UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21751

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Nathan A. Paul, Esq.
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 632-6000

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

 

Date of reporting period: 9/30/2014

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

 

Description  Shares   Value 
Common Stocks — 94.7%          
Australia — 2.2%          
DUET Group   562,671   $1,196,111 
Transurban Group   153,743    1,037,101 
         2,233,212 
Austria — 1.1%          
UNIQA Insurance Group AG   100,515    1,148,449 
Belgium — 1.6%          
bpost SA   67,184    1,602,051 
Brazil — 4.8%          
Banco do Brasil SA   175,717    1,816,215 
Cia Hering   46,400    470,114 
Direcional Engenharia SA   170,200    693,942 
Grendene SA   127,900    888,285 
Natura Cosmeticos SA   74,600    1,127,038 
         4,995,594 
Cambodia — 0.5%          
NagaCorp, Ltd.   734,000    527,632 
Canada — 1.2%          
Alaris Royalty Corp.   46,500    1,287,526 
China — 4.8%          
Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   4,640,000    2,050,017 
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H   2,035,180    1,430,258 
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., Class H   300,500    838,754 
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   1,036,440    645,479 
         4,964,508 
Finland — 0.9%          
Sampo Oyj, A Shares   18,966    918,613 
France — 10.4%          
AXA SA   122,265    3,011,024 
Eutelsat Communications SA   65,277    2,104,790 
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA   27,388    1,620,128 
Rexel SA   36,100    671,482 
Total SA   51,675    3,339,650 
         10,747,074 
Germany — 2.4%          
Allianz SE   7,412    1,200,782 
RTL Group SA   14,780    1,265,893 
         2,466,675 
Israel — 3.2%          
Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.   1,262,842    2,180,971 
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Sponsored ADR   21,619    1,162,021 
         3,342,992 
Description  Shares   Value 
Italy — 1.6%          
Eni SpA   68,699   $1,630,929 
Japan — 1.6%          
Canon, Inc.   51,300    1,668,401 
Macau — 4.9%          
MGM China Holdings, Ltd.   296,400    849,942 
Sands China, Ltd.   400,400    2,080,049 
Wynn Macau, Ltd.   684,800    2,180,581 
         5,110,572 
Mexico — 0.7%          
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV REIT   219,400    721,722 
Russia — 3.7%          
Globaltrans Investment PLC Sponsored GDR   95,851    804,959 
MegaFon OAO GDR   28,533    723,960 
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC Sponsored ADR   120,680    1,802,959 
Sberbank of Russia GDR (a), (b)   59,568    471,779 
         3,803,657 
South Africa — 1.6%          
Vodacom Group, Ltd.   144,047    1,657,501 
Sweden — 2.0%          
Swedbank AB, A Shares   83,826    2,100,113 
Switzerland — 3.6%          
Cembra Money Bank AG   18,932    1,076,142 
Swiss Re AG   20,802    1,656,591 
Transocean, Ltd.   32,075    1,025,438 
         3,758,171 
Taiwan — 3.2%          
Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.   375,660    1,489,447 
Siliconware Precision Industries Co.   1,350,000    1,849,380 
         3,338,827 
Thailand — 1.5%          
Dynasty Ceramic Public Co. Ltd. (b)   481,100    860,565 
Krung Thai Bank Public Co. Ltd. (b)   896,300    655,121 
         1,515,686 
Turkey — 1.3%          
Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS   127,805    717,438 
Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS   31,951    642,156 
         1,359,594 
United Kingdom — 7.8%          
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC   24,532    892,995 
Foxtons Group PLC   145,643    504,109 
Infinis Energy PLC   486,966    1,733,759 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares   55,763    2,128,410 
St James’s Place PLC   107,177    1,260,268 


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

         
         
Description  Shares   Value 
Vodafone Group PLC   462,611   $1,524,917 
         8,044,458 
United States — 28.1%          
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.   21,300    1,108,665 
Aviv REIT, Inc.   23,432    617,433 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A   108,500    2,940,350 
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.   63,200    1,131,280 
CenturyLink, Inc.   79,895    3,266,907 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   135,933    3,421,434 
ConocoPhillips   19,309    1,477,525 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.   24,153    827,723 
Intel Corp.   47,682    1,660,287 
International Paper Co.   28,057    1,339,441 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.   20,300    778,302 
Koppers Holdings, Inc.   15,300    507,348 
Lexington Realty Trust REIT   49,365    483,283 
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.   56,200    1,699,488 
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT   41,785    512,284 
Microsoft Corp.   28,400    1,316,624 
Pattern Energy Group, Inc.   62,577    1,934,881 
People’s United Financial, Inc.   109,272    1,581,166 
TAL International Group, Inc.   12,600    519,750 
Tronox, Ltd., Class A   33,700    877,885 
United Bankshares, Inc.   36,034    1,114,532 
Veritiv Corp. (c)   1    50 
         29,116,638 
Total Common Stocks
(Identified cost $99,085,698)
        98,060,595 
Preferred Stocks — 3.2%          
Brazil — 0.6%          
Vale SA, A Shares   69,500    675,196 
United States — 2.6%          
Capital One Financial Corp., Series B   54,666    1,278,638 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series P   35,193    798,881 
Regions Financial Corp., Series A   23,599    577,939 
         2,655,458 
Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified cost $3,400,335)
        3,330,654 
           
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) (d)
   Value 
Foreign Government Obligations — 9.4%          
Brazil — 0.7%          
Brazil NTN-B:          
6.00%, 08/15/16      273    $      279,000 
6.00%, 08/15/18   460    467,690 
         746,690 
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) (d)
   Value 
Colombia — 0.1%          
Republic of Colombia,
12.00%, 10/22/15
   188,000   $99,240 
Indonesia — 1.0%          
Indonesia Government Bond,
7.875%, 04/15/19
   12,720,000    1,029,292 
Israel — 0.9%          
Israel Government Bond - Galil,
5.00%, 04/30/15
   2,560    951,140 
Mexico — 1.8%          
Mexican Bonos:          
9.50%, 12/18/14   9,000    679,326 
4.75%, 06/14/18   8,900    658,203 
Mexico Cetes,
0.00%, 12/11/14
   71,000    525,576 
         1,863,105 
Romania — 2.8%          
Romania Government Bonds:          
5.95%, 06/11/21   5,180    1,653,401 
5.85%, 04/26/23   4,000    1,276,064 
         2,929,465 
Turkey — 0.9%          
Turkey Government Bond,
4.50%, 02/11/15
   2,110    935,032 
Uganda — 0.7%          
Uganda Government Bond,
12.875%, 05/19/16
   742,700    278,472 
Uganda Treasury Bills:          
0.00%, 03/19/15   217,700    77,634 
0.00%, 09/03/15   688,000    232,671 
0.00%, 09/17/15   324,000    108,560 
         697,337 
Uruguay — 0.3%          
Republica Orient Uruguay,
5.00%, 09/14/18
   6,291    275,460 
Zambia — 0.2%          
Zambia Treasury Bill,
0.00%, 06/15/15
   1,600    224,878 
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Identified cost $10,219,219)
        9,751,639 
         
         
Description  Shares   Value 
Short-Term Investment — 0.7%          
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund
(Identified cost $679,242)
        679,242   $  679,242 


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Total Investments — 108.0%
(Identified cost $113,384,494) (e), (f)
       $111,822,130 
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and
Other Assets — (8.0)%
        (8,296,102)
Net Assets — 100.0%       $103,526,028 


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at September 30, 2014:

Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   US $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   US $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
AMD  JPM  10/28/14   111,741,000   $255,000   $272,759   $17,759   $ 
AMD  JPM  02/18/15   115,615,500    273,000    276,259    3,259     
BRL  BRC  10/02/14   1,242,746    507,036    507,709    673     
BRL  CIT  10/02/14   3,085,931    1,361,000    1,260,722        100,278 
BRL  CIT  11/04/14   1,857,284    748,000    752,060    4,060     
CLP  CIT  10/27/14   93,204,350    159,133    155,489        3,644 
CLP  UBS  10/27/14   338,352,800    577,000    564,462        12,538 
CLP  UBS  11/17/14   537,303,300    906,000    894,768        11,232 
CNH  BRC  02/26/15   3,532,977    567,000    565,551        1,449 
CNH  HSB  10/14/14   3,387,462    547,000    547,673    673     
CNH  HSB  11/18/14   2,982,134    482,000    480,770        1,230 
CNH  HSB  03/03/15   3,454,550    555,126    552,815        2,311 
CNY  SCB  10/08/14   3,577,531    578,000    582,655    4,655     
CNY  SCB  11/10/14   6,660,775    1,079,367    1,081,663    2,296     
CNY  SCB  12/08/14   3,074,589    499,000    498,232        768 
COP  SCB  10/16/14   2,112,902,100    1,062,000    1,042,265        19,735 
COP  SCB  10/22/14   910,637,800    478,000    448,993        29,007 
CZK  JPM  10/07/14   11,732,531    553,000    539,059        13,941 
CZK  JPM  10/07/14   22,370,232    1,115,027    1,027,816        87,211 
EUR  JPM  10/10/14   448,000    580,138    565,876        14,262 
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   358,000    463,817    452,236        11,581 
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   736,728    973,000    930,656        42,344 
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   1,312,000    1,699,210    1,657,357        41,853 
EUR  JPM  11/19/14   161,512    220,949    204,065        16,884 
HUF  BNP  10/08/14   200,861,826    845,805    816,317        29,488 
HUF  JPM  11/12/14   65,214,914    266,695    264,849        1,846 
HUF  UBS  10/20/14   132,230,070    567,000    537,258        29,742 
IDR  JPM  10/07/14   2,331,522,000    197,838    191,183        6,655 
IDR  JPM  10/31/14   5,250,300,000    430,000    428,793        1,207 
IDR  SCB  10/07/14   8,417,880,000    698,000    690,260        7,740 
IDR  SCB  12/04/14   6,791,850,000    559,000    551,410        7,590 
ILS  CIT  11/10/14   2,014,636    564,000    547,151        16,849 
ILS  JPM  10/08/14   1,884,804    525,843    511,779        14,064 
ILS  UBS  10/17/14   1,922,045    530,000    521,913        8,087 
INR  BRC  11/21/14   28,796,040    468,000    461,224        6,776 
INR  JPM  10/22/14   73,438,725    1,195,000    1,184,104        10,896 
INR  JPM  01/27/15   35,531,660    577,000    561,289        15,711 
INR  SCB  01/12/15   25,124,640    408,000    398,161        9,839 
KRW  CIT  11/26/14   616,971,510    603,000    583,264        19,736 
KRW  JPM  11/24/14   792,938,720    759,498    749,678        9,820 
KRW  UBS  10/22/14   1,105,160,350    1,081,000    1,046,337        34,663 
KWD  BNP  08/06/15   173,514    605,000    596,464        8,536 
KWD  CIT  08/18/15   141,763    494,000    487,144        6,856 
KZT  CIT  11/14/14   55,390,000    290,000    302,083    12,083     
KZT  CIT  02/13/15   63,050,000    325,000    338,343    13,343     
KZT  CIT  06/11/15   31,760,660    167,425    166,997        428 
 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at September 30, 2014 (continued):
 Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
   Foreign Currency
Amount
    US $ Cost
on Origination
Date
    US $
Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
KZT  CIT  06/12/15   59,783,000   $315,145   $314,292   $   $853 
KZT  HSB  02/17/15   35,567,400    187,000    190,704    3,704     
KZT  JPM  05/18/15   35,512,000    184,000    187,385    3,385     
MXN  CIT  10/15/14   14,148,845    1,065,000    1,052,531        12,469 
MYR  HSB  10/17/14   1,930,731    598,120    587,947        10,173 
MYR  JPM  10/17/14   4,150,117    1,294,000    1,263,795        30,205 
NGN  BRC  11/03/14   27,060,000    164,000    163,609        391 
NGN  CIT  12/12/14   36,024,500    218,000    215,052        2,948 
NGN  CIT  12/22/14   128,082,080    767,418    762,316        5,102 
NGN  JPM  11/10/14   53,677,050    327,000    323,777        3,223 
NGN  JPM  12/08/14   7,142,520    43,144    42,689        455 
PEN  CIT  10/09/14   1,086,972    379,000    375,679        3,321 
PEN  SCB  10/23/14   1,084,319    377,575    373,768        3,807 
PEN  SCB  11/17/14   1,730,880    601,000    594,125        6,875 
PHP  BRC  10/14/14   22,673,035    517,000    505,072        11,928 
PHP  BRC  11/17/14   36,423,720    828,000    810,691        17,309 
PHP  BRC  12/15/14   36,436,140    828,000    810,303        17,697 
PLN  JPM  10/10/14   3,079,846    973,262    929,902        43,360 
PLN  JPM  10/10/14   4,138,578    1,281,000    1,249,566        31,434 
RSD  CIT  11/19/14   25,707,456    305,260    274,300        30,960 
RSD  CIT  11/19/14   68,381,562    779,410    729,634        49,776 
RSD  HSB  10/20/14   24,927,430    270,216    267,573        2,643 
RUB  BRC  10/15/14   10,120,266    262,984    254,918        8,066 
RUB  BRC  10/15/14   15,113,723    392,753    380,697        12,056 
RUB  BRC  10/30/14   25,233,989    650,076    633,698        16,378 
RUB  CIT  12/09/14   14,416,763    382,504    358,988        23,516 
RUB  JPM  10/17/14   22,132,809    574,000    557,275        16,725 
RUB  JPM  11/17/14   22,132,809    568,346    553,717        14,629 
THB  SCB  10/22/14   25,488,120    798,000    785,322        12,678 
THB  SCB  11/17/14   9,727,417    301,000    299,356        1,644 
TRY  JPM  10/08/14   189,135    86,589    82,931        3,658 
TRY  JPM  02/17/15   9,689    4,376    4,110        266 
TRY  JPM  02/17/15   1,210,313    548,000    513,412        34,588 
TWD  BRC  10/15/14   32,754,540    1,092,000    1,076,840        15,160 
UGX  BRC  12/09/14   433,699,000    162,738    160,803        1,935 
UGX  CIT  10/08/14   762,412,000    287,160    287,751    591     
UGX  CIT  11/17/14   809,552,000    304,000    302,094        1,906 
UYU  HSB  10/22/14   10,739,520    440,000    432,180        7,820 
UYU  HSB  11/10/14   16,937,784    704,274    678,371        25,903 
ZAR  BRC  10/06/14   3,705,426    343,353    328,200        15,153 
ZAR  BRC  10/06/14   3,720,975    347,862    329,577        18,285 
 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at September 30, 2014 (concluded):
Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   US $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   US $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
ZMW  CIT  11/24/14   6,539,670   $914,000   $1,017,056   $103,056   $ 
Total Forward Currency Purchase Contracts  $49,862,472   $48,859,917   $169,537   $1,172,092 
 
Forward Currency Sale Contracts open at September 30, 2014:
Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   US $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   US $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
BRL  BRC  10/02/14   1,242,746   $519,000   $507,709   $11,291   $ 
BRL  CIT  10/02/14   1,242,746    507,036    507,709        673 
BRL  CIT  10/02/14   1,843,186    748,958    753,012        4,054 
CNY  SCB  10/08/14   3,577,531    581,429    582,655        1,226 
CZK  JPM  10/07/14   11,290,743    526,000    518,761    7,239     
EUR  BNP  10/24/14   2,201,582    2,965,300    2,781,103    184,197     
EUR  BRC  11/19/14   223,000    299,709    281,753    17,956     
EUR  CIT  11/19/14   216,000    305,260    272,909    32,351     
EUR  CIT  11/19/14   572,710    779,410    723,599    55,811     
EUR  HSB  10/20/14   209,000    270,216    264,008    6,208     
EUR  JPM  10/07/14   816,000    1,115,027    1,030,682    84,345     
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   452,000    582,683    570,980    11,703     
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   751,000    970,190    948,685    21,505     
EUR  JPM  10/24/14   760,000    1,021,245    960,054    61,191     
IDR  JPM  10/07/14   6,561,079,392    558,627    538,003    20,624     
ILS  CIT  05/04/15   1,792,504    508,512    488,333    20,179     
JPY  CIT  11/12/14   124,608,080    1,168,000    1,136,471    31,529     
JPY  SCB  10/23/14   165,683,515    1,634,000    1,510,890    123,110     
KRW  CIT  10/22/14   595,479,000    570,000    563,784    6,216     
KRW  JPM  10/22/14   560,593,200    534,000    530,755    3,245     
MYR  JPM  10/17/14   956,352    293,000    291,229    1,771     
PHP  JPM  10/14/14   13,583,490    303,000    302,590    410     
PLN  JPM  10/10/14   1,887,498    580,138    569,895    10,243     
RON  JPM  12/10/14   1,602,133    466,092    456,563    9,529     
RON  JPM  12/10/14   4,473,919    1,311,000    1,274,941    36,059     
RSD  JPM  11/19/14   19,236,080    220,948    205,249    15,699     
RUB  BRC  10/15/14   25,233,989    652,041    635,615    16,426     
RUB  BRC  10/30/14   20,809,980    534,000    522,598    11,402     
RUB  JPM  10/17/14   22,132,809    572,055    557,275    14,780     
TRY  JPM  02/11/15   1,179,536    517,000    501,114    15,886     
TRY  JPM  02/17/15   537,132    240,758    227,850    12,908     
TRY  JPM  02/17/15   682,870    307,129    289,672    17,457     
UGX  SCB  10/08/14   492,352,692    187,384    185,825    1,559     
UYU  CIT  10/22/14   2,197,410    89,000    88,428    572     
ZAR  BRC  10/06/14   7,426,401    698,374    657,777    40,597     
ZMW  JPM  11/24/14   2,563,959    403,646    398,750    4,896     
Total Forward Currency Sale Contracts   $23,540,167   $22,637,226    908,894    5,953 
Gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Forward Currency Purchase and Sale Contracts  $1,078,431   $1,178,045 
 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Currency Abbreviations:  

AMD — Armenian Dram
BRL — Brazilian Real
CLP — Chilean Peso
CNH — Yuan Renminbi
CNY — Chinese Renminbi
COP — Colombian Peso
CZK — Czech Koruna
EUR — Euro
HUF — Hungarian Forint
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
ILS — Israeli Shekel
INR — Indian Rupee
JPY — Japanese Yen
KRW — South Korean Won
KWD — Kuwaiti Dinar
KZT — Kazakhstan Tenge
MXN — Mexican New Peso
MYR — Malaysian Ringgit
NGN — Nigerian Naira
PEN — Peruvian New Sol
PHP — Philippine Peso
PLN — Polish Zloty
RON — New Romanian Leu
RSD — Serbian Dinar
RUB — Russian Ruble
THB — Thai Baht
TRY — New Turkish Lira
TWD — New Taiwan Dollar
UGX — Ugandan Shilling
UYU — Uruguayan Peso
ZAR — South African Rand
ZMW — Zambian Kwacha

Counterparty Abbreviations:  

BNP — BNP Paribas SA
BRC — Barclays Bank PLC
CIT — Citibank NA
HSB — HSBC Bank USA
JPM — JPMorgan Chase Bank
SCB — Standard Chartered Bank
UBS — UBS AG

 

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

(a) Pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, the security may only be traded among “qualified institutional buyers.” At September 30, 2014, this security amounted to 0.5% of net assets of Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), and is considered to be liquid.

(b) Security valued using Level 2 inputs, based on reference to a similar security from the same issuer which was trading on an active market, under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) hierarchy.

(c) Non-income producing security.

(d) Principal amount denominated in respective country’s currency.

(e) For federal income tax purposes, the aggregate cost was $113,384,494, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation was $6,158,700, aggregate gross unrealized depreciation was $7,721,064, and the net unrealized depreciation was $1,562,364.

(f) The Fund, at all times, maintains portfolio securities in sufficient amount to cover its obligations related to investments in forward currency contracts.

 

Security Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt
GDR - Global Depositary Receipt
NTN-B - Brazil Sovereign “Nota do Tesouro Nacional” Series B
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Portfolio holdings by industry* (as a percentage of net assets):

Automotive   0.7 %
Banking   12.0  
Cable Television   2.0  
Chemicals   1.3  
Commercial Services   0.6  
Computer Software   1.3  
Construction & Engineering   1.6  
Electric   2.8  
Energy   1.9  
Energy Exploration & Production   1.4  
Energy Integrated   8.3  
Energy Services   2.5  
Financial Services   5.9  
Forest & Paper Products   1.3  
Household & Personal Products   1.1  
Housing   2.4  
Insurance   8.9  
Leisure & Entertainment   6.7  
Metals & Mining   0.6  
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology   1.1  
Real Estate   6.7  
Retail   1.3  
Semiconductors & Components   8.1  
Technology Hardware   3.3  
Telecommunications   10.8  
Transportation   3.3  
Subtotal   97.9  
Foreign Government Obligations   9.4  
Short-Term Investment   0.7  
Total Investments       108.0 %

 

* Industry classifications may be different than those used for compliance monitoring purposes.

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (concluded)

September 30, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Valuation of Investments:

 

Net asset value (“NAV”) per share is determined by State Street Bank and Trust Company for the Fund on each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business. Market values for securities listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ national market or other US or foreign exchanges or markets are generally based on the last reported sales price on the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, generally as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each valuation date; securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the most recent quoted bid price. The Fund values NASDAQ-traded securities at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not be the last reported sales price in certain instances. Forward currency contracts are valued using quotations from an independent pricing service. Investments in money market funds are valued at the fund’s NAV.

 

Bonds and other fixed-income securities that are not exchange-traded are valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing services which are based primarily on institutional trading in similar groups of securities, or by using brokers’ quotations or a matrix system which considers such factors as other security prices, yields and maturities. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, except where to do so would not accurately reflect their fair value, in which case such securities are valued at fair value as determined by, or in accordance with procedures approved by, the Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

The Valuation Committee of Lazard Asset Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”), which meets periodically under the direction of the Board, may evaluate a variety of factors to determine the fair value of securities for which market quotations are determined not to be readily available or reliable. These factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the value of comparable securities, observations from financial institutions and relevant news events. Input from the Investment Manager’s portfolio managers/analysts also will be considered.

 

If a significant event materially affecting the value of securities occurs between the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded and the time when the Fund’s NAV is calculated, or when current market quotations otherwise are determined not to be readily available or reliable (including restricted or other illiquid securities such as certain derivative instruments), such securities will be valued at their fair value as determined by, or in accordance with procedures approved by, the Board. The fair value of non-US securities may be determined with the assistance of an independent pricing service using correlations between the movement of prices of such securities and indices of US securities and other appropriate indicators, such as closing market prices of relevant ADRs or futures contracts. Non-US securities may trade on days when the Fund is not open for business, thus affecting the value of the Fund’s assets on days when Fund stockholders may not be able to buy or sell Fund shares.

 

The effect of using fair value pricing is that the NAV of the Fund will reflect the affected securities’ values as determined in the judgment of the Board or its designee instead of being determined by the market. Using a fair value pricing methodology to price securities may result in a value that is different from the most recent closing price of a security and from the prices used by other investment companies to calculate their portfolios’ NAVs.

 

Fair Value Measurements:

 

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset, or would pay to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the date of measurement. The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures provisions of GAAP

 

also establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurement that is based upon 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 that 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. Each investment’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the overall fair value measurement. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

·Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
·Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including unadjusted quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
·Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by each fair value hierarchy level as of September 30, 2014:

 

Description  Unadjusted
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Investments
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
   Balance as of
September 30, 2014
 
Assets:                                
Common Stocks                    
Israel  $1,162,021   $2,180,971   $   $3,342,992 
Russia   1,802,959    2,000,698        3,803,657 
Switzerland   1,025,438    2,732,733        3,758,171 
Other   36,121,480    51,034,295        87,155,775 
Preferred Stocks   3,330,654            3,330,654 
Foreign Government Obligations       9,751,639        9,751,639 
Short-Term Investment   679,242            679,242 
Other Financial Instruments*                    
Forward Currency Contracts       1,078,431        1,078,431 
Total  $44,121,794   $68,778,767   $   $112,900,561 
Liabilities:                    
Other Financial Instruments*                    
Forward Currency Contracts  $   $(1,178,045)  $   $(1,178,045)
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments which are valued at their respective unrealized appreciation/depreciation.
 

Certain common stocks (see footnote (b)) included in Level 2 were valued based on reference to similar securities from the same issuers which were trading on active markets. The foreign government obligations included in Level 2 were valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing services. The forward currency contracts included in Level 2 were valued using quotations provided by an independent pricing service.

 

In connection with the periodic implementation of fair value pricing procedures with respect to non-US securities, certain equity securities (other than those securities described in footnote (b)) can transfer from Level 1 to Level 2 as a result of fair value pricing procedure triggers being met and would revert to Level 1 when the fair value pricing procedure triggers are no longer met. The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels as though they were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period. As of September 30, 2014, securities valued at $41,417,444 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2. There were no other transfers into or out of Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the period ended September 30, 2014.

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

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.

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Charles L. Carroll
  Charles L. Carroll
  Chief Executive Officer
   
Date:  November 28, 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: /s/ Charles L. Carroll
  Charles L. Carroll
  Chief Executive Officer
   
Date:  November 28, 2014
   
By: /s/ Stephen St. Clair
  Stephen St. Clair
  Chief Financial Officer
   
Date:  November 28, 2014