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

FORM N-CSRS

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05617

Shelton Greater China Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1050 17th Street, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Teresa Axelson
1050 17th Street, Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 955-9988.

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2016

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
 

 

Semi-Annual Report


June 30, 2016

 

 

Shelton Greater China Fund

 

 

About Your Fund's Expenses

2

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdown

2

Portfolio of Investments

3

Statement of Assets & Liabilities

4

Statement of Operations

4

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

5

Financial Highlights

6

Notes to Financial Statements

7

Additional Information

9

Board of Trustees and Executive Officers

9

Board Approval of the Advisory Agreement

10

 

(800) 955-9988

www.sheltoncap.com

email us at info@sheltoncap.com

 



This report is intended only for the information of shareholders or those who have received the offering prospectus covering shares of beneficial interest of Shelton Greater China Fund which contains information about the management fee and other costs. Investments in shares of Shelton Greater China Fund are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government.

 


About Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016

 

The Fund’s advisor, Shelton Capital Managment (“Shelton Capital”), believes it is important for you to understand the impact of costs on your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions, redemption fees, and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees and other Fund expenses. Operating expenses, which are deducted from the Fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the Fund. The Fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing cost (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the oncoing 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 from January 1, 2016 to the June 30, 2016.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you have 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 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 onging 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. The Fund does not charge any sales charges. There is a redemption fee of 2% for shares of the Fund purchased that are held 90 days or less from the date of purchase.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional cost, 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. The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

More information about the Fund’s expenses can be found in this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the Fund’s prospectus.

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2016
(in U.S. Dollars)

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2016
(in U.S. Dollars)

Expenses Paid
During Period*
(in U.S. Dollars)

Actual

$ 1,000

$ 951

$ 9.58

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$ 1,000

$ 1,015

$ 9.89

 


*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s net annual expense ratio of 1.98% (starting May 3, 2015 and ending January 2, 2017, Shelton Capital contractually reimburses expenses to the extent that total annual fund operating expenses, with the exception of extraordinary expenses exceed 1.98%), annualized to reflect the one-half year period.

 

Top Holdings and Sector Breakdowns (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016

 

Security

Market Value
(in U.S. Dollars)

Percentage

of Total Investment

    

1

Tencent Holdings Ltd

$615,151

9.1%

2

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

379,232

5.6%

3

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd

361,140

5.3%

4

China Mobile Ltd

313,099

4.6%

5

AIA Group Ltd

298,726

4.4%

6

China State Construction
International Holdings Ltd

274,011

4.1%

7

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd

263,219

3.9%

8

China Construction Bank Corp

260,687

3.9%

9

China Everbright International Ltd

226,364

3.3%

10

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd

209,334

3.1%

 

 

2


Shelton Greater China Fund

Portfolio of Investments (Expressed in U.S. Dollars) (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Common Stock (96.51%)

           
             

Basic Materials (4.66%)

           

Fosun International Ltd

   

43,368

   

$

55,901

 

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Lt

   

74,000

     

146,704

 

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical

   

186,000

     

84,873

 

Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd

   

116,000

     

38,727

 
                 

Total Basic Materials

           

326,205

 
                 

Communications (18.96%)

               

China Mobile Ltd

   

27,400

     

313,099

 

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd

   

100,000

     

361,140

 

PCCW Ltd

   

59,000

     

39,547

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd

   

27,100

     

615,151

 
                 

Total Communications

           

1,328,937

 
                 

Consumer, Cyclical (3.78%)

               

Formosa International Hotels C

   

5,073

     

28,937

 

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd

   

4,000

     

11,859

 

Great Wall Motor Co Ltd

   

33,000

     

27,309

 

Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd

   

75,000

     

114,463

 

Intime Retail Group Co Ltd

   

21,000

     

17,378

 

Sands China Ltd

   

9,200

     

30,774

 

Wynn Macau Ltd

   

24,000

     

34,463

 
                 

Total Consumer, Cyclical

           

265,183

 
                 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical (5.08%)

               

China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd

   

32,000

     

55,602

 

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings

   

284,000

     

53,813

 

Sinopharm Group Co Ltd

   

13,500

     

64,299

 

TTY Biopharm Co Ltd

   

13,943

     

49,057

 

Uni-President Enterprises Corp

   

57,375

     

112,939

 

Want Want China Holdings Ltd

   

29,000

     

20,560

 
                 

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

           

356,270

 
                 

Diversified (2.02%)

               

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd

   

13,000

     

141,680

 
                 

Total Diversified

           

141,680

 
                 

Energy (3.20%)

               

China Longyuan Power Group Cor

   

52,000

     

43,032

 

China Petroleum & Chemical Cor

   

78,000

     

56,304

 

CNOOC Ltd

   

56,000

     

69,441

 

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd

   

61,000

     

7,942

 

PetroChina Co Ltd

   

70,000

     

47,732

 
                 

Total Energy

           

224,451

 
                 

Financial (34.82%)

               

Banks (18.34%)

               

Bank of China Ltd

   

431,000

     

171,668

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd

   

70,000

     

209,334

 

China CITIC Bank Corp Ltd

   

135,000

     

81,961

 

China Construction Bank Corp

   

395,000

     

260,687

 

China Minsheng Banking Corp Lt

   

33,000

     

31,818

 

Chongqing Rural Commercial Ban

   

191,000

     

96,510

 

Hang Seng Bank Ltd

   

10,000

     

170,535

 

Industrial & Commercial Bank o

   

476,000

     

263,219

 
             

1,285,732

 
                 

Diversified Financial Services (3.88%)

               

China Everbright Ltd

   

20,000

     

38,412

 

Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd

   

89,713

     

104,705

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Cleari

   

5,100

     

123,326

 

Mega Financial Holding Co Ltd

   

7,002

     

5,274

 
             

271,717

 

Insurance (6.44%)

               

AIA Group Ltd

   

50,000

   

 

298,726

 

China Taiping Insurance Holdin*

   

55,764

     

103,794

 

PICC Property & Casualty Co Lt

   

31,457

     

49,144

 
             

451,664

 
                 

Real Estate (6.16%)

               

Cheung Kong Property Holdings

   

13,000

     

81,104

 

Hysan Development Co Ltd

   

31,000

     

137,659

 

New World Development Co Ltd

   

30,666

     

31,030

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

   

15,166

     

181,903

 
             

431,696

 
                 

Total Financial

           

2,440,809

 
                 

Industrial (10.43%)

               

BBMG Corp

   

29,000

     

8,635

 

China Communications Services

   

106,000

     

55,200

 

China Everbright International

   

204,200

     

226,364

 

China State Construction Inter

   

208,000

     

274,011

 

CTCI Corp

   

37,000

     

53,907

 

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co

   

20,228

     

51,732

 

Tianneng Power International L

   

90,000

     

60,789

 
                 

Total Industrial

           

730,638

 
                 

Technology (7.94%)

               

Asustek Computer Inc

   

6,000

     

49,382

 

Chipbond Technology Corp

   

58,000

     

73,806

 

Lenovo Group Ltd

   

52,000

     

31,302

 

MediaTek Inc

   

3,000

     

22,691

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactu

   

75,284

     

379,232

 
                 

Total Technology

           

556,413

 
                 

Utilities (5.62%)

               

China Resources Power Holdings

   

72,000

     

107,286

 

HK Electric Investments & HK E

   

4,375

     

4,077

 

Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd

   

43,923

     

80,056

 

Huaneng Power International In

   

68,000

     

41,898

 

Power Assets Holdings Ltd

   

17,500

     

160,271

 
                 

Total Utilities

           

393,588

 
                 

Total Common Stock (Cost $5,922,455)

           

6,764,174

 
                 

Total Investments (Cost $5,922,455) (a) (96.51%)

         

$

6,764,173

 

Other Net Assets (3.49%)

           

244,481

 

Net Assets (100.00%)

         

$

7,008,654

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purpose is $6,146,083

 

At June 30, 2016, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes is as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,237,103

 

Unrealized depreciation

   

(619,013

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

618,090

 

 

Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above tax figures reflect the tax adjustments outstanding at the Fund’s previous fiscal year end. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

3


Shelton Greater China Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016 (Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

Assets

     

Investments in securities

     

Cost of investments

 

$

5,922,455

 

Market value of investments (Note 2)

   

6,764,173

 

Cash

   

95,660

 

Foreign cash (cost $115,094)

   

115,126

 

Dividend receivable

   

89,802

 

Prepaid expenses

   

18,165

 

Total assets

 

$

7,082,926

 
         

Liabilities

       

Fund income distribution payable

   

57,426

 

Payable to investment advisor

   

1,563

 

Accrued administration fees

   

514

 

Accrued trustee fees

   

509

 

Accrued expenses

   

14,260

 

Total liabilities

 

$

74,272

 
         

Net assets

 

$

7,008,654

 
         

Net assets consist of

       

Paid-in capital

   

18,790,550

 

Accumulated net investment income (loss)

   

13,191

 

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

   

(12,636,592

)

Unrealized net appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency

   

841,505

 

Net assets

 

$

7,008,654

 
         

Shares outstanding ($0.0001 per share par value, unlimited shares authorized)

   

1,079,058

 
         

Net asset value per share

 

$

6.50

 

 

Shelton Greater China Fund

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 (Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

Investment income

     

Dividend income (net of foreign tax $12,083) (Note 1c, 1e)

 

$

160,625

 

Total

   

160,625

 
         

Expenses

       

Management fees (Note 3)

   

43,272

 

Legal and audit fees

   

21,559

 

Custodian fees (Note 4)

   

15,286

 

Accounting services (Note 5)

   

5,614

 

Administration fees (Note 3)

   

4,464

 

Printing

   

5,761

 

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

   

3,003

 

Registration

   

2,799

 

Trustees fees

   

3,168

 

CCO fees (Note 3)

   

309

 

Insurance

   

179

 

Total expenses

   

105,414

 

Less reimbursement from manager (Note 3)

   

(36,715

)

Net expenses

   

68,699

 

Net investment income (loss)

   

91,926

 
         

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies (Note 1f)

       

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

   

91,883

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency transactions

   

(510,620

)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

   

(418,787

)

         

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

(326,811

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

4


Shelton Greater China Fund

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2016 (Unaudited) and the

Year Ended December 31, 2015 (Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

   

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2016
(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended
December 31, 2015

 

Operations

                       

Net investment income (loss)

     

$

91,926

    1    

$

59,609

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

           

91,883

             

489,256

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

           

(510,620

)

           

(1,019,666

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

           

(326,811

)

           

(470,801

)

                                 

Distributions to shareholders

                               

Distributions from net investment income

           

(128,391

)

           

(152,604

)

                                 

Capital share transactions

                               

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

           

(261,909

)

           

(1,982,815

)

                                 

Total decrease in net assets

           

(717,111

)

           

(2,606,220

)

                                 

Net assets

                               

Beginning of year

           

7,725,765

             

10,331,985

 

End of year

         

$

7,008,654

           

$

7,725,765

 

Including undistributed net investment income (loss) of:

         

$

(717,111

)

         

$

49,656

 
                                 

Transactions in the Fund's shares

 

Shares

   

Value

   

Shares

   

Value

 

Shares sold

   

3,836

   

$

24,542

     

8,249

   

$

61,116

 

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

   

15,757

     

102,423

     

16,080

     

116,550

 

Shares repurchased

   

(61,272

)

   

(388,874

)(a)

   

(272,648

)

   

(2,160,481

)(b)

Net increase (decrease)

   

(41,679

)

 

$

(261,909

)

   

(248,319

)

 

$

(1,982,815

)

 


(a)

Net of redemption fees $379

(b)

Net of redemption fees $2

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

5


Shelton Greater China Fund

Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period (Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

    Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2016
   


Year Ended December 31

 
   

(Unaudited)

   

2015

   

2014

   

2013

   

2012

   

2011

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

6.89

   

$

7.55

   

$

7.21

   

$

7.12

   

$

6.06

   

$

8.05

 

Income from investment operations:

                                               

Net investment income (loss) (a)

   

0.08

     

0.05

     

0.08

     

0.03

     

0.08

     

(0.14

)

Net gain (loss) on securities and translation of foreign currencies (both realized and unrealized)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.58

)

   

0.36

     

0.28

     

0.98

     

(1.88

)

Total from investment operations

   

(0.27

)

   

(0.53

)

   

0.44

     

0.31

     

1.06

     

(2.02

)

                                                 

Less distributions:

                                               

Dividends from net investment income

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.22

)

   

     

 
                                                 

Capital stock transactions:

                                               

Share Tender Offer/Repurchase (a)

   

     

     

     

     

     

0.01

 

Paid in capital from redemption fee (a)

   

(b) 

   

(b) 

   

(b) 

   

(b) 

   

(b) 

   

0.02

(b) 

Total from capital stock transactions

   

     

     

     

     

     

0.03

 
                                                 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

6.50

   

$

6.89

   

$

7.55

   

$

7.21

   

$

7.12

   

$

6.06

 
                                                 

Total investment return (based on net asset value)

   

(3.92

)%(f)

   

(7.05

)%(f)

   

6.19

%

   

4.34

%

   

17.49

%

   

(24.72

)%(c)

Total investment return (based on market price)

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

 
                                                 

Ratios and supplemental data

                                               

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

7,009

   

$

7,726

   

$

10,332

   

$

11,415

   

$

17,370

   

$

49,760

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

                                               

Before expense reimbursement

   

3.05

%(g)

   

2.60

%(g)

   

2.69

%

   

3.00

%

   

2.17

%

   

3.33

%(d)

After expense reimbursement

   

1.98

%(g)

   

1.98

%(g)

   

1.98

%

   

2.36

%

   

1.72

%

   

3.33

%(d)

Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets

                                               

Before expense reimbursement

   

1.60

%(g)

   

0.01

%(g)

   

0.33

%

   

(0.22

)%

   

0.71

%

   

(1.88

)%

After expense reimbursement

   

2.66

%(g)

   

0.63

%(g)

   

1.04

%

   

0.42

%

   

1.16

%

   

(1.88

)%

Portfolio turnover

   

3

%(f)

   

0

%(f)

   

5

%

   

10

%

   

81

%

   

206

%(e)

 


(a)

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

(b)

Less than $0.01 per share.

(c)

2011 total investment return, calculated based upon the Fund’s operations as a closed-end fund for the period of January 1, 2011 to October 9, 2011 (investment return of (22.89%)) and upon the Fund’s operations as an open-end fund for the period of October 10, 2011 to December 31, 2011 (investment return of (2.10%)), would be close to (20.26%).

(d)

Ratio of extraordinary expenses to average net assets is 0.80%. Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding impact of extraordinary fees is 2.53%.

(e)

Effective June 13, 2011, the Fund expanded its primary geographic scope from the Republic of China (“Taiwan”) to the Greater China regions (this includes: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the People’s Republic of China) and has subsequently increased trading in the Greater China region. Porfolio turnover is high during the transition period and is not an indicator of future turnover rate.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shelton Greater China Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Shelton Greater China Fund (the “Fund” or the “Trust”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified open-end management investment company. The Fund is a Massachusetts business trust formed in July 1988 and was previously registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust commenced operations in May 1989 as the R.O.C. Taiwan Fund. The R.O.C. Taiwan Fund changed its name to the Taiwan Greater China Fund on December 29, 2003 and the change became effective on the New York Stock Exchange on January 2, 2004. On October 10, 2011, the Trust registered with the SEC as a diversified, open-end management investment company and began operations as The Shelton Greater China Fund.

 

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, “Financial Services – Investment Companies”.

 

(a) Basis of Presentation — The accompanying financial statements of the Trust have been preparedin accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

 

(b) Federal Income Taxes — No provision is considered necessary for federal income taxes. The Fund intends to qualify for and elect the tax treatments applicable to regulated investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute all of its taxable income to shareholders.

 

On December 22, 2010, the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 was enacted to modernize several of the federal income and excise tax provisions related to regulated investment companies. Under pre-enactment law, capital losses could be carried forward for eight years following the loss, and such carryforward is treated as a short-term capital loss in each of those years, irrespective of the character of the original loss. Net capital losses (earned in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010) (“post-2010 losses”) may be carried forward indefinitely and must retain the character of the original loss. Such post-2010 losses generally must be used by a regulated investment company before it uses any net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning on or before December 22, 2010. This increases the likelihood that net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning on or before December 22, 2010 will expire unused.

 

The Trust had $12,316,317 of capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2015. The capital loss carryforward may be used to offset future capital gains generated by the Trust, and if unused, $10,930,578 of such loss will expire on December 31, 2017. Capital loss carryforward of $1,385,739 retains its original character as short term and has no expiration date.

 

Net capital losses incurred after October 31 and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary book to tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for certain foreign currency losses and the tax deferral of losses on wash sales. For the year ended December 31, 2015, permanent differences resulting from different book and tax accounting for net operating losses, differing treatments of the Trust’s gains from the disposition of passive foreign investment company sharesand foreign currency losses werereclassified to paid-in capital, undistributed net investment income/lossand accumulated realized gain/loss as follows:

 

Decrease of undistributed net investment income

 

$

(5,415

)

Decrease of accumulated realized loss

   

5,415

 

 

As of December 31, 2015, the components of distributable earnings and accumulated gains/losses on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

46,593

 

Accumulated losses

   

(12,316,317

)

Unrealized appreciation

   

943,031

 

Total accumulated earnings (losses)

 

$

(11,326,693

)

 

(c) Foreign Taxes — The Republic of China levies a tax at the rate of 20% on cash dividends and interest and 20% based on par value of stock dividends received by the Trust on investments in the Republic of China securities. The People’s Republic of China levies a tax at the rate of 10% on cash dividends and interest.

 

(d) Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years (2011-2014), or expected to be taken in the Fund’s 2015 tax returns. The Fund identifies its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, however the Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

 

(e) Security Transactions, Investment Income, Income and Distributions to Shareholders — Security transactions are recorded on the date the transactions are entered into (the trade date). Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis as it is earned. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for, in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determinedin accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

(f) Foreign Currency Translation — Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

The Trust does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuationsare included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.

 

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the company’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

 

(g) Concentration — The Trust concentrates its investments in publicly traded equities issued by corporations located in People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore. The portfolio involves considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities. In addition, the Trust is more susceptible to factors adversely affecting the economies of those countries than a fund not concentrated in these issuers to the same extent. Since the Trust’s investment securities are primarily denominated in New Taiwan Dollars (“NT$”) and Hong Kong Dollars (“HKD”), changes in the relationships of the NT$ and the HKD to the USD may also significantly affect the value of the investments and the earnings of the Trust.

 

(h) Use of Estimates in Financial Statements — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, financial highlights and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

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Shelton Greater China Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)

June 30, 2016

 

NOTE 2 – SECURITY VALUATION

 

Common stocks represent securities that are traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange or the Taiwan over-the-counter market or Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Securities traded on a principal securities exchange are valued at the closing price on such exchange. Short-term investments are valued at NAV or at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are, or if a development/event occurs that may significantly impact the value of a security may be, fair-valued in good faith pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Trustees.

 

Fair Value Measurements — The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of most of its investments on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the company has the ability to access.

 

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Trust’s securities at June 30, 2016 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

   

Level 1(a)

   

Level 2(a)

   

Level 3(a)

   

Total

 

Investments, in securities

                       

Common stocks (b)

 

$

6,764,173

   

$

   

$

   

$

6,764,173

 

Total investments in securities

 

$

6,764,173

   

$

   

$

   

$

6,764,173

 

 

(a)

It is the Fund’s policy to recognize transfers between levels on the last day of the fiscal reporting period.

(b)

For a detailed break-out of common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

 

Level 3 Securities

 

Common Stocks

 

Beginning Balance

 

$

138,881

 

Net purchases

   

 

Net sales

   

 

Total realized gain (loss)

   

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

(35,314

)

Accrued interest

   

 

Transfers into Level 3

   

 

Transfers out of level 3

   

(103,567

)

Ending balance

   

 

 

NOTE 3 – INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES AND OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Trust entered into an advisory agreement with Shelton Capital (“the Advisor”) on June 12, 2011. Pursuant to its advisory agreement with the Trust, Shelton Capital is responsible for supervising investments of the Trust, and makes available all services needed for the management, administration and operation of the Trust. The Trust pays the Advisor a fee at the per annum rate of 1.25% of the Trust’s average net assets for advisory services.

 

The Advisor has voluntarily agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Trust to the extent that total annual operating expenses (excluding extraordinary expenses) exceed 1.98% of the average net assets of the Trust until January 2, 2017. Any such reimbursement is subject to the review and approval of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Reimbursement from the Advisor for the period ended June 30, 2016 is $36,715. At June 30, 2016 the cumulative unreimbursed amount paid and/or waived by the Advisor on behalf of the Funds that may be reimbursed was $216,799. The Advisor may recapture a portion of the cumulative amount no later than December 31, 2018:

 

Expires

12/31/16

   

Expires

12/31/17

   

Expires

12/31/18

   

Total

 

$

83,517

   

$

74,912

   

$

58,370

   

$

216,799

 

 

The Fund must pay its current ordinary operating expenses before the Advisor is entitled to any reimbursement of fees and/or expenses. Any such reimbursement is contingent upon Board of Trustee review and approval prior to the time the reimbursementis initiated.

 

As compensation for administrative duties not covered by the management agreement, Shelton Capital receives an administration fee, effective October 10, 2011. The administration fee is based on net assets held by the Trust. The fee rates are 0.10% on the first $500 million, 0.08% on the next $500 million, and 0.06% on assets over $1 billion.

 

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also partners of Shelton Capital. Teresa Axelson has served as the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the Trust since November 2011. Ms. Axelson is also employed by Shelton Capital, the Advisor and Administrator to the Trust. The Trust is responsible for the portion of her salary allocated to her duties as the CCO of the Trust and Shelton Capital was reimbursed by the Trust for this portion of her salary. The level of reimbursement is reviewed and determine by the Board of Trustees at least annually.

 

NOTE 4– PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

 

Purchases and sales of securities other than short-term instruments for the six-months ended June 30, 2016 were $223,129 and $495,340 respectively.

 

NOTE 5– TAX CHARACTER

 

Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determinedin accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments of income and gains on various investment securities held by each Fund, timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by each Fund as a whole.

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

 

   

Return

of Capital

   

Ordinary

Income

   

Long-Term

Capital Gains (a)

   

Exempt-Interest Dividends

   

Total

Distributions

 

2015

 

$

   

$

152,604

   

$

   

$

   

$

152,604

 

2014

 

$

   

$

143,962

   

$

   

$

   

$

143,962

 

 

(a)

The Fund designates Long-Term Capital Gain dividendspursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

8

 


Shelton Greater China Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)

June 30, 2016

 

NOTE 6 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In preparing the financial statements as of June 30, 2016, management considered the impact of subsequent events for potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements through the date of issuance of the financial statements.

 

The Fund holdings shown in this report are as of June 30, 2016. Holdings are subject to change at any time, so holdings shown in this report may not reflect current Fund holdings. The Fund files complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F. Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The information filed in the form N-Q also may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988.

 

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Record (Unaudited): The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) containing a description of the policies and procedures that the Shelton Greater China Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, along with the Fund’s proxy voting record relating to portfolio securities held during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016, is available upon request, at no charge, at the phone number below, or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Shelton Greater China Fund. It is authorized for distribution only if preceded or accompanied by a current Shelton Greater China Fund prospectus. Additional copies of the prospectus may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988 or can be downloaded from the Fund’s website at www.sheltoncap.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money, as it explains the risks, fees and expenses of investing in the Fund.

 

Shelton Greater China Fund

Additional Information (Unaudited)

June 30, 2016

 

The Fund holdings shown in this report are as of June 30, 2016. Holdings are subject to change at any time, so holdings shown in this report may not reflect current Fund holdings. The Fund files complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F. Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The information filed in the form N-Q also may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988.

 

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Record (Unaudited): The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) containing a description of the policies and procedures that the Shelton Greater China Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, along with the Fund’s proxy voting record relating to portfolio securities held during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016, is available upon request, at no charge, at the phone number below, or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Shelton Greater China Fund. It is authorized for distribution only if preceded or accompanied by a current Shelton Greater China Fund prospectus. Additional copies of the prospectus may be obtained by calling (800) 955-9988 or can be downloaded from the Fund’s website at www.sheltoncap.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money, as it explains the risks, fees and expenses of investing in the Fund.

 

Board of Trustees and Executive Officers (Unaudited)

 

Overall responsibility for management of the Fund rests with the Board of Trustees. The Trustees serve during the lifetime of the Trust and until its termination, or until death, resignation, retirement or removal. The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Fund to actively supervise its day-to-day operations. The officers have been elected for an annual term. The following are the Trustees and Executive Officers of the Fund:

 

Name

Address

Year of Birth

Position Held with the Trust

Length of
Time Served

Stephen C. Rogers

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1966

Chairman and Trustee

Since June, 2011

Kevin T. Kogler

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1966

Trustee

Since June, 2011

Marco L. Quazzo

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1962

Trustee

Since August, 2014

Stephen H. Sutro

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1969

Trustee

Since June, 2011

William P. Mock

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1966

Treasurer

Since June, 2011

Teresa E. Axelson

1050 17th Street,
Suite 1710
Denver, CO 80265

1947

Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary

Chief Compliance Officer since November, 2011, Secretary since August, 2012

 

9


Board of Trustees and Executive Officers (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The principal occupations of the Trustees and Executive Officers of the Fund during the past five years and public directorships held by the Trustees are set forth below:

 

Stephen C. Rogers*

Chief Executive Officer, Shelton Capital Management, 1999 to present.

Kevin T. Kogler

President & CEO, MicroBiz LLC, 2012 to present; President, CAM Commerce Solutions LLC, 2010 to 2012; Principal, Robertson Piper Software Group, 2006 to 2012.

Marco L. Quazzo

Principal, Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller, March, 2015 to present; Partner, Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP, 2008 to present.

Stephen H. Sutro

Partner, Duane Morris LLP (law firm), 2003 to present.

William P. Mock

Portfolio Manager, Shelton Capital Management, 2010 to present; Portfolio Manager, ETSpreads, 2007 to present.

Teresa E. Axelson

Chief Compliance Officer, Shelton Capital Management, 2011 to present; Secretary, 2012 to present; Vice President-Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, Securities Management and Research, Inc., SM&R Investments, Inc. and American National Investment Inc. 1968-2010.

 

Additional information about the Trustees may be found in the SAI, which is available without charge by calling (800) 955-9988.

 

*

Trustee deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Mr. Rogers is an interested person because he is the CEO of Shelton Capital Management, the Trust’s Advisor and Administrator.

 

Shelton Greater China Fund
Board Approval of the Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)
June 30, 2016

 

 

The 1940 Act requires that the full Board and a majority of the Independent Trustees annually approve the continuation of the Trust’s Management Agreement dated June 12, 2011 between Shelton Greater China Fund and CCM Partners D/B/A Shelton Capital Management (“SCM”) (the “Management Agreement”), with respect to the Fund. At a meeting held in-person on February 4, 2016, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees on behalf of the Shelton Greater China Fund (the “Fund”), considered and approved the continuance of the Management Agreement with respect to the Fund with CCM Partners D/B/A Shelton Capital Management for an additional one-year period ending March 31, 2017.

 

Prior to the meeting, the Independent Trustees requested information from SCM. This information, together with other information provided by SCM, and the information provided to the Independent Trustees throughout the course of the year, formed the primary (but not exclusive) basis for the Board’s determinations as summarized below. In addition to the information identified above, other material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s subsequent approval are described below.

 

Information Received

 

Materials Received. During the course of each year, the Independent Trustees receive a wide variety of materials relating to the services provided by SCM, including reports on the Fund’s investment results; portfolio composition; third party fund rankings; investment strategy; portfolio trading practices; shareholder services; and other information relating to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by SCM. In addition, the Board requests and reviews supplementary information that includes materials regarding the Fund’s investment results, advisory fee and expense comparisons, the costs of operating the Fund and financial and profitability information regarding SCM (the principal business activity of which is managing the Fund and other investment companies and separately managed accounts), description of various functions such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and information about the personnel providing investment management services to the Fund.

 

Review Process. The Board received assistance and advice regarding legal and industry standards from independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. The Board discussed the renewal of the Management Agreement with SCM representatives and in a private session with independent legal counsel at which representatives of SCM were not present. In deciding to approve the renewal of the Management Agreement, the Independent Trustees considered the total mix of information requested by and made available to them and did not identify any single issue or particular information that, in isolation, was the controlling factor. This summary describes the most important, but not all, of the factors considered by the Board.

 

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

 

The Board considered the depth and quality of SCM’s investment management process; the experience, capability and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; operating performance and the overall financial strength and stability of its organization. The Board also considered that SCM made available to its investment professionals a variety of resources relating to investment management, compliance, trading, performance and portfolio accounting. The Board further considered SCM’s continuing need to attract and retain qualified personnel and, noting SCM’s additions over recent years, determined that SCM was adequately managing matters related to the Fund.

 

The Board considered, in connection with the performance of its investment management services to the Fund, the following: SCM’s policies, procedures and systems to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and its commitment to these programs; its efforts to keep the Trustees informed; and its attention to matters that may involve conflicts of interest with the Fund. As a point of comparison, the Board also considered the nature, extent, quality and cost of certain non-investment related administrative services provided by SCM to the Fund under the Restated Fund Administration Servicing Agreement.

 

The Board concluded that SCM had the quality and depth of personnel and investment methods essential to performing its duties under the Management Agreement, and that the nature, extent and overall quality of such services are satisfactory and reliable.

 

10


Shelton Greater China Fund
Board Approval of the Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
June 30, 2016

 

Investment Performance

 

The Board considered the Fund’s investment results in comparison to its stated investment objectives. The Trustees reviewed the short-term and long-term performance of the Fund on both an absolute basis and in comparison to benchmark indices. The Trustees also reviewed Morningstar rankings for the Fund, as applicable. In assessing performance of the Fund, the Trustees took into consideration the fact that Fund performance is expected to mirror the appropriate benchmark as closely as possible given certain practical constraints imposed by the 1940 Act, the Fund’s investment restrictions, the Fund’s size and similar factors. Among the factors considered in this regard was that the Fund’s performance was in the fourth quartile over the 1-year period, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods.

 

The Board received a satisfactory explanation of the reasons underlying the long-term performance of the Fund. The Board ultimately concluded that SCM’s performance record in managing the Fund was satisfactory, supporting the determination that SCM’s continued management under the Management Agreement would be consistent with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Management Fees and Total Operating Expenses

 

The Board reviewed the management fees and total operating expenses of the Fund and compared such amounts with the management fees and total operating expenses of other funds in the industry that are found within the same style category, or peer group, as defined by Bloomberg. While the Board recognized that comparisons between the Fund and peer group funds may be imprecise, given the different service levels and characteristics of mutual funds and the different business models and cost structures of their investment advisors, the comparative information assisted the Board in evaluating the reasonableness of the Fund’s management fees and total operating expenses. The Board considered the advisory fees and total fees and expenses of the Fund in comparison to the advisory fees and other fees and expenses of other funds in the Fund’s relevant peer group. The Trustees considered both the gross advisory fee rates, as well as the effective advisory rates charged by SCM after taking into consideration the expense limitation arrangements and voluntary fee waivers. The Board noted the voluntary advisory fee limitation that SCM had put into effect with respect to the Fund.

 

Adviser Costs, Level of Profits, Economies of Scale and Ancillary Benefits

 

The Board reviewed information regarding SCM’s costs of providing services to the Fund, as well as the resulting level of profits to SCM. The Independent Trustees received financial and other information from SCM, in addition to a representation from SCM that its profits were not excessive and that SCM’s profitability was low by industry standards. The Board noted its intention to continue to monitor assets under management, and the resulting impact on SCM’s profitability, in order to ensure that SCM has sufficient resources to continue to provide the services that shareholders in the Fund require. The Board considered SCM’s need to invest in technology, data services, infrastructure and staff to provide the expected quality of investment advisory services to the Fund. The Trustees also noted that SCM has contractually agreed to limit its advisory fees on the Fund so that the Fund does not exceed its specified operating expense limitations, and that SCM has imposed a voluntary fee limitation. Such voluntary fee limitation may be decreased or eliminated by SCM upon approval of the Board. The Board also considered that SCM does not receive substantial indirect benefits from managing the Fund (one example of an indirect benefit is research paid for by Fund brokerage commissions – SCM currently does not utilize soft-dollar arrangements or enjoy the benefit of such arrangements). On the basis of the foregoing, together with the other information provided to it at the meeting and throughout the year, the Board concluded that the Fund’s cost structure was reasonable.

 

Conclusions

 

Based on their review, including but not limited to their consideration of each of the factors referred to above, the Board concluded that the Management Agreement, taking into account the separate administration fees, is and would be fair and reasonable to the Fund and its shareholders, that the Fund’s shareholders received or should receive reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to SCM by the Fund, and that the renewal of the Management Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

WHEREAS, after consideration of such information as the Trustees deem appropriate, it was determined that the terms of the Management Agreement dated June 12, 2011 between the Shelton Greater China Fund and Shelton Capital Management is similar to that which could have been obtained through arms-length negotiation; and

 

WHEREAS, the terms and compensation arrangements of the Management Agreement are found to be fair and reasonable;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that the Management Agreement be, and is hereby, approved for a one-year period ending March 31, 2017.

 

11


 
 

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
 
Not applicable for semi-annual report.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
 
Not applicable for semi-annual report.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
 
Not applicable for semi-annual report.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
 
Not applicable for semi-annual report.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
 
(a)
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
(b)
Not applicable.
 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
 
Not applicable.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
 
Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
 
Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
 
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's board of trustees since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 7(d)(2)(ii)(G) of Schedule 14A or this Item.
 
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
(a)  
The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
(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 that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal half-year (the Registrant's second fiscal half- year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
 
(a)(1)
Code of Ethics not applicable for semi-annual report.
(a)(2)
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“SOX”), are filed as Exhibit 12(a)(2) to this Form N-CSR.
(b)
Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, Section 906 of SOX, Rule 13a-14(b) under the Exchange Act, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code are furnished as Exhibit 12(b) to this Form N-CSR.
 

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.

Shelton Greater China Fund

By
/s/ Stephen C. Rogers
 
 
Stephen C. Rogers, Chairman
 
 
Date: August 23, 2016
 
 
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/ Stephen C. Rogers
 
 
Stephen C. Rogers, Chairman
 
 
Date: August 23, 2016
 
     
By
/s/ William P. Mock
 
 
William P. Mock, Treasurer
 
 
Date: August 23, 2016