Advent/Claymore Convertible Sercurities and Income Fund

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    811-21309                                                                                                  

 

AdventClaymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1065 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

 

Robert White, Treasurer

AdventClaymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund

1065 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 479-0675            

 

Date of fiscal year end: October 31                

 

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2005            

 

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.

 

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


ADVENTCLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

July 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Number of Shares         Value  
     Long-Term Investments — 139.8%         
     Convertible Preferred Stocks — 59.9%         
     Aerospace and Defense — 1.1%         
52,500    Northrop Grumman Corp., Ser. B, 7.00%, 2021    $ 6,549,375  
         


     Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals — 1.2%         
8,000    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Ser. B, 5.50%      7,709,000  
         


     Banking and Finance — 8.2%         
557,500    Marshall & Ilsley Corp., 6.50%, 2007      15,504,075  
250,000    National Australia Bank, Equity Security Unit, 7.875% (Australia)      9,837,500  
100,000    New York Community Capital Trust V, 6.00%, 2051      5,150,000  
250,000    Sovereign Capital Trust IV, 4.375%, 2034      11,656,250  
170,000    Washington Mutual, Inc., Equity Security Unit, 5.375%, 2041      9,146,000  
         


            51,293,825  
         


     Chemicals — 2.4%         
240,000    Celanese Corp., Ser. A, 4.25%      6,810,000  
160,000    Huntsman Corp., 5.00%, 2008      8,081,600  
         


            14,891,600  
         


     Communications Equipment — 2.2%         
13,900    Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I, 7.75%, 2017      13,853,088  
         


     Communications, Media and Entertainment — 0.5%         
65,247    Emmis Communications Corp., Ser. A, 6.25%      2,895,336  
         


     Financial Services — 8.3%         
49    Fannie Mae, 5.375%      4,671,862  
100,000    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.75%, 2006      11,732,500  
519,120    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Ser. GIS, 6.25%, 2007      13,419,252  
180,355    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Ser. MWD, 6.00%, 2007      9,751,795  
326,679    Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Ser. JNC, 6.75%, 2007      12,059,029  
         


            51,634,438  
         


     Health Care Products and Services — 2.0%         
220,400    Baxter International, Inc., 7.00%, 2006      12,412,928  
         


     Insurance — 17.3%         
300,000    Chubb Corp., Ser. B, 7.00%, 2006      9,711,000  
18,001    Fortis Insurance NV, 7.75%, 2008 (Netherlands) (a)      20,048,614  
453,922    Genworth Financial, Inc., 6.00%, 2007      15,914,505  
337,003    MetLife, Inc., Ser. B, 6.375%, 2008      9,324,873  
70,000    Reinsurance Group of America, Equity Security Unit, 5.75%, 2051      3,969,000  
141,300    The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 6.00%, 2006      10,167,948  
49,000    The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 7.00%, 2006      3,586,310  
367,000    The PMI Group, Inc., Ser. A, 5.875%, 2006      9,163,990  
265,000    Travelers Property Casualty Corp., Ser. A, 4.50%, 2032      6,362,650  
127,497    UnumProvident Corp., 8.25%, 2006      4,787,512  
625,000    XL Capital Ltd., Ser. A, 6.50%, 2007 (Cayman Islands)      14,625,000  
         


            107,661,402  
         


     Office Equipment — 1.8%         
99,600    Xerox Corp., 6.25%, 2006      11,493,840  
         


     Oil and Gas — 1.0%         
61,507    Amerada Hess Corp., 7.00%, 2006      6,258,952  
         


     Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.0%         
4,250    The Mills Corp., 6.750% (a)      5,066,531  
205,000    Simon Property Group, LP, 6.00%      13,638,650  
         


            18,705,181  
         


     Retail-Specialty Stores — 2.3%         
637,187    Albertson’s, Inc., 7.25%, 2007      14,496,004  
         


     Telecommunications — 0.8%         
100,000    Crown Castle International Corp., 6.25%, 2012      4,975,000  
         


     Utilities — Gas and Electric — 6.7%         
155,314    AES Trust VII, 6.00%, 2008      7,590,972  
52,900    FPL Group, Inc., Ser. B, 8.00%, 2006      3,455,957  
320,800    ONEOK, Inc., 8.50%, 2006      13,611,544  
90,000    PNM Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 2008      4,764,600  
150,000    Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 10.25%, 2005      12,160,500  
         


            41,583,573  
         


     Waste Management — 1.1%         
25,000    Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Ser. D, 6.250%, 2008      6,632,000  
         


     Total Convertible Preferred Stocks — 59.9%         
     (Cost $336,773,278)      373,045,542  
         


Principal Amount

           
     Corporate Bonds — 40.5%         
     Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals — 0.9%         
$2,500,000    Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., B+         
     10.125%, 2/01/10, Senior Notes      2,787,500  
2,615,000    United States Steel LLC, BB         
     10.75%, 8/01/08, Senior Notes      2,951,681  
         


            5,739,181  
         


     Automotive —  1.2%         
3,000,000    Dura Operating Corp., Ser. B, B-         
     8.625%, 4/15/12, Company Guarantee Notes (c)      2,865,000  
5,000,000    Dura Operating Corp., Ser. D, CCC+         
     9.00%, 5/01/09, Company Guarantee Notes (c)      4,275,000  
         


            7,140,000  
         


     Building Products — 0.2%         
1,465,000    U.S. Concrete, Inc., B-         
     8.375%, 4/01/14, Senior Subordinated Notes      1,413,725  
         


     Chemicals — 3.6%         
2,000,000    BCP Crystal Holdings Corp., B-         
     9.625%, 6/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes      2,270,000  
10,000,000    Equistar Chemical/Funding, BB-         
     10.125%, 9/01/08, Senior Notes      11,050,000  
2,763,000    Huntsman LLC, NR         
     10.849%, 7/15/11, Company Guarantee Notes (b)      2,990,947  
5,600,000    Lyondell Chemical Co., B         
     10.875%, 5/01/09, Senior Subordinated Notes (c)      5,845,000  
         


            22,155,947  
         


     Commercial Services — 1.2%         
7,809,000    Language Line, Inc., CCC+         
     11.125%, 6/15/12, Senior Subordinated Notes      7,457,595  
         


     Communications Equipment — 0.9%         
5,166,000    Superior Essex Communications LLC/Essex Group, Inc., B         
     9.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes      5,282,235  
         


     Communications, Media and Entertainment — 5.7%         
7,000,000    Cablevision Systems Corp., B+         
     8.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes (c)      7,070,000  
1,500,000    Charter Communications, Inc., CCC-         
     10.25%, 9/15/10, Senior Notes      1,556,250  
10,675,000    Mediacom LLC, B         
     9.50%, 1/15/13, Senior Notes (c)      10,968,562  
3,000,000    Rainbow National Services LLC, B+         
     8.75%, 9/01/12, Senior Notes (a)      3,307,500  
4,250,000 euros    Telenet Communications NV, B-         
     9.00%, 12/15/13, Senior Notes (Belgium) (a)      5,781,737  
3,000,000    Vertis, Inc., Ser. B, CCC         
     10.875%, 6/15/09, Senior Notes (c)      2,925,000  
3,522,000    XM Satellite Radio, Inc., CCC+         
     12.00%, 6/15/10, Senior Secured Notes      4,028,288  
         


            35,637,337  
         


     Computers — Software and Peripherals — 0.1%         
762,000    Sungard Data Systems, Inc., B-         
     10.25%, 8/15/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)      793,433  
         


     Containers & Packaging — 0.8%         
5,287,000    Solo Cup Co., B-         
     8.50%, 2/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes      5,088,738  
         


     Electronic Equipment and Components — 1.6%         
10,000,000    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., B-         
     7.75%, 11/01/12, Senior Notes (c)      10,175,000  
         


     Financial Services — 3.1%         
7,727,000   

E*Trade Financial Corp., B+

8.00%, 6/15/11, Senior Notes

     8,248,573  
7,200,000   

Leucadia National Corp., BB

7.00%, 8/15/13, Senior Notes

     7,326,000  
3,470,000   

REFCO Finance Holdings LLC, B

9.00%, 8/01/12, Senior Subordinated Notes

     3,764,950  
         


            19,339,523  
         


     Health Care Products and Services — 3.4%         
4,500,000   

DaVita, Inc., B

7.25%, 3/15/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)(c)

     4,680,000  
10,000,000   

Encore Medical IHC, Inc., CCC+

9.75%, 10/01/12, Senior Subordinated Notes

     9,950,000  
6,000,000   

NDCHealth Corp., CCC+

10.50%, 12/01/12, Company Guarantee Notes

     6,525,000  
         


            21,155,000  
         


     Leisure and Entertainment — 0.7%         
4,000,000   

AMC Entertainment, Inc., CCC+

9.875%, 2/01/12, Senior Subordinated Notes (c)

     4,060,000  
         


     Office Equipment — 0.6%         
3,500,000   

Xerox Capital Trust I, B-

8.00%, 2/01/27, Company Guarantee Notes (c)

     3,666,250  
         


     Oil and Gas — 3.5%         
9,000,000   

Petrobras International Finance Co., NR

9.125%, 7/02/13, Senior Notes (Cayman Islands)

     10,260,000  
7,000,000   

Seitel, Inc., NR

11.75%, 7/15/11, Senior Notes

     7,840,000  
3,000,000   

Williams Cos., Inc., B+

8.125%, 3/15/12, Senior Notes (c)

     3,465,000  
         


            21,565,000  
         


     Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%         
10,000,000   

Athena Neurosciences Finance LLC, B

7.25%, 2/21/08, Senior Notes

     9,625,000  
         


     Publishing — 2.7%         
2,000,000   

American Media Operations, Inc., Ser. B, CCC+

10.25%, 5/01/09, Company Guarantee Notes

     2,035,000  
2,940,000   

Dex Media West, B

9.875%, 8/15/13, Senior Subordinated Notes

     3,366,300  
11,000,000   

PRIMEDIA, Inc., B

8.00%, 5/15/13, Senior Notes

     11,247,500  
         


            16,648,800  
         


     Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%         
     American Real Estate Partners LP/American Real Estate Finance Corp., BB         
2,566,000    8.125%, 6/01/12, Senior Notes      2,719,960  
3,000,000    7.125%, 2/15/13, Senior Notes (a)      3,060,000  
         


            5,779,960  
         


     Retail — Apparel & Shoes — 0.9%         
5,000,000   

Levi Strauss & Co., B-

12.25%, 12/15/12, Senior Notes

     5,637,500  
         


     Retail — Specialty Stores — 3.2%         
6,000,000   

Movie Gallery, Inc., B-

11.00%, 5/01/12, Senior Unsecured Notes (a)

     6,240,000  
     Rite Aid Corp.         
3,500,000    9.50%, 2/15/11, Senior Secured Notes, B+      3,766,875  
4,000,000    9.25%, 6/01/13, Senior Notes, B-(c)      3,990,000  
1,200,000    7.50%, 1/15/15, Company Guarantee Notes, B+      1,173,000  
5,000,000   

Simmons Bedding Co., B-

7.875%, 1/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes (c)

     4,712,500  
         


            19,882,375  
         


     Telecommunications — 3.8%         
     Alamosa Delaware, Inc., CCC+         
3,298,000    11.00%, 7/31/10, Senior Notes      3,776,210  
2,000,000    8.50%, 1/31/12, Senior Notes      2,175,000  
7,673,000   

Centennial Cellular Co., CCC

10.125%, 6/15/13, Company Guarantee Notes

     8,680,081  
6,258,000   

Madison River Capital, B-

13.25%, 3/01/10, Senior Notes

     6,696,060  
2,240,000    PanAmSat Corp., B+ 9.00%, 8/15/14, Company Guarantee Notes (c)      2,486,400  
         


            23,813,751  
         


     Total Corporate Bonds — 40.5%         
     (Cost $240,155,166)      252,056,350  
         


     Convertible Bonds — 39.4%         
     Airlines — 0.9%         
6,000,000    Continental Airlines, Inc., CCC+         
     4.50%, 2/01/07, Convertible Notes (c)      5,317,500  
         


     Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals — 1.2%         
     Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., B+         
3,112,000    7.00%, 2/11/11 Senior Convertible Notes      4,465,720  
2,000,000    7.00%, 2/11/11 Senior Convertible Notes (a)      2,870,000  
         


            7,335,720  
         


     Automotive — 3.0%         
300,700    General Motors Corp., Ser. A, BB         
     4.50%, 3/06/32, Senior Convertible Notes      7,415,262  
567,700    General Motors Corp., Ser. B, BB         
     5.25%, 3/06/32, Senior Convertible Notes      11,302,907  
         


            18,718,169  
         


     Commercial Services — 1.7%         
5,000,000    The BISYS Group, Inc., NR         
     4.00%, 3/15/06, Convertible Notes      4,962,500  
5,000,000    Quanta Services, Inc., B         
     4.50%, 10/01/23, Subordinated Convertible Debentures      5,637,500  
         


            10,600,000  
         


     Communications Equipment — 1.7%         
10,175,000    Lucent Technologies, Inc., CCC+         
     8.00%, 8/01/31, Convertible Notes      10,569,281  
         


     Communications, Media and Entertainment — 4.9%         
4,624,000    Citadel Broadcasting Co., NR         
     1.875%, 2/15/11, Subordinated Convertible Notes      3,595,160  
17,636,000    EchoStar Communications Corp., B         
     5.75%, 5/15/08, Subordinated Convertible Notes      17,547,820  
10,000,000    Liberty Media Corp., BB+         
     3.50%, 1/15/31, Convertible Notes      9,687,500  
         


            30,830,480  
         


     Computer Services — 0.6%         
4,000,000    CIBER, Inc., NR         
     2.875%, 12/15/23, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes      3,555,000  
         


     Computers — Software and Peripherals — 3.7%         
8,166,000    Mercury Interactive Corp., NR         
     4.75%, 7/01/07, Convertible Notes      8,023,095  
6,600,000    Quantum Corp., B         
     4.375%, 8/01/10, Subordinated Convertible Notes      6,162,750  
10,000,000    Red Hat, Inc., B         
     0.50%, 1/15/24, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes      8,937,500  
         


            23,123,345  
         


     E-Commerce — 3.5%         
22,433,000    Amazon.com, Inc., B-         
     4.75%, 2/01/09, Senior Subordinated Convertible Debentures      21,760,010  
         


     Electronic Equipment and Components — 9.4%         
7,338,000    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., B-         
     4.75%, 2/01/22, Convertible Notes (b)      7,759,935  
12,589,000    Agere Systems, Inc., B         
     6.50%, 12/15/09, Subordinated Convertible Notes      12,683,418  
8,000,000    Amkor Technology, Inc., CCC         
     5.75%, 6/01/06, Convertible Notes (c)      7,680,000  
7,800,000    ASM Lithography, NR         
     5.75%, 10/15/06, Subordinated Convertible Notes      8,586,240  
8,000,000    Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., B         
     5.00%, 11/01/08, Company Guarantee Notes      7,890,000  
6,000,000    LSI Logic Corp., B         
     4.00%, 5/15/10, Convertible Notes      6,345,000  
7,352,000    Skyworks Solutions, Inc., NR         
     4.75%, 11/15/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes      7,526,610  
         


            58,471,203  
         


     Financial Services — 3.9%         
4,847,000    E*TRADE Group, B-         
     6.00%, 2/01/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes      4,889,411  
     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., A+         
10,000,000    8.00%, 3/09/06, Convertible Notes (a)      10,237,500  
10,000,000    6.50%, 8/31/06, Convertible Notes (a)      9,413,000  
         


            24,539,911  
         


     IT Services — 1.2%         
7,710,000    IOS Capital LLC, B+         
     5.00%, 5/01/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes (a)      7,623,262  
         


     Shipping — 1.1%         
     CP Ships Ltd., BB+         
4,500,000    4.00%, 6/30/24, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes (Canada) (a)      4,393,125  
2,500,000    4.00%, 6/30/24, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes (Canada)      2,440,625  
         


            6,833,750  
         


     Telecommunications — 1.4%         
8,700,000    Nextel Communications, Inc., BB         
     5.25%, 1/15/10, Senior Convertible Notes      8,743,500  
         


     Waste Management — 1.2%         
8,400,000    Allied Waste Industries, Inc., B+         
     4.25%, 4/15/34, Convertible Notes      7,350,000  
         


    

Total Convertible Bonds — 39.4%

(Cost $236,655,490)

     245,371,131  
         


    

Total Long-Term Investments — 139.8%

(Cost $813,583,934)

     870,473,023  
         


Number of Shares

           
     Short-Term Investments — 2.7%         
     Money Market Fund — 2.7%         
16,731,788    Goldman Sachs Financial Prime Obligations         
     (Cost $16,731,788)      16,731,788  
    

Total Investments — 142.5%

(Cost $830,315,722)

     887,204,811  
     Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.7%      10,479,318  
     Preferred Stock, at redemption value — (-44.2% of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders or -31.0% of Total Investments)      (275,000,000 )
         


    

Net Assets Applicable to

Common Shareholders — 100.0%

     $622,684,129  
         



LLC — Limited Liability Corp.
LP — Limited Partnership

 

(a) Securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2005 these securities amounted to 13.4% of net assets.
(b) Floating rate security.
(c) Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Fund loaned all or a portion of these securities having an aggregate fair value of approximately $70.7 million and received as collateral readily marketable securities with an aggregate fair value of approximately $71.9 million.

 

Ratings shown are per Standard & Poor’s. Securities classified as NR are not rated by Standard & Poor’s. All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders unless otherwise noted.

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

 

Counterparty    


  

Termination

Date


  

Notional

Amount

(000)


  

Fixed

Rate


   

Floating

Rate


  

Unre alized

Appreciation


JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   1/9/2006    30,000    2.16 %   3 Month LIBOR      254,922

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   1/10/2006    50,000    3.18 %   3 Month LIBOR      176,986

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   4/19/2006    30,000    2.42 %   3 Month LIBOR      182,458

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   5/3/2006    30,000    3.21 %   3 Month LIBOR      55,340

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   7/10/2006    30,000    2.96 %   3 Month LIBOR      342,530

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   1/25/2007    50,000    3.54 %   3 Month LIBOR      557,518
                         

                          $ 1,569,754
                         

 

For each Swap noted, the Fund pays the fixed rate and receives the floating rate.

 

Country Allocation*


      

United States

   92.4 %

Cayman Islands

   2.8 %

Netherlands

   2.3 %

Australia

   1.1 %

Canada

   0.8 %

Belgium

   0.6 %

* Subject to change daily.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The registrant’ principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing 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 was no change in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that may have materially affected or is 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 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), exactly as set forth below: 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.

 

        ADVENTCLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND
Date:  

September 27, 2005

      By:   /s/ Tracy V. Maitland
               

Tracy V. Maitland

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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.

 

Date:  

September 27, 2005

      By:   /s/ Tracy V. Maitland
               

Tracy V. Maitland

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:  

September 27, 2005

      By:   /s/ Robert White
               

Robert White

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer