N-CSRS 1 pf-ncsrs.htm PROSPECTOR FUNDS SEMIANNUAL REPORT 6-30-16

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 811-22077



Prospector Funds, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



370 Church St., Guilford, CT 06437
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC, 370 Church St., Guilford, CT 06437
(Name and address of agent for service)



(203) 458-1500
Registrant's telephone number, including area code



Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2016



Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2016




Item 1. Report to Stockholders.

 











Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund
Prospector Opportunity Fund










Semi-Annual Report

www.prospectorfunds.com
June 30, 2016





PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



July 29, 2016
 
Dear Shareholders of the Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund and Prospector Opportunity Fund,
 
2016 got off to a rough start as deflation fears, spurred by concerns over weakness in China’s economy, combined with concerns over the health and liquidity of the banking system in Europe, sent global equity markets down sharply.  The benchmark S&P 500 saw its worst ever start to a year (before rebounding sharply), Treasuries rallied, and commodities sold off.  Meanwhile, concerns that the Fed would do “too much too soon” given the weak global economy weighed on equity markets during January and February.  Dovish comments from the Fed caused the market to rally back to positive territory ahead of the looming Brexit vote.
 
On June 23rd, the UK citizenry voted to exit the European Union.  This outcome was largely unanticipated by the global investment community.  Markets reacted violently to the downside for two days before shrugging it off and resuming our march towards new highs.  Meanwhile, U.S. Treasuries rallied once again to multi-year low yields on the benchmark 10 year note, which ended June at 1.47% (down from 2.30% at December 31st).  Expectations for further rate increases have been, once again, pushed back and we continue to find ourselves in the same slow-growth, low-interest rate environment that has persisted for the past seven years.  Global central banks continued to utilize multiple techniques and strategies to fight deflationary forces, but are facing diminishing returns from their efforts.  Fully 24% of the outstanding sovereign debt from industrialized countries now trades with a negative yield.  The U.S. continued to appear to be on more solid footing, with the Fed seemingly taking a “rather be late than early” stance on raising rates.
 
Against the risk-off backdrop that persisted for much of the first half of the year, sectors viewed as bond proxies outperformed as did the defensive consumer staples sector.  As interest rates declined, money flowed to the high-dividend paying utilities and telecomm sectors, resulting in them being the top gainers.  Energy also rallied as oil rebounded.  Financial services performed the worst, as lower interest rates will negatively impact spread income.  Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity also cooled substantially so far this year – likely due to rising credit spreads resulting from the uncertain environment.  U.S. government regulation has also limited consolidation activity as corporate “inversions” have been under the microscope, causing much uncertainty over the viability of some potential deals.  Hopefully this cloud of uncertainty will be lifted in the near future, either by a new business-friendly administration, or corporate tax reform.  In the meantime, we do expect M&A that is not driven by lower tax jurisdictions to pick up as fears over China, oil prices, deflation, and the Fed acting too aggressively abate.
 
Everybody Hates Financials…
 
That’s not exactly true. At Prospector, we like financial stocks.  We recently read a report(1) from the Morgan Stanley prime brokerage unit that showed that the current net exposure to financial services stocks amongst their vast long/short custody universe was on the 0th percentile.  That’s right, 0th!  This is a decisive indication of negative sentiment for sure.
 
Sell side Wall Street analysts of financial stocks are beaten up and pessimistic too.  In the last 10 years, the S&P Financials are down 12% in an overall market (i.e. the S&P 500) that has doubled.  If you excluded the financials from the S&P the rise would have been closer to 140%.  The weighting of financials in the unmanaged S&P 500 has fallen from a peak of 22% to the current 16%.
 

(1)
Schlegel, J., McNerney, A., Vasileios, P. (June 16, 2016). Hedge Fund Positioning Update.  Prime Brokerage – Strategic Content Group.

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There’s been a good reason for this carnage, namely a deteriorating return on equity (ROE) for the sector.  Falling interest rates and credit spreads have squeezed net interest income at banks, insurers, intermediaries, payroll processors, et al.  Regulators and rating agencies have piled on by increasing required capital ratios in the aftermath of the great financial crisis (GFC).  So the numerator shrunk at the same time the denominator was increasing, crunching the ROE’s.
 
Is there a Silver Lining?
 
We think so.  For starters the environment is getting less bad.  First, interest rates are at historical and cyclical low levels.  In our view, the next significant move will most likely be higher.  This will likely take some time to manifest, but we do not foresee a negative rate environment taking hold in the United States.  Meanwhile, sentiment is so poor that investors are not pricing in any improvement in the interest income generating ability of these companies.  Second, the higher capital ratios required by regulators have been largely achieved by U.S. financial services companies.  Going forward, they only need to maintain capital levels, not continue to build them.  This leaves more of the marginal capital generation available for shareholder-oriented activities like dividends, repurchase, and sensible merger and acquisition activity.  Finally, financial services companies are evolving their business models to adapt to a sustained low interest rate environment.  There are a higher mix of fees, commissions, and underwriting profits in the income statements than before as financial companies re-price their products.
 
Financial stocks most often fit neatly in the portfolios of value managers.  Not surprisingly, this has contributed to value investors being trounced by their growth investor counterparts over the past decade as well.  The dominance of the growth investor has had other underpinnings too.  Since the end of the GFC, the global economy has been growing tepidly.  A narrow group of companies has exhibited strong organic growth over that period.  They are a rare commodity and have been bid up in price to reflect that scarcity.  FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google) and the biotech sector are prominent examples. These strong organic growth companies have led the market’s advance and the growth investor’s outperformance.  This cycle is also 10 years old and long in the tooth by historical standards.  At some point in the intermediate future, this growth cycle will inevitably recede and value investing will likely regain leadership.  This narrow cohort of growth stocks that has led the market higher also helps explain the ascendance of passive investing over active since the end of the GFC.  Passive strategies combine lower fees with a guaranteed participation by definition in all the winners.  They typically own less cash, which has been a drag on performance, fewer foreign stocks, which have trailed their U.S. counterparts, plus their full complement of FANG and other leading shares.
 
Why Prospector has always liked financial stock investing
 
There are many reasons why we are attracted to investments in the financial services industries.  First, it’s a large sector of the stock market, representing 16% of the S&P 500.  There are many subsectors of financials which experience various cycles that undergo constant change.  These cycles (including: interest rates, pricing, credit, and volume) impact different subsectors in different ways at different times.  At any given point in time, there are selective subsectors with fundamental tailwinds, while other subsectors are experiencing headwinds.
 
Financial companies are often heavily regulated.  With regulation comes the requirement for these businesses to publicly file information above and beyond the SEC reporting requirements.  We utilize these less scrutinized regulatory filings, which often exhibit arcane accounting rules, to help us perform our investment processes of marking the balance sheets to market (Private Market Value or PMV analysis) and examining and forecasting sustainable free cash flow yields.  We also digest other non-GAAP information sources such as money flows, transaction volumes, and product performance which is often available daily, weekly or monthly rather than quarterly.
 

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Since many financial companies are heavily regulated and capital intensive, they often sell for discount valuations which attract us as value investors.  Since the valuations and multiples are more reasonable than for the average non-financial company, capital management tools such as share repurchase are more impactful to long term value creation and careful stewardship of capital matters more.
 
The best and final reason we like investing in the financial sector is that we have achieved success.  Our process works well in this area and has withstood the test of time.
 
What we look for in a financial stock
 
At Prospector we have a common sense approach to financial stock investing.  It may sound strange at first, but we like to invest in less-levered financial companies.  For example, we prefer property & casualty companies at 2:1 to 5:1 assets to equity over a life or annuity insurance company at 8:1 to 12:1 leverage.  We prefer a smaller, highly-capitalized depository institution in fewer lines of business with 4:1 to 6:1 assets to equity over a larger, global, diversified bank with 10:1 to 15:1 leverage.  We also look for financial companies with high free cash flow yields derived from fees and commissions that are less dependent on earning interest income from a large balance sheet.  We look for owner-oriented managements with incentives that are well aligned with shareholders and who have substantial skin in the game.  We like to own both good businesses at modest prices and modest businesses at low prices.
 
Prospector Opportunity Fund Highlights
 
The Prospector Opportunity Fund appreciated 6.54% during the six months ended June 30, 2016.  This compares favorably to the 5.50% rise in the Russell Midcap Total Return Index and the 2.22% lift in the Russell 2000 Total Return Index. The Fund’s largest sector contributors included materials, industrials, and financial stocks.  Material sector performance was positively impacted by gold miners, Newmont Mining and Kinross Gold, who benefitted from higher gold prices and lower production costs.  Industrial sector winners, Circor International and Powell Industries, are companies with significant sales into the oil patch which recovered sharply during the first half of 2016 coincident with the bounce in oil prices from the depressed levels of year end 2015. Financial winners such as Brown & Brown and Primerica are less interest rate dependent than most of their brethren.
 
Not surprisingly, the key detractors from Fund performance included financial holdings impacted by the sharp decline in interest rates, such as HomeTrust Bancshares and Keycorp, as well as asset managers, Franklin Resources and Legg Mason, who were punished by fund outflows from active mutual funds.
 
The largest purchase during the first six months was Brinker International, which operates the Chili’s and Maggiano’s restaurant chains.  Brinker is a company we have followed for many years.  During the past several years, we held a negative view of the company – believing the valuation had overshot on the high side and the company would find it tough to navigate a deteriorating, competitive environment for bar & grill restaurant operators.  Additionally, relative to other casual dining companies, Brinker is overly exposed to the “oil markets,” including the company’s home state of Texas.  Indeed, in the company’s current fiscal year (ending June 2016; the fourth quarter will be reported in August), the downturn in the energy patch has resulted in a substantial headwind to same-store restaurant sales.  Notably, comps in the “oil markets” declined by 9.1% in Q1, 6.6% in Q2, and 7.6% in Q3.  With earnings per share estimates for fiscal year 2017 down to $3.56 from $4.03, and the prospect for this specific headwind to be “less bad” going forward, we became more positive on the company’s prospects.
 
Moreover, we continued to appreciate Brinker’s ability to generate consistent free cash flow and use it in a shareholder-friendly manner.  Our disciplined process of regular site visits, both at Chili’s and other restaurant concepts, left us favorably impressed by the company’s execution of remodel programs and use of technology, both of which
 

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enabled the company to deliver better food and service.  In addition, these forward-thinking initiatives drove a significant increase in operating margins (from 6.4% in Fiscal 2010 to 10.5% in Fiscal 2015).  Ultimately, both our field observations and financial analysis led us to favorably reappraise Brinker’s franchise value and future free cash flow generation.  At a free cash flow yield of approximately 6.7%, and a price to earnings ratio of 13x (both on calendar year 2016 numbers), we felt there was a compelling opportunity in Brinker shares.
 
Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund Highlights
 
The Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund advanced 6.74% during the six months ended June 30, 2016.  This compares to a 3.84% increase for the benchmark S&P 500.  Our consumer stocks led the way, with staples such as Tootsie Roll and Campbell Soup and restaurant stocks like Yum! Brands and McDonald’s showing nice gains.  The Fund’s top gainer for the period was DreamWorks Animation, which agreed to be acquired by NBCUniversal (a division of Comcast) for a significant premium.  Despite financial services being the one S&P 500 sector which declined year to date, our holdings (primarily real-estate related and property-casualty) also contributed nicely to results.
 
The most significant portfolio change through June was the sale of our Forest City Realty Trust (formerly Forest City Enterprises) convertible securities as a result of a tender by the company.  When we first purchased Forest City (FCE) in mid-2014, the company was undergoing a process by which they were selling non-core assets, reducing debt, and simplifying the overall structure of the company – seemingly dressing up the company for an ultimate conversion to REIT status (management was non-committal about their plans, saying only that they were continuously evaluating their structure).  Perhaps because of the complexity of the FCE structure and story, and lack of “traditional” REIT investor interest, the company traded for a significant discount to Net Asset Value, a discount we felt would compress as the company continued to simplify, and ultimately convert to a REIT.  We saw opportunity to make a decent return in two convert issues – one which matures in August of 2018, the other in August 2020.  Forest City management made solid progress since we purchased the securities, and did convert to REIT status at the beginning of this year.  Though we continued to see upside in our holdings, when the company tendered for both issues at a significant premium to the previous day’s close (about 8% and 10%), we thought it prudent to take their offer.  In our opinion, it was very likely most holders of the securities would tender, likely drastically limiting future liquidity in the securities.  We will keep a watchful eye on FCE stock, looking for opportunities to buy significantly below estimated Net Asset Value.
 
We continue to look for opportunities to increase our weighting in converts.  Though convert issuances are still few and far between, we recently added to our Verint Systems (VRNT) holding, and we’ve also begun to build a position in another issue which we will likely detail in a future letter.  Verint, in brief, provides actionable intelligence to corporations and government clients.  A significant portion of their revenues come from call center solutions – for example, providing data analytics to help call center employees (insurance companies, banks, cable companies, etc.) engage with customers.  The piece of Verint’s business which, in our view, offers significant potential upside is cyber security.  The company is a leader in protecting against cyber threats (foreign governments in particular are key customers), and is expanding their reach into corporations.  2013 and 2014 saw Verint stock rally significantly on bullish expectations for the cyber business.  However, investors underestimated how long the sales cycle would be, and the stock sold off in 2015 on disappointing growth.  The pullback in VRNT shares offered us an opportunity to buy the convert, which we had been watching for some time, at reasonable prices.  Verint has a solid balance sheet, has a history of producing considerable cash flows and could regain favor with investors should the company gain traction in cyber security.  We feel the June 2021 1.5% converts, trading at a discount to par, offer compelling value.
 
The largest purchase year to date was Hartford Financial Services (HIG or “the Hartford”) common stock.  HIG, which has a collection of solid insurance businesses (including a highly-profitable commercial insurance book, a
 

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personal auto business which is notable for its long-time AARP affinity program, and a small group benefits / mutual fund business) has underperformed peers (such as Travelers Group) recently, and sells for a modest premium to tangible book value.  The Hartford seems to have grown out of favor recently as it has entered the late innings of a turn-around story whereby the company sold their Individual Life, Individual Annuity and Retirement Plans businesses and returned billions of dollars of capital. While investors seem to be dubiously asking, “What’s next?”, we feel the valuation discount has become too steep, especially given recent M&A transactions (recall, Chubb at 1.75x Tangible Book Value).  In addition to the current pedestrian valuation, we like the Hartford’s post-restructuring collection of businesses, and also like that the company will likely be a beneficiary of rising rates (someday!). Should management not be successful raising the value of HIG shares in the near term, it would not be surprising to see the company become a target of a foreign buyer…or, perhaps more likely of Travelers, whose headquarters is also in Hartford (read: expense saves).
 
Outlook
 
The underlying conditions for equity investing remain consistent with the entire post financial crisis period.  The U.S. economy remains in a modest growth mode.  Our economy’s performance remains the global leader and should continue, but our companies face headwinds from the strong U.S. dollar and weaker economic growth across international markets.  Europe’s position is uncertain in the aftermath of the Brexit vote in the UK.  Importantly, the U.S. consumer will likely benefit from lower energy prices and less expensive imports as a result of the strong dollar.
 
Lower energy prices should stimulate consumer spending and confidence in the long run both here and for non-oil producing countries abroad.  We continue to enjoy the competitive advantage of a long-term supply of abundant cheap natural gas.
 
Interest and mortgage rates continue near historically low levels.  Our best guess (at the risk of looking like a stopped clock) is that longer term rates will be materially higher in five years, although they are unlikely to move much this year.  Ultimately, higher rates will likely accompany better economic performance and some inflation, both of which are relative positives for equities compared to bonds.  Much depends on the path and pace of interest rates’ return to normalcy.
 
Investment grade corporations have solid balance sheets and are accumulating excess cash and capital.  Importantly, they are also spending on new capital projects, new employees, and new acquisitions.  A notable exception is in the energy sector where levered balance sheets are stressed by reduced profits and negative cash flow stemming from the low price of oil.  Acquisition activity could remain slow as financing becomes more expensive and difficult to secure.  Profit margins sit near all-time high levels, currently 8%.
 
Equity valuations remain near extended levels, in the ninth decile on trailing operating earnings.  We feel we are in the late stages of a bull market, although nothing is certain in the investment world.  Equities look reasonable when comparing earnings yields to Treasury or even corporate bond yields.  In any case, the values inherent in your portfolio should attract acquirers and other investors over time.  Meanwhile, we believe equities are a superior asset allocation alternative to bonds over the longer term.
 
Thank you for entrusting us with your money.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
John D. Gillespie
Kevin R. O’Brien
Jason A. Kish

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Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results.
 
Opinions expressed are those of the Funds and are subject to change, are not guaranteed, and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities. The Funds invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. The Funds invest in smaller and mid-cap companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility. The Funds may hold restricted securities purchased through private placements. Such securities can be difficult to sell without experiencing delays or additional costs. Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments. These risks are fully disclosed in the prospectus.
 
The S&P 500 Index is a broad based unmanaged index of 500 stocks, which is widely recognized as representative of the equity market in general. You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged small-cap index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
The Russell MidCap Index is an unmanaged mid-cap index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Cash flow measures the cash generating capability of a company by adding non-cash charges (e.g. depreciation) and interest expense to pretax income.
 
Free cash flow is revenue less operating expenses including interest expenses and maintenance capital spending.  It is the discretionary cash that a company has after all expenses and is available for purposes such as dividend payments, investing back into the business or share repurchases.
 
Price to earnings ratio is the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings.
 
Tangible book value is the total net asset value of a company (book value) minus intangible assets and goodwill.
 
GAAP – “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”
 
Fund holdings and/or security allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Please see the Schedule of Investments section in this report for a full listing of the Fund’s holdings.
 
Prospector Funds, Inc. are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.
 



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Capital Appreciation Fund



 
The chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000.  Performance reflects waivers of fee and operating expenses in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.  Past performance is not predictive of future performance.  Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance assumes the reinvestment of capital gains and income distributions.  The performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Rates of Return (%) – As of June 30, 2016
 
 
One Year
Three Year
Five Year
Since Inception(1)
Capital Appreciation Fund
2.02%
  7.06%
  5.13%
4.51%
S&P 500 Index(2)
3.99%
11.66%
12.10%
5.94%

(1)
September 28, 2007
(2)
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index generally representative of the U.S. market for large capitalization stocks.  This Index cannot be invested in directly.




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Opportunity Fund



 
The chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000.  Performance reflects waivers of fee and operating expenses in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.  Past performance is not predictive of future performance.  Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than their original cost.  Performance assumes the reinvestment of capital gains and income distributions.  The performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Average Annual Rates of Return (%) – As of June 30, 2016
 
 
One Year
Three Year
Five Year
Since Inception(1)
Opportunity Fund
  4.97%
  9.58%
  9.94%
8.32%
Russell 2000 Index(2)
-6.73%
  7.09%
  8.35%
5.51%
Russell Midcap Index(3)
  0.56%
10.80%
10.90%
6.94%

(1)
September 28, 2007
(2)
An unmanaged small-cap index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.  This index cannot be invested in directly.
(3)
An unmanaged mid-cap index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index.  This index cannot be invested in directly.





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Expense Example
June 30, 2016

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include but are not limited to, redemption fees, wire transfer fees, maintenance fee (IRA accounts), and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service 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 (January 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016).
 
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Although the Fund charges no sales load or transaction fees, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent. The example below includes, but is not limited to, management fees, shareholder servicing fees and other Fund expenses. However, the example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses, interest expense and other extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles. 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 During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s 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 Fund 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 redemption fees or exchange fees. 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.
 
     
Expenses Paid
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
During Period(1)
 
Value (01/01/2016)
Value (06/30/2016)
(01/01/2016 to 06/30/2016)
Capital Appreciation Actual(2)
$1,000.00
$1,067.40
$6.68
Capital Appreciation Hypothetical
     
  (5% return before expenses)
  1,000.00
  1,018.40
  6.52
       
Opportunity Actual(2)
  1,000.00
  1,065.40
  6.68
Opportunity Hypothetical
     
  (5% return before expenses)
  1,000.00
  1,018.40
  6.52

(1)
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.30% and 1.30% for Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 to reflect the one-half year period.
(2)
Based on the actual returns for the six-month period ended June 30, 2016 of 6.74% and 6.54% for Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund, respectively.

 


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Sector Allocation (% of net assets) (Unaudited)
as of June 30, 2016(1)(2)
 
Capital Appreciation Fund



 
Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets) (Unaudited)
as of June 30, 2016(1)
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
 
RTI International, 1.625%, 10/15/2019
3.2%
 
 
Chart Industries, 2.000%, 08/01/2018
3.2%
 
 
Forestar Group, 3.750%, 03/01/2020
3.1%
 
 
Tootsie Roll Industries
2.9%
 
 
Hologic, 0.000%, 12/15/2043
2.8%
 
 
Verint Systems, 1.500%, 06/01/2021
2.7%
 
 
Johnson & Johnson
2.5%
 
 
Coca-Cola
2.5%
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
2.4%
 
 
Telephone & Data Systems
2.3%
 

 
(1)
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
 
 
(2)
Sector allocation includes all investment types.
 

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Sector Allocation (% of net assets) (Unaudited)
as of June 30, 2016(1)(2)
 
Opportunity Fund


 
Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets) (Unaudited)
as of June 30, 2016(1)(3)
 
Opportunity Fund
 
 
Endurance Specialty Holdings
2.8%
 
 
Brown & Brown
2.8%
 
 
Validus Holdings
2.5%
 
 
HomeTrust Bancshares
2.3%
 
 
Patterson Companies
2.3%
 
 
Church & Dwight
2.3%
 
 
Hess
2.2%
 
 
Torchmark
2.2%
 
 
Tootsie Roll Industries
2.1%
 
 
Brinker International
2.1%
 

 
(1)
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
 
 
(2)
Sector allocation includes all investment types.
 
 
(3)
Invesco Treasury Portfolio excluded from top 10 holdings.
 




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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
June 30, 2016

Capital Appreciation Fund
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 74.2%
           
             
Consumer Discretionary – 7.2%
           
Brinker International
   
3,900
   
$
177,567
 
Darden Restaurants
   
4,900
     
310,366
 
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Class A*
   
4,700
     
192,089
 
McDonald’s
   
4,100
     
493,394
 
Yum! Brands
   
6,600
     
547,272
 
             
1,720,688
 
Consumer Staples – 16.4%
               
Campbell Soup
   
4,100
     
272,773
 
Coca-Cola
   
13,000
     
589,290
 
Colgate-Palmolive
   
6,100
     
446,520
 
Diageo – ADR
   
4,830
     
545,210
 
Edgewell Personal Care*
   
3,300
     
278,553
 
Energizer Holdings
   
2,200
     
113,278
 
Mondelez International, Class A
   
10,650
     
484,681
 
Tootsie Roll Industries
   
18,318
     
705,793
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance
   
4,150
     
345,571
 
Wal-Mart Stores
   
2,240
     
163,565
 
             
3,945,234
 
Diversified Financial Services – 3.4%
               
Legg Mason
   
9,250
     
272,782
 
Leucadia National
   
10,300
     
178,499
 
T. Rowe Price Group
   
5,100
     
372,147
 
             
823,428
 
Energy – 4.5%
               
Clayton Williams Energy*
   
4,400
     
120,824
 
ConocoPhillips
   
6,200
     
270,320
 
Hess
   
6,700
     
402,670
 
Noble Energy
   
7,900
     
283,373
 
             
1,077,187
 
Healthcare – 10.0%
               
Abbott Laboratories
   
14,600
     
573,926
 
AstraZeneca – ADR
   
12,100
     
365,299
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
   
2,600
     
204,750
 
GlaxoSmithKline – ADR
   
6,850
     
296,879
 
Johnson & Johnson
   
4,900
     
594,370
 
Merck & Co.
   
6,400
     
368,704
 
             
2,403,928
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Capital Appreciation Fund
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 74.2% (Continued)
           
             
Industrials – 1.0%
           
Eaton
   
4,050
   
$
241,906
 
                 
Information Technology – 7.6%
               
Automatic Data Processing
   
4,000
     
367,480
 
Comtech Telecommunications
   
8,600
     
110,424
 
FLIR Systems
   
16,350
     
506,032
 
Microsoft
   
7,050
     
360,749
 
Paychex
   
3,000
     
178,500
 
Science Applications International
   
5,200
     
303,420
 
             
1,826,605
 
Insurance – 13.1%
               
Berkshire Hathaway, Class B*
   
3,400
     
492,286
 
CNA Financial
   
4,100
     
128,822
 
Endurance Specialty Holdings
   
8,100
     
543,996
 
First American Financial
   
4,500
     
180,990
 
Hartford Financial Services Group
   
5,500
     
244,090
 
Loews
   
9,100
     
373,919
 
RenaissanceRe Holdings
   
3,414
     
400,940
 
Selective Insurance Group
   
7,600
     
290,396
 
State Auto Financial
   
22,000
     
482,020
 
             
3,137,459
 
Metals & Mining – 0.4%
               
Alamos Gold, Class A
   
12,322
     
105,969
 
                 
Paper & Forest Products – 3.4%
               
Domtar
   
15,851
     
554,944
 
Louisiana-Pacific*
   
14,800
     
256,780
 
             
811,724
 
Real Estate – 3.7%
               
Four Corners Property Trust
   
21,348
     
439,555
 
Post Properties
   
7,250
     
442,613
 
             
882,168
 
Telecommunication Services – 2.3%
               
Telephone & Data Systems
   
18,800
     
557,608
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Capital Appreciation Fund
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 74.2% (Continued)
           
             
Utilities – 1.2%
           
FirstEnergy
   
4,100
   
$
143,131
 
TransAlta
   
26,500
     
138,330
 
             
281,461
 
Total Common Stocks
               
  (Cost $15,766,616)
           
17,815,365
 
                 
   
Par
         
CONVERTIBLE BONDS – 19.2%
               
                 
Healthcare – 4.1%
               
Hologic
               
  0.000%, 12/15/2043
 
$
550,000
     
667,562
 
Medicines
               
  1.375%, 06/01/2017
   
232,000
     
310,590
 
             
978,152
 
Industrials – 3.2%
               
Chart Industries
               
  2.000%, 08/01/2018
   
825,000
     
767,766
 
                 
Information Technology – 5.6%
               
Electronics For Imaging
               
  0.750%, 09/01/2019
   
230,000
     
246,531
 
HomeAway
               
  0.125%, 04/01/2019
   
500,000
     
460,000
 
Verint Systems
               
  1.500%, 06/01/2021
   
700,000
     
637,438
 
             
1,343,969
 
Metals & Mining – 3.2%
               
RTI International
               
  1.625%, 10/15/2019
   
725,000
     
768,500
 
                 
Real Estate – 3.1%
               
Forestar Group
               
  3.750%, 03/01/2020
   
825,000
     
754,359
 
Total Convertible Bonds
               
  (Cost $4,731,305)
           
4,612,746
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Capital Appreciation Fund
Description
 
Par
   
Value
 
             
CORPORATE BONDS – 3.9%
           
             
Consumer Staples – 2.4%
           
CVS Health
           
  2.250%, 08/12/2019
 
$
263,000
   
$
270,095
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance
               
  2.700%, 11/18/2019
   
300,000
     
309,961
 
             
580,056
 
Healthcare – 1.5%
               
Amgen
               
  2.200%, 05/22/2019
   
350,000
     
358,991
 
Total Corporate Bonds
               
  (Cost $917,796)
           
939,047
 
                 
   
Shares
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT – 1.3%
               
Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.270%^
               
  (Cost $297,939)
   
297,939
     
297,939
 
Total Investments – 98.6%
               
  (Cost $21,713,656)
           
23,665,097
 
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – 1.4%
           
340,534
 
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
         
$
24,005,631
 

*
Non-income producing security
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
^
The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of June 30, 2016.





See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
June 30, 2016

Opportunity Fund
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 88.1%
           
             
Banks – 18.7%
           
Banc Of California
   
48,700
   
$
881,470
 
Beneficial Bancorp*
   
92,800
     
1,180,416
 
Blue Hills Bancorp
   
75,500
     
1,114,380
 
Capital City Bank Group
   
21,100
     
293,712
 
Central Pacific Financial
   
52,600
     
1,241,360
 
Chicopee Bancorp
   
26,200
     
478,412
 
Citigroup
   
19,270
     
816,855
 
Clifton Bancorp
   
98,184
     
1,479,633
 
First Connecticut Bancorp
   
47,300
     
783,288
 
HomeTrust Bancshares*
   
118,400
     
2,190,400
 
KeyCorp
   
109,600
     
1,211,080
 
OceanFirst Financial
   
102,400
     
1,860,608
 
Oritani Financial
   
40,450
     
646,796
 
SI Financial Group
   
48,600
     
643,464
 
Stonegate Bank
   
13,800
     
445,326
 
Waterstone Financial
   
100,100
     
1,534,533
 
Westfield Financial
   
100,500
     
773,850
 
             
17,575,583
 
Chemicals – 1.5%
               
H.B. Fuller
   
32,300
     
1,420,877
 
                 
Consumer Discretionary – 7.2%
               
Brinker International
   
43,800
     
1,994,214
 
Darden Restaurants
   
10,400
     
658,736
 
Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group*
   
66,300
     
949,416
 
Home Depot
   
11,900
     
1,519,511
 
Hyatt Hotels, Class A*
   
16,600
     
815,724
 
McDonald’s
   
7,000
     
842,380
 
             
6,779,981
 
Consumer Staples – 6.4%
               
Church & Dwight
   
21,200
     
2,181,268
 
Diageo – ADR
   
8,300
     
936,904
 
Stock Spirits Group
   
396,800
     
851,791
 
Tootsie Roll Industries
   
52,103
     
2,007,529
 
             
5,977,492
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Opportunity Fund
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 88.1% (Continued)
           
             
Diversified Financial Services – 7.8%
           
Federated Investors, Class B
   
69,200
   
$
1,991,576
 
Franklin Resources
   
26,600
     
887,642
 
Invesco
   
33,200
     
847,928
 
Legg Mason
   
25,500
     
751,995
 
Leucadia National
   
50,500
     
875,165
 
T. Rowe Price Group
   
26,500
     
1,933,705
 
             
7,288,011
 
Energy – 3.9%
               
Hess
   
35,100
     
2,109,510
 
Noble Energy
   
42,400
     
1,520,888
 
             
3,630,398
 
Healthcare – 5.1%
               
Aralez Pharmaceuticals*
   
68,600
     
226,380
 
AstraZeneca – ADR
   
16,200
     
489,078
 
Haemonetics*
   
21,900
     
634,881
 
Invacare
   
27,400
     
332,362
 
Merck & Co.
   
15,448
     
889,959
 
Patterson Companies
   
45,700
     
2,188,573
 
             
4,761,233
 
Industrials – 5.6%
               
Celadon Group
   
46,500
     
379,905
 
CIRCOR International
   
31,800
     
1,812,282
 
Landstar System
   
13,100
     
899,446
 
Powell Industries
   
32,600
     
1,282,484
 
Tyco International
   
21,900
     
932,940
 
             
5,307,057
 
Information Technology – 8.5%
               
FLIR Systems
   
51,000
     
1,578,450
 
Maxim Integrated Products
   
20,300
     
724,507
 
Microsoft
   
26,600
     
1,361,122
 
Paychex
   
26,000
     
1,547,000
 
Synopsys*
   
11,600
     
627,328
 
VeriSign*
   
9,900
     
855,954
 
Xilinx
   
27,200
     
1,254,736
 
             
7,949,097
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Opportunity Fund
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
COMMON STOCKS – 88.1% (Continued)
           
             
Insurance – 18.3%
           
AMERISAFE
   
4,600
   
$
281,612
 
Brown & Brown
   
69,800
     
2,615,406
 
CNA Financial
   
15,100
     
474,442
 
Endurance Specialty Holdings
   
39,800
     
2,672,968
 
Federated National Holding
   
50,700
     
965,328
 
Primerica
   
30,300
     
1,734,372
 
ProAssurance
   
11,900
     
637,245
 
RenaissanceRe Holdings
   
13,300
     
1,561,952
 
Safety Insurance Group
   
7,400
     
455,692
 
Selective Insurance Group
   
20,300
     
775,663
 
State National Companies
   
60,400
     
636,012
 
Torchmark
   
32,700
     
2,021,514
 
Validus Holdings
   
47,900
     
2,327,461
 
             
17,159,667
 
Metals & Mining – 2.3%
               
Kinross Gold*
   
79,800
     
390,222
 
Newmont Mining
   
44,900
     
1,756,488
 
Victoria Gold*
   
96,500
     
38,889
 
             
2,185,599
 
Paper & Forest Products – 0.4%
               
Domtar
   
12,300
     
430,623
 
                 
Real Estate – 1.6%
               
Easterly Government Properties
   
200
     
3,946
 
Four Corners Property Trust
   
18,547
     
381,883
 
Parkway Properties
   
69,750
     
1,166,917
 
             
1,552,746
 
Utilities – 0.8%
               
Public Service Enterprise Group
   
15,300
     
713,133
 
Total Common Stocks
               
  (Cost $72,843,064)
           
82,731,497
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

 

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Opportunity Fund
Description
 
Par
   
Value
 
             
CONVERTIBLE BONDS – 2.0%
           
             
Healthcare – 1.6%
           
Hologic
           
  2.000%, 12/15/2037
 
$
1,000,000
   
$
1,501,875
 
                 
Real Estate – 0.4%
               
Forestar Group
               
  3.750%, 03/01/2020
   
450,000
     
411,469
 
Total Convertible Bonds
               
  (Cost $1,653,091)
           
1,913,344
 
                 
                 
   
Shares
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT – 9.4%
               
Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.270%^
               
  (Cost 8,826,357)
   
8,826,357
     
8,826,357
 
Total Investments – 99.5%
               
  (Cost $83,322,512)
           
93,471,198
 
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – 0.5%
           
431,174
 
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
         
$
93,902,372
 

*
Non-income producing security
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
^
The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of June 30, 2016.





See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)
June 30, 2016

   
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
ASSETS:
           
Investments, at market value
           
  (Cost $21,713,656 and $83,322,512, respectively)
 
$
23,665,097
   
$
93,471,198
 
Cash
   
3,870
     
 
Receivable for investment securities sold
   
347,180
     
 
Receivable for dividends and interest
   
65,076
     
72,638
 
Receivable for capital shares sold
   
     
446,397
 
Prepaid expenses
   
17,428
     
19,148
 
Total assets
   
24,098,651
     
94,009,381
 
                 
LIABILITIES:
               
Payable for investment securities purchased
   
45,668
     
 
Payable for capital shares redeemed
   
     
291
 
Payable to adviser, net
   
6,225
     
62,332
 
Accrued distribution fees
   
2,292
     
2,902
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
   
38,835
     
41,484
 
Total liabilities
   
93,020
     
107,009
 
                 
NET ASSETS
 
$
24,005,631
   
$
93,902,372
 
                 
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS:
               
Portfolio capital
 
$
21,935,713
   
$
82,027,944
 
Undistributed net investment income
   
245,906
     
138,523
 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments
   
(127,399
)
   
1,589,397
 
Net unrealized appreciation of investments
   
1,951,411
     
10,146,508
 
Total net assets
 
$
24,005,631
   
$
93,902,372
 
                 
CAPITAL STOCK, $0.0001 par value
               
Authorized
   
500,000,000
     
500,000,000
 
Issued and outstanding
   
1,515,829
     
5,096,963
 
                 
NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE,
               
  AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE
 
$
15.84
   
$
18.42
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016

   
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
INVESTMENT INCOME:
           
Interest income
 
$
46,343
   
$
11,733
 
Dividend income
   
347,639
     
899,314
 
Less: Foreign taxes withheld
   
(258
)
   
(324
)
Total investment income
   
393,724
     
910,723
 
                 
EXPENSES:
               
Investment advisory fees
   
129,869
     
473,742
 
Administration fees
   
25,844
     
44,772
 
Fund accounting fees
   
20,202
     
20,475
 
Audit fees
   
16,744
     
16,744
 
Transfer agent fees
   
13,013
     
21,840
 
Registration fees
   
11,466
     
11,466
 
Directors’ fees
   
9,492
     
23,729
 
Legal fees
   
7,735
     
24,388
 
Distribution fees
   
6,552
     
30,667
 
Custodian fees
   
3,367
     
5,096
 
Other expenses
   
3,281
     
8,787
 
Postage and printing fees
   
1,547
     
4,823
 
Total expenses
   
249,112
     
686,529
 
Less: Fee waivers
   
(95,630
)
   
(126,652
)
Total net expenses
   
153,482
     
559,877
 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
   
240,242
     
350,846
 
                 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS:
               
Net realized gain on investments
   
103,868
     
652,930
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments
   
1,181,904
     
4,532,387
 
Net gain on investments
   
1,285,772
     
5,185,317
 
                 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
               
  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
 
$
1,526,014
   
$
5,536,163
 


See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


   
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
   
Six Months Ended
       
   
June 30, 2016
   
Year Ended
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2015
 
OPERATIONS:
           
Net investment income
 
$
240,242
   
$
343,707
 
Net realized gain on investments
   
103,868
     
1,180,372
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments
   
1,181,904
     
(1,834,615
)
Net increase (decrease) resulting from operations
   
1,526,014
     
(310,536
)
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
   
21,511
     
417,337
 
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
   
     
600,524
 
Payments for shares redeemed
   
(1,870,368
)
   
(14,169,392
)
Redemption fees
   
91
     
 
Net decrease from capital share transactions
   
(1,848,766
)
   
(13,151,531
)
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID FROM:
               
Net investment income
   
     
(591,093
)
Net realized gains
   
     
(16,120
)
Total distributions to shareholders
   
     
(607,213
)
                 
TOTAL DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
   
(322,752
)
   
(14,069,280
)
                 
NET ASSETS:
               
Beginning of period
   
24,328,383
     
38,397,663
 
                 
End of period (including undistributed
               
  net investment income of $245,906
               
  and $5,664, respectively)
 
$
24,005,631
   
$
24,328,383
 
                 
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
               
Shares sold
   
1,422
     
27,311
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
   
     
40,169
 
Shares redeemed
   
(125,075
)
   
(887,942
)
Net decrease
   
(123,653
)
   
(820,462
)



See Notes to the Financial Statements

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets


   
Opportunity Fund
 
   
Six Months Ended
       
   
June 30, 2016
   
Year Ended
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2015
 
OPERATIONS:
           
Net investment income
 
$
350,846
   
$
524,064
 
Net realized gain on investments
   
652,930
     
10,522,273
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments
   
4,532,387
     
(9,460,368
)
Net increase resulting from operations
   
5,536,163
     
1,585,969
 
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
   
9,305,863
     
16,837,669
 
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
   
     
14,137,645
 
Payments for shares redeemed
   
(7,070,450
)
   
(22,745,865
)
Redemption fees
   
3,230
     
70
 
Net increase from capital share transactions
   
2,238,643
     
8,229,519
 
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID FROM:
               
Net investment income
   
     
(664,542
)
Net realized gains
   
     
(14,471,784
)
Total distributions to shareholders
   
     
(15,136,326
)
                 
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
   
7,774,806
     
(5,320,838
)
                 
NET ASSETS:
               
Beginning of period
   
86,127,566
     
91,448,404
 
                 
End of period (including undistributed (distributions
               
  in excess of) net investment income of $138,523
               
  and $(212,323), respectively)
 
$
93,902,372
   
$
86,127,566
 
                 
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
               
Shares sold
   
538,406
     
867,302
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
   
     
808,790
 
Shares redeemed
   
(421,836
)
   
(1,102,411
)
Net increase
   
116,570
     
573,681
 



See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



Financial Highlights


   
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
June 30,
                               
   
2016
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2015
   
2014
   
2013
   
2012
   
2011
 
For a Fund share outstanding
                                   
  throughout the period
                                   
                                     
NET ASSET VALUE:
                                   
Beginning of period
 
$
14.84
   
$
15.61
   
$
17.11
   
$
15.19
   
$
14.90
   
$
15.92
 
                                                 
OPERATIONS:
                                               
Net investment income
   
0.16
     
0.21
     
0.11
     
0.18
     
0.31
     
0.15
 
Net realized and unrealized
                                               
  gain (loss) on investments
   
0.84
     
(0.60
)
   
0.63
     
2.72
     
0.54
     
(0.79
)
Total from operations
   
1.00
     
(0.39
)
   
0.74
     
2.90
     
0.85
     
(0.64
)
                                                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
                                               
From net investment income
   
     
(0.37
)
   
(0.27
)
   
(0.17
)
   
(0.34
)
   
(0.17
)
From net realized gains
   
     
(0.01
)
   
(1.97
)
   
(0.81
)
   
(0.22
)
   
(0.21
)
Total distributions
   
     
(0.38
)
   
(2.24
)
   
(0.98
)
   
(0.56
)
   
(0.38
)
                                                 
NET ASSET VALUE:
                                               
End of period
 
$
15.84
   
$
14.84
   
$
15.61
   
$
17.11
   
$
15.19
   
$
14.90
 
                                                 
TOTAL RETURN(1)
   
6.74
%
   
(2.52
)%
   
4.18
%
   
19.10
%
   
5.76
%
   
(4.00
)%
                                                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
 
$
24,006
   
$
24,328
   
$
38,398
   
$
41,659
   
$
39,104
   
$
53,737
 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
    Before expense reimbursement(2)
   
2.11
%
   
1.88
%
   
1.74
%
   
1.77
%
   
1.77
%
   
1.70
%
    After expense reimbursement(2)
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.37
%
   
1.50
%
Ratio of net investment income
                                               
  to average net assets:
                                               
    Before expense reimbursement(2)
   
1.22
%
   
0.47
%
   
0.05
%
   
0.61
%
   
1.10
%
   
0.63
%
    After expense reimbursement(2)
   
2.03
%
   
1.05
%
   
0.49
%
   
1.08
%
   
1.50
%
   
0.83
%
Portfolio turnover rate(1)
   
9
%
   
35
%
   
48
%
   
31
%
   
15
%
   
24
%

(1)
Not annualized for period less than one year.
(2)
Annualized for period less than one year.



See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



Financial Highlights


   
Opportunity Fund
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
June 30,
                               
   
2016
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2015
   
2014
   
2013
   
2012
   
2011
 
For a Fund share outstanding
                                   
  throughout the period
                                   
                                     
NET ASSET VALUE:
                                   
Beginning of period
 
$
17.29
   
$
20.75
   
$
21.51
   
$
18.05
   
$
16.62
   
$
17.45
 
                                                 
OPERATIONS:
                                               
Net investment income
   
0.07
     
0.14
     
0.13
     
0.07
     
0.20
     
0.07
 
Net realized and unrealized
                                               
  gain (loss) on investments
   
1.06
     
0.18
     
1.48
     
4.84
     
2.22
     
(0.11
)
Total from operations
   
1.13
     
0.32
     
1.61
     
4.91
     
2.42
     
(0.04
)
                                                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
                                               
From net investment income
   
     
(0.17
)
   
(0.16
)
   
(0.07
)
   
(0.20
)
   
(0.05
)
From net realized gains
   
     
(3.61
)
   
(2.21
)
   
(1.38
)
   
(0.79
)
   
(0.74
)
Total distributions
   
     
(3.78
)
   
(2.37
)
   
(1.45
)
   
(0.99
)
   
(0.79
)
                                                 
NET ASSET VALUE:
                                               
End of period
 
$
18.42
   
$
17.29
   
$
20.75
   
$
21.51
   
$
18.05
   
$
16.62
 
                                                 
TOTAL RETURN(1)
   
6.54
%
   
1.33
%
   
7.36
%
   
27.25
%
   
14.63
%
   
(0.21
)%
                                                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
 
$
93,902
   
$
86,128
   
$
91,448
   
$
97,751
   
$
70,549
   
$
59,715
 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
    Before expense reimbursement(2)
   
1.59
%
   
1.61
%
   
1.53
%
   
1.57
%
   
1.64
%
   
1.70
%
    After expense reimbursement(2)
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.30
%
   
1.36
%
   
1.50
%
Ratio of net investment income
                                               
  to average net assets:
                                               
    Before expense reimbursement(2)
   
0.52
%
   
0.28
%
   
0.23
%
   
0.08
%
   
0.84
%
   
0.20
%
    After expense reimbursement(2)
   
0.81
%
   
0.59
%
   
0.46
%
   
0.35
%
   
1.12
%
   
0.40
%
Portfolio turnover rate(1)
   
25
%
   
36
%
   
40
%
   
25
%
   
43
%
   
45
%

(1)
Not annualized for period less than one year.
(2)
Annualized for period less than one year.



See Notes to the Financial Statements

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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.



Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
June 30, 2016
 
1.  ORGANIZATION
 
Prospector Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was organized as a Maryland corporation on June 6, 2007 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as an open-end diversified management investment company.  The Corporation issues its shares in series, each series representing a distinct portfolio with its own investment objectives and policies.  There are two series presently authorized, the Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund and the Prospector Opportunity Fund (individually a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”).  Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Board Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies. The Funds commenced operations on September 28, 2007.
 
 
2.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund:
 
Security Valuation – The Fund has adopted fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
 
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, discounts and similar data.
 
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  The Fund’s investments are carried at fair value.
 
Common Stock – Securities that are primarily traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded on the day of valuation or, if there has been no sale on such day, at the last bid price on the day of valuation.  To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Convertible and Corporate Bonds – Convertible and corporate bonds, including listed issues, are valued at fair value on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques.  The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer. Convertible and corporate bonds are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Investment Companies – Investments in other mutual funds, including money market funds, are valued at their net asset value per share.  To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Directors.  These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if they were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Fund determines their net asset values per share.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
As of June 30, 2016, each Fund’s investments in securities were classified as follows:
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
17,815,365
   
$
   
$
   
$
17,815,365
 
Convertible Bonds
   
     
4,612,746
     
     
4,612,746
 
Corporate Bonds
   
     
939,047
     
     
939,047
 
Short-Term Investment
   
297,939
     
     
     
297,939
 
Total Investments
 
$
18,113,304
   
$
5,551,793
   
$
   
$
23,665,097
 
                         
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Opportunity Fund
                               
Common Stocks
 
$
82,731,497
   
$
   
$
   
$
82,731,497
 
Convertible Bonds
   
     
1,913,344
     
     
1,913,344
 
Short-Term Investment
   
8,826,357
     
     
     
8,826,357
 
Total Investments
 
$
91,557,854
   
$
1,913,344
   
$
   
$
93,471,198
 
 
Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for further sector breakout.
 
Transfers between levels are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period.  During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Funds recognized no transfers between levels.  The Funds did not invest in any Level 3 investments during the period.
 
The Funds may invest in derivative financial instruments in order to manage risk or gain exposure to various other investments or markets.  The Funds’ investment objectives allow the Funds to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign exchange contracts, and purchased and written options.  Derivatives may contain various risks including the potential inability of the counterparty to fulfill their obligations under the terms of the contract, the potential for an illiquid secondary market, and the potential for market movements which may expose the funds to gains or losses in excess of the amounts shown on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.  As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Funds held no derivative instruments.
 
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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016
 
3.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Distributions to Shareholders – Dividends from net investment income and distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, will be declared and paid at least annually.  The character of distributions made during the period from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from the characterization for federal income tax purposes due to differences in the recognition of income, expense and gain items for financial statement and tax purposes.  All short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Federal Income Taxes – The Funds intend to meet the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all net taxable investment income and net realized gains to shareholders in a manner which results in no tax cost to the Funds.  Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.  As of December 31, 2015, the Funds did not have any tax positions that did not meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority.  Generally, each of the tax years in the four-year period ended December 31, 2015 remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
 
Foreign Currency Translation – The books and records relating to the Funds’ non-U.S. dollar denominated investments are maintained in U.S. dollars on the following bases:  (1) market value of investment securities, assets, and liabilities are translated at the current rate of exchange; and (2) purchases and sales of investment securities, income, and expenses are translated at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.  The Funds do not isolate the portion of gains and losses on investments in equity securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.  The Funds report certain foreign currency-related transactions as components of realized gains for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
 
Illiquid or Restricted Securities – A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily available market.  Securities are generally considered liquid if they can be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven days at approximately the price at which the security is valued by the Fund.  Illiquid securities may be valued under methods approved by the Funds’ board of directors as reflecting fair value.  Each Fund intends to invest no more than 15% of its total assets in illiquid securities.  Certain restricted securities may be considered illiquid.  Restricted securities are often purchased in private placement transactions, are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, may have contractual restrictions on resale, and may be valued under methods approved by the Funds’ board of directors as reflecting fair value.  Certain restricted securities eligible for resale to qualified institutional investors, including Rule 144A securities, are not subject to the limitation on a Fund’s investment in illiquid securities if they are determined to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ board of directors.  At June 30, 2016, the Funds had no investments in illiquid securities.
 
Expenses – Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based on relative net assets or another appropriate basis.
 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.


 
Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

Other – Investment and shareholder transactions are recorded on the trade date.  Each Fund determines the gain or loss realized from the investment transactions on the basis of identified cost.  Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income, including amortization of bond premium and discount, is recognized on an accrual basis.
 
Subsequent Events – Management has evaluated fund related events and transactions that occurred subsequent to June 30, 2016, through the date of issuance of the Funds’ financial statements.  There were no events or transactions that occurred during this period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Funds’ financial statements.
 
 
4.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, purchases of securities and proceeds from sales of securities, other than temporary investments in short-term securities, were as follows:
 
 
Purchases
Sales
Capital Appreciation Fund
$ 2,168,468
$15,279,611
Opportunity Fund
19,893,293
23,158,815
 
There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities.
 
The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Funds and the total cost of securities for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2015, the Funds’ most recently completed fiscal year end, were as follows:
 
 
Aggregate
Aggregate
 
Federal
 
Gross
Gross
 
Income
 
Appreciation
Depreciation
Net
Tax Cost
Capital Appreciation Fund
$  2,598,383
$(1,917,756)
$   680,627
$24,071,517
Opportunity Fund
12,304,637
(6,901,098)
5,403,539
74,094,028
 
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to wash sales.
 
At December 31, 2015, the Funds’ most recently completed fiscal year end, components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax-basis were as follows:
 
 
Undistributed
Undistributed
Other
 
Total
 
Ordinary
Long-Term
Accumulated
Unrealized
Accumulated
 
Income
Capital Gains
Losses
Appreciation
Earnings
Capital Appreciation Fund
$  15,637
$         —
$(152,164)
$   680,431
$   543,904
Opportunity Fund
334,158
611,292
(8,031)
5,400,846
6,338,265
 
As of December 31, 2015, Capital Appreciation and Opportunity Fund had $142,191 and $0, respectively, in long-term capital loss carryovers which will be permitted to be carried over for an unlimited period.  A regulated investment company may elect for any taxable year to treat any portion of any qualified late year loss as arising on the first day of the next taxable year.  Qualified late year losses are certain capital, and ordinary losses which occur dur-
 
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Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) – Continued
June 30, 2016

ing the portion of the Fund’s taxable year subsequent to October 31.  The Capital Appreciation Fund and the Opportunity Fund do not plan to defer any late year losses.
 
There were no distributions paid during the six months ended June 30, 2016.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 were as follows:
 
 
Ordinary
Long Term
 
 
Income*
Capital Gains**
Total
Capital Appreciation Fund
$   591,102
$       16,111
$     607,213
Opportunity Fund
1,459,542
13,676,784
15,136,326

*
 
For federal income tax purposes, distributions of short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income distributions.
**
 
Funds designate long-term capital gain dividends pursuant to IRC Sec. 852(b)(3)(C).
 
 
5.  AGREEMENTS
 
The Funds have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), with whom certain directors and officers of the Corporation are affiliated, to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds.  Pursuant to this Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive a management fee, calculated daily and payable monthly, at the annual rate of 1.10% as applied to each Fund’s daily net assets.
 
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and reimburse each Fund’s other expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that each Fund’s operating expenses do not exceed 1.30% of its average daily net assets.  Fees waived and expenses reimbursed by the Adviser may be recouped by the Adviser for a period of three fiscal years following the fiscal year during which such waiver or reimbursement was made if such recoupment can be achieved without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time the waiver or reimbursement occurred.  As of June 30, 2016, the Adviser did not recoup any previously waived expenses.  The Operating Expense Limitation Agreement will be in effect through at least September 30, 2017.  Waived fees and reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery by year of expiration are as follows:
 
Expiration
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
12/31/16
 
$
188,732
   
$
237,316
 
12/31/17
   
174,159
     
250,997
 
12/31/18
   
189,898
     
272,070
 
12/31/19
   
95,630
     
126,652
 
Total
 
$
648,419
   
$
887,035
 
 
As of June 30, 2016, it was possible, but not probable, those amounts would be recovered by the Adviser.  At the end of each fiscal year in the future, the Funds will continue to assess the potential recovery of waived/reimbursed fees and expenses for financial reporting purposes.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC (“Quasar”), a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, serves as distributor of the Funds’ shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Corporation. Each Fund’s shares are sold on a no-load basis and, therefore, Quasar receives no sales commission or sales load for providing services to the Funds.  The Corporation has adopted a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “12b-1 Plan”), which authorizes the Corporation to
 
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June 30, 2016

reimburse Quasar and certain financial intermediaries who assist in distributing each Fund’s shares or who provide shareholder services to Fund shareholders a distribution and/or shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets (computed on an annual basis). All or a portion of the fee may be used by the Funds or Quasar to pay the Fund’s distribution fees and costs of printing reports and prospectuses for potential investors and the costs of other distribution and shareholder services expenses.  During the six months ended June 30, 2016, Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund incurred expenses of $6,552 and $30,667 respectively, pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan.
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC serves as transfer agent, administrator and fund accountant for the Funds.  U.S. Bank N.A. serves as custodian for the Funds.
 
 
6.  INDEMNIFICATIONS
 
The Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
 



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June 30, 2016

 
AVAILABILITY OF FUND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION
 
The Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  For information on the Public Reference Room call 1-800-SEC-0330.  In addition, the Funds’ Form N-Q is available without charge upon request by calling 1-877-734-7862.
 
 
AVAILABILITY OF PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
 
A description of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-877-734-7862.  Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30, is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-877-734-7862, or (2) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 










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DIRECTORS
John D. Gillespie
Harvey D. Hirsch
Joseph Klein III
Roy L. Nersesian
John T. Rossello, Jr.

INVESTMENT ADVISER
Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC
370 Church Street
Guilford, CT  06437

DISTRIBUTOR
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202

CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank, N.A.
1555 North River Center Drive
Milwaukee, WI  53212

ADMINISTRATOR AND TRANSFER AGENT
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
Third Floor
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606

LEGAL COUNSEL
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Plaza
New York, NY  10004

 
 

 

 

 

 
This report should be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.
 
The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the
Funds’ directors and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-877-734-7862.




Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

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

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed‑End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchases.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not Applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)
There were no significant changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 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) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.

(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c‑1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(b)
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002.  Furnished 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.


(Registrant)  Prospector Funds, Inc.
By (Signature and Title)*    /s/John D. Gillespie
John D. Gillespie, President

Date    September 2, 2016



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/John D. Gillespie
John D. Gillespie, President

Date    September 2, 2016

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/Peter N. Perugini, Jr.
Peter N. Perugini, Jr., Treasurer

Date    September 2, 2016

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.