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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-21786
ING Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85258
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.,
7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85258
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 1-800-992-0180
Date of fiscal year end: February 28
Date of reporting period: August 31, 2008
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1):
Presidents Letter
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1 | |
Market Perspective
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2 | |
Portfolio Managers Report
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4 | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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6 | |
Statement of Operations
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7 | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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8 | |
Financial Highlights
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9 | |
Notes to Financial Statements
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10 | |
Portfolio of Investments
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18 | |
Shareholder Meeting Information
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26 | |
Additional Information
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27 |
(1) | Total investment return at net asset value has been calculated assuming a purchase at net asset value at the beginning of each period and a sale at net asset value at the end of each period and assumes reinvestment of dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions/allocations, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the dividend reinvestment plan. |
(2) | Total investment return at market value measures the change in the market value of your investment assuming reinvestment of dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions/allocations, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the Funds dividend reinvestment plan. |
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| investing at least 80% of its managed assets in a diversified global equity portfolio; and |
| utilizing an integrated option writing strategy. |
ExxonMobil Corp.
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2.8 | % | |||
Chevron Corp.
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1.5 | % | |||
Hewlett-Packard Co.
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1.2 | % | |||
International Business Machines Corp.
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1.2 | % | |||
ConocoPhillips
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1.1 | % | |||
Proctor & Gamble Co.
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1.1 | % | |||
Microsoft Corp.
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1.0 | % | |||
General Electric Co.
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1.0 | % | |||
Coca-Cola Co.
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0.9 | % | |||
Wyeth
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0.9 | % |
* | Excludes short-term investments related to ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund. |
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ASSETS:
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Investments in securities at value*
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$ | 296,644,609 | ||
Short-term investments in affiliates at amortized cost
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6,025,000 | |||
Short-term investments at amortized cost
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481,000 | |||
Cash
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1,256,793 | |||
Cash collateral for futures
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396,000 | |||
Foreign currencies at value**
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86,593 | |||
Receivables:
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Investment securities sold
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11,952 | |||
Dividends and interest
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817,909 | |||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts
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1,605,673 | |||
Prepaid expenses
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2,835 | |||
Total assets
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307,328,364 | |||
LIABILITIES:
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Payable for futures variation margin
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85,300 | |||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts
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134,285 | |||
Payable to affiliates
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98,061 | |||
Payable for trustee fees
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5,737 | |||
Other accrued expenses and liabilities
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160,949 | |||
Written options***
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1,963,760 | |||
Total liabilities
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2,448,092 | |||
NET ASSETS (equivalent to $16.72 per share on
18,231,236 shares outstanding)
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$ | 304,880,272 | ||
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF:
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Paid-in capital shares of beneficial interest at
$0.01 par value (unlimited shares authorized)
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$ | 324,880,724 | ||
Distributions in excess of net investment income
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(8,842,777 | ) | ||
Accumulated net realized gain on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, and written options
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716,126 | |||
Net unrealized depreciation on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, and written options
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(11,873,801 | ) | ||
NET ASSETS
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$ | 304,880,272 | ||
* Cost of investments in securities
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$ | 312,188,754 | ||
** Cost of foreign currencies
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$ | 89,555 | ||
*** Premiums received for written options
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$ | 4,271,074 |
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INVESTMENT INCOME:
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Dividends, net of foreign taxes
withheld*(1)
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$ | 4,837,264 | ||
Interest
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36,692 | |||
Total investment income
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4,873,956 | |||
EXPENSES:
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Investment management fees
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1,197,508 | |||
Transfer agent fees
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9,685 | |||
Administrative service fees
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159,668 | |||
Shareholder reporting expense
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39,828 | |||
Professional fees
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28,502 | |||
Custody and accounting expense
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87,774 | |||
Trustee fees
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5,172 | |||
Miscellaneous expense
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24,265 | |||
Total expenses
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1,552,402 | |||
Waived and reimbursed fees
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(1,817 | ) | ||
Net expenses
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1,550,585 | |||
Net investment income
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3,323,371 | |||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FOREIGN
CURRENCY RELATED TRANSACTIONS, FUTURES, AND WRITTEN OPTIONS:
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||||
Net realized gain (loss) on:
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Investments
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(17,344,733 | ) | ||
Foreign currency related transactions
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1,527,490 | |||
Futures
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(824,501 | ) | ||
Written options
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12,943,077 | |||
Net realized loss on investments, foreign currency related
transactions, futures, and written options
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(3,698,667 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:
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Investments
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(7,096,384 | ) | ||
Foreign currency related transactions
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4,326,455 | |||
Futures
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(51,097 | ) | ||
Written options
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756,386 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on
investments, foreign currency related
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transactions, futures, and written options
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(2,064,640 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments, foreign
currency related transactions, futures, and written options
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(5,763,307 | ) | ||
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations
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$ | (2,439,936 | ) | |
* Foreign taxes withheld
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$ | 329,979 | ||
(1) Dividends
from affiliates
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$ | 55,612 |
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Six Months |
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Ended |
Year Ended |
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August 31, |
February 29, |
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2008
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2008
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FROM OPERATIONS:
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Net investment income
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$ | 3,323,371 | $ | 5,502,682 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency
related transactions, futures, and written options
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(3,698,667 | ) | 29,242,549 | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on
investments, foreign currency related transactions, futures, and
written options
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(2,064,640 | ) | (42,771,172 | ) | ||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations
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(2,439,936 | ) | (8,025,941 | ) | ||||
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
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Net investment income
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(9,168,927 | ) | | |||||
Net realized gains
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(254,362 | ) | (43,759,562 | ) | ||||
Return of capital
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(7,531,760 | ) | (10,365,747 | ) | ||||
Total distributions
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(16,955,049 | ) | (54,125,309 | ) | ||||
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
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Reinvestment of distributions
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| 993,717 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share
transactions
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| 993,717 | ||||||
Net decrease in net assets
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(19,394,985 | ) | (61,157,533 | ) | ||||
NET ASSETS:
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Beginning of period
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324,275,257 | 385,432,790 | ||||||
End of period
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$ | 304,880,272 | $ | 324,275,257 | ||||
Distributions in excess of net investment income at end of period
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$ | (8,842,777 | ) | $ | (2,997,221 | ) | ||
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Six Months |
Year |
Year |
October 31, |
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Ended |
Ended |
Ended |
2005(1)
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August 31, |
February 29, |
February 28, |
February 28, |
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2008 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
Per Share Operating
Performance:
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Net asset value, beginning of period
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$ | 17.79 | 21.19 | 20.24 | 19.06 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations:
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Net investment income
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$ | 0.18 | 0.30 | * | 0.26 | 0.06 | * | |||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
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$ | (0.32 | ) | (0.73 | ) | 2.55 | 1.28 | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
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$ | (0.14 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 2.81 | 1.34 | |||||||||||||
Less distributions from:
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Net investment income
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$ | 0.50 | | 0.04 | 0.16 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized gains on investments
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$ | 0.02 | 2.40 | 1.54 | | |||||||||||||||
Return of capital
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$ | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.28 | | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions
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$ | 0.93 | 2.97 | 1.86 | 0.16 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period
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$ | 16.72 | 17.79 | 21.19 | 20.24 | |||||||||||||||
Market value, end of period
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$ | 15.17 | 16.73 | 21.11 | 18.61 | |||||||||||||||
Total investment return at net asset
value(3)
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% | (0.30 | ) | (2.40 | ) | 14.81 | 7.08 | |||||||||||||
Total investment return at market
value(4)
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% | (3.82 | ) | (7.87 | ) | 24.40 | (6.17 | ) | ||||||||||||
Ratios and Supplemental
Data:
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Net assets, end of period (000s)
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$ | 304,880 | 324,275 | 385,433 | 365,374 | |||||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets:
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Gross expenses prior to expense
waiver(5)
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% | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 1.06 | |||||||||||||||
Net expenses after expense
waiver(5)(6)
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% | 0.97 | ** | 0.97 | ** | 0.95 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||
Net investment income after expense
waiver(5)(6)
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% | 2.08 | ** | 1.45 | ** | 1.29 | 0.86 | |||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate
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% | 84 | 194 | 132 | 41 | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Commencement of operations. | |
(2) | Net asset value at beginning of period reflects the deduction of the sales load of $0.90 per share and offering costs of $0.04 per share paid by the shareholder from the $20.00 offering price. | |
(3) | Total investment return at net asset value has been calculated assuming a purchase at net asset value at the beginning of each period and a sale at net asset value at the end of each period and assumes reinvestment of dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions/allocations, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return at net asset value is not annualized for periods less than one year. | |
(4) | Total investment return at market value measures the change in the market value of your investment assuming reinvestment of dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions/allocations, if any, in accordance with the provisions of the Funds dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return at market value is not annualized for periods less than one year. | |
(5) | Annualized for periods less than one year. | |
(6) | The Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses) subject to possible recoupment by ING Investments, LLC within three years of being incurred. | |
* | Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the period. | |
** | Impact of waiving the advisory fee for the ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund holding has less than 0.01% impact on the expense ratio and net investment income ratio. |
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A. | Security Valuation. Investments in equity securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sale price. Securities reported by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing prices. Securities traded on an exchange or NASDAQ for which there has been no sale and equity securities traded in the over-the-counter-market are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices. All investments quoted in foreign currencies will be valued daily in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at that time. Debt securities are valued at prices obtained from independent services or from one or more dealers making markets in the securities and may be adjusted based on the Funds valuation procedures. U.S. government obligations are valued by using market quotations or independent pricing services which use prices provided by market-makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to instruments or securities with similar characteristics. |
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B. | Security Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains or losses on sales of investments are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined using the effective yield method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or in the case of some foreign dividends, when the information becomes available to the Fund. |
C. | Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis: |
(1) | Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities at the exchange rates prevailing at the end of the day. | |
(2) | Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. |
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D. | Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts primarily to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities. When entering into a forward foreign currency contract, the Fund agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. These contracts are valued daily and the Funds net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the statement of assets and liabilities. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts are included on the Statement of Operations. These instruments involve market and/or credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the statement of assets and liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates. |
E. | Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid quarterly by the Fund. Distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax principles, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for investment companies. The Fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. |
F. | Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Fund to comply with subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and related excise tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Funds tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall |
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be made until any capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized or expired. |
G. | Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
H. | Securities Lending. Under an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY) the Fund has the option to temporarily loan up to 30% of its managed assets to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lenders fee. The borrower is required to fully collateralize the loans with cash or U.S. government securities. Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Fund has the right to use collateral to offset losses incurred. There would be potential loss to the Fund in the event the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its right to dispose of the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in the Fund. |
I. | Options Contracts. The Fund may purchase put and call options and may write (sell) put options and covered call options. The premium received by the Fund upon the writing of a put or call option is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability which is subsequently marked-to-market until it is exercised or closed, or it expires. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon the expiration or closing of the option contract. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales of the underlying security for a written call option or purchased put option or the purchase cost of the security for a written put option or a purchased call option is adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Risks may also arise from an illiquid secondary market or from the inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contract. |
J. | Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements only with government securities dealers recognized by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Under such agreements, the seller of the security agrees to repurchase it at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The resale price is in excess of the purchase price and reflects an agreed upon interest rate for the period of time the agreement is outstanding. The period of the repurchase agreements is usually short, from overnight to one week, while the underlying securities generally have longer maturities. The Fund will receive as collateral securities acceptable to it whose market value is equal to at least 100% of the carrying amount of the repurchase agreements, plus accrued interest, being invested by the Fund. The underlying collateral is valued daily on a mark to market basis to assure that the value, including accrued interest is at least equal to the repurchase price. There would be potential loss to the Fund in the event the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its right to dispose of the collateral, and it might incur disposition costs in liquidating the collateral. |
K. | Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote. |
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Accrued |
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Investment |
Accrued |
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Management |
Administrative |
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Fees | Fees | Total | ||
$72,316 | $25,745 | $98,061 |
Number of |
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Contracts | Premium | |||||||
Balance at 02/29/2008
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341,900 | $ | 6,417,152 | |||||
Options Written
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1,933,525 | 32,904,314 | ||||||
Options Expired
|
(807,500 | ) | (16,100,346 | ) | ||||
Options Terminated in Closing Purchase Transactions
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(1,174,512 | ) | (18,950,046 | ) | ||||
Balance at 08/31/2008
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293,413 | $ | 4,271,074 | |||||
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Six Months |
Year |
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Ended |
Ended |
|||||||
August 31, |
February 29, |
|||||||
2008
|
2008
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Number of Shares
|
||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions
|
| 46,154 | ||||||
Net increase in shares outstanding
|
| 46,154 | ||||||
$
|
||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions
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$ | | $ | 993,717 | ||||
Net increase
|
$ | | $ | 993,717 | ||||
Ordinary |
Long-Term |
Return |
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Income | Capital Gains | of Capital | ||||||
$15,304,359
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$ | 28,497,101 | $ | 10,323,849 |
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Unrealized |
Appreciation |
$23,702,127
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| ING has agreed with the ING Funds to indemnify and hold harmless the ING Funds from all damages resulting from wrongful conduct by ING or its employees or from INGs internal investigation, any investigations conducted by any governmental or self-regulatory agencies, litigation or other formal proceedings, including any proceedings by the SEC. ING Investments reported to the Boards that ING management believes that the total amount of any indemnification obligations will not be material to ING or its U.S. business. |
| ING updated its Code of Conduct for employees reinforcing its employees obligation to conduct personal trading activity consistent with the law, disclosed limits, and other requirements. |
Per Share |
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Amount | Declaration Date | Payable Date | Record Date | |||||||||
$0.465
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9/19/2008 | 10/15/2008 | 10/3/2008 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
COMMON STOCK: 96.4%
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Australia: 2.4%
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40,903 |
AGL Energy Ltd.
|
$ | 536,605 | |||||||||||
15,424 | X |
Alumina Ltd.
|
57,614 | |||||||||||
12,109 |
Amcor Ltd.
|
56,833 | ||||||||||||
5,232 |
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
|
73,675 | ||||||||||||
26,545 |
Babcock & Brown Ltd.
|
55,370 | ||||||||||||
36,731 |
BHP Billiton Ltd.
|
1,290,059 | ||||||||||||
8,572 |
BlueScope Steel Ltd.
|
67,402 | ||||||||||||
71,628 |
Boral Ltd.
|
393,531 | ||||||||||||
12,907 |
Brambles Ltd.
|
84,688 | ||||||||||||
7,795 |
Caltex Australia Ltd.
|
83,379 | ||||||||||||
9,171 |
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.
|
66,984 | ||||||||||||
1,668 |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
|
60,030 | ||||||||||||
13,618 |
Computershare Ltd.
|
104,937 | ||||||||||||
8,461 |
CSL Ltd.
|
295,292 | ||||||||||||
168,962 |
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.
|
533,212 | ||||||||||||
10,758 |
Lion Nathan Ltd.
|
82,278 | ||||||||||||
256,772 |
Macquarie Airports Management Ltd.
|
698,961 | ||||||||||||
16,774 |
Macquarie Group Ltd.
|
622,006 | ||||||||||||
32,688 |
Macquarie Infrastructure Group
|
60,917 | ||||||||||||
47,217 |
National Australia Bank Ltd.
|
979,759 | ||||||||||||
34,612 |
Origin Energy Ltd.
|
477,471 | ||||||||||||
19,337 |
Qantas Airways Ltd.
|
55,669 | ||||||||||||
2,029 |
Rio Tinto Ltd.
|
219,991 | ||||||||||||
22,645 |
Telstra Corp., Ltd.
|
84,060 | ||||||||||||
27,866 |
Toll Holdings Ltd.
|
164,989 | ||||||||||||
2,748 |
Woolworths Ltd.
|
66,344 | ||||||||||||
7,272,056 | ||||||||||||||
Austria: 0.5%
|
||||||||||||||
988 |
Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
|
59,043 | ||||||||||||
65,800 |
Immofinanz Immobilien Anlagen AG
|
597,653 | ||||||||||||
12,285 |
OMV AG
|
787,057 | ||||||||||||
2,864 |
Telekom Austria AG
|
61,560 | ||||||||||||
932 |
Voestalpine AG
|
50,450 | ||||||||||||
1,555,763 | ||||||||||||||
Belgium: 0.5%
|
||||||||||||||
867 |
Delhaize Group
|
55,934 | ||||||||||||
4,167 |
Fortis
|
57,697 | ||||||||||||
7,900 | @ |
Fortis STRIP VVPR
|
116 | |||||||||||
11,090 |
InBev NV
|
768,787 | ||||||||||||
5,031 |
KBC Groep NV
|
477,987 | ||||||||||||
1,360,521 | ||||||||||||||
Bermuda: 0.2%
|
||||||||||||||
21,100 |
Tyco Electronics Ltd.
|
694,401 | ||||||||||||
694,401 | ||||||||||||||
Denmark: 0.4%
|
||||||||||||||
1,050 |
Danisco A/S
|
70,498 | ||||||||||||
3,600 |
Danske Bank A/S
|
101,303 | ||||||||||||
1,000 |
Novo-Nordisk A/S
|
55,822 | ||||||||||||
7,550 | @ |
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
|
1,024,485 | |||||||||||
1,252,108 | ||||||||||||||
Finland: 1.1%
|
||||||||||||||
32,114 |
Elisa OYJ
|
685,051 | ||||||||||||
7,403 |
Kesko OYJ
|
228,051 | ||||||||||||
69,302 |
Nokia OYJ
|
1,735,141 | ||||||||||||
2,667 |
Sampo OYJ
|
67,095 | ||||||||||||
39,433 |
UPM-Kymmene OYJ
|
673,737 | ||||||||||||
2,736 |
YIT OYJ
|
42,559 | ||||||||||||
3,431,634 | ||||||||||||||
France: 4.6%
|
||||||||||||||
1,052 |
Air Liquide
|
127,776 | ||||||||||||
35,611 |
AXA SA
|
1,136,256 | ||||||||||||
9,884 |
BNP Paribas
|
886,646 | ||||||||||||
10,820 |
Bouygues SA
|
652,136 | ||||||||||||
10,906 |
Carrefour SA
|
576,490 | ||||||||||||
595 |
Christian Dior SA
|
63,294 | ||||||||||||
12,489 | @ |
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA
|
512,794 | |||||||||||
849 |
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
|
55,032 | ||||||||||||
868 |
Eiffage SA
|
57,661 | ||||||||||||
26,965 |
France Telecom SA
|
795,062 | ||||||||||||
1,848 |
Gaz de France
|
106,384 | ||||||||||||
6,650 |
Lafarge SA
|
802,244 | ||||||||||||
628 |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
|
66,692 | ||||||||||||
4,168 |
Natixis
|
35,014 | ||||||||||||
14,362 |
Peugeot SA
|
682,361 | ||||||||||||
968 |
PPR
|
112,568 | ||||||||||||
726 |
Renault SA
|
60,623 | ||||||||||||
20,623 |
Sanofi-Aventis
|
1,463,110 | ||||||||||||
8,450 |
Schneider Electric SA
|
849,385 | ||||||||||||
484 | @ |
Suez Environnement SA
|
13,903 | |||||||||||
759 |
Technip SA
|
62,291 | ||||||||||||
33,452 |
Total SA
|
2,403,063 | ||||||||||||
15,681 |
Veolia Environnement
|
841,078 | ||||||||||||
11,113 |
Vinci SA
|
631,055 | ||||||||||||
24,672 |
Vivendi
|
953,154 | ||||||||||||
13,946,072 | ||||||||||||||
Germany: 2.7%
|
||||||||||||||
3,876 |
Adidas AG
|
226,400 | ||||||||||||
1,241 |
Allianz AG
|
206,882 | ||||||||||||
15,826 |
BASF AG
|
913,299 | ||||||||||||
808 |
Bayer AG
|
63,775 | ||||||||||||
8,317 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
|
343,289 | ||||||||||||
637 |
Continental AG
|
69,048 | ||||||||||||
1,029 |
DaimlerChrysler AG
|
60,086 | ||||||||||||
10,737 |
Deutsche Bank AG
|
911,701 | ||||||||||||
8,494 |
Deutsche Boerse AG
|
796,152 | ||||||||||||
26,608 |
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
|
572,142 | ||||||||||||
25,003 |
Deutsche Post AG
|
584,839 | ||||||||||||
3,697 |
Deutsche Telekom AG
|
60,890 | ||||||||||||
10,104 |
E.ON AG
|
589,034 | ||||||||||||
9,571 |
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
|
512,528 | ||||||||||||
796 |
HeidelbergCement AG
|
89,449 | ||||||||||||
532 |
K+S AG
|
63,779 | ||||||||||||
481 |
Linde AG
|
60,355 | ||||||||||||
467 |
MAN AG
|
45,602 | ||||||||||||
366 |
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG
|
56,754 | ||||||||||||
969 |
Rheinmetall AG
|
61,626 | ||||||||||||
10,887 |
RWE AG
|
1,172,502 | ||||||||||||
2,519 |
SAP AG
|
141,120 | ||||||||||||
4,254 |
Siemens AG
|
462,321 | ||||||||||||
8,063,573 | ||||||||||||||
Greece: 0.3%
|
||||||||||||||
2,384 |
Alpha Bank AE
|
60,663 | ||||||||||||
12,120 |
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA
|
259,062 | ||||||||||||
14,524 |
National Bank of Greece SA
|
640,231 | ||||||||||||
2,311 |
Piraeus Bank SA
|
62,288 | ||||||||||||
1,022,244 | ||||||||||||||
Hong Kong: 0.5%
|
||||||||||||||
5,000 |
Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.
|
71,070 | ||||||||||||
33,200 |
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
|
654,813 | ||||||||||||
6,600 |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.
|
85,256 | ||||||||||||
287,000 | @ |
Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd.
|
358,171 |
18
Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
Hong Kong (continued)
|
||||||||||||||
14,000 |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
|
$ | 129,968 | |||||||||||
500 |
Kingboard Chemicals Holdings
|
2,250 | ||||||||||||
112,000 |
New World Development Ltd.
|
169,988 | ||||||||||||
105,000 |
PCCW Ltd.
|
65,694 | ||||||||||||
1,537,210 | ||||||||||||||
Ireland: 0.2%
|
||||||||||||||
41,475 |
Allied Irish Banks PLC
|
524,796 | ||||||||||||
524,796 | ||||||||||||||
Italy: 2.0%
|
||||||||||||||
6,332 |
Banca Popolare di Milano Scrl
|
63,063 | ||||||||||||
117,777 |
Enel S.p.A.
|
1,081,402 | ||||||||||||
11,661 |
ENI S.p.A.
|
378,251 | ||||||||||||
45,087 |
Fiat S.p.A.
|
697,036 | ||||||||||||
2,377 |
Finmeccanica S.p.A.
|
63,576 | ||||||||||||
198,668 |
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
|
1,066,421 | ||||||||||||
3,387 |
Italcementi S.p.A.
|
47,435 | ||||||||||||
4,821 |
Italcementi S.p.A. RNC
|
55,241 | ||||||||||||
19,016 |
Lottomatica S.p.A.
|
585,120 | ||||||||||||
8,971 |
Mediaset S.p.A.
|
65,132 | ||||||||||||
256,229 |
Parmalat S.p.A.
|
705,034 | ||||||||||||
96,692 |
Pirelli & C S.p.A.
|
65,294 | ||||||||||||
239,241 |
UniCredito Italiano S.p.A.
|
1,287,274 | ||||||||||||
26,023 |
Unipol S.p.A.
|
64,880 | ||||||||||||
6,225,159 | ||||||||||||||
Japan: 8.7%
|
||||||||||||||
1,200 |
Alfresa Holdings Corp.
|
78,037 | ||||||||||||
9,000 |
Amada Co., Ltd.
|
54,513 | ||||||||||||
13,000 |
Asahi Kasei Corp.
|
61,054 | ||||||||||||
2,300 |
Astellas Pharma, Inc.
|
103,596 | ||||||||||||
11,000 |
Bank of Yokohama Ltd.
|
58,921 | ||||||||||||
45 |
Central Japan Railway Co.
|
467,454 | ||||||||||||
9,000 |
Chiba Bank Ltd.
|
49,319 | ||||||||||||
4,900 |
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
|
116,763 | ||||||||||||
31,400 |
Credit Saison Co., Ltd.
|
632,584 | ||||||||||||
10,000 |
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
|
123,099 | ||||||||||||
2,300 |
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
|
69,195 | ||||||||||||
1,800 |
Daikin Industries Ltd.
|
60,675 | ||||||||||||
11 |
Dena Co., Ltd.
|
53,668 | ||||||||||||
26,900 |
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
|
740,180 | ||||||||||||
24,600 |
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
|
453,656 | ||||||||||||
13 |
Inpex Holdings, Inc.
|
141,559 | ||||||||||||
4,200 |
Ito En Ltd.
|
64,274 | ||||||||||||
16,000 |
Itochu Corp.
|
128,716 | ||||||||||||
1,800 |
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.
|
49,393 | ||||||||||||
7,000 |
Iyo Bank Ltd.
|
74,281 | ||||||||||||
5,100 |
JSR Corp.
|
87,861 | ||||||||||||
10,000 |
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
|
63,088 | ||||||||||||
24,000 |
Kao Corp.
|
679,512 | ||||||||||||
144 |
KDDI Corp.
|
838,542 | ||||||||||||
3,600 |
Keyence Corp.
|
728,211 | ||||||||||||
4,000 |
Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.
|
59,847 | ||||||||||||
22,400 |
Komatsu Ltd.
|
468,821 | ||||||||||||
1,700 |
Konami Corp.
|
51,913 | ||||||||||||
41,500 |
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
|
571,986 | ||||||||||||
3,000 |
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
|
66,059 | ||||||||||||
2,200 |
Makita Corp.
|
56,869 | ||||||||||||
35,000 |
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
|
719,385 | ||||||||||||
9,800 |
Millea Holdings, Inc.
|
332,389 | ||||||||||||
6,000 |
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
|
50,885 | ||||||||||||
196,900 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
|
1,496,649 | ||||||||||||
35,000 |
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
|
596,727 | ||||||||||||
27,000 |
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.
|
320,006 | ||||||||||||
15 |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
|
63,854 | ||||||||||||
47,000 |
NGK Insulators Ltd.
|
564,071 | ||||||||||||
9,000 |
NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
|
60,514 | ||||||||||||
45,000 |
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
|
600,255 | ||||||||||||
38,000 |
Nippon Oil Corp.
|
237,003 | ||||||||||||
32,000 |
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
|
163,872 | ||||||||||||
20,000 |
Nippon Steel Corp.
|
94,873 | ||||||||||||
14 |
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
|
68,826 | ||||||||||||
98,000 |
Nippon Yusen KK
|
782,065 | ||||||||||||
103,000 |
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.
|
269,076 | ||||||||||||
11,400 |
Nitto Denko Corp.
|
342,198 | ||||||||||||
20,600 |
NOK Corp.
|
295,213 | ||||||||||||
72,000 |
Okuma Corp.
|
517,528 | ||||||||||||
136,000 |
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.
|
494,814 | ||||||||||||
5,700 |
Otsuka Corp.
|
408,859 | ||||||||||||
5,950 |
Promise Co., Ltd.
|
133,350 | ||||||||||||
453 |
Resona Holdings, Inc.
|
527,253 | ||||||||||||
23,000 |
Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.
|
669,934 | ||||||||||||
13,000 |
Sharp Corp.
|
165,400 | ||||||||||||
14,300 |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
|
795,512 | ||||||||||||
18,000 |
Shinsei Bank Ltd.
|
61,206 | ||||||||||||
10,000 |
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
|
225,439 | ||||||||||||
284 |
Softbank Investment Corp.
|
50,928 | ||||||||||||
27,900 |
Sony Corp.
|
1,066,558 | ||||||||||||
25,100 |
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
|
505,652 | ||||||||||||
58,500 |
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
|
671,320 | ||||||||||||
61,000 |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
|
777,172 | ||||||||||||
10 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
|
60,542 | ||||||||||||
3,000 |
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
|
59,719 | ||||||||||||
60,000 |
Suruga Bank Ltd.
|
642,889 | ||||||||||||
1,900 |
Suzuken Co., Ltd.
|
68,254 | ||||||||||||
21,600 |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
|
1,128,390 | ||||||||||||
42,100 |
Tokai Rika Co., Ltd.
|
610,412 | ||||||||||||
183,000 |
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
|
763,526 | ||||||||||||
101,000 |
Tokyu Land Corp.
|
426,090 | ||||||||||||
35,200 |
Toyota Boshoku Corp.
|
569,046 | ||||||||||||
16,100 |
Toyota Motor Corp.
|
718,356 | ||||||||||||
14 |
West Japan Railway Co.
|
67,652 | ||||||||||||
2,000 |
Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd.
|
72,890 | ||||||||||||
13,000 |
Yaskawa Electric Corp.
|
90,806 | ||||||||||||
26,661,004 | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg: 0.1%
|
||||||||||||||
2,991 |
Arcelor Mittal
|
235,852 | ||||||||||||
235,852 | ||||||||||||||
Mauritius: 0.3%
|
||||||||||||||
1,702,000 |
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.
|
756,298 | ||||||||||||
756,298 | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands: 2.2%
|
||||||||||||||
65,235 |
Aegon NV
|
768,469 | ||||||||||||
3,514 |
Akzo Nobel NV
|
214,434 | ||||||||||||
31,899 |
ASML Holding NV
|
752,264 | ||||||||||||
15,547 |
Heineken NV
|
728,889 | ||||||||||||
1,138 |
Koninklijke DSM NV
|
65,497 | ||||||||||||
30,992 |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
|
1,006,934 | ||||||||||||
34,702 |
Reed Elsevier NV
|
580,221 | ||||||||||||
22,157 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A
|
774,328 | ||||||||||||
42,603 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B
|
1,464,972 | ||||||||||||
4,027 |
Royal KPN NV
|
68,327 | ||||||||||||
10,984 |
Unilever NV
|
303,080 | ||||||||||||
6,727,415 | ||||||||||||||
New Zealand: 0.1%
|
||||||||||||||
80,971 |
Fletcher Building Ltd.
|
421,742 | ||||||||||||
421,742 | ||||||||||||||
Norway: 0.0%
|
||||||||||||||
5,400 |
DnB NOR ASA
|
62,605 | ||||||||||||
5,000 |
Orkla ASA
|
64,142 | ||||||||||||
126,747 | ||||||||||||||
19
Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
Portugal: 0.1%
|
||||||||||||||
16,417 |
Energias de Portugal SA
|
$ | 83,381 | |||||||||||
5,520 |
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA
|
57,672 | ||||||||||||
6,543 |
PT Multimedia Servicos de Telecomunicacoes e Multimedia SGPS SA
|
51,407 | ||||||||||||
192,460 | ||||||||||||||
Singapore: 0.6%
|
||||||||||||||
162,000 |
CapitaLand Ltd.
|
494,812 | ||||||||||||
9,000 |
City Developments Ltd.
|
65,281 | ||||||||||||
6,000 |
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.
|
74,831 | ||||||||||||
167,000 |
Keppel Land Ltd.
|
453,619 | ||||||||||||
28,000 |
Singapore Exchange Ltd.
|
123,643 | ||||||||||||
248,000 |
United Overseas Land Ltd.
|
501,401 | ||||||||||||
1,713,587 | ||||||||||||||
Spain: 1.9%
|
||||||||||||||
56,872 |
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
|
959,649 | ||||||||||||
105,994 |
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
|
1,801,833 | ||||||||||||
4,749 |
Iberdrola SA
|
57,222 | ||||||||||||
5,539 |
Inditex SA
|
257,601 | ||||||||||||
74,417 |
Telefonica SA
|
1,838,735 | ||||||||||||
29,643 |
Union Fenosa SA
|
751,155 | ||||||||||||
5,666,195 | ||||||||||||||
Sweden: 0.3%
|
||||||||||||||
4,200 |
Atlas Copco AB
|
58,626 | ||||||||||||
19,550 |
Boliden AB
|
123,161 | ||||||||||||
4,900 |
Electrolux AB
|
62,869 | ||||||||||||
17,400 |
Investor AB
|
366,354 | ||||||||||||
4,000 |
Sandvik AB
|
49,573 | ||||||||||||
17,800 |
Svenska Cellulosa AB B Shares
|
202,213 | ||||||||||||
3,000 |
Swedbank AB
|
52,719 | ||||||||||||
3,100 |
Tele2 AB B Shares
|
47,682 | ||||||||||||
7,400 |
Volvo AB
|
83,875 | ||||||||||||
1,047,072 | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland: 3.5%
|
||||||||||||||
50,010 | @ |
ABB Ltd.
|
1,226,632 | |||||||||||
1,213 |
Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG
|
70,578 | ||||||||||||
23,827 |
Credit Suisse Group
|
1,105,161 | ||||||||||||
11,309 |
Holcim Ltd.
|
813,127 | ||||||||||||
29,881 |
Nestle SA
|
1,316,545 | ||||||||||||
37,590 |
Novartis AG
|
2,094,084 | ||||||||||||
665 | @ |
OC Oerlikon Corp. AG
|
155,533 | |||||||||||
4,101 |
Roche Holding AG
|
690,110 | ||||||||||||
11,900 |
Swiss Reinsurance
|
731,951 | ||||||||||||
246 |
Syngenta AG
|
66,004 | ||||||||||||
5,475 |
Synthes, Inc.
|
757,626 | ||||||||||||
3,076 | @ |
UBS AG Reg
|
66,860 | |||||||||||
17,503 |
Xstrata PLC
|
975,850 | ||||||||||||
1,850 |
Zurich Financial Services AG
|
482,973 | ||||||||||||
10,553,034 | ||||||||||||||
United Kingdom: 8.0%
|
||||||||||||||
4,945 |
3i Group PLC
|
82,631 | ||||||||||||
10,592 |
Anglo American PLC
|
563,027 | ||||||||||||
28,313 |
AstraZeneca PLC
|
1,380,316 | ||||||||||||
10,561 |
Aviva PLC
|
98,583 | ||||||||||||
71,349 |
BAE Systems PLC
|
622,708 | ||||||||||||
92,141 |
Barclays PLC
|
589,601 | ||||||||||||
26,689 |
BG Group PLC
|
591,999 | ||||||||||||
44,123 |
BHP Billiton PLC
|
1,374,254 | ||||||||||||
278,468 |
BP PLC
|
2,676,523 | ||||||||||||
1,850 |
British American Tobacco PLC
|
62,501 | ||||||||||||
87,026 |
BT Group PLC
|
273,135 | ||||||||||||
229,317 |
Cable & Wireless PLC
|
739,305 | ||||||||||||
888 | @ |
Cairn Energy PLC
|
48,044 | |||||||||||
7,179 |
Capita Group PLC
|
92,367 | ||||||||||||
1,977 |
Carnival PLC
|
67,777 | ||||||||||||
150,849 |
Centrica PLC
|
897,998 | ||||||||||||
64,638 |
Compass Group PLC
|
430,160 | ||||||||||||
56,160 |
Daily Mail & General Trust
|
379,147 | ||||||||||||
62,296 |
Diageo PLC
|
1,150,543 | ||||||||||||
34,606 |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
814,310 | ||||||||||||
160,366 |
HBOS PLC
|
917,930 | ||||||||||||
93,979 |
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
1,478,737 | ||||||||||||
7,480 |
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
|
246,623 | ||||||||||||
48,931 |
International Power PLC
|
351,246 | ||||||||||||
30,515 |
Investec PLC
|
223,097 | ||||||||||||
97,360 |
J Sainsbury PLC
|
615,799 | ||||||||||||
275,039 |
Legal & General Group PLC
|
501,796 | ||||||||||||
9,429 |
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
|
44,935 | ||||||||||||
9,458 |
Mondi PLC
|
56,151 | ||||||||||||
4,790 |
National Grid PLC
|
62,351 | ||||||||||||
398,993 |
Old Mutual PLC
|
705,657 | ||||||||||||
5,337 |
Pearson PLC
|
65,919 | ||||||||||||
29,800 |
Persimmon PLC
|
201,715 | ||||||||||||
7,594 |
Punch Taverns PLC
|
40,094 | ||||||||||||
1,163 |
Reckitt Benckiser PLC
|
58,795 | ||||||||||||
5,578 |
Reed Elsevier PLC
|
63,751 | ||||||||||||
5,963 |
Rio Tinto PLC
|
566,062 | ||||||||||||
320,545 |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
|
1,363,305 | ||||||||||||
24,222 |
Sage Group PLC
|
92,354 | ||||||||||||
12,507 |
Shire Ltd.
|
220,343 | ||||||||||||
5,478 |
Smith & Nephew PLC
|
65,738 | ||||||||||||
11,762 |
Standard Chartered PLC
|
318,088 | ||||||||||||
13,372 |
Standard Life PLC
|
60,919 | ||||||||||||
8,447 |
Tate & Lyle PLC
|
68,077 | ||||||||||||
79,960 |
Tesco PLC
|
554,234 | ||||||||||||
20,631 |
Thomas Cook Group PLC
|
85,912 | ||||||||||||
355,664 |
Vodafone Group PLC
|
908,917 | ||||||||||||
149,970 |
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC
|
769,911 | ||||||||||||
79,445 |
Wolseley PLC
|
641,013 | ||||||||||||
7,879 |
WPP Group PLC
|
76,690 | ||||||||||||
24,361,088 | ||||||||||||||
United States: 55.2%
|
||||||||||||||
2,200 |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
|
115,390 | ||||||||||||
63,600 | @ |
AES Corp.
|
970,536 | |||||||||||
9,900 | S |
Aetna, Inc.
|
427,086 | |||||||||||
13,700 | @ |
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
|
729,388 | |||||||||||
35,700 |
Aflac, Inc.
|
2,024,190 | ||||||||||||
16,100 | @ |
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
|
559,636 | |||||||||||
6,300 |
AK Steel Holding Corp.
|
331,443 | ||||||||||||
5,200 | @ |
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
|
69,888 | |||||||||||
32,200 |
Altria Group, Inc.
|
677,166 | ||||||||||||
6,100 |
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
|
250,161 | ||||||||||||
27,600 | @ |
Amgen, Inc.
|
1,734,660 | |||||||||||
15,500 |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
|
956,815 | ||||||||||||
10,900 |
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.
|
739,674 | ||||||||||||
5,600 |
AON Corp.
|
265,944 | ||||||||||||
11,700 |
Apache Corp.
|
1,338,246 | ||||||||||||
9,500 | @ |
Apollo Group, Inc. Class A
|
604,960 | |||||||||||
5,800 | @ |
Apple, Inc.
|
983,274 | |||||||||||
2,700 |
Applied Biosystems, Inc.
|
98,523 | ||||||||||||
7,700 |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
|
196,042 | ||||||||||||
4,400 |
Assurant, Inc.
|
257,092 | ||||||||||||
75,437 |
AT&T, Inc.
|
2,413,230 | ||||||||||||
8,000 | @ |
Autodesk, Inc.
|
284,240 | |||||||||||
5,900 | @,S |
Autozone, Inc.
|
809,657 | |||||||||||
12,900 |
Baker Hughes, Inc.
|
1,032,129 | ||||||||||||
13,900 |
Ball Corp.
|
638,288 | ||||||||||||
67,085 |
Bank of America Corp.
|
2,089,027 | ||||||||||||
31,200 |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
|
1,079,832 | ||||||||||||
73,700 |
BB&T Corp.
|
2,211,000 | ||||||||||||
20,500 |
Best Buy Co., Inc.
|
917,785 | ||||||||||||
11,900 | @ |
Big Lots, Inc.
|
351,883 | |||||||||||
12,800 | @,S |
Biogen Idec, Inc.
|
651,904 | |||||||||||
6,800 |
Black & Decker Corp.
|
430,100 | ||||||||||||
27,600 |
Boeing Co.
|
1,809,456 | ||||||||||||
19,800 |
CA, Inc.
|
473,418 |
20
Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
United States (continued)
|
||||||||||||||
3,200 |
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
$ | 141,248 | |||||||||||
21,900 |
Caterpillar, Inc.
|
1,548,987 | ||||||||||||
26,700 |
Centerpoint Energy, Inc.
|
423,996 | ||||||||||||
9,900 |
CenturyTel, Inc.
|
382,437 | ||||||||||||
890 |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
|
135,636 | ||||||||||||
17,700 |
Charles Schwab Corp.
|
424,623 | ||||||||||||
54,300 | S |
Chevron Corp.
|
4,687,176 | |||||||||||
22,800 |
Chubb Corp.
|
1,094,628 | ||||||||||||
27,900 |
Cigna Corp.
|
1,168,452 | ||||||||||||
98,300 | @,S |
Cisco Systems, Inc.
|
2,364,115 | |||||||||||
15,800 |
Clorox Co.
|
933,780 | ||||||||||||
1,000 |
CME Group, Inc.
|
335,380 | ||||||||||||
54,200 |
Coca-Cola Co.
|
2,822,194 | ||||||||||||
42,000 |
ConocoPhillips
|
3,465,420 | ||||||||||||
12,900 | @ |
Constellation Brands, Inc.
|
272,319 | |||||||||||
19,800 |
Cooper Industries Ltd.
|
943,272 | ||||||||||||
5,900 |
Corning, Inc.
|
121,186 | ||||||||||||
3,400 |
CVS Caremark Corp.
|
124,440 | ||||||||||||
8,800 |
Deere & Co.
|
621,016 | ||||||||||||
78,100 | @ |
Dell, Inc.
|
1,697,113 | |||||||||||
11,100 |
Devon Energy Corp.
|
1,132,755 | ||||||||||||
26,100 | @ |
DIRECTV Group, Inc.
|
736,281 | |||||||||||
19,600 |
Discover Financial Services
|
322,420 | ||||||||||||
21,700 |
Dominion Resources, Inc.
|
944,601 | ||||||||||||
25,500 |
Dover Corp.
|
1,259,190 | ||||||||||||
22,000 |
DTE Energy Co.
|
927,520 | ||||||||||||
8,400 |
Eaton Corp.
|
614,712 | ||||||||||||
9,400 | @,S |
eBay, Inc.
|
234,342 | |||||||||||
45,000 |
Edison International
|
2,066,400 | ||||||||||||
2,700 |
EI Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
|
119,988 | ||||||||||||
17,200 |
Eli Lilly & Co.
|
802,380 | ||||||||||||
10,200 |
Embarq Corp.
|
481,032 | ||||||||||||
17,900 | @ |
EMC Corp.
|
273,512 | |||||||||||
17,900 | @ |
Expedia, Inc.
|
316,114 | |||||||||||
13,600 | @ |
Express Scripts, Inc.
|
998,376 | |||||||||||
106,300 | S |
ExxonMobil Corp.
|
8,505,063 | |||||||||||
20,500 |
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
|
510,860 | ||||||||||||
18,400 |
Federal National Mortgage Association
|
125,856 | ||||||||||||
23,800 |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
|
520,030 | ||||||||||||
22,100 | @ |
Fiserv, Inc.
|
1,146,106 | |||||||||||
5,500 |
Fluor Corp.
|
440,715 | ||||||||||||
22,200 | @ |
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
|
792,318 | |||||||||||
7,400 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
|
660,968 | ||||||||||||
19,100 | @ |
GameStop Corp.
|
837,917 | |||||||||||
34,000 |
Gap, Inc.
|
661,300 | ||||||||||||
106,122 |
General Electric Co.
|
2,982,028 | ||||||||||||
14,700 | S |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
2,410,359 | |||||||||||
17,800 |
Goodrich Corp.
|
912,250 | ||||||||||||
500 | @ |
Google, Inc. Class A
|
231,645 | |||||||||||
37,100 |
H&R Block, Inc.
|
947,534 | ||||||||||||
1,806 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
|
113,922 | ||||||||||||
18,400 |
Hasbro, Inc.
|
688,160 | ||||||||||||
7,100 |
Hess Corp.
|
743,441 | ||||||||||||
80,700 |
Hewlett-Packard Co.
|
3,786,447 | ||||||||||||
15,300 |
Honeywell International, Inc.
|
767,601 | ||||||||||||
70,000 |
Hudson City Bancorp., Inc.
|
1,290,800 | ||||||||||||
25,200 |
IMS Health, Inc.
|
559,944 | ||||||||||||
63,000 |
Intel Corp.
|
1,440,810 | ||||||||||||
1,700 | @ |
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
|
149,651 | |||||||||||
30,100 |
International Business Machines Corp.
|
3,664,073 | ||||||||||||
63,600 | @ |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.
|
597,840 | |||||||||||
5,800 |
Invesco Ltd.
|
148,654 | ||||||||||||
25,300 | S |
Jabil Circuit, Inc.
|
426,558 | |||||||||||
17,500 | @ |
JDS Uniphase Corp.
|
177,800 | |||||||||||
16,000 |
Johnson & Johnson
|
1,126,880 | ||||||||||||
37,600 |
Johnson Controls, Inc.
|
1,162,592 | ||||||||||||
34,700 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
1,335,603 | ||||||||||||
10,300 | @,S |
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|
117,832 | |||||||||||
24,800 |
Leggett & Platt, Inc.
|
553,288 | ||||||||||||
18,800 | S |
Lennar Corp.
|
247,220 | |||||||||||
14,200 | @ |
Lexmark International, Inc.
|
510,774 | |||||||||||
30,400 |
Limited Brands, Inc.
|
632,320 | ||||||||||||
13,700 |
Lockheed Martin Corp.
|
1,595,228 | ||||||||||||
33,800 | @ |
LSI Logic Corp.
|
224,770 | |||||||||||
8,600 |
M&T Bank Corp.
|
613,524 | ||||||||||||
36,500 |
McDonalds Corp.
|
2,263,000 | ||||||||||||
28,100 |
Medtronic, Inc.
|
1,534,260 | ||||||||||||
59,000 |
Merck & Co., Inc.
|
2,104,530 | ||||||||||||
41,300 |
Metlife, Inc.
|
2,238,460 | ||||||||||||
114,500 |
Microsoft Corp.
|
3,124,705 | ||||||||||||
4,300 |
Molson Coors Brewing Co.
|
204,895 | ||||||||||||
5,600 |
Monsanto Co.
|
639,800 | ||||||||||||
6,200 |
Murphy Oil Corp.
|
486,886 | ||||||||||||
4,700 | @ |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
|
346,531 | |||||||||||
29,100 | S |
National Semiconductor Corp.
|
623,613 | |||||||||||
18,204 |
News Corp. Class A
|
257,769 | ||||||||||||
12,400 |
Northern Trust Corp.
|
996,836 | ||||||||||||
11,100 | S |
Northrop Grumman Corp.
|
764,235 | |||||||||||
17,300 |
Nucor Corp.
|
908,250 | ||||||||||||
7,800 |
NYSE Euronext
|
316,602 | ||||||||||||
27,500 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
|
2,182,400 | ||||||||||||
6,600 |
Omnicom Group
|
279,774 | ||||||||||||
46,800 | @ |
Oracle Corp.
|
1,026,324 | |||||||||||
14,100 |
Parker Hannifin Corp.
|
903,387 | ||||||||||||
19,600 |
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
|
579,768 | ||||||||||||
23,200 |
Pfizer, Inc.
|
443,352 | ||||||||||||
31,600 |
Philip Morris International, Inc.
|
1,696,920 | ||||||||||||
28,000 |
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
|
956,200 | ||||||||||||
15,300 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
|
1,100,835 | ||||||||||||
19,100 |
PPG Industries, Inc.
|
1,200,626 | ||||||||||||
48,700 |
Procter & Gamble Co.
|
3,397,799 | ||||||||||||
10,100 |
Progressive Corp.
|
186,547 | ||||||||||||
5,100 |
Prudential Financial, Inc.
|
375,921 | ||||||||||||
8,700 |
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
|
354,699 | ||||||||||||
15,700 | @ |
QLogic Corp.
|
293,276 | |||||||||||
11,100 |
Quest Diagnostics
|
599,955 | ||||||||||||
16,900 |
RadioShack Corp.
|
321,269 | ||||||||||||
32,376 |
Regions Financial Corp.
|
300,126 | ||||||||||||
19,000 |
Reynolds American, Inc.
|
1,006,620 | ||||||||||||
5,700 |
Robert Half International, Inc.
|
145,920 | ||||||||||||
1,843 |
Rohm & Haas Co.
|
138,317 | ||||||||||||
22,000 | S |
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.
|
613,360 | |||||||||||
8,400 |
Ryder System, Inc.
|
541,968 | ||||||||||||
97,500 |
Sara Lee Corp.
|
1,316,250 | ||||||||||||
48,700 |
Schering-Plough Corp.
|
944,780 | ||||||||||||
21,300 | @ |
SLM Corp.
|
351,663 | |||||||||||
7,900 |
Snap-On, Inc.
|
450,458 | ||||||||||||
17,700 |
Spectra Energy Corp.
|
468,342 | ||||||||||||
23,700 | @ |
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
|
1,086,171 | |||||||||||
19,700 |
State Street Corp.
|
1,333,099 | ||||||||||||
10,400 |
SunTrust Bank
|
435,656 | ||||||||||||
12,500 |
Supervalu, Inc.
|
289,875 | ||||||||||||
28,900 | @ |
Symantec Corp.
|
644,759 | |||||||||||
4,600 | @ |
Teradata Corp.
|
113,022 | |||||||||||
10,300 | @ |
Terex Corp.
|
517,987 | |||||||||||
78,700 |
Texas Instruments, Inc.
|
1,928,937 | ||||||||||||
18,700 | S |
Textron, Inc.
|
768,570 | |||||||||||
5,700 | @ |
Thermo Electron Corp.
|
345,192 | |||||||||||
32,600 |
TJX Cos., Inc.
|
1,181,424 | ||||||||||||
4,600 |
Torchmark Corp.
|
274,804 | ||||||||||||
21,800 |
Travelers Cos., Inc.
|
962,688 | ||||||||||||
2,400 |
United States Steel Corp.
|
319,368 | ||||||||||||
14,000 |
UnumProvident Corp.
|
355,740 | ||||||||||||
40,300 |
Verizon Communications, Inc.
|
1,415,336 | ||||||||||||
5,700 |
VF Corp.
|
451,725 | ||||||||||||
42,700 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
|
2,522,289 | ||||||||||||
29,200 |
Walt Disney Co.
|
944,620 | ||||||||||||
8,843 | @ |
Waters Corp.
|
603,535 | |||||||||||
8,100 | @ |
WellPoint, Inc.
|
427,599 | |||||||||||
60,300 |
Windstream Corp.
|
748,926 | ||||||||||||
3,500 |
WM Wrigley Jr. Co.
|
278,180 |
21
Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
United States (continued)
|
||||||||||||||
62,700 |
Wyeth
|
$ | 2,713,656 | |||||||||||
23,000 |
Xerox Corp.
|
320,390 | ||||||||||||
6,500 |
Xilinx, Inc.
|
168,870 | ||||||||||||
15,700 |
Zions Bancorp.
|
421,388 | ||||||||||||
168,380,819 | ||||||||||||||
Total Common Stock
(Cost $308,670,579) |
293,728,850 | |||||||||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS: 0.7%
|
||||||||||||||
Australia: 0.2%
|
||||||||||||||
699,530 |
Macquarie Office Trust
|
619,737 | ||||||||||||
12,064 |
Stockland
|
53,990 | ||||||||||||
673,727 | ||||||||||||||
Singapore: 0.0%
|
||||||||||||||
45,000 | @ |
CapitaCommercial Trust
|
53,427 | |||||||||||
53,427 | ||||||||||||||
United States: 0.5%
|
||||||||||||||
65,400 |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
|
935,220 | ||||||||||||
6,200 |
Public Storage, Inc.
|
547,584 | ||||||||||||
1,482,804 | ||||||||||||||
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts
(Cost $2,443,460) |
2,209,958 | |||||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCK: 0.2%
|
||||||||||||||
Germany: 0.2%
|
||||||||||||||
1,581 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
|
53,739 | ||||||||||||
3,493 |
Henkel KGaA Vorzug
|
137,155 | ||||||||||||
463 |
Porsche AG
|
65,689 | ||||||||||||
30,827 |
ProSieben SAT.1 Media AG
|
314,260 | ||||||||||||
418 |
Volkswagen AG
|
64,433 | ||||||||||||
635,276 | ||||||||||||||
Italy: 0.0%
|
||||||||||||||
3,273 | @ |
Instituto Finanziario Industriale S.p.A.
|
70,525 | |||||||||||
70,525 | ||||||||||||||
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $1,074,715) |
705,801 | |||||||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost $312,188,754) |
296,644,609 | |||||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 2.1%
|
||||||||||||||
Affiliated Mutual Fund: 2.0%
|
||||||||||||||
6,025,000 | S |
ING Institutional Prime Money Market Fund
|
6,025,000 | |||||||||||
Total Mutual Fund
(Cost $6,025,000) |
6,025,000 | |||||||||||||
Principal |
||||||||||||||
Amount | Value | |||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreement: 0.1%
|
||||||||||||||
$ | 481,000 |
Deutsche Bank Repurchase Agreement dated 08/29/08, 2.100%,
due 09/02/08, $481,112 to be received upon repurchase
(Collateralized by $619,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Discount Note, Market Value $490,644,
due 11/24/14)
|
$ | 481,000 | ||||||||||
Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $481,000) |
481,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $6,506,000) |
6,506,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments in Securities
|
||||||||||||||
(Cost $318,694,754)* | 99.4 | % | $ | 303,150,609 | ||||||||||
Other Assets and
Liabilities - Net |
0.6 | 1,729,663 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $ | 304,880,272 | ||||||||||
@
|
Non-income producing security | |
STRIP
|
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities | |
S
|
All or a portion of this security is segregated to cover collateral requirements for applicable futures, options, swaps, foreign forward currency contracts and/or when-issued or delayed-delivery securities. | |
X
|
Fair Valued determined by ING Funds Valuation Committee appointed by the Funds Board of Directors/Trustees. | |
*
|
Cost for federal income tax purposes is $323,395,282. | |
Net unrealized depreciation consists of: |
Gross Unrealized Appreciation
|
$ | 8,904,874 | ||
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
|
(29,149,547 | ) | ||
Net Unrealized Depreciation
|
$ | (20,244,673 | ) | |
22
Percentage of |
||||
Industry | Net Assets | |||
Advertising
|
0.3 | % | ||
Aerospace/Defense
|
1.9 | |||
Agriculture
|
1.5 | |||
Airlines
|
0.2 | |||
Apparel
|
0.3 | |||
Auto Manufacturers
|
1.0 | |||
Auto Parts & Equipment
|
1.3 | |||
Banks
|
9.7 | |||
Beverages
|
2.5 | |||
Biotechnology
|
0.9 | |||
Building Materials
|
0.9 | |||
Chemicals
|
1.7 | |||
Commercial Services
|
0.8 | |||
Computers
|
4.0 | |||
Cosmetics/Personal Care
|
1.3 | |||
Distribution/Wholesale
|
0.6 | |||
Diversified
|
0.0 | |||
Diversified Financial Services
|
3.2 | |||
Electric
|
3.5 | |||
Electrical Components & Equipment
|
0.3 | |||
Electronics
|
1.9 | |||
Energy Alternate Sources
|
0.3 | |||
Engineering & Construction
|
1.2 | |||
Entertainment
|
0.2 | |||
Environmental Control
|
0.0 | |||
Food
|
2.4 | |||
Food Service
|
0.1 | |||
Forest Products & Paper
|
0.3 | |||
Gas
|
0.7 | |||
Hand/Machine Tools
|
0.3 | |||
Healthcare Products
|
1.5 | |||
Healthcare Services
|
1.0 | |||
Holding Companies Diversified
|
0.1 | |||
Home Builders
|
0.2 | |||
Home Furnishings
|
0.7 | |||
Hotels
|
0.3 | |||
Household Products/Wares
|
0.3 | |||
Insurance
|
4.4 | |||
Internet
|
0.5 | |||
Investment Companies
|
0.1 | |||
Iron/Steel
|
0.7 | |||
Leisure Time
|
0.1 | |||
Lodging
|
0.0 | |||
Machinery Construction & Mining
|
0.9 | |||
Machinery Diversified
|
0.5 | |||
Media
|
1.5 | |||
Mining
|
2.2 | |||
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
|
3.5 | |||
Office Property
|
0.2 | |||
Office/Business Equipment
|
0.4 | |||
Oil & Gas
|
11.0 | |||
Oil & Gas Services
|
0.6 | |||
Packaging & Containers
|
0.2 | |||
Pharmaceuticals
|
5.8 | |||
Pipelines
|
0.2 | |||
Real Estate
|
0.9 | |||
Retail
|
4.3 | |||
Savings & Loans
|
0.4 | |||
Semiconductors
|
1.8 | |||
Software
|
2.4 | |||
Storage
|
0.2 | |||
Telecommunications
|
5.6 | |||
Toys/Games/Hobbies
|
0.2 | |||
Transportation
|
1.0 | |||
Venture Capital
|
0.0 | |||
Water
|
0.3 | |||
Short-Term Investments
|
2.1 | |||
Other Assets and Liabilities Net
|
0.6 | |||
Net Assets
|
100.0 | % | ||
Investments in |
Other Financial |
|||||||
Securities | Instruments* | |||||||
Level 1 Quoted Prices
|
$ | 176,890,389 | $ | (100,213 | ) | |||
Level 2 Other Significant Observable Inputs
|
126,260,220 | (492,372 | ) | |||||
Level 3 Significant Unobservable Inputs
|
| | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 303,150,609 | $ | (592,585 | ) | |||
* | Other financial instruments may include forward foreign currency contracts, futures, swaps, and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts and futures are reported at their unrealized gain/loss at period end. Swaps and written options are reported at their market value at period end. |
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# of |
Expiration |
Strike |
Premiums |
|||||||||||||||||||
Contracts | Counterparty | Description | Date | Price/Rate | Received | Value | ||||||||||||||||
5,900
|
Morgan Stanley | Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 | 09/09/08 | 3,448.45 | EUR | $ | 670,228 | $ | (129,501 | ) | ||||||||||||
2,900
|
Morgan Stanley | FTSE 100 Index | 09/09/08 | 5,540.54 | GBP | 627,292 | (703,614 | ) | ||||||||||||||
204,000
|
Morgan Stanley | Nikkei 225 Index | 09/09/08 | 13,306.56 | JPY | 601,113 | (210,942 | ) | ||||||||||||||
80,613
|
UBS AG | S&P 500® Index | 09/08/08 | 1,296.32 | USD | 2,372,441 | (919,703 | ) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,271,074 | $ | (1,963,760 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Premiums Received: | $ | 4,271,074 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities for Written Options: | $ | 1,963,760 |
Unrealized |
||||||||||||
Number |
Expiration |
Appreciation/ |
||||||||||
Contract Description | of Contracts | Date | (Depreciation) | |||||||||
Long Contracts
|
||||||||||||
S&P
500®
|
20 | 09/18/08 | $ | (108,358 | ) | |||||||
S&P
500®
|
2 | 12/18/08 | 8,145 | |||||||||
$ | (100,213 | ) | ||||||||||
In |
Unrealized |
|||||||||||||||||||
Settlement |
Exchange |
Appreciation/ |
||||||||||||||||||
Currency
|
Buy/Sell | Date | For | Value | (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||||
USD | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australia Dollars AUD 9,200,000 |
SELL | 11/18/08 | 7,951,109 | 7,824,963 | $ | 126,146 | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland Francs CHF 10,100,000 |
SELL | 11/18/08 | 9,290,774 | 9,179,732 | 111,042 | |||||||||||||||
Euro EUR 32,600,000 |
SELL | 11/18/08 | 48,311,244 | 47,625,171 | 686,073 | |||||||||||||||
British Pound Sterling GBP 14,500,000 |
SELL | 11/18/08 | 26,961,836 | 26,279,424 | 682,412 | |||||||||||||||
Japanese Yen JPY 2,766,000,000 |
SELL | 11/18/08 | 25,397,817 | 25,532,102 | (134,285 | ) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,471,388 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Supplemental Call Option Statistics as of August 31,
2008
|
||
% of Total Net Assets against which calls written
|
62% | |
Average Days to Expiration
|
29 days | |
Average Call Moneyness* at time written
|
ATM | |
Premium received for calls
|
$4,271,074 | |
Value of calls
|
$(1,963,760) |
* | Moneyness is the term used to describe the relationship between the price of the underlying asset and the options exercise or strike price. For example, a call (buy) option is considered in-the-money when the value of the underlying asset exceeds the strike price. Conversely, a put (sell) option is considered in-the-money when its strike price exceeds the value of the underlying asset. Options are characterized for the purpose of Moneyness as, in-the-money (ITM), out-of-the-money (OTM) or at-the-money (ATM), where the underlying asset value equals the strike price. |
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Shares voted |
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Shares |
against or |
Shares |
Total |
|||||||||||||||||
Proposal 1* | voted for | withheld | abstained | Shares Voted | ||||||||||||||||
Class III Trustees
|
J. Michael Earley | 16,213,639.234 | 175,880.000 | | 16,389,519.234 | |||||||||||||||
Patrick W. Kenny | 16,205,696.234 | 183,823.000 | | 16,389,519.234 | ||||||||||||||||
Shaun P. Mathews | 16,209,066.234 | 180,453.000 | | 16,389,519.234 | ||||||||||||||||
Roger B. Vincent | 16,208,122.234 | 181,397.000 | | 16,389,519.234 |
* | Proposal 1 Passed |
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DECLARATION |
EX-DIVIDEND |
PAYABLE |
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DATE
|
DATE
|
DATE
|
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March 20, 2008
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April 1, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | ||
June 20, 2008
|
July 1, 2008 | July 15, 2008 | ||
September 19, 2008
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October 1, 2008 | October 15, 2008 | ||
December 19, 2008
|
December 29, 2008 | January 15, 2009 |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not required for semi-annual filing.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not required for semi-annual filing.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not required for semi-annual filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee Of Listed Registrants.
Not required for semi-annual filing.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
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.
The Board has a Nominating Committee for the purpose of considering and presenting to the Board candidates it proposes for nomination to fill Independent Trustee vacancies on the Board. The Committee currently consists of all Independent Trustees of the Board. (6 individuals). The Nominating Committee operates pursuant to a Charter approved by the Board. The primary purpose of the Nominating Committee is to consider and present to the Board the candidates it proposes for nomination to fill vacancies on the Board. In evaluating candidates, the Nominating Committee may consider a variety of factors, but it has not at this time set any specific minium qualifications that must be met. Specific qualifications of candidates for Board membership will be based on the needs of the Board at the time of nomination.
The Nominating Committee is willing to consider nominations received from shareholders and shall assess shareholder nominees in the same manner as it reviews its own nominees. A shareholder nominee for director should be submitted in writing to the Funds Secretary. Any such shareholder nomination should include at a minimum the following information as to each individual proposed for nomination as trustee: such individuals written consent to be named in the proxy statement as a nominee (if nominated) and to serve as a trustee (if elected), and all information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in the solicitation of proxies for election of trustees, or is otherwise required, in each case under applicable federal securities laws, rules and regulations.
The secretary shall submit all nominations received in a timely manner to the Nominating Committee. To be timely, any such submission must be delivered to the Funds Secretary not earlier than the 90th day prior to such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting is first made, by either disclosure in a press release or in a document publicly filed by the Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) | Based on our evaluation conducted within 90 days of the filing date, hereof, the design and operation of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to the certifying officers by others within the appropriate entities, particularly during the period in which Forms N-CSR are being prepared, and the registrants disclosure controls and procedures allow timely preparation and review of the information for the registrants Form N-CSR and the officer certifications of such Form N-CSR. | |||
(b) | There were no significant changes in the registrants internal controls that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) | The Code of Ethics is not required for the semi-annual filing. | |||
(a)(2) | A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2) is attached hereto as EX-99.CERT. | |||
(a)(3) | Not required for semi-annual filing. | |||
(b) | The officer certifications required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT. |
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): ING Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund
By |
/s/ Shaun P. Mathews | |||
Shaun P. Mathews President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: |
November 7, 2008 | |||
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/ Shaun P. Mathews | |||
Shaun P. Mathews President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: |
November 7, 2008 | |||
By |
/s/ Todd Modic | |||
Todd Modic Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: |
November 7, 2008 | |||