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Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-22328

 

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02110

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Scott R. Plummer

5228 Ameriprise Financial Center

Minneapolis, MN 55474

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(800) 345-6611

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2015

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

Portfolio of Investments

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund

September 30, 2015 (Unaudited)

(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)

 


 

Issuer

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks 95.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

LifeLock, Inc. (a)

 

248,200

 

$

2,174,232

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

2,174,232

 

HEALTH CARE 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Technology 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Veeva Systems Inc., Class A (a)

 

32,400

 

758,484

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

758,484

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 94.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Equipment 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

 

51,369

 

3,143,269

 

Arris Group, Inc. (a)

 

35,700

 

927,129

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

137,200

 

3,601,500

 

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

 

41,800

 

4,840,440

 

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

 

2,300

 

395,600

 

Total

 

 

 

12,907,938

 

Internet Software & Services 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)

 

19,600

 

1,762,040

 

Google, Inc., Class A (a)

 

8,900

 

5,681,493

 

Google, Inc., Class C (a)

 

10,324

 

6,281,328

 

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

28,067

 

693,816

 

Total

 

 

 

14,418,677

 

IT Services 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Sciences Corp.

 

49,500

 

3,038,310

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

10,990

 

814,249

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

24,800

 

1,663,584

 

Sabre Corp.

 

75,768

 

2,059,374

 

Travelport Worldwide Ltd.

 

190,300

 

2,515,766

 

Vantiv, Inc., Class A (a)

 

22,500

 

1,010,700

 

Visa, Inc., Class A (b)

 

99,300

 

6,917,238

 

WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR (a)

 

48,821

 

1,364,547

 

Total

 

 

 

19,383,768

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 47.5%

 

 

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

 

166,400

 

4,376,320

 

Altera Corp.

 

55,000

 

2,754,400

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

40,500

 

594,945

 

Avago Technologies Ltd. (b)

 

87,027

 

10,879,245

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A (b)

 

263,914

 

13,573,097

 

Cavium, Inc. (a)

 

45,800

 

2,810,746

 

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

 

96,200

 

819,624

 

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)

 

33,885

 

1,239,513

 

Lam Research Corp. (b)

 

310,500

 

20,284,965

 

 

 

Issuer

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

703,516

 

$

2,708,537

 

Mattson Technology, Inc. (a)

 

505,894

 

1,178,733

 

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (b)

 

274,800

 

9,178,320

 

Microsemi Corp. (a)(b)

 

218,477

 

7,170,415

 

Qorvo, Inc. (a)

 

144,100

 

6,491,705

 

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

 

58,556

 

4,931,001

 

Synaptics, Inc. (a)(b)

 

198,006

 

16,327,575

 

Teradyne, Inc. (b)

 

712,100

 

12,824,921

 

Total

 

 

 

118,144,062

 

Software 20.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 

10,800

 

333,612

 

AVG Technologies NV (a)

 

70,900

 

1,542,075

 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)(b)

96,400

 

7,647,412

 

Imperva, Inc. (a)

 

3,400

 

222,632

 

King Digital Entertainment PLC

 

477,800

 

6,469,412

 

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

 

19,416

 

317,840

 

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

 

18,200

 

1,308,216

 

Rovi Corp. (a)

 

260,200

 

2,729,498

 

Salesforce.com, inc. (a)

 

35,700

 

2,478,651

 

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

 

104,595

 

4,104,308

 

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

5,700

 

186,960

 

Synopsys, Inc. (a)(b)

 

394,444

 

18,215,424

 

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

 

59,800

 

2,580,370

 

VMware, Inc., Class A (a)

 

49,000

 

3,860,710

 

Total

 

 

 

51,997,120

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 7.3%

 

 

 

Apple, Inc. (b)

 

128,100

 

14,129,430

 

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a)

 

72,500

 

3,137,800

 

EMC Corp.

 

10,600

 

256,096

 

QLogic Corp. (a)

 

70,700

 

724,675

 

Total

 

 

 

18,248,001

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

235,099,566

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.1%

 

 

 

Ooma, Inc. (a)

 

19,100

 

132,745

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

132,745

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $205,206,948)

 

 

 

$

238,165,027

 


 



 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Funds 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 0.169% (c)(d)

11,137,581

 

$

11,137,581

 

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost: $11,137,581)

 

 

 

$

11,137,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost: $216,344,529) (e)

 

 

 

$

249,302,608(f)

 

Other Assets & Liabilities, Net

 

 

 

(666,363)

 

Net Assets

 

 

 

$

248,636,245

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


At September 30, 2015, securities totaling $122,590,250 were pledged as collateral.

 

Investments in Derivatives

Open Options Contracts Written at September 30, 2015

 

 

 

Issuer

 

Puts/Calls

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Exercise
Price ($)

 

Premium
Received ($)

 

Expiration
Date

 

Value ($)

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

 

Call

 

270

 

4,400.00

 

296,354

 

10/2015

 

214,650

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

 

(a)

Non-income producing investment.

(b)

This security or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with options contracts.

(c)

The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at September 30, 2015.

(d)

As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. Holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

Issuer

 

Beginning
Cost ($)

 

Purchase
Cost ($)

 

Proceeds From
Sales ($)

 

Ending Cost ($)

 

Dividends —
Affiliated Issuers ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund

 

2,370,399

 

63,043,147

 

(54,275,965

)

11,137,581

 

4,085

 

11,137,581

 

 

(e)

At September 30, 2015, the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was approximately $216,345,000 and the approximate aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on that cost was:

 

Unrealized Appreciation

 

$

46,089,000

 

Unrealized Depreciation

 

(13,131,000

)

Net Unrealized Appreciation

 

$

32,958,000

 

 

(f)

Investments are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.

 

Abbreviation Legend

 

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

 

The Fund categorizes its fair value measurements according to a three-level hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by prioritizing that the most observable input be used when available.  Observable inputs are those that market participants would use in pricing an investment based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are those that reflect the Fund’s assumptions about the information market participants would use in pricing an investment. An investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is deemed significant to the asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, certain U.S. government securities are generally high quality and liquid, however, they are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.

 

Fair value inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

·                                         Level 1 - Valuations based on quoted prices for investments in active markets that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date (including NAV for open-end mutual funds).  Valuation adjustments are not applied to Level 1 investments.

 

·                                         Level 2 – Valuations based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.).

 

·                                         Level 3 – Valuations based on significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions and judgment in determining the fair value of investments).

 


 

Inputs that are used in determining fair value of an investment may include price information, credit data, volatility statistics, and other factors. These inputs can be either observable or unobservable. The availability of observable inputs can vary between investments, and is affected by various factors such as the type of investment, and the volume and level of activity for that investment or similar investments in the marketplace. The inputs will be considered by the Investment Manager, along with any other relevant factors in the calculation of an investment’s fair value. The Fund uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, which may include periods of market dislocations. During these periods, the availability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many investments. This condition could cause an investment to be reclassified between the various levels within the hierarchy.

 

Investments falling into the Level 3 category are primarily supported by quoted prices from brokers and dealers participating in the market for those investments.  However, these may be classified as Level 3 investments due to lack of market transparency and corroboration to support these quoted prices.  Additionally, valuation models may be used as the pricing source for any remaining investments classified as Level 3. These models may rely on one or more significant unobservable inputs and/or significant assumptions by the Investment Manager.  Inputs used in valuations may include, but are not limited to, financial statement analysis, capital account balances, discount rates and estimated cash flows, and comparable company data.

 

Under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the Board), the Investment Manager’s Valuation Committee (the Committee) is responsible for overseeing the valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Committee consists of voting and non-voting members from various groups within the Investment Manager’s organization, including operations and accounting, trading and investments, compliance, risk management and legal.

 

The Committee meets at least monthly to review and approve valuation matters, which may include a description of specific valuation determinations, data regarding pricing information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers and the results of Board-approved valuation control policies and procedures (the Policies).  The Policies address, among other things, instances when market quotations are or are not readily available, including recommendations of third party pricing vendors and a determination of appropriate pricing methodologies; events that require specific valuation determinations and assessment of fair value techniques; securities with a potential for stale pricing, including those that are illiquid, restricted, or in default; and the effectiveness of third party pricing vendors, including periodic reviews of vendors.  The Committee meets more frequently, as needed, to discuss additional valuation matters, which may include the need to review back-testing results, review time-sensitive information or approve related valuation actions.  The Committee reports to the Board, with members of the Committee meeting with the Board at each of its regularly scheduled meetings to discuss valuation matters and actions during the period, similar to those described earlier.

 

For investments categorized as Level 3, the Committee monitors information similar to that described above, which may include: (i) data specific to the issuer or comparable issuers, (ii) general market or specific sector news and (iii) quoted prices and specific or similar security transactions.  The Committee considers this data and any changes from prior periods in order to assess the reasonableness of observable and unobservable inputs, any assumptions or internal models used to value those securities and changes in fair value.  This data is also used to corroborate, when available, information received from approved pricing vendors and brokers.  Various factors impact the frequency of monitoring this information (which may occur as often as daily). However, the Committee may determine that changes to inputs, assumptions and models are not required as a result of the monitoring procedures performed.

 

The following table is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at September 30, 2015:

 

 

 

Level 1
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets ($)

 

Level 2
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs ($)

 

Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs ($)

 

Total ($)

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

2,174,232

 

 

 

2,174,232

 

Health Care

 

758,484

 

 

 

758,484

 

Information Technology

 

235,099,566

 

 

 

235,099,566

 

Telecommunication Services

 

132,745

 

 

 

132,745

 

Total Common Stocks

 

238,165,027

 

 

 

238,165,027

 

Money Market Funds

 

 

11,137,581

 

 

11,137,581

 

Total Investments

 

238,165,027

 

11,137,581

 

 

249,302,608

 

Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options Contracts Written

 

(214,650)

 

 

 

(214,650)

 

Total

 

237,950,377

 

11,137,581

 

 

249,087,958

 

 

See the Portfolio of Investments for all investment classifications not indicated in the table.

 

The Fund’s assets assigned to the Level 2 input category are generally valued using the market approach, in which a security’s value is determined through reference to prices and information from market transactions for similar or identical assets.

 

Financial assets were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 as the market for these assets is not considered publicly available. Fund per share market values were obtained using observable market inputs.

 


 

The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

Transfers In

 

Transfers Out

Level 1 ($)

 

Level 2 ($)

 

Level 1 ($)

 

Level 2 ($)

 

2,370,399

 

2,370,399

 

 

Transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 are determined based on the fair value at the beginning of the period for security positions held throughout the period.

 

There were no transfers of financial assets between Levels 2 and 3 during the period.

 


 

Item  2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)        The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)        There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 



 

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)

 

Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Christopher O. Petersen

 

 

Christopher O. Petersen, President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 20, 2015

 

 

 

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 (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Christopher O. Petersen

 

 

Christopher O. Petersen, President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 20, 2015

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

 

/s/ Michael G. Clarke

 

 

 

Michael G. Clarke, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

November 20, 2015