Semi-Annual Report
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www.prospectorfunds.com
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June 30, 2020
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First we upgrade the quality of the balance sheets in your portfolio. As you are aware, we are chronically “allergic” to leverage and debt in our positions. That said, there is always room for improvement
when the music stops and a market crisis erupts. Generally, this re-underwriting process leads us to hold larger balance sheets with more staying power.
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Second, we reduce cyclicality in the portfolio at the margin. Again, you are aware that we chronically are underweight cyclical sectors of the market such as industrials, materials, technology, and consumer
discretionary. This time is no different. When we start to see through the severity of the economic downturn we would begin to reintroduce cyclicality into the portfolio through investments in quality balance sheets in these same areas.
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Finally, we actively and aggressively manage our tax position. We strive to minimize taxable gains for our customers. A significant percentage of the assets in Prospector’s strategies is internal money. As
such, we pay close attention to maximizing after-tax returns for our clients.
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John D. Gillespie
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Kevin R. O’Brien
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Jason A. Kish
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Steven R. Labbe
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One Year
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Three Year
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Five Year
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Ten Year
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Since Inception(1)
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Capital Appreciation Fund
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-6.81%
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4.02%
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5.12%
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6.97%
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4.95%
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S&P 500 Index(2)
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7.51%
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10.73%
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10.73%
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13.99%
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7.95%
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(1)
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September 28, 2007
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(2)
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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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One Year
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Three Year
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Five Year
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Ten Year
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Since Inception(1)
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Opportunity Fund
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-8.33%
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4.07%
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6.57%
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10.31%
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7.90%
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Russell 2000 Index(2)
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-6.63%
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2.01%
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4.29%
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10.50%
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6.05%
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Russell Midcap Index(3)
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-2.24%
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5.79%
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6.76%
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12.35%
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7.39%
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(1)
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September 28, 2007
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(2)
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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.
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(3)
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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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Expenses Paid
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Beginning Account
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Ending Account
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During Period(1)
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Value (01/01/20)
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Value (06/30/20)
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(01/01/20 to 06/30/20)
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Capital Appreciation Actual(2)
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$1,000.00
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$ 886.70
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$5.86
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Capital Appreciation Hypothetical
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|||
(5% return before expenses)
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1,000.00
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1,018.65
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6.27
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Opportunity Actual(2)
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1,000.00
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869.30
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5.81
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Opportunity Hypothetical
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|||
(5% return before expenses)
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1,000.00
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1,018.65
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6.27
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(1)
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Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.25% and 1.25% 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.
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(2)
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Based on the actual returns for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 of -11.33% and -13.07% for Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund, respectively.
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RenaissanceRe Holdings
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3.9
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%
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Brown & Brown
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3.6
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%
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Palo Alto Networks, 0.750%, 07/01/2023
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3.2
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%
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Abbott Laboratories
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3.2
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%
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Verint Systems, 1.500%, 06/01/2021
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2.8
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%
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|||
Akamai Technologies, 0.125%, 05/01/2025
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2.8
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%
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Liberty Media, 2.125%, 03/31/2048
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2.7
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%
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Kaman, 3.250%, 05/01/2024
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2.7
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%
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Merck & Co.
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2.5
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%
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Nestle
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2.4
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%
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(1)
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Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
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(2)
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Sector allocation includes all investment types.
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(3)
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First American Treasury Obligations Fund excluded from top 10 holdings.
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RenaissanceRe Holdings
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2.8
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%
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
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2.5
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%
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Globe Life
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2.4
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%
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Brown & Brown
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2.4
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%
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Maxim Integrated Products
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2.2
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%
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Littelfuse
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2.2
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%
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Curtiss-Wright
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2.1
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%
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FLIR Systems
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2.0
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%
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Hanover Insurance Group
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2.0
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%
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Mercury General
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1.9
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%
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(1)
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Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
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(2)
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Sector allocation includes all investment types.
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(3)
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First American Treasury Obligations Fund excluded from top 10 holdings.
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Description
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Shares
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Value
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COMMON STOCKS – 74.6%
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Banks – 2.0%
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||||||||
Kearny Financial
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16,900
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$
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138,242
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|||||
KeyCorp
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8,400
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102,312
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||||||
PNC Financial Services Group
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2,150
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226,201
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||||||
466,755
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||||||||
Consumer Discretionary – 2.2%
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||||||||
Darden Restaurants
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3,200
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242,464
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Lowe’s Companies
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1,850
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249,972
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||||||
492,436
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||||||||
Consumer Staples – 13.4%
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||||||||
Campbell Soup
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3,650
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181,150
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Church & Dwight
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2,450
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189,385
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Coca-Cola
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11,365
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507,788
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Colgate-Palmolive
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4,920
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360,439
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JM Smucker
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2,620
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277,222
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Mondelez International, Class A
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7,540
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385,520
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Nestle
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5,010
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553,853
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Swedish Match
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2,400
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168,702
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Tootsie Roll Industries
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6,566
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225,017
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Walgreens Boots Alliance
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4,680
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198,385
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||||||
3,047,461
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Energy – 4.1%
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Devon Energy
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16,100
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182,574
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Hess
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4,700
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243,507
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Parsley Energy
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22,050
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235,494
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Suncor Energy
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15,600
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263,016
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924,591
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Healthcare – 7.1%
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Abbott Laboratories
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8,060
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736,926
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AstraZeneca – ADR
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5,710
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302,002
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Merck & Co.
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7,350
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568,375
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||||||
1,607,303
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Description
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Shares
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Value
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||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 74.6% (Continued)
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||||||||
Industrials – 6.9%
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||||||||
Eaton
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6,020
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$
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526,630
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|||||
Pentair
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9,350
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355,207
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||||||
Raytheon Technologies
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4,150
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255,723
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||||||
Regal Beloit
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3,300
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288,156
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||||||
Robert Half International
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2,850
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150,565
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||||||
1,576,281
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||||||||
Information Technology – 10.0%
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||||||||
FARO Technologies*
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5,710
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306,056
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||||||
FLIR Systems
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10,410
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422,334
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||||||
Leidos Holdings
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2,750
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257,592
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||||||
Maxim Integrated Products
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3,300
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200,013
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||||||
Microsoft
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2,200
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447,722
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||||||
Oracle
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5,230
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289,062
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||||||
Paychex
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3,600
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272,700
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||||||
Science Applications International
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1,100
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85,448
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||||||
2,280,927
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||||||||
Insurance Brokers – 5.2%
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||||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
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3,750
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365,587
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||||||
Brown & Brown
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20,080
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818,461
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||||||
1,184,048
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||||||||
Life & Health Insurance – 4.3%
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||||||||
Aflac
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11,730
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422,632
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||||||
Globe Life
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3,090
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229,371
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||||||
Voya Financial
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7,200
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335,880
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||||||
987,883
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||||||||
Materials – 2.1%
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||||||||
Domtar
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6,791
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143,358
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||||||
Louisiana-Pacific
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13,320
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341,658
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||||||
485,016
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||||||||
Multi-line Insurance – 1.1%
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||||||||
Loews
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7,000
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240,030
|
||||||
Property & Casualty Insurance – 9.4%
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||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Class B*
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3,060
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546,241
|
||||||
First American Financial
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4,475
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214,889
|
||||||
Hanover Insurance Group
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3,710
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375,934
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Description
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Shares
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Value
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||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 74.6% (Continued)
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||||||||
Property & Casualty Insurance – 9.4% (Continued)
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||||||||
Lancashire Holdings
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32,000
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$
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320,777
|
|||||
Mercury General
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7,800
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317,850
|
||||||
Selective Insurance Group
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7,070
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372,872
|
||||||
2,148,563
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||||||||
Real Estate – 1.9%
|
||||||||
Four Corners Property Trust
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11,848
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289,091
|
||||||
Howard Hughes*
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2,950
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153,253
|
||||||
442,344
|
||||||||
Reinsurance – 4.9%
|
||||||||
Alleghany
|
468
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228,918
|
||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings
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5,174
|
884,909
|
||||||
1,113,827
|
||||||||
Total Common Stocks
|
||||||||
(Cost $14,189,576)
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16,997,465
|
|||||||
Par
|
||||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS – 19.6%
|
||||||||
Communication Services – 2.7%
|
||||||||
Liberty Media
|
||||||||
2.125%, 03/31/2048 (a)
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$
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636,300
|
618,286
|
|||||
Consumer Discretionary – 1.2%
|
||||||||
Booking Holdings
|
||||||||
0.900%, 09/15/2021
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253,000
|
268,809
|
||||||
Healthcare – 2.4%
|
||||||||
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
|
||||||||
0.750%, 05/15/2023
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631,000
|
553,409
|
||||||
Industrials – 4.4%
|
||||||||
Chart Industries
|
||||||||
1.000%, 11/15/2024 (a)
|
384,000
|
403,856
|
||||||
Kaman
|
||||||||
3.250%, 05/01/2024
|
644,000
|
610,736
|
||||||
1,014,592
|
Description
|
Par
|
Value
|
||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS – 19.6% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Information Technology – 8.9%
|
||||||||
Akamai Technologies
|
||||||||
0.125%, 05/01/2025
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$
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514,000
|
$
|
640,085
|
||||
Palo Alto Networks
|
||||||||
0.750%, 07/01/2023
|
692,000
|
739,732
|
||||||
Verint Systems
|
||||||||
1.500%, 06/01/2021
|
651,000
|
642,905
|
||||||
2,022,722
|
||||||||
Total Convertible Bonds
|
||||||||
(Cost $4,374,829)
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4,477,818
|
|||||||
CORPORATE BOND – 1.8%
|
||||||||
Information Technology – 1.8%
|
||||||||
FLIR Systems
|
||||||||
3.125%, 06/15/2021
|
||||||||
(Cost $402,936)
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400,000
|
406,530
|
||||||
Shares
|
||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT – 4.0%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 0.084%^
|
||||||||
(Cost $915,046)
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915,046
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915,046
|
||||||
Total Investments – 100.0%
|
||||||||
(Cost $19,882,387)
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22,796,859
|
|||||||
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – 0.0%
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(2,562
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)
|
||||||
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
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$
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22,794,297
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*
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Non-income producing security
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(a)
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Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, except from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program or
other “qualified institutional buyers.” As of June 30, 2020, the value of this investment was $1,022,142 or 4.5% of total net assets.
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^
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The rate shown is the seven-day yield effective June 30, 2020.
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Description
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Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 88.4%
|
||||||||
Banks – 9.6%
|
||||||||
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
|
51,200
|
$
|
1,248,768
|
|||||
Central Valley Community Bancorp
|
40,800
|
627,912
|
||||||
Citigroup
|
19,770
|
1,010,247
|
||||||
Comerica
|
46,900
|
1,786,890
|
||||||
HarborOne Bancorp*
|
180,344
|
1,540,138
|
||||||
Kearny Financial
|
132,976
|
1,087,744
|
||||||
KeyCorp
|
95,000
|
1,157,100
|
||||||
PCSB Financial
|
71,422
|
905,631
|
||||||
PNC Financial Services Group
|
15,960
|
1,679,151
|
||||||
QCR Holdings
|
47,100
|
1,468,578
|
||||||
US Bancorp
|
41,000
|
1,509,620
|
||||||
Waterstone Financial
|
147,450
|
2,186,684
|
||||||
16,208,463
|
||||||||
Consumer Discretionary – 5.7%
|
||||||||
Darden Restaurants
|
25,700
|
1,947,289
|
||||||
eBay
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55,700
|
2,921,465
|
||||||
Home Depot
|
12,000
|
3,006,120
|
||||||
Noodles & Company*
|
286,312
|
1,732,188
|
||||||
9,607,062
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples – 10.1%
|
||||||||
Church & Dwight
|
39,400
|
3,045,620
|
||||||
Colgate-Palmolive
|
35,000
|
2,564,100
|
||||||
JM Smucker
|
28,250
|
2,989,132
|
||||||
Mondelez International, Class A
|
55,400
|
2,832,602
|
||||||
Nestle
|
14,050
|
1,553,219
|
||||||
Procter & Gamble
|
15,100
|
1,805,507
|
||||||
Swedish Match
|
16,100
|
1,131,710
|
||||||
Tootsie Roll Industries
|
31,782
|
1,089,169
|
||||||
17,011,059
|
||||||||
Diversified Financial Services – 2.6%
|
||||||||
CBOE Global Markets
|
16,200
|
1,511,136
|
||||||
Federated Investors, Class B
|
88,000
|
2,085,600
|
||||||
Invesco
|
23,100
|
248,556
|
||||||
Jefferies Financial Group
|
29,000
|
450,950
|
||||||
4,296,242
|
Description
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 88.4% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Energy – 3.4%
|
||||||||
Devon Energy
|
86,300
|
$
|
978,642
|
|||||
Hess
|
31,000
|
1,606,110
|
||||||
Parsley Energy
|
78,200
|
835,176
|
||||||
Schlumberger
|
67,300
|
1,237,647
|
||||||
Suncor Energy
|
66,050
|
1,113,603
|
||||||
5,771,178
|
||||||||
Healthcare – 5.1%
|
||||||||
AstraZeneca – ADR
|
17,900
|
946,731
|
||||||
Johnson & Johnson
|
16,400
|
2,306,332
|
||||||
Medtronic
|
27,800
|
2,549,260
|
||||||
Merck & Co.
|
35,548
|
2,748,927
|
||||||
8,551,250
|
||||||||
Industrials – 10.8%
|
||||||||
CIRCOR International*
|
18,900
|
481,572
|
||||||
Curtiss-Wright
|
39,050
|
3,486,384
|
||||||
General Dynamics
|
9,350
|
1,397,451
|
||||||
Landstar System
|
12,550
|
1,409,490
|
||||||
Moog
|
19,700
|
1,043,706
|
||||||
Otis Worldwide
|
32,350
|
1,839,421
|
||||||
Pentair
|
58,700
|
2,230,013
|
||||||
Regal Beloit
|
23,800
|
2,078,216
|
||||||
Robert Half International
|
45,350
|
2,395,841
|
||||||
Vectrus*
|
38,250
|
1,879,223
|
||||||
18,241,317
|
||||||||
Information Technology – 12.4%
|
||||||||
FARO Technologies*
|
40,400
|
2,165,440
|
||||||
FLIR Systems
|
84,650
|
3,434,250
|
||||||
Leidos Holdings
|
23,450
|
2,196,561
|
||||||
Littelfuse
|
21,780
|
3,716,321
|
||||||
Maxim Integrated Products
|
62,350
|
3,779,034
|
||||||
Microsoft
|
6,600
|
1,343,166
|
||||||
Paychex
|
38,350
|
2,905,013
|
||||||
Xilinx
|
12,900
|
1,269,231
|
||||||
20,809,016
|
Description
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 88.4% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Insurance Brokers – 5.6%
|
||||||||
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
|
42,950
|
$
|
4,187,195
|
|||||
Brown & Brown
|
97,150
|
3,959,834
|
||||||
Marsh & McLennan
|
12,300
|
1,320,651
|
||||||
9,467,680
|
||||||||
Life & Health Insurance – 6.5%
|
||||||||
Aflac
|
72,200
|
2,601,366
|
||||||
Globe Life
|
54,750
|
4,064,092
|
||||||
Primerica
|
14,200
|
1,655,720
|
||||||
Voya Financial
|
56,250
|
2,624,063
|
||||||
10,945,241
|
||||||||
Materials – 2.9%
|
||||||||
Domtar
|
28,700
|
605,857
|
||||||
Kinross Gold*
|
54,200
|
391,324
|
||||||
Newmont Goldcorp
|
27,550
|
1,700,937
|
||||||
PPG Industries
|
17,150
|
1,818,929
|
||||||
Victoria Gold*
|
40,586
|
424,327
|
||||||
4,941,374
|
||||||||
Property & Casualty Insurance – 8.6%
|
||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group
|
32,500
|
3,293,225
|
||||||
Kemper
|
27,800
|
2,016,056
|
||||||
Lancashire Holdings
|
219,300
|
2,198,326
|
||||||
Mercury General
|
76,800
|
3,129,600
|
||||||
Safety Insurance Group
|
10,050
|
766,413
|
||||||
Selective Insurance Group
|
57,650
|
3,040,461
|
||||||
14,444,081
|
||||||||
Real Estate – 0.8%
|
||||||||
Howard Hughes*
|
25,100
|
1,303,945
|
||||||
Reinsurance – 4.3%
|
||||||||
Alleghany
|
5,315
|
2,599,779
|
||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings
|
27,600
|
4,720,428
|
||||||
7,320,207
|
||||||||
Total Common Stocks
|
||||||||
(Cost $135,397,735)
|
148,918,115
|
Description
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT – 12.3%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 0.084%^
|
||||||||
(Cost $20,750,683)
|
20,750,683
|
$
|
20,750,683
|
|||||
Total Investments – 100.7%
|
||||||||
(Cost $156,148,418)
|
169,668,798
|
|||||||
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – (0.7)%
|
(1,226,177
|
)
|
||||||
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
|
$
|
168,442,621
|
*
|
Non-income producing security
|
^
|
The rate shown is the seven-day yield effective June 30, 2020.
|
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
Opportunity Fund
|
|||||||
ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Investments, at market value
|
||||||||
(Cost of $19,882,387 and $156,148,418, respectively)
|
$
|
22,796,859
|
$
|
169,668,798
|
||||
Receivable for dividends and interest
|
38,763
|
166,538
|
||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold
|
—
|
1,197,485
|
||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
20,760
|
43,791
|
||||||
Total assets
|
22,856,382
|
171,076,612
|
||||||
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed
|
—
|
144,337
|
||||||
Payable for investments purchased
|
—
|
2,270,646
|
||||||
Payable to Adviser, net
|
3,553
|
101,912
|
||||||
Payable for administration fees
|
13,606
|
35,691
|
||||||
Payable for fund accounting fees
|
10,248
|
12,428
|
||||||
Payable for audit & tax fees
|
22,557
|
22,557
|
||||||
Payable for transfer agent fees
|
6,036
|
11,045
|
||||||
Accrued distribution fees
|
1,170
|
11,722
|
||||||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
4,915
|
23,653
|
||||||
Total liabilities
|
62,085
|
2,633,991
|
||||||
NET ASSETS
|
$
|
22,794,297
|
$
|
168,442,621
|
||||
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Portfolio capital
|
$
|
19,797,987
|
$
|
154,613,587
|
||||
Total distributable earnings
|
2,996,310
|
13,829,034
|
||||||
Total net assets
|
$
|
22,794,297
|
$
|
168,442,621
|
||||
CAPITAL STOCK, $0.001 par value
|
||||||||
Authorized
|
500,000,000
|
500,000,000
|
||||||
Issued and outstanding
|
1,367,455
|
8,737,178
|
||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE,
|
||||||||
AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE
|
$
|
16.67
|
$
|
19.28
|
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
Opportunity Fund
|
|||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME:
|
||||||||
Interest income
|
$
|
39,049
|
$
|
39,057
|
||||
Dividend income
|
201,203
|
1,367,629
|
||||||
Less: Foreign taxes withheld
|
(4,015
|
)
|
(21,770
|
)
|
||||
Total investment income
|
236,237
|
1,384,916
|
||||||
EXPENSES:
|
||||||||
Investment advisory fees
|
123,232
|
653,347
|
||||||
Administration fees
|
26,105
|
71,529
|
||||||
Audit & tax fees
|
22,560
|
22,560
|
||||||
Fund accounting fees
|
20,561
|
25,063
|
||||||
Registration fees
|
12,629
|
14,648
|
||||||
Transfer agent fees
|
12,161
|
23,782
|
||||||
Distribution fees
|
6,729
|
45,675
|
||||||
Legal fees
|
6,205
|
29,754
|
||||||
Directors’ fees
|
5,632
|
25,581
|
||||||
Custodian fees
|
3,301
|
4,949
|
||||||
Other expenses
|
3,276
|
11,843
|
||||||
Postage and printing fees
|
979
|
5,352
|
||||||
Total expenses
|
243,370
|
934,083
|
||||||
Less: Fee waivers
|
(89,330
|
)
|
(117,399
|
)
|
||||
Total net expenses
|
154,040
|
816,684
|
||||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
|
82,197
|
568,232
|
||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSSES:
|
||||||||
Net realized loss on investments
|
(398,472
|
)
|
(1,700,896
|
)
|
||||
Net change in unrealized
|
||||||||
appreciation/depreciation of investments
|
(3,433,881
|
)
|
(17,978,988
|
)
|
||||
Net loss on investments
|
(3,832,353
|
)
|
(19,679,884
|
)
|
||||
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
||||||||
RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
$
|
(3,750,156
|
)
|
$
|
(19,111,652
|
)
|
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 30, 2020
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
December 31, 2019
|
|||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
82,197
|
$
|
204,456
|
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
(398,472
|
)
|
2,027,696
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
|
||||||||
depreciation of investments
|
(3,433,881
|
)
|
3,298,601
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) resulting from operations
|
(3,750,156
|
)
|
5,530,753
|
|||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
90,388
|
123,779
|
||||||
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
|
—
|
1,541,077
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed
|
(2,917,151
|
)
|
(1,297,679
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions
|
(2,826,763
|
)
|
367,177
|
|||||
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
—
|
(1,706,127
|
)
|
|||||
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
|
(6,576,919
|
)
|
4,191,803
|
|||||
NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
29,371,216
|
25,179,413
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
22,794,297
|
$
|
29,371,216
|
||||
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
|
||||||||
Shares sold
|
4,754
|
6,939
|
||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
|
—
|
84,489
|
||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(199,291
|
)
|
(70,708
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
(194,537
|
)
|
20,720
|
Opportunity Fund
|
||||||||
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 30, 2020
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
December 31, 2019
|
|||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
568,232
|
$
|
1,378,911
|
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
(1,700,896
|
)
|
5,973,772
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
|
||||||||
depreciation of investments
|
(17,978,988
|
)
|
21,649,594
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) resulting from operations
|
(19,111,652
|
)
|
29,002,277
|
|||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
62,212,799
|
15,922,060
|
||||||
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
|
—
|
5,660,674
|
||||||
Payments for shares redeemed
|
(17,352,160
|
)
|
(15,972,405
|
)
|
||||
Redemption fees
|
9,124
|
1,272
|
||||||
Net increase from capital share transactions
|
44,869,763
|
5,611,601
|
||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
—
|
(6,180,425
|
)
|
|||||
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
|
25,758,111
|
28,433,453
|
||||||
NET ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
142,684,510
|
114,251,057
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
168,442,621
|
$
|
142,684,510
|
||||
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
|
||||||||
Shares sold
|
3,279,393
|
745,627
|
||||||
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
|
—
|
264,517
|
||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(974,919
|
)
|
(763,386
|
)
|
||||
Net increase
|
2,304,474
|
246,758
|
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For a Fund share outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
throughout the period
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period
|
$
|
18.80
|
$
|
16.34
|
$
|
17.63
|
$
|
16.80
|
$
|
14.84
|
$
|
15.61
|
||||||||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income
|
0.06
|
0.14
|
0.12
|
0.09
|
0.22
|
0.21
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(2.19
|
)
|
3.47
|
(0.67
|
)
|
1.82
|
1.96
|
(0.60
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Total from operations
|
(2.13
|
)
|
3.61
|
(0.55
|
)
|
1.91
|
2.18
|
(0.39
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
—
|
(0.12
|
)
|
(0.12
|
)
|
(0.09
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.37
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
From net realized gains
|
—
|
(1.03
|
)
|
(0.62
|
)
|
(0.99
|
)
|
—
|
(0.01
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
—
|
(1.15
|
)
|
(0.74
|
)
|
(1.08
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.38
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of period
|
$
|
16.67
|
$
|
18.80
|
$
|
16.34
|
$
|
17.63
|
$
|
16.80
|
$
|
14.84
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(1)
|
(11.33
|
)%
|
22.33
|
%
|
(3.07
|
)%
|
11.38
|
%
|
14.68
|
%
|
(2.52
|
)%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
|
$
|
22,794
|
$
|
29,371
|
$
|
25,179
|
$
|
26,765
|
$
|
25,663
|
$
|
24,328
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before expense reimbursement(2)
|
1.97
|
%
|
1.95
|
%
|
1.97
|
%
|
2.02
|
%
|
2.06
|
%
|
1.88
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After expense reimbursement(2)
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.29
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before expense reimbursement(2)
|
(0.06
|
)%
|
0.08
|
%
|
(0.00
|
)%
|
(0.23
|
)%
|
0.58
|
%
|
0.47
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After expense reimbursement(2)
|
0.66
|
%
|
0.74
|
%
|
0.67
|
%
|
0.49
|
%
|
1.34
|
%
|
1.05
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(1)
|
24
|
%
|
25
|
%
|
28
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
32
|
%
|
35
|
%
|
(1)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(2)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
Opportunity Fund
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six Months
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2019
|
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||||||||||||||
For a Fund share outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
throughout the period
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period
|
$
|
22.18
|
$
|
18.47
|
$
|
20.85
|
$
|
20.17
|
$
|
17.29
|
$
|
20.75
|
||||||||||||
OPERATIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income
|
0.06
|
0.23
|
0.19
|
0.11
|
0.13
|
0.14
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
gain (loss) on investments
|
(2.96
|
)
|
4.49
|
(1.11
|
)
|
1.98
|
3.50
|
0.18
|
||||||||||||||||
Total from operations
|
(2.90
|
)
|
4.72
|
(0.92
|
)
|
2.09
|
3.63
|
0.32
|
||||||||||||||||
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income
|
—
|
(0.23
|
)
|
(0.19
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.17
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
From net realized gains
|
—
|
(0.78
|
)
|
(1.27
|
)
|
(1.31
|
)
|
(0.53
|
)
|
(3.61
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total distributions
|
—
|
(1.01
|
)
|
(1.46
|
)
|
(1.41
|
)
|
(0.75
|
)
|
(3.78
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of period
|
$
|
19.28
|
$
|
22.18
|
$
|
18.47
|
$
|
20.85
|
$
|
20.17
|
$
|
17.29
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(1)
|
(13.07
|
)%
|
25.73
|
%
|
(4.38
|
)%
|
10.33
|
%
|
21.02
|
%
|
1.33
|
%
|
||||||||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
|
$
|
168,443
|
$
|
142,685
|
$
|
114,251
|
$
|
116,609
|
$
|
106,542
|
$
|
86,128
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before expense reimbursement(2)
|
1.43
|
%
|
1.50
|
%
|
1.53
|
%
|
1.58
|
%
|
1.59
|
%
|
1.61
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After expense reimbursement(2)
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.29
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before expense reimbursement(2)
|
0.69
|
%
|
0.85
|
%
|
0.66
|
%
|
0.23
|
%
|
0.41
|
%
|
0.28
|
%
|
||||||||||||
After expense reimbursement(2)
|
0.87
|
%
|
1.06
|
%
|
0.89
|
%
|
0.51
|
%
|
0.70
|
%
|
0.59
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(1)
|
33
|
%
|
27
|
%
|
39
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
42
|
%
|
36
|
%
|
(1)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(2)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
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.
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
16,997,465
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
16,997,465
|
||||||||
Convertible Bonds
|
—
|
4,477,818
|
—
|
4,477,818
|
||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds
|
—
|
406,530
|
—
|
406,530
|
||||||||||||
Short-Term Investment
|
915,046
|
—
|
—
|
915,046
|
||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
$
|
17,912,511
|
$
|
4,884,348
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
22,796,859
|
||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Opportunity Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
$
|
148,918,115
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
148,918,115
|
||||||||
Short-Term Investment
|
20,750,683
|
—
|
—
|
20,750,683
|
||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
$
|
169,668,798
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
169,668,798
|
Purchases
|
Sales
|
|||||||
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
$
|
5,647,728
|
$
|
7,922,979
|
||||
Opportunity Fund
|
76,572,572
|
39,937,314
|
Aggregate
|
Aggregate
|
Net
|
Federal
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
|
Gross
|
Appreciation/
|
Income
|
|||||||||||||
Appreciation
|
Depreciation
|
(Depreciation)
|
Tax Cost
|
|||||||||||||
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
$
|
6,452,809
|
$
|
(210,437
|
)
|
$
|
6,242,372
|
$
|
23,142,804
|
|||||||
Opportunity Fund
|
33,092,790
|
(1,715,088
|
)
|
31,377,702
|
110,766,081
|
Undistributed
|
Undistributed
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
Accumulated
|
Unrealized
|
Distributable
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
Losses
|
Appreciation
|
Earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
$
|
19,309
|
$
|
488,770
|
$
|
(3,985
|
)
|
$
|
6,242,372
|
$
|
6,746,466
|
|||||||||
Opportunity Fund
|
120,695
|
1,445,504
|
(3,215
|
)
|
31,377,702
|
32,940,686
|
Ordinary
|
Long Term
|
|||||||||||
Income*
|
Capital Gains**
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
$
|
224,121
|
$
|
1,482,006
|
$
|
1,706,127
|
||||||
Opportunity Fund
|
1,420,190
|
4,760,235
|
6,180,425
|
*
|
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).
|
Expiration
|
Capital Appreciation Fund
|
Opportunity Fund
|
||||||
12/31/20
|
$
|
186,958
|
$
|
302,782
|
||||
12/31/21
|
182,097
|
286,686
|
||||||
12/31/22
|
185,326
|
278,377
|
||||||
12/31/23
|
89,330
|
117,399
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
643,711
|
$
|
985,224
|
(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 first and 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.
|
(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.
|