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

811-21432

 

 

REAVES UTILITY INCOME FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1625 Broadway, Suite 2200, Denver, Colorado

 

80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Tane Tyler

Reaves Utility Income Fund

1625 Broadway, Suite 2200

Denver, Colorado 80202

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(303) 623-2577

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

October 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 31, 2007

 

 


 


 

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

 



 

REAVES UTILITY INCOME FUND

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

 

January 31, 2007  (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS 125.81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Staples 10.95%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

 

 

530,300

 

$

46,342,917

 

Reynolds American, Inc.

 

 

 

166,400

 

10,732,800

 

UST, Inc.

 

 

 

180,000

 

10,339,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,414,917

 

Electric 54.26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

 

 

715,000

 

37,973,650

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc

 

 

 

100,000

 

4,353,000

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

 

 

242,000

 

11,683,760

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

 

2,105,000

 

41,447,450

 

Enel S.P.A - ADR

 

 

 

309,500

 

16,511,825

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

 

425,000

 

25,495,750

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

1,610,000

 

50,441,300

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

99,650

 

4,334,775

 

National Grid PLC - ADR

 

 

 

10,000

 

756,100

 

National Grid PLC

 

 

 

450,000

 

6,790,051

 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

 

 

 

73,000

 

3,561,670

 

PNM Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

145,200

 

4,425,696

 

PPL Corp.

 

 

 

854,000

 

30,402,400

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

 

 

411,800

 

27,602,954

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

1,089,400

 

18,476,224

 

TransAlta Corp.

 

 

 

205,000

 

4,307,050

 

TransAlta Corp.

 

 

 

150,000

 

3,153,467

 

WPS Resources Corp.

 

 

 

610,500

 

32,387,025

 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

420,000

 

9,798,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

333,902,747

 

Energy 6.22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BP Amoco PLC - ADR

 

 

 

85,000

 

5,398,350

 

ConocoPhillips

 

 

 

36,000

 

2,390,760

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling

 

 

 

35,000

 

2,955,400

 

Eni S.P.A - ADR

 

 

 

70,000

 

4,512,900

 

Halliburton Co.

 

 

 

381,600

 

11,272,464

 

Occidental Petroleum

 

 

 

45,000

 

2,086,200

 

Petrochina LTD - ADR

 

 

 

10,000

 

1,233,300

 

Todco *

 

 

 

100,000

 

3,463,000

 

Transocean, Inc. *

 

 

 

64,000

 

4,951,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,264,054

 

Financials 0.55%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

 

20,000

 

1,051,600

 

Lloyd TSB Group PLC - ADR

 

 

 

50,000

 

2,319,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,371,100

 

Gas 16.18%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

30,000

 

1,179,000

 

Copano Energy LLC

 

 

 

10,000

 

641,400

 

Equitable Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

214,000

 

9,255,500

 

ONEOK, Inc.

 

 

 

734,300

 

31,508,813

 

Sempra Energy

 

 

 

289,700

 

16,622,986

 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

62,800

 

2,074,912

 

Spectra Energy Corp. *

 

 

 

1,052,500

 

27,491,300

 

Vectren Corp.

 

 

 

385,000

 

10,826,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99,600,111

 

Pharmaceuticals 0.79%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merck & Co. Inc

 

 

 

20,000

 

895,000

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

 

 

150,000

 

3,936,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,831,000

 

 



 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) 0.41%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

 

 

20,000

 

2,521,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone 35.95%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp.

 

 

 

2,255,965

 

84,891,963

 

BCE, Inc.

 

 

 

1,067,000

 

28,019,420

 

Citizens Communications Co.

 

 

 

2,960,000

 

43,393,600

 

Deutsche Telekom AG - ADR

 

 

 

150,000

 

2,641,500

 

Embarq Corp.

 

 

 

154,000

 

8,548,540

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

 

 

172,000

 

3,066,760

 

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand - ADR

 

 

 

643,500

 

17,683,380

 

Telecom Italia S.P.A. - ADR

 

 

 

5,000

 

148,600

 

Verizon Communications

 

 

 

172,000

 

6,625,440

 

Vodafone Group PLC - ADR

 

 

 

106,750

 

3,137,382

 

Windstream Corp.

 

 

 

1,552,926

 

23,107,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

221,264,124

 

Water 0.50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Utilities PLC - ADR

 

 

 

103,000

 

3,086,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $613,015,549)

 

 

 

 

 

774,256,763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 5.48%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric 3.26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Trust III, 6.75%, 10/15/29

 

 

 

133,100

 

6,360,849

 

BGE Capital Trust II, 6.20%, 10/15/43

 

 

 

183,500

 

4,548,965

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc., Series A, 7.00%, 09/15/13 (a)

 

 

 

3,140

 

318,121

 

Entergy Mississippi, Inc., 4.56%

 

 

 

3,520

 

275,440

 

Georgia Power Capital Trust V, 7.125%, 03/31/42

 

 

 

141,400

 

3,561,866

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 02/16/07

 

 

 

50,000

 

1,240,000

 

PSEG Funding Trust II, 8.75%, 12/31/32

 

 

 

90,100

 

2,329,986

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico, Series 1965, 4.58%

 

 

 

11,667

 

910,391

 

Southern Cal Edison, 4.32%

 

 

 

24,300

 

507,870

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,053,488

 

Financials 2.12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC, 7.375%, 12/16/44

 

 

 

50,000

 

1,212,500

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., 6.02% (a)

 

 

 

455,000

 

11,830,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,042,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media 0.10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., 7.00%

 

 

 

25,000

 

642,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $33,275,133)

 

 

 

 

 

33,737,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS 1.14%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONEOK Partners LP

 

 

 

110,000

 

7,001,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS
(Cost $5,657,923)

 

 

 

 

 

7,001,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bond Rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due Date

 

 

 

Moody/ S&P

 

Coupon Rate

 

Principal Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 4.98%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric 3.74%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calpine Generating Co. (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/01/2011, 11.50%

 

 

 

WR/D

 

11.50

%

22,000,000

 

22,990,000

 

Gas 0.08%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copano Energy LLC (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03/01/2016, 8.125%

 

 

 

B2/B

 

8.125

%

500,000

 

517,500

 

Telephone 1.16%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US West Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/15/2023, 7.50%

 

 

 

Ba1/BB+

 

7.50

%

7,000,000

 

7,140,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $28,708,171)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,647,500

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUNDS 1.12%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Financial Square Money Market Fund

 

 

 

1,995,889

 

1,995,889

 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund

 

 

 

1,483,123

 

1,483,123

 

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund

 

 

 

424,929

 

3,446,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,925,188

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $6,479,012)

 

 

 

 

 

6,925,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 0.16%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States T-Bill, maturity 4/5/07

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

991,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $991,512)

 

 

 

 

 

991,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments 138.69%
(Cost $688,127,300)

 

 

 

 

 

853,560,241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 0.35%

 

 

 

 

 

2,170,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation Preference of Auction Market Preferred Shares: (39.04)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series M7, F7, W28 (including dividends payable on preferred shares)

 

 

 

 

 

(240,299,767

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

$

615,431,217

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise Price

 

Number of Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. *

 

March, 2007

 

75.00

 

100

 

$

(21,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN
(Premiums received $52,698)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(21,250

)

 


*                                         Non Income Producing Security

(a)                                  Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of January 31, 2007. Maturity date represents the next reset date.

(b)                                 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At January 31, 2007, these securities amount to a value of $23,507,500 or 3.82% of net assets.

ADR                     American Depositary Receipt

 

Ratings:

 

Moody’s and S&P’s ratings are believed to be the most recent as of January 31, 2007.

 

Income Tax Information:

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments based on federal tax cost were as follows:

 

As of January 31, 2007

 

 

 

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

 

$

168,655,631

 

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

 

(3,672,592

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

164,983,039

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

 

$

688,577,202

 

 

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments

 



 

NOTES TO QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

1. Significant Accounting and Operating Policies

 

Reaves Utility Income Fund is a closed-end management investment company (the “Fund”) that was organized under the laws of the state of Delaware by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 15, 2003. The Fund is a non-diversified series with an investment objective to provide a high level of after-tax income and total return consisting primarily of tax-advantaged dividend income and capital appreciation. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may authorize separate classes of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund commenced operations on February 24, 2004. The Fund’s common shares are listed on the American Stock Exchange and trade under the ticker symbol “UTG.”

 

The Fund may have elements of risk, including the risk of loss of principal. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment.

 

The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund.

 

Security Valuation:  The net asset value per Share of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the American Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time). Securities held by the fund for which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price or if traded on the over-the-counter market, at the mean of the bid and asked prices on such day. Over-the-counter securities traded on NASDAQ are valued based upon the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Debt securities for which the over-the-counter market is the primary market are normally valued on the basis of prices furnished by one or pricing services at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices. As authorized by the Trustees, debt securities (other than short-term obligations) may be valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service which determines valuations based upon market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of securities. Short-term obligations maturing within 60 days are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value. Over-the-counter options are valued at the mean between bid and asked prices provided by dealers. Financial futures contracts listed on commodity exchanges and exchange-traded options are valued at closing settlement prices. Securities for which there is no such quotation or valuation and all other assets are valued at fair value in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. Various factors may be reviewed in order to make a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type and cost of the security; the fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; an evaluation of the forces which influence the market in which the security is sold, including the liquidity and depth of the market; information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security; price, yield and the extent of public or private trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies. The valuation assigned to fair-valued securities for purposes of calculating the Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other funds to calculate their NAVs.

 

Foreign Securities:  The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. In the event that the Fund executes a foreign security transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a forward foreign currency contract to settle the foreign security transaction. Foreign securities may carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency risks.

 



 

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange at period end. Amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

 

Options:  In order to hedge against adverse market shifts, the Fund may utilize up to 5% of its total assets to purchase put and call options on securities. When a Fund purchases a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders, as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid.

 

In addition, the Fund may seek to increase its income or may hedge a portion of its portfolio investments through writing (i.e., selling) covered put and call options. When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which is included in the Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders, as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, a Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities.

 

The Fund may utilize up to 5% of its total assets to purchase put and call options on domestic stock indices to hedge against risks of market-wide price movements affecting its assets. In addition, the Fund may write covered put and call options on stock indices. Because no underlying security can be delivered, however, the option represents the holder’s right to obtain from the writer, in cash, a fixed multiple of the amount by which the exercise price exceeds (in the case of a put) or is less than (in the case of a call) the closing value of the underlying index on the exercise date

 



 

Written option activity as of January 31, 2007 was as follows:

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums_

 

Options outstanding as of October 31, 2006

 

 

 

Positions opened

 

340

 

$

68,678

 

Options expired

 

 

 

Options closed

 

(340

)

(68,678

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, January 31, 2007

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Value, January 31, 2007

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

 

 

Number of

 

Amount of

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Premiums_

 

Options outstanding as of October 31, 2006

 

 

 

Positions opened

 

100

 

$

52,698

 

Options expired

 

 

 

Options closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, January 31, 2007

 

100

 

$

52,698

 

Market Value, January 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

$

(21,250

)

 

Securities Transactions and Investment Income:  Investment security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is accrued as earned. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities are determined using the First In First Out basis for both financial reporting and income tax purposes.

 

2. Other

 

Calpine Corp. is currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. As of January 31, 2007, the Fund holds a corporate note for Calpine Generating Co., maturing April 2011 with a coupon rate of 11.50%. This is a secured position and as such the Fair Value Committee determined there is no uncertainty surrounding the collectibility of interest due on the note at this time.

 



 

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) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

 

(b)                                 There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3 – Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications for the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.

 



 

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.

 

 

REAVES UTILITY INCOME FUND

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

President (principal executive

 

 

officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 29, 2007

 

 

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/ Edmund J. Burke

 

 

 

Edmund J. Burke

 

 

President (principal

 

 

executive officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 29, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy O. May

 

 

 

Jeremy O. May

 

 

Treasurer (principal financial

 

 

officer)

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 29, 2007