UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21455
Dreman/Claymore Dividend & Income Fund
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
| 2455 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL | 60532 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Nicholas Dalmaso, Chief Legal and Executive Officer
Dreman/Claymore Dividend & Income Fund
2455 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL 60532
| (Name and address of agent for service) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 505-3700
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2006
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
| Item 1. | Schedule of Investments. |
Attached hereto.
Dreman/Claymore Dividend & Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments | January 31, 2006 (Unaudited)
| Number of Shares | Value | |||||
| Long-Term Investments - 140.5% | ||||||
| Common Stocks - 102.0% | ||||||
| Consumer Staples - 31.7% | ||||||
| 2,037,500 | Altria Group, Inc. (a) (b) | $ | 147,392,750 | |||
| 1,206,800 | Loews Corp. - Carolina Group (a) | 55,657,616 | ||||
| 123,700 | Regal Entertainment Group - Class A | 2,289,687 | ||||
| 183,200 | Reynolds American, Inc. | 18,527,016 | ||||
| 166,800 | Universal Corp. | 7,881,300 | ||||
| 2,024,500 | UST, Inc. (a) | 78,834,030 | ||||
| 383,013 | Vector Group Ltd. | 6,959,346 | ||||
| 317,541,745 | ||||||
| Energy - 19.5% | ||||||
| 152,700 | ARC Energy Trust, Units (Canada) | 4,139,697 | ||||
| 92,500 | Bonavista Energy Trust (Canada) | 3,584,375 | ||||
| 188,600 | BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust | 13,371,740 | ||||
| 530,600 | Chevron Corp. | 31,507,028 | ||||
| 686,200 | ConocoPhillips | 44,397,140 | ||||
| 247,400 | Cresent Point Energy Trust (Canada) | 4,712,970 | ||||
| 336,000 | Devon Energy Corp. | 22,918,560 | ||||
| 92,800 | Enerplus Resources Fund (Canada) | 4,925,824 | ||||
| 654,300 | Fairborne Energy Trust (Canada) | 9,173,286 | ||||
| 375,000 | Harvest Energy Trust (Canada) | 12,262,500 | ||||
| 866,200 | Ketch Resources Trust (Canada) | 9,164,396 | ||||
| 131,500 | Pengrowth Energy Trust - Class A (Canada) | 3,282,240 | ||||
| 575,000 | Penn West Energy Trust (Canada) | 21,119,750 | ||||
| 150,800 | San Juan Basin Royalty Trust | 6,798,064 | ||||
| 240,400 | Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust | 4,387,300 | ||||
| 195,744,870 | ||||||
| Financials - 31.4% | ||||||
| 185,000 | American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. | 5,291,000 | ||||
| 180,900 | American International Group, Inc. | 11,841,714 | ||||
| 540,000 | Bank of America Corp. | 23,884,200 | ||||
| 650,000 | ECC Capital Corp. | 1,443,000 | ||||
| 1,037,100 | Fannie Mae (a) | 60,089,574 | ||||
| 857,500 | Freddie Mac (a) | 58,189,950 | ||||
| 150,100 | Jer Investors Trust, Inc. | 2,671,780 | ||||
| 724,800 | KeyCorp | 25,650,672 | ||||
| 87,546 | Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (c) | 49,901 | ||||
| 444,100 | Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 3,694,912 | ||||
| 486,400 | MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. | 3,151,872 | ||||
| 151,700 | Newcastle Investment Corp. | 4,126,240 | ||||
| 525,600 | Novastar Financial, Inc. (a) | 16,551,144 | ||||
| 233,600 | PNC Financial Services Group | 15,151,296 | ||||
| 415,000 | Regions Financial Corp. | 13,769,700 | ||||
| 448,600 | U.S. Bancorp | 13,417,626 | ||||
| 65,000 | Wachovia Corp. (a) | 3,563,950 | ||||
| 1,232,800 | Washington Mutual, Inc. (a) | 52,172,096 | ||||
| 314,710,627 | ||||||
| Healthcare - 10.1% | ||||||
| 1,135,000 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 25,866,650 | ||||
| 80,700 | Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (c) | 4,365,870 | ||||
| 1,846,300 | Merck & Co., Inc. (a) | 63,697,350 | ||||
| 300,000 | Pfizer, Inc. | 7,704,000 | ||||
| 101,633,870 | ||||||
| Industrials - 0.2% | ||||||
| 100,000 | Double Hull Tankers, Inc. (Channel Islands) (c) | 1,362,000 | ||||
| 56,800 | Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (Marshall Island) | 769,640 | ||||
| 2,131,640 | ||||||
| Telecommunications - 3.1% | ||||||
| 107,000 | Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. | 1,058,230 | ||||
| 1,140,000 | AT&T, Inc. | 29,583,000 | ||||
| 30,641,230 | ||||||
| Utilities - 6.0% | ||||||
| 158,300 | Ameren Corp. | 8,035,308 | ||||
| 165,400 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 7,775,454 | ||||
| 361,900 | Empire District Electric Co. | 8,052,275 | ||||
| 317,200 | Great Plains Energy, Inc. | 9,049,716 | ||||
| 324,700 | Peoples Energy Corp. | 12,085,334 | ||||
| 345,600 | Progress Energy, Inc. | 15,075,072 | ||||
| 170,200 | Star Gas Partners, LP (c) | 444,222 | ||||
| 60,517,381 | ||||||
| Total Common Stocks | ||||||
| (Cost $896,485,950) | 1,022,921,363 | |||||
| Preferred Stocks - 30.6% | ||||||
| Consumer Discretionary - 0.3% | ||||||
| 125,000 | Red Lion Hotels Capital Trust, 9.500% | 3,287,500 | ||||
| Consumer Staples - 0.4% | ||||||
| 40,000 | Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (d) | 3,928,752 | ||||
| Energy - 1.0% | ||||||
| 385,500 | Southern Union Co., 7.550% | 10,157,925 | ||||
| Financials - 28.7% | ||||||
| 7,000,000 | Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (e) | 9,414,874 | ||||
| 58,000 | Abbey National PLC, Series B, 7.375% (United Kingdom) | 1,512,640 | ||||
| 200,000 | ABN AMRO Capital Fund Trust VII, 6.080% | 4,946,000 | ||||
| 200,000 | Affordable Residential, Series A, 8.250% | 3,930,000 | ||||
| 700,000 | AmerUs Group Co., 7.250% | 18,410,000 | ||||
| 18,000 | Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series Q, 10.100% | 458,100 | ||||
| 240,000 | Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 8.000% (Bermuda) | 6,210,000 | ||||
| 218,100 | Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., Series A, 7.250% (Bermuda) | 5,395,794 | ||||
| 80,000 | Banco Santander, Series 1, 6.410% (Spain) | 2,027,200 | ||||
| 10,000,000 | Barclays Bank PLC, 8.550% (United Kingdom) (d)(e) | 11,446,280 | ||||
| 11,000,000 | CA Preferred Funding Trust, 7.000% | 11,240,339 | ||||
| 189,300 | Chevy Chase Bank, Series C, 8.000% | 5,148,960 | ||||
| 310,000 | CIT Group, Inc., Series A, 6.350% | 8,171,600 | ||||
| 1,000 | Doral Financial Corp., Series B, 8.350% (Puerto Rico) | 24,875 | ||||
| 8,660 | Doral Financial Corp., Series C, 7.250% (Puerto Rico) | 206,108 | ||||
| 260,000 | Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.750% (Bermuda) | 6,402,500 | ||||
| 200,000 | Fannie Mae, Series E, 5.100% | 8,881,260 | ||||
| 80,000 | Fannie Mae, Series O, 7.000% | 4,385,000 | ||||
| 100,000 | Freddie Mac, 5.810% | 5,262,500 | ||||
| 80,000 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.200% | 2,065,600 | ||||
| 12,840,000 | HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (Channel Islands) (d)(e) | 14,939,122 | ||||
| 7,042,000 | HSBC Capital Funding LP, 10.176% (Channel Islands) (d)(e) | 10,592,858 | ||||
| 100,000 | HSBC Holdings PLC, Series A, 6.200% (United Kingdom) | 2,489,000 | ||||
| 140,500 | Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Series F, 6.500% | 3,719,035 | ||||
| 2,000,000 | Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.900% (United Kingdom) | 2,027,600 | ||||
| 80,000 | LTC Properties, Inc., Series F, 8.000% | 2,075,000 | ||||
| 50,000 | MetLife, Inc., Series B, 6.500% | 1,312,500 | ||||
| 21,000 | Novastar Financial, Inc., Series C, 8.900% | 505,050 | ||||
| 245,000 | Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., Series A, 8.125% | 6,215,650 | ||||
| 13,354,000 | Old Mutual Capital Funding, 8.000% | 14,121,855 | ||||
| 400,000 | OMEGA Healthcare, Series D, 8.375% | 10,376,000 | ||||
| 31,000,000 | Prudential PLC, 6.500% (United Kingdom) | 30,802,840 | ||||
| 400,000 | Quanta Capital Holdings, 10.250% (Bermuda) | 10,680,000 | ||||
| 6,400,000 | RBS Capital Trust B, 6.800% | 6,482,586 | ||||
| 12,000,000 | Royal Bank Of Scotland Group PLC, 7.648% (United Kingdom) (e) | 13,667,268 | ||||
| 5,750,000 | Royal Bank Of Scotland Group PLC, Series 1, 9.118% (United Kingdom) | 6,824,083 | ||||
| 600,000 | Scottish Re Group Ltd., 7.250% (Cayman Islands) (e) | 15,480,000 | ||||
| 16,775,000 | UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (e) | 19,070,944 | ||||
| 286,921,021 | ||||||
| Utilities - 0.2% | ||||||
| 80,000 | Alabama Power Co., 5.300% | 1,900,000 | ||||
| Total Preferred Stocks | ||||||
| (Cost $305,037,617) | 306,195,198 | |||||
| Convertible Preferred Stocks - 4.9% | ||||||
| Financials - 4.9% | ||||||
| 505 | Fannie Mae, 5.375% | |||||
| (Cost $49,831,000) | 48,731,616 | |||||
| Investment Companies - 1.9% | ||||||
| 116,000 | Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc. | 3,129,680 | ||||
| 271,200 | Evergreen Income Advantage Fund | 3,764,256 | ||||
| 222,600 | Hyperion Total Return Fund | 1,916,586 | ||||
| 215,000 | Nuveen Preferred and Convertible Income Fund II | 2,685,350 | ||||
| 186,200 | Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund II | 2,610,524 | ||||
| 272,200 | Pioneer High Income Trust | 4,594,736 | ||||
| 6,400 | Salomon Brothers Worldwide Income Fund, Inc. | 97,024 | ||||
| Total Investment Companies | ||||||
| (Cost $20,260,588) | 18,798,156 | |||||
| Principal Amount | ||||||
| Corporate Bonds - 0.7% | ||||||
| Financials - 0.7% | ||||||
| $2,000,000 | Preferred Term Securities XI Ltd., NR | |||||
| Zero Coupon, 9/24/33 (d) | 1,702,500 | |||||
| 3,000,000 | Preferred Term Securities XIX Ltd., NR | |||||
| Zero Coupon, 12/22/35 (d) | 2,826,000 | |||||
| 2,000,000 | Preferred Term Securities XX Ltd., NR | |||||
| Zero Coupon, 3/22/38 (d) | 2,000,000 | |||||
| Total Corporate Bonds | ||||||
| (Cost $6,911,464) | 6,528,500 | |||||
| Master Limited Partnership - 0.4% | ||||||
| Energy - 0.4% | ||||||
| Kodiak MLP (f) | 3,955,925 | |||||
| (Cost $4,000,000) | ||||||
| Total Long-Term Investments - 140.5% | ||||||
| (Cost $1,282,526,619) | 1,407,130,758 | |||||
| Number of Shares | ||||||
| Short-Term Investments - 2.0% | ||||||
| Money Market Fund - 2.0% | ||||||
| 20,264,116 | JP Morgan Prime Money Market Fund | |||||
| (Cost $20,264,116) | 20,264,116 | |||||
| Total Investments - 142.5% | ||||||
| (Cost $1,302,790,735) | 1,427,394,874 | |||||
| Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - -0.1% | (985,135 | ) | ||||
| Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value - ( -42.4% of Net Assets Available to Common Shares or -29.7% of Total Investments) | (425,000,000 | ) | ||||
| Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares - 100.0% | $ | 1,001,409,739 | ||||
LP - Limited Partnership
PLC - Public Limited Company
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
| (a) | All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with a swap agreement. |
| (b) | All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts. |
| (c) | Non-income producing security. |
| (d) | Securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. |
These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At January 31, 2006, these securities amounted to 4.7% of net assets.
| (e) | Floating or variable rate security. |
| (f) | The Fund purchased a $4,000,000 interest in Kodiak MLP in a private placement transaction. The security is valued in accordance with Fair Valuation procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of such securities is $3,955,925 which represents 0.4% of net assets applicable to common shares. |
Ratings shown are per Standard & Poor’s and are unaudited; securities classified NR are not rated by Standard & Poor’s.
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares unless otherwise noted.
At January 31, 2006, the following futures contracts were outstanding:
| Short Contracts |
Number of Contracts |
Expiration Month |
Original Value | Value at January 31, 2006 |
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) |
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| US Treasury Bond (CBT) |
2,889 | Mar-06 | $ | 324,714,413 | $ | 326,005,594 | $ | (1,291,181 | ) | |||||
At January 31, 2006, the following swap agreement was outstanding:
| Counterparty |
Termination Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Fixed Rate |
Floating Rate | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | ||||||||
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. |
9/21/2009 | $ | 150,000,000 | 4.34 | % | 1 Month LIBOR | $ | 2,467,694 | |||||
For each swap noted, the Fund pays a fixed rate and receives a floating rate.
| Country Breakdown* |
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| United States |
85.0 | % | |
| Canada |
5.1 | % | |
| United Kingdom |
4.8 | % | |
| Bermuda |
2.0 | % | |
| Channel Islands |
1.9 | % | |
| Cayman Islands |
1.1 | % | |
| Spain |
0.1 | % | |
| Marshall Island** |
0.0 | % | |
| Puerto Rico** |
0.0 | % |
| * | Subject to change daily. |
| ** | Amount is less than 0.1%. |
See previously submitted notes to the financial statements for the annual period ended October 31, 2005.
| 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 within 90 days of this filing and have concluded, based on such evaluation, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) There was no change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that may have materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Item 3. | Exhibits. |
A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), exactly as set forth below: Attached hereto.
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.
Dreman/Claymore Dividend & Income Fund
| By: |
/s/ Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Nicholas Dalmaso | ||
| Chief Legal and Executive Officer | ||
| Date: |
March 29, 2006 | |
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/ Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Nicholas Dalmaso | ||
| Chief Legal and Executive Officer | ||
| Date: |
March 29, 2006 | |
| By: |
/s/ Steven M. Hill | |
| Steven M. Hill | ||
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: |
March 29, 2006 | |