N-CSRS 1 d730233dncsrs.htm GABELLI ASSET FUND Gabelli Asset Fund

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            811-04494               

                             The Gabelli Asset Fund                            

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

One Corporate Center

                     Rye, New York 10580-1422                         

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Bruce N. Alpert

Gabelli Funds, LLC

One Corporate Center

                     Rye, New York 10580-1422                         

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  1-800-422-3554

Date of fiscal year end:  December 31

Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2014

 

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

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Semiannual Report — June 30, 2014

(Y)our Portfolio Management Team

 

 

LOGO

Morningstar® rated The Gabelli Asset Fund Class AAA Shares 5 stars overall, 3 stars for the three year period, and 5

stars for the five and ten year periods ended June 30, 2014 among 1,338, 1,338, 1,192, and 798 Large Blend funds,

respectively. Morningstar RatingTM is based on risk-adjusted returns.

To Our Shareholders,

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, the net asset value (“NAV”) per Class AAA Share of The Gabelli Asset Fund increased 5.3% compared with an increase of 7.1% for the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Index. See page 2 for additional performance information.

Enclosed are the schedule of investments and financial statements as of June 30, 2014.


Comparative Results

 

 

Average Annual Returns through June 30, 2014 (a) (Unaudited)  

Since

Inception

  (3/3/86)  

    

 

 Six Months 

   1 Year     5 Year     10 Year   

Class AAA (GABAX)

       5.27 %         22.67 %        19.80 %        9.88 %       12.65 %

S&P 500 Index

       7.14         24.61         18.83         7.78         10.43 (d)

Dow Jones Industrial Average

       2.66         15.46         17.76         7.62         11.29 (d)

Nasdaq Composite Index

       6.18         30.98         20.57         9.20         9.11 (d)

Class A (GATAX)

       5.26         22.66         19.79         9.88         12.65  

With sales charge (b)

       (0.79 )       15.61         18.38         9.23         12.41  

Class C (GATCX)

       4.86         21.75         18.90         9.06         12.34  

With contingent deferred sales charge (c)

       3.86         20.75         18.90         9.06         12.34  

Class I (GABIX)

       5.39         22.96         20.09         10.05         12.72  

In the current prospectuses dated April 30, 2014, the expense ratios for Class AAA, A, C, and I Shares are 1.35%, 1.35%, 2.10%, and 1.10%, respectively. See page 16 for the expense ratios for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Class AAA and Class I Shares do not have a sales charge. The maximum sales charge for Class A Shares and Class C Shares is 5.75% and 1.00%, respectively.

(a)

 

Returns represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Total returns and average annual returns reflect changes in share price, reinvestment of distributions, and are net of expenses. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate. When shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data presented. Visit www.gabelli.com for performance information as of the most recent month end. Returns would have been lower had Gabelli Funds, LLC (the “Adviser”) not reimbursed certain expenses of the Fund for periods prior to December 31, 1988. The Fund imposes a 2% redemption fee on shares sold or exchanged within seven days after the date of purchase. Performance returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund before investing. The prospectuses contain information about these and other matters and should be read carefully before investing. To obtain a prospectus please visit our website at www.gabelli.com. The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization weighted index of 500 large capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite Index are unmanaged indicators of stock market performance. Dividends are considered reinvested, except for the Nasdaq Composite Index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The Class AAA Share NAVs are used to calculate performance for the periods prior to the issuance of Class A Shares and Class C Shares on December 31, 2003 and Class I Shares on January 11, 2008. The actual performance of the Class A Shares and Class C Shares would have been lower due to the additional fees and expenses associated with these classes of shares. The actual performance of the Class I Shares would have been higher due to lower expenses related to this class of shares.

(b)

 

Performance results include the effect of the maximum 5.75% sales charge at the beginning of the period.

(c)

 

Assuming payment of the 1% maximum contingent deferred sales charge imposed on redemptions made within one year of purchase.

(d)

 

The S&P 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite Index since inception performance results are as of February 28, 1986.

 

 

 

2


The Gabelli Asset Fund     
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited)     
For the Six Month Period from January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014    Expense Table

 

 

 

We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of fees and expenses regarding your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of a fund. When a fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets, this figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

The Expense Table below illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

Actual Fund Return: This section provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use this section to help you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period after any fee waivers and expense reimbursements. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return during the past six months, and the “Expenses Paid During Period” shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

To do so, 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 given for your Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid during this period.

Hypothetical 5% Return: This section provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio. It assumes a hypothetical annualized return of 5% before expenses during the period shown. In this case – because the hypothetical return used is not the Fund’s actual return – the results do not apply to your investment and you cannot use the hypothetical account value and expense to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. This example is useful in making comparisons of 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 shareholder reports of 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 sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees, if any, which are described in the Prospectus. If these costs were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Therefore, the 5% hypothetical return is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

    Beginning
  Account Value  
01/01/14
  Ending
Account Value
06/30/14
    Annualized  
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period*

 

The Gabelli Asset Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

     

Class AAA

  $1,000.00   $1,052.70   1.35%   $  6.87

Class A

  $1,000.00   $1,052.60   1.35%   $  6.87

Class C

  $1,000.00   $1,048.60   2.10%   $10.67

Class I

  $1,000.00   $1,053.90   1.10%   $  5.60

Hypothetical 5% Return

Class AAA

  $1,000.00   $1,018.10   1.35%   $  6.76

Class A

  $1,000.00   $1,018.10   1.35%   $  6.76

Class C

  $1,000.00   $1,014.38   2.10%   $10.49

Class I

  $1,000.00   $1,019.34   1.10%   $  5.51

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the last six months multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year (181 days), then divided by 365.

 

 

3


Summary of Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

The following table presents portfolio holdings as a percent of net assets as of June 30, 2014:

The Gabelli Asset Fund

 

Food and Beverage

     11.8

Financial Services

     8.4

Cable and Satellite

     7.3

Equipment and Supplies

     7.3

Energy and Utilities

     6.8

Entertainment

     6.7

Health Care

     5.3

Diversified Industrial

     4.6

Consumer Products

     4.5

Automotive: Parts and Accessories

     4.2

Machinery

     3.3

Aviation: Parts and Services

     2.8

Retail

     2.7

Business Services

     2.5

Telecommunications

     2.0

Consumer Services

     1.9

Aerospace

     1.7

Metals and Mining

     1.7

Hotels and Gaming

     1.6

Computer Software and Services

     1.5

Broadcasting

     1.4

Specialty Chemicals

     1.4

Environmental Services

     1.2

Publishing

     1.2

Automotive

     1.1

Electronics

     1.0

Agriculture

     0.7

Transportation

     0.6

Wireless Communications

     0.6

U.S. Government Obligations

     0.6

Communications Equipment

     0.4

Real Estate

     0.3

Computer Hardware

     0.3

Building and Construction

     0.2

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.1

Airlines

     0.1

Manufactured Housing and Recreational Vehicles

     0.1

Home Furnishings

     0.1

Closed-End Funds

     0.0 %* 

Other Assets and Liabilities (Net)

     0.0 %* 
  

 

 

 
         100.0
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Amount represents less than 0.05%.

 

 

The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may obtain this information at www.gabelli.com or by calling the Fund at 800-GABELLI (800-422-3554).The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

Proxy Voting

The Fund files Form N-PX with its complete proxy voting record for the twelve months ended June 30, no later than August 31 of each year. A description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies, procedures, and how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by (i) calling 800-GABELLI (800-422-3554); (ii) writing to The Gabelli Funds at One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1422; or (iii) visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

4


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares          Cost     Market
Value
 
   COMMON STOCKS — 99.4%   
   Aerospace — 1.7%   
  660,000      

Exelis Inc.

  $ 3,153,567      $ 11,206,800   
  5,000      

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    147,750        803,650   
  7,500      

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    335,297        897,225   
  2,175,000      

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

    16,260,973        39,791,124   
  291,450,000      

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, Cl. C†(a)

    488,994        498,785   
  2,000      

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Cl. A†

    62,973        67,400   
  98,000      

The Boeing Co.

    5,643,746        12,468,540   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       26,093,300        65,733,524   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Agriculture — 0.7%

  

  412,000      

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

    5,292,912        18,173,320   
  61,058      

Monsanto Co.

    1,180,246        7,616,375   
  9,000      

Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc.

    41,185        341,640   
  27,200      

The Mosaic Co.

    472,495        1,345,040   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       6,986,838        27,476,375   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Airlines — 0.1%

  

  114,408      

American Airlines Group Inc.†

    1,154,734        4,914,968   
  100,000      

American Airlines Group Inc., Escrow†

    1,464        185,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       1,156,198        5,099,968   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Automotive — 1.1%

  

  295,000      

Ford Motor Co.

    3,806,658        5,085,800   
  150,000      

Hertz Global Holdings Inc.†

    3,519,444        4,204,500   
  663,000      

Navistar International Corp.†

    16,058,472          24,849,240   
  96,100      

PACCAR Inc.

    493,664        6,037,963   
  3,200      

Volkswagen AG

    128,709        827,276   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
         24,006,947        41,004,779   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Automotive: Parts and Accessories — 4.2%

  

  228,400      

BorgWarner Inc.

    1,018,690        14,889,396   
  338,000      

Brembo SpA

    3,829,565        12,338,874   
  94,000      

CLARCOR Inc.

    602,883        5,813,900   
  550,600      

Dana Holding Corp.

    6,033,819        13,445,652   
  145,677      

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.†

    2,181,049        2,947,046   
  546,500      

Genuine Parts Co.

    15,277,314        47,982,700   
  430,500      

Johnson Controls Inc.

    4,907,951        21,494,865   
  115,000      

Modine Manufacturing Co.†

    1,174,864        1,810,100   
  173,000      

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.†

    7,451,242        26,053,800   
  86,000      

Standard Motor Products Inc.

    758,989        3,841,620   
  185,000      

Superior Industries International Inc.

    3,649,504        3,814,700   
  91,400      

Tenneco Inc.†

    2,419,319        6,004,980   
  1,500      

Visteon Corp.†

    141,655        145,515   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       49,446,844        160,583,148   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  Shares         Cost    

Market

Value

 
  Aviation: Parts and Services — 2.8%   
  1,075,000     

BBA Aviation plc

  $ 2,639,548      $ 5,684,813   
  435,500     

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    3,038,055        28,551,380   
  580,000     

GenCorp Inc.†

    1,952,181        11,078,000   
  121,100     

Kaman Corp.

    1,946,448        5,174,603   
  226,000     

Precision Castparts Corp.

    2,274,459        57,042,400   
  12,000     

Woodward Inc.

    426,301        602,160   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        12,276,992          108,133,356   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

Broadcasting — 1.4%

   
  298,200     

CBS Corp., Cl. A, Voting

    3,240,738        18,518,220   
  18,000     

Cogeco Inc.

    342,646        927,960   
  26,666     

Corus Entertainment Inc., Cl. B, New York

    43,320        622,304   
  13,334     

Corus Entertainment Inc., Cl. B, Toronto

    21,662        312,029   
  202,000     

Liberty Media Corp., Cl. A†

    2,423,398        27,609,360   
  108,000     

LIN Media LLC, Cl. A†

    1,590,840        2,943,000   
  12,000     

Naspers Ltd., Cl. N

    472,418        1,412,694   
  366,000     

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

    1,680,508        2,377,697   
  50,000     

Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc.

    726,526        613,494   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      10,542,056        55,336,758   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

Building and Construction — 0.2%

  

  8,000     

Assa Abloy AB, Cl. B

    408,773        407,091   
  181,300     

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

    2,469,582        7,239,309   
  67,070     

Layne Christensen Co.†

    1,338,332        892,031   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      4,216,687        8,538,431   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

Business Services — 2.5%

  

  98,000     

ACCO Brands Corp.†

    666,424        628,180   
  54,561     

Aramark

    1,272,850        1,412,039   
  42,000     

Ascent Capital Group Inc., Cl. A†

    935,541        2,772,420   
  7,393     

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc., Cl. B†

    172,402        198,502   
  88,100     

Blucora Inc.†

    1,466,641        1,662,447   
  240,000     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., Cl. A

    1,311,093        1,963,200   
  15,080 (b)   

Contax Participacoes SA

    30,974        108,450   
  168,600     

Ecolab Inc.

    1,554,360        18,771,924   
  15,000     

Edenred

    273,621        454,847   
  125,000     

Fly Leasing Ltd., ADR

    1,652,288        1,811,250   
  60,000     

Landauer Inc.

    370,683        2,520,000   
  349,900     

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.†

    3,714,927        8,639,031   
  80,000     

Macquarie Infrastructure Co. LLC

    2,899,014        4,989,600   
  247,000     

MasterCard Inc., Cl. A

    1,728,257        18,147,090   
  20,000     

MOCON Inc.

    275,440        316,200   
  5,000     

Mohawk Industries Inc.†

    317,604        691,700   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)     
   Business Services (Continued)     
  35,000      

Monster Worldwide Inc.†

  $         458,707      $         228,900   
  2,000      

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Cl. A

    143,139        191,280   
  258,752      

The Brink’s Co.

    7,090,324        7,301,981   
  1,065,000      

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.

    10,839,211        20,778,150   
  16,000      

Visa Inc., Cl. A

    847,361        3,371,360   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       38,020,861        96,958,551   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Cable and Satellite — 7.3%

  

  345,400      

AMC Networks Inc., Cl. A†

    970,062        21,238,646   
  1,825,600      

Cablevision Systems Corp., Cl. A

    3,737,591        32,221,840   
  6,000      

Charter Communications Inc., Cl. A†

    298,565        950,280   
  15,000      

Com Hem Holding AB†

    131,125        141,434   
  160,000      

Comcast Corp., Cl. A

    2,208,213        8,588,800   
  313,000      

Comcast Corp., Cl. A, Special

    6,677,144        16,692,290   
  31,000      

DigitalGlobe Inc.†

    567,756        861,800   
  774,002      

DIRECTV†

    7,617,436        65,797,910   
  312,200      

DISH Network Corp., Cl. A†

    6,570,785        20,317,976   
  103,000      

EchoStar Corp., Cl. A†

    3,093,419        5,452,820   
  147,900      

Liberty Global plc, Cl. A†

    629,500        6,540,138   
  593,700      

Liberty Global plc, Cl. C†

    5,060,283        25,119,447   
  944,800      

Rogers Communications Inc., New York, Cl. B

    6,174,701        38,028,200   
  50,000      

Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, Cl. B

    229,821        2,012,089   
  219,900      

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., Cl. A

    7,376,391        17,842,686   
  124,000      

Shaw Communications Inc., New York, Cl. B

    240,822        3,181,840   
  120,000      

Shaw Communications Inc., Toronto, Cl. B

    164,952        3,076,894   
  220,000      

Sky Deutschland AG†

    1,925,730        2,026,784   
  76,000      

Time Warner Cable Inc.

    5,478,107        11,194,800   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       59,152,403        281,286,674   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Closed-End Funds — 0.0%

  

  11,417      

Royce Global Value Trust Inc.†

    99,328        107,434   
  79,920      

Royce Value Trust Inc.

    975,443        1,278,720   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       1,074,771        1,386,154   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Communications Equipment — 0.4%

  

  570,000      

Corning Inc.

    4,704,424        12,511,500   
  16,000      

Motorola Solutions Inc.

    962,492        1,065,120   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       5,666,916        13,576,620   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Computer Hardware — 0.3%

  

  220,039      

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    4,820,692        7,410,914   
  Shares          

Cost

   

Market

Value

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

  

 

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

 

$

 

     3,510,946

 

  

 

 

$

 

     3,625,400

 

  

  3,000     

Wincor Nixdorf AG

    153,769        171,115   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      8,485,407        11,207,429   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

Computer Software and Services — 1.5%

  

  258,400     

Diebold Inc.

    8,726,740        10,379,928   
  17,000     

DST Systems Inc.

    1,170,048        1,566,890   
  110,000     

EarthLink Holdings Corp.

    655,400        409,200   
  122,000     

eBay Inc.†

    5,022,242        6,107,320   
  62,400     

Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

    1,170,063        3,415,776   
  1,600     

Google Inc., Cl. A†

    518,799        935,472   
  1,800     

Google Inc., Cl. C†

    629,713        1,035,504   
  39,803     

Guidance Software Inc.†

    337,910        363,003   
  152,000     

Internap Network Services Corp.†

    1,023,795        1,071,600   
  20,000     

InterXion Holding NV†

    305,142        547,600   
  30,000     

MedAssets Inc.†

    531,888        685,200   
  55,000     

Microsoft Corp.

    1,628,938        2,293,500   
  189,200     

NCR Corp.†

    4,866,949        6,639,028   
  80,000     

RealD Inc.†

    710,148        1,020,800   
  95,200     

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    3,369,052        11,915,232   
  268,000     

Yahoo! Inc.†

    4,611,745        9,414,840   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      35,278,572        57,800,893   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

Consumer Products — 4.5%

  

  20,000     

Altria Group Inc.

    388,525        838,800   
  172,000     

Avon Products Inc.

    3,452,337        2,512,920   
  30,000     

Brunswick Corp.

    735,843        1,263,900   
  11,000     

Christian Dior SA

    307,335        2,188,553   
  399,800     

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,287,498        27,966,010   
  385,000     

Coty Inc., Cl. A

    6,229,397        6,595,050   
  287,700     

Energizer Holdings Inc.

    9,742,891        35,108,031   
  3,400     

Givaudan SA

    1,182,809        5,670,501   
  32,000     

Harley-Davidson Inc.

    80,600        2,235,200   
  20,000     

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,186,368        2,224,400   
  14,000     

Mattel Inc.

    232,540        545,580   
  11,000     

National Presto Industries Inc.

    330,178        801,240   
  25,000     

Philip Morris International Inc.

    950,939        2,107,750   
  48,000     

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

    1,552,981        4,189,485   
  120,800     

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc.†

    975,145        3,029,664   
  9,000     

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    711,282        790,380   
  10,000     

Svenska Cellulosa AB, Cl. A

    169,715        260,119   
  50,000     

Svenska Cellulosa AB, Cl. B

    709,301        1,302,841   
  1,086,400     

Swedish Match AB

    12,246,558        37,722,505   
  10,000     

Syratech Corp.†

    2,000        30   
  4,000     

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Cl. A

    180,995        297,040   
  373,000     

The Procter & Gamble Co.

    14,298,424        29,314,070   
  75,000     

Unilever plc, ADR

    2,472,562        3,398,250   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

6


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)     
   Consumer Products (Continued)     
  58,000      

Wolverine World Wide Inc.

  $       269,731      $       1,511,480   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       59,695,954        171,873,799   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Consumer Services — 1.9%

  

  8,000      

Allegion plc

    83,954        453,440   
  137,000      

IAC/InterActiveCorp.

    1,422,577        9,484,510   
  527,600      

Liberty Interactive Corp., Cl. A†

    3,986,644        15,490,336   
  69,000      

Liberty Ventures, Cl. A†

    843,714        5,092,200   
  868,200      

Rollins Inc.

    3,008,073        26,046,000   
  360,000      

The ADT Corp.

    12,357,016        12,578,400   
  72,000      

Tree.com Inc.†

    522,739        2,098,080   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       22,224,717        71,242,966   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Diversified Industrial — 4.6%

  

  8,000      

Acuity Brands Inc.

    94,416        1,106,000   
  10,000      

Albany International Corp., Cl. A

    238,798        379,600   
  5,000      

Anixter International Inc.

    45,044        500,350   
  44,000      

Blount International Inc.†

    556,595        620,840   
  406,400      

Crane Co.

    6,457,612        30,219,904   
  140,000      

Eaton Corp. plc

    7,179,109        10,805,200   
  79,800      

Greif Inc., Cl. A

    721,431        4,353,888   
  269,471      

Greif Inc., Cl. B

    14,675,520        16,141,313   
  438,000      

Honeywell International Inc.

    14,058,645        40,712,100   
  25,000      

Ingersoll-Rand plc

    370,237        1,562,750   
  300,000      

ITT Corp.

    2,716,705        14,430,000   
  30,000      

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

    1,557,901        1,779,300   
  127,500      

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

    3,053,361        4,555,575   
  154,300      

Katy Industries Inc.†

    183,765        168,187   
  17,000      

Magnetek Inc.†

    306,600        405,450   
  245,000      

Myers Industries Inc.

    1,533,959        4,922,050   
  12,000      

Nortek Inc.†

    462,854        1,077,120   
  63,000      

Pentair plc

    2,144,649        4,543,560   
  21,300      

Sulzer AG

    1,972,136        2,987,957   
  178,000      

Textron Inc.

    2,231,552        6,815,620   
  240,000      

Toray Industries Inc.

    1,665,571        1,577,810   
  229,400      

Trinity Industries Inc.

    1,121,245        10,029,368   
  336,800      

Tyco International Ltd.

    7,511,135        15,358,080   
  6,500      

Waters Corp.†

    477,757        678,860   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       71,336,597        175,730,882   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Electronics — 1.0%

  

  170,000      

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

    1,626,149        1,854,700   
  30,000      

Dolby Laboratories Inc., Cl. A†

    1,232,335        1,296,000   
  88,000      

Intel Corp.

    1,879,479        2,719,200   
  12,800      

Kyocera Corp., ADR

    189,423        609,024   
  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

  

  

 

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.†

 

 

$

 

212,220

 

  

 

 

$

 

          379,770

 

  

  6,000      

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., GDR(c)

    1,077,139        3,876,000   
  820,000      

Sony Corp., ADR

    16,451,886        13,751,400   
  47,000      

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    1,279,666        2,906,480   
  267,400      

Texas Instruments Inc.

    6,796,886        12,779,046   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       30,745,183        40,171,620   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Energy and Utilities — 6.8%

  

  11,000      

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    652,895        1,204,170   
  178,400      

BP plc, ADR

    4,922,745        9,410,600   
  10,000      

Cameron International Corp.†

    543,605        677,100   
  266,000      

Chevron Corp.

    9,330,008        34,726,300   
  296,800      

ConocoPhillips

    6,387,471        25,444,664   
  218,400      

CONSOL Energy Inc.

    8,141,961        10,061,688   
  114,400      

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,587,695        9,083,360   
  6,000      

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

    386,209        297,780   
  14,000      

Dresser-Rand Group Inc.†

    798,486        892,220   
  20,000      

Edison International

    340,000        1,162,200   
  216,700      

El Paso Electric Co.

    2,769,755        8,713,507   
  163,400      

EOG Resources Inc.

    374,166        19,094,924   
  299,600      

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    7,265,471        30,163,728   
  47,000      

FirstEnergy Corp.

    711,263        1,631,840   
  130,000      

GenOn Energy Inc., Escrow†

    0        0   
  178,700      

Halliburton Co.

    5,823,561        12,689,487   
  134,000      

Kinder Morgan Inc.

    2,319,820        4,858,840   
  277,900      

National Fuel Gas Co.

    14,217,136        21,759,570   
  30,000      

NextEra Energy Inc.

    1,496,306        3,074,400   
  44,000      

Northeast Utilities

    729,027        2,079,880   
  10,000      

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    778,872        1,026,300   
  56,400      

Oceaneering International Inc.

    1,485,871        4,406,532   
  30,000      

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.

    535,891        1,048,200   
  5,000      

Phillips 66

    189,129        402,150   
  220,000      

Rowan Companies plc, Cl. A

    8,220,379        7,024,600   
  36,000      

Royal Dutch Shell plc, Cl. A, ADR

    2,166,937        2,965,320   
  128,000      

SJW Corp.

    2,097,345        3,481,600   
  172,500      

Southwest Gas Corp.

    2,956,101        9,106,275   
  195,000      

Spectra Energy Corp.

    4,598,542        8,283,600   
  70,000      

Talisman Energy Inc.

    1,167,260        742,000   
  105,000      

The AES Corp.

    433,000        1,632,750   
  38,000      

Transocean Ltd.

    2,025,798        1,711,140   
  40,000      

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    2,214,891        1,983,842   
  870,000      

Weatherford International plc†

    13,930,550        20,010,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       111,598,146        260,850,567   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Entertainment — 6.7%

  

  195,500      

Discovery Communications Inc., Cl. A†

    2,034,352        14,521,740   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

7


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   
   Entertainment (Continued)   
  196,500      

Discovery Communications Inc., Cl. C†

  $       1,606,527      $       14,263,935   
  28,000      

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., Cl. A†

    636,883        651,280   
  70,000      

Electronic Arts Inc.†

    1,148,063        2,510,900   
  767,400      

Grupo Televisa SAB, ADR

    9,296,795        26,329,494   
  2,500      

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    394,759        299,220   
  209,400      

Starz, Cl. A†

    110,403        6,238,026   
  444,300      

The Madison Square Garden Co., Cl. A†

    1,087,066        27,746,535   
  285,001      

Time Warner Inc.

    6,625,750        20,021,320   
  2,231,100      

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., Cl. A

    14,156,851        78,423,165   
  176,000      

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., Cl. B

    3,686,251        6,024,480   
  483,534      

Viacom Inc., Cl. A

    14,801,470        41,946,575   
  25,000      

Viacom Inc., Cl. B

    1,051,735        2,168,250   
  680,000      

Vivendi SA

    13,550,873        16,639,189   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       70,187,778        257,784,109   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Environmental Services — 1.2%

  

  59,000      

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.

    1,232,126        1,514,530   
  649,300      

Republic Services Inc.

    8,692,277        24,653,921   
  20,000      

Waste Connections Inc.

    632,503        971,000   
  405,000      

Waste Management Inc.

    8,043,982        18,115,650   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       18,600,888        45,255,101   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Equipment and Supplies — 7.3%

  

  1,233,800      

AMETEK Inc.

    2,070,152        64,503,064   
  6,000      

Amphenol Corp., Cl. A

    23,162        578,040   
  10,000      

AZZ Inc.

    370,300        460,800   
  94,000      

CIRCOR International Inc.

    936,140        7,250,220   
  121,000      

Crown Holdings Inc.†

    545,504        6,020,960   
  180,000      

CTS Corp.

    1,062,935        3,366,000   
  8,000      

Danaher Corp.

    70,641        629,840   
  792,900      

Donaldson Co. Inc.

    2,772,101        33,555,528   
  613,000      

Flowserve Corp.

    2,725,709        45,576,550   
  53,200      

Graco Inc.

    2,690,894        4,153,856   
  224,000      

GrafTech International Ltd.†

    1,869,058        2,343,040   
  709,400      

IDEX Corp.

    2,646,040        57,276,956   
  135,000      

Interpump Group SpA

    551,921        1,857,798   
  10,000      

Lawson Products Inc.†

    138,376        162,900   
  136,000      

Mueller Industries Inc.

    3,654,363        3,999,760   
  213,600      

Sealed Air Corp.

    4,369,936        7,298,712   
  2,000      

SL Industries Inc.†

    5,719        59,000   
  48,000      

Tenaris SA, ADR

    1,990,246        2,263,200   
  93,000      

The Manitowoc Co. Inc.

    227,538        3,055,980   
  99,000      

The Timken Co.

    5,569,909        6,716,160   
  17,000      

The Toro Co.

    592,882        1,081,200   
  88,200      

The Weir Group plc

    371,136        3,953,241   
  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 

 

 

 

26,700

 

  

  

 

Valmont Industries Inc.

 

 

$

 

          213,868

 

  

 

 

$

 

      4,057,065

 

  

  297,200      

Watts Water Technologies Inc., Cl. A

    3,456,908        18,346,156   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       38,925,438        278,566,026   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Financial Services — 8.4%

  

  15,400      

Alleghany Corp.†

    2,585,777        6,747,048   
  78,000      

AllianceBernstein Holding LP

    1,397,739        2,018,640   
  652,400      

American Express Co.

    18,624,022        61,893,188   
  7,000      

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    221,427        840,000   
  29,700      

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

    951,631        1,517,967   
  52,000      

Bank of America Corp.

    453,096        799,240   
  209      

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Cl. A†

    926,922        39,689,205   
  75,000      

BKF Capital Group Inc.†

    419,241        106,500   
  45,000      

Calamos Asset Management Inc., Cl. A

    512,984        602,550   
  65,000      

Citigroup Inc.

    2,290,500        3,061,500   
  10,000      

Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.

    777,049        794,200   
  95,000      

First Niagara Financial Group Inc.

    1,178,977        830,300   
  170,000      

Fortress Investment Group LLC, Cl. A

    1,065,721        1,264,800   
  134,000      

GAM Holding AG

    1,850,414        2,553,676   
  198,000      

H&R Block Inc.

    3,349,392        6,636,960   
  19,000      

HSBC Holdings plc, ADR

    1,009,217        965,200   
  53,000      

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., Cl. A

    893,354        1,234,370   
  430,000      

Janus Capital Group Inc.

    3,856,745        5,366,400   
  262,000      

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    10,394,934        15,096,440   
  95,900      

Kinnevik Investment AB, Cl. A

    2,113,575        4,126,475   
  153,000      

Kinnevik Investment AB, Cl. B

    3,973,635        6,521,601   
  245,750      

KKR & Co. LP

    4,554,515        5,979,098   
  352,900      

Legg Mason Inc.

    8,822,921        18,107,299   
  39,000      

Leucadia National Corp.

    359,633        1,022,580   
  88,200      

Loews Corp.

    3,880,211        3,881,682   
  44,200      

M&T Bank Corp.

    3,199,083        5,483,010   
  142,500      

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

    4,171,812        7,384,350   
  99,800      

Northern Trust Corp.

    4,838,290        6,408,158   
  30,000      

Popular Inc.†

    593,108        1,025,400   
  138,600      

State Street Corp.

    3,368,429        9,322,236   
  20,000      

SunTrust Banks Inc.

    424,879        801,200   
  52,000      

T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

    1,121,438        4,389,320   
  666,900      

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    19,020,332        24,995,412   
  48,000      

The Blackstone Group LP

    827,223        1,605,120   
  13,500      

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

    1,573,808        2,260,440   
  220,000      

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

    6,537,326        7,878,200   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

8


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares            Cost    

Market

Value

 
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   
   Financial Services (Continued)   
  147,000      

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

  $       8,426,079      $       13,090,350   
  10,000      

Value Line Inc.

    137,382        168,100   
  40,000      

W. R. Berkley Corp.

    1,468,924        1,852,400   
  155,500      

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Cl. A

    3,250,920        9,732,745   
  670,000      

Wells Fargo & Co.

    20,268,524        35,215,200   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       155,691,189        323,268,560   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Food and Beverage — 11.8%

  

  509,800      

Brown-Forman Corp., Cl. A

    6,149,385        47,074,932   
  134,200      

Brown-Forman Corp., Cl. B

    2,618,458        12,637,614   
  60,000      

Campbell Soup Co.

    1,691,457        2,748,600   
  400,000      

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.

    1,191,136        1,850,227   
  3,000      

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

    130,056        126,340   
  26,000      

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

    508,677        1,242,280   
  16,500      

Coca-Cola HBC AG, ADR

    231,193        375,375   
  200,000      

ConAgra Foods Inc.

    6,359,769        5,936,000   
  86,000      

Constellation Brands Inc., Cl. A†

    1,917,581        7,579,180   
  12,000      

Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc.

    279,415        547,560   
  30,000      

Crimson Wine Group Ltd.†

    231,103        271,500   
  287,755      

Danone SA

    13,726,935        21,371,808   
  846,200      

Davide Campari-Milano SpA

    4,838,535        7,322,996   
  24,000      

Dean Foods Co.

    230,997        422,160   
  308,400      

Diageo plc, ADR

    11,643,716        39,250,068   
  84,000      

Diamond Foods Inc.†

    1,692,775        2,368,800   
  210,000      

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

    5,152,689        12,301,800   
  80,000      

Farmer Brothers Co.†

    983,002        1,728,800   
  389,950      

Flowers Foods Inc.

    684,686        8,220,146   
  41,200      

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, ADR

    1,413,752        3,858,380   
  575,000      

General Mills Inc.

    10,347,963        30,210,500   
  2,470,000      

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Cl. A

    1,067,738        7,221,421   
  10,000      

Heineken Holding NV

    407,450        657,470   
  118,000      

Heineken NV

    5,739,722        8,471,505   
  20,000      

Heineken NV, ADR

    481,149        716,800   
  115,000      

Ingredion Inc.

    1,372,572        8,629,600   
  200,000      

ITO EN Ltd.

    4,430,197        5,127,091   
  23,200      

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    371,543        718,968   
  43,000      

Kellogg Co.

    1,188,743        2,825,100   
  81,300      

Kerry Group plc, Cl. A

    1,052,020        6,074,957   
  35,000      

Keurig Green Mountain Inc.

    854,883        4,361,350   
  500,000      

Kikkoman Corp.

    5,747,460        10,414,096   
  57,000      

Kraft Foods Group Inc.

    2,903,575        3,417,150   
  19,800      

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

    701,482        3,817,390   
  15,000      

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

    678,410        993,534   
  Shares            Cost    

Market

Value

 

 

 

 

424,000

 

  

  

 

Mondelēz International Inc., Cl. A

 

 

$

 

      9,100,580

 

  

 

 

$

 

      15,946,640

 

  

  245,000      

Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd.

    909,693        882,730   
  143,400      

Nestlé SA

    5,462,729        11,109,134   
  187,800      

NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO. LTD.

    6,461,360        9,658,339   
  200,000      

Parmalat SpA

    569,900        684,102   
  274,000      

PepsiCo Inc.

    10,722,908        24,479,160   
  68,900      

Pernod Ricard SA

    6,160,332        8,274,038   
  115,422      

Post Holdings Inc.†

    2,248,760        5,876,134   
  87,000      

Remy Cointreau SA

    5,218,282        8,004,286   
  10,000      

SABMiller plc

    358,218        579,819   
  95,000      

Snyder’s-Lance Inc.

    2,086,704        2,513,700   
  45,000      

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    1,434,256        1,765,708   
  573,100      

The Coca-Cola Co.

    13,004,273        24,276,516   
  18,000      

The Hain Celestial Group Inc.†

    281,085        1,597,320   
  578,000      

The Hillshire Brands Co.

    22,660,769        36,009,400   
  21,000      

The J.M. Smucker Co.

    729,807        2,237,970   
  45,000      

The WhiteWave Foods Co.†

    453,697        1,456,650   
  600,000      

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp.

    1,488,465        1,679,913   
  172,422      

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.

    1,743,929        5,076,104   
  47,000      

Tyson Foods Inc., Cl. A

    554,135        1,764,380   
  332,600      

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    8,612,950        16,842,584   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       199,283,056        451,606,125   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Health Care — 5.3%

   
  90,600      

Actavis plc†

    13,043,031        20,208,330   
  30,000      

Aetna Inc.

    1,824,027        2,432,400   
  115,000      

Alere Inc.†

    3,308,035        4,303,300   
  33,400      

Allergan Inc.

    1,529,503        5,651,948   
  48,584      

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    2,100,880        3,530,113   
  66,800      

Amgen Inc.

    2,995,069        7,907,116   
  62,000      

AngioDynamics Inc.†

    728,399        1,012,460   
  80,000      

Baxter International Inc.

    4,258,700        5,784,000   
  40,700      

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

    3,098,508        4,814,810   
  28,500      

Biogen Idec Inc.†

    189,446        8,986,335   
  11,500      

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Cl. A†

    1,167,292        1,376,665   
  400,000      

BioScrip Inc.†

    2,680,189        3,336,000   
  270,000      

Boston Scientific Corp.†

    1,945,631        3,447,900   
  154,800      

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    4,005,875        7,509,348   
  17,500      

Cepheid Inc.†

    196,789        838,950   
  107,000      

Chemed Corp.

    5,047,529        10,028,040   
  35,000      

Cigna Corp.

    1,816,474        3,218,950   
  31,000      

CONMED Corp.

    619,303        1,368,650   
  48,000      

Covidien plc

    1,766,687        4,328,640   
  53,000      

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.†

    3,199,659        3,832,960   
  10,000      

DENTSPLY International Inc.

    190,509        473,500   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

9


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)     
   Health Care (Continued)     
  30,000      

Eli Lilly & Co.

  $         1,057,507      $         1,865,100   
  45,000      

Endo International plc†

    1,418,438        3,150,900   
  44,000      

Exactech Inc.†

    671,660        1,110,120   
  121,000      

Express Scripts Holding Co.†

    7,313,885        8,388,930   
  20,000      

Gerresheimer AG

    1,276,756        1,379,707   
  20,000      

HCA Holdings Inc.†

    1,013,910        1,127,600   
  36,600      

Henry Schein Inc.†

    1,021,284        4,343,322   
  10,000      

Humana Inc.

    685,249        1,277,200   
  40,000      

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc.†

    947,804        964,000   
  125,000      

Johnson & Johnson

    6,259,745        13,077,500   
  12,000      

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings†

    997,619        1,228,800   
  150,000      

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.†

    368,250        241,500   
  20,000      

McKesson Corp.

    1,812,699        3,724,200   
  12,500      

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

    731,094        1,164,625   
  20,000      

Medivation Inc.†

    1,256,138        1,541,600   
  145,000      

Merck & Co. Inc.

    4,283,496        8,388,250   
  30,000      

Mylan Inc.†

    1,309,371        1,546,800   
  9,000      

Nobel Biocare Holding AG

    214,660        133,965   
  73,351      

Nordion Inc.†

    903,157        921,289   
  20,000      

Orthofix International NV†

    722,452        725,000   
  28,000      

Owens & Minor Inc.

    837,140        951,440   
  50,000      

Pain Therapeutics Inc.†

    207,991        287,500   
  68,200      

Patterson Companies Inc.

    2,184,255        2,694,582   
  157,000      

Pfizer Inc.

    2,806,230        4,659,760   
  40,000      

Quality Systems Inc.

    728,195        642,000   
  44,000      

Quidel Corp.†

    603,237        972,840   
  400      

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.†

    43,670        112,988   
  76,400      

Roche Holding AG, ADR

    1,509,170        2,849,720   
  35,000      

St. Jude Medical Inc.

    1,447,615        2,423,750   
  32,000      

Stryker Corp.

    1,660,657        2,698,240   
  171,400      

Tenet Healthcare Corp.†

    4,974,181        8,045,516   
  77,000      

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    3,311,142        6,294,750   
  15,000      

WellPoint Inc.

    1,242,267        1,614,150   
  29,000      

William Demant Holding A/S†

    1,359,329        2,633,241   
  93,800      

Wright Medical Group Inc.†

    1,455,213        2,945,320   
  14,000      

Zimmer Holdings Inc.

    723,823        1,454,040   
  3,000      

Zoetis Inc.

    78,000        96,810   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       115,148,824        202,067,470   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Home Furnishings — 0.1%

  

 
  30,000      

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.†

    1,895,771        1,721,400   
  124,000      

Blyth Inc.

    1,999,592        964,720   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       3,895,363        2,686,120   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Hotels and Gaming — 1.6%

  

 
  17,000      

Accor SA

    583,813        884,335   
  27,000      

Churchill Downs Inc.

    1,179,866        2,432,970   
  720,000      

Genting Singapore plc

    989,043        767,985   
  Shares           

Cost

   

Market

Value

 

 

 

 

10,000

 

  

  

 

Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc., ADR†

  $         159,080      $         342,300   
  47,000      

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Cl. A†

    1,847,087        2,866,060   
  170,000      

International Game Technology

    2,530,447        2,704,700   
  56,000      

Interval Leisure Group Inc.

    478,826        1,228,640   
  2,292,400      

Ladbrokes plc

    11,342,657        5,504,239   
  82,000      

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    319,182        6,250,040   
  4,358,200      

Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.

    8,302,881        8,302,371   
  421,000      

MGM Resorts International†

    4,281,351        11,114,400   
  55,000      

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., Cl. A†

    970,272        799,700   
  88,000      

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.†

    503,408        2,215,840   
  35,000      

Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.

    958,935        1,685,250   
  92,000      

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

    1,805,608        7,435,440   
  2,030,000      

The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd.

    2,748,224        2,891,619   
  110,000      

Universal Entertainment Corp.

    1,418,966        1,951,236   
  10,000      

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

    249,886        757,200   
  11,000      

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    858,342        2,283,160   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       41,527,874        62,417,485   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Machinery — 3.3%

  

 
  121,500      

Caterpillar Inc.

    799,951        13,203,405   
  280,000      

CNH Industrial NV, Brsaltaliana

    2,940,908        2,875,531   
  1,531,200      

CNH Industrial NV, New York

    12,317,794        15,648,864   
  678,000      

Deere & Co.

    5,238,965        61,392,900   
  32,000      

Kennametal Inc.

    1,326,346        1,480,960   
  26,000      

Mueller Water Products Inc., Cl. A

    192,104        224,640   
  750,000      

Xylem Inc.

    10,158,027        29,310,000   
  41,000      

Zebra Technologies Corp., Cl. A†

    1,382,499        3,375,120   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       34,356,594        127,511,420   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Manufactured Housing and Recreational Vehicles — 0.1%

   

  32,000      

Cavco Industries Inc.†

    605,460        2,729,600   
  32,000      

Nobility Homes Inc.†

    513,681        369,920   
  49,000      

Skyline Corp.†

    478,956        201,390   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       1,598,097        3,300,910   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Metals and Mining — 1.7%

  

 
  68,000      

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

    2,574,245        2,604,400   
  400,000      

Alcoa Inc.

    3,989,429        5,956,000   
  311,600      

Barrick Gold Corp.

    5,836,000        5,702,280   
  75,000      

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

    1,346,325        1,128,750   
  95,000      

Franco-Nevada Corp.

    3,312,359        5,447,300   
  215,800      

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

    4,435,710        7,876,700   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

10


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

                 Market  
Shares          Cost     Value  
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   
   Metals and Mining (Continued)   
  85,000      

Global Brass & Copper Holdings Inc.

  $ 1,402,892      $ 1,436,500   
  50,000      

Kinross Gold Corp.†

    359,224        207,000   
  14,000      

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.

    471,866        402,530   
  52,000      

New Hope Corp. Ltd.

    70,252        131,410   
  611,000      

Newmont Mining Corp.

    16,026,482        15,543,840   
  160,000      

Peabody Energy Corp.

    3,290,204        2,616,000   
  136,400      

Royal Gold Inc.

    6,033,004        10,382,768   
  160,000      

Silver Wheaton Corp.

    3,198,403        4,203,200   
  240,000      

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.†

    1,168,176        801,600   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
         53,514,571        64,440,278   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Publishing — 1.2%

  

 
  2,500      

Graham Holdings Co., Cl. B

    1,730,875        1,795,275   
  200,000      

Il Sole 24 Ore SpA†

    330,379        238,532   
  160,100      

McGraw Hill Financial Inc.

    1,396,904        13,293,103   
  430,000      

Media General Inc.†

    3,531,841        8,827,900   
  66,000      

Meredith Corp.

    1,436,874        3,191,760   
  552,225      

News Corp., Cl. A†

    2,025,579        9,906,917   
  185,000      

News Corp., Cl. B†

    2,745,728        3,228,250   
  20,000      

Nielsen NV

    566,418        968,200   
  92,000      

The E.W. Scripps Co., Cl. A†

    739,898        1,946,720   
  25,000      

The New York Times Co., Cl. A

    228,978        380,250   
  31,137      

Time Inc.†

    254,072        754,138   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       14,987,546          44,531,045   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Real Estate — 0.3%

  

 
  11,000      

Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Cl. A

    294,496        484,220   
  70,000      

Forest City Enterprises Inc., Cl. A†

    1,331,645        1,390,900   
  104,000      

Griffin Land & Nurseries Inc.

    1,510,666        3,068,000   
  10,000      

QTS Realty Trust Inc., Cl. A

    211,719        286,300   
  242,300      

The St. Joe Co.†

    1,815,941        6,161,689   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       5,164,467        11,391,109   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.1%

  

  14,422      

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

    290,636        317,428   
  200      

Vornado Realty Trust

    17,234        21,346   
  149,800      

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    3,155,638        4,956,882   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       3,463,508        5,295,656   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Retail — 2.7%

  

 
  106,600      

Aaron’s Inc.†

    580,821        3,799,224   
  126,600      

AutoNation Inc.†

    1,055,608        7,555,488   
  111,000      

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    5,655,834        12,782,760   
  235,000      

CST Brands Inc.

    7,519,156        8,107,500   
  359,600      

CVS Caremark Corp.

    12,051,313        27,103,052   
  74,000      

HSN Inc.

    1,814,284        4,383,760   
                 Market  
Shares          Cost     Value  

 

 

 

310,000

 

  

  

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.†

  $ 3,966,189      $ 2,805,500   
  50,000      

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.†

    360,134        799,000   
  1,900,000      

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Ltd., Cl. H†

    2,965,641        1,041,882   
  198,000      

Macy’s Inc.

    3,340,047        11,487,960   
  50,000      

Murphy USA Inc.†

    2,116,202        2,444,500   
  50,000      

Outerwall Inc.†

    2,531,318        2,967,500   
  14,857      

Rush Enterprises Inc., Cl. B†

    337,936        467,253   
  54,400      

The Cheesecake Factory Inc.

    1,610,898        2,525,248   
  36,600      

The Home Depot Inc.

    1,137,547        2,963,136   
  65,600      

The Kroger Co.

    398,570        3,242,608   
  25,000      

Walgreen Co.

    805,856        1,853,250   
  40,400      

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    2,047,814        3,032,828   
  116,000      

Whole Foods Market Inc.

    1,598,976        4,481,080   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
        51,894,144         103,843,529   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Specialty Chemicals — 1.4%

  

  27,000      

Airgas Inc.

    1,747,988        2,940,570   
  22,000      

Ashland Inc.

    1,227,512        2,392,280   
  180,000      

Chemtura Corp.†

    3,742,367        4,703,400   
  615,000      

Ferro Corp.†

    5,224,736        7,724,400   
  110,000      

General Chemical Group Inc.†

    365,584        1,980   
  60,100      

H.B. Fuller Co.

    446,529        2,890,810   
  113,100      

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    5,442,031        11,794,068   
  1,800      

NewMarket Corp.

    191,887        705,798   
  400,000      

OMNOVA Solutions Inc.†

    1,095,242        3,636,000   
  11,000      

Praxair Inc.

    1,148,655        1,461,240   
  237,800      

Sensient Technologies Corp.

    4,512,330        13,250,216   
  20,000      

SGL Carbon SE†

    710,719        657,949   
  65,000      

Zep Inc.

    735,432        1,147,900   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       26,591,012        53,306,611   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Telecommunications — 2.0%

  

  45,000      

AT&T Inc.

    1,084,032        1,591,200   
  40,000      

CenturyLink Inc.

    699,240        1,448,000   
  1,400,000      

Cincinnati Bell Inc.†

    5,341,647        5,502,000   
  310,000      

Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR

    5,123,787        5,431,200   
  30,000      

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA†

    435,110        443,653   
  25,000      

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA, ADR†

    111,368        185,000   
  66,000      

Intelsat SA†

    1,209,688        1,243,440   
  15,000      

Level 3 Communications Inc.†

    321,762        658,650   
  57,000      

Loral Space & Communications Inc.†

    2,251,234        4,143,330   
  200,000      

NII Holdings Inc.†

    861,141        110,000   
  170,000      

Oi SA, ADR

    1,251,887        145,877   
  12,000      

Orange SA, ADR

    145,985        189,600   
  240,000      

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA

    2,224,939        879,419   
  147,415      

Sprint Corp.†

    835,837        1,257,450   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

                 Market  
Shares          Cost     Value  
   COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   
   Telecommunications (Continued)   
  3,057,800      

Telecom Italia SpA†

  $ 1,706,079      $ 3,873,018   
  175,000      

Telecom Italia SpA, ADR†

    1,222,253        2,208,500   
  46,500      

Telefonica Brasil SA, ADR

    911,624        953,715   
  276,201      

Telefonica SA, ADR

    3,373,781        4,739,609   
  1,086,510      

Telephone & Data Systems Inc.

    21,816,303        28,368,776   
  91,000      

tw telecom inc.†

    1,660,172        3,668,210   
  187,800      

Verizon Communications Inc.

    6,388,559        9,189,054   
  48,000      

VimpelCom Ltd., ADR

    675,422        403,200   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       59,651,850        76,632,901   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Transportation — 0.6%

  

 
  334,100      

GATX Corp

    8,593,790        22,364,654   
  4,000      

Kansas City Southern

    7,317        430,040   
  46,000      

Providence and Worcester Railroad Co.

    710,155        839,500   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       9,311,262        23,634,194   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Wireless Communications — 0.6%

  

  117,400      

America Movil SAB de CV, Cl. L, ADR

    358,790        2,436,050   
  4,000      

Millicom International Cellular SA

    403,448        366,440   
  53,200      

Millicom International Cellular SA, SDR

    4,994,343        4,872,881   
  250,000      

NTT DoCoMo Inc.

    3,573,391        4,274,221   
  21,857      

Tim Participacoes SA, ADR

    157,720        634,509   
  180,289      

United States Cellular Corp.†

    8,787,251        7,355,791   
  5,000      

ViaSat Inc.†

    305,152        289,800   
  65,454      

Vodafone Group plc, ADR

    3,164,299        2,185,509   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
       21,744,394        22,415,201   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

    1,503,543,244        3,813,946,344   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.0%

  

   Health Care — 0.0%   
  31,580      

The Phoenix Companies Inc., 7.450%

    674,937        773,710   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

RIGHTS — 0.0%

  

   Health Care — 0.0%   
  20,000      

American Medical Alert Corp.†

    0        200   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

WARRANTS — 0.0%

  

   Automotive: Parts and Accessories — 0.0%   
  14,727      

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp., expire 12/27/14†

    411,720        78   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

Energy and Utilities — 0.0%

  

  300,000      

Kinder Morgan Inc., expire 05/25/17†

    343,263        834,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 Market  
Shares          Cost     Value  
  

 

Hotels and Gaming — 0.0%

  

  200,000      

Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., expire 05/14/18†(d)

  $ 329,280      $ 342,000   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

TOTAL WARRANTS

    1,084,263        1,176,078   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Principal                   
Amount                   
  

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 0.6%

  

$ 21,478,000      

U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.020% to 0.070%††, 08/21/14 to 12/18/14

    21,475,516        21,475,745   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%

  $ 1,526,777,960        3,837,372,077   
    

 

 

   
  

Other Assets and Liabilities (Net) — 0.0%

   

    480,445   
      

 

 

 
  

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

  

  $ 3,837,852,522   
      

 

 

 

 

(a)

At June 30, 2014, the Fund held an investment in a restricted and illiquid security amounting to $498,785 or 0.01% of net assets, which was valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as follows:

 

  Acquisition
     Shares    
     Issuer   Acquisition
     Date     
  Acquisition
         Cost         
  06/30/14
Carrying
Value
Per Share
 
  291,450,000      

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, Cl. C

  04/23/14   $488,994     $0.0017   

 

(b)

Denoted in units.

(c)

Security purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. At June 30, 2014, the market value of the Regulation S security amounted to $3,876,000 or 0.10% of net assets, which was valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as follows:

 

  Acquisition
     Shares    
   Issuer   Acquisition
     Date     
  Acquisition
         Cost         
  06/30/14
Carrying
Value
Per Share
 
6,000   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., GDR

  07/15/04   $1,077,139     $646.00   
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued) — June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

(d)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2014, the market value of the Rule 144A security amounted to $342,000 or 0.01% of net assets.

Non-income producing security.

††

Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

GDR

Global Depositary Receipt

SDR

Swedish Depositary Receipt

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

13


The Gabelli Asset Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (cost $1,526,777,960)

   $ 3,837,372,077   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     3,912,773   

Receivable for investments sold

     24,068   

Dividends receivable

     5,134,453   

Prepaid expenses

     91,209   
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     3,846,534,580   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Payable to custodian

     16,094   

Payable for investments purchased

     229,478   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     3,885,749   

Payable for investment advisory fees

     3,133,512   

Payable for distribution fees

     793,611   

Payable for accounting fees

     11,250   

Other accrued expenses

     612,364   
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     8,682,058   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets
(applicable to 55,924,056 shares outstanding)

   $ 3,837,852,522   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,476,512,725   

Accumulated net investment income

     8,038,711   

Accumulated net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     42,718,167   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     2,310,594,117   

Net unrealized depreciation on foreign currency translations

     (11,198 )    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 3,837,852,522   
  

 

 

 
Shares of Beneficial Interest, each at $0.01 par value; unlimited number of shares authorized:    

Class AAA:

  

Net Asset Value, offering, and redemption price per share ($3,269,508,961 ÷ 47,559,197 shares outstanding)

   $ 68.75   
  

 

 

 

Class A:

  

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($124,521,156 ÷ 1,825,064 shares outstanding)

   $ 68.23   
  

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (NAV ÷ 0.9425, based on maximum sales charge of 5.75% of the offering price)

   $ 72.39   
  

 

 

 

Class C:

  

Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($123,335,057 ÷ 1,879,471 shares outstanding)

   $ 65.62 (a) 
  

 

 

 

Class I:

  

Net Asset Value, offering, and redemption price per share ($320,487,348 ÷ 4,660,324 shares outstanding)

   $ 68.77   
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Redemption price varies based on the length of time held.

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $661,667)

   $ 33,145,656   

Interest

     7,078   
  

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     33,152,734   
  

 

 

 

Expenses:

  

Investment advisory fees

     18,242,407   

Distribution fees - Class AAA

     3,907,990   

Distribution fees - Class A

     146,100   

Distribution fees - Class C

     560,744   

Shareholder services fees

     1,127,701   

Custodian fees

     202,090   

Shareholder communications expenses

     164,534   

Trustees’ fees

     94,222   

Registration expenses

     53,910   

Legal and audit fees

     38,906   

Accounting fees

     22,500   

Interest expense

     1,744   

Miscellaneous expenses

     93,279   
  

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     24,656,127   
  

 

 

 

Less:

  

Advisory fee reduction on unsupervised assets (Note 3)

     (2,648
  

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     24,653,479   
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     8,499,255   
  

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency:

  

Net realized gain on investments

     58,675,877   

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     (30,095
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     58,645,782   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation:

  

on investments

     124,997,000   

on foreign currency translations

     (14,256
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

     124,982,744   
  

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency

     183,628,526   
  

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 192,127,781   
  

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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The Gabelli Asset Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

    

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2014
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2013

Operations:

        

Net investment income

     $ 8,499,255       $ 11,254,782  

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

       58,645,782         163,424,615  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

       124,982,744         726,924,090  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

       192,127,781         901,603,487  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

        

Net investment income

        

Class AAA

               (9,499,483 )

Class A

               (375,094 )

Class I

               (1,451,174 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
               (11,325,751 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net realized gain

        

Class AAA

               (139,537,116 )

Class A

               (4,979,065 )

Class C

               (4,706,701 )

Class I

               (12,158,812 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 
               (161,381,694 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Distributions to Shareholders

               (172,707,445 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Shares of Beneficial Interest Transactions:

        

Class AAA

       (72,487,561 )       44,788,800  

Class A

       5,490,316         18,718,474  

Class C

       12,880,282         33,703,557  

Class I

       23,856,007         73,874,564  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets from Shares of Beneficial Interest Transactions

       (30,260,956 )       171,085,395  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Redemption Fees

       2,622         8,574  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets

       161,869,447         899,990,011  

Net Assets:

        

Beginning of year

       3,675,983,075         2,775,993,064  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $8,038,711 and $0, respectively)

     $ 3,837,852,522       $ 3,675,983,075  
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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The Gabelli Asset Fund

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Income (Loss)
from Investment Operations
    Distributions                       Ratios to Average Net Assets/
Supplemental Data
 Year Ended
December 31
  Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Year
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
    Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Net
Investment
Income
    Net
Realized
Gain on
Investments
    Total
Distributions
    Redemption
Fees (a)(b)
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
    Total
Return†
    Net Assets
End of Period
(in 000’s)
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Operating
Expenses
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate

Class AAA

                           

2014(c)

    $65.31           $ 0.15            $  3.29             $  3.44            —             —              —              $0.00             $68.75          5.3%          $3,269,509        0.47%(d)   1.35%(d)   2%

2013

    51.87           0.21            16.42             16.63            $(0.20)            $(2.99)             $(3.19)             0.00             65.31          32.4             3,178,406        0.35          1.35          7   

2012

    47.60           0.50            7.10             7.60            (0.52)            (2.81)             (3.33)             0.00             51.87          16.0             2,487,368        0.97          1.38          4   

2011

    48.93           0.19            (0.41)            (0.22)           (0.18)            (0.93)             (1.11)             0.00             47.60          (0.4)            2,527,218        0.39          1.37          8   

2010

    40.21           0.15            9.13             9.28            (0.15)            (0.41)             (0.56)             0.00             48.93          23.1             2,571,513        0.35          1.38          7   

2009

    31.01           0.25            9.22             9.47            (0.27)            —              (0.27)             0.00             40.21          30.5             2,107,979        0.74          1.40          7   

Class A

                           

2014(c)

    $64.82           $ 0.15            $  3.26             $  3.41            —             —              —              $0.00             $68.23          5.3%          $   124,521        0.48%(d)   1.35%(d)   2%

2013

    51.52           0.20            16.32             16.52            $(0.23)            $(2.99)             $(3.22)             0.00             64.82          32.4             112,707        0.33          1.35          7   

2012

    47.30           0.50            7.05             7.55            (0.52)            (2.81)             (3.33)             0.00             51.52          16.0             74,713        0.98          1.38          4   

2011

    48.65           0.21            (0.42)            (0.21)           (0.21)            (0.93)             (1.14)             0.00             47.30          (0.4)            66,330        0.43          1.37          8   

2010

    40.01           0.15            9.07             9.22            (0.17)            (0.41)             (0.58)             0.00             48.65          23.0             23,280        0.34          1.38          7   

2009

    30.85           0.25            9.17             9.42            (0.26)            —              (0.26)             0.00             40.01          30.5             13,216        0.75          1.40          7   

Class C

                           

2014(c)

    $62.58           $(0.08)           $  3.12             $  3.04            —             —              —              $0.00             $65.62          4.9%          $   123,335        (0.27)%(d)   2.10%(d)   2%

2013

    50.01           (0.24)           15.80             15.56            —             $(2.99)             $(2.99)             0.00             62.58          31.4             104,620        (0.41)          2.10          7   

2012

    46.05           0.13            6.82             6.95            $(0.18)            (2.81)             (2.99)             0.00             50.01          15.1             54,546        0.27          2.13          4   

2011

    47.53           (0.15)           (0.40)            (0.55)           —             (0.93)             (0.93)             0.00             46.05          (1.1)            41,146        (0.32)          2.12          8   

2010

    39.25           (0.17)           8.86             8.69            —             (0.41)             (0.41)             0.00             47.53          22.1             17,240        (0.40)          2.13          7   

2009

    30.31           (0.01)           9.00             8.99            (0.05)            —              (0.05)             0.00             39.25          29.6             8,916        (0.03)          2.15          7   

Class I

                           

2014(c)

    $65.25           $ 0.24            $  3.28             $  3.52            —             —              —              $0.00             $68.77          5.4%          $   320,488        0.73%(d)   1.10%(d)   2%

2013

    51.82           0.36            16.42             16.78            $(0.36)            $(2.99)             $(3.35)             0.00             65.25          32.7             280,250        0.60          1.10          7   

2012

    47.56           0.67            7.06             7.73            (0.66)            (2.81)             (3.47)             0.00             51.82          16.3             159,366        1.30          1.13          4   

2011

    48.90           0.34            (0.44)            (0.10)           (0.31)            (0.93)             (1.24)             0.00             47.56          (0.2)            94,896        0.69          1.12          8   

2010

    40.18           0.27            9.11             9.38            (0.25)            (0.41)             (0.66)             0.00             48.90          23.4             38,532        0.62          1.13          7   

2009

    30.97           0.33            9.24             9.57            (0.36)            —              (0.36)             0.00             40.18          30.9             6,080        0.99          1.15          7   

 

  †

Total return represents aggregate total return of a hypothetical $1,000 investment at the beginning of the year and sold at the end of the period including reinvestment of distributions and does not reflect applicable sales charges. Total return for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

(a)

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares outstanding method.

(b)

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

(c)

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, unaudited.

(d)

Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

16


The Gabelli Asset Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1. Organization. The Gabelli Asset Fund was organized on November 25, 1985 as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary objective is growth of capital. The Fund commenced investment operations on March 3, 1986.

2. Significant Accounting Policies. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

Security Valuation. Portfolio securities listed or traded on a nationally recognized securities exchange or traded in the U.S. over-the-counter market for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last quoted sale price or a market’s official closing price as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued. If there were no sales that day, the security is valued at the average of the closing bid and asked prices or, if there were no asked prices quoted on that day, then the security is valued at the closing bid price on that day. If no bid or asked prices are quoted on such day, the security is valued at the most recently available price or, if the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) so determines, by such other method as the Board shall determine in good faith to reflect its fair market value. Portfolio securities traded on more than one national securities exchange or market are valued according to the broadest and most representative market, as determined by Gabelli Funds, LLC (the “Adviser”).

Portfolio securities primarily traded on a foreign market are generally valued at the preceding closing values of such securities on the relevant market, but may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board if market conditions change significantly after the close of the foreign market, but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued. Debt instruments with remaining maturities of sixty days or less that are not credit impaired are valued at amortized cost, unless the Board determines such amount does not reflect the securities’ fair value, in which case these securities will be fair valued as determined by the Board. Debt instruments having a maturity greater than sixty days for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the average of the latest bid and asked prices. If there were no asked prices quoted on such day, the security is valued using the closing bid price. U.S. government obligations with maturities greater than sixty days are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations.

Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined by the Board. Fair valuation methodologies and procedures may include, but are not limited to: analysis and review of available financial and non-financial information about the company; comparisons with the valuation and changes in valuation of similar securities, including a comparison of foreign securities with the equivalent U.S. dollar value American Depositary Receipt securities at the close of the U.S. exchange; and evaluation of any other information that could be indicative of the value of the security.

 

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The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

 

   

Level 1  —  quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;

   

Level 2  —  other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

   

Level 3  —  significant unobservable inputs (including the Board’s determinations as to the fair value of investments).

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input both individually and in the aggregate that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of the Fund’s investments in securities by inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2014 is as follows:

 

     Valuation Inputs         
     Level 1
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total Market Value
at 6/30/14
 

INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES:

           

ASSETS (Market Value):

           

Common Stocks:

           

Aerospace

   $ 65,234,739         —                     $498,785                    $     65,733,524    

Airlines

     4,914,968         —                     185,000                    5,099,968    

Consumer Products

     171,873,769         —                     30                    171,873,799    

Energy and Utilities

     260,850,567         —                     0                    260,850,567    

Other Industries (a)

     3,310,388,486         —                     —                    3,310,388,486    

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     3,813,262,529         —                     683,815                    3,813,946,344    

 

 

Preferred Stocks (a)

     773,710         —                     —                    773,710    

Rights (a)

             —                     200                    200    

Warrants (a)

     834,078         $     342,000                     —                    1,176,078    

U.S. Government Obligations

               21,475,745                     —                    21,475,745    

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – ASSETS

   $ 3,814,870,317         $21,817,745                     $684,015                    $3,837,372,077    

 

 

 

(a)

Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for the industry classifications of these portfolio holdings.

The Fund did not have material transfers among Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 during the six months ended June 30, 2014. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers among Levels as of the beginning of the reporting period.

Additional Information to Evaluate Qualitative Information.

General. The Fund uses recognized industry pricing services – approved by the Board and unaffiliated with the Adviser – to value most of its securities, and uses broker quotes provided by market makers of securities not valued by these and other recognized pricing sources. Several different pricing feeds are received to value domestic equity securities, international equity securities, preferred equity securities, and fixed income securities. The data within these feeds is ultimately sourced from major stock exchanges and trading systems where these securities trade. The prices supplied by external sources are checked by obtaining quotations or actual transaction prices from market participants. If a price obtained from the pricing source is deemed unreliable, prices will be sought from another pricing service or from a broker/dealer that trades that security or similar securities.

 

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Fair Valuation. Fair valued securities may be common and preferred equities, warrants, options, rights, and fixed income obligations. Where appropriate, Level 3 securities are those for which market quotations are not available, such as securities not traded for several days, or for which current bids are not available, or which are restricted as to transfer. Among the factors to be considered to fair value a security are recent prices of comparable securities that are publicly traded, reliable prices of securities not publicly traded, the use of valuation models, current analyst reports, valuing the income or cash flow of the issuer, or cost if the preceding factors do not apply. A significant change in the unobservable inputs could result in a lower or higher value in Level 3 securities. The circumstances of Level 3 securities are frequently monitored to determine if fair valuation measures continue to apply.

The Adviser reports quarterly to the Board the results of the application of fair valuation policies and procedures. These include back testing the prices realized in subsequent trades of these fair valued securities to fair values previously recognized.

Derivative Financial Instruments. The Fund may engage in various portfolio investment strategies by investing in a number of derivative financial instruments for the purposes of increasing the income of the Fund or hedging against a specific transaction with respect to either the currency in which the transaction is denominated or another currency. Investing in certain derivative financial instruments, including participation in the options, futures, or swap markets, entails certain execution, liquidity, hedging, tax, and securities, interest, credit, or currency market risks. Losses may arise if the Adviser’s prediction of movements in the direction of the securities, foreign currency, and interest rate markets is inaccurate. Losses may also arise if the counterparty does not perform its duties under a contract, or that, in the event of default, the Fund may be delayed in or prevented from obtaining payments or other contractual remedies owed to it under derivative contracts. The creditworthiness of the counterparties is closely monitored in order to minimize these risks. Participation in derivative transactions involves investment risks, transaction costs, and potential losses to which the Fund would not be subject absent the use of these strategies. The consequences of these risks, transaction costs, and losses may have a negative impact on the Fund’s ability to pay distributions.

The Fund’s derivative contracts held at June 30, 2014, if any, are not accounted for as hedging instruments under GAAP and are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments together with the related counterparty.

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts. The Fund may engage in forward foreign exchange contracts for the purpose of hedging a specific transaction with respect to either the currency in which the transaction is denominated or another currency as deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Forward foreign exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate and are marked-to-market daily. The change in market value is included in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of forward foreign exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the Fund’s portfolio securities, but it does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. Although forward foreign exchange contracts limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency increase. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Fund held no investments in forward foreign exchange contracts.

 

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Foreign Currency Translations. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, investments, and other assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income, and expenses are translated at the exchange rate prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in foreign exchange rates and/or changes in market prices of securities have been included in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Fund and the amounts actually received. The portion of foreign currency gains and losses related to fluctuation in exchange rates between the initial purchase trade date and subsequent sale trade date is included in realized gain/(loss) on investments.

Foreign Securities. The Fund may directly purchase securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities of foreign issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers. The risks include possible revaluation of currencies, the inability to repatriate funds, less complete financial information about companies, and possible future adverse political and economic developments. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers.

Foreign Taxes. The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon its current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which it invests.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities for which the markets are restricted. Restricted securities include securities whose disposition is subject to substantial legal or contractual restrictions. The sale of restricted securities often requires more time and results in higher brokerage charges or dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of securities eligible for trading on national securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter markets. Restricted securities may sell at a price lower than similar securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale. Securities freely saleable among qualified institutional investors under special rules adopted by the SEC may be treated as liquid if they satisfy liquidity standards established by the Board. The continued liquidity of such securities is not as well assured as that of publicly traded securities, and accordingly the Board will monitor their liquidity. For the restricted securities the Fund held as of June 30, 2014, refer to the Schedule of Investments.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date with realized gain/(loss) on investments determined by using the identified cost method. Interest income (including amortization of premium and accretion of discount) is recorded on the accrual basis. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized using the effective yield to maturity method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities that are recorded as soon after the ex-dividend date as the Fund becomes aware of such dividends.

Determination of Net Asset Value and Calculation of Expenses. Certain administrative expenses are common to, and allocated among, various affiliated funds. Such allocations are made on the basis of each fund’s average net assets or other criteria directly affecting the expenses as determined by the Adviser pursuant to procedures established by the Board.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

In calculating the NAV per share of each class, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, redemption fees, and expenses other than class specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets of each class at the beginning of each day. Distribution expenses are borne solely by the class incurring the expense.

Custodian Fee Credits. When cash balances are maintained in the custody account, the Fund receives credits which are used to offset custodian fees. The gross expenses paid under the custody arrangement are included in custodian fees in the Statement of Operations with the corresponding expense offset, if any, shown as “Custodian fee credits.”

Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions to shareholders are based on income and capital gains as determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from income and capital gains as determined under GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities and foreign currency transactions held by the Fund, timing differences, and differing characterizations of distributions made by the Fund. Distributions from net investment income for federal income tax purposes include net realized gains on foreign currency transactions. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent, adjustments are made to the appropriate capital accounts in the period when the differences arise. These reclassifications have no impact on the NAV of the Fund.

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2013 was as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:

  

Ordinary income (inclusive of short term capital gains)

   $ 16,013,291   

Net long term capital gains

     156,694,154   
  

 

 

 

Total distributions paid

   $ 172,707,445   
  

 

 

 

Provision For Income Taxes. The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of the Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment company taxable income and net capital gains. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund is permitted to carry forward for an unlimited period capital losses incurred. As a result of the rule, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short term or long term capital losses.

The following summarizes the tax cost of investments and the related net unrealized appreciation at June 30, 2014:

 

     Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Investments

     $1,542,470,140         $2,339,304,900         $(44,402,963      $2,294,901,937   

The Fund is required to evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Income tax and related interest and penalties would be recognized by the Fund as tax expense in the Statement of Operations if the tax positions were deemed not to meet the more-likely-than-not

 

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threshold. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Fund did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties. As of June 30, 2014, the Adviser has reviewed all open tax years and concluded that there was no impact to the Fund’s net assets or results of operations. The Fund’s federal and state tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain open, subject to examination. On an ongoing basis, the Adviser will monitor the Fund’s tax positions to determine if adjustments to this conclusion are necessary.

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions. The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser which provides that the Fund will pay the Adviser a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 1.00% of the value of its average daily net assets. In accordance with the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser provides a continuous investment program for the Fund’s portfolio, oversees the administration of all aspects of the Fund’s business and affairs, and pays the compensation of all Officers and Trustees of the Fund who are affiliated persons of the Adviser.

There was a reduction in the advisory fee paid to the Adviser relating to certain portfolio holdings, i.e., unsupervised assets, of the Fund with respect to which the Adviser transferred dispositive and voting control to the Fund’s Proxy Voting Committee. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Fund’s Proxy Voting Committee exercised control and discretion over all rights to vote or consent with respect to such securities, and the Adviser reduced its fee with respect to such securities by $2,648.

The Fund pays each Trustee who is not considered an affiliated person an annual retainer of $18,000 plus $2,000 for each Board meeting attended. Each Trustee is reimbursed by the Fund for any out of pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings. All Board committee members receive $500 per meeting attended and the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Lead Trustee each receive an annual fee of $2,000. The Chairman of the Proxy Voting Committee and Nominating Committee each receive $1,000 annually. A Trustee may receive a single meeting fee, allocated among the participating funds, for participation in certain meetings held on behalf of multiple funds. Trustees who are directors or employees of the Adviser or an affiliated company receive no compensation or expense reimbursement from the Fund.

4. Distribution Plan. The Fund’s Board has adopted a distribution plan (the “Plan”) for each class of shares, except for Class I Shares, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Class AAA, Class A, and Class C Share Plans, payments are authorized to G.distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser, at annual rates of 0.25%, 0.25%, and 1.00%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of those classes, the annual limitations under each Plan. Such payments are accrued daily and paid monthly.

5. Portfolio Securities. Purchases and sales of securities during the six months ended June 30, 2014, other than short term securities and U.S. Government obligations, aggregated $91,275,519 and $108,775,291, respectively.

6. Transactions with Affiliates. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Fund paid brokerage commissions on security trades of $56,435 to G.research, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser. Additionally, the Distributor retained a total of $51,182 from investors representing commissions (sales charges and underwriting fees) on sales and redemptions of Fund shares.

The cost of calculating the Fund’s NAV per share is a Fund expense pursuant to the Advisory Agreement. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Fund paid or accrued $22,500 to the Adviser in connection with the cost of computing the Fund’s NAV.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

7. Line of Credit. The Fund participates in an unsecured line of credit of up to $75,000,000 under which it may borrow up to 10% of its net assets from the custodian for temporary borrowing purposes. Borrowings under this arrangement bear interest at the higher of the sum of the overnight LIBOR rate plus 100 basis points or the sum of the federal funds rate plus 100 basis points at the time of borrowing. This amount, if any, would be included in “interest expense” in the Statement of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, there were no borrowings under the line of credit.

8. Shares of Beneficial Interest. The Fund offers four classes of shares – Class AAA Shares, Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares. Class AAA Shares are offered without a sales charge only to investors who acquire them directly from the Distributor, through selected broker/dealers, or the transfer agent. Class I Shares are offered without a sales charge, solely to certain institutions, directly through the Distributor, or brokers that have entered into selling agreements specifically with respect to Class I Shares. Class A Shares are subject to a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%. Class C Shares are subject to a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge for one year after purchase.

The Fund imposes a redemption fee of 2.00% on all classes of shares that are redeemed or exchanged on or before the seventh day after the date of a purchase. The redemption fee is deducted from the proceeds otherwise payable to the redeeming shareholders and is retained by the Fund as an increase in paid-in capital. The redemption fees retained by the Fund during the six months ended June 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013, if any, can be found in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets under Redemption Fees.

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2014 (Unaudited)
    Year Ended
December 31, 2013
 
       Shares            Amount              Shares              Amount       

Class AAA

        

Shares sold

     1,532,053      $ 99,927,979        4,423,832      $ 263,159,452   

Shares issued upon reinvestment of distributions

                   2,286,536        142,336,582   

Shares redeemed

     (2,637,578     (172,415,540     (5,996,588     (360,707,234
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease)

     (1,105,525   $ (72,487,561     713,780      $ 44,788,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class A

        

Shares sold

     297,012      $ 19,249,824        706,248      $ 42,350,728   

Shares issued upon reinvestment of distributions

                   71,553        4,420,533   

Shares redeemed

     (210,717     (13,759,508     (489,225     (28,052,787
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     86,295      $ 5,490,316        288,576      $ 18,718,474   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C

        

Shares sold

     331,155      $ 20,636,496        718,776      $ 41,515,359   

Shares issued upon reinvestment of distributions

                   56,269        3,356,995   

Shares redeemed

     (123,563     (7,756,214     (193,750     (11,168,797
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     207,592      $ 12,880,282        581,295      $ 33,703,557   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I

        

Shares sold

     737,085      $ 48,167,607        1,815,870      $ 109,706,548   

Shares issued upon reinvestment of distributions

                   191,925        11,933,903   

Shares redeemed

     (371,448     (24,311,600     (788,463     (47,765,887
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

     365,637      $ 23,856,007        1,219,332      $ 73,874,564   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

9. Indemnifications. The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or

 

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losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

10. Other Matters. On April 24, 2008, the Adviser entered into a settlement with the SEC to resolve an inquiry regarding prior frequent trading in shares of the GAMCO Global Growth Fund (the “Global Growth Fund”) by one investor who was banned from the Global Growth Fund in August 2002. Under the terms of the settlement, the Adviser, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings and allegations, paid $16 million (which included a $5 million civil monetary penalty). On the same day, the SEC filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) against the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (the “Officer”) of the Adviser, alleging violations of certain federal securities laws arising from the same matter. On May 2, 2014, the SEC filed with the Court a stipulation of voluntary dismissal of the civil action against the Officer and on June 19, 2014, the Court approved the stipulation and entered an order of dismissal of the action against the Officer. The settlement by the Adviser and the disposition of the action against the Officer did not have a material adverse impact on the Adviser or its ability to fulfill its obligations under the Advisory Agreement.

11. Subsequent Events. Management has evaluated the impact on the Fund of all subsequent events occurring through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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The Gabelli Asset Fund

Board Consideration and Re-Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements (Unaudited)

At its meeting on February 25, 2014, the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the Fund approved the continuation of the investment advisory agreement with the Adviser for the Fund on the basis of the recommendation by the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund (the “Independent Board Members”). The following paragraphs summarize the material information and factors considered by the Independent Board Members as well as their conclusions relative to such factors.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services. The Independent Board Members considered information regarding the portfolio manager, the depth of the analyst pool available to the Adviser and the portfolio manager, the scope of administrative, shareholder, and other services supervised or provided by the Adviser, and the absence of significant service problems reported to the Board. The Independent Board Members noted the experience, length of service, and reputation of the portfolio manager.

Investment Performance. The Independent Board Members reviewed the short, medium, and long term performance of the Fund against a peer group of multi-cap core funds chosen by Lipper as being comparable. The Independent Board Members noted that the Fund’s performance was in the third quintile of the funds in its category for the one year period, the second quintile for the three year period and the second quintile for the five year period.

Profitability. The Independent Board Members reviewed summary data regarding the profitability of the Fund to the Adviser both with an administrative overhead charge and without such a charge. The Independent Board Members also noted that a large portion of the Fund’s portfolio transactions were executed by an affiliated broker and that another affiliated broker received distribution fees and minor amounts of sales commissions.

Economies of Scale. The Independent Board Members discussed the major elements of the Adviser’s cost structure and the relationship of those elements to potential economies of scale.

Service and Cost Comparisons. The Independent Board Members compared the expense ratios of the investment advisory fee, other expenses, and total expenses of the Fund with similar expense ratios of the peer group of multi-cap and core value funds and noted that the advisory fee includes substantially all administrative services for the Fund as well as investment advisory services of the Adviser. The Independent Board Members noted that the Fund’s expense ratios and the Fund’s size were above average within this group. The Independent Board Members also noted that the advisory fee structure was the same as that in effect for most of the Gabelli funds.

Conclusions. The Independent Board Members concluded that the Fund enjoyed highly experienced portfolio management services, good ancillary services, and a good performance record. The Independent Board Members also concluded that the Fund’s expense ratios and the profitability to the Adviser of managing the Fund were reasonable in light of the Fund’s performance and that economies of scale were not a significant factor in their thinking at this time. The Independent Board Members did not view the potential profitability of ancillary services as material to their decision. On the basis of the foregoing and without assigning particular weight to any single conclusion, the Independent Board Members determined to recommend continuation of the investment advisory agreement to the full Board.

Based on a consideration of all these factors in their totality, the Board Members, including all of the Independent Board Members, determined that the Fund’s advisory fee was fair and reasonable with respect to the quality of services provided and in light of the other factors described above that the Board deemed relevant. Accordingly, the Board Members determined to approve the continuation of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement. The Board

 

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Members based their decision on evaluations of all these factors as a whole and did not consider any one factor as all important or controlling.

 

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THE GABELLI ASSET FUND

One Corporate Center

Rye, NY 10580-1422

Portfolio Management Team Biographies

Mario J. Gabelli, CFA, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc. that he founded in 1977 and Chief Investment Officer – Value Portfolios of Gabelli Funds, LLC and GAMCO Asset Management Inc. Mr. Gabelli is a summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University and holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and Honorary Doctorates from Fordham University and Roger Williams University.

Christopher J. Marangi joined Gabelli in 2003 as a research analyst. He currently serves as a portfolio manager of Gabelli Funds, LLC and manages several funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex. Mr. Marangi graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Political Economy from Williams College and holds an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School.

Jeffrey J. Jonas, CFA, joined Gabelli in 2003 as a research analyst. He focuses on companies in the cardiovascular, healthcare services, and pharmacy benefits management sectors, among others. He also serves as a portfolio manager of Gabelli Funds, LLC and manages several funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex. Mr. Jonas was a Presidential Scholar at Boston College, where he received a BS in Finance and Management Information Systems.

Kevin V. Dreyer joined Gabelli in 2005 as a research analyst covering companies within the consumer sector. He currently serves as a portfolio manager of Gabelli Funds, LLC and manages several funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Funds Complex. Mr. Dreyer received a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

 

 

We have separated the portfolio managers’ commentary from the financial statements and investment portfolio due to corporate governance regulations stipulated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have done this to ensure that the content of the portfolio managers’ commentary is unrestricted. Both the commentary and the financial statements, including the portfolio of investments, will be available on our website at www.gabelli.com.


THE GABELLI ASSET FUND

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1422

t   800-GABELLI (800-422-3554)

f   914-921-5118

e  info@gabelli.com

    GABELLI.COM

Net Asset Value per share available daily

by calling 800-GABELLI after 7:00 P.M.

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES   

 

Mario J. Gabelli, CFA

Chairman and

Chief Executive Officer,

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

 

Anthony J. Colavita

President,

Anthony J. Colavita, P.C.

 

James P. Conn

Former Chief Investment Officer,

Financial Security Assurance

Holdings Ltd.

 

John D. Gabelli

Senior Vice President,

G.research, Inc.

 

Kuni Nakamura

President,

Advanced Polymer, Inc.

 

Anthony R. Pustorino

Certified Public Accountant,

Professor Emeritus,

Pace University

 

Werner J. Roeder, MD

Medical Director,

Lawrence Hospital

  

Anthonie C. van Ekris

Chairman,

BALMAC International, Inc.

 

Salvatore J. Zizza

Chairman,

Zizza & Associates Corp.

 

OFFICERS

 

Bruce N. Alpert

President

Andrea R. Mango

Secretary

 

Agnes Mullady

Treasurer

Richard J. Walz

Chief Compliance Officer

 

DISTRIBUTOR

 

G.distributors, LLC

 

CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER

AGENT, AND DIVIDEND

DISBURSING AGENT

 

State Street Bank and Trust

Company

 

LEGAL COUNSEL

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

 

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of The Gabelli Asset Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

 

 

 

LOGO

Overall Morningstar Rating  LOGO

Morningstar® rated The Gabelli Asset Fund Class AAA Shares 5 stars overall, 3 stars for the three year period, and 5 stars for the five and ten year periods ended June 30, 2014 among 1,338, 1,338, 1,192, and 798 Large Blend funds, respectively. Morningstar Rating is based on risk-adjusted returns.

 

 

GAB405Q214SR

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Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed registrants.

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 6.  Investments.

 

(a) Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

 

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

Not applicable.


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

Not applicable.

 

 

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

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)   

Not applicable.

(a)(2)   

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

(a)(3)   

Not applicable.

(b)   

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)

 

     The Gabelli Asset Fund

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

   /s/ Bruce N. Alpert

 

       Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date

 

    9/02/2014

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/ Bruce N. Alpert

 

       Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date

 

    9/02/2014

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

   /s/ Agnes Mullady

 

       Agnes Mullady, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date

 

    9/02/2014

 

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