UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-09261

 

Foxby Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor

New York, NY

 

10005

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Thomas B. Winmill, President

Foxby Corp.

11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10005

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-212-344-6310

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

 

Date of reporting period: 3/31/08

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

Foxby Corp.

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2008

(Unaudited)

 

Shares

COMMON STOCKS (109.29%)

Value

 

 

 

 

Bottled and Canned Soft Drinks (2.79%)

 

6,000

Hansen Natural Corp. (a)

$ 211,800

 

 

 

 

Business Services (2.60%)

 

7,000

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

197,120

 

 

 

 

Canned Fruits and Vegetables (3.77%)

 

30,000

Del Monte Foods Company*

285,900

 

 

 

 

Coal Project Development (3.24%)

 

80,000

QGX Ltd. (a)

245,590

 

 

 

 

Computer Peripheral Equipment (1.86%)

 

9,500

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

141,170

 

 

 

 

Copper Exploration and Project Development (7.56%)

 

30,000

Global Copper Corp. (a)(b)

210,038

438,000

Nord Resources Corp. (a)

363,540

 

 

573,578

 

 

 

 

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas (11.43%)

 

9,600

Chesapeake Energy Corp.*

443,040

5,600

EnCana Corp.*

424,200

 

 

867,240

 

 

 

 

Diamond Exploration and Project Development (2.92%)

 

175,000

Etruscan Diamonds Ltd. (a)(b)

221,713

 

 

 

 

Electronic Computers (3.28%)

 

12,500

Dell Inc.(a)*

249,000

 

 

 

 

Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (7.01%)

 

57

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B (a)

254,955

6,300

SAFECO Corp.

276,444

 

 

531,399

 

 

 

 

Gold Exploration and Project Development (10.96%)

 

99,000

Etruscan Resources Inc. (a)

232,521

141,000

Mansfield Minerals, Inc. (a)

411,553

17,166

Q2 Gold Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

-

110,000

Reunion Gold Corp (a)

73,433

140,000

Victoria Resource Corp. (a)

114,063

 

 

831,570

 

 

 

 

Insurance Agents, Brokers and Services (2.43%)

 

10,600

Brown & Brown, Inc.*

184,228

75,000

Safety Intelligence Systems Corp. (a) (b)

-

 

 

184,228

 

 

 

 

Investment Advice (3.12%)

 

17,500

U.S. Global Investors, Inc.

236,950

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas Distribution (0.77%)

 

15,000

MetroGAS S.A. ADR (a)

58,500

 

 

 

 

Nickel Exploration and Project Development (2.55%)

 

25,000

Skye Resources Inc. (a)

193,086

 

 

 

 

Oil and Gas Field Services (4.11%)

 

4,300

Weatherford International Ltd. (a)

311,621

 

 

 

 

Patent Owners and Lessors (4.53%)

 

8,200

SurModics, Inc. (a)*

343,416

 

 

 

 

Potash Project Development (3.41%)

 

100,000

MagMinerals Holdings Corp. (a)(b)

258,388

 

 

 

 

Power Insulating and Related Equipment (1.16%)

 

4,000

NGK Insulators, Ltd.

88,400

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.37%)

 

7,200

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.*

255,600

 

 

 

 

Security and Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges and Services (4.09%)

 

6,200

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.*

310,000

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors and Related Devices (5.93%)

 

9,900

Intel Corporation*

209,682

8,500

Texas Instruments Inc.

240,295

 

 

449,977

 

 

 

 

Services-Prepackaged Software (4.20%)

 

8,100

Trend Micro Incorporated ADR (a)*

318,190

 

 

 

 

Shipyards (4.11%)

 

222,220

Davie Yards Inc.

311,857

 

 

 

 

Smelting (0.07%)

 

3,423

China Silicon Corp. (a)(b)

5,295

 

 

 

 

Timber, Other Resources (3.97%)

 

136,700

MagIndustries Corp. (a)

301,084

 

 

 

 

Zinc Exploration and Project Development (4.05%)

 

396,000

Farallon Resources Ltd. (a)

306,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total common stocks (cost: $8,448,976)

8,289,484

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS (4.07%)

 

 

Coal Project Development (2.14%)

 

200,000

Phoenix Coal Corp. (a)(b)

162,500

 

 

 

 

Smelting (1.93%)

 

945

China Silicon Corp. (a)(b)

146,191

 

 

 

 

Total preferred stocks (cost: $474,910)

308,691

 

 

 

Principal Amount

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (3.46%)

 

 

Retail Consulting and Investment (3.46%)

 

404,307

Amerivon Holdings LLC 4%, due 2010 (b) (cost: $404,307)

 262,800

 

 

 

Shares

WARRANTS (0.96%)(a)

 

4

Amerivon Holdings LLC, expiring 5/31/10 (b)

-

23,626

China Silicon Corp., expiring 7/18/10 (b)

-

111,110

Davie Yards Inc., expiring 2/20/10

29,510

198,000

Farallon Resources Ltd., expiring 8/21/08 (b)

18,332

100,000

IAMGOLD Corp., 8/12/08

22,659

219,000

Nord Resources Corp., expiring 6/05/12 (b)

-

70,000

Victoria Resource Corp., 5/07/09 (b)

2,047

 

 

 

 

Total warrants (cost: $129,310)

72,548

 

 

 

Shares

MONEY MARKET FUND (0.07%)

 

4,970

Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. 1.19% (c)(d) (cost: $4,970)

4,970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments (cost: $9,462,473)

8,938,493

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in excess of other assets (-17.85%)

(1,353,620)

 

 

 

 

Net assets (100.00%)

$ 7,584,873

 

 

 

Shares

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

Value

 

 

 

6,500

WuXi PharmaTech Cayman Inc. ADR (a) (Proceeds: $162,301)

$ 145,340

 

 

 

 

(a)          Non-income producing.

(b)          Illiquid and/or restricted security that has been fair valued.

(c)          Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2008.

(d)          Affiliated company.

* Fully or partially pledged as collateral on bank credit facility.

ADR means “American Depositary Receipt”.

 

 

 

 


NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED):

 

SECURITY VALUATION

 

Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the day the valuations are made. Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") are normally valued by the Fund at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. Such securities that are not traded on a particular day, securities traded in the over-the-counter market that are not on NASDAQ, and foreign securities are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices. Certain of the securities in which the Fund invests are priced through pricing services that may utilize a matrix pricing system which takes into consideration factors such as yields, prices, maturities, call features, and ratings on comparable securities. Bonds may be valued according to prices quoted by a dealer in bonds that offers pricing services. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Securities for which quotations are not readily available or reliable and other assets may be valued as determined in good faith under the direction of and pursuant to procedures established by the Fund's Board of Directors.

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”) on January 1, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based on the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.  The Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

 

 

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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

 

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining 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 March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Investment in

Valuation Inputs

Securities

 

 

Level 1

$ 7,651,189

Level 2

230,417

Level 3

1,056,887

 

 

Total

$ 8,938,493

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s liabilities carried at value :

 

 

Investment in

Valuation Inputs

Securities

 

 

Level 1

$ 145,340

Level 2

-

Level 3

-

 

 

Total

$ 145,340

 

The following is a reconciliation of the Fund's investments that were valued using Level 3 inputs for the period:

 

 

Investment in

 

Securities

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2007

$ 799,385

Net purchases (sales)

406,883

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(149,381)

Realized gain (loss)

-

Transfers in and / or out of Level 3

-

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2008

$ 1,056,887

 

 


COST FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES

 

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $9,569,592 and net unrealized depreciation is $631,099, comprised of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $880,279 and $1,511,378, respectively.

 

ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES

 

The Fund owns securities which have a limited trading market and/or certain restrictions on trading and, therefore, may be illiquid and/or restricted. Such securities have been valued at fair value in accordance with the procedures described above. Due to the uncertainty of valuation, these values may differ from the values that would have been used had a ready market for these securities existed and these differences could be material. Illiquid and/or restricted securities owned at March 31, 2008, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

 

Value

MagMinerals Holdings Corp.

 

3/18/08

 

$ 397,520

 

$ 258,388

China Silicon Corp. common shares

 

1/1/08

 

8,147

 

5,295

 

Amerivon Holdings LLC 4% Participating Convertible Promissory Notes due 5/31/10

 

9/20/07

 

404,307

 

262,800

Amerivon Holdings LLC warrants expiring 9/20/12

 

9/20/07

 

-

 

-

Phoenix Coal Corp.

 

7/24/08

 

250,000

 

162,500

China Silicon Corp.

 

7/18/07

 

224,910

 

146,191

China Silicon Corp. warrants expiring 7/18/11

 

7/18/07

 

-

 

-

Q2 Gold Resources Corp.

 

7/6/07

 

65

 

-

Etruscan Diamonds Ltd.

 

2/28/07

 

298,482

 

221,713

Safety Intelligence Systems Corp.

 

9/5/02

 

225,000

 

-

 

 

 

 

$1,808,431

 

$1,056,887

Percent of net assets

 

 

 

23.8%

 

13.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


AFFILIATED ISSUER

 

The term affiliate, as defined under the Act, includes companies in which there is a direct or indirect (a) ownership of, control of or, voting power over 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares or (b) control of, or common control under, another company or persons. Midas Management Corporation and Investor Service Center, Inc. act as the investment manager and distributor, respectively, of Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. and are affiliates of the Fund's Investment Manager, CEF Advisers, Inc. Transactions with affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were as follows:

 

 

 

Number of Shares Held

 

 

 

Name Of Issuer

December 31, 2007

Gross Additions

Gross Reductions

March 31, 2008

Value March 31, 2008

Dividend Income

Realized Gains/(Losses)

 

Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc.

-

11,898

6,928

4,970

$4,970

$2

$ -

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

 

(a)

The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits

 

 

(a)

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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.

 

FOXBY CORP.

 

By : /s/ Thomas B. Winmill

Thomas B. Winmill, President

 

Date: May 23, 2008

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By: /s/ Thomas B. Winmill

Thomas B. Winmill, President

 

Date: May 23, 2008

 

By: /s/ Thomas O'Malley

Thomas O'Malley, Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 23, 2008

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

(a)

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)