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:

July 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008

 

 



 

Item 1:           Schedule of Investments

 



 

The Chile Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments

September 30, 2008 (unaudited)

 

 

 

No. of

 

 

 

Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

EQUITY SECURITIES - 100.37%

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines-3.30%

 

 

 

 

 

Lan Airlines S.A.

 

493,000

 

$

5,397,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages-5.30%

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Embonor S.A., Class A

 

1,360,000

 

1,258,345

 

Compañia Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

 

150,000

 

979,409

 

Viña Concha y Toro S.A.

 

3,644,000

 

6,439,144

 

 

 

 

 

8,676,898

 

Building Products-0.18%

 

 

 

 

 

Cerámicas Cordillera S.A. †

 

67,165

 

285,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals-6.13%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

256,428

 

6,629,352

 

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

 

134,650

 

3,394,526

 

 

 

 

 

10,023,878

 

Commercial Banks-6.80%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco de Crédito e Inversiones

 

125,881

 

3,197,268

 

Banco Santander Chile S.A.

 

198,886,987

 

7,934,552

 

 

 

 

 

11,131,820

 

Diversified Financial Services-0.44%

 

 

 

 

 

Invercap S.A.

 

80,000

 

725,689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication-5.19%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

586,936

 

1,000,943

 

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

 

23,760

 

161,806

 

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.

 

576,876

 

7,326,074

 

 

 

 

 

8,488,823

 

Electric Utilities-8.05%

 

 

 

 

 

Almendral S.A.

 

7,541,247

 

608,827

 

Enersis S.A.

 

34,000,000

 

11,041,364

 

Enersis S.A., ADR

 

93,200

 

1,521,024

 

 

 

 

 

13,171,215

 

Food & Staples Retailing-5.37%

 

 

 

 

 

Cencosud S.A.

 

3,087,000

 

7,387,070

 

Distribución y Servicio S.A.

 

3,850,000

 

1,403,937

 

 

 

 

 

8,791,007

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders-23.02%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.

 

21,068,000

 

31,303,868

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., ADR

 

12,500

 

556,375

 

Gener S.A.

 

18,037,931

 

5,800,478

 

 

 

 

 

37,660,721

 

 



 

Industrial Conglomerates-16.20%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas Copec S.A.

 

2,338,185

 

26,512,439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining-4.57%

 

 

 

 

 

CAP S.A.

 

296,284

 

7,471,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiline Retail-3.14%

 

 

 

 

 

Ripley Corp. S.A.

 

285,661

 

173,615

 

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

 

1,419,324

 

4,969,694

 

 

 

 

 

5,143,309

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels-0.12%

 

 

 

 

 

Geopark Holdings Ltd. †

 

30,209

 

199,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products-10.61%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas CMPC S.A.

 

580,000

 

17,361,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Utilities-1.95%

 

 

 

 

 

Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A.

 

3,740,000

 

3,189,042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equity Securities-100.37%
(Cost $94,802,512)

 

 

 

164,229,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primicipal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount (000’s)

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS-1.92%

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Cayman-0.41%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America, London overnight deposit, 3.22%, 10/1/08
(Cost $671,000)

 

$

671

 

671,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States-1.51%

 

 

 

 

 

Brown Brothers Investment Trust Securities Lending Fund, 3.07%, 10/01/08 §§
(Cost $2,475,000)

 

2,475

 

2,475,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $3,146,000)

 

 

 

3,146,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments-102.29%
(Cost $97,948,512)

 

 

 

167,375,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets-(2.29)%

 

 

 

(3,749,113

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS-100.00%

 

 

 

$

163,626,002

 

 


 

Non-income producing security.

§

 

Security or portion thereof is out on loan.

§§

 

Represents security purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipts.

 



 

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 using 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 a compulsion to buy or sell.

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”), effective January 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

·

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

·

 

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

·

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other
Financial
Instruments*

 

Level 1 - Quoted Prices

 

$

167,375,115

 

$

 

Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

 

 

Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

$

167,375,115

 

$

 

 



 


*Other financial instruments include futures, forwards and swap contracts.

 

Federal Income Tax Cost - At September 30, 2008, 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 $97,948,512, $74,548,831, $(5,122,228) and $69,426,603, 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/George R. Hornig

 

 

Name:

George R. Hornig

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

November 14, 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.

 

 

/s/George R. Hornig

 

 

Name:

George R. Hornig

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

November 14, 2008

 

 

 

/s/Michael A. Pignataro

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Pignataro

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

November 14, 2008