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)

 

Robert White, 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: (212) 479-0675

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: January 31, 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.

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES AND INCOME FUND

Portfolio of Investments | January 31, 2006 (unaudited)

 

Number of Shares                

   Value

 
        Long-Term Investments - 138.0%         
        Convertible Preferred Stocks - 68.1%         
        Aerospace and Defense - 1.1%         
  52,500    

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

   $ 6,825,525  
            


       

Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals - 2.8%

        
  13,000    

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Ser. B, 5.50%

     17,639,375  
            


       

Automotive - 0.3%

        
  55,792    

Ford Motor Company Capital Trust II, 6.50%, 2032

     1,793,713  
            


       

Banking and Finance - 8.4%

        
  637,500    

Marshall & Ilsley Corp., 6.50%, 2007

     16,409,250  
  300,000    

National Australia Bank, Equity Security Unit, 7.875% (Australia)

     12,807,000  
  280,000    

New York Community Capital Trust V, 6.00%, 2051

     13,132,000  
  170,000    

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

     9,265,000  
            


               51,613,250  
            


       

Chemicals - 2.6%

        
  320,000    

Celanese Corp., Ser. A, 4.25%

     9,376,000  
  150,000    

Huntsman Corp., 5.00%, 2008

     6,889,500  
            


               16,265,500  
            


       

Communications Equipment - 4.7%

        
  30,400    

Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I, 7.75%, 2017

     29,005,400  
            


       

Communications, Media and Entertainment - 0.4%

        
  65,247    

Emmis Communications Corp., Ser. A, 6.25%

     2,675,127  
            


       

Financial Services - 9.8%

        
  336,000    

Citigroup Funding, Inc., Ser. GNW, 5.18%, 2008 (a)

     10,614,240  
  25,000    

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc., 5.50%, 2008

     1,137,500  
  300,000    

E*Trade Financial Corp., 6.125%, 2008

     9,363,000  
  100,000    

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.75%, 2006

     11,733,000  
  519,120    

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Ser. GIS, 6.25%, 2007 (b)

     13,465,973  
  326,679    

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Ser. JNC, 6.75%, 2007

     14,059,611  
            


               60,373,324  
            


       

Health Care Products and Services - 1.8%

        
  220,400    

Baxter International, Inc., 7.00%, 2006

     11,363,824  
            


       

Insurance - 17.6%

        
  300,000    

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

     10,074,000  
  18,001    

Fortis Insurance NV, 7.75%, 2008 (Netherlands) (c)

     22,343,741  
  100,000    

IPC Holdings, Ltd., 7.25%, 2008 (Bermuda)

     2,750,000  
  417,003    

MetLife, Inc., Ser. B, 6.375%, 2008

     11,467,583  
  125,884    

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., Ser. A, 6.00%, 2009 (Bermuda)

     3,869,674  
  120,000    

Reinsurance Group of America, Equity Security Unit, 5.75%, 2051

     7,404,000  
  141,300    

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

     10,242,837  
  49,000    

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

     3,603,460  
  367,000    

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

     9,255,740  
  265,000    

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., Ser. A, 4.50%, 2032

     6,749,550  
  250,000    

UnumProvident Corp., 8.25%, 2007

     8,062,500  
  500,000    

XL Capital Ltd., 7.00%, 2009 (Cayman Islands)

     12,830,000  
            


               108,653,085  
            


       

Office Equipment - 0.7%

        
  34,600    

Xerox Corp., 6.25%, 2006

     4,143,350  
            


       

Oil and Gas - 4.5%

        
  106,507    

Amerada Hess Corp., 7.00%, 2006

     13,883,187  
  137,058    

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 4.50%

     13,979,916  
            


               27,863,103  
            


       

Pharmaceuticals - 2.1%

        
  250,000    

Schering-Plough Corp., 6.00%, 2007

     12,820,000  
            


       

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 2.3%

        
  205,000    

Simon Property Group, LP, 6.00%

     14,093,750  
            


       

Retail - Specialty Stores - 1.9%

        
  487,187    

Albertson’s, Inc., 7.25%, 2007

     11,960,441  
            


       

Transportation - 0.8%

        
  4,668    

Kansas City Southern, 5.125%

     5,123,130  
            


       

Utilities - Gas and Electric - 5.4%

        
  83,082    

AES Trust VII, 6.00%, 2008

     4,039,862  
  400,000    

Entergy Corp., 7.625%, 2009

     19,852,000  
  200,000    

PNM Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 2008

     9,476,000  
            


               33,367,862  
            


       

Waste Management - 0.9%

        
  20,000    

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Ser. D, 6.25%, 2008

     5,380,000  
            


       

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks - 68.1%

(Cost $384,833,525)

     420,959,759  
            


Principal Amount

      
       

Convertible Bonds - 36.1%

        
       

Airlines - 1.3%

        
$ 8,412,000    

Continental Airlines, Inc., CCC+

        
       

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

     8,170,155  
            


       

Automotive - 0.3%

        
  78,800    

General Motors Corp., Ser. A, B

        
       

4.50%, 3/06/32, Senior Convertible Notes

     1,824,220  
            


       

Commercial Services - 1.1%

        
  5,000,000    

Quanta Services, Inc., B

        
       

4.50%, 10/01/23, Subordinated Convertible Debentures

     6,862,500  
            


       

Communications, Media and Entertainment - 8.1%

        
  7,624,000    

Citadel Broadcasting Co., NR

        
       

1.875%, 2/15/11, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     5,880,010  
  12,636,000    

EchoStar Communications Corp., B

        
       

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

     12,446,460  
       

Liberty Media Corp., BB+

        
  10,000,000    

3.50%, 1/15/31, Convertible Notes

     10,400,000  
  22,000,000    

3.25%, 3/15/31, Senior Convertible Notes (b)

     17,105,000  
  5,000,000    

XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc., CCC-

        
       

1.75%, 12/01/09, Senior Convertible Notes

     4,325,000  
            


               50,156,470  
            


       

Computer Services - 0.6%

        
  4,000,000    

CIBER, Inc., NR

        
       

2.875%, 12/15/23, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

     3,415,000  
            


       

Computers - Software and Peripherals - 2.6%

        
  6,600,000    

Quantum Corp., B

        
       

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

     6,666,000  
  7,500,000    

Red Hat, Inc., B

        
       

0.50%, 1/15/24, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

     9,225,000  
            


               15,891,000  
            


       

E-Commerce - 5.7%

        
  27,233,000    

Amazon.com, Inc., B

        
       

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

     26,450,051  
  10,000,000    

WebMd Corp., NR

        
       

1.75%, 6/15/23, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     8,525,000  
            


               34,975,051  
            


       

Electronic Equipment and Components - 6.9%

        
  8,589,000    

Agere Systems, Inc., B

        
       

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

     8,524,582  
  8,000,000    

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., B

        
       

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

     7,960,000  
  9,000,000    

International Rectifier Corp., B+

        
       

4.25%, 7/15/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     8,865,000  
  6,000,000    

LSI Logic Corp., B

        
       

4.00%, 5/15/10, Convertible Notes

     6,097,500  
  7,352,000    

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., NR

        
       

4.75%, 11/15/07, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     7,250,910  
  4,000,000    

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., B+

        
       

3.625%, 8/01/23, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     4,135,000  
            


               42,832,992  
            


       

Financial Services - 3.6%

        
  4,847,000    

E*TRADE Group, B-

        
       

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

     5,071,174  
  10,000,000    

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Ser. BIIB, A+

        
       

8.00%, 3/09/06, Notes (Acquired 03/03/05, Cost $10,000,000) (d)

     10,150,000  
  144,988    

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Ser. ECA, A+

        
       

8.00%, 10/26/06, Notes (e)

     7,007,270  
            


               22,228,444  
            


       

Pharmaceuticals - 2.5%

        
  7,000,000    

Invitrogen Corp., NR

        
       

3.25%, 6/15/25, Senior Convertible Notes

     6,886,250  
  9,000,000    

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., NR

        
       

1.50%, 6/04/33, Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

     8,707,500  
            


               15,593,750  
            


       

Telecommunications - 2.2%

        
  5,500,000    

Finisar Corp., NR

        
       

5.25%, 10/15/08, Subordinated Convertible Notes

     4,984,375  
  8,700,000    

Nextel Communications, Inc., A-

        
       

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

     8,743,500  
            


               13,727,875  
            


       

Waste Management - 1.2%

        
  8,400,000    

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., B+

        
       

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

     7,318,500  
            


       

Total Convertible Bonds - 36.1%

(Cost $211,730,204)

     222,995,957  
            


       

Corporate Bonds - 33.8%

        
       

Aluminum, Steel and Other Metals - 0.9%

        
  2,540,000    

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

        
       

10.125%, 2/01/10, Senior Notes

     2,794,000  
  2,615,000    

United States Steel LLC, BB

        
       

10.75%, 8/01/08, Senior Notes

     2,915,725  
            


               5,709,725  
            


       

Building Products - 0.4%

        
  2,175,000    

U.S. Concrete, Inc., B-

        
       

8.375%, 4/01/14, Senior Subordinated Notes

     2,229,375  
            


       

Chemicals - 3.6%

        
  2,000,000    

BCP Crystal Holdings Corp., B

        
       

9.625%, 6/15/14, Senior Subordinated Notes

     2,230,000  
  10,000,000    

Equistar Chemical/Funding, BB-

        
       

10.125%, 9/01/08, Senior Notes

     10,950,000  
  2,763,000    

Huntsman LLC, NR

        
       

11.85%, 7/15/11, Company Guarantee Notes (a)

     2,939,141  
  5,600,000    

Lyondell Chemical Co., B

        
       

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

     5,824,000  
            


               21,943,141  
            


       

Commercial Services - 1.0%

        
  6,809,000    

Language Line, Inc., CCC+

        
       

11.125%, 6/15/12, Senior Subordinated Notes

     6,162,145  
            


       

Communications Equipment - 0.8%

        
  5,166,000    

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

        
       

9.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes

     5,191,830  
            


       

Communications, Media and Entertainment - 4.9%

        
  7,000,000    

Cablevision Systems Corp., B+

        
       

8.00%, 4/15/12, Senior Notes (b)

     6,702,500  
  10,675,000    

Mediacom LLC, B

        
       

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

     10,648,313  
  3,000,000    

Rainbow National Services LLC, B+

        
       

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

     3,228,750  
  98,000    

Regal Cinemas, Inc., Ser. B, B

        
       

9.375%, 2/01/12, Senior Subordinated Notes

     104,625  
  4,250,000  Euros  

Telenet Communications NV, B-

        
       

9.00%, 12/15/13, Senior Notes (Belgium) (c)

     5,767,164  
  3,067,000    

XM Satellite Radio, Inc., CCC+

        
       

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

     3,450,375  
            


               29,901,727  
            


       

Computers - Software and Peripherals - 0.5%

        
  3,000,000    

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., B-

        
       

10.25%, 8/15/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (b)(c)

     3,030,000  
            


       

Electronic Equipment and Components - 2.8%

        
  10,000,000    

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., B

        
       

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

     10,575,000  
  3,793,000    

Avago Technologies Finance Ltd., B

        
       

10.125%, 12/01/13, Senior Notes (Singapore) (c)

     3,887,825  
  3,000,000    

Clarke American Corp., B-

        
       

11.75%, 12/15/13, Senior Notes (c)

     3,030,000  
            


               17,492,825  
            


       

Financial Services - 2.5%

        
  7,727,000    

E*Trade Financial Corp., B+

        
       

8.00%, 6/15/11, Senior Notes

     8,074,715  
  7,200,000    

Leucadia National Corp., BB

        
       

7.00%, 8/15/13, Senior Notes

     7,200,000  
            


               15,274,715  
            


       

Health Care Products and Services - 2.3%

        
  4,500,000    

DaVita, Inc., B

        
       

7.25%, 3/15/15, Senior Subordinated Notes (b)

     4,550,625  
  10,000,000    

Encore Medical IHC, Inc., CCC+

        
       

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

     9,875,000  
            


               14,425,625  
            


       

Office Equipment - 0.6%

        
  3,500,000    

Xerox Capital Trust I, B+

        
       

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

     3,626,875  
            


       

Oil and Gas - 3.5%

        
  9,000,000    

Petrobras International Finance Co., NR

        
       

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

     10,606,500  
  7,000,000    

Seitel, Inc., NR

        
       

11.75%, 7/15/11, Senior Notes

     7,962,500  
  3,000,000    

Williams Cos., Inc., B+

        
       

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

     3,296,250  
            


               21,865,250  
            


       

Pharmaceuticals - 1.6%

        
  10,000,000    

Athena Neurosciences Finance LLC, B

        
       

7.25%, 2/21/08, Senior Notes

     9,900,000  
            


       

Publishing - 1.0%

        
  2,940,000    

Dex Media West, B

        
       

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

     3,259,725  
  3,500,000    

PRIMEDIA, Inc., B

        
       

8.00%, 5/15/13, Senior Notes

     3,062,500  
            


               6,322,225  
            


       

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

     2,694,300  
  3,000,000    

7.125%, 2/15/13, Senior Notes

     3,052,500  
            


               5,746,800  
            


       

Retail - Apparel and Shoes - 0.9%

        
  5,000,000    

Levi Strauss & Co., B-

        
       

12.25%, 12/15/12, Senior Notes

     5,700,000  
            


       

Retail - Specialty Stores - 2.2%

        
       

Rite Aid Corp.

        
  3,500,000    

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

     3,692,500  
  4,000,000    

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

     3,760,000  
  1,200,000    

7.50%, 1/15/15, Company Guarantee Notes, B+

     1,155,000  
  5,000,000    

Simmons Bedding Co., B-

        
       

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

     4,725,000  
            


               13,332,500  
            


       

Telecommunications - 3.4%

        
       

Alamosa Delaware, Inc., A-

        
  3,298,000    

11.00%, 7/31/10, Senior Notes

     3,710,250  
  3,000,000    

8.50%, 1/31/12, Senior Notes

     3,266,250  
  7,673,000    

Centennial Cellular Co., CCC

        
       

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

     8,440,300  
  2,846,000    

Madison River Capital, B-

        
       

13.25%, 3/01/10, Senior Notes

     3,009,645  
  2,240,000    

PanAmSat Corp., B+

        
       

9.00%, 8/15/14, Company Guarantee Notes

     2,366,000  
            


               20,792,445  
            


       

Total Corporate Bonds - 33.8%

(Cost $199,773,382)

     208,647,203  
            


       

Total Long-Term Investments - 138.0%

(Cost $796,337,111)

     852,602,919  
            


Principal Amount

      
       

Short-Term Investments - 4.8%

        
       

Money Market Fund - 4.8%

        
  29,406,394    

Goldman Sachs Financial Prime Obligations

        
       

(Cost $29,406,394)

     29,406,394  
            


       

Total Investments - 142.8%

(Cost $825,743,505)

     882,009,313  
       

Other assets in excess of liabilities - 1.7%

     10,653,562  
       

Preferred Stock, at redemption value - (-44.5% of Net Assets Applicable to

Common Shareholders or -31.2% of Total Investments)

     (275,000,000 )
            


       

Net Assets Applicable to

Common Shareholders - 100.0%

   $ 617,662,875  
            


LLC - Limited Liability Corp.

LP - Limited Partnership

 

(a)   Floating rate security. The rate shown is as of January 31, 2006.

 

(b)   Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, the Fund loaned all or a portion of these securities having an aggregate fair value of approximately $78.6 million and received as collateral readily marketable securities with an aggregate fair value of approximately $81.1 million.

 

(c)   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, 2006, these securities amounted to 6.7% of net assets.

 

(d)   Private placement security. Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. The restricted security comprises 1.6% of net assets applicable to common shares.

 

(e)   Variable principal amount dependent upon the value of Encana stock.

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.

   4/19/2006    $ 30,000    2.42 %   3 Month LIBOR    $ (17,356 )

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   5/3/2006      30,000    3.72 %   3 Month LIBOR      119,774  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   7/10/2006      30,000    2.96 %   3 Month LIBOR      264,356  

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

   1/25/2007      50,000    3.54 %   3 Month LIBOR      669,715  
                           


                            $ 1,036,489  
                           


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

 

Country Allocation*

      

United States

   91.2 %

Cayman Islands

   2.7 %

Netherlands

   2.6 %

Australia

   1.5 %

Bermuda

   0.8 %

Belgium

   0.7 %

Singapore

   0.5 %

 

* 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 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) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes 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.

 

Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund
By:     /s/ Tracy V. Maitland
  Tracy V. Maitland
  President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 28, 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/ Tracy V. Maitland
  Tracy V. Maitland
  President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 28, 2006
By:     /s/ Robert White
  Robert White
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 28, 2006