Blue Chip Form N-Q

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-5003

Blue Chip Value Fund, Inc.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1225 17th Street, 26th Floor, Denver, Colorado 80202 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Michael P. Malloy
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6996
 (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 624-4190

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2007



Item 1 - Schedule of Investments.
 

BLUE CHIP VALUE FUND, INC.

          

          

            

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

          

          

            

          

March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

          

            

 

 

 

Market

           

          

Shares

 Cost

Value

COMMON STOCKS

106.81 %

          

            

          

CAPITAL GOODS

11.93 %

          

            

          

Aerospace & Defense

4.66 %

          

            

          

General Dynamics Corp.

           

54,300 

 $

2,889,696 

 $

4,148,520 

Raytheon Co.

          

63,500 

2,386,783 

3,331,210 

          

          

          

5,276,479 

7,479,730 

          

          

          

            

          

Electrical Equipment

2.01 %

          

            

          

General Electric Co.

          

91,400 

3,275,765 

3,231,904 

          

          

          

            

          

Farm Equipment

1.49 %

          

            

          

CNH Global N.V.

           

64,200 

2,491,878 

2,394,018 

          

          

          

            

          

Industrial Products

3.77 %

          

            

          

ITT Corp.

          

35,300 

1,805,258 

2,129,296 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

           

45,500 

3,216,607 

3,927,105 

          

          

          

5,021,865 

6,056,401 

          

          

          

            

          

TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS

          

          

16,065,987 

19,162,053 

          

           

            

          

COMMERCIAL SERVICES

3.91 %

          

            

          

IT Services

1.08 %

          

            

          

Computer Sciences Corp. **

          

33,350 

1,572,456 

1,738,535 

          

          

          

            

          

Transaction Processing

2.83 %

          

            

          

First Data Corp.

          

92,900 

2,043,511 

2,499,010 

The Western Union Co.

          

92,900 

1,712,279 

2,039,155 

          

           

          

3,755,790 

4,538,165 

          

          

          

            

          

TOTAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES

          

          

5,328,246 

6,276,700 

          

          

            

          

COMMUNICATIONS

6.47 %

          

            

          

Networking

2.54 %

          

            

          

Cisco Systems Inc. **

          

159,700 

4,000,220 

4,077,141 

          

          

          

            

          

Telecomm Equipment & Solutions

3.93 %

          

            

          

Nokia Corp.** (ADR)

          

119,700 

1,920,063 

2,743,524 

QUALCOMM Inc.

          

83,900 

3,552,125 

3,579,174 

          

          

          

5,472,188 

6,322,698 

          

           

          

            

          

TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS

          

          

9,472,408 

10,399,839 

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CONSUMER CYCLICAL

10.44 %

          

            

          

Clothing & Accessories

2.66 %

          

            

          

TJX Companies Inc.

          

158,600 

3,759,240 

4,275,856 

          

          

          

            

          

Department Stores

1.44 %

          

            

          

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

          

28,200 

1,637,670 

2,316,912 

          

          

          

            

          

Hotels & Gaming

2.25 %

          

            

          

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

          

55,700 

2,165,453 

3,612,145 

          

          

          

            

          

Publishing & Media

2.15 %

          

            

          

Walt Disney Co.

          

100,500 

2,549,316 

3,460,215 

          

          

          

            

          

Restaurants

1.94 %

          

            

          

Darden Restaurants Inc.

          

75,540 

1,982,868 

3,111,493 

          

          

          

            

          

TOTAL CONSUMER CYCLICAL

          

          

12,094,547 

16,776,621 

          

          

            

          

CONSUMER STAPLES

7.22 %

          

            

          

Consumer Products

2.98 %

          

            

          

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

          

71,800 

4,090,497 

4,795,522 

          

          

          

            

          

Food & Agricultural Products

4.24 %

          

            

          

Bunge Ltd.

          

60,500 

2,758,347 

4,974,310 

Campbell Soup Co.

          

47,100 

1,444,781 

1,834,545 

          

          

          

4,203,128 

6,808,855 

          

          

          

            

          

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

          

          

8,293,625 

11,604,377 

          

          

             

          

ENERGY

9.32 %

          

            

          

Exploration & Production

4.74 %

          

            

          

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

          

79,700 

2,388,264 

3,930,007 

XTO Energy Inc.

          

67,200 

2,133,990 

3,683,232 

          

          

          

4,522,254 

7,613,239 

          

          

          

            

          

Integrated Oils

2.32 %

          

            

          

Marathon Oil Corp.

          

37,700 

1,657,053 

3,725,891 

          

          

          

            

          

Oil Services

2.26 %

          

            

          

Transocean Inc. **

          

44,400 

1,699,961 

3,627,480 

          

          

          

            

           

TOTAL ENERGY

          

          

7,879,268 

14,966,610 

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INTEREST RATE SENSITIVE

26.58 %

          

            

          

Integrated Financial Services

3.01 %

          

             

          

Citigroup Inc.

          

94,100 

4,215,956 

4,831,094 

          

          

          

            

          

Money Center Banks

1.76 %

          

            

          

Bank of America Corp.

          

55,500 

2,608,684 

2,831,610 

          

          

          

            

          

Property Casualty Insurance

8.05 %

          

            

          

ACE Ltd.

          

70,700 

3,914,274 

4,034,142 

American International Group Inc.

           

67,800 

4,364,008 

4,557,516 

MBIA Inc.

          

40,100 

2,364,032 

2,626,149 

MGIC Investment Corp.

          

29,200 

1,704,892 

1,720,464 

          

          

          

12,347,206 

12,938,271 

          

          

           

            

          

Regional Banks

3.98 %

          

            

          

The Bank of New York Co. Inc.

          

42,800 

1,512,282 

1,735,540 

SunTrust Banks Inc.

          

19,800 

1,523,951 

1,644,192 

Wachovia Corp.

          

54,600 

2,810,094 

3,005,730 

          

          

          

5,846,327 

6,385,462 

          

          

          

            

          

Securities & Asset Management

5.41 %

          

            

          

Merrill Lynch & Company Inc.

          

46,200 

2,929,980 

3,773,154 

Morgan Stanley & Co.

          

40,400 

2,202,335 

3,181,904 

State Street Corp.

          

26,700 

1,737,516 

1,728,825 

          

          

          

6,869,831 

8,683,883 

          

          

          

            

          

Specialty Finance

2.74 %

          

            

          

Countrywide Financial Corp.

          

56,900 

1,979,283 

1,914,116 

Freddie Mac

          

41,700 

2,663,933 

2,480,733 

          

          

          

4,643,216 

4,394,849 

          

          

          

            

          

Thrifts

1.63 %

          

            

          

Washington Mutual Inc.

          

65,000 

2,585,243 

2,624,700 

          

          

          

            

          

TOTAL INTEREST RATE SENSITIVE

          

          

39,116,463 

42,689,869 

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MEDICAL - HEALTHCARE

17.58 %

          

            

           

Medical Technology

5.96 %

          

            

          

Medtronic Inc.

          

96,500 

4,752,346 

4,734,290 

Zimmer Holdings Inc. **

          

56,700 

3,892,049 

4,842,747 

 

          

          

8,644,395 

9,577,037 

 

          

          

            

          

Pharmaceuticals

11.62 %

          

            

          

Abbott Laboratories

          

126,200 

5,377,135 

7,041,960 

Amgen Inc. **

          

67,200 

3,960,607 

3,755,136 

Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. **

          

33,500 

1,556,294 

1,552,725 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (ADR)

          

168,800 

4,578,345 

6,318,184 

 

          

          

15,472,381 

18,668,005 

 

           

          

            

          

TOTAL MEDICAL - HEALTHCARE

          

          

24,116,776 

28,245,042 

          

          

            

          

TECHNOLOGY

10.56 %

          

            

          

Computer Software

3.62 %

          

            

          

Microsoft Corp.

          

122,900 

3,268,719 

3,425,223 

VeriSign Inc. **

          

94,800 

2,161,432 

2,381,376 

 

          

          

5,430,151 

5,806,599 

 

          

           

            

          

PC's & Servers

2.92 %

          

            

          

International Business Machines Corp.

          

49,800 

4,015,749 

4,694,148 

 

          

          

            

          

Semiconductors

4.02 %

          

            

          

Altera Corp. **

          

147,000 

2,832,663 

2,938,530 

Intel Corp.

          

184,200 

3,621,541 

3,523,746 

 

          

          

6,454,204 

6,462,276 

 

           

          

            

          

TOTAL TECHNOLOGY

          

          

15,900,104 

16,963,023 

          

          

            

          

TRANSPORTATION

2.80 %

          

            

          

Railroads

2.80 %

          

             

          

Norfolk Southern Corp.

          

88,800 

3,191,056 

4,493,280 

 

          

          

            

          

TOTAL TRANSPORTATION

          

          

3,191,056 

4,493,280 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

           

          

141,458,480 

171,577,414 

          

          

            

          

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

0.18 %

          

            

          

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund - FST Shares *

          

296,660 

296,660 

296,660 

 

          

          

            

          

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS

          

          

296,660 

296,660 

     

 

 
     

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

106.99%

 

141,755,140

171,874,074

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

(6.99)%

   

(11,233,779)

NET ASSETS

100.00%

   

160,640,295

 

** Non Income Producing Security.

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

See accompanying notes to statement of investments.

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Blue Chip Value Fund, Inc

Country Breakdown as of March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

Country

Market Value   

%   

  United States     $

156,087,546 

97.17 %

         
 

Israel

$

6,318,184 

3.93 %

         

Bermuda

$

4,034,142 

2.51 %

Finland

$

2,743,524 

1.71 %

 

Netherlands

$

2,394,018 

1.49 %

         

Cash and Cash equivalents

$

296,660 

0.18 %

Liabilities in Excess

 of other Assets

$

(11,233,779)

-6.99 %

Net Assets

$

160,640,295 

100.00 %

Please note the country classification is based on the company headquarters.

All of the Fund's investments are traded on U.S. exchanges.

 

 

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BLUE CHIP VALUE FUND
NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Blue Chip Value Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, closed-end management investment company.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its statement of investments.

Security Valuation-All securities of the Fund are valued as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), currently 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on each day that the NYSE is open. Listed securities are generally valued at the last sales price as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Securities traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation ("NASDAQ") are generally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). In the absence of sales and NOCP, such securities are valued at the mean of the bid and asked prices.

Securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value.

When market quotations are not readily available or when events occur that make established valuation methods unreliable, securities of the Fund may be valued at fair value determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.  Factors which may be considered when determining the fair value of a security include (a) the fundamental data relating to the investment; (b) an evaluation of the forces which influence the market in which the security is sold, including the liquidity and depth of the market; (c) the market value at date of purchase; (d) information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security or comparable securities; and (e) any other relevant matters.

Investment Transactions-Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the investments are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses from investment transactions and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investment are determined on the "specific identification" basis for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes interest earned on money market funds, is accrued and recorded daily.

Use of Estimates-The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and disclosures made in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2. UNREALIZED APPRECIATION AND DEPRECIATION OF INVESTMENTS  (TAX BASIS)

As of March 31, 2007:

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

$ 30,458,168

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

(1,110,617)

Net unrealized appreciation

$ 29,347,551

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

$142,526,523

3. LOAN OUTSTANDING

The Fund has a line of credit with The Bank of New York ("BONY") in which the Fund  may borrow up to the lesser of $15,000,000 or the maximum amount the Fund is permitted to borrow under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The interest rate resets daily at overnight Federal Funds Rate plus 0.825%.

The borrowings under the BONY loan are secured by a perfected security interest on all of the Fund's assets.

Details of the loan outstanding are as follows:

     Average for the
  As of Period Ended
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2007 2007
Loan outstanding $11,150,000   $9,048,556      
Interest rate 6.13%*   6.08%      
% of Fund's total assets 6.48%   5.26%      
Amount of debt per share outstanding $ 0.40   $ 0.32      
Number of shares outstanding (in thousands) 28,131   28,129**  
 
*Annualized
**Weighted average
     
     
     
 

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4. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 - Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, that requires the tax effects of certain tax positions to be recognized. FASB Interpretation No. 48 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2006. Management of the Fund currently believes that FASB Interpretation No. 48 will have no impact on the Fund's financial statements.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS No.157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value for securities in the Fund's portfolio, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. SFAS No.157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Management is currently evaluating the impact adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

 

 

 

 

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Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

(a)        The registrant's  Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of the filing date of this report and have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

(b)        There was no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during 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.

Separate certifications for the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.

 

 

 

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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.

BLUE CHIP VALUE FUND, INC.

By:       /s/ Todger Anderson
            Todger Anderson
            President / Principal    Executive Officer

Date:    May 30, 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/ Todger Anderson
            Todger Anderson
            President / Principal   
            Executive Officer

Date:    May 30, 2007

By:       /s/ Jasper R. Frontz
            Jasper R. Frontz
            Treasurer / Principal   
            Financial Officer

Date:    May 30, 2007