UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
811-5843
(Investment Company Act File Number)
Cash Trust Series, Inc.
_______________________________________________________________
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
(412) 288-1900
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
John W. McGonigle, Esquire
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service)
Date of Fiscal Year End: 5/31/07
Date of Reporting Period: Six months ended 11/30/06
ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
Federated
World-Class Investment Manager
Government Cash Series
A Portfolio of Cash Trust Series, Inc.
SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT
November 30, 2006
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS SUMMARY TABLES
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY CONTRACT
VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
Not FDIC Insured * May Lose Value * No Bank Guarantee
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Financial Highlights
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | Six Months Ended (unaudited) | | | Year Ended May 31,
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| 11/30/2006
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| 2006
| 1
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| 2005
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| 2004
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| 2003
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| 2002
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | |
Income From Investment Operations:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | 0.0211 | | | 0.0302 | | | 0.0099 | | | 0.0006 | | | 0.0058 | | | 0.0174 | |
Less Distributions:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
| (0.0211
| )
|
| (0.0302
| )
|
| (0.0099
| )
|
| (0.0006
| )
|
| (0.0058
| )
|
| (0.0174
| )
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Net Asset Value, End of Period
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| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
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|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
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|
| $1.00
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|
Total Return 2
|
| 2.13
| %
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| 3.06
| %
|
| 0.99
| %
|
| 0.06
| %
|
| 0.58
| %
|
| 1.75
| %
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
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Net expenses
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| 1.05
| % 3
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| 1.05
| %
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| 1.05
| %
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| 1.04
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
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| 1.05
| %
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Net investment income
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| 4.21
| % 3
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| 2.98
| %
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| 1.08
| %
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| 0.07
| %
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| 0.59
| %
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| 1.74
| %
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Expense waiver/reimbursement 4
|
| 0.05
| % 3
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| 0.05
| %
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| 0.02
| %
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| 0.07
| %
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| 0.04
| %
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| 0.01
| %
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Supplemental Data:
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
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| $503,827
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| $487,625
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| $546,590
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| $444,087
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| $590,024
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| $663,299
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1 Beginning with the year ended May 31, 2006, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.
2 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year, if any, are not annualized.
3 Computed on an annualized basis.
4 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or shareholder services fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
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| Beginning Account Value 6/1/2006
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| Ending Account Value 11/30/2006
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| Expenses Paid During Period 1
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Actual
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| $1,000
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| $1,021.30
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| $5.32
|
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,019.80
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| $5.32
|
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized net expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Portfolio of Investments Summary Tables
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's portfolio composition 1 was as follows:
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| Percentage of Total Net Assets
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U.S. Government Agency Securities
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| 21.3
| %
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Repurchase Agreements
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| 79.2
| %
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Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
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| (0.5
| )%
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TOTAL
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| 100.0
| %
|
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's effective maturity 3 schedule was as follows:
Securities With an Effective Maturity of:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
1-7 Days
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| 69.5
| %
|
8-30 Days
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| 9.5
| %
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31-90 Days
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| 10.3
| %
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91-180 Days
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| 5.3
| %
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181 Days or more
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| 5.9
| %
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Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (0.5
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
1 See the Fund's Prospectus for a description of the principal types of securities in which the Fund invests.
2 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
3 Effective maturity is determined in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which regulates money market mutual funds.
Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Principal Amount
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| Value
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| | | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES--21.3% | | | | |
$ | 14,000,000 | 1 | Federal Home Loan Bank System Floating Rate Notes, 5.230%, 12/19/2006 - 1/5/2007
| | $ | 13,996,272 | |
| 15,500,000 | | Federal Home Loan Bank System Notes, 2.875% - 5.580%, 2/15/2007 - 11/21/2007
| | | 15,492,290 | |
| 18,163,000 | 2 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Discount Notes, 4.490% - 5.005%, 1/9/2007 - 6/29/2007
| | | 17,875,857 | |
| 37,000,000 | 1 | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Floating Rate Notes, 5.220% - 5.245%, 12/17/2006 - 2/7/2007
| | | 36,995,629 | |
| 8,200,000 | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Notes, 4.000% - 5.295%, 3/15/2007 - 12/5/2007
| | | 8,175,275 | |
| 7,000,000 | 1 | Federal National Mortgage Association Floating Rate Notes, 5.204%, 12/28/2006
| | | 6,995,997 | |
| 8,000,000 | | Federal National Mortgage Association Notes, 3.000% - 5.000%, 5/15/2007 - 9/14/2007
|
|
| 7,955,109
|
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| | | TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
|
|
| 107,486,429
|
|
| | | REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--79.2% | | | | |
| 26,000,000 | | Interest in $1,520,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.320%, dated 11/30/2006 under which ABN AMRO Bank NV, New York will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 10/1/2036 for $1,520,224,622 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,552,791,866.
| | | 26,000,000 | |
| 18,002,000 | | Interest in $2,325,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.290%, dated 11/30/2006 under which BNP Paribas Securities Corp. will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 4/15/2029 for $2,325,341,646 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $2,371,500,687.
| | | 18,002,000 | |
| 8,000,000 | 3 | Interest in $500,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.323%, dated 10/30/2006 under which Banc of America Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 8/15/2036 for $505,913,889 on 1/19/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $515,499,295.
| | | 8,000,000 | |
| 12,000,000 | 3 | Interest in $1,000,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.270%, dated 11/7/2006 under which Banc of America Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 10/1/2036 for $1,004,538,056 on 12/8/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,027,196,296.
| | | 12,000,000 | |
| 102,000,000 | | Interest in $2,000,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.320%, dated 11/30/2006 under which Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 10/25/2036 for $2,000,295,556 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $2,060,004,968.
| | | 102,000,000 | |
Principal Amount
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|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--continued | | | | |
$ | 12,000,000 | 3 | Interest in $750,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.290%, dated 10/3/2006 under which Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. will repurchase U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 6/24/2042 for $760,249,375 on 1/5/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $779,098,617.
| | $ | 12,000,000 | |
| 102,000,000 | | Interest in $2,000,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.320%, dated 11/30/2006 under which HSBC Securities, Inc. will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 11/15/2036 for $2,000,295,556 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $2,060,001,295.
| | | 102,000,000 | |
| 14,000,000 | 3 | Interest in $750,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.340%, dated 9/6/2006 under which Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 10/1/2036 for $770,025,000 on 3/5/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $768,234,186.
| | | 14,000,000 | |
| 100,000,000 | | Interest in $1,750,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.300%, dated 11/29/2006 under which Societe Generale, London will repurchase a U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 6/1/2040 for $1,750,515,278 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,787,506,331.
| | | 100,000,000 | |
| 5,000,000 | 3 | Interest in $285,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.304%, dated 11/8/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 6/25/2036 for $300,243,520 on 11/7/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $294,461,687.
|
|
| 5,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
|
|
| 399,002,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.5% (AT AMORTIZED COST) 4
|
|
| 506,488,429
|
|
| | | OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET--(0.5)%
|
|
| (2,661,660
| )
|
| | | TOTAL NET ASSETS--100%
|
| $
| 503,826,769
|
|
1 Floating rate note with current rate and next reset date shown.
2 Discount rate at time of purchase.
3 Although the repurchase date is more than seven days after the date of purchase, the fund has the right to terminate the repurchase agreement at any time with seven-days' notice.
4 Also represents cost for federal tax purposes.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at November 30, 2006.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Investments in repurchase agreements
| | $ | 399,002,000 | | | | | |
Investments in securities
|
|
| 107,486,429
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost and value
| | | | | | $ | 506,488,429 | |
Cash
| | | | | | | 1,481 | |
Income receivable
| | | | | | | 1,178,078 | |
Receivable for shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 88,672
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 507,756,660
|
|
Liabilities:
| | | | | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased
| | | 2,500,000 | | | | | |
Payable for shares redeemed
| | | 467,332 | | | | | |
Income distribution payable
| | | 657,672 | | | | | |
Payable for shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | 101,917 | | | | | |
Payable for distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | 41,211 | | | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
|
| 161,759
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3,929,891
|
|
Net assets for 503,827,868 shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 503,826,769
|
|
Net Assets Consist of:
| | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital
| | | | | | $ | 503,827,868 | |
Distributions in excess of net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (1,099
| )
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 503,826,769
|
|
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:
| | | | | | | | |
($503,826,769 ÷ 503,827,868 shares outstanding) $0.001 par value, 12,500,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Investment Income:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 12,764,923
|
Expenses:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment adviser fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | $ | 1,213,220 | | | | |
Administrative personnel and services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 193,104 | | | | |
Custodian fees
| | | | | | | 13,814 | | | | |
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses
| | | | | | | 295,110 | | | | |
Directors'/Trustees' fees
| | | | | | | 3,775 | | | | |
Auditing fees
| | | | | | | 8,222 | | | | |
Legal fees
| | | | | | | 4,489 | | | | |
Portfolio accounting fees
| | | | | | | 46,328 | | | | |
Distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 242,644 | | | | |
Shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 606,610 | | | | |
Share registration costs
| | | | | | | 28,810 | | | | |
Printing and postage
| | | | | | | 11,895 | | | | |
Insurance premiums
| | | | | | | 5,290 | | | | |
Taxes
| | | | | | | 18,166 | | | | |
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,175
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2,692,652
|
|
|
|
|
Waivers (Note 4):
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Waiver of investment adviser fee
| | $ | (124,869 | ) | | | | | | | |
Waiver of administrative personnel and services fee
|
|
| (8,209
| )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WAIVERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (133,078
| )
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2,559,574
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 10,205,349
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
| Six Months Ended (unaudited) 11/30/2006
|
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
Operations:
| | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
|
| $
| 10,205,349
|
|
| $
| 17,453,698
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders:
| | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
|
| (10,205,880
| )
|
|
| (17,450,840
| )
|
Share Transactions:
| | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares
| | | 768,575,443 | | | | 2,000,752,587 | |
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | | 8,776,474 | | | | 15,178,607 | |
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
| (761,149,503
| )
|
|
| (2,074,898,681
| )
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
| 16,202,414
|
|
|
| (58,967,487
| )
|
Change in net assets
|
|
| 16,201,883
|
|
|
| (58,964,629
| )
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Net Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period
|
|
| 487,624,886
|
|
|
| 546,589,515
|
|
End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $(1,099) and $(568), respectively)
|
| $
| 503,826,769
|
|
| $
| 487,624,886
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Cash Trust Series, Inc. (the "Corporation") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as open-end management investment company. The Corporation consists of four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Government Cash Series (the "Fund"), a diversified portfolio. The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. The investment objective of the Fund is current income consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States of America.
Investment Valuation
The Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Repurchase Agreements
It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund's custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a "securities entitlement" and exercises "control" as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
With respect to agreements to repurchase U.S. government securities and cash items, the Fund treats the repurchase agreement as an investment in the underlying securities and not as an obligation of the other party to the repurchase agreement. Other repurchase agreements are treated as obligations of the other party secured by the underlying securities. Nevertheless, the insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund's adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly.
Premium and Discount Amortization
All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary.
Other Taxes
As an open-end management investment company incorporated in the state of Maryland but domiciled in Pennsylvania, the Fund is subject to the Pennsylvania Franchise Tax. This franchise tax is assessed annually on the value of the Fund, as represented by average net assets for the tax year.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Other
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.
3. CAPITAL STOCK
The following table summarizes capital stock activity:
|
| Six Months Ended 11/30/2006
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Shares sold
| | 768,575,443 | | | 2,000,752,587 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | 8,776,474 | | | 15,178,607 | |
Shares redeemed
|
| (761,149,503
| )
|
| (2,074,898,681
| )
|
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
| 16,202,414
|
|
| (58,967,487
| )
|
4. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
Federated Investment Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), receives for its services an annual investment adviser fee equal to 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the Adviser voluntarily waived $124,869 of its fee.
Administrative Fee
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average aggregate daily net assets of certain Federated funds as specified below:
Maximum Administrative Fee
|
| Average Aggregate Daily Net Assets of the Federated Funds
|
0.150%
|
| on the first $5 billion
|
0.125%
|
| on the next $5 billion
|
0.100%
|
| on the next $10 billion
|
0.075%
|
| on assets in excess of $20 billion
|
The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $150,000 per portfolio and $40,000 per each additional class of Shares. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the net fee paid to FAS was 0.076% of average aggregate daily net assets of the Fund.
Distribution Services Fee
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Fund will compensate Federated Securities Corp. (FSC), the principal distributor, from the daily net assets of the Fund's shares to finance activities intended to result in the sale of these shares. The Plan provides that the Fund may incur distribution expenses of up to 0.35% of average daily net assets, annually, to compensate FSC. FSC may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FSC can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. When FSC receives fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSC did not retain any fees paid by the Fund.
Shareholder Services Fee
The Fund may pay fees (Service Fees) up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Shares to financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC) for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. FSSC or these financial intermediaries may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of their fee. In addition, FSSC may voluntarily reimburse the Fund for shareholder services fees. This voluntary waiver and/or reimbursement can be modified or terminated at any time. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSSC did not receive any fees paid by the Fund.
General
Certain of the Officers and Directors of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
5. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Beginning in October 2003, Federated Investors, Inc. and various subsidiaries thereof (including the advisers and distributor for various investment companies, collectively, "Federated"), along with various investment companies sponsored by Federated ("Funds") were named as defendants in several class action lawsuits now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuits were purportedly filed on behalf of people who purchased, owned and/or redeemed shares of Federated-sponsored mutual funds during specified periods beginning November 1, 1998. The suits are generally similar in alleging that Federated engaged in illegal and improper trading practices including market timing and late trading in concert with certain institutional traders, which allegedly caused financial injury to the mutual fund shareholders. These lawsuits began to be filed shortly after Federated's first public announcement that it had received requests for information on shareholder trading activities in the Funds from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Office of the New York State Attorney General ("NYAG"), and other authorities. In that regard, on November 28, 2005, Federated announced that it had reached final settlements with the SEC and the NYAG with respect to those matters. As Federated previously reported in 2004, it has already paid approximately $8.0 million to certain funds as determined by an independent consultant. As part of these settlements, Federated agreed to pay for the benefit of fund shareholders additional disgorgement and a civil money penalty in the aggregate amount of an additional $72 million. Federated and various Funds have also been named as defendants in several additional lawsuits, the majority of which are now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, excessive advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees. The Board of the Funds has retained the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP to represent the Funds in these lawsuits. Federated and the Funds, and their respective counsel, are reviewing the allegations and intend to defend this litigation. Additional lawsuits based upon similar allegations may be filed in the future. The potential impact of these lawsuits, all of which seek unquantified damages, attorneys' fees and expenses, and future potential similar suits is uncertain. Although we do not believe that these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on the Funds, there can be no assurance that these suits, the ongoing adverse publicity and/or other developments resulting from the regulatory investigations will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sales of Fund shares, or other adverse consequences for the Funds.
6. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released FASB Interpretation No. 48 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" (FIN 48). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years no later than November 29, 2007. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FIN 48 and its impact in the financial statements has not yet been determined.
In addition, in September 2006, FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (FAS 157) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Funds' financial statement disclosures.
7. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On December 21, 2006, the Corporation entered into a $150,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted discretionary line of credit (LOC) with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate of 0.65% over the federal funds rate.
Evaluation and Approval of Advisory Contract
GOVERNMENT CASH SERIES (THE "FUND")
The Fund's Board reviewed the Fund's investment advisory contract at meetings held in May 2006. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.
Prior to the meeting, the Adviser had recommended that the Federated Funds appoint a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated Fund. The Senior Officer appointed by the Funds has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below, which the Board considered, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
During its review of the contract, the Board considered compensation and benefits received by the Adviser. This included the fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades, as well as advisory fees. The Board is also familiar with judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the performance of the Fund; the Adviser's cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize "economies of scale" as the Fund grows larger; any indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant bearing on the Adviser's services and fees. The Board further considered management fees (including any components thereof) charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services and costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the management fee agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit and profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services. The Board was aware of these considerations and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent they are appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated Funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by the advice of independent legal counsel. Throughout the year, the Board has requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise the Senior Officer's evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board has received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's evaluation, accompanying data and additional reports covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or "peer group" funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates; the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders and their relative sophistication; the continuing state of competition in the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated Funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated Funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
With respect to the Fund's performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other mutual funds with comparable investment programs to be particularly useful, given the high degree of competition in the mutual fund business. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar mutual funds more heavily than non-mutual fund products or services because, simply put, they are more relevant. For example, other mutual funds are the products most like the Fund, they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle in fact chosen and maintained by the Fund's investors. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Fund competes. The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group was a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn assisted the Board in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract. In this regard, the Senior Officer has reviewed Federated's fees for providing advisory services to products outside the Federated family of funds (e.g., institutional and separate accounts). He concluded that mutual funds and institutional accounts are inherently different products. Those differences included, but are not limited to targeting different investors, being subject to different laws and regulations, different legal structure, distribution costs, average account size and portfolio management techniques made necessary by different cash flows. The Senior Officer did not consider these fee schedules to be significant in determining the appropriateness of mutual fund advisory contracts.
The Senior Officer reviewed reports compiled by Federated, and directed the preparation of independent reports, regarding the performance of, and fees charged by, other mutual funds, noting his view that comparisons to fund peer groups is of significance in judging the reasonableness of proposed fees.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's performance was below the median of the relevant peer group.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including reports on the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated Funds. These reports covered not only the fees under the advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated Funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The reports also discussed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades as well as waivers of fees and/or reimbursements of expenses. In order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate.
Federated furnished reports, requested by the Senior Officer, that reported revenues on a fund by fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund by fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the Senior Officer. The Senior Officer noted that, although they may apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs and the lack of consensus on how to allocate those costs causes such allocation reports to be of questionable value. The allocation reports were considered in the analysis by the Board but were determined to be of limited use.
The Board also reviewed profitability information for Federated and other publicly held fund management companies, provided by the Senior Officer, who noted the limited availability of such information, and concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive.
The Senior Officer's evaluation also discussed the notion of possible realization of "economies of scale" as a fund grows larger. The Board considered in this regard that the Adviser has made significant additional investments in the portfolio management and distribution efforts supporting all of the Federated funds and that the benefits of any economies, should they exist, were likely to be enjoyed by the fund complex as a whole. Finally, the Board also noted the absence of any applicable regulatory or industry guidelines on this subject, which is compounded by the lack of any common industry practice or general pattern with respect to structuring fund advisory fees with "breakpoints" that serve to reduce the fee as the fund attains a certain size. The Senior Officer did not recommend institution of breakpoints in pricing Federated's fund advisory services at this time.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's investment advisory fee after waivers and expense reimbursements was above the median of the relevant peer group.
At the Senior Officer's recommendation, the Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of the Fund with the Adviser. After discussion regarding peer group classification, the Board was satisfied that the overall expense structure of the Fund remained competitive. The Board will continue to monitor advisory fees and other expenses borne by the Fund.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were relevant to every Federated Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.
The Senior Officer also made recommendations relating to the organization and availability of data and verification of processes for purposes of implementing future evaluations which the Adviser has agreed to implement.
Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on "Form N-PX" of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available through Federated's website. Go to FederatedInvestors.com, select "Products," select the "Prospectuses and Regulatory Reports" link, then select the Fund to access the link to Form N-PX. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on "Form N-Q." These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.) You may also access this information from the "Products" section of the Federated Investors website at FederatedInvestors.com by clicking on "Portfolio Holdings" and selecting the name of the Fund, or by selecting the name of the Fund and clicking on "Portfolio Holdings." You must register on the website the first time you wish to access this information.
Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank, and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal. Although money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, there is no assurance that they will be able to do so.
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's prospectus, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses, and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called "householding"), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's "householding" program covers its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the "householding" program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent ("implied consent") if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to "household" at least sixty (60) days before it begins "householding" and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to "opt out" of "householding." Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of "householding" at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
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SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT
November 30, 2006
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS SUMMARY TABLES
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY CONTRACT
VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
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Financial Highlights
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | Six Months Ended (unaudited) | | Year Ended May 31, Year Ended May 31, |
|
| 11/30/2006
|
|
| 2006
| 1
|
| 2005
|
|
| 2004
|
|
| 2003
|
|
| 2002
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | |
Income From Investment Operations:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
|
| 0.013
|
|
| 0.020
|
|
| 0.008
|
|
| 0.001
|
|
| 0.005
|
|
| 0.012
|
|
Less Distributions:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
| (0.013
| )
|
| (0.020
| )
|
| (0.008
| )
|
| (0.001
| )
|
| (0.005
| )
|
| (0.012
| )
|
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
Total Return 2
|
| 1.33
| %
|
| 1.98
| %
|
| 0.76
| %
|
| 0.13
| %
|
| 0.51
| %
|
| 1.20
| %
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
| 1.05
| % 3
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
Net investment income
|
| 2.65
| % 3
|
| 1.92
| %
|
| 0.81
| %
|
| 0.13
| %
|
| 0.52
| %
|
| 1.16
| %
|
Expense waiver/reimbursement 4
|
| 0.07
| % 3
|
| 0.05
| %
|
| 0.04
| %
|
| 0.03
| %
|
| 0.07
| %
|
| 0.05
| %
|
Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
|
| $366,585
|
|
| $334,001
|
|
| $400,545
|
|
| $353,473
|
|
| $426,684
|
|
| $538,236
|
|
1 Beginning with the year ended May 31, 2006, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.
2 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year, if any, are not annualized.
3 Computed on an annualized basis.
4 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or shareholder services fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
|
| Beginning Account Value 6/1/2006
|
| Ending Account Value 11/30/2006
|
| Expenses Paid During Period 1
|
Actual
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,013.30
|
| $5.30
|
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,019.80
|
| $5.32
|
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Portfolio of Investments Summary Tables
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's portfolio composition 1 was as follows:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
Variable Rate Instruments
|
| 87.1
| %
|
Municipal Notes
|
| 10.8
| %
|
Commercial Paper
|
| 4.6
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (2.5
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
At November 30, 2006 the Fund's effective maturity 3 schedule was as follows:
Securities With an Effective Maturity of:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
1-7 Days
|
| 87.6
| %
|
8-30 Days
|
| 1.0
| %
|
31-90 Days
|
| 3.6
| %
|
91-180 Days
|
| 3.7
| %
|
181 Days or more
|
| 6.6
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (2.5
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
1 See the Fund's Prospectus for a description of the principal types of securities in which the Fund invests.
2 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
3 Effective maturity is determined in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which regulates money market mutual funds.
Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--102.5% 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Alabama--2.4% | | | | |
$ | 1,280,000 | | Birmingham, AL IDA Weekly VRDNs (Mrs. Strattons Salads, Inc.)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.810%, 12/1/2006
| | $ | 1,280,000 | |
| 2,204,500 | | Birmingham, AL IDA, IDRBs (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Glasforms, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.630%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,204,500 | |
| 460,000 | | Perry County, AL IDB, (Series 2001), Weekly VRDNs (Alabama Catfish Feedmill LLC)/(Regions Bank, Alabama LOC), 3.620%, 12/7/2006
| | | 460,000 | |
| 3,100,000 | | Piedmont, AL IDB Weekly VRDNs (Bostrom Seating, Inc.)/(Citibank N.A., New York LOC), 3.690%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,100,000 | |
| 1,780,000 | | Port City Medical Clinic Board of Mobile, AL, (Series 1998A), Weekly VRDNs (Infirmary Health System, Inc.)/(AMBAC INS)/(Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto and KBC Bank N.V. LIQs), 3.460%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 1,780,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 8,824,500
|
|
| | | Arizona--6.4% | | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | Apache County, AZ IDA, (Series 1983A), Weekly VRDNs (Tucson Electric Power Co.)/(Credit Suisse, Zurich LOC), 3.520%, 12/6/2006
| | | 2,000,000 | |
| 2,215,000 | | Arizona Health Facilities Authority, (Series 2002), Weekly VRDNs (Royal Oaks Life Care Community)/(LaSalle Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.480%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,215,000 | |
| 2,500,000 | | Arizona Health Facilities Authority, (Series 2006), Weekly VRDNs (La Loma Village)/(Citibank N.A., New York LOC), 3.530%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,500,000 | |
| 1,925,000 | | Maricopa County, AZ, IDA, (Series 2000A) Weekly VRDNs (Las Gardenias Apartments LP)/(FNMA LOC), 3.510%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,925,000 | |
| 1,800,000 | | Phoenix, AZ Civic Improvement Corp., Senior Lien Wastewater System (Series 2004A), Weekly VRDNs (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Dexia Credit Local LIQ), 3.500%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,800,000 | |
| 4,000,000 | 3,4 | Phoenix, AZ IDA, PT-2940 Weekly VRDNs (California Sunrise Villa Apartments)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LIQ)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,000,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | 3,4 | Phoenix, AZ IDA, PT-479 Weekly VRDNs (Sunset Ranch Apartments)/(FHLMC GTD)/(FHLMC LIQ), 3.530%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,000,000 | |
| 645,000 | | Sierra Vista, AZ IDA, (Series 2001A), Weekly VRDNs (Mountain Steppes Properties LLC)/(FNMA LOC), 3.530%, 12/7/2006
| | | 645,000 | |
| 1,390,000 | | Tempe, AZ IDA, (Series 2002C), Weekly VRDNs (Friendship Village of Tempe)/(LaSalle Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.480%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,390,000 | |
| 4,000,000 | 3,4 | Yuma & LaPaz Counties, AZ Community College District, MERLOTS (Series 2006-C2), Weekly VRDNs (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LIQ), 3.520%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 4,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 23,475,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Colorado--1.1% | | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | Adams County, CO IDB, (Series 1993), Weekly VRDNs (Bace Manufacturing, Inc.)/(WestLB AG LOC), 3.660%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 2,000,000 | |
| 1,410,000 | | Colorado HFA, (Series 2000A), Weekly VRDNs (New Belgium Brewing Co., Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.560%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,410,000 | |
| 450,000 | | Colorado HFA, (Series 2000B), Weekly VRDNs (New Belgium Brewing Co., Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.560%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 450,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 3,860,000
|
|
| | | District of Columbia--0.9% | | | | |
| 3,255,000 | 3,4 | District of Columbia HFA, (Series 2005 BNY5), Weekly VRDNs (Trinity Plus Funding Co. LLC)/(Bank of New York LIQ), 3.600%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,255,000
|
|
| | | Florida--2.8% | | | | |
| 1,670,000 | 3,4 | Escambia County, FL HFA, (Series 2004 FR/RI-L12), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. LIQ), 3.610%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,670,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | | Greater Orlando, FL Aviation Authority Weekly VRDNs (Cessna Aircraft Co.)/(Textron Inc. GTD), 4.590%, 12/6/2006
| | | 3,000,000 | |
| 5,455,000 | 3,4 | Lee County, FL Solid Waste System, (Series 2006 FR/RI-P11), Weekly VRDNs (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. LIQ), 3.610%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 5,455,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 10,125,000
|
|
| | | Georgia--0.5% | | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | Mitchell County, GA Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2006), Weekly VRDNs (First United Ethanol LLC)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.640%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 2,000,000
|
|
| | | Illinois--5.9% | | | | |
| 1,815,000 | | Chicago, IL, (Series 2001), Weekly VRDNs (J.M.B. Moesle LLC)/(Harris, N.A. LOC), 3.680%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,815,000 | |
| 1,925,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority IDB Weekly VRDNs (T&D Investments LLC)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.780%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,925,000 | |
| 4,600,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority IDB, (Series 1997), Weekly VRDNs (Tempco Electric Heater Corp.)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.800%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,600,000 | |
| 1,000,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority IDB, (Series 2001), Weekly VRDNs (Apogee Enterprises, Inc.)/(Bank of New York LOC), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,000,000 | |
| 2,630,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority IDB, Adjustable Rate IDRB (Series 1996A), Weekly VRDNs (Nimlok Co.)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.800%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,630,000 | |
| 3,750,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority MFH, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Butterfield Creek Associates LP)/(LaSalle Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.600%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,750,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Illinois--continued | | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | | Illinois Development Finance Authority, (Series 2002), Weekly VRDNs (Kasbergen Family Living Trust)/(Bank of the West, San Francisco, CA LOC), 3.640%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 3,000,000 | |
| 1,700,000 | | Illinois Health Facilities Authority, (Series 1997B), Weekly VRDNs (Advocate Health Care Network)/(Bank of America N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Northern Trust Co., Chicago, IL LIQs), 3.480%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,700,000 | |
| 500,000 | | Illinois Housing Development Authority, Homeowner Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Series 2004 C-3), Weekly VRDNs (FHLB of Chicago LIQ), 3.530%, 12/6/2006
| | | 500,000 | |
| 794,000 | | Peoria, IL, (Series 1996), Weekly VRDNs (J.T. Fennell Co., Inc.)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.800%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 794,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 21,714,000
|
|
| | | Indiana--2.0% | | | | |
| 970,000 | | Carmel, IN, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Telamon Corp.)/(LaSalle Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.620%, 12/7/2006
| | | 970,000 | |
| 1,086,000 | | Crawfordsville, IN EDA, (Series 1995: Shady Knoll III Apartments), Weekly VRDNs (Pedcor Investments-1994-XXII LP)/(FHLB of Indianapolis LOC), 3.630%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,086,000 | |
| 1,265,000 | | Huntington, IN, (Series 1998), Weekly VRDNs (DK Enterprises LLC)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota LOC), 3.660%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,265,000 | |
| 675,000 | | Indiana Development Finance Authority, (Series 1996), Weekly VRDNs (Meridian Group LLC)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.900%, 12/7/2006
| | | 675,000 | |
| 1,500,000 | | Indiana Development Finance Authority, EDRB (Series 2002), Weekly VRDNs (Vreba-Hoff Dairy Leasing LLC)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.640%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,500,000 | |
| 1,880,000 | | Miami County, IN, (Series 2001: Timberland RV Project), Weekly VRDNs (Timberlodge Real Estate LLC)/(National City Bank, Indiana LOC), 3.650%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 1,880,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 7,376,000
|
|
| | | Kansas--3.3% | | | | |
| 9,235,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (Kansas-AMT)/(Series 2005-13), Weekly VRDNs (Sedgwick & Shawnee Counties, KS)/(GNMA COL)/(State Street Bank and Trust Co. LIQ), 3.680%, 12/7/2006
| | | 9,235,000 | |
| 2,830,000 | | Wyandotte County, KS, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Shor-Line)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.710%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 2,830,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 12,065,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Kentucky--1.0% | | | | |
$ | 745,000 | | Fort Mitchell, KY IDA, 4.15% TOBs (Motor Inn, Inc.)/(Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), Optional Tender 5/1/2007
| | $ | 745,000 | |
| 1,000,000 | | Henderson County, KY, (Series 1996A), Weekly VRDNs (Gibbs Die Casting Corp.)/(Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati LOC), 3.690%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,000,000 | |
| 1,244,000 | | Kenton County, KY, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Packaging Un-limited of Northern Kentucky, Inc.)/(National City Bank, Kentucky LOC), 3.600%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,244,000 | |
| 700,000 | | Winchester, KY, (Series 1990), Weekly VRDNs (Walle Corp.)/(UBS AG LOC), 3.560%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 700,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 3,689,000
|
|
| | | Louisiana--0.7% | | | | |
| 2,500,000 | | New Orleans, LA IDB, (Series 2000), Weekly VRDNs (Home Furnishings Store)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.730%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 2,500,000
|
|
| | | Maine--1.5% | | | | |
| 2,600,000 | 3,4 | Maine State Housing Authority, PUTTERs (Series 1414), Weekly VRDNs (JPMorgan Chase & Co. LIQ), 3.550%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,600,000 | |
| 3,060,000 | | Paris, ME, (Series 2001), Weekly VRDNs (Maine Machine Products Co.)/(Key Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.620%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,060,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 5,660,000
|
|
| | | Maryland--0.9% | | | | |
| 1,655,000 | | Maryland State Community Development Administration, (Series 1990B), Weekly VRDNs (Cherry Hill Apartment Ltd.)/(Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 3.550%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,655,000 | |
| 1,550,000 | | Maryland State Economic Development Corp., (Series 1998A-Catterton Printing Company Facility), Weekly VRDNs (Sky II LLC)/(Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 3.880%, 12/5/2006
| | | 1,550,000 | |
| 225,000 | | Maryland State Economic Development Corp., (Series 1998B), Weekly VRDNs (Catterton Printing Co. Facility)/(Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 3.880%, 12/5/2006
|
|
| 225,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 3,430,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Minnesota--3.5% | | | | |
$ | 4,880,000 | 3,4 | Becker, MN, (Series 2005 FR/RI-FP13), Weekly VRDNs (Northern States Power Co., MN)/(Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. SWP), 3.610%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 4,880,000 | |
| 715,000 | | Brooklyn Park, MN EDA, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Midwest Finishing, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota LOC), 3.660%, 12/7/2006
| | | 715,000 | |
| 5,000,000 | | Minnesota State HFA, (Series 2006K), 3.62% BANs, 11/6/2007
| | | 5,000,000 | |
| 370,000 | | Plymouth, MN Weekly VRDNs (Nuaire, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota LOC), 3.660%, 12/7/2006
| | | 370,000 | |
| 1,190,000 | | Red Wing, MN Port Authority, (Series 1998), Weekly VRDNs (Food Service Specialties)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota LOC), 3.870%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,190,000 | |
| 700,000 | | University of Minnesota, (Series C), Weekly VRDNs (Dexia Bank, Belgium and Toronto Dominion Bank LIQs), 3.500%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 700,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 12,855,000
|
|
| | | Mississippi --0.8% | | | | |
| 3,000,000 | | Mississippi Home Corp., (Series 2006-1), Weekly VRDNs (Terrace Park Apartments)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,000,000
|
|
| | | Missouri--1.4% | | | | |
| 5,000,000 | | Southwest City, MO IDA, (Series 2005), Weekly VRDNs (Simmons Foods, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 5,000,000
|
|
| | | Multi State--7.7% | | | | |
| 5,316,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (Multi-State AMT)(Series 1999-3), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(State Street Bank and Trust Co. LIQ), 3.680%, 12/7/2006
| | | 5,316,000 | |
| 1,316,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (Multi-State AMT)/(Series 2005-1), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(State Street Bank and Trust Co. LIQ), 3.680%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,316,000 | |
| 1,495,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (Multi-State AMT)/(Series 2006-5), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LIQ), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,495,000 | |
| 2,846,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (Multi-State AMT)/(Series 2005-19), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LIQ), 3.610%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,846,000 | |
| 1,499,665 | 3,4 | GS Pool Trust (Series 2006-56TP), Weekly VRDNs (IXIS Financial Products Inc. INS)/(Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. LIQ), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,499,665 | |
| 13,674,855 | 3,4 | GS Pool Trust (Series 2006-19TP), Weekly VRDNs (IXIS Financial Products Inc. INS)/(Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. LIQ), 3.610%, 12/7/2006
| | | 13,674,855 | |
| 1,933,934 | 3,4 | GS Pool Trust (Series 2006-35TP), Weekly VRDNs (IXIS Financial Products Inc. INS)/(Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. LIQ), 3.610%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 1,933,934
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 28,081,454
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | New Hampshire--1.1% | | | | |
$ | 4,000,000 | | New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, PCRBs (1990 Series A), 3.62% CP (New England Power Co.), Mandatory Tender 12/12/2006
|
| $
| 4,000,000
|
|
| | | New Mexico--1.8% | | | | |
| 6,639,503 | | New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, (Series 2006), 4.52% TOBs (Trinity Plus Funding Co. LLC), Mandatory Tender 7/1/2007
|
|
| 6,639,503
|
|
| | | New York--0.1% | | | | |
| 250,000 | | New York City, NY, (Series 2004H-6), Weekly VRDNs (Bank of America N.A. LOC), 3.450%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 250,000
|
|
| | | North Dakota--0.9% | | | | |
| 300,000 | | Fargo, ND, (Series 1997), Weekly VRDNs (Owen Industries, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.550%, 12/7/2006
| | | 300,000 | |
| 3,100,000 | | Grand Forks, ND, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (LM Glasfiber North Dakota, Inc.)/(Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Minnesota LOC), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,100,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 3,400,000
|
|
| | | Ohio--7.1% | | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | Belmont County, OH, 4.25% BANs, 3/14/2007
| | | 2,003,814 | |
| 2,179,000 | | Clinton Massie, OH Local School District, 4.00% BANs, 11/21/2007
| | | 2,186,566 | |
| 1,100,000 | | Licking Heights, OH Local School District, 4.50% BANs, 9/12/2007
| | | 1,106,787 | |
| 3,650,000 | | Mayfield, OH, 4.25% BANs, 9/11/2007
| | | 3,665,052 | |
| 750,000 | | Ohio State Water Development Authority, (Series 1999-A), Weekly VRDNs (Ohio Edison Co.), 3.720%, 12/6/2006
| | | 750,000 | |
| 2,154,100 | | Painesville, OH, (Series 2006-1), 4.50% BANs, 3/21/2007
| | | 2,159,861 | |
| 1,000,000 | | Perrysburg, OH, 4.25% BANs, 11/8/2007
| | | 1,005,600 | |
| 2,975,000 | | Ross County, OH, 4.75% BANs, 5/30/2007
| | | 2,988,454 | |
| 1,500,000 | | Sylvania, OH City School District, 4.50% BANs, 7/26/2007
| | | 1,506,094 | |
| 3,500,000 | | Sylvania, OH, 4.50% BANs, 4/18/2007
| | | 3,510,204 | |
| 5,000,000 | | Trumbull County, OH Sewer District, (Series A), 4.00% BANs, 4/4/2007
|
|
| 5,005,724
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 25,888,156
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Oklahoma--2.1% | | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | Broken Arrow, OK EDA Weekly VRDNs (Blue Bell Creameries)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.800%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 2,000,000 | |
| 1,000,000 | | Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, (Series 2002), Weekly VRDNs (ConocoPhillips Co.)/(ConocoPhillips GTD), 3.570%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,000,000 | |
| 2,500,000 | | Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, (Series 2002B), Weekly VRDNs (ConocoPhillips), 3.570%, 12/6/2006
| | | 2,500,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | | Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, (Series 2003), 3.45% TOBs (ConocoPhillips Co.)/(ConocoPhillips GTD), Optional Tender 12/1/2006
|
|
| 2,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 7,500,000
|
|
| | | Oregon--0.5% | | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | Oregon State, (Series 194), Weekly VRDNs (Tillamook County Creamery Association)/(BNP Paribas SA LOC), 3.640%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,000,000 | |
| 1,000,000 | | Oregon State, (Series 195), Weekly VRDNs (Columbia River Processing, Inc.)/(BNP Paribas SA LOC), 3.640%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 1,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 2,000,000
|
|
| | | Pennsylvania--1.8% | | | | |
| 895,000 | | McKean County, PA IDA, (Series 1997), Weekly VRDNs (Keystone Powdered Metal Co.)/(PNC Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.700%, 12/7/2006
| | | 895,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | | Pennsylvania EDFA, Wastewater Treatment Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2004B), Weekly VRDNs (Sunoco, Inc.), 3.610%, 12/6/2006
| | | 2,000,000 | |
| 3,700,000 | | Philadelphia, PA Authority for Industrial Development Weekly VRDNs (30th Street Ltd. LP)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Edinburgh LIQ), 3.600%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 3,700,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 6,595,000
|
|
| | | South Carolina--1.8% | | | | |
| 1,800,000 | | Berkeley County, SC IDB Weekly VRDNs (Nucor Corp.), 3.600%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,800,000 | |
| 3,800,000 | | Berkeley County, SC IDB, (Series 1998), Weekly VRDNs (Nucor Corp.), 3.600%, 12/6/2006
| | | 3,800,000 | |
| 860,000 | | South Carolina Jobs-EDA, (Series 2005A), Weekly VRDNs (Oconee Memorial Hospital, Inc.)/(Radian Asset Assurance INS)/(RBC Centura Bank LIQ), 3.540%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 860,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 6,460,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | South Dakota--4.1% | | | | |
$ | 15,000,000 | 3,4 | Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust (South Dakota-AMT)/(Series 2005-9), Weekly VRDNs (South Dakota Housing Development Authority)/(State Street Bank and Trust Co. LIQ), 3.680%, 12/7/2006
|
| $
| 15,000,000
|
|
| | | Tennessee--1.9% | | | | |
| 1,100,000 | | Franklin County, TN IDB, (Series 1997), Weekly VRDNs (Hi-Tech)/(Regions Bank, Alabama LOC), 3.500%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,100,000 | |
| 165,000 | | Hamilton County, TN IDB Weekly VRDNs (Pavestone Co.)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.800%, 12/7/2006
| | | 165,000 | |
| 2,500,000 | | Jackson, TN IDB, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Bobrick Washroom Equipment)/(Regions Bank, Alabama LOC), 3.750%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,500,000 | |
| 150,000 | | Knox County, TN IDB, (Series 1996), Weekly VRDNs (Health Ventures, Inc.)/(SunTrust Bank LOC), 3.540%, 12/6/2006
| | | 150,000 | |
| 3,100,000 | | Union City, TN IDB, (Series 1995), Weekly VRDNs (Kohler Co.)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.630%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,100,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 7,015,000
|
|
| | | Texas--15.9% | | | | |
| 9,730,000 | 3,4 | Bexar County, TX Housing Finance Corp., PT-2596 Weekly VRDNs (Rosemont Apartments)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LIQ)/(WestLB AG (GTD) LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
| | | 9,730,000 | |
| 7,500,000 | | Brazos Harbor, TX IDC, (Series 2006), Weekly VRDNs (BASF Corp.), 3.600%, 12/6/2006
| | | 7,500,000 | |
| 7,575,000 | 3,4 | Brazos River Authority, TX, ROCs (Series 617CE), Weekly VRDNs (TXU Energy Co. LLC)/(Citibank N.A., New York LIQ)/(Citibank N.A., New York LOC), 3.550%, 12/7/2006
| | | 7,575,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | | Calhoun County, TX Navigation District Environmental Facilities, (Series 2006), Weekly VRDNs (Formosa Plastic Corp.)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.530%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,000,000 | |
| 975,000 | 3,4 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX International Airport, Roaring Forks (Series 2003-4), Weekly VRDNs (FSA, MBIA Insurance Corp. INS) and Bank of New York LIQs), 3.630%, 12/7/2006
| | | 975,000 | |
| 1,485,000 | | East Texas Housing Finance Corp., (Series 2002), Weekly VRDNs (The Park at Shiloh Apartments)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,485,000 | |
| 3,900,000 | | Gulf Coast, TX Waste Disposal Authority Daily VRDNs (BP Amoco Corp.), 3.700%, 12/1/2006
| | | 3,900,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Texas--continued | | | | |
$ | 5,695,000 | | Houston, TX Higher Education Finance Corp., (Series 2003A) Tierwester Oaks and Richfield Manor Weekly VRDNs (Houston Student Housing LLC)/(Bank of New York LOC), 3.730%, 12/1/2006
| | $ | 5,695,000 | |
| 4,730,000 | | Houston, TX Housing Finance Corp., (Series 2005), Weekly VRDNs (Fairlake Cove Apartments)/(Citibank N.A., New York LOC), 3.610%, 12/6/2006
| | | 4,730,000 | |
| 5,000,000 | | Port Arthur Navigation District, TX IDC, (Series 2000), Weekly VRDNs (Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.), 3.600%, 12/6/2006
| | | 5,000,000 | |
| 5,445,000 | 3,4 | Port of Houston, TX, Roaring Forks (Series 2005-24), Weekly VRDNs (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Bank of New York LIQ), 3.630%, 12/7/2006
| | | 5,445,000 | |
| 1,535,000 | 3,4 | Texas State Department of Housing & Community Affairs, (PT-1347), Weekly VRDNs (Bluffview Senior Apartments)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LIQ)/(Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,535,000 | |
| 2,850,000 | 3,4 | Texas State Department of Housing & Community Affairs, MERLOTS (Series 2001-A109), Weekly VRDNs (GNMA COL)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LIQ), 3.570%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 2,850,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 58,420,000
|
|
| | | Virginia--13.5% | | | | |
| 1,250,000 | 3,4 | ABN AMRO MuniTOPS Certificates Trust (VirginiaNon-AMT)/ (Series 1998-21), Weekly VRDNs (Norfolk, VA Water Revenue)/(FSA INS)/(ABN AMRO Bank NV, Amsterdam LIQ), 3.500%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,250,000 | |
| 1,400,000 | | Fairfax County, VA IDA, (Series 2005C-1), Weekly VRDNs (Inova Health System), 3.440%, 12/6/2006
| | | 1,400,000 | |
| 3,500,000 | | Fairfax County, VA IDA, (Series 2005C-2), Weekly VRDNs (Inova Health System), 3.440%, 12/6/2006
| | | 3,500,000 | |
| 6,688,000 | | Henrico County, VA EDA, (Series 2000), Weekly VRDNs (White Oak Semiconductor LP)/(Citibank NA, New York LOC), 3.550%, 12/6/2006
| | | 6,688,000 | |
| 3,400,000 | | Henrico County, VA EDA, (Series 2003B), Weekly VRDNs (Westminster-Canterbury of Richmond)/(Branch Banking & Trust Co. of Virginia LOC), 3.480%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,400,000 | |
| 10,000,000 | | Metropolitan Washington, DC Airports Authority, (Sub Series A), 3.65% CP (Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (GTD) and WestLB AG (GTD) LOCs), Mandatory Tender 1/10/2007
| | | 10,000,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | | Metropolitan Washington, VA Airports Authority, (Series 2005B), 3.65% CP (Bank of America N.A. LOC), Mandatory Tender 2/6/2007
| | | 3,000,000 | |
| 5,000,000 | | Norfolk, VA Redevelopment and Housing Authority, (Series 2005), Weekly VRDNs (Old Dominion University Real Estate Foundation Student Housing LLC)/(CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty N.A. INS)/(Bank of America N.A. LIQ), 3.500%, 12/7/2006
| | | 5,000,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Virginia--continued | | | | |
$ | 925,000 | | Portsmouth, VA Redevelopment and Housing Authority, (Series 2000), Weekly VRDNs (Yorkshire Square Townhouse Apartments)/(SunTrust Bank LOC), 3.540%, 12/6/2006
| | $ | 925,000 | |
| 3,905,000 | | Rockingham County, VA IDA, (Series 2003), Weekly VRDNs (Sunnyside Presbyterian Home)/(Branch Banking & Trust Co. of Virginia LOC), 3.520%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,905,000 | |
| 10,350,000 | | Virginia Commonwealth University, (Series 2006B) Daily VRDNs (AMBAC INS)/(Wachovia Bank N.A. LIQ), 3.630%, 12/1/2006
| | | 10,350,000 | |
| 100,000 | | Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, (Series 2006), Weekly VRDNs (Virginia Historical Society)/(SunTrust Bank LOC), 3.490%, 12/6/2006
|
|
| 100,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 49,518,000
|
|
| | | Washington--4.8% | | | | |
| 5,300,000 | 3,4 | Clark County, WA Public Utilities District No. 001, MERLOTS (Series 2001-A116), Weekly VRDNs (FSA INS)/(Bank of New York LIQ), 3.520%, 12/6/2006
| | | 5,300,000 | |
| 665,000 | | Washington State Economic Development Finance Authority, (Series 2005B), Weekly VRDNs (Harold LeMay Enterprises, Inc.)/(Bank of America N.A. LOC), 3.520%, 12/6/2006
| | | 665,000 | |
| 1,900,000 | | Washington State Housing Finance Commission, (Series 1995), Weekly VRDNs (Heatherstone Apartments, LP)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.590%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,900,000 | |
| 2,575,000 | | Washington State Housing Finance Commission, (Series 1996A: Pacific Inn Apartments), Weekly VRDNs (225-112th NE LP)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.600%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,575,000 | |
| 2,250,000 | | Washington State Housing Finance Commission, (Series 1998A: Oxford Square Apartments), Weekly VRDNs (Oxford Housing LP)/(U.S. Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.600%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,250,000 | |
| 4,900,000 | | Washington State Housing Finance Commission, (Series 2005A: Park Vista) Daily VRDNs (MWSH Port Orchard LLC)/(Bank of America N.A. LOC), 3.780%, 12/1/2006
|
|
| 4,900,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 17,590,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
| | | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 1,2 | | | | |
| | | Wisconsin--2.3% | | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | Combined Locks, WI, Development Revenue Bonds, (Series 1997), Weekly VRDNs (Appleton Papers)/(LaSalle Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.730%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 2,000,000 | |
| 3,555,000 | | Lawrence, WI Weekly VRDNs (TPF Futures/Robinson Metals, Inc.)/(Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee LOC), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,555,000 | |
| 335,000 | | Marshfield, WI, (Series 1993), Weekly VRDNs (Building Systems, Inc.)/(JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 3.900%, 12/7/2006
| | | 335,000 | |
| 2,600,000 | | Mukwonago, WI, (Series 1999), Weekly VRDNs (Empire Level)/(Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee LOC), 3.580%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 2,600,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 8,490,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS--102.5% (AT AMORTIZED COST) 5
|
|
| 375,675,613
|
|
| | | OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET--(2.5)%
|
|
| (9,091,059
| )
|
| | | TOTAL NET ASSETS--100%
|
| $
| 366,584,554
|
|
Securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) represent 75.1% of the portfolio as calculated based upon total market value.
1 The Fund may only invest in securities rated in one of the two highest short-term rating categories by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) or unrated securities of comparable quality. An NRSRO's two highest rating categories are determined without regard for sub-categories and gradations. For example, securities rated SP-1+, SP-1, or SP-2 by Standard & Poor's, MIG-1 or MIG-2 by Moody's Investors Service, or F-1+, F-1 or F-2 by Fitch Ratings are all considered rated in one of the two highest short-term rating categories. Securities rated in the highest short-term rating category (and unrated securities of comparable quality) are identified as First Tier securities. Securities rated in the second highest short-term rating category (and unrated securities of comparable quality) are identified as Second Tier securities. The Fund follows applicable regulations in determining whether a security is rated and whether a security rated by multiple NRSROs in different rating categories should be identified as a First or Second Tier security.
At November 30, 2006, the portfolio securities were rated as follows:
Tier Rating Percentages Based on Total Market Value
First Tier
|
| Second Tier
|
97.0%
|
| 3.0%
|
2 Current rate and next reset date shown for Variable Rate Demand Notes.
3 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2006, these restricted securities amounted to $115,836,454, which represented 31.6% of total net assets.
4 Denotes a restricted security that may be resold without restriction to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and that the Fund has determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. At November 30, 2006, these liquid restricted securities amounted to $115,836,454, which represented 31.6% of total net assets.
5 Also represents cost for federal tax purposes.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at November 30, 2006.
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
AMBAC | - --American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation |
AMT | - --Alternative Minimum Tax |
BANs | - --Bond Anticipation Notes |
COL | - --Collateralized |
CP | - --Commercial Paper |
EDA | - --Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | - --Economic Development Financing Authority |
EDRB | - --Economic Development Revenue Bonds |
FHLB | - --Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | - --Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation |
FNMA | - --Federal National Mortgage Association |
FSA | - --Financial Security Assurance |
GNMA | - --Government National Mortgage Association |
GTD | - --Guaranteed |
HFA | - --Housing Finance Authority |
IDA | - --Industrial Development Authority |
IDB | - --Industrial Development Bond |
IDC | - --Industrial Development Corporation |
IDRB(s) | - --Industrial Development Revenue Bond |
INS | - --Insured |
LIQ(s) | - --Liquidity Agreement |
LOC(s) | - --Letter(s) of Credit |
MERLOTS | - --Municipal Exempt Receipts -- Liquidity Optional Tender Series |
MFH | - --Multi-Family Housing |
PCRBs | - --Pollution Control Revenue Bonds |
PUTTERs | - --Puttable Tax Exempt Receipts |
ROCs | - --Reset Option Certificates |
SWP | - --Swap Agreement |
TOBs | - --Tender Option Bonds |
TOPS | - --Trust Obligation Participating Securities |
VRDNs | - --Variable Rate Demand Notes |
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost and value
| | | | | | $ | 375,675,613 | |
Cash
| | | | | | | 75,778 | |
Income receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,894,032
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 377,645,423
|
|
Liabilities:
| | | | | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased
| | $ | 10,350,000 | | | | | |
Payable for shares redeemed
| | | 326,849 | | | | | |
Payable for Directors'/Trustees' fees
| | | 86 | | | | | |
Payable for distribution services fee (Note 5)
| | | 30,409 | | | | | |
Payable for shareholder services fee (Note 5)
| | | 75,557 | | | | | |
Income distribution payable
| | | 206,895 | | | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
|
| 71,073
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11,060,869
|
|
Net assets for 366,583,124 shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 366,584,554
|
|
Net Assets Consist of:
| | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital
| | | | | | $ | 366,580,828 | |
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
| | | | | | | 4,047 | |
Distributions in excess of net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (321
| )
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 366,584,554
|
|
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:
| | | | | | | | |
$366,584,554 ÷ 366,583,124 shares outstanding, $0.001 par value, 12,500,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Investment Income:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 6,588,646
|
Expenses:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment adviser fee (Note 5)
| | | | | | $ | 889,210 | | | | |
Administrative personnel and services fee (Note 5)
| | | | | | | 141,532 | | | | |
Custodian fees
| | | | | | | 8,153 | | | | |
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses
| | | | | | | 201,000 | | | | |
Directors'/Trustees' fees
| | | | | | | 3,356 | | | | |
Auditing fees
| | | | | | | 8,222 | | | | |
Legal fees
| | | | | | | 3,284 | | | | |
Portfolio accounting fees
| | | | | | | 40,229 | | | | |
Distribution services fee (Note 5)
| | | | | | | 177,842 | | | | |
Shareholder services fee (Note 5)
| | | | | | | 444,605 | | | | |
Share registration costs
| | | | | | | 37,150 | | | | |
Printing and postage
| | | | | | | 19,129 | | | | |
Insurance premiums
| | | | | | | 4,632 | | | | |
Taxes
| | | | | | | 14,141 | | | | |
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,219
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,993,704
|
|
|
|
|
Waivers (Note 5):
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Waiver of investment adviser fee
| | $ | (111,868 | ) | | | | | | | |
Waiver of administrative personnel and services fee
|
|
| (6,016
| )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WAIVERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (117,884
| )
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,875,820
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4,712,826
|
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6,953
|
Change in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 4,719,779
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | | Six Months Ended (unaudited) | | | | Year Ended | |
|
|
| 11/30/2006
|
|
|
| 5/31/2006
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
Operations:
| | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | $ | 4,712,826 | | | $ | 7,819,947 | |
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
| 6,953
|
|
|
| 4,197
|
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
| 4,719,779
|
|
|
| 7,824,144
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders:
| | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
|
| (4,711,998
| )
|
|
| (7,824,740
| )
|
Share Transactions:
| | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares
| | | 713,959,958 | | | | 1,518,554,603 | |
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | | 4,493,012 | | | | 7,577,961 | |
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
| (685,876,797
| )
|
|
| (1,592,676,693
| )
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
| 32,576,173
|
|
|
| (66,544,129
| )
|
Change in net assets
|
|
| 32,583,954
|
|
|
| (66,544,725
| )
|
Net Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period
|
|
| 334,000,600
|
|
|
| 400,545,325
|
|
End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $(321) and $(1,149), respectively)
|
| $
| 366,584,554
|
|
| $
| 334,000,600
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Cash Trust Series, Inc. (the "Corporation") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment company. The Corporation consists of four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Municipal Cash Series (the "Fund"), a diversified portfolio. The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide current income exempt from federal regular income tax consistent with stability of principal. Interest income from the Fund's investments may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for individuals and corporations and state and local taxes.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States of America.
Investment Valuation
The Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly.
Premium and Discount Amortization
All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary.
Other Taxes
As an open-end management investment company incorporated in the state of Maryland but domiciled in Pennsylvania, the Fund is subject to the Pennsylvania Franchise Tax. This franchise tax is assessed annually on the value of the Fund, as represented by average net assets for the tax year.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Restricted Securities
Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer's expense, either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. Restricted securities are valued at amortized cost in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Other
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.
3. CAPITAL STOCK
The following table summarizes capital stock activity:
|
| Six Months Ended 11/30/2006
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Shares sold
| | 713,959,958 | | | 1,518,554,603 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | 4,493,012 | | | 7,577,961 | |
Shares redeemed
|
| (685,876,797
| )
|
| (1,592,676,693
| )
|
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
| 32,576,173
|
|
| (66,544,129
| )
|
4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
At May 31, 2006, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $2,906 which will reduce the Fund's taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income tax. Pursuant to the Code, such capital loss carryforward will expire in 2011.
5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
Federated Investment Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), receives for its services an annual investment adviser fee equal to 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the Adviser voluntarily waived $111,868 of its fee.
Administrative Fee
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average aggregate daily net assets of certain Federated funds as specified below:
Maximum Administrative Fee
|
| Average Aggregate Daily Net Assets of the Federated Funds
|
0.150%
|
| on the first $5 billion
|
0.125%
|
| on the next $5 billion
|
0.100%
|
| on the next $10 billion
|
0.075%
|
| on assets in excess of $20 billion
|
The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $150,000 per portfolio and $40,000 per each additional class of Shares. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the net fee paid to FAS was 0.076% of average aggregate daily net assets of the Fund.
Distribution Services Fee
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Fund will compensate Federated Securities Corp. (FSC), the principal distributor, from the daily net assets of the Fund's shares to finance activities intended to result in the sale of these shares. The Plan provides that the Fund may incur distribution expenses of up to 0.35% of average daily net assets, annually, to compensate FSC. FSC may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FSC can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. When FSC receives fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSC did not retain any fees paid by the Fund.
Shareholder Services Fee
The Fund may pay fees (Service Fees) up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Shares to financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC) for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. FSSC or these financial intermediaries may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of their fee. In addition, FSSC may voluntarily reimburse the Fund for shareholder services fees. This voluntary waiver and/or reimbursement can be modified or terminated at any time. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSSC did not receive any fees paid by the Fund.
Interfund Transactions
During the six months ended November 30, 2006, the Fund engaged in purchase and sale transactions with funds that have a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Directors/Trustees, and/or common Officers. These purchase and sale transactions complied with Rule 17a-7 under the Act and amounted to $559,195,000 and $576,486,000, respectively.
General
Certain of the Officers and Directors of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
6. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Beginning in October 2003, Federated Investors, Inc. and various subsidiaries thereof (including the advisers and distributor for various investment companies, collectively, "Federated"), along with various investment companies sponsored by Federated ("Funds") were named as defendants in several class action lawsuits now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuits were purportedly filed on behalf of people who purchased, owned and/or redeemed shares of Federated-sponsored mutual funds during specified periods beginning November 1, 1998. The suits are generally similar in alleging that Federated engaged in illegal and improper trading practices including market timing and late trading in concert with certain institutional traders, which allegedly caused financial injury to the mutual fund shareholders. These lawsuits began to be filed shortly after Federated's first public announcement that it had received requests for information on shareholder trading activities in the Funds from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Office of the New York State Attorney General ("NYAG"), and other authorities. In that regard, on November 28, 2005, Federated announced that it had reached final settlements with the SEC and the NYAG with respect to those matters. As Federated previously reported in 2004, it has already paid approximately $8.0 million to certain funds as determined by an independent consultant. As part of these settlements, Federated agreed to pay for the benefit of fund shareholders additional disgorgement and a civil money penalty in the aggregate amount of an additional $72 million. Federated and various Funds have also been named as defendants in several additional lawsuits, the majority of which are now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, excessive advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees. The Board of the Funds has retained the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP to represent the Funds in these lawsuits. Federated and the Funds, and their respective counsel, are reviewing the allegations and intend to defend this litigation. Additional lawsuits based upon similar allegations may be filed in the future. The potential impact of these lawsuits, all of which seek unquantified damages, attorneys' fees and expenses, and future potential similar suits is uncertain. Although we do not believe that these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on the Funds, there can be no assurance that these suits, the ongoing adverse publicity and/or other developments resulting from the regulatory investigations will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sales of Fund shares, or other adverse consequences for the Funds.
7. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released FASB Interpretation No. 48 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" (FIN 48). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years no later than November 29, 2007. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FIN 48 and its impact in the financial statements has not yet been determined.
In addition, in September 2006, FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (FAS 157) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Funds' financial statement disclosures.
8. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On December 21, 2006, the Corporation entered into a $150,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted discretionary line of credit (LOC) with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate of 0.65% over the federal funds rate.
Evaluation and Approval of Advisory Contract
MUNICIPAL CASH SERIES (THE "FUND")
The Fund's Board reviewed the Fund's investment advisory contract at meetings held in May 2006. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.
Prior to the meeting, the Adviser had recommended that the Federated Funds appoint a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated Fund. The Senior Officer appointed by the Funds has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below, which the Board considered, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
During its review of the contract, the Board considered compensation and benefits received by the Adviser. This included the fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades, as well as advisory fees. The Board is also familiar with judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the performance of the Fund; the Adviser's cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize "economies of scale" as the Fund grows larger; any indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant bearing on the Adviser's services and fees. The Board further considered management fees (including any components thereof) charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services and costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the management fee agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit and profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services. The Board was aware of these considerations and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent they are appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated Funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by the advice of independent legal counsel. Throughout the year, the Board has requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise the Senior Officer's evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board has received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's evaluation, accompanying data and additional reports covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or "peer group" funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates; the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders and their relative sophistication; the continuing state of competition in the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated Funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated Funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
With respect to the Fund's performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other mutual funds with comparable investment programs to be particularly useful, given the high degree of competition in the mutual fund business. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar mutual funds more heavily than non-mutual fund products or services because, simply put, they are more relevant. For example, other mutual funds are the products most like the Fund, they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle in fact chosen and maintained by the Fund's investors. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Fund competes. The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group was a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn assisted the Board in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract. In this regard, the Senior Officer has reviewed Federated's fees for providing advisory services to products outside the Federated family of funds ( e.g. , institutional and separate accounts). He concluded that mutual funds and institutional accounts are inherently different products. Those differences included, but are not limited to targeting different investors, being subject to different laws and regulations, different legal structure, distribution costs, average account size and portfolio management techniques made necessary by different cash flows. The Senior Officer did not consider these fee schedules to be significant in determining the appropriateness of mutual fund advisory contracts.
The Senior Officer reviewed reports compiled by Federated, and directed the preparation of independent reports, regarding the performance of, and fees charged by, other mutual funds, noting his view that comparisons to fund peer groups is of significance in judging the reasonableness of proposed fees.
The Fund's performance fell below the median of the relevant peer group during the year ending December 31, 2005. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Adviser and recognized the efforts being undertaken by the Adviser. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and the performance of the Fund.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including reports on the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated Funds. These reports covered not only the fees under the advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated Funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The reports also discussed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades as well as waivers of fees and/or reimbursements of expenses. In order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate.
Federated furnished reports, requested by the Senior Officer, that reported revenues on a fund by fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund by fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the Senior Officer. The Senior Officer noted that, although they may apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs and the lack of consensus on how to allocate those costs causes such allocation reports to be of questionable value. The allocation reports were considered in the analysis by the Board but were determined to be of limited use.
The Board also reviewed profitability information for Federated and other publicly held fund management companies, provided by the Senior Officer, who noted the limited availability of such information, and concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive.
The Senior Officer's evaluation also discussed the notion of possible realization of "economies of scale" as a fund grows larger. The Board considered in this regard that the Adviser has made significant additional investments in the portfolio management and distribution efforts supporting all of the Federated funds and that the benefits of any economies, should they exist, were likely to be enjoyed by the fund complex as a whole. Finally, the Board also noted the absence of any applicable regulatory or industry guidelines on this subject, which is compounded by the lack of any common industry practice or general pattern with respect to structuring fund advisory fees with "breakpoints" that serve to reduce the fee as the fund attains a certain size. The Senior Officer did not recommend institution of breakpoints in pricing Federated's fund advisory services at this time.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's investment advisory fee after waivers and expense reimbursements, if any, was above the median of the relevant peer group.
At the Senior Officer's recommendation, the Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of the Fund with the Adviser and the Adviser noted the higher costs of services offered to shareholders and other expenses associated with the fund. The Board was satisfied that the overall expense structure of the Fund remained competitive. The Board will continue to monitor advisory fees and other expenses borne by the Fund.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were relevant to every Federated Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.
The Senior Officer also made recommendations relating to the organization and availability of data and verification of processes for purposes of implementing future evaluations which the Adviser has agreed to implement.
Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on "Form N-PX" of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available through Federated's website. Go to FederatedInvestors.com, select "Products," select the "Prospectuses and Regulatory Reports" link, then select the Fund to access the link to Form N-PX. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on "Form N-Q." These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.) You may also access this information from the "Products" section of the Federated Investors website at FederatedInvestors.com by clicking on "Portfolio Holdings" and selecting the name of the Fund, or by selecting the name of the Fund and clicking on "Portfolio Holdings." You must register on the website the first time you wish to access this information.
Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank, and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal. Although money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, there is no assurance that they will be able to do so.
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's prospectus, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses, and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called "householding"), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's "householding" program covers its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the "householding" program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent ("implied consent") if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to "household" at least sixty (60) days before it begins "householding" and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to "opt out" of "householding." Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of "householding" at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Distributor
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Federated is a registered mark of Federated Investors, Inc. 2007 (c)Federated Investors, Inc.
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SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT
November 30, 2006
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS SUMMARY TABLES
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY CONTRACT
VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
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Financial Highlights
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | Six Months Ended (unaudited) | | | Year Ended May 31,
|
|
| 11/30/2006
|
|
| 2006
| 1
|
| 2005
|
|
| 2004
|
|
| 2003
|
|
| 2002
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | |
Income From Investment Operations:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | 0.022 | | | 0.031 | | | 0.011 | | | 0.001 | | | 0.007 | | | 0.019 | |
Less Distributions:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
| (0.022
| )
|
| (0.031
| )
|
| (0.011
| )
|
| (0.001
| )
|
| (0.007
| )
|
| (0.019
| )
|
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
Total Return 2
|
| 2.17
| %
|
| 3.15
| %
|
| 1.08
| %
|
| 0.14
| %
|
| 0.69
| %
|
| 1.95
| %
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
| 1.05
| % 3
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
Net investment income
|
| 4.31
| % 3
|
| 3.07
| %
|
| 1.11
| %
|
| 0.14
| %
|
| 0.70
| %
|
| 1.94
| %
|
Expense waiver/reimbursement 4
|
| 0.02
| % 3
|
| 0.02
| %
|
| 0.02
| %
|
| 0.03
| %
|
| 0.03
| %
|
| 0.02
| %
|
Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
|
| $4,316,318
|
| $3,850,411
|
| $4,074,633
|
| $4,334,861
|
| $5,008,970
|
| $5,621,516
|
|
1 Beginning with the year ended May 31, 2006, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.
2 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year, if any, are not annualized.
3 Computed on an annualized basis.
4 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees: to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or shareholder services fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
|
| Beginning Account Value 6/1/2006
|
| Ending Account Value 11/30/2006
|
| Expenses Paid During Period 1
|
Actual
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,021.70
|
| $5.32
|
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,019.80
|
| $5.32
|
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized net expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Portfolio of Investments Summary Tables
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's portfolio composition 1 was as follows:
Security Type
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
Commercial Paper & Notes
|
| 60.1
| %
|
Variable Rate Demand Instruments
|
| 30.9
| %
|
Repurchase Agreements
|
| 3.8
| %
|
Bank Instruments
|
| 7.4
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (2.2
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's effective maturity 3 schedule was as follows:
Securities With an Effective Maturity of:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
1-7 Days
|
| 39.9
| %
|
8-30 Days
|
| 23.1
| %
|
31-90 Days
|
| 26.5
| %
|
91-180 Days
|
| 9.4
| %
|
181 Days or more
|
| 3.3
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (2.2
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
1 Commercial paper and notes include any fixed-rate security that is not a bank instrument. A variable rate demand instrument is any security which has an interest rate that resets periodically. See the Fund's Prospectus for descriptions of commercial paper, repurchase agreements and bank instruments.
2 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
3 Effective maturity is determined in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which regulates money market mutual funds.
Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES--2.7% | | | | |
| | | Finance - Automotive--0.7% | | | | |
$ | 364 | | CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2006-1, Class A1, 5.180%, 5/15/2007
| | $ | 364 | |
| 10,695,370 | 1,2 | Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2006-B, Class A1, 5.404%, 9/15/2007
| | | 10,695,370 | |
| 12,890,269 | | GS Auto Loan Trust 2006-1, Class A1, 5.514%, 8/15/2007
| | | 12,890,269 | |
| 435,403 | | HSBC Automotive Trust 2006-1, Class A1, 5.275%, 6/18/2007
| | | 435,403 | |
| 7,000,000 | | Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2006-A, Class A1, 5.346%, 12/14/2007
|
|
| 7,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 31,021,406
|
|
| | | Finance - Equipment--0.3% | | | | |
| 1,911,838 | | CNH Equipment Trust 2006-A, Class A1, 4.989%, 4/5/2007
| | | 1,911,838 | |
| 12,770,577 | | CNH Equipment Trust 2006-B, Class A1, 5.392%, 10/5/2007
|
|
| 12,770,577
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 14,682,415
|
|
| | | Finance - Retail--1.7% | | | | |
| 40,000,000 | 1,2 | Arkle Master Issuer PLC 2006-1, Class 1A, 5.300%, 12/18/2006
| | | 40,000,000 | |
| 31,500,000 | 1,2 | Holmes Master Issuer PLC 2006-1, Class 1A, 5.323%, 1/16/2007
|
|
| 31,500,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 71,500,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
|
|
| 117,203,821
|
|
| | | BANKERS ACCEPTANCE--0.4% | | | | |
| | | Banking--0.4% | | | | |
| 18,300,000 | | Wachovia Bank N.A., 5.450%, 12/20/2006 - 12/22/2006
|
|
| 18,242,518
|
|
| | | CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT--7.0% | | | | |
| | | Banking--7.0% | | | | |
| 40,000,000 | | Calyon, Paris, 5.260% - 5.310%, 4/11/2007 - 4/19/2007
| | | 40,000,000 | |
| 47,200,000 | | Credit Suisse, Zurich, 4.920% - 5.200%, 2/5/2007 - 3/29/2007
| | | 47,200,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | DePfa Bank PLC, 5.410%, 2/12/2007
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | First Tennessee Bank, N.A., 5.310%, 12/26/2006
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 15,000,000 | | HBOS Treasury Services PLC, 5.355%, 5/15/2007
| | | 15,000,000 | |
| 24,000,000 | | Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH, 5.450%, 12/4/2006
| | | 24,000,000 | |
| 10,000,000 | | Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd., 5.340%, 2/12/2007
| | | 10,000,000 | |
| 35,000,000 | | Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Edinburgh, 4.800% - 4.850%, 1/29/2007 - 1/30/2007
| | | 35,000,000 | |
| 40,000,000 | | Societe Generale, Paris, 5.190% - 5.410%, 2/20/2007 - 10/9/2007
| | | 39,959,382 | |
| 43,000,000 | | Toronto Dominion Bank, 5.420% - 5.600%, 2/12/2007 - 8/3/2007
|
|
| 43,006,559
|
|
| | | TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
|
|
| 304,165,941
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | COLLATERALIZED LOAN AGREEMENTS--21.0% | | | | |
| | | Banking--8.9% | | | | |
$ | 60,000,000 | | BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 5.422%, 12/1/2006
| | $ | 60,000,000 | |
| 100,000,000 | | Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, 5.422%, 12/1/2006
| | | 100,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., 5.355%, 12/15/2006
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 75,000,000 | | Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., 5.437%, 12/1/2006
| | | 75,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | HSBC Securities (USA), Inc., 5.412%, 12/1/2006
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 50,000,000 | | J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., 5.412%, 12/1/2006
| | | 50,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | RBC Capital Markets Corp., 5.467%, 12/1/2006
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | WAMU Capital Corp., 5.382%, 12/1/2006
|
|
| 25,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 385,000,000
|
|
| | | Brokerage--12.1% | | | | |
| 115,000,000 | | Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., 5.432%, 12/1/2006
| | | 115,000,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 5.412%, 12/1/2006
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 53,000,000 | | Goldman Sachs & Co., 5.382% - 5.412%, 12/1/2006
| | | 53,000,000 | |
| 137,000,000 | | Lehman Brothers, Inc., 5.412% - 5.462%, 12/1/2006
| | | 137,000,000 | |
| 100,000,000 | | Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 5.442%, 12/1/2006
| | | 100,000,000 | |
| 90,000,000 | | Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., 5.412%, 12/1/2006
|
|
| 90,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 520,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL COLLATERALIZED LOAN AGREEMENTS
|
|
| 905,000,000
|
|
| | | COMMERCIAL PAPER--33.0% 3 | | | | |
| | | Aerospace/Auto--0.6% | | | | |
| 6,600,000 | 1,2 | Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Support Agreement), 5.330%, 1/3/2007 - 1/12/2007
| | | 6,563,756 | |
| 20,000,000 | 1,2 | Volkswagen of America, Inc., (GTD by Volkswagen AG), 5.330%, 12/4/2006
|
|
| 19,991,117
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 26,554,873
|
|
| | | Banking--7.5% | | | | |
| 39,000,000 | 1,2 | Blue Spice LLC, (Deutsche Bank AG SWP), 5.260% - 5.275%, 1/23/2007 - 2/13/2007
| | | 38,589,518 | |
| 109,000,000 | 1,2 | Fountain Square Commercial Funding Corp., 5.250% - 5.270%, 12/15/2006 - 1/12/2007
| | | 108,569,697 | |
| 50,000,000 | | Greenwich Capital Holdings, Inc., (GTD by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Edinburgh), 5.240%, 12/19/2006
| | | 49,869,000 | |
| 22,000,000 | 1,2 | KBC Financial Products International Ltd., (GTD by KBC Bank N.V.), 5.200%, 5/14/2007
| | | 21,478,844 | |
| 65,294,000 | 1,2 | Picaros Funding LLC, (GTD by KBC Bank N.V.), 5.1407% - 5.270%, 12/1/2006 - 3/13/2007
| | | 64,912,402 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | COMMERCIAL PAPER--continued 3 | | | | |
| | | Banking--continued | | | | |
$ | 30,000,000 | | Societe Generale North America, Inc., (GTD by Societe Generale, Paris), 5.265%, 2/12/2007
| | $ | 29,679,713 | |
| 10,000,000 | | Westpac Trust Securities NZ Ltd., (GTD by Westpac Banking Corp. Ltd., Sydney), 5.260%, 1/24/2007
|
|
| 9,921,100
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 323,020,274
|
|
| | | Consumer Products--0.6% | | | | |
| 26,000,000 | 1,2 | Fortune Brands, Inc., 5.320% - 5.340%, 1/3/2007 - 1/22/2007
|
|
| 25,831,226
|
|
| | | Finance - Automotive--5.3% | | | | |
| 43,800,000 | | DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp., 5.360% - 5.380%, 12/20/2006 - 1/22/2007
| | | 43,543,612 | |
| 6,000,000 | | DaimlerChrysler Revolving Auto Conduit LLC, A1+/P1 Series, 5.240%, 12/27/2006
| | | 5,977,293 | |
| 95,000,000 | | FCAR Auto Loan Trust, A1+/P1 Series, 5.250% - 5.310%, 2/5/2007 - 3/7/2007
| | | 93,965,575 | |
| 84,800,000 | | FCAR Auto Loan Trust, A1/P1 Series, 5.180% - 5.310%, 12/11/2006 - 4/5/2007
|
|
| 83,854,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 227,340,480
|
|
| | | Finance - Commercial--0.8% | | | | |
| 35,853,000 | 1,2 | Fairway Finance Co. LLC, 5.260%, 1/19/2007
|
|
| 35,596,312
|
|
| | | Finance - Retail--4.6% | | | | |
| 35,000,000 | 1,2 | Amsterdam Funding Corp., 5.190% - 5.285%, 2/9/2007 - 4/11/2007
| | | 34,554,231 | |
| 92,000,000 | 1,2 | Paradigm Funding LLC, 5.230% - 5.350%, 12/1/2006 - 3/26/2007
| | | 91,233,206 | |
| 12,000,000 | 1,2 | Sheffield Receivables Corp., 5.255%, 1/17/2007
| | | 11,917,672 | |
| 60,000,000 | 1,2 | Tulip Funding Corp., 5.240%, 1/10/2007
|
|
| 59,650,667
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 197,355,776
|
|
| | | Finance - Securities--5.4% | | | | |
| 23,000,000 | 1,2 | Beta Finance, Inc., 5.240%, 3/13/2007
| | | 22,658,526 | |
| 20,000,000 | 1,2 | Galaxy Funding Inc., 5.240%, 12/27/2006
| | | 19,924,311 | |
| 77,500,000 | 1,2 | Grampian Funding LLC, 5.230% - 5.275%, 2/5/2007 - 3/20/2007
| | | 76,415,008 | |
| 53,623,000 | 1,2 | KLIO Funding Ltd., 5.270% - 5.290%, 12/21/2006 - 1/18/2007
| | | 53,417,716 | |
| 30,398,000 | 1,2 | KLIO II Funding Ltd., 5.290%, 12/22/2006
| | | 30,304,197 | |
| 29,000,000 | 1,2 | Perry Global Funding LLC Series A, 5.255% - 5.260%, 1/10/2007 - 2/14/2007
|
|
| 28,753,881
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 231,473,639
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | COMMERCIAL PAPER--continued 3 | | | | |
| | | Food & Beverage--1.4% | | | | |
$ | 18,000,000 | 1,2 | General Mills, Inc., 5.330% - 5.440%, 12/21/2006 - 1/18/2007
| | $ | 17,913,480 | |
| 42,800,000 | 1,2 | H.J. Heinz Finance Co., (H.J. Heinz Co. LOC), 5.330%, 12/1/2006 - 12/18/2006
|
|
| 42,724,284
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 60,637,764
|
|
| | | Homebuilding--0.1% | | | | |
| 6,000,000 | | Centex Corp., 5.320%, 12/4/2006
|
|
| 5,997,340
|
|
| | | Insurance--0.8% | | | | |
| 35,000,000 | 1,2 | Aspen Funding Corp., 5.260%, 1/23/2007 - 1/25/2007
|
|
| 34,724,581
|
|
| | | Metals--1.0% | | | | |
| 42,000,000 | | Alcoa, Inc., 5.260% - 5.270%, 12/12/2006 - 12/29/2006
|
|
| 41,878,242
|
|
| | | Publishing and Printing--4.9% | | | | |
| 213,000,000 | 1,2 | Gannett Co., Inc., 5.300%, 1/22/2007 - 1/26/2007
|
|
| 211,282,947
|
|
| | | TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
|
|
| 1,421,693,454
|
|
| | | CORPORATE NOTES--2.8% | | | | |
| | | Banking--0.7% | | | | |
| 22,000,000 | | Credit Suisse, Zurich, 5.420%, 12/4/2007
| | | 22,000,000 | |
| 10,000,000 | | Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal, 5.490%, 10/2/2007
|
|
| 10,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 32,000,000
|
|
| | | Finance - Securities--2.1% | | | | |
| 30,000,000 | 1,2 | K2 (USA) LLC, (GTD by K2 Corp.), 5.000%, 3/12/2007
| | | 30,000,000 | |
| 59,000,000 | 1,2 | Sigma Finance, Inc., (GTD by Sigma Finance Corp.), 4.910% - 5.750%, 1/26/2007 - 10/12/2007
|
|
| 58,998,274
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 88,998,274
|
|
| | | TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES
|
|
| 120,998,274
|
|
| | | LOAN PARTICIPATION--0.6% | | | | |
| | | Chemicals--0.6% | | | | |
| 25,000,000 | | DuPont Teijin Films U.K. Ltd., (GTD by Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co.), 5.320%, 12/27/2006
|
|
| 25,000,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | NOTES - VARIABLE--30.9% 4 | | | | |
| | | Banking--16.7% | | | | |
$ | 4,950,000 | | 35 N. Fourth Street Ltd., Series 2000, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.440%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 4,950,000 | |
| 2,370,000 | | 6380 Brackbill Associates LP, Series 2000, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 2,370,000 | |
| 4,325,000 | | Alabama Incentives Financing Authority, Series 1999-C, (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.350%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,325,000 | |
| 3,899,000 | | American Health Care Centers, Inc., (Series 1998), (FirstMerit Bank, N.A. LOC), 5.360%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,899,000 | |
| 4,100,000 | | American Manufacturing Co., Inc., (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.470%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,100,000 | |
| 80,000,000 | 1,2 | Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Melbourne, 5.340%, 12/5/2006
| | | 80,000,000 | |
| 68,000,000 | 1,2 | BNP Paribas SA, 5.310%, 12/26/2006
| | | 68,000,000 | |
| 5,910,000 | | Bond Holdings LP, (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.370%, 12/1/2006
| | | 5,910,000 | |
| 720,000 | | Boozer Lumber Co., (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.520%, 12/1/2006
| | | 720,000 | |
| 310,000 | | C.W. Caldwell, Inc., Sweetbriar Assisted Living Facility, Project, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.470%, 12/7/2006
| | | 310,000 | |
| 7,565,000 | | Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc., (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
| | | 7,565,000 | |
| 1,399,000 | | Capital One Funding Corp., Series 1995-D, (J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 5.330%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,399,000 | |
| 390,000 | | Carpenter, Thomas E., (Series 1998), (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.390%, 12/7/2006
| | | 390,000 | |
| 5,785,000 | | Central Penn, Inc., (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.390%, 12/7/2006
| | | 5,785,000 | |
| 4,735,000 | | Columbus, GA Development Authority, Woodmont Properties, LLC, Series 2000, (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.370%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,735,000 | |
| 2,550,000 | | Crane Plastics Siding LLC, Series 2000, (J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. LOC), 5.350%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,550,000 | |
| 850,000 | | Damascus Co. Ltd., (Series 1998), (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.390%, 12/7/2006
| | | 850,000 | |
| 10,000,000 | 1,2 | DePfa Bank PLC, 5.430%, 12/15/2006
| | | 10,000,000 | |
| 2,200,000 | | Dewberry III LP, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.370%, 12/6/2006
| | | 2,200,000 | |
| 2,625,000 | | Engle Printing & Publishing, Series 2001, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 2,625,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | NOTES - VARIABLE--continued 4 | | | | |
| | | Banking--continued | | | | |
$ | 5,172,000 | | Frank Parsons Paper Co., Inc., SERIES 1999, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | $ | 5,172,000 | |
| 6,230,000 | | Gannett Fleming, Inc., Series 2001, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 6,230,000 | |
| 6,100,000 | | Gervais Street Associates, (Series 1998), (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.370%, 12/6/2006
| | | 6,100,000 | |
| 400,000 | | Gettysburg Area IDA, Hanover Lantern, Inc. Project (Series 1998-B), (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/6/2006
| | | 400,000 | |
| 1,875,000 | | Graywood Farms LLC, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 1,875,000 | |
| 2,735,000 | | Great Southern Wood, Inc., (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 2,735,000 | |
| 6,455,000 | | Grob Systems, Inc., (Series 1998 & 1999), (Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati LOC), 5.370%, 12/7/2006
| | | 6,455,000 | |
| 69,000,000 | 1,2 | HBOS Treasury Services PLC, 5.445% - 5.459%, 12/27/2006 - 2/20/2007
| | | 69,000,000 | |
| 55,000,000 | | HBOS Treasury Services PLC, 5.290% - 5.399%, 12/11/2006 - 1/2/2007
| | | 55,000,000 | |
| 950,000 | | Hanna Steel Corp., (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.470%, 12/1/2006
| | | 950,000 | |
| 4,360,000 | | Hodges Bonded Warehouse, Inc., Teague Warehouse Project, (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.320%, 12/7/2006
| | | 4,360,000 | |
| 3,010,000 | | Iowa 80 Group, Inc., Series 2001, (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. LOC), 5.500%, 12/1/2006
| | | 3,010,000 | |
| 7,345,000 | | Jackson-Rime Development Co. I, Series 2002, (First Commercial Bank, Birmingham, AL LOC), 5.350%, 12/7/2006
| | | 7,345,000 | |
| 2,290,000 | | Lake Sherwood Senior Living Center LLC, (Regions Bank, Alabama LOC), 5.420%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,290,000 | |
| 50,000,000 | 1 | MONET Trust, Series 2000-1 Class A-2A, (Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt SWP), 5.433%, 12/28/2006
| | | 50,000,000 | |
| 2,705,000 | | Maryland State Economic Development Corp., CWI Limited Partnership, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 2,705,000 | |
| 4,020,000 | | Maryland State Economic Development Corp., Human Genome Sciences Series 1999A, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/5/2006
| | | 4,020,000 | |
| 50,000,000 | | Maryland State Economic Development Corp., Series 2001A Human Genome Sciences, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/5/2006
| | | 50,000,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | NOTES - VARIABLE--continued 4 | | | | |
| | | Banking--continued | | | | |
$ | 3,955,000 | | Memphis, TN Center City Revenue Finance Corp., South Bluffs Project (Series 1998-A), (National Bank of Commerce, Memphis, TN LOC), 5.400%, 12/7/2006
| | $ | 3,955,000 | |
| 5,000,000 | 1,2 | National Australia Bank Ltd., Melbourne, 5.290%, 12/7/2006
| | | 5,000,000 | |
| 7,085,000 | | Oxmoor Partners LLC, (First Commercial Bank, Birmingham, AL LOC), 5.420%, 12/7/2006
| | | 7,085,000 | |
| 540,000 | | PV Communications, Inc., Series 1998, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.519%, 12/7/2006
| | | 540,000 | |
| 8,160,000 | | Remington Leasing LLC, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.470%, 12/1/2006
| | | 8,160,000 | |
| 25,000,000 | 1,2 | Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal, 5.319%, 1/2/2007
| | | 25,000,000 | |
| 410,000 | | Sandridge Food Corp., (National City Bank, Ohio LOC), 5.360%, 12/7/2006
| | | 410,000 | |
| 16,250,000 | | Sea Island Co., (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
| | | 16,250,000 | |
| 30,000,000 | 1,2 | Societe Generale, Paris, 5.340%, 1/2/2007
| | | 30,000,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | | Sojourn Project, Series 1997, (FirstMerit Bank, N.A. LOC), 5.360%, 12/7/2006
| | | 3,000,000 | |
| 8,335,000 | | Standing Boy Properties LLC, (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
| | | 8,335,000 | |
| 1,800,000 | | Stone Creek LLC, (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.350%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,800,000 | |
| 4,370,000 | | Sun Valley, Inc., (Wachovia Bank N.A. LOC), 5.370%, 12/1/2006
| | | 4,370,000 | |
| 2,735,000 | | Sussex County, DE, Rehoboth Mall Project, (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY LOC), 5.420%, 12/1/2006
| | | 2,735,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | | Swiger Coil Systems, Inc., Series 2000, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.519%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,000,000 | |
| 585,000 | | TDB Realty Ltd., (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.149%, 12/7/2006
| | | 585,000 | |
| 2,925,000 | | Thetford Threesome LLC, (Columbus Bank and Trust Co., GA LOC), 5.470%, 12/7/2006
| | | 2,925,000 | |
| 20,000,000 | 1,2 | Union Hamilton Special Purpose Funding LLC, Series 2005-1 Tranche #1, (GTD by Wachovia Corp.), 5.390%, 12/21/2006
| | | 20,000,000 | |
| 38,000,000 | | Wells Fargo & Co., 5400%, 1/2/2007
| | | 38,000,000 | |
| 48,000,000 | 1,2 | Westpac Banking Corp. Ltd., Sydney, 5.290%, 12/18/2006
| | | 48,000,000 | |
| 1,370,000 | | Wexner Heritage House, Series 2000, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
| | | 1,370,000 | |
| 850,000 | | White Brothers Properties, Series 1996, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
| | | 850,000 | |
| 960,000 | | YMCA of Central OH, (Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH LOC), 5.469%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 960,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 721,660,000
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | NOTES - VARIABLE--continued 4 | | | | |
| | | Brokerage--5.7% | | | | |
$ | 50,000,000 | 1,2 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.370%, 12/15/2006
| | $ | 50,001,367 | |
| 35,000,000 | | Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 5.410%, 1/4/2007
| | | 35,000,000 | |
| 40,000,000 | 1,2 | Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 5.570%, 12/11/2006
| | | 40,000,000 | |
| 121,000,000 | | Morgan Stanley, 5.373% - 5.440%, 12/1/2006 - 1/4/2007
|
|
| 121,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 246,001,367
|
|
| | | Finance - Commercial--2.1% | | | | |
| 85,300,000 | 1,2 | General Electric Capital Corp., 5.445%, 12/11/2006 - 12/18/2006
| | | 85,300,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | | South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Roller Bearing Co., Series 1994 B, (Heller Financial, Inc. LOC), 5.440%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 3,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 88,300,000
|
|
| | | Finance - Retail--2.5% | | | | |
| 31,000,000 | | AFS Insurance Premium Receivables Trust, (Series 1994-A), 5.876%, 12/15/2006
| | | 31,000,000 | |
| 35,000,000 | 1,2 | Compass Securitization LLC, 5.275%, 12/11/2006 - 12/18/2006
| | | 34,998,926 | |
| 30,000,000 | 1,2 | Paradigm Funding LLC, 5.280%, 12/1/2006
| | | 29,999,254 | |
| 13,000,000 | | SLM Corp., 5.496%, 1/25/2007
|
|
| 13,003,323
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 109,001,503
|
|
| | | Finance - Securities--1.4% | | | | |
| 45,000,000 | 1,2 | K2 (USA) LLC, (GTD by K2 Corp.), 5.320% - 5.337%, 12/1/2006 - 1/25/2007
| | | 44,994,997 | |
| 14,000,000 | 1,2 | Sigma Finance, Inc., (GTD by Sigma Finance Corp.), 5.275%, 12/15/2006
|
|
| 13,999,913
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 58,994,910
|
|
| | | Government Agency--0.0% | | | | |
| 810,000 | | Clayton County, GA Housing Authority, Summerwinds Project, Series 2000 B, (Federal National Mortgage Association LOC), 5.470%, 12/7/2006
|
|
| 810,000
|
|
| | | Insurance--1.6% | | | | |
| 15,000,000 | | Genworth Life Insurance Co., 5.465%, 2/9/2007
| | | 15,000,000 | |
| 9,000,000 | | Hartford Life Global Funding Trust, 5.320%, 12/15/2006
| | | 9,000,000 | |
| 9,000,000 | 1,2 | MBIA Global Funding LLC, 5.280%, 12/21/2006
| | | 8,999,274 | |
| 35,000,000 | | Monumental Life Insurance Co., 5.510%, 3/1/2007
|
|
| 35,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL
|
|
| 67,999,274
|
|
| | | Municipal--0.9% | | | | |
| 39,000,000 | | Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp., Series 2006-B, 5.330%, 12/15/2006
|
|
| 39,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL NOTES - VARIABLE
|
|
| 1,331,767,054
|
|
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--3.8% | | | | |
$ | 165,997,000 | | Interest in $2,933,318,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.320%, dated 11/30/2006, under which Merrill Lynch Government Securities, Inc. will repurchase U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 11/20/2036 for $2,933,751,479 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $3,008,939,091.
|
| $
| 165,997,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS--102.2% (AT AMORTIZED COST) 5
|
|
| 4,410,068,062
|
|
| | | OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET--(2.2)%
|
|
| (93,749,590
| )
|
| | | TOTAL NET ASSETS--100%
|
| $
| 4,316,318,472
|
|
1 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2006, these restricted securities amounted to $1,941,494,954, which represented 45.0% of total net assets.
2 Denotes a restricted security that may be resold without restriction to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and that the Fund has determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors. At November 30, 2006, these liquid restricted securities amounted to $1,891,494,954, which represented 43.8% of total net assets.
3 Discount rate at time of purchase.
4 Floating rate note with current rate and next reset date shown.
5 Also represents cost for federal tax purposes.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at November 30, 2006.
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
EDA | - --Economic Development Authority |
GTD | - --Guaranteed |
IDA | - --Industrial Development Authority |
LOC | - --Letter of Credit |
SWP | - --Swap Agreement |
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Assets:
| | | | | | |
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost and value
| | | | | $ | 4,410,068,062 |
Cash
| | | | | | 829,559 |
Income receivable
| | | | | | 15,281,244 |
Receivable for shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
| 686,059
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
| 4,426,864,924
|
Liabilities:
| | | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased
| | $ | 102,000,000 | | | |
Payable for shares redeemed
| | | 874,289 | | | |
Income distribution payable
| | | 5,923,037 | | | |
Payable for distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | 358,342 | | | |
Payable for shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | 883,470 | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
|
| 507,314
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
| 110,546,452
|
Net assets for 4,316,303,716 shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
| $
| 4,316,318,472
|
Net Assets Consist of:
| | | | | | |
Paid-in capital
| | | | | $ | 4,316,303,716 |
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
| | | | | | 84 |
Undistributed net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
| 14,672
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS
|
|
|
|
| $
| 4,316,318,472
|
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:
| | | | | | |
($4,316,318,472 ÷ 4,316,303,716 shares outstanding), $0.001 par value, 12,500,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
|
|
|
| $1.00
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Investment Income:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 109,596,506
|
Expenses:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment adviser fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | $ | 10,214,409 | | | | |
Administrative personnel and services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 1,625,780 | | | | |
Custodian fees
| | | | | | | 106,751 | | | | |
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses
| | | | | | | 2,314,040 | | | | |
Directors'/Trustees' fees
| | | | | | | 21,171 | | | | |
Auditing fees
| | | | | | | 8,222 | | | | |
Legal fees
| | | | | | | 5,209 | | | | |
Portfolio accounting fees
| | | | | | | 81,622 | | | | |
Distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 2,042,882 | | | | |
Shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 5,107,204 | | | | |
Share registration costs
| | | | | | | 104,415 | | | | |
Printing and postage
| | | | | | | 82,524 | | | | |
Insurance premiums
| | | | | | | 14,347 | | | | |
Taxes
| | | | | | | 145,474 | | | | |
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7,667
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 21,881,717
|
|
|
|
|
Waivers (Note 4):
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Waiver of investment adviser fee
| | $ | (264,418 | ) | | | | | | | |
Waiver of administrative personnel and services fee
|
|
| (69,104
| )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WAIVERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (333,522
| )
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 21,548,195
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 88,048,311
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
| Six Months Ended (unaudited) 11/30/2006
|
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
Operations:
| | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | $ | 88,048,311 | | | $ | 132,091,269 | |
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
| - --
|
|
|
| 84
|
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
| 88,048,311
|
|
|
| 132,091,353
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders:
| | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
|
|
| (88,027,129
| )
|
|
| (132,106,792
| )
|
Share Transactions:
| | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares
| | | 4,475,892,887 | | | | 11,646,059,688 | |
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | | 84,622,060 | | | | 127,008,452 | |
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
| (4,094,628,584
| )
|
|
| (11,997,275,205
| )
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
| 465,886,363
|
|
|
| (224,207,065
| )
|
Change in net assets
|
|
| 465,907,545
|
|
|
| (224,222,504
| )
|
Net Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period
|
|
| 3,850,410,927
|
|
|
| 4,074,633,431
|
|
End of period (including undistributed net investment income (distributions in excess of net investment income) of $14,672 and $(6,510), respectively)
|
| $
| 4,316,318,472
|
|
| $
| 3,850,410,927
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Cash Trust Series, Inc. (the "Corporation") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as a diversified open-end management investment company. The Corporation consists of four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Prime Cash Series (the "Fund"). The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. The primary investment objective of the Fund is to provide current income consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States of America.
Investment Valuation
The Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Repurchase Agreements
It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund's custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a "securities entitlement" and exercises "control" as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
With respect to agreements to repurchase U.S. government securities and cash items, the Fund treats the repurchase agreement as an investment in the underlying securities and not as an obligation of the other party to the repurchase agreement. Other repurchase agreements are treated as obligations of the other party secured by the underlying securities. Nevertheless, the insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund's adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly.
Premium and Discount Amortization
All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary.
Other Taxes
As an open-end management investment company incorporated in the state of Maryland but domiciled in Pennsylvania, the Fund is subject to the Pennsylvania Franchise Tax. This franchise tax is assessed annually on the value of the Fund, as represented by average net assets for the tax year.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Restricted Securities
Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer's expense, either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Directors"). The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. Restricted securities are valued at amortized cost in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Additional information on restricted securities, excluding securities purchased under Rule 144A that have been deemed liquid by the Directors, held at November 30, 2006, is as follows:
Security
|
| Acquisition Date
|
| Acquisition Cost
|
MONET Trust, Series 2000-1 Class A-2A, (Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt Swap Agreement), 5.433%, 12/28/2006
|
| 6/1/2005-3/28/2006
|
| $50,000,000
|
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Other
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.
3. CAPITAL STOCK
The following table summarizes capital stock activity:
|
| Six Months Ended 11/30/2006
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Shares sold
| | 4,475,892,887 | | | 11,646,059,688 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | 84,622,060 | | | 127,008,452 | |
Shares redeemed
|
| (4,094,628,584
| )
|
| (11,997,275,205
| )
|
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
| 465,886,363
|
|
| (224,207,065
| )
|
4. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
Federated Investment Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), receives for its services an annual investment adviser fee equal to 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the Adviser voluntarily waived $264,418 of its fee.
Administrative Fee
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average aggregate daily net assets of certain Federated funds as specified below:
Maximum Administrative Fee
|
| Average Aggregate Daily Net Assets of the Federated Funds
|
0.150%
|
| on the first $5 billion
|
0.125%
|
| on the next $5 billion
|
0.100%
|
| on the next $10 billion
|
0.075%
|
| on assets in excess of $20 billion
|
The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $150,000 per portfolio and $40,000 per each additional class of Shares. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the net fee paid to FAS was 0.076% of average aggregate daily net assets of the Fund.
Distribution Services Fee
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Fund will compensate Federated Securities Corp. (FSC), the principal distributor, from the daily net assets of the Fund's shares to finance activities intended to result in the sale of these shares. The Plan provides that the Fund may incur distribution expenses of up to 0.35% of average daily net assets, annually, to compensate FSC. FSC may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FSC can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. When FSC receives fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSC did not retain any fees paid by the Fund.
Shareholder Services Fee
The Fund may pay fees (Service Fees) up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Shares to financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC), for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. FSSC or these financial intermediaries may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of their fee. In addition, FSSC may voluntarily reimburse the Fund for shareholder services fees. This voluntary waiver and/or reimbursement can be modified or terminated at any time. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSSC did not receive any fees paid by the Fund.
General
Certain of the Officers and Directors of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
5. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
A substantial part of the Fund's portfolio may be comprised of obligations of banks. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible to any economic, business, political or other developments which generally affect these entities.
6. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Beginning in October 2003, Federated Investors, Inc. and various subsidiaries thereof (including the advisers and distributor for various investment companies, collectively, "Federated"), along with various investment companies sponsored by Federated ("Funds") were named as defendants in several class action lawsuits now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuits were purportedly filed on behalf of people who purchased, owned and/or redeemed shares of Federated-sponsored mutual funds during specified periods beginning November 1, 1998. The suits are generally similar in alleging that Federated engaged in illegal and improper trading practices including market timing and late trading in concert with certain institutional traders, which allegedly caused financial injury to the mutual fund shareholders. These lawsuits began to be filed shortly after Federated's first public announcement that it had received requests for information on shareholder trading activities in the Funds from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Office of the New York State Attorney General ("NYAG"), and other authorities. In that regard, on November 28, 2005, Federated announced that it had reached final settlements with the SEC and the NYAG with respect to those matters. As Federated previously reported in 2004, it has already paid approximately $8.0 million to certain funds as determined by an independent consultant. As part of these settlements, Federated agreed to pay for the benefit of fund shareholders additional disgorgement and a civil money penalty in the aggregate amount of an additional $72 million. Federated and various Funds have also been named as defendants in several additional lawsuits, the majority of which are now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, excessive advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees. The Board of the Funds has retained the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP to represent the Funds in these lawsuits. Federated and the Funds, and their respective counsel, are reviewing the allegations and intend to defend this litigation. Additional lawsuits based upon similar allegations may be filed in the future. The potential impact of these lawsuits, all of which seek unquantified damages, attorneys' fees and expenses, and future potential similar suits is uncertain. Although we do not believe that these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on the Funds, there can be no assurance that these suits, the ongoing adverse publicity and/or other developments resulting from the regulatory investigations will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sales of Fund shares, or other adverse consequences for the Funds.
7. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released FASB Interpretation No. 48 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" (FIN 48). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years no later than November 29, 2007. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FIN 48 and its impact in the financial statements has not yet been determined.
In addition, in September 2006, FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (FAS 157) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
8. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On December 21, 2006, the Corporation entered into a $150,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted discretionary line of credit (LOC) with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate of 0.65% over the federal funds rate.
Evaluation and Approval of Advisory Contract
PRIME CASH SERIES (THE "FUND")
The Fund's Board reviewed the Fund's investment advisory contract at meetings held in May 2006. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.
Prior to the meeting, the Adviser had recommended that the Federated Funds appoint a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated Fund. The Senior Officer appointed by the Funds has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below, which the Board considered, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
During its review of the contract, the Board considered compensation and benefits received by the Adviser. This included the fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades, as well as advisory fees. The Board is also familiar with judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the performance of the Fund; the Adviser's cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize "economies of scale" as the Fund grows larger; any indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant bearing on the Adviser's services and fees. The Board further considered management fees (including any components thereof) charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services and costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the management fee agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit and profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services. The Board was aware of these considerations and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent they are appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated Funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by the advice of independent legal counsel. Throughout the year, the Board has requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise the Senior Officer's evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board has received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's evaluation, accompanying data and additional reports covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or "peer group" funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates; the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders and their relative sophistication; the continuing state of competition in the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated Funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
With respect to the Fund's performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other mutual funds with comparable investment programs to be particularly useful, given the high degree of competition in the mutual fund business. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar mutual funds more heavily than non-mutual fund products or services because, simply put, they are more relevant. For example, other mutual funds are the products most like the Fund, they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle in fact chosen and maintained by the Fund's investors. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Fund competes. The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group was a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn assisted the Board in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract. In this regard, the Senior Officer has reviewed Federated's fees for providing advisory services to products outside the Federated family of funds (e.g., institutional and separate accounts). He concluded that mutual funds and institutional accounts are inherently different products. Those differences included, but are not limited to targeting different investors, being subject to different laws and regulations, different legal structure, distribution costs, average account size and portfolio management techniques made necessary by different cash flows. The Senior Officer did not consider these fee schedules to be significant in determining the appropriateness of mutual fund advisory contracts.
The Senior Officer reviewed reports compiled by Federated, and directed the preparation of independent reports, regarding the performance of, and fees charged by, other mutual funds, noting his view that comparisons to fund peer groups is of significance in judging the reasonableness of proposed fees.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's performance was above the median of the relevant peer group.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including reports on the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated Funds. These reports covered not only the fees under the advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The reports also discussed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades as well as waivers of fees and/or reimbursements of expenses. In order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate.
Federated furnished reports, requested by the Senior Officer, that reported revenues on a fund by fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund by fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the Senior Officer. The Senior Officer noted that, although they may apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs and the lack of consensus on how to allocate those costs causes such allocation reports to be of questionable value. The allocation reports were considered in the analysis by the Board but were determined to be of limited use.
The Board also reviewed profitability information for Federated and other publicly held fund management companies, provided by the Senior Officer, who noted the limited availability of such information, and concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive.
The Senior Officer's evaluation also discussed the notion of possible realization of "economies of scale" as a fund grows larger. The Board considered in this regard that the Adviser has made significant additional investments in the portfolio management and distribution efforts supporting all of the Federated funds and that the benefits of any economies, should they exist, were likely to be enjoyed by the fund complex as a whole. Finally, the Board also noted the absence of any applicable regulatory or industry guidelines on this subject, which is compounded by the lack of any common industry practice or general pattern with respect to structuring fund advisory fees with "breakpoints" that serve to reduce the fee as the fund attains a certain size. The Senior Officer did not recommend institution of breakpoints in pricing Federated's fund advisory services at this time.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's investment advisory fee after waivers and expense reimbursements, if any, was above the median of the relevant peer group.
At the Senior Officer's recommendation, the Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of the Fund with the Adviser and the Adviser noted the higher costs of services offered to shareholders and other expenses associated with the fund. The Board was satisfied that the overall expense structure of the Fund remained competitive. The Board will continue to monitor advisory fees and other expenses borne by the Fund.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were relevant to every Federated Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.
The Senior Officer also made recommendations relating to the organization and availability of data and verification of processes for purposes of implementing future evaluations which the Adviser has agreed to implement.
Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on "Form N-PX" of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available through Federated's website. Go to FederatedInvestors.com, select "Products," select the "Prospectuses and Regulatory Reports" link, then select the Fund to access the link to Form N-PX. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on "Form N-Q." These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.) You may also access this information from the "Products" section of the Federated Investors website at FederatedInvestors.com by clicking on "Portfolio Holdings" and selecting the name of the Fund, or by selecting the name of the Fund and clicking on "Portfolio Holdings." You must register on the website the first time you wish to access this information.
Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank, and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal. Although money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, there is no assurance that they will be able to do so.
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's prospectus, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses, and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called "householding"), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's "householding" program covers its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the "householding" program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent ("implied consent") if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to "household" at least sixty (60) days before it begins "householding" and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to "opt out" of "householding." Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of "householding" at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
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SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT
November 30, 2006
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS SUMMARY TABLES
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY CONTRACT
VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
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Financial Highlights
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
| | Six Months Ended (unaudited) | | | Year Ended May 31,
|
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| 11/30/2006
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| 2006
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| 2005
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|
| 2004
|
|
| 2003
|
|
| 2002
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | | | $1.00 | |
Income From Investment Operations:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | 0.0208 | | | 0.0295 | | | 0.0091 | | | 0.0004 | | | 0.0051 | | | 0.0159 | |
Net realized gain on investments
|
| 0.0000
| 2
|
| 0.0000
| 2
|
| 0.0000
| 2
|
| 0.0002
|
|
| 0.0006
|
|
| 0.0007
|
|
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
| 0.0208
|
|
| 0.0295
|
|
| 0.0091
|
|
| 0.0006
|
|
| 0.0057
|
|
| 0.0166
|
|
Less Distributions:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
| | (0.0208 | ) | | (0.0295 | ) | | (0.0091 | ) | | (0.0004 | ) | | (0.0051 | ) | | (0.0159 | ) |
Distributions from net realized gain on investments
|
| (0.0000
| ) 2
|
| (0.0000
| ) 2
|
| (0.0000
| ) 2
|
| (0.0002
| )
|
| (0.0006
| )
|
| (0.0007
| )
|
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS
|
| (0.0208
| )
|
| (0.0295
| )
|
| (0.0091
| )
|
| (0.0006
| )
|
| (0.0057
| )
|
| (0.0166
| )
|
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
Total Return 3
|
| 2.10
| %
|
| 2.99
| %
|
| 0.91
| %
|
| 0.06
| %
|
| 0.57
| %
|
| 1.67
| %
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
| 1.05
| % 4
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.01
| %
|
| 1.05
| %
|
| 1.03
| %
|
Net investment income
|
| 4.15
| % 4
|
| 3.00
| %
|
| 0.87
| %
|
| 0.04
| %
|
| 0.54
| %
|
| 1.63
| %
|
Expense waiver/reimbursement 5
|
| 0.05
| % 4
|
| 0.06
| %
|
| 0.08
| %
|
| 0.09
| %
|
| 0.05
| %
|
| - --
|
|
Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
|
| $356,847
|
| $388,810
|
| $252,537
|
| $341,511
|
| $491,107
|
| $606,949
|
|
1 Beginning with the year ended May 31, 2006, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.
2 Represents less than $0.0001.
3 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year, if any, are not annualized.
4 Computed on an annualized basis.
5 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees: to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or shareholder services fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
|
| Beginning Account Value 6/1/2006
|
| Ending Account Value 11/30/2006
|
| Expenses Paid During Period 1
|
Actual
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,021.00
|
| $5.32
|
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses)
|
| $1,000
|
| $1,019.80
|
| $5.32
|
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized net expense ratio of 1.05%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Portfolio of Investments Summary Tables
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's portfolio composition 1 was as follows:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
Repurchase Agreements
|
| 99.2
| %
|
U.S. Treasury Securities
|
| 5.6
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (4.8
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
At November 30, 2006, the Fund's effective maturity 3 schedule was as follows:
Securities With an Effective Maturity of:
|
| Percentage of Total Net Assets
|
1-7 Days
|
| 79.6
| %
|
8-30 Days
|
| 4.8
| %
|
31-90 Days
|
| 16.2
| %
|
91-180 Days
|
| 2.5
| %
|
181 Days or more
|
| 1.7
| %
|
Other Assets and Liabilities--Net 2
|
| (4.8
| )%
|
TOTAL
|
| 100.0
| %
|
1 See the Fund's Prospectus for a description of the principal types of securities in which the Fund invests.
2 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
3 Effective maturity is determined in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which regulates money market mutual funds.
Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | U.S. TREASURY--5.6% | | | | |
| | | U.S. Treasury Bill--4.8% 1 | | | | |
$ | 17,000,000 | | 5.220%, 12/15/2006
|
| $
| 16,965,490
|
|
| | | U.S. Treasury Note--0.8% | | | | |
| 3,000,000 | | 3.125%, 1/31/2007
|
|
| 2,992,874
|
|
| | | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY
|
|
| 19,958,364
|
|
| | | REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--99.2% | | | | |
| 71,112,000 | | Interest in $2,325,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.29%, dated 11/30/2006 under which BNP Paribas Securities Corp. will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 4/15/2029 for $2,325,341,646 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $2,371,500,687.
| | | 71,112,000 | |
| 6,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $320,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.19%, dated 11/17/2006 under which Banc of America Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 10/31/2008 for $322,814,133 on 1/17/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $326,400,439.
| | | 6,000,000 | |
| 71,000,000 | | Interest in $895,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.29%, dated 11/30/2006 under which Barclays Capital, Inc. will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 4/15/2032 for $895,131,515 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $912,900,727.
| | | 71,000,000 | |
| 71,000,000 | | Interest in $1,500,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.29%, dated 11/30/2006 under which Fortis Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2036 for $1,500,220,417 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,530,000,533.
| | | 71,000,000 | |
| 71,000,000 | | Interest in $1,900,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.29%, dated 11/30/2006 under which J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/28/2011 for $1,900,279,194 on 12/1/2006. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,938,001,245.
| | | 71,000,000 | |
| 21,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $1,000,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.19%, dated 11/17/2006 under which Merrill Lynch Government Securities will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2016 for $1,008,794,167 on 1/17/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $1,021,916,118.
| | | 21,000,000 | |
| 11,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $500,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.20%, dated 11/17/2006 under which Merrill Lynch Government Securities will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2036 for $504,405,556 on 1/17/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $510,960,324.
| | | 11,000,000 | |
Principal Amount
|
|
|
|
| Value
|
|
| | | REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS--continued | | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $150,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.21%, dated 9/20/2006 under which Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 8/15/2008 for $157,901,833 on 9/19/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $158,388,256.
| | $ | 3,000,000 | |
| 10,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $500,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.19%, dated 9/26/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2021 for $507,496,667 on 1/8/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $519,972,484.
| | | 10,000,000 | |
| 7,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $150,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.21%, dated 10/3/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 12/15/2010 for $152,583,292 on 1/31/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $156,990,644.
| | | 7,000,000 | |
| 7,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $300,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.23%, dated 9/5/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2025 for $308,934,583 on 3/30/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $312,980,420.
| | | 7,000,000 | |
| 2,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $150,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.23%, dated 10/16/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2031 for $153,944,292 on 4/16/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $158,983,913.
| | | 2,000,000 | |
| 3,000,000 | 2 | Interest in $100,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 5.34%, dated 8/8/2006 under which UBS Securities LLC will repurchase U.S. Treasury securities with various maturities to 2/15/2025 for $105,399,333 on 8/7/2007. The market value of the underlying securities at the end of the period was $106,985,305.
|
|
| 3,000,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
|
|
| 354,112,000
|
|
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS--104.8% (AT AMORTIZED COST) 3
|
|
| 374,070,364
|
|
| | | OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET--(4.8)%
|
|
| (17,222,990
| )
|
| | | TOTAL NET ASSETS--100%
|
| $
| 356,847,374
|
|
1 Discount rate at time of purchase.
2 Although the repurchase date is more than seven days after the date of purchase, the Fund has the right to terminate the repurchase agreement at any time with seven-days' notice.
3 Also represents cost for federal tax purposes.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at November 30, 2006.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Assets:
| | | | | | | |
Investments in repurchase agreements
| | $ | 354,112,000 | | | | |
Investments in securities
|
|
| 19,958,364
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost and value
| | | | | $ | 374,070,364 | |
Income receivable
| | | | | | 486,697 | |
Receivable for investments sold
| | | | | | 16,965,721 | |
Receivable for shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
| 2,829
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
| 391,525,611
|
|
Liabilities:
| | | | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased
| | | 33,930,980 | | | | |
Payable for shares redeemed
| | | 221,384 | | | | |
Income distribution payable
| | | 344,545 | | | | |
Payable to bank
| | | 4,106 | | | | |
Payable for distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | 30,405 | | | | |
Payable for shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | 76,171 | | | | |
Accrued expenses
|
|
| 70,646
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
| 34,678,237
|
|
Net assets for 356,848,157 shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
| $
| 356,847,374
|
|
Net Assets Consist of:
| | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital
| | | | | $ | 356,848,157 | |
Distributions in excess of net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
| (783
| )
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS
|
|
|
|
| $
| 356,847,374
|
|
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:
| | | | | | | |
($356,847,374 ÷ 356,848,157 shares outstanding), $0.001 par value, 12,500,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
|
|
|
| $1.00
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
Investment Income:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 9,338,971
|
Expenses:
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment adviser fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | $ | 897,322 | | | | |
Administrative personnel and services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 142,824 | | | | |
Custodian fees
| | | | | | | 11,889 | | | | |
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses
| | | | | | | 183,855 | | | | |
Directors'/Trustees' fees
| | | | | | | 3,049 | | | | |
Auditing fees
| | | | | | | 8,222 | | | | |
Legal fees
| | | | | | | 4,439 | | | | |
Portfolio accounting fees
| | | | | | | 40,080 | | | | |
Distribution services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 179,464 | | | | |
Shareholder services fee (Note 4)
| | | | | | | 448,661 | | | | |
Share registration costs
| | | | | | | 28,170 | | | | |
Printing and postage
| | | | | | | 17,067 | | | | |
Insurance premiums
| | | | | | | 4,507 | | | | |
Taxes (Note 2)
| | | | | | | 13,202 | | | | |
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8,183
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,990,934
|
|
|
|
|
Waivers (Note 4):
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Waiver of investment adviser fee
| | $ | (91,764 | ) | | | | | | | |
Waiver of administrative personnel and services fee
|
|
| (6,072
| )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WAIVERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (97,836
| )
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,893,098
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7,445,873
|
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 231
|
Change in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $
| 7,446,104
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
|
| Six Months Ended (unaudited) 11/30/2006
|
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
| | | | | | | | |
Operations:
| | | | | | | | |
Net investment income
| | $ | 7,445,873 | | | $ | 10,073,837 | |
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
| 231
|
|
|
| 1,089
|
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
| 7,446,104
|
|
|
| 10,074,926
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders:
| | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income
| | | (7,449,720 | ) | | | (10,071,186 | ) |
Distributions from net realized gain on investments
|
|
| (231
| )
|
|
| (1,089
| )
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
|
| (7,449,951
| )
|
|
| (10,072,275
| )
|
Share Transactions:
| | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sale of shares
| | | 442,293,437 | | | | 1,165,590,473 | |
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | | 7,154,936 | | | | 9,604,579 | |
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
| (481,407,102
| )
|
|
| (1,038,924,327
| )
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
| (31,958,729
| )
|
|
| 136,270,725
|
|
Change in net assets
|
|
| (31,962,576
| )
|
|
| 136,273,376
|
|
Net Assets:
| | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period
|
|
| 388,809,950
|
|
|
| 252,536,574
|
|
End of period (including undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income of $(783) and $3,064, respectively)
|
| $
| 356,847,374
|
|
| $
| 388,809,950
|
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
November 30, 2006 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Cash Trust Series, Inc. (the "Corporation") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment company. The Corporation consists of four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Treasury Cash Series (the "Fund"). The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. The primary investment objective of the Fund is to provide current income consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States of America.
Investment Valuation
The Fund uses the amortized cost method to value its portfolio securities in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act.
Repurchase Agreements
It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund's custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a "securities entitlement" and exercises "control" as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
With respect to agreements to repurchase U.S. government securities and cash items, the Fund treats the repurchase agreement as an investment in the underlying securities and not as an obligation of the other party to the repurchase agreement. Other repurchase agreements are treated as obligations of the other party secured by the underlying securities. Nevertheless, the insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund's adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Investment Income, Expenses and Distributions
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly.
Premium and Discount Amortization
All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary.
Other Taxes
As an open-end management investment company incorporated in the state of Maryland but domiciled in Pennsylvania, the Fund is subject to the Pennsylvania Franchise Tax. This franchise tax is assessed annually on the value of the Fund, as represented by average net assets for the tax year.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Other
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis.
3. CAPITAL STOCK
The following table summarizes capital stock activity:
|
| Six Months Ended 11/30/2006
|
|
| Year Ended 5/31/2006
|
|
Shares sold
| | 442,293,437 | | | 1,165,590,473 | |
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared
| | 7,154,936 | | | 9,604,579 | |
Shares redeemed
|
| (481,407,102
| )
|
| (1,038,924,327
| )
|
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
| (31,958,729
| )
|
| 136,270,725
|
|
4. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
Federated Investment Management Company, the Fund's investment adviser (the "Adviser"), receives for its services an annual investment adviser fee equal to 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the Adviser voluntarily waived $91,764 of its fee.
Administrative Fee
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average aggregate daily net assets of certain Federated funds as specified below:
Maximum Administrative Fee
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| Average Aggregate Daily Net Assets of the Federated Funds
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0.150%
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| on the first $5 billion
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0.125%
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| on the next $5 billion
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0.100%
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| on the next $10 billion
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0.075%
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| on assets in excess of $20 billion
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The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $150,000 per portfolio and $40,000 per each additional class of Shares. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, the net fee paid to FAS was 0.076% of average aggregate daily net assets of the Fund.
Distribution Services Fee
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Fund will compensate Federated Securities Corp. (FSC), the principal distributor, from the daily net assets of the Fund's shares to finance activities intended to result in the sale of these shares. The Plan provides that the Fund may incur distribution expenses of up to 0.35% of average daily net assets, annually, to compensate FSC. FSC may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FSC can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. When FSC receives fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSC retained $748 of fees paid by the Fund.
Shareholder Services Fee
The Fund may pay fees (Service Fees) up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund's Shares to financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC) for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. FSSC or these financial intermediaries may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of their fee. In addition, FSSC may voluntarily reimburse the Fund for shareholder services fees. This voluntary waiver and/or reimbursement can be modified or terminated at any time. For the six months ended November 30, 2006, FSSC did not receive any fees paid by the Fund.
General
Certain of the Officers and Directors of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
5. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Beginning in October 2003, Federated Investors, Inc. and various subsidiaries thereof (including the advisers and distributor for various investment companies, collectively, "Federated"), along with various investment companies sponsored by Federated ("Funds") were named as defendants in several class action lawsuits now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuits were purportedly filed on behalf of people who purchased, owned and/or redeemed shares of Federated-sponsored mutual funds during specified periods beginning November 1, 1998. The suits are generally similar in alleging that Federated engaged in illegal and improper trading practices including market timing and late trading in concert with certain institutional traders, which allegedly caused financial injury to the mutual fund shareholders. These lawsuits began to be filed shortly after Federated's first public announcement that it had received requests for information on shareholder trading activities in the Funds from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Office of the New York State Attorney General ("NYAG"), and other authorities. In that regard, on November 28, 2005, Federated announced that it had reached final settlements with the SEC and the NYAG with respect to those matters. As Federated previously reported in 2004, it has already paid approximately $8.0 million to certain funds as determined by an independent consultant. As part of these settlements, Federated agreed to pay for the benefit of fund shareholders additional disgorgement and a civil money penalty in the aggregate amount of an additional $72 million. Federated and various Funds have also been named as defendants in several additional lawsuits, the majority of which are now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, excessive advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees. The Board of the Funds has retained the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP to represent the Funds in these lawsuits. Federated and the Funds, and their respective counsel, are reviewing the allegations and intend to defend this litigation. Additional lawsuits based upon similar allegations may be filed in the future. The potential impact of these lawsuits, all of which seek unquantified damages, attorneys' fees and expenses, and future potential similar suits is uncertain. Although we do not believe that these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on the Funds, there can be no assurance that these suits, the ongoing adverse publicity and/or other developments resulting from the regulatory investigations will not result in increased Fund redemptions, reduced sales of Fund shares, or other adverse consequences for the Funds.
6. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released FASB Interpretation No. 48 "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" (FIN 48). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years no later than November 29, 2007. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FIN 48 and its impact in the financial statements has not yet been determined.
In addition, in September 2006, FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (FAS 157) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Funds' financial statement disclosures.
7. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On December 21, 2006, the Corporation entered into a $150,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted discretionary line of credit (LOC) with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate of 0.65% over the federal funds rate.
Evaluation and Approval of Advisory Contract
TREASURY CASH SERIES (THE "FUND")
The Fund's Board reviewed the Fund's investment advisory contract at meetings held in May 2006. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.
Prior to the meeting, the Adviser had recommended that the Federated Funds appoint a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated Fund. The Senior Officer appointed by the Funds has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below, which the Board considered, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
During its review of the contract, the Board considered compensation and benefits received by the Adviser. This included the fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades, as well as advisory fees. The Board is also familiar with judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the performance of the Fund; the Adviser's cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize "economies of scale" as the Fund grows larger; any indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant bearing on the Adviser's services and fees. The Board further considered management fees (including any components thereof) charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for like services and costs to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the management fee agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit and profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates from supplying such services. The Board was aware of these considerations and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent they are appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated Funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by the advice of independent legal counsel. Throughout the year, the Board has requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise the Senior Officer's evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board has received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's evaluation, accompanying data and additional reports covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or "peer group" funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates; the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders and their relative sophistication; the continuing state of competition in the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated Funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated Funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
With respect to the Fund's performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other mutual funds with comparable investment programs to be particularly useful, given the high degree of competition in the mutual fund business. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar mutual funds more heavily than non-mutual fund products or services because, simply put, they are more relevant. For example, other mutual funds are the products most like the Fund, they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle in fact chosen and maintained by the Fund's investors. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Fund competes. The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group was a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn assisted the Board in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract. In this regard, the Senior Officer has reviewed Federated's fees for providing advisory services to products outside the Federated family of funds (e.g., institutional and separate accounts). He concluded that mutual funds and institutional accounts are inherently different products. Those differences included, but are not limited to targeting different investors, being subject to different laws and regulations, different legal structure, distribution costs, average account size and portfolio management techniques made necessary by different cash flows. The Senior Officer did not consider these fee schedules to be significant in determining the appropriateness of mutual fund advisory contracts.
The Senior Officer reviewed reports compiled by Federated, and directed the preparation of independent reports, regarding the performance of, and fees charged by, other mutual funds, noting his view that comparisons to fund peer groups is of significance in judging the reasonableness of proposed fees.
The Fund's performance fell below the median of the relevant peer group during the year ending December 31, 2005. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Adviser and recognized the efforts being undertaken by the Adviser. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and the performance of the Fund.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including reports on the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated Funds. These reports covered not only the fees under the advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated Funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The reports also discussed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades as well as waivers of fees and/or reimbursements of expenses. In order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate.
Federated furnished reports, requested by the Senior Officer, that reported revenues on a fund by fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund by fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the Senior Officer. The Senior Officer noted that, although they may apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs and the lack of consensus on how to allocate those costs causes such allocation reports to be of questionable value. The allocation reports were considered in the analysis by the Board but were determined to be of limited use.
The Board also reviewed profitability information for Federated and other publicly held fund management companies, provided by the Senior Officer, who noted the limited availability of such information, and concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive.
The Senior Officer's evaluation also discussed the notion of possible realization of "economies of scale" as a fund grows larger. The Board considered in this regard that the Adviser has made significant additional investments in the portfolio management and distribution efforts supporting all of the Federated Funds and that the benefits of any economies, should they exist, were likely to be enjoyed by the fund complex as a whole. Finally, the Board also noted the absence of any applicable regulatory or industry guidelines on this subject, which is compounded by the lack of any common industry practice or general pattern with respect to structuring fund advisory fees with "breakpoints" that serve to reduce the fee as the fund attains a certain size. The Senior Officer did not recommend institution of breakpoints in pricing Federated's fund advisory services at this time.
During the year ending December 31, 2005, the Fund's investment advisory fee after waivers and expense reimbursements, if any, was above the median of the relevant peer group
At the Senior Officer's recommendation, the Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of the Fund with the Adviser and the Adviser noted the higher costs of services offered to shareholders and other expenses associated with the fund. The Board was satisfied that the overall expense structure of the Fund remained competitive. The Board will continue to monitor advisory fees and other expenses borne by the Fund.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were relevant to every Federated Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.
The Senior Officer also made recommendations relating to the organization and availability of data and verification of processes for purposes of implementing future evaluations which the Adviser has agreed to implement.
Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on "Form N-PX" of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available through Federated's website. Go to FederatedInvestors.com, select "Products," select the "Prospectuses and Regulatory Reports" link, then select the Fund to access the link to Form N-PX. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on "Form N-Q." These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.) You may also access this information from the "Products" section of the Federated Investors website at FederatedInvestors.com by clicking on "Portfolio Holdings" and selecting the name of the Fund, or by selecting the name of the Fund and clicking on "Portfolio Holdings." You must register on the website the first time you wish to access this information.
Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank, and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal. Although money market funds seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share, there is no assurance that they will be able to do so.
This report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's prospectus, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses, and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called "householding"), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's "householding" program covers its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the "householding" program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent ("implied consent") if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to "household" at least sixty (60) days before it begins "householding" and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to "opt out" of "householding." Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of "householding" at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Distributor
Cusip 147551402
0122607 (1/07)
Federated is a registered mark of Federated Investors, Inc. 2007 (c)Federated Investors, Inc.
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS
Not Applicable
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Not Applicable
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Not Applicable
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS
Not Applicable
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Not Applicable
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not Applicable
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not Applicable
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT
COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
Not Applicable
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not Applicable
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) The registrant's President and Treasurer have concluded that the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c)
under the Act) are effective in design and operation and are sufficient to form
the basis of the certifications required by Rule 30a-(2) under the Act, based on
their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of
the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the last fiscal
quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE
SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
REGISTRANT CASH TRUST SERIES, INC.
BY /S/ RICHARD A. NOVAK
Richard A. Novak, Principal Financial Officer
DATE January 23, 2007
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTRANT AND IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE
DATES INDICATED.
BY /S/ J. CHRISTOPHER DONAHUE
J. Christopher Donahue, Principal Executive Officer
DATE January 23, 2007
BY /S/ RICHARD A. NOVAK
Richard A. Novak, Principal Financial Officer
DATE January 23, 2007