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 811-21256
Rock Canyon Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1384 West State Road Pleasant Grove UT 84062
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Jonathan Ferrell, Rock Canyon Advisory Group, Inc.,
1384 West State Road Pleasant Grove UT 84062
(Name and address of agent for service)
With copy to:
Donald S. Mendelsohn, Thompson Hine LLP
312 Walnut Street, 14th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 785-8848
Date of fiscal year end: September 30
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2005
Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection and policymaking roles.
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Top Flight Fund
March 31, 2005
The following chart gives a visual breakdown of the Fund by the industry sectors |
the underlying securities represent as a percentage of the portfolio of investments. |
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Top Flight Fund | | | |
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| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | March 31, 2005 (Unaudited) |
Shares/Principal Amount | | Market Value | % of Assets |
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COMMON STOCKS | | | |
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Biological Products | | | |
7,600 | Imclone Systems, Inc. * | | 262,200 | 1.81% |
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Bituminous Coal & Lignite Surface Mining | | | |
2,500 | Consol Energy, Inc. | | 117,550 | 0.81% |
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Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters | | | |
2,200 | Coca Cola Femsa SA DE CV | | 53,174 | 0.37% |
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Cement, Hydraulic | | | |
4,000 | Cemex S.A. DE C.V. | | 145,000 | 1.00% |
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Commercial Banks | | | |
4,500 | Bank of America | | 198,450 | |
1,400 | Bank of Montreal | | 64,988 | |
4,000 | MBNA Corp. | | 98,200 | |
| | | 361,638 | 2.50% |
Communications Equipment | | | |
7,000 | Check Point Software * | | 152,180 | 1.05% |
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Communications Equipment, NEC | | | |
2,396 | Valero Energy Corp. | | 175,555 | |
22,800 | UTStarcom, Inc. * | | 249,660 | |
| | | 425,215 | 2.94% |
Computer Terminals | | | |
5,700 | ATI Technologies * | | 98,553 | 0.68% |
| | | | |
Crude Pertroleum & Natural Gas | | | |
4,100 | Burlington Resources, Inc. | | 205,287 | |
5,700 | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | | 125,058 | |
2,000 | Devon Energy Corp. | | 95,500 | |
5,000 | Encana Corp. | | 352,100 | |
5,400 | Petrobras Energia * | | 65,880 | |
| | | 843,825 | 5.84% |
| | | | |
Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight | | | |
7,200 | General Maritime Corp. | | 348,768 | 2.41% |
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Electric Services | | | |
7,200 | Korea Electric Power Corp. | | 96,768 | 0.67% |
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Farm Machinery & Equipment | | | |
3,000 | Deere & Co. | | 201,390 | 1.39% |
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Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | | | |
3,800 | Montpelier RE Holdings, Ltd. | | 133,570 | 0.92% |
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Food & Drug Retailers | | | |
4,300 | Henry Schein, Inc. * | | 154,112 | 1.07% |
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Food and Kindred Products | | | |
6,400 | Unilever PLC Amer | | 256,000 | 1.77% |
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Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | | | |
3,300 | Arch Capital Group, Ltd. * | | 132,132 | 0.91% |
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Instruments For Measuring & Testing of Electricity & Electric Signals | | |
4,700 | Tektronix, Inc. | | 115,291 | 0.80% |
| | | | |
Hotels & Motels | | | |
900 | Interstate Hotel & Resorts, Inc. * | | 4,338 | 0.03% |
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Household Appliances | | | |
6,800 | Maytag Corp. | | 94,996 | 0.66% |
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In Vitro & In Vivo Diagnostic Substances | | | |
3,800 | Able Laboratories, Inc. * | | 89,148 | |
5,400 | Biosite Diagnostics, Inc. * | | 280,962 | |
| | | 370,110 | 2.56% |
| | | | |
Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service | | | |
6,600 | Metlife, Inc. | | 258,060 | 1.79% |
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Miscellaneous Chemical Products | | | |
4,400 | Nova Chemicals Corp. | | 188,980 | 1.31% |
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Laboratories Analytical Instruments | | | |
8,100 | Perkinelmer, Inc. | | 167,103 | 1.16% |
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Life Insurance | | | | |
4,300 | Aegon NV | | 57,878 | 0.40% |
| | | | |
Meat Packing Plants | | | |
5,400 | Smithfield Foods * | | 170,370 | 1.18% |
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Metal Mining | | | | |
7,500 | Ballad Gold & Silver, Ltd. | | 166,575 | 1.15% |
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Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members | | | |
31 | Masco Corp. | | 1,075 | 0.01% |
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Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals | | | |
2,289 | Compass Minerals International, Inc. | | 58,255 | 0.40% |
| | | | |
Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products | | | |
3,300 | Barnes Group, Inc. | | 89,661 | 0.62% |
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Miscellaneous Financial Services | | | |
6,600 | American Capital Strategies | | 207,306 | 1.43% |
| | | | |
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories | | | |
9,300 | Arvimertor, Inc. | | 143,871 | |
17,000 | Dana Corp. | | 217,430 | |
| | | 361,301 | 2.50% |
Oil & Gas Field Exploration | | | |
9,300 | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. * | | 67,890 | 0.47% |
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Operative Builders | | | |
1,400 | KB Home | | 164,444 | |
900 | Lennar Corp. | | 51,012 | |
| | | 215,456 | 1.49% |
Personal Credit Institutions | | | |
5,100 | First Marblehead Corp. * | | 293,403 | 2.03% |
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Petroleum Refining | | | |
4,400 | Statoil ASA | | 75,416 | 0.52% |
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Pharmaceutical Preparations | | | |
12,600 | Alpharma, Inc. | | 155,232 | |
11,600 | Bristol Myers Squibb Co. | | 295,336 | |
6,300 | Cephalon, Inc. * | | 295,029 | |
8,200 | Chiron Corp. * | | 287,492 | |
8,000 | Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. * | | 180,400 | |
22,200 | King Pharmaceutical, Inc. * | | 184,482 | |
4,400 | Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * | | 183,392 | |
7,200 | Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC | | 246,816 | |
4,600 | Watson Pharmaceutical Preparations * | | 141,358 | |
| | | 1,969,537 | 13.63% |
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Photographic Equipment & Supplies | | | |
53,900 | Lexar Media, Inc. * | | 268,422 | 1.86% |
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Primary Smelting & Refining of Nonferrous Metals | | | |
3,500 | Inco, Ltd. | | 139,300 | 0.96% |
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Printed Circuit Boards | | | |
7,600 | Flextronics International, Ltd. * | | 91,504 | 0.63% |
| | | | |
Pulp Mills | | | | |
4,500 | Aracruz Celulose | | 161,100 | 1.11% |
| | | | |
Radio & TV Broadcasting | | | |
6,600 | Radyne Comstream, Inc. * | | 53,922 | 0.37% |
| | | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts | | | |
4,600 | Club Med, Inc. | | 323,610 | 2.24% |
| | | | |
Retail-Radio, TV & Consumer Electronics | | | |
2,600 | Rex Stores Corp. * | | 36,660 | 0.25% |
| | | | |
Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | | | |
4,400 | Group 1 Automotive, Inc. * | | 115,720 | 0.80% |
| | | | |
Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers | | | |
5,200 | Lowes Companies, Inc. | | 296,868 | 2.05% |
| | | | |
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems | | |
3,200 | Garmin, Ltd. | | 148,224 | 1.03% |
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Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies | | | |
1,000 | Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. | | 94,160 | 0.65% |
| | | | |
Semiconductors & Related Devices | | | |
2,000 | AU Optronics, Inc. | | 29,320 | |
9,100 | Micron Technology * | | 94,094 | |
| | | 123,414 | 0.85% |
| | | | |
Services-Business Services, NEC | | | |
4,600 | Ask Jeeves.com * | | 129,168 | |
1,400 | Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. * | | 5,222 | |
2,800 | Websense, Inc. * | | 150,640 | |
3,600 | West Corp. * | | 115,200 | |
| | | 400,230 | 2.77% |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Programming | | | |
3,200 | Cognizant Tech Solutions Corp. CL A * | | 147,840 | 1.02% |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | | | |
400 | Sapient Corp. * | | 2,940 | |
16,876 | Vasco Data Security * | | 105,981 | |
| | | 108,921 | 0.75% |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | | | |
16,300 | Sohu Com, Inc. * | | 286,554 | 1.98% |
| | | | |
Services-Prepackaged Software | | | |
6,400 | Hyperion Solutions Corp. * | | 282,304 | |
2,600 | Microstrategy, Inc. Cl A | | 141,102 | |
14,000 | Microsoft Corp. | | 338,380 | |
7,500 | Oracle Corp. * | | 93,600 | |
20,900 | Smith Micro Software * | | 102,201 | |
12,300 | Sybase, Inc. * | | 227,058 | |
| | | 1,184,645 | 8.20% |
| | | | |
State Commercial Banks | | | |
3,300 | Fremont General Corp. | | 72,567 | 0.50% |
| | | | |
Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills | | | |
4,900 | Commercial Metals Co. | | 166,061 | |
5,000 | Posco | | 246,800 | |
1,600 | Texas Industries, Inc. | | 86,000 | |
15,100 | Worthington Industries, Inc. | | 291,128 | |
| | | 789,989 | 5.47% |
Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus | | | |
35,100 | Lucent Technologies, Inc. * | | 96,525 | 0.67% |
| | | | |
Trucking | | | | |
11,900 | Swift Transportation Co., Inc. * | | 263,466 | 1.82% |
| | | | |
Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | | | |
6,700 | Axcan Pharma, Inc. * | | 112,627 | 0.78% |
| | | | |
Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies | | |
11,700 | Hughes Supply, Inc. | | 348,075 | 2.41% |
| | | | |
| Total for Common Stock (Cost -$ 14,264,416) | 14,379,419 | 99.50% |
| | | | |
Cash and Equivalents | | | |
317,427 | Prime Fund Capital Reserves Class 1.88% ** | | 317,427 | 2.19% |
| (cost $317,427) | | | |
| | | | |
| Total Investments (Cost -$ 14,581,843) | | 14,696,846 | 101.69% |
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| | | | |
| Liabilities in excess of other Assets | | (244,849) | -1.69% |
| | | | |
| Net Assets | | $ 14,451,997 | 100.00% |
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SECURITIES SOLD SHORT | | | |
Common Stocks | | | Fair Value | |
Computers | | | | |
1,600 | Apple Computer, Inc. * | | 66,672 | |
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Telephone Communications | | | |
1,600 | IDT Corp. * | | 22,720 | |
| | | | |
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems | | | |
2,600 | Labarge, Inc. * | | 34,034 | |
| | | | |
Services-Prepackaged Software | | | |
8,000 | Network Engines, Inc. * | | 14,080 | |
567 | Opsware, Inc. * | | 2,926 | |
| | | 17,006 | |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | | | |
2,000 | Redback Networks * | | 11,960 | |
| | | | |
Semiconductors & Related Devices | | | |
1,000 | Tessera Technologies, Inc. * | | 43,230 | |
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| Total (Proceeds - $182,628) | | $ 195,622 | |
* Non Income producing securities
** Variable Rate Security at March 31, 2005
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | |
| |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |
March 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | |
| |
Assets: | |
Investment Securities at Market Value | $ 14,696,846 |
(Cost -$14,581,843) | |
Cash | 776,636 |
Receivables: | |
Receivable for Securities Sold | 4,893,415 |
Dividends and Interest | 19,266 |
Prepaid Expenses | 37,119 |
Total Assets | 20,423,282 |
Liabilities: | |
Advisory Fee Payable | 24,780 |
Payable for Securities Purchased | 5,335,363 |
Securities Sold Short at Fair Value (Proceeds - $182,628) | 195,622 |
Payable to Custodian Bank | 415,520 |
Total Liabilities | 5,971,285 |
Net Assets | $ 14,451,997 |
Net Assets Consist of: | |
Paid In Capital | 13,306,956 |
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income (Loss) | (195,011) |
Accumulated Undistributed Realized Gain on Investments - Net | 1,238,043 |
Unrealized Appreciation in Value | |
of Investments Based on Identified Cost - Net | 102,009 |
Net Assets, for 1,260,258 Shares Outstanding | $ 14,451,997 |
(Unlimited number of shares authorized without par value) | |
| |
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price | |
Per Share ($14,451,997/1,260,258 shares) | $ 11.47 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | |
| |
Statement of Operations | |
For the six months ended March 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | |
Investment Income: | |
Dividends | $ 51,887 |
Interest | 2,621 |
Total Investment Income | 54,508 |
Expenses: (Note 3) | |
Management Fees | 175,067 |
Transfer Agent & Fund Accounting Fees | 15,406 |
Legal Fees | 13,175 |
Custodial Fees | 13,009 |
Registration and Blue Sky Fees | 12,948 |
Audit Fees | 8,876 |
Trustee Fees | 6,040 |
Printing & Mailing Fees | 2,001 |
Compliance Fees | 1,062 |
Insurance Expense | 717 |
Dividends on Securities Sold Short | 714 |
Miscellaneous Expenses | 504 |
Total Expenses | 249,519 |
| |
Net Investment Loss | (195,011) |
| |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments: | |
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | 1,378,638 |
Realized Gain (Loss) on Securities Sold Short | 144,145 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities | (618,700) |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | 904,083 |
| |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations | $ 709,072 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | | | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets | (Unaudited) | | |
| 10/1/2004 | | 10/1/2003 |
| to | | to |
| 3/31/2005 | | 9/30/2004 |
From Operations: | | | |
Net Investment Loss | $ (195,011) | | $ (303,172) |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | 1,378,638 | | 1,367,295 |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Securities Sold Short | 144,145 | | 49,437 |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities | (618,700) | | 252,680 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations | 709,072 | | 1,366,240 |
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From Distributions to Shareholders: | | | |
Net Investment Income | 0 | | 0 |
Net Realized Gain from Security Transactions | (861,549) | | (4,076,714) |
Change in Net Assets from Distributions | (861,549) | | (4,076,714) |
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From Capital Share Transactions: | | | |
Proceeds From Sale of Shares | 3,012,833 | | 8,704,674 |
Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions | 861,549 | | 4,076,714 |
Cost of Shares Redeemed | (8,358,643) | | (5,531,479) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Shareholder Activity | (4,484,261) | | 7,249,909 |
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | (4,636,738) | | 4,539,435 |
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Net Assets at Beginning of Period | 19,088,735 | | 14,549,300 |
Net Assets at End of Period (including accumulated undistributed net investment | | | |
income (loss) of ($195,011) and $0, respectively) | $ 14,451,997 | | $ 19,088,735 |
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Share Transactions: | | | |
Issued | 257,041 | | 718,196 |
Reinvested | 71,379 | | 369,268 |
Redeemed | (714,070) | | (453,570) |
Net increase (decrease) in shares | (385,650) | | 633,894 |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | 1,645,908 | | 1,012,014 |
Shares outstanding end of period | 1,260,258 | | 1,645,908 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | | | | | |
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Financial Highlights | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period: | 10/1/2004 | | 10/1/2003 | 12/31/2002 ** | |
| to | | to | to | |
| 3/31/2005 | | 9/30/2004 | 9/30/2003 | |
Net Asset Value - | | | | | |
Beginning of Period | $ 11.60 | | $ 14.38 | $ 10.00 | |
Net Investment Loss | (0.13) | | (0.20) | (0.15) | |
Net Gains or Losses on Securities | | | | | |
(realized and unrealized) | 0.55 | | 1.22 | 4.53 | |
Total from Investment Operations | 0.42 | | 1.02 | 4.38 | |
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Distributions from Net Realized Gains | (0.55) | | (3.80) | 0.00 | |
Total from Distributions | (0.55) | | (3.80) | 0.00 | |
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Net Asset Value - | | | | | |
End of Period | $ 11.48 | | $ 11.60 | $ 14.38 | |
Total Return *** | 3.37 % | | 8.43 % | 43.80 % | |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | | |
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Net Assets - End of Period (Thousands) | 14,452 | | 19,089 | 14,549 | |
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Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets, excluding Dividends on Securities Sold Short | 2.77% | * | 2.83% | 3.01% | * |
Ratio of Dividend Expense on Securities Sold Short | 0.01% | | 0.20% | 0.01% | |
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 2.78% | * | 3.03% | 3.02% | * |
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets | -2.18% | * | -1.69% | -1.75% | * |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 2059.60% | | 4874.52% | 3111.32% | |
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* Annualized | | | | | |
** Commencement of Operations | | | | | |
*** Total returns in the above table represent the return that the investor would have earned or lost over the period indicated | | |
on an investment assuming reinvestment of dividends, and is not annualized for periods of less than one year. | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
TOP FLIGHT FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2005 (UNAUDITED)
1.)
ORGANIZATION
Top Flight Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a non-diversified series of Rock Canyon Funds (the “Trust”) on November 14, 2002 and commenced operations on December 31, 2002. The Trust is an open-end investment company established under the laws of Ohio by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated November 14, 2002, (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of separate series. At present, there is only one series authorized by the Trust. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. Significant accounting policies of the Fund are presented below. The investment adviser of the Fund is Rock Canyon Advisory Group, Inc. (the “Adviser”).
2.)
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
SECURITY VALUATION:
The Fund will primarily invest in common stocks and exchange traded funds. Equity securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities. Securities that are traded on any exchange or on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sale price. Lacking a last sale price, a security is generally valued by the pricing service at its last bid price. When market quotations are not readily available, when the Adviser determines the market quotation or the price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the current market value, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, such securities are valued as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees.
Fixed income securities generally are valued by using market quotations, but may be valued on the basis of prices furnished by a pricing service when the Adviser believes such prices accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities. A pricing service utilizes electronic data processing techniques based on yield spreads relating to securities with similar characteristics to determine prices for normal institutional-size trading units of debt securities without regard to sale or bid prices. If the Adviser decides that a price provided by the pricing service does not accurately reflect the fair market value of the securities, when prices are not readily available from a pricing service, or when restricted or illiquid securities are being valued, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in conformity with guidelines adopted by and subject to review of the Board of Trustees. Short term investments in fixed income securities with maturities of less than 60 days when acquired, or which subsequently are within 60 days of maturity, are valued by using the amortized cost method of valuation, which the Board has determined will represent fair value.
SHORT SALES:
The Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When the Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale.
SECURITY TRANSACTION TIMING:
Security transactions are recorded on a trade basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES:
There is no provision for federal income tax. The Fund’s policy is to continue to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
ESTIMATES:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
OTHER:
Generally accepted accounting principles require that permanent financial reporting tax differences relating to shareholder distributions be reclassified to realized short-term gains.
3.)
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with Rock Canyon Advisory Group, Inc. (“the Adviser”). The Adviser manages the Fund’s investments subject to approval of the Board of Trustees. As compensation for its management services, the Fund is obligated to pay the Adviser a fee computed and accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 1.95% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. As a result of the above calculation, for the six months ended March 31, 2005, the Adviser earned management fees totaling $175,067. At March 31, 2005 the Fund owed the Adviser an amount of $24,780. Certain key officers of the Trust are officers, the sole shareholder and/or employees of the Adviser.
The Adviser paid trustee fees of 1,500 for the six month period November 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005.
4.)
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Jonathan N. Ferrell is a control person and the sole shareholder of the Adviser. Mr. Ferrell benefits from management fees paid to the Adviser by the Fund.
David Young was a registered representative of Delta Equity Services Corp. ("Delta") until July 27, 2004, and is now a registered representative of Golden Beneficial Securities, Inc. (“Golden”). Delta, in its capacity as a registered broker-dealer, effected substantially all securities transactions for the Fund that were executed on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter through July 2004. Prior to February 2005, Golden, in its capacity as a registered broker-dealer, executed a significant amount of the Fund’s securities transactions. Mr. Young is also the President of Paragon Capital Management, Inc. (“Paragon”), a registered investment adviser. Paragon has and may continue to recommend the Fund to its clients. The officers of the Fund believe that, as of March 31, 2005, clients of Paragon owned a majority of the shares of the Fund. & nbsp;If Paragon has discretionary authority over its clients’ accounts, Paragon may be deemed to beneficially own the shares indirectly and control the Fund. To the extent brokerage transactions were placed with Delta and Golden, Mr. Young received a portion of the commissions. Until April 2004, the Adviser rented office space from Paragon.
Mr. Ferrell is also a partner of another investment advisory firm, Marriott Affiliated Capital Partners (“MACP”), effective January 1, 2004. Prior to October 2004, Todd Draney, another partner of MACP, was a registered representative at GBS Securities (“GBS”). The Fund executed trades through GBS during the year ended September 30, 2004, and Mr. Draney received a portion of the commissions.
The Adviser may not give consideration to sales of shares of the Fund as a factor in the selection of brokers and dealers to execute portfolio transactions. However, the Adviser may place portfolio transactions with brokers or dealers that promote or sell the Fund’s shares so long as such placements are made pursuant to policies approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees that are designed to ensure that the selection is based on the quality of the broker’s execution and not on its sales efforts.
The Fund has entered into an agreement with Mutual Shareholder Services (“MSS”) for fund accounting and transfer agent services. For the year ended March 31, 2005, MSS earned $22,604 for fund accounting and transfer agency services. At March 31, 2005, the Fund owed $3,427 to MSS.
5.)
CAPITAL STOCK
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Paid-in-capital at March 31, 2005, was $13,306,959 representing 1,260,258 shares outstanding.
6.)
INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the six months ended March 31, 2005, purchases and sales of investment securities other than U.S. Government obligations, short-term investments and securities sold short aggregated $167,804,732 and $173,726,364, respectively. Purchases and sales of securities sold short aggregated $20,965,322 and $40,420,367, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. Government obligations aggregated $0 and $0, respectively.
For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments owned at March 31, 2005, was $14,581,843.
At March 31, 2005, the composition of gross unrealized appreciation (the excess of value over tax cost) and gross unrealized depreciation (the excess of tax cost over value) was as follows:
Appreciation | (Depreciation) | Net Appreciation (Depreciation) |
$570,610 | ($468,606) | $102,004 |
7.)
CONTROL OWNERSHIP
The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of the fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. As of March 31, 2005, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. held for the benefit of others, in aggregate, more than 96% of the Fund.
The officers of the Fund believe that a majority of the shares held by Charles Schwab & Co. , Inc. were held for the benefit of clients of Paragon Capital Management, Inc. If Paragon Capital Management, Inc. has discretionary authority over its clients’ accounts, Paragon Capital Management, Inc. may be deemed to beneficially own the shares indirectly and control of the Fund.
8.) APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
The Board of Trustees renewed the investment advisory agreement with the Adviser (the “Agreement”) at a meeting held on November 18, 2004. As to the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board considered the Adviser's investment philosophy and short sale technique. In addition, the Trustees reviewed the Adviser's Brochure (Part II of Form ADV), which described the operations and policies of the Adviser. The Trustees reviewed the Adviser's organizational chart and discussed the additional personnel hired by the Adviser since the Fund commenced operations. In particular, the Board reviewed the resume of the Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust. The Trustees reviewed and discussed information regarding the recent inspection of the Fund and the Adviser by the SEC. Based on this information, the Truste es concluded that the Adviser has the ability to provide high quality advisory services to the Fund, and that the nature and extent of services provided by the Adviser were reasonable and consistent with the Board's expectations.
As to the performance of the Adviser, the Trustees reviewed information regarding the Fund's returns since inception through September 30, 2004. The Board noted that, although the Fund had underperformed the S&P 500 for the fiscal year, the Fund's return for the fiscal year was a respectable 8.43%, and further noted that the Fund had significantly outperformed the S&P 500 since inception. The Board reviewed additional performance information provided by the Adviser, noting that the Fund had outperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date as well as for the third quarter of 2004. The Board then reviewed the Fund's monthly returns since January 2003 compared to two hedge fund indices. It was the consensus of the Trustees that in light of the Fund’s strategy, the Adviser had done a good job managing the expenses of the Fund, including brokerage costs, and that the overall performance of the Fund was very good.
As to the costs of the services provided and profits realized by the Adviser, the Board reviewed a profit and loss statement of the Adviser for the period October 2003 through September 2004. The Trustees discussed typical profit margins in the industry. The Board members reviewed the profit and loss statement in light of that information and concluded that the profits realized by the Adviser relative to the Fund were not unreasonable, particularly in light of the additional expenses that will be incurred by the Adviser in responding to additional regulatory burdens. The Trustees reviewed information regarding the expense ratios of other mutual funds. It was the consensus of the Board that the Fund's expense ratio was reasonable in comparison to the peer group. The Board then discussed the soft dollar arrangements utilized by the Adviser and the cost of the soft dollar arrangements to the Fund. The Board concluded that the soft dollar arrangements were reasonable and should not be a material factor in their deliberations regarding renewal of the Agreement. The Board concluded that the expense ratio information comparing the Fund's expenses to that of its peer group were important in their deliberations and their conclusion that the overall fees and expenses charged by the Adviser were reasonable.
As to the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows, and whether fee levels reflect those economies of scale, the Board did not consider these factors to be relevant to their discussions because of the relatively small size of the Fund and marginal profitability of the Adviser. The Trustees, including the independent Trustees, determined that the overall arrangement provided under the terms of the Agreement was a reasonable business arrangement, and that the approval of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Trust and the Fund’s shareholders.
TOP FLIGHT FUND
MARCH 31, 2005
PROXY VOTING
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the Fund voted those proxies during the twelve month period ended June 30, 2004, are available without charge upon request by (1) by calling the Fund at 1-800-869-1679 or visiting our website at www.mutualss.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
EXPENSE ILLUSTRATION
Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Top Flight Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, October 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, 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 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 of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratios 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 this 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.
| Beginning Account Value | Ending Account Value | Expenses Paid During the Period* |
| October 1, 2004 | March 31, 2005 | October 1,2004 to March 31,2005 |
| | | |
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,033.72 | $14.10 |
Hypothetical | | | |
(5% Annual Return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,011.07 | $13.94 |
| | | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 2.78%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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Board of Trustees
Jeffrey C. Beck
Ray J. Meyers
Paul R. Ressler
Investment Adviser
Rock Canyon Advisory Group, Inc.
1384 West State Rd.
Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
Dividend Paying Agent,
Shareholders’ Servicing Agent,
Transfer Agent
Mutual Shareholder Services
Custodian
UMB Bank, NA
Independent Auditors
Cohen McCurdy Ltd.
Legal Counsel
Thompson Hine LLP
This report is provided for the general information of the shareholders of the Top Flight Fund. This report is not intended for distribution to prospective investors in the funds, unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
Item 2. Code of Ethics. Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert. Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Companies. Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments. Not applicable – schedule filed with Item 1.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Funds. Not applicable.
Item 8. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Funds. Not applicable.
Item 9. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. Not applicable.
Item 10. Controls and Procedures.
(a)
Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of May 27, 2005, the disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that the information required in filings on Forms N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
(b)
There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s first fiscal half-year that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 11. Exhibits.
(a)(1)
EX-99.CODE ETH. Not applicable.
(a)(2)
EX-99.CERT. Filed herewith.
(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)
EX-99.906CERT. Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Rock Canyon Funds
By /s/Jonathan Ferrell
*Jonathan Ferrell
Chief Executive Officer
Date October 20, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By /s/Jonathan Ferrell
*Jonathan Ferrell
Chief Executive Officer
Date October 20, 2005
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.