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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-22328

 

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

50606 Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis, MN

 

55474

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Scott R. Plummer

5228 Ameriprise Financial Center

Minneapolis, MN 55474

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-612-671-1947

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2011

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Portfolio of Investments

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund

September 30, 2011 (Unaudited)

(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)


Issuer

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks 99.5%

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Media 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media, Inc.

 

56,000

 

$

1,363,600

 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 

49,700

 

1,498,952

 

Total

 

 

 

2,862,552

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

2,862,552

 

HEALTH CARE 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Olympus Corp. (a)

 

55,400

 

1,709,856

 

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (b)

 

28,800

 

1,221,408

 

Total

 

 

 

2,931,264

 

Pharmaceuticals 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Hospira, Inc. (b)

 

21,800

 

806,600

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

3,737,864

 

INDUSTRIALS 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Nidec Corp. (a)

 

14,700

 

1,183,891

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

1,183,891

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 96.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Equipment 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

QUALCOMM, Inc. (c)

 

224,245

 

10,905,034

 

Computers & Peripherals 13.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Apple, Inc. (b)(c)

 

40,200

 

15,323,436

 

Dell, Inc. (b)

 

127,300

 

1,801,295

 

EMC Corp. (b)

 

281,500

 

5,908,685

 

NetApp, Inc. (b)

 

263,900

 

8,956,766

 

Toshiba Corp. (a)

 

293,200

 

1,196,095

 

Total

 

 

 

33,186,277

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 2.7%

 

 

Avnet, Inc. (b)

 

164,300

 

4,284,944

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

 

125,200

 

2,227,308

 

Total

 

 

 

6,512,252

 

Internet Software & Services 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

eBay, Inc. (b)

 

41,400

 

1,220,886

 

Yandex NV, Class A (a)(b)

 

32,023

 

653,589

 

Total

 

 

 

1,874,475

 

IT Services 7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Amdocs Ltd. (a)(b)

 

406,160

 

11,015,059

 

 

Issuer

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

IT Services (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

hiSoft Technology International Ltd., ADR (a)(b)

98,384

 

$

864,796

 

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (b)

 

47,600

 

1,666,952

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

64,700

 

5,546,084

 

Total

 

 

 

19,092,891

 

Office Electronics 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Xerox Corp.

 

707,300

 

4,929,881

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 26.3%

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (b)

 

1,776,355

 

9,023,883

 

Amkor Technology, Inc. (b)

 

146,288

 

637,816

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

21,600

 

675,000

 

ASML Holding NV, NY Registered Shares, ADR (a)

 

206,600

 

7,135,964

 

Atmel Corp. (b)

 

55,300

 

446,271

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A (b)

 

87,100

 

2,899,559

 

Intel Corp.

 

512,716

 

10,936,232

 

KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

407,100

 

15,583,788

 

Lam Research Corp. (b)

 

116,400

 

4,420,872

 

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)(b)

 

131,039

 

1,903,997

 

Microsemi Corp. (b)

 

160,400

 

2,563,192

 

Novellus Systems, Inc. (b)

 

197,500

 

5,383,850

 

Spansion, Inc., Class A (b)

 

117,075

 

1,430,656

 

Total

 

 

 

63,041,080

 

Software 38.1%

 

 

 

 

 

BMC Software, Inc. (b)

 

221,962

 

8,558,855

 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)(b)

98,700

 

5,207,412

 

JDA Software Group, Inc. (b)

 

180,800

 

4,237,952

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

419,800

 

10,448,822

 

Nuance Communications, Inc. (b)

 

440,400

 

8,966,544

 

Oracle Corp. (c)

 

383,900

 

11,033,286

 

Parametric Technology Corp. (b)

 

439,868

 

6,765,170

 

Quest Software, Inc. (b)

 

12,100

 

192,148

 

Symantec Corp. (b)

 

862,300

 

14,055,490

 

Synopsys, Inc. (b)

 

905,284

 

22,052,718

 

Total

 

 

 

91,518,397

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

231,060,287

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $251,296,907)

 

 

 

$

238,844,594

 


 


 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Fund 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund,

 

 

 

 

 

0.125%(d)(e)(f)

 

7,052,546

 

$

7,052,546

 

Total Money Market Fund
(Cost: $7,052,546)

 

 

 

$

7,052,546

 

 

Total Investments

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost: $258,349,453) (g)

 

 

 

$

245,897,140(h)

 

Other Assets & Liabilities, Net

 

 

 

(5,807,810)

 

Net Assets

 

 

 

$

240,089,330

 

 

 


Investment in Derivatives

 

 

Open Options Contracts Written at September 30, 2011

 

Issuer

 

Puts/Calls

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Exercise
Price

 

Premium
Received

 

Expiration
Date

 

Value

 

Apple, Inc.

 

Call

 

20

 

$

 375.00

 

$

 21,053

 

October 2011

 

$

 43,650

 

Apple, Inc.

 

Call

 

21

 

370.00

 

25,466

 

October 2011

 

52,133

 

Apple, Inc.

 

Call

 

55

 

450.00

 

89,032

 

April 2012

 

117,150

 

Apple, Inc.

 

Put

 

88

 

280.00

 

124,386

 

April 2012

 

109,560

 

CISCO Systems, Inc.

 

Put

 

516

 

12.50

 

43,512

 

January 2012

 

24,510

 

Microsoft

 

Put

 

646

 

25.00

 

103,801

 

January 2012

 

132,753

 

NASDAQ 100, Index

 

Call

 

900

 

2,250.00

 

9,107,910

 

October 2011

 

3,249,000

 

Oracle Corp.

 

Put

 

866

 

23.00

 

85,540

 

January 2012

 

87,033

 

Oracle Corp.

 

Call

 

609

 

32.00

 

52,177

 

January 2012

 

86,174

 

Oracle Corp.

 

Call

 

649

 

40.00

 

59,342

 

January 2013

 

103,840

 

Oracle Corp.

 

Put

 

1,299

 

20.00

 

233,838

 

January 2013

 

272,790

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

Call

 

312

 

60.00

 

25,608

 

November 2011

 

9,360

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 4,287,953

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

 

 

(a)

Represents a foreign security. At September 30, 2011, the value of foreign securities, excluding short-term securities, amounted to $30,870,659 or 12.86% of net assets.

(b)

Non-income producing.

(c)

At September 30, 2011, securities valued at $8,792,076 were held to cover open call options written.

(d)

The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at September 30, 2011.


 

(e)

Investments in affiliates during the period ended September 30, 2011:

 

Issuer

 

Beginning Cost

 

Purchase Cost

 

Sales Cost/
Proceeds from
Sales

 

Realized
Gain/Loss

 

Ending Cost

 

Dividends
or Interest
Income

 

Value

 

Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund

 

$

6,981,679

 

$

109,971,041

 

$

(109,900,174

)

$

 

$

7,052,546

 

$

10,828

 

$

7,052,546

 

 

 

(f)

At September 30, 2011, cash or short-term securities were designated to cover open put and/or call options written.

(g)

At September 30, 2011, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was approximately $258,349,000 and the approximate aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:

 

Unrealized Appreciation

 

$13,703,000

 

Unrealized Depreciation

 

(26,155,000

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation

 

$(12,452,000

)

 

(h)

Securities are valued using policies described in the notes to financial statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Abbreviation Legend

 

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

 

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) require disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and any changes in valuation inputs or techniques. In addition, investments shall be disclosed by major category.

 

The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available.  Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.

 

Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

·                             Level 1 - Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date (including NAV for open-end mutual funds).  Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.

 

·                             Level 2 – Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).


 

·                             Level 3 – Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).

 

Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.

 

Foreign equity securities actively traded in markets where there is a significant delay in the local close relative to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are classified as Level 2.  The values of these securities may include an adjustment to reflect the impact of significant market movements following the close of local trading, as described in Note 2 to the financial statements – Security Valuation in the most recent Semiannual Report dated June 30, 2011.

 

Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments.  However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices.  Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager.  Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.

 

The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2011:

 

 

 

Fair value at September 30, 2011

 

  Description(a)



 

Level 1
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets

 

Level 2
other
significant
observable
inputs(b)

 

Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs

 

Total



 

  Equity Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

$

2,862,552

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,862,552

 

Health Care

 

2,028,008

 

1,709,856

 

 

3,737,864

 

Industrials

 

 

1,183,891

 

 

1,183,891

 

Information Technology

 

229,864,192

 

1,196,095

 

 

231,060,287

 

  Total Equity Securities

 

234,754,752

 

4,089,842

 

 

238,844,594

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Other

 

7,052,546

 

 

 

7,052,546

 

Affiliated Money Market Fund(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Total Other

 

7,052,546

 

 

 

7,052,546

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Investments in Securities

 

241,807,298

 

4,089,842

 

 

245,897,140

 

 

  Derivatives(d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Contracts Written

 

(4,287,953

)

 

 

(4,287,953

)

  Total

 

$

237,519,345

 

$

4,089,842

 

$

 

$

241,609,187

 


 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.  These assets include certain foreign securities for which a third party statistical pricing service may be employed for purposes of fair market valuation.  The models utilized by the third party statistical pricing service take into account a security’s correlation to available market data including, but not limited to, intraday index, ADR, and ETF movements.

 

(a) See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.

 

(b) There were no significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the period.

 

(c) Money market fund that is a sweep investment for cash balances in the Fund at September 30, 2011.

 

(d) Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

 


 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)          The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)         There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

(Registrant)

 

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ J. Kevin Connaughton

 

 

J. Kevin Connaughton

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Date

November 22, 2011

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ J. Kevin Connaughton

 

 

J. Kevin Connaughton

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Date

November 22, 2011

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

/s/ Michael G. Clarke

 

 

Michael G. Clarke

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Date

November 22, 2011