As filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008

 

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

811-02273

 

 

TRANSAMERICA INCOME SHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

570 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida

 

33716

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Dennis P. Gallagher, Esq.  P.O. Box 9012, Clearwater, Florida  33758-9771

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(727) 299-1800

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

March 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

October 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

The unaudited Schedule of Investments of Registrant as of December 31, 2007 are attached.

 



 

TRANSAMERICA

 

INCOME SHARES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly Report

December 31, 2007


 

 



 

Transamerica Income Shares, Inc.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

At December 31, 2007

 

(all amounts except share amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

Principal

 

Value

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (6.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligation (6.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, due 11/30/2009

 

$

1,500

 

$

1,502

 

4.13%, due 08/31/2012 ^

 

2,855

 

2,939

 

4.25%, due 11/15/2013 – 11/15/2017 ^

 

1,015

 

1,045

 

4.75%, due 08/15/2017 ^

 

299

 

316

 

4.88%, due 06/30/2012

 

2,455

 

2,604

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations (cost $8,129)

 

 

 

8,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligation

 

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mac

 

 

 

 

 

4.25%, due 10/15/2026

 

2,000

 

1,982

 

Total U.S. Government Agency

 

 

 

 

 

Obligations (cost $1,960)

 

 

 

1,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (4.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

American Tower Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2007-1A, Class C-144A

 

 

 

 

 

5.62%, due 04/15/2037 *

 

1,305

 

1,229

 

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2007-CD4, Class J-144A

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, due 12/11/2049 * Ž

 

1,550

 

1,019

 

SBA CMBS Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-1A, Class D-144A

 

 

 

 

 

5.85%, due 11/15/2036

 

1,212

 

1,176

 

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Trust

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2006-C28, Class H-144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.16%, due 10/15/2048

 

1,240

 

1,058

 

Crown Castle Towers LLC

 

 

 

 

 

5.47%, due 11/15/2036

 

1,700

 

1,655

 

SBA CMBS Trust-144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.17%, due 11/15/2036

 

540

 

516

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $7,291)

 

 

 

6,653

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (84.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, due 08/15/2021

 

2,000

 

2,656

 

Embraer Overseas, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, due 01/24/2017

 

1,525

 

1,447

 

Air Freight & Logistics (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

FedEx Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

9.65%, due 06/15/2012

 

1,000

 

1,172

 

Airlines (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.90%, due 04/19/2022

 

2,000

 

1,800

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.82%, due 08/10/2022

 

980

 

934

 

United Airlines, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.64%, due 07/02/2022

 

1,425

 

1,338

 

Automobiles (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, due 07/15/2013 ^

 

150

 

130

 

Beverages (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Brown-Forman Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.20%, due 04/01/2012

 

1,400

 

1,432

 

Building Products (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

CRH America, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.30%, due 10/15/2013

 

770

 

754

 

Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, due 12/15/2012

 

400

 

412

 

Capital Markets (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.52%, due 06/01/2066 * 1

 

1,005

 

1,001

 

JP Morgan Chase Capital XVIII

 

 

 

 

 

6.95%, due 08/17/2036

 

700

 

665

 

Lazard Group

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, due 05/15/2015

 

1,000

 

1,017

 

Chemicals (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Mosaic Co. (The) -144A

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, due 12/01/2016

 

400

 

432

 

Nalco Co.

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, due 11/15/2011

 

600

 

608

 

Commercial Banks (5.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

HBOS PLC -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.66%, due 05/21/2037 * Ž, 1

 

750

 

621

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP -144A

 

 

 

 

 

10.18%, due 06/30/2030 Ž, 1

 

1,500

 

1,894

 

ICICI Bank, Ltd. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, due 10/03/2012

 

1,245

 

1,234

 

Lloyds TSB Group PLC -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.27%, due 11/14/2016 * Ž

 

803

 

728

 

Rabobank Capital Funding II -144A

 

 

 

 

 

5.26%, due 12/31/2013 * Ž

 

1,175

 

1,095

 

Shinsei Finance Cayman, Ltd. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.42%, due 07/20/2016 Ž, 1

 

700

 

594

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III

 

 

 

 

 

5.80%, due 03/15/2011 Ž, 1

 

796

 

711

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.45%, due 12/15/2065 1

 

1,030

 

960

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

FTI Consulting, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, due 10/01/2016

 

300

 

312

 

Construction Materials (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Lafarge SA

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, due 07/15/2036

 

1,300

 

1,263

 

Texas Industries, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.25%, due 07/15/2013

 

500

 

490

 

 

1



 

 

 

Principal

 

Value

 

Consumer Finance (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cardtronics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.25%, due 08/15/2013

 

$

 525

 

$

 512

 

Containers & Packaging (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Graham Packaging Co., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, due 10/15/2014 ^

 

325

 

299

 

Diversified Financial Services (6.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Galaxy Entertainment Finance Co., Ltd. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, due 12/15/2012

 

500

 

527

 

Glencore Funding LLC -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, due 04/15/2014

 

1,500

 

1,509

 

ILFC E-Capital Trust II -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, due 12/21/2065 1

 

1,000

 

956

 

Mizuho JGB Investment LLC -144A

 

 

 

 

 

9.87%, due 06/30/2008 * Ž, 1

 

2,800

 

2,826

 

MUFG Capital Finance 1, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.35%, due 07/25/2016 * Ž, 1

 

750

 

710

 

Pemex Finance, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

9.03%, due 02/15/2011

 

2,535

 

2,681

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, due 12/01/2030

 

1,100

 

1,290

 

Electric Utilities (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.69 due 05/15/2008 2

 

1,900

 

1,904

 

Sempra Energy

 

 

 

 

 

7.95%, due 03/01/2010

 

1,400

 

1,496

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC -144A

 

 

 

 

 

10.25%, due 11/01/2015

 

275

 

272

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean RIG Norway As -144A

 

 

 

 

 

8.38%, due 07/01/2013

 

650

 

691

 

Food & Staples Retailing (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Stater Brothers Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.13%, due 06/15/2012

 

1,200

 

1,185

 

Food Products (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.75%, due 03/01/2021

 

235

 

312

 

Michael Foods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, due 11/15/2013

 

1,500

 

1,485

 

Gas Utilities (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Intergas Finance BV -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, due 05/14/2017

 

260

 

234

 

Southern Union Co.

 

 

 

 

 

6.15%, due 08/16/2008

 

1,800

 

1,806

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bausch & Lomb, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, due 11/01/2015

 

100

 

102

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (6.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, due 04/15/2013

 

1,500

 

1,716

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, due 07/01/2010

 

1,000

 

930

 

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, due 02/15/2015

 

800

 

752

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, due 02/02/2011

 

2,000

 

2,085

 

Starbucks Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, due 08/15/2017

 

1,235

 

1,282

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, due 05/01/2012

 

1,500

 

1,594

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, due 12/01/2016

 

675

 

640

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp. (The) -144A

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, due 10/15/2017

 

650

 

665

 

AES Gener SA

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, due 03/25/2014

 

1,500

 

1,583

 

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad

 

 

 

 

 

SA/Chile Class B

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, due 04/01/2009

 

1,300

 

1,359

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Susser Holdings LLC

 

 

 

 

 

10.63%, due 12/15/2013

 

704

 

729

 

Insurance (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.40%, due 12/15/2036

 

1,395

 

1,279

 

Oil Insurance, Ltd. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

7.56%, due 06/30/2011 * Ž, 1

 

1,500

 

1,528

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, due 12/15/2065 * 1

 

1,400

 

1,258

 

IT Services (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

ACE Cash Express, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

10.25%, due 10/01/2014

 

250

 

241

 

Aramark Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, due 02/01/2015

 

700

 

709

 

Western Union Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

5.93%, due 10/01/2016

 

685

 

684

 

Machinery (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.65%, due 03/01/2098

 

2,000

 

1,590

 

Polypore, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, due 05/15/2012

 

450

 

440

 

Titan International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, due 01/15/2012

 

600

 

579

 

Tyco Electronics Group SA -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.55%, due 10/01/2017

 

1,334

 

1,372

 

Media (9.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Channel Communications

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, due 11/01/2008

 

1,415

 

1,463

 

Echostar DBS Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, due 02/01/2016

 

250

 

255

 

 

2



 

 

 

Principal

 

Value

 

Historic Tw, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.13%, due 01/15/2013

 

$

 3,500

 

$

 3,976

 

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, due 11/15/2012

 

1,095

 

1,115

 

News America Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.25%, due 02/01/2013

 

2,985

 

3,489

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.90%, due 04/15/2016

 

1,035

 

1,050

 

RH Donnelley Corp. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

8.88%, due 10/15/2017

 

800

 

740

 

Metals & Mining (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.38%, due 04/01/2017

 

125

 

134

 

Pna Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

10.75%, due 09/01/2016

 

375

 

352

 

Vale Overseas, Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, due 01/23/2017

 

1,250

 

1,254

 

Multiline Retail (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, due 10/15/2015

 

1,275

 

1,315

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (7.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

9.88%, due 06/15/2010

 

480

 

538

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, due 01/15/2016

 

1,500

 

1,485

 

Dynegy Holdings, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, due 06/01/2019

 

750

 

692

 

Enterprise Products Operating, LP

 

 

 

 

 

8.38%, due 08/01/2066 * 1

 

600

 

614

 

Gazprom International SA -144A

 

 

 

 

 

7.20%, due 02/01/2020

 

544

 

551

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, due 03/15/2032

 

1,500

 

1,676

 

Markwest Energy Partners, LP /

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, due 07/15/2016

 

200

 

201

 

Opti Canada, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, due 12/15/2014

 

1,000

 

990

 

PetroHawk Energy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

9.13%, due 07/15/2013

 

1,000

 

1,053

 

Sabine Pass Lng, LP

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, due 11/30/2016

 

850

 

812

 

Teppco Partners, LP

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, due 06/01/2067 * 1

 

1,500

 

1,370

 

Paper & Forest Products (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, due 08/15/2010

 

2,000

 

2,183

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.13%, due 05/01/2011

 

1,350

 

1,474

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

 

 

 

 

 

6.30%, due 06/15/2016

 

1,968

 

1,929

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, LP

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, due 11/01/2013

 

1,500

 

1,511

 

Road & Rail (5.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

CSX Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, due 03/15/2011

 

1,500

 

1,574

 

Erac USA Finance Co. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

6.80%, due 02/15/2008

 

2,100

 

2,103

 

Hertz Corp. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

10.50%, due 01/01/2016

 

1,000

 

1,035

 

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, due 12/01/2013

 

820

 

809

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.20%, due 04/15/2009

 

1,145

 

1,169

 

Specialty Retail (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Claire’s Stores, Inc. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

10.50%, due 06/01/2017 ^

 

350

 

187

 

Petro Stopping Centers, LP / Petro

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, due 02/15/2012

 

1,000

 

1,045

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign Capital Trust VI

 

 

 

 

 

7.91%, due 06/13/2036

 

875

 

846

 

Tobacco (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

11.00%, due 05/15/2012

 

450

 

470

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

American Tower Corp. -144A

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, due 10/15/2017

 

750

 

754

 

New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.13%, due 05/01/2012

 

1,400

 

1,556

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities (cost $113,505)

 

 

 

113,282

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

PREFERRED STOCKS (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Centaur Funding Corp. -144A

 

852

 

987

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

 

33,334

 

733

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

IndyMac Bank Fsb -144A

 

59,200

 

640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $3,007)

 

 

 

2,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral (cost $5,070) £

 

 

 

5,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities (cost $138,962) #

 

 

 

$

137,753

 

 

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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

^

 

At December 31, 2007, all or a portion of this security is on loan. The value at December 31, 2007, of all securities on loan is $4,967.

*

 

Floating or variable rate note. Rate is listed as of December 31, 2007.

1

 

Coupon rate is fixed for a predetermined period of time and then converts to a floating rate until maturity/call date. Rate is listed as of December 31, 2007.

2

 

Step Bond. Interest rate may increase or decrease as the credit rating changes.

Ž

 

The security has a perpetual maturity. The date shown is the next call date.

#

 

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $140,038. Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value was $2,285. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $2,285.

£

 

Securities Lending Collateral is comprised of the following:

 

 

 

Reserve Primary Money Market fund, 4.95%

 

$

2,070

 

Morgan Stanley & Co (Corp. Repo.),

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement, 4.95% 1/2/2008

 

$

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,070

 

 

DEFINITIONS:

144A

 

144A Securities are registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2007, these securities aggregated $33,712 or 24.99% of net assets of the fund

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)          The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer evaluated the registrant’s controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940), are appropriately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files on Form N-Q(a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(b)         The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

 



 

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.

 

 

Transamerica Income Shares, Inc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John K. Carter

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: February 29, 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/ John K. Carter

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

Date:

February 29, 2008

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph P. Carusone

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

Date:

February 29, 2008