Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Ultra MicroCap Fund
Semi-Annual Reports
April 30, 2013
(Unaudited)
The PERRITT MICROCAP OPPORTUNITIES FUND will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of United States companies that at the time of initial purchase have a market capitalization (equity market value) that is below $500 million. The Fund seeks to invest in microcap companies that have demonstrated above-average growth in revenues and/or earnings, possess relatively low levels of long-term debt, have a high percentage of their shares owned by company management, and possess modest price-to-sales ratios and price-to-earnings ratios that are below their long-term annual growth rate. At times, the Fund may also invest in “special situations” such as companies that possess valuable patents, companies undergoing restructuring, and companies involved in large share repurchase programs. Investors should expect the Fund to contain a mix of both value-priced and growth stocks.
The PERRITT ULTRA MICROCAP FUND will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of United States companies that at the time of initial purchase have a market capitalization (equity market value) that is below $300 million (referred to as “microcap” companies). The Fund seeks to invest in microcap companies that have a high percentage of their shares owned by company management, possess relatively low levels of long-term debt, have a potential for above average growth in revenues and/or earnings, and possess reasonable valuations based on the ratios of price-to-sales, price-to-earnings, and price-to-book values. The microcap companies in which the Fund may invest include “early stage” companies, which are companies that are in a relatively early stage of development with market capitalizations that are below $50 million. At times, the Fund may also invest in unseasoned companies, companies that are undergoing corporate restructuring, initial public offerings, and companies believed to possess undervalued assets.
Semi-Annual Report
April 30, 2013
(Unaudited)
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
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From the Desk of Michael Corbett, President
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Performance
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Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings
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Allocation of Portfolio Investments
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
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From the Desk of Michael Corbett, President
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Performance
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Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings
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Allocation of Portfolio Investments
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Perritt Funds
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Schedule of Investments
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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Statement of Operations
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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Financial Highlights
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Notes to Financial Statements
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Expense Example
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Advisory Agreement
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Directors and Officers
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Information
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Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Michael Corbett,
President
On April 11, 2013, the Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund celebrated its 25th year of operations. We are proud to be among a limited group of mutual funds, not to mention one of the only micro-cap funds, to have achieved such a long-term record.
The Fund posted a 16.78 percent return during the past six months ended April 30, 2013, which compares favorably to the 16.58 percent return for the benchmark Russell 2000 Index and the 16.17 percent return for the Russell MicroCap Index. The Fund’s complete performance results as well as the performance for the Russell 2000 Index and the Russell Microcap Index can be found on page 5.
We liquidated nine companies from the Fund’s portfolio during the past six months. We sold four companies because they reached our long-term price targets: American Railcar Industries (ARII), Argan (ARG), Astro-Med (ALOT) and Kimball International (KBALB). Another four companies were sold after reporting disappointing operating results: Dolan Media (DM), Hooper Holmes (HH), Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) and Roundy’s (RNDY). Lastly, we sold Heelys (HLYS) after management announced a deal to take the company private.
Two of the Fund’s long-term holdings were significant contributors to the Fund’s performance during the past six months: Barrett Business Services (BBSI) and BioScrip (BIOS). Each of these stocks posted strong gains after reporting material business developments. Barrett Business Services’ stock was the strongest contributor to the Fund during the past six months, as its stock climbed by 78 percent. Barrett’s material business development was that the company bought 3.0 million shares of its own stock from the previous founder’s estate, which was largely accretive to earnings and removed a significant overhang in the company’s stock. BioScrip was also a strong contributor to the Fund’s performance, as its stock rose by more than 50 percent during the past six months. BioScrip’s material business developments included management selling a lower margin business at a good price, as well as purchasing several new businesses with higher margins. The net result was a very attractive growth business with high margins, attributes which we believe the stock market has been rewarding recently.
The Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund has not paid out a capital gain distribution since November 2007. The Fund, however, should pay out a capital gain distribution near the end of calendar year 2013. At the end of fiscal 2012, the Fund had a little more than $1.3 million in tax-loss carry forwards. These tax-loss carry forwards have been more than offset by the gains the Fund has realized in the past six months. It is impossible to estimate the capital gain distribution at this time, but we are highly confident there should be a capital gain distribution at the end of the calendar year. Please visit our website later this year, as we should be posting an estimate of the capital gain distribution sometime in November.
I am proud to report that the Fund’s expense ratio declined for the past six months from the expense ratio reported in fiscal 2012. If the assets under management are maintained (or increased) it is likely that the Fund’s expense ratio will be the lowest in the Fund’s history. The Fund’s officers and Board of Directors are to be commended for a remarkable job on cost controls. Please see page 5 for our expense ratio per our Prospectus.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Michael Corbett joined the firm in 1990 as a research analyst. He was appointed co-manager of the MicroCap Opportunities Fund in 1996 and President of the
Fund in 1999. A graduate of DePaul University, Mr. Corbett has been President of the Ultra MicroCap Fund since its inception. He is responsible for the daily
operations of both funds and assumed the lead portfolio management duties of both the MicroCap Opportunities Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund in October 2010.
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As of April 30, 2013, the Fund’s portfolio contained the common stocks of 112 companies, 11 of which were added during the past six months. The Fund’s 10 largest holdings and detailed descriptions can be found on page 6 of this report. Based on our earnings estimate, the Fund’s portfolio is trading at approximately 16.7 times 2013 earnings and slightly less than 15 times 2014 earnings estimate. Stocks in the portfolio are priced at 0.8 times average revenue and the median market capitalization is approximately $221 million. Finally, the average stock in the Fund is trading at slightly less than 1.4 times book value.
I want to thank my fellow shareholders for their continued support and confidence in the Perritt Capital Management team. We remain dedicated to investing in quality micro-cap companies at attractive valuations. If you have any questions or comments about this report or your investment in the Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund, please call us toll-free at (800) 331-8936 or visit our web site at www.perrittmutualfunds.com. Please refer to the prospectus for information about the Fund’s investment objectives and strategies.
Michael Corbett
President
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Funds invest in smaller companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility than larger companies. The Funds invest in micro-cap companies which tend to perform poorly during times of economic stress.
The information provided herein represents the opinion of Perritt Capital Management and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, nor investment advice.
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
The Russell 2000 Index consists of the smallest 2,000 companies of the 3,000 U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index, ranked by market capitalization. The Russell Microcap index is a capitalization weighted index of 2,000 small-cap and micro-cap stocks that captures the smallest 1,000 companies in the Russell 2000, plus 1,000 smaller U.S.-based listed stocks. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Book Value: The net asset value of a company, calculated as total assets minus total liabilities.
Price-to-Earnings: Current share price divided by trailing twelve-month earnings.
Market Capitalization: Total dollar market value of all of a company’s outstanding shares.
Any tax or legal information provided is merely a summary of our understanding and interpretation of some of the current income tax regulations and is not exhaustive. Investors must consult their tax advisor or legal counsel for advice and information concerning their particular situation. Neither the Fund nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice.
The Perritt Funds are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Performance* (Unaudited)
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April 30, 2013
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Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund versus
Russell 2000® Index and Russell MicroCap® Index
There are several ways to evaluate a fund’s historical performance. You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average annual percentage change, or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. Each performance figure includes changes in a fund’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends (or income) and capital gains (the profits the fund earns when it sells stocks that have grown in value).
Cumulative total returns reflect the Fund’s actual performance over a set period. For example, if you invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5% return over one year, you would end up with $1,050. You can compare the Fund’s returns to the Russell 2000® Index, which reflects a popular measure of the stock performance of small companies, and the Russell MicroCap® Index, which measures the performance of the micro-cap segment of the U.S. equity market.
Average annual total returns take the Fund’s actual (or cumulative) return and show you what would have happened if the Fund had performed at a constant rate each year.
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The graph illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund 10 years ago. Assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, but does not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charge or redemption fees or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of the Fund shares. The graph does not imply any future performance.
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Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Performance* (Unaudited) (Continued
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April 30, 2013
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Cumulative Total Returns**
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Periods ended April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
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10 Years
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Perritt MicroCap
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Opportunities Fund
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16.78%
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13.35%
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24.94%
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29.55%
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183.59%
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245.13%
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625.70%
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Russell 2000® Index
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16.58%
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17.69%
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37.70%
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42.06%
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170.71%
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138.88%
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457.08%
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for fees and expenses)
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Russell
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MicroCap® Index
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16.17%
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18.57%
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32.22%
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35.24%
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136.79%
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(reflects no deduction
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for fees and expenses)
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Average Annual Total Returns**
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Periods ended April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
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Opportunities Fund
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13.35%
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7.70%
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5.31%
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10.99%
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8.61%
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10.42%
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Russell 2000® Index
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17.69%
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11.25%
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7.27%
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10.47%
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5.98%
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8.97%
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fees and expenses)
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Russell MicroCap® Index
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18.57%
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9.76%
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6.22%
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9.00%
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fees and expenses)
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The Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the period ended February 28, 2013, as stated in the statutory prospectus, was 1.27%. The Fund imposes a 2% redemption fee on shares held for less than 90 days. Performance data does not reflect the redemption fee. If reflected, total returns would be reduced.
Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end is available on the Fund’s website at www.perrittmutualfunds.com or by calling 800-331-8936.
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The tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
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Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings (Unaudited)
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Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI)
provides business management solutions in the United States. The company offers human resource management services in areas comprising payroll processing, employee benefits and administration, human resource management, risk management, and workers’ compensation coverage areas.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS)
engages in the processing and marketing of tree nuts and peanuts in the United States. It offers raw and processed nuts, including peanuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachios, filberts, cashews, English walnuts, black walnuts, pine nuts, and macadamia nuts. The company provides its products under various private labels, as well as under the Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, and Sunshine Country brand names.
BioScrip, Inc. (BIOS)
provides comprehensive infusion and home care solutions. The company’s services partners with patients, physicians, hospitals, healthcare payors, and pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide clinical management solutions and the delivery of access to prescription medications and home healthcare services.
Newpark Resources Inc (NR)
provides various products and services primarily to the oil and gas exploration industry. The company operates its business through three segments: Fluid Systems and Engineering which offers drilling fluids and related engineering services; Mats and Integrated services offering matting solutions for the protection of the environment and to stabilize unstable soil condition; and Environmental Services which collects and disposes of non-hazardous oil field and industrial wastes from offshore rigs and land locations in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (GCA)
provides cash access and data intelligence services and solutions to the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. It sells its products and services primarily through direct sales force to traditional land-based casinos, riverboats and cruise ships with gaming operations.
Ducommun Inc (DCO)
provides engineering and manufacturing services for high-performance products and high-cost-of failure applications used primarily in the aerospace, defense, industrial, energy, and medical industries. It offers a range of value-added products and services in its primary businesses of electronics, structures, and integrated solutions.
Orchids Paper Products Company (TIS)
engages in the manufacture and sale of various private label tissue products for the consumer market. Its products include paper towels, bathroom tissue, and paper napkins. The company markets its products directly, as well as through a network of independent brokers. It serves dollar stores, discount retailers, grocery stores, grocery wholesalers and co-operatives, and convenience stores primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Landec Corp (LNDC)
engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of polymer products for food and agricultural products, medical devices and licensed partner applications that incorporate its patented polymer technologies. Its Food Products Technology segment markets and packs specialty packaged whole and fresh-cut vegetables utilizing the BreatheWay specialty packaging technology for the retail grocery, club store, and food services industry. Landec also has two major joint venture partners in Windset Farms and Apio, which are both in the vegetable distribution business.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings (Unaudited) (Continued)
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Aceto Corp. (ACET)
engages in the sourcing, regulatory support, marketing, and distribution of pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients, finished dosage form generics, nutraceutical products, agricultural protection products, and specialty chemicals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Health Sciences, Specialty Chemicals, and Agricultural Protection Products.
Photronics Inc (PLAB)
engages in the manufacture and sale of photomasks, which are high precision photographic quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. The company’s photomasks are a main element in the manufacture of semiconductors and flat panel displays (FPDs), and are used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and flat panel substrates during the fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs) and various FPDs and other types of electrical and optical components.
Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and
are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report for a complete list of Fund holdings.
Allocation of Portfolio Investments (Unaudited)
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April 30, 2013
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The sector classifications represented in the graph above and industry classifications represented in the
Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which was
developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor Financial Services LLC.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
The Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund (formerly the Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund), posted a 13.04 percent return during the six months ended April 30, 2013. The complete performance results can be viewed on page 11. We have included both the Russell 2000 Index and the Russell Microcap Index to compare performance of the Fund to the small-cap and micro-cap segment of the marketplace.
While the Ultra MicroCap Fund’s absolute performance in the past six months is encouraging, we are partly disappointed due to the fact that the majority of companies within the portfolio have not participated in the recent stock market rally. We believe a large part of this underperformance is related to the fact that stocks in the ultra micro-cap universe tend to fly under the radar screen of most investors. The micro-cap universe, particularly stocks under $100 million market capitalization, can be ignored by investors for an extended period of time. In my more than two decades of experience in the micro-cap world, I have seen a great deal of quality companies perform well within their businesses, yet have their stocks ignored. Ultimately, the companies were discovered, and the stocks performed remarkably well. But it was often several quarters or years later before the strong performance in those stocks became realized. It is this ignored phenomenon that has lead some, including us, to say that the Ultra MicroCap world shares some similarities with that of the Private Equity world.* As a result, we decided to publish a white paper on this subject. This new white paper is available on our website, and it is titled:
“Alternative to an Alternative: Active Microcap vs Private Equity.”
During the past six months, we sold 15 positions from the Ultra MicroCap Fund’s portfolio. Four companies were sold from the portfolio due to buy-out offers: BioClinica (BIOC), Heelys (HLYS), Turbosonic Technologies (TSTA) and Williams Controls (WMCO). Companies such as Astro-Med (ALOT), Adcare (ADK), Carriage Services (CSV) and Perceptron (PRCP) were each sold because they reached our long-term price target. The remaining seven companies were sold due to reporting disappointing operating results.
As of April 30, 2013, the Ultra MicroCap Fund’s portfolio contained the common stocks of 94 companies, six of which were added during the past six months. The Fund’s largest holdings and detailed description can be found on page 12 of this report. Based on our earnings estimate, the Fund’s portfolio is trading at slightly less than 15 times 2013 earnings and slightly more than 13 times 2014 earnings. The average stock in the portfolio is priced at 0.6 times revenue and the median market capitalization is approximately $54 million. Finally, the average stock in the portfolio is priced at 1.2 times book value.
Our approach to investing in the bottom decile of the micro-cap universe for the Ultra MicroCap Fund remains steadfast. We seek quality companies with market capitalizations between $10 million and $300 million. There are a variety of ways to judge a company’s level of quality. While we use several different instruments to judge quality, our investment team evaluates three primary criteria. First, we look at the quality of management and the businesses. Second, we evaluate the potential returns on capital and equity. Lastly, we use a strict nine factor evaluation to judge the quality of the company’s financial statements. Our strict judgment on a company’s financial statements results in the majority of the
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
companies in the Fund having very clean balance sheets. As an example, the average company in the Ultra MicroCap Fund has less than 3 percent of its assets in debt. We believe that the Fund’s median market capital of $54 million is a testament to our strategy of investing in true micro-cap companies. The Fund has the lowest average market capitalization out of all 8,115 funds listed by Morningstar as Micro-Cap Funds, (June 5, 2013).
I want to thank my fellow shareholders for their continued support and confidence in the Perritt Capital Management team. I was one of the first three investors in the Ultra MicroCap Fund at its inception in 2004. We remain dedicated to investing in quality micro-cap companies at attractive valuations. If you have any questions or comments about this report or your investment in the Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund, please call us toll-free at (800) 331-8936 or visit our web site at www.perrittmutualfunds.com. Please refer to the prospectus for information about the Fund’s investment objectives and strategies.
Michael Corbett
President
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Private Equity is capital that is not quoted on a public stock exchange. Private equity consists of investors and funds that make investments directly into private companies or conduct buyouts of public companies that result in a delisting of public equity. The majority of private equity consists of institutional investors and accredited investors who can commit large sums of money for long periods of time. Private equity investments often demand long holding periods to allow for a turnaround of a distressed company or a liquidity event such as an IPO or sale to a public company. The Ultra MicroCap Fund invests in companies that are often targeted by private equity investors due to their business characteristics and small market capitalizations. However The Ultra MicroCap Fund only invests in companies that are listed on public stock exchanges.
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The information provided herein represents the opinion of Perritt Capital Management and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, nor investment advice.
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Funds invest in smaller companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility than larger companies. The Funds invest in micro-cap companies which tend to perform poorly during times of economic stress. The Ultra MicroCap Fund may invest in early stage companies which tend to be more volatile and somewhat more speculative than investments in more established companies.
The Russell 2000 Index consists of the smallest 2,000 companies in a group of 3,000 U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by market capitalization. The Russell Microcap index is a capitalization weighted index of 2,000 small-cap and micro-cap stocks that captures the smallest 1,000 companies in the Russell 2000, plus 1,000 smaller U.S.-based listed stocks. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Book Value is the net asset value of a company, calculated by subtracting total liabilities from total assets.
Price-to-Earnings: Current share price divided by trailing twelve-month earnings.
The Perritt Funds are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Performance* (Unaudited)
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April 30, 2013
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund versus
Russell 2000® Index and Russell MicroCap® Index
There are several ways to evaluate a fund’s historical performance. You can look at the total percentage change in value, the average annual percentage change, or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. Each performance figure includes changes in a fund’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends (or income) and capital gains (the profits the fund earns when it sells stocks that have grown in value).
Cumulative total returns reflect the Fund’s actual performance over a set period. For example, if you invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5% return over one year, you would end up with $1,050. You can compare the Fund’s returns to the Russell MicroCap® Index, which measures the performance of the micro-cap segment of the U.S. equity market, and the Russell 2000® Index, which reflects a popular measure of the stock performance of small companies.
Average annual total returns take the Fund’s actual (or cumulative) return and show you what would have happened if the Fund had performed at a constant rate each year.
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The graph illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Fund at inception (August 30, 2004) through April 30, 2013. Assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, but does not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charge or redemption fees or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph does not imply any future performance.
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Performance* (Unaudited) (Continued)
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April 30, 2013
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Cumulative Total Returns**
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Periods ended April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
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13.04%
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7.97%
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21.16%
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15.56%
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56.69%
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Russell 2000® Index
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16.58%
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17.69%
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37.70%
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42.06%
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95.25%
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fees and expenses)
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Russell MicroCap® Index
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16.17%
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18.57%
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32.22%
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35.24%
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61.20%
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Average Annual Total Returns**
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Periods ended April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
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Past
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
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7.97%
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6.61%
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2.93%
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5.32%
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Russell 2000® Index
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17.69%
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11.25%
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7.27%
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8.03%
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fees and expenses)
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Russell MicroCap® Index
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18.57%
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9.76%
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6.22%
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5.66%
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fees and expenses)
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The Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the period ended February 28, 2013, as stated in the statutory prospectus, was 1.85%. The Fund imposes a 2% redemption fee on shares held for less than 90 days. Performance data does not reflect the redemption fee. If reflected, total returns would be reduced.
Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end is available on the Fund’s website at www.perrittmutualfunds.com or by calling 800-331-8936.
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The tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
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Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings (Unaudited)
|
Napco Security Technologies, Inc. (NSSC)
manufactures and sells security products for intrusion, fire, video, wireless, access control, and door locking systems. The company offers intrusion and fire alarms, building access control systems, and electronic locking devices for commercial, residential, institutional, industrial, and governmental applications.
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (PPBI)
operates as the holding company for Pacific Premier Bank that provides banking services to businesses. As of March 26, 2013, the company operated 10 depository branches located in the cities of Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, San Bernardino, and Seal Beach.
Addus HomeCare Corp. (ADUS)
provides a range of home and community based services to older adults and younger disabled individuals in the United States. The company serves individuals with special needs who are at risk of hospitalization or institutionalization, such as the elderly, chronically ill, and disabled.
Sparton Corporation (SPA)
provides complex and sophisticated electromechanical devices with capabilities that include concept development, industrial design, design and manufacturing engineering, production, distribution, field service, and refurbishment. The primary markets served are Medical, Military & Aerospace, and Industrial & Instrumentation.
HopFed Bancorp Inc. (HFBC)
operates as the holding company for Heritage Bank, which provides various banking products and services in middle and western Tennessee, and western Kentucky. The company attracts deposits from the general public and invests such deposits in loans secured by single family residential real estate and investment securities.
Newtek Business Services, Inc. (NEWT)
provides business services to the small-and medium-sized business markets in the United States. It provides electronic payment processing services and ancillary processing equipment and software to merchants who accept credit cards, debit cards, checks, and other non-cash forms of payment. The company also provides shared and dedicated hosting services under the CrystalTech brand name. In addition, it originates, sells, and services small businesses loans by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Datalink Corporation (DTLK)
engages in the design, installation, and support of data center solutions to mid and large-size companies. It is involved in assessing, designing, deploying, managing, and supporting unified infrastructures, such as servers, storage, and networks; and reselling hardware and software from original equipment manufacturers.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS)
engages in the processing and marketing of tree nuts and peanuts in the United States. It offers raw and processed nuts, including peanuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachios, filberts, cashews, English walnuts, black walnuts, pine nuts, and macadamia nuts. The company provides its products under various private labels, as well as under the Fisher, Orchard Valley Harvest, and Sunshine Country brand names.
Manitex International Inc (MNTX)
provides engineered lifting solutions including cranes, reach stackers and associated container handling equipment, rough terrain forklifts, indoor electric forklifts and special mission oriented vehicles, including parts support.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Ten Largest Common Stock Holdings (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
G. Willi Food-International Ltd (WILC)
engaged directly and through its subsidiaries in the design, import, marketing and distribution of over 600 food products worldwide. The company markets and sells its food products to over 1,500 customers in Israel and around the world including large retail and private supermarket chains, wholesalers and institutional consumers.
Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change at any time and
are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in this report for a complete list of Fund holdings.
Allocation of Portfolio Investments (Unaudited)
|
April 30, 2013
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|
The sector classifications represented in the graph above and industry classifications represented in the
Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which was
developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor Financial Services LLC.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
COMMON STOCKS – 90.38%
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aerospace & Defense – 2.13%
|
|
|
|
|
244,541
|
|
CPI Aerostructures,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
$
|
2,252,222
|
|
|
206,722
|
|
Ducommun, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
5,062,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,314,844
|
|
Auto Parts & Equipment – 1.25%
|
|
|
|
|
|
140,381
|
|
Miller Industries, Inc.
|
|
|
2,121,157
|
|
|
486,081
|
|
SORL Auto
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parts, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,399,913
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Stoneridge, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
757,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,278,070
|
|
Building Materials – 0.87%
|
|
|
|
|
|
180,000
|
|
Insteel Industries, Inc.
|
|
|
2,984,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business Services – 9.33%
|
|
|
|
|
|
115,000
|
|
Barrett Business
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services, Inc.
|
|
|
6,088,100
|
|
|
370,000
|
|
Datalink Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
4,140,300
|
|
|
195,000
|
|
GP Strategies Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
4,299,750
|
|
|
875,000
|
|
Innodata
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Isogen, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,870,000
|
|
|
708,200
|
|
Official Payments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,980,084
|
|
|
566,800
|
|
PRGX Global, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,168,412
|
|
|
489,500
|
|
RCM Technologies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,765,675
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
Rentrak
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation
(a)
|
|
|
2,943,200
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
Virtusa Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,776,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,032,321
|
|
Chemical & Related Products – 4.44%
|
|
|
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
Aceto Corporation
|
|
|
4,680,000
|
|
|
195,900
|
|
KMG Chemicals, Inc.
|
|
|
3,596,724
|
|
|
387,023
|
|
Omnova
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solutions, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,581,443
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
Penford Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
4,400,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,258,167
|
|
Computers & Electronics – 1.93%
|
|
|
|
|
|
323,569
|
|
Cyberoptics Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,808,751
|
|
|
463,700
|
|
PC-Tel, Inc.
|
|
|
3,092,879
|
|
|
190,000
|
|
Rimage Corporation
(a)
|
|
|
1,711,900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,613,530
|
|
Construction & Engineering – 3.95%
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
Comfort Systems
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
USA, Inc.
|
|
|
3,207,500
|
|
|
395,000
|
|
Furmanite Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
2,508,250
|
|
|
1,001,900
|
|
Hill International,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,755,225
|
|
|
287,919
|
|
MFRI, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,101,809
|
|
|
296,400
|
|
Sterling Construction
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,999,568
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,572,352
|
|
Consumer Products – Distributing – 0.41%
|
|
|
|
|
|
137,900
|
|
Body Central Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,403,822
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Products – Manufacturing – 5.96%
|
|
|
|
|
|
203,553
|
|
A.T. Cross Co.
(a)
|
|
|
2,568,839
|
|
|
140,000
|
|
Flexsteel Industries
|
|
|
2,882,600
|
|
|
1,200,000
|
|
Furniture Brands
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,320,000
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
Motorcar Parts of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
America, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 4/24/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $968,750)
(a)(b)
|
|
|
747,500
|
|
|
329,356
|
|
Motorcar Parts of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
America, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,969,549
|
|
|
219,096
|
|
Orchids Paper
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products Co.
|
|
|
5,039,208
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Steinway Musical
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Instruments, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,494,000
|
|
|
150,500
|
|
Universal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electronics, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,458,490
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,480,186
|
|
Consumer Services – 2.37%
|
|
|
|
|
|
425,000
|
|
Hudson Technologies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,717,000
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Intersections, Inc.
|
|
|
2,868,000
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
Stewart Enterprises,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc. – Class A
|
|
|
3,564,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,149,000
|
|
Energy & Related Services – 8.45%
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
|
Cal Dive
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,340,000
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
Hornbeck Offshore
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,369,000
|
|
|
275,000
|
|
Matrix Service Co.
(a)
|
|
|
4,133,250
|
|
|
110,961
|
|
Michael Baker Corp.
|
|
|
2,701,900
|
|
|
158,401
|
|
Mitcham Industries,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,352,255
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy & Related Services (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Newpark Resources,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
$
|
5,250,000
|
|
|
135,442
|
|
PHI, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,761,224
|
|
|
421,596
|
|
TGC Industries, Inc.
|
|
|
3,104,500
|
|
|
653,100
|
|
Uranium Energy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,012,305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,024,434
|
|
Environmental Services – 0.46%
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,125,000
|
|
Perma-Fix Environmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services
(a)
|
|
|
1,593,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Services – 6.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
447,000
|
|
Atlas Financial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)(e)
|
|
|
3,263,100
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
B of I Holding, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
4,078,000
|
|
|
728,100
|
|
Global Cash Access
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
5,191,353
|
|
|
245,000
|
|
Nicholas Financial, Inc.
|
|
|
3,581,900
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
Oppenheimer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
111,000
|
|
|
323,588
|
|
SWS Group, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,841,216
|
|
|
510,000
|
|
U.S. Global Investors,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc. – Class A
|
|
|
1,392,300
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
Virtus Investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,865,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,323,869
|
|
Food – 3.57%
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
|
|
|
2,134,000
|
|
|
259,600
|
|
John B. Sanfilippo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
& Son, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
5,446,408
|
|
|
350,000
|
|
Landec Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
4,693,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,273,908
|
|
Leisure – 2.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,784
|
|
Ascent Media Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
783,518
|
|
|
1,053,776
|
|
Century Casinos, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,077,026
|
|
|
655,000
|
|
Full House
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resorts, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,807,800
|
|
|
92,252
|
|
Monarch Casino &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resort, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,187,283
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,855,627
|
|
Medical Supplies & Services – 8.33%
|
|
|
|
|
|
367,500
|
|
Addus Homecare
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
4,351,200
|
|
|
327,899
|
|
Allied Healthcare
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
(a)
|
|
|
882,048
|
|
|
215,000
|
|
Anika Therapeutics,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,870,250
|
|
|
390,000
|
|
BioScrip, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
5,405,400
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
Exactech, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,405,000
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
Five Star Quality
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Care, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,128,500
|
|
|
515,000
|
|
Medical Action
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industries, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
4,186,950
|
|
|
220,553
|
|
Syneron Medical
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd.
(a)
|
|
|
1,969,538
|
|
|
125,900
|
|
The Ensign Group,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
|
|
|
4,390,133
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,589,019
|
|
Minerals & Resources – 0.32%
|
|
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
Vista Gold Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,092,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas – 1.88%
|
|
|
|
|
|
305,000
|
|
Hallador Energy Co.
|
|
|
2,183,800
|
|
|
229,174
|
|
Triangle Petroleum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,258,165
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
Vaalco Energy, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,024,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,465,965
|
|
Retail – 2.86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
204,630
|
|
Kirklands, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,467,838
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
PCM, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,625,000
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
Rush Enterprises,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,485,000
|
|
|
244,636
|
|
Systemax, Inc.
|
|
|
2,240,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,818,704
|
|
Semiconductor Related Products – 4.77%
|
|
|
|
|
|
383,900
|
|
Integrated Silicon
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solution, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,520,363
|
|
|
575,000
|
|
Photronics, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
4,536,750
|
|
|
333,650
|
|
Rudolph Technologies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,893,695
|
|
|
93,936
|
|
Sparton Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,304,771
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Ultra Clean
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,130,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,385,579
|
|
Software – 2.91%
|
|
|
|
|
|
410,000
|
|
American Software,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc. – Class A
|
|
|
3,407,100
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Clicksoftware
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technologies Ltd.
|
|
|
1,080,000
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
35,000
|
|
Computer Task
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group, Inc.
|
|
$
|
718,200
|
|
|
1,880,000
|
|
iPass, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,628,400
|
|
|
137,042
|
|
VASCO Data Security
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,166,228
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,999,928
|
|
Specialty Manufacturing – 8.15%
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,000
|
|
AEP Industries, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,698,500
|
|
|
225,000
|
|
China Gerui Advanced
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Materials Group Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 6/1/10,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $1,282,500)
(a)(b)
|
|
|
378,000
|
|
|
585,000
|
|
China Gerui Advanced
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Materials Group
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd.
(a)
|
|
|
982,800
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
Courier Corp.
|
|
|
2,880,000
|
|
|
110,000
|
|
Douglas Dynamics,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
|
|
|
1,538,900
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Federal Signal Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
3,880,000
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
Global Power Equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group, Inc.
|
|
|
2,145,000
|
|
|
65,000
|
|
L.B. Foster Co.
|
|
|
2,869,750
|
|
|
130,000
|
|
LMI Aerospace, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,780,700
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
Manitex International,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,798,750
|
|
|
186,647
|
|
Northern Technologies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
2,015,788
|
|
|
74,000
|
|
Northwest Pipe Co.
(a)
|
|
|
2,019,460
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,987,648
|
|
Telecommunications – 4.10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
700,000
|
|
Gilat Satellite
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Networks Ltd.
(a)
|
|
|
3,885,000
|
|
|
268,000
|
|
Globecomm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Systems, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,283,000
|
|
|
238,000
|
|
Oplink Communications,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,907,960
|
|
|
275,000
|
|
SeaChange International,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
2,986,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,062,460
|
|
Transportation – 3.44%
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
Republic Airways
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,678,500
|
|
|
420,000
|
|
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.
|
|
|
3,633,000
|
|
|
133,333
|
|
Star Bulk Carriers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
834,665
|
|
|
310,000
|
|
StealthGas, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
3,205,400
|
|
|
381,532
|
|
USA Truck, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,957,259
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Vitran Corporation,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
482,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,790,824
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL COMMON
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $261,742,269)
|
|
$
|
310,350,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REAL ESTATE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 1.13%
|
|
|
|
|
|
224,494
|
|
Monmouth Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Corp. –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A
|
|
$
|
2,388,616
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
Whitestone Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Trust
|
|
|
1,485,000
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT TRUSTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $2,353,052)
|
|
$
|
3,873,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
WARRANTS – 0.00%
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas – 0.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,555
|
|
Magnum Hunter Resources
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp. Warrant (Acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8/29/2011, Cost $0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration: 10/14/2013,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$10.50
(a)(b)
|
|
$
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WARRANTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $0)
|
|
$
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RIGHTS – 0.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas – 0.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
305,000
|
|
Sino Clean Energy,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(c)(d)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL RIGHTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $0)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
SHORT TERM
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENTS – 8.67%
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,749,627
|
|
Alpine Municipal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund, 0.11%
|
|
|
$
|
12,749,627
|
|
|
17,000,000
|
|
Fidelity Institutional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Funds –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prime Money Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portfolio, 0.04%
|
|
|
|
17,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SHORT TERM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $29,749,627)
|
|
|
$
|
29,749,627
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $293,844,948) –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100.18
%
|
|
$
|
343,981,988
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities in Excess
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of Other Assets –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.18
)%
|
|
|
(605,418
|
)
|
|
|
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100.00
%
|
|
$
|
343,376,570
|
|
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Restricted under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. See Note 7 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
|
(c)
|
The price for this security was derived from an estimate of fair market value using methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. This security represents $0 or 0.00% of the Fund’s Net Assets. Sino Clean Energy, Inc. Rights were classified as a level 3 security.
|
(d)
|
Contingent Value Right. See Note 11 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
|
(e)
|
Affiliated issuer: See Note 12 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Schedule of Investments
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
COMMON STOCKS – 96.91%
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aerospace & Defense – 1.68%
|
|
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
CPI Aerostructures,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
$
|
368,400
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
Kratos Defense & Security
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solutions, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
458,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
826,500
|
|
Air Transport – 1.33%
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,000
|
|
AeroCentury Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
652,740
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auto Parts & Equipment – 0.80%
|
|
|
|
|
|
137,100
|
|
SORL Auto
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parts, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
394,848
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology – 1.63%
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
Trinity Biotech
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PLC – ADR
|
|
|
799,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business Services – 10.76%
|
|
|
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
Datalink Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
839,250
|
|
|
71,022
|
|
Edgewater Technology,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
274,145
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
GBS Enterprises, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 2/24/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $750,000)
(a)(b)
|
|
|
121,200
|
|
|
174,000
|
|
Innodata Isogen, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
570,720
|
|
|
415,309
|
|
Newtek Business
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
847,230
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Official Payments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
562,000
|
|
|
2,010,000
|
|
Quadrant 4 Systems
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp. (Acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/19/2011 and 4/7/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $603,000)
(a)(b)
|
|
|
110,550
|
|
|
490,000
|
|
Quadrant 4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Systems Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
26,950
|
|
|
89,500
|
|
RCM Technologies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
505,675
|
|
|
21,360
|
|
Rentrak Corporation
(a)
|
|
|
483,591
|
|
|
210,000
|
|
SmartPros Ltd.
|
|
|
319,200
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
WidePoint Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
622,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,282,511
|
|
Chemical & Related Products – 1.31%
|
|
|
|
|
|
226,795
|
|
Flexible Solutions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
181,436
|
|
|
39,800
|
|
TOR Minerals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
460,884
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
642,320
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.08%
|
|
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
General Finance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
529,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computers & Electronics – 7.12%
|
|
|
|
|
|
290,000
|
|
ADDvantage Technologies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
684,400
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
Concurrent Computer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporation
|
|
|
528,000
|
|
|
70,000
|
|
Cyberoptics Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
391,300
|
|
|
275,000
|
|
Dot Hill Systems
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
415,250
|
|
|
288,900
|
|
NAPCO Security
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technologies, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
1,224,936
|
|
|
135,000
|
|
Socket Mobile, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
248,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,492,286
|
|
Construction & Engineering – 1.06%
|
|
|
|
|
71,113
|
|
MFRI, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
519,125
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Products – Manufacturing – 3.27%
|
|
|
|
|
|
49,900
|
|
A.T. Cross Co.
(a)
|
|
|
629,738
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Emerson Radio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
480,000
|
|
|
24,000
|
|
Flexsteel Industries
|
|
|
494,160
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,603,898
|
|
Consumer Services – 3.07%
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,216
|
|
Hudson Technologies,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
606,873
|
|
|
221,125
|
|
Noah Education
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd. – ADR
(a)
|
|
|
318,420
|
|
|
457,432
|
|
Primo Water Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
580,939
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,506,232
|
|
Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 6.35%
|
|
|
|
|
|
99,000
|
|
Allied Motion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technologies, Inc.
|
|
|
706,860
|
|
|
373,200
|
|
Iteris, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
582,192
|
|
|
42,000
|
|
LGL Group, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
218,400
|
|
|
38,324
|
|
Magnetek, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
598,238
|
|
|
241,400
|
|
Universal Power
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
426,071
|
|
|
276,000
|
|
Wells-Gardner
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electronics Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
585,120
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,116,881
|
|
Energy & Related Services – 0.92%
|
|
|
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
Acorn Energy, Inc.
|
|
|
450,000
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Environmental Services – 2.30%
|
|
|
|
|
440,000
|
|
Perma-Fix Environmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services
(a)
|
|
$
|
330,000
|
|
|
182,000
|
|
Versar, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
797,160
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,127,160
|
|
Financial Services – 13.80%
|
|
|
|
|
|
71,500
|
|
Atlas Financial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
521,950
|
|
|
15,000
|
|
B of I Holding, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
611,700
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
Bank of Commerce
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings
|
|
|
455,400
|
|
|
112,500
|
|
Hennessy Advisors, Inc.
|
|
|
757,125
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
Homeowners
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Choice, Inc.
|
|
|
530,800
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
HopFed Bancorp, Inc.
|
|
|
872,800
|
|
|
26,500
|
|
JTH Holding, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
458,715
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
MicroFinancial, Inc.
|
|
|
809,000
|
|
|
99,300
|
|
Pacific Premier
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bancorp
(a)
|
|
|
1,206,495
|
|
|
95,000
|
|
United Insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings Corp.
|
|
|
550,050
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,774,035
|
|
Food – 5.35%
|
|
|
|
|
|
49,000
|
|
Diversified Restaurant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
340,550
|
|
|
119,000
|
|
G. Willi-Food
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Ltd.
(a)
|
|
|
810,390
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
John B. Sanfilippo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
& Son, Inc.
|
|
|
839,200
|
|
|
146,000
|
|
Willamette Valley
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vineyards, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
636,560
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,626,700
|
|
Leisure – 3.96%
|
|
|
|
|
|
226,248
|
|
Century Casinos, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
660,644
|
|
|
153,946
|
|
Full House
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Resorts, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
424,891
|
|
|
435,440
|
|
Galaxy Gaming, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
130,632
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
Reading International,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
727,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,943,667
|
|
Medical Supplies & Services – 6.98%
|
|
|
|
|
|
90,000
|
|
Addus Homecare
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
1,065,600
|
|
|
125,761
|
|
Allied Healthcare
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
(a)
|
|
|
338,297
|
|
|
39,100
|
|
Birner Dental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management Services,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
|
|
|
699,108
|
|
|
800,000
|
|
Hooper Holmes, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
344,000
|
|
|
82,000
|
|
Lakeland Industries,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
327,180
|
|
|
44,943
|
|
Liberator Medical
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
47,640
|
|
|
50,647
|
|
MGC Diagnostics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
359,087
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Urologix, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
245,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,425,912
|
|
Minerals & Resources – 0.58%
|
|
|
|
|
|
170,000
|
|
Vista Gold Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
285,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motion Pictures – 0.83%
|
|
|
|
|
|
90,333
|
|
Ballantyne Strong,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
405,595
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas – 0.91%
|
|
|
|
|
|
133,280
|
|
American Standard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 2/2/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $435,750)
(a)(b)
|
|
|
77,302
|
|
|
51,460
|
|
Hallador Energy Co.
|
|
|
368,454
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
445,756
|
|
Retail – 0.51%
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
Hastings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entertainment, Inc.
|
|
|
252,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductor Related Products – 5.00%
|
|
|
|
|
|
185,000
|
|
AXT, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
530,950
|
|
|
187,300
|
|
inTEST Corp.
|
|
|
543,170
|
|
|
419,100
|
|
On Track Innovations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd.
(a)
|
|
|
440,055
|
|
|
67,700
|
|
Sparton Corporation
(a)
|
|
|
940,353
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,454,528
|
|
Software – 4.25%
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
American Software,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc. – Class A
|
|
|
415,500
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
ARI Network
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
622,500
|
|
|
70,000
|
|
Evolving Systems, Inc.
|
|
|
401,800
|
|
|
264,400
|
|
Navarre Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
645,136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,084,936
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty Manufacturing – 8.83%
|
|
|
|
|
131,046
|
|
China Solar & Clean
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Solutions, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 3/15/2005,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/3/2005, and 3/5/2008,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $441,000)
(a)(b)
|
|
$
|
3,931
|
|
|
74,000
|
|
Core Molding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technologies, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
659,340
|
|
|
141,700
|
|
CTI Industries Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
722,670
|
|
|
64,524
|
|
Digital Ally, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
387,144
|
|
|
36,867
|
|
Friedman Industries
|
|
|
350,974
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
Manitex International,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
810,400
|
|
|
32,000
|
|
Northern Technologies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
345,600
|
|
|
76,502
|
|
Orbit International
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
270,434
|
|
|
760,000
|
|
TechPrecision Corp.
(a)
|
|
|
782,800
|
|
|
166,667
|
|
Worldwide Energy &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing USA, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 1/26/2010,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $749,997)
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
46,183
|
|
Worldwide Energy &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing USA,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc.
(a)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,333,293
|
|
Telecommunications – 1.12%
|
|
|
|
|
|
184,924
|
|
Management Network
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
549,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transportation – 2.11%
|
|
|
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Euroseas Ltd.
|
|
|
339,000
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Frozen Food Express
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industries, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
381,000
|
|
|
65,500
|
|
Vitran Corp, Inc.
(a)
|
|
|
315,710
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,035,710
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL COMMON
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $45,926,586)
|
|
$
|
47,560,658
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
WARRANTS – 0.00%
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,625
|
|
American Standard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Corp. Warrant A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 2/24/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $0) Expiration:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/1/2016, Exercise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price: $5.00
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
35,625
|
|
American Standard
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Corp. Warrant B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 2/24/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $0) Expiration:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/1/2016, Exercise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price: $6.50
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
GBS Enterprises, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant (Acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2/24/2011, Cost $0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration: 3/11/14,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$1.50
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1,666,667
|
|
Quadrant 4 Systems Corp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant (Acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/18/2011, Cost $0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration: 1/18/2016,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$0.60
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Products – Manufacturing
|
|
|
|
|
|
52,500
|
|
Sinohub, Inc. Warrant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Acquired 3/21/2011,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost $0) Expiration:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/21/2013, Exercise
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price: $0.60
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty Manufacturing
|
|
|
|
|
|
418,518
|
|
Worldwide Energy &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing USA,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inc. Warrant (Acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/26/2010, Cost $0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expiration: 1/26/2015,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$5.65
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL WARRANTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $0)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Shares
|
|
SHORT TERM
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENTS – 3.09%
|
|
|
|
|
1,517,788
|
|
Fidelity Institutional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Funds –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prime Money Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portfolio, 0.04%
|
|
$
|
1,517,788
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SHORT TERM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $1,517,788)
|
|
$
|
1,517,788
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $47,444,374) –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100.00%
|
|
$
|
49,078,446
|
|
|
|
|
Other Assets in Excess
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of Liabilities –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00%
|
|
|
1,771
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL NET ASSETS –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100.00%
|
|
$
|
49,080,217
|
|
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ADR – American Depository Receipt
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Restricted under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. See Note 7 of the Notes to Financial Statements.
|
(c)
|
The prices for these securities were derived from an estimate of fair market value using methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. These securities represent $0 or 0.00% of the Fund’s Net Assets. These securities were classified as level 3 securities.
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
|
April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
|
|
|
Opportunities Fund
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments at value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers
|
|
$
|
340,718,888
|
|
|
$
|
49,078,446
|
|
Affiliated issuers
|
|
|
3,263,100
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Receivable for fund shares issued
|
|
|
591,242
|
|
|
|
73,407
|
|
Receivable for investments sold
|
|
|
1,035,287
|
|
|
|
60,622
|
|
Dividends and interest receivable
|
|
|
43,159
|
|
|
|
5,880
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
45,072
|
|
|
|
15,677
|
|
Total Assets
|
|
|
345,696,748
|
|
|
|
49,234,032
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payable for investments purchased
|
|
|
1,843,438
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Payable for fund shares purchased
|
|
|
52,099
|
|
|
|
42,483
|
|
Payable to Advisor
|
|
|
277,300
|
|
|
|
51,791
|
|
Payable to Officer & Directors
|
|
|
15,562
|
|
|
|
15,562
|
|
Accrued expenses & other liabilities
|
|
|
131,779
|
|
|
|
43,979
|
|
Total Liabilities
|
|
|
2,320,178
|
|
|
|
153,815
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
$
|
343,376,570
|
|
|
$
|
49,080,217
|
|
Net Assets Consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital stock
|
|
$
|
278,928,896
|
|
|
$
|
48,717,128
|
|
Accumulated net investment loss
|
|
|
(523,427
|
)
|
|
|
(216,296
|
)
|
Accumulated undistributed net realized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gain/(loss) on investments sold
|
|
|
14,834,061
|
|
|
|
(1,054,687
|
)
|
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
|
|
|
50,137,040
|
|
|
|
1,634,072
|
|
Total Net Assets
|
|
$
|
343,376,570
|
|
|
$
|
49,080,217
|
|
Capital Stock, $0.01 and $0.0001 par value, respectively
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authorized
|
|
|
40,000,000
|
|
|
|
100,000,000
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
11,207,097
|
|
|
|
3,774,409
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
$
|
343,376,570
|
|
|
$
|
49,080,217
|
|
Net asset value price per share
|
|
$
|
30.64
|
|
|
$
|
13.00
|
|
Cost of Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers
|
|
$
|
291,221,741
|
|
|
$
|
47,444,374
|
|
Affiliated issuers
|
|
|
2,623,207
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
|
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
|
|
|
Opportunities Fund
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
Investment Income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers
|
|
$
|
2,958,574
|
|
|
$
|
445,490
|
|
Less: Foreign tax withheld
|
|
|
(91,860
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Issuance fees
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4,942
|
)
|
Interest income
|
|
|
4,802
|
|
|
|
531
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
2,871,516
|
|
|
|
441,079
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment advisory fee
|
|
|
1,607,269
|
|
|
|
310,593
|
|
Shareholder servicing
|
|
|
161,976
|
|
|
|
35,383
|
|
Administration fee
|
|
|
62,657
|
|
|
|
9,392
|
|
Fund accounting expenses
|
|
|
38,982
|
|
|
|
6,810
|
|
Officer & directors’ fees & expenses
|
|
|
34,722
|
|
|
|
34,722
|
|
Printing & Mailing fees
|
|
|
18,260
|
|
|
|
9,801
|
|
Federal & state registration fees
|
|
|
17,066
|
|
|
|
19,323
|
|
Other expense
|
|
|
16,430
|
|
|
|
5,582
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
16,054
|
|
|
|
17,269
|
|
Custodian fees
|
|
|
9,974
|
|
|
|
3,565
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
1,983,390
|
|
|
|
452,440
|
|
Net investment income gain/(loss)
|
|
|
888,126
|
|
|
|
(11,361
|
)
|
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized gain/(loss) on investments
|
|
|
16,184,211
|
|
|
|
(13,107
|
)
|
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
|
|
32,178,927
|
|
|
|
6,146,693
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
|
|
|
48,363,138
|
|
|
|
6,133,586
|
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
|
|
$
|
49,251,264
|
|
|
$
|
6,122,225
|
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
|
|
|
Opportunities Fund
|
|
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
April 30, 2013
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
October 31, 2012
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
888,126
|
|
|
$
|
1,263,855
|
|
Net realized gain on investments
|
|
|
16,184,211
|
|
|
|
6,233,200
|
|
Net increase in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
|
|
32,178,927
|
|
|
|
32,295,513
|
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
49,251,264
|
|
|
|
39,792,568
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(2,669,596
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total dividends and distributions
|
|
|
(2,669,596
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Capital Stock Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares issued
|
|
|
40,659,776
|
|
|
|
58,945,712
|
|
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
|
(54,588,108
|
)
|
|
|
(128,484,720
|
)
|
Reinvestment of distributions
|
|
|
2,464,206
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Redemption fees
|
|
|
17,788
|
|
|
|
13,050
|
|
Net decrease in net assets from capital share transactions
|
|
|
(11,446,338
|
)
|
|
|
(69,525,958
|
)
|
Total Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets
|
|
|
35,135,330
|
|
|
|
(29,733,390
|
)
|
Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of the Period
|
|
|
308,241,240
|
|
|
|
337,974,630
|
|
End of the Period
|
|
$
|
343,376,570
|
|
|
$
|
308,241,240
|
|
Accumulated undistributed net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
investment income/(loss)
|
|
$
|
(523,427
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,258,043
|
|
Capital Share Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
793,860
|
|
|
|
2,299,328
|
|
Issued to shareholder in reinvestment of dividends
|
|
|
89,154
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Shares redeemed
|
|
|
(1,280,935
|
)
|
|
|
(5,077,472
|
)
|
Net decrease from capital stock transactions
|
|
|
(397,921
|
)
|
|
|
(2,778,144
|
)
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
April 30, 2013
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
October 31, 2012
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment loss
|
|
$
|
(11,361
|
)
|
|
$
|
(308,731
|
)
|
Net realized gain/(loss) on investments
|
|
|
(13,107
|
)
|
|
|
1,036,592
|
|
Net increase in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
|
|
6,146,693
|
|
|
|
1,968,947
|
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
6,122,225
|
|
|
|
2,696,808
|
|
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Total dividends and distributions
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Capital Stock Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares issued
|
|
|
14,370,311
|
|
|
|
8,839,910
|
|
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
|
(19,993,930
|
)
|
|
|
(26,264,033
|
)
|
Reinvestment of distributions
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Redemption fees
|
|
|
4,915
|
|
|
|
14,511
|
|
Net decrease in net assets from capital share transactions
|
|
|
(5,618,704
|
)
|
|
|
(17,409,612
|
)
|
Total Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets
|
|
|
503,521
|
|
|
|
(14,712,804
|
)
|
Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of the Period
|
|
|
48,576,696
|
|
|
|
63,289,500
|
|
End of the Period
|
|
$
|
49,080,217
|
|
|
$
|
48,576,696
|
|
Accumulated undistributed net investment loss
|
|
$
|
(216,296
|
)
|
|
$
|
(204,935
|
)
|
Capital Share Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
1,219,215
|
|
|
|
774,439
|
|
Issued to shareholder in reinvestment of dividends
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Shares redeemed
|
|
|
(1,668,652
|
)
|
|
|
(2,355,879
|
)
|
Net decrease from capital stock transactions
|
|
|
(449,437
|
)
|
|
|
(1,581,440
|
)
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
For a Fund share outstanding throughout the period
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
For the Years Ended October 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
|
$
|
26.47
|
|
|
$
|
23.43
|
|
|
$
|
24.52
|
|
|
$
|
19.83
|
|
|
$
|
15.92
|
|
|
$
|
34.24
|
|
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income/(loss)
2
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|
|
(0.15
|
)
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
(0.13
|
)
|
Net realized and unrealized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gain/(loss) on investments
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
2.94
|
|
|
|
(0.98
|
)
|
|
|
4.84
|
|
|
|
3.94
|
|
|
|
(13.43
|
)
|
Total from investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
operations
|
|
|
4.41
|
|
|
|
3.04
|
|
|
|
(1.09
|
)
|
|
|
4.69
|
|
|
|
3.91
|
|
|
|
(13.56
|
)
|
Less dividends and distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions from net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
realized gains
|
|
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4.77
|
)
|
Total dividends and distributions
|
|
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4.77
|
)
|
Redemption fees
2
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
0.01
|
2
|
Net asset value, end of period
|
|
$
|
30.64
|
|
|
$
|
26.47
|
|
|
$
|
23.43
|
|
|
$
|
24.52
|
|
|
$
|
19.83
|
|
|
$
|
15.92
|
|
Total return
1
|
|
|
16.78
|
%
|
|
|
12.97
|
%
|
|
|
(4.45
|
%)
|
|
|
23.59
|
%
|
|
|
24.56
|
%
|
|
|
(45.32
|
%)
|
Supplemental data and ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
$
|
343,377
|
|
|
$
|
308,241
|
|
|
$
|
337,975
|
|
|
$
|
371,998
|
|
|
$
|
315,865
|
|
|
$
|
234,350
|
|
Ratio of net expenses to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average net assets
|
|
|
1.23
|
%
4
|
|
|
1.26
|
%
|
|
|
1.22
|
%
|
|
|
1.27
|
%
|
|
|
1.42
|
%
|
|
|
1.37
|
%
|
Ratio of net investment loss to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average net assets
|
|
|
0.55
|
%
4
|
|
|
0.38
|
%
|
|
|
(0.42
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.67
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.18
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.56
|
%)
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
|
|
8.4
|
%
5
|
|
|
14.0
|
%
|
|
|
25.4
|
%
|
|
|
41.5
|
%
|
|
|
25.4
|
%
|
|
|
26.7
|
%
|
1
|
Total return reflects reinvested dividends but does not reflect the impact of taxes.
|
2
|
Net Investment income (loss) and redemption fees per share has been calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
|
3
|
Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
|
4
|
Annualized.
|
5
|
Not Annualized.
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
For a Fund share outstanding throughout the period
|
|
For the
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
For the Years Ended October 31,
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
|
$
|
11.50
|
|
|
$
|
10.90
|
|
|
$
|
11.10
|
|
|
$
|
8.14
|
|
|
$
|
6.42
|
|
|
$
|
16.45
|
|
Income/(loss) from investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment loss
2
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
(0.15
|
)
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
(0.16
|
)
|
Net realized and unrealized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
gain/(loss) on investments
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
0.66
|
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
|
|
(8.28
|
)
|
Total from investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
operations
|
|
|
1.50
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
(0.21
|
)
|
|
|
2.96
|
|
|
|
1.72
|
|
|
|
(8.44
|
)
|
Less dividends and distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions from net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
realized gains
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1.59
|
)
|
Total dividends and distributions
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1.59
|
)
|
Redemption fees
2
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
|
|
—
|
3
|
Net asset value, end of period
|
|
$
|
13.00
|
|
|
$
|
11.50
|
|
|
$
|
10.90
|
|
|
$
|
11.10
|
|
|
$
|
8.14
|
|
|
$
|
6.42
|
|
Total return
1
|
|
|
13.04
|
%
|
|
|
5.50
|
%
|
|
|
(1.80
|
%)
|
|
|
36.36
|
%
|
|
|
26.79
|
%
|
|
|
(56.37
|
%)
|
Supplemental data and ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
$
|
49,080
|
|
|
$
|
48,577
|
|
|
$
|
63,290
|
|
|
$
|
96,532
|
|
|
$
|
64,002
|
|
|
$
|
40,794
|
|
Ratio of net expenses to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average net assets
|
|
|
1.82
|
%
4
|
|
|
1.85
|
%
|
|
|
1.65
|
%
|
|
|
1.72
|
%
|
|
|
2.12
|
%
|
|
|
1.87
|
%
|
Ratio of net investment loss to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average net assets
|
|
|
(0.05
|
%)
4
|
|
|
(0.56
|
%)
|
|
|
(1.11
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.57
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.07
|
%)
|
|
|
(1.42
|
%)
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
|
|
6.3
|
%
5
|
|
|
14.6
|
%
|
|
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
|
29.0
|
%
|
|
|
19.6
|
%
|
|
|
13.2
|
%
|
1
|
Total return reflects reinvested dividends but does not reflect the impact of taxes.
|
2
|
Net Investment income (loss) and redemption fees per share has been calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
|
3
|
Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
|
4
|
Annualized.
|
5
|
Not Annualized.
|
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of this schedule.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
|
April 30, 2013
1.
Organization
|
Perritt
Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was organized on March 19, 2004 as a Maryland corporation and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-ended investment company. The Corporation consists of Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund (“MicroCap Fund”) and Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund (“Ultra MicroCap Fund”) (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”). Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund, Inc., predecessor to the Micro Cap Fund, commenced operations on April 11, 1988. As part of a plan of reorganization, on February 28, 2013, Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund, Inc. merged into a newly-created series within the Corporation.
|
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
|
a.
|
Exchange-listed securities are generally valued at the last sales price reported by the principal security exchange on which the issue is traded, or if no sale is reported, the mean between the latest bid and ask price unless the Funds investment advisor believes that the mean does not represent a fair value, in which case the securities are fair valued as set forth below. Securities listed on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Demand notes, commercial paper, U.S. Treasury Bills and warrants are stated at fair value using market prices if available, or a pricing service when such prices are believed to reflect fair value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds advisor under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Board of Directors of the Funds. The Funds fair value procedures allow for the use of certain methods performed by the Funds advisor to value those securities for which market quotations are not readily available, at a price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive upon a sale of such securities. For example, these methods may be based on a multiple of earnings, or a discount from market of a similar freely traded security, or a yield to maturity with respect to debt issues, or a combination of these and other methods.
|
|
|
|
|
b.
|
Net realized gains and losses on securities are computed using the first-in, first-out method.
|
|
|
|
|
c.
|
Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital, which are included as a component of net investment income and realized gain (loss) on investments, respectively, have been provided for in accordance with the Funds understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities. Investment and shareholder transactions are recorded on the trade date.
|
|
|
|
|
d.
|
Provision has not been made for federal income tax since the Funds have elected to be taxed as a “regulated investment company” and intend to distribute substantially all income to their shareholders and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies.
|
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
|
e.
|
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.
|
|
|
|
|
f.
|
Dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds may periodically make reclassifications among certain of its capital accounts as a result of the timing and characterization of certain income and realized gain distributions determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. The MicroCap Fund has reclassified the components of its capital accounts for the year ended October 31, 2012 by increasing accumulated net investment income by $753,047, decreasing accumulated net realized losses by $850,230 and increasing capital stock by $97,183. The Ultra MicroCap Fund has reclassified the components of its capital accounts for the year ended October 31, 2012 by increasing accumulated net investment loss by $103,796 and decreasing capital stock by $103,796.
|
|
|
|
|
g.
|
As of and during the six months ended April 30, 2013, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense on the Statement of Operations. During those six months, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties. The Funds are not subject to examination by U.S. federal tax authorities for any tax years before 2008.
|
3.
Security Valuation
|
GAAP establishes an authoritative definition of fair value and sets out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. GAAP also requires additional disclosures about the various inputs used to develop the measurements of fair value. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
|
|
• Level 1 –
|
Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
|
|
|
|
|
• Level 2 –
|
Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or the identical security on an inactive market, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
|
|
|
|
|
• Level 3 –
|
Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
|
|
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds net assets as of April 30, 2013:
|
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
|
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Investments in Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Discretionary
|
|
$
|
34,504,405
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
34,504,405
|
|
|
Consumer Staples
|
|
|
12,619,616
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
12,619,616
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
39,626,899
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
39,626,899
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
17,132,516
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
17,132,516
|
|
|
Health Care
|
|
|
28,589,019
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
28,589,019
|
|
|
Industrials
|
|
|
84,930,522
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
84,930,522
|
|
|
Information Technology
|
|
|
70,508,675
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
70,508,675
|
|
|
Materials
|
|
|
22,438,755
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
22,438,755
|
|
|
Total Common Stocks
|
|
|
310,350,407
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
310,350,407
|
|
|
Fixed Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real Estate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Trusts
|
|
|
3,873,616
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3,873,616
|
|
|
Total Fixed Income
|
|
|
3,873,616
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3,873,616
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
8,338
|
|
|
Total Warrants
|
|
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
8,338
|
|
|
Short Term Investments
|
|
|
29,749,627
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
29,749,627
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Securities
|
|
$
|
343,981,988
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
343,981,988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Investments in Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Discretionary
|
|
$
|
6,746,350
|
|
|
$
|
1,105,802
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
7,852,152
|
|
|
Consumer Staples
|
|
|
2,914,728
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,914,728
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
445,756
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
445,756
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
5,558,195
|
|
|
|
757,125
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6,315,320
|
|
|
Health Care
|
|
|
3,850,592
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3,850,592
|
|
|
Industrials
|
|
|
11,044,503
|
|
|
|
696,506
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
11,741,009
|
|
|
Information Technology
|
|
|
12,157,267
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
12,157,267
|
|
|
Materials
|
|
|
2,283,834
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2,283,834
|
|
|
Total Common Stocks
|
|
|
45,001,225
|
|
|
|
2,559,433
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
47,560,658
|
|
|
Short Term Investments
|
|
|
1,517,788
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,517,788
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Securities
|
|
$
|
46,519,013
|
|
|
$
|
2,559,433
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
49,078,446
|
|
|
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for additional information regarding the composition of the amounts listed above.
|
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
|
Below are the transfers into or out of Levels 1 and 2 for the Funds using market values measured at the end of the reporting period:
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
Transfers into Level 1
|
|
$
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,206,739
|
|
|
Transfers out of Level 1
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
2,559,433
|
|
|
Net Transfers in/(out) of Level 1
|
|
$
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
$
|
(1,352,693
|
)
|
|
Transfers into Level 2
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,559,433
|
|
|
Transfers out of Level 2
|
|
|
8,338
|
|
|
|
|
1,206,739
|
|
|
Net Transfers in/(out) of Level 2
|
|
$
|
(8,338
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
1,352,693
|
|
|
The securities transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to securities not trading on the last day of the reporting period.
|
|
The securities transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to an increase of observable market data from an increase in market activity. Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.
|
|
On November 1, 2012, the combined market values of the Funds’ Level 3 securities was zero. There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the six months ended April 30, 2013. As of April 30, 2013, the combined market values of the Funds’ Level 3 securities was zero.
|
|
The following table presents information about unobservable inputs related to the Funds’ categories of Level 3 investments as of April 30, 2013.
|
|
|
Fair Value at
|
Valuation
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
4/30/13
|
Techniques
|
Inputs
|
Ranges
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities
|
$ —
|
Intrinsic Value
|
No active market
|
$0.00 – $0.00
|
|
Rights
|
—
|
Expected proceeds
|
No active market
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
from pending
|
Qualitative information
|
|
|
|
|
litigation
|
based on the status
|
|
|
|
|
|
of pending litigation
|
|
|
Warrants
|
—
|
Intrinsic
|
Warrant Strike
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
Value
|
price & underlying
|
|
|
|
|
|
stock price
|
|
|
Equity Securities & Rights
|
|
As there is no active market for these level 3 securities, the value is being derived from qualitative information based on available information.
|
|
The fair value of the warrant is derived by calculating the difference between the underlying equity security’s price and the strike price of the warrant. An increase in the underlying equity security’s price will increase the fair value of the warrant security. Alternatively, a decrease in the underlying equity security’s price will decrease the fair value of the warrant security.
|
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
4.
Investment Advisory Agreement
|
For each Fund, the Corporation entered into an investment advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) with Perritt Capital Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”), with whom certain officers and directors of the Corporation are affiliated, to furnish investment advisory services to that Fund. Under the terms of the agreements, the MicroCap Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee at the annual rate of 1% of the Fund’s daily average net assets and Ultra MicroCap Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee equal to 1.25% of its average net assets less than or equal to $100 million; 1.00% with respect to average net assets in excess of $100 million and less than or equal to $200 million; and 0.50% with respect to average net assets in excess of $200 million. At April 30, 2013, the MicroCap Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund had fees due to the Advisor of $277,300 and $51,791, respectively. For the six months ended April 30, 2013, the MicroCap Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund had incurred advisory fees of $1,607,269 and $310,593, respectively.
|
|
The Advisor manages the Funds investments subject to the supervision of the Funds’ Board of Directors. The Advisor is responsible for investment decisions and supplies investment research and portfolio management. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Advisor, at its own expense and without reimbursement from the Funds, will furnish office space and all necessary office facilities, equipment and personnel for making the investment decisions necessary for managing the Funds and maintaining its organization, will pay the salaries and fees of all officers and directors of the Funds (except the Chief Compliance Officer’s salary and the fees paid to disinterested directors) and will bear all sales and promotional expenses of the Funds.
|
5.
Investment Transactions
|
Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term investments, for the six months ended April 30, 2013 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
Purchases
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
U.S. Government
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
25,853,110
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
55,813,991
|
|
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,003,038
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
9,196,910
|
|
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
6. Federal Income Tax Matters
As of October 31, 2012, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
Cost of investments for tax purposes
|
|
$
|
291,001,098
|
|
|
|
$
|
53,219,115
|
|
|
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
|
|
$
|
76,897,729
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,828,897
|
|
|
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
|
|
|
(58,939,616
|
)
|
|
|
|
(16,360,197
|
)
|
|
Net tax unrealized depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
on investments
|
|
|
17,958,113
|
|
|
|
|
(4,531,300
|
)
|
|
Distributable ordinary income
|
|
|
1,258,043
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Distributable long-term capital gains
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Total distributable earnings
|
|
|
1,258,043
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Other accumulated losses
|
|
|
(1,350,150
|
)
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|
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(1,227,836
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)
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Total accumulated losses
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$
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17,866,006
|
|
|
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$
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(5,759,136
|
)
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The difference between book and tax basis distributable earnings is primarily related to the deferral of losses on wash sales.
At October 31, 2012, the MicroCap Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund deferred, on a tax basis, late year ordinary losses of $0 and $204,935, respectively.
The tax composition of distributions paid during the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
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Ordinary Income
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Long-term Capital Gains
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2012
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2011
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2012
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2011
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MicroCap Fund
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$
|
—
|
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$
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—
|
|
|
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$
|
—
|
|
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$
|
—
|
|
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
|
—
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|
|
|
—
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|
—
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—
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As of October 31, 2012, the Funds had capital losses expiring as indicated below:
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Date of Expiration
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Amount
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MicroCap Fund
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October 31, 2017
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$1,350,150
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Ultra MicroCap Fund
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October 31, 2017
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$1,022,901
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7. Restricted Securities
The Funds own investment securities which are unregistered and thus restricted as to resale. These securities are valued by each Fund after giving due consideration to pertinent factors including recent private sales, market conditions and the issuer’s financial performance. Where future disposition of these securities requires registration under the Securities Act of 1933, each Fund has the right to include these securities in such registration, generally without cost to the Fund. The Funds have no right to require registration of the unregistered securities it holds. At April 30, 2013, the MicroCap Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund held restricted securities with an aggregate value of $1,133,838 and $312,983, which accounted for 0.33% and 0.64% of the Fund’s net assets, respectively.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
8. Guarantees and Indemnifications
Under the Funds organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified by the Funds against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. Currently, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Line of Credit Arrangement
The Funds are party to an uncommitted line of credit arrangement with U.S. Bank, N.A., expiring December 15, 2013, and renewed annually thereafter, under which the MicroCap Fund may borrow up to $15,000,000 and the Ultra MicroCap Fund may borrow up to the lesser or $11,500,000 until January 19, 2013 and $4,500,000 thereafter, 25% of the market value of the assets until January 19, 2013 and 10% thereafter, or 33.33% of the sum of the market value of certain assets of the Fund. Interest is charged on borrowings at the prevailing Prime Rate. The Funds have borrowed under these arrangements from time to time to increase the efficiency of cash flow management. For the period from November 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, the MicroCap Fund did not have any borrowings while the Ultra MicroCap Fund had average borrowings of $53,978 and the weighted average interest rate on the line of credit borrowings was 3.25%. At April 30, 2013, the Funds had no outstanding borrowings on the line of credit.
10. Redemption Fee
The Funds charge a 2% redemption fee to those who buy and sell shares within 90 calendar days or less. The redemption fee is retained for the benefit of long-term shareholders, and recorded as additional capital in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
11. Contingent Value Right
A Contingent Value Right (“CVR”) grants shareholders the right to realize the proceeds from a specified event. Proceeds are contingent upon an outcome of the specified event. Proceeds from these rights are contingent upon a favorable lawsuit ruling or settlement relating to a complaint filed by Sino Clean Energy. If a favorable ruling or settlement occurs, shareholders are entitled to 90% of the lawsuit proceeds, if any, less certain legal and other expenses that will be deducted from such proceeds. The CVRs expire upon the entry of a final, non-appealable judgment or settlement in the underlying lawsuit.
Perritt Funds, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
12. Transactions with Affiliates
The following issuers were affiliated with the Funds, as the Funds held 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer during the period from November 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013. See Section (2)(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund
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Value At
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Share Balance At
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Share Balance At
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Dividend
|
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April 30,
|
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Issuer Name
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November 1, 2012
|
|
|
Additions
|
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Reductions
|
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|
April 30, 2013
|
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Income
|
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|
2013
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Atlas Financial
|
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Holdings, Inc.
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|
—
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447,000
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|
—
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|
|
447,000
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,263,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
3,263,100
|
|
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
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Value At
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Share Balance At
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Share Balance At
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Dividend
|
|
|
April 30,
|
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Issuer Name
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|
November 1, 2012
|
|
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Additions
|
|
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Reductions
|
|
|
April 30, 2013
|
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Income
|
|
|
2013
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|
TurboSonic
|
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Technologies,
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Inc.
1
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1,125,000
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|
|
—
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|
1,125,000
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|
|
—
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$
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—
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|
|
$
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—
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$
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—
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|
$
|
—
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|
1
Issuer was not an affiliate as of April 30, 2013.
Expense Example (Unaudited)
|
April 30, 2013
|
|
As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees (the Funds impose a 2.00% redemption fee on shares held for 90 calendar days or less after purchase); and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (November 1, 2012 – April 30, 2013).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Although the Funds charge no sales load or transaction fees (other than a 2.00% redemption fee for shares held for 90 calendar days or less after purchase), you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds transfer agent. If you request that a redemption be made by wire transfer, currently a $15.00 fee is charged by the Funds transfer agent. You will be charged a transaction fee equal to 2.00% of the net amount of the redemption if you redeem your shares within 90 calendar days of purchase. IRA accounts will be charged a $15.00 annual maintenance fee. To the extent the Fund invests in shares of other investment companies as part of its investment strategy, you will indirectly bear your proportionate share of any fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in which the Fund invests in addition to the expenses of the Fund. Actual expenses of the underlying funds are expected to vary among the various underlying funds. These expenses are not included in the example below. The example below includes, but is not limited to, management fees, shareholder servicing fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses, interest expense and other extraordinary expenses as determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Expense Example (Unaudited) (Continued)
|
April 30, 2013
|
|
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning
|
Ending
|
Expenses Paid
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
During Period
|
|
11/1/12
|
4/30/13
|
11/1/12 – 4/30/13
1
|
Actual
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,167.80
|
$6.61
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
1,000.00
|
1,130.40
|
9.61
|
|
|
|
|
Hypothetical
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,018.70
|
$6.16
|
Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
1,000.00
|
1,015.77
|
9.10
|
1
|
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 1.23% for the MicroCap Fund and 1.82% for the Ultra MicroCap Fund for the six-month period, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
On November 30, 2012, the directors, including the directors who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund and the Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) or the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Independent Directors”), approved the renewal of the Funds’ investment advisory agreements and the new investment advisory agreement used in connection with the reorganization of the Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund (collectively, the “Advisory Agreements”).
The Independent Directors requested and evaluated materials from the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”). In addition, the Funds’ administrator provided the Independent Directors with a detailed report pursuant to Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The report includes an in-depth analysis of the Funds’ performance, fees and expenses as compared to other funds in the Funds’ peer group. Data is compiled by Lipper and identifies a group of similar funds as to investment classification, asset size and load types. Additional information provided to the board included a discussion of the Adviser’s personnel committed to investment management, administration and compliance.
In evaluating the materials and the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Directors consulted with counsel to the Funds. The Independent Directors also discussed the Advisory Agreements in executive session with Fund counsel, at which no representatives of the Adviser were present.
The Independent Directors did not consider any single factor as determinative. The Independent Directors determined that the overall arrangement between the Funds and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreements, was fair and reasonable and that the approval of the Advisory Agreements was in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser
The Independent Directors received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Advisory Agreements. The Independent Directors considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s management and the expertise of, and the amount of attention given to the Funds by, investment personnel of the Adviser. In addition, the Independent Directors reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team and the infrastructure supporting the team. The Independent Directors also considered the quality of the material service providers to the Funds, who provide administrative and distribution services on behalf of the Funds. In addition, they considered the overall reputation and capabilities of the Adviser and its affiliates, the commitment of the Adviser to provide high quality service to the Funds, their overall confidence in the Adviser and its responsiveness to questions and concerns raised by the Independent Directors.
Based on these considerations and other factors, the Independent Directors concluded that they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the investment advisory services provided to the Funds by the Adviser.
Costs of Services Provided and Profitability to the Adviser
At the request of the Independent Directors, the Adviser provided information regarding
Advisory Agreement (Continued)
|
the profitability to the Adviser in providing services to the Funds. The Independent Directors reviewed and discussed this information. The Independent Directors recognized that this information was not audited.
The Independent Directors believe that the level of profit is reasonable. The expense ratios will be monitored and periodic reports will be made to the Board of Directors regarding the expenses. The Independent Directors determined that the level of profit to the Adviser was fair and reasonable.
Advisory Fee and Economies of Scale
The Independent Directors also reviewed reports comparing the Funds’ expense ratios and the advisory fee paid by the Funds to those of other comparable mutual funds and concluded that the advisory fee paid by the Funds and the Funds’ expense ratios were within the range of comparable mutual funds. The Independent Directors noted that the investment advisory fees are not adjusted if economies of scale are realized as the Funds grow, but did not consider that factor to be significant in light of the other factors considered.
Fees Relative to the Adviser’s Other Clients
The Independent Directors received and considered information about the fee rates charged to the Adviser’s other clients, and concluded that the fee rates charged to the Funds in comparison to those charged to the Adviser’s other clients were reasonable.
Investment Performance
The Funds have continued to operate within their stated investment philosophy and objectives and have been compliant with their investment restrictions. The portfolio managers report was reviewed and the performance of the Funds was discussed. While the MicroCap Fund’s performance has been positive, as it has been outperforming its benchmark, the Ultra Fund has been lagging its benchmark. Nonetheless, the Ultra Fund has had positive performance.
Based on its evaluation of the performance of the Funds, the Independent Directors determined that it is in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders that the Adviser continue to manage the Funds.
Conclusions
The Independent Directors concluded that based on performance, nature, and extent and quality of services provided, that the costs of those services were fair and reasonable. The Independent Directors further determined that the Funds and their shareholders had received reasonable value from the Adviser’s services. The Independent Directors, after considering all of the matters above, unanimously approved the renewal of the Advisory Agreements.
Directors and Officers (Unaudited)
|
The Funds are governed by a Board of Directors that meets regularly to review investments, performance, expenses, and other business matters, and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The majority of the Funds’ directors are independent of Perritt Capital Management, Inc. The Board of Directors elects the Funds’ officers. The name, address, age and principal occupations for the past five years of the directors and officers are listed below, along with the number of portfolios in the Fund complex overseen by each director. During the past five years none of the directors has served as a director of a public company or a mutual fund other than Perritt MicroCap Opportunities, Inc. and Perritt Funds, Inc. The business address of each director and officer is 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2880, Chicago, IL 60606. For additional information about the directors, please call 1-800-331-8936 and request a Statement of Additional Information (SAI). One will be mailed to you free of charge.
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Position(s) Held
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with Fund and
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Other
|
|
Number of
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|
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Directorships
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Portfolios in
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Held by
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Name,
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Fund Complex
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Term of Office
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Principal
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Director
|
Address,
|
Overseen
|
and Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
during the
|
and Age
|
by Director
|
Time Served
|
during Past 5 Years
|
Past 5 Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Independent Directors of the Fund
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dianne C. Click
|
Director
|
Indefinite, until
|
Ms. Click is a licensed Real
|
None
|
Age: 50
|
|
successor
|
Estate Broker in the State
|
|
|
Portfolios in
|
elected;
|
of Montana. She has been
|
|
|
Fund Complex
|
17 years,
|
a partner and a principal
|
|
|
Overseen: 2
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
owner of a real estate sales
|
|
|
|
Opportunities
|
company, Bozeman Broker
|
|
|
|
Fund;
|
Group, since April 2004.
|
|
|
|
9 years,
|
She has been licensed
|
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
in the state of Montana
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
since 1995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David S. Maglich
|
Director
|
Indefinite, until
|
Mr. Maglich is a Shareholder
|
None
|
Age: 55
|
|
successor
|
with the law firm of Fergeson,
|
|
|
Portfolios in
|
elected;
|
Skipper, et. al. in Sarasota,
|
|
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Fund Complex
|
24 years,
|
Florida and has been employed
|
|
|
Overseen: 2
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
with such firm since April 1989.
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|
|
|
Opportunities
|
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|
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Fund;
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|
|
|
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9 years,
|
|
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
|
|
Directors and Officers (Continued) (Unaudited)
|
|
Position(s) Held
|
|
|
|
|
with Fund and
|
|
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Other
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Directorships
|
|
Portfolios in
|
|
|
Held by
|
Name,
|
Fund Complex
|
Term of Office
|
Principal
|
Director
|
Address,
|
Overseen
|
and Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
during the
|
and Age
|
by Director
|
Time Served
|
during Past 5 Years
|
Past 5 Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inside Director of the Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael J.
|
|
|
|
|
Corbett
(1)
|
President
|
One-year term
|
Mr. Corbett has been
|
None
|
Age: 47
|
|
as President;
|
President of the Perritt
|
|
|
Portfolios in
|
As Director,
|
MicroCap Opportunities
|
|
|
Fund Complex
|
indefinite until
|
Fund since November
|
|
|
Overseen: 2
|
successor
|
1999 and President of the
|
|
|
|
elected;
|
Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund
|
|
|
|
Director since
|
since August 2004. He has
|
|
|
|
October 5, 2010;
|
served as President of the
|
|
|
|
13 years as
|
Advisor since October 5,
|
|
|
|
President of
|
2010, and previously served
|
|
|
|
Perritt MicroCap
|
as Vice President of the
|
|
|
|
Opportunities
|
Advisor from February
|
|
|
|
Fund;
|
1997 until October 5, 2010.
|
|
|
|
9 years as
|
Mr. Corbett began his
|
|
|
|
President of
|
tenure with Perritt Capital
|
|
|
|
Perritt Ultra
|
Management in 1990 as a
|
|
|
|
MicroCap Fund
|
research analyst. He assumed
|
|
|
|
|
portfolio management
|
|
|
|
|
responsibilities in 1996
|
|
|
|
|
and now serves as portfolio
|
|
|
|
|
manager for both funds.
|
|
Directors and Officers (Continued) (Unaudited)
|
|
Position(s) Held
|
|
|
|
|
with Fund and
|
|
|
Other
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Directorships
|
|
Portfolios in
|
|
|
Held by
|
Name,
|
Fund Complex
|
Term of Office
|
Principal
|
Director
|
Address,
|
Overseen
|
and Length of
|
Occupation(s)
|
during the
|
and Age
|
by Director
|
Time Served
|
during Past 5 Years
|
Past 5 Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Officers of the Fund other than Mr. Corbett
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark Buh
|
Vice President
|
One-year term
|
Mr. Buh has been Vice
|
N/A
|
Age: 51
|
and Treasurer
|
1 year
|
President and Treasurer of the
|
|
|
|
|
Funds and Chief Financial
|
|
|
|
|
Officer of the Adviser since
|
|
|
|
|
February 2012. He has over
|
|
|
|
|
25 years of experience in
|
|
|
|
|
corporate accounting,
|
|
|
|
|
administration, tax analysis
|
|
|
|
|
and strategic planning for
|
|
|
|
|
growth and development. He
|
|
|
|
|
has a BS in accounting, an
|
|
|
|
|
MBA from DePaul University,
|
|
|
|
|
and is a CPA and CFA.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allison B. Hearst
|
Secretary
|
One-year term
|
Mrs. Hearst has 15 years of
|
N/A
|
Age: 50
|
|
|
experience in the mutual fund
|
|
|
|
3 years
|
industry, including a previous
|
|
|
|
|
tenure at the Advisor beginning
|
|
|
|
|
in 1990. Mrs. Hearst returned
|
|
|
|
|
to the Advisor in 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lynn E.
|
|
|
|
|
Burmeister
|
Vice President
|
One-year term
|
Mrs. Burmeister has been the
|
N/A
|
Age: 54
|
and Chief
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
|
Compliance
|
3 years
|
since May 1, 2010, and
|
|
|
Officer
|
|
oversees all compliance
|
|
|
|
|
matters for the funds and the
|
|
|
|
|
advisor. She also coordinates
|
|
|
|
|
the administration of the Funds
|
|
|
|
|
and is a liaison with the firm’s
|
|
|
|
|
corporate counsel. Mrs.
|
|
|
|
|
Burmeister has worked in the
|
|
|
|
|
financial industry since 1980.
|
|
|
|
|
Her previous experience
|
|
|
|
|
includes work at Harris
|
|
|
|
|
Associates, Gofen & Glossberg
|
|
|
|
|
and Optimum Investments.
|
|
(1)
|
Mr. Corbett is an interested person of the Funds based upon his position with the Advisor.
|
MicroCap Opportunities Fund and Ultra MicroCap Fund
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The Funds’ latest Forms N-Q are also available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-331-8936.
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Advisor at 1-800-331-8936 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-331-8936 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Household Delivery of Shareholder Documents: To reduce expenses, the Funds may mail only one copy of the Funds’ prospectus, SAI and each annual and semi-annual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call the Funds at 1-800-331-8936 or contact your financial institution. You will begin receiving individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.
Electronic Delivery of Shareholder Documents: You may choose to receive the Funds’ prospectus and annual and semi-annual reports electronically. To sign up for electronic delivery, visit www.icsdelivery.com and select the first letter of your brokerage firm’s name. Then, select your brokerage institution from the list that follows, fill out the appropriate information and provide an e-mail address where you would like your information sent. If your brokerage firm is not listed, electronic delivery may not be available. Please contact your brokerage firm or financial advisor.
Investment Advisor
Perritt Capital Management, Inc.
300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2880
Chicago, IL 60606-6703
800-331-8936
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Cohen Fund Audit Services, Ltd.
1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 800
Cleveland, OH 44115
Legal Counsel
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Custodian
U.S. Bank, NA
1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Transfer Agent
and Dividend Disbursing Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
For assistance with your existing account, call our Shareholder Service Center at 1-800-332-3133.
The Funds’ Statements of Additional Information contain information about the Funds’ directors and are available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-332-3133.
MicroCap Opportunities Fund
Ultra MicroCap Fund
Minimum Initial Investment $1,000
IRA Minimum Initial Investment $250
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Systematic Withdrawal Plan
Automatic Investment Plan
Retirement Plans Including:
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Coverdell Education
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Simple IRA
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2% redemption fee imposed for shares
held ninety (90) calendar days or less.
This report is authorized for distribution
only to shareholders and others who have
received a copy of the prospectus of the
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund and/or
the Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund.
300 S. Wacker Drive • Suite 2880 • Chicago, IL 60606-6703
Tel 312-669-1650 • 800-331-8936 • Fax: 312-669-1235
E-mail: PerrittCap@PerrittCap.com
Web Site: www.perrittmutualfunds.com