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

811-5770

 

 

THE CHILE FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
466 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York

 

10017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

J. Kevin Gao, Esq.
466 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(212) 875-3500

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31st

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2006

 

 



 

Item 1:                                                          Schedule of Investments

 



 

The Chile Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments - March 31, 2006 (unaudited)

 

 

 

No. of

 

 

 

Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

EQUITY OR EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES-98.59%

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines-1.40%

 

 

 

 

 

Lan Airlines S.A.

 

275,270

 

$

2,151,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking-5.27%

 

 

 

 

 

Banco de Crédito e Inversiones

 

23,829

 

644,424

 

Banco Santander Chile S.A.

 

177,100,000

 

7,436,075

 

 

 

 

 

8,080,499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cement-0.46%

 

 

 

 

 

Cementos Bio-Bio S.A.

 

270,000

 

712,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceramic Products-0.45%

 

 

 

 

 

Cerámicas Cordillera S.A.

 

67,165

 

690,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals-Diversified-3.82%

 

 

 

 

 

Enaex S.A.

 

110,000

 

455,584

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., Class B

 

258,000

 

2,947,729

 

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., Class B, ADR

 

21,600

 

2,451,600

 

 

 

 

 

5,854,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Toiletries-0.56%

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratorios Andromaco S.A.

 

4,049,928

 

863,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Operations-14.82%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas Copec S.A.

 

2,405,000

 

22,737,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated-23.62%

 

 

 

 

 

Colbun S.A.

 

24,000,000

 

3,381,891

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.

 

21,068,000

 

21,423,045

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., ADR

 

41,900

 

1,264,542

 

Enersis S.A.

 

34,304,548

 

8,198,078

 

Enersis S.A., ADR

 

165,600

 

1,964,016

 

 

 

 

 

36,231,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Beverages-13.99%

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Embonor S.A., Class A†

 

3,118,592

 

2,791,085

 

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A.

 

1,179,003

 

5,893,331

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A., PNA

 

1,370,000

 

3,208,798

 

Embotelladora Andina S.A., PNB

 

780,000

 

1,930,877

 

Viña Concha y Toro S.A.

 

4,803,800

 

7,043,561

 

Viña San Pedro S.A.

 

65,000,000

 

594,116

 

 

 

 

 

21,461,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food-Retail-5.10%

 

 

 

 

 

Cencosud S.A.

 

2,200,000

 

5,613,634

 

Cencosud S.A., ADR††

 

47,700

 

1,825,708

 

Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A.

 

1,200,000

 

388,460

 

 

 

 

 

7,827,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infrastructure-2.30%

 

 

 

 

 

Infraestructura 2000*†

 

19,568,922

 

3,526,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Related Products-13.41%

 

 

 

 

 

Empresas CMPC S.A.

 

711,000

 

20,579,263

 

 

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Retail-Diversified-1.58%

 

 

 

 

 

Comercial Siglo XXI S.A.

 

780,000

 

2,428,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail-Major Department Stores-5.05%

 

 

 

 

 

Ripley Corp. S.A.†

 

625,000

 

596,258

 

S.A.C.I. Falabella, S.A.

 

2,316,000

 

7,144,473

 

 

 

 

 

7,740,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel-2.27%

 

 

 

 

 

CAP S.A.

 

250,000

 

3,475,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated-3.69%

 

 

 

 

 

Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., Class A

 

1,840,000

 

4,134,438

 

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.

 

138,965

 

1,521,563

 

 

 

 

 

5,656,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles-0.03%

 

 

 

 

 

Zalaquett S.A.

 

1,496,767

 

51,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Utilities-0.77%

 

 

 

 

 

Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A.

 

200,000

 

205,659

 

Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas S.A., ADR† ††

 

48,000

 

972,000

 

 

 

 

 

1,177,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY OR EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $86,403,785)

 

 

 

151,248,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS-1.58%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chilean Mutual Funds-1.50%

 

 

 

 

 

Fondo Mutuo Bice Drefyus Manager

 

504,588

 

1,809,224

 

Fondo Mutuo Security Check

 

86,539

 

485,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Chilean Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $2,271,108)

 

 

 

2,295,192

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts (000’s)

 

 

 

Grand Cayman-0.08%

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank N.A., overnight deposit, 3.90%

 

 

 

 

 

4/03/06** (Cost $119,000)

 

$

119

 

119,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $2,390,108)

 

 

 

2,414,192

 

Total Investments-100.17%

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $88,793,893)

 

 

 

153,662,627

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Cash and

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets-(0.17)%

 

 

 

(257,015

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS-100.00%

 

 

 

$

153,405,612

 

 

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                                          Non-income producing security.

††                                    SEC Rule 144A security. Such securities are traded only among “qualified institutional buyers.”

*                                         Not readily marketable security; security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors under procedures established by the Board of Directors.

**                                  Variable rate account. Rate resets on a daily basis; amounts are available on the same business day.

ADR                     American Depository Receipts.

PNA                      Preferred Shares, Series A.

PNB                        Preferred Shares, Series B.

 

Security Valuation - The net asset value of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”) on each day the Exchange is open for business. The Fund’s equity investments are valued at market value, which is generally determined using the closing price on the exchange or market on which the security is primarily traded at the time of valuation (the “Valuation Time”). If no sales are reported, equity investments are generally valued at the most recent bid quotation as of the Valuation Time or at the lowest ask quotation in the case of a short sale of securities. Debt securities with a remaining maturity greater than 60 days are valued in accordance with the price supplied by a pricing service, which may use a matrix, formula or other objective method that takes into consideration market indices, yieldcurves and other specific adjustments. Debt obligations that will mature in 60 days or less are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value, unless it is determined that this method would not represent fair value. Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing net asset value per share on the day of valuation. Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s Valuation Time, but after the close of the securities’ primary market, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors under procedures established by the Board of Directors. The Fund may utilize a service provided by an independent third party which has been approved by the Board of Directors to fair value certain securities. At March 31, 2006, the Fund held 2.30% of its net assets in a security valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Board of Directors with an aggregate cost of $4,177,645 and fair value of $3,526,672. The Fund’s estimate of fair value assumes a willing buyer and a willing seller neither acting under a compulsion to buy or sell. Although this security may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized on such sales could differ from the prices originally paid by the Fund or the current carrying values, and the difference could be material.

 

Federal Income Tax Cost - At March 31, 2006, the identified cost for federal income tax purposes, as well as the gross unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost, gross unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value and the net unrealized appreciation from investments were $88,795,530, $66,508,292, $(1,641,195) and $64,867,097, respectively.

 

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is also available on the Fund’s website at http://www.credit-suisse.com/us as well as on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission - http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Item 2:           Controls and Procedures

 

(a)           As of a date within 90 days from the filing date of this report, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)), were effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities and 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 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3:           Exhibits

 

1.             The certifications of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act are exhibits to this report.

 



 

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.

 

 

THE CHILE FUND, INC.

 

 

 

/s/Steven Plump

 

 

Name:

Steven Plump

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:

May 26, 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.

 

/s/Steven Plump

 

 

Name:

Steven Plump

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:

May 26, 2006

 

 

/s/Michael A. Pignataro

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Pignataro

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date:

May 26, 2006