Investment Advisor
Signal Capital Management, Inc.
One Main Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
Signal Capital Management, Inc.
One Main Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
Administrator,
Transfer Agent and Distributor
BISYS Fund Services, Inc.
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
Transfer Agent and Distributor
BISYS Fund Services, Inc.
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
Custodian
Huntington National Bank
7 Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio 43219
Huntington National Bank
7 Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio 43219
Counsel
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
1100 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Ernst & Young LLP
1100 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
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Statement Regarding Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule.
The Signal Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings for each Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form 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 800-SEC-0330; and the Funds make the information on Form N-Q available upon request without charge.
Statement Regarding Availability of Proxy Voting Record.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-468-0347, and on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Annual Report
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Investment Advisor
Shares of the Funds are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, Old National Bancorp., and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency. Shares of the Funds involve investment risk, including possible loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
SIGNAL FUNDS
Letter to Shareholders
Letter to Shareholders
Dear Shareholders:
We are pleased to present the annual report for the Signal Funds. The report covers the twelve month period from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 which represents the Funds’ 2006 fiscal year.
Economic growth was surprisingly good considering the headwinds of significantly higher oil prices and the Fed funds rate that ended the year 200 basis points higher (2.00%). If that wasn’t enough to deal with, investors were dealt another blow—quite literally—in the form of two strong hurricanes that battered the Gulf Coast in late August and September. As we turned the calendar from 2005 to 2006, economic growth went from too slow to (what is likely to turn out to be) too fast. It is during this six month period that things began to heat up both in terms of higher stock prices and higher intermediate term yields.
The Equity Market
On the surface it might appear that the market experienced a good but uneventful year. The return of almost 12% is roughly in line with the market’s long run average. But, the advance was marked by periods of great doubt about the economy’s ability to continue to grow in light of ever higher short term interest rates as orchestrated by the Fed. These doubts hit the market hard in the first month of the Fund’s fiscal year (April). On a price basis, the S&P 5001 lost 2%. Fortunately, April’s lows turned out to be the lows for the year. All was not clear as the market encountered another downdraft six months later. The October sell-off wiped out the gains that had been achieved in the previous six months. Investors were trying to determine the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Most believed higher inflation would result if not from increased government spending then from oil prices that spiked up near $70 a barrel. The final five months through March 2006 proved to be the strongest for the market. The almost 8% advance was kicked off by the realization that despite the headwinds discussed above, stocks were still reasonably valued, profit margins were at record highs, and earnings were likely to finish the year with a double digit increase over 2004.
On the surface it might appear that the market experienced a good but uneventful year. The return of almost 12% is roughly in line with the market’s long run average. But, the advance was marked by periods of great doubt about the economy’s ability to continue to grow in light of ever higher short term interest rates as orchestrated by the Fed. These doubts hit the market hard in the first month of the Fund’s fiscal year (April). On a price basis, the S&P 5001 lost 2%. Fortunately, April’s lows turned out to be the lows for the year. All was not clear as the market encountered another downdraft six months later. The October sell-off wiped out the gains that had been achieved in the previous six months. Investors were trying to determine the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Most believed higher inflation would result if not from increased government spending then from oil prices that spiked up near $70 a barrel. The final five months through March 2006 proved to be the strongest for the market. The almost 8% advance was kicked off by the realization that despite the headwinds discussed above, stocks were still reasonably valued, profit margins were at record highs, and earnings were likely to finish the year with a double digit increase over 2004.
Just as was the case last year, the top performing sector was again the Energy Sector gaining just over 21%. If not for the lagging performance of the major integrated oils, the sector’s performance would have been much stronger. The drillers, oil and gas service, exploration and production, and refining stocks all experienced performance that ranged from 37% to 65%. Surprisingly the second best performing sector was the Financial Sector with a 17% gain. Here again, industry selection was important. The environment of higher short term rates
coupled with thin net interest margins kept investors away from most banking stocks. The best performing industries were concentrated in the stocks of real estate investment trusts, investment management, and investment banking companies. Gains in these industries ranged from 21% to 37%. Good growth in assets under management and strong merger and acquisition activity propelled results higher for these groups.
The Fixed Income Market
The “conundrum” persisted throughout most of last year. The “conundrum” was the lack of upward movement in longer term rates in response to the Fed’s policy of raising the Fed funds rate. The result was a yield curve that became flatter as the year wore on. Steadily rising short term rates eventually led to a partial yield curve inversion—a situation in which shorter term rates are greater than longer term rates. It was only in the last two months of the year that longer term interest rates began to react to the Fed’s tightening. Through the end of January, the ten year Treasury Note yield was just four basis points (0.04%) higher than it was in March of last year. Further increases in the Fed funds target rate to 4.75% in March led to an upward and parallel shift in the entire yield curve. The upward shift in the yield curve pushed the yield on the ten year Treasury Note to 4.85% by the end of March—or 37 basis points (0.37%) higher than it was a year ago. Because the shift was parallel, the yield curve remains very flat. Longer term rates, 4.85%, are still very close to short term rates, 4.75%. If you subscribe to the theory that the shape of the yield curve is determined by the expectations of bond investors, you would conclude that investors believe future interest rates will be about the same as current interest rates. The explanation behind this is most likely driven by confidence in the Fed’s ability to keep inflation under control. In fact, core inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. Investors have incorporated decelerating inflation into their pricing of fixed income securities. Evidence of this can be found by comparing the ten year Treasury Note yield to the yield of the ten year Treasury Inflation Protected Security. The difference, which is a measure of investors’ inflation expectations, has declined from just over 2.7% a year ago to about 2.5% now.
The “conundrum” persisted throughout most of last year. The “conundrum” was the lack of upward movement in longer term rates in response to the Fed’s policy of raising the Fed funds rate. The result was a yield curve that became flatter as the year wore on. Steadily rising short term rates eventually led to a partial yield curve inversion—a situation in which shorter term rates are greater than longer term rates. It was only in the last two months of the year that longer term interest rates began to react to the Fed’s tightening. Through the end of January, the ten year Treasury Note yield was just four basis points (0.04%) higher than it was in March of last year. Further increases in the Fed funds target rate to 4.75% in March led to an upward and parallel shift in the entire yield curve. The upward shift in the yield curve pushed the yield on the ten year Treasury Note to 4.85% by the end of March—or 37 basis points (0.37%) higher than it was a year ago. Because the shift was parallel, the yield curve remains very flat. Longer term rates, 4.85%, are still very close to short term rates, 4.75%. If you subscribe to the theory that the shape of the yield curve is determined by the expectations of bond investors, you would conclude that investors believe future interest rates will be about the same as current interest rates. The explanation behind this is most likely driven by confidence in the Fed’s ability to keep inflation under control. In fact, core inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. Investors have incorporated decelerating inflation into their pricing of fixed income securities. Evidence of this can be found by comparing the ten year Treasury Note yield to the yield of the ten year Treasury Inflation Protected Security. The difference, which is a measure of investors’ inflation expectations, has declined from just over 2.7% a year ago to about 2.5% now.
Sincerely,
The Signal Capital Management, Inc. Team
1The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500”) tracks the performance of 500 select common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a measure of the U.S. stock market as a whole. Investor cannot invest directly in an index.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Large Cap Growth Fund
Large Cap Growth Fund
Investment Concerns
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and Funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments.
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and Funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments.
The Large Cap Growth Fund enjoyed another year of good performance. For the twelve months ended March 2006, the Fund (Class I) returned 12.95% against its benchmark, the S&P 500 which was up 11.72%.
The Fund’s managers maintained over-weighted positions in the Consumer Staples, Energy, Industrials, and Materials Sectors. The Fund’s managers believed the Consumer Staples Sector would benefit from the defensive nature of many of the stocks in this sector. However, despite the concerns over slower economic growth, investors were not attracted to this sector. As a consequence, it underperformed the market and the Fund’s holdings underperformed the sector. The Consumer Staples Sector held the Fund’s worst performing stock, Avon Products. The Fund managers eliminated the holding but not before incurring a 27% loss. The company reported disappointing earnings and lowered its guidance for the remainder of the year. The stock lost 15%, prompting its sale. Subsequently, the stock has not managed to recover its losses. The Energy Sector was (like last year) the top performing sector. Although the Fund’s Energy Sector over-weighting was only moderate, the Fund did benefit from an underweight in the integrated oils which was the weakest industry in the sector. The Fund’s top performing stock in this sector was Noble Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production concern with a total return of nearly 30%. The Fund’s Industrial Sector performance exceeded its sector benchmark on the strength of strong moves in Expeditors International (+62%) and Jacobs Engineering (+67%). Expeditors’ services include forwarding of air and ocean freight and has a strong base of operations along the west coast of the U.S. The company has developed an extensive operation in Asia and it is the growth in Asia that is driving earnings and the stock higher. Jacobs provides construction services to a wide variety of industries. It is benefiting from the up-turn in the capital spending and construction cycle. Florida Rock, a company that provides construction aggregates and concrete products, was the big driver of the out-performance in the Materials Sector with a 45% gain.†
Total Return as of March 31, 2006
Aggregate | Annualized | |||||||||||||||
Since | ||||||||||||||||
Inception | ||||||||||||||||
1 Month | 3 Month | 1 Year | (7/15/02) | |||||||||||||
Class I | 0.50 | % | 3.57 | % | 12.95 | % | 10.37 | % | ||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||||||
Without Sales Charge | 0.42 | % | 3.51 | % | 12.65 | % | 10.04 | % | ||||||||
With Sales Charge* | -4.35 | % | -1.39 | % | 7.27 | % | 8.61 | % | ||||||||
S&P 500 Index | 1.24 | % | 4.21 | % | 11.72 | % | 11.70 | % | ||||||||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please contact us at 888-426-9709.
*Class A Shares reflect the maximum sales charge of 4.75%.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2006 subject to change
Signal Large Cap | ||||
S&P 500 | Growth Fund | |||
Avg. Market Cap | $89 Billion | $56 Billion | ||
Long Term Growth Rate | 8% | 14% | ||
Beta1 | 1.00 | 0.91 | ||
2005 P/E Ratio1 | 15.9 | 16.8 | ||
1 | Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio is the price of a stock divided by its historical earnings per share. Beta is a measure of the volatility of a stock relative to the overall market. A beta of less than one indicates lower historical risk than the market; a beta of more than one indicates higher historical risk than the market. |
The Lipper rankings for March 31, 2006 are based on the total number of large cap funds in the Lipper Large Cap Funds category. For the one year ended March 31, 2006, the Large Cap Growth Fund ranked 17 and 11 (for the Class A and I Shares, respectively) out of 657 funds in the Large Cap Growth category. The Lipper rankings are based on total return. Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. is an independent organization that compiles performance data on investment companies.
The Fund carried an underweight in the Financials, Technology, and Telecommunications Sectors. Most of the underweight in the Financial Sector was in the Banking Industry. The Fund’s holdings in the Financial Sector out-performed its benchmark due to its exposure to the Asset Management and Investment Banking Industries.
The performance of the Fund’s Technology Sector holdings exceeded its benchmark with help from SAP AG (+36%) and Harris (+46%). SAP benefited from increased sales of its business software across its client base. Harris is a provider of high-tech communications equipment. More than half of its sales go to military customers. Defense spending is increasingly oriented toward
more sophisticated weapons programs that require many of the communications solutions provided by Harris. The Technology Sector’s performance was held back by the performance of Dell. The company’s earnings began to slow in the second half of the year leading to a 24% loss when the stock was eliminated from the Fund. The Fund had no exposure to the Telecommunications Sector other than a small holding that was disposed of early in the year. This was the second best performing sector.†
† | The composition of the Fund’s holding is subject to change. |
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Large Cap Growth Fund
Large Cap Growth Fund
Security Allocation as of March 31, 2006
(Subject to change)
(Subject to change)
Large Cap Growth Fund
Percentage of | ||||
Total Portfolio | ||||
Investments | ||||
Security Allocation | (unaudited) | |||
Financials | 21.5 | % | ||
Information Technology | 16.8 | % | ||
Industrials | 12.4 | % | ||
Consumer Staples | 12.1 | % | ||
Health Care | 10.3 | % | ||
Energy | 9.8 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary | 6.8 | % | ||
Materials | 3.6 | % | ||
Utilities | 3.1 | % | ||
Technology | 0.3 | % | ||
Investment Companies | 3.3 | % | ||
100.0 | % | |||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemptions of fund shares.
The chart above represents a comparison of a hypothetical investment in the indicated Fund versus a similar investment in the Fund’s benchmark, and represents the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains in the Fund.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
The performance of the Large Cap Growth Fund is measured against the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the “S&P 500”) which tracks the performance of 500 select common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and is a measure of the U.S. stock market as a whole. The index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management fees. The Fund’s performance does reflect the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Income Fund
Income Fund
Investment Concerns
Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Investments in fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risks. The principal value of a bond falls when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. During periods of rising interest rates, the value of a bond investment is at greater risk than during periods of stable or falling rates.
The bond market posted modest returns over the past year driven primarily by increasing rates and a flattening yield curve. This situation was precipitated by the actions of the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) which continued with an ongoing tightening phase that began in 2004. Over the past twelve months ended March 31, 2006, the two-year treasury yield increased 104 basis points (“bp”) (1.04%) to 4.82%, the five-year treasury yield increased by 64bp (0.64%) to 4.81%, and the ten-year treasury yield increased by 40bp (0.40%) to 4.85%. The yield curve, at times, has exhibited points of slight inversion but currently remains nearly flat with little difference between short-term and long-term rates. The FOMC has increased the overnight fed funds target 15 times in the past 17 months, from 1.00% to the current 4.75% level.
For the three- and twelve-month periods ended March 31, 2006, the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government Credit Bond Index (LBIG/C) posted returns of -0.38% and 2.08%, respectively. The Fund outperformed over the 3-month period but remained slightly behind for the twelve-month period returning -0.32% and 2.01%, respectively. The Fund’s slight
Total Return as of March 31, 2006
Aggregate | Annualized | |||||||||||||||
Since | ||||||||||||||||
Inception | ||||||||||||||||
1 Month | 3 Month | 1 Year | (7/15/02) | |||||||||||||
Class I | -0.46 | % | -0.32 | % | 2.01 | % | 2.81 | % | ||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||||||
Without Sales Charge | -0.48 | % | -0.38 | % | 1.76 | % | 2.65 | % | ||||||||
With Sales Charge* | -3.68 | % | -3.66 | % | -1.56 | % | 1.73 | % | ||||||||
Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index | -0.44 | % | -0.38 | % | 2.08 | % | 3.74 | % | ||||||||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please contact us at 888-426-9709.
*Class A Shares reflect the maximum sales charge of 3.25%.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2006 subject to change
LBIG/C | Signal Income Fund | |||||||
Average Mod. Duration (yrs.) | 3.63 | 3.46 | ||||||
Average Maturity (yrs.) | 5.14 | 4.37 | ||||||
Average Coupon | 4.96 | % | 4.89 | % | ||||
30 Day Effective Yield | ||||||||
Class I | N/A | 4.45 | % | |||||
Class A | N/A | 4.19 | % | |||||
Average Credit Rating (as rated by Standard & Poor’s) | N/A | AA | ||||||
twelve-month underperformance resulted from an underweight in long-duration bonds and an overweight in short- and intermediate-duration bonds relative to the LBIG/C during a period when short rates rose more than long rates. As rates have risen, we have begun to push the duration, or interest rate sensitivity, of the portfolio longer, more closely aligning this measure with the Fund’s benchmark. In addition, the effective duration on the
Fund has extended with the rise in interest rates as call features on many of the bonds have moved out of the money.†
† | The composition of the Fund’s holding is subject to change. |
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Income Fund
Income Fund
Security Allocation as of March 31, 2006
(Subject to change)
(Subject to change)
Income Fund
Percentage of | ||||
Total | ||||
Portfolio | ||||
Investments | ||||
Security Allocation | (unaudited) | |||
U.S. Government Agencies | 50.3 | % | ||
Corporate Bonds | 31.3 | % | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes | 16.6 | % | ||
Preferred Stock | 1.1 | % | ||
Investment Companies | 0.7 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % | ||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemptions of fund shares.
The chart above represents a comparison of a hypothetical investment in the indicated Fund versus a similar investment in the Fund’s benchmark, and represents the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains in the Fund.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
The performance of the Signal Income Fund is measured against the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (the “LBIG/C” ) which is composed of investment grade corporate debt issues as well as debt issues of U.S. government agencies and the U.S. Treasury. The debt issues all maintain maturities within a range of one to ten years. The index is unmanaged and does not reflect the deduction of fees associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management fees. The Fund’s performance does reflect the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Investment Concerns
Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Investments in fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risks. The principal value of a bond falls when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. During periods of rising interest rates, the value of a bond investment is at greater risk than during periods of stable or falling rates.
A portion of income may be subject to some state and or local taxes and for certain investors a portion may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
In the twelve months ended March 31, 2006, the taxable yield curve substantially flattened and shifted upward as the federal Funds target increased to 4.75% from 2.75%. The municipal curve maintained its upward slope, but flattened as rates increased in the one to fifteen year maturity range and declined slightly in the maturities beyond that. This is one reason that tax-exempt bonds remained attractive versus comparable taxable obligations, particularly for those in higher tax brackets. Intermediate Funds, both taxable and tax-exempt, experienced losses in March due to rising rates, but ended the year with slightly positive returns.
The Fund maintains its appeal for investors seeking current income exempt from federal taxes. As of August 1, 2005, the Fund changed its stated benchmark to the Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year Municipal Index. This benchmark is more appropriate in its composition than the Lehman Brothers 7 Year Municipal Index. Since the change, we have adjusted the Fund’s composition and duration to match that of the new index, and there has been a transition period in which the Funds performance fell between the two benchmarks. The duration on the Fund lengthened last quarter as the likelihood of future calls occurring for the underlying bonds
Total Return as of March 31, 2006
Aggregate | Annualized | |||||||||||||||
Since | ||||||||||||||||
Inception | ||||||||||||||||
1 Month | 3 Month | 1 Year | (7/15/02) | |||||||||||||
Class I | -0.73 | % | -0.29 | % | 2.07 | % | 3.28 | % | ||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||||||
Without Sales Charge | -0.75 | % | -0.35 | % | 1.82 | % | 3.09 | % | ||||||||
With Sales Charge* | -3.97 | % | -3.58 | % | -1.47 | % | 2.17 | % | ||||||||
Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year Municipal Bond Index | -0.43 | % | 0.02 | % | 2.46 | % | 3.57 | % | ||||||||
Lehman Brothers 7-Year Municipal Bond Index | -0.69 | % | -0.12 | % | 2.63 | % | 3.79 | % | ||||||||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please contact us at 888-426-9709.
*Class A Shares reflect the maximum sales charge of 3.25%.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2006 subject to change
Signal Tax- | ||||||||||||
ML 1-10 Year | LB 7-Year | Exempt | ||||||||||
Muni Bond | Muni Bond | Income Fund | ||||||||||
Average Mod. Duration (yrs.) | 4.10 | 4.07 | 4.31 | |||||||||
Average Maturity (yrs.) | 5.03 | 5.04 | 5.88 | |||||||||
Average Coupon | 5.32 | % | 5.37 | % | 4.44 | % | ||||||
30 Day Effective Yield | ||||||||||||
Class I | N/A | N/A | 3.46 | % | ||||||||
Class A | N/A | N/A | 3.20 | % | ||||||||
Average Credit Rating (as rated by Standard & Poor’s) | N/A | N/A | AA+ | |||||||||
declined. This caused underperformance in the last quarter, and decreased the annual return. This duration gap should tighten as the bonds within the Fund move closer to maturity.†
† | The composition of the Fund’s holding is subject to change. |
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
State Allocation as of March 31, 2006
(Subject to change)
(Subject to change)
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Percentage of | ||||
Total Portfolio | ||||
Investments | ||||
State Allocation | (unaudited) | |||
Alabama | 1.0 | % | ||
California | 1.2 | % | ||
Illinois | 3.4 | % | ||
Indiana | 63.2 | % | ||
Kansas | 1.1 | % | ||
Kentucky | 2.0 | % | ||
Michigan | 4.8 | % | ||
Missouri | 2.3 | % | ||
Nevada | 1.2 | % | ||
North Carolina | 1.4 | % | ||
North Dakota | 1.3 | % | ||
Ohio | 1.2 | % | ||
Pennsylvania | 0.7 | % | ||
Texas | 4.1 | % | ||
Utah | 2.3 | % | ||
Washington | 4.2 | % | ||
Wisconsin | 4.4 | % | ||
Investment Companies | 0.2 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % | ||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemptions of fund shares.
The chart above represents a comparison of a hypothetical investment in the indicated Fund versus a similar investment in the Fund’s benchmark, and represents the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains in the Fund.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
Effective August 1, 2005 the Fund changed its standardized benchmark from the Lehman Brothers 7-Year Municipal Bond Index to the Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year Municipal Bond Index to provide a more appropriate market comparison for the Fund’s performance. The Merrill Lynch 1-10 Year Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of municipal bonds with intermediate maturities of no less than one year and no more than ten years. The Lehman Brothers 7-Year Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment grade fixed rate debt obligations issued by state and local government entities, with maturities of no more than seven years. The indices are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of fees associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management fees. The Fund’s performance does reflect the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Money Market Fund
Money Market Fund
Investment Concerns
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Throughout the entire fiscal year, the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) continued along a familiar path, gradually increasing the Fed Funds rate in 25 basis point (“bp”) (0.25%) increments. A total of eight consecutive increases brought the Fed Funds rate from 2.75% to 4.75% by the end of the fiscal year. The FOMC maintained language that said, “policy accommodation can be removed at a pace that is likely to be measured” into the last quarter of 2005, then they slightly modified their official statement with their December 13 post meeting release. They eliminated the familiar statement and instead remarked that “some further measured policy firming is likely to be needed.” Market participants interpreted this language change to be an indication that the central bank would be finished raising rates in the somewhat near future. However, strong economic data continued to foster the expectation of additional 25 bp (0.25%) increases in the Fed Funds rate into the first half of 2006.
For most of the fiscal year, increasing energy prices plagued the economy and put pressure on inflation. However, longer-term inflation expectations remained contained. Despite disappointing payroll numbers at the beginning of June 2005, economic activity continued to gain momentum into the third quarter of 2005, with strength in the housing market and vehicle sales reaching record highs due to new sales incentives. For
Total Return as of March 31, 2006
Aggregate | Annualized | |||||||||||||||
Since | ||||||||||||||||
Inception | ||||||||||||||||
1 Month | 3 Month | 1 Year | (7/15/02) | |||||||||||||
Class I | 0.35 | % | 0.98 | % | 3.24 | % | 1.55 | % | ||||||||
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please contact us at 888-426-9709.
The total return set forth reflects certain expenses that were reduced. In such instances, and without this activity, total return would have been lower.
Fund Statistics as of March 31, 2006 subject to change
30-Day | ||||||||
Effective Yield | 7-Day Yield | |||||||
Class I | 4.17 | % | 4.16 | % | ||||
The yield quotation more closely reflects the current earnings of the Fund than the total return quotations.
the first time since the FOMC began raising rates in June of 2004, there was some uncertainty surrounding the Fed’s decision at the September 20 meeting. Hurricane Katrina, ravaging the Gulf Coast in late summer and sending gasoline prices soaring to record highs, led investors to speculate that the central bank might pause in their plan to raise short-term rates. Despite higher energy costs and inflation pressures, the FOMC believed the hurricane tragedy produced a ‘near term disruption’, but it was not a long-term threat to economic growth. Economic activity remained solid into the final quarter of the fiscal year. Unseasonably warm weather and falling energy prices helped to support consumer spending, employment was strong, and the markets suffered no ill effects of the changeover from Greenspan to Bernanke as chairman of the FOMC.
Security Allocation as of March 31, 2006
(Subject to change)
(Subject to change)
Money Market Fund:
Security Allocation | Percentage of | |||
Commercial Paper | 29.1 | % | ||
Asset Backed | 25.0 | % | ||
Certificates of Deposit | 15.4 | % | ||
U.S. Government Agencies | 13.3 | % | ||
Repurchase Agreements | 10.4 | % | ||
Investment Companies | 6.8 | % | ||
Total | 100.0 | % | ||
As short-term interest rates continued to increase during the fiscal year, yields on money market instruments adjusted accordingly. There was a near 100 bp (1.00%) spread between 1-month and 1-year LIBOR1 at the start of the fiscal
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Money Market Fund
year, and that differential flattened to a low of 27 bps (0.27%) in September following the Gulf Coast hurricanes. The LIBOR curve ultimately ended the fiscal year 50 bps (0.50%) flatter than it began in response to the Fed’s continuous 25 bp (0.25%) tightening moves. Investors concentrated cash flows within three months, emphasizing one month maturities as a flatter money market curve provided little incentive to invest beyond one month or the next FOMC meeting. Demand for floating rate notes also remained strong due to the expectation of future short-term rate increases. The discount agency note curve remained the flattest, and as a result, discount agency notes were a less attractive investment than discount commercial paper. Money market yields continued to grind higher, and the movement of 1-year LIBOR above 5% encouraged some extension buying towards the end of the fiscal year. Throughout the fiscal year, the average weighted days to maturity of
the Signal Money Market Fund remained in the lower part of its maturity range, increasing from 25 days a year ago to end the fiscal year at 30 days.†
† | The composition of the Fund’s holding is subject to change. |
1 | LIBOR is the interest rate at which banks can borrow funds, in marketable size, from other banks in the London interbank market. The LIBOR is fixed on a daily basis by the British Bankers’ Association. The LIBOR is derived from a filtered average of the world’s most creditworthy banks’ interbank deposit rates for larger loans with maturities between overnight and one full year. |
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Large Cap Growth Fund
Large Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||
Principal | Security | |||||||
Amount ($) | Description | Value ($) | ||||||
Common Stocks — 96.6% | ||||||||
Aerospace/Defense — 1.2% | ||||||||
7,800 | United Technologies Corp. | 452,166 | ||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.6% | ||||||||
7,000 | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 604,730 | ||||||
Applications Software — 0.5% | ||||||||
5,600 | Citrix Systems, Inc. * | 212,240 | ||||||
Banking — 4.2% | ||||||||
10,000 | Bank of America Corp. | 455,400 | ||||||
14,200 | Zions Bancorp | 1,174,766 | ||||||
1,630,166 | ||||||||
Business Services — 2.4% | ||||||||
11,000 | Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. * | 954,140 | ||||||
Communications Equipment — 3.4% | ||||||||
37,600 | Cisco Systems, Inc. * | 814,792 | ||||||
10,600 | Harris Corp. | 501,274 | ||||||
1,316,066 | ||||||||
Computers — Memory Devices — 1.7% | ||||||||
48,000 | EMC Corp. * | 654,240 | ||||||
Construction Materials — 2.3% | ||||||||
16,000 | Florida Rock Industries, Inc. | 899,520 | ||||||
Consumer Products — Miscellaneous — 0.8% | ||||||||
4,000 | Fortune Brands, Inc. | 322,520 | ||||||
Distiller & Vintners — 2.1% | ||||||||
32,000 | Constellation Brands, Inc. * | 801,600 | ||||||
Electronics — 2.9% | ||||||||
10,800 | Jabil Circuit, Inc. * | 462,888 | ||||||
8,000 | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | 686,320 | ||||||
1,149,208 | ||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds — 3.0% | ||||||||
14,000 | Financial Select Sector SPDR | 455,700 | ||||||
4,200 | Mid-Cap 400 Trust Series SPDR | 607,614 | ||||||
4,600 | Technology Select Sector SPDR | 101,936 | ||||||
1,165,250 | ||||||||
Finance — Investment Bankers and Brokers — 7.6% | ||||||||
10,500 | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 989,520 | ||||||
8,000 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1,255,680 | ||||||
6,000 | Legg Mason, Inc. | 751,980 | ||||||
2,997,180 | ||||||||
Food Distributors — 1.7% | ||||||||
21,000 | Sysco Corp. | 673,050 | ||||||
General Merchandise — 1.0% | ||||||||
7,700 | Target Corp. | 400,477 | ||||||
Health Care Services — 1.9% | ||||||||
15,000 | Caremark Rx, Inc. * | 737,700 | ||||||
Healthcare — Equipment — 4.8% | ||||||||
13,000 | Medtronic, Inc. | 659,750 | ||||||
14,000 | ResMed, Inc. * | 615,720 | ||||||
14,000 | Stryker Corp. | 620,760 | ||||||
1,896,230 | ||||||||
Hotels & Motels — 1.4% | ||||||||
12,000 | Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 549,360 | ||||||
Shares or | ||||||||
Principal | Security | |||||||
Amount ($) | Description | Value ($) | ||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1% | ||||||||
12,000 | General Electric Co. | 417,360 | ||||||
Industrial Gases — 1.4% | ||||||||
9,600 | Praxair, Inc. | 529,440 | ||||||
Insurance — Life — 3.4% | ||||||||
17,500 | MetLife, Inc. | 846,475 | ||||||
11,000 | Sun Life Financial Services | 468,160 | ||||||
1,314,635 | ||||||||
Insurance-Multi-Line — 3.5% | ||||||||
9,000 | American International Group, Inc. | 594,810 | ||||||
10,000 | Wellpoint, Inc. * | 774,300 | ||||||
1,369,110 | ||||||||
Internet Service Providers — 0.7% | ||||||||
6,600 | Ebay, Inc. * | 257,796 | ||||||
Machinery — Industrial — 3.7% | ||||||||
10,400 | Danaher Corp. | 660,920 | ||||||
3,600 | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 346,716 | ||||||
10,000 | Ingersoll-Rand Co.-ADR | 417,900 | ||||||
1,425,536 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas — Integrated — 3.6% | ||||||||
10,300 | BP PLC-ADR | 710,082 | ||||||
11,300 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 687,718 | ||||||
1,397,800 | ||||||||
Oil & Gas Exploration Services — 6.1% | ||||||||
6,100 | Apache Corp. | 399,611 | ||||||
23,000 | Noble Energy, Inc. | 1,010,160 | ||||||
26,000 | Smith International, Inc. | 1,012,960 | ||||||
2,422,731 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 2.5% | ||||||||
16,600 | Procter & Gamble Co. | 956,492 | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 3.5% | ||||||||
5,200 | Barr Laboratories, Inc. * | 327,496 | ||||||
10,000 | Johnson & Johnson | 592,200 | ||||||
11,000 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | 452,980 | ||||||
1,372,676 | ||||||||
Prepackaged Software — 4.6% | ||||||||
16,000 | DST Systems, Inc. * | 927,040 | ||||||
20,700 | Fiserv, Inc. * | 880,785 | ||||||
1,807,825 | ||||||||
Retail — Apparel/Shoe — 1.9% | ||||||||
18,000 | Chico’s Fas, Inc. * | 731,520 | ||||||
Retail — Computer/Electronics — 2.1% | ||||||||
14,400 | Best Buy Co., Inc. | 805,392 | ||||||
Retail — Drugs — 2.1% | ||||||||
19,300 | Walgreen Co. | 832,409 | ||||||
Retail — Home Improvement — 1.0% | ||||||||
6,000 | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 386,640 | ||||||
Soft Drinks — 2.4% | ||||||||
15,900 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 918,861 | ||||||
Systems Software — 2.9% | ||||||||
21,600 | Microsoft Corp. | 587,736 |
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Large Cap Growth Fund
Large Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||
Principal | Security | |||||||
Amount ($) | Description | Value ($) | ||||||
Systems Software (continued) | ||||||||
10,000 | SAP AG-ADR | 543,200 | ||||||
1,130,936 | ||||||||
Transportation Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
11,800 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 983,294 | ||||||
Utilities — Electric — 3.1% | ||||||||
8,400 | Entergy Corp. | 579,096 | ||||||
15,200 | FPL Group, Inc. | 610,128 | ||||||
1,189,224 | ||||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(cost-$27,692,251) | 37,665,520 | |||||||
Investment Companies — 3.3% | ||||||||
1,284,575 | Huntington Money Market Fund-Trust Class | 1,284,575 | ||||||
Total Investment Companies | ||||||||
(cost-$1,284,575) | 1,284,575 | |||||||
Total Investments - 99.9% | ||||||||
(cost-$28,976,826) | 38,950,095 | |||||||
Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $38,995,706.
* Non-income producing securities.
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
SPDR – Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt’s
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Income Fund
Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||||||||||
Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds — 31.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Aerospace/Defense — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
750,000 | General Dynamics Corp | 4.50 | % | 8/15/10 | 725,732 | |||||||||||
Banking — 7.7% | ||||||||||||||||
500,000 | Bank of America Corp | 5.38 | 6/15/14 | 493,329 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc | 4.63 | 1/15/08 | 494,066 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc | 6.13 | 11/15/11 | 1,027,200 | ||||||||||||
105,000 | First Union National Bank, BKNT | 5.80 | 12/1/08 | 106,447 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | MBNA Bank | 5.38 | 1/15/08 | 300,481 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | MBNA Bank | 6.13 | 3/1/13 | 516,588 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | National City Corp. | 4.50 | 3/15/10 | 483,911 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Bancorp | 5.10 | 7/15/07 | 497,932 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | U.S. Bancorp | 3.95 | 8/23/07 | 736,581 | ||||||||||||
455,000 | U.S. Bancorp | 5.70 | 12/15/08 | 459,654 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Washington Mutual Bank | 5.50 | 1/15/13 | 988,351 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Washington Mutual Bank | 5.65 | 8/15/14 | 982,473 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Wells Fargo Co | 3.50 | 4/4/08 | 483,867 | ||||||||||||
7,570,880 | ||||||||||||||||
Beverages — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
180,000 | Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc | 5.38 | 8/15/06 | 180,125 | ||||||||||||
Brewery — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
500,000 | Anheuser Busch | 4.70 | 4/15/12 | 482,674 | ||||||||||||
Computer Hardware — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
500,000 | Hewlett-Packard Co. | 5.75 | 12/15/06 | 501,605 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | International Business Machines Corp. | 4.88 | 10/1/06 | 99,881 | ||||||||||||
601,486 | ||||||||||||||||
Department Stores — 0.8% | ||||||||||||||||
750,000 | Target Corp | 5.88 | 3/1/12 | 768,239 | ||||||||||||
Electric & Electronic Equipment — 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||
1,300,000 | General Electric Co | 5.00 | 2/1/13 | 1,264,511 | ||||||||||||
Financial Services — 11.4% | ||||||||||||||||
125,000 | Alliance Capital Management | 5.63 | 8/15/06 | 125,190 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | American General Finance Corp. | 4.00 | 3/15/11 | 466,262 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Associates Corp., MTN | 7.55 | 7/17/06 | 100,655 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Associates Corp. | 6.88 | 11/15/08 | 519,230 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Bear Stearns Co., Inc | 4.50 | 10/28/10 | 480,783 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Boeing Capital Corp. | 5.80 | 1/15/13 | 509,160 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Countrywide Financial | 4.25 | 12/19/07 | 735,907 | ||||||||||||
345,000 | General Electric Capital Corp., MTN | 6.13 | 2/22/11 | 355,453 | ||||||||||||
75,000 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc | 6.88 | 1/15/11 | 79,171 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc | 5.70 | 9/1/12 | 502,446 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc | 5.15 | 1/15/14 | 385,654 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | Household Finance Corp. | 8.00 | 7/15/10 | 272,787 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Household Finance Corp. | 4.75 | 7/15/13 | 470,439 | ||||||||||||
20,000 | J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. | 5.75 | 10/15/08 | 20,140 | ||||||||||||
155,000 | J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., MTN | 6.00 | 1/15/09 | 157,314 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co | 5.75 | 1/2/13 | 503,344 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co | 5.25 | 5/1/15 | 482,809 | ||||||||||||
395,000 | J.P. Morgan Chase Bank | 6.13 | 11/1/08 | 401,076 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Morgan Stanley | 3.63 | 4/1/08 | 484,639 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Morgan Stanley | 4.25 | 5/15/10 | 381,171 | ||||||||||||
1,450,000 | Morgan Stanley | 4.75 | 4/1/14 | 1,352,839 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 4.50 | 7/15/13 | 934,174 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | SLM Corp | 5.38 | 1/15/13 | 493,217 |
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Income Fund
Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||||||||||
Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
500,000 | SLM Corp | 5.38 | % | 5/15/14 | 487,792 | |||||||||||
500,000 | Verizon Global Funding Corp | 4.00 | 1/15/08 | 488,120 | ||||||||||||
11,189,772 | ||||||||||||||||
Food Products & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
140,000 | Campbell Soup Co | 6.90 | 10/15/06 | 140,916 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Kraft Foods, Inc. | 4.00 | 10/1/08 | 290,203 | ||||||||||||
431,119 | ||||||||||||||||
Insurance — 1.0% | ||||||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Everest Reinsurance Holding | 5.40 | 10/15/14 | 961,857 | ||||||||||||
Insurance — Life — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
513,000 | Lincoln National Corp | 6.50 | 3/15/08 | 524,101 | ||||||||||||
Investment Management and Advisory Services — 0.5% | ||||||||||||||||
500,000 | FMR Corp.* | 4.75 | 3/1/13 | 479,824 | ||||||||||||
Medical — Drugs — 1.8% | ||||||||||||||||
800,000 | Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. | 5.75 | 10/1/11 | 808,792 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Wyeth | 5.50 | 2/1/14 | 986,712 | ||||||||||||
1,795,504 | ||||||||||||||||
Printing & Publishing — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
155,000 | Tribune Co., MTN | 5.50 | 10/6/08 | 153,859 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate Operation/Development — 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||
350,000 | EOP Operating Limited Partnership | 4.75 | 3/15/14 | 322,324 | ||||||||||||
Restaurants — 1.1% | ||||||||||||||||
800,000 | Darden Restaurants | 4.875 | 8/15/10 | 774,176 | ||||||||||||
280,000 | McDonald’s Corp | 6.00 | 4/15/11 | 286,070 | ||||||||||||
1,060,246 | ||||||||||||||||
Retail — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
200,000 | Sherwin-Williams Co. | 6.85 | 2/1/07 | 202,105 | ||||||||||||
Utilities — Electric — 1.8% | ||||||||||||||||
95,000 | National Rural Utilities | 6.00 | 5/15/06 | 95,085 | ||||||||||||
950,000 | National Rural Utilities | 3.25 | 10/1/07 | 922,120 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Tennessee Valley Authority, Series A | 5.63 | 1/18/11 | 203,577 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Union Electric Co. | 6.75 | 5/1/08 | 511,605 | ||||||||||||
1,732,387 | ||||||||||||||||
Total Corporate Bonds (cost - $31,286,349) | 30,446,745 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies — 49.9% | ||||||||||||||||
350,000 | Fannie Mae, MTN | 6.89 | 4/25/06 | 350,373 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Fannie Mae | 5.25 | 6/15/06 | 300,108 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Fannie Mae | 7.13 | 3/15/07 | 407,255 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Fannie Mae | 3.63 | 7/27/07 | 981,044 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 5/5/06 @ 100 | 4.30 | 5/5/08 | 1,477,412 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Fannie Mae | 4.00 | 9/2/08 | 973,885 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | Fannie Mae | 5.25 | 1/15/09 | 250,997 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 11/30/07 @ 100 | 4.00 | 11/30/09 | 480,728 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Fannie Mae | 4.25 | 7/28/10 | 192,498 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | Fannie Mae | 6.25 | 2/1/11 | 155,565 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 6/9/06 @ 100 | 4.55 | 3/9/11 | 967,033 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Fannie Mae | 5.38 | 11/15/11 | 756,911 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Fannie Mae | 5.25 | 8/1/12 | 98,986 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Fannie Mae | 6.00 | 12/14/12 | 747,489 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 10/15/06 @ 100 | 5.00 | 4/15/13 | 291,073 |
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Income Fund
Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||||||||||
Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Fannie Mae | 4.63 | % | 10/15/14 | 481,561 | |||||||||||
500,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 10/24/06 @ 100 | 5.31 | 11/3/14 | 487,449 | ||||||||||||
485,574 | Fannie Mae | 5.00 | 6/25/16 | 471,503 | ||||||||||||
800,000 | Fannie Mae, Callable 4/26/10 @ 100 | 5.00 | 4/26/17 | 758,712 | ||||||||||||
505,962 | Fannie Mae | 4.50 | 6/25/33 | 482,959 | ||||||||||||
383,344 | Fannie Mae | 5.00 | 3/25/34 | 375,775 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank, MTN | 5.87 | 9/2/08 | 509,246 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank | 5.20 | 2/24/10 | 742,619 | ||||||||||||
420,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank | 5.81 | 1/10/11 | 431,313 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank, Callable 11/29/06 @ 100 | 4.65 | 11/29/11 | 725,658 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank | 4.60 | 1/17/12 | 486,250 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank, Callable 4/25/06 @ 100 | 5.22 | 10/20/14 | 242,466 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank | 5.63 | 10/19/20 | 479,387 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Federal Farm Credit Farm | 3.75 | 10/3/07 | 1,955,597 | ||||||||||||
285,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series TV06 | 4.88 | 11/15/06 | 284,531 | ||||||||||||
925,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series HS07 | 6.20 | 10/10/07 | 937,018 | ||||||||||||
800,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 5/6/06 @ 100 | 4.50 | 6/6/08 | 789,647 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 5/31/06 @ 100 | 4.05 | 8/13/08 | 488,686 | ||||||||||||
1,065,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series 100 | 5.80 | 9/2/08 | 1,079,915 | ||||||||||||
325,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series 8D08 | 5.25 | 11/14/08 | 326,081 | ||||||||||||
875,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 5.49 | 12/22/08 | 879,593 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 4/30/06 @ 100 | 4.28 | 10/30/09 | 387,916 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series 5, Callable 9/30/06 @ 100 | 4.00 | 3/30/10 | 197,408 | ||||||||||||
1,250,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series 1, Callable 2/24/06 @100 | 4.75 | 3/30/10 | 1,224,253 | ||||||||||||
550,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 4.00 | 4/22/10 | 527,274 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 05/09/06 @ 100 | 4.63 | 8/9/10 | 1,489,604 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 5.20 | 10/28/10 | 740,630 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 05/24/06 @ 100 | 5.00 | 2/24/11 | 496,774 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Series 1N11 | 6.00 | 5/13/11 | 103,948 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 8/3/06 @ 100 | 5.00 | 8/3/11 | 978,268 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 4.63 | 2/15/12 | 486,116 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 2/16/07 @ 100 | 4.75 | 2/16/12 | 965,840 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 5.00 | 2/21/12 | 487,896 | ||||||||||||
1,200,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 4/24/06 @ 100 | 5.25 | 5/3/12 | 1,177,194 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 4/29/06 @ 100 | 4.50 | 10/29/13 | 195,426 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 4.25 | 1/30/15 | 490,017 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 4/20/06 @ 100 | 5.74 | 4/20/15 | 984,964 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 6/26/06 @ 100 | 4.00 | 6/26/18 | 472,802 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 4/24/06 @ 100 | 5.65 | 3/22/19 | 482,184 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 11/4/09 @ 100 | 5.30 | 11/4/19 | 473,531 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank, Callable 12/27/06 @ 100 | 5.85 | 12/27/19 | 484,986 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Freddie Mac | 3.25 | 3/14/08 | 193,243 | ||||||||||||
50,000 | Freddie Mac | 5.75 | 4/15/08 | 50,612 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 6/1/06 @ 100 | 4.85 | 12/1/09 | 739,037 | ||||||||||||
344,471 | Freddie Mac | 3.75 | 4/15/11 | 342,458 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Freddie Mac | 6.25 | 3/5/12 | 1,007,795 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 11/5/07 @ 100 | 5.25 | 11/5/12 | 737,278 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Freddie Mac | 4.80 | 7/30/13 | 1,429,654 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Freddie Mac | 5.13 | 8/6/13 | 487,808 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 1/30/07 @ 100 | 5.00 | 1/30/14 | 1,459,558 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 07/14/06 @ 100 | 4.00 | 10/14/14 | 1,469,746 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 10/27/06 @ 100 | 5.00 | 10/27/14 | 485,609 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | Freddie Mac | 5.00 | 11/13/14 | 726,788 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Freddie Mac, Callable 09/22/06 @ 100 | 5.40 | 9/22/15 | 975,278 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Freddie Mac | 5.00 | 1/15/19 | 1,477,546 | ||||||||||||
385,228 | Freddie Mac | 4.75 | 3/15/22 | 375,107 |
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Income Fund
Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
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Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
1,458,800 | Freddie Mac | 5.00 | % | 8/15/27 | 1,431,305 | |||||||||||
616,979 | Freddie Mac, Series 2664 | 5.00 | 4/15/30 | 607,683 | ||||||||||||
294,392 | Freddie Mac | 5.50 | 10/15/31 | 293,092 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies Total (cost - $50,069,727) | 48,983,951 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes — 16.5% | ||||||||||||||||
700,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 6.88 | 5/15/06 | 701,695 | ||||||||||||
1,150,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 6.50 | 10/15/06 | 1,159,568 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 6.25 | 2/15/07 | 151,688 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 3.75 | 3/31/07 | 494,571 | ||||||||||||
325,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 6.63 | 5/15/07 | 331,094 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 6.13 | 8/15/07 | 406,562 | ||||||||||||
775,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 5.50 | 2/15/08 | 784,354 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.63 | 2/29/08 | 995,977 | ||||||||||||
650,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 5.63 | 5/15/08 | 660,182 | ||||||||||||
350,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 3.38 | 11/15/08 | 337,613 | ||||||||||||
340,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.75 | 11/15/08 | 339,283 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.50 | 2/15/09 | 1,486,992 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 3.88 | 5/15/09 | 291,820 | ||||||||||||
3,000,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 3.63 | 1/15/10 | 2,876,015 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 3.50 | 2/15/10 | 142,992 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.00 | 3/15/10 | 485,254 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.50 | 2/28/11 | 492,715 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 5.00 | 8/15/11 | 504,395 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.88 | 2/15/12 | 200,312 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.38 | 8/15/12 | 487,012 | ||||||||||||
1,750,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.00 | 11/15/12 | 1,665,644 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.75 | 5/15/14 | 198,250 | ||||||||||||
750,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 4.25 | 11/15/14 | 716,836 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | U.S. Treasury Notes | 1.63 | 1/15/15 | 245,016 | ||||||||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Notes (cost - $16,421,973) | 16,155,840 | |||||||||||||||
Preferred Stock — 1.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Insurance agents, brokers, & service — 1.0% | ||||||||||||||||
40,000 | Metlife, Inc. | 1,023,200 | ||||||||||||||
Total Preferred Stock (cost - $1,018,979) | ||||||||||||||||
Investment Companies — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
640,706 | Huntington Money Market Fund - Trust Class | 640,706 | ||||||||||||||
Total Investment Companies (cost - $640,706) | 640,706 | |||||||||||||||
Total Investments - 99.1% (cost - $99,437,734) | 97,250,442 | |||||||||||||||
Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $98,127,963.
* | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. These securities have been deemed liquid by the Investment Advisor based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. |
BKNT – Bank Note
MTN – Medium Term Note
MTN – Medium Term Note
See notes to financial statements.
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Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
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Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
Municipal Bonds — 99.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Alabama — 1.0% | ||||||||||||||||
210,000 | Daphne Alabama, GO, Callable 2/1/13 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.00 | % | 8/1/14 | 208,961 | |||||||||||
California — 1.2% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | La Mirada California Redevelopment Agency, Callable 8/15/14 @ 100, Insured by: FSA | 4.25 | 8/15/19 | 248,225 | ||||||||||||
Illinois — 3.3% | ||||||||||||||||
200,000 | Du Page County Illinois High School District, Series A, GO, Callable 12/1/07 @ 100 | 5.05 | 12/1/14 | 203,932 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Illinois State, GO, Callable 9/1/06 @ 102, Insured by: FGIC | 5.40 | 9/1/08 | 205,384 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Northlake Illinois, Series A, GO, Callable 12/1/08 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 5.00 | 6/1/14 | 309,534 | ||||||||||||
718,850 | ||||||||||||||||
Indiana — 62.8% | ||||||||||||||||
200,000 | Anderson Indiana School Building Corp., Insured by: FSA | 4.00 | 7/15/15 | 197,700 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Blackford County Indiana School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/06 @ 101, Insured by: AMBAC | 5.00 | 7/15/11 | 202,870 | ||||||||||||
260,000 | Bloomington Indiana Municipal Facilities Corp., Callable 2/1/08 @ 101 | 4.80 | 8/1/12 | 265,486 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Carmel Indiana Redevelopment Authority, Insured by: MBIA | 4.25 | 8/1/11 | 204,194 | ||||||||||||
380,000 | Center Grove Indiana Building Corp., Insured by: FGIC | 3.50 | 1/15/11 | 373,463 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | Clarksville Indiana High School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/08 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 5.00 | 7/15/14 | 155,460 | ||||||||||||
225,000 | Cloverdale Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Callable 1/15/08 @ 102, Insured by: MBIA | 4.95 | 1/15/11 | 234,515 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Crown Point Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/09 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 4.80 | 1/15/14 | 206,222 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | Decatur Township Marion County Multi-School Building Corp., Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 7/15/08 | 251,830 | ||||||||||||
295,000 | Delaware County Indiana Edit Corp., Callable 12/1/07 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 5.00 | 12/1/12 | 304,107 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Delaware County Indiana Hospital Authority, Callable 8/1/08 @ 102, Insured by: AMBAC | 5.00 | 8/1/16 | 419,711 | ||||||||||||
125,000 | Eagle Union Middle School Building Corp. Indiana, Callable 7/5/11 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.85 | 7/5/15 | 129,380 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | East Allen Woodland School Building Corp. Indiana, Insured by: MBIA | 3.25 | 7/15/10 | 389,251 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | East Washington Indiana Multi School Building Corp., Insured by: MBIA | 3.90 | 7/15/14 | 296,847 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Elkhart County Indiana Corrections Complex, Callable 6/1/14 @ 100, Insured by: MBIA | 4.13 | 12/1/19 | 293,694 | ||||||||||||
85,000 | Elkhart Indiana Community Schools, GO | 4.95 | 7/15/06 | 85,314 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Fall Creek Indiana Regulatory Waste District, Callable 9/1/10 @ 100, Insured by: MBIA | 4.70 | 3/1/13 | 103,042 | ||||||||||||
225,000 | Fort Wayne Indiana South Side School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/06 @ 102, Insured by: FSA | 4.75 | 1/15/12 | 229,759 | ||||||||||||
165,000 | Fort Wayne Indiana Stormwater Managemet District Revenue, Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 8/1/13 | 165,617 | ||||||||||||
260,000 | Greencastle Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Callable 7/10/12 @100, Insured by: FGIC | 4.10 | 1/10/13 | 261,989 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Greencastle Indiana Waterworks Revenue, Callable 1/1/12 @ 100, Insured by: MBIA | 4.25 | 7/1/13 | 304,413 | ||||||||||||
275,000 | Indiana Bank Revenue, Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 4/1/09 | 277,390 | ||||||||||||
290,000 | Indiana Bank Revenue, Series A, Callable 2/1/09 @ 102, Insured by: FSA | 4.60 | 2/1/13 | 297,418 | ||||||||||||
265,000 | Indiana Bank Revenue, Series A, Callable 2/1/08 @ 101 | 4.80 | 2/1/13 | 272,036 | ||||||||||||
470,000 | Indiana Health Facilities Financing Authority, Callable 8/15/07 @ 102, Insured by: RADIAN | 5.50 | 2/15/10 | 491,074 | ||||||||||||
325,000 | Indiana State Educatonal Facilities Authority, Callable 10/15/08 @ 101 | 4.95 | 10/15/12 | 334,523 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Indiana State Office Building Community Facilities, Series A, Callable 7/1/08 @ 101 | 4.70 | 7/1/11 | 307,587 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Indiana University Revenue, Series L, Callable 8/1/08 @ 101 | 5.00 | 8/1/12 | 207,788 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Johnson County Indiana, GO, Insured by: FSA | 4.10 | 7/15/07 | 100,614 | ||||||||||||
265,000 | LA Porte Indiana Multi School Building Corp., Insured by: FSA | 4.00 | 1/15/10 | 267,488 | ||||||||||||
305,000 | Lafayette Indiana Redevelopment Authority, Callable 2/1/13 @ 100 | 3.75 | 8/1/13 | 299,998 | ||||||||||||
75,000 | Marion County Indiana Convention and Recreational Facilities Authority, Series A, Callable 6/1/08 @ 101 | 5.00 | 6/1/12 | 77,629 | ||||||||||||
275,000 | Mithcell Indiana Multi-School Building Corp. | 4.65 | 7/5/13 | 286,314 |
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Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
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Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Monroe County Indiana Community School Corp., Callable 1/1/07 @ 102, Insured by: MBIA | 5.25 | % | 7/1/12 | 206,344 | |||||||||||
300,000 | Montgomery County Indiana Jail Facility Building Corp., Callable 1/15/15 @ 100, Insured by: FSA | 4.00 | 7/15/16 | 293,790 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | Mt. Vernon of Hancock County Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Series B, Callable 7/15/11 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.70 | 1/15/12 | 155,883 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Munster Indiana School Building Corp., Callable 7/5/08 @ 101, Insured by: FSA | 4.60 | 7/5/10 | 205,578 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | North Montgomery Indiana High School Building Corp., Callable 1/15/11 @ 100, Insured by: FGIC | 5.05 | 7/15/15 | 416,839 | ||||||||||||
100,000 | Northwest Allen County Indiana Middle School Building Corp., Callable 1/15/09 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 4.75 | 1/15/12 | 103,834 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Northwest Allen County Indiana Middle School Building Corp., Callable 1/15/09 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 4.90 | 1/15/14 | 208,454 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Perry Township Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/06 @ 101, Insured by: AMBAC | 5.00 | 7/15/13 | 405,739 | ||||||||||||
240,000 | Perry Township Indiana Multi-School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/10 @101, Insured by: FGIC | 4.63 | 1/15/15 | 247,378 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Porter County Indiana Jail Building Corp., Callable 7/10/11 @ 100, Insured by: FSA | 5.00 | 7/10/16 | 311,928 | ||||||||||||
275,000 | Princeton Indiana Sewer Works Revenue, Callable 5/1/09 @ 101 | 4.50 | 5/1/13 | 271,876 | ||||||||||||
50,000 | Purdue University Indiana Certificates Participation, Callable 7/1/08 @ 100 | 4.50 | 7/1/09 | 50,753 | ||||||||||||
250,000 | Rochester Indiana Community School Building Corp., Callable 7/15/08 @ 102, Insured by: AMBAC | 5.00 | 7/15/13 | 261,510 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | South Bend Indiana Community School Building Corp., Callable 1/1/10 @ 101, Insured by: FSA | 4.60 | 7/1/13 | 205,036 | ||||||||||||
225,000 | South Bend Indiana Community School Building Corp., Callable 1/1/10 @ 101, Insured by: FSA | 5.10 | 7/1/17 | 236,003 | ||||||||||||
400,000 | Sunman-Dearbon Indiana High School Building Corp., Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 7/15/12 | 402,855 | ||||||||||||
125,000 | Terre Haute Indiana San District, GO, Callable 1/1/07 @ 102, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.60 | 7/1/10 | 128,128 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Terre Haute Indiana San District, Callable 1/1/15 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.00 | 7/1/17 | 293,076 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Vinton-Tecumseh Indiana School Building Corp., Callable 1/5/08 @ 101, Insured by: SAW | 5.00 | 7/5/13 | 205,750 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Warren Township Indiana School Building Corp., Callable 7/5/08 @ 101, Insured by: FSA | 5.00 | 7/5/14 | 310,827 | ||||||||||||
275,000 | Whitley County Indiana Middle School Building Corp., Callable 7/10/08 @ 101, Insured by: FSA | 4.80 | 1/10/11 | 284,149 | ||||||||||||
13,500,453 | ||||||||||||||||
Kansas — 1.1% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | Kansas State Development Finance Authority Revenue | 3.25 | 11/1/09 | 245,320 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky — 2.0% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | Jessamine County Kentucky School District, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.00 | 1/1/14 | 250,318 | ||||||||||||
185,000 | Kentucky Rural Water Financial Corp., Series C, Callable 2/01/12 @ 101, Insured by: MBIA | 3.88 | 2/1/14 | 183,698 | ||||||||||||
434,016 | ||||||||||||||||
Michigan — 4.8% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | Green Oak Township Michigan — Sewer, GO, Callable 5/1/12 @ 100, Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 5/1/17 | 246,693 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Macomb Township Michigan Building Authority, GO, Callable 4/1/11 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.75 | 4/1/16 | 313,950 | ||||||||||||
150,000 | Michigan Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue, Callable 12/1/12 @ 100 | 5.00 | 12/1/20 | 154,004 | ||||||||||||
320,000 | Warren Michigan Downtown Development, GO, Insured by: MBIA | 4.00 | 10/1/14 | 320,000 | ||||||||||||
1,034,647 | ||||||||||||||||
Missouri — 2.3% | ||||||||||||||||
200,000 | Creve Coeur Missouri, SO | 3.50 | 1/1/13 | 193,082 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Jefferson County Missouri School District, GO, Callable 3/1/14 @ 100, Insured by: | |||||||||||||||
MBIA | 4.35 | 3/1/16 | 305,823 | |||||||||||||
498,905 | ||||||||||||||||
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Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Tax-Exempt Income Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
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Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
Nevada — 1.2% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | University of Nevada Community College, Series A, Callable 7/1/11 @ 100, Insured by: FGIC | 4.45 | % | 7/1/12 | 256,088 | |||||||||||
North Carolina — 1.4% | ||||||||||||||||
300,000 | Davie County NC | 3.75 | 6/1/11 | 299,571 | ||||||||||||
North Dakota — 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||
300,000 | North Dakota State Building Authority Lease Revenue, Callable 12/1/13 @ 100 | 3.70 | 12/1/15 | 287,700 | ||||||||||||
Ohio — 1.2% | ||||||||||||||||
250,000 | Akron Ohio Package Facility Project, Series A, Insured by: AMBAC | 3.50 | 12/1/10 | 247,870 | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
150,000 | Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority College & University Revenue, Callable 7/1/11 @ 100, Insured by: ASST GTY | 5.38 | 7/1/23 | 157,052 | ||||||||||||
Texas — 4.1% | ||||||||||||||||
350,000 | Brownsville Texas, GO, Callable 2/15/14 @ 100, Insured by: AMBAC | 4.00 | 2/15/17 | 342,139 | ||||||||||||
225,000 | Keller Texas, Insured by: MBIA | 3.75 | 2/15/11 | 224,793 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Travis County Texas, Series A, GO, Callable 3/1/08 @ 100 | 4.75 | 3/1/15 | 306,456 | ||||||||||||
873,388 | ||||||||||||||||
Utah — 2.3% | ||||||||||||||||
200,000 | South Davis Recreation District Utah, Callable 1/1/15 @ 100, Insured by: XLCA | 4.38 | 1/1/20 | 199,682 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Utah State Building Ownership Authority Lease Revenue | 3.25 | 5/15/09 | 293,901 | ||||||||||||
493,583 | ||||||||||||||||
Washington — 4.2% | ||||||||||||||||
300,000 | Seattle Washington Municipal Light and Power Revenue, Insured by: FSA | 3.25 | 8/1/11 | 289,335 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Washington State, Series 2003A, GO, Callable 7/1/12 @ 100 | 5.00 | 7/1/14 | 313,872 | ||||||||||||
300,000 | Washington State, Callable 4/1/14 @ 100, Insured by: MBIA | 4.25 | 10/1/15 | 303,039 | ||||||||||||
906,246 | ||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin — 4.4% | ||||||||||||||||
400,000 | Chilton Wisconsin School District, Callable 4/1/12, Insured by: FGIC | 4.00 | 4/1/13 | 400,207 | ||||||||||||
50,000 | Elmbrook Wisconsin School District, GO, Callable 4/1/12 @ 100 | 4.13 | 4/1/15 | 49,500 | ||||||||||||
295,000 | Green Bay Wisconsin Area Public School District, Insured by: FGIC, Series B | 3.38 | 4/1/10 | 289,950 | ||||||||||||
200,000 | Wisconsin State Clean Water Revenue, Series 1, Callable 6/1/08 @ 100 | 4.85 | 6/1/18 | 203,096 | ||||||||||||
942,753 | ||||||||||||||||
Total Municipal Bonds (cost - $21,179,173) | 21,353,628 | |||||||||||||||
Investment Companies — 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
40,571 | Huntington Money Market Fund - Trust Class | 40,571 | ||||||||||||||
Total Investment Companies (cost - $40,571) | 40,571 | |||||||||||||||
Total Investments - 99.5% (cost - $21,219,743) | 21,394,199 | |||||||||||||||
Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $21,493,599.
AMBAC – AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
ASST GTY – Asset Guaranty
FGIC – Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA – Financial Security Assurance, Inc.
GO – General Obligation
MBIA – Municipal Bond Insurance Assoc.
RADIAN – RADIAN Guaranty, Inc.
SAW – State Aid Withholding
SO – Special Obligation
XLCA – XL Capital Assurance, Inc.
ASST GTY – Asset Guaranty
FGIC – Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA – Financial Security Assurance, Inc.
GO – General Obligation
MBIA – Municipal Bond Insurance Assoc.
RADIAN – RADIAN Guaranty, Inc.
SAW – State Aid Withholding
SO – Special Obligation
XLCA – XL Capital Assurance, Inc.
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Money Market Fund
Money Market Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
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Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
Asset Backed Securities — 25.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Finance Services — 22.6% | ||||||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Amsterdam Funding* (a)(b) | 4.60 | % | 4/11/06 | 1,997,444 | |||||||||||
2,250,000 | Barton Capital* | 4.65 | 5/3/06 | 2,240,700 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Fairway Finance Co., LLC* (a)(b) | 4.45 | 4/10/06 | 1,997,715 | ||||||||||||
1,250,000 | Grampian Funding, LLC.* (a) | 4.53 | 4/26/06 | 1,246,072 | ||||||||||||
2,500,000 | Kitty Hawk Funding* (a) | 4.70 | 4/17/06 | 2,494,778 | ||||||||||||
2,750,000 | Old Line Funding Corp.* (a) | 4.65 | 4/17/06 | 2,744,353 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Park Avenue* | 4.59 | 4/5/06 | 1,499,235 | ||||||||||||
2,250,000 | Sheffield Receivable* | 4.60 | 4/3/06 | 2,249,425 | ||||||||||||
2,250,000 | Steamboat Funding* (a)(b) | 4.82 | 4/7/06 | 2,248,193 | ||||||||||||
1,750,000 | Thames Asset Global* | 4.70 | 4/18/06 | 1,746,116 | ||||||||||||
500,000 | Three Pillars Funding* | 4.57 | 4/3/06 | 499,873 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Three Pillars Funding* | 4.69 | 4/17/06 | 1,496,873 | ||||||||||||
3,000,000 | Windmill Funding* (a) | 4.73 | 4/25/06 | 2,990,541 | ||||||||||||
Total Asset Backed Securities (cost - $25,451,318) | 25,451,318 | |||||||||||||||
Certificates of Deposit — 15.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign Bank & Branches & Agencies- 12.4% | ||||||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Barclays Bank NY | 4.37 | 6/21/06 | 999,996 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | CIBC | 4.63 | 4/11/06 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
2,300,000 | Credit Suisse (a)(b) | 4.71 | 5/8/06 | 2,300,023 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Dexia Bank NY | 4.59 | 4/13/06 | 998,470 | ||||||||||||
1,900,000 | Royal Bank of Canada | 4.71 | 5/19/06 | 1,900,031 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Societe Generale | 4.51 | 4/13/06 | 1,000,013 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Societe Generale | 4.75 | 4/28/06 | 1,494,662 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Toronto Dominion | 4.59 | 5/1/06 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
12,693,195 | ||||||||||||||||
National Banks, Commercial — 3.0% | ||||||||||||||||
3,000,000 | Wells Fargo Bank | 4.75 | 4/27/06 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Certificates of Deposit (cost - $15,693,195) | 15,693,195 | |||||||||||||||
Commercial Paper — 29.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Bank Holdings Companies — 6.9% | ||||||||||||||||
3,000,000 | Citigroup Funding* | 4.56 | 4/10/06 | 2,996,580 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Greenwich Capital** | 4.28 | 8/7/06 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Northern Trust* | 4.72 | 5/5/06 | 1,991,084 | ||||||||||||
6,987,664 | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign Bank & Branches & Agencies — 12.5% | ||||||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Abbey National NA Corp.* (b) | 4.58 | 4/21/06 | 1,994,911 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Barclays US Funding, LLC.* | 4.54 | 4/6/06 | 1,998,739 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | BNP Paribas* | 4.61 | 4/20/06 | 1,995,134 | ||||||||||||
2,500,000 | CBA DEL Finance* | 4.65 | 5/3/06 | 2,489,666 | ||||||||||||
2,250,000 | Dexia DEL LLC* | 4.61 | 4/7/06 | 2,248,271 | ||||||||||||
2,000,000 | HBOS Treasury Service* | 4.63 | 5/2/06 | 1,992,035 | ||||||||||||
12,718,756 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal Credit Institutions — 5.9% | ||||||||||||||||
3,250,000 | General Electric Capital Corp.* | 4.63 | 4/10/06 | 3,246,239 | ||||||||||||
2,750,000 | Toyota Motor Credit Corp* | 4.47 | 5/18/06 | 2,733,951 | ||||||||||||
5,980,190 | ||||||||||||||||
continued
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Money Market Fund
Money Market Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Shares or | ||||||||||||||||
Principal | Interest | Maturity | ||||||||||||||
Amount ($) | Security Description | Rate | Date | Value ($) | ||||||||||||
Security Brokers & Dealers — 3.9% | ||||||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Merrill Lynch* | 4.71 | % | 4/4/06 | 1,999,215 | |||||||||||
2,000,000 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.* | 4.77 | 4/4/06 | 1,999,205 | ||||||||||||
3,998,420 | ||||||||||||||||
Total Commercial Paper (cost - $29,685,030) | 29,685,030 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies — 13.3% | ||||||||||||||||
2,000,000 | Federal Farm Credit Bank** | 4.59 | 1/22/07 | 2,001,268 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 3.60 | 5/19/06 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 5.00 | 9/29/06 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank | 4.38 | 10/26/06 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
1,250,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank** | 4.37 | 2/22/07 | 1,250,000 | ||||||||||||
1,250,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank** | 4.11 | 3/2/07 | 1,250,000 | ||||||||||||
1,500,000 | Federal Home Loan Bank** | 4.50 | 5/4/07 | 1,496,432 | ||||||||||||
1,100,000 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | 4.75 | 1/22/07 | 1,100,000 | ||||||||||||
900,000 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | 4.80 | 2/20/07 | 900,000 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal National Mortgage Association | 3.25 | 6/28/06 | 996,902 | ||||||||||||
1,000,000 | Federal National Mortgage Association** | 4.37 | 12/22/06 | 999,977 | ||||||||||||
Total U.S. Government Agencies (cost - $13,494,579) | 13,494,579 | |||||||||||||||
Investment Companies — 6.8% | ||||||||||||||||
2,161,400 | BlackRock Provident Institutional Temp Fund | 2,161,400 | ||||||||||||||
674,644 | Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund | 674,644 | ||||||||||||||
376 | Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund | 376 | ||||||||||||||
4,063,461 | Morgan Stanley Liquidity Prime Fund | 4,063,461 | ||||||||||||||
Total Investment Companies (cost - $6,899,881) | 6,899,881 | |||||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Security Brokers & Dealers — 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
3,600,000 | Bank of America Corp. (Dated 03/31/06, due 4/3/06, proceeds at maturity $3,601,341, fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Strip, 0.00%, 11/15/21, valued at $3,670,759) | 4.47 | 4/3/06 | 3,600,000 | ||||||||||||
3,500,000 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (Dated 03/31/06, due 4/3/06, proceeds at maturity $3,501,298, fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, 7.25%, 2/15/08, valued at $3,577,522) | 4.50 | 4/3/06 | 3,500,000 | ||||||||||||
3,500,000 | Wachovia (Dated 03/31/06, due 4/3/06, proceeds at maturity $3,501,313, fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Note, 3.38%, 5/15/16, valued at $3,576,538) | 4.45 | 4/3/06 | 3,500,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements (cost - $10,600,000) | 10,600,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total Investments - 100.2% (cost - $101,824,003)*** | 101,824,003 | |||||||||||||||
Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $101,606,977.
* | Discount Note securities. The rate reflected on the Schedule of Portfolio Investment is the effective rate. | |
** | Variable rate securities having liquidity agreements. The interest rate, which will change periodically, is based upon an index of market rates. The rate reflect on the Schedule of Portfolio Investments is the rate in effect at March 31,2006. | |
*** | Cost for federal income tax purposes is the same. | |
(a) | 4-2 security exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. | |
(b) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. These securities have been deemed liquid by the Investment Advisor based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. |
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Large Cap | Tax-Exempt | |||||||||||||||
Growth | Income | Income | Money Market | |||||||||||||
Fund | Fund | Fund | Fund | |||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value (Cost $28,976,826; $99,437,734; $21,219,743; and $91,224,003, respectively) | $38,950,095 | $97,250,442 | $21,394,199 | $91,224,003 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase agreements, at cost | — | — | — | 10,600,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments | 38,950,095 | 97,250,442 | 21,394,199 | 101,824,003 | ||||||||||||
Interest and dividends receivable | 23,401 | 1,211,908 | 231,198 | 177,938 | ||||||||||||
Receivable for capital shares issued | 32,912 | 80,264 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 274,078 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 1,525 | 2,022 | 1,388 | 462 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | 39,282,011 | 98,544,636 | 21,626,785 | 102,002,403 | ||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Distributions payable | — | 294,326 | 61,387 | 348,888 | ||||||||||||
Payable for investments purchased | 216,460 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 27,068 | 66,721 | 52,656 | — | ||||||||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 18,251 | 20,667 | 1,859 | 4,280 | ||||||||||||
Administration fees | 812 | 2,042 | 452 | 2,671 | ||||||||||||
Distribution fees | 165 | 71 | 32 | — | ||||||||||||
Accounting fees | 140 | 196 | 177 | 113 | ||||||||||||
Transfer agent fees | 5,987 | 5,919 | 4,596 | 5,110 | ||||||||||||
Trustee fees | 1,508 | 12 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer fees | 464 | 938 | 211 | 1,227 | ||||||||||||
Other liabilities | 15,450 | 25,781 | 11,814 | 33,131 | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 286,305 | 416,673 | 133,186 | 395,426 | ||||||||||||
Composition of Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | 26,160,147 | 100,644,711 | 21,317,697 | 101,607,095 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated (distributions in excess of) net investment income | — | 8,101 | — | (2) | ||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) from investment transactions | 2,862,290 | (337,557) | 1,446 | (116) | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment transactions | 9,973,269 | (2,187,292) | 174,456 | — | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | $38,995,706 | $98,127,963 | $21,493,599 | $101,606,977 | ||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Net assets | $755,949 | $318,636 | $143,671 | — | ||||||||||||
Shares outstanding | 62,561 | 33,284 | 14,751 | — | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value and Redemption Price per share | $12.08 | $9.57 | $9.74 | — | ||||||||||||
Maximum Sales Load | 4.75% | 3.25% | 3.25% | — | ||||||||||||
Maximum Offering Price per share (100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent) | $12.68 | $9.89 | $10.07 | — | ||||||||||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||||||||||||
Net assets | $38,239,757 | $97,809,327 | $21,349,928 | $101,606,977 | ||||||||||||
Shares outstanding | 3,139,812 | 10,216,204 | 2,191,734 | 101,611,668 | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Offering Price, and Redemption Price per share | $12.18 | $9.57 | $9.74 | $1.00 | ||||||||||||
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Statements of Operations
For the year ended March 31, 2006
For the year ended March 31, 2006
Large Cap | Tax-Exempt | |||||||||||||||
Growth | Income | Income | Money Market | |||||||||||||
Fund | Fund | Fund | Fund | |||||||||||||
Investment Income: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 4,443 | $ | 4,548,054 | $ | 919,505 | $ | 3,380,155 | ||||||||
Dividends | 493,715 | 74,578 | 9,927 | 147,245 | ||||||||||||
Total Investment Income | 498,158 | 4,622,632 | 929,432 | 3,527,400 | ||||||||||||
Expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory | 318,586 | 490,711 | 111,073 | 95,651 | ||||||||||||
Administration | 81,726 | 188,928 | 42,759 | 232,058 | ||||||||||||
Distribution (Class A) | 1,754 | 891 | 392 | — | ||||||||||||
Distribution (Class B) | 487 | 91 | 128 | — | ||||||||||||
Fund accounting | 52,466 | 72,396 | 63,927 | 42,753 | ||||||||||||
Custodian | 7,040 | 13,251 | 3,276 | 47,174 | ||||||||||||
Transfer agent | 43,234 | 40,222 | 29,972 | 33,169 | ||||||||||||
Trustee | 1,181 | 3,879 | 620 | 2,725 | ||||||||||||
Chief Compliance Officer | 2,366 | 5,743 | 1,286 | 6,322 | ||||||||||||
Printing | 12,255 | 27,892 | 6,747 | 30,668 | ||||||||||||
Other | 26,958 | 44,412 | 19,140 | 41,589 | ||||||||||||
Total expenses before fee reductions | 548,053 | 888,416 | 279,320 | 532,109 | ||||||||||||
Expenses voluntarily reduced by Investment Advisor | (84,957) | (245,356) | (96,258) | (47,827) | ||||||||||||
Net Expenses | 463,096 | 643,060 | 183,062 | 484,282 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 35,062 | 3,979,572 | 746,370 | 3,043,118 | ||||||||||||
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments: | ||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) from investment transactions | 3,942,408 | (232,518) | 27,245 | (97) | ||||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments | 1,442,253 | (1,672,828) | (327,308) | — | ||||||||||||
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 5,384,661 | (1,905,346) | (300,063) | (97) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 5,419,723 | $ | 2,074,226 | $ | 446,307 | $ | 3,043,021 | ||||||||
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Large Cap Growth Fund | Income Fund | |||||||||||||||
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2006 | March 31, 2005 | March 31, 2006 | March 31, 2005 | |||||||||||||
Operations | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 35,062 | $ | 32,689 | $ | 3,979,572 | $ | 3,003,433 | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions | 3,942,408 | 3,147,002 | (232,518) | (8,007) | ||||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investment transactions | 1,442,253 | (197,997) | (1,672,828) | (3,231,126) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from operations | 5,419,723 | 2,981,694 | 2,074,226 | (235,700) | ||||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (46) | — | (13,601) | (9,269) | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (40,847) | (38,031) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class B: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | — | — | (269) | (1,019) | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | — | (11,008) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class I: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (42,737) | (32,688) | (3,976,073) | (3,000,432) | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (2,414,054) | (2,727,939) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from shareholder distributions | (2,497,684) | (2,809,666) | (3,989,943) | (3,010,720) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from capital share transactions | (3,013,200) | 4,715,936 | 2,021,021 | 39,486,168 | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets | (91,161) | 4,887,964 | 105,304 | 36,239,748 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 39,086,867 | 34,198,903 | 98,022,659 | 61,782,911 | ||||||||||||
End of period* | $ | 38,995,706 | $ | 39,086,867 | $ | 98,127,963 | $ | 98,022,659 | ||||||||
Capital Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 291,268 | $ | 120,264 | $ | 102,698 | $ | 94,611 | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 40,720 | 37,917 | 13,923 | 8,768 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (213,464) | (59,709) | (109,706) | (34,433) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class A capital transactions | $ | 118,524 | $ | 98,472 | $ | 6,915 | $ | 68,946 | ||||||||
Class B Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | — | $ | 171 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | — | 11,008 | 96 | 487 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (123,670) | (576) | (28,549) | (10,341) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class B capital transactions | ($123,670) | $ | 10,603 | ($28,453) | ($9,854) | |||||||||||
Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 13,486,131 | $ | 14,896,427 | $ | 24,607,646 | $ | 59,192,618 | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 1,040,335 | 1,508,406 | 762,599 | 691,949 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (17,534,520) | (11,797,972) | (23,327,686) | (20,457,491) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class I capital transactions | ($3,008,054) | $ | 4,606,861 | $ | 2,042,559 | $ | 39,427,076 | |||||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | 27,039 | 10,481 | 10,297 | 9,574 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 3,445 | 3,341 | 1,427 | 882 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (17,813) | (5,216) | (11,266) | (3,459) | ||||||||||||
Net change | 12,671 | 8,606 | 458 | 6,997 | ||||||||||||
Class B Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | — | 16 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | — | 987 | 10 | 49 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (12,869) | (53) | (2,792) | (1,041) | ||||||||||||
Net change | (12,869) | 950 | (2,782) | (992) | ||||||||||||
Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | 1,158,732 | 1,296,219 | 2,521,979 | 5,957,031 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 87,364 | 132,197 | 78,175 | 69,545 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,466,755) | (1,032,408) | (2,384,473) | (2,061,172) | ||||||||||||
Net change | (220,659) | 396,008 | 215,681 | 3,965,404 | ||||||||||||
* Includes undistributed net investment income of $0, $1, $8,101, and $1, respectively.
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | Money Market Fund | |||||||||||||||
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2006 | March 31, 2005 | March 31, 2006 | March 31, 2005 | |||||||||||||
Operations | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 746,370 | $ | 644,471 | $ | 3,043,118 | $ | 1,093,095 | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) from investment transactions | 27,245 | 109,138 | (97) | (19) | ||||||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment transactions | (327,308) | (648,007) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from operations | 446,307 | 105,602 | 3,043,021 | 1,093,076 | ||||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (4,872) | (4,381) | — | — | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (382) | (1,087) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class B: | — | |||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (307) | (927) | — | — | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | — | (304) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class I: | ||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (741,191) | (639,163) | (3,043,273) | (1,098,084) | ||||||||||||
From net realized gain on investments | (48,546) | (143,921) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from shareholder distributions | (795,298) | (789,783) | (3,043,273) | (1,098,084) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from capital share transactions | (59,906) | 3,751,995 | 8,296,145 | 22,486,867 | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets | (408,897) | 3,067,814 | 8,295,893 | 22,481,859 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 21,902,496 | 18,834,682 | 93,311,084 | 70,829,225 | ||||||||||||
End of period* | $ | 21,493,599 | $ | 21,902,496 | $ | 101,606,977 | $ | 93,311,084 | ||||||||
Capital Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 38,148 | $ | 6,293 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 5,123 | 4,833 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (32,568) | (6,897) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class A capital transactions | $ | 10,703 | $ | 4,229 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Class B Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 386 | 1,231 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (39,247) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class B capital transactions | ($38,861) | $ | 1,231 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||
Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 5,944,177 | $ | 10,635,649 | $ | 189,005,851 | $ | 181,554,602 | ||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 44,839 | 112,519 | 137 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (6,020,764) | (7,001,633) | (180,709,843) | (159,067,760) | ||||||||||||
Change in net assets from Class I capital transactions | ($31,748) | $ | 3,746,535 | $ | 8,296,145 | $ | 22,486,867 | |||||||||
Share Transactions: | ||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | $ | 3,741 | 623 | — | — | |||||||||||
Reinvested | 518 | 481 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,305) | (678) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Net change | 954 | 426 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class B Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 39 | 123 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,851) | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Net change | (3,812) | 123 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||
Issued | 599,454 | 1,057,937 | 189,005,851 | 181,554,601 | ||||||||||||
Reinvested | 4,561 | 11,184 | 137 | 25 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (608,437) | (698,011) | (180,709,843) | (159,067,760) | ||||||||||||
Net change | (4,422) | 371,110 | 8,296,145 | 22,486,866 | ||||||||||||
* Includes accumulated (distributions in excess of) net investment income of $0, $0, $(2), and $153, respectively.
See notes to financial statements.
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
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Resulting from Operations: | Less Dividends from: | Ratios/Supplementary Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beginning | Income | (Losses) on | from | Investment | (Losses) on | and | End of | Total | Period | Net | Average | Net | Turnover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | of Period | (Loss) | Investments | Operations | Income | Investments | Distributions | Period | Return* | (000’s) | Assets | Net Assets | Assets** | (c) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $11.35 | ($0.07 | ) | $1.49 | $1.42 | $ — | (e) | $(0.69 | ) | $(0.69 | ) | $12.08 | 12.65 | % | $756 | 1.34 | % | (0.60 | %) | 1.54 | % | 36.43 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 11.29 | (0.01 | ) | 1.00 | 0.99 | — | (0.93 | ) | (0.93 | ) | 11.35 | 8.74 | % | 566 | 1.43 | % | (0.15 | %) | 1.63 | % | 39.77 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 9.05 | (0.01 | ) | 2.58 | 2.57 | — | (e) | (0.33 | ) | (0.33 | ) | 11.29 | 28.60 | % | 466 | 1.44 | % | (0.16 | %) | 1.64 | % | 39.64 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | — | (e) | (0.95 | ) | (0.95 | ) | — | (e) | — | — | 9.05 | (9.40 | %) (a) | 224 | 1.45 | %(b) | 0.11 | %(b) | 1.67 | %(b) | 34.11 | % (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $9.77 | $0.37 | $(0.20 | ) | $0.17 | $(0.37 | ) | $ — | $(0.37 | ) | $9.57 | 1.76 | % | $319 | 0.90 | % | 3.81 | % | 1.15 | % | 24.47 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 10.19 | 0.35 | (0.42 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (0.35 | ) | — | (0.35 | ) | 9.77 | (0.64 | %) | 321 | 0.95 | % | 3.56 | % | 1.20 | % | 14.91 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 10.21 | 0.34 | (0.02 | ) | 0.32 | (0.34 | ) | — | (e) | (0.34 | ) | 10.19 | 3.17 | % | 263 | 0.98 | % | 3.31 | % | 1.23 | % | 43.76 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.56 | (0.31 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.35 | ) | 10.21 | 5.65 | % (a) | 218 | 1.07 | %(b) | 3.54 | %(b) | 1.32 | %(b) | 7.47 | % (a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $9.89 | $0.31 | $(0.13 | ) | $0.18 | $(0.31 | ) | $(0.02 | ) | $(0.33 | ) | $9.74 | 1.82 | % | $144 | 1.08 | % | 3.11 | % | 1.51 | % | 11.64 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 10.22 | 0.32 | (0.25 | ) | 0.07 | (0.32 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 9.89 | 0.73 | % | 136 | 1.12 | % | 3.21 | % | 1.62 | % | 18.11 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 10.18 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.41 | (0.33 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.37 | ) | 10.22 | 4.14 | % | 137 | 1.09 | % | 3.25 | % | 1.58 | % | 9.11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.48 | (0.27 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.30 | ) | 10.18 | 4.85 | % (a) | 57 | 1.09 | %(b) | 3.36 | %(b) | 1.52 | %(b) | 8.54 | % (a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $11.42 | $0.01 | $1.45 | $1.46 | $(0.01 | ) | $(0.69 | ) | $(0.70 | ) | $12.18 | 12.95 | % | $38,240 | 1.08 | % | 0.09 | % | 1.28 | % | 36.43 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 11.33 | 0.01 | 1.02 | 1.03 | (0.01 | ) | (0.93 | ) | (0.94 | ) | 11.42 | 9.08 | % | 38,377 | 1.18 | % | 0.10 | % | 1.38 | % | 39.77 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 9.06 | 0.01 | 2.60 | 2.61 | (0.01 | ) | (0.33 | ) | (0.34 | ) | 11.33 | 29.00 | % | 33,600 | 1.19 | % | 0.09 | % | 1.39 | % | 39.64 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | 0.02 | (0.94 | ) | (0.92 | ) | (0.02 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | 9.06 | (9.20 | %) (a) | 31,260 | 1.21 | %(b) | 0.32 | %(b) | 1.43 | %(b) | 34.11 | % (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $9.77 | $0.40 | $(0.20 | ) | $0.20 | $(0.40 | ) | $ — | $(0.40 | ) | $9.57 | 2.01 | % | $97,809 | 0.65 | % | 4.06 | % | 0.90 | % | 24.47 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 10.19 | 0.38 | (0.42 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.38 | ) | — | (0.38 | ) | 9.77 | (0.39 | %) | 97,675 | 0.69 | % | 3.82 | % | 0.94 | % | 14.91 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 10.21 | 0.36 | (0.02 | ) | 0.34 | (0.36 | ) | — | (e) | (0.36 | ) | 10.19 | 3.43 | % | 61,481 | 0.73 | % | 3.56 | % | 0.98 | % | 43.76 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.54 | (0.29 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.33 | ) | 10.21 | 5.47 | % (a) | 59,724 | 0.82 | %(b) | 3.88 | %(b) | 1.07 | %(b) | 7.47 | % (a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $9.89 | $0.33 | $(0.13 | ) | $0.20 | $(0.33 | ) | $(0.02 | ) | $(0.35 | ) | $9.74 | 2.07 | % | $21,350 | 0.82 | % | 3.36 | % | 1.26 | % | 11.64 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 10.22 | 0.35 | (0.25 | ) | 0.10 | (0.35 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 9.89 | 0.98 | % | 21,728 | 0.87 | % | 3.46 | % | 1.37 | % | 18.11 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 10.18 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.44 | (0.36 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.40 | ) | 10.22 | 4.41 | % | 18,660 | 0.83 | % | 3.52 | % | 1.33 | % | 9.11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 10.00 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.47 | (0.26 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.29 | ) | 10.18 | 4.75 | % (a) | 19,154 | 0.86 | %(b) | 3.58 | %(b) | 1.27 | %(b) | 8.54 | % (a) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2006 | $1.00 | $0.032 | $ — | (e) | $0.032 | $(0.032 | ) | $ — | $(0.032 | ) | $1.00 | 3.24 | % | $101,607 | 0.51 | % | 3.18 | % | 0.56 | % | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2005 | 1.00 | 0.012 | — | 0.012 | (0.012 | ) | — | (0.012 | ) | 1.00 | 1.23 | % | 93,311 | 0.51 | % | 1.30 | % | 0.56 | % | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 1.00 | 0.006 | — | 0.006 | (0.006 | ) | — | (0.006 | ) | 1.00 | 0.57 | % | 70,829 | 0.54 | % | 0.57 | % | 0.59 | % | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period Ended March 31, 2003 (d) | 1.00 | 0.007 | — | 0.007 | (0.007 | ) | — | (0.007 | ) | 1.00 | 0.72 | % (a) | 110,327 | 0.53 | %(b) | 1.02 | %(b) | 0.58 | %(b) | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Excludes sales and redemption charges.
** During the period certain fees were reduced. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.
(c) Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing among the classes of shares issued.
(d) For the period July 15, 2002 through March 31, 2003.
(e) Amount is less than $0.005.
See notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
1. Organization:
The Coventry Group (the “Group”) was organized on January 8, 1992 as a Massachusetts business trust, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Group contains the following Signal Funds (individually a “Fund,” collectively the “Funds”):
Fund Legal Name | Short Name | |
Signal Large Cap Growth Fund | Large Cap Growth Fund | |
Signal Income Fund | Income Fund | |
Signal Tax-Exempt Income Fund | Tax-Exempt Income Fund | |
Signal Money Market Fund | Money Market Fund | |
Signal Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund | Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund |
Financial statements for all other series of the Group are published separately.
The Funds are each authorized to issue Class A and Class I Shares. Currently all classes of the Tax-Exempt Money Market are not offered to any investors. On August 1, 2003, Class A and Class B of the Money Market Fund liquidated all of their assets and are not currently offered to any shareholders. On August 1, 2005, net assets of the Class B Shares of the Funds were exchanged in a tax-free conversion for Class A Shares. The following is a summary of the shares converted and net assets converted.
Shares Converted | Net Assets Converted | |||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | 12,479 | $ | 150,626 | |||||
Income Fund | 2,527 | 24,754 | ||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 3,741 | 37,129 |
Under the Group’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Group. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Group may enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities Valuation:
The value of each equity security is based either on the last sale price on a national securities exchange, or in the absence of recorded sales, at the closing bid prices on such exchanges, or at the quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market. Equity securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price.
Bonds and other fixed income securities (other than short-term obligations but including listed issues) are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, the use of which has been approved by the Group’s Board of Trustees. In making such valuations, the pricing service utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, and trading characteristics other than market data and without exclusive reliance upon quoted prices or exchanges or over-the-counter prices, since such valuations are believed to reflect more accurately the fair value of such securities. All short-term
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Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
debt portfolio securities with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less and securities held in the Money Market Fund are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Under the amortized cost method, discount or premium, if any, is accreted or amortized, respectively, on a constant (straight-line) basis to the maturity of the security.
Securities or other assets for which market quotations are not readily available (e.g., an approved pricing service does not provide a price, a furnished price is in error, certain stale prices, or an event occurs that materially affects the furnished price) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Group’s Board of Trustees.
Repurchase Agreements:
The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with banks or broker-dealers that Signal Capital Management, Inc., (the “Advisor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Old National Trust Company, deems creditworthy. The repurchase price generally equals the price paid by a Fund plus interest negotiated on the basis of current short-term rates, which may be more or less than the rate on the underlying portfolio securities. The seller, under a repurchase agreement, is required to maintain the collateral held pursuant to the agreement, with a market value equal to or greater than the repurchase price (including accrued interest). Collateral subject to repurchase agreements is held by the Funds’ custodian or another qualified custodian or in the Federal Reserve/Treasury book-entry system. If the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited.
Security Transactions and Related Income:
Changes in holdings of portfolio securities shall be reflected no later than in the first calculation on the first business day following the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, portfolio security transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premium or discount. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based upon relative net assets or another appropriate basis.
Expenses:
Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Expenses relating to the Group are allocated proportionately to each Fund within the Group according to the relative net assets of each Fund or on another reasonable basis. Each class of shares bears its respective pro-rata portion of the expenses, except that each class separately bears expenses related specifically to that class, such as distribution fees.
Dividends to Shareholders:
Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly for all of the Funds, except the Large Cap Growth Fund. Dividends for the Large Cap Growth Fund are declared and distributed quarterly. Dividends from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed annually for all Funds.
The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains, if any, are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These ‘’book/tax’’ differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital.
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Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Federal Income Taxes:
Each Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions from net investment income and from net realized capital gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes.
3. Related Party Transactions:
Investment Advisor:
The Funds and the Advisor are parties to an Investment Advisory Agreement under which the Advisor is entitled to receive an annual fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to the average daily net assets of each Fund, at the following annual percentage rates:
Name | Fee Rate* | |||
Large Cap Growth Fund | 0.75 | % | ||
Income Fund | 0.50 | % | ||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 0.50 | % | ||
Money Market Fund | 0.10 | % | ||
* | The Advisor voluntarily waived fees during the year. With these voluntary fee waivers by the Advisor, net advisory fees for the Funds on an annual basis are 0.55% for the Large Cap Growth Fund, 0.25% for the Income Fund, 0.50% for the Tax-Exempt Income Fund, and 0.05% for the Money Market Fund. |
The Advisor may also, from time to time, voluntarily reduce all or a portion of its advisory fee with respect to a Fund.
Administration:
The Funds and BISYS Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“BISYS Ohio” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of The BISYS Group, Inc., are parties to an Administration Agreement under which the Administrator provides services for a fee that is computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.14% of the average daily net assets of the Funds. From April 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005 the annual rate was 0.20% of the average daily net assets for the Large Cap Fund, Income Fund, Tax-Exempt Fund and 0.25% for the Money Market Fund, respectfully. Certain officers and Trustees of the Group are also employees of the Administrator and are paid no fees directly by the Funds for serving as officers of the Group, except to Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”). BISYS Ohio also provides fund accounting and transfer agency services to the Funds pursuant to certain fee arrangements. For transfer agency services, BISYS Ohio receives a fee based on the number of shareholders of record and reimbursement of certain expenses. For fund accounting, BISYS Ohio receives a fee from each Fund for such services equal to an annual rate of three one-hundredths of one percent (.03%) of that Funds’ average daily net assets, subject to certain minimums.
Under a Compliance Services Agreement between the Funds and BISYS Ohio (the “CCO Agreement”), BISYS Ohio makes an employee available to serve as the Funds’ CCO. Under the CCO Agreement, BISYS Ohio also provides infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Funds’ compliance program, including support services to the CCO. For the services provided under the CCO Agreement, the Funds paid BISYS Ohio $15,717 for the year ended March 31, 2006, plus certain out of pocket expenses. BISYS Ohio pays the salary and other compensation earned by any such individuals as employees of BISYS Ohio.
Pursuant to a Sub-Administration agreement, the Advisor provides certain administration services to the Funds. For their services, the Advisor is entitled to a fee payable by the Funds of 0.05% for the Large Cap Fund, Income Fund, and the Tax Exempt Fund, and 0.10% for the Money Market Fund.
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Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Distribution:
The Funds and BISYS Fund Services Limited Partnership (the “Distributor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of The BISYS Group, Inc., are parties to a Distribution Agreement under which shares of the Funds are sold on a continuous basis. The Group has adopted a Service and Distribution Plan for Class A shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act under which the Class A shares of each Fund are authorized to pay the Distributor for payments it makes to banks, other institutions and broker-dealers, and for expenses the Distributor and any of its affiliates incur for providing distribution or shareholder service assistance to the Funds. The calculated annual rate will not exceed 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of Class A shares.
For the year ended March 31, 2006, the Distributor received $9,776 from commissions earned on sales of Class A shares and redemption of Class B shares, none of which the Distributor re-allowed to affiliated broker-dealers of the Funds.
There is no initial sales charge on purchases of $1 million or more of the Class A Shares of the Funds. However, a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) will be charged to the shareholder if shares are redeemed in the first 18 months after purchase. The Funds collected no CDSC fees on Class A Shares during the year ended March 31, 2006.
4. Purchases and Sales of Securities:
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term and U.S. government securities, for the year ended March 31, 2006, totaled:
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | 14,916,695 | $ | 20,552,168 | ||||
Income Fund | 24,028,043 | 23,511,487 | ||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 2,535,376 | 2,618,019 |
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Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements — March 31, 2006
5. Federal Tax Information
At March 31, 2006, the cost, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation on securities, for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
Net Unrealized | ||||||||||||||||
Tax Unrealized | Tax Unrealized | Appreciation | ||||||||||||||
Fund | Tax Cost | Appreciation | (Depreciation) | (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | 28,979,421 | $ | 10,033,326 | $ | (62,652 | ) | $ | 9,970,674 | |||||||
Income Fund | 99,437,735 | 215,271 | (2,402,563 | ) | (2,187,292 | ) | ||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 21,219,743 | 365,300 | (190,844 | ) | 174,456 |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 were as follows:
Distributions paid from | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Long Term | Total Taxable | Tax Exempt | Total Distributions | |||||||||||||||||
Fund | Ordinary Income | Capital Gains | Distributions | Distributions | Paid1 | |||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | 58,614 | $ | 2,454,901 | $ | 2,513,515 | $ | — | $ | 2,513,515 | ||||||||||
Income Fund | 4,028,378 | — | 4,028,378 | — | 4,028,378 | |||||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 6,909 | 48,928 | 55,837 | 743,148 | 798,985 | |||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | 2,873,806 | 2,873,806 | — | 2,873,806 |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were as follows:
Distributions paid from | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Long Term | Total Taxable | Tax Exempt | Total Distributions | |||||||||||||||||
Fund | Ordinary Income | Capital Gains | Distributions | Distributions | Paid1 | |||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | 119,024 | $ | 2,674,811 | $ | 2,793,835 | $ | — | $ | 2,793,835 | ||||||||||
Income Fund | 2,866,596 | — | 2,866,596 | — | 2,866,596 | |||||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 3,235 | 145,312 | 148,547 | 632,982 | 781,529 | |||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | 955,267 | — | 955,267 | — | 955,267 |
As of March 31, 2006 the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Undistributed | Undistributed | Undistributed | Accumulated | Unrealized | Accumulated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax Exempt | Ordinary | Long-Term | Accumulated | Distributions | Capital and | Appreciation | Earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund | Income | Income | Capital Gains | Earnings | Payable | Other Losses | (Depreciation)2 | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | — | $ | 139,486 | $ | 2,725,399 | $ | 2,864,885 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 9,970,674 | $ | 12,835,559 | ||||||||||||||||
Income Fund | — | 302,427 | — | 302,427 | (294,326 | ) | (337,557 | ) | (2,187,292 | ) | (2,516,748 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 61,387 | — | 1,446 | 62,833 | (61,387 | ) | — | 174,456 | 175,902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | — | 348,886 | — | 348,886 | (348,888 | ) | (116 | ) | — | (118 | ) |
1 | Total distributions paid may differ from the amount reported in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets because for tax purposes distributions are recognized when actually paid. | |
2 | The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to: tax deferral of losses on wash sales. |
As of March 31, 2006, the following Funds had net capital loss carryforwards, which are available to offset future realized gains.
Amount | Expires | |||||||
Income Fund | $ | 70,328 | 2012 | |||||
222,752 | 2014 |
Amount | Expires | |||||||
Money Market | $ | 46 | 2014 |
Under current tax law, capital losses realized after October 31 of a Fund’s fiscal year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first business day of the following fiscal year for tax purposes. The following Funds had deferred post October capital losses, which will be treated as arising on the first business day of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007:
Post-October Loss | ||||
Income Fund | $ | 44,477 | ||
Money Market | 70 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and
Shareholders of The Signal Funds:
Shareholders of The Signal Funds:
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, of the Signal Funds (the “Funds”) (comprising the Signal Large Cap Growth Fund, Signal Income Fund, Signal Tax-Exempt Income Fund, and Signal Money Market Fund), as of March 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The statements of changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period ended March 31, 2005 and prior were audited by other auditors. Those auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements of changes in net assets and financial highlights in their report dated May 20, 2005.
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. 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 the Signal Funds at March 31, 2006, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Columbus, Ohio
May 15, 2006
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
1. Other Federal Tax Information:
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Funds declared long-term realized gain distributions in the following amounts:
15% Capital Gains | ||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | $ | 2,454,901 | ||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | 48,928 |
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the following percentage of the total ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds qualify for the distributions received deduction available to corporate shareholders.
Distributions Received Deduction | ||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | 100 | % |
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, distributions paid by the Funds may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The Funds intend to designate the maximum amount allowable as taxed at a maximum rate of 15%. Complete information will be reported in conjunction with your 2005 Form 1099-DIV.
Qualified Divided Income | ||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | 100 | % |
2. Expense Comparison:
As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases, (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from October 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Beginning Account | Ending Account | Expense Paid | Expense Ratio | |||||||||||||||
Value | Value | During Period* | During Period | |||||||||||||||
10/1/05 | 3/31/06 | 10/1/05 - 3/31/06 | 10/1/05 - 3/31/06 | |||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | Class A | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,054.00 | $ | 6.86 | 1.34 | % | |||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,055.60 | 5.59 | 1.09 | % | |||||||||||||
Income Fund | Class A | 1,000.00 | 999,70 | 4.54 | 0.91 | % | ||||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,000.90 | 3.29 | 0.66 | % | |||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,000.40 | 5.54 | 1.11 | % | ||||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,001.60 | 4.24 | 0.85 | % | |||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,018.60 | 2.62 | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||||
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning Account | Ending Account | Expense Paid | Expense Ratio | |||||||||||||||
Value | Value | During Period* | During Period | |||||||||||||||
10/1/05 | 3/31/06 | 10/1/05 - 3/31/06 | 10/1/05 - 3/31/06 | |||||||||||||||
Large Cap Growth Fund | Class A | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,018.05 | $ | 6.74 | 1.34 | % | |||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,019.50 | 5.49 | 1.09 | % | |||||||||||||
Income Fund | Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,020.39 | 4.58 | 0.91 | % | ||||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,021.64 | 3.33 | 0.66 | % | |||||||||||||
Tax-Exempt Income Fund | Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,019.40 | 5.59 | 1.11 | % | ||||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,020.69 | 4.28 | 0.85 | % | |||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,022.34 | 2.62 | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||||
* | Expenses are equal to the average account value times the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year. |
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Investment Advisor Contract Approval
The Annual Consideration by the Board of Trustees of the Continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement Between the Funds and Signal Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”)
In accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Board of Trustees of the Funds is required, on an annual basis, to consider the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser, and this must take place at an in-person meeting of the Board. The relevant provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 specifically provide that it is the duty of the Board to request and evaluate such information as the Board determines is necessary to allow them to properly consider the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement, and it is the duty of the Adviser to furnish the Trustees with such information that is responsive to their request. Accordingly, in determining whether to renew the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board of Trustees requested, and the Adviser provided, information and data relevant to the Board’s consideration. This included materials that provided the Board with information regarding the investment performance of the Funds and information regarding the fees and expenses of the Funds, as compared to other similar mutual funds. As part of its deliberations, the Board also considered and relied upon the information about the Funds and the Adviser that had been provided to them throughout the year in connection with their regular Board meetings at which they engage in the ongoing oversight of the Funds and their operations.
The Board of Trustees most recently considered the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement at their in-person meeting held on February 23, 2006. At this meeting the Board engaged in a thorough review process in connection with determining whether or not to continue the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Board met during the meeting directly with representatives of the Adviser and reviewed various factors with them concerning the proposed continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Among the factors the Board considered was the overall performance of the Funds relative to the performance of other similar mutual funds since the inception of each of the Funds. The Board took note of the fact that the performance results achieved by the Adviser for each of the Funds, on both a short-term basis and on a longer-term basis, was favorable on a comparative basis and that the Adviser produced these results in a manner consistent with the stated investment objectives and policies of each of the Funds. The Board also took note of the relationship between the Adviser and the Funds and the efforts that have been undertaken by the Adviser to foster the growth and development of the Funds since the inception of each of the Funds and their plans for the continued growth of each of the Funds. The Board compared expenses of each Fund to the expenses of its peers, noting that the expenses for each of the Funds compare favorably with industry averages for other funds of similar size and investment objective. They noted the range of investment advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Funds and the level and quality of these services. The Board also considered the services that the Adviser performs in its capacity as the sub-administrator for the Funds, the fees that it receives for providing these services, and the benefits to the Funds and their shareholders that result from the Adviser providing these sub-administration services. The Board members took note of the fact that the sub-administration fees provide additional revenue to the Adviser but that the Adviser provides valuable and useful services for the fees paid. The Board also reviewed financial information concerning the Adviser relating to the operation of the Funds, noting the overall profitability of the relationship with the Funds to the Adviser, which was found to be consistent with industry standards, and the financial soundness of the Adviser as demonstrated by the financial information provided was also noted. The Board further reviewed the Adviser’s brokerage practices, including soft dollar arrangements, and its best-execution procedures, and it was noted that these were reasonable and consistent with standard industry practice. The Board took note of the current portfolio managers for each of the Funds, their respective compensation arrangements and their overall management of each of the Funds. The Board also considered information regarding the fees that the Adviser charges other clients for investment advisory services that are similar to the advisory services provided to the Funds and noted that the fees were comparable based on the relevant circumstances of the types of accounts involved.
The Board then undertook a review of the proposed renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to each Fund separately, noting the applicable investment objectives, strategies and fee arrangements for each Fund, and noting the Adviser’s investment expertise and the investment strategies utilized by the Adviser with respect to each of the Funds. In considering the investment advisory fees applicable to each of the Funds, the Board discussed with representatives of the Adviser their reasons for assessing the applicable fees in connection with each of the Funds, and the Board considered and discussed the fees charged by similar funds in each respective investment category. The Board also reviewed matters with respect to the proposed continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement for the Signal Money Market Fund with Mercantile Capital Advisors, Inc., the sub-investment adviser to the Signal Money Market Fund. The Board took note of the favorable investment performance attained by Mercantile
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Additional Information — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Capital Advisors, Inc. with respect to the Signal Money Market Fund and they took further note of their successful sub-investment management of that Fund.
In reaching their conclusion with respect to the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each of the Funds and the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement for the Signal Money Market Fund, the Trustees did not identify any one single factor as being controlling, rather, the Board took note of a combination of factors that influenced their decision making process. The Board did, however, identify the overall favorable investment performance of the Funds, the commitment of the Adviser to the successful operation of the Funds, and the level of expenses of the Funds, as being important elements of their consideration. The Board members also took notice of the fact that the Adviser has waived a portion of its investment advisory fee with respect to each of the Funds since their inception in order to help reduce the operating expense ratio of each of the Funds and they took further notice of the Adviser’s undertaking to continue waiving a portion of its investment advisory fee for each of the Funds for the current fiscal year of the Funds. Based upon their review and consideration of these factors and other matters deemed relevant by the Board in reaching an informed business judgment, a majority of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, concluded that the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable and the Board voted to renew the Investment Advisory Agreement for an additional one-year period.
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March 31, 2006
March 31, 2006
Results of Special Meeting of Shareholders
A special meeting of the shareholders (the “Meeting”) of The Coventry Group (the “Group”) was held on February 21, 2006. The Funds are separate investment series of the Group. The Meeting was held for the purpose of electing Trustees of the Group. As of the record date for the Meeting, there were 153,785,122 shares of beneficial interest in the Group outstanding. Information regarding the results of the shareholder vote are set forth below. Each of the nominees was elected to the Board by the requisite shareholder vote.
Trustee Nominee | Affirmative Votes | % of Outstanding | Votes Withheld | % of Outstanding | ||||||||||||
James H. Woodward | 93,503,623 | 60.83 | % | 4,475 | .003 | % | ||||||||||
Michael M. Van Buskirk | 93,503,623 | 60.83 | % | 4,475 | .003 | % | ||||||||||
Maurice G. Stark | 93,503,623 | 60.83 | % | 4,475 | .003 | % | ||||||||||
Diane E. Armstrong | 93,503,623 | 60.83 | % | 4,475 | .003 | % | ||||||||||
Walter B. Grimm | 93,193,133 | 60.63 | % | 314,965 | .205 | % |
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SIGNAL FUNDS
Trustees and Officers — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Trustees and Officers — March 31, 2006 (unaudited)
Trustees who are deemed “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, are included in the table titled, “Interested Trustees.” Trustees who are not interested persons are referred to as Independent Trustees. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-468-0347.
Term of Office** | Number of Funds | |||||||||||
Name, Address | Positions(s) Held | and Length of | Principal Occupation(s) | in Fund Complex | Other Directorships | |||||||
Age | with the Funds | Time Served | During Past Five Years | Overseen by Trustee | Held by Trustee | |||||||
INTERESTED TRUSTEES* | ||||||||||||
Walter B. Grimm 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 60 | Trustee | Since 1996 | Retired. From June 1992 to 2005, employee of BISYS Fund Services. | 15 | American Performance Funds; Legacy Funds Group; Performance Funds Trust; The Coventry Funds Trust | |||||||
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | ||||||||||||
Maurice G. Stark 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 70 | Trustee | Since 1992 | Retired. | 15 | The Coventry Funds Trust | |||||||
Michael M. Van Buskirk 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 59 | Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees | Since 1992 | From June 1991 to present, employee of and currently President of The Ohio Bankers’ League (trade association) | 15 | The Coventry Funds Trust | |||||||
Diane Armstrong 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 41 | Trustee | Since 2004 | From August 2003 to present, Principal of King Dodson Armstrong Financial Advisors, Inc.; from April 2000 to August 2003, Director of Financial Planning, Hamilton Capital Management. | 15 | The Coventry Funds Trust | |||||||
Dr. James Woodward 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 66 | Trustee | Since 2006 | Retired. From July 1989 to June 2005 , Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. | 15 | The Coventry Funds Trust | |||||||
OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEES | ||||||||||||
R. Jeffrey Young 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 41 | President | Since 1999 | From October 1993 to present, employee of BISYS Fund Service. | |||||||||
Aaron Masek 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 32 | Treasurer | Since 2006 | From March 1997 to present, employee of BISYS Fund Services. | |||||||||
Timothy Bresnahan 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 37 | Secretary | Since 2005 | From February 2005 to present, employee of BISYS Fund Services; from March 2004 to February 2005, employee of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig; from October to March 2004, employee of Deutsche Bank Asset Management, Inc.; from September, 2001 to February, 2003, Associate of the law firm Goodwin Procter, L.L.P. | |||||||||
Alaina V. Metz 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 37 | Assistant Secretary | Since 1995 | From June 1995 to present, employee of BISYS Fund Services. | |||||||||
George L. Stevens 3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 Age: 54 | Chief Compliance Officer | Since 2004 | From September 1996 to present, employee of BISYS Fund Services. | |||||||||
* | Mr. Grimm is considered to be an “interested person” of the Funds as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 due to his previous employment with BISYS Fund Services, the Funds’ distributor and administrator. | |
** | Trustees hold their position with the Funds until their resignation or removal. Officers hold their positions with the Funds until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
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