

Dividends and distributions

                     

Fund shares redeemed

     34,461        137,979        42,136   

Advisory fees

     65,042        22,483        35,564   

Deferred trustee fees

     46,474        28,829        19,956   

Administrative fees

     13,008        10,701        7,113   

Accrued expenses

     83,148        59,367        59,056   

Total Liabilities

     242,133        259,359        163,825   
      

Net Assets:

      

Paid-in capital

     87,066,788        88,605,706        43,935,002   

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     230,052        136,164        39,671   

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (2,013,925     (9,573,562     2,087,422   

Net unrealized gain

     20,989,634        8,270,009        12,142,408   

Net Assets

   $ 106,272,549      $ 87,438,317      $ 58,204,503   
      

Shares Outstanding/Net Asset Value:

      

Total shares outstanding, no par value (unlimited number of shares authorized):

     3,629,930        3,796,127        1,697,752   

Net asset value (net assets/shares outstanding)

   $ 29.28      $ 23.03      $ 34.28   

 

42   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Bond Fund     Short-Term
Government
Fund
    National
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Missouri
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Kansas
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
 
       
$ 739,874,494      $ 130,901,547      $ 220,598,048      $ 295,427,902      $ 105,398,101   
  758        737        883        834        796   
       
  1,002,277        57,086        183,486        643,833        53,300   
  6,410,317        633,211        2,207,883        3,276,527        1,186,466   
         14,635        10,816        17,173        11,158   
  747,287,846        131,607,216        223,001,116        299,366,269        106,649,821   
       
       
       
  1,670,870        2,507,189        2,500,000        5,307,261          
  2,011,078        161,760        535,011        662,051        234,063   
  1,037,656        108,681        14,610        96,133        2,903   
  303,971        52,636        89,394        119,089        43,246   
  146,524        40,868        42,063        45,538        18,292   
  91,191        15,791        26,818        35,726        12,974   
  299,714        64,922        66,299        81,334        52,738   
  5,561,004        2,951,847        3,274,195        6,347,132        364,216   
       
       
  687,127,022        137,274,242        201,900,483        274,517,791        99,316,019   
  (2,816,649     (1,559,611     206,076        (42,724     (43,088
  (2,565,643     (11,403,776     2,772,302        959,776        634,429   
  59,982,112        4,344,514        14,848,060        17,584,294        6,378,245   
$ 741,726,842      $ 128,655,369      $ 219,726,921      $ 293,019,137      $ 106,285,605   
       
       
  35,963,504        7,093,237        10,838,291        14,515,704        5,355,799   
$ 20.62      $ 18.14      $ 20.27      $ 20.19      $ 19.84   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   43


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

     Growth Fund     Value Fund         
    
MidCap
Growth Fund
 

Investment Income:

  

Interest

   $ 31      $ 81      $ 33   

Dividends

     813,787        1,505,326        390,158   

Total Investment Income

     813,818        1,505,407        390,191   
      

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     372,786        125,356        207,039   

Administration fees

     74,557        62,678        41,408   

Shareowner servicing fees

     40,179        7,101        8,558   

Custody and accounting fees

     23,124        25,519        26,203   

Transfer Agent fees

     37,256        39,823        25,204   

Professional fees

     14,683        13,601        12,348   

Registration fees

     9,372        10,599        6,993   

Trustee fees

     3,174        2,936        1,866   

Printing and mailing fees

     3,188        1,619        1,683   

Other

     8,741        5,359        5,207   

Total Expenses

     587,060        294,591        336,509   

Less — expense reimbursements

     (25,395     (2,096       

Net Expenses

     561,665        292,495        336,509   
Net Investment Income      252,153        1,212,912        53,682   
      

Realized and unrealized gain:

  

Net realized gain

     2,341,507        540,640        2,092,940   

Net change in unrealized gain

     11,478,108        6,697,036        3,669,796   

Net realized and unrealized gain

     13,819,615        7,237,676        5,762,736   
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS    $ 14,071,768      $ 8,450,588      $ 5,816,418   

 

44   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Bond Fund     Short-Term
Government
Fund
    National
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Missouri
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Kansas
Tax-Free
Intermediate
Bond Fund
 
 
$ 17,688,362      $ 1,540,805      $ 4,186,745      $ 5,588,938      $ 2,012,928   
  130,691               67,022        85,299        31,684   
  17,819,053        1,540,805        4,253,767        5,674,237        2,044,612   
       
 
  1,835,931        319,214        531,486        703,779        258,372   
  550,779        95,764        159,446        211,134        77,511   
  257,030        26,084        29,691        68,132        22,419   
  75,346        34,580        42,467        50,169        30,556   
  53,962        20,227        18,998        28,341        16,264   
  64,440        17,193        21,460        26,291        15,967   
  14,629        11,460        15,600        6,180        12,494   
  25,872        4,523        7,612        9,920        3,711   
  22,096        4,015        5,107        7,939        3,031   
  42,482        8,723        12,577        17,279        6,625   
  2,942,567        541,783        844,444        1,129,164        446,950   
         (107,665     (100,365     (143,884     (85,233
  2,942,567        434,118        744,079        985,280        361,717   
  14,876,486        1,106,687        3,509,688        4,688,957        1,682,895   
       
 
  2,098,128        237,178        2,772,115        960,134        634,615   
  7,407,684        209,129        7,401,544        7,116,972        2,561,460   
  9,505,812        446,307        10,173,659        8,077,106        3,196,075   
$ 24,382,298      $ 1,552,994      $ 13,683,347      $ 12,766,063      $ 4,878,970   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   45


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Growth Fund     Value Fund  
     For the Six
Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
    For the Six
Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 

From Operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 252,153      $ 587,272      $ 1,212,912      $ 1,245,176   

Net realized gain

     2,341,507        5,761,452        540,640        8,796,497   

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

     11,478,108        (1,509,994     6,697,036        (2,801,984

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     14,071,768        4,838,730        8,450,588        7,239,689   
        

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income

     (424,930     (599,906     (1,175,922     (1,167,927

From net realized gains

                            

Total distributions to shareholders

     (424,930     (599,906     (1,175,922     (1,167,927
        

From Share Transactions:

        

Proceeds from sales of shares

     5,322,388        19,330,753        24,090,873        32,649,942   

Reinvestment of distributions

     194,252        243,853        259,821        228,594   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (9,746,658     (46,524,739     (15,212,369     (17,856,591

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     (4,230,018     (26,950,133     9,138,325        15,021,945   
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)      9,416,820        (22,711,309     16,412,991        21,093,707   
        

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     96,855,729        119,567,038        71,025,326        49,931,619   

End of period

   $ 106,272,549      $ 96,855,729      $ 87,438,317      $ 71,025,326   

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $ 230,052      $ 402,829      $ 136,164      $ 99,174   

 

46   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

MidCap Growth Fund     Bond Fund  
For the Six
Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
    For the Six
Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     
$ 53,682      $ (110,648   $ 14,876,486      $ 29,042,962   
  2,092,940        4,859,446        2,098,128        2,699,879   
  3,669,796        (1,960,569     7,407,684        (457,788
  5,816,418        2,788,229        24,382,298        31,285,053   
     
     
                (15,709,746     (29,689,773
  (3,152,974                     
  (3,152,974            (15,709,746     (29,689,773
     
     
  3,738,244        14,973,903        84,875,456        183,758,213   
  1,246,008               3,500,132        6,124,097   
  (5,706,782     (14,878,726     (80,582,563     (114,911,103
  (722,530     95,177        7,793,025        74,971,207   
  1,940,914        2,883,406        16,465,577        76,566,487   
     
     
  56,263,589        53,380,183        725,261,265        648,694,778   
$ 58,204,503      $ 56,263,589      $ 741,726,842      $ 725,261,265   
$ 39,671      $ (14,011   $ (2,816,649   $ (1,983,389

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   47


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Short-Term
Government Fund
    National Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
    For the
Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 

From Operations:

        

Net investment income

   $ 1,106,687      $ 2,636,101      $ 3,509,688      $ 6,789,116   

Net realized gain

     237,178        57,583        2,772,115        1,045,634   

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

     209,129        (1,412,087     7,401,544        61,415   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,552,994        1,281,597        13,683,347        7,896,165   
        

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

From net investment income

     (1,633,498     (3,618,802     (3,483,052     (6,753,520

From net realized gains

                   (1,041,206     (2,394,933

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1,633,498     (3,618,802     (4,524,258     (9,148,453
        

From Share Transactions:

        

Proceeds from sales of shares

     19,759,261        44,666,035        35,763,782        42,031,800   

Reinvestment of distributions

     564,719        1,127,531        381,492        654,816   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (21,098,241     (46,968,512     (20,455,117     (38,454,002

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

     (774,261     (1,174,946     15,690,157        4,232,614   
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)      (854,765     (3,512,151     24,849,246        2,980,326   
        

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of period

     129,510,134        133,022,285        194,877,675        191,897,349   

End of period

   $ 128,655,369      $ 129,510,134      $ 219,726,921      $ 194,877,675   

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

   $ (1,559,611   $ (1,032,800   $ 206,076      $ 179,440   

 

48   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Missouri Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond Fund
    Kansas Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond Fund
 
For the
Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
    For the
Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
    For the Fiscal
Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     
$ 4,688,957      $ 9,244,760      $ 1,682,895      $ 3,099,582   
  960,134        1,105,512        634,615        214,979   
  7,116,972        (791,875     2,561,460        474,269   
  12,766,063        9,558,397        4,878,970        3,788,830   
     
     
  (4,676,856     (9,211,723     (1,674,678     (3,087,707
  (1,102,611     (521,922     (213,992     (653,556
  (5,779,467     (9,733,645     (1,888,670     (3,741,263
     
     
  38,183,459        57,327,275        15,599,285        26,598,454   
  909,218        1,259,859        290,261        548,763   
  (19,728,366     (57,541,656     (10,934,529     (12,921,425
  19,364,311        1,045,478        4,955,017        14,225,792   
  26,350,907        870,230        7,945,317        14,273,359   
     
     
  266,668,230        265,798,000        98,340,288        84,066,929   
$ 293,019,137      $ 266,668,230      $ 106,285,605      $ 98,340,288   
$ (42,724   $ (54,825   $ (43,088   $ (51,305

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   49


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

            Income (loss) from
investment operations
    Distributions
to shareholders
 
Year    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
     Net
investment
income(a)
    Net realized
and unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    From net
investment
income
    From net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
 

GROWTH FUND

  

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

2012

   $ 25.56       $ 0.07      $ 3.76      $ 3.83      $ (0.11   $      $ (0.11

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

2011

     24.73         0.13 (d)      0.82        0.95        (0.12            (0.12

2010

     21.24         0.19 (e)      3.41        3.60        (0.11            (0.11

2009(f)

     18.44         0.10        2.75        2.85        (0.05            (0.05

2008

     29.11         0.05        (10.39     (10.34     (0.04     (0.29     (0.33

2007

     25.56         0.04        3.55        3.59        (0.04            (0.04
               

VALUE FUND

               

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

2012

   $ 21.18       $ 0.32      $ 1.84      $ 2.16      $ (0.31   $      $ (0.31

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

2011

     18.91         0.48        2.24        2.72        (0.45            (0.45

2010

     16.81         0.22        2.10        2.32        (0.22            (0.22

2009(f)

     16.31         0.30        0.50        0.80        (0.30            (0.30

2008

     29.02         0.39        (9.84     (9.45     (0.39     (2.87     (3.26

2007

     29.53         0.36        1.90        2.26        (0.36     (2.41     (2.77

 

(a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.

 

(b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, a complete redemption of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period and no sales or redemption charges. Total returns would be reduced if a sales or redemption charge was taken into account. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

(c)   Annualized.

 

(d)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.02 per share and 0.09% of average net assets.

 

(e)   Reflects income recognized from a special dividend which amounted to $0.13 per share and 0.56% of average net assets.

 

(f)   On February 10, 2009, all outstanding Institutional Shares were redesignated as Shares.

 

50   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

                                     
Net asset
value, end
of period
  Total
return(b)
    Net assets
at end of
period
(in 000s)
    Ratio of
net expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of total
expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of
net investment
income to
average net assets
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
           
           
$29.28     15.07   $ 106,273        1.13 %(c)      1.18 %(c)      0.51 %(c)      16
           
25.56     3.84        96,856        1.13        1.19        0.50 (d)      43   
24.73     16.98        119,567        1.13        1.24        0.82 (e)      46   
21.24     15.55        110,522        1.13        1.20        0.52        39   
18.44     (35.82     111,319        1.11        1.11        0.18        43   
29.11     14.04        223,441        1.13        1.14        0.15        70   
           
           
           
$23.03     10.25   $ 87,438        0.70 %(c)      0.71 %(c)      2.90 %(c)      19
           
21.18     14.51        71,025        0.86        0.90        2.32        116   
18.91     13.88        49,932        1.20        1.26        1.24        47   
16.81     5.19        63,622        1.20        1.22        1.98        61   
16.31     (36.04     64,726        1.14        1.14        1.74        45   
29.02     8.11        141,455        1.13        1.13        1.25        55   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   51


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

            Income (loss) from
investment operations
    Distributions
to shareholders
 
Year    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
     Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
    Net realized
and unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    From net
investment
income
    From net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
 

MIDCAP GROWTH FUND

               

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

            

2012

   $ 32.78       $ 0.03 (c)    $ 3.36      $ 3.39      $      $ (1.89   $ (1.89

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

            

2011

     31.24         (0.06 )(e)      1.60        1.54                        

2010

     24.06         (0.07     7.29        7.22        (0.04            (0.04

2009(f)

     21.13         0.02        3.81        3.83        (0.01     (0.89     (0.90

2008

     37.60         0.01        (13.72     (13.71            (2.76     (2.76

2007

     33.61         (0.11     4.14        4.03               (0.04     (0.04
               

BOND FUND

               

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

            

2012

   $ 20.39       $ 0.41      $ 0.26      $ 0.67      $ (0.44   $      $ (0.44

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

2011

     20.35         0.89        0.06        0.95        (0.91            (0.91

2010

     19.17         0.93        1.21        2.14        (0.96            (0.96

2009(f)

     17.29         0.96        1.91        2.87        (0.99            (0.99

2008

     18.39         0.85        (1.07     (0.22     (0.88            (0.88

2007

     18.12         0.82        0.31 (g)      1.13        (0.86            (0.86

 

(a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.

 

(b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, a complete redemption of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period and no sales or redemption charges. Total returns would be reduced if a sales or redemption charge was taken into account. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

(c)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.05 per share and 0.33% of average net assets.

 

(d)   Annualized.

 

(e)   Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.07 per share and 0.19% of average net assets.

 

(f)   On February 10, 2009, all outstanding Institutional Shares were redesignated as Shares.

 

(g)   Reflects an increase of $0.19 per share and 1.06% of average net assets due in payments received for class action settlements received.

 

(h)   Total return reflects the impact of payments received for class action settlements received. Excluding such payments, the total return would have been 5.31%.

 

52   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

                                     
Net asset
value, end
of period
  Total
return(b)
    Net assets
at end of
period
(in 000s)
    Ratio of
net expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of total
expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of
net investment
income (loss) to
average net assets
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
           
           
$34.28     11.06   $ 58,205        1.22 %(d)      1.22 %(d)      0.19 %(c)(d)      16
           
32.78     4.93        56,264        1.24        1.24        (0.18 )(e)      46   
31.24     30.08        53,380        1.33        1.33        (0.24     45   
24.06     19.76        48,771        1.33        1.33        0.12        58   
21.13     (39.07     40,444        1.21        1.21        0.02        57   
37.60     12.01        100,357        1.18        1.18        (0.32     65   
           
           
           
$20.62     3.30   $ 741,727        0.80 %(d)      0.80 %(d)      4.05 %(d)      10
           
20.39     4.80        725,261        0.81        0.81        4.39        26   
20.35     11.46        648,695        0.83        0.83        4.75        26   
19.17     17.00        570,560        0.81        0.81        5.23        22   
17.29     (1.37     495,168        0.79        0.79        4.62        9   
18.39     6.37 (h)      537,430        0.82        0.82        4.50        23   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   53


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

            Income (loss) from
investment operations
    Distributions
to shareholders
 
Year    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
     Net
investment
income(a)
     Net realized
and unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
    From net
investment
income
    From net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
 

SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT FUND

  

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

2012

   $ 18.15       $ 0.16       $ 0.06      $ 0.22      $ (0.23   $      $ (0.23

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

2011

     18.48         0.38         (0.19     0.19        (0.52            (0.52

2010

     18.16         0.48         0.42        0.90        (0.58            (0.58

2009(d)

     17.53         0.56         0.79        1.35        (0.72            (0.72

2008

     17.65         0.66         (0.03     0.63        (0.75            (0.75

2007

     17.56         0.69         0.16        0.85        (0.76            (0.76
                

NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

  

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

2012

   $ 19.42       $ 0.33       $ 0.95      $ 1.28      $ (0.33   $ (0.10   $ (0.43

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

2011

     19.50         0.71         0.16        0.87        (0.71     (0.24     (0.95

2010

     18.84         0.67         0.71        1.38        (0.67     (0.05     (0.72

2009(d)

     17.82         0.70         1.20        1.90        (0.70     (0.18     (0.88

2008

     18.83         0.70         (0.96     (0.26     (0.70     (0.05     (0.75

2007

     19.07         0.71         (0.19     0.52        (0.71     (0.05     (0.76

 

(a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.

 

(b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, a complete redemption of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period and no sales or redemption charges. Total returns would be reduced if a sales or redemption charge was taken into account. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

(c)   Annualized.

 

(d)   On February 10, 2009, all outstanding Institutional Shares were redesignated as Shares.

 

54   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

                                     
Net asset
value, end
of period
  Total
return(b)
    Net assets
at end of
period
(in 000s)
    Ratio of
net expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of total
expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of
net investment
income to
average net assets
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
           
           
$18.14     1.22   $ 128,655        0.68 %(c)      0.85 %(c)      1.73 %(c)      14
           
18.15     1.07        129,510        0.68        0.88        2.09        27   
18.48     5.04        133,022        0.68        0.89        2.60        28   
18.16     7.85        105,981        0.68        0.93        3.14        25   
17.53     3.60        78,455        0.68        0.90        3.68        30   
17.65     4.97        87,511        0.68        0.90        3.91        15   
           
           
           
$20.27     6.64   $ 219,727        0.70 %(c)      0.79 %(c)      3.30 %(c)      13
           
19.42     4.73        194,878        0.70        0.84        3.76        44   
19.50     7.43        191,897        0.70        0.86        3.49        46   
18.84     10.89        163,878        0.70        0.85        3.77        27   
17.82     (1.47     136,575        0.70        0.82        3.76        45   
18.83     2.81        145,265        0.70        0.83        3.78        42   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   55


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

            Income (loss) from
investment operations
     Distributions
to shareholders
 
Year    Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
     Net
investment
income(a)
     Net realized
and unrealized
gain (loss)
    Total from
investment
operations
     From net
investment
income
    From net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
 

MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

  

           

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

              

2012

   $ 19.69       $ 0.33       $ 0.58      $ 0.91       $ (0.33   $ (0.08   $ (0.41

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

              

2011

     19.70         0.69         0.03        0.72         (0.69     (0.04     (0.73

2010

     19.30         0.66         0.43        1.09         (0.66     (0.03     (0.69

2009(d)

     18.27         0.67         1.05        1.72         (0.67     (0.02     (0.69

2008

     19.01         0.69         (0.66     0.03         (0.69     (0.08     (0.77

2007

     19.22         0.71         (0.19     0.52         (0.71     (0.02     (0.73
                 

KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

  

           

For the Six Months Ended April 30, (Unaudited)

  

              

2012

   $ 19.27       $ 0.32       $ 0.61      $ 0.93       $ (0.32   $ (0.04   $ (0.36

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

  

              

2011

     19.32         0.66         0.10        0.76         (0.66     (0.15     (0.81

2010

     19.05         0.63         0.33        0.96         (0.63     (0.06     (0.69

2009(d)

     17.90         0.63         1.20        1.83         (0.64     (0.04     (0.68

2008

     18.58         0.64         (0.63     0.01         (0.64     (0.05     (0.69

2007

     18.78         0.66         (0.14     0.52         (0.66     (0.06     (0.72

 

(a)   Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology.

 

(b)   Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, a complete redemption of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period and no sales or redemption charges. Total returns would be reduced if a sales or redemption charge was taken into account. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

 

(c)   Annualized.

 

(d)   On February 10, 2009, all outstanding Institutional Shares were redesignated as Shares.

 

56   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Net asset
value, end
of period
  Total
return(b)
    Net assets
at end of
period
(in 000s)
    Ratio of
net expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of total
expenses to
average net assets
    Ratio of
net investment
income to
average net assets
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
           
           
$20.19     4.67   $ 293,019        0.70 %(c)      0.80 %(c)      3.33 %(c)      8
           
19.69     3.77        266,668        0.70        0.84        3.57        15   
19.70     5.72        265,798        0.70        0.84        3.37        19   
19.30     9.54        229,687        0.70        0.83        3.50        10   
18.27     0.10        169,838        0.70        0.81        3.63        7   
19.01     2.77        148,824        0.68        0.82        3.74        21   
           
           
           
$19.84     4.85   $ 106,286        0.70 %(c)      0.86 %(c)      3.26 %(c)      12
           
19.27     4.09        98,340        0.70        0.90        3.50        14   
19.32     5.15        84,067        0.70        0.94        3.31        23   
19.05     10.33        75,878        0.70        0.93        3.38        16   
17.90     0.01        68,986        0.70        0.90        3.46        13   
18.58     2.82        69,270        0.68        0.92        3.55        18   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.   57


COMMERCE FUNDS

 

Notes to Financial Statements

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

1.   ORGANIZATION   

 

The Commerce Funds (the “Trust”) are a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end, management investment company. The Trust consists of eight portfolios (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”): Growth Fund, Value Fund, MidCap Growth Fund, Bond Fund, Short-Term Government Fund, National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund. Each of the Funds offers one class of shares (the “Shares”). Each Fund is registered as a diversified open-end management investment company, other than the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund and the Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund, which are registered as non-diversified under the 1940 Act.

The Funds have entered into an Advisory Agreement with Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Commerce”), a subsidiary of Commerce Bank (“Commerce Bank”).

 

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES   

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

A.  Investment Valuation The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.

Equity securities and investment companies traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If no sale occurs, such securities and investment companies are valued at the last bid price. Debt securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued on the basis of quotations furnished by an independent pricing service or provided by securities dealers. The pricing services may use valuation models or matrix pricing, which considers yield or price with respect to comparable bonds, quotations from bond dealers or by reference to other securities that are considered comparable in such characteristics as rating, interest rate and maturity date, to determine current value. Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price. Investments in investment companies (other than those that are exchange traded) are valued at the net asset value per share (“NAV”) of the investment company on the valuation date. Short-term debt obligations that mature in sixty days or less and that do not exhibit signs of credit deterioration are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

If quotations are not readily available, or if the Adviser believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may be determined under valuation procedures approved by the trustees.

B.  Investment Income and Investments Investment income is comprised of interest income and dividend income. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date with realized gains and losses on sales calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations.

C.  Expenses — Expenses incurred by the Trust that do not specifically relate to an individual Fund of the Trust are allocated to the Funds based on each Fund’s relative average net assets and are accrued daily.

D.  Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies (mutual funds) and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, the Funds are not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to

 

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2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)   

 

shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid according to the following schedule:

 

       Income Distribution      Capital Gains Distribution
Fund      Declared      Paid      Declared      Paid

Value

     Quarterly      Quarterly      Annually      Annually

Growth and MidCap Growth

     Annually      Annually      Annually      Annually

Bond, Short-Term Government, National Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

     Daily      Monthly      Annually      Annually

Net capital losses are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.

The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as from net investment income, net realized gain or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.

E.  Repurchase Agreements — The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements involve the purchase of securities subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed upon date and price. During the term of a repurchase agreement, the value of the underlying securities held as collateral on behalf of the Funds, including accrued interest, is required to exceed the value of the repurchase agreement, including accrued interest. If the seller defaults or becomes insolvent, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited and there may be a decline in the value of the collateral during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. The underlying securities for all repurchase agreements are held in safekeeping at the Funds’ custodian.

 

3. FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS   

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk), either directly or indirectly;

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including the Adviser’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).

The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

3.  FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)   

 

The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments categorized in the fair value hierarchy as of April 30, 2012:

 

GROWTH               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

     $ 106,088,833         $         $   
VALUE               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

     $ 86,785,865         $         $   

Short-term Investment

                 693,000             

Total

     $ 86,785,865         $ 693,000         $   
MIDCAP GROWTH               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

     $ 57,767,926         $         $   

Short-term Investment

                 555,000             

Total

     $ 57,767,926         $ 555,000         $   
BOND               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Fixed Income

              

Asset-Backed Securities

     $         $ 88,795,710         $   

Municipal Bond Obligations

                 86,213,147             

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

                 184,311,741             

Corporate Obligations

                 243,627,594             

U.S. Treasury and/or Other U.S. Government Agencies

       8,710,000           105,479,353             

Investment Company

       5,272,949                       

Short-term Investment

                 17,464,000             

Total

     $ 13,982,949         $ 725,891,545         $   
SHORT-TERM GOVERNMENT               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Fixed Income

              

Asset-Backed Securities

     $         $ 2,985,485         $   

Mortgage-Backed Obligations

                 34,248,910             

Government Guarantee Obligations

                 3,321,600             

U.S. Treasury and/or Other U.S. Government Agencies

       11,616,406           69,441,146             

Short-term Investment

                 9,288,000             

Total

     $ 11,616,406         $ 119,285,141         $   

 

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3.  FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)   

 

NATIONAL TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Fixed Income

              

Municipal Bond Obligations

     $         $ 206,750,066         $   

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

       5,647,982                       

Short-term Investment

                 8,200,000             

Total

     $ 5,647,982         $ 214,950,066         $   
MISSOURI TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Fixed Income

              

Municipal Bond Obligations

     $         $ 278,747,561         $   

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

       7,188,341                       

Short-term Investment

                 9,492,000             

Total

     $ 7,188,341         $ 288,239,561         $   
KANSAS TAX-FREE INTERMEDIATE BOND               
Investment Type      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3  

Assets

              

Fixed Income

              

Municipal Bond Obligations

     $         $ 99,300,146         $   

Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments

       2,669,955                       

Short-term Investment

                 3,428,000             

Total

     $ 2,669,955         $ 102,728,146         $   

 

4.  AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS   

A.  Advisory Agreement — Pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is responsible for managing the investments and making investment decisions for each of the Funds. For these services and for assuming related expenses, the Adviser is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, at the contractual annual rate of the corresponding Fund’s average daily net assets. The contractual annual rate is 0.75% for the Growth and MidCap Growth Funds, 0.30% for the Value Fund and 0.50% for the Bond, Short-Term Government, National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds, respectively.

B.  Administration Agreements — Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”), and Commerce, serve as Co-Administrators of the Trust pursuant to a Co-Administration Agreement. Under the Co-Administration Agreement, GSAM and Commerce administer the Trust’s business affairs. As compensation for the services rendered under the Co-Administration Agreement, GSAM and Commerce are entitled to a fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, at the contractual annual rate of the corresponding Fund’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to the Co-Administration Agreement, the Funds will pay an aggregate administrative fee at the annual rate of 0.15%, allocated as follows: (1) for each Fund, Commerce is entitled to receive 0.12% of each Fund’s average daily net assets; and (2) for each Fund, GSAM is entitled to receive 0.03% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

C.  Other Agreements — The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses exclusive of any custody expense reductions for all Funds (other than the MidCap Growth

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

4.  AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued)   

 

Fund)) to the extent that such expenses exceeded, on an annualized basis, 1.13%, 0.70%, 0.88%, 0.68%, 0.70%, 0.70% and 0.70% of the average net assets of the Growth, Value, Bond, Short-Term Government, National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds, respectively. In addition, the Funds are not obligated to reimburse the Adviser for prior fiscal year expense reimbursements, if any. Such expense reimbursements, if any, are accrued daily and paid monthly and are disclosed in the Statements of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2012.

Pursuant to a Shareholder Administrative Services Plan adopted by its Board of Trustees, the Funds may enter into agreements with service organizations, such as banks and financial institutions, which include affiliates of the Adviser (“Service Organizations”), under which they will render shareholder administration support services. For these services, the Service Organizations are entitled to receive fees from each Fund at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of Fund shares beneficially owned by clients of such Service Organizations. For the six months ended April 30, 2012, Commerce Bank received $229,800 in shareowner servicing fees.

D.  Deferred Compensation Plan — Certain Trustees participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), which allows eligible non-affiliated Trustees as described in the Plan to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the Trustees’ fees payable. Under the Plan, such Trustees have deferred fees treated as if they had been invested by The Commerce Funds in the shares of one or more Funds of the Trust. All amounts payable to the Trustees under the Plan are determined based on the performance of such Funds and are accrued monthly.

 

5.  PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS   

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term securities for the six months ended April 30, 2012, were as follows:

 

Fund      Purchases of
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
       Purchases
(Excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations)
       Sales and
Maturities of
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations
       Sales
and Maturities
(Excluding
U.S. Government
and Agency
Obligations)
 

Growth

     $         $ 15,514,618         $         $ 19,568,819   

Value

                 36,261,972                     15,258,649   

MidCap Growth

                 9,103,023                     12,985,437   

Bond

       2,996,118           77,010,897           22,966,178           48,679,657   

Short-Term Government

       12,512,814           4,956,859           16,825,713           4,622,773   

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

                 35,377,927                     26,678,072   

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

                 32,671,669                     22,576,310   

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

                 12,601,564                     11,911,729   

 

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6.  TAX INFORMATION   

 

As of the Funds’ most recent fiscal year ended, October 31, 2011, the Funds’ capital loss carryforwards and certain timing differences on a tax basis were as follows:

 

      Growth     Value     MidCap
Growth
    Bond  

Capital loss carryovers:(1)

        

Expiring 2012

   $      $      $      $ (546,585

Expiring 2013

                          (540,238

Expiring 2014

                          (3,576,948

Expiring 2017

     (4,097,268     (8,007,346              

Expiring 2018

            (1,335,495              

Total capital loss carryovers

   $ (4,097,268   $ (9,342,841   $      $ (4,663,771

Timing differences (distributions payable, deferred compensation)

   $ (21,915   $ (20,093   $ (14,011   $ (2,042,453
      Short-Term
Government
    National Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
    Missouri Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
    Kansas Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
 

Capital loss carryovers:(1)

        

Expiring 2012

   $ (3,771,248   $      $      $   

Expiring 2013

     (2,538,488                     

Expiring 2014

     (2,653,199                     

Expiring 2015

     (1,094,544                     

Expiring 2016

     (347,228                     

Expiring 2017

     (400,692                     

Expiring 2018

     (460,436                     

Expiring 2019

     (375,119                     

Total capital loss carryovers

   $ (11,640,954   $      $      $   

Timing differences (distributions payable, deferred compensation)

   $ (221,108   $ (580,465   $ (690,500   $ (244,925

 

(1)   Expiration occurs on October 31 of the year indicated.

As of April 30, 2012, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      Growth     Value     MidCap
Growth
    Bond  

Tax Cost

   $ 85,357,363      $ 79,980,216      $ 46,185,069      $ 682,540,508   

Gross unrealized gain

     24,952,523        8,642,163        13,903,534        65,416,171   

Gross unrealized loss

     (4,221,053     (1,143,514     (1,765,677     (8,082,185

Net unrealized security gain

   $ 20,731,470      $ 7,498,649      $ 12,137,857      $ 57,333,986   
      Short-Term
Government
    National Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
    Missouri Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
    Kansas Tax-Free
Intermediate Bond
 

Tax Cost

   $ 127,834,234      $ 205,665,754      $ 277,805,213      $ 98,999,303   

Gross unrealized gain

     4,931,226        15,039,768        17,670,994        6,422,400   

Gross unrealized loss

     (1,863,913     (107,474     (48,305     (23,602

Net unrealized security gain

   $ 3,067,313      $ 14,932,294      $ 17,622,689      $ 6,398,798   

The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales, and differences in the tax treatment of market discount accretion and premium amortization.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

6.  TAX INFORMATION (continued)   

 

Commerce and GSAM have reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current and prior three fiscal years) and have concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax years remain subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.

 

7.  OTHER RISKS

The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, the Funds trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). Additionally, the Funds may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transaction defaults.

Portfolio Concentrations — As a result of the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds’ ability to invest a large percentage of their assets in obligations of issuers within certain states, they are subject to possible concentration risks associated with economic, political or legal developments or industrial or regional matters specifically affecting such states.

Under normal market conditions, the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund and the Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund invest at least 80% of their assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase) in Missouri and Kansas municipal securities, respectively, the income from which, in the opinion of bond counsel, is exempt from regular federal income tax, federal alternative minimum taxes and Missouri and Kansas state taxes, respectively. Alternatively, at least 80% of a Fund’s distributed income must be exempt from such taxes. For each of the Missouri and Kansas Tax-Free Funds, the actual payment of principal and interest on Missouri and Kansas municipal securities is dependent on the Missouri General Assembly and the Kansas legislature, respectively, allotting money each fiscal year for these payments.

The investments of the Growth and MidCap Growth Funds may be concentrated in securities of technology companies. At times, securities of technology companies may experience significant price fluctuations. The MidCap Growth Fund concentrates in mid-cap stocks. Investing in mid-sized companies may be riskier than investing in larger, more established companies.

The Bond and Short-Term Government Funds may invest 80% and 100%, respectively, of their total assets in mortgage and asset-related securities and the Bond Fund may invest 80% of its total assets in asset-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities, especially collateralized mortgage-backed securities, may be subject to risks that include price volatility, liquidity, and enhanced sensitivity to interest rates. As a result, mortgage-backed securities may be more difficult to value and liquidate, if necessary. Mortgage-backed securities are also subject to prepayment risk, which may result in a decreased rate of return and a decline in the value of the securities. Asset-backed securities are dependent upon payment of the underlying consumer loans or receivables by individuals, and the certificate holder frequently has no recourse against the entity that originated the loans or receivables. Asset-backed securities have a greater risk of default during periods of economic downturn than other securities. Also, asset-backed securities may be less liquid than other securities and therefore more difficult to value and liquidate, if necessary.

 

8.   INDEMNIFICATIONS

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, in their experience, Commerce and GSAM believe the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

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9.  OTHER MATTERS   

 

New Accounting Pronouncement — In May 2011, Accounting Standards Update 2011-04 (ASU 2011-04), Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in GAAP and IFRSs, was issued and is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. ASU 2011-04 amends Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments are the result of the work by the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to develop common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with GAAP. Commerce and GSAM are currently evaluating the application of ASU 2011-04 and its impact, if any, on the Funds’ financial statements.

Approval of Advisory Agreement — The Trustees oversee the management of the Trust, and review the investment performance and expenses of the Funds at regularly scheduled meetings held during the Funds’ fiscal year. In addition, the Trustees determine annually whether to reapprove and continue the Trust’s investment advisory agreement (“Advisory

Agreement”) with the Adviser (also referred to as “Commerce”) for the Funds.

The Advisory Agreement for the Funds was most recently approved by the Trustees, including all of the Trustees who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of any party thereto (the “non-interested Trustees”), on November 15, 2011 (the “Annual Contract Meeting”).

Prior to the Annual Contract Meeting, the Board of Trustees received written materials provided by the Adviser relating to the Trustees’ consideration of the Advisory Agreement. At the Annual Contract Meeting, the Trustees also received and considered the Adviser’s oral presentations and discussed the information that had been provided. In connection with their deliberations, the Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel regarding their responsibilities under applicable law and met separately in executive session with independent counsel without members of management present.

In evaluating the Advisory Agreement, the Trustees relied upon their knowledge, resulting from their meetings and other interactions throughout the year, of the Adviser and its services and personnel. Both in meetings specifically dedicated to the review of the Advisory Agreement and meetings held during the year, the Trustees reviewed materials relating to the Adviser’s investment management services. Specifically, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, information relating to: (i) the terms of the Advisory Agreement; (ii) the Funds’ investment performance over different time periods in comparison to the investment performance of mutual fund peer categories selected by Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”), a third-party provider of mutual fund data; (iii) the contractual investment advisory fees, the actual investment advisory fees (after expense reimbursements) and the total expenses borne by the Funds in comparison to those borne by mutual fund peer groups selected by Lipper; (iv) the Adviser’s staffing for the Funds and the experience of the portfolio managers; (v) the scope and depth of the Adviser’s resources and their ability to attract and retain portfolio management investment talent; (vi) the fees paid by the Funds to the Adviser and its affiliates for services, and the expenses incurred by them in connection with the provision of those services, the profitability of the Advisory Agreement to the Adviser, and a comparison of the Adviser’s profitability with that of other publicly reported profitability information of other advisers; (vii) the fall out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Funds; (viii) information about fees charged to institutional accounts for which an affiliate of the Adviser, Commerce Trust Company (“CTC”) was performing services similar to those performed for the Funds; and (ix) potential economies of scale.

In connection with their approval of the Advisory Agreement for each of the Funds, the Trustees gave weight to various factors, but did not identify any single factor as controlling their decision. As part of their review, the Trustees considered the following factors:

Nature, quality and extent of services – The Trustees reviewed the nature, quality and extent of services of the Adviser to the Funds, taking into account the investment objectives and strategies of each Fund and knowledge gained from meetings with management. The Trustees also considered the available resources and key investment personnel of the Adviser and their experience and length of service to the Funds. The Trustees also discussed the Adviser’s reports to the Board, compliance record and effectiveness of oversight over the Funds’ other service providers, communications and support services to

 

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April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

9.  OTHER MATTERS (continued)   

 

shareholders, service as the Funds’ co-administrator, adherence to investment policies, execution of portfolio transactions and selection of broker dealers and other similar factors.

The Trustees determined that the Adviser had supported the Funds and provided a seasoned and experienced portfolio management and compliance staff. Moreover, they considered that the Adviser had a highly disciplined money management and research and analytic process and was able to attract and retain high quality personnel. The Trustees also considered that the Adviser had provided clear, concise reports to the Board and updated the Trustees frequently on issues of current interest. They concluded that the Adviser had an excellent compliance record and had provided strong oversight over the other service providers to the Funds. They also noted the efforts by the Adviser over the past year to negotiate with the Funds’ service providers to reduce expenses of the Funds. Finally, the Trustees considered that the Adviser and its affiliates had other client relationships with most of the Funds’ shareholders and provided them with other services through these relationships. The Trustees concluded that the Funds would therefore benefit from the Adviser’s continued service to them.

Performance of the Funds – The Trustees considered both the short-term and long-term performance of the Funds. They reviewed and discussed the Lipper information presented, which compared each Fund’s performance with that of its benchmark and with performance of comparable funds and peer groups identified by Lipper. The Trustees determined that the Fixed Income Funds were generally competitive with their Lipper peers, with all Fixed Income Funds being in the first quartile of their Lipper peers for the one-year and three-year periods, other than the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds, which were above the midpoint of their Lipper periods for the three-year period. The Trustees also considered performance versus the Funds’ benchmarks, noting that while the Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark for the three- and five-year time periods, the Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds had more mixed performance versus their respective benchmarks and the Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Short-Term Government Funds had under performed their benchmarks for most periods. The Trustees considered, however, that the Missouri and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Funds tracked benchmarks that were not necessarily reflective of their concentrated state holdings.

The Trustees also considered the Equity Funds’ performance. They considered that the Value Fund had out performed its Lipper peer for the one- and three-year periods as a result of the Adviser’s focus over the past year on implementing strategies to improve performance. The Trustees also considered that the Growth Fund was below the midpoint of its Lipper peer for the one-year and three-year period while the MidCap Growth Fund was below the midpoint of its Lipper peer for the one-year period but above the midpoint for the three-year period. The Trustees also considered the Funds’ performance versus their benchmarks, noting that the Growth and MidCap Growth Funds had under performed their benchmarks for all periods (except for the three-year period for the MidCap Growth Fund), while the Value Fund had outperformed its benchmark for most periods. The Trustees also reviewed information prepared by Lipper that compared each Fund’s three-year performance with its expenses.

The Trustees concluded that while past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance, the Value Fund’s performance had improved as a result of the changes implemented by the Adviser and the Fixed Income Funds’ performance generally remained strong as compared to their Lipper peer group. While the Growth and MidCap Growth Funds’ performance had generally declined during the prior year in comparison to their Lipper peers and benchmarks, the Trustees noted that the Adviser had taken certain actions to remediate the under performance. The Trustees concluded that Fund shareholders were generally receiving value for the services provided by the Adviser.

Costs of Services and Profits Realized by the Adviser – The Board considered the fees and expenses of the Funds and the Lipper information provided comparing the Funds’ fees to Lipper peers. The Trustees considered this information in light of the Adviser’s cost of providing advisory services as well as its profitability. It was noted that the Adviser’s costs had increased in the past year and that profitability had slightly increased; it was also noted that the Adviser’s cost allocation methodology had remained consistent. The Trustees discussed that the Adviser appeared to have a rigorous and consistent program in place to control Fund expenses and had instituted requests for proposals and negotiated fees aggressively with other service providers when appropriate. The Trustees considered the Adviser’s profitability in light of the profitability of other investment advisers’ publicly-reported profitability margins and concluded that it was within the range of reasonability.

 

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9.  OTHER MATTERS (continued)   

 

The Trustees also reviewed information provided on the Funds’ advisory fees compared to advisory fees charged by the Adviser’s affiliates to similar institutional accounts managed by Commerce personnel. These accounts were not managed by the Adviser but by its affiliate, but some of the same investment personnel provided these advisory services. In some cases, the fees charged were lower than the fees charged to the Funds and in other cases the fees were about the same. The Trustees noted that the Adviser provides significant additional services for the Funds that its affiliate does not provide to non-mutual fund clients, including administrative services, oversight of the Funds’ other service providers, Trustee support, regulatory compliance, risk management monitoring and numerous other services, and that in servicing the Funds, the Adviser assumes many legal risks that its affiliate does not assume in servicing many of its similar clients.

Economies of Scale – The Trustees determined after review of the financial reports that the Funds had not achieved sufficient size and scale to institute breakpoints. In addition, the Trustees considered that the Adviser was managing its operations in a manner that was as efficient as possible under the circumstances, with a view to keeping shareholder expense ratios as low as possible. The Trustees also considered that Commerce was proposing to institute breakpoints on and/or otherwise reduce certain of the Funds’ advisory fees in 2012.

Fall-Out Benefits – One of the principal benefits to the Adviser of its relationship with the Funds is its receipt of soft dollars and its contract as a Co-Administrator of the Funds. The Trustees considered that they receive regular, extensive quarterly reports on the Adviser’s soft dollar program and that its program is in compliance with Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. They also considered that the Adviser had a system in place to test for best execution, which is reviewed with the Board on at least an annual basis.

With respect to the Co-Administration Agreement, the Trustees noted that they reviewed the agreement annually using substantially the same review framework as the Advisory Agreement. The Trustees believed that Commerce was providing satisfactory services to shareholders under that agreement for reasonable rates.

The Trustees discussed at length the information that had been submitted to them in connection with the reapproval of the Advisory Agreement. The Trustees determined that the Lipper comparative information had been helpful in assessing both Fund performance and the Funds’ fees and costs. The Trustees considered the small size of the complex, its shareholder base and distribution model and Commerce’s relationship with and services to the shareholders. They also considered that assets had not grown significantly over the past year. They concluded that Commerce generally had provided value to shareholders at a reasonable price. After deliberation, the Trustees concluded at the Annual Contract Meeting with respect to all of the Funds, that the fees paid by the Funds were reasonable in light of the services provided by the Adviser, Fund performance, the Adviser’s costs and the Funds’ current and reasonably foreseeable asset levels. For these reasons, the Board determined that the Advisory Agreement should be reapproved and continued.

 

10.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS   

Subsequent events after the balance sheet date have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued and Commerce and GSAM have concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements other than below.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

10.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)   

 

Effective July 1, 2012, the following Funds implemented contractual advisory fee breakpoints at the rates below:

 

       Contractual Advisory Fees  
Fund      First
$100 million
       Next
$100 million
       Over
$200 million
 

Growth and MidCap Growth

       0.65        0.50        0.40

Short-Term Government, National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond, Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond and Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond

       0.50        0.35        0.25
        First
$400 million
       Next
$300 million
       Over
$700 million
 

Bond

       0.50        0.35        0.25

 

11.  SUMMARY OF SHARE TRANSACTIONS   

Share activity is as follows:

 

      Growth Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     194,625         $ 5,322,388           738,204         $ 19,330,753   

Reinvestment of distributions

     7,627           194,252           9,336           243,853   

Shares redeemed

     (362,278        (9,746,658        (1,792,684        (46,524,739
Net Decrease      (160,026      $ (4,230,018        (1,045,144      $ (26,950,133
                 
      Value Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     1,110,324         $ 24,090,873           1,559,757         $ 32,649,942   

Reinvestment of distributions

     11,612           259,821           11,275           228,594   

Shares redeemed

     (679,407        (15,212,369        (857,671        (17,856,591
Net Increase      442,529         $ 9,138,325           713,361         $ 15,021,945   
                 
      MidCap Growth Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     117,046         $ 3,738,244           442,467         $ 14,973,903   

Reinvestment of distributions

     40,811           1,246,008                       

Shares redeemed

     (176,509        (5,706,782        (434,743        (14,878,726
Net Increase (Decrease)      (18,652      $ (722,530        7,724         $ 95,177   

 

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11.  SUMMARY OF SHARE TRANSACTIONS (continued)   

 

      Bond Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     4,153,405         $ 84,875,456           9,116,333         $ 183,758,213   

Reinvestment of distributions

     170,915           3,500,132           303,705           6,124,097   

Shares redeemed

     (3,936,346        (80,582,563        (5,725,418        (114,911,103
Net Increase      387,974         $ 7,793,025           3,694,620         $ 74,971,207   
                 
      Short-Term Government Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     1,090,420         $ 19,759,261           2,449,575         $ 44,666,035   

Reinvestment of distributions

     31,158           564,719           61,851           1,127,531   

Shares redeemed

     (1,164,264        (21,098,241        (2,574,038        (46,968,512
Net Decrease      (42,686      $ (774,261        (62,612      $ (1,174,946
                 
      National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     1,803,738         $ 35,763,782           2,217,817         $ 42,031,800   

Reinvestment of distributions

     19,364           381,492           34,698           654,816   

Shares redeemed

     (1,022,275        (20,455,117        (2,057,207        (38,454,002
Net Increase      800,827         $ 15,690,157           195,308         $ 4,232,614   
                 
      Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     1,911,186         $ 38,183,459           2,975,994         $ 57,327,275   

Reinvestment of distributions

     45,591           909,218           65,124           1,259,859   

Shares redeemed

     (985,881        (19,728,366        (2,988,214        (57,541,656
Net Increase      970,896         $ 19,364,311           52,904         $ 1,045,478   
                 
      Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund  
      For the Six Months Ended
April 30, 2012
(Unaudited)
       For the Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
 
     Shares        Dollars        Shares        Dollars  

Shares sold

     794,280         $ 15,599,285           1,409,188         $ 26,598,454   

Reinvestment of distributions

     14,795           290,261           29,057           548,763   

Shares redeemed

     (556,338        (10,934,529        (686,509        (12,921,425
Net Increase      252,737         $ 4,955,017           751,736         $ 14,225,792   

 

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Fund Expenses – Six Month Period Ended April 30, 2012 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Funds you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; shareholder servicing fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from November 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012.

Actual Expenses — The first line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000=8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as exchange fees, but shareholders of other funds may incur such costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
11/1/11
    Ending
Account
Value
4/30/12
    Expenses
Paid for
the
6 months
ended
4/30/12*
    Beginning
Account
Value
11/1/11
    Ending
Account
Value
4/30/12
    Expenses
Paid for
the
6 months
ended
4/30/12*
    Beginning
Account
Value
11/1/11
    Ending
Account
Value
4/30/12
    Expenses
Paid for
the
6 months
ended
4/30/12*
    Beginning
Account
Value
11/1/11
    Ending
Account
Value
4/30/12
    Expenses
Paid for
the
6 months
ended
4/30/12*
 
Fund   Growth Fund     Value Fund     MidCap Growth Fund     Bond Fund  

Shares

                         
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,150.70      $ 6.04      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,102.50      $ 3.66      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,110.60      $ 6.40      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,033.00      $ 4.04   
Hypothetical 5% return     1,000.00        1,019.24 +      5.67        1,000.00        1,021.38 +      3.52        1,000.00        1,018.80 +      6.12        1,000.00        1,020.89 +      4.02   
     Short-Term Government Fund     National Tax-Free Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate
Bond Fund
    Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate
Bond Fund
 

Shares

                         
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,012.20      $ 3.40      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,066.40      $ 3.60      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,046.70      $ 3.56      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,048.50      $ 3.57   
Hypothetical 5% return     1,000.00        1,021.48 +      3.42        1,000.00        1,021.38 +      3.52        1,000.00        1,021.38 +      3.52        1,000.00        1,021.38 +      3.52   

 

*  

Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended April 30, 2012. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year. The annualized net expense ratios for the period were as follows:

 

Fund

             

Fund

      
Growth      1.13      Short-Term Government      0.68
Value      0.70         National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond      0.70   
MidCap Growth      1.22         Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond      0.70   
Bond      0.80           Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond      0.70   

 

+   Hypothetical expenses are based on the Funds’ actual net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses.

 

 

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The Commerce Funds

 

Growth Fund:

The Fund is subject to market risk so that the value of the securities in which it invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular industry sectors and/or general economic conditions. Investments in technology companies, which may produce or use products or services that prove commercially unsuccessful or become obsolete, may be subject to greater price volatility than securities of companies in other sectors.

Value Fund:

The Fund is subject to market risk so that the value of the securities in which it invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular industry sectors and/or general economic conditions.

MidCap Growth Fund:

The Fund invests in small- and mid-capitalization securities. Generally, smaller and mid-sized companies are more vulnerable to adverse developments because of more limited product lines, markets or financial resources. As a result, the securities of smaller and mid-sized companies involve greater risks than those associated with larger, more established companies and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic trading and price movements. Investments in technology companies, which may produce or use products or services that prove commercially unsuccessful or become obsolete, may be subject to greater price volatility than securities of companies in other sectors.

Bond Fund:

Investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities including credit and interest rate risk. The guarantee on U.S. government securities applies only to the underlying securities of the Fund if held to maturity and not to the value of the Fund’s shares. Mortgage-backed securities, especially collateralized mortgage-backed securities, may be subject to risks that include price volatility, liquidity and enhanced sensitivity to interest rates. Asset-backed securities may be less liquid than other securities and therefore more difficult to value and liquidate, if necessary.

Short-Term Government Fund:

Investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities including credit and interest rate risk. The guarantee on U.S. government securities applies only to the underlying securities of the Fund if held to maturity and not to the value of the Fund’s shares. Mortgage-backed securities, especially collateralized mortgage-backed securities, may be subject to risks that include price volatility, liquidity and enhanced sensitivity to interest rates.

National Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund

Investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities including credit and interest rate risk. Investments in municipal securities can be significantly affected by political changes as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to taxation or legislative changes. The Fund’s investments may subject shareholders to the federal alternative minimum tax and state income taxes.

Missouri Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund:

Investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities including credit and interest rate risk. The Fund invests its assets predominately in Missouri bonds. The actual payment of principal and interest on these bonds is dependent on the Missouri General Assembly allotting money each fiscal year for these payments. The Fund is non-diversified. Due to the small number of bonds generally held in the portfolio, the Fund may be subject to greater risks than a more diversified fund. A change in the value of any single holding may affect the overall value more than it would affect a

 

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diversified fund that holds more investments. Investments in municipal securities can be significantly affected by political changes as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to taxation or legislative changes. In addition, the Fund’s investments may subject shareholders to federal alternative minimum tax. The investment income from this Fund may be subject to state income taxes.

Kansas Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund:

Investments in fixed income securities are subject to the risks associated with debt securities including credit and interest rate risk. The Fund invests its assets predominately in Kansas bonds. The actual payment of principal and interest on these bonds is dependent on the Kansas legislature allotting money each fiscal year for these payments. The Fund is non-diversified. Due to the smaller number of bonds generally held in the portfolio, the Fund may be subject to greater risks than a more diversified fund. A change in the value of any single holding may affect the overall value more than it would affect a diversified fund that holds more investments. Investments in municipal securities can be significantly affected by political changes as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to taxation or legislative changes. In addition, the Fund’s investments may subject shareholders to federal alternative minimum tax. The investment income from this Fund may be subject to state income taxes.

 

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LOGO

 

INVESTMENT ADVISER

AND CO-ADMINISTRATOR

Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc.

922 Walnut Street

4th Floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

CUSTODIAN/ACCOUNTING AGENT

State Street Bank & Trust Company

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

TRANSFER AGENT

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

330 W. 9th

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

DISTRIBUTOR

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

CO-ADMINISTRATOR

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

New York, New York 10282

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP

Boston, M 0211

LEGAL COUNSEL

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

One Logan Square

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6996

 

policies, management, expenses, and other information. For more complete information about

 

The Commerce Funds, a prospectus may be obtained by calling 1-800-995-6365. An investor

 

should read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

 

The Commerce Funds are advised by Commerce Investment Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of

 

Commerce Bank, which receives a fee for its services.The Commerce Funds are distributed

 

by Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

The Commerce Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities

 

and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on

 

Form N-Q.The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You

 

may also review and obtain copies at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.

 

Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

A description of the policies and procedures that The Commerce Funds use to determine

 

how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Funds

 

voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended

 

June 30 is available (i) without change, upon request by calling 1-800-995-6365 and (ii) on the

 

SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless

 

complete information about The Commerce Funds’ investment policies, fees and

expenses. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing.

NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE


LOGO

 

TRUSTEES

Martin E. Galt III, Chairman

David L. Bodde, Lead Independent Trustee

Charles W. Peffer

James M. Snowden, Jr.

OFFICERS

William Schuetter, President

Angela Dew, Vice President, Chief Compliance Offi cer, and Secretary

Jeffrey Bolin, Assistant Vice President

Peter W. Fortner, Chief Accounting Offi cer

Scott McHugh, Treasurer

Philip V. Giuca Jr., Assistant Treasurer

922 Walnut

Fourth Floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

www.commercefunds.com

1-800-995-6365


ITEM 2.   CODE OF ETHICS.

 

Not applicable for the reporting period.

 

ITEM 3.   AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

Not applicable for the reporting period.

 

ITEM 4.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Not applicable for the reporting period.

 

ITEM 5.   AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.   INVESTMENTS

(a) The Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1.

 

(b) Not applicable.


ITEM 7.   DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT   COMPANIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.   PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.   PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND
AFFILIATED   PURCHASERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.   SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

There has been no material change to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

ITEM 11.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.   EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1)   Not applicable for the reporting period.
(a)(2)   Exhibit 99.CERT    Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith.
(a)(3)   Not applicable.     
(b)(1)   Exhibit 99.906CERT    Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith.


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.

 

THE COMMERCE FUNDS

/s/    William R. Schuetter         
William R. Schuetter
President

July 6, 2012

 

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.

 

/s/    William R. Schuetter         
William R. Schuetter
President
The Commerce Funds

July 6, 2012

 

/s/     Peter W. Fortner        
Peter W. Fortner
Chief Accounting Officer
The Commerce Funds

July 6, 2012