UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-06062

 

THE THAI CAPITAL FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

c/o Daiwa Securities Trust Company
One Evertrust Plaza
Jersey City, New Jersey

 

07302

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

John J. O’Keefe

The Thai Capital Fund, Inc.

c/o Daiwa Securities Trust Company

One Evertrust Plaza

Jersey City, New Jersey  07302

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(201) 915-3054

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31, 2005

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2005

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments. – The schedule of investments for the three-month period ended March 31, 2005 is filed herewith.

 



The Thai Capital Fund, Inc.

 

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2005 (unaudited)

 

THAI COMMON, WARRANTS AND PREFERRED STOCKS—90.52%

COMMON STOCKS—89.39%

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Banks—17.83%

 

 

 

1,000,900

 

Bangkok Bank Public Co., Ltd.

 

$

2,571,162

 

776,800

 

Bank of Ayudhya Public Co., Ltd. *

 

231,160

 

899,200

 

Kasikornbank Public Co., Ltd.

 

1,246,437

 

3,276,100

 

Krung Thai Bank Public Co., Ltd.

 

737,425

 

1,881,239

 

Thai Military Bank Public Co., Ltd.

 

171,295

 

 

 

 

 

4,957,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Materials—9.53%

 

 

 

414,000

 

The Siam Cement Public Co., Ltd.

 

2,632,436

 

54,000

 

Tycoons Worldwide Group Public Co., Ltd.

 

16,756

 

 

 

 

 

2,649,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals—2.39%

 

 

 

190,000

 

National Petrochemical Public Co., Ltd.

 

521,909

 

82,000

 

Thai Olefins Public Co., Ltd.

 

141,821

 

 

 

 

 

663,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commerce—1.23%

 

 

 

304,600

 

BIG C Supercenter Public Co., Ltd.

 

179,736

 

56,700

 

C.P. 7-Eleven Public Co., Ltd.

 

82,201

 

55,500

 

Siam Makro Public Co., Ltd.

 

79,049

 

 

 

 

 

340,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication—12.72%

 

 

 

602,500

 

Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd.

 

1,532,408

 

1,101,200

 

Samart Corp. Public Co., Ltd. *

 

162,447

 

1,047,700

 

Shin Corporations Public Co., Ltd.

 

1,045,909

 

687,900

 

Shin Satellite Public Co., Ltd.

 

281,688

 

394,400

 

United Communication Industry Public Co., Ltd. *

 

516,609

 

 

 

 

 

3,539,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Components—0.34%

 

 

 

700,000

 

KCE Electronics Public Co., Ltd.

 

95,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy—21.38%

 

 

 

100,000

 

Electricity Generating Public Co., Ltd.

 

188,213

 

342,100

 

PTT Exploration and Production Public Co., Ltd.

 

2,592,906

 

645,000

 

PTT Public Co., Ltd.

 

3,166,172

 

 

 

 

 

5,947,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entertainment & Recreation—3.37%

 

 

 

1,131,000

 

BEC World Public Co., Ltd.

 

422,861

 

135,700

 

GMM Media Public Co., Ltd.

 

64,541

 

373,800

 

ITV Public Co., Ltd. *

 

122,644

 

268,253

 

Major Cineplex Group Public Co., Ltd.

 

81,191

 

160,300

 

MCOT Public Co., Ltd.

 

92,142

 

272,777

 

United Broadcasting Corp. Public Co., Ltd. *

 

154,714

 

 

 

 

 

938,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance & Securities—1.23%

 

 

 

64,600

 

Asia Plus Securities Public Co., Ltd.

 

112,549

 

348,600

 

Thitikorn Public Co., Ltd.

 

57,631

 

267,600

 

TISCO Finance Public Co., Ltd.

 

171,856

 

 

 

 

 

342,036

 

 

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Household Goods—0.36%

 

 

 

102,700

 

Modernform Group Public Co., Ltd.

 

99,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mining—0.91%

 

 

 

683,800

 

Padaeng Industry Public Co., Ltd.

 

252,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing & Publishing—3.16%

 

 

 

3,451,579

 

Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Co., Ltd.

 

877,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Development—6.26%

 

 

 

1,361,000

 

Italian-Thai Development Public Co., Ltd.

 

356,544

 

415,500

 

Lalin Property Public Co., Ltd.

 

69,220

 

4,178,200

 

Land and House Public Co., Ltd.

 

897,973

 

540,700

 

Noble Development Public Co., Ltd.

 

68,761

 

1,104,000

 

Sammakorn Public Co., Ltd.

 

61,213

 

995,100

 

SinoThai Engineering & Construction Public Co., Ltd.

 

285,998

 

 

 

 

 

1,739,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail Food—1.16%

 

 

 

70,000

 

S&P Syndicate Public Co., Ltd.

 

40,949

 

138,000

 

Serm Suk Public Co., Ltd.

 

77,569

 

290,900

 

Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd.

 

205,317

 

 

 

 

 

323,835

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation—4.93%

 

 

 

1,145,300

 

Bangkok Expressway Public Co., Ltd.

 

786,503

 

490,000

 

Thai Airways International Public Co., Ltd.

 

585,749

 

 

 

 

 

1,372,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities—0.99%

 

 

 

298,862

 

Eastern Water Resources Development & Management Public Co., Ltd.

 

275,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vehicles & Parts—1.60%

 

 

 

100,150

 

Aapico Hitech Public Co., Ltd.

 

86,606

 

100,000

 

Thai Rung Union Car Co., Ltd.

 

24,798

 

93,800

 

Thai Stanley Electric Public Co., Ltd.

 

334,001

 

 

 

 

 

445,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost—$14,664,570)

 

24,859,841

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS—0.25%

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Finance & Securities—0.25%

 

 

 

109,900

 

TISCO Finance Public Co., Ltd.
(Cost—$48,168)

 

70,579

 

 

WARRANTS—0.88%

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

Household Goods—0.00%

 

 

 

10,270

 

Modernform Group Public Co., Ltd., expires 12/1/07 *

 

893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Development—0.84%

 

 

 

1,331,400

 

Land & House Public Co., Ltd., expires 9/2/08 *

 

221,803

 

165,850

 

SinoThai Engineering & Construction Public Co., Ltd., expires 3/17/08 *

 

11,811

 

 

 

 

 

233,614

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities—0.04%

 

 

 

79,696

 

Eastern Water Resources Development & Management Public Co., Ltd., expires 11/28/07 *

 

9,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Warrants (Cost—$13,004)

 

243,994

 

Total Thai Common, Warrants and Preferred Stocks (Cost—$14,725,742)

 

25,174,414

 

 

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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—3.33%

 

Principal
Amount
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

Value

 

THAI BAHT PROMISSORY NOTES—3.20%

 

 

 

 

 

20,000

 

TSFC Securities Public Co., Ltd. 1.875% (Payable on Demand)

 

 

 

508,683

 

15,000

 

UOB Radanasin Bank Public Co., Ltd. 1.75% (Payable on Demand)

 

 

 

381,512

 

Total Thai Baht Promissory Notes

 

 

 

890,195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. DOLLAR TIME DEPOSIT—0.13%

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

Bank of New York, 0.05%, due 4/1/05

 

 

 

35,815

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost—$935,706)

 

 

 

926,010

 

Total Investments—93.85%
(Cost—$15,661,449)

 

 

 

26,100,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets less liabilities—6.15%

 

 

 

1,711,654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

(Applicable to 3,139,500 shares of capital stock outstanding; equivalent to $8.86 per share)

 

100.00

%

$

27,812,078

 

 


* Non-income producing securities.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

a)              The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the “Evaluation Date”), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the Evaluation Date.

 

b)             There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

(a)          Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30-a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.302CERT.

 



SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

The Thai Capital Fund, Inc.

 

By

\s\ John J. O’Keefe

 

John J. O’Keefe, Vice President & Treasurer

 

Date: April 20, 2005

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By

\s\ John J. O’Keefe

 

Date: April 20, 2005

John J. O’Keefe, Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

\s\ Ikuo Mori

 

Date: April 20, 2005

Ikuo Mori, Chairman