UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
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811-1731 |
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SOURCE CAPITAL, INC. |
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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11400 WEST OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 1200, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA |
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90064 |
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J. RICHARD
ATWOOD, |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: |
310-473-0225 |
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Date of fiscal year end: |
DECEMBER 31 |
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Date of reporting period: |
DECEMBER 31, 2006 |
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Item 1. Report to Stockholders
SOURCE CAPITAL, INC.
2006
ANNUAL REPORT
for the year ended December 31
SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Net Assets |
Per Common Share |
Total Net Assets |
Per Common Share |
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Beginning of year | $ | 619,973,031 | $ | 66.79 | $ | 581,728,644 | $ | 63.20 | |||||||||||
Net gain on investments, realized and unrealized | $ | 24,244,767 | $ | 2.86 | $ | 76,810,042 | $ | 9.16 | |||||||||||
Net investment income | 3,784,171 | 0.44 | 3,556,574 | 0.42 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions to Preferred shareholders | (4,726,109 | ) | (0.56 | ) | (4,726,109 | ) | (0.56 | ) | |||||||||||
Distributions to Common shareholders | (40,346,643 | ) | (4.74 | ) | (45,901,288 | ) | (5.47 | ) | |||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued for distributions reinvested by shareholders |
7,557,057 | 0.02 | 8,505,168 | 0.04 | |||||||||||||||
Net changes during year | $ | (9,486,757 | ) | $ | (1.98 | ) | $ | 38,244,387 | $ | 3.59 | |||||||||
End of year | $ | 610,486,274 | $ | 64.81 | $ | 619,973,031 | $ | 66.79 | |||||||||||
Common market price per share | $ | 67.59 | $ | 73.75 | |||||||||||||||
Common market premium to net asset value | 4.3 | % | 10.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
Preferred asset coverage | 1,127 | % | 1,145 | % | |||||||||||||||
Preferred liquidation preference per share | $ | 27.50 | $ | 27.50 | |||||||||||||||
Preferred market price per share | $ | 31.85 | $ | 33.60 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY
Source Capital, Inc., is a major diversified, publicly traded investment company with total net assets of approximately $610,000,000. Its investment portfolio includes a wide range of securities with primary emphasis on common stock and convertible debentures.
Source Capital has Common and Preferred shares outstanding, both of which are listed and traded on The New York Stock Exchange. Each of the 1,969,212 outstanding Preferred shares has a prior claim of $27.50 on assets and $2.40 per year on income. The balance of the Company's assets and income are available to the 8,584,551 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Source Capital's investment objective is to seek maximum total return for Common shareholders from both capital appreciation and investment income to the extent consistent with protection of invested capital and provision of sufficient income to meet the dividend requirements of Preferred shareholders.
Source Capital is not a mutual fund. Thus, it does not repurchase its own shares on demand and does not need to structure its portfolio securities to provide for possible redemptions. As a publicly traded investment company, Source Capital's Common and Preferred shares are bought and sold on The New York Stock Exchange, and the Company is not involved in such transactions.
Source Capital's investment approach emphasizes primarily equity and equity-related investments in seeking to achieve its growth objective for its Common shareholders. The desirability of equity versus fixed-income investments has been increasingly debated in recent years. Source Capital's position is that without assuming undue risk and recognizing the fixed claim of its Preferred Stock, properly selected stocks offer the better long-term opportunity for overall investment return as well as long-term protection from the large but uncertain threat of inflation. Source Capital's equity investments have been directed toward companies with highly liquid, relatively unleveraged balance sheets and a demonstrated long-term ability to earn above average returns on invested capital. Source Capital's equity investment portfolio is based on fundamental judgments of long-term returns attainable from income and appreciation in the securities of such companies and is not derived from overall economic forecasts or stock market predictions.
The Company has adopted a flexible distribution policy. This policy is designed to pay Common shareholders quarterly distributions at a rate that is substantially in excess of net investment income. The rate will be adjusted periodically in response to sustained changes in the net asset value, market conditions and changes to investment company regulations and tax laws. Only a portion of such distributions is paid from net investment income. The remainder is paid from any net realized capital gains and/or paid-in capital, as determined by each year's results. To the extent the Company realizes net long-term capital gains for any year in excess of the amounts distributed under the Company's distribution policy, such excess will be distributed to shareholders. For federal income tax purposes, all distributions in excess of current year earnings will be taxable to shareholders as long as the Company continues to have accumulated earnings and profits from prior years.
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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS:
2006 Investment Portfolio Returns
Total net assets of Source Capital amounted to $610,486,274 at December 31, 2006. After providing for Preferred Stock equity, Common equity amounted to $556,332,944 or $64.81 of net asset value per Common share. This compared with total net assets of $619,973,031, Common equity of $565,819,701 and net asset value per Common share of $66.79 one year ago. These changes reflect payments to Common and Preferred shareholders totaling $45,072,752. As a result, Source Capital achieved a total investment return during 2006 of 4.3% on its Common net asset value, and 5.5% on total net assets, with both figures reflecting the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
Distributions to Common Shareholders
Source Capital's distribution policy allows the Board of Directors to continue to consider changes in net asset value when establishing the quarterly distribution rate, but also provides for the flexibility to consider other factors such as current market conditions and changes to investment company regulations and tax laws. It is the intention of the Board of Directors to continue paying quarterly distributions at a rate that is substantially in excess of net investment income as evidenced by the current annual distribution rate of $4.00.
Capital gains are the eventual result of successful investments. As in recent years, changes in relative market valuation as well as changing prospects of individual companies led us to sell certain holdings in 2006, and these sales resulted in the realization of significant net capital gains. We believe that we have been able to replace these securities both by adding to existing investments at advantageous prices and by making selected new investments (primarily equity investments) offering potentially better long-term investment returns. As a result of this, the Company realized $24,055,631 in net capital gains in 2006. Detailed tax information is presented on page 9.
Market Prices and Shareholder Returns
In the long run, the future returns for Source Capital Common shareholders will depend primarily on how well we manage the firm's investment portfolio. The longer the period of time involved, the more important portfolio investment returns will be in determining shareholder returns. However, in the short run, changes in the market price of Source Capital Common shares can deviate from the underlying changes in net asset value causing market returns to be either enhanced or diminished.
We continue to see differences between each year's market returns for Source shareholders (the change in Source's quoted price plus dividends received) and the actual investment returns earned by the Source portfolio. These differences can become more dramatic when the premium or discount fluctuates considerably. An increase in the premium (or decrease in the discount) will, of course, produce a market return greater than that actually earned on the underlying portfolio, while a decrease in the premium will have the opposite effect.
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Market Price |
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Investment Return |
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2006 | 4.3 | % | $ | 64.81 | $ | 67.59 | (1.9 | )% | 4.3 | % | |||||||||||||
2005 | 10.4 | % | $ | 66.79 | $ | 73.75 | 10.7 | % | 14.9 | % | |||||||||||||
2004 | 13.2 | % | $ | 63.20 | $ | 71.54 | 27.2 | % | 19.5 | % | |||||||||||||
2003 | 4.9 | % | $ | 56.62 | $ | 59.38 | 19.0 | % | 45.7 | % | |||||||||||||
2002 | 26.1 | % | $ | 41.90 | $ | 52.85 | (5.9 | )% | (17.1 | )% | |||||||||||||
2001 | 10.1 | % | $ | 55.45 | $ | 61.02 | 24.5 | % | 24.7 | % | |||||||||||||
2000 | 8.4 | % | $ | 48.62 | $ | 52.69 | 22.5 | % | 9.6 | % | |||||||||||||
1999 | (4.8 | )% | $ | 50.70 | $ | 48.25 | 14.4 | % | 23.1 | % |
The following table presents 2006 market returns for both Common and Preferred shareholders:
Common Stock |
Preferred Stock |
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Change in Market Value: | |||||||||||
NYSE Closing Price 12/31/2006 |
$ | 67.59 | $ | 31.85 | |||||||
NYSE Closing Price 12/31/2005 |
73.75 | 33.60 | |||||||||
Net change in 2006 | $ | (6.16 | ) | $ | (1.75 | ) | |||||
Distributions in 2006 | 4.74 | 2.40 | |||||||||
Total return Amount | $ | (1.42 | ) | $ | 0.65 | ||||||
Total return Percent | (1.9 | )% | 1.9 | % |
Common shareholders who participated in the Company's Automatic Reinvestment Plan experienced a negative return of 1.8% during 2006. On a long-term basis, those shareholders who participated in the Automatic Reinvestment Plan during each of the 30 years since its inception experienced an annual compound rate of return of 17.1%.
Commentary
The stock market advanced broadly in 2006, with both small- and large-cap indexes gaining over 15%. Value stocks dramatically outperformed growth stocks, by 10-12 points for most indexes.
Source's performance, a gain of 4.3%, was very much a reversal of 2005, when Source outperformed most indexes by 7-15 points. This is reminiscent of the situation in 2003, when we wrote in the shareholder letter, "In 2002 Source had its worst year...since 1977. In 2003 it had its best year by far..."
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Over longer time periods these fluctuations have tended to even out and both absolute and relative performance has been very respectable. The table below shows performance for Source and its benchmark Russell 2500, in addition to the leading large- and small-cap indexes for 2006, as well as 3, 5, and 10 years.
2006 | 3 Years* | 5 Years* | 10 Years* | ||||||||||||||||
Source | 4.3 | % | 12.7 | % | 11.6 | % | 14.5 | % | |||||||||||
Russell 2500 | 16.2 | % | 14.1 | % | 12.2 | % | 11.3 | % | |||||||||||
S&P 500 | 15.8 | % | 10.4 | % | 6.2 | % | 8.4 | % | |||||||||||
Russell 2000 | 18.4 | % | 13.6 | % | 11.4 | % | 9.4 | % | |||||||||||
Nasdaq | 9.5 | % | 6.4 | % | 4.4 | % | 6.5 | % |
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The following table shows Source's returns for each of the past five years, as well as those of the benchmark Russell 2500.
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Five Years* |
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Source | (17.1 | )% | 45.7 | % | 19.5 | % | 14.9 | % | 4.3 | % | 11.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
Russell 2500 | (17.8 | )% | 45.5 | % | 18.3 | % | 8.1 | % | 16.2 | % | 12.2 | % |
* Annualized
While we have had our share of outperfoming (Bio-Rad, CarMax, and Manpower) and underperforming (Cognex, Plantronics, and Zebra Technologies) stocks in the portfolio, we have also tried to determine if there were exogenous issues involved that may have stymied our performance in 2006. Long-term shareholders will undoubtedly have noted that we typically devote relatively little space to dissecting recent performance and a great deal to talking about companies in the portfolio. We believe that the primary purpose of the shareholder letter is to shed light on our investment process, which is focused on long-term business strategy and profitability, and not on forecasting short-term price fluctuations, which are often no more than market "noise." We believe that in-depth discussion of selected portfolio companies is the best way of illustrating our investment philosophy and decision making process and we intend to continue this practice. However, for this letter we would first like to take a big picture approach and talk about what we believe was one of several market factors that drove the outperformance of the Russell 2500.
For a number of years, institutional investors have been increasingly attracted to "alternative" investments, meaning anything but domestic stocks and bonds. Some examples would be foreign securities, hedge funds, venture capital, and real estate. One of the most popular of these alternative asset classes is private equity, or PE.
Private equity, which in its less respectable past was referred to as LBOs, or leveraged buy-outs, is the business of buying public companies, using as much debt and as little equity as possible, and taking those companies private. Ideally, they are then run much more efficiently, as well as financially restructured, and eventually returned to the public market via an IPO, or are resold to a new buyer, hopefully at a large profit.
When well executed, many past LBOs have proven to be very successful. The result, not surprisingly, has been a large increase in investor interest in this area. In fact, huge amounts of new capital have been raised by PE firms in recent years. We believe that the effect of this increased pool of capital looking for deals was significant in 2006 and negative for Source performance.
The private equity funds took their recently raised money and bought companies. The result was not only that the prices of these companies rose, but also the prices of potential targets. Because a good part of the profit potential for PE buyers is improving operations, they tend to prefer low- and medium-quality businesses being run at well below potential efficiency. Thus the stock market effect of the PE funds was disproportionately on the low end of the market. High-quality, efficiently operated companies are rarely PE targets, and their stock prices therefore were not inflated by the PE boom.
An analysis of actual stock market returns in 2006 supports this thesis. The market performance of low-growth, low price-earnings ratio companies (generally with ho-hum business records) far exceeded that of high-growth and higher price-earnings ratio companies (generally with dynamic and successful records). Since Source has always preferred to own high-quality, efficiently managed, high return on capital companies, we were in exactly that part of the market that performed the worst.
It is clear that the more money invested in PE firms, the lower the investors' returns will be. Most likely, recent PE investments will return far less than those in the past when the area was less popular. Similarly, the more the stock prices of potential PE target companies increase, the lower the return on buying the companies is going to be.
As a result, we believe that private equity "excess" will be a self-correcting phenomenon and we will not indefinitely see increasingly large amounts of capital chasing increasingly poor investments. Of course, when this stops is much harder to predict. We will wait patiently and continue to emphasize the same kind of high- quality businesses for the Source portfolio that we have in the past.
In managing the Source portfolio, we have always made earning a high return on capital an important stock selection criterion. Although it is fairly straightforward to assess what past returns on capital have been, projecting future returns is more complex. One element of this is to appraise a company's ability to reinvest its cash flows. For many of our portfolio names, much of this cash flow is spent on acquisitions.
As part of our discussion of Brady in last quarter's shareholder letter we referred to some of the criteria by which we judge acquisitions made by our portfolio companies:
They must be in areas well understood by management
They must be at a reasonable price
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They must not significantly change the company's risk profile
The past four months have seen a flurry of important deals announced by companies in Source's portfolio. Most of these we like they meet our acquisition criteria, and we expect they will add significant value but in one case our enthusiasm is muted, and we are much less enthusiastic.
On October 3, IDEX completed the acquisition of Banjo Corporation. At $183 million, this was the largest purchase in Idex history (which has included many others). As a manufacturer of highly engineered pumps, valves, and fittings, it is clearly in management's area of expertise. Banjo's products utilize glass-reinforced plastic for severe duty applications mostly in agriculture, enabling Idex to expand both its product line and customer base.
At a cost of $183 million for $44 million of revenue, Banjo appears on the surface to be quite expensive, but given its very high operating margins, good growth prospects, and strong market position, we find the price not excessive. It is also well within Idex's balance sheet capacity to finance.
Unlike Idex, CDW has emphasized internal growth and has made very few acquisitions in its history thus, CDW's doing a large deal is an unusual and noteworthy event. As the reader may recall, CDW is a marketer of IT (information technology) hardware and software from a wide range of vendors directly to end users, mostly small- and medium-size business customers.
On October 11, CDW completed the acquisition of Berbee Information Network, a large independent IT solutions provider, for $184 million. Berbee will enhance CDW's offerings of advanced technology products which address customers' more complex business requirements. Its areas of expertise include network infrastructure, complex communications systems, storage, and security.
Berbee is an excellent fit with CDW's business. It has a similar customer base, though with only modest actual overlap. Berbee's products are similar, but higher end, and it complements CDW's sales and service capabilities, yet with much more of a field-based organization.
Berbee's revenues in the past year were $390 million, with strong EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margins of 6%. It has a history of double-digit revenue growth, which CDW expects to continue, both organically and through small acquisitions of similar businesses. Since Berbee currently operates in only six midwestern states, there is considerable room for growth. Accretion of 5 cents per share is forecast for 2007. With almost $600 million of balance sheet cash prior to the deal, the $184 million cost is clearly well within CDW's financial capabilities.
All in all, we believe the acquisition is both financially and strategically attractive for CDW.
On January 11, Zebra Technologies announced that it had agreed to purchase WhereNet, a leading provider of active radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for $126 million.
Zebra, a manufacturer of bar-code printers, expanded into passive RFID products several years ago, and we believe WhereNet represents a logical extension of Zebra's core business. It is similar to Zebra's large past acquisitions, when it expanded into adjacent product areas with Eltron (1998), a manufacturer of desk top printers, and Comtec, a maker of mobile wireless printers (2000).
WhereNet is a provider of Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS). These track high-value physical assets (containers, vehicles, equipment) across large areas, like freight yards, factories, or hospitals. It has 150 customer installations and sales of $36 million in 2006.
The acquisition is clearly strategically attractive to Zebra. It is a logical product line extension, giving Zebra a more comprehensive product offering, improving its growth prospects, and offering attractive cross-selling opportunities. Financially, however, the attractiveness of the acquisition is less clear. Zebra is investing for the long term, as WhereNet has only recently turned profitable and a meaningful earnings contribution is probably several years ahead. Zebra will want to continue to invest in product development and sales so as to maintain WhereNet's rapid revenue growth (projected at 40% in 2007). If it is also successful in significantly improving its profitability, hopefully close to Zebra's 20%+ operating margin, then the acquisition could become a financial success.
As for Zebra's financial capacity to undertake an acquisition of this size, it is not a problem. The $126 million cost will use up about one-quarter of Zebra's $550 million of balance sheet cash. The entire purchase price can be restored by one year's free cash flow.
On October 16, Oshkosh Truck announced its intention to purchase JLG for $3.2 billion in cash. Oshkosh, a very successful investment for Source shareholders, is a manufacturer of specialty trucks, notably for military, fire and rescue, and concrete markets. JLG is a leading producer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers (telescoping truck-mounted fork-lifts) for construction applications, mostly non-residential.
Oshkosh argued that the purchase would enable it to diversify away from military trucks, benefit from several more years of strong non-residential construction, and implement significant cost savings. The deal closed on December 6.
We have a number of differences with Oshkosh's strategic rationale for the acquisition:
We like the military truck business. If Oshkosh is "dependent" on it, it is because it has been so successful, what we like to call "good trouble."
Oshkosh's past business model of buying and improving specialty truck business in the $100 million range has been well executed. We see no need to depart from it.
JLG stock was up approximately threefold in the two years before the deal. This suggests that much of the potential for cyclical upside and cost savings was already reflected in the valuation.
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In addition to these strategic arguments, we also have financial objections to the acquisition. The $3.2 billion cash price was 100% debt financed, a substantial sum compared to Oshkosh's $1 billion of book equity. Its debt-to-capital ratio thus goes from 10% to 75%. The income statement is also transformed, with annual interest expense increasing from $5 million to $250 million.
We have never been big fans of risk, and Oshkosh has taken on financial and operational risk we do not need in the Source portfolio. We have been opportunistically reducing our position.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric S. Ende
President and
Chief Investment Officer
January 29, 2007
The discussion of Company investments represents the views of the Company's managers at the time of this report and are subject to change without notice. References to individual securities are for informational purposes only and should not be construed as recommendations to purchase or sell individual securities. While the Company's managers believe that the Company's holdings are value stocks, there can be no assurance that others will consider them as such. Further, investing in value stocks presents the risk that value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform growth stocks during given periods.
The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged index comprised of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 2500 Index is an unmanaged index comprised of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization. The S&P 500 Index is an index of 500 companies with large market capitalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) covers 30 major companies. The Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index is a broad-based unmanaged index of all government and corporate bonds that are investment grade with at least one year to maturity. The Nasdaq Composite Index is a market capitalization index comprised of over 3,000 stocks.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT DISCLOSURE
As managers, one of our responsibilities is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Insofar as some of our opinions and comments in our letters to shareholders are based on current management expectations, they are considered "forward-looking statements" which may or may not be accurate over the long term. While we believe we have a reasonable basis for our comments and we have confidence in our opinions, actual results may differ materially from those we anticipate. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "believe," "expect," "may," "anticipate," and other similar expressions when discussing prospects for particular portfolio holdings and/or the markets, generally. We cannot, however, assure future results and disclaim any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Further, information provided in this report should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security.
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2006
COMMON STOCKS |
Shares or Face Amount |
Value | |||||||||
BUSINESS SERVICES & SUPPLIES 23.1% | |||||||||||
Brady Corporation | 440,000 | $ | 16,403,200 | ||||||||
CDW Corporation | 353,900 | 24,886,248 | |||||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 455,000 | 19,678,750 | |||||||||
CLARCOR, Inc. | 320,000 | 10,819,200 | |||||||||
Copart, Inc.* | 195,000 | 5,850,000 | |||||||||
Invitrogen Corporation* | 270,000 | 15,279,300 | |||||||||
Manpower Inc. | 300,000 | 22,479,000 | |||||||||
ScanSource, Inc.* | 850,000 | 25,840,000 | |||||||||
$ | 141,235,698 | ||||||||||
PRODUCER DURABLE GOODS 15.0% | |||||||||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 83,500 | $ | 4,291,065 | ||||||||
Graco Inc. | 495,000 | 19,611,900 | |||||||||
HNI Corporation | 352,300 | 15,645,643 | |||||||||
IDEX Corporation | 495,000 | 23,467,950 | |||||||||
Oshkosh Truck Corporation | 250,000 | 12,105,000 | |||||||||
Zebra Technologies Corporation (Class A)* | 465,000 | 16,177,350 | |||||||||
$ | 91,298,908 | ||||||||||
RETAILING 10.8% | |||||||||||
CarMax, Inc.* | 630,006 | $ | 33,787,222 | ||||||||
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | 1,000,000 | 32,060,000 | |||||||||
$ | 65,847,222 | ||||||||||
ENERGY 10.6% | |||||||||||
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.* | 695,000 | $ | 21,802,150 | ||||||||
Noble Corporation | 460,000 | 35,029,000 | |||||||||
Tidewater Inc. | 165,000 | 7,979,400 | |||||||||
$ | 64,810,550 | ||||||||||
TECHNOLOGY 9.7% | |||||||||||
Cognex Corporation | 720,000 | $ | 17,150,400 | ||||||||
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 180,000 | 5,511,600 | |||||||||
Microchip Technology Incorporated | 340,000 | 11,118,000 | |||||||||
Plantronics, Inc. | 751,100 | 15,923,320 | |||||||||
SanDisk Corporation* | 215,000 | 9,251,450 | |||||||||
$ | 58,954,770 | ||||||||||
HEALTHCARE 8.0% | |||||||||||
AmSurg Corporation* | 340,000 | $ | 7,820,000 | ||||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.* | 200,300 | 16,528,756 | |||||||||
Health Management Associates, Inc. | 190,000 | 4,010,900 | |||||||||
Lincare Holdings Inc.* | 510,000 | 20,318,400 | |||||||||
$ | 48,678,056 | ||||||||||
TRANSPORTATION 4.6% | |||||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 1,050,000 | $ | 15,771,000 | ||||||||
Knight Transporation, Inc. | 720,000 | 12,276,000 | |||||||||
$ | 28,047,000 | ||||||||||
ENTERTAINMENT 4.3% | |||||||||||
Carnival Corporation | 536,600 | $ | 26,320,230 | ||||||||
FINANCIAL 4.2% | |||||||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 580,000 | $ | 16,361,800 | ||||||||
First American Corporation | 235,000 | 9,559,800 | |||||||||
$ | 25,921,600 | ||||||||||
CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS 1.8% | |||||||||||
Polaris Industries Inc. | 240,000 | $ | 11,239,200 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 92.1% (Cost $336,622,422) | $ | 562,353,234 |
See notes to financial statements.
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
December 31, 2006
PREFERRED STOCKS |
Shares or Face Amount |
Value | |||||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 1.8% | |||||||||||
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 100,000 | $ | 2,566,000 | ||||||||
Duke-Weeks Realty Corp. (Series B) | 40,000 | 2,000,000 | |||||||||
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (Series A) | 59,000 | 3,203,700 | |||||||||
ProLogis (Series G) | 120,000 | 3,062,400 | |||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS 1.8% (Cost $10,179,446) | $ | 10,832,100 | |||||||||
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE 0.3% (Cost $1,970,000) TECHNOLOGY |
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International Rectifier Corp. 4.25% 2007 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 1,972,500 | |||||||
NON-COVERTIBLE BONDS AND DEBENTURES | |||||||||||
CORPORATE 3.0% | |||||||||||
Central Garden & Pet Company 9.125% 2013 | $ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,127,500 | |||||||
JLG Industries, Inc. 8.25% 2008 | 2,000,000 | 2,015,000 | |||||||||
Manitowoc Company, Inc., The 10.5% 2012 | 1,300,000 | 1,402,375 | |||||||||
OM Group, Inc. 9.25% 2011 | 4,000,000 | 4,200,000 | |||||||||
PolyOne Corporation 10.625% 2010 | 950,000 | 1,016,500 | |||||||||
Realty Income Corporation 8.25% 2008 | 2,000,000 | 2,118,400 | |||||||||
Unisys Corporation 7.875% 2008 | 1,500,000 | 1,507,500 | |||||||||
Windmere Durable Holdings Inc. 10% 2008 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | |||||||||
$ | 18,387,275 | ||||||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES 0.0% | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 6.5% 2023 (Interest Only) |
$ | 25,217 | $ | 1,205 | |||||||
Government National Mortgage Association (Mobile Home) 9.75% 2010 |
158,307 | 166,915 | |||||||||
$ | 168,120 | ||||||||||
TOTAL NON-COVERTIBLE BONDS AND DEBENTURES 3.0% (Cost $18,055,105) |
$ | 18,555,395 | |||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES 97.2% (Cost $366,826,973) | $ | 593,713,229 | |||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | |||||||||||
Short-term Corporate Note: | |||||||||||
RaboBank USA Financial Corporation 5.27% 01/02/07 | $ | 14,760,000 | $ | 14,757,839 | |||||||
State Street Bank Repurchase Agreement 2.5% 01/02/07 (Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond 8.125% 2021, Market Value $2,148,745) |
2,101,000 | 2,101,000 | |||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.8% (Cost $16,858,839) | $ | 16,858,839 | |||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS 100.0% (Cost $383,685,812) | $ | 610,572,068 | |||||||||
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.0% | (85,794 | ) | |||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100% | $ | 610,486,274 |
* Non-income producing securities
See notes to financial statements.
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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY
December 31, 2006
(Unaudited)
Common Stocks | 92.1 | % | |||||||||
Business Services & Supplies | 23.1 | % | |||||||||
Producer Durable Goods | 15.0 | % | |||||||||
Retailing | 10.8 | % | |||||||||
Energy | 10.6 | % | |||||||||
Technology | 9.7 | % | |||||||||
Healthcare | 8.0 | % | |||||||||
Transportation | 4.6 | % | |||||||||
Entertainment | 4.3 | % | |||||||||
Financial | 4.2 | % | |||||||||
Consumer Durable Goods | 1.8 | % | |||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 1.8 | % | |||||||||
Convertible Bonds and Debentures | 0.3 | % | |||||||||
Non-Convertible Bonds and Debentures | 3.0 | % | |||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 2.8 | % |
Total Net Assets | 100.0 | % |
MAJOR PORTFOLIO CHANGES
Quarter Ended December 31, 2006
(Unaudited)
Shares or Face Amount |
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NET PURCHASES | |||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||
Amsurg Corporation | 19,500 | shs. | |||||
Brady Corporation | 18,400 | shs. | |||||
Copart, Inc. | 25,000 | shs. | |||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 17,400 | shs. | |||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 57,700 | shs. | |||||
Knight Transportation, Inc. | 45,000 | shs. | |||||
Lincare Holdings Inc. | 45,000 | shs. | |||||
NET SALES | |||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||
Briggs & Stratton Corporation(2) | 58,400 | shs. | |||||
CarMax, Inc. | 70,000 | shs. | |||||
Health Management Associates, Inc. | 60,100 | shs. | |||||
Oshkosh Truck Corporation | 110,000 | shs. | |||||
Polaris Industries Inc. | 55,000 | shs. | |||||
Non Convertible Bonds & Debentures | |||||||
Host Marriot Corporation 9.25% 2007(2) | $ | 2,000,000 | |||||
Metaldyne Corporation 11% 2012(2) | $ | 2,000,000 | |||||
Orbital Sciences Corporation 9% 2011(2) | $ | 3,000,000 | |||||
Convertible Bonds & Debentures | |||||||
BEA Systems, Inc. 4% 2006(2) | $ | 2,000,000 | |||||
LSI Logic Corporation 4% 2006(2) | $ | 2,000,000 |
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FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION
(Unaudited)
Calendar 2006
Cash Dividends and Distributions:
Date Paid |
Amount Paid Per Share |
(1) Ordinary Income Dividends |
(2) Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions |
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PREFERRED STOCK: | |||||||||||||||
03/15/2006 | $ | 0.60 | | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||||
06/15/2006 | 0.60 | | 0.60 | ||||||||||||
09/15/2006 | 0.60 | $ | 0.60 | | |||||||||||
12/15/2006 | 0.60 | 0.60 | | ||||||||||||
TOTAL | $ | 2.40 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 |
COMMON STOCK: | |||||||||||||||
03/15/2006 | $ | 1.00 | | $ | 1.00 | ||||||||||
06/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
09/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
12/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
12/15/2006 (special year-end) | 0.74 | | 0.74 | ||||||||||||
TOTAL | $ | 4.74 | | $ | 4.74 |
The amount in column (1) is to be included as dividend income on your tax return and 100% of this amount is Qualified Dividend Income and qualifies for the 5% and 15% capital gains rates.
In accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the amounts in column (2) are long-term capital gain distributions and qualifies for the 5% and 15% capital gains rates.
A Form 1099 has been mailed to all shareholders of record on dividend record dates setting forth the specific amounts to be included in their 2006 tax returns. For corporate shareholders, 100% of the amount in column (1) qualifies for the 70% corporate dividends received deduction. Source Capital did not elect to retain any undistributed long-term capital gains for the year ended December 31, 2006. Therefore, Common shareholders will not receive a Form 2439 for 2006.
Notice to Dividend Reinvestment Plan Participants:
The information above shows the cash distributions paid by Source Capital during 2006. When additional shares are issued by Source Capital under the Automatic Reinvestment Plan at a discount from the market price, a participant in the Plan is treated for federal income tax purposes as having received a taxable distribution equal to the market value of the shares purchased. In effect, the discount from market price at which shares are purchased is added to the amount of the cash distribution to determine the total value of the taxable distribution. Such value also becomes the participant's tax basis for the shares purchased under the Plan.
The distributions paid during the year were reinvested at a discount from the market price, and the additional taxable amount of these distributions for each Common share purchased is as follows: March 15, 2006, $3.7950 per share; June 15, 2006, $3.5925 per share; September 15, 2006, $3.3750 per share; December 15, 2006, $3.3400 per share.
State Tax Information:
None of the amounts reported was derived from U.S. Treasury Securities.
Certain states have reduced tax rates for capital gains attributed to securities that meet certain holding periods. The following percentages should be applied to the amounts in column (2): 4.9% of these gains was derived from assets held 1-2 years, 17.5% 2-3 years, 25.6% 3-4 years, 39.2% 4-5 years, 9.3% 5-6 years, and 3.5% more than 6 years.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
December 31, 2006 | |||||||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||||
Investments at value: | |||||||||||
Investment securites at market value (cost $366,826,973) Note A |
$ | 593,713,229 | |||||||||
Short-term investments at amortized cost (maturities 60 days or less) Note A |
16,858,839 | $ | 610,572,068 | ||||||||
Cash | 95 | ||||||||||
Receivable for: | |||||||||||
Accrued interest | $ | 437,949 | |||||||||
Dividends | 113,928 | 551,877 | |||||||||
$ | 611,124,040 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES | |||||||||||
Payable for: | |||||||||||
Advisory fees | $ | 349,845 | |||||||||
Accrued dividends Preferred Stock | 196,921 | ||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 91,000 | 637,766 | |||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS December 31, 2006 | $ | 610,486,274 | |||||||||
Assets applicable to Preferred Stock at a liquidation preference of $27.50 per share (asset coverage 1,127%) Note B |
$ | 54,153,330 | |||||||||
Net assets applicable to Common Stock $64.81 per share | $ | 556,332,944 | |||||||||
SUMMARY OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||||
$2.40 Cumulative Preferred Stock par value $3 per share; authorized 3,000,000 shares; outstanding 1,969,212 shares Note B |
$ | 5,907,636 | |||||||||
Common Stock par value $1 per share; authorized 12,000,000 shares; outstanding 8,584,551 shares Note B |
8,584,551 | ||||||||||
Additional Paid-in Capital | 364,335,287 | ||||||||||
Undistributed net realized gain on investments | 3,129,360 | ||||||||||
Undistributed net investment income | 1,643,184 | ||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation of investments | 226,886,256 | ||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS December 31, 2006 | $ | 610,486,274 |
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the year ended December 31, 2006
INVESTMENT INCOME | |||||||||||
Income | |||||||||||
Dividends | $ | 5,422,918 | |||||||||
Interest | 3,446,272 | ||||||||||
$ | 8,869,190 | ||||||||||
Expenses Note C: | |||||||||||
Advisory fees | $ | 4,258,746 | |||||||||
Transfer agent fees and expenses | 305,633 | ||||||||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 128,243 | ||||||||||
Reports to shareholders | 107,471 | ||||||||||
Taxes, other than federal income tax | 90,025 | ||||||||||
Custodian fees and expenses | 57,770 | ||||||||||
Legal and auditing fees | 53,285 | ||||||||||
Registration and filing fees | 30,874 | ||||||||||
Insurance | 22,806 | ||||||||||
Other expenses | 30,166 | 5,085,019 | |||||||||
Net investment income Note A | $ | 3,784,171 | |||||||||
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS | |||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments: | |||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of investment securities | |||||||||||
(Excluding short-term investments with maturities 60 days or less) | $ | 121,907,064 | |||||||||
Cost of investment securities sold | 97,851,433 | ||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments Notes A and D | $ | 24,055,631 | |||||||||
Unrealized appreciation of investments: | |||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation at beginning of year | $ | 226,697,120 | |||||||||
Unrealized appreciation at end of year | 226,886,256 | ||||||||||
Increase in unrealized appreciation of investments | 189,136 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | $ | 24,244,767 | |||||||||
NET INCREASE IN TOTAL NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 28,028,938 |
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN TOTAL NET ASSETS
For the year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN TOTAL NET ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||||
Operations: | |||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 3,784,171 | $ | 3,556,574 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized gain on ivestments Notes A and D |
24,055,631 | 69,253,143 | |||||||||||||||||
Increase in unrealized appreciation of investments | 189,136 | 7,556,899 | |||||||||||||||||
Increase in total net assets resulting from operations | $ | 28,028,938 | $ | 80,366,616 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions to Preferred shareholders: From net investment income |
$ | (2,140,987 | ) | $ | (3,771,381 | ) | |||||||||||||
From net realized capital gains | (2,585,122 | ) | (4,726,109 | ) | (954,728 | ) | (4,726,109 | ) | |||||||||||
Distributions to Common shareholders from net realized capital gains |
(40,346,643 | ) | (45,901,288 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued for distributions reinvested by shareholders Note B |
7,557,057 | 8,505,168 | |||||||||||||||||
Increase (decrease) in total net assets | $ | (9,486,757 | ) | $ | 38,244,387 | ||||||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS | |||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of year | 619,973,031 | 581,728,644 | |||||||||||||||||
End of year, including undistributed net investment income of $1,643,184 and zero at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively |
$ | 610,486,274 | $ | 619,973,031 |
See notes to financial statements.
Notice of Source of Distributions
(Unaudited)
(Common Stock Only)
Since the sources from which distributions are paid cannot be determined until the end of each fiscal year, the following information amends the statements forwarded to Common shareholders with each distribution.
Source of Distributions | |||||||||||||||
Date Paid |
Amount Paid Per Share |
Net Investment Income |
Net Realized Capital Gains |
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3/15/2006 | $ | 1.00 | | $ | 1.00 | ||||||||||
6/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
9/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
12/15/2006 | 1.00 | | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
12/15/2006 (special year-end) | 0.74 | | 0.74 | ||||||||||||
$ | 4.74 | | $ | 4.74 |
See page 9 for federal income tax information.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding throughout each year
Year ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Per share operating performance: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year | $ | 66.79 | $ | 63.20 | $ | 56.62 | $ | 41.90 | $ | 55.45 | |||||||||||||
Income from investment operations: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.42 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 0.41 | $ | 0.49 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities |
2.86 | 9.16 | 10.65 | 18.36 | (8.97 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | $ | 3.30 | $ | 9.58 | $ | 11.10 | $ | 18.77 | $ | (8.48 | ) | ||||||||||||
Distributions to Preferred shareholders: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | $ | (0.25 | ) | $ | (0.45 | ) | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | (0.51 | ) | $ | (0.49 | ) | ||||||||
From net realized capital gains | (0.31 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.14 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.10 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions to Common shareholders from net realized gains | (4.74 | ) | (5.47 | ) | (4.00 | ) | (3.50 | ) | (4.60 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | (5.30 | ) | $ | (6.03 | ) | $ | (4.57 | ) | $ | (4.07 | ) | $ | (5.19 | ) | ||||||||
Effect of shares issued for distributions reinvested by shareholders |
$ | 0.02 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.05 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.12 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year | $ | 64.81 | $ | 66.79 | $ | 63.20 | $ | 56.62 | $ | 41.90 | |||||||||||||
Per share market value at end of year | $ | 67.59 | $ | 73.75 | $ | 71.54 | $ | 59.38 | $ | 52.85 | |||||||||||||
Total investment return(1) | (1.8 | )% | 11.5 | % | 28.4 | % | 20.6 | % | (6.2 | )% | |||||||||||||
Net asset value total return(2) | 4.3 | % | 14.9 | % | 19.5 | % | 45.7 | % | (17.1 | )% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/supplemental data: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets at end of year (in thousands) | $ | 610,486 | $ | 619,973 | $ | 581,729 | $ | 521,249 | $ | 395,176 | |||||||||||||
Ratios based on average net assets applicable to Common Stock: |
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Expenses(3) | 0.90 | % | 0.91 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.99 | % | 0.99 | % | |||||||||||||
Net investment income(3) | 0.67 | % | 0.66 | % | 0.77 | % | 0.85 | % | 0.99 | % | |||||||||||||
Ratios based on average net assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses(3) | 0.82 | % | 0.83 | % | 0.85 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.87 | % | |||||||||||||
Net investment income(3) | 0.61 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.69 | % | 0.75 | % | 0.87 | % | |||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 13.36 | % | 22.92 | % | 22.86 | % | 18.43 | % | 16.62 | % | |||||||||||||
Preferred Stock: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total shares outstanding(4) | 1,969,212 | 1,969,212 | 1,969,212 | 1,969,212 | 1,969,212 | ||||||||||||||||||
Asset coverage per share(4) | $ | 310.02 | $ | 314.83 | $ | 295.41 | $ | 264.70 | $ | 200.68 | |||||||||||||
Involuntary liquidation preference per share | $ | 27.50 | $ | 27.50 | $ | 27.50 | $ | 27.50 | $ | 27.50 | |||||||||||||
Average market value per share(5) | $ | 32.38 | $ | 34.21 | $ | 34.04 | $ | 31.87 | $ | 31.15 |
(1) Based on market value per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions
(2) Based on net asset value per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions
(3) Does not reflect the effect of dividend payments to Preferred shareholders
(4) Information shown as of the end of the year
(5) The average of all month-end market values during each year
See notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE ASignificant Accounting Policies
Source Capital, Inc. (the "Company"), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to seek maximum total return for Common shareholders from both capital appreciation and investment income to the extent consistent with protection of invested capital and provision of sufficient income to meet the dividend requirements of Preferred shareholders. The significant accounting policies followed by the Company in the preparation of its financial statements include the following:
1. SECURITIES VALUATIONSecurities, including any outstanding written call options, listed or traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price. If there was not a sale that day securities are valued at the mean between the most recent bid and asked prices. Securities traded on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Securities that are unlisted and debt and convertible securities listed on a national securities exchange for which the over-the-counter market more accurately reflects the securities' value in the judgment of the Company's officers, are valued at the mean between the most recent bid and asked prices or other ascertainable market value. Short-term corporate notes with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.
2. USE OF ESTIMATESThe preparation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
3. OTHERSecurities transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends payable by the Company on the Preferred Stock are recorded on an accrual basis, and distributions payable on the Common Stock are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The ratios of expenses and net investment income to average net assets do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to Preferred shareholders.
NOTE BCapital Stock
The Preferred Stock is entitled in liquidation to $27.50 per share plus accrued dividends and may be called for redemption, at the discretion of the Company, at $27.50 per share plus accrued dividends. Dividends may not be declared on the Common Stock if Preferred dividends are in arrears or if the Preferred Stock would not thereafter have an asset coverage of 200% or more. Preferred asset coverage was 1,127% at December 31, 2006.
During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company issued 112,733 shares of Common Stock, under its Dividend Reinvestment Plan for Common and Preferred shareholders.
NOTE CAdvisory Fees and Other Affiliated
Transactions
Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement, the Company pays First Pacific Advisors, LLC ("Investment Adviser"), monthly investment advisory fees calculated at an annual rate of 0.725% for the first $100 million of total net assets, 0.700% for the next $100 million of total net assets, and 0.675% for any total net assets in excess of $200 million. The Agreement obligates the Investment Adviser to reduce its fee to the extent necessary to reimburse the Company for any annual expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, the cost of any supplementary statistical and research information, legal expenses related to portfolio securities, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation) in excess of 1 1/2% of the first $30 million and 1% of the remaining average total net assets of the Company for the year. The Investment Adviser commenced providing investment advisory services on October 1, 2006, under a new investment advisory agreement approved by shareholders on May 25, 2006. This Investment Adviser is a new investment advisory firm owned entirely by the former principals and key investment professionals of the Company's prior adviser. The terms of the new investment advisory agreement are identical to the prior investment advisory agreement.
For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company paid aggregate fees of $127,500 to all Directors who are not affiliated persons of the Investment Adviser.
NOTE DFederal Income Tax
No provision for federal taxes is considered necessary because the Company has elected to be taxed as a "regulated investment company" under the Internal Revenue Code. The Company intends to maintain this qualification and to distribute to shareholders each year all of its taxable net investment income and taxable net realized gain on investments in accordance with the minimum distribution requirements of the Code.
Dividends and distributions paid to shareholders are based on net investment income and net realized gains determined on a tax reporting basis, which may differ from financial reporting. For federal income tax purposes, the components of distributable earnings at December 31, 2006, were as follows:
Undistributed net investment income | $ | 1,643,184 | |||||
Undistributed net realized gains | $ | 3,129,360 |
The tax status of dividends and distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:
2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||
Dividends from Ordinary Income: | |||||||||||
Preferred | $ | 2,363,054 | $ | 4,243,203 | |||||||
Common | | | |||||||||
Distributions from Long-term Capital Gains: |
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Preferred | $ | 2,363,055 | $ | 482,906 | |||||||
Common | $ | 40,739,873 | $ | 46,348,928 |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The cost of purchases of investment securities (excluding short-term investments with maturities of 60 days or less) aggregated $80,576,794 during the year ended December 31, 2006. Realized gains and losses are based on the specific identification method.
All of the amounts reported in the financial statements at December 31, 2006, were the same for federal income tax and financial reporting purposes. A permanent difference of $393,230 as of December 31, 2006, was reclassified from Undistributed Net Realized Gain on Investments to Additional Paid-in Capital. The permanent difference related to the accounting for market discount on Common Shares issued under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, which differs between income tax regulations and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all investments at December 31, 2006, for federal income tax and financial reporting purposes was $231,357,944 and $4,491,688, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $226,866,256. The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") has recently issued Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxesan Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (the "Interpretation"), which applies to all registered investment companies, clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. The Interpretation is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management of the Company completed their analysis of the Interpretation and estimates the adoption will have no significant impact on the financial statements. Refer to page 9 for detailed information regarding the tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2006.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SOURCE CAPITAL, INC.
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Source Capital, Inc. (the "Company"), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2006, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in total net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Source Capital, Inc., as of December 31, 2006, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Los Angeles, California
February 5, 2007
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
(Unaudited)
Position(s) with Company |
Principal Occupation(s) During the past 5 years |
Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen |
Other Directorships |
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Willard H. Altman, Jr. - (71)* |
Director Term: 1 Year Time Served: 8 Years |
Retired. Formerly, until 1995, Partner of Ernst & Young LLP a public accounting firm. | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Thomas P. Merrick - (69)* |
Director Term: 1 Year Time Served: <1Year |
Private consultant. President of Strategic Planning Consultants for more than the past five years. Former Executive Committee member and Vice President of Fluor Corporation, responsible for strategic planning, from 1984 to 1998. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
David Rees - (83)* |
Director Term: 1 Year Time Served: 38 Years |
Private investor. Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Institute of Los Angeles. Formerly, until 1995, the Senior Editor of Los Angeles Business Journal. | 1 | International Institute of Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||
Paul G. Schloemer - (78)* |
Director Term: 1 Year Time Served: 7 Years |
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer (1984-1993) of Parker Hannifin Corporation. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Lawrence J. Sheehan - (74)* |
Director Term: 1 Year Time Served: 15 Years |
Retired. Formerly Partner (1969 to 1994) and of counsel employee (1994 to 2002) of the firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Eric S. Ende - (62) |
Director, President & Chief Investment Officer Term: 1 Year Time Served: 6 Years |
Partner of the Adviser since 2006. Formerly Senior Vice President of First Pacific Advisors, Inc. from 1984 to 2006. | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Steven R. Geist - (53) |
Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager Time Served: 10 Years |
Partner of the Adviser since 2006. Formerly Vice President of First Pacific Advisors, Inc. from 1992 to 2006. | |||||||||||||||||
J. Richard Atwood - (46) |
Treasurer Time Served: 9 Years |
Chief Operating Officer of the Adviser. President of FPA Fund Distributors, Inc. | FPA Fund Distributors, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
Sherry Sasaki - (52) |
Secretary Time Served: 24 Years |
Assistant Vice President and Secretary of the Adviser and Secretary of FPA Fund Distributors, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||
Christopher H. Thomas - (49) |
Chief Compliance Officer Time Served: 2 Years |
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser and Vice President of FPA Fund Distributors, Inc. | FPA Fund Distributors, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
E. Lake Setzler III - (39) |
Assistant Treasurer Time Served: 1 Year |
Vice President and Controller of the Adviser since 2005. Formerly Chief Operating Officer of Inflective Asset Management, LLC (2004-2005) and Vice President of Transamerica Investment Management, LLC (2000-2004). | |||||||||||||||||
Each of the above individuals can be contacted at 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA, 90064.
* Audit committee member
Mr. Altman serves as a member of the audit committee of five open-end investment companies managed by First Pacific Advisors, LLC ("FPA"), the Company's investment adviser. Mr. Sheehan also serves as a member of the audit committee of five open-end investment companies managed by FPA. The Company's Board of Directors has considered the matter of their simultaneous service and determined that serving simultaneously as a member of these audit committees does not impair their ability to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.
The Company's schedule of portfolio holdings, filed the first and third quarter on Form N-Q with the SEC, is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q is available at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operations of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-942-8090. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Company, shareholders can call 1-800-982-4372.
The Company's complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-982-4372 and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
The Company's Audit Committee Charter is available on its website, www.fpafunds.com, and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-982-4372. The Company's Annual CEO Certification as required by the NYSE's Corporate Governance listing standards for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, was submitted to the NYSE on June 6, 2006. The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were filed with the Company's Form N-CSR and are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Additional information about the Company is available online at www.fpafunds.com. This information includes, among other things, holdings, top sectors and performance, and is updated on or about the 15th business day after the end of each quarter.
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INVESTMENT ADVISER
First Pacific Advisors, LLC
11400 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 1200
Los Angeles, California 90064-1550
(800) 982-4372 or (310) 473-0225
CUSTODIAN
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, Massachusetts
COUNSEL
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Los Angeles, California
TRANSFER AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICE AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Mellon Investor Services LLC
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
(800) 279-1241 or (201) 329-8660
http://melloninvestor.com/isd
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Los Angeles, California
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
New York Stock Exchange:
Symbols: SOR Common Stock
SOR+ Preferred Stock
APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
The investment advisory agreement provides that it may be renewed from year to year by (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or by the vote of a majority (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, and (ii) by the vote of a majority of Directors who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Company or of the Adviser cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 6, 2006, the continuance of the advisory agreement through April 30, 2007, was approved by the Board of Directors and by a majority of the Directors who are not interested persons of the Company or of the Adviser. A new investment advisory agreement between the Company and Resolute, LLC ("Resolute") was also approved at the same meeting by the Board of Directors and by a majority of the Directors who are not interested persons of the Company, the Adviser or Resolute. Resolute was created by the principals and key investment professionals of the Company's Adviser. Resolute exercised its option to purchase, among other things, the operating assets and name of the Adviser. The purchase was effected on September 30, 2006, and the new investment advisory agreement took effect on October 1, 2006. The terms of this new investment advisory agreement are identical to the Company's prior investment advisory agreement. This new agreement has an initial term of two years expiring October 1, 2008. At a special meeting of shareholders held on May 25, 2006, the shareholders of the Company approved the new investment advisory agreement. Finally, on October 1, 2006, Resolute changed its name to First Pacific Advisors, LLC.
In determining whether to approve the advisory agreements, those Company Directors who were not interested persons of the Adviser met separately to evaluate information provided by the Adviser in accordance with the 1940 Act and to determine their recommendation to the full Board of Directors. The Directors considered a variety of factors, including the quality of advisory, management and accounting services provided to the Company, the fees and expenses borne by the Company, the profitability of the Adviser and the investment performance of the Company both on an absolute basis and as compared with a peer group of investment companies. The Company's advisory fee and expense ratio were also considered in light of the advisory fees and expense ratios of a peer group of investment companies. The Directors noted the quality and depth of experience of the Adviser and its investment and administrative personnel. Based upon its consideration of these and other relevant factors, the Directors concluded that the advisory fees and other expenses paid by the Company are fair and that shareholders have received reasonable value in return for such fees and expenses.
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Holders of record (other than brokers or nominees of banks and other financial institutions) of Common and Preferred Stock are eligible to participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("Plan"), pursuant to which distributions to shareholders are paid in or reinvested in shares of Common Stock of the Company ("Dividend Shares"). Mellon Bank, N.A. ("Agent") c/o Mellon Investor Services LLC, Investment Services, P.O. Box 3338, South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606-1938, acts as agent for participants under the Plan.
A shareholder may join the Plan by signing and returning an authorization form that may be obtained from the Agent. A shareholder may elect to withdraw from the Plan at any time by written notice to the Agent and thereby elect to receive cash in lieu of Dividend Shares. There is no penalty for withdrawal from the Plan, and shareholders who have previously withdrawn from the Plan may rejoin at any time. The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan.
Purchases of the Company's shares are made by the Agent, on behalf of the participants in the Plan, promptly after receipt of funds, and in no event later than 30 days from such receipt except when restricted under applicable federal securities laws. The Agent purchases outstanding shares in the market when the price plus estimated commissions of the Company's Common Stock on the NYSE is lower than the Company's most recently calculated net asset value per share. To the extent that outstanding shares are not available at a cost of less than per share net asset value, the Agent, on behalf of the participants in the Plan, accepts payment of the dividend, or the remaining portion thereof, in authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company on the payment date. Such shares are issued at a per share price equal to the higher of (1) the net asset value per share on the payment date, or (2) 95% of the closing market price per share on the payment date. There are no brokerage charges with respect to shares issued directly by the Company to satisfy the dividend reinvestment requirements. However, each participant pays a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Agent's open market purchases of shares. In each case, the cost per share of shares purchased for each shareholder's account is the average cost, including brokerage commissions, of any shares purchased in the open market plus the cost of any shares issued by the Company.
For Federal income tax purposes, shareholders who reinvest distributions are treated as receiving distributions in an amount equal to the fair market value, determined as of the payment date, of the shares received if the shares are purchased from the Company. Such value may exceed the amount of the cash distribution that would have been paid. If outstanding shares are purchased in the open market, the taxable distribution equals the cash distribution that would have been paid. In either event, the cost basis in the shares received equals the amount recognized as a taxable distribution.
In the case of foreign participants whose dividends are subject to United States income tax withholding and in the case of any participants subject to 31% federal backup withholding, the Agent will reinvest dividends after deduction of the amount required to be withheld.
All record holders of Common Stock are also offered the opportunity, on a voluntary basis, to send in cash payments of not less than $100 each up to a total of $7,500 per month to purchase additional shares of the Common Stock of the Company through participation in the Cash Investment Plan ("Cash Plan"). Under the Cash Plan, shares are purchased in the market and no shares are issued by the Company. A brochure describing the terms and conditions of the Cash Plan, including fees and expenses, is available from the Agent.
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SOURCE CAPITAL, INC.
11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, California 90064-1550
PRESORTED
STANDARD
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
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11787
SOURCE CAPITAL, INC.
11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, California 90064-1550
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a) The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrants senior executive and financial officers.
(b) Not Applicable
(c) During the period covered by this report, there were not any amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a) above.
(d) During the period covered by this report, there were not any implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in 2(a).
(e) Not Applicable
(f) A copy of the registrants code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. Upon request, any person may obtain a copy of this code of ethics, without charge, by calling (800) 982-4372.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The registrants board of directors has determined that Willard H. Altman, Jr., a member of the registrants audit committee and board of directors, is an audit committee financial expert and is independent, as those terms are defined in this Item. This designation will not increase the designees duties, obligations or liability as compared to his duties, obligations and liability as a member of the audit committee and of the board of directors. This designation does not affect the duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the audit committee or the board of directors.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
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Audit Fees |
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30,000 |
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32,000 |
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Audit Related Fees |
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Tax Fees |
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6,050 |
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6,300 |
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All Other Fees |
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(e)(1) Disclose the audit committees pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The audit committee shall pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services that the committee considers compatible with maintaining the independent auditors independence. The pre-approval requirement will extend to all non-audit services provided to the registrant, the adviser, and any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant; provided, however, that an engagement of the registrants independent auditors to perform attest services for the registrant, the adviser or its affiliates required by generally accepted auditing standards to complete the examination of the registrants financial statements (such as an examination conducted in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards Number 70 issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), will be deem pre-approved if: (i) the registrants independent auditors inform the audit committee of the engagement, (ii) the registrants independent auditors advise the audit committee at least annually that the performance of this engagement will not impair the independent auditors independence with respect to the registrant, and (iii) the audit committee receives a copy of the independent auditors report prepared in connection with such services. The committee may delegate to one or more committee members the authority to review and pre-approve audit and permissible non-audit services. Actions taken under any such delegation will be reported to the full committee at its next meeting.
(e)(2) Disclose the percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. 100% of the services provided to the registrant described in paragraphs (b) (d) of this Item were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (e)(1) of this Item. There were no services provided to the investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser described in paragraphs (b) (d) of this Item that were required to be pre-approved by the audit committee.
(f) If greater than 50%, disclose the percentage of hours expended on the principal accountants engagement to audit the registrants financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountants full-time, permanent employees. All services performed on the engagement to audit the registrants financial statements for the most recent fiscal year end were performed by the principal accountants full-time, permanent employees.
(g) Disclose the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrants accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant. None.
(h) Disclose whether the registrants audit committee of the board of directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountants independence. Not Applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, consisting of all the independent directors of the registrant. The members of the audit committee are: Willard H. Altman, Jr., Thomas P. Merrick, David Rees, Paul G. Schloemer and Lawrence J. Sheehan.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments. The schedule of investments is included as part of the report to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
POLICY
First Pacific Advisors, LLC (Adviser) acts as discretionary investment adviser for various clients, including SEC-registered closed-end and open-end investment companies (RIC clients) and separately managed accounts (including those governed under the laws and provisions of ERISA) (collectively referred to as client or clients). The Adviser is authorized to vote proxies on behalf of its clients, unless a client specifically retains or delegates this authority to another party, in writing. The Adviser will vote all proxies in a timely manner as part of its full discretionary authority over client assets in accordance with these Policies and Procedures.
When voting proxies for clients, the Advisers utmost concern is that all decisions be made solely in the best interest of the client (and for ERISA accounts, plan beneficiaries and participants, in accordance with the letter and spirit of ERISA). The Adviser will act in a prudent and diligent manner intended to enhance the value of the assets of the clients account.
PURPOSE
The purpose of these Policies and Procedures is to enable the Adviser to comply with its fiduciary responsibilities to clients and the requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act). These Policies and Procedures also reflect the fiduciary standards and responsibilities set forth by the Department of Labor for ERISA accounts.
PROCEDURES
The Adviser is ultimately responsible for ensuring that all proxies received by the Adviser are voted in a timely manner and in a manner consistent with the Advisers determination of the clients best interests. Although many proxy proposals can be voted in accordance with the Advisers guidelines (see Guidelines below), the Adviser recognizes that some proposals require special consideration which may dictate that the Adviser make an exception to the Guidelines.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Where a proxy proposal raises a material conflict between the Advisers interests and a clients interest, the Adviser will resolve such a conflict in the manner described below:
Vote in Accordance with the Guidelines. To the extent that the Adviser has little or no discretion to deviate from the Guidelines with respect to the proposal in question, the Adviser shall vote in accordance with such pre-determined voting policy.
Obtain Consent of Clients. To the extent that the Adviser has discretion to deviate from the Guidelines with respect to the proposal in question, the Adviser will disclose the conflict to the relevant clients and obtain their consent to the proposed vote prior to voting the securities. The disclosure to the client will include sufficient detail regarding the matter to be voted on and the nature of the Advisers conflict that the client would be able to make an informed decision regarding the vote. If a client does not respond to such a conflict disclosure request or denies the request, the Adviser will abstain from voting the securities held by that clients account.
Client Directive to Use an Independent Third Party. Alternatively, a client may, in writing, specifically direct the Adviser to forward all proxy matters in which the Adviser has a conflict of interest regarding the clients securities to an identified independent third party for review and recommendation. Where such independent third partys recommendations are received on a timely basis, the Adviser will vote all such proxies in accordance with such third partys recommendation. If the third partys recommendations are not timely received, the Adviser will abstain from voting the securities held by that clients account.
The Adviser will review the proxy proposal for conflicts of interest as part of the overall vote review process. All material conflicts of interest so identified by the Adviser will be addressed as above. Matters to be reviewed include: (i) whether the issuer of the portfolio security to be voted, or an affiliate or employee group of the issuer, is a client of the Adviser; (ii) whether the Adviser has made or is actively considering a business proposal to provide services to the
issuer or an affiliate or employee group of the issuer; (iii) whether the Adviser has any other material business relationship with the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer; (iv) whether an officer or director of the Adviser or the portfolio manager responsible for recommending the proxy vote is a close relative or has a personal or business relationship with an executive, director or director candidate of the issuer or is a participant in a proxy contest; and (v) whether there is any other business or personal relationship where the portfolio manager has a personal interest in the outcome of the matter to be voted upon.
LIMITATIONS
In certain circumstances where the Adviser has determined that it is in the clients best interest, the Adviser will not vote proxies received. The following are some, but not all, circumstances where the Adviser will limit its role in voting proxies:
Client Maintains Proxy Voting Authority. Where the client has instructed the Adviser in writing, the Adviser will not vote the securities and will direct the relevant custodian to send the proxy material directly to the client. If any proxy material is received by the Adviser, it will promptly be forwarded to the client or a specified third party.
Terminated Account. Once a client account has been terminated with the Adviser in accordance with the investment advisory agreement, the Adviser may refrain from voting any proxies received after the termination. However, the client may specify in writing who the proxies shall be forwarded to.
Securities No Longer Held. The Adviser may refrain from voting proxies received for securities which are no longer held by the clients account.
Securities Lending Programs. When securities are out on loan, they are transferred into the borrowers name and are voted by the borrower, in its discretion. However, where the Adviser determines that a proxy vote is materially important to the clients account, the Adviser may recall the security for purposes of voting.
PROCEDURES FOR VOTING
Proxies and annual or other reports received by the Adviser for issuers in clients accounts under management are promptly forwarded to the appropriate portfolio manager, who votes the proxy and returns it to the operations department to process the votes.
When voting telephonically. The telephone number on the proxy is called and voted, verification of the vote is made after all proposals have been voted, the date of the telephone call is noted on the proxy and filed in the accounts file. Note of the date of the telephone call is also made on the cross-reference report and filed alphabetically in a binder by issuer.
When voting manually. Sign and date after manually checking each proposal being voted and send through the regular postal service. A copy of the proxy is filed in the accounts file.
Note of the date of mailing is also made on the cross reference report and filed alphabetically in a binder by issuer.
When voting electronically. Go online and vote each proxy as designated. A confirmation is then returned through e-mail. These confirmations are printed and are then filed with the proxy in the accounts file. Note of the date of voting is also made on the cross reference report and filed alphabetically in a binder by issuer.
If there is a disagreement as to how a proxy is to be voted, it is the responsibility of the portfolio managers of the Adviser to discuss and substantiate their voting. See Guidelines below for further explanation of standard voting procedures.
RECORD KEEPING
In accordance with the Rules under the Advisers Act, the Adviser will maintain for the time periods set forth in the Rules the following information:
1. these proxy voting policies and procedures, and all amendments thereto;
2. all proxy statements received regarding client securities (provided however, that the Adviser may rely on the proxy statement filed on EDGAR as its records);
3. a record of all votes cast on behalf of clients;
4. records of all client requests for proxy voting information;
5. any documents prepared by the Adviser that were material in making a decision and/or used as the basis for the decision; and
6. all records relating to requests made to clients regarding conflicts of interest in voting the proxy. These requests will be kept in the client proxy file.
The Adviser will disclose its proxy voting policies and procedures and will inform clients how they may obtain information on how the Adviser voted proxies with respect to the clients portfolio securities. Clients may obtain information on how their securities were voted or a copy of the Advisers Policies and Procedures by written request addressed to the Adviser. The Adviser will prepare all the information required to be filed by its RIC clients on Form N-PX with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
GUIDELINES
Each proxy issue will be considered individually. The following guidelines are a partial list to be used in voting proposals contained the proxy statements, but will not be used as rigid rules.
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Issues regarding the issuers Board entrenchment and anti-takeover measures such as the following: |
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Oppose |
1. Proposals to stagger board members terms;
2. Proposals to limit the ability of shareholders to call special meetings;
3. Proposals to require super majority votes;
4. Proposals requesting excessive increases
in authorized common or preferred shares where
management provides no explanation for the use or need of these additional shares;
5. Proposals regarding fair price provisions;
6. Proposals regarding poison pill provisions; and
7. Permitting green mail.
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Providing cumulative voting rights |
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Oppose |
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Social issues, unless specific client guidelines supersede |
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Oppose |
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Election of directors recommended by management, except if there is a proxy fight |
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Approve |
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Election of independent auditors recommended by management, unless seeking to replace if there exists a dispute over policies |
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Approve |
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Date and place of annual meeting |
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Approve |
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Limitation on charitable contributions or fees paid to lawyers |
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Approve |
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Ratification of directors actions on routine matters since previous annual meeting |
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Approve |
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Confidential voting |
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Approve |
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Confidential voting is most often proposed by shareholders as a means of eliminating undue management pressure on shareholders regarding their vote on proxy issues |
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The Adviser will generally approve these proposals as shareholders can later divulge their votes to management on a selective basis if a legitimate reason arises |
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Limiting directors liability |
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Approve |
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Eliminate preemptive right |
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Approve |
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Preemptive rights give current shareholders the opportunity to maintain their current percentage ownership through any subsequent equity offerings. These provisions are no longer common in the U.S., and can restrict managements ability to raise new capital |
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The Adviser
generally approves the elimination of preemptive rights, but will oppose the
elimination of limited preemptive rights, e.g., on proposed issues representing
more
than an acceptable level of total dilution
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
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Approve |
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Establish 401(k) Plan |
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Approve |
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Pay director solely in stocks |
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Eliminate director mandatory retirement policy |
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Case-by-case |
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Rotate annual meeting location/date |
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Option and stock grants to management and directors |
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Case-by-case |
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Allowing indemnification of directors and/or officers after reviewing the applicable laws and extent of protection requested |
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Case-by-case |
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Sale of assets, divisions, product rights, etc. |
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Case-by-case |
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Other business that may arise at the annual meeting |
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Case-by-case |
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Other issues not included on this list |
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Case-by-case |
NOTICE TO CLIENTS OF FIRST PACIFIC ADVISORS, INC.
REGARDING PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Unless specifically noted otherwise in writing by the Client, First Pacific Advisors, LLC (Adviser) retains all authority and responsibility to vote proxies for any stocks held in Accounts under its management.
In accordance with Rule 207.206(4)-6 of the Advisers Act of 1940 with respect to proxy voting procedures of the Adviser, we are hereby notifying you of your right to obtain information about our proxy voting policy and procedures, including how we vote shares held in your Account. If at any time you would like information on our proxy voting policy and procedures, you may send a request in writing to J. Richard Atwood, Chief Operating Officer, First Pacific Advisors, LLC, 11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90064, or fax your request to (310) 996-5450, or by e-mail to atwood@firstpacad.com
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
(a)(1) Eric S. Ende and Steven R. Geist are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant.
Mr. Ende has been the President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of the registrant for more than the past five years and Partner of the Adviser since October 2006. Mr. Ende also serves as Director, President and Portfolio Manager of FPA Paramount Fund, Inc. and of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc., and as Vice President of FPA Capital Fund, Inc., FPA New Income, Inc. and FPA Funds Trusts FPA Crescent Fund for more than the past five years. Mr. Ende served as Senior Vice President of First Pacific Advisors, Inc. from December 1994 to September 2006.
Mr. Geist has been the Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager of the registrant since November 2006, and Partner of the Adviser since October 2006. Mr. Geist also serves as Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager of FPA Paramount Fund, Inc. and of FPA Perennial Fund, Inc. for more than the past five years. Mr. Geist served as Senior Vice President and Fixed-Income Manager of the registrant from November 1999 to November 2006, and Vice President of First Pacific Advisors, Inc. from December 1994 to September 2006.
FPA Capital Fund, Inc., FPA Funds Trusts FPA Crescent Fund, FPA New Income, Inc., FPA Paramount Fund, Inc. and FPA Perennial Fund, Inc. are registered investment companies managed by the Adviser.
(a)(2) The Portfolio Managers, Eric S. Ende and Steven R. Geist, are also responsible for the day-to-day management of two open-end investment companies and seven other accounts, with total aggregate assets of $1.3 billion at December 31, 2006. In addition, Mr. Geist assists in the management of a small portion of another open-end investment company and nine other accounts with total aggregate assets of $2.4 billion at December 31, 2006. None of these accounts have an advisory fee based on the performance of the account. The Adviser does not believe any material conflicts of interest exist as a result of the Portfolio Managers managing the registrant and the other accounts noted above. The Adviser seeks to allocate portfolio transactions equitably whenever concurrent decisions are made to purchase or sell identical securities for several clients managed by the Adviser. The Adviser may aggregate orders for its client accounts for the same security where concurrent decisions are made to purchase or to sell identical securities for several clients managed by the Adviser and such aggregation will generally result in more favorable net results for its clients. In these cases, the Adviser will allocate the securities or proceeds arising out of those transactions (and the related
expenses) on an average price basis among the various participants. While the Adviser believes combining orders in this way will, over time, be advantageous to all participants, in particular cases, this procedure could have an adverse effect on the price or the amount of securities purchased or sold by any one client. In making such allocations, the main factors considered by the Adviser are the respective investment objectives, the relative size of portfolio holdings of the same or comparable securities, the availability of cash for investment, the size of investment commitments generally held and the opinions of the persons responsible for recommending the investment.
(a)(3) Compensation of the Advisers Portfolio Managers includes a fixed salary plus either participation in the Advisers profits or a bonus. The participation in profits is primarily based on the revenues received on the assets under management, including the registrants assets, and partly based on the overall profitability of the Adviser. The bonus is discretionary based on revenues received on the assets under management, the Advisers assessment of the Portfolio Managers contribution to the management of the assets, and the Advisers assessment of the Portfolio Managers contribution to the management of the Adviser in general. The Adviser offers a 401(k) plan whereby the Portfolio Managers, as well as all permanent employees of the Adviser, may elect to contribute up to the legal limit.
(a)(4) The dollar value of shares of Common Stock of the registrant owned at December 31, 2006 by Mr. Ende was between $100,001 and $500,000 and by Mr. Geist was between $10,001 and $50,000.
(b) 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 has been no material change to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrants board of directors.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant have concluded that the registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There have been no significant changes in the registrants internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal controls over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of ethics as applies to the registrants officers and directors, as required to be disclosed under Item 2 of Form N-CSR. Attached hereto as Ex.99.CODE.ETH.
(a)(2) Separate certification for the registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Attached hereto.
(a)(3) Not Applicable
(b) Separate certification for the registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. 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.
SOURCE CAPITAL, INC. |
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Eric S. Ende, President |
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February 22, 2007 |
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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.
SOURCE CAPITAL, INC. |
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Eric S. Ende, President |
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February 22, 2007 |
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February 22, 2007 |
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