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: September 30, 2005
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
ANNUAL REPORT
Top Flight Fund
September 30, 2005
November 11, 2005
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
The Top Flight Fund is approaching its three-year milestone. We are pleased with the results of our strategy, and the track record the Fund has established so far. For the period from inception to September 30, 2005, the return of the Top Flight Fund has exceeded that of its benchmark, the S&P 500, by 8.73% annually. During the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, the Top Flight Fund returned 9.95%, slightly underperforming the S&P 500, which returned 10.25%.
The last fiscal year included three good quarters for the fund, and one bad quarter – the first calendar quarter of 2005. I want to briefly discuss that quarter.
In the last months of 2004, small-cap stocks were performing much better than large-cap stocks. In accordance with its strategy, the Top Flight Fund allocated the majority of its assets to long positions in small-cap stocks. Immediately, beginning on the first day in January, small cap stocks declined significantly relative to large-caps. This decline continued unabated for about three weeks. By this time, in accordance with its strategy, the Fund had rotated out of most of its small cap positions into large-cap positions, and added short exposure to the broad market in order to hedge against further market declines.
Over the course of the next several weeks, the market rallied, and small-caps significantly outperformed in a resumption of their previous trend. The Fund’s positioning at that time merely caused it to under-perform further relative to its benchmark. This scenario is commonly known as a ‘whipsaw,’ and will from time to time hinder performance in momentum strategies or strategies like the Top Flight Fund’s, which use the relative performance of specific kinds of stocks to determine their allocation of investments among various styles (such as large-cap stocks or small-cap stocks).
As the Fund’s Manager, and author of its strategy, I believe that whipsaws like the one we saw in January are most likely to occur during periods where overall market volatility is low, and the major market indices are trending neither up nor down. Conversely, I believe the style rotation strategy employed by the Top Flight Fund will tend to outperform during periods when one investment style consistently performs better than the broad market, and another investment style consistently performs poorly relative to the broad market. These conditions have historically tended to occur simultaneously with a directional trending market and increased market volatility. On the other hand, inconsistency among the relative performance of investment styles leads to whipsaws and is not as favorable for the strategy employed by the Top Flight Fund.
Over the last two years, market volatility has been very low, major market indices have trended neither up nor down, and outperformance by leading investment styles has been inconsistent and small. In other words, I believe Top Flight Fund has weathered two years of the kind of market environment that presents the most difficulty to the strategy employed by the Fund. I am encouraged that, despite this environment, the Fund has outperformed its benchmark by more than 8% annually since inception.
I believe the next several years will bring increased market volatility, a resumption of directional trends, and wider dispersion of style performance, which we believe will provide the Fund with even greater opportunity to generate excess return for shareholders.
Sincerely,
/s/Jonathan Ferrell
President
Comparison of Changes in Value of $10,000 Since Inception (December 31, 2002)
Top Flight Fund
Average Annual Total Return
For the Year ended September 30, 2005: 9.95%
Since Inception through September 30, 2005: 21.63%
S&P 500 Index
Average Annual Total Return
For the Year ended September 30, 2005: 10.25%
Since Inception through September 30, 2005: 12.90%
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The chart shows the value of a hypothetical initial investment of $10,000 in the Fund and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index made on December 31, 2002 (commencement of operations). The Fund’s return represents past performance and does not predict future results. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index does not reflect expenses, which have been deducted from the Fund’s return. Investing in the Fund involves certain risks that are discussed in the Fund’s prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
Top Flight Fund
Graphical Illustration (Unaudited)
The following chart gives a visual breakdown of the Fund by the industry sectors the underlying securities represent as a percentage of the net assets.
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Top Flight Fund | | | |
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| | | Schedule of Investments |
| | | September 30, 2005 |
Shares/Principal Amount | | Market Value | % of Assets |
| | | | |
COMMON STOCKS | | | |
| | | | |
Accident & Health Insurance | | | |
5,100 | AON Corp. | | $ 163,608 | 1.92% |
| | | | |
Biological Products | | | |
8,600 | Cerus Corp. * | | 76,196 | |
400 | Invitrogen Corp. * | | 30,092 | |
2,300 | Oxigene, Inc. * | | 12,121 | |
| | | 118,409 | 1.39% |
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | | | |
3,000 | Encana Corp. | | 174,930 | 2.05% |
| | | | |
Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire | | | |
4,300 | Corning, Inc. | | 83,119 | 0.98% |
| | | | |
Electric Services | | | |
6,200 | Reliant Energy, Inc. | | 95,728 | |
5,500 | Centerpoint Energy, Inc. | | 81,785 | |
1,100 | Otter Tail Corp. | | 34,034 | |
| | | 211,547 | 2.48% |
Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | | | |
5,900 | Thoratec Corp. * | | 104,784 | 1.23% |
| | | | |
Electronic Computers | | | |
40,400 | Sun Microsystems, Inc. * | | 158,772 | 1.86% |
| | | | |
Food and Kindred Products | | | |
5,850 | Conagra, Inc. | | 144,785 | 1.70% |
| | | | |
Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles | | | |
3,700 | LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. * | | 54,649 | 0.64% |
| | | | |
Gold and Silver Ores | | | |
2,400 | AngloGold, Ltd. | | 101,856 | |
3,400 | Meridian Gold, Inc. | | 74,494 | |
4,100 | Newmont Mining Corp. | | 193,397 | |
4,900 | Placer Dome, Inc. | | 84,035 | |
| | | 453,782 | 5.33% |
| | | | |
* Non-Income producing securities | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Hospital & Medical Service Plans | | | |
1,500 | Humana, Inc. | | 71,820 | |
1,100 | Pacificare Health System, Inc. | | 87,758 | |
2,300 | Wellpoint Health Net | | 174,386 | |
| | | 333,964 | 3.92% |
| | | | |
Industrial Organic Chemicals | | | |
900 | Newmarket Corp. | | 15,606 | 0.18% |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | | | |
1,600 | Honda Motor, Ltd. | | 45,440 | 0.53% |
| | | | |
Pharmaceutical Preparations | | | |
2,479 | Amylin Pharma, Inc. * | | 86,245 | |
7,300 | Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * | | 72,270 | |
1,284 | Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. * | | 30,444 | |
5,100 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | | 170,442 | |
| | | 359,401 | 4.22% |
Radio & TV Broadcasting & Communications Equipment | | | |
1,100 | L3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | 86,977 | |
5,600 | Motorola, Inc. | | 123,704 | |
| | | 210,681 | 2.47% |
Radiotelephone Communications | | | |
3,300 | Lightbridge, Inc.* | | 26,664 | |
1,900 | Telus Corp. | | 77,406 | |
| | | 104,070 | 1.22% |
| | | | |
Real Estate Agents & Managers | | | |
25,300 | Homestore, Inc. * | | 110,055 | 1.29% |
| | | | |
Savings Institutions, Not Federally Chartered | | | |
1,400 | KNBT Bancorp, Inc. | | 21,798 | 0.26% |
| | | | |
Semiconductors & Related Devices | | | |
7,400 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. * | | 186,480 | |
2,000 | Atheros Communications, Inc. * | | 19,520 | |
93,200 | JDS Uniphase Corp. * | | 206,904 | |
5,200 | Kopin Corp. * | | 36,140 | |
| | | 449,044 | 5.27% |
Services-Business Services, NEC | | | |
12,200 | Internet Cap, Inc. * | | 107,482 | 1.26% |
| | | | |
* Non-Income producing securities | | | |
| | | | |
Services-Prepackaged Software | | | |
12,100 | Amicas, Inc. * | | 65,340 | |
5,300 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. * | | 85,648 | |
1,900 | NetIQ Corp. * | | 23,256 | |
| | | 174,244 | 2.05% |
Services-Video Tape Rental | | | |
7,600 | Netflix, Inc. * | | 197,524 | 2.32% |
| | | | |
Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | | | |
1,900 | Kyphon, Inc. * | | 83,486 | 0.98% |
| | | | |
Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus | | | |
50,700 | Nortel Networks Corp. * | | 165,282 | 1.94% |
| | | | |
Telephone Communications | | | |
1,200 | Alaska Communication Systems Group, Inc. | | 13,728 | 0.16% |
| | | | |
Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | | | |
1,800 | McKesson Corp. | | 85,410 | 1.01% |
| | | | |
Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Offices | | | |
1,800 | Ryerson Tull, Inc. | | 38,340 | 0.45% |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| Total for Common Stock (Cost -$ 3,857,396) | | 4,183,940 | 49.11% |
| | | | |
| Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 4,334,958 | 50.89% |
| | | | |
| Net Assets | | $8,518,898 | 100.00% |
| | | | |
* Non-Income producing securities | | | |
| | | | |
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT | | | |
Common Stocks | | | Fair Value | |
Air Transportation, Scheduled | | | |
6,000 | Pinnacle Airlines Corp. | | 39,000 | |
| | | | |
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas | | | |
2,000 | Meridian Resources Corp. | | 8,340 | |
| | | | |
Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | | | |
1,560 | Digirad Corporation | | 7,535 | |
| | | | |
Electronic Computers | | | |
23,900 | Gateway, Inc. | | 64,530 | |
| | | | |
Footwear | | | | |
800 | Kenneth Cole | | 21,832 | |
2,100 | K-Swiss, Inc. Class A | | 62,097 | |
2,500 | Timberland Co. Class A | | 84,450 | |
| | | 168,379 | |
| | | | |
Hearing Equipment, Except Electronic & Warm Air | | | |
10,000 | Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. | | 80,600 | |
| | | | |
Hotels & Motels | | | | |
1,200 | Four Seasons Hotel, Inc. | | 68,880 | |
| | | | |
Household Furniture | | | |
1,800 | Furniture Brands International Inc. | | 32,454 | |
| | | | |
Leather & Leather Products | | | |
3,000 | Coach, Inc. | | 94,080 | |
| | | | |
Meat Packing Plants | | | |
1,600 | Federated Department Stores, Inc. | | 106,992 | |
| | | | |
Mens & Boys Furnishings, Work Clothing and & Allied Garments | | |
2,496 | Ashworth, Inc. | | 17,048 | |
| | | | |
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals | | | |
5,800 | USEC, Inc. | | 64,728 | |
| | | | |
Miscellaneous Chemical Products | | | |
3,100 | Hercules Corp. | | 37,882 | |
| | | | |
Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies | | | |
847 | Standard Motor Products, Inc. Class A | | 6,869 | |
| | | | |
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories | | | |
3,600 | Arvinmeritor, Inc. | | 60,192 | |
4,600 | Dana Corp. | | 43,286 | |
| | | 103,478 | |
| | | | |
Motor Vehicles Parts & Accessories | | | |
22,600 | Delphi Corp. | | 62,376 | |
| | | | |
Newspapers: Publishing or Publishing & Printing | | | |
2,800 | Hollinger International Class A | | 27,440 | |
1,500 | Journal Communications, Inc. | | 22,350 | |
| | | 49,790 | |
| | | | |
Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies | | | |
10,600 | DHB Industries, Inc. | | 44,414 | |
| | | | |
Paper Mills | | | | |
4,100 | Univision Communications, Inc. | | 108,773 | |
| | | | |
Patent Owners & Lessors | | | |
3,700 | Marvel Entertainment, Inc. | | 66,119 | |
| | | | |
Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations | | | |
1,500 | Elizabeth Arden, Inc. | | 32,370 | |
| | | | |
Periodicals: Publishing or Publishing & Printing | | | |
5,200 | Primedia, Inc. | | 21,268 | |
| | | | |
Pharmaceutical Preparations | | | |
4,700 | Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | 65,894 | |
2,500 | Flamel Technoligies SA | | 46,750 | |
3,700 | Medicines Co. | | 85,137 | |
1,700 | Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. | | 45,254 | |
3,300 | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | | 84,909 | |
| | | 327,944 | |
| | | | |
Plastics, Foil & Coated Paper Bags | | | |
4,200 | Pactiv Corp. | | 73,584 | |
| | | | |
Public Buildings & Related Furniture | | | |
3,000 | Lear Corp. | | 101,910 | |
| | | | |
Radio Broadcasting Stations | | | |
2,800 | Cox Radio, Inc. | | 42,560 | |
6,000 | Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. | | 43,080 | |
| | | 85,640 | |
| | | | |
Real Estate Dealers | | | |
3,000 | Sunterra Corp. | | 39,390 | |
| | | | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts | | | |
3,700 | Saxon Capital, Inc. | | 43,845 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores | | | |
4,100 | Aeropostale, Inc. | | 87,125 | |
5,700 | Hot Topic, Inc. | | 87,552 | |
| | | 174,677 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations | | | |
1,100 | America's Car Mart, Inc. | | 19,734 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Department Stores | | | |
1,900 | Kohl's Corp. | | 95,342 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Eating Places | | | |
2,000 | Ruby Tuesday, Inc. | | 43,520 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Family Clothing Stores | | | |
1,800 | Urban Outfitters, Inc. | | 52,920 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Auto & Home Supply Stores | | | |
600 | Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack | | 8,304 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores | | | |
1,700 | Big 5 Sporting Goods, Corp. | | 40,562 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Radio, TV & Consumer Electronics Stores | | | |
700 | Guitar Center, Inc. | | 38,647 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Retail Stores, NEC | | | |
3,900 | Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. | | 82,524 | |
| | | | |
Retail-Variety Stores | | | |
2,500 | Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | | 49,675 | |
5,200 | Fred's, Inc. | | 65,052 | |
| | | 114,727 | |
| | | | |
Savings Institution, Federally Chartered | | | |
1,700 | Bankunited Financial | | 38,879 | |
1,500 | Ocwen Financial Corp. | | 10,410 | |
| | | 49,289 | |
| | | | |
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Systems | | | |
2,600 | LA Barge, Inc. | | 33,592 | |
| | | | |
Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies | | | |
1,700 | SEI Investments Co. | | 63,886 | |
| | | | |
Semiconductors & Related Devices | | | |
5,300 | Agere Systems, Inc. | | 55,173 | |
5,300 | Semtech Corp. | | 87,291 | |
| | | 142,464 | |
| | | | |
Services-Amusement & Recreation Services | | | |
3,200 | Westwood One, Inc. | | 63,648 | |
| | | | |
Services-Business Services, NEC | | | |
2,000 | Jupitermedia Corp. | | 35,420 | |
2,600 | Premier Global Services | | 21,268 | |
| | | 56,688 | |
| | | | |
Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research | | | |
1,700 | Albany Molecular Research, Inc. | | 20,706 | |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design | | | |
8,700 | Sapient Corp. | | 54,375 | |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation | | | |
1,400 | SOHU Communications, Inc. | | 23,982 | |
| | | | |
Services-Computer Programming Services | | | |
1,900 | Keane, Inc. | | 21,717 | |
| | | | |
Services-Educational Services | | | |
5,000 | Corinthian Colleges, Inc. | | 66,350 | |
| | | | |
Services-Legal Services | | | |
900 | Charles RIV Assocs, Inc. | | 37,521 | |
| | | | |
Services-Management Consulting Services | | | |
2,200 | Bearingpoint, Inc. | | 16,698 | |
3,100 | Diamondcluster International, Inc. | | 23,498 | |
| | | 40,196 | |
| | | | |
Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production | | | |
6,300 | Liberty Media Corp. | | 50,715 | |
| | | | |
Services-Personal Services | | | |
1,300 | Steiner Leisure, Ltd | | 44,161 | |
| | | | |
Services-Prepackaged Software | | | |
5,600 | Captaris, Inc. | | 21,065 | |
| | | | |
State Commercial Banks | | | |
�� 1,600 | Trustco Bank Corp. | | 20,048 | |
3,300 | W Holding Company, Inc. | | 31,548 | |
| | | 51,596 | |
| | | | |
Television Broadcasting | | | |
1,400 | Gray Television, Inc. | | 14,826 | |
1,400 | Entravision Communications Corp. | | 11,018 | |
| | | 25,844 | |
| | | | |
Tires & Inner Tubes | | | |
3,800 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | | 58,026 | |
| | | | |
Trucking | | | | |
300 | Knight Trans, Inc. | | 7,308 | |
586 | Werner Enterprise | | 10,131 | |
| | | 17,439 | |
| | | | |
Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries | | | |
5,000 | Axcan Pharma, Inc. | | 64,600 | |
3,100 | First Horizon Pharma Co. | | 61,597 | |
| | | 126,197 | |
| | | | |
| Total (Proceeds - $3,862,449) | | $ 3,698,632 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | |
| |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |
September 30, 2005 | |
| |
Assets: | |
Investment Securities at Fair Value | $ 4,183,940 |
(Cost - $3,857,396) | |
Cash held at Broker | 7,406,038 |
Receivables: | |
Receivable for Securities Sold | 1,330,386 |
Receivable for Shareholder Purchases | 138,425 |
Dividends and Interest | 6,491 |
Prepaid Expenses | 8,851 |
Total Assets | 13,074,131 |
Liabilities: | |
Securities Sold Short at Fair Value (Proceeds - $3,862,449) | 3,698,632 |
Payable for Securities Purchased | 768,910 |
Accrued Expenses | 42,858 |
Payable to Custodian Bank | 20,134 |
Advisory Fee Payable | 10,936 |
Fund Accounting and Transfer Agent Fees Payable | 8,285 |
Payable for Shareholder Redemptions | 5,478 |
Total Liabilities | 4,555,233 |
| |
Net Assets | $ 8,518,898 |
Net Assets Consist of: | |
Paid In Capital | 6,871,440 |
Accumulated Undistributed Realized Gain on Investments - Net | 1,157,097 |
Unrealized Appreciation in Value | |
of Investment Securities | 490,361 |
Net Assets, for 698,306 Shares Outstanding | $ 8,518,898 |
(Unlimited number of shares authorized without par value) | |
| |
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price | |
Per Share ($8,518,898/698,306 shares) | $ 12.20 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | |
| |
Statement of Operations | |
For the year ended September 30, 2005 | |
Investment Income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign witholding taxes of $1,224 ) | $ 125,127 |
Interest | 18,917 |
Total Investment Income | 144,044 |
Expenses: | |
Management Fees | 265,708 |
Transfer Agent & Fund Accounting Fees | 30,920 |
Legal Fees | 67,117 |
Custodial Fees | 23,737 |
Registration and Blue Sky Fees | 19,867 |
Audit Fees | 23,303 |
Trustee Fees | 12,187 |
Printing & Mailing Fees | 4,522 |
Insurance Expense | 1,511 |
Interest Expense | 1,105 |
Dividends on Securities Sold Short | 2,683 |
Miscellaneous Expenses | 1,510 |
Total Expenses | 454,170 |
Management Fees Waived | (5,592) |
Net Expenses | 448,578 |
| |
Net Investment Loss | (304,534) |
| |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments: | |
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | 2,043,171 |
Realized Gain (Loss) on Securities Sold Short | (296,799) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities | (230,343) |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | 1,516,029 |
| |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations | $ 1,211,495 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | | |
| | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | |
| | |
| Year Ended | Year Ended |
| 9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 |
From Operations: | | |
Net Investment Loss | $(304,534) | $(303,172) |
Net Realized Gain on Investment Securities | 2,043,171 | 1,367,295 |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Securities Sold Short | (296,799) | 49,437 |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities | (230,343) | 252,680 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations | 1,211,495 | 1,366,240 |
| | |
From Distributions to Shareholders: | | |
Net Investment Income | 0 | 0 |
Net Realized Gains from Security Transactions | (861,549) | (4,076,714) |
Change in Net Assets from Distributions | (861,549) | (4,076,714) |
| | |
From Capital Share Transactions: | | |
Proceeds From Sale of Shares | 4,446,493 | 8,704,674 |
Shares Issued on Reinvestment of Distributions | 861,549 | 4,076,714 |
Cost of Shares Redeemed | (16,227,825) | (5,531,479) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Shareholder Activity | (10,919,783) | 7,249,909 |
| | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | (10,569,837) | 4,539,435 |
| | |
Net Assets at Beginning of Period | 19,088,735 | 14,549,300 |
Net Assets at End of Period (including accumulated undistributed net investment | | |
income of $0 and $0, respectively) | $ 8,518,898 | $ 19,088,735 |
| | |
Share Transactions: | | |
Issued | 378,970 | 718,196 |
Reinvested | 71,379 | 369,268 |
Redeemed | (1,397,951) | (453,570) |
Net increase (decrease) in shares | (947,602) | 633,894 |
Shares outstanding beginning of period | 1,645,908 | 1,012,014 |
Shares outstanding end of period | 698,306 | 1,645,908 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Top Flight Fund | | | | |
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Financial Highlights | | | | |
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the period: | | | | |
| Year Ended | Year Ended | Period Ended ** | |
| 9/30/2005 | 9/30/2004 | 9/30/2003 | |
Net Asset Value - | | | | |
Beginning of Period | $ 11.60 | $ 14.38 | $ 10.00 | |
Net Investment Loss (a) | (0.26) | (0.20) | (0.15) | |
Net Gains or Losses on Securities | | | | |
(realized and unrealized) | 1.41 | 1.22 | 4.53 | |
Total from Investment Operations | 1.15 | 1.02 | 4.38 | |
| | | | |
Distributions from Net Realized Gains | (0.55) | (3.80) | 0.00 | |
Total from Distributions | (0.55) | (3.80) | 0.00 | |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value - | | | | |
End of Period | $ 12.20 | $ 11.60 | $ 14.38 | |
Total Return *** | 9.95 % | 8.43 % | 43.80 % | |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data: | | | | |
| | | | |
Net Assets - End of Period (Thousands) | 8,519 | 19,089 | 14,549 | |
| | | | |
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets, excluding Dividends on Securities Sold Short | 3.28 % | 2.83 % | 3.01 % | * |
Ratio of Dividend Expense on Securities Sold Short | 0.02 % | 0.20 % | 0.01 % | * |
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets After Waivers | 3.30 % | 3.03 % | 3.02 % | * |
Ratio of Net Investment Loss to Average Net Assets After Waivers | (2.24)% | (1.69)% | (1.75)% | * |
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Waivers | 3.34 % | 3.03 % | 3.02 % | * |
Ratio of Net Investment Loss to Average Net Assets Before Waivers | (2.28)% | (1.69)% | (1.75)% | * |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 1634.62% | 4874.52% | 3111.32% | |
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* Annualized | | | | |
** Commencement of Operations - December 31, 2002 | | | | |
*** 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. | | |
(a) Net investment loss per share calculated using average shares outstanding. | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
TOP FLIGHT FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
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:
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 date 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 lives of the respective securities.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES:
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.
USE OF 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. Net investment loss in the amount of $304,534 was reclassified to net realized short-term gains for the year ended September 30, 2005. This reclassification had no effect on net assets. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
3.)
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Adviser. Under the terms of the management agreement, 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 year ended September 30, 2005, the Adviser earned management fees totaling $265,708 before the voluntary fee waiver described below. At September 30, 2005 the Fund owed the Adviser an amount of $10,936. The Adviser voluntarily waived 0.35% of the management fee for the period from July 22, 2005 through September 30, 2005, which totaled $5,592. Certain key officers of the Trust are officers, the sole shareholder and/or emp loyees of the Adviser.
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 recommended and may continue to recommend the Fund to its clients. The officers of the Fund believe that, as of September 30, 2005, clients of Paragon owned a majority of the shares of th e Fund. 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”). Prior to March 2005, Todd Draney, another partner of MACP, was a registered representative at Girard Securities (“Girard”). The Fund executed trades through Girard during the year ended September 30, 2005, 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. A shareholder and officer of MSS is also an officer of the Fund. For the year ended September 30, 2005, MSS earned $30,920 for fund accounting and transfer agency services. At September 30, 2005, the Fund owed $8,285 to MSS.
5.)
CAPITAL STOCK
The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Paid-in-capital at September 30, 2005, was $6,871,440 representing 698,306 shares outstanding.
6.)
INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended September 30, 2005, purchases and sales of investment securities other than U.S. Government obligations, short-term investments and securities sold short aggregated $194,203,072 and $191,329,654, respectively. Purchases and sales of securities sold short aggregated $37,422,439 and $60,431,129, 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 September 30, 2005, was $3,857,396, and the proceeds from short sales was $3,862,449.
At September 30, 2005, the composition of unrealized appreciation was as follows:
Gross Appreciation | Gross (Depreciation) | Net Appreciation (Depreciation) |
$554,206 | ($63,845) | $490,361 |
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 September 30, 2005, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. held for the benefit of others, in aggregate, more than 90% 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.)
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The tax character of distributions paid during 2005 and 2004 was as follows:
| 2005 | 2004 |
Distributions paid from: | | |
Ordinary income | $861,549 | $4,076,714 |
Long-tem capital gain | 0 | 0 |
| $861,549 | $4,076,714 |
As of September 30, 2005, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follow:
Undistributed ordinary income | $1,157,097 |
Undistributed long-tem capital gain/(accumulated losses) | 0 |
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | 490,361 |
Total | $1,647,458 |
There was no difference between book basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation.
TOP FLIGHT FUND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (UNAUDITED)
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 most recent twelve month period ended June 30, are available without charge upon request by (1) by calling the Fund at 1-800-869-1679 or visiting our transfer agents, website at www.mutualss.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS - 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 Example (Unaudited)
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, April 1, 2005 through September 30, 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* |
| April 1, 2005 | September 30, 2005 | April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005 |
| | | |
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,062.72 | $21.87 |
Hypothetical | | | |
(5% Annual Return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,003.86 | $21.25 |
| | | |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 4.23%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
| | |
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)
The Board of Trustees supervises the business activities of the Trust. Each Trustee serves as a trustee until the termination of the Trust unless the Trustee dies, resigns, retires or is removed. As of December 31, 2004, the Fund is the only series in the “Fund Complex”.
The following table provides information regarding each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Name, Address and Age | Position & Length of Time Served with the Trust | Principal Occupations During Past 5 Years and Current Directorships |
Ray J. Meyers 1 301 East 925 North American Fork, UT 84003 Year of Birth: 1957 | Trustee since December 2002 | President and owner of Elemental Technologies, Inc., a computer programming firm, since April 1999; Sole proprietor of Meyers Associates, a computer programming firm, from October 1997 until April 1999. |
Jeffery C. Beck 891 North 200 East American Fork, UT 84003 Year of Birth: 1963 | Trustee since December 2002 | Senior Auditor, Department of Defense, Defense Contract Audit Agency, from February 1988 to present. |
Paul R. Ressler 942 North 240 East American Fork, UT 84003 Year of Birth: 1966 | Trustee since December 2002 | Marketing Representative, CapSoft, a computer software firm, from May 1993 to January 2002; Marketing Representative, MyGo USA, a toy manufacturer, from January 2002 to April 2002; Marketing Representative, Pukka USA, a toy manufacturer, Inc. from April 2002 to present. |
The following table provides information regarding the officers of the Trust.
Name, Address and Age | Position & Length of Time Served with the Trust | Principal Occupations During Past 5 Years and Current Directorships |
Jonathan N. Ferrell1 1384 West State Rd. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Year of Birth: 1973 | President since December 2002; Trustee from November 2002 until February 2005. | President of the Fund’s adviser since December 2002. Analyst with Paragon Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, from December 1997 until April 1999; Registered Representative with Delta Equity Services, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, September 2002 until November 2002; Director Paragon Capital Management, Inc., April 1999 until December 2002. |
Melissa Murchison 1384 West State Rd. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Year of Birth: 1970 | Chief Compliance Officer since September 2004 | Director of Client Services/Marketing for Paragon Capital Management, Inc. from September 1995 to September 2004. |
1 Mr. Meyers owns a 1/3 interest in Automated Security LLC. Mr. Ferrell owns a 1/3 interest in Automated Security LLC.
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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.
(a)
As of the end of the period covered by this 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.
(b)
For purposes of this item, “code of ethics” means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:
(1)
Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
(2)
Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the registrant;
(3)
Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations;
(4)
The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and
(5)
Accountability for adherence to the code.
(c)
Amendments:
During the period covered by the report, there have not been any amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that Jeff Beck is an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Beck is independent for purposes of this Item 3. He has gained his qualifications as a financial expert through experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a)
Audit Fees
FY 2005
$ 14,000
FY 2004
$ 16,105
(b)
Audit-Related Fees
Registrant
FY 2005
$ 0
FY 2004
$ 0
Nature of the fees:
N/A
(c)
Tax Fees
Registrant
FY 2005
$ 2115
FY 2004
$ 1760
Nature of the fees:
Federal tax returns and Excise tax return.
(d)
All Other Fees
Registrant
FY 2005
$ 0
FY 2004
$ 490
Nature of the fees:
For fiscal year 2004 semi-annual report.
(e)
(1)
Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies
The audit committee has not adopted pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(2)
Percentages of Services Approved by the Audit Committee
None of the services described in paragraph (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. All non-audit services were pre-approved by the audit committee.
(f)
During audit of registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
(g)
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:
Registrant
FY 2005
$ 2115
FY 2004
$ 2250
(h)
The registrant's audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services 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 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.
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. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Funds. Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Funds. Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The registrant has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's board of directors.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a)
Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of November 29, 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 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1)
EX-99.CODE ETH. Filed herewith.
(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 and Chief Financial Officer
Date December 2, 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 and Chief Financial Officer
Date December 2, 2005
* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.