UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21652
Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| 2455 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL | 60532 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Nicholas Dalmaso, Chief Legal and Executive Officer
Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund
2455 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, IL 60532
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 505-3700
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
Date of reporting period: February 28, 2006
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
| Item 1. | Schedule of Investments. |
Attached hereto.
Fiduciary | Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund
Portfolio of Investments | February 28, 2006 (Unaudited)
| Number of Shares |
Value |
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| Master Limited Partnerships and MLP Affiliates - 149.0% |
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| Coal - 12.7% |
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| 715,600 | Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. |
$ | 26,412,796 | |||
| 128,900 | Natural Resource Partners, L.P. |
6,789,163 | ||||
| 94,600 | Natural Resource Partners, L.P., subordinated units |
4,872,846 | ||||
| 143,000 | Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. |
8,248,240 | ||||
| 46,323,045 | ||||||
| Midstream Energy Infrastructure - 126.4% |
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| 129,300 | Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. |
5,424,135 | ||||
| 129,400 | Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. |
2,518,124 | ||||
| 892,857 | Clearwater Natural Resources, L.P. (Acquired 08/01/05, Cost $17,857,143) (a)(b) |
17,857,143 | ||||
| 213,400 | Copano Energy, L.L.C. |
8,681,112 | ||||
| 633,002 | Copano Energy, L.L.C. (Acquired 08/01/05, Cost $17,857,929) (a)(b) |
25,235,511 | ||||
| 752,167 | Crosstex Energy, L.P. |
27,830,179 | ||||
| 548,775 | DCP Midstream Partners, L.P. |
15,091,312 | ||||
| 490,675 | Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. |
21,933,172 | ||||
| 1,620,580 | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. |
57,887,118 | ||||
| 1,326,400 | Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. |
52,857,040 | ||||
| 11,000 | Genesis Energy, L.P. |
127,600 | ||||
| 255,700 | Hiland Partners, L.P. |
10,483,700 | ||||
| 659,450 | Holly Energy Partners, L.P. |
26,450,540 | ||||
| 372,700 | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. |
17,617,529 | ||||
| 429,730 | Kinder Morgan Management, L.L.C. (c) |
18,792,090 | ||||
| 72,900 | Linn Energy, L.P. (d) |
1,514,133 | ||||
| 49,600 | Magellan Midstream Holdings, L.P. (d) |
1,155,184 | ||||
| 1,661,086 | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. |
52,307,598 | ||||
| 186,250 | Markwest Energy Partners, L.P. |
8,381,250 | ||||
| 113,097 | Markwest Energy Partners, L.P. (Acquired 11/09/05, Cost $5,025,018) (a)(b) |
4,745,833 | ||||
| 287,120 | Northern Border Partners, L.P. |
13,810,472 | ||||
| 559,600 | Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. |
17,319,620 | ||||
| 441,200 | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. |
19,770,172 | ||||
| 147,400 | Regency Energy Partners, L.P. (d) |
2,956,844 | ||||
| 42,700 | Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. |
1,830,122 | ||||
| 255,695 | Valero, L.P. |
13,301,254 | ||||
| 426,400 | Williams Partners, L.P. |
14,113,840 | ||||
| 459,992,627 | ||||||
| Propane - 8.1% |
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| 60,302 | Global Partners, L.P. |
1,270,563 | ||||
| 524,100 | Inergy Holdings, L.P. |
17,819,400 | ||||
| 360,600 | Inergy, L.P. |
9,858,804 | ||||
| 21,860 | Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. |
631,535 | ||||
| 29,580,302 | ||||||
| Shipping - 1.8% |
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| 39,100 | K-Sea Transportation Partners, L.P. |
1,355,597 | ||||
| 18,900 | Martin Midstream Partners, L.P. |
563,598 | ||||
| 36,000 | Teekay LNG Partners, L.P. (Marshall Island) |
1,094,400 | ||||
| 151,500 | U.S. Shipping Partners, L.P. |
3,475,410 | ||||
| 6,489,005 | ||||||
| Total Master Limited Partnerships and MLP Affiliates (Cost $467,917,583) |
542,384,979 | |||||
| Incentive Distribution Rights - 0.0% |
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| 43 | Clearwater Natural Resources, L.P. (Acquired 08/01/05, Cost $0) (a)(b)(d) |
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| Total Investments - 149.0% (Cost $467,917,583) |
542,384,979 | |||||
| Borrowings Outstanding - (41.2% of Net Assets or 27.7% of Total Investments) |
(150,000,000 | ) | ||||
| Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (7.8%) |
(28,337,070 | ) | ||||
| Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 364,047,909 | ||||
| L.L.C. | Limited Liability Corporation |
| L.P. | Limited Partnership |
| MLP | Master Limited Partnership |
| (a) | Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At February 28, 2006, restricted securities aggregate market value amounted to $47,838,487 or 13.1% of net assets. |
| (b) | Security is valued in accordance with Fair Valuation procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of such securities is $47,838,487 which represents 13.1% of net assets. |
| (c) | While non-income producing, security makes regular in-kind distributions. |
| (d) | Non-income producing security. |
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the period ended November 30, 2005.
| Item 2. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report and have concluded, based on such evaluation, that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Item 3. | Exhibits. |
A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund
| By: | /s/ Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Name: | Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Title: | Chief Legal and Executive Officer | |
| Date: | April 27, 2006 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By: | /s/ Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Name: | Nicholas Dalmaso | |
| Title: | Chief Legal and Executive Officer | |
| Date: | April 27, 2006 | |
| By: | /s/ Steven M. Hill | |
| Name: | Steven M. Hill | |
| Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |
| Date: | April 27, 2006 |