Pink ribbons are distributed at Estée Lauder counters worldwide during October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Proceeds raised during the campaign benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the U.S. and other local charities located in the 40 countries that participate in the International Breast Cancer Awareness initiative. In 2001 the company's Breast Cancer Research Foundation awarded $8.5 million to 50 researchers nationwide. Since its inception, the foundation has raised $31 million, with more than $4.4 million contributed by the Estée Lauder Companies alone.
Estée Lauder has a written policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and offers healthcare benefits to domestic partners of its gay and lesbian employees. The company also offers company-supported affinity groups and diversity training that includes communication about sexual orientation.
Estée Lauder reports that it encourages pollution prevention, resource conservation, waste minimization, reuse, and recycling practices. The company's Aveda subsidiary, which it acquired in 1997, has endorsed the CERES Principles, and is remarkable for its environmental performance. Endorsers of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) commit to a ten-point code of environmental conduct and to producing an annual public environmental report according to a format that is considered the high-water mark for such reports. The founder of Aveda, Horst Rechelbacher, is one of the three founders of Business for Social Responsibility.
Since 1997 Aveda, in partnership with the nonprofit Conservation International (CI), has worked with local communities in the Madre de Dios region of Peru to develop sustainable businesses that encourage the conservation of their natural resources. Aveda sources morikue, a protein derived from Brazil nuts, from local workers who gather the nuts. The protein is used in hair care products, and is considered to nourish dry, damaged, and chemically treated hair. The stands of Brazil nut trees, up to 150 feet high, serve as a buffer zone between conservation areas to the south and logging areas to the north. Without income from nut gathering, local people would be under pressure to take logging jobs that result in deforestation.
Aveda also partners with women's collectives in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil to purchase oil from the nut of the babassu palm, which is used as a cleansing ingredient in shampoos. Members of the collectives, who call themselves "nut breakers," depend on income from selling the nuts after years of resisting cattle
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ranchers and logging interests who tried to force them off the land. Aveda has financed the construction of a babassu processing facility, a soap-making facility, a paper press for processing babassu fibers, and training in processing and management.
Gaiam
Gaiam markets and distributes environmentally friendly products including organic clothing, energy-conserving home products, and healthy lifestyle materials for personal development and holistic living.
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Market Capitalization: $46 Million | | Percentage of DSIP: 0.01% |
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Gaiam's name combines the word Gaia, used to describe the earth as a living entity, with "I am." The company promotes sustainable living by selling energy-efficient lighting and home appliances, solar power accessories, nontoxic household cleaners, rechargeable batteries, water savers and composters, as well as products made from recycled materials. Its apparel, bath, and bedding products are made from organic cotton.
Gaiam's Real Goods division works with commercial and ecotourism resorts, architects, builders, and green businesses to design, install, and maintain renewable energy systems. Real Goods' renewable energy division has converted over 50,000 homes to solar and wind power since 1978.
Gaiam supports the Yoga For Life program, which develops curriculum guidelines to train physical education teachers to teach yoga in public schools, and the Solar Living Institute, which promotes renewable energy and sustainable technologies.
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways markets reduced-fare passenger airline services to typically underserved areas in New York State and the western United States.
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"Imagine how you would create an airline if you were building it from scratch," says JetBlue. "No ridiculous promises of 'self-actualization' onboard, no exorbitant airfares, no cattle-train mentality, no hassles. In their place, add simplicity, friendly people, technology, design, and entertainment."
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JetBlue ranks second only to Southwest in having the least number of complaints to the Department of Transportation (0.43 per 100,000 passengers). JetBlue's strategy is to offer services usually associated with higher-priced travel — such as leather seats, individual satellite TV, and seat assignments — while keeping its prices low. It is company policy not to overbook seats. JetBlue's customer satisfaction surveys have shown that 98% of its passengers would recommend the company to other travelers.
CEO David Neeleman has frequently expressed his commitment to the well-being of his employees. He has personally performed every job in JetBlue's business, including baggage handling, in order to understand the demands made on the employees. Although JetBlue has no employees represented by labor unions, the contracts it negotiates with its FAA licensed employees (pilots, dispatchers, and technicians) provide substantial security. For example, in a downturn of the aviation economy, the company is committed to paying a minimum level of salary and benefits if an employee cannot find other aviation employment. Notably, the company did not lay off any employees following the substantial decrease in air travel after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. As of April 2003, three members of JetBlue Airways' 11-member board of directors were current or former employees of the company.
In October 2002, JetBlue was the first airline to contract with a manufacturer of an environmentally friendly disinfecting product to clean its planes. The product does not pose the health risks that standard disinfectants pose to passengers and crew but is effective in killing tuberculosis and influenza germs.
Thermo Electron
Thermo Electron develops and manufactures measurement and detection instruments for use in a variety of industries.
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Thermo Electron is notable for its encouragement of innovation, and for the positive environmental impact of products and services offered by several of its divisions. Researchers may receive cash bonuses and percentage of the revenue from the marketing of new products that they develop.
Thermo Power Corporation (formerly Tecogen) offers a family of low-emission engines powered by natural gas for buses and delivery trucks. In 1996 the
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company received a $3.3 million order to supply UPS with 276 of these engines for its urban delivery vehicles. Thermo Power also manufactures CFC-free refrigeration systems and irrigation pumps and innovative propane-fueled lighting products.
The company's Thermo Remediation subsidiary specializes in recycling oil and industrial wastewater and cleaning up oil-contaminated soil through a technology that heats the soil to high temperatures. The company is also involved in the restoration of Department of Energy sites that were contaminated over 50 years of nuclear weapons development. In February 1998, Thermo Remediation was awarded a two-year contract to support the radiological cleanup of Johnston atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, the site of atomic testing during and after World War II.
Thermo Instrument Systems manufactures many analytical instruments that are used in air-pollution monitoring and environmental remediation, and Thermo Fibergen converts sludge from the paper-making process into dust-free organic kitty litter that — unlike traditional clay litter — can be flushed down the toilet.
Unlike other mutual funds, the Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its investable assets in a separate portfolio with an identical investment objective called the Domini Social Index Portfolio (DSIP). The companies discussed above can be found in the DSIP's Portfolio of Investments at July 31, 2003, included herein. The composition of the DSIP is subject to change. |
The preceding profiles should not be deemed an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the stock of any of the companies noted, or a recommendation concerning the merits of any of these companies as an investment. This material must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund's current prospectus. DSIL Investment Services LLC, Distributor. |
Domini 400 Social IndexSM is a service mark of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. (KLD), which is used under license. KLD is the owner of the Domini 400 Social Index. KLD determines the composition of the Index but is not the manager of the Domini Social Index Portfolio, the Domini Social Equity Fund, or the Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund. Certain portions of these social profiles are copyright © 2003 by KLD and are reprinted here by permission. 09/03 |
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Portfolio of Investments
July 31, 2003
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Consumer Discretionary — 13.6% |
American Greetings Corporation (a) | | | 15,700 | | | $ | 279,617 | |
AOL Time Warner, Inc. (a) | | | 1,124,900 | | | | 17,357,207 | |
AutoZone, Inc. (a) | | | 23,531 | | | | 1,959,191 | |
Bandag, Inc. | | | 2,400 | | | | 84,504 | |
Bassett Furniture Industries | | | 3,000 | | | | 41,220 | |
Black & Decker Corp. | | | 20,700 | | | | 845,802 | |
Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | | | 9,300 | | | | 262,260 | |
CDW Corporation | | | 21,700 | | | | 1,038,996 | |
Centex Corporation | | | 16,200 | | | | 1,175,634 | |
Champion Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 12,800 | | | | 83,072 | |
Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a) | | | 29,400 | | | | 154,350 | |
Circuit City Stores, Inc. | | | 54,100 | | | | 496,638 | |
Claire's Stores, Inc. | | | 11,900 | | | | 324,870 | |
Comcast Corporation (a) | | | 356,658 | | | | 10,813,871 | |
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company | | | 18,800 | | | | 319,600 | |
Costco Wholesale Corporation (a) | | | 120,130 | | | | 4,450,817 | |
Cross (A.T.) Company (a) | | | 3,800 | | | | 19,874 | |
Dana Corporation | | | 38,400 | | | | 591,360 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 44,200 | | | | 826,982 | |
Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation | | | 146,800 | | | | 1,233,120 | |
Dillard's, Inc. | | | 20,700 | | | | 311,949 | |
Disney (Walt) Company | | | 537,300 | | | | 11,777,616 | |
Dollar General Corporation | | | 87,651 | | | | 1,612,778 | |
Dow Jones & Company | | | 16,000 | | | | 677,280 | |
eBay Inc. (a) | | | 83,493 | | | | 8,950,450 | |
Emmis Communications Corporation (a) | | | 12,200 | | | | 244,122 | |
Family Dollar Stores Inc. | | | 45,000 | | | | 1,687,950 | |
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 9,300 | | | | 83,514 | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 36,300 | | | | 543,048 | |
Gaiam, Inc. (a) | | | 2,200 | | | | 11,044 | |
Gap, Inc. (The) | | | 232,287 | | | | 4,178,843 | |
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | 79,400 | | | | 3,722,272 | |
Harman International Industries, Inc. | | | 8,360 | | | | 698,896 | |
Hartmarx Corporation (a) | | | 8,500 | | | | 27,030 | |
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | | | 604,206 | | | | 18,851,227 | |
Horton (D.R.), Inc. | | | 38,200 | | | | 1,075,330 | |
Ikon Office Solutions | | | 38,800 | | | | 278,584 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | 23,400 | | | | 2,260,674 | |
KB Home | | | 12,400 | | | | 701,964 | |
Lee Enterprises, Inc. | | | 8,800 | | | | 326,744 | |
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated | | | 51,200 | | | | 1,133,568 | |
Limited Brands | | | 137,000 | | | | 2,289,270 | |
Liz Claiborne, Inc. | | | 28,100 | | | | 967,483 | |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. | | | 204,900 | | | | 9,745,044 | |
Luby's, Inc. (a) | | | 5,800 | | | | 15,022 | |
Mattel, Inc. | | | 114,385 | | | | 2,222,501 | |
May Department Stores Company | | | 75,800 | | | | 1,873,018 | |
Maytag Corporation | | | 20,100 | | | | 511,545 | |
McDonald's Corporation | | | 331,600 | | | | 7,630,116 | |
McGraw-Hill Companies | | | 49,600 | | | | 3,014,688 | |
Media General, Inc. | | | 5,800 | | | | 334,544 | |
Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (a) | | | 10,600 | | | | 268,286 | |
Meredith Corporation | | | 10,200 | | | | 463,896 | |
Modine Manufacturing Company | | | 8,700 | | | | 184,788 | |
New York Times Company | | | 39,600 | | | | 1,766,160 | |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. | | | 71,478 | | | | 1,689,025 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 34,800 | | | | 734,628 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | 49,400 | | | | 3,649,672 | |
Oneida Ltd. | | | 4,300 | | | | 26,273 | |
Oshkosh B'Gosh, Inc. | | | 2,700 | | | | 69,120 | |
Penney (J.C.) Company, Inc. | | | 70,400 | | | | 1,308,032 | |
Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack | | | 14,000 | | | | 217,140 | |
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation | | | 7,200 | | | | 103,536 | |
Pixar (a) | | | 13,500 | | | | 915,300 | |
Pulte Homes, Inc. | | | 15,800 | | | | 965,696 | |
Radio One, Inc. (a) | | | 5,800 | | | | 97,562 | |
RadioShack Corporation | | | 44,300 | | | | 1,177,051 | |
Reebok International Ltd. | | | 15,800 | | | | 519,820 | |
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. | | | 16,700 | | | | 380,092 | |
Russell Corporation | | | 8,300 | | | | 165,253 | |
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Scholastic Corporation (a) | | | 9,700 | | | $ | 282,949 | |
Sears, Roebuck and Co. | | | 79,800 | | | | 3,247,860 | |
Snap-On Incorporated | | | 15,050 | | | | 426,216 | |
SPX Corporation (a) | | | 20,830 | | | | 980,885 | |
Stanley Works | | | 23,200 | | | | 657,256 | |
Staples, Inc. (a) | | | 128,023 | | | | 2,578,383 | |
Starbucks Corporation (a) | | | 101,900 | | | | 2,784,927 | |
Stride Rite Corporation | | | 10,800 | | | | 108,216 | |
Target Corporation | | | 239,000 | | | | 9,158,480 | |
Timberland Company (The) (a) | | | 7,500 | | | | 336,150 | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | | | 133,600 | | | | 2,598,520 | |
Toys 'R' Us, Inc. (a) | | | 55,820 | | | | 622,393 | |
Tribune Company | | | 81,256 | | | | 3,836,908 | |
Tupperware Corporation | | | 15,000 | | | | 232,650 | |
Univision Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 42,000 | | | | 1,310,400 | |
Valassis Communications Inc. (a) | | | 13,600 | | | | 385,016 | |
VF Corporation | | | 28,600 | | | | 1,090,518 | |
Visteon Corporation | | | 34,000 | | | | 215,220 | |
Washington Post Company | | | 2,000 | | | | 1,352,000 | |
Wendy's International, Inc. | | | 29,800 | | | | 875,822 | |
Whirlpool Corporation | | | 17,600 | | | | 1,140,127 | |
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Alberto-Culver Company | | | 8,400 | | | | 467,292 | |
Albertson's, Inc. | | | 95,200 | | | | 1,795,472 | |
Avon Products, Inc. | | | 61,800 | | | | 3,855,702 | |
Campbell Soup Company | | | 107,700 | | | | 2,600,955 | |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | 10,300 | | | | 333,720 | |
Clorox Company | | | 57,500 | | | | 2,494,925 | |
Coca-Cola Company | | | 645,900 | | | | 29,046,123 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Company | | | 141,800 | | | | 7,742,280 | |
CVS Corporation | | | 103,200 | | | | 3,094,968 | |
Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. (The) | | | 32,300 | | | | 1,205,759 | |
General Mills Incorporated | | | 96,600 | | | | 4,431,042 | |
Gillette Company | | | 268,538 | | | | 8,260,229 | |
Green Mountain Coffee, Inc. (a) | | | 1,800 | | | | 35,388 | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The) (a) | | | 8,700 | | | | 142,680 | |
Heinz (H.J.) Company | | | 92,900 | | | | 3,164,174 | |
Hershey Foods Corporation | | | 26,600 | | | | 1,936,746 | |
Horizon Organic Holding Corporation (a) | | | 2,600 | | | | 61,776 | |
Kellogg Company | | | 107,300 | | | | 3,683,609 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation | | | 133,064 | | | | 6,440,298 | |
Kroger Company (a) | | | 199,900 | | | | 3,388,305 | |
Longs Drug Stores Corporation | | | 9,900 | | | | 193,347 | |
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. | | | 4,200 | | | | 33,600 | |
PepsiAmericas, Inc. | | | 39,000 | | | | 523,380 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 450,370 | | | | 20,748,546 | |
Procter & Gamble Company | | | 339,000 | | | | 29,787,930 | |
Safeway Inc. (a) | | | 115,900 | | | | 2,474,465 | |
Smucker (J.M.) Company | | | 12,905 | | | | 516,716 | |
SUPERVALU, Inc. | | | 34,400 | | | | 810,120 | |
Sysco Corporation | | | 170,300 | | | | 5,131,139 | |
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | | | 9,368 | | | | 284,881 | |
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a) | | | 5,000 | | | | 152,850 | |
Walgreen Company | | | 269,800 | | | | 8,072,416 | |
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (a) | | | 15,400 | | | | 785,030 | |
Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (a) | | | 6,550 | | | | 69,234 | |
Wrigley (Wm.) Jr. Company | | | 48,100 | | | | 2,611,348 | |
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | | | 65,285 | | | | 2,859,483 | |
Apache Corporation | | | 42,012 | | | | 2,603,064 | |
Cooper Cameron Corp. (a) | | | 14,100 | | | | 674,121 | |
Devon Energy Corporation | | | 60,172 | | | | 2,850,348 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 29,800 | | | | 1,155,644 | |
Equitable Resources, Inc. | | | 16,100 | | | | 621,943 | |
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | 13,000 | | | | 347,750 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | | | 14,700 | | | | 536,550 | |
Rowan Companies, Inc. (a) | | | 24,200 | | | | 531,190 | |
Sunoco, Inc. | | | 19,800 | | | | 732,599 | |
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AFLAC, Inc. | | | 135,600 | | | | 4,350,048 | |
Allied Capital Corporation | | | 28,700 | | | | 675,885 | |
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American Express Company | | | 343,400 | | | $ | 15,167,978 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 684,176 | | | | 43,924,099 | |
AmSouth Bancorporation | | | 93,400 | | | | 2,023,978 | |
Aon Corporation | | | 81,500 | | | | 1,960,075 | |
Bank of America Corporation | | | 392,500 | | | | 32,408,725 | |
Bank One Corporation | | | 305,285 | | | | 12,077,075 | |
Capital One Financial Corporation | | | 60,100 | | | | 2,879,391 | |
Cathay Bancorp, Inc. | | | 4,700 | | | | 228,185 | |
Charter One Financial, Inc. | | | 59,410 | | | | 1,932,013 | |
Chittenden Corporation | | | 8,376 | | | | 244,579 | |
Chubb Corporation | | | 45,400 | | | | 2,941,920 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corporation | | | 42,285 | | | | 1,661,801 | |
Comerica Incorporated | | | 45,900 | | | | 2,225,232 | |
Edwards (A.G.), Inc. | | | 20,987 | | | | 776,309 | |
Fannie Mae | | | 257,665 | | | | 16,500,867 | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 151,011 | | | | 8,307,115 | |
First Tennessee National Corporation | | | 33,000 | | | | 1,415,700 | |
FirstFed Financial Corp. (a) | | | 4,500 | | | | 170,550 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | 65,900 | | | | 2,863,355 | |
Freddie Mac | | | 182,700 | | | | 8,924,895 | |
Golden West Financial | | | 39,700 | | | | 3,279,220 | |
GreenPoint Financial Corporation | | | 24,000 | | | | 1,206,240 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group (The) | | | 66,600 | | | | 3,475,854 | |
Janus Capital Group Inc. | | | 62,926 | | | | 1,101,205 | |
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation | | | 37,725 | | | | 1,659,900 | |
KeyCorp | | | 112,300 | | | | 3,021,993 | |
Lincoln National Corporation | | | 46,500 | | | | 1,736,310 | |
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | | | 141,200 | | | | 7,006,344 | |
MBIA, Inc. | | | 38,100 | | | | 1,928,622 | |
MBNA Corporation | | | 336,975 | | | | 7,511,173 | |
Mellon Financial Corporation | | | 113,200 | | | | 3,424,300 | |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | | | 243,760 | | | | 13,253,231 | |
MGIC Investment Corporation | | | 26,400 | | | | 1,465,200 | |
Moody's Corporation | | | 38,500 | | | | 1,991,220 | |
Morgan (J.P.) Chase & Co. | | | 533,792 | | | | 18,709,410 | |
National City Corporation | | | 161,300 | | | | 5,314,835 | |
Northern Trust Corporation | | | 58,100 | | | | 2,536,646 | |
PNC Financial Services Group | | | 74,700 | | | | 3,656,565 | |
Progressive Corporation (The) | | | 57,200 | | | | 3,771,768 | |
Providian Financial Corporation (a) | | | 76,000 | | | | 733,400 | |
Rouse Company | | | 22,500 | | | | 899,775 | |
SAFECO Corporation | | | 36,000 | | | | 1,340,280 | |
Schwab (Charles) Corporation | | | 353,100 | | | | 3,675,771 | |
SLM Corporation | | | 121,500 | | | | 5,037,390 | |
St. Paul Companies, Inc. | | | 59,464 | | | | 2,091,349 | |
State Street Corporation | | | 87,300 | | | | 4,007,070 | |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 73,100 | | | | 4,451,790 | |
Synovus Financial Corporation | | | 80,050 | | | | 1,883,577 | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | 503,821 | | | | 12,353,691 | |
UnumProvident Corporation | | | 75,300 | | | | 1,022,574 | |
Value Line, Inc. | | | 2,600 | | | | 133,770 | |
Wachovia Corporation | | | 353,743 | | | | 15,455,032 | |
Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 243,804 | | | | 9,625,382 | |
Wells Fargo & Company | | | 439,106 | | | | 22,188,026 | |
Wesco Financial Corporation | | | 1,900 | | | | 604,199 | |
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Allergan, Inc. | | | 35,305 | | | | 2,841,346 | |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | | | 335,100 | | | | 23,316,258 | |
Bard (C.R.), Inc. | | | 13,400 | | | | 918,704 | |
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated | | | 14,000 | | | | 591,780 | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 157,000 | | | | 4,334,770 | |
Becton Dickinson and Company | | | 67,500 | | | | 2,472,525 | |
Biogen, Inc. (a) | | | 39,000 | | | | 1,498,380 | |
Biomet, Inc. | | | 68,100 | | | | 2,016,441 | |
Boston Scientific Corporation (a) | | | 107,300 | | | | 6,784,579 | |
CIGNA Corporation | | | 36,600 | | | | 1,712,148 | |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | | | 94,800 | | | | 4,539,024 | |
Guidant Corporation | | | 81,338 | | | | 3,840,780 | |
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. | | | 15,900 | | | | 866,391 | |
Humana, Inc. (a) | | | 42,900 | | | | 751,608 | |
Invacare Corporation | | | 7,700 | | | | 270,270 | |
Invitrogen Corporation (a) | | | 13,400 | | | | 694,120 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 778,670 | | | | 40,327,319 | |
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a) | | | 62,500 | | | | 941,250 | |
Manor Care, Inc. | | | 25,000 | | | | 712,500 | |
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McKesson HBOC, Inc. | | | 77,020 | | | $ | 2,484,665 | |
MedImmune, Inc. (a) | | | 66,500 | | | | 2,606,135 | |
Medtronic, Inc. | | | 319,500 | | | | 16,454,250 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 588,100 | | | | 32,510,168 | |
Mylan Laboratories, Inc. | | | 48,250 | | | | 1,629,403 | |
Oxford Health Plans, Inc. (a) | | | 22,700 | | | | 969,290 | |
Quintiles Transnational Corp. (a) | | | 30,400 | | | | 418,000 | |
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 46,700 | | | | 2,505,455 | |
Stryker Corporation | | | 52,200 | | | | 3,994,344 | |
Watson Pharmaceuticals (a) | | | 27,700 | | | | 1,106,338 | |
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 51,300 | | | | 2,452,654 | |
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3M Company | | | 102,600 | | | | 14,384,520 | |
Airborne, Inc. | | | 12,500 | | | | 281,750 | |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a) | | | 6,900 | | | | 168,774 | |
American Power Conversion | | | 50,600 | | | | 881,958 | |
AMR Corporation (a) | | | 39,900 | | | | 373,065 | |
Angelica Corporation | | | 2,200 | | | | 41,910 | |
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | | | 7,400 | | | | 75,702 | |
Ault, Inc. (a) | | | 1,200 | | | | 2,748 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 157,974 | | | | 5,857,676 | |
Avery Dennison Corporation | | | 28,900 | | | | 1,559,444 | |
Baldor Electric Company | | | 8,800 | | | | 182,600 | |
Banta Corporation | | | 6,550 | | | | 221,652 | |
Brady Corporation | | | 5,500 | | | | 189,255 | |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 3,200 | | | | 116,800 | |
Ceridian Corporation (a) | | | 39,000 | | | | 727,350 | |
Cintas Corporation | | | 44,300 | | | | 1,832,248 | |
CLARCOR, Inc. | | | 6,450 | | | | 259,484 | |
Cooper Industries, Inc. | | | 23,900 | | | | 1,059,487 | |
CPI Corporation | | | 2,100 | | | | 35,868 | |
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 8,600 | | | | 128,914 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 10,700 | | | | 495,731 | |
Deere & Company | | | 62,600 | | | | 3,178,828 | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | 32,000 | | | | 380,800 | |
Deluxe Corporation | | | 13,900 | | | | 617,160 | |
DeVry, Inc. (a) | | | 18,100 | | | | 462,274 | |
Dionex Corporation (a) | | | 5,600 | | | | 228,256 | |
Donaldson Company, Inc. | | | 11,300 | | | | 550,875 | |
Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons Company | | | 29,300 | | | | 775,278 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 68,200 | | | | 1,685,222 | |
Emerson Electric Company | | | 111,000 | | | | 5,960,700 | |
Fastenal Company | | | 19,700 | | | | 748,600 | |
FedEx Corporation | | | 78,200 | | | | 5,035,298 | |
GATX Corporation | | | 12,600 | | | | 276,192 | |
Genuine Parts Company | | | 45,700 | | | | 1,413,958 | |
Graco, Inc. | | | 12,368 | | | | 450,814 | |
Grainger (W.W.), Inc. | | | 24,000 | | | | 1,180,800 | |
Granite Construction Incorporated | | | 10,625 | | | | 190,931 | |
Harland (John H.) Company | | | 7,600 | | | | 200,640 | |
Herman Miller, Inc. | | | 19,300 | | | | 426,723 | |
HON Industries Inc. | | | 15,200 | | | | 505,552 | |
Hubbell Incorporated | | | 12,660 | | | | 434,238 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 80,800 | | | | 5,627,720 | |
IMCO Recycling, Inc. (a) | | | 3,800 | | | | 27,436 | |
IMS Health, Inc. | | | 63,313 | | | | 1,224,473 | |
Interface, Inc. (a) | | | 11,400 | | | | 60,192 | |
Ionics, Inc. (a) | | | 4,500 | | | | 103,095 | |
Isco, Inc. | | | 1,500 | | | | 12,300 | |
JetBlue Airways Corporation (a) | | | 16,800 | | | | 765,408 | |
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 15,700 | | | | 190,755 | |
Kelly Services, Inc. | | | 8,475 | | | | 217,469 | |
Lawson Products, Inc. | | | 2,500 | | | | 68,900 | |
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | | | 11,000 | | | | 249,480 | |
Masco Corporation | | | 124,000 | | | | 3,021,880 | |
Merix Corporation (a) | | | 3,750 | | | | 39,938 | |
Milacron, Inc. | | | 8,700 | | | | 34,800 | |
Molex Incorporated | | | 25,646 | | | | 716,036 | |
New England Business Service, Inc. | | | 3,400 | | | | 99,790 | |
Nordson Corporation | | | 8,600 | | | | 207,776 | |
Norfolk Southern Corporation | | | 103,200 | | | | 1,984,536 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 98,800 | | | | 3,213,964 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | | | 60,800 | | | | 2,316,480 | |
Roadway Express, Inc. | | | 5,000 | | | | 238,400 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. (a) | | | 44,800 | | | | 972,608 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 16,100 | | | | 467,866 | |
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Domini Social Index Portfolio / Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
July 31, 2003
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Issuer | | Shares | | Value |
Industrials (Continued) |
Smith (A.O.) Corporation | | | 5,200 | | | $ | 173,732 | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 203,162 | | | | 3,333,888 | |
Spartan Motors, Inc. | | | 3,100 | | | | 26,412 | |
Standard Register Company | | | 6,000 | | | | 107,700 | |
Steelcase, Inc. | | | 9,900 | | | | 117,315 | |
Tennant Company | | | 2,300 | | | | 86,250 | |
Thermo Electron Corporation (a) | | | 41,200 | | | | 916,700 | |
Thomas & Betts Corporation (a) | | | 15,100 | | | | 230,426 | |
Thomas Industries, Inc. | | | 4,000 | | | | 106,400 | |
Toro Company | | | 6,400 | | | | 255,872 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc. | | | 135,033 | | | | 8,517,882 | |
Yellow Corporation (a) | | | 7,500 | | | | 204,449 | |
| | | | | | | 89,518,403 | |
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Information Technology — 20.5% |
3Com Corporation (a) | | | 95,000 | | | | 463,600 | |
Adaptec, Inc. (a) | | | 27,400 | | | | 185,498 | |
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (a) | | | 206,300 | | | | 449,734 | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) | | | 88,300 | | | | 644,590 | |
Advent Software, Inc. (a) | | | 8,500 | | | | 137,700 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) | | | 96,400 | | | | 3,658,380 | |
Andrew Corporation (a) | | | 39,800 | | | | 433,422 | |
Apple Computer, Inc. (a) | | | 94,300 | | | | 1,985,015 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. (a) | | | 433,700 | | | | 8,457,150 | |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a) | | | 25,900 | | | | 441,595 | |
Autodesk, Inc. | | | 29,200 | | | | 436,832 | |
BMC Software, Inc. (a) | | | 60,800 | | | | 857,280 | |
Borland Software Corporation (a) | | | 21,100 | | | | 196,230 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 1,840,730 | | | | 35,931,050 | |
Compuware Corporation (a) | | | 99,400 | | | | 511,910 | |
Dell Inc. (a) | | | 673,300 | | | | 22,676,744 | |
Electronic Arts Inc. (a) | | | 37,600 | | | | 3,158,400 | |
Electronic Data Systems Corporation | | | 125,200 | | | | 2,788,204 | |
EMC Corporation (a) | | | 571,600 | | | | 6,081,824 | |
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (a) | | | 5,700 | | | | 48,279 | |
Hewlett-Packard Company | | | 799,710 | | | | 16,929,861 | |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated (a) | | | 6,500 | | | | 186,680 | |
Imation Corporation | | | 9,100 | | | | 324,779 | |
Intel Corporation | | | 1,713,800 | | | | 42,759,310 | |
Lexmark International Group, Inc. (a) | | | 33,100 | | | | 2,124,027 | |
LSI Logic Corporation (a) | | | 97,800 | | | | 910,518 | |
Lucent Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 1,065,692 | | | | 1,875,618 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 158,700 | | | | 2,323,368 | |
Microsoft Corporation (a) | | | 2,805,500 | | | | 74,065,200 | |
Millipore Corporation (a) | | | 12,400 | | | | 551,676 | |
National Semiconductor Corporation (a) | | | 47,600 | | | | 1,063,860 | |
Novell, Inc. (a) | | | 93,600 | | | | 332,280 | |
Palm, Inc. (a) | | | 7,504 | | | | 120,439 | |
PeopleSoft, Inc. (a) | | | 96,800 | | | | 1,613,656 | |
Plantronics Inc (a) | | | 11,600 | | | | 281,184 | |
QRS Corporation (a) | | | 4,100 | | | | 30,545 | |
Qualcomm, Inc. | | | 206,800 | | | | 7,746,728 | |
Sapient Corporation (a) | | | 32,800 | | | | 117,424 | |
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. | | | 39,900 | | | | 1,208,571 | |
Solectron Corporation (a) | | | 213,800 | | | | 1,092,518 | |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) | | | 839,800 | | | | 3,140,852 | |
Symantec Corporation (a) | | | 37,400 | | | | 1,749,198 | |
Tektronix, Inc. (a) | | | 22,600 | | | | 477,538 | |
Tellabs, Inc. (a) | | | 106,000 | | | | 713,380 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 455,700 | | | | 8,599,059 | |
Waters Corporation (a) | | | 33,400 | | | | 1,059,114 | |
Xerox Corporation (a) | | | 193,200 | | | | 2,086,560 | |
Xilinx, Inc. (a) | | | 88,600 | | | | 2,328,408 | |
Yahoo! Inc. (a) | | | 158,630 | | | | 4,938,151 | |
| | | | | | | 270,293,939 | |
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Materials — 1.3% |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 60,200 | | | | 2,798,096 | |
Airgas, Inc. | | | 18,500 | | | | 359,640 | |
Bemis Company, Inc. | | | 13,700 | | | | 612,253 | |
Cabot Corporation | | | 16,000 | | | | 436,480 | |
Calgon Carbon Corporation | | | 10,100 | | | | 65,145 | |
Caraustar Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 7,200 | | | | 64,512 | |
Crown Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 41,600 | | | | 310,752 | |
Engelhard Corporation | | | 33,200 | | | | 872,496 | |
Fuller (H.B.) Company | | | 7,300 | | | | 177,098 | |
Lubrizol Corporation | | | 13,300 | | | | 444,087 | |
MeadWestvaco Corp. | | | 52,612 | | | | 1,273,737 | |
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Domini Social Index Portfolio / Portfolio of Investments (Continued)
July 31, 2003
| | | | | | | | | | |
Issuer | | Shares | | Value |
Materials (Continued) |
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | 5,300 | | | $ | 264,735 | |
Nucor Corporation | | | 20,150 | | | | 993,798 | |
Praxair, Inc. | | | 42,200 | | | | 2,728,652 | |
Rock-Tenn Company | | | 9,000 | | | | 141,300 | |
Rohm & Haas Company | | | 58,387 | | | | 2,065,148 | |
Sealed Air Corporation (a) | | | 21,700 | | | | 1,035,741 | |
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation | | | 18,600 | | | | 1,059,642 | |
Sonoco Products Company | | | 24,745 | | | | 564,186 | |
Stillwater Mining Company (a) | | | 11,200 | | | | 61,040 | |
Trex Company, Inc. (a) | | | 3,700 | | | | 135,050 | |
Valspar Corporation | | | 13,100 | | | | 572,732 | |
Wellman, Inc. | | | 8,200 | | | | 79,868 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 22,200 | | | | 326,340 | |
| | | | | | | 17,442,528 | |
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Telecommunication Services — 5.5% |
AT&T Corp. | | | 207,016 | | | | 4,401,160 | |
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (a) | | | 711,487 | | | | 6,068,984 | |
BellSouth Corporation | | | 483,700 | | | | 12,319,839 | |
Citizens Communications Company (a) | | | 72,767 | | | | 862,289 | |
SBC Communications, Inc. | | | 870,428 | | | | 20,333,198 | |
Sprint Corp – FON Group | | | 234,700 | | | | 3,313,964 | |
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. | | | 13,500 | | | | 720,495 | |
Verizon Communications | | | 715,422 | | | | 24,939,611 | |
| | | | | | | 72,959,540 | |
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Utilities — 0.8% | | | | | | |
AGL Resources, Inc. | | | 16,600 | | | | 455,172 | |
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation | | | 2,900 | | | | 56,115 | |
Cleco Corporation | | | 12,200 | | | | 195,200 | |
Energen Corporation | | | 8,900 | | | | 308,830 | |
IDACORP, Inc. | | | 9,700 | | | | 263,355 | |
KeySpan Corporation | | | 41,000 | | | | 1,383,750 | |
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | 32,000 | | | | 1,712,000 | |
MGE Energy, Inc. | | | 4,400 | | | | 137,852 | |
National Fuel Gas Company | | | 20,500 | | | | 495,895 | |
NICOR, Inc. | | | 11,400 | | | | 413,592 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 69,047 | | | | 1,332,607 | |
Northwest Natural Gas Company | | | 6,500 | | | | 185,055 | |
Northwestern Corporation (a) | | | 7,100 | | | | 7,668 | |
OGE Energy Corporation | | | 20,200 | | | | 402,384 | |
Peoples Energy Corporation | | | 9,200 | | | | 377,108 | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 44,400 | | | | 769,008 | |
Questar Corporation | | | 21,200 | | | | 677,340 | |
Southern Union Company (a) | | | 14,944 | | | | 230,297 | |
WGL Holdings | | | 12,600 | | | | 321,426 | |
Williams Companies, Inc. | | | 134,200 | | | | 852,170 | |
| | | | | | | 10,576,824 | |
Total Investments — 99.4% | | | | | | | | |
(cost $1,415,797,322) (b) | | | | | | $ | 1,310,893,478 | |
Other Assets, less liabilities — 0.6% | | | | | | | 7,449,179 | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 1,318,342,657 | |
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(a) | Non–income producing security. |
(b) | The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $1,486,890,320, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is $165,555,807, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is $341,552,649, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $175,996,842. |
Copyright in the Domini 400 Social IndexSM is owned by KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., and the Index is reproduced here by permission. No portion of the Index may be reproduced or distributed by any means or in any medium without the express written consent of the copyright owner. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Social Index Portfolio
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
July 31, 2003
| | | | | | |
ASSETS: |
Investments at value (Cost $1,415,797,322) | | $ | 1,310,893,478 | |
Cash | | | 5,873,590 | |
Dividends receivable | | | 1,853,243 | |
Total assets | | | 1,318,620,311 | |
LIABILITIES: |
Accrued expenses (Note 2) | | | 277,654 | |
Total liabilities | | | 277,654 | |
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO INVESTORS' BENEFICIAL INTERESTS | | $ | 1,318,342,657 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Social Index Portfolio
Statement of Operations
Year Ended July 31, 2003
| | | | | | | | | | |
INVESTMENT INCOME |
Dividends | | | | | | $ | 18,491,907 | |
EXPENSES |
Management fee (Note 2) | | $ | 2,383,240 | |
Custody fees (Note 3) | | | 238,909 | |
Professional fees | | | 211,750 | |
Trustees fees | | | 44,791 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 12,400 | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | 2,891,090 | |
Fees paid indirectly (Note 3) | | | (47,001 | ) |
Expenses paid and fee waived by manager (Note 2) | | | (120,067 | ) |
Net expenses | | | | | | | 2,724,022 | |
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | 15,767,885 | |
Net realized loss on investments | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sales | | $ | 142,322,292 | | | | | |
Cost of securities sold | | | (261,023,402 | ) | | | | |
Net realized loss on investments | | | | | | | (118,701,110 | ) |
Net changes in unrealized depreciation of investments | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | $ | (347,525,759 | ) | | | | |
End of period | | | (104,903,844 | ) | | | | |
Net change in unrealized depreciation | | | | | | | 242,621,915 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | | | | | $ | 139,688,690 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Social Index Portfolio
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Year Ended July 31, 2003 | | Year Ended July 31, 2002 |
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
From Operations: |
Net investment income | | $ | 15,767,885 | | | $ | 15,910,596 | |
Net realized loss on investments | | | (118,701,110 | ) | | | (142,946,751 | ) |
Net change in unrealized depreciation of investments | | | 242,621,915 | | | | (261,123,037 | ) |
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | | 139,688,690 | | | | (388,159,192 | ) |
Transactions in Investors' Beneficial Interest: |
Additions | | | 249,027,799 | | | | 309,789,675 | |
Reductions | | | (309,700,811 | ) | | | (411,308,581 | ) |
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Transactions in Investors' Beneficial Interests | | | (60,673,012 | ) | | | (101,518,906 | ) |
Total Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets | | | 79,015,678 | | | | (489,678,098 | ) |
NET ASSETS: |
Beginning of period | | | 1,239,326,979 | | | | 1,729,005,077 | |
End of period | | $ | 1,318,342,657 | | | $ | 1,239,326,979 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Social Index Portfolio
Financial Highlights
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Year Ended July 31, |
| | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | | 2000 | | 1999 |
Net assets (in millions) | | $ | 1,318 | | | $ | 1,239 | | | $ | 1,729 | | | $ | 1,974 | | | $ | 1,347 | |
Total return | | | 11.72 | % | | | –24.79 | % | | | –18.98 | % | | | 7.15 | % | | | 24.04 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.32 | %(1) | | | 1.02 | % | | | 0.78 | % | | | 0.70 | %(1) | | | 0.84 | %(1) |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.23 | %(1)(2) | | | 0.22 | %(2) | | | 0.22 | %(2) | | | 0.24 | %(1)(2) | | | 0.24 | %(1)(2) |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 8 | % | | | 13 | % | | | 19 | % | | | 9 | % | | | 8 | % |
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(1) | Reflects an expense reimbursement and fee waiver by the Manager of 0.01%, 0.002%, and 0.01% for the years ended July 31, 2003, 2000, and 1999, respectively. Had the Manager not waived its fee and reimbursed expenses, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 0.24%, 0.24%, and 0.25%, for the years ended July 31, 2003, 2000, and 1999, respectively. |
(2) | Ratio of expenses to average net assets for the years ended July 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, and 1999, include indirectly paid expenses. Excluding indirectly paid expenses, the expense ratios would have been 0.23%, 0.22%, 0.21%, 0.21%, and 0.20%, for the years ended July 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Social Index Portfolio
Notes to Financial Statements
July 31, 2003
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Domini Social Index Portfolio is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a no-load, diversified, open-end management investment company that was organized as a trust under the laws of the State of New York on June 7, 1989. The Portfolio intends to correlate its investment portfolio as closely as is practicable with the Domini 400 Social Index,SM which is a common stock index developed and maintained by KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of beneficial interests in the Portfolio. The Portfolio commenced operations effective on August 10, 1990, and began investment operations on June 3, 1991.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of the Portfolio's significant accounting policies.
(A) Valuation of Investments. The Portfolio values securities listed or traded on national securities exchanges at the last sale price or, if there have been no sales that day, at the mean of the current bid and ask price which represents the current value of the security. Securities listed on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (the "NOCP"). If an NOCP is not available for a security listed on the NASDAQ National Market System, the security will be valued at the last sale price or, if there have been no sales that day, at the mean of the current bid and ask price. Portfolio securities for which there are no such quotations or valuations are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Portfolio's Board of Trustees.
(B) Dividend Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
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Domini Social Index Portfolio / Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)
July 31, 2003
(C) Federal Taxes. The Portfolio will be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is therefore not subject to U.S. federal income tax. As such, each investor in the Portfolio will be taxed on its share of the Portfolio's ordinary income and capital gains. It is intended that the Portfolio will be managed in such a way that an investor will be able to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies.
(D) Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses are determined on the basis of identified cost.
2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
(A) Manager. Domini Social Investments LLC (Domini) is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The services provided by Domini consist of investment supervisory services, overall operational support and administrative services. The administrative services include the provision of general office facilities and supervising the overall administration of the Portfolio. For its services under the Management Agreement, Domini receives from the Portfolio a fee accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate equal to 0.20%. For the year ended July 31, 2003, Domini waived fees totalling $120,067.
(B) Submanager. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA) provides investment submanagement services to the Portfolio on a day-to-day basis pursuant to a Submanagement Agreement with Domini. SSgA does not determine the composition of the Domini 400 Social Index.SM The Index's composition is determined by KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.
3. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than U.S. government securities and short-term obligations, for the year ended July 31, 2003, aggregated $97,512,592 and $142,322,292, respectively. For the year ended July 31, 2003, custody fees of the Portfolio were reduced by $47,001, which was compensation for uninvested cash left on deposit with the custodian.
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Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Trustees and Investors
Domini Social Index Portfolio:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Domini Social Index Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), including the portfolio of investments, as of July 31, 2003, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolio'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 auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. 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 Domini Social Index Portfolio as of July 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Boston, Massachusetts
September 5, 2003
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
July 31, 2003
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ASSETS: |
Investments in Domini Social Index Portfolio, at value (Note 1) | | $ | 189,843,980 | |
Total assets | | | 189,843,980 | |
LIABILITIES: |
Accrued expenses | | | 17,107 | |
Payable for capital shares | | | 50,000 | |
Total liabilities | | | 67,107 | |
NET ASSETS | | $ | 189,776,873 | |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 313,106,152 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 280,147 | |
Accumulated net realized loss from Portfolio | | | (41,937,447 | ) |
Net unrealized depreciation from Portfolio | | | (81,671,979 | ) |
| | $ | 189,776,873 | |
Shares outstanding | | | 12,733,269 | |
NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING PRICE AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE ($189,776,873 ÷ 12,733,269) | | $ | 14.90 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund
Statement of Operations
Year Ended July 31, 2003
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INCOME: |
Investment income from Portfolio | | $ | 2,876,233 | |
Expenses from Portfolio | | | (424,282 | ) |
Net investment income from Portfolio | | | 2,451,951 | |
EXPENSES: |
Sponsor fee (Note 2) | | | 465,251 | |
Professional fees | | | 46,582 | |
Printing | | | 14,894 | |
Accounting fees | | | 14,092 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 10,232 | |
Trustees fees | | | 10,154 | |
Transfer Agent fees | | | 3,068 | |
Total Expenses | | | 564,273 | |
Fees Waived (Note 2) | | | (428,483 | ) |
Expenses, Net of Fees Waived | | | 135,790 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | | 2,316,161 | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN FROM PORTFOLIO: |
Net realized loss from Portfolio | | | (18,311,903 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation from Portfolio | | | 33,382,163 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain from Portfolio | | | 15,070,260 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | $ | 17,386,421 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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| | Year Ended July 31, 2003 | | Year Ended July 31, 2002 |
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS: |
From Operations: |
Net investment income | | $ | 2,316,161 | | | $ | 3,466,374 | |
Net realized loss from Portfolio | | | (18,311,903 | ) | | | (32,653,609 | ) |
Net change in unrealized depreciation from Portfolio | | | 33,382,163 | | | | (59,818,063 | ) |
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | | 17,386,421 | | | | (89,005,298 | ) |
Distributions and Dividends: |
Dividends to shareholders from net investment income | | | (2,846,370 | ) | | | (3,447,125 | ) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | | | — | | | | (17,159,534 | ) |
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Dividends and Distributions | | | (2,846,370 | ) | | | (20,606,659 | ) |
Capital Share Transactions: |
Proceeds from sale of shares | | | 39,217,357 | | | | 88,755,613 | |
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 2,190,828 | | | | 19,164,145 | |
Payments for shares redeemed | | | (109,166,276 | ) | | | (171,324,687 | ) |
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions | | | (67,758,091 | ) | | | (63,404,929 | ) |
Total Decrease in Net Assets | | | (53,218,040 | ) | | | (173,016,886 | ) |
NET ASSETS: |
Beginning of period | | | 242,994,913 | | | | 416,011,799 | |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $280,147 and $810,356, respectively) | | $ | 189,776,873 | | | $ | 242,994,913 | |
OTHER INFORMATION |
Share Transactions: |
Sold | | | 2,973,589 | | | | 5,460,033 | |
Issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions | | | 163,060 | | | | 1,154,768 | |
Redeemed | | | (8,395,491 | ) | | | (11,068,820 | ) |
Net Decrease | | | (5,258,842 | ) | | | (4,454,019 | ) |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
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| | Year Ended July 31, |
| | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | | 2000 | | 1999 |
For a share outstanding for the period: |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.51 | | | $ | 18.53 | | | $ | 23.15 | | | $ | 21.50 | | | $ | 17.87 | |
Income/(loss) from investment operations: |
Net investment income | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.14 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments | | | 1.41 | | | | (4.28 | ) | | | (4.14 | ) | | | 1.79 | | | | 3.95 | |
Total income/(loss) from investment operations | | | 1.60 | | | | (4.11 | ) | | | (4.00 | ) | | | 1.91 | | | | 4.09 | |
Less dividends and distributions: |
Dividends to shareholders from net investment income | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | | | — | | | | (0.75 | ) | | | (0.50 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) |
Total dividends and distributions | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.91 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.46 | ) |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 14.90 | | | $ | 13.51 | | | $ | 18.53 | | | $ | 23.15 | | | $ | 21.50 | |
Total return | | | 12.05 | % | | | (23.05 | )% | | | (17.37 | )% | | | 8.85 | % | | | 23.12 | % |
Portfolio turnover* | | | 8 | % | | | 13 | % | | | 19 | % | | | 9 | % | | | 8 | % |
Ratio/supplemental data (annualized): |
Net assets, end of year (in millions) | | $ | 190 | | | $ | 243 | | | $ | 416 | | | $ | 463 | | | $ | 219 | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.30 | %(1) | | | 0.30 | %(1) | | | 0.30 | %(1) | | | 0.30 | %(1) | | | 0.30 | %(1) |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.24 | % | | | 0.93 | % | | | 0.69 | % | | | 0.60 | % | | | 0.75 | % |
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* | For the Portfolio in which the Fund invests. |
(1) | Reflects a waiver of fees and expenses paid by the Manager of the Portfolio and the Sponsor of the Fund. Had the Manager and the Sponsor not waived their fees and reimbursed expenses, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been 0.53%, 0.50%, 0.50%, 0.51%, and 0.56%, respectively, for the years ended July 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, and 1999, respectively. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
July 31, 2003
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund is a series of the Domini Institutional Trust. The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in the Domini Social Index Portfolio, a diversified, open-end management investment company having the same investment objectives as the Fund. The value of such investment reflects the Fund's proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio (approximately 14.4% at July 31, 2003). The financial statements of the Portfolio are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund's financial statements. The Fund commenced operations on May 30, 1996.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of the Fund's significant accounting policies.
(A) Valuation of Investments: Valuation of securities by the Portfolio is discussed in Note 1 of the Portfolio's Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
(B) Investment Income and Dividends to Shareholders: The Fund earns income daily, net of Portfolio expenses, on its investments in the Portfolio. Dividends to shareholders are usually declared and paid quarterly from net investment income. Distributions to shareholders of realized capital gains, if any, are made annually.
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)
July 31, 2003
(C) Federal Taxes: The Fund's policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income, including net realized gains, if any, within the prescribed time periods. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is deemed necessary.
(D) Other: All net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Portfolio are allocated daily pro rata among the Fund and the other investors in the Portfolio.
2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
(A) Manager. The Portfolio has retained Domini Social Investments LLC (Domini) to serve as investment manager and administrator. The services provided by Domini consist of investment supervisory services, overall operational support, and administrative services, including the provision of general office facilities and supervising the overall administration of the Portfolio. For its services under the Management Agreement, Domini receives from the Portfolio a fee accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate equal to 0.20% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets.
(B) Submanager. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA) provides investment submanagement services to the Portfolio on a day-to-day basis pursuant to a Submanagement Agreement with Domini. SSgA does not determine the composition of the Domini 400 Social Index.SM The Index's composition is determined by KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.
(C) Sponsor. Pursuant to a Sponsorship Agreement, Domini provides the Fund with the administrative personnel and services necessary to operate the Fund. In addition to general administrative services and facilities for the Fund similar to those provided by Domini to the Portfolio under the Management Agreement, Domini answers questions from the general public and the media regarding the composition of the Index and the securities holdings of the Portfolio. For these services and facilities, Domini receives fees computed and paid monthly from the Fund at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Domini is contractually waiving its fee to the extent necessary to keep the aggregate annual operating expenses of the Fund (including the Fund's share of the Portfolio's expenses but excluding brokerage
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Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)
July 31, 2003
fees and commissions, interest, taxes, and other extraordinary expenses) at no greater than 0.30% of the average daily net assets of the Fund until November 30, 2003, absent an earlier modification by the Board of Trustees, which oversees the Fund. A similar fee waiver arrangement was in effect in prior periods. For the year ended July 31, 2003, Domini waived fees in the amount of $428,483.
3. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended July 31, 2003, additions and reductions in the Fund's investment in the Portfolio aggregated $39,217,356 and $109,914,856, respectively.
4. FEDERAL TAX STATUS
The tax basis of the components of net assets at July 31, 2003 is as follows:
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Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 280,147 | |
Accumulated loss carryforwards (ALC) | | | (51,366,247 | ) |
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | | | (72,243,179 | ) |
Distributable net earnings/(deficit) | | $ | (123,329,279 | ) |
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The Fund has accumulated capital loss carryforwards of $43,706,987 of which $43,706,987 will expire in the year 2011. To the extent the Fund realizes future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any unused capital loss carryforwards.
The Fund's ALC reflects net realized capital losses of $7,659,260 incurred during the period from November 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003. These losses are deferred and will be recognized on August 1, 2003 for tax purposes.
For federal income tax purposes, dividends paid during the year ended July 31, 2003 were characterized as follows:
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Ordinary income | | $ | 2,846,370 | |
Long-term capital gain | | | N/A | |
Total | | $ | 2,846,370 | |
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For corporate shareholders, 100% of dividends paid from net investment income were eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction. The Fund intends to designate the maximum amount allowable as qualified dividend income.
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Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund (the "Fund") as of July 31, 2003, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund'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 auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of July 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. 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 Domini Institutional Social Equity Fund as of July 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Boston, Massachusetts
September 5, 2003
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Trustees and Officers
The following table presents information about each Trustee and each Officer of the Trust and the Portfolio as of July 31, 2003. Asterisks indicate that those Trustees and Officers are "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. Each Trustee and each Officer of the Trust and the Portfolio noted as an interested person is interested by virtue of his or her position with Domini as described below. Unless otherwise indicated below, the address of each Trustee and each Officer is 536 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012. Neither the Fund nor the Portfolio holds annual shareholder meetings for the purpose of electing Trustees, and Trustees are not elected for fixed terms. This means that each Trustee will be elected to hold office until his or her successor is elected or until he or she retires, resigns, dies, or is removed from office. No Trustee or Officer is a director of a public company or a registered investment company other than, with respect to the Trustees, the Domini Funds.
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Name and Age | | Position(s) Held with the Portfolio and Length of Time Served | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held | | Number of Portfolios in the Domini Family of Funds Overseen by Trustee |
Interested Trustee: | | | | | | |
Amy L. Domini* Age: 53
| | Chair, President, and Trustee of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1990 | | President and CEO, Domini (since 2002); Manager, Domini (since 1997); Manager, DSIL Investment Services LLC (since 1998); Private Trustee, Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge (fiduciary) (since 1987); CEO, Secretary, and Treasurer, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. (social research provider) (1990-2000); Trustee, New England Quarterly (periodical) (since 1998); Board Member, Social Investment Forum (trade organization) (1995-1999); Trustee, Episcopal Church Pension Fund (since 1994); Board Member, Financial Markets Center (nonprofit financial markets research and education resources provider) (since 2002).
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Trustees and Officers
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Name and Age | | Position(s) Held with the Portfolio and Length of Time Served | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held | | Number of Portfolios in the Domini Family of Funds Overseen by Trustee |
Disinterested Trustees: | | | | | | |
Julia Elizabeth Harris Age: 55 | | Trustee of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1999 | | Trustee, Fiduciary Trust Company (since 2001); Vice President, UNC Partners, Inc. (financial management) (since 1990); Director and Treasurer, Boom Times, Inc. (service organization) (1997-1999).
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Kirsten S. Moy Age: 56 | | Trustee of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1999 | | Director, Economic Opportunities Program, The Aspen Institute (research and education) (since 2001); Board Member, Community Reinvestment Fund (since 2003); Consultant, Equitable Life/AXA (1998-2001); Project Director, Community Development Innovation and Infrastructure Initiative (research) (1998-2001); Group Leader, Financial Innovations Roundtable (research) (2000-2001); Consultant, Social Investment Forum (trade association) (1998); Distinguished Visitor, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1998).
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William C. Osborn Age: 59 | | Trustee of the Trust since 1990 Trustee of the Portfolio since 1997 | | Manager, Commons Capital Management LLC (venture capital) (since 2000); Special Partner/Consultant, Arete Corporation (venture capital) (since 1999); Principal/Manager, Venture Investment Management Company LLC (venture capital) (1996-1999); Director, World Power Technologies, Inc. (power equipment production) (since 1999); Director, Investors' Circle (socially responsible investor network) (since 1999). | | 4 |
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Trustees and Officers
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Name and Age | | Position(s) Held with the Portfolio and Length of Time Served | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held | | Number of Portfolios in the Domini Family of Funds Overseen by Trustee |
Karen Paul Age: 58 | | Trustee of the Trust since 1990 Trustee of the Portfolio since 1997
| | Professor of Management and International Business, Florida International University (since 1990); Partner, Trinity Industrial Technology (1997-2002); Executive Director, Center for Management in the Americas (1997-2002).
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Gregory A. Ratliff Age: 43 | | Trustee of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1999 | | Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute (research and education) (since 2002); Director, Economic Opportunity, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1997-2001).
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Frederick C. Williamson, Sr. Age: 87
| | Trustee of the Trust since 1997 Trustee of the Portfolio since 1990 | | State Historic Preservation Officer (state government) (since 1969); Trustee, RIGHA Foundation (charitable foundation supporting healthcare needs) (since 1994); Chairman, Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission (state government) (since 1995); Board Member, Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (nonprofit education) (since 1984); Trustee, National Park Trust (nonprofit land acquisition) (since 1983); Board of Directors, Grow Smart Rhode Island (nonprofit state planning) (since 1998); President's Advisory Board — Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (since 1999); Board Member, Preserve Rhode Island (nonprofit preservation) (since 1999).
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Trustees and Officers
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Name and Age | | Position(s) Held with the Portfolio and Length of Time Served | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held | | Number of Portfolios in the Domini Family of Funds Overseen by Trustee |
Officers: | | | | | | |
Carole M. Laible* Age: 39
| | Secretary and Treasurer of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1997 | | Chief Operating Officer, Domini (since 2002); Financial/Compliance Officer, Domini (1997-2003); President and CEO, DSIL Investment Services LLC (since 2002); Chief Compliance Officer, DSIL Investment Services LLC (since 2001); Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer, DSIL Investment Services LLC (since 1998).
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Steven D. Lydenberg* Age: 57 | | Vice President of the Trust and the Portfolio since 1990 | | Chief Investment Officer, Domini (since 2003); Principal, Domini (1997-2003); Member, Domini (since 1997); Director, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. (social research provider) (1990-2003); Director of Research, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. (1990-2001).
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The Fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling the following toll-free number: 1-800-582-6757.
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Domini Funds
P.O. Box 9785
Providence, RI 02940
1-800-582-6757
www.domini.com
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Investment Manager and Sponsor: Domini Social Investments LLC 536 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 | | Investment Submanager: SSgA Funds Management, Inc. Boston, MA |
Custodian: Investors Bank & Trust Company Boston, MA | | Legal Counsel: Bingham McCutchen LLP Boston, MA |
Distributor: DSIL Investment Services LLC 536 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 800-582-6757 | | Transfer Agent: PFPC Inc. King of Prussia, PA |
Independent Auditors: KPMG LLP Boston, MA |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
As of the end of the period covered by this report on Form N-CSR, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that the registrant does not currently have a member serving on its audit committee that meets the definition of an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in the instructions to this Form N-CSR.
Although each member of the registrant's audit committee has one or more of the attributes required in order for such person to be determined to be an audit committee financial expert, no member has all of such required attributes. The Trustees reviewed the attributes, education, and experience of each member of the registrant's audit committee, the nature of the accounting principles applicable to the registrant, and the registrant's underlying internal controls and reporting mechanisms and determined that the members of the registrant's audit committee, as a group, have the experience and education necessary to perform the audit committee's responsibilities, including with respect to the evaluation of the financial statements of the registrant. In addition, the Trustees determined that the audit committee has the resources and authority necessary to discharge its responsibilities, including the authority to retain at any time independent counsel and other advisers and experts. The Trustees also determined that each member of the registrant's audit committee is "independent" as defined in the instructions to this Form N-CSR.
The Trustees also determined, however, that the audit committee of the registrant would benefit from having one or more members that meet the definition of an audit committee financial expert. They have asked the nominating committee of the registrant to recruit such a candidate and to present such person to the Trustees for their consideration.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable at this time.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable to the registrant.
Item 8. [Reserved]
Item 9. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Within 90 days prior to the filing of this report on Form N-CSR, Amy L. Domini, the registrant's President and Principal Executive Officer, and Carole M. Laible, the registrant's Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, reviewed the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) and evaluated their effectiveness. Based on their evaluation, Ms. Domini and Ms. Laible determined that the disclosure controls and procedures adequately ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods required by the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.
(b)There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal half-year that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 10. Exhibits.
(a)(1) The Code of Ethics referred to in Item 2 is filed herewith.
(a)(2) Separate certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are filed herewith.
(b) A single certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Rule 13a-14b or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code for the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the registrant is filed herewith.
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.
DOMINI INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
By: /s/ Amy L. Domini
Amy L. Domini
President
Date: October 7, 2003
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/ Amy L. Domini
Amy L. Domini
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: October 7, 2003
By: /s/ Carole M. Laible
Carole M. Laible
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: October 7, 2003