17 C.F.R. § 275.205-1   Definition of “investment performance” of an investment company and “investment record” of an appropriate index of securities prices.


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Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges
PART 275—RULES AND REGULATIONS, INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940

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§ 275.205-1   Definition of “investment performance” of an investment company and “investment record” of an appropriate index of securities prices.

(a) Investment performance of an investment company for any period shall mean the sum of:

(1) The change in its net asset value per share during such period;

(2) The value of its cash distributions per share accumulated to the end of such period; and

(3) The value of capital gains taxes per share paid or payable on undistributed realized long-term capital gains accumulated to the end of such period; expressed as a percentage of its net asset value per share at the beginning of such period. For this purpose, the value of distributions per share of realized capital gains, of dividends per share paid from investment income and of capital gains taxes per share paid or payable on undistributed realized long-term capital gains shall be treated as reinvested in shares of the investment company at the net asset value per share in effect at the close of business on the record date for the payment of such distributions and dividends and the date on which provision is made for such taxes, after giving effect to such distributions, dividends and taxes.

(b) Investment record of an appropriate index of securities prices for any period shall mean the sum of:

(1) The change in the level of the index during such period; and

(2) The value, computed consistently with the index, of cash distributions made by companies whose securities comprise the index accumulated to the end of such period; expressed as a percentage of the index level at the beginning of such period. For this purpose cash distributions on the securities which comprise the index shall be treated as reinvested in the index at least as frequently as the end of each calendar quarter following the payment of the dividend.

                                Exhibit I [Method of computing the investment record of the standard & poor's              500 stock composite index for calendar 1971]------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                Quarterly dividend yield-                                                     composite index                                               -------------------------        Quarterly ending_          Index value                Quarterly                                       \1\         Annual    percent \3\                                                percent \2\   (\1/4\ of                                                               annual)------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec. 1970........................        92.15  ...........  ...........Mar. 1971........................       100.31         3.10         0.78June 1971........................        99.70         3.11          .78Sept. 1971.......................        98.34         3.14          .79Dec. 1971........................       102.09         3.01          .75------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Source: Standard & Poor's Trade and Securities Statistics, Jan.  1972, p. 33.\2\ Id. See Standard & Poor's Trade and Securities Statistics  Security and Price Index Record_1970 Edition, p. 133 for explanation  of quarterly dividend yield.\3\ Quarterly percentages have been founded to two decimal places.

Change in index value for 1971: 102.09–92.15=9.94.

Accumulated value of dividends for 1971:

Aggregate value of dividends paid, assuming quarterly reinvestment and computed consistently with the index:

(Percent yield as computed above) × (ending index value)=Aggregate value of dividends paid

For 1971:

.0314×102.09=3.21

Investment record of Standard & Poor's 500 stock composite index assuming quarterly reinvestment dividends:

The same method can be extended to cases where an investment company's fiscal quarters do not coincide with the fiscal quarters of the S & P dividend record or to instances where a “rolling period” is used for performance comparisons as indicated by the following example of the calculation of the investment record of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Composite Index for the 12 months ended November 1971:

   Index value Nov. 30, 1971.....................................     93.99Index value Nov. 30, 1970.....................................     87.20                                                               --------- Change in index value........................................      6.79 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                            Dividend yield     Rate for                                         -------------------- each month             Quarter ending_                                  of quarter                                           Annual   \1/4\ of  (\1/12\ of                                            rate     annual     annual)------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec. 1970...............................      3.41      0.85        0.28Mar. 1971...............................      3.10       .78         .26June 1971...............................      3.11       .78         .26Sept. 1971..............................      3.14       .79         .26Dec. 1971...............................      3.01       .75         .25------------------------------------------------------------------------

Accumulated value of dividends reinvested:

December=1.0028

January-March=1.0078

April-June=1.0078

July-September=1.0079

October-November=1.00534

4 The rate for October and November would be two-thirds of the yield for the quarter ended Sept. 30 (i.e. .667×.79=5269) since the yield for the quarter ended Dec. 31 would not be available as of Nov. 30.

Dividend yield:

(1.0028×1.0078×1.0078×1.0079× 1.0053)−1.00=.0320

Aggregate value of dividends paid computed consistently with the index:

.0320×93.99=3.01

Investment record of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Composite Index for the 12 months ended November 30, 1971:

                                                   Exhibit II  [Method of Computing the Investment Record of the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index for Calendar 1971]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                     (3)_Aggregate  (4)_Quarterly                                                                      market value     value of                                                                       of shares      estimated                                                                     listed on the  cash payments  (5)_Estimated                  (1)_Quarter ending                     (2)_Index     NYSE as of     of shares      yield \4\                                                         value \1\       end of     listed on the    (quarterly                                                                        quarter          NYSE         percent)                                                                      (billions of   (millions of                                                                      dollars) \2\   dollars) \3\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec. 1970.............................................        50.23Mar. 1971.............................................        55.44          $709         $5,106           0.72June 1971.............................................        55.09           710          4,961            .70Sept. 1971............................................        54.33           709          5,006            .71Dec. 1971.............................................        56.43           742          5,183            .70----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Source: New York Stock Exchange Composite Index as reported daily by the New York Stock Exchange.\2\ Source: Monthly Review, New York Stock Exchange.\3\ Source: The Exchange, New York Stock Exchange magazine, May, Aug., Nov. 1971 and Feb. 1972 editions. Upon  request the Statistics Division of the Research Department of the NYSE will make this figure available within  10 days of the end of each quarter.\4\ The ratio of column 4 to column 3.

Change in NYSE Composite Index value for 1971: 56.43−50.23=6.20.

Accumulated Value of Dividends of NYSE Composite Index for 1971:

Aggregate value of dividends paid on NYSE Composite Index assuming quarterly reinvestment:

For 1971:

.0286×56.43=1.61

Investment record of the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index assuming quarterly reinvestment of dividends:

The same method can be extended to cases where an investment company's fiscal quarters do not coincide with the fiscal quarters of the NYSE dividend record or to instances where a “rolling period” is used for performance comparisons as indicated by the following example of the calculation of the investment record of the NYSE Composite Index for the 12 months ended November 1971:

   Index value      51.84 Nov. 30, 1971Index value      47.41 Nov. 30, 1970                -------------------------------------------------- Change in       4.43 index value 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                               Rate for                                                   Dividend   each month                 Quarter ending                      yield    of quarter                                                   quarterly  (\1/12\ of                                                    percent     annual)------------------------------------------------------------------------Dec. 1970.......................................        0.79        0.26Mar. 1971.......................................         .72         .24June 1971.......................................         .70         .23Sept. 1971......................................         .71         .24Dec. 1971.......................................         .70         .23------------------------------------------------------------------------

Accumulated value of dividends reinvested:

December=1.0026

January-March=1.0072

April-June=1.0070

July-September=1.0071

October-November=1.00474

4 The rate for October and November would be two thirds of the yield for the quarter ended September 30 (i.e. .667×.71=4736), since the yield for the quarter ended December 31 would not be available as of November 30.

Dividend yield:

(1.0026×1.0072×1.0070×1.0071× 1.0047)−1.00=.0289

Aggregate value of dividends paid computed consistently with the index:

.0289×51.84=1.50

Investment record of the NYSE Composite Index for the 12 months ended November 30, 1971:

(Secs. 205, 211, 54 Stat. 852, 74 Stat. 887, 15 U.S.C. 80b–205, 80b–211; sec. 25, 84 Stat. 1432, 1433, Pub. L. 91–547)

[37 FR 17468, Aug. 29, 1972]

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