Perritt Funds, Inc. | | | | | |
Notes to the Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) | | | | | July 31, 2022 |
1. Security Valuation | | | | | |
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Exchange-listed securities are generally valued at the last sales price reported by the principal security exchange on which the issue is traded, or if no sale |
is reported, the mean between the latest bid and ask price unless the Funds' investment advisor believes that the mean does not represent a fair value, in |
which case the securities are valued as set forth below. Securities listed on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Demand notes, |
commercial paper, U.S. Treasury Bills and warrants are stated at fair value using market prices if available, or a pricing service when such prices are |
believed to reflect fair value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by |
the Funds' advisor under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Fund. The Funds' fair value procedures allow |
for the use of certain methods performed by the Funds' advisor to value those securities for which market quotations are not readily available, at a price |
that a Fund might reasonably expect to receive upon a sale of such securities. For example, these methods may be based on a multiple of earnings, or a discount |
from market of a similarly freely traded security, or a yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods. |
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The Funds' may invest in warrants or rights (other than those acquired in units or attached to other securities), which entitle the purchaser to buy |
equity securities at a specific price for a specific period of time. Warrants and rights have no voting rights, receive no dividends and have no rights with |
respect to the assets of the issuer. | | | | | |
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General Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") establishes an authoritative definition of fair value and sets out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. | | |
GAAP also requires additional disclosures about the various inputs used to develop the measurements of fair value. These inputs are summarized in the | | |
three broad levels listed below: | | | | | |
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• Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities | | | | | |
• Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) | |
• Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). | | |
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The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The |
following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds' securities as of July 31, 2023: | | | |