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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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Aberdeen Israel Fund (The) (delisted) | AMEX:ISL | AMEX | Ordinary Share |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 18.68 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Investment
Company Act file number:
|
811-06120
|
|
Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter:
|
The First
Israel Fund, Inc.
|
|
Address
of principal executive offices:
|
c/o 1735 Market Street, 32nd
Floor
Philadelphia, PA
19103
|
|
Name
and address of agent for service:
|
Ms. Andrea
Melia
Aberdeen Asset Management
Inc.
c/o 1735 Market Street, 32nd
Floor
Philadelphia, PA
19103
|
|
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
|
866-839-5205
|
|
Date
of fiscal year end:
|
December 31
|
|
Date
of reporting period:
|
09/30/09
|
Description
|
No.
of
Shares
|
Value
|
||
EQUITY
OR EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES-96.18%
|
||||
Israel-95.72%
|
||||
Aerospace
& Defense-3.10%
|
||||
Elbit
Systems Ltd.
|
20,000
|
$ 1,351,478
|
||
FMS
Enterprises Migun Ltd.
|
19,498
|
605,719
|
||
1,957,197
|
||||
Capital
Markets-1.16%
|
||||
IBI
Investment House Ltd.
|
86,005
|
732,144
|
||
Chemicals-11.32%
|
||||
Frutarom
Industries Ltd.
|
146,000
|
1,087,635
|
||
Israel
Chemicals Ltd.
|
526,500
|
6,056,501
|
||
7,144,136
|
||||
Commercial
Banks-19.50%
|
||||
Bank
Hapoalim Ltd.
†
|
827,000
|
2,943,223
|
||
Bank
Leumi Le-Israel Ltd.
†
|
770,000
|
2,956,952
|
||
First
International Bank of Israel Ltd.
†
|
100,000
|
282,202
|
||
United
Mizrahi Bank Ltd.
†
|
718,900
|
6,122,861
|
||
12,305,238
|
||||
Commercial
Services & Supplies-0.16%
|
||||
Leadcom
Integrated Solutions Ltd.
†
|
103,952
|
2,860
|
||
Tefen
Industrial Engineering & Management & Systems Analysis Ltd.
†
|
50,000
|
99,222
|
||
102,082
|
||||
Communications
Equipment-0.97%
|
||||
NICE
Systems Ltd., ADR
†
|
20,000
|
608,800
|
||
Construction
& Engineering-3.46%
|
||||
Maman
Cargo Terminals & Handling Ltd.
†
|
47,756
|
74,081
|
||
Minrav
Holdings Ltd.
†
|
4,382
|
234,499
|
||
Shikun
& Binui Ltd.
|
1,112,500
|
1,874,245
|
||
2,182,825
|
||||
Diversified
Financial Services-2.59%
|
||||
The
Israel Corp., Ltd.
†
|
2,705
|
1,635,052
|
||
Diversified
Telecommunication Services-9.37%
|
||||
Bezeq
Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.
|
2,751,000
|
5,910,832
|
||
Electrical
Equipment & Instruments-1.87%
|
||||
Melta
Inter Industry Ltd.
|
162,500
|
258,176
|
||
Nisko
Industries (1992) Ltd.
†
|
39,301
|
102,304
|
||
Priortech
Ltd.
†
|
100,190
|
266,060
|
||
Rapac
Electronics Ltd.
|
68,272
|
214,191
|
||
Starlims
Technologies Ltd.
|
39,223
|
339,120
|
||
1,179,851
|
||||
Food
& Staples Retailing-3.31%
|
||||
Blue
Square-Israel Ltd.
†
|
28,476
|
272,098
|
||
Shufersal
Ltd.
|
412,000
|
1,818,422
|
||
2,090,520
|
||||
Health
Care Equipment & Supplies-0.37%
|
||||
Medtechnica
Ltd.
|
39,860
|
231,986
|
||
Health
Care Technology-0.16%
|
||||
Procognia
(Israel) Ltd.
†
|
575,453
|
101,331
|
||
Household
Durables-0.37%
|
||||
Elco
Holdings Ltd.
|
25,000
|
235,891
|
||
Household
Products-0.52%
|
||||
Albaad
Massuot Yitzhak Ltd.
|
27,731
|
327,940
|
||
Insurance-6.36%
|
||||
Clal
Insurance Enterprise Holdings Ltd.
†
|
50,000
|
1,059,774
|
||
Harel
Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.
†
|
61,750
|
2,952,980
|
||
4,012,754
|
||||
Machinery-0.21%
|
||||
Plasson
Ltd.
|
7,000
|
132,602
|
||
Metals
& Mining-0.32%
|
||||
Scope
Metals Group Ltd.
†
|
17,500
|
198,609
|
||
Paper
& Forest Products-0.59%
|
||||
Hadera
Paper Ltd.
†
|
6,602
|
372,020
|
||
Pharmaceuticals-16.27%
|
||||
Perrigo
Co.
|
89,000
|
2,995,707
|
||
Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR
|
143,820
|
7,271,539
|
||
10,267,246
|
||||
Real
Estate Management & Development-0.38%
|
||||
Industrial
Buildings Corp. Ltd.
|
150,638
|
237,840
|
||
Road
& Rail-0.72%
|
||||
Dan
Vehicle & Transportation
|
79,527
|
454,865
|
||
Software-7.28%
|
||||
Babylon
Ltd.
†
|
75,000
|
114,399
|
||
Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd.
†
|
123,853
|
3,511,233
|
||
Formula
Systems (1985) Ltd.
|
83,713
|
767,791
|
||
ORT
Technologies Ltd.
|
23,819
|
196,262
|
||
4,589,685
|
||||
Specialty
Retail-0.25%
|
||||
Golf
& Co., Ltd.
|
27,500
|
158,481
|
||
Venture
Capital-5.11%
|
||||
ABS
GE Capital Giza Fund, L.P.
†‡
|
1,250,001
*
|
87,175
|
||
Advent
Israel (Bermuda) L.P.
†‡
|
1,682,293
*
|
40,503
|
||
BPA
Israel Ventures LLC
#†‡
|
1,674,588
*
|
574,988
|
||
Concord
Ventures Fund II, L.P.
†‡
|
2,000,000
*
|
385,682
|
||
Delta
Fund I, L.P.
†‡
|
250,440
*
|
103,993
|
||
Giza
GE Venture Fund III L.P.
†‡
|
1,250,000
*
|
290,075
|
||
K.T.
Concord Venture Fund L.P.
†‡
|
1,000,000
*
|
105,580
|
||
Neurone
Ventures II, L.P.
#†‡
|
686,184
*
|
187,250
|
||
Pitango
Fund II LLC
†‡
|
1,000,000
*
|
120,082
|
||
SVE
Star Ventures Enterprises GmbH & Co. No. IX KG
†‡
|
2,001,470
*
|
622,277
|
||
Walden-Israel
Ventures III, L.P.
#†‡
|
1,249,188
*
|
704,292
|
||
3,221,897
|
||||
Total
Israel
|
||||
(Cost
$50,202,190)
|
60,391,824
|
|||
Global-0.46%
|
||||
Venture
Capital-0.46%
|
||||
Emerging
Markets Ventures I, L.P.
#†‡
|
||||
(Cost
$860,088)
|
2,237,292
*
|
290,646
|
||
TOTAL
EQUITY OR EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES
|
||||
(Cost $51,062,278)
|
60,682,470
|
|||
Principal
Amount
(000's)
|
||||
SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENT-1.74%
|
||||
United
Kingdom-1.74%
|
||||
Citibank
London, overnight deposit, 0.03%, 10/01/09
|
||||
(Cost
$1,094,000)
|
$1,094
|
1,094,000
|
||
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS-97.92%
|
||||
(Cost
$52,156,278)
|
61,776,470
|
|||
Cash
and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities-2.08%
|
1,314,239
|
|||
NET
ASSETS-100.00%
|
$ 63,090,709
|
|||
†
|
Non-income
producing security.
|
|
‡
|
Restricted
security, not readily marketable; security is valued at fair value as
determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of
Directors under procedures established by the Board of
Directors.
|
|
#
|
As
of September 30, 2009, the aggregate amount of open commitments for the
Fund is $1,077,748.
|
|
*
|
Represents
contributed capital.
|
|
ADR
|
American
Depositary Receipts.
|
|
Security
|
Acquisition
Date(s)
|
Cost
|
Fair
Value At 9/30/09
|
Percent
of Net Assets
|
Distributions
Received
|
Open
Commitments
|
||||||
ABS
GE Capital Giza Fund, L.P.
|
02/03/98
- 02/13/02
|
$ 985,303
|
$ 87,175
|
0.14
|
$ 1,660,765
|
$ -
|
||||||
Advent
Israel (Bermuda) L.P.
|
06/16/93
- 01/16/98
|
1,436,643
|
40,503
|
0.06
|
3,851,769
|
-
|
||||||
BPA
Israel Ventures LLC
|
10/05/00
- 12/09/05
|
1,160,529
|
574,988
|
0.91
|
97,293
|
625,412
|
||||||
Concord
Ventures Fund II, L.P.
|
09/29/00
- 12/15/06
|
1,316,619
|
385,682
|
0.61
|
129,290
|
-
|
||||||
Delta
Fund I, L.P.
|
11/15/00
- 03/28/07
|
167,473
|
103,993
|
0.16
|
57,937
|
-
|
||||||
Emerging
Markets Ventures I, L.P.
|
01/22/98
- 01/10/06
|
860,088
|
290,646
|
0.46
|
2,443,399
|
262,708
|
||||||
Giza
GE Venture Fund III, L.P.
|
01/31/00
- 11/23/06
|
828,929
|
290,075
|
0.46
|
329,171
|
-
|
||||||
K.T.
Concord Venture Fund L.P.
|
12/08/97
- 09/29/00
|
595,042
|
105,580
|
0.17
|
660,194
|
-
|
||||||
Neurone
Ventures II, L.P.
|
11/24/00
- 03/20/09
|
187,218
|
187,250
|
0.30
|
297,649
|
63,816
|
||||||
Pitango
Fund II LLC
|
10/31/96
- 08/01/01
|
388,547
|
120,082
|
0.19
|
1,175,618
|
-
|
||||||
SVE
Star Ventures Enterprises
|
||||||||||||
12/21/00
- 08/08/08
|
||||||||||||
GmbH
& Co. No. IX KG
|
1,536,591
|
622,277
|
0.99
|
380,279
|
-
|
|||||||
Walden-Israel
Ventures III, L.P.
|
02/23/01
- 11/02/06
|
759,901
|
704,292
|
1.12
|
942,976
|
125,812
|
||||||
Total
|
$10,222,883
|
$ 3,512,543
|
5.57
|
$ 12,026,340
|
$ 1,077,748
|
Level
1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical
investments
|
|
Level
2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for
similar investments, 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)
|
Investments,
at value
|
Quoted
Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level
1)
|
Other
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
|
Balance
as of 09/30/2009
|
||||
Aerospace & Defense
|
$ -
|
$
1,957,197
|
$
-
|
$ 1,957,197
|
||||
Capital
Markets
|
-
|
732,144
|
-
|
732,144
|
||||
Chemicals
|
-
|
7,144,136
|
-
|
7,144,136
|
||||
Commercial
Banks
|
-
|
12,305,238
|
-
|
12,305,238
|
||||
Commercial Services & Supplies
|
2,860
|
99,222
|
-
|
102,082
|
||||
Communications Equipment
|
608,800
|
-
|
-
|
608,800
|
||||
Construction & Engineering
|
-
|
2,182,825
|
-
|
2,182,825
|
||||
Diversified Financial Services
|
-
|
1,635,052
|
-
|
1,635,052
|
||||
Diversified
Telecommunication Services
|
-
|
5,910,832
|
-
|
5,910,832
|
||||
Electrical Equipment
&
Instruments
|
258,176
|
921,675
|
-
|
1,179,851
|
||||
Food
& Staples Retailing
|
-
|
2,090,520
|
-
|
2,090,520
|
||||
Health Care Equipment
& Supplies
|
-
|
231,986
|
-
|
231,986
|
||||
Health Care Technology
|
101,331
|
-
|
-
|
101,331
|
||||
Household Durables
|
-
|
235,891
|
-
|
235,891
|
||||
Household Products
|
-
|
327,940
|
-
|
327,940
|
||||
Insurance
|
-
|
4,012,754
|
-
|
4,012,754
|
||||
Machinery
|
-
|
132,602
|
-
|
132,602
|
||||
Metals & Mining
|
-
|
198,609
|
-
|
198,609
|
||||
Paper
& Forest Products
|
-
|
372,020
|
-
|
372,020
|
||||
Pharmaceuticals
|
7,271,539
|
2,995,707
|
-
|
10,267,246
|
||||
Real Estate Management
& Development
|
-
|
237,840
|
-
|
237,840
|
||||
Road
& Rail
|
-
|
454,865
|
-
|
454,865
|
||||
Software
|
3,511,233
|
1,078,452
|
-
|
4,589,685
|
||||
Specialty Retail
|
-
|
158,481
|
-
|
158,481
|
||||
Venture
Capital
|
-
|
-
|
3,512,543
|
3,512,543
|
||||
Short-Term
Investment
|
-
|
1,094,000
|
-
|
1,094,000
|
||||
Total
|
$
11,753,939
|
$
46,509,988
|
$
3,512,543
|
$
61,776,470
|
Investments,
at value
|
Balance
as of 12/31/2008
|
Accrued
discounts/ premiums
|
Realized
gain/(loss)
|
Change
in unrealized appreciation/
(depreciation)
|
Net
purchases (sales)
|
Net
transfers in and/or out of Level 3
|
Balance
as of 09/30/2009
|
|||||||
Venture
Capital
|
$4,973,686
|
$ -
|
$(585,217)
|
$(887,759)
|
$11,833
|
$ -
|
$3,512,543
|
|||||||
Total
|
$4,973,686
|
$ -
|
$(585,217)
|
$(887,759)
|
$11,833
|
$ -
|
$3,512,543
|
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