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

811-05770

 

 

THE CHILE FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York

 

10010

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

J. Kevin Gao, Esq.
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(212) 325-2000

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31st

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 1, 2007 to March 31, 2007

 

 

 



 

Item 1:                                                         Schedule of Investments

 

 



 

The Chile Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

No. of

 

 

 

Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

EQUITY SECURITIES-99.63%

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines-3.63%

 

 

 

 

 

Lan Airlines S.A.

 

419,295

 

$

5,797,064

 

Lan Airlines S.A., ADR

 

14,500

 

999,050

 

 

 

 

 

6,796,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages-11.55%

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Embonor S.A. , Class A

 

3,118,592

 

3,550,629

 

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

 

732,243

 

4,584,927

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A., PNA

 

1,300,000

 

3,860,072

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A., PNB

 

476,157

 

1,546,395

 

Viña Concha y Toro S.A.

 

4,803,800

 

8,112,569

 

 

 

 

 

21,654,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Products-0.20%

 

 

 

 

 

Cerámicas Cordillera S.A.†

 

67,165

 

373,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals-4.73%

 

 

 

 

 

Enaex S.A.

 

9,000

 

46,349

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., Class B

 

320,000

 

4,649,903

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., Class B, ADR

 

28,500

 

4,161,000

 

 

 

 

 

8,857,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks-7.63%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco de Crédito e Inversiones

 

168,000

 

5,521,537

 

Banco Santander Chile S.A.

 

183,100,000

 

8,790,567

 

 

 

 

 

14,312,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials-0.42%

 

 

 

 

 

Cementos Bio-Bio S.A.

 

270,000

 

781,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Toiletries-0.48%

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratorios Andromaco S.A.

 

3,049,928

 

894,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication-4.25%

 

 

 

 

 

Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., Class A

 

1,840,000

 

4,251,276

 

Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., Class A, ADR

 

184,200

 

1,716,744

 

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.

 

138,965

 

1,998,146

 

 

 

 

 

7,966,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities-8.15%

 

 

 

 

 

Almendral S.A.

 

29,147,835

 

2,655,950

 

Enersis S.A.

 

34,000,000

 

11,105,131

 

Enersis S.A., ADR

 

93,200

 

1,518,228

 

 

 

 

 

15,279,309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products-0.25%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas Iansa SA

 

3,500,000

 

470,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing-5.14%

 

 

 

 

 

Cencosud S.A.

 

2,800,000

 

9,633,850

 

 

 



 

Independent Power Producers-18.44%

 

 

 

 

 

Colbun S.A.

 

20,000,000

 

3,860,072

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.

 

21,068,000

 

28,107,609

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., ADR

 

14,600

 

586,044

 

Gener S.A.

 

4,802,123

 

2,022,978

 

 

 

 

 

34,576,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates-16.81%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas Copec S.A.

 

2,373,685

 

31,518,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining-1.70%

 

 

 

 

 

CAP S.A.

 

200,000

 

3,193,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiline Retail-5.01%

 

 

 

 

 

La Polar S.A.

 

421,824

 

2,238,873

 

La Polar S.A., Rights expiring 4/13/07

 

29,167

 

16,076

 

Ripley Corp. S.A.

 

250,000

 

350,283

 

S.A.C.I. Falabella, S.A.

 

1,590,000

 

6,786,675

 

 

 

 

 

9,391,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products-10.31%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas CMPC S.A.

 

595,000

 

19,323,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods-0.03%

 

 

 

 

 

Zalaquett S.A.†

 

1,496,767

 

57,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Utilities-0.90%

 

 

 

 

 

Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A.

 

1,400,000

 

1,686,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equity Securities
(Cost $87,669,782)

 

 

 

186,768,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT-0.56%

 

 

 

 

 

Chilean Mutual Funds-0.56%

 

 

 

 

 

Fondo Mutuo Corporativo BancoEstado
(Cost $1,056,738)

 

510,848

 

1,059,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments-100.19%
(Cost $88,726,520)

 

 

 

187,827,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets-(0.19)%

 

 

 

(361,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS-100.00%

 

 

 

$

187,466,176

 

 


 

Non-income producing security.

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipts.

PNA

 

Preferred Shares, Series A.

PNB

 

Preferred Shares, Series B.

 

Security Valuation - The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock   Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) on each day the Exchange is open for business. Equity investments are valued at market value, which is

 

 



 

generally determined using the closing price on the exchange or market on which the security is primarily traded at the time of valuation (the “Valuation Time”). If no sales are reported, equity investments are generally valued at the most recent bid quotation as of the Valuation Time or at the lowest ask quotation in the case of a short sale of securities. Debt securities with a remaining maturity greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the price supplied by a pricing service, which may use a matrix, formula or other objective method that takes into consideration market indices, yield curves and other specific adjustments. Debt obligations that will mature in 60 days or less are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value, unless it is determined that this method would not represent fair value. Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing net asset value per share on the day of valuation. Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s Valuation Time, but after the close of the securities’ primary market, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors under procedures established by the Board of Directors. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Directors to fair value certain securities. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. The Fund’s estimate of fair value assumes a willing buyer and a willing seller neither acting under the compulsion to buy or sell.

 

Federal Income Tax Cost - At March 31, 2007, the identified cost for federal income tax purposes, as well as the gross unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost, gross unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value and the net unrealized appreciation from investments were $90,263,440, $98,379,033, $(814,648) and $97,564,385, respectively.

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is also available on the Fund’s website at www.credit-suisse.com/us as well as on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

 



 

Item 2:                                                         Controls and Procedures

 

(a)                                  As of a date within 90 days from the filing date of this report, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)), were effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(b)                                 There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3:                                                         Exhibits

 

1.                                       The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act are exhibits to this report.

 

 


 


 

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.

 

THE CHILE FUND, INC.

 

/s/Keith M. Schappert

 

Name:

Keith M. Schappert

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Date:

May 23, 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.

 

/s/Keith M. Schappert

 

Name:

Keith M. Schappert

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

/s/Michael A. Pignataro

 

Name:

Michael A. Pignataro

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

Date:

May 23, 2007