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 811-22031

Seligman LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

100 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Lawrence P. Vogel
100 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 850-1864

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

Date of reporting period: 3/31/08




FORM N-Q

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Seligman LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
March 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares or Principal Amount

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

Common Stocks 99.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia 16.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abacus Property Group (Diversified)

 

 

973,487

 

shs.

 

$

1,185,244

 

Goodman Group (Industrial)

 

 

1,514,948

 

 

 

 

6,001,879

 

GPT Group (Diversified)

 

 

2,022,551

 

 

 

 

6,081,926

 

Valad Property Group (Diversified)

 

 

1,886,497

 

 

 

 

1,681,302

 

Westfield Group (Retail)

 

 

686,161

 

 

 

 

11,204,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,155,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Austria 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Immoeast (Office)

 

 

138,890

 

 

 

 

1,337,332

 

Immofinanz Immobilien Anlagen (Diversified)

 

 

66,530

 

 

 

 

720,603

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,057,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Belgium 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cofinimmo (Office)

 

 

5,296

 

 

 

 

1,146,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust (Diversified)

 

 

133,700

 

 

 

 

3,503,853

 

Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust (Retail)

 

 

47,700

 

 

 

 

592,503

 

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Retail)

 

 

29,600

 

 

 

 

596,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,693,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finland 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponda (Office)

 

 

80,871

 

 

 

 

1,055,778

 

Technopolis (Office)

 

 

69,814

 

 

 

 

622,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,678,610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

France 10.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Klepierre (Retail)

 

 

68,844

 

 

 

 

4,223,876

 

Unibail-Rodamco (Diversified)

 

 

49,065

 

 

 

 

12,621,795

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,845,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Germany 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IVG Immobilien (Diversified)

 

 

61,467

 

 

 

 

1,718,948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FE Consort International (Hotels)

 

 

3,279,925

 

 

 

 

1,251,869

 

Hang Lung Properties (Retail)

 

 

496,000

 

 

 

 

1,772,662

 

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels (Hotels)

 

 

736,784

 

 

 

 

1,209,330

 

Hysan Development (Diversified)

 

 

880,000

 

 

 

 

2,451,349

 

The Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Retail)

 

 

1,556,000

 

 

 

 

3,453,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,138,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Italy 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione (Retail)

 

 

407,839

 

 

 

 

1,467,063

 

Risanamento (Diversified)

 

 

212,551

 

 

 

 

625,771

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,092,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 9.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA Office Investment (Office)

 

 

224

 

 

 

 

990,653

 

Hankyu (Diversified)

 

 

89

 

 

 

 

533,040

 

Japan Excellent (Office)

 

 

155

 

 

 

 

948,259

 

Japan Logistics Fund (Industrial)

 

 

114

 

 

 

 

762,956

 

Kenedix Realty Investment (Diversified)

 

 

387

 

 

 

 

2,355,659

 

Mitsui Fudosan (Diversified)

 

 

139,000

 

 

 

 

2,828,640

 

Nippon Building Fund (Office)

 

 

199

 

 

 

 

2,541,001

 

Nippon Commercial Investment (Office)

 

 

313

 

 

 

 

1,210,913

 

Nippon Residential Investment (Residential)

 

 

119

 

 

 

 

415,938

 

NTT Urban Development (Office)

 

 

1,140

 

 

 

 

1,661,110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,248,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Luxembourg 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gagfah (Residential)

 

 

49,122

 

 

 

 

919,834

 

ProLogis European Properties (Industrial)

 

 

96,141

 

 

 

 

1,524,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,443,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Netherlands 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corio (Retail)

 

 

32,896

 

 

 

 

2,881,905

 

Eurocommercial Properties* (Retail)

 

 

36,510

 

 

 

 

2,039,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,921,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Norway 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norwegian Property (Office)

 

 

228,752

 

 

 

 

1,976,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CapitaCommercial Trust (Office)

 

 

1,474,000

 

 

 

 

2,396,851

 

Capitaland (Residential)

 

 

365,000

 

 

 

 

1,702,562

 

CapitaMall Trust (Retail)

 

 

1,102,143

 

 

 

 

2,793,033

 

Fortune (Retail)

 

 

301,000

 

 

 

 

198,173

 

Guocoland (Residential)

 

 

640,757

 

 

 

 

1,863,096

 

Suntec (Retail)

 

 

876,000

 

 

 

 

929,359

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,883,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Sweden 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castellum (Diversified)

 

 

167,369

 

 

 

 

2,045,639

 

Fabege (Diversified)

 

 

224,958

 

 

 

 

2,408,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,454,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

United Kingdom 16.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Yellow Group (Industrial)

 

 

132,178

 

 

 

 

1,140,204

 

British Land (Diversified)

 

 

278,850

 

 

 

 

5,076,413

 

Brixton (Industrial)

 

 

195,280

 

 

 

 

1,278,721

 

Capital & Regional (Retail)

 

 

65,870

 

 

 

 

717,836

 

Derwent London (Office)

 

 

108,950

 

 

 

 

3,283,607

 

Development Securities (Office)

 

 

45,198

 

 

 

 

412,601

 

Hammerson (Retail)

 

 

220,529

 

 

 

 

4,874,912

 

Land Securities Group (Diversified)

 

 

237,927

 

 

 

 

7,124,331

 

Quintain Estates & Development (Diversified)

 

 

118,835

 

 

 

 

1,062,895

 

Unite Group (Residential)

 

 

121,275

 

 

 

 

788,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,759,725

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States 17.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brandywine Realty Trust (Office)

 

 

46,500

 

 

 

 

788,640

 

BRE Properties (Residential)

 

 

51,700

 

 

 

 

2,355,452

 

Camden Property Trust (Residential)

 

 

17,700

 

 

 

 

888,540

 

CBL & Associates Properties (Retail)

 

 

110,387

 

 

 

 

2,597,406

 

DCT Industrial Trust (Industrial)

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

498,000

 

Developers Diversified Realty (Retail)

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

 

418,800

 

Duke Realty (Office)

 

 

56,000

 

 

 

 

1,277,360

 

Equity Residential (Residential)

 

 

34,300

 

 

 

 

1,423,107

 

Extra Space Storage (Diversified)

 

 

79,700

 

 

 

 

1,290,343

 

First Potomac Realty Trust (Industrial)

 

 

109,800

 

 

 

 

1,687,626

 

Glimcher Realty (Retail)

 

 

154,000

 

 

 

 

1,841,840

 

HCP (Diversified)

 

 

44,000

 

 

 

 

1,487,640

 

iStar Financial (Mortgage)

 

 

63,200

 

 

 

 

886,696

 

Kimco Realty (Retail)

 

 

89,300

 

 

 

 

3,497,881

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties (Hotels)

 

 

62,800

 

 

 

 

1,804,244

 

Liberty Property Trust (Office)

 

 

91,700

 

 

 

 

2,852,787

 

U-Store-It Trust (Diversified)

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

 

339,900

 

Ventas (Diversified)

 

 

36,064

 

 

 

 

1,619,634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,555,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

157,770,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation 1.80%, dated 3/31/2008, maturing 4/1/2008, in the amount of $290,015, collateralized by: $300,000 Federal Home Loan Bank 3.6%, 1/29/2010, with a fair market value of $302,250

 

$

290,000

 

 

 

 

290,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments 99.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

158,060,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

651,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

158,712,288

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



* Non-income producing security.

At March 31, 2008, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $186,813,847. The tax basis gross appreciation and depreciation of portfolio securities were $1,304,042 and $30,052,108, respectively. Net depreciation was $28,748,066.

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Security Valuation — Net asset value per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 PM Eastern Time. Securities traded on an exchange are valued at the last sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are traded. Securities not listed on an exchange or security market, or securities for which there is no last sales price, are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices or are valued by J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated, the Fund’s investment manager, based on quotations provided by primary market makers in such securities. Notwithstanding these valuation methods, the Fund may adjust the value of securities as described below in order to reflect the fair value of such securities.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the United States (“US”) close prior to the close of the NYSE; therefore, the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after the local market close but before the close of the NYSE. The Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved fair value procedures under which a third party pricing service on a regular basis recommends adjustments to the local closing prices of certain foreign equity securities. The adjustments are based on a statistical analysis of the historical relationship between the price movements of a security and independent variables such as US market movements, sector movements, movements in the ADR of a security (if any), and movements in country or regional exchange-traded funds or futures contracts. The factors used vary with each security, depending on which factors have been most important historically.

Other securities for which market quotations are not readily available (or are otherwise no longer valid or reliable) are valued at fair value determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Board. This can occur in the event of, among other things, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, market disruptions, intra-day trading halts, and extreme market volatility. The determination of fair value involves subjective judgments. As a result, using fair value to price a security may result in a price materially different from the prices used by other mutual funds to determine net asset value or the price that may be realized upon the actual sale of the security.

Short-term holdings that mature in 60 days or less are valued at current market quotations or amortized cost if the Fund’s investment manager believes it approximates fair value. Short-term holdings that mature in more than 60 days are valued at current market quotations until the 60th day prior to maturity and are then valued as described above for securities maturing in 60 days or less.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in US dollars. The market values of investment securities, other assets, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars at the daily rate of exchange as reported by a pricing service.



Fair Value Measurement - On January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to classify the assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques (see Security Valuation above) to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels: Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments or financial instruments; Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in inactive markets or for similar investments or financial instruments); and Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the value of the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments as of March 31, 2008 based on the level of inputs used:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 




 


 

Level 1 - Quoted Prices

 

$

32,249,184

 

 

$

(379

)

 

Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

 

125,811,509

 

 

 

0

 

 

Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 

Total

 

$

158,060,693

 

 

$

(379

)

 

 

 



 

 



 

 



* Represents spot foreign currency contracts, which are not reflected in the Schedule of Investments and which are valued at the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on each contract.

Risk - The Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in securities of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies. The market’s perception of prospective declines in private real estate values and other financial assets may result in increased volatility of market prices that can negatively impact the valuation of certain issuers held by the Fund. There are specific risks associated with global investing, such as currency fluctuations, foreign taxation, differences in financial reporting practices, and rapid changes in political and economic conditions.



ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

 

 

 

a.

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based upon their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the report it files or submits on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that such material information is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

 

 

 

b.

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting 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)

Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.




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.

SELIGMAN LASALLE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.

 

 

 

   

By:

/S/ BRIAN T. ZINO

 


 

 

Brian T. Zino

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008

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 in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

 

   

By:

/S/ BRIAN T. ZINO

 


 

 

 

Brian T. Zino

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008

 

 

 

 

   

By:

/S/ LAWRENCE P. VOGEL

 


 

 

Lawrence P. Vogel

 

Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

May 27, 2008




SELIGMAN LASALLE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

(a)

Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.