SEC Form N-CSR/A filed by Eagle Capital Growth Fund Inc. (Amendment)
ITEM 1. |
REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS
|
Company
|
Market Value
|
Percentage of Portfolio
|
||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. B
|
$
|
8,185,850
|
20.6
|
%
|
||||
Markel Corp.
|
$
|
2,200,208
|
5.5
|
%
|
||||
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
|
$
|
1,864,926
|
4.7
|
%
|
||||
Franklin Resources, Inc.
|
$
|
1,846,600
|
4.7
|
%
|
||||
PepsiCo, Inc.
|
$
|
1,806,600
|
4.6
|
%
|
||||
Starbucks Corp.
|
$
|
1,785,600
|
4.5
|
%
|
||||
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.
|
$
|
1,771,752
|
4.5
|
%
|
||||
Alphabet, Inc. A
|
$
|
1,676,370
|
4.2
|
%
|
||||
Colgate-Palmolive Company
|
$
|
1,654,590
|
4.2
|
%
|
||||
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
|
$
|
1,542,100
|
3.9
|
%
|
Luke E. Sims
|
David C.Sims, CFA
|
||||
Email:
|
[email protected] |
Email:
|
|||
Phone: 414/530-5680
|
Phone:
|
414/765-1107
|
1-year |
5-year |
10-year | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value Return |
-3.73 | % | 8.94 | % | 11.04 | % | ||||||
Market Price Return | -6.57 | % | 8.62 | % | 10.09 | % |
Assets
|
||||||||
Investments--at market value (cost $23,641,843)
|
$
|
39,700,735
|
||||||
Dividends receivable
|
63,457
|
|||||||
Prepaid fees
|
13,563
|
|||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
39,777,755
|
||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Accounts payable
|
$
|
2,247
|
||||||
Accrued expenses
|
32,500
|
|||||||
Investment advisor fee payable
|
29,410
|
|||||||
Total liabilities
|
$
|
64,157
|
||||||
Total net assets
|
$
|
39,713,598
|
||||||
Net Assets are Comprised of:
|
||||||||
Paid-in capital
|
||||||||
Common stock - $0.001 par value per share; 50,000,000
|
23,638,642
|
|||||||
shares authorized, outstanding 3,967,836 shares
|
||||||||
Distributable earnings
|
16,074,956
|
|||||||
Total net assets
|
$
|
39,713,598
|
||||||
Net asset value per share
|
$
|
10.01
|
Investment Income
|
||||||||||||
Dividends
|
$
|
585,149
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
40,682
|
|||||||||||
Total investment income
|
$
|
625,831
|
||||||||||
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
Advisory fees
|
$
|
300,441
|
||||||||||
Legal fees
|
10,763
|
|||||||||||
Insurance
|
13,564
|
|||||||||||
Transfer agent
|
49,281
|
|||||||||||
Directors’ fees and expenses
|
89,750
|
|||||||||||
Custodian fees
|
9,152
|
|||||||||||
Audit/Tax fee
|
32,500
|
|||||||||||
Listing fee
|
15,000
|
|||||||||||
Other fees and expenses
|
23,991
|
|||||||||||
Total expenses
|
$
|
544,442
|
||||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
81,389
|
||||||||||
Realized Gain and Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
|
||||||||||||
Realized gain on investments:
|
||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments
|
$
|
1,336,088
|
||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation on investments:
|
||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
$
|
(3,223,386
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net realized gain and change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||||||
on investments
|
$
|
(1,887,298
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net decrease from operations
|
$
|
(1,805,909
|
)
|
Year Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
December 31, 2021
|
December 31, 2022
|
|||||||
From Operations:
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
127,714
|
$
|
81,389
|
||||
Net realized gain on investments
|
3,786,994
|
1,336,088
|
||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
4,901,024
|
(3,223,386
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) from operations
|
8,815,732
|
(1,805,909
|
)
|
|||||
Distributions to Shareholders from:
|
||||||||
Distributions
|
(3,871,898
|
)
|
(1,453,013
|
)
|
||||
From Capital Stock Transactions:
|
||||||||
Reinvested capital from distribution of shares
|
-
|
623,319
|
||||||
Share repurchases
|
(757,497
|
)
|
(680,000
|
)
|
||||
Decrease from capital stock transactions
|
(757,497
|
)
|
(56,681
|
)
|
||||
Total Net Assets:
|
||||||||
Beginning of year
|
38,841,883
|
43,029,202
|
||||||
End of year
|
$
|
43,029,202
|
$
|
39,713,598
|
||||
Shares:
|
||||||||
Shares outstanding at beginning of year
|
4,074,321
|
3,991,647
|
||||||
Shares issued, due to the distribution
|
--
|
61,189
|
||||||
Shares repurchased
|
(82,674
|
)
|
(85,000
|
)
|
||||
Shares outstanding at end of period
|
3,991,647
|
3,967,836
|
For the periods ended December 31:
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
|||||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of year
|
$
|
9.14
|
$
|
8.15
|
$
|
9.21
|
$
|
9.53
|
$
|
10.78
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (A)
|
0.10
|
0.09
|
0.05
|
0.03
|
0.02
|
|||||||||||||||
Net realized gain and unrealized
|
||||||||||||||||||||
appreciation (loss) on investments
|
(0.52
|
)
|
1.61
|
0.82
|
2.15
|
(0.47
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total from investment operations
|
(0.42
|
)
|
1.70
|
0.87
|
2.18
|
(0.45
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Distribution from:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income
|
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.02
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
||||||||||
Realized gains
|
(0.45
|
)
|
(0.46
|
)
|
(0.49
|
)
|
(0.95
|
)
|
(0.34
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total distributions
|
(0.53
|
)
|
(0.53
|
)
|
(0.55
|
)
|
(0.97
|
)
|
(0.37
|
)
|
||||||||||
Impact of capital share transactions
|
(0.04
|
)
|
(0.04
|
)
|
-
|
0.10
|
0.05
|
|||||||||||||
Net asset value at end of year
|
$
|
8.15
|
$
|
9.21
|
$
|
9.53
|
$
|
10.78
|
$
|
10.01
|
||||||||||
Per share market price, end of year
|
||||||||||||||||||||
last traded price
|
$
|
7.30
|
$
|
8.02
|
$
|
7.98
|
$
|
9.51
|
$
|
8.57
|
||||||||||
Total Investment Return:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average annual return, based on market value (B):
|
(1.44
|
%)
|
18.13
|
%
|
6.36
|
%
|
30.70
|
%
|
-6.57
|
%
|
||||||||||
Average annual return, based on net asset value:
|
(4.41
|
%)
|
21.35
|
%
|
10.75
|
%
|
24.05
|
%
|
-3.73
|
%
|
||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted)
|
$
|
31,712
|
$
|
37,530
|
$
|
38,842
|
$
|
43,029
|
$
|
39,714
|
||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets (C):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses to average net assets
|
1.34
|
%
|
1.29
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
1.26
|
%
|
1.36
|
%
|
||||||||||
Net investment income to average net assets
|
1.10
|
%
|
0.95
|
%
|
0.57
|
%
|
0.30
|
%
|
0.20
|
%
|
||||||||||
Portfolio turnover (annualized)
|
42
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
19
|
%
|
5
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
||||||||||
Average commission paid per share
|
$
|
0.05
|
$
|
0.05
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.01
|
$
|
0.01
|
Common Stock (92.7% of total investments)
|
||||||||||||||||
Industry
|
Shares
|
Cost
|
Fair Value
|
Percent of
|
||||||||||||
Net Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Advertising
|
||||||||||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. A*
|
19,000
|
$
|
1,643,795
|
$
|
1,676,370
|
|||||||||||
MediaAlpha, Inc.*
|
40,000
|
804,160
|
398,000
|
|||||||||||||
2,074,370
|
5.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Bank
|
||||||||||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co
|
3,000
|
390,311
|
402,300
|
|||||||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co.
|
10,000
|
403,661
|
412,900
|
|||||||||||||
815,200
|
2.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Brokerage
|
||||||||||||||||
Charles Schwab Corp.
|
10,000
|
337,286
|
832,600
|
|||||||||||||
832,600
|
2.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Conglomerate
|
||||||||||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. B*
|
26,500
|
4,320,855
|
8,185,850
|
|||||||||||||
8,185,850
|
20.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Consumer
|
||||||||||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Company
|
21,000
|
626,458
|
1,654,590
|
|||||||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
|
3,500
|
352,236
|
475,125
|
|||||||||||||
Procter & Gamble Company
|
2,000
|
145,879
|
303,120
|
|||||||||||||
2,432,835
|
6.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Credit Card
|
||||||||||||||||
Mastercard Inc
|
1,000
|
219,636
|
347,730
|
|||||||||||||
Visa Inc.
|
1,500
|
225,957
|
311,640
|
|||||||||||||
659,370
|
1.7
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Data Processing
|
||||||||||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
|
3,000
|
82,775
|
716,580
|
|||||||||||||
Paychex, Inc.
|
6,000
|
140,075
|
693,360
|
|||||||||||||
1,409,940
|
3.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Drug/Medical Device
|
||||||||||||||||
Johnson & Johnson
|
4,000
|
45,500
|
706,600
|
|||||||||||||
Stryker Corp.
|
4,500
|
19,055
|
1,100,205
|
|||||||||||||
1,806,805
|
4.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Food
|
||||||||||||||||
Kraft Heinz Company
|
29,000
|
772,000
|
1,180,590
|
|||||||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc.
|
10,000
|
168,296
|
1,806,600
|
|||||||||||||
2,987,190
|
7.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Industrial
|
||||||||||||||||
Danaher Corporation
|
1,000
|
254,997
|
265,420
|
|||||||||||||
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
|
7,000
|
295,051
|
1,542,100
|
|||||||||||||
Waters Corp.*
|
2,000
|
100,780
|
685,160
|
|||||||||||||
2,492,680
|
6.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Insurance
|
||||||||||||||||
Markel Corp.*
|
1,670
|
1,296,670
|
2,200,208
|
|||||||||||||
2,200,208
|
5.5
|
%
|
Industry
|
Shares
|
Cost
|
Fair Value
|
Percent of
|
||||||||||||
Net Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Mutual Fund Management
|
||||||||||||||||
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.
|
9,576
|
1,338,331
|
$
|
1,771,752
|
||||||||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc.
|
70,000
|
1,794,630
|
1,846,600
|
|||||||||||||
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
|
17,100
|
2,257,154
|
1,864,926
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
5,483,278
|
13.8
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Restaurant
|
||||||||||||||||
Starbucks Corp.
|
18,000
|
940,052
|
$
|
1,785,600
|
||||||||||||
$
|
1,785,600
|
4.5
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Retail
|
||||||||||||||||
AutoZone Inc.*
|
600
|
319,026
|
$
|
1,479,708
|
||||||||||||
eBay Inc.
|
3,000
|
68,886
|
124,410
|
|||||||||||||
O’Reilly Automotive Inc.*
|
1,500
|
305,534
|
1,266,045
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
2,870,163
|
7.2
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Technology Services
|
||||||||||||||||
Amazon.com Inc.*
|
9,000
|
1,064,151
|
$
|
756,000
|
||||||||||||
$
|
756,000
|
1.9
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Total common stock investments (Cost $20,733,197)
|
$
|
36,792,089
|
||||||||||||||
Money Market Funds
|
||||||||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Inst. Liq. Fund, Treasury,
|
||||||||||||||||
Institutional Class, 3.94%**
|
$
|
2,908,646
|
7.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
(Cost $2,908,646)
|
2,908,646
|
$
|
2,908,646
|
|||||||||||||
Total investments (Cost $23,641,843)
|
$
|
39,700,735
|
||||||||||||||
Other assets in excess of liabilities
|
12,863
|
|||||||||||||||
Total net assets
|
$
|
39,713,598
|
||||||||||||||
*Non-dividend paying security
|
||||||||||||||||
**7-day yield
|
(1) |
Organization.
|
(2) |
Significant Accounting Policies.
|
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ | 17,627,624 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(1,568,732 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation
|
$ | 16,058,892 | ||
Cost basis of securities on tax basis: | $ | 23,641,843 |
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 16,064 | ||
Unrealized appreciation on investments
|
$ | 16,058,892 | ||
Total accumulated earnings | $ | 16,074,956 |
(3) |
Service Providers Arrangements
|
(4) |
Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan
|
(5) |
Distributions to Shareholders
|
2021
|
2022
|
|||||||
Distributions paid from:
|
||||||||
Ordinary income
|
$
|
84,904
|
$
|
116,925
|
||||
Short term capital gains
|
-
|
934 | ||||||
Long-term capital gains
|
3,786,994
|
1,335,154
|
(6) |
Fund Investment Transactions
|
(7) |
Financial Highlights
|
(8) |
Subsequent Events
|
Name,
Address and
Age
|
Position(s)
Held with
Fund
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years (in addition to positions held in
the Fund)
|
Number of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
Other
Directorships
Held by Director
or Nominee for
Director (Public
Companies)
|
||||||
David C. Sims*, age 41
|
VP, CFO, CCO,
Treasurer, Secretary, and Director
|
Term of office expires 2024 (Class II). Served as a director since 2015.
|
President of Sims Capital Management LLC (investment advisor to the Fund); Manager of Peregrine Investment Fund LLC (private investment fund); and roles with the Fund as previously identified.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Luke E. Sims**, age 73
|
President, CEO and Director
|
Term of office expires 2025 (Class III. Served as a director since 2002.
|
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund; Chairman of Sims Capital Management LLC (the Advisor to the Fund); and Retired Partner of Foley & Lardner LLP (national law firm) where he was affiliated from 1976 through 2010.
|
One
|
None
|
Name, Address and Age*
|
Position(s)
Held with
Fund
|
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years
|
Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
Other Directorships
Held by Director or
Nominee for
Director
(Public
Companies)
|
||||||
Jason W. Allen, age 51
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2023 (Class I); nominee for director. Served as a director since 2021.
|
Partner of Foley & Lardner LLP (law firm) where he has been a practicing corporate lawyer since 1999.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Robert M. Bilkie, Jr., age 62
|
Chairman; Director
|
Term of office expires 2023 (Class I); nominee for director. Served as a director since 2006.
|
President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Investment Counselors, Inc. (a registered investment advisor) since 1987; member of the Better Investing Securities Review Committee and of the Better Investing Editorial Advisory Committee
(non-remunerative).
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Phillip J. Hanrahan, age 83
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2023 (Class I); nominee for director. Served as a director since 2008.
|
Retired partner of Foley & Lardner LLP (law firm) since February 2007 and, prior thereto, active partner of that firm since 1973.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Carl A. Holth, age 90
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2024 (Class II). Served as a director since 1989.
|
Retired.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Anne M. Nichols, age 61
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2024 (Class II). Served as a director since 2021.
|
Managing director at Fern Capital Inc, an investment advisor.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Donald G. Tyler, age 70
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2025 (Class III). Served as a director since 2010.
|
Retired. Director of Administrative Services, County of Milwaukee, 2012 to 2014. Retired Interim President & Executive Director, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2010; Vice President of Investment Products and Services, Northwestern
Mutual, 2003-2010.
|
One
|
None
|
||||||
Neal F. Zalenko, age 77
|
Director
|
Term of office expires 2025 (Class III). Served as a director since 2008.
|
Retired; Founder and Managing Partner of Zalenko & Associates, P.C. (accounting firm), that merged with Baker Tilly in early 2005.
|
One
|
None
|
Name, Position
|
Aggregate
Compensation
From Fund
|
Pension or Retirement
Benefits Accrued as
part of Fund
Expenses
|
Estimated
Annual
Benefits upon
Retirement
|
Total
Compensation
from Fund and
Complex paid
to Directors
|
David C. Sims,
|
||||
VP, CFO, CCO,
|
||||
Treasurer, Secretary,
|
||||
and Director
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Luke E. Sims,
|
||||
Director, President,
|
||||
CEO
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
Name, Position
|
Aggregate
Compensation
From Fund
|
Pension or Retirement
Benefits Accrued as
part of Fund
Expenses
|
Estimated
Annual
Benefits upon
Retirement
|
Total
Compensation
from Fund and
Complex paid
to Directors
|
Jason W. Allen,
|
||||
Director
|
$12,000
|
None
|
None
|
$12,000
|
Robert M. Bilkie, Jr.,
|
||||
Director
|
$12,000
|
None
|
None
|
$12,000
|
Phillip J. Hanrahan,
|
||||
Director
|
$13,250
|
None
|
None
|
$13,250
|
Carl A. Holth,
|
||||
Director
|
$13,250
|
None
|
None
|
$13,250
|
Anne M. Nichols,
|
||||
Director
|
$12,000
|
None
|
None
|
$12,000
|
Donald G. Tyler,
|
||||
Director
|
$13,250
|
None
|
None
|
$13,250
|
Neal F. Zalenko,
|
||||
Director
|
$14,000
|
None
|
None
|
$14,000
|
Board of Directors
|
||
Jason W. Allen
|
Robert M. Bilkie, Jr.
|
Phillip J. Hanrahan
|
Director
|
Chairman of the Board
|
Director
|
Fox Point, WI
|
Northville, MI
|
Whitefish Bay, WI
|
Carl A. Holth
|
Anne M. Nichols
|
Luke E. Sims
|
Director
|
Director
|
President & CEO
|
Dearborn, MI
|
Huntington Woods, MI
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
David C. Sims
|
Donald G. Tyler
|
Neal F. Zalenko
|
VP, Treasurer, CFO, CCO
|
Director
|
Director
|
Secretary & Director
|
Whitefish Bay, WI
|
Birmingham, MI
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
ITEM 2. |
CODE OF ETHICS
|
ITEM 3 |
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
|
ITEM 4. |
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
|
ITEM 5. |
AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS
|
ITEM 6. |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
|
ITEM 7. |
DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
|
ITEM 8. |
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
|
ITEM 9. |
PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
|
ITEM 10. |
SUBMISSION OF MATTER TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
|
ITEM 11. |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
|
ITEM 12. |
DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
|
ITEM 13.
|
EXHIBITS |