UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-07883
ICON Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
5299 DTC Blvd. Suite 1200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Erik L. Jonson 5299 DTC Blvd. Suite 1200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-790-1600
Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2008
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2008
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Include a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).
2008 Semiannual Report
ICON U.S. Diversified Funds
Investment Update
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
ICON Bond Fund
ICON Core Equity Fund
ICON Equity Income Fund
ICON Income Opportunity Fund
ICON Long/Short Fund
Table of Contents
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About This Report (Unaudited) | | | 2 | |
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Message from ICON Funds (Unaudited) | | | 5 | |
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) | | | 8 | |
ICON Bond Fund | | | 8 | |
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | 13 | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | 17 | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | 21 | |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | 26 | |
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Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 32 | |
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) | | | 42 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 52 | |
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Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example (Unaudited) | | | 66 | |
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Other Information (Unaudited) | | | 69 | |
About This Report (unaudited)
Historical Returns
All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions, tax return of capital, and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The Adviser may have reimbursed certain fees or expenses of some of the Funds. If not for these reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, results would have been lower.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconadvisers.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.
Portfolio Data
This Report reflects ICON’s views, opinions and portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2008, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.
Opinions and forecasts regarding industries, companies and/or themes, and portfolio composition and holdings are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security, industry, or sector. Each Fund’s holdings as of March 31, 2008 are included in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
While ICON’s quantitative investment methodology primarily considers company-specific factors beyond financial data, various company factors may impact a stock’s performance, and therefore, Fund performance. Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general,
there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. The ICON system relies on the integrity of financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.
According to ICON, value investing is an analytical, quantitative approach to investing that employs various factors, including projecting earnings growth estimates, in an effort to determine whether securities are over- or underpriced relative to ICON’s estimates of their intrinsic value. Value investing involves risks and uncertainties and does not guarantee better performance or lower costs than other investment methodologies. ICON’s value-to-price ratio is a ratio of intrinsic value, as calculated using ICON’s proprietary valuation methodology, of a broad range of domestic and international securities within ICON’s system as compared to the current market price of those securities.
This Report contains statements regarding industry or sector themes, new market themes, investment outlook, relative strength, value-to-price ratios, and investment team expectations, beliefs, goals and the like that are based on current expectations, recent individual stock performance relative to current market prices, estimates of company values and other information supplied to the market by the companies we follow. Words such as “expects,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “value,” “intrinsic value,” “indicates,” “believes,” “considers,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess. These risks and uncertainties are based on a number of important factors, including, among others: stock price fluctuations; the integrity and accuracy of historical and projected financial and other information supplied by companies to the public; interest rates; future earnings growth rates; the risks noted in this Report; and other factors beyond the control of our investment team. Therefore, actual outcome may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward looking statements.
There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.
There are risks associated with selling short, including the risk that the ICON Long/Short Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short price, resulting in a loss. The ICON Long/Short Fund’s loss on a short sale is potentially unlimited as a loss occurs when the value of a security sold short increases. Call options involve certain risks, such as limited gains and lack of liquidity in the underlying securities, and are not
suitable for all investors. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks.
Investing in fixed income securities such as bonds involves interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities generally decreases. The ICON Bond Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in high-yield bonds that are below investment grade. High-yield bonds involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than U.S. Government and other higher-quality bonds.
The prospectus and statement of additional information contain this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.
Message From ICON Funds (unaudited)
Dear Shareholder:
March 31, 2008 concluded the first six months of the ICON Funds’ fiscal year. Generally, domestic stock prices drifted lower over that period, giving back some of the gains of the previous five years. We were surprised that the downward drift continued into the first three months of 2008, as many of the conditions we believe are typical of buying opportunities existed last fall.
When the market declined on August 15, 2007 and again on November 26, 2007, we measured stock prices to be about 20% and 34% below our estimates of intrinsic value, respectively. During that timeframe, long-term interest rates were dropping, financial news was negative, concerns over the economy grew, and the Federal Reserve (Fed) began easing monetary policy. In our experience, these conditions suggest stock prices could likely rise rather than fall.
When the Fed eases, it injects reserves into the banking system so banks can make more loans, which creates money as defined by M1. Historically, the growth in M1 has stimulated the economy and typically prevented a recession or promoted a quick recovery.
In the past, stock investors have not waited to see economic growth after the Fed eases. Instead, they’ve typically responded to the increase in M1 and anticipated economic growth by six to nine months. These periods have typically been viewed favorably by investors. Something unusual happened this time. The Fed injected reserves, but banks did not increase their lending, and M1 did not grow. Apparently, investors saw this and delayed their buying until seeing signs of growth in M1.
In March, the Fed implemented some innovative steps designed to help banks increase their lending. It appears investors are encouraged by these steps, as stock prices have moved higher off the March 10, 2008 low, but only time will tell whether the Fed’s steps increase bank lending.
Staying with Our Discipline
No matter the conditions or the news, we consistently apply our valuation approach with the belief that over the long run, stock prices try to keep up with our estimation of value. There are periods, however, when investors worry about events around them, and stock prices behave independent of value. We believe we have just come through one of those times given the concerns about the economy, sub-prime mortgage problems, and the lack of growth in M1.
Message From ICON Funds 5
At ICON, we ride through these difficult times because we see the data that goes into valuation such as earnings and interest rates. We are pleased with the quality of the companies we own. We believe that in time, prices will move up to value. Investors without that data and insight may depend on news headlines and public conjecture, which makes it less attractive to stay invested through times when the market drifts lower.
We believe investors may miss sudden market rallies if they are not invested because, in our experience, stock prices lead the economy (and news) by six to nine months. Stock prices often rally while the economy (and news) continues to deteriorate. By looking at the news and economic data, it is difficult to identify a market bottom. We rely on valuation, which sometimes means being invested during pre-rally turbulance.
The market low on March 10, 2008 was accompanied by many of the characteristics our research indicates are typical of bottoms and buying opportunities. Weak investor confidence was one of those characteristics. We believe investor confidence is a lagging variable. Many investors hope confidence returns so a rally can begin, but we think they have the relationship backwards. Confidence lags stock prices and improves after stock prices move higher, in our experience.
An equity trader on the floor of the stock exchange was interviewed on TV recently, and he was worried about the economy. He said he would like to see the employment situation improve. According to our research, employment is the piece of data that lags the most. If the normal relationship holds true, the market may rally long before employment improves.
ICON Income Opportunity Fund
The ICON Covered Call Fund opened on September 30, 2002. In January 2007, we changed the Fund’s name to the ICON Income Opportunity Fund, and we began writing index options instead of call options on individual stocks. We now have a year and a quarter to evaluate that change, and we are delighted with the results.
The Fund’s principal investment objective is to seek modest capital appreciation using our ICON methodology and to maximize realized gains. As a result of our strategy, we have found that the Fund captures some of the upside of equities and reduces the Fund’s volatility relative to broad market indexes.
6 Message From ICON Funds
Research on Industry Selection
An article in the New York Times on April 6, 2008 referred to research and a working paper by Busse & Tong of Emory University. From 1980-2006, the researchers studied whether investment managers were better at industry selection or stock selection. The article states, “The researchers found that industry bets were responsible for about half the margin by which the average fund beat or lagged behind the market. Stock selection was responsible for the other half.” The article also reports that researchers “found that an adviser with good industry-selection ability was a good bet to continue his winning ways. By contrast, an adviser with good individual stock-selection ability was far less likely to repeat the feat.”
At ICON, we believe markets have themes, meaning that certain industries typically lead for one to two years. I created the ICON system in the early and mid-1980s to capture industry leadership. It is gratifying to see third party research that supports our system.
Thank you for the opportunity to guide your investments. We appreciate your commitment to the ICON U.S Diversified Funds.
Yours truly,
Craig T. Callahan, DBA
Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the Adviser
M1 is one measure of the money supply that approximates cash used by consumers and companies, including currency in public circulation, credit union share account balances, NOW account balances, automatic transfer account balances, demand deposits, and traveler’s checks.
Message From ICON Funds 7
ICON Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
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Corporate Bonds (60.7)% |
$ | 220,000 | | | Ace INA Holdings, Inc. | | | 8.88 | % | | | 08/15/29 | | | $ | 270,441 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Alabama Power Co.(a) | | | 3.28 | % | | | 08/25/09 | | | | 1,992,330 | |
| 275,000 | | | Allied Waste North America | | | 5.75 | % | | | 02/15/11 | | | | 268,813 | |
| 750,000 | | | American General Finance | | | 5.38 | % | | | 10/01/12 | | | | 736,260 | |
| 500,000 | | | AutoZone, Inc. | | | 5.50 | % | | | 11/15/15 | | | | 480,727 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 6.25 | % | | | 04/15/12 | | | | 2,133,770 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 4.88 | % | | | 09/15/12 | | | | 1,014,561 | |
| 3,000,000 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 5.38 | % | | | 06/15/14 | | | | 3,085,254 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | BB&T Corp. | | | 6.50 | % | | | 08/01/11 | | | | 1,057,387 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.(a) | | | 5.29 | % | | | 10/09/09 | | | | 997,220 | |
| 150,000 | | | Centex Corp. | | | 4.55 | % | | | 11/01/10 | | | | 132,000 | |
| 1,127,000 | | | Chartered Semiconductor - YD | | | 5.75 | % | | | 08/03/10 | | | | 1,145,410 | |
| 450,000 | | | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 6.90 | % | | | 05/15/28 | | | | 457,760 | |
| 500,000 | | | CIT Group, Inc.(a) | | | 3.10 | % | | | 06/08/09 | | | | 414,113 | |
| 750,000 | | | CIT Group, Inc. | | | 4.75 | % | | | 12/15/10 | | | | 597,085 | |
| 355,000 | | | CIT Group, Inc. | | | 7.75 | % | | | 04/02/12 | | | | 285,387 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Citigroup, Inc.(a) | | | 3.22 | % | | | 05/18/10 | | | | 976,980 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Citigroup, Inc. | | | 6.00 | % | | | 02/21/12 | | | | 1,020,911 | |
| 410,000 | | | CNA Financial Corp. | | | 6.60 | % | | | 12/15/08 | | | | 416,144 | |
| 1,750,000 | | | Comcast Cable Communications Holdings | | | 8.38 | % | | | 03/15/13 | | | | 1,943,954 | |
| 400,000 | | | Comcast Cable Communications Holdings | | | 8.88 | % | | | 05/01/17 | | | | 457,544 | |
| 550,000 | | | Comerica Bank | | | 7.13 | % | | | 12/01/13 | | | | 558,918 | |
| 114,000 | | | Cox Communications, Inc. | | | 7.63 | % | | | 06/15/25 | | | | 122,470 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Credit Suisse USA, Inc.(a) | | | 3.16 | % | | | 06/05/09 | | | | 994,819 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Credit Suisse USA, Inc.(a) | | | 3.27 | % | | | 03/02/11 | | | | 975,470 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Credit Suisse USA, Inc. | | | 6.13 | % | | | 11/15/11 | | | | 1,056,614 | |
| 2,500,000 | | | DaimlerChrysler AG | | | 6.50 | % | | | 11/15/13 | | | | 2,635,220 | |
| 500,000 | | | DaimlerChrysler NA Holding | | | 8.00 | % | | | 06/15/10 | | | | 535,348 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | DaimlerChrysler NA Holding | | | 7.75 | % | | | 01/18/11 | | | | 1,075,351 | |
�� | 500,000 | | | Deutsche Telekom International Finance - YD | | | 8.00 | % | | | 06/15/10 | | | | 534,851 | |
| 260,000 | | | Dillard’s, Inc. | | | 9.50 | % | | | 09/01/09 | | | | 263,900 | |
| 232,000 | | | Dillard’s, Inc. | | | 9.13 | % | | | 08/01/11 | | | | 235,480 | |
| 500,000 | | | Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons | | | 4.95 | % | | | 04/01/14 | | | | 459,686 | |
| 750,000 | | | Embratel - YD | | | 11.00 | % | | | 12/15/08 | | | | 783,750 | |
| 500,000 | | | Farmers Insurance Capital Notes(b) | | | 7.20 | % | | | 07/15/48 | | | | 454,276 | |
8 Schedule of Investments
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$ | 6,000 | | | First American Financial Corp. | | | 7.55 | % | | | 04/01/28 | | | $ | 6,169 | |
| 3,000,000 | | | Ford Motor Credit Co. | | | 5.63 | % | | | 10/01/08 | | | | 2,949,378 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | General Electric Capital Corp.(a) | | | 2.93 | % | | | 03/12/10 | | | | 994,585 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | General Electric Capital Corp.(a) | | | 3.28 | % | | | 05/08/13 | | | | 952,357 | |
| 500,000 | | | General Electric Capital Corp. | | | 5.45 | % | | | 01/15/13 | | | | 523,694 | |
| 2,500,000 | | | GMAC LLC | | | 5.13 | % | | | 05/09/08 | | | | 2,488,602 | |
| 250,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 7.35 | % | | | 10/01/09 | | | | 262,847 | |
| 1,500,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 4.50 | % | | | 06/15/10 | | | | 1,511,367 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 5.00 | % | | | 01/15/11 | | | | 1,018,801 | |
| 1,250,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 6.88 | % | | | 01/15/11 | | | | 1,334,364 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 6.60 | % | | | 01/15/12 | | | | 1,057,308 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 5.70 | % | | | 09/01/12 | | | | 1,026,577 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Honeywell International, Inc.(a) | | | 3.29 | % | | | 07/27/09 | | | | 1,991,832 | |
| 670,000 | | | Household Finance Corp. | | | 5.88 | % | | | 02/01/09 | | | | 675,025 | |
| 500,000 | | | Household Finance Corp. | | | 7.00 | % | | | 05/15/12 | | | | 518,606 | |
| 1,900,000 | | | Household Finance Corp.(a) | | | 6.48 | % | | | 11/10/13 | | | | 1,862,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | HSBC Finance Corp. | | | 5.00 | % | | | 06/30/15 | | | | 1,882,462 | |
| 950,000 | | | IBM Corp. | | | 8.38 | % | | | 11/01/19 | | | | 1,219,463 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | IBM International Group Capital(a) | | | 3.65 | % | | | 07/29/09 | | | | 1,002,554 | |
| 500,000 | | | International Lease Finance Corp. | | | 6.38 | % | | | 03/15/09 | | | | 505,911 | |
| 294,000 | | | International Lease Finance Corp. | | | 4.88 | % | | | 09/01/10 | | | | 291,784 | |
| 450,000 | | | John Hancock(b) | | | 7.38 | % | | | 02/15/24 | | | | 507,609 | |
| 455,000 | | | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | | | 6.75 | % | | | 08/15/08 | | | | 460,167 | |
| 1,350,000 | | | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | | | 6.63 | % | | | 03/15/12 | | | | 1,435,258 | |
| 500,000 | | | Kraft Foods, Inc. | | | 6.25 | % | | | 06/01/12 | | | | 520,702 | |
| 950,000 | | | Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. | | | 3.50 | % | | | 08/07/08 | | | | 935,446 | |
| 218,000 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | 3.63 | % | | | 04/01/08 | | | | 217,997 | |
| 500,000 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | 3.88 | % | | | 01/15/09 | | | | 499,807 | |
| 250,000 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | 4.25 | % | | | 05/15/10 | | | | 246,409 | |
| 500,000 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | 4.75 | % | | | 04/01/14 | | | | 464,141 | |
| 400,000 | | | New Jersey Bell Telephone | | | 7.85 | % | | | 11/15/29 | | | | 439,779 | |
| 122,000 | | | NLV Financial Corp.(b) | | | 6.50 | % | | | 03/15/35 | | | | 115,078 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Oracle Corp.(a) | | | 3.13 | % | | | 05/14/10 | | | | 1,978,796 | |
| 500,000 | | | Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 4.75 | % | | | 06/13/15 | | | | 484,202 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Roadway Corp. | | | 8.25 | % | | | 12/01/08 | | | | 975,000 | |
| 500,000 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 5.85 | % | | | 03/01/14 | | | | 500,504 | |
| 382,000 | | | Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp. | | | 6.25 | % | | | 05/01/09 | | | | 374,472 | |
| 213,000 | | | Semco Energy, Inc. | | | 6.40 | % | | | 11/25/08 | | | | 214,350 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | SLM Corp. | | | 4.20 | % | | | 09/15/09 | | | | 943,503 | |
| 700,000 | | | Standard Pacific Corp.(c) | | | 6.50 | % | | | 10/01/08 | | | | 665,000 | |
| 350,000 | | | Telefonica de Argentina - YD | | | 9.13 | % | | | 11/07/10 | | | | 373,975 | |
Schedule of Investments 9
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$ | 500,000 | | | Tennessee Gas Pipeline | | | 7.00 | % | | | 10/15/28 | | | $ | 498,202 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 5.25 | % | | | 12/16/13 | | | | 1,956,818 | |
| 288,000 | | | TRW, Inc. | | | 6.32 | % | | | 05/27/08 | | | | 289,163 | |
| 500,000 | | | Tyco International, Ltd. - YD | | | 6.13 | % | | | 11/01/08 | | | | 503,739 | |
| 155,000 | | | Union Carbide Corp. | | | 6.70 | % | | | 04/01/09 | | | | 157,073 | |
| 410,000 | | | Verizon, Inc. | | | 8.30 | % | | | 08/01/31 | | | | 470,625 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Wachovia Corp.(a) | | | 3.43 | % | | | 08/01/13 | | | | 1,766,632 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Walt Disney Co.(a) | | | 4.13 | % | | | 07/16/10 | | | | 989,946 | |
| 500,000 | | | Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 4.00 | % | | | 01/15/09 | | | | 450,000 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Washington Mutual Bank | | | 5.13 | % | | | 01/15/15 | | | | 747,500 | |
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Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $75,709,653) | | | 74,827,783 | |
U.S. Government and U.S. Government Agency Bonds (35.0)% | | | | |
| 270,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 3.10 | % | | | 07/28/08 | | | | 270,537 | |
| 500,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 4.00 | % | | | 09/02/08 | | | | 503,300 | |
| 5,000,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 5.25 | % | | | 08/01/12 | | | | 5,243,245 | |
| 7,825,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 5.13 | % | | | 01/02/14 | | | | 8,113,195 | |
| 500,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 5.00 | % | | | 04/17/15 | | | | 500,277 | |
| 11,650,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 5.25 | % | | | 09/15/16 | | | | 12,641,077 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 5.00 | % | | | 07/09/18 | | | | 1,000,677 | |
| 225,000 | | | Federal Farm Credit Bank | | | 5.90 | % | | | 08/04/08 | | | | 257,996 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Federal Home Loan Bank | | | 4.00 | % | | | 02/12/10 | | | | 1,031,290 | |
| 750,000 | | | Federal Home Loan Bank | | | 5.50 | % | | | 02/14/20 | | | | 750,253 | |
| 500,000 | | | Federal Home Loan Bank | | | 5.50 | % | | | 03/03/20 | | | | 502,587 | |
| 500,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.75 | % | | | 04/15/08 | | | | 500,603 | |
| 200,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.13 | % | | | 10/15/08 | | | | 203,110 | |
| 370,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.00 | % | | | 10/29/13 | | | | 370,100 | |
| 457,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.00 | % | | | 09/15/14 | | | | 457,115 | |
| 1,500,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.16 | % | | | 02/27/15 | | | | 1,514,191 | |
| 400,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.00 | % | | | 12/15/15 | | | | 400,100 | |
| 250,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.50 | % | | | 07/18/16 | | | | 275,743 | |
| 550,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.00 | % | | | 09/09/16 | | | | 550,150 | |
| 975,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.25 | % | | | 07/27/17 | | | | 977,028 | |
| 1,500,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 6.75 | % | | | 09/15/29 | | | | 1,857,886 | |
| 3,650,000 | | | U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 8.13 | % | | | 08/15/21 | | | | 5,184,427 | |
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Total U.S. Government and U.S. Government Agency Bonds (Cost $41,424,803) | | | 43,104,887 | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Interest
| | | Maturity
| | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Rate | | | Date | | | Value | |
| |
|
Foreign Government Bonds (1.9)% |
$ | 1,000,000 | | | Federal Republic of Brazil - YD | | | 9.38 | % | | | 04/07/08 | | | $ | 1,000,976 | |
| 750,000 | | | Federal Republic of Brazil - YD | | | 14.50 | % | | | 10/15/09 | | | | 876,750 | |
| 500,000 | | | Republic of South Africa - YD | | | 6.50 | % | | | 06/02/14 | | | | 520,625 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Foreign Government Bonds (Cost $2,359,133) | | | 2,398,351 | |
Short-Term Investment (1.0)% |
| 1,287,119 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | | | | | | | | | 1,287,119 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,287,119) | | | 1,287,119 | |
Other Securities (0.6)% | | | | |
| 693,693 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | | | | | | | | | 693,693 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $693,693) | | | 693,693 | |
Total Investments 99.2% (Cost $121,474,401) | | | 122,311,833 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.8% | | | 1,004,077 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 123,315,910 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of March 31, 2008. |
|
(b) | | Security was acquired pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be deemed to be restricted for resale. The securities are considered to be illiquid. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2008 was $1,076,963 which represented 0.87% of the Fund’s Net Assets. |
|
(c) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
YD | | Yankee Dollar Bond |
Schedule of Investments 11
ICON Bond Fund
Credit Quality Diversification
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Aaa | | | 25.7% |
Aa1 | | | 7.6% |
Aa2 | | | 11.2% |
Aa3 | | | 15.2% |
A1 | | | 4.7% |
A2 | | | 7.3% |
A3 | | | 6.3% |
Baa1 | | | 3.1% |
Baa2 | | | 4.0% |
Baa3 | | | 3.8% |
Ba1 | | | 2.4% |
Ba2 | | | 0.4% |
B1 | | | 5.6% |
B2 | | | 0.3% |
Percentages are based upon total investments less short-term investments. Ratings based on Moody’s.
12 Schedule of Investments
ICON Core Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.8%) |
| 38,100 | | | Aaron Rents, Inc. | | $ | 820,674 | |
| 45,400 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | 2,948,730 | |
| 21,700 | | | Allegheny Energy, Inc. | | | 1,095,850 | |
| 35,200 | | | Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,384,768 | |
| 25,300 | | | America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | | | 1,611,357 | |
| 60,200 | | | American Railcar Industries, Inc.(b) | | | 1,223,866 | |
| 59,000 | | | Amphenol Corp. - Class A | | | 2,197,750 | |
| 84,400 | | | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. - REIT(b) | | | 1,272,752 | |
| 18,300 | | | ArcelorMittal - Class A(b) | | | 1,496,940 | |
| 54,200 | | | Arkansas Best Corp.(b) | | | 1,726,812 | |
| 82,700 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | 3,167,410 | |
| 18,900 | | | Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(a) | | | 1,733,508 | |
| 25,500 | | | Ball Corp. | | | 1,171,470 | |
| 84,500 | | | Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. - ADR(b) | | | 1,684,930 | |
| 89,300 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 3,385,363 | |
| 17,100 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 713,583 | |
| 41,700 | | | BB&T Corp.(b) | | | 1,336,902 | |
| 19,700 | | | BorgWarner, Inc. | | | 847,691 | |
| 17,100 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 1,576,962 | |
| 39,100 | | | Cameron International Corp.(a) | | | 1,628,124 | |
| 21,100 | | | Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 1,038,542 | |
| 47,300 | | | Cash America International, Inc. | | | 1,721,720 | |
| 32,100 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | 2,740,056 | |
| 10,300 | | | China Mobile, Ltd. - ADR | | | 772,603 | |
| 24,400 | | | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | 1,323,456 | |
| 18,700 | | | Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | | | 1,650,649 | |
| 51,800 | | | CVS Caremark Corp. | | | 2,098,418 | |
| 91,300 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 1,437,975 | |
| 14,000 | | | Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | 1,629,600 | |
| 9,000 | | | DryShips, Inc.(b) | | | 539,190 | |
| 18,200 | | | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | | | 1,629,446 | |
| 23,100 | | | Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | | | 1,485,792 | |
| 58,400 | | | Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 687,368 | |
| 21,700 | | | Fossil, Inc.(a) | | | 662,718 | |
| 19,000 | | | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. - Class B | | | 1,828,180 | |
| 25,100 | | | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGA - ADR | | | 1,263,032 | |
| 113,300 | | | General Electric Co. | | | 4,193,233 | |
| 20,800 | | | Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | | | 1,193,920 | |
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Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 28,800 | | | International Business Machines Corp. | | $ | 3,316,032 | |
| 36,300 | | | Johnson & Johnson, Inc. | | | 2,354,781 | |
| 24,600 | | | Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | 831,480 | |
| 71,500 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 3,070,925 | |
| 30,700 | | | K-V Pharmaceutical Co.(a)(b) | | | 766,272 | |
| 48,200 | | | Kirby Corp.(a) | | | 2,747,400 | |
| 60,800 | | | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 1,394,752 | |
| 13,000 | | | Lubrizol Corp. | | | 721,630 | |
| 17,100 | | | M&T Bank Corp.(b) | | | 1,376,208 | |
| 32,000 | | | Manulife Financial Corp. | | | 1,215,360 | |
| 21,700 | | | Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 989,520 | |
| 29,900 | | | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(a) | | | 2,119,910 | |
| 23,900 | | | MetLife, Inc. | | | 1,440,214 | |
| 53,600 | | | MICROS Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 1,804,176 | |
| 36,900 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | 1,047,222 | |
| 23,300 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 2,597,950 | |
| 32,100 | | | Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 2,636,694 | |
| 146,000 | | | National Bank of Greece S.A. - ADR | | | 1,541,760 | |
| 14,310 | | | Nestle S.A. - ADR(b) | | | 1,794,990 | |
| 26,800 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | 1,822,400 | |
| 35,900 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 1,950,088 | |
| 37,800 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,203,174 | |
| 67,400 | | | OptionsXpress Holdings, Inc.(b) | | | 1,395,854 | |
| 127,400 | | | Oracle Corp.(a) | | | 2,491,944 | |
| 47,800 | | | Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 3,349,346 | |
| 27,000 | | | Public Service Enterprise | | | 1,085,130 | |
| 20,100 | | | QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 824,100 | |
| 40,700 | | | Redwood Trust, Inc. - REIT(b) | | | 1,479,445 | |
| 32,100 | | | RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. | | | 1,666,311 | |
| 106,600 | | | Rent-A-Center, Inc.(a) | | | 1,956,110 | |
| 41,000 | | | Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 1,228,360 | |
| 23,600 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 1,437,476 | |
| 13,700 | | | Siemens AG - ADR | | | 1,492,478 | |
| 25,900 | | | State Street Corp. | | | 2,046,100 | |
| 23,100 | | | Stryker Corp. | | | 1,502,655 | |
| 23,400 | | | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 1,290,276 | |
| 18,800 | | | Telefonica S.A. - ADR | | | 1,626,388 | |
| 34,700 | | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. - ADR(b) | | | 1,602,793 | |
| 8,700 | | | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 1,438,893 | |
| 29,400 | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 822,318 | |
| 35,500 | | | The Manitowoc Co., Inc. | | | 1,448,400 | |
| 21,800 | | | The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | | | 739,238 | |
| 23,300 | | | The Stanley Works | | | 1,109,546 | |
| 34,100 | | | The Valspar Corp. | | | 676,544 | |
| 35,700 | | | Toll Brothers, Inc.(a) | | | 838,236 | |
| 11,900 | | | Transocean, Inc.(a) | | | 1,608,880 | |
| 16,150 | | | Union Pacific Corp. | | | 2,024,887 | |
| 18,600 | | | V.F. Corp. | | | 1,441,686 | |
| 31,500 | | | Wachovia Corp.(b) | | | 850,500 | |
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Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 59,300 | | | Wells Fargo & Co. | | $ | 1,725,630 | |
| 12,700 | | | Whirlpool Corp.(b) | | | 1,102,106 | |
| 6,900 | | | Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC - ADR | | | 707,112 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $136,005,190) | | | 142,673,020 | |
Short-Term Investments (0.4%) | | | | |
$ | 506,388 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 506,388 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $506,388) | | | 506,388 | |
Other Securities (12.2%) | | | | |
| 17,406,171 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 17,406,171 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $17,406,171) | | | 17,406,171 | |
Total Investments 112.4% (Cost $153,917,749) | | | 160,585,579 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (12.4)% | | | (17,692,759 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 142,892,820 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed above are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
|
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Schedule of Investments 15
ICON Core Equity Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 25.5 | % |
Industrials | | | 15.0 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 12.2 | % |
Information Technology | | | 9.6 | % |
Energy | | | 8.9 | % |
Health Care | | | 8.0 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 7.7 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 7.0 | % |
Materials | | | 5.9 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
ICON Core Equity Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 4.6% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 4.4% |
Diversified Banks | | | 4.1% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 4.0% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 3.9% |
Railroads | | | 3.9% |
Systems Software | | | 3.7% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 3.4% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 3.3% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 3.2% |
Household Products | | | 3.2% |
Trucking | | | 3.0% |
Health Care Services | | | 2.9% |
Regional Banks | | | 2.8% |
Computer Hardware | | | 2.3% |
Reinsurance | | | 2.3% |
Marine | | | 2.3% |
Investment Banking & Brokerage | | | 2.0% |
Home Furnishing Retail | | | 2.0% |
Consumer Finance | | | 1.9% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 1.9% |
Mortgage REITs | | | 1.9% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 1.9% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 1.8% |
Packaged Foods & Meats | | | 1.8% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 1.6% |
Homebuilding | | | 1.6% |
Home Improvement Retail | | | 1.6% |
Household Appliances | | | 1.6% |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers | | | 1.5% |
Semiconductor Equipment | | | 1.5% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 1.5% |
Drug Retail | | | 1.5% |
Apparel Retail | | | 1.4% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 1.3% |
Footwear | | | 1.3% |
Auto Parts & Equipment | | | 1.2% |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | | | 1.2% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 1.1% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 1.1% |
Steel | | | 1.0% |
Specialty Chemicals | | | 1.0% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 0.8% |
Metal & Glass Containers | | | 0.8% |
Electric Utilities | | | 0.8% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 0.8% |
Communications Equipment | | | 0.6% |
Soft Drinks | | | 0.5% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
16 Schedule of Investments
ICON Equity Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (88.9%) |
| 8,700 | | | 3M Co. | | $ | 688,605 | |
| 20,300 | | | Abbott Laboratories | | | 1,119,545 | |
| 10,600 | | | ACE, Ltd. | | | 583,636 | |
| 28,900 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | 1,877,055 | |
| 5,900 | | | Alcon, Inc. | | | 839,275 | |
| 52,200 | | | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. - REIT | | | 799,704 | |
| 8,500 | | | Apache Corp. | | | 1,026,970 | |
| 56,200 | | | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. - REIT | | | 847,496 | |
| 9,400 | | | ArcelorMittal - Class A | | | 768,920 | |
| 27,000 | | | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | | 1,111,320 | |
| 30,000 | | | Arkansas Best Corp. | | | 955,800 | |
| 44,700 | | | Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 615,072 | |
| 59,000 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | 2,259,700 | |
| 20,000 | | | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 847,800 | |
| 51,300 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 1,944,783 | |
| 25,900 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 1,080,807 | |
| 18,600 | | | Baxter International, Inc. | | | 1,075,452 | |
| 31,200 | | | BB&T Corp. | | | 1,000,272 | |
| 8,600 | | | Becton, Dickinson & Co. | | | 738,310 | |
| 8,500 | | | BHP Billiton, Ltd. - ADR | | | 559,725 | |
| 10,000 | | | BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust | | | 933,700 | |
| 10,000 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 922,200 | |
| 20,800 | | | Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 1,023,776 | |
| 22,400 | | | Cash America International, Inc. | | | 815,360 | |
| 21,000 | | | CBRL Group, Inc. | | | 751,170 | |
| 4,400 | | | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 455,928 | |
| 19,700 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | 1,681,592 | |
| 25,090 | | | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. - ADR | | | 652,842 | |
| 10,900 | | | Colgate - Palmolive Co. | | | 849,219 | |
| 16,800 | | | ConocoPhillips | | | 1,280,328 | |
| 13,900 | | | Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. | | | 551,830 | |
| 21,100 | | | Credicorp, Ltd. | | | 1,513,714 | |
| 69,000 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 1,086,750 | |
| 22,500 | | | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 732,375 | |
| 6,600 | | | Deutsche Bank AG - ADR | | | 746,130 | |
| 24,800 | | | Diana Shipping, Inc. | | | 652,736 | |
| 15,900 | | | Dominion Resources, Inc. of Virginia | | | 649,356 | |
| 16,300 | | | Dow Chemical Co. | | | 600,655 | |
| 7,600 | | | Eaton Corp. | | | 605,492 | |
| 13,200 | | | Emerson Electric Co. | | | 679,272 | |
| 19,300 | | | Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | | | 548,699 | |
| 19,900 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 523,768 | |
| 27,400 | | | Federated Investors, Inc. | | | 1,072,984 | |
| 57,000 | | | Foot Locker, Inc. | | | 670,890 | |
| 19,900 | | | FPL Group, Inc. | | | 1,248,526 | |
| 5,800 | | | Freeport - McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. - Class B | | | 558,076 | |
| 13,600 | | | Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd. | | | 767,448 | |
| 68,100 | | | General Electric Co. | | | 2,520,381 | |
| 23,700 | | | General Maritime Corp. | | | 559,557 | |
| 19,000 | | | Genuine Parts Co. | | | 764,180 | |
| 13,000 | | | Greif, Inc. - Class A | | | 883,090 | |
Schedule of Investments 17
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 19,800 | | | H.J. Heinz Co. | | $ | 930,006 | |
| 59,100 | | | Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc. | | | 628,824 | |
| 26,900 | | | Hewlett - Packard Co. | | | 1,228,254 | |
| 23,700 | | | Intel Corp. | | | 501,966 | |
| 23,100 | | | International Business Machines Corp. | | | 2,659,734 | |
| 25,200 | | | Johnson & Johnson, Inc. | | | 1,634,724 | |
| 49,200 | | | JP Morgan Chase & Co. | | | 2,113,140 | |
| 40,600 | | | KB Home | | | 1,004,038 | |
| 11,100 | | | Kimberly - Clark Corp. | | | 716,505 | |
| 10,000 | | | L - 3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,093,400 | |
| 74,200 | | | La - Z - Boy, Inc. | | | 618,828 | |
| 37,700 | | | Leggett & Platt, Inc. | | | 574,925 | |
| 10,400 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 1,032,720 | |
| 41,600 | | | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 954,304 | |
| 9,000 | | | Lubrizol Corp. | | | 499,590 | |
| 15,900 | | | Lufkin Industries, Inc. | | | 1,014,738 | |
| 39,300 | | | Masco Corp. | | | 779,319 | |
| 47,400 | | | MCG Capital Corp. | | | 430,866 | |
| 15,300 | | | MetLife, Inc. | | | 921,978 | |
| 53,100 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | 1,506,978 | |
| 5,000 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 557,500 | |
| 24,800 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | 1,686,400 | |
| 59,500 | | | NN, Inc. | | | 578,935 | |
| 21,900 | | | Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 713,940 | |
| 19,400 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 1,053,808 | |
| 10,700 | | | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 782,919 | |
| 23,000 | | | Owens & Minor, Inc. | | | 904,820 | |
| 27,100 | | | Oxford Industries, Inc. | | | 610,563 | |
| 38,500 | | | Partner Communications Co., Ltd. | | | 864,325 | |
| 10,300 | | | PartnerRe, Ltd. | | | 785,890 | |
| 24,300 | | | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 472,878 | |
| 30,200 | | | People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 522,762 | |
| 19,600 | | | PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 1,415,120 | |
| 16,000 | | | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 1,049,120 | |
| 15,200 | | | Polaris Industries, Inc. | | | 623,352 | |
| 9,100 | | | PPG Industries, Inc. | | | 550,641 | |
| 25,900 | | | Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 1,814,813 | |
| 12,000 | | | Progress Energy, Inc. | | | 500,400 | |
| 21,600 | | | QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 885,600 | |
| 21,300 | | | Raytheon Co. | | | 1,376,193 | |
| 25,700 | | | Redwood Trust, Inc. - REIT | | | 934,195 | |
| 37,600 | | | Regions Financial Corp. | | | 742,600 | |
| 11,900 | | | RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. | | | 617,729 | |
| 22,700 | | | San Juan Basin Royalty Trust | | | 845,121 | |
| 33,800 | | | Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 807,144 | |
| 34,400 | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 962,168 | |
| 11,500 | | | The Stanley Works | | | 547,630 | |
| 30,900 | | | U.S. Bancorp | | | 999,924 | |
| 9,900 | | | Union Pacific Corp. | | | 1,241,262 | |
| 12,800 | | | United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B | | | 934,656 | |
| 11,200 | | | V.F. Corp. | | | 868,112 | |
| 50,700 | | | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. - Class A | | | 1,628,991 | |
| 47,000 | | | Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 1,367,700 | |
| 20,800 | | | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | | 919,984 | |
| 20,500 | | | World Acceptance Corp.(a) | | | 652,925 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $96,693,314) | | | 100,707,228 | |
| | | | |
Rights (0.0%) | | | | |
| 6,771 | | | MCG Capital Corp. Rights | | | 7,245 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Rights (Cost $0) | | | 7,245 | |
18 Schedule of Investments
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Interest
| | | Maturity
| | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Rate | | | Date | | | Value | |
| |
|
Convertible Preferred Stocks (0.9%) |
| 7,000 | | | Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 7.00 | % | | | 04/04/21 | | | $ | 987,140 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $927,374) | | | 987,140 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Bonds (2.7%) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 500,000 | | | Financing Corp. | | | 9.40 | % | | | 02/08/18 | | | | 712,977 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | DaimlerChrysler AG | | | 6.50 | % | | | 11/15/13 | | | | 1,054,088 | |
| 1,288,000 | | | Household Finance Corp. | | | 4.75 | % | | | 07/15/13 | | | | 1,266,194 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $3,003,984) | | | 3,033,259 | |
| | | | |
U.S. Government And U.S. Government Agency Bonds (7.1%) | | | | |
| 750,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 6.63 | % | | | 09/15/09 | | | | 796,597 | |
| 650,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 8.10 | % | | | 08/12/19 | | | | 866,917 | |
| 1,000,000 | | | Federal Home Loan Bank | | | 5.80 | % | | | 09/02/08 | | | | 1,014,061 | |
| 1,323,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.16 | % | | | 02/27/15 | | | | 1,335,517 | |
| 1,750,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.00 | % | | | 01/16/09 | | | | 1,787,711 | |
| 2,000,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 5.50 | % | | | 07/18/16 | | | | 2,205,940 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total U.S. Government And U.S. Government Agency Bonds (Cost $7,849,676) | | | 8,006,743 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Underlying Security/
| | | | | | |
Expiration Date/
| | | | | | |
Exercise Price | | Contracts* | | | Value | |
| |
|
Call Options Purchased (0.1%) | | | | |
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., Expiration January 2009, Exercise Price $75 | | | 100 | | | $ | 23,250 | |
Rent - A - Center, Inc., Expiration January 2009, Exercise Price $22.50 | | | 333 | | | | 65,768 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Call Options Purchased (Cost $241,589) | | | | | | | 89,018 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Short - Term Investments (0.6%) |
$ | 670,903 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | $ | 670,903 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short - Term Investments (Cost $670,903) | | | 670,903 | |
Total Investments 100.3% (Cost $109,386,840) | | | 113,501,536 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (0.3)% | | | (262,419 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 113,239,117 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non - income producing security. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short - term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed above are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
* | | All options have 100 shares per contract. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
|
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Schedule of Investments 19
ICON Equity Income Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 24.0 | % |
Industrials | | | 13.4 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 12.0 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 8.0 | % |
Energy | | | 7.1 | % |
Information Technology | | | 6.7 | % |
Health Care | | | 6.4 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 6.0 | % |
Materials | | | 5.3 | % |
Percentages are based upon common stock positions as a percentage of net assets.
ICON Equity Income Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 3.7% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 3.6% |
Computer Hardware | | | 3.5% |
Diversified Banks | | | 3.4% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 3.3% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 3.1% |
Household Products | | | 3.0% |
Railroads | | | 2.8% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 2.8% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 2.6% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 2.5% |
Regional Banks | | | 2.5% |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | | 2.4% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 2.4% |
Mortgage REITs | | | 2.2% |
Consumer Finance | | | 2.2% |
Homebuilding | | | 1.9% |
Home Improvement Retail | | | 1.7% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 1.7% |
Electric Utilities | | | 1.6% |
Health Care Supplies | | | 1.6% |
Home Furnishings | | | 1.5% |
Footwear | | | 1.5% |
Systems Software | | | 1.3% |
Restaurants | | | 1.3% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 1.3% |
Marine | | | 1.3% |
Soft Drinks | | | 1.3% |
Reinsurance | | | 1.2% |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | | 1.2% |
Steel | | | 1.2% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 1.1% |
Diversified Chemicals | | | 1.0% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 1.0% |
Agricultural Products | | | 1.0% |
Automotive Retail | | | 1.0% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 0.9% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 0.9% |
Trucking | | | 0.8% |
Air Freight & Logistics | | | 0.8% |
Packaged Foods & Meats | | | 0.8% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 0.8% |
Communications Equipment | | | 0.8% |
Metal & Glass Containers | | | 0.8% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 0.8% |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services | | | 0.8% |
Building Products | | | 0.7% |
Distributors | | | 0.7% |
Diversified Capital Markets | | | 0.7% |
Home Furnishing Retail | | | 0.7% |
Department Stores | | | 0.6% |
Electrical Components & Equipment | | | 0.6% |
Apparel Retail | | | 0.6% |
Leisure Products | | | 0.6% |
Industrial Machinery | | | 0.5% |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | | | 0.5% |
Household Appliances | | | 0.5% |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance | | | 0.5% |
Semiconductors | | | 0.4% |
Specialty Chemicals | | | 0.4% |
Percentages are based upon common stock positions as a percentage of net assets.
20 Schedule of Investments
ICON Income Opportunity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.9%) |
| 12,600 | | | Abbott Laboratories | | $ | 694,890 | |
| 12,500 | | | Aflac, Inc.x | | | 811,875 | |
| 19,600 | | | America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. - ADRx | | | 1,248,324 | |
| 20,300 | | | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 831,894 | |
| 6,600 | | | Anixter International, Inc.(a) | | | 422,664 | |
| 32,200 | | | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.(b) - REIT | | | 485,576 | |
| 6,300 | | | ArcelorMittal - Class A(b) | | | 515,340 | |
| 24,300 | | | Archer Daniels Midland Co.x | | | 1,000,188 | |
| 19,500 | | | Arkansas Best Corp.(b) | | | 621,270 | |
| 41,200 | | | Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. - ADR(b)x | | | 821,528 | |
| 36,200 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 1,372,342 | |
| 19,400 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 809,562 | |
| 14,200 | | | Baxter International, Inc. | | | 821,044 | |
| 37,300 | | | BB&T Corp.x | | | 1,195,838 | |
| 24,200 | | | Capital One Financial Corp.(b)x | | | 1,191,124 | |
| 19,300 | | | Cash America International, Inc. | | | 702,520 | |
| 10,400 | | | Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 814,216 | |
| 23,400 | | | CBRL Group, Inc. | | | 837,018 | |
| 33,200 | | | Cemex S.A.B. de C.V - ADR(b) | | | 867,184 | |
| 5,200 | | | China Mobile, Ltd. - ADR | | | 390,052 | |
| 12,000 | | | ConocoPhillipsx | | | 914,520 | |
| 6,300 | | | Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | | | 556,101 | |
| 11,400 | | | Cummins, Inc. | | | 533,748 | |
| 19,200 | | | CVS Caremark Corp. | | | 777,792 | |
| 50,100 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc.x | | | 789,075 | |
| 3,400 | | | Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | 395,760 | |
| 21,600 | | | Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | | | 595,944 | |
| 14,200 | | | Eaton Corp. | | | 1,131,314 | |
| 10,500 | | | Entergy Corp.x | | | 1,145,340 | |
| 3,600 | | | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | | | 322,308 | |
| 8,900 | | | Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | | | 572,448 | |
| 11,000 | | | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 419,540 | |
| 10,200 | | | FPL Group, Inc. | | | 639,948 | |
| 9,200 | | | Freeport - McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. - Class Bx | | | 885,224 | |
| 40,100 | | | General Electric Co.x | | | 1,484,101 | |
| 25,000 | | | General Maritime Corp.(b) | | | 590,250 | |
| 10,100 | | | Genzyme Corp.(a) | | | 752,854 | |
| 12,200 | | | Greif, Inc. - Class A | | | 828,746 | |
| 10,500 | | | Halliburton Co. | | | 412,965 | |
| 7,300 | | | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | 342,151 | |
| 22,800 | | | Ingersoll Rand Co., Ltd. - Class A | | | 1,016,424 | |
| 12,300 | | | International Business Machines Corp.x | | | 1,416,222 | |
| 22,700 | | | Johnson & Johnson, Inc. | | | 1,472,549 | |
Schedule of Investments 21
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 12,300 | | | Johnson Controls, Inc.x | | $ | 415,740 | |
| 40,200 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co.x | | | 1,726,590 | |
| 3,000 | | | Kimberly - Clark Corp. | | | 193,650 | |
| 18,400 | | | Kohl’s Corp.(a)x | | | 789,176 | |
| 5,200 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 516,360 | |
| 22,800 | | | Lowe’s Cos., Inc.x | | | 523,032 | |
| 15,100 | | | Marriott International, Inc. - Class A | | | 518,836 | |
| 2,300 | | | Mastercard, Inc. - Class A(b) | | | 512,877 | |
| 9,300 | | | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(a) | | | 659,370 | |
| 47,600 | | | Microsoft Corp.x | | | 1,350,888 | |
| 9,600 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 1,070,400 | |
| 15,000 | | | Murphy Oil Corp.x | | | 1,232,100 | |
| 21,200 | | | Nabors Industries, Ltd.(a)x | | | 715,924 | |
| 10,800 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class Bx | | | 734,400 | |
| 11,600 | | | Nordstrom, Inc.x | | | 378,160 | |
| 29,500 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp.x | | | 1,602,440 | |
| 14,100 | | | Novartis AG - ADR | | | 722,343 | |
| 14,200 | | | NRG Energy, Inc.(a) | | | 553,658 | |
| 12,400 | | | Occidental Petroleum Corp.x | | | 907,308 | |
| 19,900 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 633,417 | |
| 52,400 | | | Oracle Corp.(a)x | | | 1,024,944 | |
| 18,200 | | | Polaris Industries, Inc.(b) | | | 746,382 | |
| 13,800 | | | Procter & Gamble Co.x | | | 966,966 | |
| 14,200 | | | Public Service Enterprise | | | 570,698 | |
| 13,400 | | | Raytheon Co. | | | 865,774 | |
| 11,800 | | | Redwood Trust, Inc.(b) - REIT | | | 428,930 | |
| 6,400 | | | RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. | | | 332,224 | |
| 47,500 | | | Rent - A - Center, Inc.(a)x | | | 871,625 | |
| 8,000 | | | Research In Motion, Ltd.(a) | | | 897,840 | |
| 8,500 | | | Reynolds American, Inc. | | | 501,755 | |
| 39,500 | | | Ross Stores, Inc.x | | | 1,183,420 | |
| 16,800 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 1,023,288 | |
| 12,800 | | | State Street Corp. | | | 1,011,200 | |
| 15,100 | | | Stryker Corp. | | | 982,255 | |
| 5,800 | | | Telefonica S.A. - ADR | | | 501,758 | |
| 11,700 | | | Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. - ADR | | | 439,920 | |
| 4,200 | | | The Clorox Co. | | | 237,888 | |
| 7,800 | | | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 1,290,042 | |
| 41,800 | | | The Home Depot, Inc.x | | | 1,169,146 | |
| 14,000 | | | The Manitowoc Co., Inc. | | | 571,200 | |
| 11,400 | | | The Toro Co. | | | 471,846 | |
| 25,100 | | | The Valspar Corp. | | | 497,984 | |
| 15,700 | | | TJX Cos., Inc. | | | 519,199 | |
| 20,400 | | | Toll Brothers, Inc.(a)x | | | 478,992 | |
| 4,400 | | | Transocean, Inc.(a) | | | 594,880 | |
| 12,600 | | | Union Pacific Corp.x | | | 1,579,788 | |
| 14,000 | | | V.F. Corp.x | | | 1,085,140 | |
| 36,500 | | | Vimpel - Communications - ADR x | | | 1,090,985 | |
| 11,000 | | | Wachovia Corp.(b) | | | 297,000 | |
| 18,400 | | | Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. | | | 969,312 | |
| 13,600 | | | Weatherford International, Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 985,592 | |
| 43,500 | | | Wells Fargo & Co.x | | | 1,265,850 | |
| 19,200 | | | WESCO International, Inc.(a) | | | 700,608 | |
| 28,100 | | | Western Digital Corp.(a)x | | | 759,824 | |
| 6,800 | | | Whirlpool Corp.(b) | | | 590,104 | |
22 Schedule of Investments
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 14,700 | | | World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b) | | $ | 468,195 | |
| 24,200 | | | Zions Bancorpx | | | 1,102,310 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $77,144,226) | | | 79,281,306 | |
|
Short-Term Investments (2.0%) |
$ | 1,611,231 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 1,611,231 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,611,231) | | | 1,611,231 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Underlying Securities
| | | | |
Index/Expiration
| | | | |
Date/Exercise Price | | Contracts* | | |
|
|
Put Options Purchased (1.4%) |
S&P 500 Index, Expiration May 2008, Exercise Price $1330 | | | 240 | | | | 1,120,800 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Total Put Options Purchased (Cost $999,204) | | | 1,120,800 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Other Securities (10.3%) |
| 8,197,590 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | $ | 8,197,590 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $8,197,590) | | | 8,197,590 | |
Total Investments 113.6% (Cost $87,952,251) | | | 90,210,927 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (13.6)% | | | (10,836,564 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 79,374,363 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non - income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
x | | All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral for written call options. |
|
* | | All options have 100 shares per contract. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
|
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Schedule of Investments 23
Schedule of Written Call Options
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Underlying Securities
| | | | |
Index/Expiration
| | | | |
Date/Exercise Price | | Contracts* | | Value |
|
|
S&P 500 Index, | | | | | | | | |
Expiration May 2008, Exercise Price $1350 | | | 600 | | | $ | 1,872,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Options Written (Premiums received $2,997,990) | | | | | | $ | 1,872,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
* | | All written options have 100 shares per contract. |
24 Schedule of Investments
ICON Income Opportunity Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 19.6 | % |
Industrials | | | 17.2 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 12.9 | % |
Information Technology | | | 9.3 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 9.0 | % |
Energy | | | 8.9 | % |
Health Care | | | 8.6 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 8.5 | % |
Materials | | | 5.9 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
ICON Income Opportunity Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Railroads | | | 4.0% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 3.9% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 3.9% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 3.7% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 3.5% |
Diversified Banks | | | 3.0% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 3.0% |
Systems Software | | | 3.0% |
Consumer Finance | | | 3.0% |
Regional Banks | | | 2.9% |
Trucking | | | 2.9% |
Industrial Machinery | | | 2.7% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 2.6% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 2.3% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 2.2% |
Electric Utilities | | | 2.2% |
Apparel Retail | | | 2.2% |
Home Improvement Retail | | | 2.2% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 1.9% |
Computer Hardware | | | 1.8% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 1.8% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 1.7% |
Household Products | | | 1.7% |
Investment Banking & Brokerage | | | 1.6% |
Homebuilding | | | 1.6% |
Department Stores | | | 1.5% |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | | | 1.4% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 1.4% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 1.4% |
Agricultural Products | | | 1.3% |
Hypermarkets & Super Centers | | | 1.2% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 1.2% |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services | | | 1.1% |
Mortgage REITs | | | 1.1% |
Communications Equipment | | | 1.1% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 1.1% |
Homefurnishing Retail | | | 1.1% |
Construction Materials | | | 1.1% |
Restaurants | | | 1.1% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 1.0% |
Metal & Glass Containers | | | 1.0% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 1.0% |
Drug Retail | | | 1.0% |
Computer Storage & Peripherals | | | 1.0% |
Biotechnology | | | 1.0% |
Leisure Products | | | 0.9% |
Footwear | | | 0.9% |
Trading Companies & Distributors | | | 0.9% |
Semiconductor Equipment | | | 0.8% |
Reinsurance | | | 0.8% |
General Merchandise Stores | | | 0.8% |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | | | 0.7% |
Household Appliances | | | 0.7% |
Health Care Services | | | 0.7% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 0.7% |
Hotels Resorts & Cruise Lines | | | 0.7% |
Steel | | | 0.7% |
Tobacco | | | 0.6% |
Specialty Chemicals | | | 0.6% |
Technology Distributors | | | 0.5% |
Auto Parts & Equipment | | | 0.5% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 25
ICON Long/Short Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (98.3)% |
| 50,000 | | | Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | | $ | 3,657,000 | |
| 56,100 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | 3,643,695 | |
| 44,500 | | | America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | | | 2,834,205 | |
| 61,500 | | | Amphenol Corp. - Class A | | | 2,290,875 | |
| 39,100 | | | Anixter International, Inc.(a) | | | 2,503,964 | |
| 335,000 | | | Anthracite Capital, Inc.(b) - REIT | | | 2,211,000 | |
| 28,000 | | | Apache Corp. | | | 3,382,960 | |
| 145,000 | | | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.(b) - REIT | | | 2,186,600 | |
| 60,000 | | | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | | 2,469,600 | |
| 65,700 | | | Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) | | | 2,210,805 | |
| 61,000 | | | Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(a)x | | | 5,594,920 | |
| 117,000 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 4,435,470 | |
| 80,000 | | | BB&T Corp.(b) | | | 2,564,800 | |
| 30,000 | | | Bristow Group, Inc.(a) | | | 1,610,100 | |
| 38,200 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 3,522,804 | |
| 60,000 | | | Cash America International, Inc. | | | 2,184,000 | |
| 30,000 | | | Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 2,348,700 | |
| 50,000 | | | CBRL Group, Inc. | | | 1,788,500 | |
| 100,000 | | | Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | | | 2,420,000 | |
| 75,000 | | | Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - ADR | | | 2,598,000 | |
| 50,000 | | | Corn Products International, Inc. | | | 1,857,000 | |
| 30,000 | | | Cummins, Inc. | | | 1,404,600 | |
| 175,000 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 2,756,250 | |
| 105,000 | | | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 3,417,750 | |
| 70,000 | | | Desarrolladora Homex S.A. de C.V. - ADR(a)(b) | | | 4,063,500 | |
| 20,000 | | | Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.x | | | 2,328,000 | |
| 25,000 | | | DryShips, Inc.(b) | | | 1,497,750 | |
| 26,400 | | | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | | | 2,363,592 | |
| 39,700 | | | Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | | | 2,553,504 | |
| 45,000 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 1,184,400 | |
| 35,000 | | | Federated Investors, Inc. | | | 1,370,600 | |
| 41,000 | | | FMC Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 2,332,490 | |
| 51,200 | | | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. - Class B | | | 4,926,464 | |
| 25,700 | | | Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd.(b) | | | 1,450,251 | |
| 38,500 | | | Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | | | 2,209,900 | |
26 Schedule of Investments
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 37,400 | | | International Business Machines Corp.x | | $ | 4,306,236 | |
| 67,000 | | | Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,373,500 | |
| 85,000 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 3,650,750 | |
| 50,000 | | | KB Home(b) | | | 1,236,500 | |
| 65,000 | | | Kirby Corp.(a) | | | 3,705,000 | |
| 45,000 | | | Loews Corp. | | | 1,809,900 | |
| 50,000 | | | M&T Bank Corp.(b) | | | 4,024,000 | |
| 52,600 | | | MedcoHealth Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | 2,303,354 | |
| 64,500 | | | MetLife, Inc. | | | 3,886,770 | |
| 89,500 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | 2,540,010 | |
| 23,500 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 2,620,250 | |
| 33,300 | | | Moog, Inc. - Class A(a) | | | 1,405,593 | |
| 32,500 | | | Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 2,669,550 | |
| 115,000 | | | Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,067,200 | |
| 38,600 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | 2,624,800 | |
| 50,000 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp.x | | | 2,716,000 | |
| 42,600 | | | Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 3,314,706 | |
| 75,000 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,387,250 | |
| 125,000 | | | Oracle Corp.(a) | | | 2,445,000 | |
| 140,000 | | | Pacer International, Inc. | | | 2,300,200 | |
| 50,500 | | | Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 3,951,625 | |
| 22,500 | | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 1,346,850 | |
| 125,000 | | | Rent-A-Center, Inc.(a) | | | 2,293,750 | |
| 35,400 | | | Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR - Class Ax | | | 2,441,892 | |
| 42,500 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 2,588,675 | |
| 47,500 | | | State Street Corp. | | | 3,752,500 | |
| 50,000 | | | Swisscom AG - ADR | | | 1,720,085 | |
| 95,500 | | | Target Corp.x | | | 4,839,940 | |
| 47,500 | | | Telefonica S.A. - ADR | | | 4,109,225 | |
| 18,400 | | | The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 1,394,168 | |
| 89,600 | | | The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.x | | | 3,038,336 | |
| 162,000 | | | TJX Cos., Inc.x | | | 5,357,340 | |
| 39,600 | | | Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.x | | | 2,627,460 | |
| 31,000 | | | Transocean, Inc.(a)x | | | 4,191,200 | |
| 75,000 | | | U.S. Bancorp | | | 2,427,000 | |
| 45,000 | | | Union Pacific Corp.x | | | 5,642,100 | |
| 65,500 | | | Wachovia Corp.(b) | | | 1,768,500 | |
| 50,000 | | | Weatherford International, Ltd.(a)(b)x | | | 3,623,500 | |
| 90,100 | | | Wells Fargo & Co.x | | | 2,621,910 | |
| 50,000 | | | Whirlpool Corp.(b) | | | 4,339,000 | |
| 100,000 | | | World Acceptance Corp.(a)(b) | | | 3,185,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $206,386,541) | | | 211,820,674 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Other Securities (13.1%) |
| 28,166,148 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | $ | 28,166,148 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $28,166,148) | | | 28,166,148 | |
Total Investments 111.4% (Cost $234,552,689) | | | 239,986,822 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (11.4)% | | | (24,604,690 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 215,382,132 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
x | | All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral for securities sold short. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
|
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
28 Schedule of Investments
ICON Long/Short Fund
Schedule of Short Securities
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares | | Short Security | | Value |
|
|
| 4,200 | | | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | $ | 405,384 | |
| 9,100 | | | BRE Properties, Inc. | | | 414,596 | |
| 8,000 | | | Corporate Office Properties Trust | | | 268,880 | |
| 60,000 | | | Energy Partners, Ltd.(a) | | | 568,200 | |
| 62,800 | | | Insituform Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 868,524 | |
| 17,000 | | | KBR, Inc. | | | 471,410 | |
| 30,000 | | | Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc.(a) | | | 211,500 | |
| 50,200 | | | Petrohawk Energy Corp.(a) | | | 1,012,534 | |
| 57,500 | | | Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.(a) | | | 736,000 | |
| 30,000 | | | ProLogis | | | 1,765,800 | |
| 5,000 | | | PS Business Parks, Inc. | | | 259,500 | |
| 4,400 | | | Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 408,804 | |
| 2,900 | | | SL Green Realty Corp. | | | 236,263 | |
| 2,300 | | | The Macerich Co. | | | 161,621 | |
| 15,000 | | | The Marcus Corp. | | | 288,000 | |
| 25,000 | | | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | | | 630,000 | |
| 30,000 | | | Vital Images, Inc.(a) | | | 444,600 | |
| 4,400 | | | Vornado Realty Trust | | | 379,324 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $10,122,991) | | $ | 9,530,940 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
Schedule of Investments 29
ICON Long/Short Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 26.5 | % |
Industrials | | | 16.5 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 15.1 | % |
Energy | | | 13.1 | % |
Information Technology | | | 7.6 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 6.9 | % |
Materials | | | 5.3 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 4.0 | % |
Health Care | | | 3.3 | % |
Percentages are based upon long positions as a percentage of net assets.
ICON Long/Short Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 5.6% |
Railroads | | | 5.5% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 5.3% |
Apparel Retail | | | 4.8% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 3.8% |
Homebuilding | | | 3.8% |
Marine | | | 3.6% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 3.6% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 3.5% |
Diversified Banks | | | 3.1% |
Regional Banks | | | 3.1% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 2.7% |
Soft Drinks | | | 2.5% |
Consumer Finance | | | 2.5% |
Restaurants | | | 2.4% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 2.3% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 2.3% |
Reinsurance | | | 2.3% |
Systems Software | | | 2.3% |
Trucking | | | 2.3% |
Health Care Services | | | 2.3% |
General Merchandise Stores | | | 2.2% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 2.2% |
Technology Distributors | | | 2.2% |
Mortgage REITs | | | 2.0% |
Household Appliances | | | 2.0% |
Agricultural Products | | | 2.0% |
Computer Hardware | | | 2.0% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 1.8% |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | | 1.6% |
Multi-Line Insurance | | | 1.5% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 1.3% |
Footwear | | | 1.2% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 1.2% |
Air Freight & Logistics | | | 1.1% |
Home Furnishing Retail | | | 1.1% |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers | | | 1.1% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 1.0% |
Steel | | | 0.6% |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance | | | 0.6% |
Percentages are based upon long positions as a percentage of net assets.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Bond
| | | ICON Core
| |
| | Fund | | | Equity Fund | |
Assets | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at cost | | $ | 121,474,401 | | | $ | 153,917,749 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value† | | | 122,311,833 | | | | 160,585,579 | |
Cash | | | - | | | | - | |
Deposits for short sales | | | - | | | | - | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 861,913 | | | | 205,972 | |
Investments sold | | | - | | | | 1,249,609 | |
Interest | | | 1,477,164 | | | | 24,924 | |
Dividends | | | - | | | | 111,671 | |
Expense reimbursements by Adviser | | | 1,486 | | | | - | |
Expense reimbursement by Sub-Administrator | | | - | | | | - | |
Other assets | | | 33,815 | | | | 37,591 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Assets | | | 124,686,211 | | | | 162,215,346 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Options written, at value (premiums received of $0, $0, $0, $2,997,990 and $0) | | | - | | | | - | |
Common stocks sold short, at value (proceeds of $0, $0, $0, $0 and $10,122,991) | | | - | | | | - | |
Payables: | | | | | | | | |
Due to custodian bank | | | 110 | | | | 187,739 | |
Interest | | | - | | | | - | |
Investments bought | | | - | | | | 1,270,645 | |
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned | | | 693,693 | | | | 17,406,171 | |
Fund shares redeemed | | | 74,939 | | | | 173,079 | |
Distributions due to shareholders | | | 430,330 | | | | - | |
Advisory fees and fee waiver recoupment | | | 62,523 | | | | 90,629 | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 27,395 | | | | 75,280 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 5,883 | | | | 2,622 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 29,214 | | | | 66,240 | |
Administration fees | | | 4,910 | | | | 5,811 | |
Trustee fees | | | 7,345 | | | | 8,509 | |
Accrued Code 860 related legal expenses | | | - | | | | - | |
Code 860 Expense | | | - | | | | - | |
Accrued expenses | | | 33,959 | | | | 35,801 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 1,370,301 | | | | 19,322,526 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - all share classes | | $ | 123,315,910 | | | $ | 142,892,820 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class I | | $ | 120,568,857 | | | $ | 68,637,404 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class C | | $ | 2,746,148 | | | $ | 71,633,701 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class Z | | $ | 905 | | | $ | 1,286,993 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class A | | $ | - | | | $ | 1,334,722 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 123,091,275 | | | $ | 139,555,154 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | | (435,466 | ) | | | (11,725 | ) |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss) from investments, written options, and securities sold short | | | (177,331 | ) | | | (3,318,439 | ) |
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments, written options, and securities sold short | | | 837,432 | | | | 6,667,830 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 123,315,910 | | | $ | 142,892,820 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
† | Includes securities on loan of $658,350, $17,214,104, $0, $8,108,961, and $27,329,275. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Equity
| | | ICON Income
| | | ICON Long/
| |
| | Income Fund | | | Opportunity Fund | | | Short Fund | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 109,386,840 | | | $ | 87,952,251 | | | $ | 234,552,689 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 113,501,536 | | | | 90,210,927 | | | | 239,986,822 | |
| | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | - | | | | - | | | | 9,321,431 | |
| | | 389,337 | | | | 330,520 | | | | 253,533 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | - | | | | 733,348 | | | | 7,313,135 | |
| | | 105,692 | | | | 19,682 | | | | 43,459 | |
| | | 246,150 | | | | 95,898 | | | | 281,544 | |
| | | 796 | | | | 1,278 | | | | - | |
| | | 1,484,905 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | 35,537 | | | | 35,527 | | | | 62,048 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 115,763,953 | | | | 91,427,180 | | | | 257,261,972 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | - | | | | 1,872,000 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | - | | | | - | | | | 9,530,940 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 585,325 | | | | 903,936 | | | | 1,084,757 | |
| | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,382 | |
| | | - | | | | 877,540 | | | | 2,322,454 | |
| | | - | | | | 8,197,590 | | | | 28,166,148 | |
| | | 109,757 | | | | 50,522 | | | | 417,853 | |
| | | 161,663 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | 71,233 | | | | 55,769 | | | | 163,922 | |
| | | 26,842 | | | | 18,213 | | | | 71,735 | |
| | | 2,826 | | | | 2,426 | | | | 2,915 | |
| | | 31,681 | | | | 24,943 | | | | 55,051 | |
| | | 4,549 | | | | 3,093 | | | | 8,933 | |
| | | 6,693 | | | | 4,616 | | | | 13,448 | |
| | | 198,687 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | 1,286,218 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | 39,362 | | | | 42,169 | | | | 39,302 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 2,524,836 | | | | 12,052,817 | | | | 41,879,840 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 113,239,117 | | | $ | 79,374,363 | | | $ | 215,382,132 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 107,948,718 | | | $ | 75,750,519 | | | $ | 171,201,512 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 4,980,185 | | | $ | 3,026,410 | | | $ | 37,726,529 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 37,890 | | | $ | 108,721 | | | $ | 617,020 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 272,324 | | | $ | 488,713 | | | $ | 5,837,071 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 113,277,454 | | | $ | 83,187,383 | | | $ | 229,556,390 | |
| | | (148,228 | ) | | | 205,374 | | | | 261,995 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (4,004,805 | ) | | | (7,403,060 | ) | | | (20,462,437 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 4,114,696 | | | | 3,384,666 | | | | 6,026,184 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 113,239,117 | | | $ | 79,374,363 | | | $ | 215,382,132 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Bond
| | | ICON Core
| |
| | Fund | | | Equity Fund | |
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value) | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 11,892,882 | | | | 5,208,432 | |
Class C | | | 270,306 | | | | 5,817,242 | |
Class Z | | | 89 | | | | 97,770 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | 103,812 | |
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share) | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | $ | 10.14 | | | $ | 13.18 | |
Class C | | $ | 10.16 | | | $ | 12.31 | |
Class Z | | $ | 10.17 | | | $ | 13.16 | |
Class A | | $ | - | | | $ | 12.86 | |
Class A maximum offering price (100%/(100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share | | $ | - | | | $ | 13.64 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Equity
| | | ICON Income
| | | ICON Long/
| |
| | Income Fund | | | Opportunity Fund | | | Short Fund | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | 8,316,316 | | | | 6,275,290 | | | | 10,737,609 | |
| | | 388,050 | | | | 263,539 | | | | 2,467,959 | |
| | | 2,924 | | | | 8,862 | | | | 38,557 | |
| | | 21,087 | | | | 40,591 | | | | 367,557 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 12.98 | | | $ | 12.07 | | | $ | 15.94 | |
| | $ | 12.83 | | | $ | 11.48 | | | $ | 15.29 | |
| | $ | 12.96 | | | $ | 12.27 | | | $ | 16.00 | |
| | $ | 12.91 | | | $ | 12.04 | | | $ | 15.88 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | $ | 13.70 | | | $ | 12.77 | | | $ | 16.85 | |
Statements of Operations
For the period ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | ICON
| |
| | ICON
| | | Core Equity
| |
| | Bond Fund | | | Fund | |
Investment Income | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 3,184,929 | | | $ | 21,008 | |
Dividends | | | - | | | | 1,334,724 | |
Income from securities lending, net | | | 9,183 | | | | 55,237 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Investment Income | | | 3,194,112 | | | | 1,410,969 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees: | | | 370,809 | | | | 626,643 | |
Distribution fees | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 152,082 | | | | 101,711 | |
Class C | | | 8,219 | | | | 414,870 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | 1,802 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 21,614 | | | | 22,531 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 50,595 | | | | 120,296 | |
Administration fees | | | 28,736 | | | | 38,828 | |
Registration fees: | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 12,246 | | | | 7,145 | |
Class C | | | 6,625 | | | | 7,162 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | 3,484 | |
Insurance expense | | | 4,540 | | | | 6,392 | |
Trustee fees and expenses | | | 8,546 | | | | 9,699 | |
Interest expense | | | 1,223 | | | | 1,117 | |
Other expenses | | | 52,640 | | | | 63,507 | |
Dividends on short positions | | | - | | | | - | |
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses | | | - | | | | - | |
Code 860 related legal expenses | | | - | | | | - | |
Code 860 Expense | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total expenses before expense reimbursement and transfer agent earnings credit | | | 717,875 | | | | 1,425,187 | |
Transfer agent earnings credit | | | (1,875 | ) | | | (2,493 | ) |
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement | | | (91,617 | ) | | | - | |
Expense reimbursement of Code 860 related expenses by the Sub-Administrator | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Expenses | | | 624,383 | | | | 1,422,694 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income/(Loss) | | | 2,569,729 | | | | (11,725 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investment Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 1,435,306 | | | | (3,318,621 | ) |
Net realized gain/(loss) from written option transactions | | | - | | | | - | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from securities sold short | | | - | | | | - | |
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | 412,617 | | | | (19,981,298 | ) |
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on written options and securities sold short | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments, Written Options and Securities Sold Short | | | 1,847,923 | | | | (23,299,919 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations | | $ | 4,417,652 | | | $ | (23,311,644 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | ICON
| | | | |
ICON
| | | Income
| | | ICON
| |
Equity Income
| | | Opportunity
| | | Long/Short
| |
Fund | | | Fund | | | Fund | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 348,490 | | | $ | 13,918 | | | $ | 89,881 | |
| 1,461,580 | | | | 743,505 | | | | 2,196,304 | |
| - | | | | 35,424 | | | | 88,117 | |
| (2,205 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,807,865 | | | | 792,847 | | | | 2,374,302 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 458,001 | | | | 300,123 | | | | 1,158,757 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 146,002 | | | | 96,245 | | | | 279,639 | |
| 24,843 | | | | 13,078 | | | | 210,583 | |
| 406 | | | | 441 | | | | 8,052 | |
| 17,824 | | | | 12,583 | | | | 35,085 | |
| 56,935 | | | | 42,545 | | | | 94,724 | |
| 28,386 | | | | 18,604 | | | | 63,349 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 7,931 | | | | 9,149 | | | | 16,940 | |
| 5,926 | | | | 6,056 | | | | 7,942 | |
| 3,429 | | | | 3,612 | | | | 3,712 | |
| 4,494 | | | | 2,815 | | | | 9,858 | |
| 8,115 | | | | 6,399 | | | | 12,850 | |
| 360 | | | | 7,898 | | | | 9,711 | |
| 57,380 | | | | 58,353 | | | | 83,085 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 61,248 | |
| - | | | | 31,764 | | | | - | |
| 198,687 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| 478,848 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,497,567 | | | | 609,665 | | | | 2,055,535 | |
| (1,842 | ) | | | (1,221 | ) | | | (4,073 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (19,325 | ) | | | (20,971 | ) | | | (8,368 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (677,535 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 798,865 | | | | 587,473 | | | | 2,043,094 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,009,000 | | | | 205,374 | | | | 331,208 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (3,985,912 | ) | | | (5,219,322 | ) | | | (18,133,991 | ) |
| - | | | | 7,792,677 | | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 2,784,837 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (11,794,328 | ) | | | (7,042,754 | ) | | | (24,053,227 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| - | | | | 450,977 | | | | (503,778 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| (15,780,240 | ) | | | (4,018,422 | ) | | | (39,906,159 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (14,771,240 | ) | | $ | (3,813,048 | ) | | $ | (39,574,951 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Bond Fund | | | ICON Core Equity Fund | |
| | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income/(loss) | | $ | 2,569,729 | | | $ | 4,602,241 | | | $ | (11,725 | ) | | $ | (534,514 | ) |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions, written options, and securities sold short | | | 1,435,306 | | | | (158,250 | ) | | | (3,318,621 | ) | | | 19,681,940 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and written options and securities sold short | | | 412,617 | | | | 756,222 | | | | (19,981,298 | ) | | | 11,709,068 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | 4,417,652 | | | | 5,200,213 | | | | (23,311,644 | ) | | | 30,856,494 | |
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Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | (2,931,844 | ) | | | (4,626,599 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | (39,808 | ) | | | (46,277 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | (66 | ) | | | (527 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Net realized gains | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | | | | (7,187,602 | ) | | | (7,580,907 | ) |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | | | | (7,656,597 | ) | | | (7,230,668 | ) |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | | | | (109,019 | ) | | | (94,989 | ) |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | (124,615 | ) | | | (36,638 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net decrease from dividends and distributions | | | (2,971,718 | ) | | | (4,673,403 | ) | | | (15,077,833 | ) | | | (14,943,202 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fund Share Transactions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 28,443,623 | | | | 68,988,664 | | | | 7,660,295 | | | | 23,824,919 | |
Class C | | | 1,655,887 | | | | 917,781 | | | | 2,966,406 | | | | 8,551,109 | |
Class Z | | | 3,364 | | | | 48,144 | | | | 204,942 | | | | 133,685 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | 702,580 | | | | 1,422,196 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 2,898,484 | | | | 4,481,263 | | | | 6,810,276 | | | | 6,749,960 | |
Class C | | | 38,629 | | | | 44,325 | | | | 7,380,164 | | | | 6,925,661 | |
Class Z | | | 66 | | | | 525 | | | | 107,124 | | | | 92,041 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | 112,656 | | | | 32,501 | |
Shares repurchased | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | (35,315,245 | ) | | | (41,215,819 | ) | | | (15,678,121 | ) | | | (55,610,067 | ) |
Class C | | | (445,502 | ) | | | (441,608 | ) | | | (11,726,538 | ) | | | (26,377,163 | ) |
Class Z | | | (13,675 | ) | | | (41,463 | ) | | | (41,819 | ) | | | (299,637 | ) |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | (521,280 | ) | | | (279,650 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions | | | (2,734,369 | ) | | | 32,781,812 | | | | (2,023,315 | ) | | | (34,834,445 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets | | | (1,288,435 | ) | | | 33,308,622 | | | | (40,412,792 | ) | | | (18,921,153 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 124,604,345 | | | | 91,295,723 | | | | 183,305,612 | | | | 202,226,765 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 123,315,910 | | | $ | 124,604,345 | | | $ | 142,892,820 | | | $ | 183,305,612 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | ICON Long/Short Fund | |
Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
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March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
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$ | 1,009,000 | | | $ | 2,521,140 | | | $ | 205,374 | | | $ | (91,815 | ) | | $ | 331,208 | | | $ | 655,127 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (3,985,912 | ) | | | 15,603,497 | | | | 2,573,355 | | | | 2,785,990 | | | | (15,349,154 | ) | | | 7,336,230 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (11,794,328 | ) | | | 4,578,186 | | | | (6,591,777 | ) | | | 5,052,554 | | | | (24,557,005 | ) | | | 24,000,849 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (14,771,240 | ) | | | 22,702,823 | | | | (3,813,048 | ) | | | 7,746,729 | | | | (39,574,951 | ) | | | 31,992,206 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (984,155 | ) | | | (2,854,133 | ) | | | - | | | | (46,145 | ) | | | (399,948 | ) | | | (394,093 | ) |
| (23,795 | ) | | | (70,223 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| (353 | ) | | | (787 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (13,175 | ) |
| (2,372 | ) | | | (3,730 | ) | | | - | | | | (41 | ) | | | (7,652 | ) | | | (7,001 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (12,299,870 | ) | | | (5,844,508 | ) | | | (3,156,831 | ) | | | (10,443,229 | ) | | | (9,426,798 | ) | | | (4,519,604 | ) |
| (509,032 | ) | | | (206,407 | ) | | | (103,778 | ) | | | (411,998 | ) | | | (1,802,594 | ) | | | (791,906 | ) |
| (4,033 | ) | | | (971 | ) | | | (2,015 | ) | | | (3,627 | ) | | | (8,704 | ) | | | (82,900 | ) |
| (33,610 | ) | | | (2,660 | ) | | | (13,118 | ) | | | (5,517 | ) | | | (264,846 | ) | | | (47,236 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (13,857,220 | ) | | | (8,983,419 | ) | | | (3,275,742 | ) | | | (10,910,557 | ) | | | (11,910,542 | ) | | | (5,855,915 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12,737,958 | | | | 20,775,427 | | | | 16,885,064 | | | | 32,396,237 | | | | 57,131,098 | | | | 124,049,120 | |
| 930,076 | | | | 879,642 | | | | 1,191,166 | | | | 350,569 | | | | 5,565,551 | | | | 18,629,284 | |
| 3,443 | | | | 21,895 | | | | 100,607 | | | | 29,639 | | | | 450,372 | | | | 287,714 | |
| 78,789 | | | | 289,568 | | | | 220,140 | | | | 269,504 | | | | 1,600,571 | | | | 6,279,254 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12,676,661 | | | | 8,210,633 | | | | 3,124,009 | | | | 10,266,374 | | | | 9,338,356 | | | | 4,670,355 | |
| 503,543 | | | | 256,742 | | | | 102,150 | | | | 379,286 | | | | 1,686,440 | | | | 745,754 | |
| 4,385 | | | | 1,757 | | | | 2,015 | | | | 3,627 | | | | 8,484 | | | | 96,075 | |
| 35,980 | | | | 6,277 | | | | 13,118 | | | | 5,556 | | | | 218,920 | | | | 43,032 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (14,734,026 | ) | | | (51,367,295 | ) | | | (14,633,593 | ) | | | (22,746,946 | ) | | | (92,087,905 | ) | | | (80,032,782 | ) |
| (640,287 | ) | | | (1,040,584 | ) | | | (323,435 | ) | | | (1,156,174 | ) | | | (5,432,673 | ) | | | (5,843,771 | ) |
| (615 | ) | | | (11,598 | ) | | | (25,740 | ) | | | (89 | ) | | | (228,318 | ) | | | (3,639,251 | ) |
| (89,362 | ) | | | (12,552 | ) | | | (9,204 | ) | | | (84 | ) | | | (1,239,548 | ) | | | (977,888 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11,506,545 | | | | (21,990,088 | ) | | | 6,646,297 | | | | 19,797,499 | | | | (22,988,652 | ) | | | 64,306,896 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (17,121,915 | ) | | | (8,270,684 | ) | | | (442,493 | ) | | | 16,633,671 | | | | (74,474,145 | ) | | | 90,443,187 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 130,361,032 | | | | 138,631,716 | | | | 79,816,856 | | | | 63,183,185 | | | | 289,856,277 | | | | 199,413,090 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 113,239,117 | | | $ | 130,361,032 | | | $ | 79,374,363 | | | $ | 79,816,856 | | | $ | 215,382,132 | | | $ | 289,856,277 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Bond Fund | | | ICON Core Equity Fund | |
| | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
Transactions in Fund Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 2,800,059 | | | | 6,930,357 | | | | 508,535 | | | | 1,521,324 | |
Class C | | | 161,808 | | | | 91,548 | | | | 213,508 | | | | 576,959 | |
Class Z | | | 334 | | | | 4,870 | | | | 13,847 | | | | 8,541 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | 49,040 | | | | 92,820 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 285,589 | | | | 448,497 | | | | 459,223 | | | | 447,314 | |
Class C | | | 3,795 | | | | 4,422 | | | | 531,329 | | | | 483,635 | |
Class Z | | | 6 | | | | 53 | | | | 7,238 | | | | 6,091 | |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | 7,775 | | | | 2,184 | |
Shares repurchased | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | (3,473,591 | ) | | | (4,131,816 | ) | | | (1,077,231 | ) | | | (3,549,165 | ) |
Class C | | | (43,709 | ) | | | (44,117 | ) | | | (826,553 | ) | | | (1,762,394 | ) |
Class Z | | | (1,359 | ) | | | (4,178 | ) | | | (2,741 | ) | | | (19,996 | ) |
Class A | | | - | | | | - | | | | (38,190 | ) | | | (18,320 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) | | | (267,068 | ) | | | 3,299,636 | | | | (154,220 | ) | | | (2,211,007 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | | | 12,430,344 | | | | 9,130,708 | | | | 11,381,476 | | | | 13,592,483 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding end of period | | | 12,163,276 | | | | 12,430,344 | | | | 11,227,256 | | | | 11,381,476 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities (excluding short-term securities) |
Purchase of securities (including short sale transactions) | | $ | 19,704,413 | | | $ | 21,614,156 | | | $ | 111,871,964 | | | $ | 228,139,282 | |
Proceeds from sales of securities (including short sale transactions) | | | 7,296,287 | | | | 25,763,927 | | | | 128,466,334 | | | | 275,726,296 | |
Purchases of long-term U.S. government securities | | | 22,415,123 | | | | 43,613,130 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Proceeds from sales of long-term U.S. government securities | | | 35,278,459 | | | | 5,421,100 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (435,466 | ) | | $ | (33,477 | ) | | $ | (11,725 | ) | | $ | - | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | ICON Long/Short Fund | |
Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 886,269 | | | | 1,331,983 | | | | 1,332,096 | | | | 2,383,848 | | | | 3,194,466 | | | | 6,741,937 | |
| 69,071 | | | | 56,569 | | | | 99,681 | | | | 26,619 | | | | 321,854 | | | | 1,050,920 | |
| 241 | | | | 1,408 | | | | 7,877 | | | | 2,101 | | | | 27,212 | | | | 15,636 | |
| 5,339 | | | | 18,766 | | | | 17,870 | | | | 20,879 | | | | 90,039 | | | | 340,691 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 885,689 | | | | 536,569 | | | | 245,985 | | | | 776,387 | | | | 528,188 | | | | 266,877 | |
| 35,564 | | | | 16,958 | | | | 8,435 | | | | 29,724 | | | | 99,261 | | | | 43,971 | |
| 307 | | | | 114 | | | | 156 | | | | 274 | | | | 478 | | | | 5,462 | |
| 2,526 | | | | 405 | | | | 1,035 | | | | 424 | | | | 12,424 | | | | 2,463 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,020,985 | ) | | | (3,260,624 | ) | | | (1,161,111 | ) | | | (1,672,257 | ) | | | (5,391,609 | ) | | | (4,408,590 | ) |
| (43,009 | ) | | | (67,244 | ) | | | (26,179 | ) | | | (87,051 | ) | | | (325,175 | ) | | | (328,475 | ) |
| (44 | ) | | | (734 | ) | | | (1,915 | ) | | | (7 | ) | | | (12,297 | ) | | | (189,213 | ) |
| (6,411 | ) | | | (794 | ) | | | (703 | ) | | | (6 | ) | | | (72,485 | ) | | | (53,377 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 814,557 | | | | (1,366,624 | ) | | | 523,227 | | | | 1,480,935 | | | | (1,527,644 | ) | | | 3,488,302 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7,913,820 | | | | 9,280,444 | | | | 6,065,055 | | | | 4,584,120 | | | | 15,139,326 | | | | 11,651,024 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8,728,377 | | | | 7,913,820 | | | | 6,588,282 | | | | 6,065,055 | | | | 13,611,682 | | | | 15,139,326 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 74,997,455 | | | $ | 154,997,733 | | | $ | 85,744,529 | | | $ | 109,635,674 | | | $ | 248,785,003 | | | $ | 324,247,248 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 75,177,570 | | | | 192,524,496 | | | | 74,972,115 | | | | 104,042,037 | | | | 270,541,248 | | | | 246,986,193 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3,975,018 | | | | 7,570,798 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,804,800 | | | | 750,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (148,228 | ) | | $ | (146,553 | ) | | $ | 205,374 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 261,995 | | | $ | 338,387 | |
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Financial Highlights
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| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
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| | | Distributions
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| | value,
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| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
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| | | investment
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| | | realized
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| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
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ICON Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 10.02 | | | $ | 0.21 | | | $ | 0.15 | | | $ | 0.36 | | | $ | (0.24 | ) | | $ | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 10.00 | | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.47 | | | | (0.45 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 10.16 | | | | 0.42 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 0.27 | | | | (0.42 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.52 | | | | 0.40 | | | | (0.29 | ) | | | 0.11 | | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 10.41 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.55 | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | - | |
September 30, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.00 | | | | 0.42 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.80 | | | | (0.39 | ) | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 10.05 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.32 | | | | (0.21 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 10.02 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 0.42 | | | | (0.39 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 10.18 | | | | 0.36 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 0.21 | | | | (0.36 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.54 | | | | 0.33 | | | | (0.28 | ) | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 10.42 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.50 | | | | (0.38 | ) | | | - | |
October 31, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 9.79 | | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.60 | | | | 0.97 | | | | (0.34 | ) | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 10.02 | | | | 0.23 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 0.40 | | | | (0.25 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 10.00 | | | | 0.46 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.49 | | | | (0.47 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 10.15 | | | | 0.45 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 0.30 | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.51 | | | | 0.42 | | | | (0.28 | ) | | | 0.14 | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) |
May 6, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2004 | | | 10.26 | | | | 0.46 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.44 | | | | (0.19 | ) | | | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets (a) | | | income to average net assets(a) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Before
| | | After
| | | Before
| | | After
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | | |
distributions | | | | | | | | | Net assets,
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | | |
Total
| | | Net asset
| | | | | | end of
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | Portfolio
| |
dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | turnover
| |
distributions | | | of period | | | return* | | | thousands) | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | rate(b) | |
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$ | (0.24 | ) | | $ | 10.14 | | | | 3.66 | % | | $ | 120,569 | | | | 1.13% | | | | 1.00% | (c) | | | 4.04 | % | | | 4.17 | % | | | 37.79 | % |
| (0.45 | ) | | | 10.02 | | | | 4.80 | % | | | 123,102 | | | | 1.09% | | | | 1.00% | (c) | | | 4.34 | % | | | 4.42 | % | | | 34.40 | % |
| (0.43 | ) | | | 10.00 | | | | 2.72 | % | | | 90,324 | | | | 1.11% | | | | 1.01% | (c) | | | 4.14 | % | | | 4.24 | % | | | 66.82 | % |
| (0.47 | ) | | | 10.16 | | | | 1.05 | % | | | 82,415 | | | | 1.18% | | | | 1.10% | | | | 3.72 | % | | | 3.80 | % | | | 76.28 | % |
| (0.44 | ) | | | 10.52 | | | | 5.41 | % | | | 61,502 | | | | 1.29% | | | | 1.30% | | | | 4.28 | % | | | 4.27 | % | | | 37.98 | % |
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| (0.39 | ) | | | 10.41 | | | | 8.19 | % | | | 39,338 | | | | 1.45% | | | | 1.30% | | | | 4.01 | % | | | 4.16 | % | | | 41.65 | % |
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| (0.21 | ) | | | 10.16 | | | | 3.24 | % | | | 2,746 | | | | 2.75% | | | | 1.60% | (c) | | | 2.41 | % | | | 3.56 | % | | | 37.79 | % |
| (0.39 | ) | | | 10.05 | | | | 4.27 | % | | | 1,491 | | | | 3.15% | | | | 1.60% | (c) | | | 2.28 | % | | | 3.82 | % | | | 34.40 | % |
| (0.37 | ) | | | 10.02 | | | | 2.09 | % | | | 968 | | | | 3.08% | | | | 1.61% | (c) | | | 2.17 | % | | | 3.64 | % | | | 66.82 | % |
| (0.41 | ) | | | 10.18 | | | | 0.47 | % | | | 988 | | | | 3.42% | | | | 1.69% | | | | 1.46 | % | | | 3.19 | % | | | 76.28 | % |
| (0.38 | ) | | | 10.54 | | | | 4.83 | % | | | 371 | | | | 6.84% | | | | 1.90% | | | | 3.63 | % | | | 8.57 | % | | | 37.98 | % |
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| (0.34 | ) | | | 10.42 | | | | 9.98 | % | | | 260 | | | | 2.05% | | | | 1.90% | | | | 3.48 | % | | | 3.63 | % | | | 41.65 | % |
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| (0.25 | ) | | | 10.17 | | | | 4.03 | % | | | 1 | | | | 406.39% | | | | 0.77% | (c) | | | (401.13) | % | | | 4.49 | % | | | 37.79 | % |
| (0.47 | ) | | | 10.02 | | | | 5.02 | % | | | 11 | | | | 31.60% | | | | 0.75% | (c) | | | (26.18) | % | | | 4.67 | % | | | 34.40 | % |
| (0.45 | ) | | | 10.00 | | | | 3.06 | % | | | 4 | | | | 25.40% | | | | 0.76% | (c) | | | (20.18) | % | | | 4.47 | % | | | 66.82 | % |
| (0.50 | ) | | | 10.15 | | | | 1.30 | % | | | 5 | | | | 74.28% | | | | 0.84% | | | | (69.41) | % | | | 4.03 | % | | | 76.28 | % |
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| (0.19 | ) | | | 10.51 | | | | 4.33 | % | | | 1 | | | | 0.86% | | | | 0.86% | | | | 4.60 | % | | | 4.60 | % | | | 37.98 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
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| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | | | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/(losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 16.59 | | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | (2.07 | ) | | $ | (2.04 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (1.37 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 15.22 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 2.46 | | | | 2.48 | | | | - | | | | (1.11 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.14 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.67 | | | | 0.65 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 12.78 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 2.41 | | | | 2.36 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 11.12 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | 1.73 | | | | 1.66 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 9.50 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 1.66 | | | | 1.62 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 15.66 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (1.95 | ) | | | (1.98 | ) | | | - | | | | (1.37 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.52 | | | | (0.10 | ) | | | 2.35 | | | | 2.25 | | | | - | | | | (1.11 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 14.58 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 0.65 | | | | 0.51 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 12.41 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 2.32 | | | | 2.17 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 10.88 | | | | (0.16 | ) | | | 1.69 | | | | 1.53 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 9.36 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | 1.63 | | | | 1.52 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 16.62 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (2.08 | ) | | | (2.09 | ) | | | - | | | | (1.37 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 15.23 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 2.47 | | | | 2.50 | | | | - | | | | (1.11 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.12 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.66 | | | | 0.68 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 12.79 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 2.47 | | | | 2.33 | | | | - | | | | - | |
May 6, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2004 | | | 12.07 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 0.75 | | | | 0.72 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 16.32 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (2.03 | ) | | | (2.09 | ) | | | - | | | | (1.37 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 15.09 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 2.40 | | | | 2.34 | | | | - | | | | (1.11 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 15.80 | | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.71 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets (a) | | | income to average net assets (a) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Before
| | | After
| | | Before
| | | After
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | | |
distributions | | | | | | | | | Net assets,
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | | |
Total
| | | Net asset
| | | | | | end of
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | Portfolio
| |
dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | turnover
| |
distributions | | | of period | | | return* | | | thousands) | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | rate(b) | |
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$ | (1.37 | ) | | $ | 13.18 | | | | (13.21 | )% | | $ | 68,637 | | | | 1.30% | | | | 1.30% | | | | 0.39 | % | | | 0.39 | % | | | 67.25 | % |
| (1.11 | ) | | | 16.59 | | | | 17.05 | % | | | 88,246 | | | | 1.24% | | | | 1.23% | | | | 0.12 | % | | | 0.13 | % | | | 116.81 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 15.22 | | | | 4.35 | % | | | 104,966 | | | | 1.23% | | | | 1.23% | | | | (0.13) | % | | | (0.13 | )% | | | 148.67 | % |
| - | | | | 15.14 | | | | 18.47 | % | | | 93,780 | | | | 1.27% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.33) | % | | | N/A | | | | 136.82 | % |
| - | | | | 12.78 | | | | 14.93 | % | | | 47,273 | | | | 1.33% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.59) | % | | | N/A | | | | 116.26 | % |
| - | | | | 11.12 | | | | 17.05 | % | | | 37,603 | | | | 1.39% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.37) | % | | | N/A | | | | 188.07 | % |
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| (1.37 | ) | | | 12.31 | | | | (13.63 | )% | | | 71,634 | | | | 2.10% | | | | 2.09% | | | | (0.41) | % | | | (0.40 | )% | | | 67.25 | % |
| (1.11 | ) | | | 15.66 | | | | 16.25 | % | | | 92,350 | | | | 2.02% | | | | 2.02% | | | | (0.68) | % | | | (0.67 | )% | | | 116.81 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 14.52 | | | | 3.54 | % | | | 95,842 | | | | 2.03% | | | | 2.02% | | | | (0.91) | % | | | (0.91 | )% | | | 148.67 | % |
| - | | | | 14.58 | | | | 17.49 | % | | | 78,145 | | | | 2.04% | | | | N/A | | | | (1.10) | % | | | N/A | | | | 136.82 | % |
| - | | | | 12.41 | | | | 14.06 | % | | | 53,101 | | | | 2.08% | | | | N/A | | | | (1.34) | % | | | N/A | | | | 116.26 | % |
| - | | | | 10.88 | | | | 16.24 | % | | | 35,428 | | | | 2.14% | | | | N/A | | | | (1.12) | % | | | N/A | | | | 188.07 | % |
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| (1.37 | ) | | | 13.16 | | | | (13.48 | )% | | | 1,287 | | | | 1.81% | | | | 1.81% | | | | (0.10) | % | | | (0.10 | )% | | | 67.25 | % |
| (1.11 | ) | | | 16.62 | | | | 17.18 | % | | | 1,320 | | | | 1.18% | | | | 1.18% | | | | 0.17 | % | | | 0.17 | % | | | 116.81 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 15.23 | | | | 4.57 | % | | | 1,291 | | | | 0.99% | | | | 0.98% | | | | 0.12 | % | | | 0.12 | % | | | 148.67 | % |
| - | | | | 15.12 | | | | 18.22 | % | | | 1,165 | | | | 1.76% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.94) | % | | | N/A | | | | 136.82 | % |
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| - | | | | 12.79 | | | | 5.97 | % | | | 36 | | | | 1.12% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.28) | % | | | N/A | | | | 116.26 | % |
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| (1.37 | ) | | | 12.86 | | | | (13.75 | )% | | | 1,335 | | | | 2.50% | | | | 2.49% | | | | (0.79) | % | | | (0.78 | )% | | | 67.25 | % |
| (1.11 | ) | | | 16.32 | | | | 16.25 | % | | | 1,390 | | | | 1.66% | | | | 1.65% | | | | (0.42) | % | | | (0.41 | )% | | | 116.81 | % |
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| - | | | | 15.09 | | | | (4.49 | )% | | | 128 | | | | 7.44% | | | | 7.43% | | | | (5.45) | % | | | (5.44 | )% | | | 148.67 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | | | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/ (losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 16.48 | | | $ | 0.12 | | | $ | (1.86 | ) | | $ | (1.74 | ) | | $ | (0.12 | ) | | $ | (1.64 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.94 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 2.26 | | | | 2.55 | | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.67 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.79 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.59 | | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (1.09 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 14.33 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 1.54 | | | | 1.81 | | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.22 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 2.09 | | | | 2.40 | | | | (0.29 | ) | | | - | |
September 30, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.00 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 2.20 | | | | 2.45 | | | | (0.23 | ) | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 16.33 | | | | 0.06 | | | | (1.85 | ) | | | (1.79 | ) | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (1.64 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.85 | | | | 0.14 | | | | 2.23 | | | | 2.37 | | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.67 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.71 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.44 | | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (1.09 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 14.27 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 1.54 | | | | 1.67 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.21 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 2.06 | | | | 2.26 | | | | (0.20 | ) | | | - | |
November 8, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.63 | | | | 0.16 | | | | 1.59 | | | | 1.75 | | | | (0.17 | ) | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 16.46 | | | | 0.13 | | | | (1.87 | ) | | | (1.74 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | (1.64 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.94 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 2.26 | | | | 2.56 | | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.67 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.79 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.59 | | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (1.09 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 14.33 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 1.55 | | | | 1.83 | | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) |
May 10, 2003 (inception) to September 30, 2004) | | | 13.43 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 0.70 | | | | 1.09 | | | | (0.19 | ) | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 16.40 | | | | 0.11 | | | | (1.86 | ) | | | (1.75 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (1.64 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.92 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 2.22 | | | | 2.49 | | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.67 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 15.04 | | | | 0.08 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.07 | | | | (0.19 | ) | | | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets (a) | | | income to average net assets (a) | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Before
| | | After
| | | Before
| | | After
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | limitation
| | | | |
distributions | | | | | | | | | Net assets,
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | and transfer
| | | | |
Total
| | | Net asset
| | | | | | end of
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | agent
| | | Portfolio
| |
dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | turnover
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distributions | | | of period | | | return* | | | thousands) | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | rate(b) | |
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$ | (1.76 | ) | | $ | 12.98 | | | | (11.51 | )% | | $ | 107,949 | | | | $1.28% | (h) | | | 1.27% | (c) | | | 1.68 | % | | | 1.69 | % | | | 63.85 | % |
| (1.01 | ) | | | 16.48 | | | | 17.67 | % | | | 124,668 | | | | 1.23% | (g) | | | 1.22% | (c) | | | 1.86 | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 121.30 | % |
| (1.44 | ) | | | 14.94 | | | | 4.02 | % | | | 133,835 | | | | 1.23% | | | | 1.23% | (c) | | | 1.96 | % | | | 1.96 | % | | | 162.84 | % |
| (0.35 | ) | | | 15.79 | | | | 12.71 | % | | | 129,681 | | | | 1.27% | | | | 1.27% | | | | 1.79 | % | | | 1.79 | % | | | 143.82 | % |
| (0.29 | ) | | | 14.33 | | | | 19.69 | % | | | 117,552 | | | | 1.35% | | | | 1.37% | | | | 2.25 | % | | | 2.23 | % | | | 51.84 | % |
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| (0.23 | ) | | | 12.22 | | | | 24.72 | % | | | 42,474 | | | | 1.72% | | | | 1.45% | | | | 2.23 | % | | | 2.30 | % | | | 35.17 | % |
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| (1.71 | ) | | | 12.83 | | | | (11.93 | )% | | | 4,980 | | | | 2.42% | (h) | | | 2.20% | (c) | | | 0.56 | % | | | 0.78 | % | | | 63.85 | % |
| (0.89 | ) | | | 16.33 | | | | 16.45 | % | | | 5,331 | | | | 2.33% | (g) | | | 2.21% | (c) | | | 0.75 | % | | | 0.87 | % | | | 121.30 | % |
| (1.30 | ) | | | 14.85 | | | | 3.03 | % | | | 4,753 | | | | 2.29% | | | | 2.20% | (c) | | | 0.91 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 162.84 | % |
| (0.23 | ) | | | 15.71 | | | | 11.71 | % | | | 3,861 | | | | 2.53% | | | | 2.20% | | | | 0.53 | % | | | 0.86 | % | | | 143.82 | % |
| (0.20 | ) | | | 14.27 | | | | 18.56 | % | | | 1,885 | | | | 3.47% | | | | 2.20% | | | | 0.12 | % | | | 1.40 | % | | | 51.84 | % |
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| (0.17 | ) | | | 12.21 | | | | 16.63 | % | | | 581 | | | | 2.48% | | | | 2.20% | | | | 1.10 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 35.17 | % |
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| (1.76 | ) | | | 12.96 | | | | (11.49 | )% | | | 38 | | | | 29.97% | (h) | | | 1.20% | (c) | | | (26.99) | % | | | 1.78 | % | | | 63.85 | % |
| (1.04 | ) | | | 16.46 | | | | 17.74 | % | | | 40 | | | | 11.08% | (g) | | | 1.21% | (c) | | | (7.96) | % | | | 1.92 | % | | | 121.30 | % |
| (1.44 | ) | | | 14.94 | | | | 4.04 | % | | | 24 | | | | 4.36% | | | | 1.20% | (c) | | | (1.20) | % | | | 1.96 | % | | | 162.84 | % |
| (0.37 | ) | | | 15.79 | | | | 12.89 | % | | | 23 | | | | 9.37% | | | | 1.20% | | | | (6.31) | % | | | 1.86 | % | | | 143.82 | % |
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| (0.19 | ) | | | 14.33 | | | | 8.12 | % | | | 14 | | | | 1.11% | | | | 0.97% | (d) | | | 2.62 | % | | | 2.76 | % | | | 51.84 | % |
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| (1.74 | ) | | | 12.91 | | | | (11.60 | )% | | | 272 | | | | 6.16% | (h) | | | 1.45% | (c) | | | (3.18) | % | | | 1.53 | % | | | 63.85 | % |
| (1.01 | ) | | | 16.40 | | | | 17.29 | % | | | 322 | | | | 3.77% | (g) | | | 1.45% | (c) | | | (0.60) | % | | | 1.73 | % | | | 121.30 | % |
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| (0.19 | ) | | | 14.92 | | | | 0.46 | % | | | 19 | | | | 38.36% | | | | 1.44% | (c) | | | (35.18) | % | | | 1.74 | % | | | 162.84 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
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| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
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| | | Distributions
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| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
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| | | from net
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| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/(losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
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| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
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ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 13.18 | | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | (0.61 | ) | | $ | (0.58 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (0.53 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.80 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 1.64 | | | | 1.62 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (2.23 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.88 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.04 | | | | - | | | | (0.12 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.25 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 1.26 | | | | 1.20 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.40 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | 1.36 | | | | 1.29 | | | | - | | | | (0.44 | ) |
September 30, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.00 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | 2.47 | | | | 2.40 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 12.61 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.59 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.53 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.39 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | 1.56 | | | | 1.45 | | | | - | | | | (2.23 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.56 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | 0.06 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.12 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.06 | | | | (0.16 | ) | | | 1.23 | | | | 1.07 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.32 | | | | (0.16 | ) | | | 1.34 | | | | 1.18 | | | | - | | | | (0.44 | ) |
November 21, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.75 | | | | (0.17 | ) | | | 1.74 | | | | 1.57 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 13.37 | | | | 0.06 | | | | (0.63 | ) | | | (0.57 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.53 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.94 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 1.65 | | | | 1.66 | | | | - | | | | (2.23 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.94 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.12 | | | | - | | | | (0.12 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.29 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 1.25 | | | | 1.22 | | | | - | | | | (0.57 | ) |
May 6, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 12.86 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.43 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 13.15 | | | | 0.04 | | | | (0.62 | ) | | | (0.58 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.53 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.80 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 1.65 | | | | 1.62 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (2.23 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 13.73 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 0.07 | | | | - | | | | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
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distributions | | | | | | | | | Net assets,
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Total
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dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | earnings
| | | turnover
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distributions | | | of period | | | return* | | | thousands) | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | credit | | | rate(b) | |
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$ | (0.53 | ) | | $ | 12.07 | | | | (4.57 | )% | | $ | 75,751 | | | | 1.45% | | | | 1.44% | (c) | | | 0.53 | % | | | 0.54 | % | | | 92.50 | % |
| (2.24 | ) | | | 13.18 | | | | 12.51 | % | | | 77,195 | | | | 1.50% | | | | 1.50% | (c) | | | (0.11) | % | | | (0.11 | )% | | | 150.42 | % |
| (0.12 | ) | | | 13.80 | | | | 0.30 | % | | | 60,321 | | | | 1.47% | | | | 1.47% | (c) | | | (0.04) | % | | | (0.04 | )% | | | 159.55 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 13.88 | | | | 9.21 | % | | | 54,347 | | | | 1.54% | | | | 1.45% | | | | (0.57) | % | | | (0.48 | )% | | | 159.35 | % |
| (0.44 | ) | | | 13.25 | | | | 10.53 | % | | | 42,962 | | | | 1.60% | | | | 1.45% | | | | (0.67) | % | | | (0.52 | )% | | | 167.57 | % |
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| - | | | | 12.40 | | | | 24.00 | % | | | 20,981 | | | | 2.07% | | | | 1.45% | | | | (1.27) | % | | | (0.65 | )% | | | 184.24 | % |
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| (0.53 | ) | | | 11.48 | | | | (4.95 | )% | | | 3,026 | | | | 2.82% | | | | 2.22% | (c) | | | (0.80) | % | | | (0.20 | )% | | | 92.50 | % |
| (2.23 | ) | | | 12.61 | | | | 11.53 | % | | | 2,291 | | | | 2.76% | | | | 2.25% | (c) | | | (1.34) | % | | | (0.83 | )% | | | 150.42 | % |
| (0.12 | ) | | | 13.39 | | | | (0.36 | )% | | | 2,842 | | | | 2.61% | | | | 2.23% | (c) | | | (1.23) | % | | | (0.85 | )% | | | 159.55 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 13.56 | | | | 8.31 | % | | | 3,652 | | | | 2.80% | | | | 2.20% | | | | (1.80) | % | | | (1.20 | )% | | | 159.35 | % |
| (0.44 | ) | | | 13.06 | | | | 9.69 | % | | | 1,964 | | | | 3.89% | | | | 2.20% | | | | (2.93) | % | | | (1.23 | )% | | | 167.57 | % |
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| - | | | | 12.32 | | | | 14.60 | % | | | 148 | | | | 2.83% | | | | 2.20% | | | | (2.13) | % | | | (1.50 | )% | | | 184.24 | % |
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| (0.53 | ) | | | 12.27 | | | | (4.43 | )% | | | 109 | | | | 17.79% | | | | 1.22% | (c) | | | (15.69) | % | | | 0.88 | % | | | 92.50 | % |
| (2.23 | ) | | | 13.37 | | | | 12.67 | % | | | 37 | | | | 17.99% | | | | 1.25% | (c) | | | (16.64) | % | | | 0.10 | % | | | 150.42 | % |
| (0.12 | ) | | | 13.94 | | | | 0.88 | % | | | 5 | | | | 3.52% | | | | 1.22% | (c) | | | (2.14) | % | | | 0.15 | % | | | 159.55 | % |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 13.94 | | | | 9.42 | % | | | 3 | | | | 53.94% | | | | 1.20% | | | | (52.97) | % | | | (0.23 | )% | | | 159.35 | % |
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| - | | | | 13.29 | | | | 3.34 | % | | | 3 | | | | 1.12% | | | | 1.12% | | | | (0.11) | % | | | (0.11 | )% | | | 167.57 | % |
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| (0.53 | ) | | | 12.04 | | | | (4.58 | )% | | | 489 | | | | 5.73% | | | | 1.47% | (c) | | | (3.69) | % | | | 0.57 | % | | | 92.50 | % |
| (2.27 | ) | | | 13.15 | | | | 12.51 | % | | | 294 | | | | 7.12% | | | | 1.49% | (c) | | | (5.85) | % | | | (0.22 | )% | | | 150.42 | % |
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| - | | | | 13.80 | | | | 0.51 | % | | | 15 | | | | 42.18% | | | | 1.47% | (c) | | | (40.01) | % | | | 0.69 | % | | | 159.55 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
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| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | | | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/ (losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Long/Short Fund(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 19.26 | | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | (2.58 | ) | | $ | (2.55 | ) | | $ | (0.03 | ) | | $ | (0.74 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 17.19 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 2.47 | | | | 2.54 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.99 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 1.17 | | | | 1.20 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.92 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 2.65 | | | | 2.57 | | | | - | | | | (0.50 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.00 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 2.16 | | | | 2.08 | | | | - | | | | (0.16 | ) |
September 30, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.00 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | 2.07 | | | | 2.00 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 18.54 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (2.47 | ) | | | (2.51 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.74 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 16.67 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 2.38 | | | | 2.30 | | | | - | | | | (0.43 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.63 | | | | (0.13 | ) | | | 1.17 | | | | 1.04 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.73 | | | | (0.19 | ) | | | 2.59 | | | | 2.40 | | | | - | | | | (0.50 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 11.92 | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | 2.15 | | | | 1.97 | | | | - | | | | (0.16 | ) |
October 17, 2002 (inception) to September 30, 2003 | | | 10.61 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | 1.46 | | | | 1.31 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 19.30 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (2.61 | ) | | | (2.56 | ) | | | - | | | | (0.74 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 17.29 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 2.41 | | | | 2.51 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 16.05 | | | | 0.11 | | | | 1.13 | | | | 1.24 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.94 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 2.66 | | | | 2.61 | | | | - | | | | (0.50 | ) |
May 6, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2004 | | | 13.99 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 19.20 | | | | 0.01 | | | | (2.57 | ) | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.74 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 17.18 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 2.46 | | | | 2.51 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 17.52 | | | | 0.05 | | �� | | (0.39 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
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(x) | Calculated using the average share method. |
(a) | Annualized for periods less than a year. |
* | The total return calculation is for the period indicated and excludes any sales charges. |
+ | The Fund has changed its originally stated inception date of October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2002. |
(b) | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized. |
(c) | The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense. |
(d) | The limitation on expenses for Class Z shares occurred when the Adviser reimbursed the Fund for excise and income taxes incurred during the period. These expenses were extraordinary expenses not subject to the contractual expense limitation discussed in Note 3. |
(e) | Prior disclosures were reclassified to be consistent with current presentation. |
(f) | The Fund’s operating expenses, not including dividends on short positions, are contractually limited to 1.55% for Class I, 2.30% for Class C, 1.25% for Class Z and 1.55% for Class A. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the dividends on short positions. |
(g) | The ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense limitation and transfer agent earnings credit including non-recurring Code 860 expense were 1.81%, 2.91%, 11.66% and 4.35% for Class I, C, Z and A, respectively. See Note 6. |
(h) | The ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense limitation and transfer agent earnings credit including non-recurring Code 860 expense and Code 860 related legal expenses were 2.39%, 3.53%, 31.08% and 7.27% for Class I, C, Z and A, respectively. See Note 6. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
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| | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets(a) | | | income to average net assets(a) | | | | |
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| | | After
| | | Before
| | | After
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| | | expense
| | | expense
| | | expense
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| | | limitation
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$ | (0.77 | ) | | $ | 15.94 | | | | (13.62 | )% | | $ | 171,202 | | | | 1.36 | % | | | 1.36 | %(c) | | | 0.38 | % | | | 0.38 | % | | | 94.55 | % |
| (0.47 | ) | | | 19.26 | | | | 15.05 | % | | | 238,943 | | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.46 | %(c) | | | 0.39 | % | | | 0.39 | % | | | 105.00 | % |
| - | | | | 17.19 | | | | 7.50 | % | | | 168,522 | | | | 1.45 | %(e) | | | 1.45 | %(c) | | | 0.18 | %(e) | | | 0.18 | % | | | 94.62 | % |
| (0.50 | ) | | | 15.99 | | | | 18.69 | % | | | 53,158 | | | | 1.58 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | (0.53) | % | | | (0.53 | )% | | | 112.06 | % |
| (0.16 | ) | | | 13.92 | | | | 17.42 | % | | | 24,480 | | | | 2.15 | % | | | 1.74 | % | | | (1.03) | % | | | (0.62 | )% | | | 148.32 | % |
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| - | | | | 12.00 | | | | 20.00 | % | | | 9,726 | | | | 3.09 | % | | | 1.55 | % | | | (2.20) | % | | | (0.66 | )% | | | 162.25 | % |
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| (0.74 | ) | | | 15.29 | | | | (13.93 | )% | | | 37,727 | | | | 2.23 | % | | | 2.23 | %(c) | | | (0.46) | % | | | (0.46 | )% | | | 94.55 | % |
| (0.43 | ) | | | 18.54 | | | | 14.05 | % | | | 43,986 | | | | 2.33 | % | | | 2.32 | %(c) | | | (0.48) | % | | | (0.47 | )% | | | 105.00 | % |
| - | | | | 16.67 | | | | 6.65 | % | | | 26,763 | | | | 2.30 | %(e) | | | 2.30 | %(c) | | | (0.78) | %(e) | | | (0.78 | )% | | | 94.62 | % |
| (0.50 | ) | | | 15.63 | | | | 17.68 | % | | | 13,925 | | | | 2.37 | % | | | 2.32 | % | | | (1.35) | % | | | (1.31 | )% | | | 112.06 | % |
| (0.16 | ) | | | 13.73 | | | | 16.61 | % | | | 3,716 | | | | 3.70 | % | | | 2.49 | % | | | (2.57) | % | | | (1.35 | )% | | | 148.32 | % |
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| - | | | | 11.92 | | | | 12.35 | % | | | 269 | | | | 3.84 | % | | | 2.30 | % | | | (2.99) | % | | | (1.45 | )% | | | 162.25 | % |
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| (0.74 | ) | | | 16.00 | | | | (13.63 | )% | | | 617 | | | | 4.19 | % | | | 1.34 | %(c) | | | (2.25) | % | | | 0.60 | % | | | 94.55 | % |
| (0.50 | ) | | | 19.30 | | | | 14.81 | % | | | 447 | | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.25 | %(c) | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 105.00 | % |
| - | | | | 17.29 | | | | 7.73 | % | | | 3,306 | | | | 1.17 | %(e) | | | 1.17 | %(c) | | | 0.61 | %(e) | | | 0.61 | % | | | 94.62 | % |
| (0.50 | ) | | | 16.05 | | | | 18.96 | % | | | 140 | | | | 3.07 | % | | | 1.33 | % | | | (2.07) | % | | | (0.33 | )% | | | 112.06 | % |
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| - | | | | 13.94 | | | | (0.36 | )% | | | 32 | | | | 1.98 | % | | | 1.76 | % | | | (0.50) | % | | | (0.28 | )% | | | 148.32 | % |
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| (0.76 | ) | | | 15.88 | | | | (13.71 | )% | | | 5,837 | | | | 1.68 | % | | | 1.60 | %(c) | | | 0.08 | % | | | 0.16 | % | | | 94.55 | % |
| (0.49 | ) | | | 19.20 | | | | 14.94 | % | | | 6,481 | | | | 1.68 | % | | | 1.67 | %(c) | | | 0.27 | % | | | 0.26 | % | | | 105.00 | % |
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Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
1. Organization
The ICON Bond Fund (“Bond Fund”), ICON Core Equity Fund (“Core Equity Fund”), ICON Equity Income Fund (“Equity Income Fund”), ICON Income Opportunity Fund (“Income Opportunity Fund”, formerly, the ICON Covered Call Fund) and ICON Long/Short Fund (“Long/Short Fund”) are series funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end investment management company. Each Fund offers four classes of shares, Class I, Class C, Class Z and Class A with the exception of Bond Fund, which offers three classes of shares, Class I, Class C and Class Z. All classes have equal rights as to earnings, assets and voting privileges except that each Class may bear different distribution fees, registration costs and shareholder servicing costs and each Class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. There are currently 12 other active funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports.
Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The investment objective of the Bond Fund is maximum total return. The investment objective of the Core Equity Fund is long-term capital appreciation with a secondary objective of capital preservation. The investment objective of the Equity Income Fund is modest capital appreciation and income. The investment objective of the Income Opportunity Fund is modest capital appreciation and to maximize realized gains. The investment objective of the Long/Short Fund is capital appreciation.
The Funds may have elements of risk, including the risk of loss of principal. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investing in fixed income securities such as bonds involves interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities generally decreases. Additionally, the Bond Fund may invest in medium- and lower-quality debt securities. High-yield bonds involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than U.S. government and other high-quality bonds. The Income Opportunity Fund invests in call options; call options involve certain risks, such as limited gains and lack of liquidity of the underlying securities, and are not suitable for all investors. The Long/Short Fund engages in short
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selling; there are risks associated with selling short, including the risk that the Long/Short Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale, resulting in a loss. The Long/Short Fund’s loss on a short sale is potentially unlimited as a loss occurs when the value of a security sold short increases. There are also risks associated with small and mid-cap investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity and small market share. Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers.
In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be minimal.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Investment Valuation
The Funds’ securities and other assets, excluding options on securities indexes, are valued as of the closing price at the close of regular trading on
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern time) each day the NYSE is open, except that securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day. Options on securities indexes are generally valued at 4:15 p.m. Eastern time each day the NYSE is open. The Funds use pricing services to obtain the market value of securities in their portfolios; if a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation quote is considered inaccurate or does not reflect the market value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”) or pursuant to procedures approved by the Board.
Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes obtained from dealers making a market for the security. Options are valued at their closing mid-price on the principal market where the option is traded. Mid-price is the average of the closing bid and closing ask prices. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is a matrix system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars.
The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Board determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes, securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its net asset value. The valuation assigned to fair-value securities for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs.
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New Accounting Pronouncement
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The changes to current generally accepted accounting principles from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Management does not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will impact the financial statement amounts, however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements and the effect of certain measurements on changes in net assets for the period. Management intends to adopt SFAS No. 157 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 as required.
Repurchase Agreements
Repurchase agreements, if held by the Funds, are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities and such collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian. The collateral is evaluated daily to ensure its market value exceeds the current market value of the repurchase agreements including accrued interest. In the event of default on the obligation to purchase, the Funds have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings. No repurchase agreements were purchased or sold by the Funds during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Foreign Currency Translation
The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
The Funds may enter into short-term forward foreign currency contracts in connection with planned purchases or sales of securities as a hedge against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates pending the settlement of transactions in foreign securities. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between contracting parties to exchange an amount of currency at some future time at an agreed upon rate.
These contracts are marked-to-market daily and the related appreciation or depreciation of the contract is presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent disposition of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount recorded at the time of the transaction and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Any realized gain or loss incurred by the Funds due to foreign currency translation is included on the Statement of Operations. The Funds did not enter into any forward foreign currency contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Futures Contracts
The Funds may invest in financial futures contracts for the purpose of hedging their existing securities or securities they intend to purchase against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing markets. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to a broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the underlying security. The Fund recognizes a gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts
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and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts and the underlying hedged assets. The Funds held no financial futures contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Options Transactions
The Income Opportunity Fund writes (sells) call options as part of its normal investment activities. Each Fund may write (sell) put and call options on individual securities and on securities indexes.
When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. Such liability is subject to off balance sheet risks to the extent of any future increases in market value of the written options. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option on an individual security is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written call option on a securities index is exercised, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally received, the exercise price and the market value of the index. If a written put option on an individual security is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, a Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the individual security or securities index underlying the written option.
Each Fund may also purchase put and call options. When a Fund purchases a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call on an individual security, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option on an individual security, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. If the Fund exercises a put option on a security index, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally paid,
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
the exercise price and the market value of the index. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities.
The Income Opportunity Fund’s written options are collateralized by cash and/or securities held with the Fund’s prime broker and in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian. Such collateral for the Fund is restricted from use. The cash collateral or borrowings from the prime broker are included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The securities pledged as collateral are included on the Schedule of Investments.
As of March 31, 2008, the Equity Income Fund and the Income Opportunity Fund engaged in option transactions which are included on each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
Short Sales
The Long/Short Fund may engage in short sales (selling securities it does not own) as part of its normal investment activities. These short sales are collateralized by cash and/or securities held with the Fund’s prime broker and in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian. The collateral required is determined daily by reference to the market value of the short positions. Such collateral for the Fund is restricted from use. The cash collateral that is restricted from use is included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Deposits for short sales.” The securities pledged as collateral that are restricted from use is included on the Schedule of Investments. Dividends received on short sales are treated as an expense on the Statement of Operations. Liabilities for securities sold short are reported at market value on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such liabilities are subject to off-balance sheet risk to the extent of any future increases in market value of the securities sold short. The ultimate liability for securities sold short may exceed the liabilities recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Liabilities for securities sold short are closed out by purchasing the applicable securities for delivery to the Fund’s prime broker. As of March 31, 2008, the Long/Short Fund engaged in short selling. The short positions are included on the Schedule of Securities Sold Short on the Schedule of Investments.
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to non-affiliated qualified parties. The Funds may seek to earn additional income through securities lending. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while
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they are on loan; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy.
All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which consists of cash. Brown Brothers Harriman (the “Lending Agent”) may invest the cash collateral in the Securities Lending Investment Fund of Brown Brothers Harriman Trust, which complies with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act relating to money market funds.
The cash collateral invested by the Lending Agent is disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. The lending fees received and the Funds’ portion of the interest income earned on cash collateral are included on the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
As of March 31, 2008, the following Funds had securities with the following values on loans:
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ICON Bond Fund | | $ | 658,350 | | | $ | 693,693 | |
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | 17,214,104 | | | | 17,406,171 | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | 8,108,961 | | | | 8,197,590 | |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | 27,329,275 | | | | 28,166,148 | |
Income Taxes
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes, or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains.
Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Bond Fund distributes net investment income, if any, to shareholders monthly. The Equity Income Fund and the Income Opportunity Fund intend to distribute net investment income, if any, to shareholders quarterly. Other Funds distribute income, if any, annually. The Funds distribute net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryovers. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), in June 2006. FIN 48 permits the recognition of tax benefits of an uncertain tax position only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by taxing authorities. Management has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years, and concluded that adoption had no effect on the Funds’ financial position or results of operations. At March 31, 2008, the Funds have recorded no liabilities for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken or expect to take in future tax returns.
The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the fiscal years from 2003-2006, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Investment Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities.
Investment Transactions
Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
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Allocation of Income and Expenses
Each class of a Fund’s shares bears expenses incurred specifically on its behalf and, in addition, each class bears a portion of general expenses, based upon relative net assets of each class. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds in the Trust based upon relative net assets. In calculating the net asset value per share of each class, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses other than class-specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets.
3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Investment Advisory Fees
ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. ICON receives a monthly management fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 0.60% of average daily nets assets of the Bond Fund, 0.75% of average daily net assets of the Core Equity, Equity Income and Income Opportunity Funds, and 0.85% of average daily net assets of the Long/Short Fund.
ICON has contractually agreed to limit its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain of the Funds’ operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Funds’ operating expenses do not exceed the following amounts:
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| | Class I | | | Class C | | | Class Z | | | Class A | |
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ICON Bond Fund | | | 1.00% | | | | 1.60% | | | | 0.75% | | | | N/A | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | 1.45% | | | | 2.20% | | | | 1.20% | | | | 1.45 | % |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | 1.45% | | | | 2.20% | | | | 1.20% | | | | 1.45 | % |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | 1.55% | | | | 2.30% | | | | 1.25% | | | | 1.55 | % |
The Funds’ expense limitation will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2018.
To the extent ICON reimburses or absorbs fees and expenses, it may seek payment of such amounts for up to three years after the expenses were reimbursed or absorbed. A Fund will make no such payment, however, if the total Fund operating expenses exceed the expense limits in effect at the time the expenses were reimbursed or at the time these payments are proposed.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
As of March 31, 2008 the following amounts were still available for recoupment by ICON based upon their potential expiration dates:
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| | 2009 | | | 2010 | | | 2011 | |
| |
ICON Bond Fund | | $ | 102,270 | | | $ | 101,907 | | | $ | 93,347 | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | 6,067 | | | | 13,070 | | | | 19,325 | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | 14,230 | | | | 20,262 | | | | 20,996 | |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,368 | |
Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agent Fees
Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”) is the Fund Accounting Agent for the Funds. For its services, the Trust pays Citi 0.03% on the first $1.75 billion of net assets, 0.0175% on net assets over $1.75 billion and up to $5 billion, and 0.01% on net assets in excess of $5 billion.
Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”) is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For domestic custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.0065% on the first $50 million of average net assets and 0.0050% on domestic assets above $50 million, plus certain transaction charges. For foreign custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.03% on foreign assets plus certain transaction charges.
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”) is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an account fee of $13.25 per open account, $7.00 per networked account, $1.80 per closed account, plus certain other transaction and cusip charges.
Transfer agent earnings credits are credits received for interest which is a result from overnight balances used by the transfer agent, BFDS, for clearing shareholder transactions. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds received transfer agent earnings credits which are included on the Statement of Operations.
Administrative Services
The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON pursuant to which ICON oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Funds’ first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds’ payment for administrative services to ICON is included on the Statement of Operations.
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The administrative services agreement provides that ICON will not be liable for any error of judgment, mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON in the performance of its duties.
ICON has entered into a sub-administration agreement with Citi pursuant to which Citi assists ICON with the administration and business affairs of the Trust. For its services, ICON pays Citi at an annual rate of 0.025% on the first $1.75 billion of Trust assets and 0.015% on assets above $1.75 billion.
Distribution Fees
The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”) under which the Funds are authorized to compensate the Funds’ distributor, ICON Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) (an affiliate of the adviser) for the sale and distribution of shares. Under the 12b-1 Plan, Bond Fund Class C shareholders pay an annual 12b-1 and service fee of 0.85% of average daily net assets and Class I shareholders pay an annual 12b-1 fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. The shareholders of the other Funds pay an annual 12b-1 and service fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets for Class C shares and an annual 12b-1 and service fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets for Class I shares and Class A shares. The total amount paid under the 12b-1 plans by the Funds is shown on the Statement of Operations.
Related Parties
Certain Officers and Directors of ICON are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The CCO’s salary is paid 90% by the Funds and 10% by the Adviser. For the period ended March 31, 2008, the total related amounts paid by the Trust under this arrangement are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.
Some of the 12b-1 amounts received by IDI, discussed in the Distribution Fees section above, have been used to offset various shareholder servicing costs incurred by ICON. For the period ended March 31, 2008, this amount was $115,209.
Notes to Financial Statements 63
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
4. Line of Credit
Each Fund may borrow money limited to 331/3% of the Fund’s total assets. To facilitate this, the Funds have entered into Lines of Credit agreements with BBH and the prime broker. The maximum borrowing is limited to the lesser of $50 million or 25% of the net asset value in the Fund subject to a maximum borrowing limit by the Trust of $150 million. Effective January 30, 2008, interest on domestic borrowings with BBH is charged at LIBOR plus 1.50%, which was 4.20% at March 31, 2008. Interest on domestic borrowings with the prime broker is charged at the Fed Funds rate plus 50 basis points, which was 3.50% at March 31, 2008. The average interest rate charged for the period ended March 31, 2008, was 4.82%.
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ICON Bond Fund | | $ | 1,511,273 | |
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | 579,561 | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | 247,264 | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund** | | | 647,729 | |
ICON Long/Short Fund** | | | 907,888 | |
**Fund had outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2008.
5. Options Contracts Written
The number of option contracts written and the premiums received by the Income Opportunity Fund during the period ended March 31, 2008, were as follows:
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Options outstanding, beginning of period | | | 527 | | | $ | 2,000,804 | |
Options written during period | | | 10,689 | | | | 43,627,210 | |
Options expired during period | | | — | | | | — | |
Options closed during period | | | (10,616 | ) | | | (42,630,024 | ) |
Options exercised during period | | | — | | | | — | |
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Options outstanding, end of period | | | 600 | | | $ | 2,997,990 | |
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6. Federal Income Tax
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are due to differing treatments for items such as net short-term gains, deferrals
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of wash losses, foreign currency transactions, net investment losses, and capital loss carryforwards.
The tax components of capital shown in the following tables represent losses or deductions the Funds may be able to offset against income and gains recognized in future years and post October loss deferrals. The accumulated losses noted represent net capital loss carryforwards as of September 30, 2007 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future taxable income distributions. The ICON Bond Fund has a capital loss carryforward of $1,454,386, which expires in 2015.
For the year ended September 30, 2007 the ICON Bond Fund also elected to defer post October losses of $158,250.
As of March 31, 2008, book cost for financial reporting purposes is substantially the same for federal income tax purposes and differs from fair value by net unrealized appreciation / (depreciation) of securities as follows:
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ICON Bond Fund | | $ | 121,474,401 | | | $ | 2,288,547 | | | $ | (1,451,115 | ) | | $ | 837,432 | |
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | 153,917,749 | | | | 14,064,267 | | | | (7,396,437 | ) | | | 6,667,830 | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | 109,559,402 | | | | 8,635,715 | | | | (4,693,581 | ) | | | 3,942,134 | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | 95,204,916 | | | | (3,024,388 | ) | | | (3,841,601 | ) | | | (6,865,989 | ) |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | 225,533,856 | | | | 16,439,487 | | | | (11,517,461 | ) | | | 4,922,026 | |
Due to a potential late dividend declaration for the year ended September 30, 2006 requiring a Code Section 860 deficiency dividend, the Equity Income Fund may be required to pay penalties and interest estimated to be $1,286,218. Additionally, the sub-administrator has incurred legal expenses on behalf of the Equity Income Fund related to this matter of $198,687. The Equity Income Fund has been fully indemnified by the Sub-Administrator of the Fund for any amounts related to this matter that may be paid. This estimated Code Section 860 liability, Code 860 related legal expenses and the offsetting indemnification receivable have been included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Code 860 expense, Code 860 related legal expenses and the offsetting reimbursement have been included on the Statement of Operations.
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Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
Example
As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transactions fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders.
This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the six-month period (10/1/07 - 3/31/08).
Actual Expenses
The first set of lines in the table for each Fund provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $10 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second set of lines in the table for each Fund provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only
and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
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ICON Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,036.60 | | | $ | 5.09 | | | | 1.00% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,020.00 | | | | 5.05 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,032.40 | | | | 8.13 | | | | 1.60% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.00 | | | | 8.07 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,040.30 | | | | 3.93 | | | | 0.77% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,021.15 | | | | 3.89 | | | | | |
ICON Core Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 867.90 | | | | 6.07 | | | | 1.30% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.50 | | | | 6.56 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 863.70 | | | | 9.74 | | | | 2.09% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,014.55 | | | | 10.53 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 865.20 | | | | 8.44 | | | | 1.81% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,015.95 | | | | 9.12 | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 862.50 | | | | 11.59 | | | | 2.49% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,012.55 | | | | 12.53 | | | | | |
ICON Equity Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 884.90 | | | | 5.98 | | | | 1.27% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.65 | | | | 6.41 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 880.70 | | | | 10.34 | | | | 2.20% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,014.01 | | | | 11.08 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 885.10 | | | | 5.66 | | | | 1.20% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.00 | | | | 6.06 | | | | | |
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Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 884.00 | | | $ | 6.83 | | | | 1.45% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.75 | | | | 7.32 | | | | | |
ICON Income Opportunity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 954.30 | | | | 7.04 | | | | 1.44% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.80 | | | | 7.26 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 950.50 | | | | 10.83 | | | | 2.22% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,013.90 | | | | 11.18 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 955.70 | | | | 5.96 | | | | 1.22% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.90 | | | | 6.16 | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 954.20 | | | | 7.18 | | | | 1.47% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.65 | | | | 7.42 | | | | | |
ICON Long/Short Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 863.80 | | | | 6.34 | | | | 1.36% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.20 | | | | 6.86 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 860.70 | | | | 10.37 | | | | 2.23% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,013.85 | | | | 11.23 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 863.70 | | | | 6.24 | | | | 1.34% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.30 | | | | 6.76 | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 862.90 | | | | 7.45 | | | | 1.60% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.00 | | | | 8.07 | | | | | |
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* | | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s six month expense ratio annualized, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 to reflect the one-half year period. |
Total returns exclude applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included (maximum 5.75%), returns would be lower.
Other Information (unaudited)
Portfolio Holdings
A list of each ICON Fund’s Top 10 holdings is available at www.iconadvisers.com on or about 15 days following each month-end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Proxy Voting
A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.
Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
For More Information
This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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SAR-DIV (3/08)
2008 Semiannual Report
ICON International Funds
Investment Update
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund
ICON Europe Fund
ICON International Equity Fund
Table of Contents
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About This Report (Unaudited) | | | 2 | |
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Message from ICON Funds (Unaudited) | | | 4 | |
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) | | | 8 | |
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | | 8 | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | 13 | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | 17 | |
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Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 23 | |
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) | | | 30 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 34 | |
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Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example (Unaudited) | | | 46 | |
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Other Information (Unaudited) | | | 49 | |
About This Report (unaudited)
Historical Returns
All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions, tax return of capital, and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The Adviser may have reimbursed certain fees or expenses of some of the Funds. If not for these reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, results would have been lower.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconadvisers.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.
Portfolio Data
This Report reflects ICON’s views, opinions, and portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2008, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.
Opinions and forecasts regarding industries, companies and/or themes, and portfolio composition and holdings are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security, industry or sector. Each Fund’s holdings as of March 31, 2008 are included in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
While ICON’s quantitative investment methodology primarily considers company-specific factors beyond financial data, various company factors may impact a stock’s performance, and therefore, Fund performance. Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general,
there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.
An investment in a region fund may involve greater risk and volatility than a diversified fund. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. The ICON system relies on the integrity of financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.
According to ICON, value investing is an analytical, quantitative approach to investing that employs various factors, including projecting earnings growth estimates, in an effort to determine whether securities are over- or underpriced relative to ICON’s estimates of their intrinsic value. Value investing involves risks and uncertainties and does not guarantee better performance or lower costs than other investment methodologies. ICON’s value-to-price ratio is a ratio of intrinsic value, as calculated using ICON’s proprietary valuation methodology, of a broad range of domestic and international securities within ICON’s system as compared to the current market price of those securities.
This Report contains statements regarding industry or sector themes, new market themes, investment outlook, relative strength, value-to-price ratios, and investment team expectations, beliefs, goals and the like that are based on current expectations, recent individual stock performance relative to current market prices, estimates of company values and other information supplied to the market by the companies we follow. Words such as “expects,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “value,” “intrinsic value,” “indicates,” “believes,” “considers,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess. These risks and uncertainties are based on a number of important factors, including, among others: stock price fluctuations; the integrity and accuracy of historical and projected financial and other information supplied by companies to the public; interest rates; future earnings growth rates; the risks noted in this Report, and other factors beyond the control of our investment team. Therefore; actual outcome may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking statements.
The prospectus and statement of additional information contains this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.
Message From ICON Funds (unaudited)
Dear ICON Shareholder:
March 31, 2008 concluded the first six months of the ICON Funds’ fiscal year. Generally, along with domestic stock prices, international stock prices drifted lower over that period, giving back some of the gains of the previous five years. We were surprised that the downward drift continued into the first three months of 2008, as many of the conditions we believe are typical of buying opportunities existed last fall.
International stocks dropped in August 2007 and again in November 2007, just as they did in the United States. Some international institutions had sub-prime mortgage exposure, but more importantly, we believe international investors were concerned that the U.S. economy would slow. Whether correct or not, investors viewed the U.S. economy as the engine that drives global growth. Therefore, international investors focused their attention on U.S. policy to deal with the sub-prime situation and the slowing economy.
At the lows on August 16, 2007 and November 22, 2007, we measured international stock prices to be about 26% and 27% below our estimates of intrinsic value, respectively. Long-term interest rates were dropping, financial news was negative, concerns over the U.S. economy grew, and although foreign central banks were not aggressively easing monetary policy, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) took the lead and began to ease. In our experience, these conditions suggest stock prices could likely rise rather than fall.
When the Fed eases, it injects reserves into the U.S. banking system so banks can make more loans, which creates money as defined by M1. Historically, growth in M1 has stimulated the economy and typically prevented a recession or promoted a quick recovery.
In the past, stock investors have not waited to see economic growth after the Fed eases. Instead, they’ve typically responded to the increase in M1 and anticipated economic growth by six to nine months. These periods have historically been viewed favorably by investors. Something unusual happened this time. The Fed injected reserves, but banks did not increase their lending, and M1 did not grow. Apparently, international investors saw this and delayed their buying until they saw signs of growth in M1, again, with their focus on the U.S. economy as a global engine.
In March, the Fed implemented some innovative steps designed to enable banks to increase their lending. It appears international investors are encouraged by these steps, as stock prices have moved higher off the March 17, 2008 low, but only time will tell whether the Fed’s steps increase bank lending.
4 Message From ICON Funds
Staying with Our Discipline
We consistently apply our valuation approach with the belief that over the long run, stock prices try to keep up with our estimation of value. There are periods, however, when investors worry about events around them, and stock prices behave independent of value. We believe we have just come through one of those times given the concerns about the economy, sub-prime mortgage problems, and the lack of growth in M1.
At ICON, we ride through these difficult times because we see the data that goes into valuation such as earnings and interest rates. We are pleased with the quality of the companies we own. We believe that in time, prices will move up to value. Other investors may depend on news headlines and public conjecture, which makes it less attractive to stay invested through times when the market drifts lower.
We believe investors may miss sudden market rallies because in our experience, stock prices lead the economy (and news) by six to nine months. Stock prices often rally while the economy (and news) continues to deteriorate. By looking at the news and economic data, it is difficult to identify a market bottom. We rely on valuation, which sometimes means being invested during pre-rally turbulence.
The market low on March 17, 2008 was accompanied by many of the characteristics our research indicates are typical of bottoms and buying opportunities. Weak investor confidence was one of those characteristics. We believe investor confidence is a lagging variable. Many investors hope confidence returns so a rally can begin, but we think they have the relationship backwards. Confidence lags stock prices and improves after stock prices move higher.
An equity trader on the floor of the U.S. stock exchange was interviewed on TV recently, and he was worried about the U.S. economy. He said he would like to see the employment situation improve. According to our research, employment is the piece of data that lags the most. If the normal relationship holds true, the market may rally long before employment improves.
ICON International Equity Fund
I am pleased to announce that the ICON International Equity Fund not only weathered difficult markets, but outperformed every one of its peers in 2007.
The ICON International Equity Fund has been awarded 2007 Lipper Performance Achievement Certificates as the best-performing fund among 61 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds for the one-year period ending
Message From ICON Funds 5
December 31, 2007 and as the best-performing fund among 43 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds for the five-year period ending December 31, 2007 as classified by Lipper.
The Fund’s historical performance shows that ICON’s value-based, bottom-up industry rotation system was successful at identifying and capturing industry leadership internationally over a multiple-year timeframe, and we are honored to have that achievement recognized by Lipper.
Although Lipper classifies the Fund in the International Small/Mid-Cap Core category, ICON manages it and all the ICON Funds with a multi-cap approach and no constraints regarding market capitalization.
Research on Industry Selection
An article in the New York Times on April 6, 2008 referred to research and a working paper by Busse & Tong of Emory University. From 1980–2006, the researchers studied whether investment managers were better at industry selection or stock selection. The article states, “The researchers found that industry bets were responsible for about half the margin by which the average fund beat or lagged behind the market. Stock selection was responsible for the other half.” The article also reports that researchers “found that an adviser with good industry-selection ability was a good bet to continue his winning ways. By contrast, an adviser with good individual stock-selection ability was far less likely to repeat the feat.”
At ICON, we believe markets have themes, meaning that certain industries typically lead for one to two years. I created the ICON system in the early and mid-1980s to capture industry leadership. It is gratifying to see third party research that supports our system.
Thank you for the opportunity to guide your investments. We appreciate your commitment to the ICON International Funds.
Yours truly,
Craig T. Callahan, DBA
Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the Adviser
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The awards for the ICON International Equity Fund are for the Fund’s Class Z shares, which are available only to institutional investors and employees of ICON Advisers, Inc. Performance for the Fund’s other share classes will vary due to differences in charges and expenses. A Lipper Certificate does not ensure
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positive fund performance. LIPPER and the LIPPER Corporate Marks are proprietary trademarks of Lipper, a Reuters Company.
Lipper Inc. ranked ICON International Equity Fund, Class Z #1 of 61, #6 of 52, #1 of 43, and #16 of 22 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds, based on cumulative total returns for the 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods ended 12/31/07. Lipper Inc. ranked ICON International Equity Fund, Class I #2 of 61 and #7 of 52 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds, based on cumulative total returns for the 1- and 3-year periods ended 12/31/07. Lipper Inc. ranked ICON International Equity Fund, Class A #3 of 61 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds, based on cumulative total returns for the 1-year period ended 12/31/07. Lipper Inc. ranked ICON International Equity Fund, Class C #4 of 61 and #8 of 52 International Small/Mid-Cap Core funds, based on cumulative total returns for the 1- and 3-year periods ended 12/31/07.
M1 is one measure of the money supply that approximates cash used by consumers and companies, including currency in public circulation, credit union share account balances, NOW account balances, automatic transfer account balances, demand deposits, and traveler’s checks.
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ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (96.1%) |
| 270,000 | | | Asiatic Development Bhd. | | $ | 713,761 | |
| 13,000 | | | Astellas Pharma, Inc. | | | 510,657 | |
| 690,000 | | | AU Optronics Corp. | | | 1,191,872 | |
| 445,000 | | | Bangkok Bank Public Co., Ltd. | | | 1,917,318 | |
| 133,000 | | | Bank of East Asia, Ltd. | | | 670,765 | |
| 1,072,000 | | | Beauty China Holdings, Ltd. | | | 599,902 | |
| 202,000 | | | BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd. | | | 490,837 | |
| 13,900 | | | Cheil Industries, Inc. | | | 677,686 | |
| 52,000 | | | Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. | | | 748,661 | |
| 1,051,000 | | | Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. | | | 1,391,321 | |
| 1,086,000 | | | China Agri-Industries Holdings, Ltd.(a) | | | 661,890 | |
| 3,018,000 | | | China Construction Bank Corp. Class H | | | 2,279,739 | |
| 431,000 | | | China Cosco Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 1,062,264 | |
| 88,000 | | | China Merchants Holdings International Co., Ltd. | | | 421,923 | |
| 296,000 | | | China Mobile, Ltd. | | | 4,447,457 | |
| 258,000 | | | China National Building Material Co., Ltd. - Class H | | | 617,771 | |
| 582,000 | | | China Oilfield Services, Ltd. | | | 967,946 | |
| 1,208,000 | | | China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. | | | 1,045,023 | |
| 671,450 | | | China Steel Corp. | | | 1,068,445 | |
| 508,090 | | | Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. | | | 1,341,690 | |
| 1,244,000 | | | CNOOC, Ltd. | | | 1,832,722 | |
| 23,100 | | | Credit Saison Co., Ltd. | | | 648,333 | |
| 68,000 | | | Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. | | | 2,017,718 | |
| 8,600 | | | Daum Communications Corp.(a) | | | 645,635 | |
| 108,000 | | | DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. | | | 1,422,543 | |
| 185 | | | DeNA Co., Ltd. | | | 1,171,385 | |
| 66,600 | | | Denso Corp. | | | 2,171,632 | |
| 125,200 | | | Digi.com Bhd. | | | 958,007 | |
| 18,700 | | | Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd.(a) | | | 722,085 | |
| 105 | | | East Japan Railway Co. | | | 875,726 | |
| 4,150 | | | Educomp Solutions, Ltd. | | | 396,928 | |
| 94,900 | | | Energy Resources of Australia, Ltd. | | | 1,713,821 | |
| 164,000 | | | Esprit Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,990,092 | |
| 450,000 | | | Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd. | | | 526,764 | |
| 33,600 | | | FamilyMart Co., Ltd. | | | 1,218,887 | |
| 382,000 | | | Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | | | 434,909 | |
| 14,500 | | | FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | | | 518,375 | |
| 2,816,000 | | | Global Bio-chem Technology Group Co., Ltd. | | | 1,086,192 | |
| 191,000 | | | Hang Lung Properties, Ltd. | | | 685,856 | |
| 32,000 | | | Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. | | | 583,448 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 316,000 | | | Hengan International Group Co., Ltd. | | $ | 1,089,502 | |
| 45,000 | | | High Tech Computer Corp. | | | 1,016,809 | |
| 297,618 | | | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. | | | 1,713,926 | |
| 45,500 | | | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 1,314,518 | |
| 5,500 | | | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. | | | 2,070,005 | |
| 12,500 | | | Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. | | | 998,488 | |
| 8,600 | | | Incitec Pivot, Ltd. | | | 1,111,681 | |
| 35,880 | | | Industrial Bank of Korea | | | 531,822 | |
| 82,000 | | | Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ltd. | | | 1,174,231 | |
| 7,200 | | | Jindal Steel & Power, Ltd. | | | 374,688 | |
| 105,000 | | | Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.(b) | | | 2,627,600 | |
| 100,000 | | | Keppel Corp., Ltd. | | | 728,143 | |
| 1,730,000 | | | KNM Group Bhd. | | | 2,879,910 | |
| 36,600 | | | Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | | 1,418,903 | |
| 55,400 | | | Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 1,359,622 | |
| 13,800 | | | LG Electronics, Inc. | | | 1,773,993 | |
| 592,000 | | | Li & Fung, Ltd. | | | 2,217,587 | |
| 676,000 | | | Li Ning Co., Ltd. | | | 1,924,383 | |
| 11,600 | | | Macquarie Group, Ltd.(b)* | | | 559,836 | |
| 56,000 | | | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | | | 1,217,517 | |
| 122,800 | | | Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. | | | 1,123,314 | |
| 22,300 | | | Millea Holdings, Inc. | | | 829,923 | |
| 3,900 | | | Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd.(a) | | | 550,755 | |
| 72,900 | | | Mitsubishi Corp. | | | 2,230,898 | |
| 324,900 | | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | | 2,842,739 | |
| 110,450 | | | Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | | | 2,266,957 | |
| 52,600 | | | National Australia Bank, Ltd. | | | 1,454,366 | |
| 2,800 | | | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | | | 1,465,267 | |
| 221 | | | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | | 957,476 | |
| 162,000 | | | Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha(b) | | | 1,536,353 | |
| 7,500 | | | Nitori Co., Ltd. | | | 426,108 | |
| 614 | | | NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | | | 936,364 | |
| 70,800 | | | OneSteel, Ltd. | | | 414,445 | |
| 265,000 | | | Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. | | | 1,064,675 | |
| 8,840,000 | | | Petron Corp. | | | 1,209,376 | |
| 1,349,000 | | | PT Bumi Resources Tbk | | | 918,466 | |
| 151,000 | | | PTT Exploration & Production Public Co., Ltd. | | | 728,579 | |
| 1,937,000 | | | Raffles Education Corp., Ltd. | | | 1,462,940 | |
| 491,000 | | | Raffles Medical Group, Ltd. | | | 445,740 | |
| 300 | | | Resona Holdings, Inc. | | | 503,410 | |
| 3,000 | | | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | | | 1,897,536 | |
| 15,000 | | | Shinhan Financial Group, Ltd. | | | 792,635 | |
| 62,000 | | | Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | | | 1,066,476 | |
| 554,000 | | | Siam Commericial Bank Public Co., Ltd. | | | 1,601,460 | |
| 191,000 | | | Singapore Petroleum Co., Ltd. | | | 945,054 | |
| 530,000 | | | Singapore Technologies Engineering, Ltd. | | | 1,311,340 | |
| 471,000 | | | Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd. | | | 1,348,540 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 1,446,000 | | | Sinofert Holdings, Ltd. | | $ | 1,348,454 | |
| 1,745,000 | | | SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 831,206 | |
| 45,700 | | | Sony Corp. | | | 1,838,499 | |
| 29,000 | | | Square Enix Co., Ltd. | | | 1,017,757 | |
| 541,600 | | | Star Publications Malaysia Bhd. | | | 580,481 | |
| 358 | | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | | 2,378,605 | |
| 45,000 | | | Suruga Bank, Ltd. | | | 572,803 | |
| 34,000 | | | Suzuken Co., Ltd. | | | 1,403,281 | |
| 708,361 | | | Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd. | | | 1,363,329 | |
| 27,100 | | | Terumo Corp. | | | 1,426,705 | |
| 1,656,000 | | | Thanachart Capital Public Co., Ltd. | | | 818,633 | |
| 79,000 | | | The Gunma Bank, Ltd. | | | 569,470 | |
| 100,000 | | | The Hiroshima Bank, Ltd. | | | 486,748 | |
| 135,000 | | | The Wharf Holdings, Ltd. | | | 641,906 | |
| 40,000 | | | Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. | | | 1,051,121 | |
| 140,000 | | | Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.(b) | | | 570,722 | |
| 83,700 | | | Toyota Motor Corp.(b) | | | 4,230,027 | |
| 72,200 | | | Transpacific Industries Group, Ltd.(b) | | | 583,381 | |
| 633,000 | | | Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. | | | 1,195,718 | |
| 143,000 | | | United Overseas Bank, Ltd. | | | 2,001,482 | |
| 2,723,886 | | | WCT Engineering Bhd. | | | 3,283,516 | |
| 104 | | | West Japan Railway Co. | | | 460,629 | |
| 970 | | | Works Applications Co., Ltd. | | | 1,430,008 | |
| 11,000 | | | Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. | | | 959,252 | |
| 620,000 | | | Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. | | | 881,609 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $134,371,019) | | | 136,807,684 | |
|
Rights (0.0%) |
| | | | | | | | |
| 544,777 | | | WCT Engineering Bhd. Rights | | | 0 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Total Rights (Cost $0) | | | 0 | |
|
Short-Term Investments (1.7%) |
$ | 2,465,483 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08#* | | | 2,465,483 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,465,483) | | | 2,465,483 | |
|
Other Securities (6.9%) |
| 9,853,250 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03%* | | | 9,853,250 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $9,853,250) | | | 9,853,250 | |
Total Investments 104.7% (Cost $146,689,752) | | | 149,126,417 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (4.7)% | | | (6,712,976 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 142,413,441 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
* | | All securities were fair valued (Note 2) as of March 31, 2008 unless noted with a *. Total value of securities fair valued was $136,247,848. |
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| | |
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
Schedule of Investments 11
ICON Asia–Pacific Region Fund
Country Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Japan | | | 36.1 | % |
Hong Kong | | | 13.0 | % |
Taiwan | | | 8.5 | % |
South Korea | | | 8.3 | % |
Singapore | | | 7.6 | % |
Malaysia | | | 5.9 | % |
Australia | | | 4.1 | % |
China | | | 4.1 | % |
Thailand | | | 3.6 | % |
Cayman Islands | | | 1.8 | % |
Bermuda | | | 1.0 | % |
Philippines | | | 0.9 | % |
Indonesia | | | 0.7 | % |
India | | | 0.5 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
ICON Asia–Pacific Region Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 21.0 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 17.6 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 11.9 | % |
Industrials | | | 11.8 | % |
Energy | | | 9.1 | % |
Information Technology | | | 8.6 | % |
Health Care | | | 5.8 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 5.7 | % |
Materials | | | 4.6 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
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ICON Asia–Pacific Region Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | |
Diversified Banks | | | 13.9% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 5.5% |
Automobile Manufacturers | | | 4.6% |
Consumer Electronics | | | 3.4% |
Trading Companies & Distributors | | | 3.2% |
Electric Utilities | | | 2.8% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 2.5% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 2.5% |
Coal & Consumable Fuels | | | 2.4% |
Distributors | | | 2.4% |
Construction & Engineering | | | 2.3% |
Auto Parts & Equipment | | | 2.2% |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers | | | 2.2% |
Steel | | | 2.1% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 2.0% |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | | 1.9% |
Marine | | | 1.8% |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | | 1.8% |
Agricultural Products | | | 1.8% |
Home Entertainment Software | | | 1.7% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 1.7% |
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | | | 1.5% |
Regional Banks | | | 1.5% |
Real Estate Management & Development | | | 1.5% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 1.5% |
Apparel Retail | | | 1.4% |
Leisure Products | | | 1.4% |
Semiconductors | | | 1.3% |
Education Services | | | 1.3% |
Electronic Manufacturing Services | | | 1.2% |
Personal Products | | | 1.2% |
Gas Utilities | | | 1.1% |
Consumer Finance | | | 1.1% |
Application Software | | | 1.0% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 1.0% |
Health Care Supplies | | | 1.0% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 1.0% |
Railroads | | | 0.9% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 0.9% |
Food Retail | | | 0.9% |
Internet Retail | | | 0.8% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 0.7% |
Computer Hardware | | | 0.7% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 0.7% |
Computer & Electronics Retail | | | 0.7% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 0.5% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 0.5% |
Internet Software & Services | | | 0.5% |
Construction Materials | | | 0.4% |
Environmental & Facilities Services | | | 0.4% |
Publishing | | | 0.4% |
Investment Banking & Brokerage | | | 0.4% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 0.4% |
Commodity Chemicals | | | 0.4% |
Health Care Facilities | | | 0.3% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 0.3% |
Home Furnishing Retail | | | 0.3% |
Marine Ports & Services | | | 0.3% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
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ICON Europe Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.9%) |
| 55 | | | A P Moller - Maersk A/S - Class B | | $ | 617,185 | |
| 107,500 | | | ABB, Ltd. | | | 2,897,942 | |
| 32,800 | | | Adidas AG | | | 2,168,689 | |
| 6,200 | | | Air Liquide S.A. | | | 945,443 | |
| 7,720 | | | Allianz AG | | | 1,530,027 | |
| 4,200 | | | Alstom | | | 909,743 | |
| 15,900 | | | Arcelormittal – Class A* | | | 1,302,180 | |
| 160,500 | | | Aviva PLC | | | 1,967,714 | |
| 147,900 | | | BAE Systems PLC | | | 1,426,007 | |
| 49,300 | | | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. | | | 1,084,021 | |
| 42,200 | | | Banco Popular Espanol S.A. | | | 764,925 | |
| 114,600 | | | Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. | | | 2,282,852 | |
| 133,700 | | | Barclays PLC | | | 1,206,053 | |
| 11,200 | | | Beiersdorf AG | | | 938,412 | |
| 74,600 | | | BHP Billiton PLC | | | 2,196,984 | |
| 11,800 | | | Bilfinger Berger AG | | | 1,013,202 | |
| 6,400 | | | BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S | | | 507,517 | |
| 13,300 | | | BNP Paribas | | | 1,340,947 | |
| 324,000 | | | BP PLC | | | 3,282,255 | |
| 8,300 | | | Cargotec Corp. – Class B | | | 408,739 | |
| 115,900 | | | Cattles PLC | | | 532,665 | |
| 19,600 | | | CEZ A.S. | | | 1,502,912 | |
| 37,700 | | | Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. S.A. | | | 1,760,722 | |
| 31,000 | | | CRH PLC | | | 1,176,261 | |
| 19,100 | | | Daimler AG(a)(b) | | | 1,634,867 | |
| 5,600 | | | Danisco A/S | | | 410,095 | |
| 43,500 | | | Deutsche Post AG | | | 1,330,458 | |
| 13,300 | | | E.ON AG | | | 2,480,351 | |
| 131,900 | | | Enel S.p.A. | | | 1,400,596 | |
| 46,500 | | | Finmeccanica S.p.A. | | | 1,583,175 | |
| 11,400 | | | Fondiaria - Sai S.p.A. | | | 472,567 | |
| 48,100 | | | Fortis | | | 1,208,507 | |
| 71,900 | | | France Telecom S.A. | | | 2,415,290 | |
| 21,600 | | | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGA | | | 1,085,199 | |
| 12,200 | | | Fresenius SE | | | 1,023,986 | |
| 34,200 | | | Fugro N.V. | | | 2,657,808 | |
| 58,500 | | | Gerry Weber International AG | | | 2,061,561 | |
| 34,100 | | | Getinge AB - Class B | | | 886,039 | |
| 256,000 | | | Hera S.P.A. | | | 1,034,508 | |
| 199,400 | | | HSBC Holdings PLC | | | 3,284,489 | |
| 61,700 | | | IAWS Group PLC | | | 1,444,043 | |
| 9,265 | | | Imerys S.A. | | | 848,876 | |
| 7,600 | | | InBev N.V. | | | 667,077 | |
| 187,100 | | | Inchcape PLC | | | 1,493,596 | |
| 38,400 | | | ING Groep N.V. | | | 1,435,469 | |
| 26,200 | | | Irish Life & Permanent PLC | | | 511,089 | |
| 12,800 | | | KBC Groep N.V. | | | 1,660,023 | |
| 11,400 | | | KCI Konecranes Oyj | | | 439,600 | |
| 79,840 | | | Koninklijke Ahold N.V.(a) | | | 1,185,093 | |
| 28,900 | | | Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V. | | | 683,889 | |
| 11,000 | | | Krones AG | | | 905,639 | |
| 7,830 | | | Lafarge S.A. | | | 1,360,458 | |
| 8,900 | | | Linde AG | | | 1,253,639 | |
| 96,700 | | | Lloyds TSB Group PLC | | | 863,857 | |
| 10,800 | | | Lonza Group AG | | | 1,433,070 | |
| 146,675 | | | Man Group PLC | | | 1,614,379 | |
| 5,600 | | | Merck KGA(a)(b) | | | 695,207 | |
| 6,300 | | | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG | | | 1,235,610 | |
| 32,300 | | | National Bank of Greece S.A. | | | 1,700,349 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 45,200 | | | National Grid PLC | | $ | 624,544 | |
| 10,950 | | | Nestle S.A. | | | 5,474,379 | |
| 13,200 | | | Novartis AG | | | 677,482 | |
| 7,700 | | | Novo Nordisk A/S - Class B | | | 529,944 | |
| 21,900 | | | Nutreco Holding N.V. | | | 1,682,166 | |
| 10,700 | | | Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. | | | 711,524 | |
| 17,100 | | | Outokumpu Oyj(a)(b) | | | 778,440 | |
| 8,950 | | | Porsche AG | | | 1,640,928 | |
| 33,100 | | | Prosegur Compania de Seguridad S.A. | | | 1,389,880 | |
| 56,800 | | | Prudential PLC | | | 749,857 | |
| 10,100 | | | Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG | | | 1,377,745 | |
| 81,610 | | | Rexam PLC | | | 691,040 | |
| 15,630 | | | Roche Holding AG | | | 2,946,378 | |
| 38,400 | | | Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class A | | | 1,324,265 | |
| 11,900 | | | RWE AG | | | 1,469,750 | |
| 45,100 | | | Saipem S.p.A. | | | 1,828,155 | |
| 8,000 | | | Salzgitter AG | | | 1,402,447 | |
| 35,000 | | | SAP AG | | | 1,734,377 | |
| 86,700 | | | Savills PLC | | | 606,478 | |
| 77,800 | | | Seadrill, Ltd.(a) | | | 2,096,612 | |
| 27,500 | | | SGL Carbon AG(a) | | | 1,749,523 | |
| 13,000 | | | Siemens AG | | | 1,420,823 | |
| 17,000 | | | Smit International N.V. | | | 1,732,390 | |
| 23,900 | | | SSAB Svenskt Stal AB - Series A(a)(b) | | | 673,335 | |
| 16,800 | | | Swiss Re(a)(b) | | | 1,468,832 | |
| 6,420 | | | Syngenta AG | | | 1,875,946 | |
| 72,300 | | | Telefonica S.A. | | | 2,077,138 | |
| 42,100 | | | Temenos Group AG(a)(b) | | | 1,103,489 | |
| 172,300 | | | Tesco PLC | | | 1,298,394 | |
| 26,900 | | | TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA(a) | | | 392,040 | |
| 38,100 | | | Total S.A. | | | 2,822,344 | |
| 87,400 | | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S | | | 724,447 | |
| 48,600 | | | Unilever N.V. | | | 1,635,897 | |
| 47,900 | | | United Internet AG | | | 1,039,178 | |
| 15,000 | | | Vedanta Resources PLC | | | 625,016 | |
| 12,000 | | | Vestas Wind Systems A/S(a) | | | 1,321,084 | |
| 5,900 | | | Vienna Insurance Group | | | 452,154 | |
| 50,100 | | | Vimpel-Communications - ADR* | | | 1,497,489 | |
| 18,200 | | | Vivendi Universal | | | 711,849 | |
| 601,600 | | | Vodafone Group PLC | | | 1,787,989 | |
| 8,350 | | | Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC - ADR* | | | 855,708 | |
| 17,300 | | | Yara International ASA | | | 1,006,530 | |
| 28,700 | | | YIT Oyj | | | 815,479 | |
| 4,750 | | | Zurich Financial Services AG(a)(b) | | | 1,497,542 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $132,149,441) | | | 140,484,863 | |
|
Other Securities (4.1%) |
| 5,825,490 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03%* | | | 5,825,490 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $5,825,490) | | | 5,825,490 | |
Total Investments 104.0% (Cost $137,974,931) | | | 146,310,353 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (4.0%) | | | (5,685,505 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 140,624,848 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
* | | All securities were fair valued (Note 2) as of March 31, 2008 unless noted with a *. Total value of securities fair valued was $136,829,486. |
ADR American Depositary Receipt
Schedule of Investments 15
ICON Europe Fund
Country Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Germany | | | 21.5 | % |
United Kingdom | | | 18.4 | % |
Switzerland | | | 13.9 | % |
Netherlands | | | 8.9 | % |
France | | | 8.1 | % |
Spain | | | 5.4 | % |
Italy | | | 4.5 | % |
Belgium | | | 2.5 | % |
Greece | | | 2.5 | % |
Ireland | | | 2.2 | % |
Denmark | | | 2.1 | % |
Finland | | | 1.7 | % |
Russia | | | 1.7 | % |
Sweden | | | 1.6 | % |
Bermuda | | | 1.5 | % |
Austria | | | 1.3 | % |
Czech Republic | | | 1.1 | % |
Norway | | | 1.0 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
ICON Europe Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 22.0 | % |
Industrials | | | 14.5 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 13.8 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 12.1 | % |
Materials | | | 11.5 | % |
Energy | | | 10.2 | % |
Health Care | | | 6.6 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 6.5 | % |
Information Technology | | | 2.7 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
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ICON Europe Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | |
Diversified Banks | | | 11.1% |
Packaged Foods & Meats | | | 6.7% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 5.2% |
Multi-Line Insurance | | | 3.9% |
Electric Utilities | | | 3.9% |
Heavy Electrical Equipment | | | 3.7% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 3.5% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 3.5% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 3.2% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 3.0% |
Steel | | | 3.0% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 2.9% |
Construction Materials | | | 2.4% |
Automobile Manufacturers | | | 2.4% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 2.3% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 2.1% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 2.1% |
Food Retail | | | 2.1% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 2.0% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 2.0% |
Reinsurance | | | 1.9% |
Construction & Engineering | | | 1.8% |
Industrial Gases | | | 1.6% |
Health Care Services | | | 1.5% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 1.5% |
Agricultural Products | | | 1.5% |
Soft Drinks | | | 1.3% |
Industrial Machinery | | | 1.2% |
Electrical Components & Equipment | | | 1.2% |
Application Software | | | 1.2% |
Marine Ports & Services | | | 1.2% |
Personal Products | | | 1.2% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 1.2% |
Distributors | | | 1.1% |
Life Sciences Tools & Services | | | 1.0% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 1.0% |
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services | | | 1.0% |
Air Freight & Logistics | | | 0.9% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 0.9% |
Systems Software | | | 0.8% |
Internet Software & Services | | | 0.7% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 0.6% |
Movies & Entertainment | | | 0.5% |
Metal & Glass Containers | | | 0.5% |
Brewers | | | 0.5% |
Marine | | | 0.4% |
Consumer Finance | | | 0.4% |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | | 0.3% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 17
ICON International Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.4%) |
| 152,200 | | | ABB, Ltd. | | $ | 4,102,947 | |
| 32,000 | | | Adidas AG | | | 2,115,795 | |
| 12,000 | | | Air Liquide S.A. | | | 1,829,889 | |
| 1,689,700 | | | America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.* | | | 5,380,887 | |
| 21,600 | | | Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(a)* | | | 1,981,152 | |
| 1,256,000 | | | AU Optronics Corp. | | | 2,169,553 | |
| 211,700 | | | Aviva PLC | | | 2,595,421 | |
| 130,000 | | | BAE Systems PLC | | | 1,253,420 | |
| 50,000 | | | Banco Bradesco S.A.* | | | 1,389,681 | |
| 87,300 | | | Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A.* | | | 1,990,380 | |
| 71,000 | | | Banco Popular Espanol S.A. | | | 1,286,959 | |
| 130,300 | | | Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. | | | 2,595,599 | |
| 17,600 | | | Bank of Nova Scotia* | | | 798,363 | |
| 160,400 | | | Barclays PLC | | | 1,446,902 | |
| 21,500 | | | Beiersdorf AG | | | 1,801,417 | |
| 117,500 | | | BHP Billiton PLC | | | 3,460,397 | |
| 20,000 | | | Bilfinger Berger AG | | | 1,717,291 | |
| 12,300 | | | BNP Paribas | | | 1,240,124 | |
| 272,600 | | | Bombardier, Inc., Class B* | | | 1,453,052 | |
| 295,700 | | | BP PLC | | | 2,995,564 | |
| 309,900 | | | Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A.* | | | 4,061,916 | |
| 32,600 | | | Canadian National Railway Co.* | | | 1,581,078 | |
| 628,000 | | | Cemex S.A.B de C.V.* | | | 1,645,814 | |
| 25,300 | | | CEZ A.S | | | 1,939,983 | |
| 1,692,000 | | | China Agri-Industries Holdings, Ltd.(a) | | | 1,031,233 | |
| 1,503,000 | | | China Construction Bank Corp. - Class H | | | 1,135,337 | |
| 661,000 | | | China Cosco Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 1,629,134 | |
| 287,000 | | | China Mobile, Ltd. | | | 4,312,230 | |
| 420,000 | | | China National Building Material Co., Ltd. - Class H | | | 1,005,674 | |
| 876,000 | | | China Oilfield Services, Ltd. | | | 1,456,909 | |
| 1,572,000 | | | China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. | | | 1,359,914 | |
| 792,460 | | | China Steel Corp. | | | 1,261,002 | |
| 1,558,000 | | | CNOOC, Ltd. | | | 2,295,323 | |
| 50,700 | | | Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. S.A. | | | 2,367,868 | |
| 79,200 | | | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo* | | | 1,761,906 | |
| 164,600 | | | Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - Class A* | | | 4,749,376 | |
| 622,000 | | | Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.* | | | 1,753,413 | |
| 30,200 | | | Daimler AG(a)(b) | | | 2,584,974 | |
| 58,300 | | | Denso Corp. | | | 1,900,993 | |
| 35,600 | | | Deutsche Post AG | | | 1,088,834 | |
| 18,200 | | | E.ON AG | | | 3,394,165 | |
| 183,000 | | | Enel S.p.A. | | | 1,943,207 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 91,800 | | | Energy Resources of Australia, Ltd. | | $ | 1,657,838 | |
| 58,600 | | | Finmeccanica S.p.A. | | | 1,995,142 | |
| 365,000 | | | FirstRand, Ltd. | | | 722,040 | |
| 52,200 | | | Fortis | | | 1,311,519 | |
| 33,900 | | | France Telecom S.A. | | | 1,138,781 | |
| 26,600 | | | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | | | 1,336,402 | |
| 23,800 | | | Fresenius SE | | | 1,997,612 | |
| 36,000 | | | Fugro N.V. | | | 2,797,693 | |
| 76,900 | | | Gildan Activewear, Inc.* | | | 2,901,547 | |
| 190,000 | | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A.B. de C.V.* | | | 1,081,929 | |
| 224,000 | | | Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.(a) | | | 804,354 | |
| 245,000 | | | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. | | | 1,410,909 | |
| 191,100 | | | HSBC Holdings PLC | | | 3,147,773 | |
| 7,400 | | | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. | | | 2,785,098 | |
| 77,300 | | | IAWS Group PLC | | | 1,809,149 | |
| 15,300 | | | InBev N.V. | | | 1,342,932 | |
| 36,000 | | | ING Groep N.V. | | | 1,345,752 | |
| 58,000 | | | Irish Life & Permanent PLC | | | 1,131,419 | |
| 17,700 | | | Jindal Steel & Power, Ltd. | | | 921,108 | |
| 74,900 | | | Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,874,355 | |
| 13,800 | | | KBC Groep N.V. | | | 1,789,712 | |
| 163,000 | | | Keppel Corp., Ltd. | | | 1,186,873 | |
| 1,561,000 | | | KNM Group Bhd. | | | 2,598,578 | |
| 16,030 | | | Lafarge S.A. | | | 2,785,203 | |
| 16,100 | | | LG Electronics, Inc. | | | 2,069,659 | |
| 460,000 | | | Li & Fung, Ltd. | | | 1,723,125 | |
| 115,300 | | | Lloyds TSB Group PLC | | | 1,030,018 | |
| 15,100 | | | Lonza Group AG | | | 2,003,644 | |
| 177,775 | | | Man Group PLC | | | 1,956,681 | |
| 87,100 | | | Manulife Financial Corp.(b)* | | | 3,334,788 | |
| 7,100 | | | Merck KGA(a)(b) | | | 881,423 | |
| 151,000 | | | Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. | | | 1,381,274 | |
| 38,700 | | | Metalurgica Gerdau S.A.* | | | 1,606,249 | |
| 26,200 | | | Millea Holdings, Inc. | | | 975,067 | |
| 182,000 | | | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | | 1,592,424 | |
| 147,000 | | | Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | | | 3,017,136 | |
| 8,200 | | | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG | | | 1,608,254 | |
| 58,300 | | | National Australia Bank, Ltd. | | | 1,611,968 | |
| 47,000 | | | National Bank of Greece S.A. | | | 2,474,192 | |
| 17,270 | | | Nestle S.A. | | | 8,634,021 | |
| 3,200 | | | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | | | 1,674,591 | |
| 24,300 | | | Nutreco Holding N.V. | | | 1,866,513 | |
| 602,600 | | | Organizacion Soriana S.A.B. de C.V.* | | | 1,761,011 | |
| 31,300 | | | Outokumpu Oyj(a)(b) | | | 1,424,863 | |
| 10,800 | | | Porsche AG | | | 1,980,114 | |
| 8,700 | | | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.* | | | 1,352,222 | |
| 48,200 | | | Precision Drilling Corp.* | | | 1,122,569 | |
| 28,700 | | | Prosegur Compania de Seguridad S.A. | | | 1,205,122 | |
| 1,807,000 | | | Raffles Education Corp., Ltd. | | | 1,364,756 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 13,440 | | | Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG | | $ | 1,833,356 | |
| 25,700 | | | Research In Motion* | | | 2,892,314 | |
| 21,459 | | | Roche Holding AG | | | 4,045,191 | |
| 42,700 | | | Rogers Communications, Inc. - Class B* | | | 1,536,235 | |
| 19,300 | | | Royal Bank of Canada* | | | 901,808 | |
| 92,300 | | | Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class A | | | 3,183,064 | |
| 18,700 | | | RWE AG | | | 2,309,607 | |
| 60,900 | | | Saipem S.p.A. | | | 2,468,617 | |
| 2,000 | | | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | | | 1,265,024 | |
| 41,000 | | | SAP AG | | | 2,031,698 | |
| 605,900 | | | Siam Commericial Bank Public Co., Ltd. | | | 1,751,488 | |
| 12,000 | | | Siemens AG | | | 1,311,529 | |
| 483,000 | | | Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.(a) | | | 1,382,898 | |
| 3,126,000 | | | SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. | | | 1,489,027 | |
| 27,300 | | | Sony Corp. | | | 1,098,272 | |
| 73,000 | | | Standard Bank Group, Ltd. | | | 795,878 | |
| 62,600 | | | Stantec, Inc.* | | | 1,837,373 | |
| 260 | | | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | | 1,727,479 | |
| 41,500 | | | Sun Life Financial, Inc.* | | | 1,940,738 | |
| 37,100 | | | Suzuken Co., Ltd. | | | 1,531,227 | |
| 25,100 | | | Swiss Re(a)(b) | | | 2,194,505 | |
| 6,200 | | | Syngenta AG | | | 1,811,661 | |
| 68,680 | | | Telefonica S.A. | | | 1,973,137 | |
| 76,400 | | | Temenos Group AG(a)(b) | | | 2,002,531 | |
| 182,700 | | | Tesco PLC | | | 1,376,765 | |
| 42,700 | | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. - ADR(a)(b)* | | | 1,972,313 | |
| 2,427,000 | | | Thanachart Capital Public Co., Ltd. | | | 1,199,772 | |
| 152,000 | | | The Wharf Holdings, Ltd. | | | 722,738 | |
| 41,500 | | | Total S.A. | | | 3,074,207 | |
| 56,400 | | | Toyota Motor Corp.(a)(b) | | | 2,850,341 | |
| 10,745 | | | Transocean, Inc.(a)* | | | 1,452,724 | |
| 134,000 | | | Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S | | | 1,110,708 | |
| 99,000 | | | UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. | | | 663,262 | |
| 41,700 | | | Unilever N.V. | | | 1,403,640 | |
| 135,000 | | | United Overseas Bank, Ltd. | | | 1,889,511 | |
| 27,100 | | | Vedanta Resources PLC | | | 1,129,196 | |
| 15,300 | | | Vestas Wind Systems A/S(a) | | | 1,684,382 | |
| 41,100 | | | Vimpel-Communications - ADR* | | | 1,228,479 | |
| 2,813,732 | | | WCT Engineering Bhd. | | | 3,391,821 | |
| 7,650 | | | Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC - ADR* | | | 783,972 | |
| 714,000 | | | Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. | | | 1,015,273 | |
| 52,700 | | | YIT Oyj(a)(b) | | | 1,497,413 | |
| 6,510 | | | Zurich Financial Services AG(a)(b) | | | 2,052,421 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $253,910,565) | | | 257,204,073 | |
|
Rights (0.0%) |
| 562,746 | | | WCT Engineering Bhd. Rights | | | 0 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Rights (Cost $0) | | | 0 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Other Securities (7.3%) |
| 18,906,662 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03%* | | $ | 18,906,662 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $18,906,662) | | | 18,906,662 | |
Total Investments 106.7% (Cost $272,817,227) | | | 276,110,735 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (6.7)% | | | (17,240,945 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 258,869,790 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates are listed as of March 31, 2008. |
|
* | | All securities were fair valued (note 2) as of March 31, 2008 unless noted with a *. Total value of securities fair valued was $200,950,784. |
ADR American Depositary Receipt
Schedule of Investments 21
ICON International Equity Fund
Country Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Switzerland | | | 10.5 | % |
Germany | | | 10.2 | % |
United Kingdom | | | 9.2 | % |
Canada | | | 8.4 | % |
Japan | | | 7.1 | % |
Brazil | | | 6.0 | % |
Hong Kong | | | 4.8 | % |
Mexico | | | 4.5 | % |
France | | | 3.9 | % |
South Korea | | | 2.9 | % |
Netherlands | | | 2.9 | % |
Italy | | | 2.7 | % |
Spain | | | 2.7 | % |
Taiwan | | | 2.5 | % |
Malaysia | | | 2.3 | % |
China | | | 2.3 | % |
Singapore | | | 2.3 | % |
Greece | | | 1.9 | % |
Belgium | | | 1.7 | % |
Australia | | | 1.3 | % |
Ireland | | | 1.1 | % |
Thailand | | | 1.1 | % |
Finland | | | 1.1 | % |
Russia | | | 0.8 | % |
United States of America | | | 0.8 | % |
Israel | | | 0.8 | % |
Czech Republic | | | 0.8 | % |
Austria | | | 0.7 | % |
Denmark | | | 0.7 | % |
Cayman Islands | | | 0.6 | % |
Turkey | | | 0.4 | % |
India | | | 0.4 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
ICON International Equity Fund
Sector Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | | |
Financial | | | 23.5 | % |
Telecommunication & Utilities | | | 13.7 | % |
Industrials | | | 13.3 | % |
Energy | | | 11.1 | % |
Materials | | | 9.5 | % |
Leisure & Consumer Staples | | | 9.2 | % |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 8.6 | % |
Health Care | | | 5.4 | % |
Information Technology | | | 5.1 | % |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
22 Schedule of Investments
ICON International Equity Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
| | | |
Diversified Banks | | | 13.4% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 5.3% |
Packaged Foods & Meats | | | 4.8% |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 4.1% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 3.5% |
Electric Utilities | | | 3.5% |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 3.3% |
Construction & Engineering | | | 3.3% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 3.1% |
Automobile Manufacturers | | | 2.9% |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 2.7% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 2.4% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 2.4% |
Heavy Electrical Equipment | | | 2.3% |
Construction Materials | | | 2.1% |
Steel | | | 2.0% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 1.9% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 1.9% |
Multi-Line Insurance | | | 1.8% |
Reinsurance | | | 1.4% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 1.3% |
Health Care Services | | | 1.3% |
Consumer Electronics | | | 1.2% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 1.2% |
Trading Companies & Distributors | | | 1.2% |
Agricultural Products | | | 1.1% |
Communications Equipment | | | 1.1% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 1.1% |
Coal & Consumable Fuels | | | 1.0% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 1.0% |
Soft Drinks | | | 0.9% |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | | 0.9% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 0.9% |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | | 0.9% |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers | | | 0.8% |
Application Software | | | 0.8% |
Life Sciences Tools & Services | | | 0.8% |
Systems Software | | | 0.8% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 0.8% |
Auto Parts & Equipment | | | 0.7% |
Industrial Gases | | | 0.7% |
Personal Products | | | 0.7% |
Water Utilities | | | 0.7% |
Department Stores | | | 0.7% |
Hypermarkets & Super Centers | | | 0.7% |
Distributors | | | 0.7% |
Home Entertainment Software | | | 0.6% |
Marine | | | 0.6% |
Railroads | | | 0.6% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 0.6% |
Real Estate Management & Development | | | 0.6% |
Electronic Manufacturing Services | | | 0.5% |
Food Retail | | | 0.5% |
Education Services | | | 0.5% |
Brewers | | | 0.5% |
Semiconductors | | | 0.5% |
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services | | | 0.5% |
Consumer Finance | | | 0.5% |
Air Freight & Logistics | | | 0.4% |
Airport Services | | | 0.4% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 23
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
| | Asia-Pacific
| | | Europe
| | | International
| |
| | Region Fund | | | Fund | | | Equity Fund | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at cost | | $ | 146,689,752 | | | $ | 137,974,931 | | | $ | 272,817,227 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value† | | | 149,126,417 | | | | 146,310,353 | | | | 276,110,735 | |
Foreign currency at value (cost $1,597,565, $34,070 and $1,074,599) | | | 1,597,467 | | | | 34,050 | | | | 1,054,755 | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 193,174 | | | | 226,586 | | | | 938,141 | |
Investments sold | | | 2,001,504 | | | | 2,464,853 | | | | 2,615,553 | |
Interest | | | 7,999 | | | | 17,886 | | | | 26,766 | |
Dividends | | | 534,416 | | | | 507,956 | | | | 897,900 | |
Expense reimbursements by Adviser | | | 976 | | | | 1,051 | | | | 181 | |
Foreign tax reclaims | | | - | | | | 37,290 | | | | 148,277 | |
Other assets | | | 51,513 | | | | 51,305 | | | | 65,134 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Assets | | | 153,513,466 | | | | 149,651,330 | | | | 281,857,442 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payables: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Due to custodian bank | | | 11,703 | | | | 1,808,818 | | | | 722,906 | |
Investments bought | | | 975,702 | | | | 1,055,243 | | | | 2,676,705 | |
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned | | | 9,853,250 | | | | 5,825,490 | | | | 18,906,662 | |
Fund shares redeemed | | | 65,982 | | | | 131,789 | | | | 300,478 | |
Advisory fees and fee waiver recoupment | | | 119,366 | | | | 117,226 | | | | 214,671 | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 246 | | | | 112 | | | | 64,545 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 16,631 | | | | 16,242 | | | | 17,472 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 35,773 | | | | 38,537 | | | | 47,152 | |
Administration fees | | | 5,698 | | | | 5,464 | | | | 10,005 | |
Trustee fees | | | 8,401 | | | | 8,263 | | | | 15,117 | |
Accrued expenses | | | 7,273 | | | | 19,298 | | | | 11,939 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 11,100,025 | | | | 9,026,482 | | | | 22,987,652 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - all share classes | | $ | 142,413,441 | | | $ | 140,624,848 | | | $ | 258,869,790 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class S | | $ | 141,255,312 | | | $ | 140,086,079 | | | $ | 2,202,595 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class I | | $ | 4,811 | | | $ | 22,807 | | | $ | 182,378,413 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class C | | $ | 4,801 | | | $ | 5,199 | | | $ | 30,236,501 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class Z | | $ | 4,811 | | | $ | 5,208 | | | $ | 12,446,288 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class A | | $ | 1,143,706 | | | $ | 505,555 | | | $ | 8,721,920 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets - Class Q | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 22,884,073 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 135,294,894 | | | $ | 141,192,463 | | | $ | 265,973,566 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | | 16,598 | | | | 283,232 | | | | 530,707 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss) from investments and foreign currency transactions | | | 4,681,741 | | | | (9,188,305 | ) | | | (10,933,535 | ) |
Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) on investment transactions and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency | | | 2,420,208 | | | | 8,337,458 | | | | 3,299,052 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 142,413,441 | | | $ | 140,624,848 | | | $ | 258,869,790 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 10,699,490 | | | | 7,506,232 | | | | 144,698 | |
Class I | | | 364 | | | | 1,224 | | | | 12,128,914 | |
Class C | | | 364 | | | | 279 | | | | 2,123,249 | |
Class Z | | | 364 | | | | 279 | | | | 816,794 | |
Class A | | | 87,248 | | | | 27,186 | | | | 575,916 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | | | | 1,502,727 | |
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | $ | 13.20 | | | $ | 18.66 | | | $ | 15.22 | |
Class I | | $ | 13.22 | | | $ | 18.63 | | | $ | 15.04 | |
Class C | | $ | 13.19 | | | $ | 18.63 | | | $ | 14.24 | |
Class Z | | $ | 13.22 | | | $ | 18.67 | | | $ | 15.24 | |
Class A | | $ | 13.11 | | | $ | 18.60 | | | $ | 15.14 | |
Class Q | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 15.23 | |
Class A maximum offering price (100%/(100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share | | $ | 13.91 | | | $ | 19.73 | | | $ | 16.06 | |
| |
† | Includes securities on loan of $9,427,034, $5,533,167 and $18,244,902. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statements of Operations
For the period ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
| | Asia-Pacific
| | | Europe
| | | International
| |
| | Region Fund | | | Fund | | | Equity Fund | |
Investment Income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 19,065 | | | $ | 17,743 | | | $ | 50,949 | |
Dividends | | | 1,353,095 | | | | 1,569,668 | | | | 2,756,782 | |
Income from securities lending, net | | | 10,660 | | | | 33,632 | | | | 54,047 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (111,151 | ) | | | (123,200 | ) | | | (237,277 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investment Income | | | 1,271,669 | | | | 1,497,843 | | | | 2,624,501 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees | | | 835,166 | | | | 738,512 | | | | 1,278,385 | |
Distribution fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | 225,221 | |
Class C | | | 8 | | | | 9 | | | | 152,759 | |
Class A | | | 1,656 | | | | 720 | | | | 10,723 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 37,245 | | | | 33,417 | | | | 46,132 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 66,301 | | | | 64,373 | | | | 86,734 | |
Custody fees | | | 60,469 | | | | 45,964 | | | | 67,151 | |
Administration fees | | | 38,809 | | | | 34,327 | | | | 59,440 | |
Registration fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 15,255 | | | | 14,647 | | | | 1,121 | |
Class I | | | 94 | | | | 94 | | | | 11,155 | |
Class C | | | 94 | | | | 94 | | | | 11,195 | |
Class Z | | | 83 | | | | 83 | | | | - | |
Class A | | | 4,254 | | | | 4,174 | | | | 3,781 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | | | | 987 | |
Insurance expense | | | 6,405 | | | | 5,096 | | | | 7,354 | |
Trustee fees and expenses | | | 7,501 | | | | 6,797 | | | | 10,494 | |
Interest expense | | | 95,066 | | | | 31,109 | | | | 30,503 | |
Other expenses | | | 41,528 | | | | 32,818 | | | | 50,103 | |
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,815 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses before expense reimbursement and transfer agent earnings credit | | | 1,209,936 | | | | 1,012,238 | | | | 2,056,053 | |
Transfer agent earnings credit | | | (2,490 | ) | | | (2,243 | ) | | | (3,847 | ) |
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement | | | (7,404 | ) | | | (8,488 | ) | | | (304 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Expenses | | | 1,200,042 | | | | 1,001,507 | | | | 2,051,902 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income/(Loss) | | | 71,627 | | | | 496,336 | | | | 572,599 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 11,249,391 | | | | (6,307,924 | ) | | | (8,263,333 | ) |
Net realized gain/(loss) from foreign currency translations | | | (169,633 | ) | | | (114,364 | ) | | | (297,922 | ) |
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations | | | (42,120,766 | ) | | | (12,486,123 | ) | | | (35,599,365 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations | | | (31,041,008 | ) | | | (18,908,411 | ) | | | (44,160,620 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations | | $ | (30,969,381 | ) | | $ | (18,412,075 | ) | | $ | (43,588,021 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | |
| | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
| | March 31, 2008
| | | September 30,
| |
| | (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income/(loss) | | $ | 71,627 | | | $ | 1,521,881 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 11,249,391 | | | | 24,898,211 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from foreign currency translations | | | (169,633 | ) | | | (63,187 | ) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations | | | (42,120,766 | ) | | | 31,658,932 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (30,969,381 | ) | | | 58,015,837 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | (1,159,659 | ) | | | (327,103 | ) |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | (7,875 | ) | | | (214 | ) |
Net realized gains | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | (21,792,618 | ) | | | - | |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | (177,023 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net decrease from dividends and distributions | | | (23,137,175 | ) | | | (327,317 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 38,067,257 | | | | 89,318,346 | |
Class I | | | 5,000 | | | | - | |
Class C | | | 5,000 | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | 5,000 | | | | - | |
Class A | | | 1,579,897 | | | | 981,784 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 22,106,280 | | | | 303,437 | |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | 156,269 | | | | 174 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
Shares repurchased | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | (70,630,200 | ) | | | (89,329,345 | ) |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | (1,079,474 | ) | | | (126,676 | ) |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions | | | (9,784,971 | ) | | | 1,147,720 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets | | | (63,891,527 | ) | | | 58,836,240 | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 206,304,968 | | | | 147,468,728 | |
| | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 142,413,441 | | | $ | 206,304,968 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | ICON International Equity Fund | |
Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31, 2008
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 496,336 | | | $ | 1,470,862 | | | $ | 572,599 | | | $ | 1,568,683 | |
| (6,307,924 | ) | | | 25,312,930 | | | | (8,263,333 | ) | | | 27,661,435 | |
| (114,364 | ) | | | (409,192 | ) | | | (297,922 | ) | | | (277,388 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (12,486,123 | ) | | | 10,572,351 | | | | (35,599,365 | ) | | | 28,720,835 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (18,412,075 | ) | | | 36,946,951 | | | | (43,588,021 | ) | | | 57,673,565 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,423,883 | ) | | | (366,098 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | (1,286,755 | ) | | | (10,385 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (4,422 | ) | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | (312,185 | ) | | | - | |
| (2,786 | ) | | | (553 | ) | | | (62,758 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (18,793,180 | ) | | | (1,940,765 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | (19,127,601 | ) | | | (3,723,882 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (3,423,110 | ) | | | (724,596 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (3,637,063 | ) | | | (1,230,878 | ) |
| (67,852 | ) | | | (3,610 | ) | | | (931,990 | ) | | | (117,472 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (20,287,701 | ) | | | (2,311,026 | ) | | | (28,785,884 | ) | | | (5,807,213 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 56,217,724 | | | | 113,256,468 | | | | 2,295,653 | | | | - | |
| 22,500 | | | | - | | | | 67,767,209 | | | | 77,455,420 | |
| 5,000 | | | | - | | | | 9,610,308 | | | | 11,921,728 | |
| 5,000 | | | | - | | | | 13,588,612 | | | | 6,829,087 | |
| 120,753 | | | | 575,800 | | | | 8,134,449 | | | | 8,691,180 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 25,140,025 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19,745,712 | | | | 2,085,318 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 19,930,935 | | | | 3,619,722 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 3,142,931 | | | | 666,173 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 3,880,524 | | | | 1,228,139 | |
| 58,430 | | | | 4,163 | | | | 919,493 | | | | 116,347 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (36,378,821 | ) | | | (116,233,754 | ) | | | (68,258 | ) | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | (24,383,800 | ) | | | (22,357,920 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (3,009,454 | ) | | | (3,263,458 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (33,269,398 | ) | | | (8,285,805 | ) |
| (205,871 | ) | | | (28,933 | ) | | | (4,569,630 | ) | | | (3,202,753 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (1,886,420 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 39,590,427 | | | | (340,938 | ) | | | 87,223,179 | | | | 73,417,860 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 890,651 | | | | 34,294,987 | | | | 14,849,274 | | | | 125,284,212 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 139,734,197 | | | | 105,439,210 | | | | 244,020,516 | | | | 118,736,304 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 140,624,848 | | | $ | 139,734,197 | | | $ | 258,869,790 | | | $ | 244,020,516 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | |
| | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
Transactions in Fund Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 2,352,336 | | | | 5,692,452 | |
Class I | | | 364 | | | | - | |
Class C | | | 364 | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | 364 | | | | - | |
Class A | | | 93,326 | | | | 57,467 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | 1,502,859 | | | | 21,264 | |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | 10,689 | | | | 12 | |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
Shares repurchased | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | (4,068,684 | ) | | | (5,979,748 | ) |
Class I | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | (68,742 | ) | | | (7,348 | ) |
Class Q | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) | | | (177,124 | ) | | | (215,901 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | | | 10,964,954 | | | | 11,180,855 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding end of period | | | 10,787,830 | | | | 10,964,954 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities | | | | | | | | |
(excluding short-term securities) | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of securities | | $ | 139,106,894 | | | $ | 207,034,481 | |
Proceeds from sales of securities | | | 173,104,281 | | | | 205,128,051 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | $ | 16,598 | | | $ | 1,112,505 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | ICON International Equity Fund | |
Period ended
| | | Year ended
| | | Period ended
| | | Year ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2,522,914 | | | | 5,325,734 | | | | 149,161 | | | | - | |
| 1,224 | | | | - | | | | 3,888,398 | | | | 4,426,226 | |
| 279 | | | | - | | | | 576,662 | | | | 722,425 | |
| 279 | | | | - | | | | 836,500 | | | | 362,014 | |
| 5,441 | | | | 27,337 | | | | 454,453 | | | | 496,277 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 1,626,113 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 984,824 | | | �� | 100,015 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 1,205,193 | | | | 228,951 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 200,187 | | | | 43,972 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | 231,812 | | | | 76,903 | |
| 2,920 | | | | 200 | | | | 55,159 | | | | 7,295 | |
| - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,787,251 | ) | | | (5,242,428 | ) | | | (4,463 | ) | | | - | |
| - | | | | - | | | | (1,444,133 | ) | | | (1,293,738 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (186,711 | ) | | | (200,912 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (2,101,468 | ) | | | (466,665 | ) |
| (9,008 | ) | | | (1,279 | ) | | | (266,928 | ) | | | (176,215 | ) |
| - | | | | - | | | | (123,386 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,721,622 | | | | 209,579 | | | | 5,096,549 | | | | 4,226,533 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5,813,578 | | | | 5,603,999 | | | | 12,195,749 | | | | 7,969,216 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7,535,200 | | | | 5,813,578 | | | | 17,292,298 | | | | 12,195,749 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 143,486,652 | | | $ | 195,767,756 | | | $ | 261,832,895 | | | $ | 289,490,635 | |
| 123,802,141 | | | | 196,894,045 | | | | 205,934,941 | | | | 221,259,001 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 283,232 | | | $ | 1,213,565 | | | $ | 530,707 | | | $ | 1,624,228 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | Total
| | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/(losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Asia – Pacific Region Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | $ | 18.82 | | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | (3.17 | ) | | $ | (3.16 | ) | | $ | (0.12 | ) | | $ | (2.34 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.19 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 5.51 | | | | 5.66 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 11.25 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 1.93 | | | | 1.95 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 8.17 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 3.08 | | | | 3.11 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 7.62 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.57 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 5.68 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 1.90 | | | | 1.94 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 13.73 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.56 | ) | | | (0.51 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 13.73 | | | | 0.02 | | | | (0.56 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 13.73 | | | | 0.04 | | | | (0.55 | ) | | | (0.51 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 18.72 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (3.14 | ) | | | (3.17 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (2.34 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.18 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 5.30 | | | | 5.57 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | - | |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 13.54 | | | | 0.04 | | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
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ICON Europe Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 24.04 | | | | 0.07 | | | | (2.49 | ) | | | (2.42 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (2.75 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 18.82 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 5.33 | | | | 5.54 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 15.68 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 3.80 | | | | 4.00 | | | | - | | | | (0.86 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 12.03 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 3.58 | | | | 3.65 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 9.84 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 2.23 | | | | 2.19 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 7.40 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 2.46 | | | | 2.44 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 17.91 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.62 | | | | 0.72 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 17.91 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 0.68 | | | | 0.72 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 17.91 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.69 | | | | 0.76 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 23.91 | | | | 0.02 | | | | (2.47 | ) | | | (2.45 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (2.75 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 18.79 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 5.28 | | | | 5.43 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 18.40 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.39 | | | | - | | | | - | |
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ICON International Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 15.44 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 20.09 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (2.98 | ) | | | (2.93 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (1.99 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.94 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 5.63 | | | | 5.81 | | | | - | (e) | | | (0.66 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 12.91 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 2.57 | | | | 2.66 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.59 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 3.25 | | | | 3.29 | | | | - | | | | (0.97 | ) |
February 6, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2004 | | | 10.96 | | | | 0.04 | | | | (0.41 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 19.09 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (2.83 | ) | | | (2.86 | ) | | | - | (e) | | | (1.99 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.36 | | | | - | (e) | | | 5.39 | | | | 5.39 | | | | - | | | | (0.66 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 12.53 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | 2.48 | | | | 2.45 | | | | - | | | | (0.62 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.55 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 3.09 | | | | 2.95 | | | | - | | | | (0.97 | ) |
February 19, 2004 (inception) to September 30, 2004 | | | 11.29 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.72 | ) | | | (0.74 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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$ | (2.46 | ) | | $ | 13.20 | | | | (18.13 | )% | | $ | 141,255 | | | | 1.44% | | | | 1.44 | % | | | 0.09 | % | | | 0.09 | % | | | 81.31% | |
| (0.03 | ) | | | 18.82 | | | | 43.03 | % | | | 205,332 | | | | 1.38% | | | | 1.38 | % | | | 0.96 | % | | | 0.97 | % | | | 130.84% | |
| (0.01 | ) | | | 13.19 | | | | 17.36 | % | | | 147,444 | | | | 1.44% | | | | 1.44 | % | | | 0.12 | % | | | 0.12 | % | | | 159.51% | |
| (0.03 | ) | | | 11.25 | | | | 38.12 | % | | | 48,721 | | | | 1.93% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.30 | % | | | N/A | | | | 185.84% | |
| (0.02 | ) | | | 8.17 | | | | 7.51 | % | | | 17,047 | | | | 1.91% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.20 | % | | | N/A | | | | 58.62% | |
| - | | | | 7.62 | | | | 34.15 | % | | | 6,084 | | | | 1.98% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.68 | % | | | N/A | | | | 81.44% | |
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| - | | | | 13.22 | | | | (3.71 | )% | | | 5 | | | | 13.16% | | | | 1.57 | %(d) | | | (9.67 | )% | | | 1.92 | % | | | 81.31% | |
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| - | | | | 13.19 | | | | (3.93 | )% | | | 5 | | | | 13.95% | | | | 2.69 | %(d) | | | (10.46 | )% | | | 0.80 | % | | | 81.31% | |
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| - | | | | 13.22 | | | | (3.71 | )% | | | 5 | | | | 11.60% | | | | 1.59 | %(d) | | | (8.11 | )% | | | 1.91 | % | | | 81.31% | |
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| (2.44 | ) | | | 13.11 | | | | (18.28 | )% | | | 1,144 | | | | 3.00% | | | | 1.92 | %(d) | | | (1.43 | )% | | | (0.35 | )% | | | 81.31% | |
| (0.03 | ) | | | 18.72 | | | | 42.38 | % | | | 973 | | | | 3.26% | | | | 1.85 | %(d) | | | 0.24 | % | | | 1.65 | % | | | 130.84% | |
| - | | | | 13.18 | | | | (2.66 | )% | | | 24 | | | | 25.78% | | | | 1.81 | %(d) | | | (23.09 | )% | | | 0.88 | % | | | 159.51% | |
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| (2.96 | ) | | | 18.66 | | | | (10.91 | )% | | | 140,086 | | | | 1.36% | | | | 1.36 | % | | | 0.67 | % | | | 0.67 | % | | | 83.98% | |
| (0.32 | ) | | | 24.04 | | | | 29.69 | % | | | 139,069 | | | | 1.35% | | | | 1.35 | % | | | 0.97 | % | | | 0.97 | % | | | 133.36% | |
| (0.86 | ) | | | 18.82 | | | | 27.09 | % | | | 105,409 | | | | 1.51% | | | | 1.51 | % | | | 1.13 | % | | | 1.13 | % | | | 100.62% | |
| - | | | | 15.68 | | | | 30.34 | % | | | 23,243 | | | | 1.85% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.51 | % | | | N/A | | | | 153.55% | |
| - | | | | 12.03 | | | | 22.26 | % | | | 7,826 | | | | 2.24% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.38 | )% | | | N/A | | | | 78.57% | |
| - | | | | 9.84 | | | | 32.97 | % | | | 9,262 | | | | 1.87% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.29 | )% | | | N/A | | | | 101.37% | |
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| - | | | | 18.63 | | | | 4.02 | % | | | 23 | | | | 6.98% | | | | 1.78 | %(d) | | | (2.00 | )% | | | 3.20 | % | | | 83.98% | |
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| - | | | | 18.63 | | | | 4.02 | % | | | 5 | | | | 12.76% | | | | 2.55 | %(d) | | | (9.18 | )% | | | 1.03 | % | | | 83.98% | |
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| - | | | | 18.67 | | | | 4.24 | % | | | 5 | | | | 10.92% | | | | 1.25 | %(d) | | | (7.30 | )% | | | 2.26 | % | | | 83.98% | |
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| (2.86 | ) | | | 18.60 | | | | (11.06 | )% | | | 506 | | | | 4.68% | | | | 1.82 | %(d) | | | (2.70 | )% | | | 0.16 | % | | | 83.98% | |
| (0.31 | ) | | | 23.91 | | | | 29.14 | % | | | 666 | | | | 2.43% | | | | 1.84 | %(d) | | | 0.09 | % | | | 0.69 | % | | | 133.36% | |
| - | | | | 18.79 | | | | 2.12 | % | | | 30 | | | | 33.40% | | | | 1.84 | %(d) | | | (31.86 | )% | | | (0.30 | )% | | | 100.62% | |
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| - | | | | 15.22 | | | | (0.20 | )% | | | 2,203 | | | | 1.61% | | | | 1.55 | %(d) | | | 1.73 | % | | | 1.79 | % | | | 80.61% | |
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| (2.12 | ) | | | 15.04 | | | | (15.53 | )% | | | 182,378 | | | | 1.53% | | | | 1.53 | %(d) | | | 0.53 | % | | | 0.53 | % | | | 80.61% | |
| (0.66 | ) | | | 20.09 | | | | 40.11 | % | | | 170,383 | | | | 1.54% | | | | 1.54 | %(d) | | | 1.02 | % | | | 1.03 | % | | | 132.30% | |
| (0.63 | ) | | | 14.94 | | | | 21.20 | % | | | 76,454 | | | | 1.71% | | | | 1.71 | %(d) | | | 0.59 | % | | | 0.59 | % | | | 129.31% | |
| (0.97 | ) | | | 12.91 | | | | 32.90 | % | | | 15,376 | | | | 2.02% | | | | 1.97 | % | | | 0.27 | % | | | 0.32 | % | | | 139.23% | |
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| - | | | | 10.59 | | | | (3.38 | )% | | | 3,211 | | | | 2.32% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.44 | % | | | N/A | | | | 117.74% | |
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| (1.99 | ) | | | 14.24 | | | | (15.94 | )% | | | 30,237 | | | | 2.44% | | | | 2.44 | %(d) | | | (0.37 | )% | | | (0.39 | )% | | | 80.61% | |
| (0.66 | ) | | | 19.09 | | | | 38.74 | % | | | 29,274 | | | | 2.57% | | | | 2.56 | %(d) | | | (0.04 | )% | | | (0.03 | )% | | | 132.30% | |
| (0.62 | ) | | | 14.36 | | | | 20.09 | % | | | 13,899 | | | | 2.76% | | | | 2.54 | %(d) | | | (0.39 | )% | | | (0.18 | )% | | | 129.31% | |
| (0.97 | ) | | | 12.53 | | | | 29.56 | % | | | 1,622 | | | | 4.52% | | | | 3.51 | % | | | (2.23 | )% | | | (1.22 | )% | | | 139.23% | |
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| - | | | | 10.55 | | | | (6.55 | )% | | | 183 | | | | 3.06% | | | | N/A | | | | (0.16 | )% | | | N/A | | | | 117.74% | |
Financial Highlights (continued)
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Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | $ | 20.34 | | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | (2.98 | ) | | $ | (2.94 | ) | | $ | (0.17 | ) | | $ | (1.99 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 15.07 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 5.73 | | | | 5.93 | | | | - | | | | (0.66 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.00 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 2.63 | | | | 2.72 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.60 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 3.31 | | | | 3.37 | | | | - | | | | (0.97 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 8.41 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 2.24 | | | | 2.25 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 5.96 | | | | 0.06 | | | | 2.45 | | | | 2.51 | | | | - | | | | (0.06 | ) |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 20.24 | | | | 0.02 | | | | (3.00 | ) | | | (2.98 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | | | (1.99 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 15.06 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 5.67 | | | | 5.84 | | | | - | | | | (0.66 | ) |
May 31, 2006 (inception) to September 30, 2006 | | | 15.17 | | | | 0.03 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Class Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
January 25, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2008 (unaudited) | | | 15.50 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
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(x) | Calculated using the average share method. |
* | The total return calculation is for the period indicated and excludes any sales charges. |
(a) | Not annualized. |
(b) | Annualized for periods less than a year. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized. |
(d) | The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense. |
(e) | Amount less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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$ | (2.16 | ) | | $ | 15.24 | | | | (15.40 | )% | | $ | 12,446 | | | | 1.25% | | | | 1.24 | %(d) | | | 0.48 | % | | | 0.49 | % | | | 80.61% | |
| (0.66 | ) | | | 20.34 | | | | 40.56 | % | | | 37,619 | | | | 1.26% | | | | 1.26 | %(d) | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 132.30% | |
| (0.65 | ) | | | 15.07 | | | | 21.54 | % | | | 28,295 | | | | 1.41% | | | | 1.40 | %(d) | | | 0.60 | % | | | 0.61 | % | | | 129.31% | |
| (0.97 | ) | | | 13.00 | | | | 33.57 | % | | | 15,466 | | | | 1.68% | | | | 1.68 | % | | | 0.51 | % | | | 0.51 | % | | | 139.23% | |
| (0.06 | ) | | | 10.60 | | | | 26.79 | % | | | 9,303 | | | | 1.98% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.03 | % | | | N/A | | | | 117.74% | |
| (0.06 | ) | | | 8.41 | | | | 42.60 | % | | | 10,587 | | | | 2.00% | | | | N/A | | | | 0.88 | % | | | N/A | | | | 98.91% | |
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| (2.12 | ) | | | 15.14 | | | | (15.67 | )% | | | 8,722 | | | | 1.75% | | | | 1.75 | %(d) | | | 0.28 | % | | | 0.28 | % | | | 80.61% | |
| (0.66 | ) | | | 20.24 | | | | 39.97 | % | | | 6,744 | | | | 1.70% | | | | 1.69 | %(d) | | | 0.98 | % | | | 0.99 | % | | | 132.30% | |
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| - | | | | 15.06 | | | | (0.73 | )% | | | 88 | | | | 19.13% | | | | 1.79 | %(d) | | | (16.62 | )% | | | 0.72 | % | | | 129.31% | |
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| - | | | | 15.23 | | | | (1.74 | )% | | | 22,884 | | | | 1.29% | | | | 1.29 | %(d) | | | 1.76 | % | | | 1.76 | % | | | 80.61% | |
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
1. Organization
The ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund (“Asia-Pacific Region Fund”), ICON Europe Fund (“Europe Fund”) and ICON International Equity Fund (“International Equity Fund”) are series funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end investment management company. The Asia-Pacific Region Fund and the Europe Fund offer five classes of shares, Class S, Class I, Class C, Class Z and Class A. The International Equity Fund offers six classes of shares, Class S, Class I, Class C, Class Z, Class A, and Class Q. All classes have equal rights as to earnings, assets and voting privileges except that each Class may bear different distribution fees, registration costs and transfer agent costs and that each Class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. There are 14 other active funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports.
Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The Funds primarily invest in foreign securities; the Asia-Pacific Region Fund and the Europe Fund primarily invest in companies whose principal business activities fall within specific regions. The investment objective of each Fund is long-term capital appreciation.
The Funds may have elements of risk, including the loss of principal. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. There are also risks associated with small- and mid-cap
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investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity, and small market share.
In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be minimal.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Investment Valuation
The Funds’ securities and other assets are valued at the closing price at the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern time) each day the NYSE is open, except that (a) securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day; and (b) foreign securities in the Funds traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily based on procedures established by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”) to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of a foreign market in those regions. The Funds use pricing services to obtain the market value of securities in their portfolios; if a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation quote is considered inaccurate or does not reflect the market value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board or pursuant to procedures approved by the Board.
Notes to Financial Statements 35
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes from dealers making a market for the security. Options are valued at their closing mid-price on the principal market where the option is traded. Mid-price is the average of the closing bid and closing ask prices. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is a matrix system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars.
The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Board determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes and securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its net asset value. The valuation assigned to fair-valued securities for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs.
New Accounting Pronouncement
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The changes to current generally accepted accounting principles from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Management does not believe the adoption of
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SFAS No. 157 will impact the financial statement amounts, however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements and the effect of certain measurements on changes in net assets for the period. Management intends to adopt SFAS No. 157 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 as required.
Repurchase Agreements
Repurchase agreements, if held by the Funds, are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities and such collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian. The collateral is evaluated daily to ensure its market value exceeds the current market value of the repurchase agreements including accrued interest. In the event of default on the obligation to repurchase, the Funds have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings. No repurchase agreements were purchased or sold by the Funds during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Foreign Currency Translation
The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
The Funds may enter into short-term forward foreign currency contracts in connection with planned purchases or sales of securities as a hedge against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates pending the settlement of transactions
Notes to Financial Statements 37
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
in foreign securities. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between contracting parties to exchange an amount of currency at some future time at an agreed upon rate.
These contracts are marked-to-market daily and the related appreciation or depreciation of the contract is presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent disposition of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount recorded at the time of the transaction and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Any realized gain or loss incurred by the Funds due to foreign currency translation is included on the Statement of Operations. The Funds did not enter into any forward foreign currency contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Futures Contracts
The Funds may invest in financial futures contracts for the purpose of hedging their existing securities or securities they intend to purchase against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing markets. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to a broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the underlying security. The Fund recognizes a gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts and the underlying hedged assets. The Funds held no financial futures contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Options Transactions
Each Fund may write call and put options on any security in which it may invest. When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security, and the
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proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, the Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.
Each Fund may also purchase put and call options on any security in which it may invest. When a Fund purchases a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities. The Funds did not enter into any option transactions during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to non-affiliated qualified parties. The Funds may seek to earn additional income through securities lending. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy.
All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which consists of cash. Brown Brothers Harriman (the “Lending Agent”) may invest the cash collateral in the Securities Lending Investment Fund of Brown Brothers Harriman Trust, which complies with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act relating to money market funds.
The cash collateral invested by the Lending Agent is disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. The lending fees received and the Funds’ portion of the interest income earned on cash collateral are included on the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Notes to Financial Statements 39
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
As of March 31, 2008, the following Funds had securities with the following values on loan:
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| | Value of
| | | Value of
| |
Fund | | Loaned Securities | | | Collateral | |
| |
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | $ | 9,427,034 | | | $ | 9,853,250 | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | 5,533,167 | | | | 5,825,490 | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | 18,244,902 | | | | 18,906,662 | |
Income Taxes
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains.
Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Funds distribute net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryovers. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), in June 2006. FIN 48 permits the recognition of tax benefits of an uncertain tax position only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by taxing authorities. Management has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years, and concluded that adoption had no effect on the Funds’ financial position or results of operations. At March 31, 2008, the Funds have recorded no liabilities for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken or expect to take in future tax returns.
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The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the fiscal years from 2003-2006, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Investment Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities.
Investment Transactions
Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Allocation of Income and Expenses
Each class of a Fund’s shares bears expenses incurred specifically on its behalf and, in addition, each class bears a portion of general expenses, based upon relative net assets of each class. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds based upon relative net assets. In calculating the net asset value of the shares in the various classes of the Funds, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses other than class-specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets.
Notes to Financial Statements 41
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Investment Advisory Fees
ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON”) serves as the investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. ICON receives a monthly management fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 1.00% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
ICON has contractually agreed to limit its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain of the Funds’ operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Funds’ operating expenses do not exceed the following amounts:
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| | Class S | | | Class I | | | Class C | | | Class Z | | | Class A | | | Class Q | |
| |
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | | - | | | | 1.80% | | | | 2.55% | | | | 1.25% | | | | 1.80% | | | | N/A | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | - | | | | 1.80% | | | | 2.55% | | | | 1.25% | | | | 1.80% | | | | N/A | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | 1.80% | | | | 1.80% | | | | 2.55% | | | | 1.25% | | | | 1.80% | | | | 1.55% | |
The expense limitations will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2018. To the extent ICON reimburses or absorbs fees and expenses, it may seek payment of such amounts for up to three years after the expenses were reimbursed or absorbed. A Fund will make no such payment, however, if the total Fund operating expenses exceed the expense limits in effect at the time the expenses were reimbursed or at the time these payments are proposed.
As of March 31, 2008 the following amounts were still available for recoupment by ICON based upon their potential expiration dates:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2009 | | | 2010 | | | 2011 | |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | $ | 722 | | | $ | 3,131 | | | | 7,132 | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | 709 | | | | 2,624 | | | | 8,222 | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | - | | | | - | | | | 304 | |
Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agent Fees
Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”) is the Fund Accounting Agent for the Funds. For its services, the Trust pays Citi 0.03% on the first $1.75 billion of net assets, 0.0175% on net assets over $1.75 billion and up to $5 billion, and 0.01% on net assets in excess of $5 billion.
Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”) is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For domestic custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.0065% on the first $50 million of average net assets and 0.0050% on domestic assets
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above $50 million, plus certain transaction charges. For foreign custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.03% on foreign assets plus certain transaction charges.
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”) is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an account fee of $13.25 per open account, $7.00 per networked account, $1.80 per closed account, plus certain other transaction and cusip charges.
Transfer agent earnings credits are credits received for interest which is a result from overnight balances used by the transfer agent, BFDS, for clearing shareholder transactions. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds received transfer agent earnings credits which are included on the Statement of Operations.
Administrative Services
The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON pursuant to which ICON oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Funds’ first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds’ payment for administrative services to ICON is included on the Statement of Operations. The administrative services agreement provides that ICON will not be liable for any error of judgment, mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON in the performance of its duties.
ICON has entered into a sub-administration agreement with Citi pursuant to which Citi assists ICON with the administration and business affairs of the Trust. For its services, ICON pays Citi at an annual rate of 0.025% on the first $1.75 billion of Trust assets and 0.015% on assets above $1.75 billion.
Distribution Fees
The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”) under which the Funds are authorized to compensate the Funds’ distributor, ICON Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) (an affiliate of the adviser) for the sale and distribution of shares. Under the 12b-1 Plan, Class I and Class A shareholders pay an annual 12b-1 and service
Notes to Financial Statements 43
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. The Class C shareholders pay an annual 12b-1 and service fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets. The total amount paid under the 12b-1 plans is shown on the Statement of Operations.
Related Parties
Certain Officers and Directors of ICON are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The CCO’s salary is paid 90% by the Funds and 10% by the Adviser. For the period ended March 31, 2008, the total related amounts paid by the Trust under this agreement are included in Other Expenses on the Statement of Operations.
Some of the 12b-1 amounts received by IDI, discussed in the Distribution Fees section above, have been used to offset various shareholder servicing costs incurred by ICON. For the period ended March 31, 2008, the amount was $20,227.
4. Line of Credit
Each Fund may borrow money limited to 331/3% of the Fund’s total assets. To facilitate this, the Funds have entered into Lines of Credit agreements with BBH. The maximum borrowing is limited to the lesser of $50 million or 25% of the net asset value in the Fund subject to a maximum borrowing limit by the Trust of $150 million. Effective January 30, 2008, interest on domestic borrowings is charged at LIBOR plus 1.50% which was 4.20% at March 31, 2008. The average interest rate charged for the period ended March 31, 2008 was 6.68%.
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| | Average Borrowing
| |
| | (10/1/07 - 3/31/08) | |
| |
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | $ | 2,750,286 | |
ICON Europe Fund** | | | 1,200,492 | |
ICON International Equity Fund** | | | 1,305,631 | |
**Fund had outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2008.
5. Federal Income Tax
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are due to differing treatments for items such as net short-term gains, deferrals
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of wash losses, foreign currency transactions, net investment losses, and capital loss carryforwards.
The tax components of capital shown in the following tables represent losses or deductions the Funds may be able to offset against income and gains recognized in future years and post October loss deferrals.
During the year ended September 30, 2007 the ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund utilized capital loss carryforwards of $6,889,133. For the year ended September 30, 2007, the ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund and the ICON Europe Fund will elect to defer post October currency losses of $21,330 and $213,173, respectively.
As of March 31, 2008, book cost for financial reporting purposes is substantially the same for federal income tax puposes and differs from fair value by net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities as follows:
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| | | | | Unrealized
| | | Unrealized
| | | Net Appreciation
| |
Fund | | Cost | | | Appreciation | | | (Depreciation) | | | (Depreciation) | |
| |
|
ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | $ | 146,717,558 | | | $ | 12,214,896 | | | $ | (9,806,037 | ) | | $ | 2,408,859 | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | 138,143,280 | | | | 12,989,442 | | | | (4,822,369 | ) | | | 8,167,073 | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | 272,937,726 | | | | 18,390,804 | | | | (15,217,795 | ) | | | 3,173,009 | |
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Six Month Hypothetical Expense Example
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
Example
As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transactions fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders.
This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the six-month period (10/1/07 - 3/31/08).
Actual Expenses
The first line in the table for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $10 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line in the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your
ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
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| | Beginning
| | | Ending
| | | Expenses Paid
| | | Annualized
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| | Account Value
| | | Account Value
| | | During Period
| | | Expense Ratio
| |
| | 10/1/07 | | | 3/31/08 | | | 10/1/07-3/31/08* | | | 10/1/07-3/31/08 | |
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ICON Asia-Pacific Region Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 818.70 | | | $ | 6.55 | | | | 1.44% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.80 | | | | 7.26 | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 962.90 | | | | 2.69 | | | | 1.57% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.15 | | | | 7.92 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 960.70 | | | | 4.61 | | | | 2.69% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,011.55 | | | | 13.53 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 962.90 | | | | 2.73 | | | | 1.59% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.05 | | | | 8.02 | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 817.20 | | | | 8.72 | | | | 1.92% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,015.00 | | | | 9.67 | | | | | |
ICON Europe Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 890.90 | | | | 6.43 | | | | 1.36% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.20 | | | | 6.86 | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,040.20 | | | | 3.18 | | | | 1.78% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,016.10 | | | | 8.97 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,040.20 | | | | 4.55 | | | | 2.55% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,012.25 | | | | 12.83 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,042.40 | | | | 2.23 | | | | 1.25% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.75 | | | | 6.31 | | | | | |
Six Month Hypothetical Expense Example
March 31, 2008 (unaudited) (continued)
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Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 889.40 | | | $ | 8.60 | | | | 1.82% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,015.90 | | | | 9.17 | | | | | |
ICON International Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 844.70 | | | | 7.06 | | | | 1.53% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.35 | | | | 7.72 | | | | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 840.60 | | | | 11.23 | | | | 2.44% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,012.80 | | | | 12.28 | | | | | |
Class Z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 846.00 | | | | 5.72 | | | | 1.24% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.80 | | | | 6.26 | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 843.30 | | | | 8.06 | | | | 1.75% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,016.25 | | | | 8.82 | | | | | |
Class S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 998.00 | | | | 2.71 | | | | 1.55% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.25 | | | | 7.82 | | | | | |
Class Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses** | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 982.60 | | | | 2.24 | | | | 1.29% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.55 | | | | 6.51 | | | | | |
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* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s six month expense ratio annualized, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 to reflect the one-half year period. |
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** | Information shown reflects values using expense ratios and rates of return for the period January 28, 2008 (date of commencement of operations) through March 31, 2008. As such, the expense ratio is annualized, multiplied by the average account value of the period of operation, multiplied by 64/366 to reflect the actual period. |
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| Total returns exclude applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included (maximum 5.75%), returns would be lower. |
Other Information (unaudited)
Portfolio Holdings
A list of each ICON Fund’s Top 10 holdings is available at www.iconadvisers.com on or about 15 days following each month end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Proxy Voting
A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.
Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
For More Information
This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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SAR-INT (3/08)
2008 Semiannual Report
ICON Sector Funds
Investment Update
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund
ICON Energy Fund
ICON Financial Fund
ICON Healthcare Fund
ICON Industrials Fund
ICON Information Technology Fund
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund
ICON Materials Fund
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund
Table of Contents
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About this Report (Unaudited) | | | 2 | |
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Message from ICON Funds (Unaudited) | | | 4 | |
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) | | | 7 | |
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | | 7 | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | 10 | |
ICON Financial Fund | | | 13 | |
ICON Healthcare Fund | | | 16 | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | 19 | |
ICON Information Technology Fund | | | 22 | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | 24 | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | 27 | |
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund | | | 30 | |
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Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 32 | |
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) | | | 42 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | | 48 | |
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Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example (Unaudited) | | | 59 | |
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Other Information (Unaudited) | | | 61 | |
About This Report (unaudited)
Historical Returns
All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions, and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconadvisers.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.
Portfolio Data
This Report reflects ICON’s views, opinions, and portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2008, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.
Opinions and forecasts regarding industries, companies and/or themes, and portfolio composition and holdings are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security, industry or sector. Each Fund’s holdings as of March 31, 2008 are included in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
While ICON’s quantitative investment methodology primarily considers company-specific factors beyond financial data, various company factors may impact a stock’s performance, and therefore, Fund performance.
According to ICON, value investing is an analytical, quantitative approach to investing that employs various factors, including projecting earnings growth estimates, in an effort to determine whether securities are over- or underpriced relative to ICON’s estimates of their intrinsic value. Value investing involves risks and uncertainties and does not guarantee better performance or lower costs than other investment methodologies. ICON’s value-to-price ratio is a ratio of intrinsic value, as calculated using ICON’s proprietary valuation methodology, of a broad range of domestic and
international securities within ICON’s system as compared to the current market price of those securities. The ICON system relies on the integrity of financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.
This Report contains statements regarding industry or sector themes, new market themes, investment outlook, relative strength, value-to-price ratios, and investment team expectations, beliefs, goals and the like that are based on current expectations, recent individual stock performance relative to current market prices, estimates of company values and other information supplied to the market by the companies we follow. Words such as “expects,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “value,” “intrinsic value,” “indicates,” “believes,” “considers,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to assess. These risks and uncertainties are based on a number of important factors, including, among others: stock price fluctuations; the integrity and accuracy of historical and projected financial and other information supplied by companies to the public; interest rates; future earnings growth rates, the risks noted in this Report, and other factors beyond the control of our investment team. Therefore, actual outcome may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking statements.
There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.
An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment, and the Technology sector has been among the most volatile in the market. Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers.
The prospectus and statement of additional information contain this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.
Message from ICON Funds (unaudited)
Dear ICON Shareholder:
March 31, 2008 concluded the first six months of the ICON Funds’ fiscal year. Generally, domestic stock prices drifted lower over that period, giving back some of the gains of the previous five years. We were surprised that the downward drift continued into the first three months of 2008, as many of the conditions we believe are typical of buying opportunities existed last fall.
When the market declined on August 15, 2007 and again on November 26, 2007, we measured stock prices to be about 20% and 34% below our estimates of intrinsic value, respectively. During that timeframe, long-term interest rates were dropping, financial news was negative, concerns over the economy grew, and the Federal Reserve (Fed) began easing monetary policy. In our experience, these conditions suggest stock prices could likely rise rather than fall.
When the Fed eases, it injects reserves into the banking system so banks can make more loans, which creates money as defined by M1. Historically, the growth in M1 has stimulated the economy and typically prevented a recession or promoted a quick recovery.
In the past, stock investors have not waited to see economic growth after the Fed eases. Instead, they’ve typically responded to the increase in M1 and anticipated economic growth by six to nine months. These periods have typically been viewed favorably by investors. Something unusual happened this time. The Fed injected reserves, but banks did not increase their lending, and M1 did not grow. Apparently, investors saw this and delayed their buying until seeing signs of growth in M1.
In March, the Fed implemented some innovative steps designed to help banks increase their lending. It appears investors are encouraged by these steps, as stock prices have moved higher off the March 10, 2008 low, but only time will tell whether the Fed’s steps increase bank lending.
Staying with Our Discipline
We consistently apply our valuation approach with the belief that over the long run, stock prices try to keep up with our estimation of value. There are periods, however, when investors worry about events around them, and stock prices behave independent of value. We believe we have just come through one of those times given the concerns about the economy, sub-prime mortgage problems, and the lack of growth in M1.
At ICON, we ride through these difficult times because we see the data that goes into valuation such as earnings and interest rates. We are pleased with
4 Message From ICON Funds
the quality of the companies we own. We believe that in time, prices will move up to value. Investors without that data and insight may depend on news headlines and public conjecture, which makes it less attractive to stay invested through times when the market drifts lower.
We believe investors may miss sudden market rallies if they are not invested because, in our experience, stock prices lead the economy (and news) by six to nine months. Stock prices often rally while the economy (and news) continues to deteriorate. By looking at the news and economic data, it is difficult to identify a market bottom. We rely on valuation, which sometimes means being invested during pre-rally turbulence.
The market low on March 10, 2008 was accompanied by many of the characteristics our research indicates are typical of bottoms and buying opportunities. Weak investor confidence was one of those characteristics. We believe investor confidence is a lagging variable. Many investors hope confidence returns so a rally can begin, but we think they have the relationship backwards. Confidence lags stock prices and improves after stock prices move higher, in our experience.
An equity trader on the floor of the stock exchange was interviewed on TV recently, and he was worried about the economy. He said he would like to see the employment situation improve. According to our research, employment is the piece of data that lags the most. If the normal relationship holds true, the market may rally long before employment improves.
Research on Industry Selection
An article in the New York Times on April 6, 2008 referred to research and a working paper by Busse & Tong of Emory University. From 1980-2006, the researchers studied whether investment managers were better at industry selection or stock selection. The article states, “The researchers found that industry bets were responsible for about half the margin by which the average fund beat or lagged behind the market. Stock selection was responsible for the other half.” The article also reports that researchers “found that an adviser with good industry-selection ability was a good bet to continue his winning ways. By contrast, an advisor with good individual stock-selection ability was far less likely to repeat the feat.”
Message From ICON Funds 5
At ICON, we believe markets have themes, meaning that certain industries typically lead for one to two years. I created the ICON system in the early and mid-1980s to capture industry leadership. It is gratifying to see third party research that supports our system.
Thank you for the opportunity to guide your investments. We appreciate your commitment to the ICON Sector Funds.
Yours truly,
Craig T. Callahan, DBA
Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of the Adviser
M1 is one measure of the money supply that approximates cash used by consumers and companies, including currency in public circulation, credit union share account balances, NOW account balances, automatic transfer account balances, demand deposits, and traveler’s checks.
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
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Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
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Common Stocks (96.0%) |
| 101,200 | | | Aaron Rents, Inc. | | $ | 2,179,848 | |
| 30,900 | | | Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | | | 2,260,026 | |
| 34,700 | | | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | | | 1,181,535 | |
| 57,600 | | | Aeropostale, Inc.(a) | | | 1,561,536 | |
| 51,000 | | | American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,045,500 | |
| 89,700 | | | AutoNation, Inc.(a) | | | 1,342,809 | |
| 23,900 | | | AutoZone, Inc.(a) | | | 2,720,537 | |
| 68,500 | | | Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,020,750 | |
| 71,300 | | | Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 2,956,098 | |
| 31,700 | | | BorgWarner, Inc. | | | 1,364,051 | |
| 51,400 | | | Centex Corp. | | | 1,244,394 | |
| 92,700 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 1,460,025 | |
| 42,600 | | | Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,140,828 | |
| 61,000 | | | Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | | | 1,682,990 | |
| 76,100 | | | Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.(b) | | | 2,163,523 | |
| 50,900 | | | Fred’s, Inc. - Class A | | | 521,725 | |
| 16,700 | | | GameStop Corp. - Class A(a) | | | 863,557 | |
| 50,000 | | | Gildan Activewear, Inc. - Class A(a) | | | 1,868,000 | |
| 42,900 | | | H&R Block, Inc.(b) | | | 890,604 | |
| 30,800 | | | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - ADR | | | 887,348 | |
| 16,300 | | | Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(a) | | | 282,805 | |
| 33,300 | | | J.C. Penney Co., Inc. | | | 1,255,743 | |
| 74,300 | | | Jarden Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,615,282 | |
| 57,900 | | | Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | 1,957,020 | |
| 57,500 | | | KB Home(b) | | | 1,421,975 | |
| 37,500 | | | Kohl’s Corp.(a) | | | 1,608,375 | |
| 81,600 | | | LKQ Corp.(a) | | | 1,833,552 | |
| 136,100 | | | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 3,122,134 | |
| 70,600 | | | Macy’s, Inc. | | | 1,628,036 | |
| 52,500 | | | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. - ADR | | | 1,139,775 | |
| 14,000 | | | Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,002,540 | |
| 39,120 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | 2,660,160 | |
| 27,000 | | | Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - ADR | | | 450,360 | |
| 63,700 | | | Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 2,076,620 | |
| 44,500 | | | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | | | 1,269,140 | |
| 27,400 | | | Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | 1,597,146 | |
| 102,700 | | | Pulte Homes, Inc.(b) | | | 1,494,285 | |
| 103,800 | | | Rent-A-Center, Inc.(a) | | | 1,904,730 | |
| 97,300 | | | Ross Stores, Inc. | | | 2,915,108 | |
| 15,500 | | | Sony Corp. - ADR(b) | | | 621,085 | |
| 98,450 | | | Staples, Inc. | | | 2,176,729 | |
| 65,600 | | | Target Corp. | | | 3,324,608 | |
| 45,900 | | | Tenneco, Inc.(a) | | | 1,282,446 | |
Schedule of Investments 7
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| 159,000 | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | $ | 4,447,230 | |
| 48,500 | | | The Ryland Group, Inc.(b) | | | 1,595,165 | |
| 87,800 | | | TJX Cos., Inc. | | | 2,903,546 | |
| 59,800 | | | Toll Brothers, Inc.(a) | | | 1,404,104 | |
| 27,800 | | | Tractor Supply Co.(a) | | | 1,098,656 | |
| 45,500 | | | Tupperware Brands Corp. | | | 1,759,940 | |
| 74,200 | | | Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a) | | | 2,326,170 | |
| 27,200 | | | V.F. Corp. | | | 2,108,272 | |
| 26,300 | | | Whirlpool Corp.(b) | | | 2,282,314 | |
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Total Common Stocks (Cost $90,277,826) | | | 89,920,735 | |
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Short-Term Investments (12.7%) |
$ | 11,875,615 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | $ | 11,875,615 | |
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Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $11,875,615) | | | 11,875,615 | |
Other Securities (10.4%) | | | | |
| 9,735,254 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 9,735,254 | |
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Total Other Securities (Cost $9,735,254) | | | 9,735,254 | |
Total Investments 119.1% (Cost $111,888,695) | | | 111,531,604 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (19.1)% | | | (17,888,109 | ) |
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Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 93,643,495 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
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(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
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# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
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ADR | | American Depositary Receipt. |
8 Schedule of Investments
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
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Apparel Retail | | | 12.8% |
Homebuilding | | | 9.2% |
Home Improvement Retail | | | 8.0% |
Automotive Retail | | | 7.0% |
Department Stores | | | 6.9% |
Home Furnishing Retail | | | 6.5% |
Auto Parts & Equipment | | | 6.1% |
Apparel Accessories & Luxury Goods | | | 6.0% |
General Merchandise Stores | | | 5.9% |
Specialty Stores | | | 4.7% |
Computer & Electronics Retail | | | 4.1% |
Housewares & Specialties | | | 3.6% |
Home Furnishings | | | 3.4% |
Footwear | | | 3.1% |
Household Appliances | | | 2.4% |
Distributors | | | 2.0% |
Consumer Electronics | | | 1.9% |
Automobile Manufacturers | | | 1.4% |
Specialized Consumer Services | | | 1.0% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 9
ICON Energy Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
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Common Stocks (97.8%) |
| 200,200 | | | Apache Corp. | | $ | 24,188,164 | |
| 169,300 | | | Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(a) | | | 15,528,196 | |
| 632,400 | | | Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc.(a) | | | 13,590,276 | |
| 249,100 | | | BP PLC - ADR | | | 15,107,915 | |
| 99,900 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 9,212,778 | |
| 610,900 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | 52,146,424 | |
| 915,800 | | | ConocoPhillips | | | 69,793,118 | |
| 240,200 | | | Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | 27,959,280 | |
| 162,400 | | | Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) | | | 7,546,728 | |
| 301,300 | | | EnPro Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 9,397,547 | |
| 496,800 | | | Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 42,019,344 | |
| 164,100 | | | FMC Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 9,335,649 | |
| 143,500 | | | Frontline, Ltd.(b) | | | 6,603,870 | |
| 837,000 | | | General Maritime Corp.(b) | | | 19,761,570 | |
| 242,300 | | | GulfMark Offshore, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 13,258,656 | |
| 732,800 | | | Halliburton Co. | | | 28,821,024 | |
| 275,100 | | | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | 12,893,937 | |
| 28,700 | | | Independent Tankers Corp., Ltd.(a) | | | 47,925 | |
| 504,500 | | | Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 23,005,200 | |
| 196,300 | | | Massey Energy Co. | | | 7,164,950 | |
| 355,100 | | | Murphy Oil Corp. | | | 29,167,914 | |
| 414,700 | | | Nabors Industries, Ltd.(a) | | | 14,004,419 | |
| 103,800 | | | National Oilwell Varco, Inc.(a) | | | 6,059,844 | |
| 232,500 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 12,629,400 | |
| 550,500 | | | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 40,280,085 | |
| 186,700 | | | Peabody Energy Corp. | | | 9,521,700 | |
| 195,900 | | | Smith International, Inc. | | | 12,582,657 | |
| 149,400 | | | Superior Energy Services, Inc.(a) | | | 5,919,228 | |
| 176,390 | | | Transocean, Inc.(a) | | | 23,847,928 | |
| 311,900 | | | Union Drilling, Inc.(a) | | | 5,455,131 | |
| 195,300 | | | Unit Corp.(a) | | | 11,063,745 | |
| 157,300 | | | Walter Industries, Inc. | | | 9,851,699 | |
| 275,598 | | | Weatherford International, Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 19,972,587 | |
| 81,441 | | | XTO Energy, Inc. | | | 5,037,940 | |
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Total Common Stocks (Cost $520,835,558) | | | 612,776,828 | |
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Short-Term Investments (1.1%) |
$ | 6,599,712 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 6,599,712 | |
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Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $6,599,712) | | | 6,599,712 | |
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Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Other Securities (6.8%) | | | | |
| 42,616,749 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | $ | 42,616,749 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $42,616,749) | | | 42,616,749 | |
Total Investments 105.7% (Cost $570,052,019) | | | 661,993,289 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (5.7)% | | | (35,460,343 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 626,532,946 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
Schedule of Investments 11
ICON Energy Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | | 43.3% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 17.8% |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | | 16.5% |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | | 6.9% |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | | | 4.1% |
Railroads | | | 3.5% |
Coal & Consumable Fuels | | | 2.6% |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 1.6% |
Industrial Machinery | | | 1.5% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
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ICON Financial Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.4%) |
| 110,200 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | $ | 7,157,490 | |
| 176,200 | | | Allianz SE - ADR | | | 3,464,092 | |
| 138,000 | | | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. - REIT | | | 2,114,160 | |
| 223,600 | | | Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp. - REIT | | | 1,370,668 | |
| 157,100 | | | Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. - REIT | | | 2,369,068 | |
| 212,300 | | | Assured Guaranty, Ltd. | | | 5,040,002 | |
| 69,400 | | | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 2,941,866 | |
| 36,900 | | | Banco de Chile - ADR | | | 1,962,342 | |
| 118,700 | | | Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. - ADR | | | 2,366,878 | |
| 313,800 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | 11,896,158 | |
| 145,300 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 6,063,369 | |
| 163,300 | | | BB&T Corp. | | | 5,235,398 | |
| 110,200 | | | Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 5,424,044 | |
| 110,100 | | | Cash America International, Inc. | | | 4,007,640 | |
| 150,000 | | | Citigroup, Inc. | | | 3,213,000 | |
| 105,300 | | | Credicorp, Ltd. | | | 7,554,222 | |
| 102,500 | | | Discover Financial Services | | | 1,677,925 | |
| 13,000 | | | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | | | 1,163,890 | |
| 225,900 | | | EZCORP, Inc.(a) | | | 2,780,829 | |
| 66,900 | | | Fannie Mae | | | 1,760,808 | |
| 112,500 | | | Federated Investors, Inc. | | | 4,405,500 | |
| 146,400 | | | FirstMerit Corp. | | | 3,024,624 | |
| 490,100 | | | Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. | | | 3,538,522 | |
| 72,000 | | | Freddie Mac | | | 1,823,040 | |
| 81,500 | | | ING Group N.V. - ADR | | | 3,045,655 | |
| 27,800 | | | Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | | | 2,150,052 | |
| 254,300 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 10,922,185 | |
| 45,000 | | | M&T Bank Corp. | | | 3,621,600 | |
| 72,400 | | | Manulife Financial Corp. | | | 2,749,752 | |
| 4,500 | | | Markel Corp.(a) | | | 1,979,865 | |
| 20,900 | | | Mastercard, Inc. - Class A | | | 4,660,491 | |
| 45,400 | | | MetLife, Inc. | | | 2,735,804 | |
| 89,000 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | 4,067,300 | |
| 69,700 | | | NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.(a) | | | 2,694,602 | |
| 33,700 | | | PartnerRe, Ltd. | | | 2,571,310 | |
| 234,900 | | | People’s United Financial, Inc. | | | 4,066,119 | |
| 57,700 | | | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 3,783,389 | |
| 65,300 | | | Redwood Trust, Inc. - REIT | | | 2,373,655 | |
| 168,900 | | | Regions Financial Corp. | | | 3,335,775 | |
| 23,300 | | | RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. | | | 1,209,503 | |
| 90,100 | | | SEI Investments Co. | | | 2,224,569 | |
| 231,400 | | | Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 5,525,832 | |
| 83,400 | | | StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. | | | 3,979,014 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 114,300 | | | State Auto Financial Corp. | | $ | 3,329,559 | |
| 64,600 | | | State Street Corp. | | | 5,103,400 | |
| 116,500 | | | Sterling Financial Corp. | | | 1,818,565 | |
| 35,700 | | | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 1,968,498 | |
| 179,900 | | | Synovus Financial Corp. | | | 1,989,694 | |
| 175,000 | | | TCF Financial Corp. | | | 3,136,000 | |
| 136,400 | | | TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.(a) | | | 2,251,964 | |
| 104,100 | | | The Charles Schwab Corp. | | | 1,960,203 | |
| 22,600 | | | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 3,737,814 | |
| 73,400 | | | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 3,019,676 | |
| 33,300 | | | Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,209,455 | |
| 295,900 | | | U.S. Bancorp | | | 9,575,324 | |
| 122,700 | | | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. - Class A | | | 3,942,351 | |
| 174,700 | | | Washington Federal, Inc. | | | 3,990,148 | |
| 453,300 | | | Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 13,191,030 | |
| 132,000 | | | World Acceptance Corp.(a) | | | 4,204,200 | |
| 125,000 | | | Zions Bancorp | | | 5,693,750 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $234,765,513) | | | 231,173,638 | |
|
Short-Term Investments (4.9%) |
$ | 11,384,310 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 11,384,310 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $11,384,310) | | | 11,384,310 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Underlying Security/
| | | | |
Expiration Date/
| | | | |
Exercise Price | | Contracts | | Value |
|
|
Call Options Purchased (0.3%) | | | | |
Bank of America Corp., | | | | | | | | |
Expiration January 2009, | | | | | | | | |
Exercise Price $40.00 | | | 275 | | | | 116,325 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., | | | | | | | | |
Expiration January 2009, | | | | | | | | |
Exercise Price $42.50 | | | 700 | | | | 455,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Call Options Purchased (Cost $590,550) | | | 571,325 | |
Total Investments 104.6% (Cost $246,740,373) | | | 243,129,273 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (4.6)% | | | (10,638,588 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 232,490,685 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
|
REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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ICON Financial Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Diversified Banks | | | 14.8% |
Regional Banks | | | 14.4% |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | | 12.5% |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | | 9.4% |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | | 8.2% |
Consumer Finance | | | 7.7% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 7.2% |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance | | | 6.5% |
Investment Banking & Brokerage | | | 5.2% |
Mortgage REITS | | | 3.5% |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services | | | 3.3% |
Reinsurance | | | 3.1% |
Multi-Line Insurance | | | 1.5% |
Specialized Finance | | | 1.2% |
Real Estate Management & Development | | | 0.9% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 15
ICON Healthcare Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (98.1%) |
| 112,400 | | | Aetna, Inc. | | $ | 4,730,916 | |
| 50,000 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | 3,247,500 | |
| 40,000 | | | Air Methods Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,934,800 | |
| 216,434 | | | Amedisys, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 8,514,514 | |
| 125,000 | | | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 5,122,500 | |
| 247,300 | | | Amgen, Inc.(a) | | | 10,332,194 | |
| 146,400 | | | Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 7,072,584 | |
| 30,000 | | | Biogen Idec, Inc.(a) | | | 1,850,700 | |
| 30,000 | | | C.R. Bard, Inc.(b) | | | 2,892,000 | |
| 75,000 | | | Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 3,938,250 | |
| 85,000 | | | Celgene Corp.(a) | | | 5,209,650 | |
| 70,000 | | | Cephalon, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 4,508,000 | |
| 50,000 | | | CIGNA Corp. | | | 2,028,500 | |
| 100,000 | | | Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 1,842,000 | |
| 125,000 | | | DaVita, Inc.(a) | | | 5,970,000 | |
| 242,600 | | | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 12,515,734 | |
| 80,000 | | | Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | | | 5,145,600 | |
| 145,000 | | | Forest Laboratories, Inc.(a) | | | 5,801,450 | |
| 85,000 | | | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA - ADR | | | 4,277,200 | |
| 60,000 | | | Genentech, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 4,870,800 | |
| 100,000 | | | Genzyme Corp.(a) | | | 7,454,000 | |
| 72,500 | | | Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a) | | | 3,735,925 | |
| 100,000 | | | Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | | | 5,740,000 | |
| 650,000 | | | Johnson & Johnson, Inc. | | | 42,165,500 | |
| 192,300 | | | K-V Pharmaceutical Co.(a)(b) | | | 4,799,808 | |
| 125,000 | | | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a) | | | 9,210,000 | |
| 49,000 | | | LifeCell Corp.(a) | | | 2,059,470 | |
| 100,000 | | | Lincare Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 2,811,000 | |
| 150,000 | | | McKesson Corp. | | | 7,855,500 | |
| 215,800 | | | MedcoHealth Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | 9,449,882 | |
| 90,000 | | | Medtronic, Inc. | | | 4,353,300 | |
| 300,000 | | | Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 11,385,000 | |
| 100,000 | | | Owens & Minor, Inc.(b) | | | 3,934,000 | |
| 550,000 | | | Pfizer, Inc. | | | 11,511,500 | |
| 150,000 | | | PSS World Medical, Inc.(a) | | | 2,499,000 | |
| 100,000 | | | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | 4,527,000 | |
| 40,000 | | | ResMed, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,687,200 | |
| 75,000 | | | Roche Holdings, Ltd. - ADR(b) | | | 7,086,345 | |
| 300,000 | | | Schering-Plough Corp. | | | 4,323,000 | |
| 100,000 | | | St. Jude Medical, Inc.(a) | | | 4,319,000 | |
| 61,400 | | | Stryker Corp. | | | 3,994,070 | |
| 200,000 | | | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. - ADR(b) | | | 9,238,000 | |
| 100,000 | | | VCA Antech, Inc.(a) | | | 2,735,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $264,137,081) | | | 268,678,392 | |
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Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Other Securities (14.3%) |
| 39,111,579 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | $ | 39,111,579 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $39,111,579) | | | 39,111,579 | |
Total Investments 112.4% (Cost $303,248,660) | | | 307,789,971 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (12.4)% | | | (33,968,864 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 273,821,107 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
Schedule of Investments 17
ICON Healthcare Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Pharmaceuticals | | | 42.4% |
Health Care Services | | | 18.9% |
Biotechnology | | | 15.3% |
Health Care Distributors | | | 10.6% |
Health Care Equipment | | | 6.3% |
Managed Health Care | | | 2.4% |
Life & Health Insurance | | | 1.2% |
Health Care Facilities | | | 1.0% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
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ICON Industrials Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (96.5%) |
| 60,000 | | | ABB, Ltd. - ADR | | $ | 1,615,200 | |
| 25,000 | | | ABM Industries, Inc. | | | 561,000 | |
| 35,000 | | | Actuant Corp. - Class A | | | 1,057,350 | |
| 5,000 | | | Alliant Techsystems, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 517,650 | |
| 50,000 | | | Allied Waste Industries, Inc.(a) | | | 540,500 | |
| 50,000 | | | American Railcar Industries, Inc.(b) | | | 1,016,500 | |
| 15,000 | | | AMETEK, Inc. | | | 658,650 | |
| 50,000 | | | Arkansas Best Corp.(b) | | | 1,593,000 | |
| 30,000 | | | Astec Industries, Inc.(a) | | | 1,162,800 | |
| 35,000 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 3,227,700 | |
| 33,700 | | | Canadian National Railway Co. - ADR | | | 1,628,384 | |
| 15,000 | | | Carlisle Cos., Inc. | | | 501,600 | |
| 50,000 | | | Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 3,914,500 | |
| 20,000 | | | Celadon Group, Inc.(a) | | | 193,600 | |
| 45,000 | | | Con-Way, Inc.(b) | | | 2,226,600 | |
| 15,000 | | | Copa Holdings S.A. - Class A | | | 571,650 | |
| 30,000 | | | CSX Corp. | | | 1,682,100 | |
| 30,000 | | | Cummins, Inc. | | | 1,404,600 | |
| 25,000 | | | Danaher Corp. | | | 1,900,750 | |
| 17,000 | | | Diana Shipping, Inc.(b) | | | 447,440 | |
| 25,000 | | | DRS Technologies, Inc. | | | 1,457,000 | |
| 15,000 | | | DryShips, Inc.(b) | | | 898,650 | |
| 57,900 | | | Dynamex, Inc.(a) | | | 1,464,870 | |
| 8,600 | | | Eaton Corp. | | | 685,162 | |
| 16,000 | | | Esterline Technologies Corp.(a) | | | 805,920 | |
| 15,000 | | | Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd.(b) | | | 846,450 | |
| 25,000 | | | General Dynamics Corp. | | | 2,084,250 | |
| 530,000 | | | General Electric Co. | | | 19,615,300 | |
| 25,000 | | | Goodrich Corp. | | | 1,437,750 | |
| 10,000 | | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | | | 569,900 | |
| 31,500 | | | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 1,519,245 | |
| 35,000 | | | Kirby Corp.(a) | | | 1,995,000 | |
| 20,000 | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,186,800 | |
| 28,000 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 2,780,400 | |
| 30,000 | | | Manpower, Inc. | | | 1,687,800 | |
| 78,800 | | | Masco Corp.(b) | | | 1,562,604 | |
| 25,000 | | | Moog, Inc. - Class A(a) | | | 1,055,250 | |
| 11,700 | | | MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. - Class A | | | 494,325 | |
| 50,000 | | | Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc. | | | 464,000 | |
| 59,000 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 3,204,880 | |
| 30,000 | | | Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 2,334,300 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 50,000 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(a)(b) | | $ | 1,591,500 | |
| 67,000 | | | Pacer International, Inc. | | | 1,100,810 | |
| 15,000 | | | Parker Hannifin Corp. | | | 1,039,050 | |
| 40,000 | | | Raytheon Co. | | | 2,584,400 | |
| 40,000 | | | Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 866,400 | |
| 18,000 | | | Robert Half International, Inc. | | | 463,320 | |
| 25,000 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 1,522,750 | |
| 140,000 | | | Saia, Inc.(a) | | | 2,220,400 | |
| 15,000 | | | Siemens AG - ADR | | | 1,634,100 | |
| 38,400 | | | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.(b) | | | 1,043,712 | |
| 32,200 | | | SkyWest, Inc. | | | 680,064 | |
| 55,000 | | | Tata Motors, Ltd. - ADR(b) | | | 859,100 | |
| 27,500 | | | Textron, Inc. | | | 1,524,050 | |
| 39,300 | | | The Manitowoc Co., Inc. | | | 1,603,440 | |
| 10,000 | | | The Toro Co. | | | 413,900 | |
| 35,000 | | | TrueBlue, Inc.(a) | | | 470,400 | |
| 25,000 | | | Union Pacific Corp. | | | 3,134,500 | |
| 58,000 | | | United Technologies Corp. | | | 3,991,560 | |
| 33,100 | | | Universal Forest Products, Inc. | | | 1,065,820 | |
| 17,500 | | | Valmont Industries, Inc.(b) | | | 1,538,075 | |
| 6,300 | | | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | 481,257 | |
| 25,000 | | | Walter Industries, Inc. | | | 1,565,750 | |
| 13,300 | | | Watsco, Inc.(b) | | | 550,886 | |
| 25,000 | | | WESCO International, Inc.(a) | | | 912,250 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $103,011,753) | | | 108,428,924 | |
Short-Term Investments (6.8%) |
$ | 7,594,993 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 7,594,993 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $7,594,993) | | | 7,594,993 | |
Other Securities (11.1%) | | | | |
| 12,512,822 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 12,512,822 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $12,512,822) | | | 12,512,822 | |
Total Investments 114.4% (Cost $123,119,568) | | | 128,536,739 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (14.4)% | | | (16,219,387 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 112,317,352 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
20 Schedule of Investments
ICON Industrials Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Industrial Conglomerates | | | 22.2% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 19.0% |
Railroads | | | 11.4% |
Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks | | | 9.2% |
Trucking | | | 8.4% |
Industrial Machinery | | | 6.8% |
Marine | | | 4.2% |
Building Products | | | 3.2% |
Human Resource & Employment Services | | | 2.3% |
Air Freight & Logistics | | | 2.3% |
Trading Companies & Distributors | | | 2.1% |
Heavy Electrical Equipment | | | 1.4% |
Airlines | | | 1.4% |
Environmental & Facilities Services | | | 1.0% |
Electrical Components & Equipment | | | 0.6% |
Diversified Commercial & Professional Services | | | 0.5% |
Airport Services | | | 0.5% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 21
ICON Information Technology Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (100.4%) |
| 60,300 | | | Anixter International, Inc.(a)(b) | | $ | 3,861,612 | |
| 117,100 | | | AU Optronics Corp. - ADR(b) | | | 2,012,949 | |
| 130,000 | | | Avnet, Inc.(a) | | | 4,254,900 | |
| 50,000 | | | Bankrate, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,494,500 | |
| 68,600 | | | Canon, Inc. - ADR(b) | | | 3,180,982 | |
| 146,600 | | | Cisco Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 3,531,594 | |
| 123,500 | | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.(a) | | | 3,560,505 | |
| 50,000 | | | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 1,907,000 | |
| 83,700 | | | Fiserv, Inc.(a) | | | 4,025,133 | |
| 129,300 | | | Flextronics International, Ltd.(a) | | | 1,214,127 | |
| 2,500 | | | Google, Inc. - Class A(a)(b) | | | 1,101,175 | |
| 93,300 | | | Hewlett-Packard Co. | | | 4,260,078 | |
| 234,600 | | | Intel Corp. | | | 4,968,828 | |
| 147,400 | | | International Business Machines Corp. | | | 16,971,636 | |
| 100,000 | | | Intuit, Inc.(a) | | | 2,701,000 | |
| 24,600 | | | Mastercard, Inc. - Class A(b) | | | 5,485,554 | |
| 52,400 | | | MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(a) | | | 3,715,160 | |
| 116,400 | | | MICROS Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 3,918,024 | |
| 450,000 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | 12,771,000 | |
| 40,000 | | | NDS Group PLC - ADR(a) | | | 1,954,800 | |
| 96,900 | | | Open Text Corp.(a)(b) | | | 3,033,939 | |
| 230,900 | | | Oracle Corp.(a) | | | 4,516,404 | |
| 179,700 | | | QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 7,367,700 | |
| 51,000 | | | Research In Motion, Ltd.(a) | | | 5,723,730 | |
| 45,800 | | | SAP AG - ADR(b) | | | 2,270,306 | |
| 95,200 | | | ScanSource, Inc.(a) | | | 3,445,288 | |
| 90,000 | | | Seagate Technology | | | 1,884,600 | |
| 100,000 | | | SYNNEX Corp.(a) | | | 2,122,000 | |
| 162,500 | | | Western Digital Corp.(a) | | | 4,394,000 | |
| 292,400 | | | Xerox Corp. | | | 4,377,228 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $112,661,049) | | | 127,025,752 | |
Other Securities (17.1%) |
| 21,649,216 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 21,649,216 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $21,649,216) | | | 21,649,216 | |
Total Investments 117.5% (Cost $134,310,265) | | | 148,674,968 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (17.5)% | | | (22,126,966 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 126,548,002 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
22 Schedule of Investments
ICON Information Technology Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Computer Hardware | | | 16.8% |
Systems Software | | | 16.8% |
Communications Equipment | | | 13.1% |
Technology Distributors | | | 10.8% |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services | | | 9.0% |
Office Electronics | | | 6.0% |
Application Software | | | 5.4% |
Internet Software & Services | | | 5.3% |
Computer Storage & Peripherals | | | 5.0% |
Semiconductors | | | 3.9% |
Semiconductor Equipment | | | 2.9% |
IT Consulting & Other Services | | | 2.8% |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers | | | 1.6% |
Electronic Manufacturing Services | | | 1.0% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 23
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.4%) |
| 23,400 | | | Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. | | $ | 1,110,330 | |
| 22,300 | | | Archer Daniels Midland Co. | | | 917,868 | |
| 20,500 | | | Avon Products, Inc. | | | 810,570 | |
| 19,700 | | | Bob Evans Farms, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 543,523 | |
| 22,800 | | | Brinker International, Inc. | | | 422,940 | |
| 15,300 | | | British American Tobacco PLC - ADR | | | 1,158,975 | |
| 29,100 | | | CBRL Group, Inc. | | | 1,040,907 | |
| 18,500 | | | Central European Distribution Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,076,515 | |
| 4,000 | | | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 414,480 | |
| 12,400 | | | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | 672,576 | |
| 26,300 | | | Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | | | 636,460 | |
| 14,300 | | | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 1,114,113 | |
| 50,800 | | | Comcast Corp. - Class A | | | 982,472 | |
| 13,300 | | | Corn Products International, Inc. | | | 493,962 | |
| 6,800 | | | Ctrip.com International, Ltd. - ADR | | | 360,536 | |
| 35,000 | | | CVS Caremark Corp. | | | 1,417,850 | |
| 32,000 | | | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 1,041,600 | |
| 25,200 | | | Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.(a) | | | 917,280 | |
| 12,800 | | | H.J. Heinz Co. | | | 601,216 | |
| 10,100 | | | Hasbro, Inc. | | | 281,790 | |
| 13,200 | | | Hormel Foods Corp. | | | 549,912 | |
| 20,700 | | | Jack in the Box, Inc.(a) | | | 556,209 | |
| 13,400 | | | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 864,970 | |
| 29,100 | | | Kroger Co. | | | 739,140 | |
| 18,500 | | | Marriott International, Inc. - Class A | | | 635,660 | |
| 38,200 | | | Mattel, Inc. | | | 760,180 | |
| 9,000 | | | McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 332,730 | |
| 44,100 | | | McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc.(a) | | | 513,765 | |
| 17,300 | | | Molson Coors Brewing Co. - Class B | | | 909,461 | |
| 9,300 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 1,036,950 | |
| 12,200 | | | Morningstar, Inc.(a) | | | 748,470 | |
| 33,736 | | | News Corp. - Class A | | | 632,550 | |
| 27,300 | | | PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 1,971,060 | |
| 21,500 | | | Polaris Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 881,715 | |
| 29,400 | | | Pool Corp.(a)(b) | | | 555,366 | |
| 39,700 | | | Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 2,781,779 | |
| 46,100 | | | Rentrak Corp.(a) | | | 556,888 | |
| 10,400 | | | Reynolds American, Inc. | | | 613,912 | |
| 15,700 | | | Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 516,530 | |
| 20,800 | | | Scholastic Corp.(a) | | | 629,616 | |
| 29,300 | | | Sonic Corp.(a)(b) | | | 645,772 | |
| 24,300 | | | Starbucks Corp.(a) | | | 425,250 | |
| 5,500 | | | The Andersons, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 245,355 | |
| 36,200 | | | The DIRECTV Group, Inc.(a) | | | 897,398 | |
| 21,800 | | | The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | | | 739,238 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 54,170 | | | The Walt Disney Co. | | $ | 1,699,854 | |
| 14,300 | | | Unilever PLC - ADR | | | 482,196 | |
| 18,100 | | | UST, Inc. | | | 986,812 | |
| 27,600 | | | Viacom, Inc. - Class B(a) | | | 1,093,512 | |
| 35,900 | | | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | | 1,891,212 | |
| 5,300 | | | Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC - ADR | | | 543,144 | |
| 8,400 | | | Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | 312,564 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $41,728,924) | | | 42,765,133 | |
Short-Term Investments (0.2%) |
$ | 67,397 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 67,397 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $67,397) | | | 67,397 | |
Other Securities (9.1%) |
| 3,921,114 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 3,921,114 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $3,921,114) | | | 3,921,114 | |
Total Investments 108.7% (Cost $45,717,435) | | | 46,753,644 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (8.7)% | | | (3,740,764 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 43,012,880 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
Schedule of Investments 25
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Restaurants | | | 12.8% |
Household Products | | | 12.7% |
Movies & Entertainment | | | 9.2% |
Soft Drinks | | | 7.8% |
Tobacco | | | 6.4% |
Packaged Foods & Meats | | | 5.9% |
Leisure Products | | | 5.7% |
Agricultural Products | | | 5.3% |
Brewers | | | 4.7% |
Hypermarkets & Super Centers | | | 4.4% |
Broadcasting & Cable TV | | | 4.4% |
Hotels Resorts & Cruise Lines | | | 3.5% |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 3.4% |
Drug Retail | | | 3.3% |
Publishing | | | 3.2% |
Distillers & Vintners | | | 2.5% |
Personal Products | | | 1.9% |
Food Retail | | | 1.7% |
Food Distributors | | | 0.6% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
26 Schedule of Investments
ICON Materials Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.6%) |
| 75,000 | | | Air Products & Chemical, Inc. | | $ | 6,900,000 | |
| 75,000 | | | Airgas, Inc. | | | 3,410,250 | |
| 103,000 | | | Albemarle Corp. | | | 3,761,560 | |
| 140,000 | | | Alcoa, Inc. | | | 5,048,400 | |
| 15,000 | | | Allegheny Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,070,400 | |
| 50,000 | | | ArcelorMittal — Class A(a)(b) | | | 4,090,000 | |
| 75,000 | | | Arch Chemicals, Inc. | | | 2,794,500 | |
| 76,000 | | | Ball Corp. | | | 3,491,440 | |
| 25,000 | | | Bemis Co., Inc. | | | 635,750 | |
| 20,000 | | | BHP Billiton, Ltd. - ADR(a)(b) | | | 1,317,000 | |
| 8,300 | | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | | 765,426 | |
| 30,000 | | | Celanese Corp., Series A | | | 1,171,500 | |
| 59,900 | | | Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR(a)(b) | | | 1,564,588 | |
| 20,000 | | | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,072,400 | |
| 62,600 | | | Companhia Vale do Rio Doce - ADR(a)(b) | | | 2,168,464 | |
| 35,900 | | | CRH PLC - ADR(a)(b) | | | 1,376,765 | |
| 20,000 | | | Crown Holdings, Inc. | | | 503,200 | |
| 8,800 | | | Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | | | 1,024,320 | |
| 125,000 | | | Dow Chemical Co. | | | 4,606,250 | |
| 150,000 | | | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. - Class B | | | 14,433,000 | |
| 60,000 | | | Greif, Inc. - Class A | | | 4,075,800 | |
| 59,700 | | | H.B. Fuller Co. | | | 1,218,477 | |
| 107,000 | | | Hercules, Inc. | | | 1,957,030 | |
| 45,000 | | | Lubrizol Corp. | | | 2,497,950 | |
| 17,900 | | | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,900,443 | |
| 205,000 | | | Monsanto Co. | | | 22,857,500 | |
| 117,200 | | | Newmont Mining Corp. | | | 5,309,160 | |
| 50,000 | | | NN, Inc. | | | 486,500 | |
| 12,400 | | | Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 673,568 | |
| 30,000 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 954,900 | |
| 35,000 | | | Pactiv Corp. | | | 917,350 | |
| 50,000 | | | PPG Industries, Inc. | | | 3,025,500 | |
| 44,000 | | | Praxair, Inc. | | | 3,706,120 | |
| 20,000 | | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 1,197,200 | |
| 100,000 | | | RPM International, Inc. | | | 2,094,000 | |
| 15,000 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | 913,650 | |
| 75,000 | | | Sealed Air Corp. | | | 1,893,750 | |
| 70,000 | | | Sonoco Products Co. | | | 2,004,100 | |
| 6,700 | | | Southern Copper Corp.(a)(b) | | | 695,661 | |
| 40,000 | | | Terra Industries, Inc. | | | 1,421,200 | |
| 85,000 | | | The Valspar Corp. | | | 1,686,400 | |
| 4,026 | | | Transocean, Inc. | | | 544,316 | |
| 10,000 | | | Union Pacific Corp. | | | 1,253,800 | |
Schedule of Investments 27
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
| 17,900 | | | Vulcan Materials Co.(a)(b) | | $ | 1,188,560 | |
| 50,000 | | | Worthington Industries, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 843,500 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $109,692,275) | | | 127,521,648 | |
Short-Term Investments (1.4%) |
$ | 1,733,210 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Time Deposit - U.S. Dollar, 1.63%, 04/01/08# | | | 1,733,210 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $1,733,210) | | | 1,733,210 | |
Other Securities (12.5%) |
| 16,103,358 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman Securities Lending Investment Fund, 3.03% | | | 16,103,358 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Other Securities (Cost $16,103,358) | | | 16,103,358 | |
Total Investments 113.5% (Cost $127,528,843) | | | 145,358,216 | |
Liabilities Less Other Assets (13.5)% | | | (17,343,727 | ) |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 128,014,489 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
(b) | | All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2008. |
|
# | | BBH Time Deposits are considered short-term obligations and are payable on demand. Interest rates change periodically on specified dates. The rates listed are as of March 31, 2008. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
28 Schedule of Investments
ICON Materials Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | | | 20.6% |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | | 14.5% |
Specialty Chemicals | | | 11.0% |
Industrial Gases | | | 11.0% |
Diversified Chemicals | | | 7.5% |
Metal & Glass Containers | | | 7.0% |
Steel | | | 6.0% |
Construction Materials | | | 4.7% |
Gold | | | 4.2% |
Aluminum | | | 3.9% |
Paper Packaging | | | 3.6% |
Railroads | | | 2.1% |
Trucking | | | 1.4% |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | | 1.2% |
Commodity Chemicals | | | 0.9% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 29
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amount | | Value |
|
|
Common Stocks (99.0%) |
| 66,200 | | | Allegheny Energy, Inc. | | $ | 3,343,100 | |
| 53,406 | | | America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. - ADR | | | 3,401,428 | |
| 70,000 | | | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | | | 2,914,100 | |
| 722,000 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | 27,652,600 | |
| 5,000 | | | China Mobile, Ltd. - ADR | | | 375,050 | |
| 15,100 | | | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - ADR | | | 669,383 | |
| 59,100 | | | Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | | | 5,216,757 | |
| 62,200 | | | Dominion Resources, Inc. of Virginia | | | 2,540,248 | |
| 25,100 | | | DRS Technologies, Inc. | | | 1,462,828 | |
| 96,000 | | | Edison International | | | 4,705,920 | |
| 111,600 | | | El Paso Electric Co.(a) | | | 2,384,892 | |
| 15,500 | | | Entergy Corp. | | | 1,690,740 | |
| 20,000 | | | Exelon Corp. | | | 1,625,400 | |
| 16,000 | | | First Energy Corp. | | | 1,097,920 | |
| 43,000 | | | FPL Group, Inc. | | | 2,697,820 | |
| 200,000 | | | France Telecom S.A. - ADR | | | 6,716,000 | |
| 13,800 | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,508,892 | |
| 10,000 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 993,000 | |
| 4,500 | | | Millicom International Cellular S.A.(a) | | | 425,475 | |
| 6,000 | | | Mobile TeleSystems - ADR | | | 455,100 | |
| 26,000 | | | Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 642,720 | |
| 78,500 | | | Premiere Global Services, Inc.(a) | | | 1,125,690 | |
| 27,500 | | | Progress Energy, Inc. | | | 1,146,750 | |
| 130,000 | | | Public Service Enterprise | | | 5,224,700 | |
| 21,200 | | | RWE AG - ADR | | | 2,628,291 | |
| 52,300 | | | Southern Co. | | | 1,862,403 | |
| 82,400 | | | Swisscom AG - ADR | | | 2,834,700 | |
| 25,100 | | | Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. - ADR | | | 666,154 | |
| 88,966 | | | Telefonica S.A. - ADR | | | 7,696,449 | |
| 39,300 | | | Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. - ADR | | | 1,477,680 | |
| 43,700 | | | Telenor ASA - ADR | | | 2,515,324 | |
| 139,100 | | | Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 5,070,195 | |
| 30,000 | | | Vimpel-Communications - ADR | | | 896,700 | |
| 60,000 | | | Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | 1,197,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Investments 99.0% (Cost $101,699,218) | | | 106,861,409 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities 1.0% | | | 1,037,212 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets 100.0% | | $ | 107,898,621 | |
| | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
|
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
30 Schedule of Investments
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund
Industry Composition
March 31, 2008
(Unaudited)
| | | |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | | 50.5% |
Electric Utilities | | | 22.4% |
Multi-Utilities | | | 10.7% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | 5.2% |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | | | 4.8% |
Aerospace & Defense | | | 3.7% |
Alternative Carriers | | | 1.1% |
Water Utilities | | | 0.6% |
Percentages are based upon net assets.
Schedule of Investments 31
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Consumer
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
| | Discretionary
| | | Energy
| | | Financial
| | | Healthcare
| |
| | Fund | | | Fund | | | Fund | | | Fund | |
|
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at cost | | $ | 111,888,695 | | | $ | 570,052,019 | | | $ | 246,740,373 | | | $ | 303,248,660 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value† | | | 111,531,604 | | | | 661,993,289 | | | | 243,129,273 | | | | 307,789,971 | |
Cash | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 97,600 | | | | 501,586 | | | | 212,116 | | | | 196,809 | |
Investments sold | | | — | | | | 8,033,288 | | | | 3,748,669 | | | | 9,093,257 | |
Interest | | | 8,302 | | | | 50,009 | | | | 515 | | | | 27,380 | |
Dividends | | | 88,581 | | | | 177,769 | | | | 456,887 | | | | 272,167 | |
Other assets | | | 27,780 | | | | 77,502 | | | | 34,608 | | | | 59,237 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Assets | | $ | 111,753,867 | | | | 670,833,443 | | | | 247,582,068 | | | | 317,438,821 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Due to custodian bank | | | 82,114 | | | | - | | | | 1,558,080 | | | | 3,619,271 | |
Investments bought | | | 8,105,051 | | | | - | | | | 13,137,954 | | | | - | |
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned | | | 9,735,254 | | | | 42,616,749 | | | | - | | | | 39,111,579 | |
Fund shares redeemed | | | 72,931 | | | | 1,010,845 | | | | 170,297 | | | | 505,726 | |
Advisory fees | | | 59,575 | | | | 531,798 | | | | 180,174 | | | | 270,482 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 1,934 | | | | 4,352 | | | | 2,630 | | | | 3,121 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 33,504 | | | | 69,473 | | | | 15,131 | | | | 73,364 | |
Administration fees | | | 2,919 | | | | 26,040 | | | | 8,647 | | | | 13,361 | |
Trustee fees | | | 4,248 | | | | 37,814 | | | | 12,730 | | | | 18,914 | |
Accrued expenses | | | 12,842 | | | | 3,426 | | | | 5,740 | | | | 1,896 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Liabilities | | | 18,110,372 | | | | 44,300,497 | | | | 15,091,383 | | | | 43,617,714 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 93,643,495 | | | $ | 626,532,946 | | | $ | 232,490,685 | | | $ | 273,821,107 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 92,921,854 | | | $ | 439,250,568 | | | $ | 253,814,740 | | | $ | 269,903,963 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | | (44,535 | ) | | | 1,736,492 | | | | 1,211,385 | | | | (445,409 | ) |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 1,123,267 | | | | 93,604,616 | | | | (18,924,340 | ) | | | (178,758 | ) |
Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) on investment transactions | | | (357,091 | ) | | | 91,941,270 | | | | (3,611,100 | ) | | | 4,541,311 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 93,643,495 | | | $ | 626,532,946 | | | $ | 232,490,685 | | | $ | 273,821,107 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized no par value) | | | 12,042,697 | | | | 20,966,993 | | | | 22,829,473 | | | | 20,375,781 | |
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share) | | $ | 7.78 | | | $ | 29.88 | | | $ | 10.18 | | | $ | 13.44 | |
| |
† | Includes securities on loan of $9,704,194, $41,959,832, $0, $38,579,165, $12,263,527, $21,408,930, $3,884,958, $15,889,236, and $0. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | ICON
| | | | | | | | | | |
ICON
| | | Information
| | | ICON Leisure
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
Industrials
| | | Technology
| | | and Consumer
| | | Materials
| | | Telecommunication
| |
Fund | | | Fund | | | Staples Fund | | | Fund | | | & Utilities Fund | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 123,119,568 | | | $ | 134,310,265 | | | $ | 45,717,435 | | | $ | 127,528,843 | | | $ | 101,699,218 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128,536,739 | | | | 148,674,968 | | | | 46,753,644 | | | | 145,358,216 | | | | 106,861,409 | |
| — | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,415 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30,859 | | | | 29,730 | | | | 19,633 | | | | 406,808 | | | | 117,754 | |
| — | | | | 6,109,085 | | | | 407,157 | | | | 297,964 | | | | 3,725,377 | |
| 13,450 | | | | 31,853 | | | | 10,744 | | | | 13,276 | | | | - | |
| 231,264 | | | | 20,723 | | | | 69,056 | | | | 160,912 | | | | 196,429 | |
| 41,503 | | | | 41,042 | | | | 19,726 | | | | 36,846 | | | | 42,022 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 128,853,815 | | | | 154,907,401 | | | | 47,279,960 | | | | 146,282,437 | | | | 110,942,991 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | | | | 6,292,488 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,681,624 | |
| 3,755,321 | | | | - | | | | 202,547 | | | | 1,805,722 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12,512,822 | | | | 21,649,216 | | | | 3,921,114 | | | | 16,103,358 | | | | - | |
| 114,961 | | | | 188,605 | | | | 46,364 | | | | 189,894 | | | | 178,190 | |
| 83,437 | | | | 126,491 | | | | 36,729 | | | | 106,938 | | | | 98,296 | |
| 2,226 | | | | 2,067 | | | | 1,791 | | | | 2,081 | | | | 1,992 | |
| 17,229 | | | | 42,922 | | | | 16,834 | | | | 21,199 | | | | 40,195 | |
| 4,111 | | | | 6,182 | | | | 1,742 | | | | 5,124 | | | | 4,608 | |
| 5,910 | | | | 8,855 | | | | 2,586 | | | | 7,536 | | | | 6,902 | |
| 40,446 | | | | 42,573 | | | | 37,373 | | | | 26,096 | | | | 32,563 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16,536,463 | | | | 28,359,399 | | | | 4,267,080 | | | | 18,267,948 | | | | 3,044,370 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 112,317,352 | | | $ | 126,548,002 | | | $ | 43,012,880 | | | $ | 128,014,489 | | | $ | 107,898,621 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 107,898,103 | | | $ | 137,032,111 | | | $ | 42,910,540 | | | $ | 108,395,946 | | | $ | 107,482,071 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 189,488 | | | | (757,653 | ) | | | (411 | ) | | | 204,860 | | | | 731,095 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,187,410 | ) | | | (24,091,159 | ) | | | (933,458 | ) | | | 1,584,310 | | | | (5,476,736 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5,417,171 | | | | 14,364,703 | | | | 1,036,209 | | | | 17,829,373 | | | | 5,162,191 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 112,317,352 | | | $ | 126,548,002 | | | $ | 43,012,880 | | | $ | 128,014,489 | | | $ | 107,898,621 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12,000,278 | | | | 13,948,186 | | | | 5,246,481 | | | | 10,431,137 | | | | 14,235,983 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 9.36 | | | $ | 9.07 | | | $ | 8.20 | | | $ | 12.27 | | | $ | 7.58 | |
Statements of Operations
For the period ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | ICON
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | Consumer
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
| | Discretionary
| | | Energy
| | | Financial
| | | Healthcare
| |
| | Fund | | | Fund | | | Fund | | | Fund | |
|
Investment Income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | 26,395 | | | $ | 167,599 | | | $ | 56,029 | | | $ | 124,730 | |
Dividends | | | 312,849 | | | | 5,568,356 | | | | 2,247,439 | | | | 1,724,660 | |
Income from securities lending, net | | | 19,766 | | | | 175,259 | | | | - | | | | 99,685 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investment Income | | | 359,010 | | | | 5,911,214 | | | | 2,303,468 | | | | 1,949,075 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees | | | 258,500 | | | | 3,594,133 | | | | 948,659 | | | | 2,021,216 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 7,242 | | | | 85,946 | | | | 23,319 | | | | 49,088 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 38,798 | | | | 161,757 | | | | 54,887 | | | | 148,740 | |
Administration fees | | | 12,041 | | | | 169,830 | | | | 44,137 | | | | 93,913 | |
Audit fees | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | |
Registration fees | | | 14,314 | | | | 26,547 | | | | 15,735 | | | | 22,672 | |
Insurance expense | | | 3,623 | | | | 26,164 | | | | 6,947 | | | | 16,619 | |
Trustee fees and expenses | | | 3,813 | | | | 18,665 | | | | 4,423 | | | | 10,193 | |
Interest expense | | | 23,315 | | | | 14,477 | | | | 18,994 | | | | 32,327 | |
Other expenses | | | 34,919 | | | | 80,359 | | | | 2,224 | | | | 43,762 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses before transfer agent earnings credit | | | 404,315 | | | | 4,185,628 | | | | 1,127,075 | | | | 2,446,280 | |
Transfer agent earnings credit | | | (770 | ) | | | (10,859 | ) | | | (2,924 | ) | | | (5,936 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Expenses | | | 403,545 | | | | 4,174,769 | | | | 1,124,151 | | | | 2,440,344 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Investment Income/(Loss) | | | (44,535 | ) | | | 1,736,445 | | | | 1,179,317 | | | | (491,269 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 2,568,857 | | | | 144,167,092 | | | | (18,579,464 | ) | | | 5,836,338 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from foreign currency translations | | | - | | | | 302 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (8,777,502 | ) | | | (191,574,639 | ) | | | (22,423,494 | ) | | | (75,018,378 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions | | | (6,208,645 | ) | | | (47,407,245 | ) | | | (41,002,958 | ) | | | (69,182,040 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations | | $ | (6,253,180 | ) | | $ | (45,670,800 | ) | | $ | (39,823,641 | ) | | $ | (69,673,309 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | ICON
| | | | | | | | | | |
ICON
| | | Information
| | | ICON Leisure
| | | ICON
| | | ICON
| |
Industrials
| | | Technology
| | | and Consumer
| | | Materials
| | | Telecommunication
| |
Fund | | | Fund | | | Staples Fund | | | Fund | | | & Utilities Fund | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 58,378 | | | $ | 34,895 | | | $ | 18,278 | | | $ | 60,226 | | | $ | 92,944 | |
| 1,027,179 | | | | 548,257 | | | | 283,421 | | | | 923,640 | | | | 1,530,393 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 64,963 | | | | 113,833 | | | | 37,461 | | | | 53,674 | | | | - | |
| - | | | | (19,159 | ) | | | - | | | | (150 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,150,520 | | | | 677,826 | | | | 339,160 | | | | 1,037,390 | | | | 1,623,337 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 744,965 | | | | 1,117,386 | | | | 213,127 | | | | 645,712 | | | | 663,305 | |
| 20,427 | | | | 28,593 | | | | 8,881 | | | | 17,772 | | | | 18,362 | |
| 44,899 | | | | 64,520 | | | | 40,200 | | | | 65,316 | | | | 61,115 | |
| 34,578 | | | | 51,874 | | | | 9,911 | | | | 30,021 | | | | 30,833 | |
| 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | | | | 7,750 | |
| 17,784 | | | | 18,522 | | | | 10,805 | | | | 15,752 | | | | 20,552 | |
| 5,411 | | | | 8,835 | | | | 1,049 | | | | 3,999 | | | | 3,852 | |
| 9,486 | | | | 11,839 | | | | 7,038 | | | | 9,822 | | | | 9,483 | |
| 39,854 | | | | 57,210 | | | | 92 | | | | 297 | | | | 20,929 | |
| 48,449 | | | | 72,096 | | | | 41,432 | | | | 38,108 | | | | 58,160 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 973,603 | | | | 1,438,625 | | | | 340,285 | | | | 834,549 | | | | 894,341 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (2,198 | ) | | | (3,146 | ) | | | (681 | ) | | | (1,974 | ) | | | (2,052 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 971,405 | | | | 1,435,479 | | | | 339,604 | | | | 832,575 | | | | 892,289 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 179,115 | | | | (757,653 | ) | | | (444 | ) | | | 204,815 | | | | 731,048 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,187,606 | ) | | | 5,331,315 | | | | (933,489 | ) | | | 2,982,862 | | | | (4,722,323 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (19,354,996 | ) | | | (47,055,568 | ) | | | (3,562,302 | ) | | | (9,950,851 | ) | | | (11,885,793 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (20,542,602 | ) | | | (41,724,253 | ) | | | (4,495,791 | ) | | | (6,967,989 | ) | | | (16,608,116 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (20,363,487 | ) | | $ | (42,481,906 | ) | | $ | (4,496,235 | ) | | $ | (6,763,174 | ) | | $ | (15,877,068 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | |
| | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (44,535 | ) | | $ | (434,551 | ) |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 2,568,857 | | | | 9,399,406 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from foreign currency translations | | | - | | | | - | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations | | | (8,777,502 | ) | | | (1,555,381 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (6,253,180 | ) | | | 7,409,474 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | - | | | | - | |
Net realized gains | | | (5,715,433 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net decrease from dividends and distributions | | | (5,715,433 | ) | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 87,400,817 | | | | 89,592,479 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 5,647,506 | | | | - | |
Shares repurchased | | | (81,913,450 | ) | | | (113,316,789 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions | | | 11,134,873 | | | | (23,724,310 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets | | | (833,740 | ) | | | (16,314,836 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 94,477,235 | | | | 110,792,071 | |
| | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 93,643,495 | | | $ | 94,477,235 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Transactions in Fund Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 10,986,797 | | | | 6,847,754 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 657,451 | | | | - | |
Shares repurchased | | | (6,986,665 | ) | | | (8,612,211 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) | | | 4,657,583 | | | | (1,764,457 | ) |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | | | 7,385,114 | | | | 9,149,571 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding end of period | | | 12,042,697 | | | | 7,385,114 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities | | | | | | | | |
(excluding short-term securities) | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of securities | | $ | 94,173,782 | | | $ | 200,968,196 | |
Proceeds from sales of securities | | | 92,878,254 | | | | 225,414,872 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (44,535 | ) | | $ | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | ICON Financial Fund | |
Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| | | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 1,736,445 | | | $ | 1,729,511 | | | $ | 1,179,317 | | | $ | 2,783,883 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 144,167,092 | | | | 148,157,856 | | | | (18,579,464 | ) | | | 32,263,708 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 302 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (191,574,639 | ) | | | 99,930,732 | | | | (22,423,494 | ) | | | (18,892,178 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (45,670,800 | ) | | | 249,818,099 | | | | (39,823,641 | ) | | | 16,155,413 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (2,043,462 | ) | | | - | | | | (1,809,844 | ) | | | (3,859,545 | ) |
| (177,660,859 | ) | | | (71,884,906 | ) | | | (19,270,780 | ) | | | (15,342,221 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (179,704,321 | ) | | | (71,884,906 | ) | | | (21,080,624 | ) | | | (19,201,766 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 67,496,164 | | | | 240,156,174 | | | | 145,305,510 | | | | 72,560,984 | |
| 172,298,136 | | | | 66,740,457 | | | | 20,824,424 | | | | 18,814,482 | |
| (203,961,197 | ) | | | (457,121,104 | ) | | | (72,823,916 | ) | | | (256,853,973 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35,833,103 | | | | (150,224,473 | ) | | | 93,306,018 | | | | (165,478,507 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (189,542,018 | ) | | | 27,708,720 | | | | 32,401,753 | | | | (168,524,860 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 816,074,964 | | | | 788,366,244 | | | | 200,088,932 | | | | 368,613,792 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 626,532,946 | | | $ | 816,074,964 | | | $ | 232,490,685 | | | $ | 200,088,932 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,995,975 | | | | 6,798,155 | | | | 13,073,569 | | | | 4,850,768 | |
| 5,426,713 | | | | 2,077,847 | | | | 1,728,168 | | | | 1,267,822 | |
| (6,137,037 | ) | | | (13,927,421 | ) | | | (5,965,977 | ) | | | (17,605,528 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,285,651 | | | | (5,051,419 | ) | | | 8,835,760 | | | | (11,486,938 | ) |
| 19,681,342 | | | | 24,732,761 | | | | 13,993,713 | | | | 25,480,651 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20,966,993 | | | | 19,681,342 | | | | 22,829,473 | | | | 13,993,713 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 480,868,071 | | | $ | 392,001,086 | | | $ | 351,935,148 | | | $ | 292,616,174 | |
| 615,062,018 | | | | 574,733,632 | | | | 165,751,496 | | | | 477,406,026 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 1,736,492 | | | $ | 2,043,509 | | | $ | 1,211,385 | | | $ | 1,841,912 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Healthcare Fund | |
| | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (491,269 | ) | | $ | 45,860 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | 5,836,338 | | | | 38,078,093 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (75,018,378 | ) | | | (4,357,126 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (69,673,309 | ) | | | 33,766,827 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | - | | | | - | |
Net realized gains | | | (35,443,355 | ) | | | (43,433,266 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net decrease from dividends and distributions | | | (35,443,355 | ) | | | (43,433,266 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 96,317,728 | | | | 181,868,544 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 33,320,610 | | | | 39,813,766 | |
Shares repurchased | | | (223,987,080 | ) | | | (384,931,407 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions | | | (94,348,742 | ) | | | (163,249,097 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets | | | (199,465,406 | ) | | | (172,915,536 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 473,286,513 | | | | 646,202,049 | |
| | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 273,821,107 | | | $ | 473,286,513 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Transactions in Fund Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 5,871,617 | | | | 10,331,471 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 2,093,003 | | | | 2,401,313 | |
Shares repurchased | | | (14,360,209 | ) | | | (21,963,906 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) | | | (6,395,589 | ) | | | (9,231,122 | ) |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | | | 26,771,370 | | | | 36,002,492 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding end of period | | | 20,375,781 | | | | 26,771,370 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities | | | | | | | | |
(excluding short-term securities) | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of securities | | $ | 103,347,136 | | | $ | 129,819,228 | |
Proceeds from sales of securities | | | 236,161,837 | | | | 316,128,173 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (445,409 | ) | | $ | 45,860 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | ICON Information Technology Fund | |
Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| | | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 179,115 | | | $ | 181,434 | | | $ | (757,653 | ) | | $ | (1,190,645 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1,187,606 | ) | | | 10,093,733 | | | | 5,331,315 | | | | 22,583,204 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (19,354,996 | ) | | | 15,827,903 | | | | (47,055,568 | ) | | | 34,418,793 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (20,363,487 | ) | | | 26,103,070 | | | | (42,481,906 | ) | | | 55,811,352 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (125,130 | ) | | | (29,288 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| (5,678,288 | ) | | | (30,562,108 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (5,803,418 | ) | | | (30,591,396 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 77,099,134 | | | | 102,467,349 | | | | 29,946,218 | | | | 102,161,768 | |
| 5,764,952 | | | | 30,151,213 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| (100,118,350 | ) | | | (78,406,365 | ) | | | (127,881,092 | ) | | | (132,996,792 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (17,254,264 | ) | | | 54,212,197 | | | | (97,934,874 | ) | | | (30,835,024 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (43,421,169 | ) | | | 49,723,871 | | | | (140,416,780 | ) | | | 24,976,328 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 155,738,521 | | | | 106,014,650 | | | | 266,964,782 | | | | 241,988,454 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 112,317,352 | | | $ | 155,738,521 | | | $ | 126,548,002 | | | $ | 266,964,782 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7,310,469 | | | | 10,027,742 | | | | 2,724,839 | | | | 10,238,362 | |
| 571,353 | | | | 3,426,275 | | | | - | | | | - | |
| (10,348,590 | ) | | | (7,006,122 | ) | | | (12,996,843 | ) | | | (13,770,758 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (2,466,768 | ) | | | 6,447,895 | | | | (10,272,004 | ) | | | (3,532,396 | ) |
| 14,467,046 | | | | 8,019,151 | | | | 24,220,190 | | | | 27,752,586 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12,000,278 | | | | 14,467,046 | | | | 13,948,186 | | | | 24,220,190 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 111,612,546 | | | $ | 167,987,214 | | | $ | 122,472,814 | | | $ | 191,800,451 | |
| 136,393,180 | | | | 140,686,846 | | | | 219,065,345 | | | | 225,844,274 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 189,488 | | | $ | 135,503 | | | $ | (757,653 | ) | | $ | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
| | | | | | | | |
| | ICON Leisure and Consumer
| |
| | Staples Fund | |
| | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
| | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
| | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
Operations | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (444 | ) | | $ | 749,754 | |
Net realized gain/(loss) from investment transactions | | | (933,489 | ) | | | 12,220,864 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (3,562,302 | ) | | | 53,228 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (4,496,235 | ) | | | 13,023,846 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (530,094 | ) | | | (219,627 | ) |
Net realized gains | | | (6,370,211 | ) | | | (38,584 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net decrease from dividends and distributions | | | (6,900,305 | ) | | | (258,211 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Fund Share Transactions | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 24,173,076 | | | | 38,286,389 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 6,759,578 | | | | 238,048 | |
Shares repurchased | | | (8,094,163 | ) | | | (87,855,183 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions | | | 22,838,491 | | | | (49,330,746 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets | | | 11,441,951 | | | | (36,565,111 | ) |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 31,570,929 | | | | 68,136,040 | |
| | | | | | | | |
End of period | | $ | 43,012,880 | | | $ | 31,570,929 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Transactions in Fund Shares | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 2,392,974 | | | | 4,103,651 | |
Reinvested dividends and distributions | | | 765,524 | | | | 23,949 | |
Shares repurchased | | | (885,392 | ) | | | (8,551,820 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Net increase/(decrease) | | | 2,273,106 | | | | (4,424,220 | ) |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | | | 2,973,375 | | | | 7,397,595 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Shares outstanding end of period | | | 5,246,481 | | | | 2,973,375 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Purchase and Sales of Investment Securities | | | | | | | | |
(excluding short-term securities) | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of securities | | $ | 42,800,689 | | | $ | 108,060,147 | |
Proceeds from sales of securities | | | 26,465,984 | | | | 157,645,145 | |
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | $ | (411 | ) | | $ | 530,127 | |
| | | | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | ICON Telecommunication &
| |
ICON Materials Fund | | | Utilities Fund | |
Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| | | Period Ended
| | | Year Ended
| |
March 31,
| | | September 30,
| | | March 31,
| | | September 30,
| |
2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | | | 2008 (Unaudited) | | | 2007 | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 204,815 | | | $ | 721,000 | | | $ | 731,048 | | | $ | 1,332,560 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2,982,862 | | | | 28,330,381 | | | | (4,722,323 | ) | | | 24,415,452 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (9,950,851 | ) | | | 18,977,096 | | | | (11,885,793 | ) | | | 7,591,509 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (6,763,174 | ) | | | 48,028,477 | | | | (15,877,068 | ) | | | 33,339,521 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (495,395 | ) | | | (1,332,635 | ) | | | (1,083,543 | ) | | | (1,406,911 | ) |
| (20,315,377 | ) | | | (11,756,758 | ) | | | (15,519,409 | ) | | | (8,089,030 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (20,810,772 | ) | | | (13,089,393 | ) | | | (16,602,952 | ) | | | (9,495,941 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 44,672,892 | | | | 72,893,695 | | | | 88,117,470 | | | | 108,372,109 | |
| 19,305,814 | | | | 12,497,890 | | | | 15,458,710 | | | | 9,342,455 | |
| (39,710,977 | ) | | | (124,107,302 | ) | | | (72,706,129 | ) | | | (151,811,576 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24,267,729 | | | | (38,715,717 | ) | | | 30,870,051 | | | | (34,097,012 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (3,306,217 | ) | | | (3,776,633 | ) | | | (1,609,969 | ) | | | (10,253,432 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 131,320,706 | | | | 135,097,339 | | | | 109,508,590 | | | | 119,762,022 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 128,014,489 | | | $ | 131,320,706 | | | $ | 107,898,621 | | | $ | 109,508,590 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3,314,608 | | | | 5,551,693 | | | | 9,802,520 | | | | 12,870,519 | |
| 1,551,914 | | | | 1,084,886 | | | | 1,860,254 | | | | 1,207,036 | |
| (2,970,474 | ) | | | (9,679,280 | ) | | | (9,336,160 | ) | | | (17,812,609 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1,896,048 | | | | (3,042,701 | ) | | | 2,326,614 | | | | (3,735,054 | ) |
| 8,535,089 | | | | 11,577,790 | | | | 11,909,369 | | | | 15,644,423 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10,431,137 | | | | 8,535,089 | | | | 14,235,983 | | | | 11,909,369 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 64,592,503 | | | $ | 130,657,599 | | | $ | 85,505,773 | | | $ | 165,662,385 | |
| 56,827,251 | | | | 186,180,196 | | | | 69,810,090 | | | | 208,944,366 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | 204,860 | | | $ | 495,440 | | | $ | 731,095 | | | $ | 1,083,590 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | | | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/(losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | $ | 12.79 | | | $ | (0.01 | ) | | $ | (2.01 | ) | | $ | (2.02 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (2.99 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 12.11 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.72 | | | | 0.68 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.61 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.73 | | | | - | | | | (2.23 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 12.70 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 0.99 | | | | 0.91 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 11.79 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.96 | | | | 0.91 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 10.12 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 1.75 | | | | 1.67 | | | | - | | | | - | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 41.46 | | | | 0.08 | | | | (1.88 | ) | | | (1.80 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (9.67 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 31.88 | | | | 0.08 | | | | 12.86 | | | | 12.94 | | | | - | | | | (3.36 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 33.76 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.89 | ) | | | (0.95 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.85 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 21.81 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 11.85 | | | | 11.95 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 13.70 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 8.15 | | | | 8.11 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 11.84 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 1.90 | | | | 1.86 | | | | - | | | | - | |
ICON Financial Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 14.30 | | | | 0.08 | | | | (2.53 | ) | | | (2.45 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (1.53 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 14.47 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.58 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 13.43 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 1.84 | | | | 1.99 | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.86 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.36 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.99 | | | | 1.12 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (1.02 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 10.78 | | | | 0.04 | | | | 2.60 | | | | 2.64 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 8.84 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 1.92 | | | | 1.97 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | - | |
| |
(x) | Calculated using the average share method. |
(a) | Not annualized. |
(b) | Annualized for periods less than a year. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
| | | | |
distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets | | | income to average net assets | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Net assets,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total
| | | Net asset
| | | | | | end of
| | | Before transfer
| | | After transfer
| | | Before transfer
| | | After transfer
| | | Portfolio
| |
dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | turnover
| |
distributions | | | of period | | | return(a) | | | thousands) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | rate(c) | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (2.99 | ) | | $ | 7.78 | | | | (17.99 | )% | | $ | 93,643 | | | | 1.57% | | | | 1.56 | % | | | (0.17 | )% | | | (0.17 | )% | | | 165.36 | % |
| - | | | | 12.79 | | | | 5.62 | % | | | 94,477 | | | | 1.30% | | | | 1.30 | % | | | (0.31 | )% | | | (0.31 | )% | | | 144.89 | % |
| (2.23 | ) | | | 12.11 | | | | 6.20 | % | | | 110,792 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.32 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.46 | )% | | | 173.83 | % |
| - | | | | 13.61 | | | | 7.17 | % | | | 169,422 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.25 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.57 | )% | | | 157.94 | % |
| - | | | | 12.70 | | | | 7.72 | % | | | 151,922 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.31 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.38 | )% | | | 120.63 | % |
| - | | | | 11.79 | | | | 16.50 | % | | | 150,065 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.40 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.79 | )% | | | 174.51 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (9.78 | ) | | | 29.88 | | | | (5.72 | )% | | | 626,533 | | | | 1.15% | | | | 1.15 | % | | | 0.48 | % | | | 0.48 | % | | | 66.73 | % |
| (3.36 | ) | | | 41.46 | | | | 43.64 | % | | | 816,075 | | | | 1.18% | | | | 1.17 | % | | | 0.23 | % | | | 0.24 | % | | | 54.75 | % |
| (0.93 | ) | | | 31.88 | | | | (2.81 | )% | | | 788,366 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.17 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.16 | )% | | | 22.86 | % |
| - | | | | 33.76 | | | | 54.79 | % | | | 1,008,958 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.21 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.37 | % | | | 27.51 | % |
| - | | | | 21.81 | | | | 59.20 | % | | | 287,614 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.35 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.20 | )% | | | 13.42 | % |
| - | | | | 13.70 | | | | 15.71 | % | | | 55,629 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.40 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.29 | )% | | | 42.53 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (1.67 | ) | | | 10.18 | | | | (18.95 | )% | | | 232,491 | | | | 1.19% | | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 86.07 | % |
| (0.75 | ) | | | 14.30 | | | | 3.84 | % | | | 200,089 | | | | 1.21% | | | | 1.21 | % | | | 0.86 | % | | | 0.86 | % | | | 93.04 | % |
| (0.95 | ) | | | 14.47 | | | | 15.53 | % | | | 368,614 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.20 | % | | | N/A | | | | 1.10 | % | | | 153.47 | % |
| (1.05 | ) | | | 13.43 | | | | 8.29 | % | | | 210,883 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.26 | % | | | N/A | | | | 1.00 | % | | | 170.75 | % |
| (0.06 | ) | | | 13.36 | | | | 24.53 | % | | | 188,393 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.32 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.34 | % | | | 114.50 | % |
| (0.03 | ) | | | 10.78 | | | | 22.35 | % | | | 139,261 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.34 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.54 | % | | | 142.77 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Income from investment operations | | | Less dividends and | |
| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
| | | | | | Dividends
| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
| | | from net
| | | from net
| |
| | beginning
| | | income/
| | | gains/(losses)
| | | investment
| | | investment
| | | realized
| |
| | of period | | | (loss)(x) | | | on investments | | | operations | | | income | | | gains | |
|
ICON Healthcare Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | $ | 17.68 | | | $ | (0.02 | ) | | $ | (2.70 | ) | | $ | (2.72 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (1.52 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 17.95 | | | | - | (d) | | | 1.19 | | | | 1.19 | | | | - | | | | (1.46 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 17.94 | | | | (0.10 | ) | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.28 | | | | - | | | | (0.27 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 13.70 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 4.42 | | | | 4.28 | | | | - | | | | (0.04 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.28 | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 1.56 | | | | 1.42 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 10.35 | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 2.02 | | | | 1.93 | | | | - | | | | - | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 10.77 | | | | 0.01 | | | | (1.08 | ) | | | (1.07 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 13.22 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 2.63 | | | | 2.65 | | | | - | (d) | | | (5.10 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 12.70 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.97 | | | | 0.93 | | | | - | | | | (0.41 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 10.52 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 2.22 | | | | 2.18 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 8.80 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 1.77 | | | | 1.72 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 7.96 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.89 | | | | 0.84 | | | | - | | | | - | |
ICON Information Technology Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 11.02 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (1.91 | ) | | | (1.95 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 8.72 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 2.35 | | | | 2.30 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 8.70 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.02 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 7.90 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 0.88 | | | | 0.80 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 8.27 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 5.98 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | 2.37 | | | | 2.29 | | | | - | | | | - | |
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(x) | Calculated using the average share method. |
(a) | Not annualized. |
(b) | Annualized for periods less than a year. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized. |
(d) | Amount less than $0.005. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets | | | income to average net assets | | | | |
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Total
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| | | Before transfer
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dividends and
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distribution | | | of period | | | return(a) | | | thousands) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | rate(c) | |
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$ | (1.52 | ) | | $ | 13.44 | | | | (16.74 | )% | | $ | 273,821 | | | | 1.22% | | | | 1.21 | % | | | (0.24 | )% | | | (0.24 | )% | | | 26.34 | % |
| (1.46 | ) | | | 17.68 | | | | 7.17 | % | | | 473,287 | | | | 1.21% | | | | 1.20 | % | | | 0.00 | % | | | 0.01 | % | | | 24.56 | % |
| (0.27 | ) | | | 17.95 | | | | 1.56 | % | | | 646,202 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.19 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.55 | )% | | | 61.37 | % |
| (0.04 | ) | | | 17.94 | | | | 31.39 | % | | | 682,759 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.22 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.82 | )% | | | 47.88 | % |
| - | | | | 13.70 | | | | 11.56 | % | | | 285,670 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.29 | % | | | N/A | | | | (1.04 | )% | | | 52.72 | % |
| - | | | | 12.28 | | | | 18.65 | % | | | 141,259 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.34 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.84 | )% | | | 85.52 | % |
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| (0.34 | ) | | | 9.36 | | | | (10.20 | )% | | | 112,317 | | | | 1.31% | | | | 1.31 | % | | | 0.24 | % | | | 0.24 | % | | | 75.22 | % |
| (5.10 | ) | | | 10.77 | | | | 28.73 | % | | | 155,739 | | | | 1.28% | | | | 1.27 | % | | | 0.15 | % | | | 0.16 | % | | | 125.44 | % |
| (0.41 | ) | | | 13.22 | | | | 7.49 | % | | | 106,015 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.24 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.30 | )% | | | 89.38 | % |
| - | | | | 12.70 | | | | 20.72 | % | | | 216,636 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.24 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.34 | )% | | | 67.25 | % |
| - | | | | 10.52 | | | | 19.55 | % | | | 209,693 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.29 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.47 | )% | | | 45.77 | % |
| - | | | | 8.80 | | | | 10.55 | % | | | 132,554 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.43 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.64 | )% | | | 90.49 | % |
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| - | | | | 9.07 | | | | (17.70 | )% | | | 126,548 | | | | 1.29% | | | | 1.29 | % | | | (0.68 | )% | | | (0.68 | )% | | | 55.89 | % |
| - | | | | 11.02 | | | | 26.38 | % | | | 266,965 | | | | 1.23% | | | | 1.23 | % | | | (0.49 | )% | | | (0.49 | )% | | | 78.66 | % |
| - | | | | 8.72 | | | | 0.23 | % | | | 241,988 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.25 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.61 | )% | | | 155.39 | % |
| - | | | | 8.70 | | | | 10.13 | % | | | 220,073 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.29 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.91 | )% | | | 152.16 | % |
| - | | | | 7.90 | | | | (4.47 | )% | | | 244,252 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.31 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.91 | )% | | | 189.67 | % |
| - | | | | 8.27 | | | | 38.29 | % | | | 307,972 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.35 | % | | | N/A | | | | (1.16 | )% | | | 155.39 | % |
Financial Highlights (continued)
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| | Net asset
| | | Net
| | | Net realized
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| | | Distributions
| |
| | value,
| | | investment
| | | and unrealized
| | | Total from
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| | | from net
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| | beginning
| | | income/
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| | | investment
| | | realized
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ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | $ | 10.62 | | | $ | - | (d) | | $ | (0.74 | ) | | $ | (0.74 | ) | | $ | (0.13 | ) | | $ | (1.55 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 9.21 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 1.33 | | | | 1.43 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | - | (d) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 11.96 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) | | | - | | | | (2.67 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 14.51 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.94 | | | | 0.88 | | | | - | | | | (3.43 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 12.42 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 2.13 | | | | 2.09 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 11.20 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 1.28 | | | | 1.22 | | | | - | | | | - | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 15.39 | | | | 0.02 | | | | (0.71 | ) | | | (0.69 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (2.37 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 11.67 | | | | 0.08 | | | | 5.10 | | | | 5.18 | | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (1.31 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 11.30 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 1.09 | | | | 1.18 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.79 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 9.05 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 2.23 | | | | 2.26 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 6.20 | | | | 0.01 | | | | 2.87 | | | | 2.88 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 5.68 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.50 | | | | 0.53 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | - | |
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Period Ended March 31, 2008(unaudited) | | | 9.20 | | | | 0.05 | | | | (0.70 | ) | | | (0.65 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.91 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2007 | | | 7.66 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 2.18 | | | | 2.28 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.63 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2006 | | | 8.28 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.37 | | | | 0.50 | | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.94 | ) |
Year Ended September 30, 2005 | | | 6.61 | | | | 0.14 | | | | 1.61 | | | | 1.75 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2004 | | | 5.69 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.92 | | | | 0.99 | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | - | |
Year Ended September 30, 2003 | | | 4.78 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.97 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | - | |
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(x) | Calculated using the average share method. |
(a) | Not annualized. |
(b) | Annualized for periods less than a year. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized. |
(d) | Amount less than $0.005. |
(e) | Amount less than 0.005% |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ratio of expenses to
| | | Ratio of net investment
| | | | |
distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | average net assets | | | income to average net assets | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Net assets,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total
| | | Net asset
| | | | | | end of
| | | Before transfer
| | | After transfer
| | | Before transfer
| | | After transfer
| | | Portfolio
| |
dividends and
| | | value, end
| | | Total
| | | period (in
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | agent earnings
| | | turnover
| |
distributions | | | of period | | | return(a) | | | thousands) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | credit(b) | | | rate(c) | |
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$ | (1.68 | ) | | $ | 8.20 | | | | (8.10 | )% | | $ | 43,013 | | | | 1.60% | | | | 1.59 | % | | | - | %(e) | | | - | %(e) | | | 63.13 | % |
| (0.02 | ) | | | 10.62 | | | | 15.61 | % | | | 31,571 | | | | 1.41% | | | | 1.41 | % | | | 1.02 | % | | | 1.02 | % | | | 150.72 | % |
| (2.67 | ) | | | 9.21 | | | | 0.11 | % | | | 68,136 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.54 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.70 | )% | | | 215.75 | % |
| (3.43 | ) | | | 11.96 | | | | 5.01 | % | | | 47,410 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.30 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.45 | )% | | | 271.72 | % |
| - | | | | 14.51 | | | | 16.83 | % | | | 83,022 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.33 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.31 | )% | | | 148.43 | % |
| - | | | | 12.42 | | | | 10.89 | % | | | 82,347 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.38 | % | | | N/A | | | | (0.51 | )% | | | 139.54 | % |
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| (2.43 | ) | | | 12.27 | | | | (4.68 | )% | | | 128,014 | | | | 1.29% | | | | 1.29 | % | | | 0.32 | % | | | 0.32 | % | | | 44.55 | % |
| (1.46 | ) | | | 15.39 | | | | 48.63 | % | | | 131,321 | | | | 1.33% | | | | 1.33 | % | | | 0.59 | % | | | 0.59 | % | | | 109.10 | % |
| (0.81 | ) | | | 11.67 | | | | 11.17 | % | | | 135,097 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.30 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.74 | % | | | 176.89 | % |
| (0.01 | ) | | | 11.30 | | | | 25.04 | % | | | 99,569 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.31 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.33 | % | | | 128.01 | % |
| (0.03 | ) | | | 9.05 | | | | 46.61 | % | | | 139,838 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.37 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.13 | % | | | 59.48 | % |
| (0.01 | ) | | | 6.20 | | | | 9.36 | % | | | 30,376 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.47 | % | | | N/A | | | | 0.59 | % | | | 130.01 | % |
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| (0.97 | ) | | | 7.58 | | | | (7.96 | )% | | | 107,899 | | | | 1.35% | | | | 1.35 | % | | | 1.10 | % | | | 1.10 | % | | | 55.06 | % |
| (0.74 | ) | | | 9.20 | | | | 31.60 | % | | | 109,509 | | | | 1.33% | | | | 1.33 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 154.99 | % |
| (1.12 | ) | | | 7.66 | | | | 7.56 | % | | | 119,762 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.38 | % | | | N/A | | | | 1.71 | % | | | 209.50 | % |
| (0.08 | ) | | | 8.28 | | | | 26.70 | % | | | 120,651 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.26 | % | | | N/A | | | | 1.88 | % | | | 112.91 | % |
| (0.07 | ) | | | 6.61 | | | | 17.57 | % | | | 61,325 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.37 | % | | | N/A | | | | 1.07 | % | | | 108.81 | % |
| (0.06 | ) | | | 5.69 | | | | 20.36 | % | | | 42,509 | | | | N/A | | | | 1.41 | % | | | N/A | | | | 2.05 | % | | | 158.24 | % |
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
1. Organization
The ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (“Consumer Discretionary Fund”), ICON Energy Fund (“Energy Fund”), ICON Financial Fund (“Financial Fund”), ICON Healthcare Fund (“Healthcare Fund”), ICON Industrials Fund (“Industrials Fund”), ICON Information Technology Fund (“Information Technology Fund”), ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund (“Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund”), ICON Materials Fund (“Materials Fund”), and ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund (“Telecommunication & Utilities Fund”) are series funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. There are eight other active Funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports.
The Funds invest primarily in securities of companies whose principal business activities fall within specific sectors and industries. Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The investment objective of each Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation.
The Funds may have elements of risk, including the loss of principal. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results. An investment in a non-diversified sector fund may involve greater risk and volatility than a diversified fund. Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and tend to be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there is less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. There are also risks associated with small- and mid-cap investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity and small market share.
In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure
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involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be minimal.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Investment Valuation
The Funds’ securities and other assets are valued at the closing price at the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern time) each day the NYSE is open, except that securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day. The Funds use pricing services to obtain the market value of securities in their portfolios; if a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation quote is considered inaccurate or does not reflect the market value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”) or pursuant to procedures approved by the Board.
Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes from dealers making a market for the security. Options are valued at their closing mid-price on the principal market where the option is traded. Mid-price is the average of the closing bid and closing ask prices. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is a matrix system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term securities with
Notes to Financial Statements 49
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars.
The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Board determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes and securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its net asset value. The valuation assigned to fair-valued securities for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs.
New Accounting Pronouncement
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The changes to current generally accepted accounting principles from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Management does not believe the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will impact the financial statement amounts, however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements and the effect of certain measurements on changes in net assets for the period. Management intends to adopt SFAS No. 157 during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 as required.
50 Notes to Financial Statements
Repurchase Agreements
Repurchase agreements, if held by the Funds, are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities and such collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian. The collateral is evaluated daily to ensure its market value exceeds the current market value of the repurchase agreements including accrued interest. In the event of default on the obligation to repurchase, the Funds have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral or proceeds may be subject to legal proceedings. No repurchase agreements were purchased or sold by the Funds during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Foreign Currency Translation
The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
The Funds may enter into short-term forward foreign currency contracts in connection with planned purchases or sales of securities as a hedge against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates pending the settlement of transactions in foreign securities. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between contracting parties to exchange an amount of currency at some future time at an agreed upon rate.
These contracts are marked-to-market daily and the related appreciation or depreciation of the contract is presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions
Notes to Financial Statements 51
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
represent disposition of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount recorded at the time of the transaction and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Any realized gain or loss incurred by the Funds due to foreign currency translation is included on the Statement of Operations. The Funds did not enter into any forward foreign currency contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Futures Contracts
The Funds may invest in financial futures contracts for the purpose of hedging their existing securities or securities they intend to purchase against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing markets. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to a broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value of the underlying security. The Fund recognizes a gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts and the underlying hedged assets. The Funds held no financial futures contracts during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Options Transactions
Each Fund may write call and put options on any security in which it may invest. When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, the Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.
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Each Fund may also purchase put and call options on any security in which it may invest. When a Fund purchases a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities. The Financial Fund purchased call options during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Securities Lending
Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to non-affiliated qualified parties. The Funds may seek to earn additional income through securities lending. There is the risk of delay in recovering a loaned security. The Funds do not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan; however, the Funds may attempt to call back the loan and vote the proxy.
All loans will be continuously secured by collateral which consists of cash. Brown Brothers Harriman (the “Lending Agent”) may invest the cash collateral in the Securities Lending Investment Fund of Brown Brothers Harriman Trust, which complies with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act relating to money market funds.
The cash collateral invested by the Lending Agent is disclosed on the Schedules of Investments. The lending fees received and the Funds’ portion of the interest income earned on cash collateral are included on the Statements of Operations, if applicable.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
As of March 31, 2008, the following Funds had securities with the following values on loan:
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | $ | 9,704,194 | | | $ | 9,735,254 | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | 41,959,832 | | | | 42,616,749 | |
ICON Healthcare Fund | | | 38,579,165 | | | | 39,111,579 | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | 12,263,527 | | | | 12,512,822 | |
ICON Information Technology Fund | | | 21,408,930 | | | | 21,649,216 | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | 3,884,958 | | | | 3,921,114 | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | 15,889,236 | | | | 16,103,358 | |
Income Taxes
The Funds intend to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes, or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains.
Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Funds distribute net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryovers. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), in June 2006. FIN 48 permits the recognition of tax benefits of an uncertain tax position only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by taxing authorities. Management has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years, and concluded that adoption had no effect on the Funds’ financial position or results of operations. At March 31, 2008, the Funds have
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recorded no liabilities for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions they have taken or expect to take in future tax returns.
The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the fiscal years from 2003-2006, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Investment Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities.
Investment Transactions
Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
Allocation of Income and Expenses
Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds in the Trust based upon relative net assets.
3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Investment Advisory Fees
ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON”) serves as the investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. Each Fund is obligated to pay ICON management fees computed daily at an annual rate of 1.00% of the first $500 million of average daily net assets, 0.95% on the next $250 million, 0.925% on the next $750 million, 0.90% on the next $3.5 billion, and 0.875% on average daily net assets over $5 billion.
Notes to Financial Statements 55
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
Accounting, Transfer Agent and Custody Fees
Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”) is the Fund Accounting Agent for the Funds. For its services, the Trust pays Citi 0.03% on the first $1.75 billion of average net assets, 0.0175% on the average net assets over $1.75 billion and up to $5 billion, and 0.01% on average net assets in excess of $5 billion.
Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”) is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For domestic custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.0065% on the first $50 million of average net assets and 0.0050% on domestic assets above $50 million, plus certain transaction charges. For foreign custody services, the Trust pays BBH 0.03% on foreign assets plus certain transaction charges.
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”) is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an account fee of $13.25 per open account, $7.00 per networked account, $1.80 per closed account, plus certain other transaction and cusip charges.
Transfer agent earnings credits are credits received for interest which is a result from overnight balances used by the transfer agent, BFDS, for clearing shareholder transactions. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds received transfer agent earnings credits which are included on the Statements of Operations.
Administrative Services
The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON pursuant to which ICON oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Funds’ first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. During the period ended March 31, 2008, the Funds’ payment for administrative services to ICON is included on the Statements of Operations. The administrative services agreement provides that ICON will not be liable for any error of judgment, mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON in the performance of its duties.
ICON has entered into a sub-administration agreement with Citi pursuant to which Citi assists ICON with the administration and business affairs of the
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Trust. For its services, ICON pays Citi at an annual rate of 0.025% on the first $1.75 billion of Trust assets and 0.015% on assets above $1.75 billion.
Related Parties
Certain Officers and Directors of ICON are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The CCO’s salary is paid 90% by the Funds and 10% by the Adviser. For the period ended March 31, 2008, the total related amounts paid by the Trust under this arrangement are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.
4. Line of Credit
Each Fund may borrow money limited to 331/3% of the Fund’s total assets. To facilitate this, the Funds have entered into Lines of Credit agreements with BBH. The maximum borrowing is limited to the lesser of $50 million or 25% of the net asset value in the Fund subject to a maximum borrowing limit by the Trust of $150 million. Effective January 30, 2008, interest is charged at LIBOR plus 1.50%, which was 4.20% at March 31, 2008. The average interest rate charged for the period ended March 31, 2008 was 6.03%.
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | $ | 2,847,533 | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | 5,354,149 | |
ICON Financial Fund | | | 2,852,052 | |
ICON Healthcare Fund** | | | 9,135,667 | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | 20,009,802 | |
ICON Information Technology Fund** | | | 3,152,936 | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | 125,950 | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | 747,549 | |
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund** | | | 6,889,812 | |
**Fund had outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2008.
5. Federal Income Tax
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are due to differing treatments for items such as net short-term gains, deferrals of wash losses, foreign currency transactions, net investment losses, and capital loss carryovers.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
The tax components of capital shown in the following tables represent losses or deductions the Funds may be able to offset against income and gains recognized in future years and post October loss deferrals. The accumulated losses noted in the following tables represent net capital loss carryforwards as of September 30, 2007 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future taxable income distributions. The ICON Information Technology Fund has a capital loss carryforward of $29,035,041, which expires in 2011. During the year ended September 30, 2007, the following capital loss carryforwards were used:
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ICON Information Technology Fund | | $ | 22,635,013 | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | 92,773 | |
As of March 31, 2008, book cost for financial reporting purposes is substantially the same for federal income tax purposes and differs from market value by net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities as follows:
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| | | Appreciation
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Fund | | Cost | | | Appreciation | | | (Depreciation) | | | (Depreciation) | |
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | $ | 112,477,039 | | | $ | 2,879,681 | | | $ | (3,825,116 | ) | | $ | (945,435 | ) |
ICON Energy Fund | | | 570,346,580 | | | | 106,808,462 | | | | (15,161,753 | ) | | | 91,646,709 | |
ICON Financial Fund | | | 249,315,765 | | | | 7,597,683 | | | | (13,784,175 | ) | | | (6,186,492 | ) |
ICON Healthcare Fund | | | 303,248,661 | | | | 30,539,510 | | | | (25,998,200 | ) | | | 4,541,310 | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | 123,328,964 | | | | 9,795,259 | | | | (4,587,484 | ) | | | 5,207,775 | |
ICON Information Technology Fund | | | 134,438,776 | | | | 17,949,852 | | | | (3,713,660 | ) | | | 14,236,192 | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | 45,851,257 | | | | 2,499,652 | | | | (1,597,265 | ) | | | 902,387 | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | 127,655,012 | | | | 23,348,221 | | | | (5,645,017 | ) | | | 17,703,204 | |
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund | | | 102,412,069 | | | | 10,563,622 | | | | (6,114,282 | ) | | | 4,449,340 | |
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Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transactions fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders.
This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the six-month period (10/1/07 - 3/31/08).
Actual Expenses
The first line in the table for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $10 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line in the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Six-Month Hypothetical Expense Example
March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 820.10 | | | $ | 7.10 | | | | 1.56% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.20 | | | | 7.87 | | | | | |
ICON Energy Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 942.80 | | | | 5.59 | | | | 1.15% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.25 | | | | 5.81 | | | | | |
ICON Financial Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 810.50 | | | | 5.39 | | | | 1.19% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.05 | | | | 6.01 | | | | | |
ICON Healthcare Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 832.60 | | | | 5.54 | | | | 1.21% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.95 | | | | 6.11 | | | | | |
ICON Industrials Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 898.00 | | | | 6.22 | | | | 1.31% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.45 | | | | 6.61 | | | | | |
ICON Information Technology Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 823.00 | | | | 5.88 | | | | 1.29% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.55 | | | | 6.51 | | | | | |
ICON Leisure and Consumer Staples Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 919.00 | | | | 7.63 | | | | 1.59% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.05 | | | | 8.02 | | | | | |
ICON Materials Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 953.20 | | | | 6.30 | | | | 1.29% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.55 | | | | 6.51 | | | | | |
ICON Telecommunication & Utilities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 920.40 | | | | 6.48 | | | | 1.35% | |
Hypothetical Example (5% return before expenses) | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.25 | | | | 6.81 | | | | | |
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* | Expenses are equal to a Fund’s six-month expense ratio annualized, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 to reflect the one-half year period. |
Other Information (unaudited)
Portfolio Holdings
A list of each ICON Fund’s Top 10 holdings is available at www.iconadvisers.com on or about 15 days following each month end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Proxy Voting
A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.
Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconadvisers.com or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
For More Information
This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus and statement of additional information. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, and statement of additional information by visiting www.iconadvisers.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully before investing.
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By Telephone | | 1-800-764-0442 |
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By Mail | | ICON Funds P.O. Box 55452 Boston, MA 02205-8165 |
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In Person | | ICON Funds 5299 DTC Boulevard, 12th Floor Greenwood Village, CO 80111 |
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On the Internet | | www.iconadvisers.com |
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By E-Mail | | info@iconadvisers.com |
1-800-764-0442
www.iconadvisers.com
SAR-SECT (3/08)
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Disclose whether, as of the end of the period covered by the report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. If the registrant has not adopted such a code of ethics, explain why it has not done so.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
The registrant must briefly describe the nature of any amendment, during the period covered by the report, to a provision of its code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item. The registrant must file a copy of any such amendment as an exhibit pursuant to Item 12(a)(1), unless the registrant has elected to satisfy paragraph (f) of this Item by posting its code of ethics on its website pursuant to paragraph (f)(2) of this Item, or by undertaking to provide its code of ethics to any person without charge, upon request, pursuant to paragraph (f)(3) of this Item.
If the registrant has, during the period covered by the report, granted a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more items set forth in paragraph (b) of this Item, the registrant must briefly describe the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted, and the date of the waiver.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
(a) (1) Disclose that the registrant’s board of directors has determined that the registrant either:
(i) Has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee; or
(ii) Does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.
(2) If the registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this Item, it must disclose the name of the audit committee financial expert and whether that person is “independent.” In order to be considered “independent” for purposes of this Item, a member of an audit committee may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee:
(i) Accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or
(ii) Be an “interested person” of the investment company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(19)).
(3) If the registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (a)(1)(ii) of this Item, it must explain why it does not have an audit committee financial expert.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) Disclose, under the caption Audit Fees, the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.
(b) Disclose, under the caption Audit-Related Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
(c) Disclose, under the caption Tax Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
(d) Disclose, under the caption All Other Fees, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.
(e) (1) Disclose the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation
S-X.
(2) Disclose the percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (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.
(f) If greater than 50 percent, disclose the percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.
(g) Disclose the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s 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.
(h) Disclose whether the registrant’s audit committee of the board of directors has considered whether the provision of nonaudit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any subadviser 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 accountant’s independence.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
| (a) | | If the registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.10A-3), state whether or not the registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). If the registrant has such a committee, however designated, identify each committee member. If the entire board of directors is acting as the registrant’s audit committee as specified in Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(B)), so state. |
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| (b) | | If applicable, provide the disclosure required by Rule 10A-3(d) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.10A-3(d)) regarding an exemption from the listing standards for all audit committees. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
File Schedule I — Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period as set forth in § 210.12-12 of Regulation S-X, unless the schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
A closed-end management investment company that is filing an annual report on this Form N-CSR must, unless it invests exclusively in non-voting securities, describe the policies and procedures that it uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, including the procedures that the company uses when a vote presents a conflict between the interests of its shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the company’s investment adviser; principal underwriter; or any affiliated person (as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3)) and the rules thereunder) of the company, its investment adviser, or its principal underwriter, on the other. Include any policies and procedures of the company’s investment adviser, or any other third party, that the company uses, or that are used on the company’s behalf, to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company that is filing an annual report on this Form N-CSR, provide the information specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Item with respect to portfolio managers.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company, provide the information specified in paragraph (b) of this Item with respect to any purchase made by or on behalf of the registrant or any “affiliated purchaser,” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10b-18(a)(3)), of shares or other units of any class of the registrant’s equity securities that is registered by the registrant pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 781).
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Describe any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 7(d)(2)(ii)(G) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101), or this Item.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Disclose the conclusions of the registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, regarding the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) Disclose any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a) File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.
(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit. Not applicable - - Only effective for annual reports.
(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule
30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2). Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.
(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.
(b) If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by rule 30a-2(b) under the Act as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant incorporates it by reference. Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished 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.
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(Registrant) ICON Funds |
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By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Craig T. Callahan |
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| | | | Craig T. Callahan, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date | May 28, 2008 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Craig T. Callahan |
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| | | | Craig T. Callahan, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date | May 28, 2008 | | |
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By (Signature and Title)* | | /s/ Erik L. Jonson |
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| | | | Erik L. Jonson, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| | | | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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Date | May 28, 2008 | | |
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* | | Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |