November 30, 2008
Established 2002
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS SUMMARY TABLES
PORTFOLIOS OF INVESTMENTS
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND FUND OFFICERS
LAST MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY CONTRACT
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
VOTING PROXIES ON FUND PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE
SOURCE OF DISTRIBUTIONS - NOTICE
CERTIFICATION DISCLOSURE
Not FDIC Insured * May Lose Value * No Bank Guarantee
(For a Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
Year Ended November 30
|
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2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
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2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| $14.60 | $15.56 | $15.05 | $14.66 | $14.56 | ||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations:
| |||||||||||||||
Net investment income
1
| 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.13 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, swap contracts and futures contracts | (3.59 | ) | (0.96 | ) | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.07 | ||||||||
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income
2
|
|
(0.25 |
) |
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
(0.19 |
) |
|
(0.10 |
) |
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
(2.72 |
) |
|
(0.16 |
) |
|
1.38 |
|
|
1.36 |
|
|
1.10 |
|
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders:
| |||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
|
(0.80 |
) |
|
(0.80 |
) |
|
(0.87 |
) |
|
(0.97 |
) |
|
(1.00 |
) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
|
$11.08
|
|
|
$14.60
|
|
|
$15.56
|
|
|
$15.05
|
|
|
$14.66
|
|
Market Price, End of Period
|
|
$ 9.37
|
|
|
$13.92
|
|
|
$15.80
|
|
|
$14.44
|
|
|
$14.31
|
|
Total Return at Net Asset Value
3
|
|
(19.45 |
)% |
|
(1.01 |
)% |
|
9.51 |
% |
|
9.49 |
% |
|
8.05 |
% |
Total Return at Market Price
4
|
|
(28.31 |
)% |
|
(7.03 |
)% |
|
15.90 |
% |
|
7.75 |
% |
|
7.76 |
% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
5
|
|
0.98 |
%
6,7
|
|
0.85 |
% |
|
0.85 |
% |
|
0.85 |
% |
|
0.85 |
% |
Net investment income
8
|
|
6.37 |
% |
|
5.33 |
% |
|
5.49 |
% |
|
6.16 |
% |
|
7.13 |
% |
Expense waiver/reimbursement
9
|
|
0.54 |
% |
|
0.47 |
%
10
|
|
0.45 |
%
10
|
|
0.45 |
%
10
|
|
0.49 |
%
10
|
Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) |
|
$67,990 |
|
|
$89,528 |
|
|
$95,291 |
|
|
$92,013 |
|
|
$89,590 |
|
Portfolio turnover |
|
32 |
% |
|
12 |
% |
|
21 |
% |
|
3 |
% |
|
12 |
% |
Asset Coverage Requirements for Investment Company Act of 1940 - Preferred Shares
| |
Total Amount Outstanding | |
Asset Coverage Per Share | |
Minimum Required Asset Coverage Per Share | |
Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Share | |
Average Market Value Per Share 11 |
11/30/2008 |
|
$44,075,000 |
|
$63,565 |
|
$50,006 |
|
$25,003 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2007 |
|
$53,675,000 |
|
$66,699 |
|
$50,006 |
|
$25,003 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2006 |
|
$53,675,000 |
|
$69,383 |
|
$50,034 |
|
$25,017 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2005 |
|
$53,675,000 |
|
$67,857 |
|
$50,024 |
|
$25,012 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2004 |
|
$53,675,000 |
|
$66,728 |
|
$50,010 |
|
$25,005 |
|
$25,000 |
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2 The amounts shown are based on Common Share equivalents.
3 Total Return at Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in the Common Share net asset value, reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any, and does not reflect the sales charge, if applicable. Total return for the year ended November 30, 2004 was calculated utilizing the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. If net asset value had been utilized, the total return would have been 7.89%.
4 Total Return at Market Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of the reinvestment.
5 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders and any associated commission costs.
6 Includes interest and trust expense related to the Fund's participation in certain inverse floater structures of 0.13% for the year ended November 30, 2008.
7 The net expense ratio is calculated without reduction for expense offset arrangements. The net expense ratio for the year ended November 30, 2008 is 0.98% after taking into account this expense reduction.
8 Ratios reflect reductions for dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
9 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
10 Additional information relating to contractual expense waivers, which has no effect on net expenses, net investment income and net assets previously reported, has been provided to conform to the current year presentation.
11 Represents initial public offering price.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
(For a Common Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
Year Ended November 30
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
| $14.15 | $14.83 | $14.41 | $14.53 | $14.65 | ||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations:
| |||||||||||||||
Net investment income
1
| 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.90 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, swap contracts and futures contracts | (2.29 | ) | (0.66 | ) | 0.44 | (0.08 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||||
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income
2
|
|
(0.24 |
) |
|
(0.32 |
) |
|
(0.29 |
) |
|
(0.20 |
) |
|
(0.10 |
) |
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
|
|
(1.56 |
) |
|
0.01 |
|
|
1.11 |
|
|
0.64 |
|
|
0.66 |
|
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders:
| |||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
|
(0.69 |
) |
|
(0.69 |
) |
|
(0.69 |
) |
|
(0.76 |
) |
|
(0.78 |
) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
|
$11.90
|
|
|
$14.15
|
|
|
$14.83
|
|
|
$14.41
|
|
|
$14.53
|
|
Market Price, End of Period
|
|
$ 9.37
|
|
|
$12.50
|
|
|
$13.81
|
|
|
$12.68
|
|
|
$13.50
|
|
Total Return at Net Asset Value
3
|
|
(11.47 |
)% |
|
0.10 |
% |
|
7.94 |
% |
|
4.46 |
% |
|
5.03 |
% |
Total Return at Market Price
4
|
|
(20.62 |
)% |
|
(4.80 |
)% |
|
14.63 |
% |
|
(0.66 |
)% |
|
6.14 |
% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
5
|
|
0.98 |
%
6,7
|
|
0.89 |
% |
|
0.89 |
% |
|
0.89 |
% |
|
0.89 |
% |
Net investment income
8
|
|
5.43 |
% |
|
4.63 |
% |
|
4.61 |
% |
|
4.97 |
% |
|
5.51 |
% |
Expense waiver/reimbursement
9
|
|
0.45 |
% |
|
0.42 |
%
10
|
|
0.39 |
%
10
|
|
0.40 |
%
10
|
|
0.39 |
%
10
|
Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) |
|
$82,655 |
|
|
$98,317 |
|
|
$103,017 |
|
|
$100,124 |
|
|
$100,908 |
|
Portfolio turnover |
|
20 |
% |
|
17 |
% |
|
46 |
% |
|
15 |
% |
|
11 |
% |
Asset Coverage Requirements for Investment Company Act of 1940 - Preferred Shares
| |
Total Amount Outstanding | |
Asset Coverage Per Share | |
Minimum Required Asset Coverage Per Share | |
Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Share | |
Average Market Value Per Share 11 |
11/30/2008 |
|
$50,900,000 |
|
$65,597 |
|
$50,004 |
|
$25,002 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2007 |
|
$61,025,000 |
|
$65,277 |
|
$50,018 |
|
$25,009 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2006 |
|
$61,025,000 |
|
$67,203 |
|
$50,010 |
|
$25,005 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2005 |
|
$61,025,000 |
|
$66,017 |
|
$50,004 |
|
$25,002 |
|
$25,000 |
11/30/2004 |
|
$61,025,000 |
|
$66,339 |
|
$50,016 |
|
$25,008 |
|
$25,000 |
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2 The amounts shown are based on Common Share equivalents.
3 Total Return at Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in the Common Share net asset value, reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any, and does not reflect the sales charge, if applicable. Total return for the year ended November 30, 2004 was calculated utilizing the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. If net asset value had been utilized, the total return would have been 4.63%.
4 Total Return at Market Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of the reinvestment.
5 Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders and any associated commission costs.
6 Includes interest and trust expense related to the Fund's participation in certain inverse floater structures of 0.09% for the year ended November 30, 2008.
7 The net expense ratio is calculated without reduction for expense offset arrangements. The net expense ratio for the year ended November 30, 2008 is 0.98% after taking into account this expense reduction.
8 Ratios reflect reductions for dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
9 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
10 Additional information relating to contractual expense waivers, which has no effect on net expenses, net investment income and net assets previously reported, has been provided to conform to the current year presentation.
11 Represents initial public offering price.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
At November 30, 2008, the Fund's sector composition 1 was as follows:
Sector Composition
| |
Percentage of Total Investments |
Insured |
|
25.0% |
Refunded |
|
19.5% |
Hospital |
|
14.3% |
GO State |
|
9.0% |
Special Tax |
|
7.6% |
Senior Care |
|
7.3% |
IDB/PCR |
|
4.4% |
Education |
|
4.0% |
Tobacco |
|
2.7% |
GO Local |
|
2.1% |
Other
2
|
|
4.1% |
TOTAL
|
|
100.0%
|
1 Sector classifications and the assignment of holdings to such sectors are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the underlying borrower, as determined by the Fund's adviser. For securities that have been enhanced by a third party, such as a guarantor, sector classifications are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the third party, as determined by the Fund's adviser. Securities that are insured by a bond insurer are assigned to the "Insured" sector. Refunded securities are those whose debt is paid from escrowed funds, usually U.S. government securities.
2 For purposes of this table, sector classifications constitute 95.9% of the Fund's total investments. Remaining sectors have been aggregated under the designation "Other."
November 30, 2008
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--98.0% | |||||||
Alabama--0.2% | |||||||
$ | 350,000 |
Courtland, AL IDB, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.00% (International Paper Co.), 6/1/2025 |
|
$ |
231,703 |
|
|
Arizona--1.0% | |||||||
750,000 |
Tempe, AZ IDA, Senior Living Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.75% (Friendship Village of Tempe), 12/1/2030 | 603,367 | |||||
750,000 |
Verrado Community Facilities District No. 1, AZ, Revenue Bonds, 6.50%, 7/15/2027 |
|
|
647,070 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,250,437 |
|
|||
Arkansas-0.9% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2000), 7.375% (Washington Regional Medical Center)/(United States Agency PRF 2/1/2010@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.50%), 2/1/2029 |
|
|
1,063,060 |
|
||
California-3.2% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.00% (Sutter Health)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.21%), 8/15/2038 | 1,585,360 | |||||
1,000,000 |
California State, UT GO Bonds, 5.25%, 10/1/2020 | 995,740 | |||||
260,000 |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds (Series 2007A-1), 5.75%, 6/1/2047 | 163,033 | |||||
250,000 |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A-1), 6.75% (United States Agency PRF 6/1/2013@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.00%), 6/1/2039 | 287,322 | |||||
750,000 |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A-2), 7.90% (United States Agency PRF 6/1/2013@100), 6/1/2042 |
|
|
895,987 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,927,442 |
|
|||
Colorado--5.3% | |||||||
725,000 |
Antelope Heights Metropolitan District, CO, LT GO Bonds, 8.00% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@101), 12/1/2023 | 899,036 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Buckhorn Valley Metropolitan District No. 2, CO, LT GO Bonds, 7.00%, 12/1/2023 | 792,120 | |||||
500,000 |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 7.00% (Denver Academy)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.25%), 11/1/2023 | 458,060 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Colorado--continued | |||||||
$ | 1,000,000 |
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 6.125% (Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.40%), 12/1/2033 | $ | 825,890 | |||
320,000 |
Colorado State Higher Education Capital Construction Lease Purchase Financing Program, COPs (Series 2008), 5.50% (Original Issue Yield: 5.60%), 11/1/2027 | 311,190 | |||||
250,000 |
Conservatory Metropolitan District, CO, LT GO Bonds, 6.75% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@102), 12/1/2034 | 299,415 | |||||
500,000 |
Conservatory Metropolitan District, CO, LT GO Bonds, 7.55% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@102), 12/1/2032 | 616,260 | |||||
665,000 |
Conservatory Metropolitan District, CO, Refunding & Improvement LT GO Bonds, 5.125% (Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 12/1/2037 | 494,142 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Denver, CO Health & Hospital Authority, Revenue Bonds, 6.25% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2014@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.28%), 12/1/2033 | 1,179,450 | |||||
500,000 |
Southlands, CO Metropolitan District No. 1, LT GO Bonds (Series 2004), 7.00% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2014@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.05%), 12/1/2024 |
|
|
605,630 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
6,481,193 |
|
|||
Connecticut-1.3% | |||||||
1,250,000 |
Connecticut State Development Authority, First Mortgage Gross Revenue Health Care Project Bonds (Series 2003), 5.85% (Elim Park Baptist Home, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.98%), 12/1/2033 | 925,762 | |||||
825,000 |
Connecticut State HEFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2006B), 5.00% (Canterbury School)/(Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 7/1/2036 |
|
|
607,893 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,533,655 |
|
|||
District of Columbia-1.5% | |||||||
2,500,000 |
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, 6.50% (Original Issue Yield: 6.67%), 5/15/2033 |
|
|
1,800,975 |
|
||
Florida-8.2% | |||||||
600,000 |
Broward County, FL Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2004B), 5.60% (Nova Southeastern University)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.625%), 4/1/2029 | 473,028 | |||||
400,000 | 1 |
Capital Trust Agency, FL, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 8.95% (Seminole Tribe of Florida Convention and Resort Hotel Facilities)/(United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2012@102), 10/1/2033 | 495,028 | ||||
1,490,000 |
Citrus County, FL Hospital Board, Refunding Revenue Bonds, 6.375% (Citrus Memorial Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.50%), 8/15/2032 | 1,281,877 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Florida-continued | |||||||
$ | 1,255,000 |
Harbor Bay, FL Community Development District, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, 6.75%, 5/1/2034 | $ | 964,518 | |||
2,000,000 |
Jacksonville, FL Sales Tax, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003), 5.00% (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 10/1/2024 | 1,921,580 | |||||
400,000 |
Orlando, FL Urban Community Development District, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, 6.25%, 5/1/2034 | 280,332 | |||||
1,000,000 |
South Lake County, FL Hospital District, Revenue Bonds, 6.625% (South Lake Hospital, Inc.), 10/1/2023 | 911,500 | |||||
2,000,000 |
South Miami, FL Health Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.00% (Baptist Health System of South Florida), 8/15/2042 | 1,543,020 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 6.65% (Original Issue Yield: 6.70%), 5/1/2040 | 747,100 | |||||
490,000 |
Tuscany Reserve Community Development District, FL, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.55%, 5/1/2036 | 289,864 | |||||
1,010,000 |
Verandah West, FL Community Development District, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 6.625% (Original Issue Yield: 6.75%), 5/1/2033 | 825,089 | |||||
495,000 |
Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Bonds (Series 2006), 5.65%, 5/1/2037 |
|
|
348,539 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
10,081,475 |
|
|||
Georgia-0.6% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Atlanta, GA, Tax Allocation Bonds (Series 2005B), 5.60% (Eastside Tax Allocation District)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.65%), 1/1/2030 |
|
|
699,040 |
|
||
Hawaii-1.1% | |||||||
1,400,000 |
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds (Series A), 8.00% (Kahala Nui)/(Original Issue Yield: 8.175%), 11/15/2033 |
|
|
1,287,468 |
|
||
Illinois-4.4% | |||||||
996,000 |
Antioch Village, IL Special Service Area No. 1, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, 6.625% (Deercrest Project), 3/1/2033 | 744,689 | |||||
2,500,000 |
Chicago, IL Sales Tax, Revenue Bonds, 5.25% (FGIC INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.385%), 1/1/2028 | 2,435,200 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Chicago, IL Special Assessment, Improvement Revenue Bonds, 6.75% (Lakeshore East Project)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.769%), 12/1/2032 | 800,660 | |||||
420,000 |
DuPage County, IL, Special Tax Bonds (Series 2006), 5.625% (Naperville Campus LLC), 3/1/2036 | 269,333 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Illinois-continued | |||||||
$ | 1,000,000 |
Illinois Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.70% (Augustana College)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.90%), 10/1/2032 | $ | 778,530 | |||
625,000 |
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 6.00% (Landing at Plymouth Place)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.04%), 5/15/2037 |
|
|
422,569 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
5,450,981 |
|
|||
Indiana-2.5% | |||||||
1,930,000 |
Indiana Health & Educational Facility Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005), 5.25% (Baptist Homes of Indiana), 11/15/2035 | 1,432,214 | |||||
1,985,000 |
Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds (Series 2007A), 5.00% (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 1/1/2042 |
|
|
1,613,884 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,046,098 |
|
|||
Kentucky-1.3% | |||||||
325,000 |
Kentucky EDFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 6.625% (Norton Healthcare, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.97%), 10/1/2028 | 288,964 | |||||
1,175,000 |
Kentucky EDFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 6.625% (Norton Healthcare, Inc.)/(United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2010@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.97%), 10/1/2028 |
|
|
1,279,352 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,568,316 |
|
|||
Louisiana-1.3% | |||||||
2,500,000 |
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2007A), 5.125% (Marathon Oil Corp.), 6/1/2037 |
|
|
1,584,875 |
|
||
Maryland--0.5% | |||||||
550,000 |
Baltimore, MD, Special Obligation Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 7.00% (East Baltimore Research Park), 9/1/2038 | 422,967 | |||||
300,000 |
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2007A), 5.25% (King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Community), 1/1/2027 |
|
|
197,445 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
620,412 |
|
|||
Massachusetts-2.5% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Massachusetts HEFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003E), 6.75% (Jordan Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.00%), 10/1/2033 | 782,770 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, 5.75% (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences)/(United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2013@101), 7/1/2033 |
|
|
2,286,860 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,069,630 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Michigan-1.8% | |||||||
$ | 2,000,000 |
Cornell Township MI, Economic Development Corp., Refunding Revenue Bonds, 5.875% (MeadWestvaco Corp.)/(United States Treasury PRF 5/1/2012@100), 5/1/2018 |
|
$ |
2,216,320 |
|
|
Mississippi-2.5% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Lowndes County, MS Solid Waste Disposal, Refunding PCRBs (Series 1992B), 6.70% (Weyerhaeuser Co.), 4/1/2022 | 1,599,020 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Mississippi Development Bank, Special Obligation Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.00% (Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi)/(Syncora Guarantee, Inc. INS), 3/1/2041 |
|
|
1,466,620 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,065,640 |
|
|||
Missouri--0.3% | |||||||
500,000 |
Missouri Development Finance Board, Infrastructure Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 5.50% (Branson, MO)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.56%), 12/1/2032 |
|
|
361,715 |
|
||
New Jersey--1.3% | |||||||
500,000 |
New Jersey EDA, Revenue Bonds, (Series 2004), 5.75% (NJ Dedicated Cigarette Excise Tax)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.89%), 6/15/2029 | 359,900 | |||||
231,858 | 3 |
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, 6.50% (Pascack Valley Hospital Association)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.72%), 7/1/2023 | 7,767 | ||||
1,000,000 |
New Jersey State Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Project C, 6.50% (Georgian Court University)/(United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2013@100), 7/1/2033 |
|
|
1,170,580 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,538,247 |
|
|||
New Mexico-0.6% | |||||||
750,000 | 1,2 |
Jicarilla, NM Apache Nation, Revenue Bonds, 5.50%, 9/1/2023 |
|
|
733,118 |
|
|
New York--3.2% | |||||||
190,000 |
Amherst, NY IDA, Civic Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.20% (Beechwood Health Care Center, Inc.), 1/1/2040 | 111,821 | |||||
750,000 |
Dutchess County, NY IDA, Civic Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2004B), 7.50% (St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers), 3/1/2029 | 709,193 | |||||
750,000 |
Dutchess County, NY IDA, Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Marist College)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.25%), 7/1/2022 | 694,073 | |||||
800,000 | 1 |
New York City, NY IDA, Liberty Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.50% (7 World Trade Center LLC), 3/1/2035 | 528,360 | ||||
2,000,000 |
New York State Dormitory Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 5.50% (Brooklyn Law School)/(Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 7/1/2019 |
|
|
1,917,780 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,961,227 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
North Carolina-1.8% | |||||||
$ | 665,000 |
Johnston Memorial Hospital Authority, NC, FHA INS Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Series 2008), 5.25% (Johnston Memorial Hospital)/ (FSA INS), 10/1/2036 | $ | 568,422 | |||
1,000,000 |
North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, Power System Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2003C), 5.375% (Original Issue Yield: 5.57%), 1/1/2017 | 1,006,320 | |||||
800,000 |
North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Housing Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 5.80% (Arc of North Carolina Projects), 10/1/2034 |
|
|
599,184 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,173,926 |
|
|||
North Dakota-1.6% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Fargo, ND, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 5.60% (Meritcare Obligated Group)/(FSA INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.70%), 6/1/2021 |
|
|
1,994,300 |
|
||
Ohio-0.5% | |||||||
975,000 |
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, OH, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds (Series 2007A), 6.50%, 6/1/2047 |
|
|
665,174 |
|
||
Oregon--0.3% | |||||||
500,000 | 1 |
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Tax-Exempt Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2006C), 5.625%, 10/1/2026 |
|
|
353,510 |
|
|
Pennsylvania--4.1% | |||||||
1,165,000 |
Allegheny County, PA HDA, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series 2000B), 9.25% (West Penn Allegheny Health System)/(United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2010@ 102)/(Original Issue Yield: 9.70%), 11/15/2030 | 1,336,127 | |||||
935,000 |
Cumberland County, PA Municipal Authority, Retirement Community Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 7.25% (Wesley Affiliated Services, Inc. Obligated Group)/(United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2013@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.50%), 1/1/2035 | 1,098,345 | |||||
360,000 |
Cumberland County, PA Municipal Authority, Retirement Community Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 7.25% (Wesley Affiliated Services, Inc. Obligated Group)/(United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2013@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.50%), 1/1/2035 | 422,892 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Montgomery County, PA Higher Education & Health Authority Hospital, Revenue Bonds (Series 2006FF1), 5.00% (Dickinson College)/(CIFG Assurance N.A. INS), 5/1/2031 | 1,741,780 | |||||
500,000 |
Pennsylvania State Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, (Series A), 6.00% (UPMC Health System)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.16%), 1/15/2031 |
|
|
480,450 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
5,079,594 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
South Carolina-3.8% | |||||||
$ | 1,000,000 |
Clemson University, SC, University Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Syncora Guarantee, Inc. INS), 5/1/2023 | $ | 910,630 | |||
1,940,000 |
Myrtle Beach, SC, Hospitality Fee Revenue Bonds (Series2004A), 5.375% (FGIC and MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 6/1/2023 | 1,762,374 | |||||
1,660,000 |
South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.625% (Bon Secours Health System)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.84%), 11/15/2030 | 1,368,886 | |||||
520,000 |
South Carolina Jobs-EDA, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.625% (Bon Secours Health System)/(United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2012@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.84%), 11/15/2030 |
|
|
578,568 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
4,620,458 |
|
|||
South Dakota-1.3% | |||||||
1,750,000 |
South Dakota State Health & Educational Authority, Revenue Bonds, 5.65% (Westhills Village Retirement Community)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.75%), 9/1/2023 |
|
|
1,568,350 |
|
||
Tennessee-4.9% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Johnson City, TN Health & Education Facilities Board, Hospital Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 7.50% (Mountain States Health Alliance)/(MBIA GIC PRF 7/1/2012@103), 7/1/2025 | 2,382,460 | |||||
1,535,000 |
Knox County, TN Health Education & Housing Facilities Board, Refunding Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2003B), 5.75% (East Tennessee Children's Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.90%), 7/1/2033 | 1,119,583 | |||||
2,580,000 |
Tennessee State School Board Authority, Higher Educational Facilities Second Program Bonds (Series 2008B), 5.50%, 5/1/2038 |
|
|
2,524,685 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
6,026,728 |
|
|||
Texas-9.5% | |||||||
600,000 |
Abilene, TX HFDC, Retirement Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 7.00% (Sears Methodist Retirement)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.25%), 11/15/2033 | 486,450 | |||||
1,500,000 |
Dallas, TX, LT GO Bonds (Series 2008), 5.00% (Original Issue Yield: 5.19%), 2/15/2027 | 1,470,030 | |||||
700,000 |
Decatur, TX Hospital Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 7.125% (Wise Regional Health System), 9/1/2034 | 578,816 | |||||
385,000 |
HFDC of Central Texas, Inc., Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.50% (Village at Gleannloch Farms, Inc.), 2/15/2027 | 254,935 | |||||
585,000 |
HFDC of Central Texas, Inc., Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.50% (Village at Gleannloch Farms, Inc.), 2/15/2037 | 360,764 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Houston, TX Combined Utility System, First Lien Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (FSA INS), 11/15/2035 | 1,795,660 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Texas-continued | |||||||
$ | 2,500,000 |
Houston, TX Combined Utility System, First Lien Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 5.25% (FGIC and MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 5/15/2023 | $ | 2,334,075 | |||
200,000 |
Matagorda County, TX Navigation District No. 1, COL Refunding Revenue Bonds, 5.60% (CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC), 3/1/2027 | 141,844 | |||||
1,350,000 |
North Central Texas HFDC, Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 1999), 7.50% (Northwest Senior Housing Corp. Edgemere Project)/(United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2009@102)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.75%), 11/15/2029 | 1,455,611 | |||||
1,050,000 |
Sabine River Authority, TX, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2003B), 6.15% (Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC), 8/1/2022 | 629,790 | |||||
500,000 |
Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds, (Series 2006A), 6.00% (Northwest Senior Housing Corp. Edgemere Project), 11/15/2036 | 346,025 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Tyler, TX HFDC, Hospital Revenue Bonds, 5.75% (Mother Frances Hospital)/(United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2013@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.84%), 7/1/2027 | 1,126,710 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Tyler, TX HFDC, Refunding Revenue & Improvement Bonds (Series 2007A), 5.25% (East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.32%), 11/1/2027 |
|
|
688,840 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
11,669,550 |
|
|||
Virginia-3.7% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Broad Street CDA, VA, Revenue Bonds, 7.50% (Original Issue Yield: 7.625%), 6/1/2033 | 877,350 | |||||
1,280,000 |
Hampton, VA Convention Center, Revenue Bonds, 5.125% (AMBAC INS), 1/15/2028 | 1,172,544 | |||||
1,400,000 |
Peninsula Port Authority, VA, Residential Care Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 7.375% (Virginia Baptist Homes Obligated Group)/(United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@ 100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.625%), 12/1/2032 | 1,692,992 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Virginia Peninsula Port Authority, Coal Terminal Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2003), 6.00% (Brinks Co. (The)), 4/1/2033 |
|
|
817,000 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
4,559,886 |
|
|||
Washington-15.0% | |||||||
1,910,000 |
King County, WA Public Hospital District No. 1, Refunding LT GO Bonds, 5.00% (FSA INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.17%), 12/1/2021 | 1,917,392 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2008C), 5.50% (Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, WA), 10/1/2035 | 1,736,040 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Group Health Cooperative)/(Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 12/1/2036 | 686,490 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Washington-continued | |||||||
$ | 12,790,000 | 4 |
Washington State, UT GO Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.000%, 7/1/2030 | $ | 12,048,564 | ||
2,000,000 |
Washington State, Various Purpose UT GO Bonds (Series 2002A), 5.00% (FSA INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.09%), 7/1/2022 |
|
|
2,000,380 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
18,388,866 |
|
|||
West Virginia-0.8% | |||||||
1,450,000 |
Pleasants County, WV County Commission, PCR Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2007F), 5.25% (Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC), 10/15/2037 |
|
|
1,017,842 |
|
||
Wisconsin-5.2% | |||||||
655,000 |
Badger, WI Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp., Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, 6.125% (Original Issue Yield: 6.35%), 6/1/2027 | 618,955 | |||||
3,000,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.25% (Ministry Health Care)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.38%), 2/15/2032 | 2,344,440 | |||||
160,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2004), 5.75% (Blood Center of Wisconsin, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.82%), 6/1/2034 | 131,165 | |||||
500,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 6.50% (Tomah Memorial Hospital, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.75%), 7/1/2023 | 415,400 | |||||
500,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 6.625% (Tomah Memorial Hospital, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.875%), 7/1/2028 | 400,410 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Children's Hospital of WI), 8/15/2037 | 1,564,620 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 7.25% (Community Memorial Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.45%), 1/15/2033 |
|
|
853,650 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
6,328,640 |
|
|||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (IDENTIFIED COST $135,650,664) |
|
|
120,019,851 |
|
|||
SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS-2.0% 5 | |||||||
Louisiana-0.9% | |||||||
1,100,000 |
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Daily VRDNs (Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.), 1.250%, 12/1/2008 |
|
|
1,100,000 |
|
||
Pennsylvania--0.1% | |||||||
100,000 |
Philadelphia, PA Authority for Industrial Development Daily VRDNs (Newcourtland Elder Services)/(PNC Bank, N.A. LOC), 1.050%, 12/1/2008 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 5 | |||||||
Texas--1.0% | |||||||
$ | 400,000 |
Harris County, TX HFDC, (Series 2005 A-2) Daily VRDNs (Methodist Hospital, Harris County, TX), 0.900%, 12/1/2008 | $ | 400,000 | |||
900,000 |
Harris County, TX HFDC, (Series B) Daily VRDNs (St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital)/(Bank of America N.A., Bayerische Landesbank, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Northern Trust Co., Chicago, IL and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital LIQs), 0.800%, 12/1/2008 |
|
|
900,000 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,300,000 |
|
|||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS (AT COST) |
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--100.0% (IDENTIFIED COST $138,150,664) 6 |
|
|
122,519,851 |
|
|||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--NET
7
|
|
|
(10,454,502 |
) |
|||
LIQUIDATION VALUE OF AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES
|
|
|
(44,075,000 |
) |
|||
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
|
|
$ |
67,990,349 |
|
At November 30, 2008, the Fund holds no securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) (unaudited).
1 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2008, these restricted securities amounted to $2,110,016, which represented 1.7% of total market value.
2 Denotes a restricted security that may be resold without restriction to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and that the Fund has determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the "Trustees"). At November 30, 2008, these liquid restricted securities amounted to $733,118, which represented 0.6% of total market value.
3 Obligor filed for bankruptcy. On September 30, 2008, a Notice of Initial Distribution was received and a portion of the bond was redeemed at par. The market value of the remaining par was adjusted to reflect the expected value of future cash flows.
4 Underlying security in inverse floater structure.
5 Current rate and next reset date shown for Variable Rate Demand Notes.
6 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $128,448,054.
7 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total market value at November 30, 2008.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1--quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2--other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, 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 an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of November 30, 2008, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
| |
Investments in Securities |
Level 1--Quoted Prices |
|
$ -- |
Level 2--Other Significant Observable Inputs |
|
122,519,851 |
Level 3--Significant Unobservable Inputs |
|
-- |
TOTAL
|
|
$122,519,851 |
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
AMBAC | --American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation |
CDA | --Community Development Authority |
COL | --Collateralized |
COPs | --Certificates of Participation |
EDA | --Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | --Economic Development Finance Authority |
FGIC | --Financial Guaranty Insurance Company |
FHA | --Federal Housing Administration |
FSA | --Financial Security Assurance |
GO | --General Obligation |
HDA | --Hospital Development Authority |
HEFA | --Health and Education Facilities Authority |
HFDC | --Health Facility Development Corporation |
IDA | --Industrial Development Authority |
IDB | --Industrial Development Bond |
INS | --Insured |
LIQs | --Liquidity Agreements |
LOC | --Letter of Credit |
LT | --Limited Tax |
MBIA GIC | --GIC from MBIA Corporation |
PCR | --Pollution Control Revenue |
PCRBs | --Pollution Control Revenue Bonds |
PRF | --Prerefunded |
UT | --Unlimited Tax |
VRDNs | --Variable Rate Demand Notes |
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
At November 30, 2008, the Fund's sector composition 1 was as follows:
Sector Composition
| |
Percentage of Total Investments |
Insured |
|
21.4% |
Hospital |
|
15.7% |
Refunded |
|
12.2% |
GO State |
|
8.2% |
Senior Care |
|
7.6% |
Special Tax |
|
6.8% |
Education |
|
6.7% |
Public Power |
|
3.8% |
Electric & Gas |
|
3.5% |
IDB/PCR |
|
3.3% |
Tobacco |
|
3.0% |
GO Local |
|
2.2% |
Other
2
|
|
5.6% |
TOTAL
|
|
100.0%
|
1 Sector classifications and the assignment of holdings to such sectors are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the underlying borrower, as determined by the Fund's adviser. For securities that have been enhanced by a third party, such as a guarantor, sector classifications are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the third party, as determined by the Fund's adviser. Securities that are insured by a bond insurer are assigned to the "Insured" sector. Refunded securities are those whose debt is paid from escrowed funds, usually U.S. government securities.
2 For purposes of this table, sector classifications constitute 94.4% of the Fund's total investments. Remaining sectors have been aggregated under the designation "Other."
November 30, 2008
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--98.0% | |||||||
Alabama--1.3% | |||||||
$ | 2,000,000 |
Birmingham-Baptist Medical Centers, AL Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.25% (Baptist Health System of Birmingham), 11/15/2020 | $ | 1,699,240 | |||
350,000 |
Courtland, AL IDB, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.00% (International Paper Co.), 6/1/2025 |
|
|
231,703 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,930,943 |
|
|||
Alaska--0.7% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Alaska State Housing Finance Corp., State Capitalization Project Revenue Bonds, (Series A), 5.00% (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 7/1/2011 |
|
|
1,050,250 |
|
||
Arizona--1.0% | |||||||
1,500,000 |
Verrado Community Facilities District No. 1, AZ, Revenue Bonds, 6.15%, 7/15/2017 |
|
|
1,411,635 |
|
||
Arkansas--1.5% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, 7.25% (Washington Regional Medical Center)/(United States Agency PRF 2/1/2010@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.40%), 2/1/2020 | 1,061,620 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Independence County, AR, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2005), 5.00% (Entergy Arkansas, Inc.), 1/1/2021 | 841,460 | |||||
300,000 |
Jefferson County, AR, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2006), 4.60% (Entergy Arkansas, Inc.), 10/1/2017 |
|
|
273,756 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,176,836 |
|
|||
California--5.9% | |||||||
1,250,000 |
California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 6.75% (Fresno Pacific University), 3/1/2019 | 1,182,687 | |||||
570,000 |
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Health Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2004I), 4.95% TOBs (Catholic Healthcare West), Mandatory Tender 7/1/2014 | 550,010 | |||||
2,000,000 |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.00% (Inland Regional Center), 12/1/2017 | 1,989,240 | |||||
1,865,000 |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A-1), 6.25% (United States Agency PRF 6/1/2013@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.55%), 6/1/2033 | 2,003,196 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
California--continued | |||||||
$ | 1,700,000 |
Stockton, CA Public Financing Authority, Redevelopment Projects Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.00% (Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 9/1/2016 | $ | 1,663,110 | |||
1,195,000 |
Stockton, CA Public Financing Authority, Redevelopment Projects Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.00% (Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. INS), 9/1/2018 |
|
|
1,134,402 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
8,522,645 |
|
|||
Colorado--3.9% | |||||||
725,000 |
Antelope Heights Metropolitan District, CO, LT GO Bonds, 8.00% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 8.00%), 12/1/2023 | 899,036 | |||||
500,000 |
Buckhorn Valley Metropolitan District No. 2, CO, LT GO Bonds, 7.00%, 12/1/2023 | 396,060 | |||||
260,000 |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.25% (Denver Academy)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.50%), 11/1/2013 | 250,305 | |||||
1,265,000 |
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005), 5.00% (Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.), 12/1/2013 | 1,198,044 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Colorado State Higher Education Capital Construction Lease Purchase Financing Program, COP (Series 2008), 5.25% (Original Issue Yield: 5.40%), 11/1/2023 | 971,950 | |||||
865,000 |
Conservatory Metropolitan District, CO, LT GO Bonds, 7.40% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@102)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.40%), 12/1/2016 | 1,029,514 | |||||
230,000 |
High Plains, CO Metropolitan District, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005B), 4.375% (Compass Bank, Birmingham LOC)/(Original Issue Yield: 4.50%), 12/1/2015 | 225,485 | |||||
500,000 |
Southlands, CO Metropolitan District No. 1, LT GO Bonds (Series 2004), 7.00% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2014@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.05%), 12/1/2024 |
|
|
605,630 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
5,576,024 |
|
|||
Connecticut--0.4% | |||||||
750,000 |
Connecticut State Development Authority, First Mortgage Gross Revenue Health Care Project Bonds (Series 2003), 5.75% (Elim Park Baptist Home, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.90%), 12/1/2023 |
|
|
617,115 |
|
||
District of Columbia--0.7% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
District of Columbia, Ballpark Revenue Bonds (Series 2006B-1), 5.25% (FGIC & MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 2/1/2016 |
|
|
982,300 |
|
||
Florida--8.1% | |||||||
600,000 | 1 |
Capital Trust Agency, FL, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 8.95% (Seminole Tribe of Florida Convention and Resort Hotel Facilities)/(United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2012@102)/(Original Issue Yield: 8.95%), 10/1/2033 | 742,542 | ||||
315,000 |
East Homestead, FL Community Development District, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2006B), 5.00%, 5/1/2011 | 289,022 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Florida--continued | |||||||
$ | 265,000 |
Fishhawk Community Development District II, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2004B), 5.125% (Original Issue Yield: 5.20%), 11/1/2009 | $ | 243,175 | |||
1,000,000 |
Florida Municipal Loan Council, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003B), 5.25% (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 12/1/2019 | 993,400 | |||||
750,000 |
Miami Beach, FL Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2001A), 6.70% (Mt. Sinai Medical Center, FL)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.80%), 11/15/2019 | 628,822 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Miami-Dade County, FL School Board, COP (Series 2003D), 5.00% (FGIC & MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 8/1/2021 | 1,830,540 | |||||
415,000 |
Orlando, FL Urban Community Development District, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, 6.00%, 5/1/2020 | 331,012 | |||||
500,000 |
Orlando, FL, Senior Tourist Development Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.25% (6th Cent Contract Payments)/(Assured Guaranty Corp. INS), 11/1/2020 | 498,140 | |||||
1,000,000 |
South Broward Hospital District, FL, Hospital Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2008), 5.25%, 5/1/2022 | 927,990 | |||||
1,665,000 |
South Miami, FL Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Baptist Health System of South Florida), 8/15/2027 | 1,433,815 | |||||
1,500,000 |
Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 6.375%, 5/1/2017 | 1,290,600 | |||||
335,000 |
Tuscany Reserve Community Development District, FL, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2005B), 5.25%, 5/1/2016 | 256,613 | |||||
2,390,000 |
University of Central Florida Athletics Association, Inc., FL, COP (Series 2004A), 5.125% (FGIC & MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 10/1/2022 |
|
|
2,083,889 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
11,549,560 |
|
|||
Georgia--3.0% | |||||||
1,400,000 |
Burke County, GA Development Authority, PCRBs (Sereis 2007E), 4.75% TOBs (Oglethorpe Power Corp.)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), Mandatory Tender 4/1/2011 | 1,399,762 | |||||
750,000 |
Fulton County, GA Residential Care Facilties, Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 6.00% (Canterbury Court), 2/15/2022 | 591,180 | |||||
2,115,000 |
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 5.25% (MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 11/1/2015 |
|
|
2,229,887 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
4,220,829 |
|
|||
Hawaii--1.1% | |||||||
1,550,000 |
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds (Series A), 7.00% (Kahala Nui)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.00%), 11/15/2012 |
|
|
1,522,735 |
|
||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Illinois--2.7% | |||||||
$ | 500,000 |
Bolingbrook, IL, Special Service Area No. 2005-1 Special Tax Bonds (Series 2005), 5.90% (Forest City Project)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.90%), 3/1/2027 | $ | 387,325 | |||
1,000,000 |
Chicago, IL Special Assessment, Improvement Bonds (Series 2002), 6.625% (Lakeshore East Project)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.637%), 12/1/2022 | 855,410 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Illinois Educational Facilities Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.00% (Augustana College)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.05%), 10/1/2014 | 950,070 | |||||
875,000 |
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 6.00% (Landing at Plymouth Place), 5/15/2025 | 649,346 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Illinois Finance Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.00% (Depaul University), 10/1/2014 |
|
|
1,015,360 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,857,511 |
|
|||
Indiana--1.2% | |||||||
1,050,000 |
Indiana Health & Educational Facility Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005), 5.00% (Baptist Homes of Indiana), 11/15/2014 | 1,021,513 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Hospital Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2006B), 5.00% (Clarian Health Obligated Group), 2/15/2023 |
|
|
754,830 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,776,343 |
|
|||
Iowa--0.3% | |||||||
500,000 |
Scott County, IA, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2004), 5.625% (Ridgecrest Village), 11/15/2018 |
|
|
414,660 |
|
||
Kansas--1.0% | |||||||
1,055,000 |
Butler County, KS Union School District No. 394, UT GO Bonds, 5.00% (FSA INS), 9/1/2020 | 1,069,664 | |||||
500,000 |
Lawrence, KS, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2006), 5.125% (Lawrence Memorial Hospital), 7/1/2026 |
|
|
396,965 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,466,629 |
|
|||
Kentucky--1.4% | |||||||
1,335,000 |
Kentucky EDFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 6.25% (Norton Healthcare, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.45%), 10/1/2012 | 1,338,818 | |||||
665,000 |
Kentucky EDFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 6.25% (Norton Healthcare, Inc.)/(United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2010@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.45%), 10/1/2012 |
|
|
719,583 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,058,401 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Louisiana--2.9% | |||||||
$ | 985,000 |
Lakeshore Villages Master Community Development District, LA, Special Assessment Bonds (Series 2007), 5.25% (Original Issue Yield: 5.378%), 7/1/2017 | $ | 800,313 | |||
1,000,000 |
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, 5.375% (BRCC Facilities Corp.)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 12/1/2014 | 1,034,690 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Louisiana State Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2006B), 5.25% (AMBAC INS), 6/1/2013 | 966,470 | |||||
1,500,000 |
West Feliciana Parish, LA, PCRBs, 7.00% (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC), 11/1/2015 |
|
|
1,372,770 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
4,174,243 |
|
|||
Maryland--9.8% | |||||||
225,000 |
Maryland State Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2007B), 5.00% (King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Community), 1/1/2017 | 174,794 | |||||
13,500,000 | 2 |
Maryland State, UT GO Bonds (Second Series 2008), 5.000%, 7/15/2022 |
|
|
13,809,015 |
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
13,983,809 |
|
|||
Michigan--2.7% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Cornell Township MI, Economic Development Corp., Refunding Revenue Bonds, 5.875% (MeadWestvaco Corp.)/(United States Treasury PRF 5/1/2012@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.87%), 5/1/2018 | 2,216,320 | |||||
400,000 |
Gaylord, MI Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2004), 6.20% (Otsego Memorial Hospital Obligated Group)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.45%), 1/1/2025 | 302,712 | |||||
250,000 |
Kent Hospital Finance Authority, MI, Revenue Bonds (Series 2005A), 5.50% (Metropolitan Hospital), 7/1/2020 | 206,960 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 5.625% (Henry Ford Health System, MI)/(United States Treasury PRF 3/1/2013@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.20%), 3/1/2017 |
|
|
1,118,150 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,844,142 |
|
|||
Mississippi--2.1% | |||||||
1,500,000 |
Lowndes County, MS Solid Waste Disposal, Refunding PCRBs (Series 1992B), 6.70% (Weyerhaeuser Co.), 4/1/2022 | 1,199,265 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Mississippi Development Bank, Special Obligation Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.00% (Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi)/(Syncora Guarantee, Inc. INS), 3/1/2018 | 944,180 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Mississippi Hospital Equipment & Facilities Authority, Refunding & Improvement Revenue Bonds, 5.75% (Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.85%), 4/1/2023 |
|
|
842,290 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,985,735 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Missouri--1.3% | |||||||
$ | 2,000,000 |
Missouri State HEFA, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, 5.25% (BJC Health System, MO), 5/15/2018 |
|
$ |
1,916,480 |
|
|
Montana--1.1% | |||||||
1,700,000 |
Montana Facility Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.00% (Benefis Healthcare System)/(Assured Guaranty Corp. INS), 1/1/2023 |
|
|
1,585,692 |
|
||
Nevada--2.4% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Clark County, NV, IDRBs (Series 2003C), 5.45% TOBs (Southwest Gas Corp.), Mandatory Tender 3/1/2013 | 1,811,340 | |||||
975,000 |
Las Vegas, NV, Local Improvement Special Assessment Bonds (Series 2004), 5.50% (Providence SID No. 607), 6/1/2013 | 882,180 | |||||
835,000 |
North Las Vegas, NV SID No. 60, Subordinate LT Obligation Refunding Bonds (Series 2006B), 5.00% (Aliante SID No. 60)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.05%), 12/1/2017 |
|
|
677,728 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,371,248 |
|
|||
New Jersey--0.6% | |||||||
600,000 |
New Jersey EDA, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.75% (Winchester Gardens at Ward Homestead)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.75%), 11/1/2024 | 486,540 | |||||
278,230 | 3 |
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, 6.00% (Pascack Valley Hospital Association)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.25%), 7/1/2013 | 9,321 | ||||
400,000 |
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, (Series 2005A), 5.00% (Children's Specialized Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.01%), 7/1/2024 |
|
|
307,720 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
803,581 |
|
|||
New Mexico--1.0% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Farmington, NM, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 4.00% TOBs (El Paso Electric Co.)/(FGIC INS) Mandatory Tender 8/1/2012 | 966,590 | |||||
655,000 |
Mariposa East Public Improvement District, NM, UT GO Bonds, (Series 2006), 5.75%, 9/1/2021 |
|
|
509,852 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,476,442 |
|
|||
New York--4.7% | |||||||
325,000 |
Dutchess County, NY IDA, Civic Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2004B), 7.25% (St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers), 3/1/2019 | 305,617 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Dutchess County, NY IDA, Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Marist College)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.15%), 7/1/2020 | 1,908,420 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NY, Transportation Revenue Bonds (Series 2007B), 5.00% (MTA Transportation Revenue), 11/15/2025 | 1,808,640 | |||||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
New York--continued | |||||||
$ | 800,000 | 1 |
New York City, NY IDA, Liberty Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.25% (7 World Trade Center LLC), 3/1/2015 | $ | 661,112 | ||
2,000,000 |
New York City, NY, UT GO Bonds (Fiscal 2002 Series D), 5.00% (Original Issue Yield: 5.21%), 6/1/2017 |
|
|
2,028,680 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
6,712,469 |
|
|||
North Carolina--4.3% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency, Power System Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series D), 5.50%, 1/1/2014 | 1,039,940 | |||||
500,000 |
North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities First Mortgage Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 5.00% (Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community), 11/1/2023 | 388,090 | |||||
965,000 |
North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Housing Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 5.50% (Arc of North Carolina Projects), 10/1/2024 | 771,730 | |||||
3,000,000 |
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No. 1, Electric Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 5.50%, 1/1/2014 | 3,134,760 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Onslow County, NC Hospital Authority, INS Mortgage Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Onslow Memorial Hospital)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 4/1/2023 |
|
|
784,750 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
6,119,270 |
|
|||
Ohio--2.2% | |||||||
2,000,000 |
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, OH, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds (Series 2007A-2), 5.875% (Original Issue Yield: 5.95%), 6/1/2030 | 1,327,220 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Cuyahoga, OH Community College District, General Receipts Revenue Bonds (Series 2002A), 5.00% (AMBAC INS), 12/1/2022 | 954,420 | |||||
925,000 |
Ohio State Air Quality Development Authority, Environmental Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 1995), 5.00% TOBs (Marathon Oil Corp.), Mandatory Tender 11/1/2011 |
|
|
879,647 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,161,287 |
|
|||
Oregon--1.1% | |||||||
500,000 | 1 |
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Tax-Exempt Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2006C), 5.625%, 10/1/2026 | 353,510 | ||||
1,000,000 |
Yamhill County, OR Hospital Authority, Revenue Bonds, 6.50% (Friendsview Retirement Community)/(United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@101)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.50%), 12/1/2018 |
|
|
1,164,160 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,517,670 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Pennsylvania--6.7% | |||||||
$ | 1,000,000 |
Allegheny County, PA HDA, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series 2007A), 5.00% (West Penn Allegheny Health System), 11/15/2017 | $ | 721,270 | |||
1,195,000 |
Allegheny County, PA HDA, Health System Revenue Bonds, (Series 2000B), 9.25% (West Penn Allegheny Health System)/(United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2010@102)/(Original Issue Yield: 9.30%), 11/15/2015 | 1,358,703 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Allegheny County, PA HDA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.00% (UPMC Health System), 9/1/2017 | 983,030 | |||||
150,000 |
Allegheny County, PA HDA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.00% (UPMC Health System), 9/1/2018 | 146,483 | |||||
435,000 |
Allegheny County, PA IDA, Environmental Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2005), 5.50% (United States Steel Corp.), 11/1/2016 | 376,184 | |||||
400,000 |
Crawford County, PA Hospital Authority, Senior Living Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 1999), 6.125% (Wesbury United Methodist Community Obligated Group)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.32%), 8/15/2019 | 335,720 | |||||
63,000 |
Crawford County, PA Hospital Authority, Senior Living Facilities Revenue Bonds, 5.90% (Wesbury United Methodist Community Obligated Group), 8/15/2009 | 62,640 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Lancaster, PA Higher Education Authority, College Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Franklin & Marshall College), 4/15/2019 | 998,580 | |||||
1,500,000 |
Pennsylvania State Higher Education Facilities Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.25% (UPMC Health System), 1/15/2018 | 1,540,755 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Philadelphia, PA Gas Works, Revenue Bonds (17th Series), 5.375% (FSA INS), 7/1/2021 | 2,021,340 | |||||
1,355,000 |
Wilkes-Barre, PA Finance Authority, University Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.00% (Wilkes University), 3/1/2022 |
|
|
1,067,550 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
9,612,255 |
|
|||
South Carolina--2.7% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Georgetown County, SC Environmental Improvements, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2000A), 5.95% (International Paper Co.), 3/15/2014 | 911,930 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Kershaw County, SC Public Schools Foundation, Installment Purchase Revenue Bonds (Series 2006), 5.00% (Kershaw County, SC School District)/(CIFG Assurance N.A. INS), 12/1/2019 | 1,948,800 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Scago Educational Facilities Corp. for Pickens School District, Installment Purchase Revenue Bonds (Series 2006), 5.00% (FSA INS), 12/1/2020 |
|
|
988,010 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
3,848,740 |
|
|||
South Dakota--0.9% | |||||||
1,715,000 |
Educational Enhancement Funding Corp., SD, Tobacco Revenue Bonds (Series 2002B), 6.50%, 6/1/2032 |
|
|
1,346,944 |
|
||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Tennessee--1.0% | |||||||
$ | 1,250,000 |
Tennessee State School Board Authority, Higher Educational Facilities Second Program Bonds (Series 2008B), 5.00%, 5/1/2020 |
|
$ |
1,280,163 |
|
|
Texas--9.5% | |||||||
1,000,000 |
Abilene, TX HFDC, Retirement Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 6.50% (Sears Methodist Retirement), 11/15/2020 | 870,530 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Brazos River Authority, TX, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2003D), 5.40% TOBs (Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC), Mandatory Tender 10/1/2014 | 712,410 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Decatur, TX Hospital Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 6.50% (Wise Regional Health System), 9/1/2014 | 935,190 | |||||
500,000 |
Houston, TX HFDC, Retirement Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 6.25% (Buckingham Senior Living Community)/(United States Treasury PRF 2/15/2009@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.25%), 2/15/2020 | 505,420 | |||||
1,250,000 |
Mesquite, TX HFDC, Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2005), 5.50% (Christian Care Centers, Inc.), 2/15/2025 | 913,413 | |||||
390,000 |
Montgomery County, TX, UT GO Bonds (Series 2002A), 5.20% (FSA INS)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.29%), 3/1/2021 | 393,221 | |||||
2,310,000 |
Montgomery County, TX, UT GO Bonds (Series 2002A), 5.20% (United States Treasury PRF 3/1/2012@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.29%), 3/1/2021 | 2,510,716 | |||||
165,000 |
Sabine River Authority, TX, PCR Refunding Bonds (Series 2006), 4.95% (Southwestern Electric Power Co.)/(MBIA Insurance Corp. INS), 3/1/2018 | 156,314 | |||||
1,000,000 |
San Leanna, TX Education Facilities Corp., Higher Education Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.125% (Saint Edward's University), 6/1/2021 | 799,670 | |||||
1,050,000 |
Spring, TX ISD, UT GO Bonds, 5.00% (GTD by PSFG)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.07%), 8/15/2017 | 1,094,226 | |||||
545,000 |
Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2007), 5.00% (Air Force Village), 5/15/2016 | 474,106 | |||||
500,000 |
Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds, (Series 2006A), 6.00% (Northwest Senior Housing Corp. Edgemere Project), 11/15/2026 | 374,390 | |||||
835,000 |
Travis County, TX HFDC, Retirement Facilities Revenue Bonds, 5.00% (Querencia at Barton Creek)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.10%), 11/15/2014 | 733,130 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Tyler, TX HFDC, Hospital Revenue Bonds, 5.25% (Mother Frances Hospital), 7/1/2012 | 940,370 | |||||
2,235,000 |
West Harris County, TX Regional Water Authority, Water System Revenue Bonds (Series 2006), 5.00% (AMBAC INS), 12/15/2021 |
|
|
2,170,923 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
13,584,029 |
|
|||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
MUNICIPAL BONDS--continued | |||||||
Virginia--1.7% | |||||||
$ | 201,000 |
Bell Creek CDA, VA, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2003), 6.75%, 3/1/2022 | $ | 204,111 | |||
1,000,000 |
Broad Street Community Development Authority, VA, Revenue Bonds, 7.10% (Original Issue Yield: 7.15%), 6/1/2016 | 987,110 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Peninsula Port Authority, VA, Residential Care Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 7.375% (Virginia Baptist Homes Obligated Group)/(United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2013@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.50%), 12/1/2023 |
|
|
1,213,450 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,404,671 |
|
|||
Washington--2.1% | |||||||
500,000 |
Skagit County, WA Public Hospital District No. 1, Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 2003), 6.00% (Skagit Valley Hospital), 12/1/2018 | 472,335 | |||||
1,600,000 |
Tobacco Settlement Authority, WA, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, 6.50% (Original Issue Yield: 6.65%), 6/1/2026 | 1,417,056 | |||||
1,000,000 |
Washington State Public Power Supply System, Nuclear Project No. 2 Refunding Revenue Bonds (Series 1992A), 6.30% (Energy Northwest, WA)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.40%), 7/1/2012 |
|
|
1,109,740 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
2,999,131 |
|
|||
Wisconsin--3.0% | |||||||
200,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2004), 5.50% (Blood Center of Wisconsin, Inc.)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.583%), 6/1/2024 | 172,736 | |||||
500,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds (Series 2004A), 6.125% (Southwest Health Center)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.15%), 4/1/2024 | 389,195 | |||||
2,000,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 5.75% (SynergyHealth, Inc.), 11/15/2015 | 2,027,180 | |||||
870,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, 7.125% (Community Memorial Hospital)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.25%), 1/15/2022 | 789,699 | |||||
1,250,000 |
Wisconsin State HEFA, Revenue Bonds, (Series 2006A), 5.125% (Marshfield Clinic, WI), 2/15/2026 |
|
|
928,363 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
4,307,173 |
|
|||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (IDENTIFIED COST $152,008,799) |
|
|
140,169,590 |
|
|||
SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--2.0% 4 | |||||||
Louisiana--0.8% | |||||||
1,100,000 |
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Daily VRDNs (Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.), 1.250%, 12/1/2008 |
|
|
1,100,000 |
|
||
Principal Amount | |
| |
|
Value
|
|
|
SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS--continued 4 | |||||||
Tennessee--0.5% | |||||||
$ | 800,000 |
Blount County, TN Public Building Authority, Local Government Public Improvement Bonds (Series E-3-A) Daily VRDNs (Cumberland County, TN)/(KBC Bank N.V. LOC), 1.000%, 12/3/2008 |
|
$ |
800,000 |
|
|
Texas--0.7% | |||||||
300,000 |
Harris County, TX HFDC, (Series 2005 A-2) Daily VRDNs (Methodist Hospital, Harris County, TX), 0.900%, 12/1/2008 | 300,000 | |||||
700,000 |
Harris County, TX HFDC, (Series B) Daily VRDNs (St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital)/(Bank of America N.A., Bayerische Landesbank, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Northern Trust Co., Chicago, IL and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital LIQ), 0.800%, 12/1/2008 |
|
|
700,000 |
|
||
TOTAL
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS (AT COST) |
|
|
2,900,000 |
|
|||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS--100.0% (IDENTIFIED COST $154,908,799) 5 |
|
|
143,069,590 |
|
|||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES--NET
6
|
|
|
(9,514,314 |
) |
|||
LIQUIDATION VALUE OF AUCTION PREFERRED SHARES
|
|
|
(50,900,000 |
) |
|||
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
|
|
$ |
82,655,276 |
|
At November 30, 2008, the Fund holds no securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) (unaudited).
1 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2008, these restricted securities amounted to $1,757,164, which represented 1.2% of total market value.
2 Underlying security in inverse floater structure.
3 Obligor had filed for bankruptcy. On September 30, 2008, a Notice of Initial Distribution was received and a portion of the bond was redeemed at par. The market value of the remaining par was adjusted to reflect the expected value of future cash flows.
4 Current rate and next reset date shown for Variable Rate Demand Notes.
5 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $144,617,191.
6 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total market value at November 30, 2008.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1--quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2--other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, 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 an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of November 30, 2008, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
| |
Investments in Securities |
Level 1--Quoted Prices |
|
$ -- |
Level 2--Other Significant Observable Inputs |
|
143,069,590 |
Level 3--Significant Unobservable Inputs |
|
-- |
TOTAL
|
|
$143,069,590 |
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
AMBAC | --American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation |
CDA | --Community Development Administration |
COP | --Certificate of Participation |
EDA | --Economic Development Authority |
EDFA | --Economic Development Finance Authority |
FGIC | --Financial Guaranty Insurance Company |
FSA | --Financial Security Assurance |
GO | --General Obligation |
GTD | --Guaranteed |
HDA | --Hospital Development Authority |
HEFA | --Health and Education Facilities Authority |
HFDC | --Health Facility Development Corporation |
IDA | --Industrial Development Authority |
IDB | --Industrial Development Bond |
IDRBs | --Industrial Development Revenue Bonds |
INS | --Insured |
ISD | --Independent School District |
LIQ | --Liquidity Agreement |
LOC | --Letter of Credit |
LT | --Limited Tax |
PCR | --Pollution Control Revenue |
PCRBs | --Pollution Control Revenue Bonds |
PRF | --Prerefunded |
PSFG | --Permanent School Fund Guarantee |
SID | --Special Improvement District |
TOBs | --Tender Option Bonds |
UT | --Unlimited Tax |
VRDNs | --Variable Rate Demand Notes |
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
November 30, 2008
| |
|
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
| |
|
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
|
Assets:
| ||||||||
Investments in securities, at value | $ | 122,519,851 | $ | 143,069,590 | ||||
Cash | 101,951 | 49,035 | ||||||
Income receivable | 2,136,268 | 2,316,230 | ||||||
Receivable for investments sold |
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
20,450 |
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
|
|
124,763,070 |
|
|
|
145,455,305 |
|
Liabilities:
| ||||||||
Payable for floating rate certificate securities (Note 2) | 9,600,000 | 10,125,000 | ||||||
Income distribution payable--Common Shares | 411,253 | 399,451 | ||||||
Income distribution payable--Preferred Shares | 5,788 | 3,561 | ||||||
Payable for Directors'/Trustees' fees | 445 | 434 | ||||||
Payable for investments purchased | 2,614,351 | 1,299,103 | ||||||
Accrued expenses |
|
|
65,884 |
|
|
|
72,480 |
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
|
|
12,697,721 |
|
|
|
11,900,029 |
|
Auction Market Preferred Shares (1,763 and 2,036 shares, respectively, authorized and issued at $25,000 per share) |
|
$ |
44,075,000 |
|
|
$ |
50,900,000 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares Consist of:
| ||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 86,998,552 | $ | 98,478,870 | ||||
Net unrealized depreciation of investments | (15,630,813 | ) | (11,839,209 | ) | ||||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, swap contracts and futures contracts | (3,835,475 | ) | (4,350,897 | ) | ||||
Undistributed net investment income |
|
|
458,085 |
|
|
|
366,512 |
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES
|
|
$ |
67,990,349 |
|
|
$ |
82,655,276 |
|
Common Shares Outstanding, ($0.01 par value, unlimited shares authorized)
|
|
|
6,137,794 |
|
|
|
6,946,981 |
|
Net asset value per share |
|
$ |
11.08 |
|
|
$ |
11.90 |
|
Investments, at identified cost |
|
$ |
138,150,664 |
|
|
$ |
154,908,799 |
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
Year Ended November 30, 2008
| |
|
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
| |
|
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
|
Investment Income:
| ||||||||
Interest |
|
$ |
7,790,117 |
|
|
$ |
7,841,700 |
|
Expenses:
| ||||||||
Investment adviser fee (Note 5) | 741,599 | 837,464 | ||||||
Administrative personnel and services fee (Note 5) | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
Custodian fees | 4,056 | 3,326 | ||||||
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees and expenses | 34,344 | 34,113 | ||||||
Directors'/Trustees' fees | 13,488 | 13,595 | ||||||
Auditing fees | 52,992 | 52,691 | ||||||
Legal fees | 12,520 | 11,380 | ||||||
Portfolio accounting fees | 77,924 | 80,610 | ||||||
Printing and postage | 21,532 | 21,221 | ||||||
Insurance premiums | 3,406 | 3,416 | ||||||
Auction agent fees | 6,499 | 6,500 | ||||||
Trailer commission fees (Note 2) | 129,412 | 147,508 | ||||||
Interest and trust expenses (Note 2) | 108,533 | 82,122 | ||||||
Miscellaneous |
|
|
48,875 |
|
|
|
48,274 |
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
|
|
1,405,180 |
|
|
|
1,492,220 |
|
Waivers, Reimbursement and Expense Reduction:
| ||||||||
Waiver of investment adviser fee (Note 5) | (208,286 | ) | (235,120 | ) | ||||
Waiver of administrative personnel and services fee (Note 5) | (150,000 | ) | (150,000 | ) | ||||
Reimbursement of other operating expenses (Note 5) | (93,800 | ) | (36,940 | ) | ||||
Reduction of custodian fees (Note 6) |
|
|
(289 |
) |
|
|
(420 |
) |
TOTAL WAIVERS, REIMBURSEMENT AND EXPENSE REDUCTION
|
|
|
(452,375 |
) |
|
|
(422,480 |
) |
Net expenses |
|
|
952,805 |
|
|
|
1,069,740 |
|
Net investment income |
|
|
6,837,312 |
|
|
|
6,771,960 |
|
Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments:
| ||||||||
Net realized loss on investments | (1,660,730 | ) | (948,465 | ) | ||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments |
|
|
(20,364,198 |
) |
|
|
(15,016,855 |
) |
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments |
|
|
(22,024,928 |
) |
|
|
(15,965,320 |
) |
Income distributions declared to Preferred Shareholders |
|
|
(1,510,335 |
) |
|
|
(1,675,137 |
) |
Change in net assets resulting from operations applicable to common shares |
|
$ |
(16,697,951 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,868,497 |
) |
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
| |
|
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund | |
|
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
||||||||||
Year Ended November 30
| |
|
2008
|
| |
|
2007
|
| |
|
2008
|
| |
|
2007
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
| ||||||||||||||||
Operations:
| ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 6,837,312 | $ | 6,871,006 | $ | 6,771,960 | $ | 6,857,375 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, swap contracts and futures contracts |
| (1,660,730 | ) | 235,293 | (948,465 | ) | (615,206 | ) | ||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and futures contracts | (20,364,198 | ) | (6,104,049 | ) | (15,016,855 | ) | (3,924,846 | ) | ||||||||
Distributions from net investment income Preferred Shares |
|
|
(1,510,335 |
) |
|
|
(1,957,233 |
) |
|
|
(1,675,137 |
) |
|
|
(2,223,789 |
) |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES
|
|
|
(16,697,951 |
) |
|
|
(954,983 |
) |
|
|
(10,868,497 |
) |
|
|
93,534 |
|
Distributions to Common Shareholders:
| ||||||||||||||||
Distributions from net investment income--Common Shares |
|
|
(4,932,705 |
) |
|
|
(4,926,985 |
) |
|
|
(4,793,417 |
) |
|
|
(4,793,417 |
) |
Share Transactions Applicable to Common Shares:
| ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
|
|
92,689 |
|
|
|
119,064 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
|
92,689 |
|
|
|
119,064 |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Change in net assets |
|
|
(21,537,967 |
) |
|
|
(5,762,904 |
) |
|
|
(15,661,914 |
) |
|
|
(4,699,883 |
) |
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares:
| ||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
|
|
89,528,316 |
|
|
|
95,291,220 |
|
|
|
98,317,190 |
|
|
|
103,017,073 |
|
End of period |
|
$ |
67,990,349 |
|
|
$ |
89,528,316 |
|
|
$ |
82,655,276 |
|
|
$ |
98,317,190 |
|
Undistributed net investment income included at end of period |
|
$ |
458,085 |
|
|
$ |
64,258 |
|
|
$ |
366,512 |
|
|
$ |
54,634 |
|
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
November 30, 2008
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund (individually referred to as the "Fund," or collectively as the "Funds") are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as diversified, closed-end management investment companies. Each Fund's investment objective is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax, including the federal AMT.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States of America.
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), each Fund generally values investments as follows:
If the Funds cannot obtain a price or price evaluation from a pricing service for an investment, the Funds may attempt to value the investment based upon the mean of bid and asked quotations or fair value the investment based on price evaluations, from one or more dealers. If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, the Funds use the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Funds could purchase or sell an investment at the price used to calculate the Funds' NAVs.
The Trustees have authorized the use of pricing services to provide evaluations of the current fair value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a "bid" evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a "mid" evaluation). The Funds normally use bid evaluations for U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Funds normally use mid evaluations for other types of fixed-income securities and OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment's value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:
The Funds may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Funds will determine the fair value of the investment using another method approved by the Trustees.
Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value. Distributions to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are declared and paid monthly. Distributions to preferred shareholders are recorded daily and paid weekly at a rate set through auction procedures. The dividend rate to preferred shareholders for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund at November 30, 2008 was 1.597% and 1.564%, respectively.
Each auction requires the participation of one or more Broker-Dealers. The auction agent, currently Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, will enter into agreements with one or more Broker-Dealers selected by the Funds, which provide for the participation of those Broker-Dealers in auctions for preferred shares. The auction agent will pay each Broker-Dealer after each auction, from funds provided by the Funds. The trailer commissions for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund for the year ended November 30, 2008 were $129,412 and $147,508, respectively.
All premiums and discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized/accreted for financial statement purposes.
It is each Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary. The Funds adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" on December 1, 2007. As of and during the year ended November 30, 2008, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax expenses. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. As of November 30, 2008, tax years 2005 through 2008 remain subject to examination by the Funds' major tax jurisdictions, which include the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Funds may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Funds record when-issued securities on the trade date and maintain security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
The Funds may participate in Inverse Floater Structures in which fixed-rate, tax-exempt municipal bonds purchased by the Funds are transferred to a trust. The trust subsequently issues two or more variable rate securities that are collateralized by the cash flows of the fixed-rate, tax-exempt municipal bonds. One or more of these variable rate securities pays interest based on a floating rate set by a remarketing agent at predetermined intervals. A residual-interest tax-exempt security is also created by the trust which is transferred to the Funds, that is paid interest based on the remaining cashflow of the trust, after payment of interest on the other securities and various expenses of the trust.
The Funds account for the transfer of bonds to the trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Funds' investments, and the related floating-rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption "Payable for floating rate certificate securities" in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. At November 30, 2008, for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund investments with a value of $12,048,564 are held by the trust and serve as collateral for the $9,600,000 in floating rate certificate securities outstanding at this date, and for Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund investments with a value of $13,809,015 are held by the trust and serve as collateral for the $10,125,000 in floating-rate certificate securities outstanding at this date. The Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and the Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund recorded interest and trust expenses of $108,533 and $82,122, respectively, for these investments for the year ended November 30, 2008.
While these inverse floater structures are accounted for as secured borrowings, the Funds' Adviser has determined that they do not constitute borrowings for purposes of any fundamental limitation on borrowings that may be applicable to the Funds.
Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer's expense, either upon demand by the Funds or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. The Funds will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Funds' restricted securities are valued at the price provided by dealers in the secondary market or, if no market prices are available, at the fair value as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.
Additional information on restricted securities, excluding securities purchased under Rule 144A that have been deemed liquid by the Trustees, held at November 30, 2008, is as follows:
Security
| |
Acquisition Date | |
Acquisition Cost |
Capital Trust Agency, FL, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 8.95% (Seminole Tribe of Florida Convention and Resort Hotel Facilities)/(United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2012@102), 10/1/2033 |
|
5/9/2003 |
|
$400,000 |
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Tax-Exempt Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2006C), 5.625%, 10/1/2026 |
|
6/9/2006 |
|
$500,000 |
New York City, NY IDA, Liberty Revenue Bonds, (Series A), 6.50% (7 World Trade Center LLC), 3/1/2035 |
|
3/15/2005 |
|
$800,000 |
Security
| |
Acquisition Date | |
Acquisition Cost |
Capital Trust Agency, FL, Revenue Bonds (Series 2003A), 8.95% (Seminole Tribe of Florida Convention and Resort Hotel Facilities)/(United State Treasury PRF 10/1/2012@102)/(Original IssueYield:8.95%), 10/1/2033 |
|
5/9/2003 |
|
$600,000 |
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Tax-Exempt Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2006C), 5.625%, 10/1/2026 |
|
6/9/2006 |
|
$500,000 |
New York City, NY IDA, Liberty Revenue Bonds (Series A), 6.25% (7 World Trade Center LLC), 3/1/2015 |
|
3/15/2005 |
|
$800,000 |
The Funds may periodically purchase and sell bond interest rate futures contracts to manage duration and to potentially reduce transaction costs. Upon entering into a bond interest rate futures contract with a broker, the Funds are required to deposit in a segregated account a specified amount of cash or U.S. government securities. Futures contracts are valued daily and unrealized gains or losses are recorded in a "variation margin" account. Daily, the Funds receive from or pay to the broker a specified amount of cash based upon changes in the variation margin account. When a contract is closed, each Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. Futures contracts have market risks, including the risk that the change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying securities. For the year ended November 30, 2008, the Funds had no net realized gain or loss on futures contracts.
At November 30, 2008, the Funds had no outstanding futures contracts.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated.
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified-cost basis.
The following tables summarize share activity:
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund
| |
| |
|
Year Ended November 30
| |
2008
| |
2007
|
Shares issued | -- | -- | ||
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
|
6,638 |
|
7,825 |
TOTAL CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
6,638 |
|
7,825 |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund
| |
| |
|
Year Ended November 30
| |
2008
| |
2007
|
Shares issued | -- | -- | ||
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
|
-- |
|
-- |
TOTAL CHANGE RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
|
|
-- |
|
-- |
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are due in part to differing treatments for discount accretion/premium amortization on debt securities and inverse floater structures.
For the year ended November 30, 2008, permanent differences identified and reclassified among the components of net assets were as follows:
| |
Increase (Decrease)
|
||||
| |
Undistributed Net Investment Income |
| |
Accumulated Net Realized Gains (Losses) |
|
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
|
$ (445 |
) |
|
$ 445 |
|
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
|
$8,472 |
|
|
$(8,472 |
) |
Net investment income (loss), net realized gains (losses) and net assets were not affected by this reclassification.
The tax character of distributions as reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended November 30, 2008 and 2007, was as follows:
2008 | 2007 | |||
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Tax-Exempt Income | |
Tax-Exempt Income |
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
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$6,443,040 |
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$6,884,218 |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
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$6,468,554 |
|
$7,017,206 |
As of November 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
| |
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
| |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
|
Undistributed tax-exempt income |
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$ 458,085 |
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$ 366,512 |
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Net unrealized depreciation |
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$(15,526,464 |
) |
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$(11,672,601 |
) |
Capital loss carryforwards |
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$ (3,939,824 |
) |
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$ (4,517,505 |
) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation/depreciation is attributable in part to differing treatments for the deferral of losses on wash sales and discount accretion/premium amortization on debt securities.
For federal income tax purposes, the following amounts apply as of November 30, 2008:
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Cost of Investments | |
Unrealized Appreciation | |
Unrealized Depreciation | |
Net Unrealized Depreciation |
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
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$128,448,054 |
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$3,010,709 |
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$18,537,173 |
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$(15,526,464) |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
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$144,617,191 |
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$2,011,039 |
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$13,683,640 |
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$(11,672,601) |
At November 30, 2008, Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund had capital loss carryforwards of $3,939,824 and $4,517,505, respectively, which will reduce the Funds' taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code and thus will reduce the amount of the distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal income tax. Pursuant to the Code, such capital loss carryforwards will expire as follows:
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2011
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2012
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2013
| |
2015
| |
2016
| |
Total Capital Loss Carryforward |
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
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-- |
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$1,497,121 |
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$ 678,904 |
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-- |
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$1,763,799 |
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$3,939,824 |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
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$5,504 |
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$1,598,165 |
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$1,175,977 |
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$615,196 |
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$1,122,663 |
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$4,517,505 |
Each Fund has entered into an Investment Management Agreement (the "Agreement") with Federated Investment Management Company (the "Adviser"), to serve as investment manager to the Funds. The Agreement provides for an annual management fee, payable daily, at the annual rate of 0.55% of each Fund's managed assets.
In order to reduce the Funds' expenses, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment adviser fee at the annual rate of 0.20% of the average daily net value of each Fund's managed assets, inclusive of any assets attributable to any preferred shares that may be issued, from the commencement of operations through December 31, 2007, and at a declining rate thereafter through December 31, 2010. Effective January 1, 2008 and continuing through December 31, 2008, the contractual waiver was reduced to 0.15%. For the year ended November 30, 2008, the Adviser waived $208,286 and $235,120 of its fee for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund, respectively. Additionally, for the year ended November 30, 2008, the Adviser reimbursed other operating expenses of $93,800 and $36,940 for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund, respectively.
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Funds with administrative personnel and services. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average aggregate daily net assets of certain Federated funds as specified below:
Administrative Fee |
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Average Aggregate Daily Net Assets of the Federated Funds |
0.150% |
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on the first $5 billion |
0.125% |
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on the next $5 billion |
0.100% |
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on the next $10 billion |
0.075% |
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on assets in excess of $20 billion |
The administrative fee received during any fiscal year shall be at least $150,000 per portfolio and $40,000 per each additional class of Shares. FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. FAS can modify or terminate this voluntary waiver at any time at its sole discretion. For the year ended November 30, 2008, FAS waived its entire fee of $150,000 on each Fund.
During the year ended November 30, 2008, the Funds engaged in purchase and sale transactions with funds that have a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Directors/Trustees, and/or common Officers. These purchase and sale transactions complied with Rule 17a-7 under the Act and were as follows:
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Purchases
| |
Sales
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Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
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$32,910,000 |
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$30,810,000 |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
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$31,150,000 |
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$31,850,000 |
Certain of the Officers and Trustees of the Funds are Officers and Directors or Trustees of the above companies.
Through arrangements with the Funds' custodian, net credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce custody expenses. For the year ended November 30, 2008, the Funds' expenses were reduced under these arrangements by $289 and $420 for Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund, respectively.
On February 13, 2003, Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund offered 2,147 and 2,441 Auction Market Preferred Shares (AMPS), respectively. The AMPS are redeemable at the option of the Funds at the redemption price of $25,000 per share plus an amount equal to accumulated, but unpaid dividends thereon through the redemption date. As of November 30, 2008, Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund currently have outstanding 1,763 and 2,036 AMPS, respectively.
On July 17, 2008, the Funds' Trustees approved a plan to use inverse floater structures to refinance a portion of the Funds' outstanding AMPS. During the year ended November 30, 2008, Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund redeemed $9,600,000 and $10,125,000, representing 384 and 405 of their outstanding preferred shares, respectively, at liquidation value, using proceeds that arose from the use of the inverse floater structures.
Whenever AMPS are outstanding, common shareholders will not be entitled to receive any distributions from the Funds unless all accrued dividends on preferred shares have been paid, the Funds satisfy the 200% asset coverage requirement, and certain other requirements imposed by any Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (NRSROs) rating the preferred shares have been met. Should these requirements not be met, or should dividends accrued on the AMPS not be paid, the Funds may be restricted in their ability to declare dividends to common shareholders or may be required to redeem certain of the AMPS. At November 30, 2008, there were no such restrictions on the Funds.
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding long-term U.S. government securities and short-term obligations, for the year ended November 30, 2008, were as follows:
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Purchases
| |
Sales
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Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund |
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$38,149,928 |
|
$37,093,704 |
Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund |
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$14,466,397 |
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$23,926,208 |
Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Funds, along with other funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Investors, Inc., may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Funds to borrow from other participating affiliated funds. As of November 30, 2008, there were no outstanding loans. During the year ended November 30, 2008, the program was not utilized.
Since October 2003, Federated Investors, Inc. and related entities (collectively, "Federated") and various Federated funds ("Federated Funds") have been named as defendants in several class action lawsuits now pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuits were purportedly filed on behalf of people who purchased, owned and/or redeemed shares of Federated-sponsored mutual funds during specified periods beginning November 1, 1998. The suits are generally similar in alleging that Federated engaged in illegal and improper trading practices including market timing and late trading in concert with certain institutional traders, which allegedly caused financial injury to the mutual fund shareholders. These lawsuits began to be filed shortly after Federated's first public announcement that it had received requests for information on shareholder trading activities in the Federated Funds from the SEC, the Office of the New York State Attorney General ("NYAG") and other authorities. In that regard, on November 28, 2005, Federated announced that it had reached final settlements with the SEC and the NYAG with respect to those matters. As Federated previously reported in 2004, it has already paid approximately $8.0 million to certain funds as determined by an independent consultant. As part of these settlements, Federated agreed to pay for the benefit of fund shareholders additional disgorgement and a civil money penalty in the aggregate amount of an additional $72 million. Federated entities have also been named as defendants in several additional lawsuits that are now pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging, among other things, excessive advisory and Rule 12b-1 fees. The Board of the Federated Funds retained the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP to represent the Federated Funds in these lawsuits. Federated and the Federated Funds, and their respective counsel have been defending this litigation, and none of the Federated Funds remains a defendant in any of the lawsuits (though some could potentially receive any recoveries as nominal defendants). Additional lawsuits based upon similar allegations may be filed in the future. The potential impact of these lawsuits, all of which seek unquantified damages, attorneys' fees and expenses and future potential similar suits is uncertain. Although we do not believe that these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on the Federated Funds, there can be no assurance that these suits, the ongoing adverse publicity and/or other developments resulting from the regulatory investigations will not result in increased Federated Fund redemptions, reduced sales of Federated Fund shares or other adverse consequences for the Federated Funds.
In March 2008, FASB released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of adopting FAS 161 and its impact on the financial statements and the accompanying notes.
For the year ended November 30, 2008, 100.0% of the distributions from net investment income for each Fund is exempt from federal income tax, other than the federal AMT.
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund (the "Funds"), including the portfolios of investments, as of November 30, 2008, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund and Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund at November 30, 2008, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and their financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
January 16, 2009
The Board is responsible for managing the Funds' business affairs and for exercising all the Funds' powers except those reserved for the shareholders. The following tables give information about each Board member and the senior officers of the Funds. Where required, the tables separately list Board members who are "interested persons" of the Fund (i.e., "Interested" Board members) and those who are not (i.e., "Independent" Board members). Unless otherwise noted, the address of each person listed is Federated Investors Tower, 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The address of all Independent Board members listed is 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7561; Attention: Mutual Fund Board. As of December 31, 2008, the Federated Fund Complex consisted of 40 investment companies (comprising 149 portfolios). Unless otherwise noted, each Officer is elected annually. Unless otherwise noted, each Board member oversees all portfolios in the Federated Fund Complex.
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Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | |
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | |
Year of Term Expiration |
John F. Donahue*+
Birth Date: July 28, 1924 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Chairman and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman of the Federated Fund Complex's Executive Committee. Previous Positions: Chairman of the Federated Fund Complex; Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company; Chairman and Director, Federated Investment Counseling. | 2010 | ||
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J. Christopher Donahue*
Birth Date: April 11, 1949 PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Principal Executive Officer and President of the Federated Fund Complex; Director or Trustee of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company; Trustee, Federated Investment Counseling; Chairman and Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp.; Chairman, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania and Passport Research, Ltd. (investment advisory subsidiary of Federated); Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company; Director, Federated Services Company. Previous Positions: President, Federated Investment Counseling; President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Investment Management Company, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd. | 2011 | ||
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* Family relationships and reasons for "interested" status: John F. Donahue is the father of J. Christopher Donahue; both are "interested" due to their beneficial ownership of shares of Federated Investors, Inc. and the positions they hold with Federated and its subsidiaries.
+ Member of Executive Committee
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Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | |
Year of Term Expiration |
Thomas G. Bigley**++
Birth Date: February 3, 1934 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupation:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex. Other Directorships Held: Director, Member of Executive Committee, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh; Director, University of Pittsburgh. Previous Position: Senior Partner, Ernst & Young LLP. | 2010 | ||
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John T. Conroy, Jr.**
Birth Date: June 23, 1937 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Chairman of the Board, Investment Properties Corporation; Partner or Trustee in private real estate ventures in Southwest Florida; Assistant Professor in Theology at Barry University and Blessed Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry. Previous Positions: President, Investment Properties Corporation; Senior Vice President, John R. Wood and Associates, Inc., Realtors; President, Naples Property Management, Inc. and Northgate Village Development Corporation. | 2010 | ||
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Nicholas P. Constantakis**++
Birth Date: September 3, 1939 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupation:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex. Other Directorships Held: Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, Michael Baker Corporation (engineering and energy services worldwide). Previous Position: Partner, Andersen Worldwide SC. | 2011 | ||
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John F. Cunningham**
Birth Date: March 5, 1943 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex. Other Directorships Held: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cunningham & Co., Inc. (strategic business consulting); Trustee Associate, Boston College. Previous Positions: Director, QSGI, Inc. (technology services company); Director, Redgate Communications and EMC Corporation (computer storage systems); Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Computer Consoles, Inc.; President and Chief Operating Officer, Wang Laboratories; Director, First National Bank of Boston; Director, Apollo Computer, Inc. | 2011 | ||
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Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | |
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | |
Year of Term Expiration |
Peter E. Madden**+
Birth Date: March 16, 1942 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupation:
Director or Trustee, and Chairman of the Board of Directors or Trustees, of the Federated Fund Complex. Other Directorships Held: Board of Overseers, Babson College. Previous Positions: Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Court; President, State Street Bank and Trust Company and State Street Corporation (retired); Director, VISA USA and VISA International; Chairman and Director, Massachusetts Bankers Association; Director, Depository Trust Corporation; Director, The Boston Stock Exchange. | 2009 | ||
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Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.**++
Birth Date: April 10, 1945 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Management Consultant. Previous Positions: Chief Executive Officer, PBTC International Bank; Partner, Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young LLP); Chief Financial Officer of Retail Banking Sector, Chase Manhattan Bank; Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA (formerly, Marine Midland Bank); Vice President, Citibank; Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; Executive Vice President DVC Group, Inc. (marketing, communications and technology). | 2009 | ||
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R. James Nicholson**
Birth Date: February 4, 1938 TRUSTEE Began serving: January 2008 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schrek, P.C.; Former Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See; Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Other Directorships Held: Director, Horatio Alger Association. Previous Positions: Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve; Partner, Calkins, Kramer, Grimshaw and Harring, P.C.; General Counsel, Colorado Association of Housing and Building; Chairman and CEO, Nicholson Enterprises, Inc. (real estate holding company); Chairman and CEO, Renaissance Homes of Colorado. | 2009 | ||
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Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | |
Year of Term Expiration |
Thomas M. O'Neill**
Birth Date: June 14, 1951 TRUSTEE Began serving: October 2006 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; Managing Director and Partner, Navigator Management Company, L.P. (investment and strategic consulting). Other Directorships Held: Board of Overseers, Children's Hospital of Boston; Visiting Committee on Athletics, Harvard College. Previous Positions: Chief Executive Officer and President, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fleet Investment Advisors; President and Chief Executive Officer, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc.; General Partner, Hellman, Jordan Management Co., Boston, MA; Chief Investment Officer, The Putnam Companies, Boston, MA; Credit Analyst and Lending Officer, Fleet Bank. | 2010 | ||
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John S. Walsh+**++
Birth Date: November 28, 1957 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; President and Director, Heat Wagon, Inc. (manufacturer of construction temporary heaters); President and Director, Manufacturers Products, Inc. (distributor of portable construction heaters); President, Portable Heater Parts, a division of Manufacturers Products, Inc. Previous Position: Vice President, Walsh & Kelly, Inc. | 2009 | ||
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James F. Will**
Birth Date: October 12, 1938 TRUSTEE Began serving: April 2006 |
Principal Occupations:
Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Complex; formerly, Vice Chancellor and President, Saint Vincent College. Other Directorships Held: Trustee, Saint Vincent College; Alleghany Corporation. Previous Positions: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Armco, Inc.; President and Chief Executive Officer, Cyclops Industries; President and Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Steel Corporation. | 2009 | ||
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+ Member of Executive Committee
++ Member of Audit Committee
** Member of Nominating Committee
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Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | |
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years and Previous Position(s)
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John W. McGonigle
Birth Date: October 26, 1938 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Federated Fund Complex; Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Federated Investors, Inc. Previous Positions: Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company and Federated Investment Counseling; Director, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Services Company and Federated Securities Corp. |
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Richard A. Novak
Birth Date: December 25, 1963 TREASURER Began serving: January 2006 |
Principal Occupations:
Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Federated Fund Complex; Senior Vice President, Federated Administrative Services; Financial and Operations Principal for Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc. and Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc.
Previous Positions: Controller of Federated Investors, Inc.; Vice President, Finance of Federated Services Company; held various financial management positions within The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh; Auditor, Arthur Andersen & Co. |
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Richard B. Fisher
Birth Date: May 17, 1923 VICE CHAIRMAN Began serving: December 2002 |
Principal Occupations:
Vice Chairman or Vice President of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; Vice Chairman, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman, Federated Securities Corp. Previous Positions: President and Director or Trustee of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex; Executive Vice President, Federated Investors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Securities Corp. |
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Brian P. Bouda
Birth Date: February 28, 1947 CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Began serving: August 2004 | Principal Occupations: Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Federated Fund Complex; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Federated Investors, Inc. and Chief Compliance Officer of its subsidiaries. Mr. Bouda joined Federated in 1999 and is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar Association of Wisconsin. | |
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Mary Jo Ochson
Birth Date: September 12, 1953 CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, TAX-FREE FIXED INCOME, AND VICE PRESIDENT Began serving: December 2002 | Principal Occupations: Mary Jo Ochson has been the Funds' Portfolio Manager since December 2002. Ms. Ochson was named Chief Investment Officer of tax-exempt fixed-income products in 2004 and is Vice President of the Funds. She joined Federated in 1982 and has been a Senior Portfolio Manager and a Senior Vice President of the Fund's Adviser since 1996. Ms. Ochson is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received her M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh. | |
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An Annual Meeting of Fund shareholders (Common Shares and Preferred Shares) was held on September 19, 2008. On July 8, 2008, the record date for shareholders voting at the meeting, there were 6,136,693 total outstanding shares. The following item was considered by shareholders and the results of their voting are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, each matter was approved.
1. J. Christopher Donahue
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
5,900,950 |
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65,209 |
2. Nicholas P. Constantakis
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
5,898,550 |
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67,609 |
3. John F. Cunningham
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
5,898,550 |
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67,609 |
4. Marjorie P. Smuts
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
5,896,495 |
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69,664 |
An Annual Meeting of Fund shareholders (Preferred Shares) was held on September 19, 2008. On July 8, 2008, the record date for shareholders voting at the meeting, there were 2,147 total outstanding shares. The following item was considered by shareholders and the results of their voting are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, each matter was approved.
1. Peter E. Madden
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
1,850 |
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9 |
2. John S. Walsh
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
1,850 |
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9 |
The following Trustees of the Fund continued their terms as Trustees of the Fund: John F. Donahue, Thomas G. Bigley, John T. Conroy, Jr., Charles F. Mansfield, Jr., John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D., R. James Nicholson, Thomas M. O'Neill and James F. Will.
An Annual Meeting of Fund shareholders (Common Shares and Preferred Shares) was held on September 19, 2008. On July 8, 2008, the record date for shareholders voting at the meeting, there were 6,946,981 total outstanding shares. The following item was considered by shareholders and the results of their voting are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, each matter was approved.
1. J. Christopher Donahue
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
6,589,482 |
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194,603 |
2. Nicholas P. Constantakis
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
6,602,132 |
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181,953 |
3. John F. Cunningham
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
6,607,452 |
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176,633 |
4. Marjorie P. Smuts
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
6,583,482 |
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200,603 |
An Annual Meeting of Fund shareholders (Preferred Shares) was held on September 19, 2008. On July 8, 2008, the record date for shareholders voting at the meeting, there were 2,441 total outstanding shares. The following item was considered by shareholders and the results of their voting are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, each matter was approved.
1. Peter E. Madden
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
2,125 |
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0 |
2. John S. Walsh
For
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Withheld Authority to Vote |
2,125 |
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0 |
The following Trustees of the Fund continued their terms as Trustees of the Fund: John F. Donahue, Thomas G. Bigley, John T. Conroy, Jr., Charles F. Mansfield, Jr., John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D., R. James Nicholson, Thomas M. O'Neill and James F. Will.
The Fund's Board reviewed each Fund's investment advisory contract at meetings held in May 2008. The Board's decision regarding these contracts reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements.
In this connection, the Federated funds' Board had previously appointed a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated fund. The Senior Officer has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent, written evaluation that covered topics discussed below. The Board considered that evaluation, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
During its review of these contracts, the Board considered compensation and benefits received by the Adviser. This included the fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades, as well as advisory fees. The Board is also familiar with and considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, including the performance of the Fund; the Adviser's cost of providing the services; the extent to which the Adviser may realize "economies of scale" as the Fund grows larger; any indirect benefits that may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund; performance and expenses of comparable funds; and the extent to which the independent Board members are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant bearing on the Adviser's services and fees. The Board further considered management fees (including any components thereof) charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for what might be viewed as like services and the cost to the Adviser and its affiliates of supplying services pursuant to the management fee agreements, excluding any intra-corporate profit and profit margins of the Adviser and its affiliates for supplying such services. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by independent legal counsel. Throughout the year, the Board has requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the Senior Officer's evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional reports in connection with the particular meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board also received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's evaluation, accompanying data and additional reports covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or "peer group" funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); and the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board also considered the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders and their relative sophistication; the continuing state of competition in the investment company industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the fund industry and how the Federated funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the fund marketplace.
With respect to the Fund's performance and expenses in particular, the Board has found the use of comparisons to other closed-end funds with comparable investment programs to be particularly useful, given the high degree of competition in the investment company industry. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar funds more heavily than non-fund products or services because, simply put, they are more relevant. For example, other closed-end funds are the products most like the Fund, they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle in fact chosen and maintained by the Fund's investors. The range of their fees and expenses therefore appears to be a generally reliable indication of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the precise marketplace in which the Fund competes. The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its peer group was a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn assisted the Board in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract. In this regard, the Senior Officer has reviewed Federated's fees for providing advisory services to Federated registered investment companies as well as products outside the Federated family of funds (e.g., institutional and separate accounts). He concluded that registered investment companies and institutional accounts are inherently different products. Those differences include, but are not limited to, different types of targeted investors; being subject to different laws and regulations; different legal structures; different associated costs; and portfolio management techniques made necessary by such differences. The Senior Officer did not consider these fee schedules to be significant in determining the appropriateness of fund advisory contracts.
The Senior Officer reviewed reports compiled by Federated, using data supplied by independent fund ranking organizations, regarding the performance of, and fees charged by, other regulated investment companies, noting his view that comparisons to fund peer groups are highly important in judging the reasonableness of proposed fees.
For the periods ending December 31, 2007, the FMN's performance for the three-year period was above the median of the relevant peer group, and the FMN's performance fell below the median of the relevant peer group for the one-year period. The Board discussed FMN's performance with the Adviser and recognized the efforts being undertaken by the Adviser. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and the performance of FMN.
FPT's performance fell below the median of the relevant peer group for both the one- and three-year periods ending December 31, 2007. The Board discussed FPT's performance with the Adviser and recognized the efforts being undertaken by the Adviser. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and the performance of FPT.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including reports on the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated funds. These reports covered not only the fees under the advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The reports also discussed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades. In addition, the Board also considered the fact that, in order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have disclosed to fund investors and/or indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate.
Federated furnished reports, requested by the Senior Officer, that reported revenues on a fund by fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund-by-fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the Senior Officer. The Senior Officer noted that, although they may apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs (and the unavoidable arbitrary aspects of that exercise) and the lack of consensus on how to allocate those costs may render such allocation reports unreliable. The allocation reports were considered in the analysis by the Board but were determined to be of limited use.
The Board and the Senior Officer also reviewed a report compiled by Federated comparing profitability information for Federated to other publicly held fund management companies. In this regard, the Senior Officer noted the limited availability of such information, but nonetheless concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive and the Board agreed.
The Board also considered whether the Fund might benefit from "economies of scale" and noted that, as a "closed-end fund," which has made an offering of a fixed number of common shares and (other than the issuance of preferred shares contemplated at the time of the Fund's initial public offering) has not made and does not expect to make additional offerings to raise more assets, the Fund is unlikely to grow materially in size and, as a consequence, there are no meaningful "economies of scale" to be realized from internal growth. Accordingly, the Board concluded that this was not a relevant consideration in its overall evaluation.
It was noted in the materials for the Board meeting that for FMN's most recently completed fiscal year, FMN's investment advisory fee was below the median of the relevant peer group. The Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of FMN with the Adviser and was satisfied that the overall expense structure of FMN remained competitive.
It was noted in the materials for the Board meeting that for FPT's most recently completed fiscal year, FPT's investment advisory fee was below the median of the relevant peer group. The Board reviewed the fees and other expenses of FPT with the Adviser and was satisfied that the overall expense structure of FPT remained competitive.
The Senior Officer's evaluation noted his belief that the information and observations contained in his evaluation supported a finding that the proposed management fees are reasonable, and that Federated appeared to provide appropriate administrative services to the Fund for the fees paid. Under these circumstances, no changes were recommended to, and no objection was raised to, the continuation of the Fund's advisory contract. The Board concluded that the nature, quality and scope of services provided the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates were satisfactory.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and with the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were necessarily relevant to the Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangements.
The following description of each Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") is furnished to you annually as required by federal securities laws.
Unless the registered owner of a Fund's common shares elects to receive cash by contacting Computershare Trust Co., N.A. (the "Plan Administrator"), all dividends declared on common shares of the Fund will be automatically reinvested by the Plan Administrator, as agent for shareholders in the Plan, in additional common shares of the Fund. Common shareholders who elect not to participate in the Plan will receive all dividends and other distributions in cash. You may elect not to participate in the Plan and to receive all dividends in cash by contacting the Plan Administrator at the address set forth below if your Shares are registered in your name, or by contacting your bank, broker, or other nominee if your Shares are held in street or other nominee name. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by written notice to the Plan Administrator. Such notice will be effective for a dividend if received and processed by the Plan Administrator prior to the dividend record date; otherwise the notice will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution. Some brokers may automatically elect to receive cash on your behalf and may reinvest that cash in additional common shares of the Fund for you. If you wish for all dividends declared on your common shares to be automatically reinvested pursuant to the Plan, please contact your broker.
The Plan Administrator will open an account for each common shareholder under the Plan in the same name in which the shareholder's common shares are registered. Whenever the Fund declares a dividend or other distribution payable in cash (together, a "dividend"), non-participants in the Plan will receive cash, and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in common shares. The common shares will be acquired by the Plan Administrator for the participants' accounts, depending upon the circumstances described below, either: (1) through receipt from the Fund of additional authorized but unissued common shares ("newly issued common shares"); or (2) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market ("open-market purchases") on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for a dividend, the closing market price plus estimated brokerage commissions per common share is equal to or greater than the net asset value (NAV) per common share, the Plan Administrator will invest the dividend amount on behalf of the participants in newly issued common shares. The number of newly issued common shares to be credited to each participant's account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the NAV per common share on the payment date; provided that, if the NAV is less than or equal to 95% of the closing market value on the payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the closing market price per common share on the payment date. If, on the payment date for any dividend, the NAV per common share is greater than the closing market value plus estimated brokerage commissions, the Plan Administrator will invest the dividend amount in common shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market purchases.
In the event of a market discount on the payment date for any dividend, the Plan Administrator will have until the last business day before the next date on which the common shares trade on an "ex-dividend" basis or 30 days after the payment date for such dividend, whichever is sooner (the "last purchase date"), to invest the dividend amount in common shares acquired in open-market purchases. It is contemplated that the Funds will pay monthly income dividends. Therefore, the period during which open-market purchases can be made will exist only from the payment date of each dividend through the day before the next "ex-dividend" date, which will be approximately ten days. If, before the Plan Administrator has completed its open-market purchases, the market price per common share exceeds the NAV per common share, the average per share purchase price paid by the Plan Administrator may exceed the NAV of the common shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer common shares than if the dividend had been paid in newly issued common shares on the dividend payment date. Because of the foregoing difficulty with respect to open-market purchases, the Plan provides that if the Plan Administrator is unable to invest the full dividend amount in open-market purchases during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Administrator may cease making open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the dividend amount in newly issued common shares at the NAV per common share at the close of business on the last purchase date; provided that, if the NAV is less than or equal to 95% of the then current market price per common share, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date.
The Plan Administrator maintains all shareholders' accounts in the Plan and furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information needed by shareholders for tax records. Common shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Administrator on behalf of the Plan participant, and each shareholder proxy will include those shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Administrator will forward all proxy solicitation materials to participants and vote proxies for shares held under the Plan in accordance with the instructions of the participants.
In the case of record shareholders such as banks, brokers, or nominees which hold common shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Administrator will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of common shares certified from time to time by the record holder as held for the account of beneficial owners who participate in the Plan.
There will be no brokerage charges with respect to common shares issued directly by the Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred in connection with open-market purchases. The automatic reinvestment of dividends will not relieve participants of any federal, state, or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends. Participants that request a sale of shares through the Plan Administrator are subject to a $15.00 sales fee and a $0.12 per share sold brokerage commission.
Each Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate its Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants with regard to purchases in the Plan; however, each Fund reserves the right to amend its Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants.
All correspondence or questions concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43011, Providence, RI 02940-3011 or by telephone at (800) 730-6001.
The address of the principal office of the Funds is 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7561.
The Funds' transfer agent is Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43011, Providence, RI 02940-3011.
A description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on "Form N-PX" of how the Fund voted any proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available from Federated's website at FederatedInvestors.com. To access this information go to the "Products" section of the website, select "Closed-End Funds," select the name of the Fund, then select "Shareholder and Regulatory Reports" from the left menu. This information is also available directly from the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Each Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on "Form N-Q." These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.) You may also access this information from the "Products" section of the Federated Investors website at FederatedInvestors.com by clicking on "Closed-End Funds," selecting the name of the Fund, then selecting "Portfolio Holdings" from the left menu.
Under the Federal securities laws, the Funds are required to provide a notice to shareholders regarding the source of distributions made by the Funds if such distributions are from sources other than ordinary investment income. In addition, important information regarding the Funds' distributions, if applicable, is available in the "Products" section of Federated's website at FederatedInvestors.com. To access this information from the "Products" section of the website, click on the "Notice to Shareholders--Source of Distribution" link under "Related Information."
In October 2008, the Funds' Chief Executive Officer submitted to the New York Stock Exchange the annual certification as to compliance with the Exchange's Corporate Governance Listing Standards required by Section 303A.12(a) of the Exchange's Listed Company Manual. The certification was unqualified.
The Funds' reports on Form N-CSR and Form N-Q filed with the SEC during the past fiscal year, including the annual report for the year ended November 30, 2007, have contained the certifications of the Funds' Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer regarding the quality of the Funds' public disclosure required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called "householding"), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's "householding" program covers its Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the "householding" program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent ("implied consent") if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to "household" at least sixty (60) days before it begins "householding" and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to "opt out" of "householding." Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of "householding" at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-730-6001 or email CEinfo@federatedinvestors.com.
Closed-end funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Investment in closed-end funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal.
This Overview and Report is for shareholder information. This is not a Prospectus intended for use in the sale of Fund Shares. Statements and other information contained in this Overview and Report are as dated and subject to change.
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund
Federated Investors Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
Contact us at FederatedInvestors.com
or call 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Distributor
Cusip 31423M105
Cusip 31423M204
Cusip 31423P108
Cusip 31423P207
29861 (1/09)
Federated is a registered mark of Federated Investors, Inc. 2009 (c)Federated Investors, Inc.
(1)
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The
aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than
five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the registrant, the
registrant’s adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is
primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by
another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing
services to the registrant to its accountant during the fiscal year in
which the services are provided;
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(2)
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Such
services were not recognized by the registrant, the registrant’s adviser
(not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio
management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment
adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the
registrant at the time of the engagement to be non-audit
services; and
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(3)
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Such
services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee of
the issuer and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Audit
Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee who are members
of the board of directors to whom authority to grant such approvals has
been delegated by the Audit
Committee.
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(f)
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NA
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(g)
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Non-Audit
Fees billed to the registrant, the registrant’s investment adviser, and
certain entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with
the investment adviser:
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Item
7.
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Disclosure
of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
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Item
8.
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Portfolio
Managers of Closed-End Management Investment
Companies
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Types
of Accounts Managed by Lee Cunningham II.
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Total
Number of Additional Accounts Managed / Total Assets*
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Registered
Investment Companies
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3
Funds/$364.740 million
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Other
Pooled Investment Vehicles
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0
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Other
Accounts
|
0
|
Types
of Accounts Managed by Richard J. Gallo
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Total
Number of Additional Accounts Managed / Total Assets*
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Registered
Investment Companies
|
3
Funds /$498.367 million
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Other
Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
0
|
Other
Accounts
|
0
|
Types
of Accounts Managed by Mary Jo Ochson
|
Total
Number of Additional Accounts Managed / Total Assets*
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Registered
Investment Companies
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9
Funds/$21,615.549 million
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Other
Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
0
|
Other
Accounts
|
0
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Item
9.
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Purchases
of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and
Affiliated Purchasers
|
Period
|
(a)
Total
number of common shares (or units) purchased
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(b)
Average
price paid per common share (or unit)
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(c)
Total
number of common shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly announced
plans or programs
|
(d)
Maximum
number (or approximate dollar value) of common shares (or units) that may
yet be purchased under the plans or programs
|
Month
#1
(June
1, 2008 –
June
30, 2008)
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-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#2
(July
1, 2008-
July
31, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#3
(August
1, 2008-August 31, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#4
(September
1, 2008- September 30, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#5
(October
1, 2008-
October
31, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#6
(November
1, 2008-
November
30, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
TOTAL
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
NA
|
Period
|
(a)
Total
number of preferred shares (or units) purchased
|
(b)
Average
price paid per preferred share (or unit)
|
(c)
Total
number of preferred shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly
announced plans or programs
|
(d)
Maximum
number (or approximate dollar value) of preferred shares (or units) that
may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
|
Month
#1
(June
1, 2008 –
June
30, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#2
(July
1, 2008-
July
31, 2008)
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#3
(August
1, 2008- August 31, 2008)
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384
|
$25,000
|
384*
|
1,226*
|
Month
#4
(September
1, 2008 September 30, 2008
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#5
(October
1, 2008
October
31, 2008
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
Month
#6
(November
1, 2008
November
30, 2008
|
-0-
|
NA
|
-0-
|
None
|
TOTAL
|
384
|
$25,000
|
384
|
1,226
|
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* Plan was
approved by the Board of Trustees on July 17, 2008 and
originally
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Registrant
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Federated Premier Municipal Income
Fund
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By
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/S/ Richard A. Novak
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Richard
A. Novak, Principal Financial Officer
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Date
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January 21, 2009
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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.
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By
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/S/ J. Christopher
Donahue
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J.
Christopher Donahue, Principal Executive Officer
|
|
Date
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January 21, 2009
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By
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/S/ Richard A. Novak
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Richard
A. Novak, Principal Financial Officer
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Date
|
January 21,
2009
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