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NEW GERMANY FUND INC — Net Asset Value 2019
May 29, 2019
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NPORT-EX 1 newgermanyfund.htm SX COMPLIANT SOIS
The New Germany Fund, Inc.
Schedule of Investments as of March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)
| Germany 82.5% | ||||||||
| Common Stocks 78.0% | ||||||||
| Aerospace & Defense 3.3% | ||||||||
| MTU Aero Engines AG | 37,106 | 8,406,767 | ||||||
| Auto Components 0.8% | ||||||||
| Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA | 33,000 | 1,452,325 | ||||||
| Leoni AG † | 30,503 | 595,190 | ||||||
| 2,047,515 | ||||||||
| Banks 2.5% | ||||||||
| Commerzbank AG* | 840,127 | 6,508,153 | ||||||
| Biotechnology 0.9% | ||||||||
| MorphoSys AG* | 24,464 | 2,228,844 | ||||||
| Chemicals 7.3% | ||||||||
| Evonik Industries AG | 125,368 | 3,417,426 | ||||||
| K+S AG (Registered) † | 300,288 | 5,508,759 | ||||||
| LANXESS AG | 67,981 | 3,628,360 | ||||||
| Symrise AG "A" | 68,846 | 6,208,206 | ||||||
| 18,762,751 | ||||||||
| Commercial Services & Supplies 1.9% | ||||||||
| Bilfinger SE † | 139,578 | 4,857,831 | ||||||
| Construction & Engineering 1.2% | ||||||||
| HOCHTIEF AG | 21,648 | 3,135,243 | ||||||
| Diversified Financial Services 0.3% | ||||||||
| Hypoport AG* | 3,789 | 761,450 | ||||||
| Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.0% | ||||||||
| United Internet AG (Registered) | 68,944 | 2,517,934 | ||||||
| Electrical Equipment 4.7% | ||||||||
| Nordex SE* | 369,566 | 6,049,413 | ||||||
| OSRAM Licht AG † | 63,013 | 2,170,447 | ||||||
| Varta AG* | 94,205 | 4,023,261 | ||||||
| 12,243,121 | ||||||||
| Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 1.4% | ||||||||
| Jenoptik AG | 96,297 | 3,589,340 | ||||||
| Entertainment 0.3% | ||||||||
| CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA | 18,143 | 860,393 | ||||||
| Food & Staples Retailing 0.4% | ||||||||
| METRO AG | 60,617 | 1,006,529 | ||||||
| Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.5% | ||||||||
| Siemens Healthineers AG 144A | 92,207 | 3,845,798 | ||||||
| Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers 2.1% | ||||||||
| Uniper SE | 179,663 | 5,423,919 | ||||||
| Insurance 3.5% | ||||||||
| Hannover Rueck SE | 24,071 | 3,459,137 | ||||||
| Talanx AG | 145,392 | 5,608,638 | ||||||
| 9,067,775 | ||||||||
| Interactive Media & Services 3.4% | ||||||||
| Scout24 AG 144A † | 129,701 | 6,721,603 | ||||||
| XING SE | 6,192 | 2,144,617 | ||||||
| 8,866,220 | ||||||||
| Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 5.8% | ||||||||
| Delivery Hero SE 144A* | 96,905 | 3,503,207 | ||||||
| HelloFresh SE* † | 582,085 | 5,476,387 | ||||||
| Zalando SE 144A* | 151,493 | 5,910,321 | ||||||
| 14,889,915 | ||||||||
| Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.3% | ||||||||
| Evotec AG* | 122,525 | 3,258,768 | ||||||
| Shares | Value ($) | |||||||
| Machinery 4.5% | ||||||||
| Deutz AG | 125,719 | 1,052,940 | ||||||
| GEA Group AG | 43,964 | 1,152,518 | ||||||
| KION Group AG | 79,780 | 4,173,020 | ||||||
| Krones AG † | 14,355 | 1,265,940 | ||||||
| Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG | 26,256 | 4,020,746 | ||||||
| 11,665,164 | ||||||||
| Media 1.3% | ||||||||
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE | 128,281 | 1,831,948 | ||||||
| Stroeer SE & Co. KGaA | 24,861 | 1,456,978 | ||||||
| 3,288,926 | ||||||||
| Metals & Mining 0.5% | ||||||||
| Aurubis AG | 25,295 | 1,356,606 | ||||||
| Multi-Utilities 1.0% | ||||||||
| Innogy SE 144A | 57,491 | 2,660,551 | ||||||
| Pharmaceuticals 0.7% | ||||||||
| Dermapharm Holding SE* | 56,349 | 1,783,701 | ||||||
| Real Estate Management & Development 11.3% | ||||||||
| Deutsche Wohnen SE | 220,849 | 10,718,756 | ||||||
| Instone Real Estate Group AG 144A* | 263,286 | 5,911,824 | ||||||
| LEG Immobilien AG | 78,069 | 9,593,081 | ||||||
| TLG Immobilien AG | 96,812 | 2,917,262 | ||||||
| 29,140,923 | ||||||||
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.9% | ||||||||
| Siltronic AG | 56,047 | 4,948,341 | ||||||
| Software 1.0% | ||||||||
| Software AG | 77,771 | 2,632,502 | ||||||
| Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 3.4% | ||||||||
| HUGO BOSS AG | 20,918 | 1,429,745 | ||||||
| Puma SE | 12,464 | 7,234,553 | ||||||
| 8,664,298 | ||||||||
| Trading Companies & Distributors 3.4% | ||||||||
| Brenntag AG | 167,881 | 8,651,232 | ||||||
| Transportation Infrastructure 3.1% | ||||||||
| Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide | 103,391 | 7,921,100 | ||||||
| Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.3% | ||||||||
| 1&1 Drillisch AG † | 71,551 | 2,549,684 | ||||||
| Freenet AG | 154,565 | 3,323,970 | ||||||
| 5,873,654 | ||||||||
| Total Common Stocks (Cost $168,789,859) | 200,865,264 | |||||||
| Preferred Stocks 4.5% | ||||||||
| Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.7% | ||||||||
| Sartorius AG | 25,697 | 4,411,168 | ||||||
| Machinery 2.8% | ||||||||
| Jungheinrich AG | 223,758 | 7,290,204 | ||||||
| Total Preferred Stocks ( Cost $8,224,927) | 11,701,372 | |||||||
| Total Germany (Cost $177,014,786) | 212,566,636 | |||||||
| Netherlands 12.5% | ||||||||
| Common Stocks | ||||||||
| Aerospace & Defense 9.5% | ||||||||
| Airbus SE | 185,187 | 24,512,524 | ||||||
| Life Sciences Tools & Services 3.0% | ||||||||
| QIAGEN NV* | 188,731 | 7,657,643 | ||||||
| Total Netherlands (Cost $7,416,174) | 32,170,167 | |||||||
| Luxembourg 1.3% | ||||||||
| Common Stocks | ||||||||
| Real Estate Management & Development 1.3% | ||||||||
| Aroundtown SA (Cost $3,356,975) | 378,196 | 3,120,815 | ||||||
| Shares | Value ($) | |||||||
| France 0.9% | ||||||||
| Common Stocks | ||||||||
| Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.9% | ||||||||
| Sartorius Stedim Biotech (Cost $1,491,332) | 18,362 | 2,327,435 | ||||||
| United Kingdom 0.8% | ||||||||
| Common Stocks | ||||||||
| Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.8% | ||||||||
| Dialog Semiconductor PLC* (Cost $2,150,178) | 69,665 | 2,122,698 | ||||||
| Securities Lending Collateral 10.0% | ||||||||
| DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 2.36% (Cost $25,744,567) (a) (b) | 25,744,567 | 25,744,567 | ||||||
| Cash Equivalents 1.0% | ||||||||
| DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 2.47% (Cost $2,596,731) (b) | 2,596,731 | 2,596,731 | ||||||
| % of Net | ||||||||
| Assets | Value ($) | |||||||
| Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $219,770,743) | 109.0 | 280,649,049 | ||||||
| Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | (9.0) | (23,096,986) | ||||||
| Net Assets | 100.0 | 257,552,063 | ||||||
| For information on the Fund’s policies | ||||||||
| regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent | ||||||||
| semi-annual or annual financial statements. A summary of the Fund’s transactions with | ||||||||
| affiliated investments during the period ended March 31, 2019 are as follows: | ||||||||
| Value ($) at 12/31/2018 | Purchases Cost ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Net Realized Gain/ (Loss) ($) | Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) ($) | Income ($) | Capital Gain Distributions ($) | Number of shares at 3/31/2019 | Value ($) at 3/31/2019 |
| Securities Lending Collateral 10.0% | ||||||||
| DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio "DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares", 2.36% (a) (b) | ||||||||
| 13,387,408 | 12,357,159(c) | – | – | – | 138,802 | – | 25,744,567 | 25,744,567 |
| Cash Equivalents 1.0% | ||||||||
| DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 2.47% (b) | ||||||||
| 15,444,192 | 16,811,100 | 29,658,561 | – | – | 28,445 | – | 2,596,731 | 2,596,731 |
| 28,831,600 | 29,168,259 | 29,658,561 | – | – | 167,247 | – | 28,341,298 | 28,341,298 |
| * | Non-income producing security. |
|---|---|
| † | All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2019 amounted to $24,617,224, which is 9.6% of net assets. |
| (a) | Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. |
| (b) | Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
| (c) | Represents the net increase (purchases cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested for the period ended March 31, 2019. |
| 144A: | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
For purposes of its industry concentration policy, the Fund classifies issuers of portfolio securities at the industry sub-group level. Certain of the categories in the above Schedule of Investments consist of multiple industry sub-groups or industries.
Securities are listed in the country of domicile. For purposes of the Fund's investment objective policy to invest in German companies, non - Germany domiciled securities may qualify as German companies as defined in the Fund's Statement of Investment Objectives, Policies and Investment Restrictions.
| Fair Value Measurements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. | ||||
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2019 in valuing the Fund’s investments. | ||||
| Assets | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
| Common Stocks and/or Other Equity Investments (d) | ||||
| Germany | $ 212,566,636 | $ — | $ — | $ 212,566,636 |
| Netherlands | 32,170,167 | — | — | 32,170,167 |
| Luxembourg | 3,120,815 | — | — | 3,120,815 |
| France | 2,327,435 | — | — | 2,327,435 |
| United Kingdom | 2,122,698 | — | — | 2,122,698 |
| Short-Term Instruments (d) | 28,341,298 | — | — | 28,341,298 |
| Total | $ 280,649,049 | $ — | $ — | $ 280,649,049 |
| (d) See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |