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 811-3970
Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
300 First Stamford Place, 4th Fl.
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 451-2010
Date of fiscal year end: February 28
Date of reporting period: February 28, 2006
ITEM 1. | REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. |
The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.
Smith Barney California
Municipals Fund Inc.
A N N U A L R E P O R T
FEBRUARY 28, 2006
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE
Smith Barney
California Municipals Fund Inc.
Annual Report · February 28, 2006
What’s Inside | Letter from the Chairman | I | |||||
Manager Overview | 1 | ||||||
Fund at a Glance | 4 | ||||||
Fund Expenses | 5 | ||||||
Fund Performance | 7 | ||||||
Historical Performance | 8 | ||||||
Schedule of Investments | 9 | ||||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 21 | ||||||
The Fund seeks to provide California | Statement of Operations | 22 | |||||
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 23 | ||||||
Financial Highlights | 24 | ||||||
Notes to Financial Statements | 27 | ||||||
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 37 | ||||||
Board Approval of Management Agreement | 38 | ||||||
Additional Information | 41 | ||||||
Additional Shareholder Information | 44 | ||||||
Important Tax Information | 45 | ||||||
* | Certain investors may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax, and state and local taxes may apply. Capital gains, if any, are fully taxable. Please consult your personal tax adviser. | ||||||
“Smith Barney” and “Salomon Brothers” are service marks of Citigroup, licensed for use by Legg Mason as the names of funds and investment managers. Legg Mason and its affiliates, as well as the fund’s investment manager, are not affiliated with Citigroup. |
Letter from the Chairman
R. JAY GERKEN, CFA Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Dear Shareholder, Despite numerous obstacles, including rising short-term interest rates, surging oil prices, a destructive hurricane season, and geopolitical issues, the U.S. economy continued to expand during the fiscal year. After a 3.3% advance in the second quarter of 2005, gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was 4.1% in the third quarter. However, there were conflicting economic signals in the fourth quarter. While the Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in January 2006, its lowest level in four years, fourth quarter GDP growth was 1.7% . This decline was due, in large part, to slower consumer spending. |
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foreign demand for longer-term bonds. Looking at the municipal market, yields of both short- and longer-term securities also rose over the reporting period but, unlike the Treasury curve, the municipal yield curve did not invert. Please read on for a more detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s fiscal year and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance. Special Shareholder Notice Information About Your Fund |
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As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets. We look forward to helping you continue to meet your financial goals. Sincerely, R. Jay Gerken, CFA Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer March 30, 2006 |
i | Gross domestic product is a market value of goods and services produced by labor and property in a given country. |
ii | The Federal Reserve Board is responsible for the formulation of a policy designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments. |
iii | The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans. |
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JOSEPH P. DEANE Co-Portfolio Manager, Vice President and Investment Officer DAVID T. FARE (right) Co-Portfolio Manager, Vice President and Investment Officer |
Special Shareholder Notice
Effective April 7, 2006, the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. will be renamed the Legg Mason Partners California Municipals Fund, Inc.
Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?
A. The overall fixed income market, as well as the municipal bond market, generated positive, but modest returns during the one-year period ended February 28, 2006. During the reporting period, the fixed income yield curve flattened and eventually inverted as the spread, or difference, between short- and long-term bond yields narrowed and, by the end of the period, two-year yields surpassed their 10-year counterparts. Looking at the period as a whole, short-term yields, as measured by two-year Treasuries, rose from 3.59% to 4.69% – a total of 110 basis pointsi. In contrast, long-term yields, as measured by 10-year Treasuries, rose from 4.38% to 4.55% – 17 basis points. Short-term yields moved higher on the back of eight Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii rate hikes during the period. Longer-term yields did not rise as much, due, in part, to strong demand by foreign investors. The municipal bond yield curve also flattened during the reporting period but did not invert.
Performance Review
For the 12 months ended February 28, 2006, Class A shares of the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc., excluding sales charges, returned 3.11%. These shares underperformed the Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index,iii which returned 3.87% for the same period. The Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Category Average1 increased 4.04% over the same time frame.
Certain investors may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax, and state and local taxes may apply. Capital gains, if any, are fully taxable. Please consult your personal tax or legal adviser.
1 | Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 12-month period ended February 28, 2006, including the reinvestment of distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 122 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges. |
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Performance Snapshot as of February 28, 2006 (excluding sales charges) (unaudited) | |||
6 Months | 12 Months | ||
California Municipals Fund—Class A Shares | 1.92% | 3.11% | |
Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index | 0.99% | 3.87% | |
Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Category Average | 0.95% | 4.04% | |
The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.leggmason.com/InvestorServices. All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply when shares are purchased or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. Excluding sales charges, Class B shares returned 1.72% and Class C shares returned 1.70% over the six months ended February 28, 2006. Excluding sales charges, Class B shares returned 2.63% and Class C shares returned 2.54% over the 12 months ended February 28, 2006. Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the period ended February 28, 2006, including the reinvestment of distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 122 funds for the six-month period and among the 122 funds for the 12-month period in the Fund’s Lipper category and excluding sales charges. |
Q. What were the most significant factors affecting Fund performance?
What were the leading contributors to performance?
A. During the fiscal year we maintained a defensive posture in terms of overall duration, or price sensitivity to interest rate movements. Rising interest rates are generally troublesome for longer-term fixed income securities, since bond prices decline as rates are expected to rise. However, our low-duration approach to managing interest rate risk limited the Fund’s ability to completely participate in upside market movements during intervals when bond prices did rise.
What were the leading detractors from performance?
A. On balance, our hedging strategies appear to have detracted slightly from performance. Our short positioning strategy in long-term Treasury futures enhanced results when longer-term rates rose, particularly in the last few months of the period. However, while this strategy reduced the portfolio’s volatility, overall it was detrimental as long-term yields declined over much of the fiscal year, even though the Fed continued to raise short-term rates.
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Q. Were there any significant changes to the Fund during the reporting period?
A.Given the market and rate environment during the period, we believe that a cautious approach to managing interest rate risk was more prudent than a longer-duration strategy. During the period, we maintained a defensive posture for the Fund, with an emphasis on capital preservation. We focused on issues with competitive coupons in a diverse cross-section of market segments that we believed would continue to offer favorable prospects on a risk/reward basis.
Thank you for your investment in the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. As ever, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.
Sincerely,
Joseph P. Deane | David T. Fare |
Co-Portfolio Manager, | Co-Portfolio Manager, |
Vice President and Investment Officer | Vice President and Investment Officer |
March 30, 2006 |
The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole. | |
RISKS: Keep in mind, the Fund's investments are subject to interest rate and credit risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund's share price. Lower-rated, higher yielding bonds known as “junk bonds” are subject to greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than higher-rated obligations. As a non-diversified fund, the Fund can invest a larger percentage of its assets in fewer issues than a diversified fund. This may magnify the Fund's losses from events affecting a particular issuer. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options and futures, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for more information on these and other risks. | |
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i | A basis point is one one-hundredth (1/100 or 0.01) of one percent. |
ii | The Federal Reserve Board is responsible for the formulation of a policy designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments. |
iii | The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is a broad measure of the municipal bond market with maturities of at least one year. |
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Fund at a Glance (unaudited)
Investment Breakdown |
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Fund Expenses (unaudited)
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) 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.
This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on September 1, 2005 and held for the six months ended February 28, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.
Based on Actual Total Return(1) | ||||||||
| Actual Total Return Without Sales Charges(2) | Beginning Account Value | ||||||
Ending Account Value | Annualized Expense Ratio | Expenses Paid During the Period(3) | ||||||
Class A | 1.92% | $1,000.00 | 1,019.20 | 0.69% | $3.45 | |||
Class B | 1.72 | 1,000.00 | 1,017.20 | 1.22 | 6.10 | |||
Class C | 1.70 | 1,000.00 | 1,017.00 | 1.25 | 6.25 |
(1) | For the six months ended February 28, 2006. |
(2) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charges with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) with respect to Class B and C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. |
(3) | Expenses (net of voluntary fee waivers) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365. |
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Fund Expenses (unaudited) (continued)
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% 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 the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Based on Hypothetical Total Return(1) | ||||||||
Hypothetical Total Return | Beginning Account Value | Ending Account Value | Annualized Expense Ratio | Expenses Paid During the Period(2) | ||||
Class A | 5.00% | $1,000.00 | $1,021.37 | 0.69% | $3.46 | |||
Class B | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,018.74 | 1.22 | 6.11 | |||
Class C | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,018.60 | 1.25 | 6.26 |
(1) | For the six months ended February 28, 2006. |
(2) | Expenses (net of voluntary fee waivers) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365. |
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Fund Performance
Average Annual Total Returns(1) (unaudited) | |||
Without Sales Charges(2) | |||
Class A | Class B | Class C | |
Twelve Months Ended 2/28/06 | 3.11% | 2.63% | 2.54% |
Five Years Ended 2/28/06 | 4.07 | 3.53 | 3.49 |
Ten Years Ended 2/28/06 | 5.13 | 4.59 | 4.54 |
Inception* through 2/28/06 | 7.38 | 5.55 | 6.07 |
With Sales Charges(3) | |||
Class A | Class B | Class C | |
Twelve Months Ended 2/28/06 | (1.02)% | (1.81)% | 1.55% |
Five Years Ended 2/28/06 | 3.22 | 3.36 | 3.49 |
Ten Years Ended 2/28/06 | 4.71 | 4.59 | 4.54 |
Inception* through 2/28/06 | 7.18 | 5.55 | 6.07 |
Cumulative Total Returns(1) (unaudited) | |
Without Sales Charges(2) | |
Class A (2/28/96 through 2/28/06) | 64.99% |
Class B (2/28/96 through 2/28/06) | 56.57 |
Class C (2/28/96 through 2/28/06) | 55.86 |
(1) | All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. |
(2) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable CDSC with respect to Class B and C shares. |
(3) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. In addition, Class A shares reflect the deduction of the maximum sales charge of 4.00%; Class B shares reflect the deduction of a 4.50% CDSC, which applies if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC declines by 0.50% the first year after purchase payment and thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred. Class C shares reflect the deduction of a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment. The 1.00% sales charge on Class C shares is no longer imposed effective February 2, 2004. |
* | Inception dates for Class A, B and C shares are April 9, 1984, November 6, 1992 and November 14, 1994, respectively. |
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Historical Performance (unaudited)
Value of $10,000 Invested in Class A Shares of the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. vs. the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index and the Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Category Average† (February 1996 — February 2006) | |
† | Hypothetical illustration of $10,000 invested in Class A shares on February 28, 1996, assuming the deduction of the maximum 4.00% sales charge at the time of investment and reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value through February 28, 2006. The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is a broad measure of the municipal bond market with maturities of at least one year. The Index is unmanaged and is not subject to the same management and trading expenses of a mutual fund. The Lipper California Municipal Debt Funds Category Average is composed of an average of the Fund’s peer group of 122 mutual funds investing in California municipal bonds as of February 28, 2006. The performance of the Fund’s other classes may be greater or less than the Class A shares’ performance indicated on this chart, depending on whether greater or lesser sales charges and fees were incurred by shareholders investing in the other classes. |
All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. | |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) | ||||||
SMITH BARNEY CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALS FUND INC. | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 97.7% | ||||||
Education — 3.4% | ||||||
California EFA Revenue: | ||||||
$ | 2,980,000 | Aa3(a) | Claremont University Center, Series B, 5.000% due 3/1/24 | $ | 3,083,793 | |
1,000,000 | A1(a) | Scripps College, 5.250% due 8/1/26 | 1,049,820 | |||
15,000,000 | AAA | Stanford University, Series Q, 5.250% due 12/1/32 (b) | 15,992,700 | |||
165,000 | A- | California State Public Works Board High Technology Facilities, Lease | ||||
Revenue, San Jose Facility, Series A, 7.750% due 8/1/06 | 167,929 | |||||
5,000,000 | AAA | Corona-Norco, CA, USD, Special Tax, Community Facilities District | ||||
No. 98-1, MBIA-Insured, 5.500% due 9/1/33 | 5,474,750 | |||||
1,000,000 | AAA | Fullerton University Foundation, Auxiliary Organization Revenue, | ||||
Series A, MBIA-Insured, 5.750% due 7/1/30 | 1,100,730 | |||||
Total Education | 26,869,722 | |||||
Escrowed to Maturity (c) — 19.1% | ||||||
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||||
Kaiser Permanente: | ||||||
3,500,000 | AAA | Series A, FSA-Insured, 5.000% due 6/1/18 | 3,659,845 | |||
1,750,000 | AAA | Series B, 5.250% due 10/1/14 | 1,847,038 | |||
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, COP: | ||||||
19,000,000 | AAA | Kaiser Permanente, Remarketed 7/9/98, 5.300% due 12/1/15 (b) | 19,498,940 | |||
4,515,000 | AAA | UniHealth Foundation, Series A, AMBAC-Insured, | ||||
5.500% due 10/1/07 | 4,668,465 | |||||
270,000 | AAA | Contra Costa County, CA, Home Mortgage Revenue, Mortgage-Backed | ||||
Securities Program, GNMA-Collateralized, 7.750% due 5/1/22 (d) | 354,461 | |||||
5,000,000 | AAA | Inland Empire Solid Waste Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||
Landfill Improvement Financing Project, Series B, FSA-Insured, | ||||||
6.250% due 8/1/11 (d) | 5,350,000 | |||||
105,000 | AAA | Martinez, CA, Home Mortgage Revenue, UGRIC-Insured, | ||||
10.750% due 2/1/16 | 142,552 | |||||
2,670,000 | AAA | Ontario, CA, Redevelopment Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||
Ontario Redevelopment Project Number 1, MBIA-Insured, | ||||||
5.800% due 8/1/23 | 2,694,804 | |||||
3,325,000 | AAA | Perris, CA, Single-Family Mortgage Revenue, Mortgage-Backed | ||||
Securities Program, Series A, GNMA-Collateralized, | ||||||
8.300% due 6/1/13 (d) | 4,264,479 | |||||
6,000,000 | AAA | Pleasanton-Suisan City, CA, HFA Home Mortgage Revenue, | ||||
Municipal Multiplier 1984, Series A, MBIA-Insured, zero coupon | ||||||
bond to yield 6.149% due 10/1/16 | 3,873,540 | |||||
2,000,000 | AAA | Redding, CA, Electric System Revenue, COP, Regular Linked SAVRS & | ||||
RIBS, MBIA-Insured, 6.368% due 7/1/22 (e) | 2,367,200 | |||||
Riverside County, CA, Single-Family Revenue, Mortgage-Backed | ||||||
Securities Program, GNMA-Collateralized: | ||||||
2,620,000 | AAA | 8.300% due 11/1/12 (d) | 3,288,572 | |||
1,000,000 | AAA | Series A, 7.800% due 5/1/21 (d) | 1,390,940 | |||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Escrowed to Maturity (c) — 19.1% (continued) | ||||||
$ | 1,500,000 | AAA | Sacramento County, CA, Single-Family Mortgage Revenue, | |||
Issue A, Remarketed 10/29/92, GNMA-Collateralized, | ||||||
8.000% due 7/1/16 (d) | $ | 1,812,450 | ||||
2,000,000 | AAA | San Bernardino County, CA, COP, Capital Facilities Project, Series B, | ||||
6.875% due 8/1/24 | 2,611,960 | |||||
120,000 | AAA | San Francisco, CA, Airport Improvement Corp. Lease Revenue, | ||||
United Airlines, Inc., 8.000% due 7/1/13 | 139,343 | |||||
San Joaquin Hills, CA, Transportation Corridor Agency, Toll Road | ||||||
Revenue, Senior Lien: | ||||||
5,000,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.698% due 1/1/14 | 3,684,100 | |||
60,000,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.748% due 1/1/16 (b) | 40,303,800 | |||
17,500,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.748% due 1/1/17 | 11,193,350 | |||
25,000,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.748% due 1/1/18 (b) | 15,220,250 | |||
20,000,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.748% due 1/1/19 | 11,602,800 | |||
20,000,000 | AAA | Zero coupon bond to yield 7.749% due 1/1/26 | 8,101,400 | |||
4,310,000 | Aaa(a) | San Marcos, CA, Public Facilities Authority, Public Facilities Revenue, | ||||
zero coupon bond to yield 6.000% due 1/1/19 | 2,487,861 | |||||
455,000 | AAA | Santa Rosa, CA, Hospital Revenue, Santa Rosa Hospital Memorial | ||||
Project, 10.300% due 3/1/11 | 530,252 | |||||
1,250,000 | BBB | Sequoia, CA, Hospital District Revenue, 5.375% due 8/15/23 | 1,259,488 | |||
Total Escrowed to Maturity | 152,347,890 | |||||
Finance — 5.2% | ||||||
1,000,000 | BBB+ | Fresno, CA, Joint Powers Financing Authority Local Agency Revenue, | ||||
Series A, 6.550% due 9/2/12 | 1,011,780 | |||||
3,000,000 | AAA | Long Beach, CA, Bond Finance Authority Lease Revenue, Rainbow | ||||
Harbor Refinancing Project, Series A, AMBAC-Insured, | ||||||
5.250% due 5/1/24 | 3,148,500 | |||||
2,315,000 | AA | Los Angeles County, CA, Public Works Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||
Series A, 5.000% due 10/1/19 | 2,389,705 | |||||
5,550,000 | AAA | Pomona, CA, PFA Revenue, Merged Redevelopment Project, Tax | ||||
Allocation, Series AD, MBIA-Insured, 5.000% due 2/1/21 | 5,787,485 | |||||
2,800,000 | AAA | Salida, CA, Area Public Facilities Financing Agency, Community | ||||
Facilities District, Special Tax Revenue No. 1988-1, FSA-Insured, | ||||||
5.250% due 9/1/18 | 2,931,880 | |||||
2,875,000 | AAA | Santa Ana, CA, Financing Authority Lease Revenue, Police | ||||
Administration & Holding Facility, Series A, MBIA-Insured, | ||||||
6.250% due 7/1/24 | 3,511,525 | |||||
2,000,000 | AAA | South Orange County, CA, PFA, Special Tax Revenue, Senior Lien, | ||||
Series A, MBIA-Insured, 7.000% due 9/1/10 (f) | 2,287,000 | |||||
Stockton, CA, PFA Lease Revenue, Parking & Capital Projects, | ||||||
FGIC-Insured: | ||||||
2,000,000 | AAA | 5.125% due 9/1/30 | 2,125,140 | |||
1,900,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 9/1/34 | 2,038,491 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Finance — 5.2% (continued) | ||||||
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority Revenue, Series A: | ||||||
$ | 5,000,000 | BBB | Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Notes, 6.500% due 10/1/24 | $ | 5,604,250 | |
10,000,000 | BBB | Senior Lien, 5.500% due 10/1/18 | 10,451,400 | |||
Total Finance | 41,287,156 | |||||
General Obligation — 9.1% | ||||||
2,000,000 | AAA | Adelanto, CA, School District, Capital Appreciation, Series B, | ||||
FGIC-Insured, zero coupon bond to yield 6.699% due 9/1/18 | 1,069,940 | |||||
California State, Veterans Bonds: | ||||||
1,000,000 | AA- | Series AT, 9.500% due 2/1/10 | 1,206,100 | |||
2,000,000 | AA- | Series AU, 8.400% due 10/1/06 | 2,054,780 | |||
Los Angeles, CA, USD: | ||||||
20,000,000 | AAA | Series A, FSA-Insured, 5.000% due 7/1/24 (b) | 21,156,800 | |||
14,230,000 | AAA | Series E, MBIA-Insured, 5.125% due 7/1/22 (b) | 15,231,365 | |||
4,000,000 | AAA | Moreno Valley, CA, USD, Election 2004, Series A, FSA-Insured, | ||||
5.000% due 8/1/25 | 4,242,080 | |||||
3,000,000 | AAA | Placentia-Yorba Linda, CA, USD, Series B, FGIC-Insured, | ||||
5.500% due 8/1/27 | 3,334,470 | |||||
1,000,000 | A3(a) | San Diego, CA, Public Safety Communication Project, | ||||
6.650% due 7/15/11 | 1,131,430 | |||||
Santa Margarita-Dana Point, CA, Authority Revenue: | ||||||
20,000,000 | AAA | Series A, AMBAC-Insured, 5.125% due 8/1/18 (b) | 20,863,600 | |||
1,500,000 | AAA | Water Improvement Districts 3, 3A, 4, & 4A, Series B, MBIA-Insured, | ||||
7.250% due 8/1/14 (f) | 1,870,755 | |||||
Total General Obligation | 72,161,320 | |||||
Government Facilities — 0.7% | ||||||
Riverside County, CA, COP, Historic Courthouse Project, Series A: | ||||||
2,320,000 | A+ | 5.000% due 11/1/23 | 2,418,763 | |||
2,705,000 | A+ | 5.000% due 11/1/28 | 2,791,668 | |||
Total Government Facilities | 5,210,431 | |||||
Hospitals — 2.7% | ||||||
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue: | ||||||
705,000 | A | Casa De Las Campanas, Series A, California Mortgage | ||||
Insurance-Insured, 5.500% due 8/1/12 | 733,990 | |||||
2,500,000 | A | Marshall Hospital, Series A, California Mortgage Insurance-Insured, | ||||
5.250% due 11/1/18 | 2,604,850 | |||||
Sutter Health, Series A: | ||||||
FSA-Insured: | ||||||
1,470,000 | AAA | 5.125% due 8/15/17 | 1,534,401 | |||
1,500,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 8/15/27 | 1,563,555 | |||
2,000,000 | AAA | MBIA-Insured, 5.000% due 8/15/19 | 2,089,480 | |||
5,145,000 | AAA | University of California at San Francisco-Stanford Health Care, | ||||
Series A, FSA-Insured, 5.000% due 11/15/18 | 5,394,224 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Hospitals — 2.7% (continued) | ||||||
Unrefunded Balance: | ||||||
$ | 305,000 | AAA | Catholic A, AMBAC-Insured, 5.750% due 7/1/15 | $ | 310,612 | |
2,050,000 | AAA | Catholic-2005-A, MBIA-Insured, 5.125% due 7/1/24 | 2,123,205 | |||
4,000,000 | AA- | California Statewide Communities Development Authority Revenue, | ||||
COP, St. Joseph’s Health Systems, 5.250% due 7/1/21 | 4,120,160 | |||||
1,000,000 | AAA | Modesto, CA, Health Facilities Revenue, Memorial Hospital | ||||
Association, Series B, MBIA-Insured, 5.125% due 6/1/17 | 1,041,100 | |||||
Total Hospitals | 21,515,577 | |||||
Housing: Multi-Family — 1.6% | ||||||
1,250,000 | AAA | ABAG Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corp., MFH Revenue, | ||||
Edgewood Apartments Project, Series A, FNMA-Collateralized, | ||||||
5.700% due 11/1/26 (d)(g) | 1,264,450 | |||||
6,000,000 | NR | California Statewide Communities Development Authority, | ||||
Multi-Family Revenue, Series E, FNMA-Collateralized, | ||||||
6.400% due 6/1/28 (d)(f) | 6,131,040 | |||||
1,725,000 | AAA | Riverside County, CA, Housing Authority, MFH Revenue, | ||||
Brandon Place Apartments, Series B, FNMA-Collateralized, | ||||||
5.625% due 7/1/29 (d)(g) | 1,783,460 | |||||
660,000 | AAA | San Francisco, CA, City & County Redevelopment Agency | ||||
Multi-Family Revenue, 1045 Mission Apartments, Series C, | ||||||
GNMA-Collateralized, 5.200% due 12/20/17 (d) | 676,830 | |||||
2,755,000 | AAA | Victorville, CA, MFH Revenue, Wimbledon Apartments, Series A, | ||||
GNMA-Collateralized, 6.300% due 4/20/31 | 2,814,563 | |||||
Total Housing: Multi-Family | 12,670,343 | |||||
Housing: Single-Family — 1.6% | ||||||
California Housing Finance Agency Revenue, Home Mortgage: | ||||||
Capital Appreciation: | ||||||
280,000 | AA- | Series 1983-B, FHA-Insured, zero coupon bond to yield | ||||
10.749% due 8/1/15 | 125,210 | |||||
310,000 | AA- | Series 1984-B, zero coupon bond to yield 11.165% due 8/1/16 | 96,686 | |||
10,000 | AA- | MGIC-Insured, 10.250% due 2/1/14 | 10,377 | |||
California Housing Finance Agency Single-Family Mortgage Purchase: | ||||||
210,000 | AAA | Issue A-2, FHA-Insured, 6.350% due 8/1/15 (d)(f) | 211,823 | |||
995,000 | AAA | Series B-3, Class II, Remarketed 3/31/98, MBIA-Insured, | ||||
5.375% due 8/1/21 (d) | 1,012,303 | |||||
355,000 | AAA | California Rural Home Mortgage Financing Authority, Single-Family | ||||
Mortgage Revenue, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series D, | ||||||
GNMA/FNMA-Collateralized, 6.000% due 12/1/31 (d) | 372,839 | |||||
10,000,000 | AAA | California State Department of Veterans Affairs, Home Purchase | ||||
Revenue, Series A, AMBAC-Insured, 5.350% due 12/1/27 | 10,557,800 | |||||
Total Housing: Single-Family | 12,387,038 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Miscellaneous — 7.0% | ||||||
$ | 2,000,000 | AAA | Anaheim, CA, COP, Regular Fixed Option Bonds, MBIA-Insured, | |||
6.200% due 7/16/23 | $ | 2,117,060 | ||||
10,000,000 | AA | Beverly Hills, CA, Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue, | ||||
Capital Improvements Projects, Series A, 5.250% due 6/1/28 | 10,356,600 | |||||
4,000,000 | AAA | California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue, | ||||
Rand Corp. Project, Series A, AMBAC-Insured, 5.500% due 4/1/32 | 4,329,720 | |||||
2,500,000 | AAA | California State Public Works Board Lease Revenue, Department of | ||||
Corrections, Series B, MBIA-Insured, 5.000% due 9/1/21 | 2,611,150 | |||||
3,000,000 | AAA | Contra Costa County, CA, COP, Capital Projects Program, | ||||
AMBAC-Insured, 5.250% due 2/1/21 | 3,108,570 | |||||
3,680,000 | AAA | Fontana, CA, COP, AMBAC-Insured, 5.000% due 9/1/21 | 3,832,830 | |||
3,250,000 | AAA | Los Angeles County, CA, Community Facilities, District No. 3, | ||||
Special Tax, Series A, FSA-Insured, 5.500% due 9/1/14 | 3,419,228 | |||||
San Francisco, CA, City & County, COP, San Bruno Jail No. 3, | ||||||
AMBAC-Insured: | ||||||
14,000,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 10/1/26 (b) | 14,751,240 | |||
5,000,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 10/1/33 | 5,255,650 | |||
3,205,000 | AAA | San Luis Obispo County, CA, Financing Authority Revenue, Lopez | ||||
Dam Improvement, Series A, MBIA-Insured, 5.375% due 8/1/30 | 3,396,114 | |||||
2,795,000 | AAA | Solano County, CA, COP, Capital Improvement Program, | ||||
AMBAC-Insured, 5.000% due 11/15/19 | 2,943,834 | |||||
Total Miscellaneous | 56,121,996 | |||||
Pollution Control — 0.2% | ||||||
1,500,000 | A+ | California PCFA Revenue, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., Series A, | ||||
6.800% due 6/1/15 (d) | 1,765,890 | |||||
Pre-Refunded (h) — 20.0% | ||||||
1,240,000 | AAA | Anaheim, CA, Public Financing Authority Revenue, Water Utility, | ||||
Lenain Filtration Project, FGIC-Insured, Call 4/1/06 @ 100, | ||||||
5.250% due 10/1/19 | 1,241,996 | |||||
California EFA Revenue: | ||||||
1,775,000 | A1(a) | Pepperdine University, Series A, Call 11/1/09 @ 101, | ||||
5.000% due 11/1/18 | 1,886,967 | |||||
6,125,000 | Ba1(a) | Pooled College & University Project, Series A, Call 7/1/08 @ 101, | ||||
5.500% due 7/1/15 | 6,315,120 | |||||
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue: | ||||||
815,000 | AAA | Catholic West, Series A, MBIA-Insured, Call 7/1/07 @ 102, | ||||
5.125% due 7/1/24 | 850,061 | |||||
135,000 | AAA | Catholic-2005-A, MBIA-Insured, Call 7/1/07 @ 102, | ||||
5.125% due 7/1/24 | 140,808 | |||||
12,000,000 | A3(a) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Series A, Call 12/1/09 @ 101, | ||||
6.125% due 12/1/30 (b) | 13,241,160 | |||||
2,605,000 | AA | California State Department of Water Resources, Central Valley | ||||
Project Revenue, Water System, Series S, Call 12/1/07 @ 101, | ||||||
5.000% due 12/1/19 | 2,705,292 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Pre-Refunded (h) — 20.0% (continued) | ||||||
$ | 5,000,000 | AAA | California State Public Works Board Lease Revenue, Department of | |||
Health Services, Series A, MBIA-Insured, Call 11/1/09 @ 101, | ||||||
5.750% due 11/1/24 | $ | 5,452,450 | ||||
2,000,000 | AAA | California State University Foundation Revenue, Monterey Bay, | ||||
MBIA-Insured, Call 6/1/11 @ 100, 5.350% due 6/1/31 | 2,177,760 | |||||
East Bay, CA, Municipal Utility District: | ||||||
4,855,000 | AAA | Wastewater Treatment System Revenue, Subordinated, | ||||
FGIC-Insured, Call 6/1/06 @ 102, 5.000% due 6/1/26 | 4,972,685 | |||||
4,775,000 | AAA | Water System Revenue, Subordinated, FGIC-Insured, | ||||
Call 6/1/06 @ 102, 5.000% due 6/1/26 | 4,890,746 | |||||
2,000,000 | AAA | Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agency of California, Toll Road Revenue, | ||||
Senior Lien, Series A, Call 1/1/07 @ 100, 6.000% due 1/1/34 (f) | 2,044,120 | |||||
3,280,000 | AAA | Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., California Tobacco | ||||
Settlement Revenue, Enhanced Asset-Backed Securities, Series B, | ||||||
Call 6/1/07 @ 100, 5.500% due 6/1/18 | 3,364,263 | |||||
2,500,000 | AAA | Inland Empire Solid Waste Financing Authority Revenue, Landfill | ||||
Improvement Financing Project, Series B, FSA-Insured, | ||||||
Call 8/1/06 @ 102, 6.000% due 8/1/16 (d) | 2,576,525 | |||||
4,185,000 | AA | Los Angeles County, CA, Public Works Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||
Regional Park & Open, Series A, Call 10/1/07 @ 101, | ||||||
5.000% due 10/1/19 | 4,335,116 | |||||
Metropolitan Water District Southern California Waterworks Revenue: | ||||||
Series A, Call 1/1/08 @ 101: | ||||||
1,000,000 | AA+ | 5.000% due 7/1/18 | 1,038,930 | |||
5,540,000 | AAA | 5.000% due 7/1/26 | 5,755,672 | |||
7,610,000 | AA+ | 5.000% due 7/1/26 | 7,906,257 | |||
4,500,000 | AAA | Series C, Call 1/1/07 @ 102, 5.250% due 7/1/16 | 4,659,570 | |||
750,000 | BBB+ | Northern California Power Agency Public Power Revenue, Geothermal | ||||
Project No. 3, Series A, Call 7/1/08 @ 100, 5.000% due 7/1/09 | 780,278 | |||||
1,675,000 | AAA | Orange County, CA, Recovery, COP, Series A, MBIA-Insured, | ||||
Call 7/1/06 @ 102, 6.000% due 7/1/26 | 1,723,475 | |||||
4,720,000 | AAA | Pasadena, CA, GO, USD, Series A, FGIC-Insured, Call 5/1/08 @ 101, | ||||
5.000% due 5/1/20 | 4,927,822 | |||||
6,575,000 | AAA | Placer County, CA, Water Agency Revenue COP, Capital Improvement | ||||
Projects, AMBAC-Insured, Call 7/1/09 @ 101, 5.500% due 7/1/29 | 7,073,056 | |||||
4,600,000 | AAA | Sacramento County, CA, COP, Public Facilities Project, Solid Waste | ||||
Facilities, MBIA-Insured, Call 12/1/06 @ 102, 5.250% due 12/1/16 | 4,758,424 | |||||
Sacramento, CA, City Financing Authority Revenue, | ||||||
Capital Improvement: | ||||||
2,000,000 | AA- | Call 6/1/10 @ 101, 5.625% due 6/1/30 | 2,190,060 | |||
Series A, AMBAC-Insured, Call 6/1/11 @ 100: | ||||||
5,070,000 | AAA | 5.500% due 12/1/20 | 5,556,771 | |||
6,300,000 | AAA | 5.500% due 12/1/21 | 6,904,863 | |||
1,600,000 | AAA | Solid Waste & Redevelopment Project, Call 12/1/09 @ 102, | ||||
5.875% due 12/1/29 | 1,768,624 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Pre-Refunded (h) — 20.0% (continued) | ||||||
Sacramento, CA, Power Authority Cogeneration Project Revenue, | ||||||
Call 7/1/06 @ 102: | ||||||
$ | 1,800,000 | BBB | 6.500% due 7/1/07 | $ | 1,854,684 | |
1,800,000 | BBB | 6.500% due 7/1/08 | 1,854,684 | |||
2,200,000 | BBB | 6.500% due 7/1/09 | 2,266,836 | |||
1,250,000 | AAA | San Diego, CA, Community College District Lease Revenue, | ||||
MBIA-Insured, Call 12/1/06 @ 102, 6.125% due 12/1/16 | 1,301,025 | |||||
9,780,000 | AAA | San Francisco Bay Area Transit Financing Authority, AMBAC-Insured, | ||||
Call 7/1/08 @ 101, 5.000% due 7/1/28 | 10,235,259 | |||||
25,000,000 | AAA | San Francisco, CA, State Building Authority Lease Revenue, | ||||
San Francisco Civic Center Complex, Series A, AMBAC-Insured, | ||||||
Call 12/1/06 @ 102, 5.250% due 12/1/21 (b) | 25,861,000 | |||||
4,000,000 | AAA | Tahoe-Truckee, CA, GO, USD, Improvement District Number 1, Series A, | ||||
FGIC-Insured, Call 8/1/09 @ 101, 5.750% due 8/1/20 | 4,341,240 | |||||
Total Pre-Refunded | 158,953,599 | |||||
Public Facilities — 0.9% | ||||||
2,000,000 | AAA | Monrovia, CA, Financing Authority Lease Revenue, Hillside Wilderness | ||||
Preserve, AMBAC-Insured, 5.125% due 12/1/31 | 2,126,560 | |||||
4,500,000 | AAA | Palm Springs, CA, Financing Authority Lease Revenue, Convention | ||||
Center Project, Series A, MBIA-Insured, 5.500% due 11/1/29 | 5,028,975 | |||||
Total Public Facilities | 7,155,535 | |||||
Tax Allocation — 3.0% | ||||||
2,000,000 | AAA | Anaheim, CA, Public Financing Authority, Tax Allocation Revenue, | ||||
Regular Fixed Option Bonds, MBIA-Insured, 6.450% due 12/28/18 | 2,142,760 | |||||
1,000,000 | AAA | El Centro, CA, RDA, Tax Allocation, El Centro Redevelopment Project, | ||||
MBIA-Insured, 6.375% due 11/1/17 | 1,040,000 | |||||
6,485,000 | AAA | Healdsburg, CA, Community RDA, Tax Allocation, Sotoyome Community | ||||
Development Project, Series A, MBIA-Insured, 5.125% due 8/1/31 | 6,800,301 | |||||
6,500,000 | AAA | La Quinta, CA, RDA, Tax Allocation, Redevelopment Project, Area | ||||
No. 1, AMBAC-Insured, 5.125% due 9/1/32 | 6,873,490 | |||||
1,000,000 | AAA | Norco California Redevelopment Agency Project, Area Number 1. | ||||
AMBAC Insured, 5.000% due 3/1/26 | 1,043,410 | |||||
Rancho Cucamonga, CA, RDA, Tax Allocation, Rancho | ||||||
Development Project: | ||||||
2,500,000 | AAA | FSA-Insured, Refunding, 5.250% due 9/1/20 | 2,644,550 | |||
MBIA-Insured: | ||||||
2,445,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 9/1/16 | 2,517,274 | |||
1,000,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 9/1/26 | 1,028,560 | |||
Total Tax Allocation | 24,090,345 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Tobacco — 3.5% | ||||||
$ | 5,250,000 | Baa3(a) | Alameda County, CA, Tobacco Securitization Agency, Asset-Backed | |||
Revenue, 5.750% due 6/1/29 | $ | 5,495,752 | ||||
20,000,000 | BBB | Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, Tobacco Settlement | ||||
Revenue, Series 2003-A-1, 6.750% due 6/1/39 (b) | 22,517,000 | |||||
Total Tobacco | 28,012,752 | |||||
Transportation — 4.0% | ||||||
15,000,000 | AAA | California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue, | ||||
Bay Area Toll Bridges, 1st Lien, Series A, FGIC-Insured, | ||||||
5.000% due 7/1/29 (b) | 15,778,350 | |||||
1,250,000 | AAA | Fresno, CA, Airport Revenue, Series A, FSA-Insured, | ||||
5.500% due 7/1/30 | 1,338,412 | |||||
9,000,000 | AAA | Sacramento County, CA, Airport System Revenue, Series A, | ||||
MBIA-Insured, 5.900% due 7/1/24 (d) | 9,253,890 | |||||
5,490,000 | AAA | San Francisco Bay Area Transit Financing Authority, AMBAC Insured, | ||||
5.000% due 7/1/28 | 5,648,277 | |||||
Total Transportation | 32,018,929 | |||||
Utilities — 0.0% | ||||||
360,000 | BBB+ | Northern California Power Agency Public Power Revenue, Geothermal | ||||
Project No. 3, Series A, Unrefunded Balance, 5.000% due 7/1/09 | 360,374 | |||||
Water and Sewer — 15.7% | ||||||
California State Department of Water Resources, Central Valley | ||||||
Project Revenue Water System: | ||||||
2,395,000 | AA | Series S, Unrefunded Balance, 5.000% due 12/1/19 | 2,483,902 | |||
11,000,000 | AA | Series U, 5.000% due 12/1/29 | 11,255,310 | |||
Castaic Lake Water Agency California Revenue, COP, Water System | ||||||
Improvement Project, AMBAC-Insured: | ||||||
7,270,000 | AAA | 5.250% due 8/1/19 | 7,706,345 | |||
7,615,000 | AAA | 5.125% due 8/1/30 | 7,954,401 | |||
6,000,000 | AAA | Clovis, CA, Sewer Revenue, MBIA-Insured, 5.200% due 8/1/28 | 6,288,360 | |||
4,000,000 | AAA | Cucamonga County, CA, Water District, COP, FGIC-Insured, | ||||
5.125% due 9/1/31 | 4,196,800 | |||||
East Bay, CA, Municipal Utility: | ||||||
6,585,000 | AAA | District Wastewater Treatment System Revenue, Subordinated, | ||||
FGIC-Insured, Unrefunded Balance, 5.000% due 6/1/26 | 6,737,640 | |||||
3,625,000 | AAA | District Water System Revenue, Refunding, Subordinated, | ||||
FGIC-Insured, Unrefunded Balance, 5.000% due 6/1/26 | 3,709,028 | |||||
8,400,000 | AAA | District Water Systems Revenue, MBIA-Insured, 5.000% due 6/1/26 | 8,748,936 | |||
Eastern Municipal Water District COP Water & Sewer Revenue: | ||||||
1,000,000 | AAA | FGIC-Insured, 6.750% due 7/1/12 | 1,142,460 | |||
17,750,000 | AAA | Series A, MBIA-Insured, 5.250% due 7/1/23 (b) | 18,329,893 | |||
1,900,000 | AAA | El Centro, CA, Financing Authority Water & Wastewater Revenue, | ||||
Series A, AMBAC-Insured, 5.125% due 10/1/27 | 1,972,751 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Water and Sewer — 15.7% (continued) | ||||||
$ | 1,720,000 | AAA | Lodi, CA, Wastewater Systems Revenue, COP, Series A, MBIA-Insured, | |||
5.000% due 10/1/23 | $ | 1,824,559 | ||||
Metropolitan Water District, Southern California Waterworks Revenue: | ||||||
12,900,000 | AA+ | Series A, 4.750% due 7/1/22 | 13,209,729 | |||
10,000,000 | AAA | Series B-2, FGIC-Insured, 5.000% due 10/1/26 | 10,594,200 | |||
1,925,000 | AAA | Morgan Hill, CA, COP, Refunding, Water Improvement Projects, | ||||
FSA-Insured, 5.125% due 6/1/21 | 2,036,727 | |||||
2,500,000 | AAA | Pomona, CA, Public Financing Authority Revenue, Water Facilities | ||||
Project, Series AA, FSA-Insured, 5.000% due 5/1/29 | 2,590,200 | |||||
6,875,000 | AAA | San Diego, CA, Public PFA, Sewer Revenue, FGIC-Insured, | ||||
5.000% due 5/15/20 | 6,934,469 | |||||
2,820,000 | AAA | Sunnyvale, CA, Financing Authority, Water & Wastewater Revenue, | ||||
AMBAC-Insured, 5.000% due 10/1/22 | 2,951,045 | |||||
4,350,000 | AAA | Vallejo, CA, Parity Revenue, Refunding, Water Improvement Project, | ||||
Series A, FSA-Insured, 5.250% due 5/1/29 | 4,597,167 | |||||
Total Water and Sewer | 125,263,922 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM | ||||||
INVESTMENTS (Cost — $692,125,832) | 778,192,819 | |||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS(i) — 1.6% | ||||||
Finance — 0.3% | ||||||
2,000,000 | A-1+ | California State Economic Recovery Bonds, Series C-04, | ||||
SPA-JPMorgan Chase, 2.940%, 3/1/06 | 2,000,000 | |||||
500,000 | A-1+ | State of California, Series C-8, LOC-Lloyds Bank PLC, | ||||
2.940%, 3/1/06 | 500,000 | |||||
Total Finance | 2,500,000 | |||||
Hospital — 0.1% | ||||||
1,000,000 | A-1+ | California Health Facilities Finance Authority, Adventist Health | ||||
System, Series A, MBIA-Insured, SPA-California State Teachers | ||||||
Retirement Fund, 2.940%, 3/1/06 | 1,000,000 | |||||
Industrial Development — 0.2% | ||||||
1,600,000 | A-1+ | California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Revenue, | ||||
Series B, AMBAC-Insured, SPA-JPMorgan Chase, 2.900%, 3/1/06 | 1,600,000 | |||||
Miscellaneous — 0.2% | ||||||
1,500,000 | VMIG 1(a) | California Statewide CDA Revenue, North Peninsula Jewish | ||||
Community Center, LOC-Bank of America, 2.940%, 3/1/06 | 1,500,000 | |||||
Pollution Control — 0.5% | ||||||
3,900,000 | A-1+ | California PCFA, PCR, Pacific Gas & Electric, Series C, LOC-Bank | ||||
One N.A., 2.970%, 3/1/06 | 3,900,000 | |||||
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (February 28, 2006) (continued) | ||||||
Face Amount | Rating‡ | Security | Value | |||
Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||
California State Department of Water Resources, Power Supply Revenue: | ||||||
$ | 700,000 | A-1+ | Series B-4, LOC-Bayerische Landesbank, 2.870%, 3/1/06 | $ | 700,000 | |
1,000,000 | A-1+ | Series B-6, LOC-State Street Bank & Trust Co., 2.900%, 3/1/06 | 1,000,000 | |||
200,000 | A-1+ | Series C-6, AMBAC-Insured, SPA-Ladesbank Baden-Wuerrtemberg, | ||||
3.180%, 3/2/06 | 200,000 | |||||
Total Utilities | 1,900,000 | |||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||
(Cost — $12,400,000) | 12,400,000 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3% (Cost — $704,525,832#) | 790,592,819 | |||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7% | 5,505,125 | |||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 796,097,944 |
‡ | All ratings are by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, unless otherwise noted. All ratings are unaudited. |
(a) | Rating by Moody’s Investors Service. All ratings are unaudited. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is segregated for open futures contracts. |
(c) | Bonds are escrowed to maturity by government securities and/or U.S. government agency securities and are considered by the Manager to be triple-A rated even if issuer has not applied for new ratings. |
(d) | Income from this issue is considered a preference item for purposes of calculating the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”). |
(e) | Residual interest bonds--coupon varies inversely with level of short-term tax-exempt interest rates. |
(f) | All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts. |
(g) | Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at February 28, 2006. |
(h) | Pre-Refunded bonds are escrowed with government obligations and/or government agency securities and are considered by the Manager to be triple-A rated even if issuer has not applied for new ratings. |
(i) | Variable rate demand obligations have a demand feature under which the Fund can tender them back to the issuer on no more than 7 days notice. Date shown is the date of the next interest rate change. |
# | Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $703,231,998. See pages 19 and 20 for definitions of ratings. |
Abbreviations used in this schedule: | |||
ABAG | — | Association of Bay Area Governments | |
AMBAC | — | Ambac Assurance Corporation | |
CDA | — | Community Development Authority | |
COP | — | Certificate of Participation | |
EFA | — | Educational Facilities Authority | |
FGIC | — | Financial Guaranty Insurance Company | |
FHA | — | Federal Housing Administration | |
FNMA | — | Federal National Mortgage Association | |
FSA | — | Financial Security Assurance | |
GNMA | — | Government National Mortgage Association | |
GO | — | General Obligation | |
HFA | — | Housing Finance Authority | |
LOC | — | Letter of Credit | |
MBIA | — | Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corporation | |
MFH | — | Multi-Family Housing | |
MGIC | — | Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation | |
PCFA | — | Pollution Control Finance Authority | |
PCR | — | Pollution Control Revenue | |
PFA | — | Public Facilities Authority | |
RDA | — | Redevelopment Agency | |
RIBS | — | Residual Interest Bonds | |
SAVRS | — | Select Auction Variable Rate Securities | |
SPA | — | Standby Bond Purchase Agreement | |
UGRIC | — | United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company of Iowa | |
USD | — | Unified School District | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Bond Ratings (unaudited) |
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (“Standard & Poor’s”)— Ratings from “AA” to “CCC” may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (–) sign to show relative standings within the major rating categories.
AAA | — | Bonds rated “AAA” have the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal is extremely strong. |
AA | — | Bonds rated “AA” have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differ from the highest rated issues only in a small degree. |
A | — | Bonds rated “A” have a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although they are somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories. |
BBB | — | Bonds rated “BBB” are regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas they normally exhibit adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for bonds in this category than in higher rated categories. |
BB, B, CCC, CC and C | — | Bonds rated “BB”, “B”, “CCC”, “CC” and “C” are regarded, on balance, as predominantly speculative with respect to capacity to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation. “BB” represents the lowest degree of speculation and “C” the highest degree of speculation. While such bonds will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions. |
D | — | Bonds rated “D” are in default and payment of interest and/or repayment of principal is in arrears. |
Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”)— Numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 may be applied to each generic rating from “Aa” to “Caa,” where 1 is the highest and 3 the lowest ranking within its generic category.
Aaa | — | Bonds rated “Aaa” are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edge.” Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues. |
Aa | — | Bonds rated “Aa” are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the “Aaa” group they comprise what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in “Aaa” securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in “Aaa” securities. |
A | — | Bonds rated “A” possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment some time in the future. |
Baa | — | Bonds rated “Baa” are considered as medium grade obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well. |
Ba | — | Bonds rated “Ba” are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and therefore not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class. |
B | — | Bonds rated “B” generally lack characteristics of desirable investments. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small. |
Caa | — | Bonds rated “Caa” are of poor standing. These issues may be in default, or present elements of danger may exist with respect to principal or interest. |
Ca | — | Bonds rated “Ca” represent obligations which are speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked short-comings. |
C | — | Bonds rated “C” are the lowest class of bonds and issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing. |
NR | — | Indicates that the bond is not rated by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, or Fitch Ratings Service. |
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Short-Term Security Ratings (unaudited)
SP-1 | — | Standard & Poor’s highest rating indicating very strong or strong capacity to pay principal and interest; those issues determined to possess overwhelming safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) sign. |
A-1 | — | Standard & Poor’s highest commercial paper and variable-rate demand obligation (VRDO) rating indicating that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is either overwhelming or very strong; those issues determined to possess overwhelming safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) sign. |
VMIG 1 | — | Moody’s highest rating for issues having a demand feature—VRDO. |
MIG 1 | — | Moody’s highest rating for short-term municipal obligations. |
P-1 | — | Moody’s highest rating for commercial paper and for VRDO prior to the advent of the |
VMIG 1 rating. |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (February 28, 2006) | |||
ASSETS: | |||
Investments, at value (Cost — $704,525,832) | $ | 790,592,819 | |
Interest receivable | 8,450,154 | ||
Receivable for Fund shares sold | 716,242 | ||
Receivable for securities sold | 70,000 | ||
Prepaid expenses | 15,371 | ||
Total Assets | 799,844,586 | ||
LIABILITIES: | |||
Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts | 1,356,719 | ||
Distributions payable | 1,244,371 | ||
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | 468,831 | ||
Investment management fee payable | 283,672 | ||
Due to custodian | 159,893 | ||
Distribution fees payable | 61,176 | ||
Transfer agent fees payable | 32,278 | ||
Deferred compensation payable | 15,058 | ||
Directors’ fees payable | 2,588 | ||
Accrued expenses | 122,056 | ||
Total Liabilities | 3,746,642 | ||
Total Net Assets | $ | 796,097,944 | |
NET ASSETS: | |||
Par value (Note 6) | $ | 48,792 | |
Paid-in capital in excess of par value | 760,799,576 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 396,997 | ||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and futures contracts | (50,286,127 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and futures contracts | 85,138,706 | ||
Total Net Assets | $ | 796,097,944 | |
Shares Outstanding: | |||
Class A | 41,004,537 | ||
Class B | 4,391,339 | ||
Class C | 3,395,860 | ||
Net Asset Value: | |||
Class A (and redemption price) | $ | 16.32 | |
Class B * | $ | 16.30 | |
Class C * | $ | 16.28 | |
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share: | |||
Class A (based on maximum sales charge of 4.00%) | $ | 17.00 |
* Redemption price is NAV of Class B and C shares reduced by a 4.50% and 1.00% CDSC, respectively, if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment
(See Note 2).
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Statement of Operations (For the year ended February 28, 2006) | |||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | |||
Interest | $ | 41,776,218 | |
EXPENSES: | |||
Investment management fee (Note 2) | 2,873,467 | ||
Distribution fees (Notes 2 and 4) | 1,989,657 | ||
Administration fees (Note 2) | 1,215,834 | ||
Transfer agent fees (Notes 2 and 4) | 195,659 | ||
Shareholder reports (Note 4) | 84,015 | ||
Custody fees | 62,951 | ||
Legal fees | 52,818 | ||
Registration fees | 40,482 | ||
Audit and tax | 29,302 | ||
Directors’ fees | 22,638 | ||
Insurance | 19,119 | ||
Miscellaneous expenses | 7,376 | ||
Total Expenses | 6,593,318 | ||
Less: Investment management fee waivers (Note 2) | (17,529 | ) | |
Net Expenses | 6,575,789 | ||
Net Investment Income | 35,200,429 | ||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON | |||
INVESTMENTS AND FUTURES CONTRACTS (NOTES 1 AND 3): | |||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From: | |||
Investment transactions | 1,119,321 | ||
Futures contracts | (12,704,758 | ) | |
Net Realized Loss | (11,585,437 | ) | |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation From: | |||
Investments | (6,634,254 | ) | |
Futures contracts | 7,506,639 | ||
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation | 872,385 | ||
Net Loss on Investments and Futures Contracts | (10,713,052 | ) | |
Increase in Net Assets From Operations | $ | 24,487,377 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (For the years ended February 28,) | ||||||
2006 | 2005 | |||||
OPERATIONS: | ||||||
Net investment income | $ | 35,200,429 | $ | 37,045,661 | ||
Net realized loss | (11,585,437 | ) | (19,565,074 | ) | ||
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation | 872,385 | (1,705,412 | ) | |||
Increase in Net Assets From Operations | 24,487,377 | 15,775,175 | ||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM (NOTES 1 AND 5): | ||||||
Net investment income | (34,793,611 | ) | (37,414,448 | ) | ||
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders | (34,793,611 | ) | (37,414,448 | ) | ||
FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6): | ||||||
Net proceeds from sale of shares | 115,670,004 | 95,170,261 | ||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 18,216,553 | 19,560,109 | ||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (184,735,868 | ) | (149,388,917 | ) | ||
Decrease in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions | (50,849,311 | ) | (34,658,547 | ) | ||
Decrease in Net Assets | (61,155,545 | ) | (56,297,820 | ) | ||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||
Beginning of year | 857,253,489 | 913,551,309 | ||||
End of year* | $ | 796,097,944 | $ | 857,253,489 | ||
*Includes undistributed net investment income of: | $ | 396,997 | $ | 232,468 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Financial Highlights | ||||||||||
For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended February 28, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||
Class A Shares(1) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004(2) | 2003 | 2002 | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $16.52 | $16.92 | $16.76 | $16.93 | $16.70 | |||||
Income (Loss) From Operations: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.79 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.21 | ) | (0.39 | ) | 0.15 | (0.17 | ) | 0.22 | ||
Total Income From Operations | 0.50 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.60 | 1.01 | |||||
Less Distributions From: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.70 | ) | (0.73 | ) | (0.74 | ) | (0.77 | ) | (0.78 | ) |
Total Distributions | (0.70 | ) | (0.73 | ) | (0.74 | ) | (0.77 | ) | (0.78 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $16.32 | $16.52 | $16.92 | $16.76 | $16.93 | |||||
Total Return(3) | 3.11 | % | 2.03 | % | 5.48 | % | 3.59 | % | 6.20 | % |
Net Assets, End of Year (millions) | $669 | $697 | $720 | $734 | $747 | |||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets: | ||||||||||
Gross expenses | 0.70 | % | 0.69 | % | 0.68 | % | 0.70 | % | 0.68 | % |
Net expenses | 0.70 | (4) | 0.69 | (4) | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.68 | |||
Net investment income | 4.33 | 4.35 | 4.46 | 4.58 | 4.68 | |||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 8 | % | 3 | % | 14 | % | 12 | % | 21 | % |
(1) | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
(2) | For the year ended February 29, 2004. |
(3) | Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. |
(4) | The investment manager voluntarily waived a portion of its fees. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Financial Highlights | ||||||||||
For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended February 28, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||
Class B Shares(1) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004(2) | 2003 | 2002 | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $16.49 | $16.90 | $16.74 | $16.92 | $16.69 | |||||
Income (Loss) From Operations: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.69 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.20 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 0.15 | (0.18 | ) | 0.24 | ||
Total Income From Operations | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.81 | 0.50 | 0.93 | |||||
Less Distributions From: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.61 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.65 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.70 | ) |
Total Distributions | (0.61 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.65 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.70 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $16.30 | $16.49 | $16.90 | $16.74 | $16.92 | |||||
Total Return(3) | 2.63 | % | 1.44 | % | 4.94 | % | 3.02 | % | 5.69 | % |
Net Assets, End of Year (millions) | $72 | $101 | $134 | $157 | $170 | |||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets: | ||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.23 | % | 1.22 | % | 1.20 | % | 1.22 | % | 1.20 | % |
Net expenses | 1.23 | (4) | 1.22 | (4) | 1.20 | 1.22 | 1.20 | |||
Net investment income | 3.79 | 3.82 | 3.94 | 4.06 | 4.14 | |||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 8 | % | 3 | % | 14 | % | 12 | % | 21 | % |
(1) | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
(2) | For the year ended February 29, 2004. |
(3) | Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. |
(4) | The investment manager voluntarily waived a portion of its fees. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Financial Highlights (continued) | ||||||||||
For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended February 28, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||
Class C Shares(1) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004(2) | 2003 | 2002 | |||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year | $16.48 | $16.88 | $16.72 | $16.90 | $16.68 | |||||
Income (Loss) From Operations: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.69 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.21 | ) | (0.39 | ) | 0.15 | (0.19 | ) | 0.22 | ||
Total Income From Operations | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.80 | 0.49 | 0.91 | |||||
Less Distributions From: | ||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.61 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.69 | ) |
Total Distributions | (0.61 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.69 | ) |
Net Asset Value, End of Year | $16.28 | $16.48 | $16.88 | $16.72 | $16.90 | |||||
Total Return(3) | 2.54 | % | 1.46 | % | 4.91 | % | 2.99 | % | 5.59 | % |
Net Assets, End of Year (millions) | $55 | $59 | $60 | $62 | $60 | |||||
Ratios to Average Net Assets: | ||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.26 | % | 1.26 | % | 1.24 | % | 1.26 | % | 1.25 | % |
Net expenses | 1.26 | (4) | 1.25 | (4) | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.25 | |||
Net investment income | 3.77 | 3.79 | 3.90 | 4.01 | 4.12 | |||||
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 8 | % | 3 | % | 14 | % | 12 | % | 21 | % |
(1) | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
(2) | For the year ended February 29, 2004. |
(3) | Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. |
(4) | The investment manager voluntarily waived a portion of its fees. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Notes to Financial Statements
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
The Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. (the “Fund”), a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company.
The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ.
(a) Investment Valuation. Securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in municipal obligations, quotations from municipal bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are determined not to reflect fair value, will be valued in good faith by or under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
(b) Financial Futures Contracts. The Fund may enter into financial futures contracts typically to hedge a portion of the portfolio. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities as initial margin. Additional securities are also segregated up to the current market value of the financial futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the underlying financial instruments. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the daily variation margin. When the financial futures contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recognized equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund’s basis in the contracts.
The risks associated with entering into financial futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. In addition, investing in financial futures contracts involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit and subsequent payments required for a futures transaction. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
(c) Fund Concentration. Since the Fund invests primarily in obligations of issuers within California, it is subject to possible concentration risks associated with economic, political, or legal developments or industrial or regional matters specifically affecting California.
(d) Security Transactions and Investment Income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
issuer defaults on an expected interest payment, the Fund’s policy is to generally halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default.
(e) Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions from net investment income on the shares of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record, and are paid monthly. The Fund intends to satisfy conditions that will enable interest from municipal securities, which is exempt from federal and certain state income taxes, to retain such tax-exempt status when distributed to the shareholders of the Fund. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are taxable and are declared at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
(f ) Class Accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.
(g) Federal and Other Taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and net realized gains on investments, if any, to shareholders each year. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.
(h) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:
Undistributed Net Investment Income | ||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | ||||
(a) | $ (242,289) | $242,289 | ||
(a) | Reclassifications are primarily due to differences between book and tax accretion of market discount on fixed income securities. |
2. Management Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
On December 1, 2005, Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”) completed the sale of substantially all of its asset management business, Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), to Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”). As a result, the Fund’s investment adviser and administrator, Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”) (the “Manager”), previously an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup, has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason. Completion of the sale caused the Fund’s then existing investment advisory and administrative contracts to terminate. The Fund’s shareholders approved a new investment management contract between the Fund and the Manager, which became effective on December 1, 2005.
Legg Mason, whose principal executive offices are in Baltimore, Maryland, is a financial services holding company.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Prior to the Legg Mason transaction, the Fund paid the Manager an investment advisory fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets and an administration fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.18% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million.
Under the new Investment Management agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee for selecting the Fund’s investments, overseeing its operations and providing administrative services at an annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.48% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.
Effective December 1, 2005, as a result of the termination of the administrative contract, this separate administration fee was no longer applicable.
During the year ended February 28, 2006, the Manager waived expenses amounting to $17,529.
The Fund’s Board has approved PFPC Inc. (“PFPC”) to serve as transfer agent for the Fund, effective January 1, 2006. The principal business office of PFPC is located at 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, MA 01581. During the period covered by this report, Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb. (“CTB”), a subsidiary of Citigroup, acted as the Fund’s transfer agent. PFPC and Primerica Shareholder Services (‘PSS”), another subsidiary of Citigroup, acted as the Fund’s sub-transfer agents. CTB received account fees and asset-based fees that varied according to the size and type of account. PFPC and PSS were responsible for shareholder recordkeeping and financial processing for all shareholder accounts and were paid by CTB. For the year ended February 28, 2006, the Fund paid transfer agent fees of $9,732 to CTB and $97,246 to PFPC.
The Fund’s Board has appointed the Fund’s current distributor, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”) and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”), a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, as co-distributors of the Fund. The Fund’s Board has also approved amended and restated Rule 12b-1 Plans. CGM and other broker-dealers, financial intermediaries and financial institutions (each called a “Service Agent”) that currently offer Fund shares will continue to make the Fund’s shares available to their clients. Additional Service Agents may offer Fund shares in the future.
There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.00% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 4.50% on Class B shares, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC declines by 0.50% the first year after purchase payment and thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred. Class C shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of Class A shares, equal or exceed $500,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
For the year ended February 28, 2006, CGM and its affiliates received sales charges of approximately $223,000 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the year ended February 28, 2006, CDSCs paid to CGM and its affiliates were approximately:
Class A | Class B | Class C | |
CDSCs | $9,000 | $83,000 | $2,000 |
The Fund has adopted an unfunded, non-qualified compensation plan (the “Plan”) which allows non-interested directors (“Directors”) to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the directors’ fees earned until a later date specified by the Directors. The deferred fees earn a return based on notional investments selected by the Directors. The balance of the deferred fees payable may change depending upon the investment performance. Any gains or losses incurred in the deferred balances are reported in the statement of operations under Directors’ fees. Under the Plan, deferred fees are considered a general obligation of the Fund and any payments made pursuant to the Plan will be made from the Fund’s general assets.
As of February 28, 2006, the Fund has accrued $15,058 as deferred compensation.
Certain officers and one Director of the Fund are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Fund.
3. Investments
During the year ended February 28, 2006, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:
Purchases | $ 64,852,074 | |
Sales | 107,866,386 |
At February 28, 2006, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $87,386,828 | ||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (26,007 | ) | |||||||
Net unrealized appreciation | $87,360,821 | ||||||||
At February 28, 2006, the Fund had the following open futures contracts: | |||||||||
| Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Basis Value | Market Value | Unrealized Loss | | |||
Contracts to Sell: U.S. Treasury Bond | 2,285 | 3/06 | $257,490,938 | $258,419,219 | $(928,281) | | |||
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
4. Class Specific Expenses
The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1distribution plan under which the Fund pays a service fee with respect to its Class A, B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets of each respective class. The Fund also pays a distribution fee with respect to its Class B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.50% and 0.55% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.
For the year ended February 28, 2006, class specific expenses were as follows:
| Distribution Fees | Transfer Agent Fees | Shareholder Reports Expenses |
Class A | $1,032,368 | $140,912 | $61,287 |
Class B | 555,404 | 38,292 | 14,895 |
Class C | 401,885 | 16,455 | 7,833 |
Total | $1,989,657 | $195,659 | $84,015 |
5. Distributions to Shareholders by Class | |||
| | Year Ended February 28, 2006 | Year Ended February 28, 2005 |
Net Investment Income | |||
Class A | $29,464,173 | $30,742,424 | |
Class B | 3,192,427 | 4,416,197 | |
Class C | 2,137,011 | 2,255,827 | |
Total | $34,793,611 | $37,414,448 |
6. Capital Shares
At February 28, 2006, the Fund had 500 million shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each share of a class represents an identical interest in the Fund and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain expenses including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:
Year Ended February 28, 2006 | Year Ended February 28, 2005 | |||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||
Class A | ||||||||||
Shares sold | 6,662,961 | $ | 109,266,849 | 5,034,785 | $ | 83,488,925 | ||||
Shares issued on reinvestment | 936,643 | 15,322,062 | 963,842 | 15,939,163 | ||||||
Shares repurchased | (8,780,303 | ) | (143,638,623 | ) | (6,331,224 | ) | (104,908,970 | ) | ||
Net Decrease | (1,180,699 | ) | $ | (19,049,712 | ) | (332,597 | ) | $ | (5,480,882 | ) |
Class B | ||||||||||
Shares sold | 149,411 | $ | 2,444,178 | 264,137 | $ | 4,370,175 | ||||
Shares issued on reinvestment | 96,988 | 1,584,530 | 133,699 | 2,208,346 | ||||||
Shares repurchased | (2,020,477 | ) | (33,034,210 | ) | (2,161,676 | ) | (35,795,842 | ) | ||
Net Decrease | (1,774,078 | ) | $ | (29,005,502 | ) | (1,763,840 | ) | $ | (29,217,321 | ) |
Class C | ||||||||||
Shares sold | 242,177 | $ | 3,958,977 | 441,889 | $ | 7,311,161 | ||||
Shares issued on reinvestment | 80,280 | 1,309,961 | 85,626 | 1,412,600 | ||||||
Shares repurchased | (493,518 | ) | (8,063,035 | ) | (525,240 | ) | (8,684,105 | ) | ||
Net Increase (Decrease) | (171,061 | ) | (2,794,097 | ) | 2,275 | $ | 39,656 |
7. Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders
Subsequent to the fiscal year end, the Fund made the following distributions:
Record/Payable | Class A | Class B | Class C |
Daily / 3/31/06 | $0.0654 | $0.0580 | $0.0567 |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended February 28 was as follows:
2006 | 2005 | |
Distributions paid from: | ||
Tax-Exempt Income | $34,749,787 | $37,168,538 |
Ordinary Income | 43,824 | 245,910 |
Total Distributions Paid | $34,793,611 | $37,414,448 |
32 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. 2006 Annual Report
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of February 28, 2006, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income — net | $ | 413,820 | |
Capital loss carryforward* | (49,484,565 | ) | |
Other book/tax temporary differences(a) | (2,112,219 | ) | |
Unrealized appreciation(b) | 86,432,540 | ||
Total accumulated earnings — net | $ | 35,249,576 |
* | The Fund has the following net capital loss carryforward remaining: | |||
Year of Expiration | Amount | |||
2/28/2007 | $ | (980,365 | ) | |
2/29/2008 | (11,079,443 | ) | ||
2/28/2009 | (4,885,141 | ) | ||
2/28/2011 | (4,982,245 | ) | ||
2/28/2013 | (26,139,468 | ) | ||
2/28/2014 | (1,417,903 | ) | ||
$ | (49,484,565 | ) | ||
These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains. | ||||
(a) | Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable primarily to differences between the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/(losses) on certain futures contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes and differences in the book/tax treatment of various items. | |||
(b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to book and tax accretion methods for market discount on fixed income securities. |
8. Regulatory Matters
On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against SBFM and CGM relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds (the “Funds”).
The SEC order finds that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). Specifically, the order finds that SBFM and CGM knowingly or recklessly failed to disclose to the boards of the Funds in 1999 when proposing a new transfer agent arrangement with an affiliated transfer agent that: First Data Investors Services Group (“First Data”), the Funds’ then-existing transfer agent, had offered to continue as transfer agent and do the same work for substantially less money than before; and that Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that, at the time, included the fund’s investment manager and other investment advisory companies, had entered into a side letter with First Data under which CAM agreed to recommend the appointment of First Data as sub-transfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange for, among other things, a guarantee by First Data of specified amounts of asset management and investment banking fees to CAM and CGM. The order also finds that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act by virtue of the omissions discussed above and other misrepresentations and omissions in the materials provided to the Funds’ boards, including the failure to make clear that the affiliated transfer agent would earn a high profit for performing limited functions while First Data continued to perform almost all of the transfer agent functions, and the
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
suggestion that the proposed arrangement was in the Funds’ best interests and that no viable alternatives existed. SBFM and CGM do not admit or deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding.
The SEC censured SBFM and CGM and ordered them to cease and desist from violations of Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act. The order requires Citigroup to pay $208.1 million, including $109 million in disgorgement of profits, $19.1 million in interest, and a civil money penalty of $80 million. Approximately $24.4 million has already been paid to the Funds, primarily through fee waivers. The remaining $183.7 million, including the penalty, has been paid to the U.S. Treasury and will be distributed pursuant to a plan submitted for the approval of the SEC. At this time, there is no certainty as to how the above-described proceeds of the settlement will be distributed, to whom such distributions will be made, the methodology by which such distributions will be allocated, and when such distributions will be made. The order also required that transfer agency fees received from the Funds since December 1, 2004 less certain expenses be placed in escrow and provided that a portion of such fees might be subsequently distributed in accordance with the terms of the order. On April 3, 2006, an aggregate amount of approximately $9 million was distributed to the affected Funds.
The order required SBFM to recommend a new transfer agent contract to the Fund boards within 180 days of the entry of the order; if a Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent or sub-transfer agent, SBFM and CGM would have been required, at their expense, to engage an independent monitor to oversee a competitive bidding process. On November 21, 2005, and within the specified timeframe, the Fund’s Board selected a new transfer agent for the Fund. No Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent. Under the order, SBFM also must comply with an amended version of a vendor policy that Citigroup instituted in August 2004.
Although there can be no assurance, SBFM does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the Funds.
On December 1, 2005, Citigroup completed the sale of substantially all of its global asset management business, including SBFM, to Legg Mason Inc.
9. Legal Matters
Beginning in August 2005, five class action lawsuits alleging violations of federal securities laws and state law were filed against CGM and SBFM, (collectively, the “Defendants”) based on the May 31, 2005 settlement order issued against the Defendants by the SEC described in Note 8. The complaints seek injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, removal of SBFM as the investment manager for the Smith Barney family of funds, rescission of the Funds’ management and other contracts with SBFM, recovery of all fees paid to SBFM pursuant to such contracts, and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
On October 5, 2005, a motion to consolidate the five actions and any subsequently filed, related action was filed. That motion contemplates that a consolidated amended complaint alleging substantially similar causes of action will be filed in the future.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
As of the date of this report, SBFM believes that resolution of the pending lawsuit will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Funds or the ability of the Fund’s investment manager and its affiliates to continue to render services to the Funds under their respective contracts.
* * * |
Beginning in June 2004, class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal securities laws were filed against CGM and a number of its affiliates, including SBFM and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (“SBAM”) (the “Advisers”), substantially all of the mutual funds managed by the Advisers, including the Fund (the “Funds”), and directors or trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaints alleged, among other things, that CGM created various undisclosed incentives for its brokers to sell Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers funds. In addition, according to the complaints, the Advisers caused the Funds to pay excessive brokerage commissions to CGM for steering clients towards proprietary funds. The complaints also alleged that the Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the Funds by improperly charging Rule 12b-1 fees and by drawing on fund assets to make undisclosed payments of soft dollars and excessive brokerage commissions. The complaints also alleged that the Funds failed to adequately disclose certain aspects of the allegedly wrongful conduct. The complaints sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, rescission of the Funds’ contracts with the Advisers, recovery of all fees paid to the Advisers pursuant to such contracts and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
On December 15, 2004, a consolidated amended complaint (the “Complaint”) was filed alleging substantially similar causes of action. While the lawsuit is in its earliest stages, to the extent that the Complaint purports to state causes of action against the Funds, the Fund’s investment manager believes the Funds have significant defenses to such allegations, which the Funds intend to vigorously assert in responding to the Complaint.
Additional lawsuits arising out of these circumstances and presenting similar allegations and requests for relief may be filed against the Defendants in the future.
As of the date of this report, the Fund’s investment manager and the Funds believe that the resolution of the pending lawsuit will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Funds or the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates to continue to render services to the Funds under their respective contracts.
The Defendants have moved to dismiss the Complaint. Those motions are pending before the court.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
10. Other Matters
On September 16, 2005, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) informed SBFM and SBAM that the staff is considering recommending that the Commission institute administrative proceedings against SBFM and SBAM for alleged violations of Section 19(a) and 34(b) of the Investment Company Act (and related Rule 19a-1). The notification is a result of an industry wide inspection by the SEC and is based upon alleged deficiencies in disclosures regarding dividends and distributions paid to shareholders of certain funds. Section 19(a) and related Rule 19a-1 of the Investment Company Act generally require funds that are making dividend and distribution payments to provide shareholders with a written statement disclosing the source of the dividends and distributions, and, in particular, the portion of the payments made from each of net investment income, undistributed net profits and/or paid-in capital. In connection with the contemplated proceedings, the staff may seek a cease and desist order and/or monetary damages from SBFM or SBAM.
Although there can be no assurance, SBFM and SBAM believe that this matter is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Fund or SBFM and SBAM’s ability to perform investment management services relating to the Fund.
36 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. 2006 Annual Report
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc., as of February 28, 2006, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian and broker. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc., as of February 28, 2006, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
New York, New York April 19, 2006 |
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Board Approval of Management Agreement (unaudited)
On June 23, 2005, Citigroup Inc. entered into a definitive agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Legg Mason, Inc. under which Citigroup agreed to sell substantially all of its asset management business, Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), which included the Adviser, to Legg Mason in exchange for the broker-dealer and investment banking businesses of Legg Mason and certain other considerations (the “Transaction”). The Transaction closed on December 1, 2005. The consummation of the Transaction resulted in the automatic termination of the Fund’s current advisory agreement in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Prior to the closing of the Transaction, the Fund’s Board approved a new management agreement between the Fund and the Adviser (the “New Management Agreement”) and authorized the Fund’s officers to submit the New Management Agreement to shareholders for their approval. On July 12, 2005, members of the Board discussed with CAM management and certain Legg Mason representatives the Transaction and Legg Mason’s general plans and intentions regarding CAM’s business and its combination with Legg Mason’s business. The Board Members also inquired about the plans for and anticipated roles and responsibilities of certain CAM employees and officers after the Transaction. At a meeting held on August 1, 2005, the Fund’s Board, including a majority of the Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Fund or the Adviser as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Board Members”), approved the New Management Agreement. To assist the Board in its consideration of the New Management Agreement, Legg Mason provided materials and information about Legg Mason, including its financial condition, asset management capabilities and organization, and CAM provided materials and information about the Transaction between Legg Mason and Citigroup. Representatives of CAM and Legg Mason also made presentations to and responded to questions from the Board. The Independent Board Members, through their independent legal counsel, also requested and received additional information from CAM and Legg Mason in connection with their consideration of the New Management Agreement. The additional information was provided in advance of and at the August meeting. After the presentations and after reviewing the written materials provided, the Independent Board Members met in executive session with their counsel to consider the New Management Agreement. The Independent Board Members also conferred separately and with their counsel about the Transaction on a number of occasions, including in connection with the July and August meetings. In their deliberations concerning the New Management Agreement, among other things, the Board Members considered: | |
(i) the reputation, financial strength and resources of Legg Mason and its investment advisory subsidiaries; (ii) that, following the Transaction, CAM would be part of an organization focused on the asset management business; (iii) that Legg Mason and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Western Asset Management Company and its affiliates (“Western Asset”), are experienced and respected asset management firms, and that Legg Mason had advised the Board Members that (a) it intended |
38 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. 2006 Annual Report
Board Approval of Management Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
to combine the fixed income investment operations (including money market fund operations) of CAM with those of Western Asset and may also wish to combine other CAM operations with those of other Legg Mason subsidiaries; (b) after the closing of the Transaction, it would take steps to combine the investment management operations of Western Asset with the fixed income operations of the Adviser, which, among other things, may involve Western Asset and the Adviser sharing common systems and procedures, employees (including portfolio managers), investment and trading platforms, and other resources; (c) it expected that these combination processes would result in changes to portfolio managers or portfolio management teams for a number of the CAM funds, subject to Board oversight and appropriate notice to shareholders, and that, in other cases, the current portfolio managers or portfolio management teams would remain in place; and (d) in the future, it may recommend that Western Asset or other Legg Mason subsidiaries be appointed as the adviser or subadviser to some or all of the CAM funds, subject to applicable regulatory requirements; (iv) that CAM management had advised the Board that a number of portfolio managers and other key CAM personnel would be retained after the closing of the Transaction; (v) that CAM management and Legg Mason advised the Board that following the Transaction, they did not expect to be any diminution in the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Fund and its shareholders by the Adviser, including compliance services; (vi) that under the Transaction Agreement, Citigroup and Legg Mason agreed not to take any action not contemplated by the Transaction or fail to take any action that to their respective knowledge would cause any “undue burden” on Fund shareholders under applicable provisions of the 1940 Act; (vii) the assurances from Citigroup and Legg Mason that, for a three-year period following the closing of the Transaction, Citigroup-affiliated broker-dealers would continue to offer the Fund as an investment product, and the potential benefits to Fund shareholders from this and other third-party distribution access; (viii) the potential benefits to Fund shareholders from being part of a combined fund family with Legg Mason-sponsored funds; (ix) that Citigroup and Legg Mason would derive benefits from the Transaction and that, as a result, they had a financial interest in the matters that were being considered; (x) the potential effects of regulatory restrictions on the Fund if Citigroup-affiliated broker-dealers remained principal underwriters of the Fund after the closing of the Transaction; (xi) the fact that the Fund’s total advisory and administrative fees would not increase by virtue of the New Management Agreement, but would remain the same; (xii) the terms and conditions of the New Management Agreement, including the differences from the current advisory agreement, and the benefits of a single, uniform form of agreement covering these services; |
Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. 39
Board Approval of Management Agreement (unaudited) (continued)
(xiii) that the Fund would not bear the costs of obtaining shareholder approval of the New Management Agreement; (xiv) that the Fund would avail itself of permissions granted under certain licensing arrangements between Citigroup and Legg Mason that would permit the Fund (including any share classes thereof) to maintain its current name, as well as all logos, trademarks and service marks, related to Citigroup or any of its affiliates for some agreed upon time period after the closing of the Transaction; and (xv) that within the past year the Board had performed a full annual review of the current advisory agreement as required by the 1940 Act. In that regard, the Board, in its deliberations concerning the New Management Agreement, considered the same factors regarding the nature, quality and extent of services provided, costs of services provided, profitability, fall-out benefits, fees and economies of scale and investment performance as it did when it renewed the current advisory agreement, and reached substantially the same conclusions. |
40 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.
Additional Information (unaudited)
Information about Directors and Officers
The business and affairs of the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. (“Fund”) are managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. Information pertaining to the Directors and Officers of the Fund is set forth below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Fund’s Directors and is available, without charge, upon request by calling the Fund’s transfer agent (PFPC at 1-800-451-2010).
Number of | |||||
Term of | Portfolios | Other | |||
Office* and | Principal | in Fund | Board | ||
Position(s) | Length of | Occupation(s) | Complex | Memberships | |
Name, Address and | Held with | Time | During Past | Overseen | Held by |
Birth Year | Fund | Served | Five Years | by Director | Director |
Non-Interested Directors: | |||||
Dwight B. Crane | Director | Since | Professor, Harvard | 49 | None |
Harvard Business School | 1988 | Business School | |||
Soldiers Field | |||||
Morgan Hall #375 | |||||
Boston, MA 02163 | |||||
Birth Year: 1937 | |||||
Burt N. Dorsett | Director | Since | President of Dorsett McCabe | 27 | None |
The Stratford #702 | 1994 | Capital Management Inc. | |||
5601 Turtle Bay Drive | (1986-2004); Chief | ||||
Naples, FL 34108 | Investment Officer of | ||||
Birth Year: 1930 | Capital Management, Leeb | ||||
Inc. (1999-2003) | |||||
Elliot S. Jaffe | Director | Since | Chairman of the Board of | 27 | The Dress |
The Dress Barn Inc. | 1994 | The Dress Barn Inc. | Barn Inc. | ||
Executive Office | |||||
30 Dunnigan Drive | |||||
Suffern, NY 10901 | |||||
Birth Year: 1926 | |||||
Stephen E. Kaufman | Director | Since | Attorney | 55 | None |
Stephen E. Kaufman PC | 1984 | ||||
277 Park Avenue | |||||
47th Floor | |||||
New York, NY 10172 | |||||
Birth Year: 1932 | |||||
Cornelius C. Rose, Jr. | Director | Since | Chief Executive Officer of | 27 | None |
P.O. Box 5388 | 1994 | Performance Learning | |||
West Lebanon, NH 03784 | Systems | ||||
Birth Year: 1932 |
Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. 41
Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)
Number of | |||||
Term of | Portfolios | Other | |||
Office* and | Principal | in Fund | Board | ||
Position(s) | Length of | Occupation(s) | Complex | Memberships | |
Name, Address and | Held with | Time | During Past | Overseen | Held by |
Birth Year | Fund | Served | Five Years | by Director | Director |
Interested Director: | |||||
R. Jay Gerken, CFA** | Chairman, | Since | Managing Director of Legg | 169 | Trustee, |
Legg Mason & Co., LLC | President and | 2002 | Mason; President and Chief | Consulting | |
(“Legg Mason”) | Chief | Executive Officer of Smith | Group Capital | ||
399 Park Avenue, 4th Floor | Executive | Barney Fund Management LLC | Markets Funds | ||
New York, NY 10022 | Officer | (“SBFM”) and Citi Fund | |||
Birth Year: 1951 | Management Inc. (“CFM”); | ||||
President and Chief Executive | |||||
Officer of certain mutual funds | |||||
associated with Legg Mason; | |||||
Formerly, Portfolio Manager | |||||
of Smith Barney Allocation | |||||
Series Inc. (from 1996 to 2001); | |||||
Formerly Chairman of SBFM | |||||
and CFM (2002 to 2006); | |||||
Formerly Chairman, President | |||||
and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
of Travelers Investment | |||||
Advisers, Inc. (from 2002 | |||||
to 2005) | |||||
Officers: | |||||
Andrew B. Shoup | Senior Vice | Since | Director of Legg Mason; | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | President and | 2003 | Senior Vice President and | ||
125 Broad Street, 11th Floor | Chief | Chief Administrative Officer | |||
New York, NY 10004 | Administrative | of certain mutual funds | |||
Birth Year: 1956 | Officer | associated with Legg Mason; | |||
Formerly Head of International | |||||
Funds Administration of Legg | |||||
Mason or its predecessors | |||||
(from 2001 to 2003); Director | |||||
of Global Funds Administration | |||||
of Legg Mason or its | |||||
predecessors (from 2000 | |||||
to 2001) | |||||
Kaprel Ozsolak | Chief | Since | Director of Legg Mason; Chief | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | Financial | 2004 | Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
125 Broad Street, 11th Floor | Officer and | of certain mutual funds | |||
11th Floor | Treasurer | associated with Legg Mason; | |||
New York, NY 10004 | Controller of certain funds | ||||
Birth Year: 1965 | associated with Legg Mason | ||||
(from 2002 to 2004) | |||||
Steven Frank | Controller | Since | Vice President of Legg Mason | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | 2005 | (since 2002); Controller of | |||
125 Broad Street | certain funds associated with | ||||
11th Floor | Legg Mason (since 2005); | ||||
New York, NY 10004 | Formerly Assistant Controller | ||||
Birth Year: 1967 | of certain mutual funds | ||||
associated with Legg Mason | |||||
(from 2001 to 2005) |
42 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.
Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)
Number of | |||||
Term of | Portfolios | Other | |||
Office* and | Principal | in Fund | Board | ||
Position(s) | Length of | Occupation(s) | Complex | Memberships | |
Name, Address and | Held with | Time | During Past | Overseen | Held by |
Birth Year | Fund | Served | Five Years | by Director | Director |
Joseph P. Deane | Vice President | Since | Managing Director of | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | and Investment | 1989 | Legg Mason; Investment | ||
399 Park Avenue, 4th Floor | Officer | Officer of the Manager or | |||
New York, NY 10022 | its affiliates | ||||
Birth Year: 1949 | |||||
David T. Fare | Vice President | Since | Director of Legg Mason; | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | and Investment | 2004 | Investment Officer of the | ||
399 Park Avenue, 4th Floor | Officer | Manager or its affiliates | |||
New York, NY 10022 | |||||
Birth Year: 1962 | |||||
Ted P. Becker | Chief | Since | Managing Director of | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | Compliance | 2006 | Compliance at Legg Mason & | ||
399 Park Avenue, 4th Floor | Officer | Co., LLC, (2005-Present); Chief | |||
New York, NY 10022 | Compliance Officer with | ||||
Birth Year: 1951 | certain mutual funds associated | ||||
with Legg Mason (since 2006); | |||||
Managing Director of | |||||
Compliance at Legg Mason | |||||
or its predecessor (2002- | |||||
2005). Prior to 2002, Managing | |||||
Director-Internal Audit & Risk | |||||
Review at Citigroup, Inc. | |||||
John Chiota | Chief Anti- | Since | Vice President of Legg Mason | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | Money | 2006 | (since 2004); Chief Anti-Money | ||
100 First Stamford Place | Laundering | Laundering Compliance Officer | |||
5th Floor | Compliance | with certain mutual funds | |||
Stamford, CT 06902 | Officer | associated with Legg Mason | |||
Birth Year: 1968 | (since 2006); prior to August | ||||
2004, Chief AML Compliance | |||||
Officer with TD Waterhouse | |||||
Robert I. Frenkel | Secretary | Since | Managing Director and | N/A | N/A |
Legg Mason | and Chief | 2003 | General Counsel of Global | ||
300 First Stamford Place | Legal Officer | Mutual Funds for Legg Mason | |||
4th Floor | or its predecessors; Secretary | ||||
Stamford, CT 06902 | and Chief Legal Officer of | ||||
Birth Year: 1954 | certain mutual funds | ||||
associated with Legg Mason | |||||
(since 2003); Formerly | |||||
Secretary of CFM (from 2001 | |||||
to 2004) |
* | Each Director and Officer serves until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
** | Mr. Gerken is an “interested person” of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, because Mr. Gerken is an officer of SBFM and certain of its affiliates. |
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Additional Shareholder Information (unaudited)
Results of a Special Meeting of Shareholders
On November 15, 2005, a Special Meeting of Shareholders was held for the following purposes: 1) to approve a new management agreement and 2) to elect Directors. The following tables provide the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each matter voted on at the Special Meeting of Shareholders.
1. Approval of New Management Agreement | ||||
Item Voted On | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
New Management Agreement | 29,015,830.355 | 757,977.542 | 875,275.072 | 1,379,681.000 |
2. Election of Directors† | ||||
Nominees: | Votes For | Authority Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
Dwight B. Crane | 31,198,910.665 | 829,853.304 | 0.000 | 0 |
Burt N. Dorsett | 31,196,489.647 | 832,274.322 | 0.000 | 0 |
Elliot S. Jaffe | 31,190,736.419 | 838,027.550 | 0.000 | 0 |
Stephen E. Kaufman | 31,189,736.334 | 839,027.635 | 0.000 | 0 |
Cornelius C. Rose, Jr. | 31,195,365.287 | 833,398.682 | 0.000 | 0 |
R. Jay Gerken | 31,188,451.444 | 840,312.525 | 0.000 | 0 |
† Directors are elected by the shareholders of the Fund. |
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Important Tax Information (unaudited)
All of the net investment income distributions paid monthly by the Fund from March 1, 2005 to October 31, 2005 and from December 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006 qualify as tax-exempt interest dividends for federal income tax purposes. Also, 98.47% of the net investment income distribution paid to shareholders of record on November 21, 2005 qualifies as tax-exempt interest dividend for federal income tax purposes.
Please retain this information for your records.
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Smith Barney California
Municipals Fund Inc.
DIRECTORS | OFFICERS (continued) | ||
Dwight B. Crane | John Chiota | ||
Burt N. Dorsett | Chief Anti-Money Laundering | ||
R. Jay Gerken, CFA | Compliance Officer | ||
Chairman | |||
Elliot S. Jaffe | Robert I. Frenkel | ||
Stephen E. Kaufman | Secretary and | ||
Cornelius C. Rose, Jr. | Chief Legal Officer | ||
OFFICERS | INVESTMENT MANAGER | ||
R. Jay Gerken, CFA | Smith Barney Fund | ||
President and | Management LLC | ||
Chief Executive Officer | |||
DISTRIBUTORS | |||
Andrew B. Shoup | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
Senior Vice President and | Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC | ||
Chief Administrative Officer | |||
CUSTODIAN | |||
Kaprel Ozsolak | State Street Bank and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | Trust Company | ||
and Treasurer | |||
TRANSFER AGENT | |||
Steven Frank | PFPC Inc. | ||
Controller | 4400 Computer Drive | ||
Westborough, Massachusetts | |||
Joseph P. Deane | 01581 | ||
Vice President and | |||
Investment Officer | INDEPENDENT | ||
REGISTERED PUBLIC | |||
David T. Fare | ACCOUNTING FIRM | ||
Vice President and | KPMG LLP | ||
Investment Officer | 345 Park Avenue | ||
New York, NY 10154 | |||
Ted P. Becker Chief Compliance Officer | |||
Smith Barney California Municipals
Fund Inc.
SMITH BARNEY CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALS FUND INC.
Smith Barney Mutual Funds
125 Broad Street
10th Floor, MF-2
New York, New York 10004
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-800-451-2010.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio
securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th
of each year and a description of the policies and procedures
that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to
portfolio transactions is available (1) without charge, upon
request, by calling 1-800-451-2010, (2) the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/InvestorServices and (3) on the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov. Proxy voting reports for the period
ending June 30, 2005 will continue to be listed under the Fund’s
former Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. name.
This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Smith Barney California Municipals Funds Inc., but it may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus.
This report must be preceded or accompanied by a free prospectus. Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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©2006 Legg Mason Investor
Services, LLC
Member NASD, SIPC
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ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
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. |
ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that Dwight B. Crane, the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated Mr. Crane as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Mr. Crane is an “independent” Director pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR. |
ITEM 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending February 28, 2005 and February 28, 2006 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $27,000 in 2005 and $27,000 in 2006. |
(b) Audit-Related Fees. There were no fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor 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 4. |
In addition, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor 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 Smith Barney California Municipals Fund (“service affiliates”), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the service affiliates. Accordingly, there were no such fees that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee for the Reporting Periods (prior to May 6, 2003 services provided by the Auditor were not required to be pre-approved). |
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $2,400 in 2005 and $0 in 2006. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held. |
There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee. |
(d) All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item for the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund |
All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with SBFM that provided ongoing services to Smith Barney California Municipals Fund requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period. |
(e) Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. |
(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by Smith Barney Fund Management LLC or Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee. |
The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible. |
Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit. |
(2) For the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund, the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 100% for 2005 and 2006; Tax Fees were 100% and 100% for 2005 and 2006; and Other Fees were 100% and 100% for 2005 and 2006. |
(f) N/A |
(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Smith Barney California Municipals Fund and CAM and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with CAM that provides ongoing services to Smith Barney California Municipals Fund during the reporting period were $0 in 2006 for fees related to the transfer agent matter as fully described in the notes the financial statements titled “additional information” and $75,000 for 2005. |
(h) Yes. The Smith Barney California Municipals Fund` Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval) is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Smith Barney California Municipals Fund or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required. |
ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable. |
ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS |
Included herein under Item 1. |
ITEM 7. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable. |
ITEM 8. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable. |
ITEM 9. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable. |
ITEM 10. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
Not applicable. |
ITEM 11. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 12. | EXHIBITS. |
(a) Code of Ethics attached hereto. |
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH |
(b) Attached hereto. |
Exhibit 99.CERT | Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
Exhibit 99.906CERT | Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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, there unto duly authorized.
Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc.
By: | /s/ R. Jay Gerken R. Jay Gerken Chief Executive Officer of Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. |
Date: | May 8, 2006 |
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/ R. Jay Gerken (R. Jay Gerken) Chief Executive Officer of Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. |
Date: | May 8, 2006 |
By: | /s/ Kaprel Ozsolak (Kaprel Ozsolak) Chief Financial Officer of Smith Barney California Municipals Fund Inc. |
Date: | May 8, 2006 |