Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. | |||||||
Portfolio of Investments | |||||||
March 31, 2023 (Unaudited) | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 87.39% | Shares | Value | |||||
Closed-End Funds - 73.49% | |||||||
Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. | 555,653 | $ | 1,478,037 | ||||
abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend | 49,874 | 465,324 | |||||
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. | 322,377 | 5,012,962 | |||||
Apollo Tactical Income Fund, Inc. | 96,992 | 1,175,543 | |||||
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust | 382,593 | 4,476,338 | |||||
Blackrock ESG Capital Allocation Trust | 369,295 | 5,764,695 | |||||
BlackRock Innovation & Growth Trust | 7,287 | 58,515 | |||||
Blackstone Strategic Credit 2027 Term Fund | 32,422 | 345,294 | |||||
Center Coast Brookfield MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund | 146,938 | 2,828,557 | |||||
Central Securities Corp. | 214,394 | 7,457,309 | |||||
Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund | 461,022 | 871,332 | |||||
Destra Multi-Alternative Fund | 167,969 | 1,011,173 | |||||
Dividend and Income Fund | 350,673 | 3,948,578 | |||||
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund | 340,307 | 3,307,784 | |||||
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. | 71,885 | 582,987 | |||||
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund | 516,930 | 6,585,688 | |||||
General American Investors Co., Inc. | 324,541 | 12,627,890 | |||||
High Income Securities Fund | 242,733 | 1,577,765 | |||||
Highland Income Fund | 449,644 | 3,952,371 | |||||
Mexico Equity & Income Fund, Inc. (a) | 100,100 | 1,008,007 | |||||
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | 382,937 | 1,229,228 | |||||
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | 62,608 | 462,673 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. | 313,879 | 2,021,381 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. | 122,802 | 555,065 | |||||
Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund, Inc. | 34,908 | 335,815 | |||||
Neuberger Berman Next Generation Connectivity Fund, Inc. | 458,399 | 4,771,934 | |||||
New America High Income Fund, Inc. | 45,969 | 313,049 | |||||
Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund | 12,779 | 147,470 | |||||
Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund | 227,452 | 2,668,012 | |||||
NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund | 64,196 | 2,354,067 | |||||
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd. Fund (f) | 10,000 | 350,250 | |||||
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund | 592,234 | 4,826,707 | |||||
SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. | 980,937 | 12,045,906 | |||||
Taiwan Fund, Inc. (a) | 223,819 | 6,034,160 | |||||
The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. | 236,992 | 1,879,347 | |||||
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. | 21,079 | 593,374 | |||||
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. | 55,479 | 712,905 | |||||
Vertical Capital Income Fund | 310,486 | 3,045,868 | |||||
Virtus Total Return Fund, Inc. | 403,236 | 2,610,953 | |||||
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc. | 13,945 | 110,260 | |||||
111,604,573 | |||||||
Business Development Companies - 13.90% | |||||||
Barings BDC, Inc. | 383,006 | 3,041,068 | |||||
CION Investment Corp. | 822,020 | 8,113,337 | |||||
Crescent Capital BDC, Inc. | 93,701 | 1,276,208 | |||||
FS KKR Capital Corp. | 213,874 | 3,956,669 | |||||
Logan Ridge Finance Corp. | 68,661 | 1,428,149 | |||||
PennantPark Investment Corp. | 34,965 | 184,615 | |||||
Portman Ridge Finance Corp. | 113,781 | 2,345,026 | |||||
Runway Growth Finance Corp. | 26,961 | 327,037 | |||||
SuRo Capital Corp. | 120,880 | 437,586 | |||||
21,109,695 | |||||||
Total Investment Companies (Cost $132,736,329) | 132,714,268 | ||||||
TRUSTS - 0.30% | |||||||
Copper Property CTL Pass Through Trust | 39,620 | 439,782 | |||||
Lamington Road Grantor Trust (a)(c)(f) | 320,690 | 18,279 | |||||
Total Trusts (Cost $616,025) | 458,061 | ||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.43% | |||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.43% | |||||||
Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor, Inc. | 171,723 | 302,232 | |||||
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | 22,324 | 354,282 | |||||
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $4,932,716) | 656,514 | ||||||
OTHER COMMON STOCKS - 5.63% | |||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.93% | |||||||
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | 4,400 | 7,484,488 | |||||
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.70% | |||||||
Howard Hughes Corp. (a) | 12,000 | 960,000 | |||||
Trinity Place Holdings, Inc. (a) | 221,748 | 106,439 | |||||
1,066,439 | |||||||
Total Other Common Stocks (Cost $6,552,341) | 8,550,927 | ||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 3.27% | |||||||
Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. | 26,801 | 109,080 | |||||
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust | 202,079 | 2,097,580 | |||||
Seven Hills Realty Trust | 274,093 | 2,751,894 | |||||
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $8,698,566) | 4,958,554 | ||||||
Shares/Units | |||||||
SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION VEHICLES - 27.48% (a) | |||||||
7 Acquisition Corp. (f) | 64,660 | 675,050 | |||||
Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. | 18,280 | 185,176 | |||||
AfterNext HealthTech Acquisition Corp. (f) | 29,600 | 302,512 | |||||
Alset Capital Acquisition Corp. | 47,500 | 486,400 | |||||
AltC Acquisition Corp. | 100,000 | 1,015,000 | |||||
B Riley Principal 250 Merger Corp. | 99,999 | 1,015,990 | |||||
bleuacacia Ltd. (f) | 46,542 | 475,659 | |||||
C5 Acquisition Corp. | 100,000 | 1,044,000 | |||||
Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (f) | 81,400 | 849,816 | |||||
Cartesian Growth Corp. II (f) | 208,980 | 2,192,200 | |||||
Churchill Capital Corp. V | 105,728 | 1,065,738 | |||||
Churchill Capital Corp. VI | 81,000 | 818,910 | |||||
Churchill Capital Corp. VII | 124,920 | 1,266,689 | |||||
Colombier Acquisition Corp. | 99,999 | 1,012,990 | |||||
Concord Acquisition Corp. II | 93,029 | 943,314 | |||||
Consilium Acquisition Corp I Ltd. (f) | 96,900 | 1,003,399 | |||||
dMY Technology Group, Inc. VI | 118,227 | 1,208,292 | |||||
Elliott Opportunity II Corp. (f) | 127,791 | 1,309,219 | |||||
Embrace Change Acquisition Corp. (f) | 23,045 | 240,359 | |||||
FG Merger Corp. | 200,000 | 2,080,000 | |||||
Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. III (f) | 73,639 | 751,118 | |||||
G Squared Ascend II, Inc. (f) | 67,998 | 701,059 | |||||
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV | 100,000 | 1,013,000 | |||||
HNR Acquisition Corp. | 63,000 | 657,720 | |||||
Hudson Acquisition I Corp. | 25,100 | 256,522 | |||||
Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V (f) | 230,649 | 2,403,363 | |||||
Keyarch Acquisition Corp. (f) | 150,000 | 1,548,000 | |||||
LIV Capital Acquisition Corp. II (f) | 94,500 | 985,635 | |||||
Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. Units | 1 | 10 | |||||
Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. | 1,620 | 16,362 | |||||
M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. | 159,558 | 1,646,639 | |||||
Metals Acquisition Corp. (f) | 49,900 | 509,978 | |||||
Motive Capital Corp. II (f) | 80,540 | 840,435 | |||||
New Providence Acquisition Corp. II | 22,700 | 236,080 | |||||
Plutonian Acquisition Corp. | 101,969 | 1,044,163 | |||||
Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp. (f) | 27,640 | 282,757 | |||||
Post Holdings Partnering Corp. | 150,000 | 1,518,000 | |||||
PowerUp Acquisition Corp. (f) | 15,000 | 157,350 | |||||
PROOF Acquisition Corp. I | 30,874 | 322,016 | |||||
Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. (f) | 110,800 | 1,163,954 | |||||
RCF Acquisition Corp. (f) | 119,807 | 1,249,587 | |||||
Rice Acquisition Corp. II (f) | 107,500 | 1,100,263 | |||||
Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (f) | 200,000 | 2,032,000 | |||||
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. II (f) | 50,000 | 511,000 | |||||
Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. IV (f) | 110,000 | 1,124,200 | |||||
Zimmer Energy Transition Acquisition Corp. | 46,613 | 472,190 | |||||
Total Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (Cost $40,458,233) | 41,734,114 | ||||||
Principal | |||||||
Amount | |||||||
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 1.02% | |||||||
Lamington Road DAC (b)(c)(f) | |||||||
8.000%, 04/07/2121 | $ | 16,542,013 | 661,680 | ||||
9.750%, 04/07/2121 | 1,708,119 | 886,514 | |||||
Total Corporate Obligations (Cost $5,563,098) | 1,548,194 | ||||||
UNSECURED NOTES - 3.21% | |||||||
iMedia Brands, Inc. | |||||||
8.500%, 09/30/2026 | 23,458 | 178,281 | |||||
Sachem Capital Corp. | |||||||
7.125%, 06/30/2024 | 60,000 | 1,447,962 | |||||
7.750%, 09/30/2025 | 120,000 | 2,850,936 | |||||
6.000%, 03/30/2027 | 20,000 | 403,000 | |||||
Total Unsecured Notes (Cost $5,546,450) | 4,880,179 | ||||||
Shares | |||||||
WARRANTS - 0.17% (a) | |||||||
African Gold Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2028 | 150,000 | 1,500 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
AGBA Group Holding Ltd. | |||||||
Expiration: May 2024 | 51,750 | 1,470 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Alset Capital Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: February 2027 | 23,750 | 1,069 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Andretti Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2028 | 72,334 | 5,194 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
B Riley Principal 250 Merger Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 33,333 | 2,210 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I | |||||||
Expiration: November 2028 | 32,500 | 3,646 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
C5 Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: May 2028 | 50,000 | 2,000 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. | |||||||
Expiration: July 2023 | 40,700 | 2,035 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Cartesian Growth Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: July 2028 | 21,986 | 3,520 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
CF Acquisition Corp. VIII | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 8,500 | 892 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Churchill Capital Corp. V | |||||||
Expiration: October 2027 | 26,432 | 4,938 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Churchill Capital Corp. VI | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 16,200 | 1,782 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Churchill Capital Corp. VII | |||||||
Expiration: February 2028 | 24,984 | 3,060 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Colombier Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2028 | 33,333 | 7,210 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Conyers Park III Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: August 2028 | 99,245 | 18,856 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 33,333 | 3,997 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. 2 | |||||||
Expiration: June 2026 | 14,366 | 1,020 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Digital Health Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: October 2023 | 116,000 | 9,860 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Dune Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: October 2027 | 19,300 | 1,158 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
EdtechX Holdings Acquisition Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: June 2027 | 55,500 | 1,560 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Elliott Opportunity II Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2026 | 150,000 | 8,250 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
FAST Acquisition Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: March 2026 | 28,999 | 10,016 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
FG Merger Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: June 2027 | 150,000 | 7,575 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Forum Merger IV Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 24,225 | 3,028 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Fusion Acquisition Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 46,666 | 532 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
G Squared Ascend II, Inc. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2026 | 22,666 | 646 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV | |||||||
Expiration: May 2028 | 20,000 | 2,802 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
HNR Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: July 2028 | 63,000 | 6,300 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Insight Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: August 2026 | 12,450 | 249 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp. I | |||||||
Expiration: November 2028 | 150,000 | 15,015 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Juniper II Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2028 | 104,500 | 10,450 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Keyarch Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: July 2028 | 75,000 | 2,100 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Lamington Road | |||||||
Expiration: July 2025 | 640,000 | 0 | |||||
Exercise Price: $0.20 (c)(e)(f) | |||||||
Landcadia Holdings IV, Inc. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2028 | 25,000 | 4,112 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Leo Holdings Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: January 2028 | 12,308 | 159 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
LIV Capital Acquisition Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: February 2027 | 70,875 | 3,615 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2026 | 540 | 189 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
M3-Brigade Acquisition III Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: May 2023 | 36,666 | 13,566 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Motive Capital Corp. II | |||||||
Expiration: May 2028 | 79,025 | 12,399 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Murphy Canyon Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: February 2027 | 94,500 | 8,505 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Nogin, Inc. | |||||||
Expiration: August 2027 | 55,350 | 1,555 | |||||
Exercise Price: $230.00 | |||||||
Northern Star Investment Corp. III | |||||||
Expiration: February 2028 | 17,833 | 892 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Northern Star Investment Corp. IV | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 8,833 | 318 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Oxbridge Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: August 2026 | 50,000 | 3,280 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Plutonian Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: October 2027 | 101,969 | 5,690 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Post Holdings Partnering Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: April 2026 | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 76,000 | 1,748 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2027 | 50,000 | 11,000 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Shapeways Holdings, Inc. | |||||||
Expiration: October 2026 | 100,000 | 2,200 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
Signa Sports United NV | |||||||
Expiration: December 2026 | 29,000 | 3,990 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
Tailwind International Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: March 2028 | 13,400 | 268 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (f) | |||||||
TG Venture Acquisition Corp. | |||||||
Expiration: August 2023 | 100,000 | 4,250 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 | |||||||
ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. | |||||||
Expiration: December 2026 | 65,250 | 0 | |||||
Exercise Price: $11.50 (c)(e)(f) | |||||||
Total Warrants (Cost $1,146,896) | 251,676 | ||||||
RIGHTS - 0.04% (a) | |||||||
Alset Capital Acquisition Corp. | 47,500 | 10,925 | |||||
Hudson Acquisition I Corp. (Expiration: July 18, 2023) | 25,100 | 3,790 | |||||
Keyarch Acquisition Corp. (f) | 150,000 | 12,705 | |||||
Nocturne Acquisition Corp. (f) | 75,000 | 9,750 | |||||
Plutonian Acquisition Corp. (Expiration: August 15, 2023) | 101,969 | 16,315 | |||||
Total Rights (Cost $74,774) | 53,485 | ||||||
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 9.98% | |||||||
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio - Class I, 4.710% (d) | 7,580,395 | 7,580,395 | |||||
Invesco Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class, 4.722% (d) | 7,580,395 | 7,580,395 | |||||
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $15,160,790) | 15,160,790 | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $221,486,218) - 138.92% | 210,966,762 | ||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.48)% | (734,263) | ||||||
Preferred Stock - (38.44)% | (58,373,850) | ||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 151,858,649 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. |
(a) | Non-income producing security. | |||||
(b) | The coupon rate shown represents the rate at March 31, 2023. | |||||
(c) | Fair valued securities. The total market value of these securities was $1,566,473, representing 1.03% of net assets. Value determined using significant unobservable inputs. | |||||
(d) | The rate shown represents the seven-day yield at March 31, 2023. | |||||
(e) | Illiquid securities. The total market value of these securities was $0, representing 0.00% of net assets. | |||||
(f) | Foreign-issued security. |
The Schedule of Investments incorporates the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). GICS was developed | |||||
by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC ("S&P"). GICS is a | |||||
service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC. | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these schedule of investments. |
Valuation of investments—The Fund calculates its net asset value based on the current market value for its portfolio securities. The Fund normally obtains market values for its securities from independent pricing sources and broker-dealers. Independent pricing sources may use last reported sale prices or if not available the most recent bid price, current market quotations or valuations from computerized “matrix” systems that derive values based on comparable securities. A matrix system incorporates parameters such as security quality, maturity and coupon, and/or research and evaluations by its staff, including review of broker-dealer market price quotations, if available, in determining the valuation of the portfolio securities. If a market value is not available from an independent pricing source or a broker-dealer for a particular security, that security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Various factors may be reviewed in order to make a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Factors for other securities may include, but are not limited to, the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; and changes in overall market conditions. If events occur that materially affect the value of securities between the close of trading in those securities and the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the securities may be fair valued. U.S. and foreign debt securities including short-term debt instruments having a maturity of 60 days or less shall be valued in accordance with the price supplied by a Pricing Service using the evaluated bid price. Money market mutual funds, demand notes and repurchase agreements are valued at cost, unless the Board or its delegate determines that this does not represent fair value. |
The Fund has adopted fair valuation accounting standards that establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various input and valuation techniques used in measuring fair value. Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below: | |
Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access. | |
Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data. | |
Level 3—Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. | |
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. | |
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. | |
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund’s Level 3 investments are listed in the table of valuation techniques and inputs. Significant changes in any of these inputs in isolation may result in a change in fair value measurement. | |
In accordance with procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors, the Adviser shall initially value non-publicly-traded securities (for which a current market value is not readily available) at their acquisition cost less related expenses, where identifiable, unless and until the Adviser determines that such value does not represent fair value. | |
The Adviser sends a memorandum to the Chairman of the Valuation Committee with respect to any non-publicly-traded securities that are valued using a method other than cost detailing the reason, factors considered, and impact on the Fund’s NAV. If the Chairman determines that such fair valuation(s) require the involvement of the Valuation Committee, a special meeting of the Valuation Committee is called as soon as practicable to discuss such fair valuation(s). The Valuation Committee of the Board consists of at least two non-interested Directors, as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940. | |
In addition to special meetings, the Valuation Committee meets prior to each regular quarterly Board meeting. At each quarterly meeting, the Adviser delivers a written report (the “Quarterly Report”) regarding any recommendations of fair valuation during the past quarter, including fair valuations which have not changed. The Valuation Committee reviews the Quarterly Report, discusses the valuation of the fair valued securities with appropriate levels of representatives from the Adviser’s management, and, unless more information is required, approves the valuation of fair valued securities. | |
The Valuation Committee also reviews other interim reports as necessary. |
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of March 31, 2023 in valuing the Fund's investments: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted Prices in Active | Significant Other | |||||||||||||||
Markets for Identical | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | ||||||||||||||
Investments (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3)* | Total | |||||||||||||
Investment Companies | ||||||||||||||||
Closed-End Funds | $ | 111,604,573 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 111,604,573 | ||||||||
Business Development Companies | 21,109,695 | - | - | 21,109,695 | ||||||||||||
Trusts | - | 439,782 | 18,279 | 458,061 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||||||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts | 656,514 | - | - | 656,514 | ||||||||||||
Other Common Stocks | ||||||||||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 7,484,488 | - | - | 7,484,488 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development | 1,066,439 | - | - | 1,066,439 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts | 4,958,554 | - | - | 4,958,554 | ||||||||||||
Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles | 29,869,824 | 11,864,290 | - | 41,734,114 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Obligations | - | - | 1,548,194 | 1,548,194 | ||||||||||||
Unsecured Notes | 4,880,179 | - | - | 4,880,179 | ||||||||||||
Warrants | 143,466 | 108,210 | 0 | 251,676 | ||||||||||||
Rights | 20,675 | 32,810 | - | 53,485 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds | 15,160,790 | - | - | 15,160,790 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 196,955,197 | $ | 12,445,092 | $ | 1,566,473 | $ | 210,966,762 | ||||||||
*The Fund measures Level 3 activity as of the beginning and end of each financial reporting period. |
Level 3 Reconciliation Disclosure | ||||||||||||
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value: | ||||||||||||
Category | Trusts | Corporate Obligations | Warrants | |||||||||
Balance as of 12/31/2022 | $ | 18,279 | $ | 1,525,819 | $ | 4,639 | ||||||
Acquisitions | - | 189,182 | - | |||||||||
Dispositions | - | - | - | |||||||||
Transfers into (out of) Level 3 | - | - | (249 | ) | ||||||||
Accretion/Amortization | - | (151 | ) | - | ||||||||
Corporate Actions | - | - | - | |||||||||
Realized Gain (Loss) | - | - | - | |||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | - | (166,656 | ) | (4,390 | ) | |||||||
Balance as of 3/31/2023 | $ | 18,279 | $ | 1,548,194 | $ | 0 | ||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period for Level 3 investments held at March 31, 2023 | $ | - | $ | (166,656 | ) | $ | (4,568 | ) |
The following table presents additional information about valuation methodologies and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and | |
categorized within Level 3 as of March 31, 2023: |
Category | Fair Value March 31, 2023 | Valuation Methodologies | Unobservable Inputs | Range | Impact to valuation from an increase to input | ||||||||||||
Trust Certificates | $ | 18,279 | Last Traded Price | Market Assessments | $0.057 | Significant changes in market conditions could result in direct and proportional changes in the fair value of the security | |||||||||||
Corporate Obligations | 1,548,194 | Last Traded Price, Company-Specific Information | Terms of the Note/ Company's Financial Assessments/ Company Announcements | 4.00-51.90 | Significant changes in company’s financials, changes to the terms of the notes or changes to the general business conditions impacting the company’s business may result in changes to the fair value of the securities | ||||||||||||
Warrants | 0 | Last Traded Price | Market Assessments | 0.00-0.10 | Significant changes in market conditions could result in direct and proportional changes in the fair value of the security | ||||||||||||