UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-09261
Foxby Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor New York, NY |
10005 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Thomas B. Winmill, President
Foxby Corp.
11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-212-344-6310
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: 3/31/08
Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Foxby Corp.
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
Shares |
COMMON STOCKS (109.29%) |
Value |
|
|
|
|
Bottled and Canned Soft Drinks (2.79%) |
|
6,000 |
Hansen Natural Corp. (a) |
$ 211,800 |
|
|
|
|
Business Services (2.60%) |
|
7,000 |
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) |
197,120 |
|
|
|
|
Canned Fruits and Vegetables (3.77%) |
|
30,000 |
Del Monte Foods Company* |
285,900 |
|
|
|
|
Coal Project Development (3.24%) |
|
80,000 |
QGX Ltd. (a) |
245,590 |
|
|
|
|
Computer Peripheral Equipment (1.86%) |
|
9,500 |
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a) |
141,170 |
|
|
|
|
Copper Exploration and Project Development (7.56%) |
|
30,000 |
Global Copper Corp. (a)(b) |
210,038 |
438,000 |
Nord Resources Corp. (a) |
363,540 |
|
|
573,578 |
|
|
|
|
Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas (11.43%) |
|
9,600 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp.* |
443,040 |
5,600 |
EnCana Corp.* |
424,200 |
|
|
867,240 |
|
|
|
|
Diamond Exploration and Project Development (2.92%) |
|
175,000 |
Etruscan Diamonds Ltd. (a)(b) |
221,713 |
|
|
|
|
Electronic Computers (3.28%) |
|
12,500 |
Dell Inc.(a)* |
249,000 |
|
|
|
|
Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (7.01%) |
|
57 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B (a) |
254,955 |
6,300 |
SAFECO Corp. |
276,444 |
|
|
531,399 |
|
|
|
|
Gold Exploration and Project Development (10.96%) |
|
99,000 |
Etruscan Resources Inc. (a) |
232,521 |
141,000 |
Mansfield Minerals, Inc. (a) |
411,553 |
17,166 |
Q2 Gold Resources, Inc. (a)(b) |
- |
110,000 |
Reunion Gold Corp (a) |
73,433 |
140,000 |
Victoria Resource Corp. (a) |
114,063 |
|
|
831,570 |
|
|
|
|
Insurance Agents, Brokers and Services (2.43%) |
|
10,600 |
Brown & Brown, Inc.* |
184,228 |
75,000 |
Safety Intelligence Systems Corp. (a) (b) |
- |
|
|
184,228 |
|
|
|
|
Investment Advice (3.12%) |
|
17,500 |
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. |
236,950 |
|
|
|
|
Natural Gas Distribution (0.77%) |
|
15,000 |
MetroGAS S.A. ADR (a) |
58,500 |
|
|
|
|
Nickel Exploration and Project Development (2.55%) |
|
25,000 |
Skye Resources Inc. (a) |
193,086 |
|
|
|
|
Oil and Gas Field Services (4.11%) |
|
4,300 |
Weatherford International Ltd. (a) |
311,621 |
|
|
|
|
Patent Owners and Lessors (4.53%) |
|
8,200 |
SurModics, Inc. (a)* |
343,416 |
|
|
|
|
Potash Project Development (3.41%) |
|
100,000 |
MagMinerals Holdings Corp. (a)(b) |
258,388 |
|
|
|
|
Power Insulating and Related Equipment (1.16%) |
|
4,000 |
NGK Insulators, Ltd. |
88,400 |
|
|
|
|
Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.37%) |
|
7,200 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.* |
255,600 |
|
|
|
|
Security and Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges and Services (4.09%) |
|
6,200 |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.* |
310,000 |
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors and Related Devices (5.93%) |
|
9,900 |
Intel Corporation* |
209,682 |
8,500 |
Texas Instruments Inc. |
240,295 |
|
|
449,977 |
|
|
|
|
Services-Prepackaged Software (4.20%) |
|
8,100 |
Trend Micro Incorporated ADR (a)* |
318,190 |
|
|
|
|
Shipyards (4.11%) |
|
222,220 |
Davie Yards Inc. |
311,857 |
|
|
|
|
Smelting (0.07%) |
|
3,423 |
China Silicon Corp. (a)(b) |
5,295 |
|
|
|
|
Timber, Other Resources (3.97%) |
|
136,700 |
MagIndustries Corp. (a) |
301,084 |
|
|
|
|
Zinc Exploration and Project Development (4.05%) |
|
396,000 |
Farallon Resources Ltd. (a) |
306,812 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total common stocks (cost: $8,448,976) |
8,289,484 |
|
|
|
|
PREFERRED STOCKS (4.07%) |
|
|
Coal Project Development (2.14%) |
|
200,000 |
Phoenix Coal Corp. (a)(b) |
162,500 |
|
|
|
|
Smelting (1.93%) |
|
945 |
China Silicon Corp. (a)(b) |
146,191 |
|
|
|
|
Total preferred stocks (cost: $474,910) |
308,691 |
|
|
|
Principal Amount |
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (3.46%) |
|
|
Retail Consulting and Investment (3.46%) |
|
404,307 |
Amerivon Holdings LLC 4%, due 2010 (b) (cost: $404,307) |
262,800 |
|
|
|
Shares |
WARRANTS (0.96%)(a) |
|
4 |
Amerivon Holdings LLC, expiring 5/31/10 (b) |
- |
23,626 |
China Silicon Corp., expiring 7/18/10 (b) |
- |
111,110 |
Davie Yards Inc., expiring 2/20/10 |
29,510 |
198,000 |
Farallon Resources Ltd., expiring 8/21/08 (b) |
18,332 |
100,000 |
IAMGOLD Corp., 8/12/08 |
22,659 |
219,000 |
Nord Resources Corp., expiring 6/05/12 (b) |
- |
70,000 |
Victoria Resource Corp., 5/07/09 (b) |
2,047 |
|
|
|
|
Total warrants (cost: $129,310) |
72,548 |
|
|
|
Shares |
MONEY MARKET FUND (0.07%) |
|
4,970 |
Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. 1.19% (c)(d) (cost: $4,970) |
4,970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments (cost: $9,462,473) |
8,938,493 |
|
|
|
|
Liabilities in excess of other assets (-17.85%) |
(1,353,620) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets (100.00%) |
$ 7,584,873 |
|
|
|
Shares |
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT |
Value |
|
|
|
6,500 |
WuXi PharmaTech Cayman Inc. ADR (a) (Proceeds: $162,301) |
$ 145,340 |
|
|
|
|
(a) Non-income producing. (b) Illiquid and/or restricted security that has been fair valued. (c) Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2008. (d) Affiliated company. * Fully or partially pledged as collateral on bank credit facility. ADR means “American Depositary Receipt”. |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED):
SECURITY VALUATION
Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the day the valuations are made. Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") are normally valued by the Fund at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. Such securities that are not traded on a particular day, securities traded in the over-the-counter market that are not on NASDAQ, and foreign securities are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices. Certain of the securities in which the Fund invests are priced through pricing services that may utilize a matrix pricing system which takes into consideration factors such as yields, prices, maturities, call features, and ratings on comparable securities. Bonds may be valued according to prices quoted by a dealer in bonds that offers pricing services. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Securities for which quotations are not readily available or reliable and other assets may be valued as determined in good faith under the direction of and pursuant to procedures established by the Fund's Board of Directors.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”) on January 1, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based on the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
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• |
Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
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• |
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
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• |
Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments:
|
Investment in |
Valuation Inputs |
Securities |
|
|
Level 1 |
$ 7,651,189 |
Level 2 |
230,417 |
Level 3 |
1,056,887 |
|
|
Total |
$ 8,938,493 |
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s liabilities carried at value :
|
Investment in |
Valuation Inputs |
Securities |
|
|
Level 1 |
$ 145,340 |
Level 2 |
- |
Level 3 |
- |
|
|
Total |
$ 145,340 |
The following is a reconciliation of the Fund's investments that were valued using Level 3 inputs for the period:
|
Investment in |
|
Securities |
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2007 |
$ 799,385 |
Net purchases (sales) |
406,883 |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(149,381) |
Realized gain (loss) |
- |
Transfers in and / or out of Level 3 |
- |
|
|
Balance, March 31, 2008 |
$ 1,056,887 |
|
|
COST FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES
The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $9,569,592 and net unrealized depreciation is $631,099, comprised of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $880,279 and $1,511,378, respectively.
ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES
The Fund owns securities which have a limited trading market and/or certain restrictions on trading and, therefore, may be illiquid and/or restricted. Such securities have been valued at fair value in accordance with the procedures described above. Due to the uncertainty of valuation, these values may differ from the values that would have been used had a ready market for these securities existed and these differences could be material. Illiquid and/or restricted securities owned at March 31, 2008, were as follows:
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|
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|
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|
|
Security |
|
Acquisition Date |
|
Cost |
|
Value |
MagMinerals Holdings Corp. |
|
3/18/08 |
|
$ 397,520 |
|
$ 258,388 |
China Silicon Corp. common shares |
|
1/1/08 |
|
8,147 |
|
5,295 |
Amerivon Holdings LLC 4% Participating Convertible Promissory Notes due 5/31/10 |
|
9/20/07 |
|
404,307 |
|
262,800 |
Amerivon Holdings LLC warrants expiring 9/20/12 |
|
9/20/07 |
|
- |
|
- |
Phoenix Coal Corp. |
|
7/24/08 |
|
250,000 |
|
162,500 |
China Silicon Corp. |
|
7/18/07 |
|
224,910 |
|
146,191 |
China Silicon Corp. warrants expiring 7/18/11 |
|
7/18/07 |
|
- |
|
- |
Q2 Gold Resources Corp. |
|
7/6/07 |
|
65 |
|
- |
Etruscan Diamonds Ltd. |
|
2/28/07 |
|
298,482 |
|
221,713 |
Safety Intelligence Systems Corp. |
|
9/5/02 |
|
225,000 |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
$1,808,431 |
|
$1,056,887 |
Percent of net assets |
|
|
|
23.8% |
|
13.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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AFFILIATED ISSUER
The term affiliate, as defined under the Act, includes companies in which there is a direct or indirect (a) ownership of, control of or, voting power over 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares or (b) control of, or common control under, another company or persons. Midas Management Corporation and Investor Service Center, Inc. act as the investment manager and distributor, respectively, of Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. and are affiliates of the Fund's Investment Manager, CEF Advisers, Inc. Transactions with affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were as follows:
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Number of Shares Held |
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|
|
|||
Name Of Issuer |
December 31, 2007 |
Gross Additions |
Gross Reductions |
March 31, 2008 |
Value March 31, 2008 |
Dividend Income |
Realized Gains/(Losses) |
Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. |
- |
11,898 |
6,928 |
4,970 |
$4,970 |
$2 |
$ - |
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
|
(a) |
The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
(b) |
There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 3. Exhibits
|
(a) |
Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
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.
FOXBY CORP.
By : /s/ Thomas B. Winmill
Thomas B. Winmill, President
Date: May 23, 2008
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ Thomas B. Winmill
Thomas B. Winmill, President
Date: May 23, 2008
By: /s/ Thomas O'Malley
Thomas O'Malley, Chief Financial Officer
Date: May 23, 2008
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
(a) |
Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT) |