Advent Claymore Convertible Securities 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

 

Advent Claymore 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)

 

Bruce Berger, Treasurer

Advent Claymore 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: 1-212-479-0675

 

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

 

Date of reporting period: January 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.

 

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.

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Number of Shares

        Value

    

Long-Term Investments—139.4%

      
    

Convertible Preferred Stocks—64.2%

      
    

Aerospace and Defense—1.1%

      
52,500   

Northrop Grumman Corp., Ser. B, 7.00%, 2021

   $ 6,882,750
         

    

Automotive—6.1%

      
400,000   

Ford Motor Company Capital Trust II, 6.50%, 2032

     19,992,000
800,000   

General Motors Corp., Ser. B, 5.25%, 2032

     17,760,000
         

            37,752,000
         

    

Banking and Finance—7.1%

      
557,500   

Marshall & Ilsley Corp., 6.50%, 2007

     15,331,250
250,000   

National Australia Bank, Equity Security Unit, 7.875%

     9,650,000
200,000   

Sovereign Capital Trust IV, 4.375%, 2034

     9,925,000
170,000   

Washington Mutual, Inc., Equity Security Unit, 5.375%, 2041

     9,222,500
         

            44,128,750
         

    

Communications Equipment—1.9%

      
10,400   

Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I, 7.75%, 2017

     11,680,552
         

    

Communications, Media and Entertainment—3.6%

      
179,703   

Emmis Communications Corp., Ser. A, 6.25%

     7,929,395
300,000   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Ser. A, 5.375%, 2006

     14,433,000
         

            22,362,395
         

    

Electronic Equipment and Components—0.5%

      
61,000   

Agilysys, Inc., 6.75%, 2028

     3,400,750
         

    

Financial Services—6.1%

      
120   

Fannie Mae, 5.375%

     12,420,000
100,000   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.75%, 2006

     10,643,800
519,120   

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Ser. GIS, 6.25%, 2007

     14,587,272
         

            37,651,072
         

    

Health Care Products and Services—1.6%

      
200,000   

Omnicare, Inc., 4.00%, 2033

     10,050,000
         

    

Insurance—16.1%

      
462,150   

Chubb Corp., Ser. A, 7.00%, 2005

     12,986,415
165,000   

Chubb Corp., Ser. B, 7.00%, 2006

     4,722,300
15,001   

Fortis Insurance NV, 7.75%, 2008 (a)

     15,751,050
453,922   

Genworth Financial, Inc., 6.00%, 2007

     14,407,484
70,000   

Reinsurance Group of America, Equity Security Unit, 5.75%, 2050

     4,247,600
141,300   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 6.00%, 2006

     8,769,078
159,000   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 7.00%, 2006

     10,064,700
367,000   

The PMI Group, Inc., Ser. A, 5.875%, 2006

     9,450,250
127,497   

UnumProvident Corp., 8.25%, 2006

     4,417,771
625,000   

XL Capital Ltd., 6.50%, 2007

     15,312,500
         

            100,129,148
         

    

Office Equipment—2.2%

      
99,600   

Xerox Corp., 6.25%, 2006

     13,734,840
         

    

Oil and Gas—0.8%

      
61,507   

Amerada Hess Corp., 7.00%, 2006

     4,751,416
         

    

Real Estate Investment Trusts—1.9%

      
205,000   

Simon Property Group LP, 6.00%

     11,641,950
         

    

Retail - Specialty Stores—4.0%

      
350,000   

Albertson’s, Inc., 7.25%, 2007

     8,750,000
301,500   

Toys “R” Us, Inc., 6.25%, 2005

     16,130,250
         

            24,880,250
         

    

Telecommunications—3.4%

      
234,447   

ALLTEL Corp., 7.75%, 2005

     11,780,962
369,728   

CenturyTel, Inc., Ser. A, 6.875%, 2005

     9,298,659
         

            21,079,621
         

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Number of Shares

         Value

       

Utilities - Gas and Electric—7.8%

      
  99,085    

AES Trust VII, 6.00%, 2008

   $ 4,929,479
  239,269    

Aquila, Inc., 6.75%, 2007

     8,171,036
  52,900    

FPL Group, Inc., Ser. B, 8.00%, 2006

     3,242,770
  210,000    

KeySpan Corp., 8.75%, 2005

     10,983,000
  320,800    

Oneok, Inc., 8.50%, 2006

     11,000,232
  150,000    

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 10.25%, 2005

     10,275,000
            

               48,601,517
            

       

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

(Cost $344,243,741)

     398,727,011
            

Principal Amount

          
       

Corporate Bonds—48.1.%

      
       

Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals—1.5%

      
$ 2,500,000    

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., B+

      
       

10.125%, 2/01/10, Senior Notes

     2,837,500
  3,218,000    

Shaw Group, Inc., B+

      
       

10.75%, 3/15/10, Senior Notes (c)

     3,580,025
  2,615,000    

United States Steel LLC, BB

      
       

10.75%, 8/01/08, Senior Notes (c)

     3,105,312
            

               9,522,837
            

       

Automotive—1.0%

      
  1,200,000    

Accuride Corp., B-

      
       

8.50%, 2/01/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)

     1,242,000
  5,000,000    

Dura Operating Corp., Ser. D, B-

      
       

9.00%, 5/01/09, Company Guarantee Notes (c)

     4,850,000
            

               6,092,000
            

       

Chemicals—3.5%

      
  2,897,000    

BCP Caylux Holdings Luxembourg SCA, B-

      
       

9.625%, 6/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)(c)

     3,230,155
  10,000,000    

Equistar Chemical/Funding, B+

      
       

10.125%, 9/01/08, Senior Notes

     11,450,000
  2,763,000    

Huntsman LLC, NR

      
       

9.32%, 7/15/11, Company Guarantee Notes (a)(b)

     3,149,820
  3,600,000    

Lyondell Chemical Co., B-

      
       

10.875%, 5/01/09, Senior Subordinated Notes (c)

     3,807,000
            

               21,636,975
            

       

Commercial Services—1.3%

      
  7,809,000    

Language Line, Inc., CCC+

      
       

11.125%, 6/15/12, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)

     8,316,585
            

       

Communications Equipment—0.9%

      
  5,166,000    

Superior Essex Communications LLC/Essex Group, Inc., B

      
       

9.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes

     5,372,640
            

       

Communications, Media and Entertainment—6.7%

      
  7,000,000    

Cablevision System Corp., B+

      
       

8.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes (a)(c)

     7,595,000
  10,675,000    

Mediacom LLC, B

      
       

9.50%, 1/15/13, Senior Notes (c)

     10,701,688
  3,000,000    

Rainbow National Services LLC, B+

      
       

8.75%, 9/01/12, Senior Notes (a)

     3,390,000
  4,250,000 euros  

Telenet Communication NV, B-

      
       

9.00%, 12/15/13, Senior Notes (a)

     6,218,747
  7,000,000    

Vertis, Inc., Ser. B, B-

      
       

10.875%, 6/15/09, Senior Notes

     7,577,500
  3,522,000    

XM Satellite Radio, Inc., CCC+

      
       

12.00%, 6/15/10, Senior Secured Notes

     4,173,570
  2,000,000    

Young Broadcasting, Inc., CCC+

      
       

10.00%, 3/01/11, Senior Subordinated Notes

     2,120,000
            

               41,776,505
            

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Principal Amount

        Value

    

Containers & Packaging—0.9%

      
5,287,000   

Solo Cup Co., B-

      
    

8.50%, 2/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes

   $ 5,439,001
         

    

Electronic Equipment and Components—1.6%

      
10,000,000   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., B-

      
    

7.75%, 11/01/12, Senior Notes (a)

     10,025,000
         

    

Financial Services—3.2%

      
7,727,000   

E*Trade Financial Corp., B+

      
    

8.00%, 6/15/11, Senior Notes (a)(c)

     8,345,160
7,200,000   

Leucadia National Corp., BB

      
    

7.00%, 8/15/13, Senior Notes

     7,470,000
3,470,000   

REFCO Finance Holdings LLC, B

      
    

9.00%, 8/01/12, Company Guarantee Notes (a)

     3,799,650
         

            19,614,810
         

    

Forest Products—1.3%

      
8,000,000   

Tembec Industries, Inc., B

      
    

8.50%, 2/01/11, Company Guarantee Notes (c)

     7,920,000
         

    

Health and Medical Facilities—0.3%

      
2,000,000   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., B

      
    

9.25%, 2/01/15, Senior Notes (a)

     2,010,000
         

    

Health Care Products and Services—2.6%

      
10,000,000   

Encore Medical IHC, Inc., CCC+

      
    

9.75%, 10/01/12, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)

     10,100,000
6,000,000   

NDCHealth Corp., CC

      
    

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

     6,180,000
         

            16,280,000
         

    

Leisure and Entertainment—0.7%

      
4,000,000   

AMC Entertainment, Inc., CCC+

      
    

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

     4,340,000
         

    

Office Equipment—0.6%

      
3,500,000   

Xerox Capital Trust I, B-

      
    

8.00%, 2/01/27, Company Guarantee Notes

     3,666,250
         

    

Oil and Gas—3.4%

      
9,000,000   

Petrobras International Finance Co., NR

      
    

9.125%, 7/02/13, Senior Notes

     10,102,500
7,000,000   

Seitel, Inc., B-

      
    

11.75%, 7/15/11, Senior Notes (a)

     7,875,000
3,000,000   

Williams Cos., Inc., B+

      
    

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

     3,465,000
         

            21,442,500
         

    

Pharmaceuticals—1.7%

      
10,000,000   

Athena Neurosciences Finance LLC, B

      
    

7.25%, 2/21/08, Senior Notes

     10,350,000
         

    

Publishing—2.4%

      
2,940,000   

Dex Media West, B

      
    

9.875%, 8/15/13, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)

     3,347,925
11,000,000   

PRIMEDIA, Inc., B

      
    

8.00%, 5/15/13, Senior Notes (a)

     11,330,000
         

            14,677,925
         

    

Real Estate Investment Trusts—0.4%

      
2,566,000   

American Real Estate Partners LP/American Real Estate Finance Corp., BB

      
    

8.125%, 6/01/12, Senior Notes (a)

     2,739,205
         

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Principal Amount

        Value

    

Retail - Specialty Stores—1.8%

      
2,150,000   

Eye Care Centers of America, Inc., CCC+

      
    

10.75%, 2/15/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (a)

   $ 2,128,500
    

Rite Aid Corp.

      
3,500,000   

9.50%, 2/15/11, Senior Secured Notes, B+

     3,780,000
4,000,000   

9.25%, 6/01/13, Senior Notes, B- (c)

     4,000,000
1,200,000   

7.50%, 1/15/15, Secured Notes, B+ (a)

     1,188,000
         

            11,096,500
         

    

Telecommunications—12.3%

      
    

Alamosa Delaware, Inc.

      
3,298,000   

11.00%, 7/31/10, Senior Notes, CCC+

     3,858,660
2,000,000   

8.50%, 1/31/12, Senior Notes, CCC+

     2,140,000
7,673,000   

Centennial Cellular Co., CCC

      
    

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

     8,728,038
7,500,000   

Crown Castle International Corp., CCC+

      
    

10.75%, 8/01/11, Senior Notes

     8,137,500
5,000,000   

Dobson Cellular Systems, CCC

      
    

9.875%, 11/01/12, Secured Notes (a)(c)

     5,137,500
6,000,000   

Fairpoint Communications, Inc., B-

      
    

12.50%, 5/01/10, Senior Subordinated Notes

     6,510,000
8,258,000   

Madison River Capital, CCC+

      
    

13.25%, 3/01/10, Senior Notes

     8,877,350
8,000,000   

MCI, Inc., B+

      
    

7.735%, 5/01/14, Senior Notes

     8,770,000
2,240,000   

PanAmSat Corp., B+

      
    

9.00%, 8/15/14, Company Guarantee Notes (a)(c)

     2,447,200
5,420,000   

Rural Cellular Corp., B-

      
    

8.25%, 3/15/12, Senior Secured Notes (a)(c)

     5,826,500
14,000,000   

Qwest Corp., BB-

      
    

7.875%, 9/01/11, Senior Notes (a)

     15,050,000
1,000,000   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A, CCC-

      
    

8.50%, 12/01/12, Senior Notes (a)

     1,046,250
         

            76,528,998
         

    

Total Corporate Bonds

(Cost $279,464,804)

     298,847,731
         

    

Convertible Bonds—27.1%

      
    

Airlines—0.8%

      
3,000,000   

Continental Airlines, Inc., CCC+

      
    

4.50%, 2/01/07, Convertible Notes (c)

     2,295,000
3,000,000   

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc., NR

      
    

4.25%, 8/01/23, Senior Convertible Notes

     2,876,250
         

            5,171,250
         

    

Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals—1.2%

      
    

Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold, Inc.

      
3,112,000   

7.00%, 2/11/11, Senior Convertible Notes, B+ (a)

     4,473,500
2,000,000   

7.00%, 2/11/11, Senior Convertible Notes, B+ (a)

     2,875,000
         

            7,348,500
         

    

Biotechnology—0.9%

      
5,783,000   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, NR

      
    

5.50%, 11/01/08, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     5,399,876
         

    

Commercial Services—1.7%

      
5,000,000   

The BISYS Group, Inc., NR

      
    

4.00%, 3/15/06, Convertible Notes

     4,975,000
5,000,000   

Quanta Services, Inc., B

      
    

4.50%, 10/01/23, Subordinated Debentures

     5,337,500
         

            10,312,500
         

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Principal Amount

        Value

    

Communications Equipment—1.8%

      
10,175,000   

Lucent Technologies, Inc., CCC+

      
    

8.00%, 8/01/31, Convertible Notes

   $ 10,989,000
         

    

Communications, Media and Entertainment—2.7%

      
1,238,000   

Charter Communications, Inc., CCC-

      
    

5.875%, 11/16/09, Senior Unsecured Convertible Debentures

     1,129,675
14,989,000   

Echostar Communications Corp., B

      
    

5.75%, 5/15/08, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     15,363,725
         

            16,493,400
         

    

Computers - Software and Peripherals—2.1%

      
8,166,000   

Mercury Interactive Corp., NR

      
    

4.75%, 7/01/07, Convertible Notes

     8,176,208
5,000,000   

Quantum Corp., B

      
    

4.375%, 8/01/10, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     5,100,000
         

            13,276,208
         

    

E-Commerce—2.1%

      
13,066,000   

Amazon.com, Inc., B-

      
    

4.75%, 2/01/09, Senior Subordinated Convertible Debentures

     13,180,327
         

    

Electronic Equipment and Components—4.5%

      
10,589,000   

Agere Systems, Inc., B

      
    

6.50%, 12/15/09, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     11,369,939
7,800,000   

ASM Lithography, NR

      
    

5.75%, 10/15/06, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     8,734,440
8,000,000   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., B

      
    

5.00%, 11/01/08, Company Guarantee Notes

     8,100,000
         

            28,204,379
         

    

Financial Services—3.7%

      
4,847,000   

E*TRADE Group, B-

      
    

6.00%, 2/01/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     4,974,234
7,710,000   

IOS Capital LLC, B+

      
    

5.00%, 5/01/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes (a)

     7,854,562
10,000,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., A+

      
    

6.50%, 8/31/06, Convertible Notes (a)

     9,846,882
         

            22,675,678
         

    

Health and Medical Facilities—1.9%

      
11,472,000   

Lifepoint Hospitals Holdings, Inc., NR

      
    

4.50%, 6/01/09, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     11,730,120
         

    

Health Care Products and Services—1.1%

      
7,000,000   

Enzon, Inc., NR

      
    

4.50%, 7/01/08, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     6,606,250
         

    

Telecommunications—1.4%

      
8,700,000   

Nextel Communications, Inc., BB

      
    

5.25%, 1/15/10, Senior Convertible Notes

     8,939,250
         

    

Transportation—0.7%

      
4,500,000   

CP Ships Ltd., BB+

      
    

4.00%, 6/24/09, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes (a)

     4,286,250
         

    

Waste Management—0.5%

      
4,000,000   

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., B+

      
    

4.25%, 4/15/34, Convertible Notes (c)

     3,445,000
         

    

Total Convertible Bonds

(Cost $180,348,758)

     168,057,988
         

    

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost $804,057,303)

     865,632,730
         

 


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments

January 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

Number of Shares

        Value

 
    

Short-Term Investments—2.8%

        
13,204,983   

Dreyfus Treasury

   $ 13,204,983  
4,105,152   

Goldman Sachs Financial Prime Obligations

     4,105,152  
         


    

(Cost $17,310,135)

     17,310,135  
         


    

Total Investments

(Cost $821,367,438) — 142.2%

     882,942,865  
    

Other assets in excess of liabilities —2.1%

     12,746,196  
    

Preferred Stock, at redemption value — (-44.3% of Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders or -31.1% of Total Investments)

     (275,000,000 )
         


    

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders — 100.0%

   $ 620,689,061  
         


 

(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 January 31, 2004 these securities amounted to $170,625,941 or 27.5% 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 $62.5 million and received readily marketable securities with an aggregate fair value of approximately $62.6 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


   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)


 

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   4/19/2005    $ 30,000    1.66 %   3 Month LIBOR    $ (47,713 )

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   7/11/2005      30,000    2.27 %   3 Month LIBOR      86,808  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   1/9/2006      30,000    2.16 %   3 Month LIBOR      296,352  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   4/19/2006      30,000    2.42 %   3 Month LIBOR      140,419  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   7/10/2006      30,000    2.96 %   3 Month LIBOR      176,002  
                           


                            $ 651,868  
                           


 

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

 

Country Allocation*  

United States

   91.3 %

Australia

   1.1 %

Netherlands

   2.8 %

Cayman Islands

   2.9 %

Luxembourg

   0.3 %

Belgium

   0.7 %

Canada

   0.9 %

 

* Subject to change daily.

 


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 within 90 days of this filing and have concluded 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 timely.

 

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

 

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.

 

   

Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund

By:

 

/S/    TRACY V. MAITLAND

   

Tracy V. Maitland

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 29, 2005

 

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/    TRACY V. MAITLAND

   

Tracy V. Maitland

   

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 29, 2005

 

By:

 

/S/    BRUCE S. BERGER

   

Bruce S. Berger

   

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 29, 2005